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PM addresses ICT security meet PM arrives in Paris DOHA: Prime Minister and Interior Emir issues laws on Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani arrived in Paris, on a three-day official visit to France. He was greeted at Orly Interna- tional Airport by Qatar’s envoy Sheikh schools, penal code Mishaal bin Hamad Al Thani, French Ambassador to Qatar Eric Chevallier and other officials. SEC given authority to set up private schools QNA DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh training centres, and industrial additionally, his terminal benefits Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yes- training facilities set up by com- can be denied. Obama vows to eliminate IS terday issued two laws — one to panies to improve the skills of their Those applying to open a pri- regulate private schools, and the workers or provide them training. vate school must at least be 21 ISTANBUL: US President Barack other amending some provisions Educational service centres are not years of age and qualified as per Obama vowed yesterday to step up of a penal code that was issued covered by this law. rules and must meet all other efforts to eliminate Islamic State (IS) 11 years ago. One of its salient feature is that conditions of licensing. in Syria and prevent it from carrying Both the laws (Law No. 23 of the law gives the Supreme Educa- They must provide bank guar- out attacks like those in Paris. Speak- 2015 regulating private schools) tion Council (SEC) the authority antee and the buildings and facili- ing at the G20 leaders summit, Obama and (Law No. 22 of 205 amending to set up private schools with the ties of the school must not be Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser described the Paris killings claimed by some provisions of the penal code) schools that have international used for any other purpose. The bin Khalifa Al Thani addressing the Conference on Information and IS as an attack on the civilised world. have already become effective. reputation, with an agreement condition of bank guarantee can, Communications Technology Security in Financial Sector at Ritz- See also page 6 They are to be published in that they must run such schools. though, be waived by the minister. Carlton Hotel Doha, yesterday. Report on page 17 the official gazette, reports Qatar The SEC enjoys control over all A school licence is to be for a News Agency. Incidentally, Law private schools and has the right year or for five years at the most. No. 22 of 2015 amends some pro- to supervise them, their curric- The licensing and licence renewal visions of Law 11 of 2004. ulum, as well as their buildings fees are to be fixed by a ministe- Law No. 23 applies to all pri- and the quality of education being rial decision. No private school is Qatar elected to Unesco Executive Board vate schools owned by individuals imparted. It has the authority to allowed to increase the fee with- or entities that impart education launch investigations against the out written permission from the DOHA: Qatar won the member- and Sudan also elected besides Nasser, said Secretary General from the kindergartens (KGs) to licence holder and staff members SEC. And all schools must submit ship of Unesco Executive Board Qatar. Qatar’s membership came of Qatar National Committee for the secondary (12th standard) in the case of breach of law and a list of their fees and expenditure for the next four years. The vot- after continued efforts that lasted Education, Culture and Science, Dr levels. punish the culprit. to the SEC on an annual basis. ing took place during the 38th for several months by ministers, Hamda Hassan Al Sulaiti. Out of purview of this law are An errant staff member’s wages Continued on page 2 General Conference which is institutions and office of Unesco Continued on page 5 cultural centres set up by global can be forfeited for two months. under way in Paris. Among eight special envoy for basic and higher bodies with agreements with Qatar, He can also be dismissed and THE PENINSULA Arab countries, Oman, Lebanon education H H Sheikha Moza bint QNA Car linked to Paris attacks found Vienna plan unrealistic: Syria opposition PARIS: French police found an demanding an end to “the days of abandoned car containing AK47 uncontrolled immigration”. As the BEIRUT: Syrian opposition a fixed calendar for Syria that tion member, derided the Vienna that the omission from the Vienna rifles on the outskirts of Paris, as the City of Light mourned its dead and members yesterday said an would see a transition govern- plan as “frustrating and unrealis- statement of a key aim of the investigation into a series of attacks world monuments were lit up in the ambitious plan by world powers ment in six months and elec- tic”, insisting it “will not lead to uprising — the departure of Pres- that killed at least 129 widened yes- red, white and blue of the French flag, for a political transition in their tions within 18 months. a political solution”. ident Bashar Al Assad — would terday to five countries. Police ques- authorities across Europe picked up war-ravaged country was unre- A final statement after the With millions displaced and strengthen claims by militant tioned relatives of one of the suicide suspects or launched probes. alistic, though some reacted meeting said the goal was to bring the country’s infrastructure groups that the international com- attackers who brought carnage to Details on page 12 with cautious optimism. Syrian government and opposi- devastated, Nashar said Syria munity is “conspiring against the Paris as a row over Europe’s refugee Global diplomats gathered in tion representatives together by would need much longer to hold Syrian people”. crisis re-ignited, with conservatives AGENCIES Vienna agreed on Saturday on January 1. Samir Nashar, a Coali- free and fair elections. He warned AFP MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Emir appoints New private school with English three ambassadors Jail term, fine raised for DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh National Curriculum opens Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yes- DOHA: A new private school offering English National Curriculum terday issued Emiri decisions No. has opened. GEMS Wellington School – Qatar in Al Wakrah is owned 55, 56 and 57 of 2015, appointing insulting national flag and operated by GEMS Education, a leading education provider in ambassadors extraordinary and the region. It will welcome up to 140 students from FS1 through to plenipotentiary Abdullah Ibra- Continued from page 1 a public servant for hindering the Newspapers publishing requests Year 6 in the first year and in successive years will grow and expand him Abdurrahman Al Hamar The other law (No. 22 of 2015) execution of a court order or a for unauthorised donations face to include Year 13, said a statement yesterday. (Singapore); Bandar Mohamed Al amends some provisions of the decision of the public prosecu- closure for up to a year and a Dino Varkey, Group Executive Director and Board Member, GEMS Attiyah (Jordan); and Moham- penal code issued vide Law No. tion 30 days after being warned fine of QR100,000. The amend- Education, said: “We are excited to welcome our first students. With med Kurdi Talib Al Marri (Costa 11 of 2004. One of the amend- to implement the decision, which ment prescribes jail term from the opening of the school, we are reaffirming our commitment to pro- Rica), respectively. The decisions ments increases jail term to up is in his authority to implement. three to 15 years and a fine of up vide high quality education to families in Qatar and the region.” The with immediate effect will be pub- to three years and a fine of up to In the amended penal code, to QR200,000 or either for a per- school joins GEMS’ English National Curriculum school network which lished in the official gazette. QR200,000 or either for insulting drinking, gambling and begging son found practising sorcery for includes GEMS Wellington International School in Dubai. Jonathan Dey, or damaging the national flag, or have been included in titles as monetary benefits or for free. The Principal of the school, said: “It will be our mission to develop compas- Qatar sends 2 aid the national flag of another GCC crimes and collecting donations person who mediates or arranges sionate, open-minded, brave and confident young people who achieve country or the flag of an interna- for oneself or on someone else’s sorcery or opening a shop or an personal and academic excellence beyond all expectations.” Details about planes to Yemen tional, local or regional organisa- behalf illegally attracts a fine of office for the purpose also attracts the school can be had from its website www.gemswellingtonschool-qatar. tion. QR50,000 or jail for up to a year these punitive measures. com. The registrar’s office can be contacted by email registrar_wsq@ DOHA: Following directives of The other amendment raises or either. The collected amount gemsedu.com or on +9744041 7555. Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin jail term to up to three years for will also be confiscated. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA Hamad Al Thani, two planes left yesterday for Socotra in Yemen, carrying a new batch of relief assistance to alleviate suffering of the Yemeni people and pro- vide them with food, goods and medicines. The flights were part SCH rules out epidemic threat of seasonal influenza virus of an airlift to Yemen which was started earlier. Accompanied by DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health few cases suffering from immunodeficiency members of Qatari Research and (SCH) has reassured that seasonal influ- may be exposed to complications leading to Rescue Team (Lekhwiya), the air- enza virus A (H1N1) does not pose any death,” said an SCH statement. lift resumed yesterday, with 356 epidemic threat in the country and reports The SCH, in collaboration with partners, tonnes of aid, including five flights being circulated on social media in this has been monitoring the virus along the to Djibouti airport and trans- regard are exaggerated. year since its appearance in 2012 through ported across the sea to Aden, Health officials have clarified that most its Public Health Department and National three direct flights to Aden air- infections by the virus have been mild or Centre for Influenza at HMC. port and three to Socotra airport. moderate and most patients in hospitals Qatar is among the countries exchanging have recovered. They denied reports that information and lab results about influ- Qatar attends there is a shortage of vaccines against enza to World Health Organisation (WHO) the virus. The SCH, in collaboration with which helps it closely monitor any changes customs meet other entities concerned, has set up a task in genetic strains of the virus. force to spread awareness about seasonal A joint work team with representatives CAIRO: The 14th meeting of flu and take preventive measures, with a FROM LEFT: Dr Hanan Al Majalli, Executive Director, Clinical Affairs, PHCC; Dr Hussam Al from the SCH, HMC, PHCC and SEC has the customs committee on pro- focus on schools. Reports about three A Saub, Senior Consultant, Medicine and Infections, HMC; Sheikh Dr Mohamed bin Hamad been set up to coordinate preventive meas- cedures and information began at (H1N1) cases in a primary school for girls Al Thani, Director, Public Health Department, SCH; Dr Hamad Al Rumaihi, Head, Diseases ures and raise awareness in schools and Arab League General Secretar- last week have triggered concerns among Prevalence Control, of SCH; Khalifa Saad Al Dirham, Director, Independent Schools Office, among the public in general. A workshop iat headquarters here yesterday. the public, reflected in a flurry of comments SEC; and Hamad Mohammed Al Ghali, Director, Private School Education Institute, SEC, at for school nurses will be held next Tuesday. Issa Rashid Al Suwaidi, Director, and reactions on social media. the press conference at SCH headquarters yesterday. KAMMUTTY VP Vaccination is available to cover all seg- Customs Procedures Unit, Gen- “A (H1N1) is a seasonal influenza virus. ments at risk such as children aged six eral Authority of Customs, led Every year we witness an increase in sea- months to five years, expectant mothers, Qatar’s delegation to the meet- sonal influenza cases with the beginning of country against the virus. The vaccine is schools is normal, contrary to what has those above 65, patients with chronic dis- ing. Al Suwaidi said the four- winter, especially in October and Novem- available in all health centres,” he added. been reported on social media. eases such as diabetes, heart and kidney day meeting will discuss a draft ber. We have seen an increase this year as The press conference at SCH headquar- Dr Hussam Al Saub, Senior Consultant, ailments, cancer and chronic lung diseases. for unified customs procedures well but the situation is normal and there ters was attended by representatives from Medicine and Infectious Diseases, HMC, Though vaccination gives protection to address non-tariff barriers is no need for any extraordinary measures, SCH, Supreme Education Council (SEC), said this year has not seen any unusual against the virus, people have been advised between Arab countries, a draft like closure of schools,” Dr Mohammed bin Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and increase in A (H1N1) cases compared to to take general precaution. The infected model for Arab unified customs Hamad Al Thani, Director, Public Health Primary Healthcare Corporation (PHCC). last year. Cases are relatively low this year. should stay at home until recovery to declaration and the establishment Department, SCH, told a press conference Khalifa Saad Al Dirham, Director, “Last year we tested about 12,000 sam- avoid the spread of the virus and those of Customs Information Centre. yesterday. Independent Schools Office, and Hamad ples. This year 6,000 have been tested until with severe symptoms have been advised “We have taken precautionary measures Al Ghali, Director, Private Schools Office now,” he said. “ A (H1N1) is not as danger- to consult doctor. QNA and there is no shortage of vaccines in the at SEC, clarified that the situation in all ous as it appeared six years ago. Only a THE PENINSULA MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Fifth Traditional Dhow Festival opens tomorrow Over 300 people from GCC to take part with 110 dhows

DOHA: Over 100 dhows from the GCC of Qatar and other GCC countries. for items related to maritime heritage will anchor at Katara beach for the fifth He also stressed that what makes the and craftsmen from GCC states will dem- Traditional Dhow Festival which opens edition special is the arrival of Fath Al onstrate traditional maritime profession. tomorrow. Kheir 2 dhow and interactive activities For the first time, the festival will have A total of 110 traditional dhows have for the public. a gold and pearls market where visitors registered so far and the number of peo- After its 44-day journey to India, Fath can buy traditionally-crafted jewellery. ple participating from Qatar and other Al Kheir 2 with 30 sailors on board will There will also be performers from Gulf states is expected to reach 300, be back to Katara at the opening of the Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia who will according to organisers. festival. entertain the public with folkloric songs. Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, Gen- This year’s festival will include a tradi- Two dhows will be allotted to take eral Manager, Katara, told a press confer- tional village; handicrafts; cultural shows schoolchildren in 20-minute cruises as ence yesterday that the festival resulted and traditional maritime competitions well as activities and workshops to intro- from the success of previous editions that such as dhow race, pearl diving, fishing, duce maritime professions to them. saw significant turnout of visitors. and rowing, among others. There will be a small fish market and a This year’s festival theme ‘The time we The pearl diving contest, which will kitchen where traditional seafood dishes made our living from seafaring’ is taken start on Thursday and conclude on Sat- will be prepared from freshly-caught fish from Qatari poet Ibrahim bin Moham- urday, will see teams from Saudi Arabia’s and served to visitors. med Al Khulaifi’s poem in which he Fursan and Eastern Province, Oman’s Fine art and photography competitions describes the hard life of pearl divers. Sur and Lushkhra, Kuwait, Bahrain and with cash prizes will also be organised. Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, (third left), General Manager, Katara, with other officials at Dr Al Sulaiti stressed that maritime Qatar compete for the top prize. the press conference at Katara beach yesterday. heritage is an integral part of tradition The traditional village will house stalls THE PENINSULA

Qatar to host GCC lawyers, commercial arbitrators forum next month

By Mohamed Osman at a press conference yesterday at Formation of a GCC lawyers’ hears every month one case, and Qatar Chamber, the representa- union will be discussed at the there are several arbitration DOHA: A conference of GCC tive body of the private sector. concluding session. The idea was centres, committees and courts lawyers and commercial arbitra- “It is an opportunity to discuss agreed upon and announced in to settle commercial disputes in tors will be held next month, with legislative and organisational Dubai in 2004 and approved by the GCC countries. participation of over 250 lawyers, aspects of arbitration, execution representatives of GCC lawyers’ The organising committee arbitrators and legal experts. of arbitrator’s decisions and quali- associations in 2006, said Najem. comprises representatives from The two-day 11th conference fying lawyers to become arbitra- He said on the sideline of the GCC Commercial Arbitration starts on December 19 under the tors,” he said. conference there will be a meet- Centre, Qatar Lawyers’ Asso- patronage of Prime Minister and Najem said the conference will ing of representatives of GCC ciation, the Ministry of Justice, Interior Minister H E Sheikh offer recommendations to the lawyers’ associations to discuss Qatar Chamber and Qatar Inter- Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa GCC ministers of justice and the steps to establish a GCC lawyers’ national Centre for Conciliation Al Thani. The theme is ‘Prom- GCC secretary-general. union. and Arbitration. ising Legal Environment For It will discuss in four sessions Sheikh Thani bin Ali Al Thani, Minister of Justice H E Dr Investment’. papers mainly focusing on sup- Chairman, Qatar International Hassan Lahdan Saqr Al Mohan- The conference is a platform porting government efforts and Centre for Conciliation and Arbi- nadi will attend the conference, where GCC lawyers, arbitrators trends to develop legislations and FROM LEFT: Sultan Al Abdulla, Managing Partner, www.qatarlaw.com; tration, said a draft of commercial along with Prince Bandar bin Sal- and legal personnel come together regulations for the establishment Sheikh Thani bin Ali Al Thani, Deputy Chairman, Qatari Lawyer’s Association; arbitration law has been approved man Al Saud, Honorary Chair- annually to discuss professional of schools of law, financial centres, Ahmed Najem Abdullah Al Najem, Secretary-General, GCC Commercial by the Advisory Council and man, GCC Lawyers’ Union. concerns, its development and the international arbitration courts, the commercial companies’ law The conference is being hosted Arbitration Centre; and Rashid bin Nasser Al Nuaimi, Chairman, QLA, at role of commercial arbitration in and centres for settling commer- issued. “We are looking forward by Qatari Lawyers’ Association the press conference. SALIM MATRAMKOT improving the legal environment cial disputes. to the issuance of the arbitration for the second time. Al Sharq in the GCC states. In addition to the current law,” he said. newspaper is the media sponsor This was disclosed by Ahmed situation of the GCC lawyers petitions, the conference will speed up the commercial arbitra- On disputes being heard by of the conference besides other Najem, Secretary-General, GCC associations and protection of shed light on the importance of tion process and implementation GCC Commercial Arbitration sponsors. Commercial Arbitration Centre, the profession from illegal com- improving the procedural law to of court decisions. Centre, Najem said the centre THE PENINSULA Asean fashion designers debut at Heya Arabian Exhibition

By Raynald C Rivera brand L Rousseau Urban Cou- ture, shared her insights on tex- DOHA: Young fashion design- tiles and patterns. ers from Association of South- Models strutted the Heya run- east Asian Nations (Asean) have way in stunning designs, high- debuted their creations at the lighting Islamic fashion’s beauty, eighth Heya Arabian Fashion elegance and modernity as well Exhibition at Doha Exhibition as creativity and diversity of con- and Convention Centre. cepts of designers from various One of the new features at this cultures. year’s exhibition, SheikhaHub Organised by Qatar Tourism World Islamic Fashion Show Authority and Design Creationz, (SWIFF) showcased Islamic fash- the exhibition features latest col- ion designs by Asean designers, lection of abayas, jalabiyas, kaf- including Dian Pelangi (Indone- tans, shaylas and evening gowns sia), Luly Selb (Singapore), Vinn by 260 designers displayed in 273 Patararin (Thailand), Na For- boutique stands on a 10,000sqm rer (Brunei) and Danz Design exhibition space. (Malaysia). Apart from the exhibition and The young designers emerged fashion shows, other aspects of from Asean Designer Project, a the week-long event are work- programme curated by Sheikha- A model sashays the catwalk shops, lectures and panel discus- Hub for Asean Entrepreneur at SheikhaHub World Islamic sions, including SWIFF’s panel Summit in which upcoming young Fashion Show at the eighth Heya discussion on ‘The importance of designers are given a platform to Arabian Fashion Exhibition at Doha Networking and Media in Fashion create modest clothing designs Exhibition and Convention Centre. Today’ held on Friday. under celebrity mentors in a real- The expo for women is open ity TV show. until Wednesday from 1pm to Italian fashion designer Lucia the show. Earlier Russo, who 11pm. Russo’s work also featured at is behind the emerging Italian THE PENINSULA

ROTA organises iEARN workshop

DOHA: Reach Out To Asia acquire skills in critical think- programme that supports ROTA’s (ROTA) hosted a two-day ing and cross-cultural awareness vision of empowering youth to workshop as part of the 2015 while connecting their learning to realise their full potential and fall programme of International real world issues, making learning shape the development of their Education And Resource challenging and enjoyable. communities,” said ROTA Execu- Network (iEARN). A new group of 39 teachers tive Director Essa Al Mannai. The event was hosted by from 17 Independent and private The programme enables par- National Center for Educational schools had the opportunity to ticipants to become global citizens Development (NCED) at join the worldwide community who make a difference by collabo- Qatar University (QU), and learn about the basics of PBL, rating with their peers around the sponsored by Qatar Chemical acquiring know-how on how to world. ROTA recognised the need and Petrochemical Marketing implement iEARN projects and in Qatar to elevate the project and Distribution Company cooperating online with teachers and at the beginning of 2014, wel- (Muntajat). and students from more than 140 comed QU’s College of Education The iEARN programme countries. as partner on the project. builds on the basic principle of “Since its inception in Qatar, iEARN was included as one of project-based learning (PBL) more than 400 teachers from over the programmes of NCED. Also, and empowers teachers and youth 100 schools in the country have a three-year sponsorship deal to collaborate online to connect attended iEARN workshops and signed with Muntajat in 2014 has classroom learning with real participated in iEARN projects boosted the size and quality of the world issues. with students. initiative. It allows young students to “iEARN-Qatar is one more THE PENINSULA MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Training held Katara Hospitality gets green certification DOHA: Katara Hospitality has “Green Restaurants” standards. been certified by the Interna- “As human activity increases tional Sustainability and Carbon across the globe, it is the duty of Certification System (ISCC EU) every noble citizen and organi- on maternal for efforts at reducing organisa- sation to employ initiatives that tional carbon footprint by an ini- reduce the impact of GHG emis- tiative that recycles cooking oil to sions,” said Katara Hospitality produce renewable energy. Chief Executive Officer Hamad Katara Hospitality hotels in Abdulla Al Mulla. Qatar including Sharq Village & “We are honoured to be mental health Spa, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Somerset awarded this certification as it West Bay Doha, Mövenpick Hotel symbolises our continued com- Doha and Sheraton Doha Resort mitment to reducing the impact HMC nursing leaders attend classes & Convention Hotel are recycling of global warming and our corpo- used cooking oil for biofuel pro- rate efforts towards environmen- DOHA: More than 200 nurs- port nursing and midwifery duction in a process approved tal preservation,” he said. ing and midwifery leaders from leaders in improving patient by the European Commission. Katara Hospitality takes a across Hamad Medical Corpora- outcomes. The practice is recognised by the broadly integrated approach to tion (HMC) recently attended Professor Ann-Marie Cannaby, ISCC for reducing greenhouse gas corporate social responsibility, two master class sessions led by Chief Nursing Officer at HMC, emissions, protecting natural bio- with focus on environmental Katara Hospitality has been certified by the International Sustainability and international nursing experts said, “Master classes are part of spheres, sustainable land use and issues and sustainable devel- Carbon Certification System (ISCC EU). from Australia and New Zealand. a suite of ongoing professional social responsibility. opment in the tourism sector. “Midwives and maternal nurses development opportunities offered Katara Hospitality works Where energy conservation is tion in its hotels and resorts. hospitality focus and innovative have a professional responsibil- to help nurses and midwives meet closely with GBO, the only ISCC- concerned, Katara Hospital- Recycling used cooking oil technologies that promote envi- ity as advocates for women with the challenges of the evolving certified company in Qatar that ity is evaluating and continually from food and beverage outlets ronmentally friendly practices. mental illness. They are an healthcare environment. The has been approved to collect and improving its processes for reduc- is an exercise by which Katara important resource for women, sessions provide a platform recycle oil safely, according to ing energy and water consump- Hospitality employs sustainable THE PENINSULA their families and their babies for international experts to during pregnancy, birth and post- engage with our nursing and partum,” said Professor Wendy midwifery leaders on the latest Cross, Head of School, Monash developments, research and best University’s School of Nursing practices.” and Midwifery. The INMAB, formed earlier DeBakey students interact with Shafallah kids Professor Cross led a master this year, provides local and class session entitled ‘The Mental international perspective and Health of Women in Pregnancy offers strategic, professional and DOHA: DeBakey High School- Buddy’. The event was designed and Childbirth: A Program of managerial advice on all aspects Qatar has partnered with Best with the theme, “They are just Research’ which detailed research of nursing and midwifery care at Buddies-Qatar to give students an like you & me,” in an attempt to conducted in Australia between HMC. opportunity to show a long-term discourage the notion that chil- 2004 and 2015. The research Dr Nabila Al Meer, INMAB commitment to their community, dren with disabilities want to be found that many clinicians lacked Board Member and Deputy and reach out to individuals with treated differently than other the knowledge and confidence to Chief, Continuing Care Group, intellectual disabilities who have children. assess perinatal women’s mental Supreme Council of Health traditionally been excluded from DeBakey students were sur- health and to manage the care Nursing Affairs and Chairperson society. prised with their own experiences, of women who are pregnant, or of the Credentialing Committee An event was held at DeBakey and shared their thoughts. “Being planning to be pregnant, while at HMC, said the Board is High School-Qatar for high school part of the organising team for taking antipsychotic medication. an important resource for students to interact and forge this successful event was a big “Women with mental health international best practice on friendships with students from honour as it serves a cause based problems have the same desire topical issues such as nursing Shafallah and Step by Step stu- on kindness and social service,” as other women to have a baby education, licensure and practice dents. said a student. “Everything felt so but often encounter a lack of requirements. Separate events were organised normal and I am glad we will be support from clinicians,” added “Professional standards spe- for boys and girls. The day started able to keep in touch after today”, Professor Cross. cific to generalist, specialist and with a welcome and introduction said another. The master class was part of advanced practice nursing are in among students. Girls partici- DeBakey High School-Qatar students mixed with students from Shafallah “Education includes ensuring the semiannual meeting of the place to ensure nurses and mid- pated in arts and craft — deco- and Step by Step. a well-rounded experience that International Nursing and Mid- wives work within their scope of rating bottles with tissue papers, promotes character development wifery Advisory Board (INMAB) practice to support the health of markers and stickers to create to students. The event concluded day’s activities. Their thoughts and social responsibility,” said and consolidated the Corporate Qatar’s population,” said Dr Al vases. The boys participated in with refreshments, where all Best were written on a unified board Linda Mabrie, DeBakey Director. Nursing and Midwifery Depart- Meer. sports like football and other Buddies participants interacted open to girls and boys to write ment’s continued efforts to sup- THE PENINSULA games. Medals were handed out and discussed their feelings on the along with their newly found ‘Best THE PENINSULA Book on pro-colonialism author DOHA: Georgetown University in Qatar (GU- and Regional Studies (CIRS) provided further support Q) will today host the launch of a new book through a workshop for the manuscript. by Dr Ian Almond, Professor of World Litera- Through analysis of Chaudhuri’s views on Islam, his use ture at GU-Q, titled, “The Thought of Nirad of related research material, and his opinions on Empire, C. Chaudhuri: Islam, Empire, and Loss.” The Almond dissects the constitution of an Indian writer and event will take place at GU-Q’s bookstore at locates the precise ways in which colonial powers influ- 6pm. ence and create ‘native informants’, enabling local subjects The author revisits South Asian intellectual to critically dismiss their own cultures. history to present a critical examination of the The book explores how Chaudhuri was able to produce notorious writer and defender of Western colo- the kind of discourses he did, exploring how conserva- nialism, Nirad C Chaudhuri (1897–1999). tive, pro-Western intellectuals are formed in postcolonial The book, which took almost four years to environments. A strong comparative element in the book produce, was partially funded by a Qatar Foun- places Chaudhuri’s views in relation to conservative intel- dation grant. GU-Q’s Center for International lectuals from Latin America, the Middle East and South Asia, and concludes by consider- ing present-day ‘native inform- ants’ from these regions. Comment- ing on the chal- lenges of writing about Chaud- huri’s contro- versial views, Dr Almond, who has studied India and Indian fiction for over 15 years, said: “I didn’t want to turn Nirad Chaudhuri into a circus act. However, I do want to show The Thought of Nirad C. Chaudhuri: exactly how a Islam, Empire, and Loss will be launched small boy, com- at GU-Q today. ing from a rural area of what is today Bangladesh, was able to cultivate a consciousness which longed to be European — indeed, which convinced itself it was European. It seems to be a perfect example of ideology in action. He was not simply an imperialist pawn of the British, he also offers an example of how power can alienate people from their own cultures.” The book is a historical assessment but offers an insight into why a figure like Chaudhuri is relevant today, says the author. “Western media – as well as other media – depend heav- ily on the use of “native” experts to promote the default response that Western democracies are automatically superior despite all evidence to the contrary. To be politi- cally conscious is to be actively and constantly aware of the possibility of being indoctrinated, and Chaudhuri’s case can teach us many lessons in this regard, both posi- tively and negatively.” The book is currently available in hardback from Cam- bridge University Press. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Over 1,000 test for diabetes Ajyal Youth Film Festival tickets on sale from today

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RAF focuses on kids’ education in 20 countries Officials at the awards ceremony. By Sanaullah Ataullah Supreme Committee for Initia- tive. Al Jazeera wins two ASBU DOHA: Sheikh Thani bin “We provide humanitarian Abdullah Foundation for services to needy people all over Humanitarian Services (RAF) the world regardless of their BroadcastPro TV Awards has earmarked QR60m to cre- country, religion and ethnicity,” ate educational opportunities he added. DOHA: Al Jazeera’s Technology and tary Film Festival on November 29, for 45,000 children in 20 Afri- Phase I will cost about Operations Division scooped two Festival Director Abbas Arnaout has can and Asian countries who QR60m, said Ali bin Yusuf Al Arab States Broadcasting Union announced. have dropped out or could not Kuwari, Head, Marketing and (ASBU) BroadcastPro Television This year’s awards include Al attend schools due to poverty. Financial Resources Develop- Awards for 2015 during the award Jazeera Golden Award, Jury Award, The initiative ‘Al Ghaza W Al ment Department, RAF. ceremony in Dubai on November 10. New Horizon Award, Al Jazeera Nur (Food and Light)’ will be About QR10m has been The division was awarded MENA Documentary Channel Award, Public executed by RAF, in collabora- granted by the endowment fund Broadcast Trendsetter for its inno- Liberties and Human Rights Award tion with Unicef and UN World of Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Al vative approach to re-configuring Al and Child and Family Award. Food Program (WFP). Officials at the press conference. ABDUL BASIT Thani, Honorary President of Jazeera’s bureaus around the globe, A total of 147 films from 90 coun- The plan in the first phase RAF. A plan has been prepared including state-of-the-art technol- tries are competing for awards which is to provide basic food items A supermarket will be set up in tania, Togo, Kenya, Nigeria and by RAF to collect the remain- ogy for newsgathering and broadcast. carry a total prize of QR495,000. to 15,000 needy families on a an area where 400 beneficiar- Liberia. ing QR50m from individuals and The second award, ‘CTO of the Awards will be given to the win- monthly basis for one year so ies of food security programme The countries are selected major donors to support the ini- Year’, was presented to Mohamed ning films in three categories of the they could send their children to live and coupons will be dis- based the international reports tiative, he added. Abuagla, Executive Director, Tech- competitions — Long, Medium and school. Ten new schools will be tributed to them to collect food suggesting urgent need for food It is a smart and success- nology and Operations, Al Jazeera, Short, except for New Horizon Award built in poor countries to sup- items. The outlet will be handed and education due to lack of ful idea to connect food with for having led the transformation which will be given to top three films port educational infrastructure. over to the poorest family as its food security, high rate of illiter- education, said Abdullah Al of the Technology and Operations created by amateur or student film- Hundreds of small devel- source of income. acy, tough economic conditions, Wardat, Director, WFP in the Departments after combining them makers. opment projects will also be The initiative will begin civil war and natural disasters, GCC countries. Mostly, students into one division. The festival administration has launched to provide livelihood from Sudan, Yemen and three among others. drop out of school and are not Abuagla was also the keynote announced the names of 15 jury for needy families. countries in West Africa and The initiative was disclosed admitted due to economic rea- speaker at BroadcastPro Summit & members who will start to review Projects will be launched gradually reach all 20 coun- by RAF officials at a press con- sons. Their families depend on Awards annual flagship event where films this weekend. The jury will be on priority to help the weak- tries, including Mali, Niger, ference yesterday. them for their expenses as there he walked the audience through Al divided into three sub-committees to est sections of the community. Sudan, Afghanistan, Chad, Paki- The initiative connects edu- is no breadwinner or the income Jazeera’s journey, having moved from decide on winning films in all com- For example, a new school will stan, Senegal, Guinea, Yemen, cation with anti-poverty drive, is not enough, he added. the old ways of working on tape to petitions. be built in a locality where 300 Somalia, Syria, Myanmar, Bang- said Sheikh Dr Abdulaziz bin becoming an industry leader. 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‘IS’ jihadist Obama vows renewed blows himself up, injuring five efforts to eliminate IS cops in Turkey

ANKARA: A suspected Islamic Putin, Obama agree on political transition in Syria State jihadist blew himself up in southeastern Turkey near the BELEK, Turkey: US President tion’s bombing campaign against White House official said. Syrian border during a police Barack Obama vowed yesterday Islamic State (IS). The Cold War superpower foes raid, injuring five officers, one to step up efforts to eliminate “We’re confident that in the have been at odds over the future seriously, officials said yesterday. Islamic State in Syria and pre- coming days and weeks, working of Syrian President Bashar Al The suspect detonated explo- vent it from carrying out attacks with the French, we will be able Assad, whom Moscow supports sives when police raided an like those in Paris, while Euro- intensify our strikes against IS in and Washington wants gone, as apartment building in the town pean leaders urged Russia to both Syria and Iraq to make clear well as the conflict in Ukraine. of Gaziantep suspected of being focus its military efforts on the there is no safe haven for these In a 35 minute discussion on a jihadist hideout, the governor’s radical Islamists. terrorists,” US Deputy National the sidelines of the G20 meet- office said in a statement. Speaking at a G20 leaders sum- security adviser Ben Rhodes said ing, Obama and Putin discussed The raid was conducted as part mit in Turkey, Obama described in an interview with NBC’s “Meet efforts to find a solution to the of the investigation into a double the killings in Paris claimed by the Press”. conflict, which had been made suicide bombing on October 10 in Islamic State as an attack on the But European Council Presi- more pressing by the attacks in Ankara that killed 102 activists civilised world and said the United dent Donald Tusk said Russia too Paris, the US official said. gathering for a peace rally, Turk- States would work with France to should focus its military opera- “President Obama and Presi- ish media said. hunt down those responsible. tions on Islamic State, rather than dent Putin agreed on the need for The attack came as leaders The two-day summit brings on the Syrian opposition battling a Syrian-led and Syrian-owned gathered in the Mediterranean Obama and fellow world leaders President Bashar Al Assad, urg- political transition, which would resort city of Antalya, 500km to just 500km from Syria, where ing cooperation between Wash- be proceeded by UN-mediated the west, for a G20 summit where a 4-1/2-year conflict has trans- ington and Moscow. negotiations between the Syrian the fight against terrorism was a formed Islamic State into a glo- “It should be our common aim opposition and regime as well a major discussion point, following bal security threat and spawned to coordinate our actions against ceasefire,” the official said. this weekend’s Paris attacks. Europe’s largest migration flows Daesh and for sure the coopera- Obama welcomed efforts by all On Saturday, four suspected IS since the Second World War. tion between the United States countries in confronting IS, not- militants travelling by car were “The skies have been darkened and Russia is a crucial one,” he ing the importance of Russia’s shot dead by the army when they by the horrific attacks that took said. military efforts in Syria focusing approached a military checkpoint place in Paris just a day and a half Russia joined the conflict a on the group, the official said. in Gaziantep. Also on Saturday, the ago,” Obama said after meeting month and a half ago with air Following the talks, Russian police arrested seven suspected IS Turkish President Recep Tayyip strikes in Syria, but has been media quoted a top Kremlin advi- US President Barack Obama (right) greets Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev members in Ankara, state-run Erdogan. targeting mainly areas where sor as saying the two countries as they participate in a family photo with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Anatolia news agency reported. “We will redouble our efforts, foreign-backed fighters are bat- have similar approach towards Erdogan (centre) at the start of the G20 summit at the Regnum Carya Resort working with other members of tling Assad, its ally, rather than fighting terrorism but differ in Antalya, Turkey, yesterday. the coalition, to bring about a Islamic State, its critics say. on tactics. “Strategic objectives Three militants, peaceful transition in Syria and Turkey and Western allies, by relating to the fight against the and a sports stadium, also poses pushing for the G20 to recognise to eliminate Daesh as a force contrast, want Assad out. Islamic State are, in principle, a major challenge for Europe, the issue as a global problem and one soldier that can create so much pain and UN Secretary-General Ban very similar (between Russia and with populist leaders rushing to help to deal with it financially, suffering for people in Paris, in Ki-moon said he welcomed the the US), but there are differences demand an end to an influx of despite opposition from China, killed in Tunisia Ankara, and in other parts of the renewed sense of urgency to find on the tactics side,” Yuri Ushakov refugees and migrants from the India and Russia. A million globe,” he added, using an alterna- a solution to the war in Syria was quoted as saying. Middle East and Africa. migrants from the Middle East TUNIS: At least three Islamist tive name for Islamic State. after the Paris attacks, adding The White House official said In a diplomatic coup for Europe and Africa are expected to come militants and a Tunisian soldier Obama and his Western allies the world had a “rare moment” Obama also reiterated his sup- and for Turkey, the G20 leaders to Europe this year alone. were killed yesterday in clashes now face the question of how the of diplomatic opportunity to end port for the implementation of will agree that migration is a global According to a separate state- in the central Kasserine province, West should respond after Islamic the violence. the Minsk agreement, a deal to problem that must be addressed in ment yesterday they also agreed near the Algerian border, a secu- State again demonstrated it posed Obama and Russian Presi- end fighting in eastern Ukraine a coordinated way, according to a to step up border controls and rity source said. a threat far beyond its strong- dent Vladimir Putin agreed on agreed by the leaders of Ukraine, draft communique, although it has aviation security in the wake of Islamic State militants have holds in Syria and Iraq. the need for a Syria-led politi- Russia, Germany and France. yet to be accepted by all and is due the Paris attacks, which they con- claimed two major attacks on for- Washington already expects cal transition, including UN- The Paris carnage, in which 129 to be published only today. demned as “heinous”. eign tourists this year in Tunisia, France to retaliate by taking on mediated talks, when they spoke people were killed in attacks on Europe and Turkey, the most and the army is fighting a low- a larger role in the US-led coali- at the G20 summit yesterday, a a concert hall, restaurants, bars heavily hit by the crisis, had been REUTERS level conflict against pockets of other militants in rural areas near the frontier with Algeria. Yesterday’s clashes came two days after Islamist militants beheaded a Tunisian teenager British jihadist may have planned Paris-style attack in Istanbul in the central province of Sidi Bouzid and sent his head to his family after accusing him of spy- BELEK, Turkey: Turkish of others who could have been could have been a parallel attack popular tourist destinations, with both Iraq and Syria. ing for the military. authorities suspect a high-pro- planning an attack in Istanbul in with Paris, on the same day.” more than 10 million people vis- Islamic State is becoming more “At least three terrorists and file British jihadist detained in parallel with the gun and bomb Davis is one of a group of Brit- iting sights including the Blue active in Turkey, another senior one soldier were killed in violent Turkey last week may have been rampage in the French capital ish Islamists believed to have been Mosque and Hagia Sofia each year. Turkish official said, prompt- clashes at Mguila Mountain, in a planning attacks in Istanbul sim- that left at least 129 people dead, assigned to guard foreign prison- Separately, the source said ing a wider response from secu- counter-strike operation after ter- ilar to those in Paris, two security a separate source said yesterday. ers by Islamic State, alongside eight people suspected of links to rity forces. “Islamic State is also rorists beheaded the 16-year-old,” sources said yesterday. “Davis is a figure with key respon- Mohammed Emwazi, nicknamed Islamic State had been detained changing methods and is not only the source said. Four years after A man thought to be Aine sibilities within Islamic State and Jihadi John after appearing in in Ankara yesterday, but declined carrying out attacks inside Syria. ousting Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Lesley Davis, an associate of the he wasn’t caught alone. He was videos showing the killings of US to give their nationalities. It is showing more presence here and inspiring the “Arab Spring” Islamic State militant dubbed within a group,” the source said. and British hostages. Emzawi The detentions are the latest and we are therefore taking more protests, Tunisia has a new demo- “Jihadi John”, was detained in “Right now, we’re investigat- is thought to have been killed in in what many of Turkey’s West- notice of it and responding,” the cratic constitution and a freely- Istanbul last week, senior Turk- ing whether they were planning a drone strike in Syria, US and ern allies see as a belated crack- official said. elected coalition government. ish officials said on Friday. an attack in Istanbul similar to British officials said on Friday. down on Islamist activity inside Davis was detained with a group the one in Paris. We suspect there Istanbul is one of the world’s most the Nato member, which borders REUTERS AFP/REUTERS

Lebanon arrests nine over Beirut bombings

BEIRUT: Lebanon has arrested nine people, mostly Syrians, over last week’s Beirut bombings that killed 44 people, an attack whose original target was a hospital, the interior minister said yesterday. “The detained include seven Syrians and two Lebanese, one of them a (would-be) suicide bomber and the other a trafficker who smuggled them across the border from Syria,” Interior Minister Nuhad Mashnuq said in a tel- evised press conference. The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group claimed respon- sibility for Thursday’s attacks, which hit a busy shopping street in Burj Al Barajneh, a suburb where the Shia move- ment Hezbollah is popular. “The whole suicide bombing network and its support- ers were arrested in the 48 hours following the explo- sion,” Mashnuq said, calling the arrests “an extraordinary achievement”. He said the Syrians were detained in a Palestinian refugee camp located in Burj Al Barajneh and a flat in the capital’s eastern district of Ashrafieh that had been used to prepare the explosive belts. Security forces arrested the Lebanese would-be suicide attacker in the northern port city of Tripoli after he had failed to detonate his suicide belt, Mashnuq said. The initial plan was apparently to send five suicide bombers to a hospital in the neighbourhood, he said, but heavy security forced them to change the target to a densely populated area. Mashnuq hinted that he expected further attacks: “When they send five suicide attackers to one place, it means... it won’t be the last.” The bloodshed in Beirut came a day before a string of bomb and gun attacks in the French capital, also claimed by IS, that left at least 129 dead and more than 350 people wounded. The blasts were the first to target a Hezbollah-dom- inated neighbourhood since mid-2014, after a string of such attacks rocked the capital in 2013 and 2014.

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Landslide kills Myanmar president 16 in China BEIJING: A landslide that engulfed homes in China killed at least 16 people, with 21 still vows smooth handover missing, as heavy rains brought misery across a swathe of the country. Suu Kyi holds talks with parliament speaker Photos posted on Sina Weibo, a Chinese version of Twitter, YANGON: Myanmar’s Presi- first attempt at a democratic-style while ethnic parties have around showed rescue teams work- dent Thein Sein yesterday said transition for decades. 11 percent. ing through the night as they historic polls won in a thumping Addressing representatives of Election commission head Tin attempted to pull people from landslide by Aung San Suu Kyi’s nearly 90 political parties, many of Aye told reporters in Naypyidaw mud and rock that had buried 27 party were the consequence of his which were trounced by Suu Kyi’s that officials had tried to run a houses in Zhejiang province. government’s reforms and vowed National League for Democracy, “free and fair” vote. More than 300 people were a smooth transition of power. the Myanmar leader said elec- He added that out of 91 parties evacuated after the landslide, The former junta general, who tions are the “duty” of a demo- registered for the polls, only 11 Myanmar’s President Thein Sein delivers a speech to representatives of with 21 additional homes flooded shed his uniform to lead the coun- cratic nation. would enter the legislature after political parties at the Yangon Regional Government Office in Yangon in the wake of the disaster, which try’s quasi-civilian regime five He appeared sanguine about the NLD rout. yesterday. struck on Saturday evening. years ago, said the November 8 the resounding defeat of his Thein Sein, a slight bespecta- Meanwhile, the central prov- polls were testament to the politi- army-backed Union Solidarity and cled 70-year-old, has steered the Both the president and army Yesterday she held talks with ince of Hunan was hit by the cal and economic changes that Development Party, which will slip country’s dramatic opening up chief have agreed to talks with the parliament speaker Shwe worst winter flooding in more have swept the former pariah into opposition in the next parlia- after years of isolation, freeing Suu Kyi in the coming days as the Mann, a key USDP figure who was than 50 years, the official Xinhua state since the end of junta rule. ment — due to sit from February. political prisoners, unleashing a country’s political big-hitters look tipped as a favourite compromise news agency reported, forcing ”The election is the result of ”The winning party is respon- long-muzzled press and welcom- to negotiate the transition. candidate for president until he thousands to flee. our reform process and as we sible for carrying out its duty and ing foreign investment. Observers say it is imperative was ousted as head of his party by About 8,200 people were reset- promised, we were able to hold it other opposition parties should Yesterday he listed tasks for the that Suu Kyi build friendly ties military-backed rivals, including tled after their homes were very successfully,” he told a meet- provide checks and balances. That next government to tackle in the with the military elite, which Thein Sein in August. destroyed in the flooding, with ing of political parties in Yangon, is called democracy,” he said. country, which still struggles with retains significant political and ”She comforted me about the more than 87,000 people affected in his first public appearance since According to the latest official high poverty rates and poor edu- economic power. election and congratulated me on by the waters, which caused black- the polls. results released last evening, the cation, infrastructure and health- Suu Kyi has already travelled to accepting the results swiftly,” the outs and road closures. ”We will hand this process (of NLD has won nearly 80 percent care after years of junta neglect. the capital Naypyidaw, where she speaker, who lost his constituency The flooding, which has also reform) on to a new government,” of elected seats in the combined These include national recon- will attend today the last session in the polls, said in a post on his damaged crops, was the worst he said, adding “don’t worry about parliament so far, with only a few ciliation, continuing efforts to end of the old parliament, which will official Facebook page. since record keeping began in 1961, the transition” in comments aimed seats left to call. ethnic rebellions and pushing for- continue sitting as a caretaker authorities said. at calming nerves in the country’s The USDP has just 8 percent ward with development. legislature until January. AFP AFP

French colours N Korea prepares for possible Obama set to challenge China missile launch at Apec summit in Manila SEOUL: North Korea has declared a no-sail zone off its east MANILA: US President Barack important shipping trade routes. Jose also said that, while the coast in a sign it could be prepar- Obama is set to challenge China China’s island building in the issue was not on the official ing a missile launch, Yonhap news when Asia-Pacific leaders gather Spratlys archipelago, which is agenda, leaders may discuss it at agency reported yesterday. in the Philippines this week, close to the Philippines, prompted their retreat, one of the summit’s The warning covers all move- speaking out on a territorial row the US military to recently deploy key events where the delegates ment of ships from November 11 and lobbying to set pro-American a missile destroyer and B-52 speak less formally. to December 7 for an area off the trade rules. bomber planes to the area. Obama will also use both legs North’s central coast, the agency Chinese President Xi Jinping China had insisted repeatedly of his Asian trip to promote the said, quoting an unnamed govern- will also be in Manila for the Asia- in the lead-up to the summit that Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ment source. Pacific Economic Cooperation the South China Sea dispute was mega-trade deal, which was ”We are observing closely (Apec) summit, an annual event not relevant to the trade talks. signed last month by 12 Apec whether North Korea will launch that is meant to forge unity on But US National Security nations but excludes China. a Scud missile or a new model of free trade within the region. Advisor Susan Rice said the On the sidelines of Apec, the ballistic missile because the area But this year’s meeting risks dispute would be a “central leaders of the TPP nations will under the warning is quite vast,” becoming entangled in various issue” during Obama’s three-day meet for the first time since the a government source was quoted US-China power struggles, trip to the Philippines starting signing. as saying by Yonhap. including over the South China tomorrow, and a subsequent visit “TPP is central to our vision of The Scud is a short-range Sea, where Chinese island to Malaysia for another regional the region’s future and our place missile initially developed by the building in disputed waters has summit. in it,” Rice said. Soviet Union. caused alarm in the United States Rice also emphasised Obama China has flagged it will push South Korea’s defence ministry and with its Asian allies. would raise the issues of on with its own effort to steer declined to confirm whether a no- China insists it has sovereign “maritime security” and “freedom regional economic rules with a sail warning had been issued. rights to nearly all of the sea, even of navigation”, terms commonly planned Free Trade Area of the The prohibited area is near waters approaching the coasts of used when referring to the dispute. Asia-Pacific. the eastern port city of Won- its Asian neighbours. In his first press conference “We need to actively work for san where leader Kim Jong Un’s The Philippines, Vietnam, as official Apec spokesperson the establishment of FTAAP,” family compounds are located, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan on Friday, Philippine foreign Chinese vice commerce minister according to media reports. have overlapping claims to some ministry spokesman Charles Jose Wang Shouwen told a briefing in of the waters, which are home talked at length about China’s Beijing. REUTERS The Tokyo Tower is lit up in the colours of the French national flag yes- to some of the world’s most “aggressive” actions in the sea. AFP terday in memory of the victims of Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris.

S Korea govt Pelosi voiced support for Dalai Lama during China visit not to tolerate SHANGHAI: Tibet’s exiled The delegation met senior gov- gressional delegation Chinese an area of grave concern,” he said China tramples on the cultural spiritual leader, the Dalai ernment officials, including com- authorities have allowed to enter in a statement. and religious rights of Tibet’s violent protests Lama, enjoys strong support in munist party boss Chen Quanguo, Tibet since widespread unrest The official Tibet Daily had said Buddhist people. China denies the United States, Democratic Pelosi said in a statement. in 2008, also expressed concern Pelosi praised the huge changes this, saying it has brought much SEOUL: The South Korean leader Nancy Pelosi told Chinese “The delegation reiterated the over the recent arrests and deten- that had taken place in Tibet and needed development to what was government vowed yesterday to officials during a visit this week imperative of respect for religious tions of human rights lawyers and the hard work of the Chinese gov- a backward region. crack down on any more violent to the Himalayan region, while freedom and expression in Tibet,” activists in China. ernment in protecting religious Pelosi has regularly spoken protests, a day after dozens were expressing concern about human she added. “America has a responsibil- freedom and cultural practices. out about human rights issues arrested during a rally against rights there. “We also conveyed to the Chi- ity to stand up for human rights China’s Foreign Ministry has in Tibet and has met the Dalai labour reforms, the largest street Pelosi, a long-time critic of nese government officials the at home and abroad,” said Jim described the Tibet visit, which Lama, whom Beijing reviles as protest of President Park Geun- China’s human rights record, was strong, bipartisan support the McGovern, the chairman of a was not formally announced a violent separatist. The Nobel hye’s term. leading a senior US Congressional Dalai Lama enjoys in the Con- Congress Human Rights Com- ahead of time, as “a normal peace laureate says he simply Organisers say they will take to delegation on a rare visit to Tibet, gress of the United States and mission, who accompanied Pelosi. exchange between the US and wants real autonomy for Tibet. the streets again on December 5. which China has ruled with an among the American people.” “Human rights in China, and Chinese legislatures”. More than 60,000 people took iron fist since 1950. The delegation, the first Con- Tibet in particular, continue to be Rights groups and exiles say REUTERS part in Saturday’s protest, accord- ing to police, and a group of a few dozen fought with the police at the front line, trying to break through Cooking PM barricades of police buses. Police used water canons to Tensions flare as Niger opposition disperse the crowd and sprayed liquid laced with an irritant found in chilli pepper to fight off pro- testers swinging metal pipes and candidate is arrested on return sharpened bamboo sticks. ”The government was fully pre- NIAMEY: Niger’s opposition Security forces blocked the Earlier, a reporter witnessed pared to guarantee a lawful and presidential candidate Hama route and access to the area as clashes between security forces peaceful rally, but some people Amadou was arrested on Sat- the two-time former premier was and supporters of Amadou’s came prepared with illegal equip- urday on his return from a year driven away. Modem party outside the airport. ment such as steel pipes and con- in exile over allegations of baby Late on Saturday, Niamey gov- After sporadic clashes through- ducted a violent protest,” Justice trafficking, a party colleague said. ernor Hamidou Garba confirmed out the day calm returned as Minister Kim Hyun-woong told a ”He was arrested on leaving the Amadou had been detained in line night fell. news conference. plane. Police presented him with with a “correctly executed war- Security forces also cordoned ”These activities were a grave a warrant issued for his arrest,” rant” and told state television off the party’s Niamey headquar- challenge to law and order and said lawmaker Amadou Salah. that “Niamey has confronted a ters where Amadou had planned public authority, and they will not The former prime minister and rebellious movement comprising to make an address following a be tolerated.” national assembly president fled Modem supporters.” parade in the city to mark his The police arrested 51 people the country in August last year to Garba added that “defence and return after almost 15 months and are questioning them on vari- escape baby trafficking charges. security forces have shown their out of the country. New Zealand Prime Minister John Key (centre) learns to make ‘pho ous charges including illegal pro- According to Salah, after leav- sang froid and professionalism The first round of the vote is cuon’ (Vietnamese rolling pho) as he attends a cooking class by a New test, assaulting police officers and ing the plane Amadou “was led to avoid matters pointlessly and scheduled for February 21, along- Zealand chef at a restaurant in Hanoi yesterday. Key is in Vietnam on destroying public equipment. to a car (and taken) to an as yet dangerously spilling over” into side legislative polls. an official visit. unknown destination.” unrest. AFP REUTERS MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PAKISTAN Suicide attack Nepal asks India to end kills one in Afghanistan

‘undeclared blockade’ KABUL: A suicide bomber tar- geted a convoy of foreign forces just outside the city of Lashkar Premier Oli makes first address to the nation Gah in the volatile southern Afghan province of Helmand, KATHMANDU: Nepal’s newly ans living across the border. “The decision (to import fuel killing one civilian and wounding elected prime minister K P “I strongly request the gov- from China) is not directed 12, local officials said yesterday. Sharma Oli yesterday called on ernment of India and related against any country. It is a step Afghan security forces have neighbouring India to end its officials... to immediately end the to make Nepal’s trade relations been fighting Taliban insurgents “undeclared blockade” as the undeclared blockade and resume diversified and balanced,” he said. for weeks in the area around nation faces crippling shortage supply of essential goods and Nepal has formally asked China Lashkar Gah and in surround- of fuel and supplies. not let further negativity grow to supply petroleum products ing districts. The widening insur- Nepalese citizens carry firewood sold by the government in Kathmandu Scores of trucks have been in the centuries-old relation- amid a severe shortage. gency has escalated since foreign stranded at a key border check- ship between the two countries,” Following the request, China yesterday amid a crippling fuel shortage. forces ended most combat opera- point between India and Nepal Prime Minister Oli said in his signed a framework agreement tions last year. for over a month following pro- first address to the nation since with Nepal in October for supply He said Nepal was pushed first drawn up by elected International forces still pro- tests by ethnic minorities over the taking office. of petroleum products. to the brink of a humanitarian representatives, was meant to vide training and other assist- Himalayan nation’s new constitu- Oli said that Nepal, recently “The roads connecting China and economic crisis after fuel, cement peace and bolster Nepal’s ance. But there was no immediate tion. hit by a massive quake that will be upgraded and efforts to medicine and food items were transformation to a democratic confirmation from Nato’s Reso- The movement of cargo across killed nearly 9,000 people, is fac- bring fuel from other friendly stopped on the Indian side of republic after decades of political lute Support mission in Kabul of other Indian border check- ing a serious humanitarian crisis countries would also be initi- border. “This incident has shown instability and a 10-year Maoist an attack on any of its vehicles. points has also slowed to a crawl, because of the blockade with a ated,” Oli was quoted as saying that Nepal’s trade relations are insurgency. “A convoy of three foreign forces prompting authorities in Kath- shortage of fuel and medicines. by Xinhua. unbalanced and one-sided,” said But it has instead resulted in vehicles was coming to the city mandu to accuse New Delhi of “The economic, social and psy- A team has already reached Oli. “It will be our duty to take deadly violence. More than 40 from Marjah when targeted by a imposing an “unofficial blockade” chological damage caused by the Bangladesh to discuss the steps to develop a self-reliant people have been killed in clashes suicide bomber driving a car,” said to show its dissatisfaction with ongoing protests and the unde- possibility of importing fuel economy.” The prime minister also between police and protesters Omar Zawak, a spokesman for the the new charter. clared blockade is several times from there, local media earlier called on the protesting parties to representing ethnic minorities Helmand governor’s office, citing New Delhi has denied the more than the quake,” said Oli. reported. solve the issue through dialogue, who say a new federal structure information from local police. charge and urged dialogue Without naming India, Oli said The prime minister said the adding that the constitution laid out in the constitution will He said one of the vehicles with the protesting Madhesis, Nepal’s move to import fuel from Nepalese people had to suffer as can be amended and the federal leave them under-represented in caught fire, causing casualties. who have close cultural, lin- China was not directed against a result of over-dependence on a borders can be revised. the national parliament. guistic and family ties to Indi- any country. single country (India). The constitution, the AFP REUTERS Bangladesh aims to Pakistanis warily eye Chinese project SOST, Pakistan: A glossy high- voice on the economic corridor. way and hundreds of lorries But for the head of local rein in poverty to transporting Chinese workers government, Hafiz Hafeez by the thousands: the new Silk ur-Rehman, the project is a Road is under construction in “game-changer” for a region that northern Pakistan, but locals should be the “prime beneficiary” below 14pc by 2021 living on the border are yet to as it is located on the threshold be convinced they will receive of China. DHAKA: Bangladesh aims to cut its would provide $5bn in assistance more from it than dust. The government plans to poverty rate to less than 14 percent to Bangladesh over the next three The town of Sost is gateway to install commercial areas and by 2021 from 22.4 percent now, years for plans including an industrial millions in customs duties. invest in hydroelectric dam Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said project and building an IT park. It is the first stop along a projects along the future super- yesterday, as the country sets it sights Early in July, the World Bank new $46bn “economic corridor” highway to the south, he said. on becoming a middle-income nation. upgraded Bangladesh to its category designed by China in Pakistan. Other, more shadowy Hasina was speaking at the of lower middle income nations from Drivers from China arrive political and security factors opening of a two-day meeting where its earlier status as a least developed through the Khunjerab Pass, also contribute to the sense Bangladesh will seek up to $12 billion country (LDCs). the world’s highest paved border of alienation in Gilgit: such as in assistance from funding partners to Hasina said her government had crossing at 4,600 metres above Beijing and Islamabad’s apparent develop its ramshackle infrastructure. chalked out a five-year plan to achieve sea level, and unload their goods efforts to clamp down on the Chinese labourers work on the Karakoram highway in Gulmit village of “We set a target to reduce the rate its vision of middle-income status for encircled by the magnificent restive regions that surround of poverty below 14 percent by 2021, Bangladesh. Karakoram mountains. Hunza valley in northern Pakistan. the corridor. when we also expect to become a One of the officials at the meeting, From there, Pakistani col- In Gilgit-Baltistan, the most middle-income country,” Hasina said, Kingo Toyoda, deputy director general leagues pick up the goods and hour. “With the tunnel, we hope land grab by wealthy Chinese famous local labour activist, adding that Bangladesh had already of Japan’s foreign affairs ministry, transport them the length of the business will take off and tour- and Pakistanis “from below” Baba Jan, has been imprisoned reined in the figure to 22.4 percent, said his country would continue to country — currently to Kara- ists flock here,” said Amjad Ali, (the south). The latter have for “terrorism” since 2011 for from 56.7 percent in 1991. cooperate with Bangladesh, but urged chi, some 2,000 kilometres away a trader who sells clothing in the already approached farmers in organising an anti-government About 23 percent of the population it to ensure the safety of visiting on the Arabian Sea, but in the Sost bazaar. the region in a bid to snap up demonstration. of nearly 160 million falls below the Japanese citizens. future to Gwadar, where Beijing “We are once again connected their fields. In the neighbouring Chi- poverty line, with a daily income of A Japanese national in October has been given management of by road to the rest of Pakistan,” Sitting on the border of his nese region of Xinjiang, Beijing less then $2 a day. became the second foreign national to the port in a grand project allow- rejoiced another resident, potato field, Ali Qurban fears is closely monitoring Muslim About 40 representatives of be killed in the country, with Islamic ing China greater access to the Mohammed Israr. losing his beloved region in Uighurs, saying that extremists bodies such as the World Bank, the State claiming responsibility. Middle East, Africa and Europe. But their optimism is Islamabad’s grand dance with from the minority are in hiding Asian Development Bank (ADB), “We want to invest more and our But, until recently, the high- tempered by fear that the trucks Beijing. in Pakistan. the International Monetary Fund, entrepreneurs are enthusiastic,” way was cut off just south of will simply drive on by, leaving “This is my land of Gilgit- For locals, it all adds up to a the US Agency for International Toyoda said. “But the security of Sost, blocked for five years by Sost to receive, as Ali put it, Baltistan — not that of Pakistan lack of agency. Development, the Department for Japanese citizens is very important a landslide that dammed the “nothing but dust”. or China,” the local activist and The government and the mili- International Development, the and we urge the government to ensure Hunza river and birthed the lake “The Chinese care only for occasional poet cries. tary have “paralysed the people European Union and the Japan it.” of Attabad. their own economic interest,” Gilgit-Baltistan was long a here”, the activist Qurban said, International Cooperation Agency Japan has committed assistance Unable to drive around the said Noor-e-din, another trader. collection of small kingdoms adding they are suppressed “as attended the event. of $4.89bn over the next four to five mountain, China simply tun- “We risk spending our days before being attached to Pakistan Uighurs are suppressed by the Wencai Zhang, Vice President of years. nelled through it, sending thou- counting trucks as they drive in the 1970s. Chinese government in Xin- ADB, told reporters that the bank REUTERS sands of workers in an effort past.” It does not have provincial jiang”. that took more than three years Islamabad, he predicted, is set status and its inhabitants do “The decision-makers will and cost at least $275m. to collect millions in customs not have the right to vote decide for themselves what the Before the tunnel, residents of duty from Sost while doing little in national elections, hence benefit of the economic corridor Sost had to cross the lake by boat or nothing for the town. the feeling of alienation from is,” he says. in a journey that took at least an Israr, for his part, evoked a Islamabad and the lack of a AFP

Word’s highest bike race held in Nepal KATHMANDU: Dozens of mountain bikers donned snow goggles and braved freezing temperatures to reach the finish line of the world’s highest mountain biking race in the foothills of Nepal’s Himalayas yes- terday. The annual Yak Attack, which kicked off in 2007, is a nine-day-long race over about 400 kilome- tres of rocky and snow- covered terrain, crossing the world’s highest moun- tain pass, the Thorong La at 5,416 metres, north of 8,091-metre-tall Mount Annapurna. Twenty-nine people from countries including Britain, the United States, Japan and Sweden took part in the race, with six participants from Nepal. Nepal’s Ajay Pandit Dixit bagged first place. AFP MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 ASIA / INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09

Alert in Delhi; security high at Modi pushes global solar alliance foreign missions PM takes part in G20 summit in Turkey NEW DELHI: In the wake of Friday’s terror attacks in Paris, ANTALYA (TURKEY): India Nations Framework Convention fossil fuel, but also moderate our a hugh alert has been sounded yesterday nudged the G20 to on Climate Change. lifestyle. Development in harmony in the national capital with the ensure finances and technology The prime minister, who arrived with nature is the goal of my pro- Delhi Police ensuring tight secu- worth $100bn are made availa- here late on Saturday from Lon- posal to launch, along with French rity at all foreign embassies and ble for countries to pursue clean don, said India itself has agreed to President (Francois) Hollande, an consulates here along with air- energy during their development, do its bit for a clean-green world. alliance of solar-rich countries at ports and railway stations. and pushed for its proposal for This, by committing an additional the time of COP-21 meeting.” Police sources said yesterdayt- a grand alliance of solar-rich capacity of 175 GW of renewable India is proposing what is called hat strict vigil has been put in nations to make this key source energy by 2022, cutting subsidies an International Agency for Solar place outside all embassies and of green power an integral part of on fossil fuels, taxing the use of Technologies and Applications to high commissions in Delhi with people’s lives. coal, and setting up a National bring together nearly 125 coun- additional gun-toting security “At G20, we can play an effective Clean Energy Fund of $3bn to tries rich in solar resources that personnel. role in supporting the multilateral promote clean technologies. lie between tropics of Cancer and “Apart from foreign missions, goals of increasing research and He said such a firm commit- Capricorn, notable from Africa security has also been tightened development to develop affordable ment was also made in its own and Asia, to pursue this clean, outside airports, railway stations, renewable energy. We must also Intended Nationally Determined perennial and sustainable source bus terminus, markets and reli- ensure finance and technology is Contributions for the Paris talks, of energy. gious places,” a police official said. available to meet the universal in which New Delhi has pledged The Indian prime minister also The official said security of for- global aspiration for clean energy,” to cut emission levels by 33-35 pointed towards some shortfalls eign missions was tightened as Prime Minister Narendra Modi percent over the next 15 years in in what G20 had agreed last year Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leaders of Brazil, Russia, China and a precautionary measure after told the G20 Summit here. an ambitious, fair and balanced — to raise the collective gross South Africa pose for a family photo during the BRICS leaders’ meeting intelligence inputs of their being “We must meet the target of commitment to protect the envi- domestic product by an additional prior to the G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, yesterday. possible targets by terror outfits. $100bn goal per year by 2020,” ronment, married to the country’s 2 percent by 2018. He also alluded Security was beefed two days said the prime minister in this own agenda for sustainable devel- that little was done to encourage maximum growth potential, help by investing in skills for new jobs after a series of terror attacks Mediterranean resort, ahead of opment. the developing world, that had the address specific bottlenecks there and physical infrastructure, as in Paris targeting concert-goers, the crucial meeting of the Con- “We should shift from ‘carbon potential to help realise this goal. and facilitate implementation of also with the world’s largest finan- football fans and people enjoying a ference of Parties (COP) in Paris credit’ towards ‘green credit’. “I propose that we consider country strategies,” Modi said. cial inclusion programme and eco- Friday night-out left at least 129 from November 30 to December When we speak of targets, we how G20 can build support sys- As for India, the prime minister nomic reforms. people dead. 11, under the aegis of the United must not only reduce the use of tems that focus on countries with said growth was being promoted IANS IANS

Paddy harvest Rain hits life in Advani, Shatrughan invited Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: Steady rain in most to Nitish’s swearing in parts of coastal Tamil Nadu due to a depression over Bay of Bengal PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister to have a soft corner for Nitish D Deve Gowda is also likely to put normal life out of gear yes- Nitish Kumar has inivted veteran Kumar. attend the oath-taking, besides terday. As many as 15 district BJP leader L.K. Advani and BJP But no invitation has been sent former Jharkhand chief ministers administrations, including Chen- Lok Sabha member Shatrughan to any other BJP leader, including Babulal Marandi and Hemant nai, have declared a holiday for Sinha to his oath-taking cere- Prime Minister Narendra Modi Soren and INLD leader Abhay schools and colleges today. mony to be held here on Novem- and party president Amit Shah. Chautala. Lalu Prasad and JD-U The weather department has ber 20, an aide said on Sunday. The event is expected to see president Sharad Yadav will be forecast heavy to very heavy rains “Advani and Shatrughan Sinha a galaxy of top political leaders, the main guests. over Tamil Nadu and neighbour- have been invited to the event at including Congress president According to JD-U leaders, ing Puducherry till tomorrow. Gandhi Maidan. We sent invi- Sonia Gandhi and vice president Nitish Kumar will take oath According to the department, tations to both of them,” said a Rahul Gandhi, chief ministers as chief minister along with a the low pressure may concentrate Janata Dal-United leader close to Arvind Kejriwal of Delhi, Mamata 36-member council of ministers into a depression by today. Tiwa tribal women harvest paddy in a ‘jhum’ field in the Karbi Anglong Nitish Kumar. Banerjee of West Bengal, Naveen on November 20. In many areas, fallen trees dis- district of Assam state. Tiwa is a major tribe of Assam that practices Although the Bharatiya Janata Patnaik of Odisha and Akhilesh The RJD emerged as the sin- rupted vehicular traffic. ‘jhum’ or shifting cultivation in the hills. The harvesting season will con- Party (BJP) badly lost the assem- Yadav of Uttar Pradesh. gle largest party in the 243-seat Civic officials pressed into tinue until December. bly polls to Nitish Kumar’s Grand JD-U leaders say the event will house with 80 assembly seats fol- service high-powered pumps to Alliance, Shatrughan Sinha has mark a new beginning of opposi- lowed by the JD-U (71) and the remove water from subways and repeatedly publicly praised the tion unity in the country. Congress (27 seats). inundated areas. chief minister. Advani is also said Former prime minister H IANS IANS Chamber warns of rice prices soaring Naga cadres observing truce killed by mistake NEW DELHI: With India expe- been steadily declining in the past TUENSANG: In an apparent an operation based on information The slain cadres were, however, morning and spotted movement riencing spiralling pulse prices, three years,” the study reported. case of mistaken identity, four that there was some movement later found to be members of the of some ‘uniformed’ cadres. The Assocham yesterday called for “As against the stocks of cadres of a Naga militant group of cadres of the anti-talk faction NSCN faction led by Khole Kon- cadres fired at our forces forcing close monitoring of food prices, 24.59MT in 2012, only 13.89MT currently observing ceasefire of the National Socialist Council yak and Kitovi Zhimoni — known us to retaliate and in the ensu- warning that rice prices may soon (plus unlimited paddy 3.61MT) were killed yesterday in a gun of Nagaland-K (NSCN-K) led by as NSCN-Khole-Kitovi — which ing gunbattle, four cadres were reach “boiling point” with stocks are in stock as of today,” it added. battle with security forces in their chief S S Khaplang. is currently observing a ceasefire. killed,” the spokesman said. falling fast as a fallout of deficient The study titled “Impact of Tuensang district bordering The incident took place on “There were reports about One AK-series rifle, one M16 monsoon and drop in output. weak/deficient monsoon on agri- Myanmar, an official said. the outskirts of Shamator town movement of NSCN-K militants rifle, two .303 rifles and some “Prices of rice may shoot up to cultural production and prices” An Assam Rifles spokesman in Tuensang district bordering in the area. Our forces launched ammunition were recovered from reach a boiling point in the com- said: “Increasing export outgo on said the security forces launched Myanmar. an operation today (Sunday) the slain cadres. IANS ing months as the stocks of the account of PDS (Public Distribu- key staple cereal are depleting tion System) and other welfare fast, owing to deficient rains and schemes will continue to weigh on fall in output,” Associated Cham- availability in the open market”. Record ride bers of Commerce and Industry of “Unless government is able to India (Assocham) said in a state- handle the situation prudently, Swachh Bharat tax ment here. depleting stocks will soon reflect “After pulses, onion and some on the open market prices.” edible oils like mustard oil, rice It said the deficient monsoon may cause pain-in-stomach of this year is likely to slow down comes into effect the consumers if timely adequate the economy considerably and safeguards are not taken,” Asso- accentuate inflationary pressure NEW DELHI: The levy of 0.5 will go up from 5.6 percent to 5.8 cham’s latest study said. coupled with shortages of essen- percent Swachh Bharat cess on percent following the levy of 0.5 The industry chamber said tial food items across the country. taxable services came into effect percent Swachh Bharat, or Clean though the government esti- “A recurring monsoon failure from yesterday. India, cess. mates kharif rice production at might push the country into a With the imposition of the cess, The finance ministry has clari- 90.61MT , the target is unlikely tight corner in respect of rice, the service tax rate will go up from fied that for restaurants or eat- to be achieved owing to severe sugar, etc.,” it said. 14 percent to 14.5 percent on all ing joints having air-conditioning deficit rains in Punjab, Haryana, Assocham suggested that taxable services. It is expected to facility, the cess would be 0.5 per- Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharash- Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) should fetch the exchequer about `30m in cent of 40 percent of the billed tra and Karnataka “and the best be encouraged to conserve water. the remaining months of the fiscal. amount, that is 0.2 percent. that could be achieved is 89MT”. “Presently, less than 10 per- It will translate into a tax of 50 The cess will not apply to serv- “The actual production may be cent of paddy production is under Members of the motor display team from Army Service Corps, known as paise on every `100 worth of tax- ices paid for prior to November 15. around 103MT during 2015-16. On DSR,” it said. the ‘Tornadoes’, set a world record for the fastest-moving human pyra- able services. the stock front, rice stocks have IANS mid, in Bangalore yesterday. Thirty-two men on three 500cc motorcycles Service tax on restaurant bills IANS covered a distance of 1km. Money-laundering case filed against Himachal CM Pharmacy selling cheap NEW DELHI: Himachal Singh and his associates within a C L Chauhan under the Preven- ITRs was not found to be ten- Pradesh Chief Minister Virb- couple days. tion of Corruption Act. able. The then union minister cancer drugs opened hadra Singh yesterday landed in The investigation by the ED The CBI suspects that during had allegedly accumulated other fresh trouble, with the Enforce- will be to find out how Virbhadra 2009-11, Virbhadra Singh alleg- assets disproportionate to known NEW DELHI: Union Health “Under the AMRIT programme, ment Directorate (ED) regis- Singh and his family members edly invested `6.1cr in life insur- sources of income,” the CBI had Minister J P Nadda yesterday we want to give medicines at an tering a money-laundering case allegedly amassed wealth amount- ance policies in his and his family alleged. inaugurated India’s first retail affordable cost. We have identified against him. ing to `6.1cr between 2009 and members’ names through agent The CBI had also carried out facility, at AIIMS, to provide 202 drugs of cancer and cardio- Virbhadra Singh was booked by 2011, disproportionate to his Chauhan, claiming the money to searches at various premises drugs for cancer and cardiovas- vascular diseases where the price the agency on charges under the known sources of income, while be his agricultural income. belonging to Virbhadra Singh and cular diseases at discounted rates. is going to reduced on an average Prevention of Money Laundering serving as the union steel min- The probe agency alleged that his family immediately after filing The pharmacy named AMRIT by 60 to 90 percent. In the same Act after taking cognizance of a ister. Virbhadra Singh attempted to the FIR. — Affordable Medicines and Reli- way, 148 cardiac implants will be criminal case registered against The CBI has already filed a first legitimise the same as agricul- Sources said the ED office in able Implants for Treatment — given from the centre and sold him by the Central Bureau of information report (FIR) against tural income by filing revised state capital Shimla will handle will have 202 drugs of cancer and here and their cost will be reduced Investigation (CBI) in September. Virbhadra Singh, his wife Prati- income tax returns in 2012. the case with assistance from the cardiovascular diseases where the by 50 to 60 percent,” Nadda said Sources said ED investigators bha Singh, insurance agent Anand “The agricultural income as agency headquarters in Delhi. price is going to be reduced on an on the occasion. were likely to question Virbhadra Chauhan and Chauhan’s brother claimed by him in his revised IANS average by 60 to 90 percent. 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HE world leaders are gathering in Turkey for the G20 summit at an important time. The summit happens after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the Tmost deadly attack to strike France since the World War Two. Rising to the occasion and responding 2016 election could be to the new threats posed by the Islamic State, the leaders vowed to do everything possible, both individually and collectively, to root out terrorism. Other issues on the agenda include the migrant crisis in the Middle East and Europe. shattering for Republicans According to experts, the seriousness and urgency of issues under discussion would make this summit one of the most By Stanley B Greenberg of working-age women are in the labour winning an electoral college majority. important since the April 2009 meeting that addressed the force, and two-thirds of women are the It has also left a Republican Party global financial crisis. lection Day 2016 will produce breadwinners or co- breadwinners of where three-quarters of its base voters The importance of G20 lies in that it represents the most a shattering crash larger than their households. The proportion of are tea party supporters, evangelicals powerful countries in the world, economically and politically. anything the pundits antici- racial minorities is approaching 40 per- or religiously observant. That in turn The G20 presidents and prime ministers lead countries that Epate because the revolutionary cent, but blowing up all projections are has catapulted to the top of the Repub- economic and social changes occurring the 15 percent of new marriages that lican presidential race candidates who account for some 90 percent of global GDP, 80 percent of in the United States have now pushed are interracial. People are moving from promise to challenge this new America world trade, and around 66 percent of the global population. both the burgeoning new majority and the suburbs to the cities. And in the before it’s too late. It’s uniquely placed to solve every global issue, if it wants, the conservative Republicans’ counter- past five years, two-thirds of millennial That this counterrevolution has but the unity and consensus required for the same are revolution beyond their tipping points. college graduates have settled in the 50 reached its own tipping point is evident wanting sometimes due to the disparate interests of member The United States is being trans- largest cities, transforming them. in the shrinking proportion of people countries. formed by revolutions remaking the The United States is emerging out of who think of themselves as conservative. country at an accelerating and sur- its revolutions as racially blended, immi- When Republicans challenged President Terrorism and the migrant crisis are two urgent issues on prising pace. Witness the revolutions grant, multinational and multilingual - Obama in the off-year elections of 2010, the agenda this time. Both issues have become interlinked in technology, the Internet, big data and and diversity is becoming more central 46 percent of the country was conserva- after the Paris attacks. Security concerns have been energy, though just as important are to our multicultural identity. tive at the high point. That figure is now heightened by the fact that one the tremendous changes taking place Further, these revolutionary trans- 37 percent. For Republicans, 2016 will The world is of the dead gunmen in Paris in immigration, racial and ethnic diver- formations have accelerated the growth prove to be no normal election, because reportedly held a Syrian passport. sity, the family, of a new majority coalition of racial it will confirm that the new America is religious observ- minorities, single women, millennials here and that the counterrevolution has watching the The leaders must realize that ance and gender and seculars. Together, these groups lost. That is why I expect the result to G20 summit Syria is the new epicenter of roles. These are formed 51 percent of the electorate in be shattering for the Republican Party terrorism and finding a solution reaching their 2012, but our analysis of census survey as we know it. more than to the Syrian crisis is the key to For apexes in the data and exit poll projections indicates But it may not prove to be so shat- defeating terrorism which is now Republicans, booming metro- that they will comprise fully 63 percent tering for the Republican Party that politan centers in 2016. With these growing groups each emerges afterward, or for the republic. ever due to the threatening the world in the guise 2016 will prove and among mil- supporting Hillary Clinton by more than For the GOP, 2016 may look like urgency and of Islamic State. The summit also lennials. 2 to 1 in polls, it is fair to say that the 1984 did for the Democratic Party. It provides an opportunity to Turkey to be no normal As the revo- United States has reached an electoral emerged divided out of a bitter primary, importance of to speed up efforts to join the election, because lutions inter- tipping point. The Republican Party’s and the Democrats’ mainstream can- issues under European Union. The EU leaders act, they are battle to defeat this new majority has didate, Walter Mondale, lost in a land- are expected to offer incentives to it will confirm accelerating the reached a tipping point, too. The brand slide. Afterward, the modernizers got emergence of a of the Republican Party today has prob- the upper hand. They might well have consideration. Turkey, including the possibility of that the new new America. ably not been as tarnished since the elected Gary Hart in 1988 and did elect progress in its bid to join the EU, America is Consider that Watergate era. Bill Clinton in 1992. in exchange for Ankara agreeing nearly 40 per- Republicans have joined a ferocious It is easy to imagine, then, that after to resettle most of the refugees currently within its borders, here and that cent of New and intensifying decade-long counter- the coming shattering election, some so that they don’t travel onward to Europe. the counter- York City’s resi- revolution in an attempt to stop this Republican leaders will repudiate this The summit will also focus on a collective push toward dents are for- new majority from governing success- campaign’s antiimmigrant and anti- revolution has eign-born, with fully. In 2004, George W Bush campaign Muslim appeals and actively embrace a new global climate treaty at the UN’s landmark climate Chinese the strategist Karl Rove launched the battle the United States as an immigrant change summit in Paris next month. It is also likely to lost. second-largest for American values when he gave up nation. Other leaders might accept the work for the implementation of the UN’s 2030 agenda group behind on the so-called swing voter and worked sexual revolution and the new gender for sustainable development, which seeks to end poverty Dominicans. to engage millions more evangelicals. roles and work to help the modern and hunger, among other objectives. Several important The foreign-born make up nearly 40 That has required pouring ever more working family. Others might embrace percent of Los Angeles’ residents and fuel on the fire — including warning of again the need for national investment economic issues also will be discussed, like the plan for a 58 percent of Miami’s. A majority of Armageddon if the liberal Democrats in education and modern infrastructure. more transparent global tax structure for the world’s largest US households are headed by unmar- were to govern. That would allow a different kind of companies to help prevent tax evasion and the flow of illegal ried people, and, in cities, 40 percent of This battle has left the Republicans debate within the Republican Party and, funds. The summit will give a rare opportunity for world households include only a single person. with mostly married voters, as well as perhaps, a different kind of politics in leaders to cooperate on some pressing issues. The world is Church attendance is in decline, and the oldest, most rural and most reli- the country. watching this summit non- religious seculars now outnumber giously observant voters in the country. . mainline Protestants. Three-quarters That creates formidable odds against its THE WASHINGTON POST The other side Quote of Night of terror in Paris the day HE sheer terror of the militancy over the past decade and a ordinary threat, however. Just as once of a winning strategy. Moreover, as was Paris attacks is difficult half. The eerie similarities between the the Afghan jihad morphed into the glo- seen in the aftermath of the toppling of to comprehend. Like the Mumbai, Peshawar and Paris attacks all bal Al Qaeda threat and Al Qaeda’s the Taliban government in Afghanistan Mumbai attacks and the underscore a simple truth: radicalised pre-eminence has been usurped by and the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, Peshawar T school tragedy, there are militants view everyone as an enemy IS, defeating IS alone will not be the it is equally important to have a well- Traditionally the some crimes that numb the mind for — Muslims, Christians, Hindus, non- answer. Nor will it be easy. As is now informed strategy for stabilising post- their monstrousness. The 9/11 was believers, everyone. Just as Al Qaeda widely accepted, a series of errors, conflict countries. Otherwise, all military G-20 has been a the turning point in the fight against killed indiscriminately, so does IS. Yes, spanning the last decade and a half and gains will be lost — and even deadlier forum for economic Al Qaeda. Paris may well prove to be religiously inspired militants claim to catalysed by the historic mistake that threats than Al Qaeda and IS spawned. the turning point in the fight against be following the tenets of Islam, but was the US invasion of Iraq, has led to Where, though, is the Muslim world discussion, but “the the militant group calling itself the they are wrong. And there is no more the rise of perhaps the most formidable in all of this? The destructive compe- skies have been Islamic State. If that fight is to be won, obvious refutation of that claim than militant threat in modern history. How tition of Saudi Arabia and Iran in the however, the nature of the threat must by looking at the identity of the victims France, other Western powers and the Middle East and the Muslim world in darkened by the be understood and the instruments of Islamist militancy globally. Al Qaeda US in particular will react to the Paris general appears to have stifled any horrific attacks that and policies used to fight it informed was a threat to the civilised world, as attacks will have potentially long-lasting pan-Muslim initiatives. by lessons of the past, particularly is IS now. effects. Already in Syria, there is more took place in Paris. Barack Obama those in the global fight against Islamist Religiously inspired militancy is no of a policy disaster than any semblance DAWN US President MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 OPINION www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 US, Qatar are strong education partners

we look forward to expanding the pro- gramme in the years to come. There is also Qatar Foundation’s Qatar National In addition to the six US university Research Fund, which has sponsored dozens of research grants bringing campuses at Education City, US and Qatari together US and Qatari Institutions. In fact, QNRF recently announced a joint institutions have engaged in countless research grant between Hamad Bin Kha- lifa University and Weill-Cornell Medical research and international exchanges that College in Qatar on original breast cancer research. have benefited our societies. We are also honoured by the increasing number of Qatari students who choose the United States as a destination for higher education. This year alone, our By Dana Shell Smith to deal with the struggles girls face glo- Embassy provided visas to 1,480 students bally in accessing education. Therefore, headed to universities in the United it is during this week, in particular, that States. Studying abroad is a life-changing wo weeks ago, I had the pleasure we applaud Qatar’s vast education efforts experience and we are always thrilled to of welcoming the First Lady of and achievements, and its commitment connect with Qatari alums of US college the United States of America, to education for all children across the and university programmes. Check our TMichelle Obama, to Qatar. High- globe. It is also fitting, in my opinion, to Facebook page (facebook.com/usembassyq- level officials from the US government celebrate the groundbreaking work Qatar atar) throughout the week for profiles of visit Qatar from time to time, but this has done to promote girls’ education. I some of our alumni. We are also excited visit was different: Michelle was here to was especially proud to take the First to see more and more US students com- promote girls education. This is a cause Lady to Education City, where 53 percent ing to Qatar on academic exchanges and that is close to my heart and is a crucial of last year’s graduates at the six US uni- H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, and US First Lady Michelle we are working hard to encourage US foreign policy issue for me and my col- versities there were female. Nationwide, Obama after presenting the $500,000 WISE Prize to Afghanistan’s Dr Sakena Yacoobi at students to choose Qatar as a destination leagues at the US Department of State. girls account for 64 percent of university Qatar National Convention Centre recently. for study abroad. H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and the students in Qatar, which is an impressive Despite all these efforts and achieve- Government of Qatar have also champi- and praiseworthy statistic. spirit of International Education Week, gramme, sponsored by the US Embassy, ments, there is still much work to be oned education through Qatar Founda- On the margins of the World Inno- I urge all of us to keep this momentum which is empowering secondary stu- done, and it’s heartening to know that tion initiatives like Education Above All vation Summit for Education confer- going, to celebrate current projects and dents in Qatar with Science, Technology, countries like Qatar are investing so and the World Innovation Summit for ence, H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser partnerships promoting education and to Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) much time, effort and funding into Education. Michelle’s visit gave us the and Michelle co-led a roundtable that look for opportunities to forge new ones knowledge to create global solutions to global education initiatives. During unique opportunity to further our dis- brought together key global leaders in to ensure that all the world’s kids have local environmental and energy issues H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser’s speech cussions and to look for new avenues to girls’ education from 8 nations to dis- bright and healthy futures. through virtual exchange collaboration at WISE last week, I was touched to hear partner to help ensure that all children cuss country-based solutions to get out- I am proud to say that US and Qatar with US high schools. Another pro- her say that in the face of the world’s worldwide have access to an education. of-school girls back in school. During are already strong education partners. gramme is the Fulbright Program, which education crisis she was “still hopeful.” It is appropriate that Michelle’s visit this discussion, distinguished education In addition to the six US university cam- sponsors US and foreign students and I too am hopeful that together we can came in the lead up to International Edu- activists and Nobel laureates discussed puses at Education City, US and Qatari academics for educational exchanges in empower individuals, schools and nations cation Week, which will be celebrated questions of how to increase the scale institutions have engaged in countless all areas of research and study. to be catalysts in turning each child into from November 16 to 20. Michelle cited of current girls’ education projects in research and international exchanges Since 2010, the US government has a student. the staggering statistic that 62 million countries across the globe, and the role that have benefited our societies. One sponsored nearly 20 exchanges between The writer is the US Ambassador to girls worldwide do not have access to edu- of international donors and aid agencies such project is the Global Nomads Con- US and Qatari institutions under the Qatar. cation and called for international action in supporting these initiatives. In the necting Cultures Exploring Science Pro- auspices of the Fulbright Program and THE PENINSULA No city is safe while Syria war is on Lessons from the

By Leonid Bershidsky terrorist-fighting cadre by more than 2,500 people. Intelligence Paris attacks lthough many details services are constantly watching concerning the attacks The main war today is being fought the estimated 1,500 people who By Jennifer Rubin rogates. Athat killed more than 120 have fought for jihadis in Syria The administration, the Con- people in Paris on Friday night in Syria. IS claimed responsibility and Iraq, and they now have a s president George W gress and the 2016 presidential remain unknown, Islamic State for the Paris carnage, as it did catalogue of 11,000 more people Bush did on September 11, contenders now have a decision. appears to have claimed responsi- they consider dangerous radicals. AFrench President François Do we blunder on, looking as the bility. France and all other coun- Barriers to broad and constant Hollande recognised the barbaric president put in his legalistic tries taking part in the Syrian for suicide attacks in Beirut on surveillance are falling. A new attacks on Paris of November 13 terms, to bring the jihadists to conflict should keep in mind Rus- intelligence law, drafted after were “an act of war.” “justice” or do we fundamentally sia’s recent experience with this Thursday that killed at least 43. the Charlie attacks, now allows We have in fact been at war transform our approach to reflect kind of terrorism: It won’t cease the prime minister to authorise since the Al Qaeda attacks of the the seriousness of the threat? until the epicentre is dealt with. real-time monitoring of electronic 1990’s, or since the 1979 Iranian What would a serious national French President Francois Russian security forces and sepa- another 2004 terror attack — to communications, physical surveil- revolution if you prefer. We have security policy look like? Hollande said on Saturday morn- ratist guerrillas in the Caucasus run Chechnya for him. Ramzan lance and the bugging of homes to had US presidents who chose to We would stop unilaterally dis- ing that the attacks were “an act had been underway for almost five Kadyrov, then 29, was eager to preempt terrorist threats — all ignore (president Bill Clinton) arming. We need to adequately of war” carried out by a jihad- years when a suicide bomber blew avenge his father’s death, and without court orders. the state of war, or to minimise fund national security. We would ist “army.” That may be true up a subway train in Moscow in since the Kadyrovs had once been France has also been accept- (President Barack Obama) that restore the NSA to its previous, in a sense, even if it turns out February of 2004, killing 42 peo- separatists themselves, he had an ing relatively few Syrian refugees, painful reality, but the Islamist robust form. We would aim to that some of the attackers were ple. In June, 10 people were killed excellent intelligence network in making it unnecessary for intelli- fundamentalists are indifferent to capture enemy combatants, inter- untrained or French residents or by a bomb in a crowded market in the war-torn region. gence services to check hundreds our perceptions. rogate and detain them so as to citizens (eyewitnesses who saw the provincial city of Samara; soon Kadyrov got from Putin gen- of thousands of people for terror- Obama’s fundamental, cata- extract useful intelligence. attackers fire randomly into the afterward, police offices in the erous funding and a dispensation ist connections. strophic misunderstanding of We would go on offence. crowd at the Bataclan concert Caucasus republic of Ingushetia to ignore federal laws, sparing no None of these measures, how- the threat we face, his bizarre Together with France, other venue said they spoke French were attacked with hundreds of one he considered an enemy. It ever, will prevent further attacks, notion that we could “end wars” European allies and Sunni without a foreign accent). casualties. In August, kamikazes took him a little more than three just as Putin’s mighty, unaccount- by exiting certain battlefields, his Arab states, we would organ- Four of the eight known blew up two passenger airliners, years to end the war and make it able law-enforcement agencies false assertions that Al Qaeda was ise an appropriately-sized force attackers — three in the vicin- claiming 90 victims, and another pointless for the defeated separa- could not stop the horror of on its heels and that the Islamic to swiftly eradicate the Islamic ity of Stade de France, where the suicide bomber detonated herself tists to plot terror attacks on Rus- 2004. They, too, had catalogues State had been “contained,” his State, denying it safe harbour French soccer team was playing near a subway station, taking 10 sian cities. The campaign was, to of suspects and almost unlimited lackadaisical approach to fighting in Iraq and Syria from which Germany, and one on Boulevard lives (it would have been more if use the word Hollande employed powers to watch and listen. Some- the Islamic State (as if time were to launch and inspire attacks. Voltaire — blew themselves up she had managed to go down into in the context of Islamic State, times they managed to stay a few not of the essence), his bizarre We would reapply economic and without causing any major dam- the subway, but she was stopped “pitiless.” The few big attacks that steps ahead, but it’s an endeavour assertion that halting our own political pressure to Iran. age. Only one civilian casualty by a vigilant officer). followed were only an echo of a that cannot be 100-percent suc- defensive measures (enhanced Cyberterrorism would be was attributed to these botched Finally, in early September, a once-powerful campaign. cessful. Islamist groups are good interrogation, indefinite deten- responded to in kind. Attacks on attacks. Chechen band seized 1,128 hos- In 2004, the main war was at attracting new recruits and tion of enemy combatants) would our information systems would The other terrorists took tages at a school in Beslan, North being fought in the mountains of it doesn’t take long to arrange a reduce jihadists’ anger toward the be treated as no different than more than 120 lives, simultane- Ossetia; 334 civilians, includ- Chechnya and attacks on Moscow shooting or a suicide bombing. West, his insistence on eviscerat- physical attacks on US territory. ously shooting into the audience ing 186 children, died during the and other peaceful cities were a Putin intervened in Syria ing the military as threats to the The idea that we can retreat at Bataclan and at patrons of a three-day siege. It ended when way for Islamist rebels to instill in part because he remembers West grew and his demonstrated from the world, hermetically busy cafe. This synchronisation special forces stormed the build- fear into ordinary Russians, rais- Chechnya, and because thousands fecklessness in each and every seal borders (which does nothing maximised the terror effect not ing and killed 31 terrorists. ing the cost of war for the govern- of the separatists who fought him arena (Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, about terrorists who are West- so long after the Charlie Hebdo Russia has seen more terrorist ment. The Paris terrorists may there have now joined the ranks Syria, Iraq) in which the Islam- ern nationals, as some of the terror attacks in January, which attacks since that horrible year, have the same motivation. The of Islamic State. These people ists are on offence — all of these Paris killers appear to be) and killed 17. This is a pattern all too but never another series on that main war today is being fought represent a threat like the one systemic and serious blunders — let Muslim states work things out familiar to Russians. scale. In 2005, President Vladimir in Syria. Islamic State claimed Russia faced in 2004, because a preceded Friday’s events. They on their own is precisely the sort In 2004, a series of terror Putin recruited the son of Chech- responsibility on Saturday, as it new war provides a new goal and are the product of the Obama- of pre-9/11 and pre- 11/13 think- attacks shook the country. The nya’s former top Muslim cleric, did for suicide attacks in Beirut new sources of funding. Clinton-Kerry foreign brain trust. ing that leaves us at the mercy second Chechen war between Akhmad Kadyrov — killed in yet on Thursday that killed at least Putin’s bet is now the same as Some on the right, to be cer- of the jihadists’ whims. If we do 43 people. It appears increasingly in Chechnya: He aids a ruthless tain, are equally feckless. Sena- not fight them there, we will fight likely that Islamic State may have local leader, Bashar Al Assad, in tor Ted Cruz, R-Texas, worked them here. That has been the les- blown up a Russian plane over taking the war to anyone who to hamstring the NSA data son which we, at our peril, have Egypt last month, killing 224, in takes up arms, whether an Islam- gathering operation and just refused to absorb fully. retribution for Russia’s bomb- ist, a terrorist or a separatist. recently declared we should not Friday’s events should prompt ing campaign in Syria. Now the France and other US-led coa- intervene in the “Syrian civil some serious reflection about our group also appears to have taken lition countries must all now war.” Donald Trump thinks Rus- policies and politicians. revenge on the French, which assume they are potential targets sia is fighting the Islamic State. We need serious leaders for extended its air strikes against for attacks like the ones in Paris. Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky, wants serious and deadly times. We Islamic State from Iraq to Syria They need to decide whether to end the NSA altogether, and cannot afford to put our secu- in September. they should subscribe to Putin’s applauded our exit from Iraq rity in the hands of blowhards, On November 5, France said it method of stamping out terror. and Afghanistan. Dr Ben Carson know-nothings, or neo-isola- was sending an aircraft carrier It proved effective in Chechnya, is, well, entirely incoherent on tionists. Those who advanced into the Mediterranean to sup- though not even he can know national security matters. Con- or countenanced the policies of port the effort. Like the Chechen whether it would work in Syria. gress has refused to dump the the last seven years should not terrorists in 2004, Islamic State One thing is clear, though: Until 2011 Budget Control Act, allow- be re-elected or promoted to terrorists are trying to make the Syrian conflict is resolved and ing deterioration of our armed higher office. If we do not rouse military action against their Islamic State is defeated at its forces. Senate Democrats chose ourselves, the next targets will be stronghold costly for the powers epicentre, no country is safe from loyalty to the White House over US cities. involved. attacks like the one that shook a realistic assessment of the Anyone who thought otherwise France has not ignored domes- Paris on Friday night. Iran deal, thereby authorising got a rude awakening on Friday. Fighters from the Democratic Forces of Syria cheer near the Syrian town of tic security since the Charlie $100bn or more to flow to Iran, Al Houl in Hasaka province, after they took control of the area. Hebdo attack. It increased its BLOOMBERG and in turn to its jihadist sur- THE WASHINGTON POST MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com EUROPE / AMERICAS Global arrest warrant for brother tied to attacks At least three French suicide bombers in Paris attacks; probe spreads across Europe; Belgium arrests seven

PARIS: Belgium issued an inter- a black Seat, was used by gunmen national arrest warrant yester- who shot dozens of people in bars day for one of three brothers and restaurants in the hip Canal linked to the brutal attacks in St Martin area of Paris. Paris that killed 132 people, as The first attacker to be named the probe spread across Europe. by investigators is Omar Ismail As thousands gathered in cen- Mostefai, a 29-year-old father and tral Paris in mourning and soli- French citizen, who was identified darity, authorities in at least five from a severed finger among the European countries scrambled to carnage at the Bataclan, where 89 tie together leads and hunt down people were killed after heavily possible accomplices. armed men in wearing explosives Security sources said one of the vests stormed into the venue. three brothers died in the Batac- Police detained six people close lan concert hall where the worst to Mostefai, including his father, of the bloodshed took place, while brother and sister-in-law, judicial another had been detained along sources said. Born in the modest with six other people in Belgium. Paris suburb of Courcouronnes, Seven gunmen wearing suicide he had eight convictions for petty belts died during the attacks, crimes but had never served a which have been claimed by the prison sentence. Islamic State group — either at “It’s a crazy thing, it’s madness. the Stade de France Stadium, or Yesterday I was in Paris and I saw in and around the Bataclan venue. what a mess this was,” one of his The three suicide bombers near brothers said before he was taken People mourn the dead at a makeshift memorial near the Bataclan concert hall in Paris yesterday. RIGHT: Women comfort each other as they react the stadium were all French and into custody on Saturday night. during a minute of silence in tribute of victims of the deadly attacks in Paris, outside the French Embassy in Madrid, Spain. at least one tried to enter the French police also released a facility where France were play- photograph of a suspect in the ing Germany in an international Paris attacks, naming him as football match at the time. 26-year-old Salah Abdeslam (pic- Suicide vests mark change Two of them were living in the tured), who is also under an inter- Belgian capital Brussels, Paris national arrest warrant issued by prosecutor Francois Molins Belgium. Asking for any informa- said. He said one of them was tion leading to his capture, the of tactics and new threat a 20-year-old man who blew alert said Abdeslam “may have himself up near to the French been involved in the attacks” and national stadium, while the sec- warned that he is considered a PARIS: The suicide vests used themselves up in near-deserted specialists agreed he was prob- ond, a 31-year-old man, detonated “dangerous individual”. on Friday by attackers in Paris areas, killing only one person. ably not among the attackers. his explosives belt at a club on the German authorities were ques- — a first in France — were made “It makes no sense,” said a police “The explosive specialist is too bustling Boulevard Voltaire. tioning a man from Montenegro by a highly-skilled professional source. “If you wanted to cause precious. He never participates But prosecutors say a third found last week with a car-load of who could still be at large in carnage, you act at the moment in attacks,” said Alain Chouet, a group was involved in the Paris eight Kalashnikov rifles, three pis- Europe, intelligence and secu- when spectators are entering or former director at France’s DGSE carnage and may still be at large. tols and explosives. The man, who rity experts say. leaving the stadium.” external intelligence agency. “So Two cars used in the attacks were had been heading for Paris, has All seven of the assailants who Only an hour earlier, a bombing he’s around, somewhere.” hired in Belgium. One was quickly refused to cooperate with police. died in attacks wore identical could have caused dozens of fatali- “The bomb-maker is not can- found near the Bataclan venue, The discovery of a Syrian pass- explosive vests and did not hesi- ties and triggered a deadly stam- non fodder,” added Pierre Marti- and one overnight on Saturday port near the body of one attacker A policeman takes cover as he tate to blow themselves up — a pede. The most likely explanation, net, another former DGSE official in the suburb of Montreuil east of has raised fears that some of the reacts to a suspicious vehicle near worrying change of tactic for said the ex-intelligence chief, is who now works in corporate secu- Paris, with two AK47 rifles inside. assailants might have entered La Carillon restaurant yesterday. jihadists targeting France. that the attacks were timed to rity. “He’s there to make more Witnesses said the second car, Europe as part of the huge influx Unlike the attacks in London in coincide precisely with those in suicide vests and allow other guys of people fleeing Syria’s civil war. still scouring the Bataclan venue, 2005 where the bombers’ explo- central Paris. “They were maybe to carry out actions.” Greek and Serbian authori- where three attackers sprayed sives were stored in backpacks, not too smart and even though Making a vest cannot be sim- ties have confirmed the passport gunfire during a gig by Califor- Friday’s assailants used the sort they weren’t in the right position, ply learned over the Internet. belonged to a man who registered nian band Eagles of Death Metal. of suicide vests normally associ- they blew themselves up at the “It can’t be done in a couple of as a refugee in October on the World leaders united yester- ated with bombings in the Middle agreed time,” he said. days,” said the former intelligence island of Leros and applied for day to denounce terrorism at a East. French authorities say the chief. “It takes weeks of training, asylum in Serbia a few days later. heavily-guarded G20 summit in “Suicide vests require a muni- vests appeared to have been made and you have to work under the Paris was plunged into three Turkey and observed a minute’s tions specialist. To make a reli- with TATP, or acetone peroxide, watch of a ‘master’. It’s meticu- days of mourning as residents silence in respect of those who able and effective explosive is that is easy for amateurs to make lous work.” struggled to come to terms with were killed. “We stand in solidar- not something anyone can do,” a at home but is highly unstable. On the eve of the UN global cli- the latest shock. Although much ity with France in hunting down former French intelligence chief The vests also included a battery, mate conference in the northern of the city was shut and the gov- the perpetrators of this crime said. “A munitions specialist is a detonation button and shrapnel suburbs of Paris later this month, ernment had banned public dem- and bringing them to justice,” someone who is used to handling to maximise injuries. “They didn’t followed by New Year’s celebra- onstrations on security grounds, US President Barack Obama said explosives, who knows how to bring these vests from Syria: The tions and next year’s Euro 2016 thousands flocked to lay flowers after talks with his host, Turkish make them, to arrange them in more you shake these things, the football championships, concerns and lit candles at the sites of the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. a way that the belt or vest is not more you multiply the risks,” he are high about another strike. violence. By evening, the Place Russia’s Vladimir Putin said so unwieldy that the person can’t said. “It’s extremely worrying,” said de la Republique square was full overcoming global terror was pos- move,” he added. “And it must “It’s very likely he is here, in the retired intelligence chief who of people standing in quiet soli- sible only “if all the international also not blow up by accident.” France or Europe, one guy, or asked not to be named. “Every darity while many more joined a community unites its efforts”. But a key question about Fri- several guys who have come service is on tenterhooks.” solemn memorial at Notre Dame day is why the three attackers back from jihadist areas and cathedral. Forensic teams were AFP outside the Stade de France blew who learned over there.” Three AFP Belgium connection under spotlight

BRUSSELS: Prosecutors yesterday disclosed in Algeria, Afghanistan and Bosnia as well as day. “But we must stop being a base for those a growing Belgian connection to the Paris the current ones in Syria and Iraq, analyst who make war in Europe,” he said. attacks as Premier Charles Michel conceded Claude Moniquet said. “It’s not the only one Molenbeek, where a large Muslim com- that a Brussels neighbourhood is a “gigantic in Belgium, it is certainly not the only one munity lives, including a radical minority, is problem” given its past links to international in Europe, but it is a hotbed for jihadism,” more than ever in the eye of the storm. In terrorism. Moniquet said. 2001, it was in Molenbeek where the assassins Belgian prosecutors cooperating with their Belgium as a whole has spawned nearly 500 of Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance Ahmad French counterparts said two assailants jihadists for Syria and Iraq from a population Shah Massoud had stayed. It was also home killed in Friday’s attacks were Frenchmen of only 11 million, giving it the highest figure for a while for Hassan El Haski, who was who had lived in Brussels, that two cars tied per capita in the European Union, security found guilty of being one of the masterminds to the attacks found in Paris were rented in services said. of the 2004 Madrid train bombings. Mehdi Belgium. At least one of the dead assailants What is striking is that Belgium and more Nemmouche, the main suspect in the Jew- and five of the people arrested in raids on specifically Molenbeek remain a haven for ish Museum attack in Brussels last year, also Saturday had spent time in the poor immi- jihadists despite the toughening of anti-ter- stayed there. Ayoub El Khazzani, the perpe- grant Brussels neighbourhood of Molenbeek, rorist legislation as well as the dismantling of trator of the foiled attack in August on the officials said. recruitment networks and militant cells since Paris-bound train from Amsterdam, stayed The results of the probe so far highlight how the 1990s. “Europe no longer has borders and in Molenbeek with his sister before boarding Up to 20,000 people attend a vigil for Paris attack victims in front of the Molenbeek has for two decades lodged Islamist it is therefore logical that (militants) benefit the locomotive in Brussels. French Embassy in Copenhagen yesterday. extremists who have fought or supported wars too,” Brussels mayor Yvan Mayeur said Sun- AFP

US Republican presidential hopefuls: No refugees

WASHINGTON: US Repub- can, Devin Nunes, who is not run- tember 2016. The decision has infiltrate them with people who lican presidential hopefuls said ning for president, also said point the support of Democrats like the are ideologically opposed to us?” yesterday that in the wake of the blank that no Syrian refugees party’s presidential frontrunner Carson added on Fox News Sunday. Paris attacks America must not should be allowed into America. Hillary Clinton, who insists the Ultra-conservative presiden- take in Syrian refugees because “There’s no possible way to arrivals must be screened. tial hopeful Ted Cruz said on they might include Islamic State screen them. It should be stopped The White House reiterated Saturday that 77 percent of the militants. immediately,” said Nunes, who is yesterday that the vetting proc- refugees arriving in Europe were “It’s not that we don’t want to, head of the House Intelligence ess is very strict. And in fact young men and he found this pro- it’s that we can’t,” Florida sena- Committee. Syrian refugees are arriving in portion puzzling. He did not cite tor Marco Rubio said on ABC. Another presidential hope- the United States in very small the source of the number. “Because there’s no way to back- ful, Jeb Bush, said on CNN that numbers. “We cannot close our Rubio, Bush and fellow hope- ground check someone that’s “we should focus our efforts as it doors to these people,” said Ben ful Senator Lindsey Graham also coming from Syria. Who do you relates to refugees for the Chris- Rhodes, the deputy national secu- called on France yesterday to call and do a background check tians that are being slaughtered”. rity adviser said. invoke Article V of Nato’s founding on them?” Rubio asked. Many other Republicans have “Bringing people into this coun- treaty, which states that an attack Using an alternative acronym for made comments to this effect try from that area of the world on one member of the alliance is Islamic State, he added, “You can since the Friday night attacks in I think is a huge mistake,” said to be construed as an attack on all Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton greets supporters have 1,000 people come in, and 999 Paris that left at least 132 dead. Republican presidential hopeful members. “I hope the French will at a debate watch party in Des Moines, Iowa, late on Saturday. The debate of them are just poor people fleeing President Barack Obama Ben Carson, who is second in the invoke Article 5, they should. The held at Drake University was the second for the democratic candidates oppression and violence, but one of announced in September that polls after billionaire real estate world should be at war with ISIL,” seeking the nomination for president. them is an ISIS fighter.” the United States would take in mogul Donald Trump. Graham said CNN. Another prominent Republi- 10,000 Syrian refugees by Sep- “Because why wouldn’t they AFP MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 FEATURES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Foods that help control sugar level What your tweets

rinking a mix of snack on. Vitamin C pills might type one two diabetes as well as apple cider vinegar seem as a quick supplement but those with pre-diabetes. The fiber and water before as fruits are naturally low in fat, in fenugreek seeds is effective in reveal about you eating helps in high in fiber, and delivers lots of slowing down the digestion of increasing the sen- other healthy nutrients, citrus carbohydrates and one can either hat can you tell Dsitivity to insulin and reducing fruits must be the first choice. take it as a pill, as a tea or in a about people the spike in blood sugar in those variety of dishes. and their situa- with pre-diabetes as well as type tions from only 2 diabetes while drinking green 140 characters? tea can calm chronic inflamma- WQuite a lot, says a new study that tion that increases the risk of scanned more than 20 million heart attacks, says an expert. tweets. Saumya Shree, food specialist, The new research from the BiteClub.in, an India-based chef- Cinnamon Florida Atlantic University pro- designed virtual marketplace for It is effective in dropping blood vides insights about the psycho- home-styled meals, has shared sugar levels and reducing the logical experience of a typical some food items that can ensure risk for developing type 2 diabe- workday or week. an extra edge against diabetes tes. It has also been discovered The researchers were able to and its complications: that this spice had the power to develop a method for automati- reduce increasing blood glucose, cally extracting meaningful infor- total cholesterol, triglycerides and Nuts mation about the situations people bad LDL cholesterol while raising Green tea Nuts are enriched with tocot- experience in their daily lives characterized by adversity were Apple cider the good HDL cholesterol. There- Drinking green tea can calm rienols and hence, eating them from tweets. more likely to use swear words. fore, it is necessary to consult the the chronic inflammation that regularly can lower the rates of People frequently tweet about Interestingly, people experi- vinegar doctor before starting any supple- increases the risk of heart attacks heart disease caused by diabetes. their locations, what they are enced on average more positivity ment or eating plan. and ruins the body’s ability to doing, how they are feeling, or on the weekend and more negativ- absorb blood sugar. The tea is things they find interesting in the ity during the work week. packed with flavonoids that are present moment. People also experienced higher powerful inflammation-fighters. Garlic In other words, people tend to levels of duty during the “9 to 5” Citrus fruits This has the properties of tweet about the situations they workday and more sociality in the People with diabetes tend to lowering cholesterol and blood experience. evenings. have low Vitamin C levels in their sugar levels. Garlic extracts can “Twitter is a digital stream of In terms of gender differences, bodies, so antioxidant-packed cit- Fenugreek increase the amount of insulin consciousness of its users and we females experienced higher levels rus fruits can be a nice way to Fenugreek is yet another spice available in people with diabetes. wondered if we could determine of mating and more emotional sit- which helps in lowering blood the psychological characteristics uations - both positive and nega- sugar levels in people with both of situations people were expe- tive - than males, the study found. riencing based on their tweets,” “This research has implications said corresponding author David for how we can use social media Apple cider vinegar has been Serfass. to understand human experience,” creating positive ripples in the They found that people who said study co-author professor health food circles for a long were in situations characterized Ryne Sherman. time. The acetic acid in vinegar by “duty” were more likely to use The study was published in the trims down certain enzymes in words like “work” and “job”. journal PLOS ONE. the stomach. People who were in situations IANS

Unhappy homes can turn managers abusive at work

rustration arising out of ers first sent surveys over a four- family stress can make month period to more than 150 managers verbally abu- mid-level managers and all of the Fsive towards subordi- employees who report directly to nates at workplaces, says a study. them at a Fortune 500 company “We found that supervisers located in the US and Canada. who experienced more family- They then expanded the study McDonald’s Qatar wins gold VLCC launches anti-obesity campaign work conflict were more likely to nearly 100 mid and senior-level n a build-up to Anti-Obes- and dieticians will educate the to verbally abuse their employ- managers in organisations span- cDonald’s Qatar has from global experts. Our restau- ity Day on November 26th, people. VLCC will also launch its ees,” said one of the research- ning 20 different industries across won gold in the retail rants in Qatar reflect McDonald’s Iwellness- beauty brand ‘Adopt a Client’ initiative where ers, Stephen Courtright, the US. Mstore design category at founding commitment to create VLCC announced the launch over 40 clients will be adopted professor of management at The researchers found that the 2015 International Council of warm, innovative and convenient of its annual anti-obesity cam- across all VLCC Wellness Cen- Texas A&M University in the US. supervisers take out their frustra- Shopping Centers (ICSC) Mid- spaces for our customers to enjoy paign. tres across GCC. For the finale “This happened because super- tion with home problems on their dle East and North Africa Shop- their experience with us. We have “Prolonged sitting is the on November 22, ‘Stand-A-Thon’ visers who experienced high lev- employees. The investigation also ping Centre and Retailer Awards. always aspired to make every trip ‘new smoking’. While all of will be held. Participants will be els of family-work conflict also revealed that female supervisers The award was presented to Fadi of theirs a memorable one, not us are concerned about our asked to stand up in one position experienced higher levels of ‘ego were more likely to verbally abuse Rezek, general manager in Dubai. only for the great food and service health, constantly looking out for the longest duration without depletion’, which then led to more employees. The award-winning design con- but also for the appealing ambi- for alternatives to help us stay moving. frequent displays of verbal abuse,” “Women have traditionally cept of McDonald’s Qatar reflects ence that makes them feel wel- fit like eating healthy or work- The event is open to all and Courtright said. been expected by society to divert the current universal retail trend come and comfortable.” ing out, we ignore what is the those interested can long onto Ego depletion is the inability more attention away from work to create spaces with an indus- The 2015 MEN Shopping Cen- most basic: the time we spend orangepledge.com. People visiting to control one’s impulses due to and towards home when fam- trial and urban look and feel. tre and Retailer Awards competi- sitting down”, says Mrs Van- VLCC Centres can click a picture mental exhaustion, Courtright ily demands and stress arise,” Kamal Saleh Al Mana, MD, tion was open to shopping center dana Luthra, founder, VLCC. with the orange dot at the centre said. “And family-work conflict Courtright said. Al Mana Restaurants & Food owners, developers, management Started on November 14 VLCC and upload it to social media plat- occurs when family demands or “As a result, women end up Co., the owner and operator of companies, architects, designers anti-obesity campaign seeks to forms with the hashtag #stand- problems affect one’s ability to experiencing higher levels of ego McDonald’s restaurants in Qatar and retailers. Founded in 1957, make people aware of the dangers uptoslimdown. Winners will get work,” he said. depletion, which in turn, means said, “We are honoredwith this ICSC is the global trade asso- of obesity. Food label-reading ses- a free weight management treat- To examine the connection displaying more abusive supervi- recognition and are delighted ciation of the shopping center sions will be held across promi- ment. between problems at home and sion,” Courtright said. with the appreciation for our industry. nent supermarkets across Qatar THE PENINSULA abusive supervision, the research- IANS design aesthetics and philosophy THE PENINSULA

Budapest Nights Now India’s middle class knows taste of diamonds ndian women still take pride in “People in India, including the mid- member of Myanmar Gems and Jew- ruby piece. There are times, when peo- filling up their bijou box with dle class, now know the taste of dia- ellery Entrepreneurs Association. ple like to purchase jewellery with a gold jewellery. But they are also monds. We are offering diamonds 25 “Indians love jewellery. So, we are similar look, but within so and so price. open to having sparkling dia- percent cheaper than what you get in here to sell what they love,” she added. In that case, instead of giving aqua- monds as a prized possession, the Indian market, so it shouldn’t be Consumers look for jewellery with marine we put blue topaz or a stone of Isays an exhibitor from Myanmar, who out of their budget,” he added about classy designs, but want it to be pocket lesser quality,” said the exhibitor. is in New Delhi for the 35th edition their diamond jewellery that ranges as well as “picture-friendly”, says an So, instead of going for abstract- of the India International Trade Fair. between Rs.15000 and Rs.150000 exhibitor from Thailand. shaped earrings made of ruby or pen- Myanmar, famous for its ruby and Diamond consumption is said to “We have sold a lot of bracelets and dants with Lord Buddha designs or sapphire stones, is one of the foreign have gone up in India. According to pearl-inspired artificial earrings till big emerald ear pieces, the masses are countries participating in the India’s the ‘Consumer Diamond Purchasing now. They cost just Rs.150. They are opting for artificial jewellery or those largest trade fair, which began on Sat- Survey’ carried out by diamond mining quite affordable, so hope we don’t get made with semi-precious stones. urday at Pragati Maidan. company De Beers, the rate of diamond buyers who want to bargain,” Hazel “We have semi-precious jewellery A peep into the stall of DQ Myan- acquisition among India’s middle class Seldow, partner, U-SA Flora Ltd, Thai- with silver as base. The earrings, rang- mar Jewels gives an idea of the richness consumers rose sharply from two per- land, said. They want to wear them ing from Rs.700 to Rs.2500, are sell- of the precious stones offered by them. cent in 2002 to nine percent in 2014. and see if the pieces look good in pho- ing like hot cakes. Even the artificial “We have been coming here for the Another exhibitor from Myanmar tographs. But we don’t allow them to jewellery which costs only Rs.150,” said past 15 years. Every year, we change ensured that pieces with diamonds on do so as there is a fear of plagiarism,” Nenem, exhibitor, Anong Thaisilk Ltd. our collections. This time, we have them were included in the exhibits. he added. With gem stones sold on She said that apart from jewellery, even brought more diamond pieces as in “We haven’t got completely diamond the basis of carats, he said that people their pure cotton tops in bright hues India, gold buyers are also buying dia- sets, but yes there are lots of pieces like to own pieces that look “real”, but like orange and pink are also among monds,” Neil, partner, DQ Myanmar that have diamonds mixed with rubies within a certain amount.“For instance, sought-after products. Jewels, said. or emeralds,” said Sweety Suezin, a we have brought an aquamarine and IANS

A model presents a creation by Hungarian designer Bori Toth of Maison Marquise studio during the Budapest Fashion Nights.

MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

Prayer Timings Weather Moderate temperature daytime with some Fajr 04.32 am Zuhr 11.19 am Maghrib 04.48 pm Minimum: 21o C Maximum: 29o C Shorook 05.51 am Asr 02.24 pm Isha 06.18 pm clouds and relatively HIGH TIDE 08:00 - 18:45LOW TIDE 00:15 - 15:30 cold by night. Asian appetite boosts global art, jewel auctions

GENEVA: They are not in the auction house Sotheby’s, where $28.5m for a huge 16.08-carat pink per carat. The shimmering blue room rubbing shoulders with tra- Asian clients today account for diamond at a Christie’s jewel auc- stone was also immediately ditional wealthy buyers, instead about a third of global high-end tion in Geneva, and immediately renamed after Lau’s daughter, choosing to remain in the shad- jewellery sales, Asian Director renamed it “Sweet Josephine”, and is now called “The Blue Moon ows, making their multi-million Patti Wong said. after his seven-year-old daughter. of Josephine”. bids by telephone. “Asian participants make up a According to the auction house, A Hong Kong-based spokes- Asian millionaires and billion- hugely important part of our glo- that marks a world record for a woman for Lau confirmed the two aires have this week discretely bal client base,” she said, adding pink diamond in the highest col- diamond purchases. stolen the show at a range of auc- that over the past decade “we’ve our category, “fancy vivid”. This is not the first time Lau tions, dishing out record sums for seen tremendous growth” from Lau, 64, was not satisfied has bought rare jewels for his works of art and precious gem- Asia. though. daughter. In 2009, he report- stones put on the block. This past week, Asian clients On Wednesday, he struck again, edly spent $9.5m on another blue Auction houses Christie’s and have certainly taken centre-stage. snapping up a 12.03-carat blue diamond, which he renamed the Sotheby’s say the spectacular The first spectacular hammer diamond dubbed “Blue Moon” “Star of Josephine”. sales are part of a wider trend in blow fell on Tuesday evening at for a record $48.4m, this time at Josephine is his daughter with which their business is increas- a Christie’s art auction in New Sotheby’s in Geneva. girlfriend and former aide Chan ingly turning towards Asia. York, when a former Chinese taxi David Bennett, head of Sothe- Hoi-wan, according to local Christie’s Asia chief Francois driver turned billionaire financier, by’s international jewellery divi- media. The 64-year-old also has Curiel said that the auction house Liu Yiqian bought a famed Mod- sion, said the “Blue Moon” sale two children with long-time part- had quadrupled its Asia-based igliani for more than $170m. broke several records, making ner Yvonne Lui. staff since 2010 to 220 to keep up The 51-year-old tycoon, who the gemstone “the most expensive Life is not all family bliss for with the demand. made his fortune in real estate diamond, regardless of colour, and Lau. In March last year, he was “When I arrived in Hong Kong and finance in the 1990s, has made the most expensive jewel ever sold found guilty of bribing a former in 2010, our Asian clients repre- a string of purchases for his two at auction”. minister in the gambling enclave sented five percent of our sales museums in China’s commercial The jewel, set in a ring, also of Macau in an attempt to pur- on a global scale. In 2014, they hub Shanghai. fetched the highest-ever price chase a prime development site. A 16.08-carat pink diamond, which was snapped up by Hong Kong prop- represented 31 percent,” he said. The same day, Hong Kong prop- per carat, he said, with the buyer erty tycoon Joseph Lau, on display during a press preview by the auction The same is true of competing erty tycoon Joseph Lau dished out shelling out 4.02m Swiss francs AFP house Christie’s.

Kindergartners Forty-year old behind latest Oscar voters honour buddies learn unruly incidents Lee, Reynolds at gala they were at school LOS ANGELES: Oscar voters ema. Boone Isaacs also talked of switched at birth gave honorary awards to three Hollywood’s need for more ethnic PITTSBURGH: Kindergarten movie veterans, including direc- and gender equality in the indus- WINNIPEG, Manitoba: Two students have continued to act tor Spike Lee, at a gala event that try, a call that struck home with Canadian men who grew up as out at a western Pennsylvania shone a spotlight on Hollywood’s Lee whose career is marked by close friends made the shock- elementary school, despite efforts drive for diversity amid its glitzy movies dealing with race relations ing discovery this year that they including a “cooling off” space awards season. in the United States. were switched at birth 40 years and extra staff hired to deal with Along with Lee, whose films Lee, who has been twice nomi- ago, the government of the Cana- unruly students who allegedly include Malcolm X and Do the nated for Oscars, talked about his dian province of Manitoba said attacked at least 11 teachers this Right Thing, the Academy of early career as a director and his on Friday. school year. Motion Picture Arts and Sci- desire to put more African Amer- Luke Monias and Norman A kindergarten student pulled ences gave its Governors Awards icans in acting roles and in jobs Barkman were born on June 19, a fire alarm while another put his for film achievement to Singing In behind the camera. He said Hol- 1975 in the twin northern Mani- hands on a teacher’s neck while the Rain actress Debbie Reynolds lywood still has a long way to go. toba communities known as Nor- frustrated, Woodland Hills super- and Gena Rowlands, a champion We “need to have a serious dis- way House, and grew up on the intendent Alan Johnson told the of independent film and star of cussion about diversity and get Garden Hill reserve, which now Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Notebook. some flavor up in here,” he said. has a population of about 2,800 Both incidents happened The Governors Awards annually Rowlands, who like Lee and is accessible only by aeroplane Thursday at Edgewood Primary is one of the academy’s key events received an “honorary Oscar,” is and ice roads. school. ahead of the Oscars, the film no stranger to long days on movie As they grew up, people noticed Four teachers and a librarian industry’s top awards given out sets. In a career that has spanned how they resembled each other’s have resigned from the school in February. Hollywood A-listers seven decades and included films family more than their own, the since September, and the teach- including Meryl Streep and Denzel such as A Woman Under the Influ- Manitoba government said in a ers’ union filed a grievance last Washington turned out. ence, Rowlands has worked with statement. month claiming 11 teachers have Security was tight at the din- many of the industry’s greats DNA testing this summer been assaulted at the school ner inside the Ray Dolby Ballroom including her husband, filmmaker confirmed that the woman who which has 455 students in grades in Hollywood following Friday’s John Cassavetes. raised Barkman is not his biolog- K-3. killings in Paris. Academy presi- Reynolds, who was given the ical mother, and that Monias is The school’s principal has been dent Cheryl Boone Isaacs took a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian actually her child by birth. placed on paid leave and replaced moment at the beginning of the award for her charitable work, Barkman’s true biological in the wake of the complaints that ceremony to mourn those killed. was unable to attend due to mother is deceased. he didn’t act to stop the incidents. “All of us here stand in solidar- recent surgery. The Oscars will “I just want to know what hap- Three additional special educa- ity and support with France and be given out in Hollywood on Feb- pened,” Barkman told reporters tion paraprofessionals have been Actor Wesley Snipes (left) and director Spike Lee attend the 7th Annual the French people,” she said, not- ruary 28, 2016. in Winnipeg. hired because some of the inci- Governors Awards honouring Spike Lee, Gena Rowlands and Debbie ing that country’s long history of Monias contacted Manito- dents involved special education Reynolds, in Hollywood, California. film making and its love of cin- REUTERS ba’s minister for aboriginal and students, and a “cooling off” area northern affairs, Eric Robinson, has been designated to help some in July and the Manitoba govern- students control their tempers, ment has since asked Ottawa to officials said. investigate how the switch hap- Johnson said the fire alarm pened. didn’t have a protective covering After Katniss, Jennifer Lawrence finds her voice Canada’s health department, when it was pulled by the kinder- which operated the Norway gartner, whose parents have been House hospital, could not imme- notified. LOS ANGELES: While heroine out against the wage gap last ting repeated. Hopefully that kind essay for actress Lena Dunham’s diately comment. The student who placed his Katniss Everdeen leads a rebel- month, her comments went viral. of mentality is on its way out,” newsletter in which she discussed “This horrible and irresponsible hands on the teacher’s neck nor- lion in the final Hunger Games Lawrence reprised her role as Lawrence said in an interview. being angry with herself for not mix-up at the hospital has caused mally has a personal aide with movie, the actress who brought Katniss in The Hunger Games: Lawrence’s brash sense of asking for more money, as her long-term damage to both these him in class, but didn’t on Thurs- the character to life, Jennifer Mockingjay - Part 2, due in theaters humour helps audiences relate male co-stars do, for fear of com- men and their families,” Robinson day because the child’s mother Lawrence, is coming into her own on Friday. She said the franchise to her. And she said that as she ing across as a “spoiled brat.” said, adding that it has affected had told the school he wouldn’t in a business dominated by men. had shown that “a female lead in gets older, she is becoming more “I was really shocked,” Law- their health. be attending school. When the With an Oscar and a number an action movie can still be a criti- passionate about issues. “You can rence said of the response. “When In February, a court in France student showed up unexpectedly, of hit films to her credit, Law- cal and commercial success.” actually really start to appreciate (Dunham) asked me to write ruled that two women switched at the teacher didn’t let administra- rence, 25, was ranked by Forbes as “The huge misconception that that you do have a platform and something, I just typed something birth more than 20 years ago will tors know he was in class without the highest-paid actress last year women can relate to male leads a voice that people will listen to up and pressed send. I didn’t both receive ¤400,000 ($429,280) an aide, Johnson said. with an estimated $52m in earn- but men can’t relate to female and the option to use it hopefully really have any expectations.” in damages. The teacher was not injured by ings. Hollywood’s top actors earned leads, I think that’s something for betterment,” she said. the child. much more. When Lawrence spoke studios are saying and it’s just get- Last month Lawrence wrote an AFP REUTERS But Adam Forgie, president of the teachers’ union, said 11 other teachers have been kicked, bitten and scratched by students. “The point of school is to learn, and there’s not a lot of learning When Romanian inmates pick up the pen to earn freedom going on when teachers have to constantly worry about their safety,” he said earlier this month. BUCHAREST: They may be dal, he was released on Novem- corruption is rampant. One of the big fish to fall in this Then his request must be athletes, businessmen or politi- ber 4, largely thanks to four After humble beginnings — is former prime minister Victor screened by a special committee AP cians but the minute they are books about the beautiful game around 10 books were published Ponta, who resigned on November inside the prison. jailed, Romanian convicts often which he penned in his cell. Under between 2007 and 2010 — the 4 following a deadly nightclub fire “If his demand is accepted by morph into “men of letters” Romanian law, convicts can claim literary production of Romania’s in Bucharest which killed 55 and the prison committee, he will thanks to a law allowing those 30 days off their sentence if they prisons has exploded with no less left scores more badly wounded. have access to the prison library who write a book while inside to publish a work of literature or sci- than 157 new books published His trial on charges of graft is and to a computer which is not get out quicker. ence while behind bars. between January 2014 and June due to start in the coming weeks. connected to the Internet,” the The latest big name to leave The legislation, which was first 2015, according to figures by the A prisoner who wants to make ANP explained. The aspiring prison early was the former enacted in 2006 then amended in National Prison Administration his mark in the world of letters writer must then find a publish- Romania football great and Bar- 2013, has brought forth a grow- (ANP). The rise coincides with must first receive a recommen- ing house willing to print his opus celona captain Gheorghe Popescu. ing number of literary works from a two-year crackdown on corrup- dation from a university profes- — at the author’s expense. Jailed in 2014 for three years the jails of one of the European tion targeting the powerful and sor who specialises in the area he over a football corruption scan- Union’s poorest nations, where the wealthy. wishes to cover. AFP Monday 16 November 2015 4 Safar 1437 Volume 20 Number 6616 Price: QR2

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By Sachin Kumar and it will continue to do it best to provide bills is not a sign of anything, it’s just trying services to citizens according to the latest to base the quantity of Treasuries to smooth DOHA: Qatar is keenly interested in develop- standards. All sectors must co-operate, co- the yield curve. It’s not a sign that there is no ing economic projects that are carried as per ordinate and work jointly to achieve these interest, it has nothing to do with liquidity,” international standards and best practices goals. “We have formed a supreme committee he said. said Prime Minister and Interior Minister to ensure security and protection of data in H E Dr Hessa Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Kha- the State along with representatives from the Information and Communications Technology lifa Al Thani. He was speaking yesterday at financial sector that specialises in developing said that the research estimates that cyber- ‘Information Security Conference For The an comprehensive and integrated strategy and crime cost the world an estimated $400bn in Minister of Information and Communication Technology H E Dr Hessa Sultan Financial Sector’ organised by the Qatar Cen- oversee its implementation in the country,” 2014. This is a figure that is greater than the Al Jaber opening the Global Entrepreneurship Week with QCB Governor tral Bank (QCB) at Ritz-Carlton Hotel here. he said. GDP of more than 84 percent of countries “The government is keenly interested in The two-day conference aims to shed light across the globe. “While Qatar has made Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud Al Thani. Baher Amin developing economic projects that are car- on information and its challenges and improve great strides in developing and implementing ried as per international standards and best infrastructure security. Cyber security standards and requirements, practices to fulfil Qatar National Vision 2030,” Speaking at the opening ceremony, QCB it is important for the financial services com- Prime Minister said in his opening address. Governor H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud Al munity to understand cyber security is not Economic growth and development is part Thani said that the security and protection of solely concerned with compliance with finan- Minister announces of Qatar’s priorities to achieve all its strategic information is its top priority because of its cial regulations or government and industry goals as per the national vision and one of significant impact on the reputation of the regulations and standards. Meeting these the targets is developing the financial sector entire banking sector. Cyber crimes have sig- standards represents a starting point rather according international practices and stand- nificant impact on the economies. He added than a destination. In the end, any organi- definition for SMEs ards. Qatar provides support and facilities to that all the concerned authorities and experts sation cannot effectively implement cyber achieve these goals, he said. around the world should work together to find security controls unless they truly understand By Mohammad Shoeb energy-rich economy into a sus- Qatar’s strategy is to build a strong, vibrant solution for threat of cyber crimes. what needs defending the most, to which the tainable knowledge-based society. and diversified economy based on sustainable “Liquidity is very comfortable at the answer is not everything,” she added. DOHA: Minister of Information The Minister also stressed that development by setting a modern infrastruc- moment. I do not see there is a need of any The Group CEO of Qatar National Bank and Communication Technology young children need to be pro- ture to serve all sectors. intervention at the moment. The interest rate (QNB) Ali Ahmed Al Kuwari said that the H E Dr Hessa Sultan Al Jaber vided with the appropriate envi- Qatar reiterates its aim to develop the in the US might in the future go up and that issue of information security has topped prior- yesterday announced a national ronment and full freedom which financial sector and protect vital data. A will give us a chance to review monetary poli- ities of companies and institutions of all kinds definition for Small and Medium will encourage them to think out number of laws have been issued to regulate cies, which will be based on the condition of around the world. He pointed out that such Enterprises (SMEs) for Qatar. of the box, at all levels — home, this sector and achieve goals of the legislations the market at that time,” he told reporters on e-threats are not directed against a particular The new definition defines an school and university — by giving like electronically linking all state appara- the sidelines of the conference. He added that country or a particular institution, but unfor- SME as a company with a work- them challenges to develop their tuses using the latest systems and devices, the the recent reduction in the size of Treasury tunately targeting everyone and has become a force that does not exceed 250 minds for innovative ideas. Prime Minister said. bill issues was not a sign of tightening liquidity. fact of everyday life. employees (except for the creative Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Kha- Qatar gives importance to security of data “The drop from QR4bn to QR2bn in Treasury THE PENINSULA sector where employees wouldn’t lifa, CEO of QDB, said: “The new exceed 100), and its annual rev- definition is part of the govern- enue doesn’t exceed QR100m ment’s continuous support to the (about $28.24m). SME sector, which will enable It defines five main sectors, all parties to work together and including Agriculture, Trans- achieve success under unified cri- G20 promises to tackle uneven economic growth formational Industries, Creative teria.” Industries, Constructions and The national SME definition Trade in addition to the sector of ensures equal support for all BELEK: The heads of the world’s US Fed hike, the leaders high- different services. SMEs from all stakeholders, as 20 largest economies pledged to lighted the need to “carefully The definition was formally it aims to improve the policies and use all of their policy tools to calibrate” and clearly communi- announced at the opening of the efforts of the SME sector devel- tackle uneven economic growth cate policy decisions, to make sure Global Entrepreneurship Week opment based on a clear defini- that falls short of expectations, markets are not taken by surprise (GEW) organised by Qatar tion. In addition, it helps develop according to a draft Group of 20 by such key decisions. Development Bank (QDB) in licensed home – based businesses (G20) communique. The leaders endorsed a package cooperation with a number of that match the definition criteria. As the G20 leaders gathered of measures to tackle corporate institutions, universities and com- It also aims at facilitating in Turkey for a two-day meeting tax avoidance, although questions panies in Qatar. financing procedures by providing on how to boost global growth, remain about whether countries The GEW activities are being privileges for investment entities the economic discussions were will follow through on the plans held this year under the patron- that can finance SMEs. overshadowed by deadly attacks or leave loopholes multinationals age of Dr Al Jaber. The week-long “We are proud with the par- in Paris. can exploit. The Base Erosion and event, which opened yesterday ticipation of 25 startups and five In a nod to uncertainty in Profit Shifting measures aim to will conclude at Grand Hyatt government institutions. We are financial markets and worries close the gaps in existing interna- Hotel on November 19 . The confident that this definition will about lagging output in much of tional tax rules. They were trig- event saw the presence of Sheikh help develop the Qatari SME Leaders pose for the photo at G20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey, yesterday. the world, the leaders said they gered by public anger over reports Abdullah bin Saud Al Thani, Gov- sector, an important cornerstone would stick to a target to boost the huge multinational corpora- ernor of Qatar Central Bank, who in the National Economy. QDB the G20’s collective economic out- the final version of which is due tors, with the United States look- tions like Starbucks or Google, get is also the Chairman of QDB. continues to support the Qatar put by an additional 2 percent by to be released today. “A shortfall ing like it may hike interest rates away with paying almost no tax Dr Al Jaber, in her opening National Vision 2030 by support- 2018. “Global economic growth in global demand and structural for the first time since 2006 next at all because the skilfully exploit address, highlighted the major ing the private sector in general is uneven and falls short of our problems continue to weigh on month, while much of the rest legal loopholes, or get preferential objectives laid under the Qatar and the SME, specifically,” con- expectations, despite the positive actual and potential growth.” of the world, including China, tax deals from governments. National Vision 2030 aiming to cluded Al Khalifa. outlook in some major economies,” The global economy remains remains vulnerable. accelerate the process economic they said in the draft document, very much a mixed bag for inves- In language likely aimed at the REUTERS diversification to transform the THE PENINSULA Global markets brace for short-lived jolt after Paris attacks

SYDNEY/TOKYO/PARIS: Global Alexandre Baradez. “There may also be as significant as the hiatus after 2001’s other things,” Oliver, who is also head of But there was little reason to see that stocks are set for a short-term sell-off a purely psychological effect that pushes attacks that destroyed the World Trade strategy at the A$156bn ($111bn) wealth unwind be anything other than tempo- today after militants launched coordi- investors to stay on the sidelines until Centre in New York City. management firm, said. rary. “The market is heavily short euro nated attacks across Paris that killed more clarity emerges.” Analysts trying to put the event in Traditional safety plays into assets and concerns are high any risk will trig- 129 people, but few strategists expect a “These Paris terrorist attacks and the some historical context say prior events such as US Treasury bonds would also go ger a short squeeze,” they said. “We don’t prolonged economic impact or change in larger scale of this attack could have a like this in Europe over the past 15 years against the prevailing market trend that’s think it will — and would sell into one if prevailing market directions. meaningful negative impact on the travel tended not to have any durable market in the process of discounting an interest it appears. The attacks do not undermine If anything, any initial damage to eco- and tourism sector,” said Robert T Lutts, or economic effects. “As horrific as these rate rise from the Federal Reserve next the initial reasons for being short euro — nomic confidence, tourism and trade chief investment officer at Cabot Wealth events are — and this is truly awful — month. With few expecting the fallout or reduce the possibility of (ECB) action. within Europe will likely reinforce the Management in Salem, Massachusetts. economic activity does tend to be pretty from the attack to be big enough to affect Instead, they increase the likelihood of European Central Bank’s resolve to eas- France has the largest number of tour- resilient,” said Howard Archer, chief UK Fed decision making, any move will likely greater accommodation in our view.” ing monetary policy further next month, ists in the world and the sector accounts and European economist at His Global be short lived. “I sincerely hope these While news of the attacks hit after they reckon. That will keep pressure on for almost 7.5 percent of GDP. Insight. “The UK, Spain and France itself attacks will prove short in duration and markets closed on Friday, S&P 500 Index the euro exchange rate and support other “Given that France has a big tourism has all seen its economies little damaged will abate in intensity, in which case the futures SPc1 were still trading and shed European asset markets. industry there may be some damage to by terrorist atrocities in the past.” market reaction will likely only include a about 1 percent in light volume. “If this French financial markets will be open the economy if this leads to a fall in visi- Shane Oliver, chief economist at Aus- brief safety bid in Treasuries,” said Guy had happened during market trading as usual today, stock and derivatives tors to France, or in tourism in general tralia’s AMP Capital in Sydney, said LeBas, chief fixed income strategist at hours there could have been a panic but exchange Euronext said on Saturday. after the crash of a Russian plane,” said he expects only a knee-jerk impact on Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. markets had a weekend to digest all the “Stocks that are angled towards con- Hidenori Suezawa, financial market and investments. “History will tell us that if Analysts at Citi say just the initial information,” said Eiji Kinouchi, chief sumer goods or tourism, notably the lux- fiscal analyst at SMBC Nikko Securities. the economic impact is limited — and shock of the attacks may challenge technical analyst at Daiwa Securities in ury industry with the Christmas season, Outside France, the reaction will likely I think it will be — that markets will extremely leveraged plays — such as heavy Tokyo. could be affected,” said IG France analyst be more sporadic and few expect a jolt quickly recover and go on to focus on short positions in the euro or oil futures. REUTERS MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Qatar, Pakistan CEOs discuss Islamic finance sector issues to sign LNG Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies holds CEO Roundtable deal soon DOHA: The Qatar Faculty of port the needs and expectations University participated in the DOHA: Qatar and Pakistan Islamic Studies (QFIS), a college of recent graduates looking for roundtable. Over a dozen stu- are working to finalise financial of Hamad Bin Khalifa University employment opportunities. dents from HBKU also partici- arrangements of a long-term (HBKU), held a CEO Roundta- Welcoming remarks were pated in the event, and were given agreement for the supply of liq- ble on the subject of “Islamic offered on behalf of Dr Aisha the chance to network with the uefied natural gas (LNG) to the Finance: Expectations and Real- Al Mannai, Dean of QFIS, by industry leaders and share their south Asian country. ity” organised by the Center for Dr Muhammad Khalifa, Profes- concerns and views. This came in remarks made by Islamic Economics and Finance— sor of Comparative Religions at Dr Habib Ahmed, Professor of the Pakistan Petroleum Minister a research centre at QFIS. QFIS, followed by remarks from Islamic Finance at the University and Natural Resources Shahid The roundtable was organised Dr S Nazim Ali, Director of the of Durham and Visiting Professor Khaqan Abbasi, who recently took to encourage a constructive dia- Center for Islamic Economics and at QFIS, moderated the full-day part in the 6th Asian Ministerial logue between academia and the Finance at QFIS and Dr Tariqul- event, which included a number Energy Roundtable held in Doha. leaders from the financial indus- lah Khan, Professor of Islamic of opportunities for networking Speaking to Qatari daily Al try, to build an understanding of Finance at QFIS. between the practitioners and Raya Newspaper, he said that the different view points on crucial Those in attendance included HBKU students. Participants at CEO Roundtable on Islamic Finance organised by the Qatar deal will allow Pakistan to import matters and create a forum for Yousuf Al Jaida, CEO of Qatar In his welcoming remarks, Dr Faculty of Islamic Studies. initially about 1.5 million tonnes discussing working collabora- Financial Centre Authority, Khalifa credited the dynamic of LNG per year via a terminal tively towards building a robust Hashem Al Aqeel, CEO of Invest- leadership and patronage of H H at Port Qasim and it is expected and stable financial industry in ment House, Dr Osama Al Deraie, Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chair- and finance by fostering an open industry and academics. It is an to increase to 3 million tonnes in Qatar and beyond. CEO of Bait Al Mashura, and person of Qatar Foundation, for discussion among industry lead- opportunity to better understand a 15-year LNG supply deal worth The roundtable was also an senior management representing the Foundation’s vision of prepar- ers and academia, while providing the phenomenon called Islamic $16bn. opportunity to consider strategic the CEOs of Qatar Islamic Bank, ing the people of Qatar and the an opportunity for students to get finance and to review and dis- QNA issues confronting the Islamic Masraf Al Rayan, Qatar Finance region to meet the challenges of more involved in Qatar’s Islamic cuss strategies for furthering the finance industry today. and Business Academy, Ezdan an ever-changing world and to economics and finance industry. industry.” It covered topics such as the Group, Doha Bank, QInvest, and make Qatar a leader in innova- Dr S Nazim Ali, the leader of According to Dr Ali, “An primary objectives of Islamic Silatech. tive education and research. this initiative, thanked the indus- important goal of the roundtable Logistic body banks in a market-oriented Academics from Qatar Fac- He commented that, in line try leaders for their participa- is to get feedback from the indus- economy, the difference between ulty of Islamic Studies, HBKU with this vision, the roundtable tion in this event, describing the try leaders on the kind of support gets 3,640 perceptions of Islamic finance Law School, HBKU’s College of event created an opportunity roundtable discussion as “a cata- that academics can provide to the and the reality of the industry Science and Engineering, Geor- for understanding and enhanc- lyst for a dedicated communica- industry.” applications and how Islamic banks can sup- getown University and Qatar ing the field of Islamic economics tion channel between the finance THE PENINSULA DOHA: The Logistic Commit- tee yesterday said that it has received 3,640 applications from the investors for the development of logistic project in Al Wakra, ibq appoints Birkat Al Awamir and Aba Salil. OBG adds digital video to its portfolio The committee also said that it Omar Bouhadiba received 2,994 cheques with the DOHA: The global publishing, answer questions on headline will increase by 23.3 percent in Aydagul, who has led the applications. The committee has as managing research and consultancy firm issues. 2015 and a further 19.8 percent development of Global Platform set December 8 as the deadline Oxford Business Group (OBG) Andrew Jeffreys, OBG’s CEO in 2016. Our online platform will through to fruition, said she was for nomination of qualified appli- today added digital video to its and Editor-in-Chief, said Glo- capture this growing audience via thrilled to be overseeing OBG’s cants with the right of changing director portfolio of research tools with bal Platform marked an excit- a powerful, dynamic medium ide- latest innovation, at a time when this deadline if required. the launch of a groundbreaking ing new chapter for the Group, ally suited to today’s fast-paced digital video was going from The committee explained that DOHA: International Bank of online broadcasting service. at a time when media companies business environment, putting strength to strength. the number of applications have Qatar (ibq) has announced the With over two thirds of were increasingly recognising the decision-makers in front of the “The launch of our digital plat- exceeded the number of plots by appointment of Omar Bouhad- the world’s mobile data traf- importance of online video broad- camera and extending their reach form comes as figures show that 202 percent. There are about iba as Managing Director, said a fic expected to be video by 2017, casting. even further.” adults in 2015 are watching one 1,853 plots of land stretching over statement yesterday. Oxford Business Group’s latest “We know that worldwide audi- OBG has appointed longstand- hour and 16 minutes of digital an area of 6,330,907 sqm to be Bouhadiba brings with him business marks a timely, relevant ences across the demographics ing team member Neslihan Ayd- video daily, up from 21 minutes in developed. The project is aimed to over 35 years of banking experi- expansion to its services. are shifting towards digital, on- agul as Managing Director of its 2011,” she said. “As a new player in encourage SMEs, where they will ence and an extensive knowledge A new entrant to the field of demand viewing using smart- new service. A Turkish national, a dynamic environment, our glo- be allotted plots to establish ware- of Middle Eastern markets. His on-demand business television, phones and non-mobile devices, Aydagul has overseen significant bal platform will spark important housing facilities for cars, assem- latest assignment was Global Global Platform will provide an thanks to faster networks, larger expansion during her 11 years conversations on a wide variety of bly units, cold storages, shops and Head of Corporate and Insti- arena for world leaders, industry screens and new flexible ways with the firm, managing projects issues, ranging from international showrooms, commercial offices, tutional Banking at Arab Bank players and other high-profile of working,” he said. “Research across the Gulf in Saudi Arabia, economic trends to sector-based labour camps, workshops, service PLC, responsible for corporate personalities who are driving shows that the average amount Qatar and Abu Dhabi, while also developments at a national or centres, and depots. banking operations in a broad change across the international of time people will spend con- overseeing the launch of its opera- regional level.” variety of countries. markets to relay their views and suming online video each day tions in Asia. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA Prior to joining Arab Bank PLC, Bouhadiba was head of the International Banking Group of National Bank of Kuwait, and held senior corporate positions at Mashreq Bank Dubai, and Bank of America London, Paris, Bah- Saudi plans to start privatising airports next year rain and Athens. The Board of Direc- RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will cast a deficit this year of more output and producer group Opec’s also be privatised according to billion dollar projects to expand tors at ibq expressed great begin privatising its airports and than $100bn. refusal to cede market share. a schedule to run up until 2020, capacity at the country’s airports. pleasure in announcing related services in the first quar- “The privatisation programme King Khaled International Air- the statement said without elabo- But the kingdom, the biggest Bouhadiba’sappointment. His ter of 2016, the country’s civil avi- comes in line with the kingdom’s port, the main airport in the capi- rating. Saudi Arabia has priva- Arab economy and the largest experience and proven leader- ation authority said yesterday, as plan to improve the productive tal Riyadh, will be the first asset tised units of the national airline country in the Gulf geographi- ship skills should put the bank the kingdom seeks ways to sup- efficiency of airport systems to be privatised in the first quar- in recent years. Saudi Airlines cally, still has one of the small- on a path to quality sustainable port state finances due to lower and ease the financial burden on ter next year. Air traffic control Catering Co and Saudi Ground est airline networks in the region growth, and stretch ibq’s ambi- oil prices. (the) state budget,” Sulaiman al- and information technology units Services Co have been listed on relative to its size. tions to new heights. The announcement is the lat- Hamdan, chairman of the General will be followed in the second and the stock market and the cargo According to GACA 2014 sta- Commenting on his appoint- est sign the world’s top crude Authority for Civil Aviation, said third quarters respectively, the unit is expected to be next. tistics, the latest on its website, ment, Bouhadiba said, “I am exporter is looking at ways to in the statement. statement said. The kingdom has been investing there are 27 airports in the king- excited to take up this role. I look manage the impact of lower oil Oil prices have more than Other units at the country’s heavily in aviation infrastructure dom of which four are interna- forward to working with my col- prices on its budget. The Inter- halved in the past 18 months with international airports, as well as to back the industry’s expansion tional. leagues and associates to develop national Monetary Fund has fore- supply bolstered by US shale oil local and regional airports, will plans, including building multi- REUTERS a growth strategy that will allow us to better serve our valued cli- ents, and play an even bigger role in the Qatari economy.” He received his Master’s degree in Business Administra- GCC banks can lead fight tion (MBA), from the Wharton Nakilat Damen Shipyards School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania in 1978. He also attended La Sorbonne in Paris, against global fraud and the University of Economics Qatar takes part in QIBS in Tunis. DOHA: GCC banks can lead “Their simple, holistic, and agile THE PENINSULA DOHA: Nakilat Damen Ship- the global fight against fraud, IT solutions can improve govern- yards Qatar (NDSQ), the local which totals nearly $4 trillion ance, risk, and compliance. Real- ship builder, took part at the in revenue losses per year, one time analytics will be essential for recently concluded Qatar Inter- of the world’s leading technolo- detecting, analysing, and prevent- Canon appoints national Boat Show 2015 (QIBS) gists announced yesterday at the ing fraud, and catching fraud per- as part of efforts to acquaint the Information Security Conference. petrators before the losses mount, new GM in Qatar interested public on its major The global banking and finan- and for driving competitiveness.” activities and achievements, said cial services sector has one of the In the Middle East, one in five DOHA: Canon Middle East has a statement yesterday. greatest number of fraud cases, organisations (21 percent) report appointed Wim Wynants to the The event was held last week with total fraud cases causing economic crimes, but there is position of General Manager for under the patronage of Prime organisations to lose 5 percent of a widespread lack of effective Canon in Qatar. Minister and Interior Minister their annual revenues, or $3.7 tril- tools, as only 5 percent of fraud Wynants will lead the recently H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser lion in total per year with 22 per- was detected by internal audit, established Canon Office Imaging bin Khalifa Al Thani. The exhi- cent losing at least $1m, according according to a recent report by Solutions (Doha), to strengthen bition was opened by Minis- to a report by the Association of PwC. Canon’s in-country presence in ter of Economy and Commerce Certified Fraud Examiners. Anticipating the growing the region. The new appoint- H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al In the Digital Economy, as need, SAP has seen strong GCC ment demonstrate sthe company’s Thani. Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar officials at the QIBS. GCC banks innovate, extended demand for its Fraud Manage- commitment to operating closer Abdullah Al Sulaiti, Nakilat’s IT systems and consumer-cen- ment analytics solution, which to customers and accelerate Can- Managing Director, said: “We while simultaneously remaining a visitor, and has increased the tric applications are causing an runs on the SAP HANA platform. on’s growth in the rapidly evolving are excited to be welcomed back an exemplification to the Qatar level of its participation each year, alarming number of potential The solution aims to help organ- Qatari market. to the Qatar International Boat National Vision 2030.” exhibiting at the event in 2014 places for fraud and misconduct isations reduce financial loss by Canon Middle East’s Dep- Show. As the exhibition’s popular- In addition to showcasing at and becoming a sponsor for this to hide, argued Irfan Khan, Chief preventing, deterring, and detect- uty Managing Director, Naoshi ity continues to expand, its partic- the exhibition, NDSQ organised year’s event. Technology Officer for Global ing fraud through pattern iden- Yamada, said, “The Qatari market ipators, exhibitors and customers a yard tour to the VIPs, other During the opening event Customer Operations, SAP, who tification, simulations and fewer is growing at a rapid pace and we are also growing at a rapid pace. guests and exhibitors at their Yvette Burghgraef-van Eechoud, presented on “Complexity Equals false positives. need a leader with the depth and As a Qatari marine company, facilities at “Erhama bin Jaber al Dutch Ambassador to Qatar, vis- Risk.” In the Middle East, SAP solu- breadth of Wim’s experience to we are honoured in celebrating Jalahma shipyard” located in Ras ited the exhibition and company “GCC banks are largely unbur- tions manage $1.6 trillion in maximize our opportunities inthis our country’s substantial role it Laffan to present the company’s stand. An estimated 85 boats dened by complex, legacy IT sys- assets, including the 10 safest evolving market. has had in the marine industry. newest deliveries, latest designs were exhibited both in water and tems, so they are well-positioned banks in the Middle East and QIBS 2015 continues to bring and expansive resources. NDSQ on land. to be among the world’s leaders in Africa. THE PENINSULA greater exposure to our industry first attended QIBS in 2013 as THE PENINSULA fighting fraud,” said Irfan Khan. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Petrochemical Qatari firms shifting to exports from GCC to China long-term CSR plans increase

Preparations under way for third edition of CSR Qatar DUBAI: GCC petrochemi- cal exports to China rose to DOHA: Qatari businesses shift- “Companies in Qatar and the strong public-private partner- 13.37 million tonnes, valued at ing towards longer-term CSR GCC region are increasingly mak- ships,” he said. $15.15bn in 2014, recording a 5 collaborations, say experts. As ing two shifts in their approach to Identifying education, youth percent increase compared to the third edition of CSR Qatar Corporate Social Responsibility: development, and capacity build- 2013, according to latest industry 2015 prepares to get under way firstly — moving away from ad hoc ing in science and technology as Participants at a CSR conference. report by the Gulf Petrochemi- in Doha in less than two weeks’ philanthropy and sponsorships the key areas for Qatari corpo- cals and Chemicals Association time, key speakers at the coun- towards longer-term partnerships rates to invest back into the coun- (GPCA). try’s flagship conference for CSR where the company is contribut- try, Dr Muhammad Ajmal Khan, structure, which over time will to Qatar, Naim Yazbeck, Gen- The growth of Gulf petrochem- and sustainability shared their ing and transferring capabilities Qatar Shell Professorial Chair evolve into a platform for pro- eral Manager, Microsoft Qatar, ical exports to China and Chinese views on the trends underpinning and expertise in addition to just of Sustainable Development and ducing cutting-edge technology Ricardo Viana Vargas, Director revenues, which also rose with the the changing CSR landscape in money and secondly — refram- Professor for Food and Water and innovations which positively of the Infrastructure and Project same percentage, are continuing Qatar. ing CSR not just as the way the Security at the Centre for Sus- impact the society and bring last- Management Group, United despite the slowdown of Chinese Held under the patronage of company spends / gives away its tainable Development, Qatar Uni- ing prosperity and progress to the Nations Office for Project Serv- economy. the Ministry of Economy and money, but also how it makes versity, said it is imperative for nation,” Dr Khan said. ices – Denmark, Joe Y Battikh, GPCA added that the largest Commerce, CSR Qatar 2015 will its money, ie, ethical business, any nation to develop a vibrant Dr Khan will be speaking on the Head of Sustainability, Corporate proportion of the Gulf chemical take place from November 23 to good employer, environmentally science structure and ensure that second day of the conference on Responsibility and Government exports volume consisted of basic, 25, under the theme “Transform- responsible etc.” economic growth is achieved in the topic “Developing the Future & Industry Relations, Ericsson, intermediate and chemical prod- ing CSR to Support a Socially Saleh Ali Al Mohannadi, Secre- consonance with environmental Workforce”, while Saleh Ali Al Khalid Abdulnoor Saifeldeen, ucts which represent 61 percent Responsible and Sustainable tary-General of Qatar Red Cres- demands. Mohannadi will participate in a Director of HITC and Chairman of petrochemical exports and 38 Economy in Qatar”. cent Society (QRCS), stressed the “Technology and science shape panel discussion entitled “Shared of Kulluna, Hamad Medical Cor- percent of the exports are poly- Commenting on the shift in need for more closely aligned pub- tomorrow’s world and improving Value Approach: Optimising NGO poration (HMC), Nael Attiyat, mers and 1 percent fertilisers. businesses’ approach to Corpo- lic-private partnerships. “Under the quality of education is fun- Relationships by Creating Meas- Country Manager – Qatar, DHL Saudi Arabia provides 67 per- rate Social Responsibility, Rob Qatar Vision 2030, there is an damental to heightening inter- ureable, Impactful Projects”, to be Dr Mohammad Saif Al Kuwari, cent of the petrochemical exports, Sherwin, General Manager - Cor- inherent link between the four est in, and facilitating a culture held on the same day. Board Member, National Human valued at $10.45bn, followed by the porate Affairs and Deputy Coun- pillars (economic, social, human, of, science and technology in the They are among a stellar Rights Committee and Yousef bin UAE which is responsible for 12 try Chairman, Shell, who will be and environmental development). country. Enhancement of the line-up of speakers at the con- Ahmed Al Kuwari, CEO, Qatar percent of the total exports, val- speaking at the opening panel All of these pillars are obviously educational system leads to the ference that also includes Ewa Charity. ued at $1.98bn. discussion of the conference, said, interrelated in that they require development of a scientific infra- Polano, Swedish Ambassador THE PENINSULA Qatar accounts for 10 percent of the exports, valued at about $1.44bn, while Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain all consisted 6 per- cent, 5 percent and 1 percent of the total volume of exports, val- Qatar stocks close higher; Saudi index at 35-month low ued at $837m, $431m and $46m, respectively. Secretary General of GPCA, DOHA: Qatar Exchange index 15 gained, 22 dropped and two The sustained slump in oil (SABIC) and fellow petrochemi- percent from a May 2014 high, Dr Abdulwahab Al Sadoun, said gained 29.95 points, or 0.28 per- remained unchanged. prices has hurt state finances in cal producers Saudi Kayan each since when several senior man- that the slowdown of Chinese cent, when it closed at 10,860.28 Elsewhere in the region, Saudi the Gulf along with earnings in dropped 3 percent. Almost all sec- agement have left. economy has a direct impact on points yesterday. Arabia’s benchmark index tum- the important petrochemical sec- tors declined in a broad sell-off. In Abu Dhabi, Etisalat dropped the volume of demand and the The daily turnover decreased bled to a 35-month low yesterday tor. “Gulf markets have been in The banking index lost 2.7 per- 1.6 percent as traders booked prices which lead to a reduction to QR215.2m with a volume of 5.4 and Dubai and Egypt’s bench- a bearish mode for quite a while cent. “Investors are now realising profits after MSCI said it would of profit margin of the gulf pro- million shares from 3,383 deals marks hit their lowest closes of now; today’s declines were trig- oil prices won’t recover any time include the telecom operator in ducers as Chinese self-sufficiency compared with QR289.6m with a 2015 as a renewed slump in oil gered by the latest drop in oil soon,” Sarwar said. its emerging market index from in petrochemicals and polymers volume of 6.1 million shares from prices spurred a region-wide prices,” said Shakeel Sarwar, head Construction stocks headed November-end. puts pressure on prices. 4,066 deals on Thursday. sell-off. Saudi’s benchmark fell 2.9 of asset management at Securi- losers as Dubai’s index fell 3.7 In Egypt, the main index fell GCC exports to China are still Indices of four sectors ended in percent to its lowest finish since ties & Investment Co (SICO) in percent to its lowest close since 4.2 percent to a 23-month low as growing. The strong demand for green and three in red. January 1, 2013 to take its losses Bahrain. “Third quarter earnings mid-December 2014. losers outnumbered gainers 26 Gulf petrochemicals is expected QE Total Return Index gained this year to 17.4 percent. have not been helpful either,” he Drake & Scull plunged the to one. The Kuwait index fell 1.2 in the long-term while the Chi- 0.28 percent to 16,880.75 points. Oil made its biggest weekly said, forecasting Gulf markets’ maximum daily limit of 10 percent percent to 5,700 points, while the nese production of polypropylene QE Al Rayan Islamic Index decline in eight months last earnings would fall 10-15 per- to an all-time low after the con- Oman index slipped 0.2 percent to is expected to rise to 24 million decreased 0.01 percent to 4,067.77 week and US Light Crude fell 5.1 cent on average in 2015 based on tractor reported a third-quarter 5,838 points. The Bahrain index tonnes by 2020 against a con- points. From the 43 companies percent on Thursday and Friday results for the first nine months net loss of Dh985m ($268.18m). dropped 1 percent to 1,221 points. sumption of 28 million tonnes, listed on QE, shares of 39 saw alone, the latter declines coming of the year. Builder Arabtec dropped 9.3 Al Sadoun added. trading yesterday, from these after regional bourses last traded. Saudi Basic Industries Corp percent to take its losses to 85 QNA& REUTERS QNA

Dana Gas for more cost Over 1,000 guests visit Qatar Airways at Dubai show DOHA: More than 1,000 airshow our fleet in recent years, enabling cuts on low oil prices guests and media toured Qatar Qatar Airways to showcase to the Airways’ aircraft during the aviation industry the world’s very recently concluded Duabai Air- latest aircraft and interior prod- DUBAI: United Arab Emirates Dana Gas reported a net loss of show. Qatar Airways showcased uct types, including the A350, for energy firm Dana Gas plans to $9m in the three months to Sep- three of its latest-generation air- which Qatar Airways was the glo- cut costs in 2016 as the company tember 30, from a profit of $38m craft, the Airbus A350, A380 and bal launch customer”. gears up for a prolonged period of in the prior-year period, it said in the airline’s 25th Boeing Dream- The A380 entered service with low crude prices, its chief execu- the statement. liner, the B787. Qatar Airways last autumn and tive said yesterday. Allman-Ward said the fourth H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Qatar Airways received the A350 The Abu Dhabi-listed firm quarter would be similarly chal- Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-Pres- as Global Launch Customer in plans to cut general and admin- lenging. A bright spot is Egypt, ident and Prime Minister of the December 2014. istrative expenses by 55 percent where the company expects pro- UAE and Ruler of Dubai, toured The A350, which entered serv- in 2016 and operating expenses duction to increase significantly the airline’s A380 during the Royal ice in January, now flies double- by a smaller amount, CEO Patrick in 2016, he said. Dana expects ini- Tour on the first day. The tour was daily to Frankfurt, triple-daily to Allman-Ward said. “We need to tial production from the Balsam led by Qatar’s Transport Minis- Singapore and daily to Munich. prepare ourselves for the con- Field in the Nile Delta to come on ter H E Jassim Seif Ahmed Al The Business Class cabin has 36 tinued low oil price environment stream before the end of the year. Sulaiti and Qatar Airways Group seats in a 1-2-1 configuration fea- going forward,” Allman-Ward told The company recorded 32,144 Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker. turing an 80-inch fully flat bed Qatar Airways staff showcasing latest-generation aircraft at the airshow. reporters on an earnings call. barrels of oil equivalent per day Among the official delegation was and 17-inch HD in-flight enter- Oil prices have fallen by more in Egypt in the third quarter, a also Chairman of the Qatar Civil tainment screen and a spacious than half since a June 2014 peak. decline of 21 percent from the Aviation Authority Abdullah bin inflight lounge. design. The 517-seat A380 aircraft Qatar Airways’ Boeing 787 Since the beginning of the year same period in 2014. Nasser Turki Al Subaey. Economy Class features 247 comprising of First, Business and Dreamliner has a two-cabin con- the firm has cut $5m in costs by Allman-Ward also said he Al Baker said: “Qatar Airways 18-inch wide seats in a 3-3-3 con- Economy Class over two decks, figuration, comprising of 22 seats lowering general and administra- expected a judgment “immi- was central to the aircraft on figuration, each with a 10.6-inch is the largest passenger jet in the in Business Class and 232 Econ- tive expenses, as well as reduc- nently” on a legal dispute with static display at this year’s Dubai in-flight entertainment screen, world. omy Class seats with a class-lead- ing the workforce in the fourth Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Gov- Airshow, with three of our finest and more space at shoulder level The First Class features a seat ing standard of comfort on board. quarter of this year, according to ernment. aircraft present. This demon- for passengers in window seats with a 90-inch pitch that trans- a company statement yesterday. REUTERS strates the significant growth of due to the vertical side wall panel forms into a fully flat bed. THE PENINSULA Mobile information superhighway super expensive in US PARIS: Perhaps everything’s bigger in The result is that while US companies den, where the cheapest 50 gigabyte plan agreed that competition is the issue, but said Chevallier. “It’s a hellish circle that America, as the old saw goes, but when may be the pioneers with online video is roughly $46. Meanwhile in the United believes the problem is in Europe. “It’s results in the market losing its value.” it comes to mobile phone calls and data streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, States the handful of so-called national not that the US market isn’t competitive, While Europeans may enjoy low prices usage, US consumers are certainly pay- Americans have been asked to pay much operators don’t really fully cover all of but I would say that in fact the European now, the question will be whether opera- ing big, sometimes nearly as 20 times as more for what it takes to use them on a the country. At any given location only market is way too competitive” which has tors will be willing to invest the massive much as Europeans. smartphone, which is rapidly becoming a one or two may be present, plus a small resulted in plunging prices, he said. sums needed to upgrade and expand their If you live in France, you can pay as popular platform for catching the latest regional player. “Of course where you Companies need a certain number of networks. Indeed, the need to recoup little as €20 ($21.50) per month for a episode of your TV show. have less choice you are going to have subscribers to cover their costs of build- investment costs is the main argument monthly package featuring 50 gigabytes That may be changing though, as higher prices,” said Hartley. ing and operating their networks, he said. advanced by the US mobile industry to of data, unlimited domestic and inter- another US operator recently dropped The situation is in some ways ironic, In the United States “you don’t have explain its tariffs. national calls to over 100 countries and its unlimited calls and data package from given that the United States is generally this constant life or death struggle for But such an explanation is just “smoke unlimited text messages. $180 to $80 per month. seen as the paragon of free competition a sufficient number of customers” said and mirrors” said Linda Sherry, a spokes- In the United States, that much data So why has there been such a huge dif- which is supposed to lead to lower prices Chevallier, calling it a “competitive but woman for Consumer Action, a US con- could cost you $390 per month from one ference? while the European Union ties companies reasonable market”. sumer advocacy group that takes issue national operator. “The fundamental reason is competi- up in red tape, thus causing higher prices. But he believes in certain European with a number of practices that stick While the above comparison may be tion,” said Steven Hartley, Practice leader But in this case “the EU has gone out markets, such as France, there are too consumers with higher bills. the extreme, it dovetails with an Interna- for Service Providers and Markets at tel- of its way to encourage more competition many operators for the number of cus- In Europe, if you exceed your data tional Telecommunications Union report ecoms and IT consultancy Ovum. and to regulate prices, and to regulate tomers, noting that the revenue per allowance you’ll see your speed reduced, last year which found US data to be up to France and Britain — where you can them down”, which has benefited con- customer fell by nearly a third when a but in the United States you’ll find an 19.5 times more expensive than in Europe get an unlimited data plan for as little sumers, said Hartley. fourth operator started business. “To sur- extra charge from some operators. when corrected for purchasing power of as £27 ($41) — each have four national Sylvain Chevallier, an associate at tel- vive the operators must get as many cli- consumers. mobile operators. The same goes for Swe- coms specialist BearingPoint consultancy, ents as possible, but to do so cut prices,” AFP MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS VIEWS To learn about gold, speak Graft crackdown stalls to an Indian sugar farmer

By Eddie van der Walt and Swansy Afonso

O gain insight into the weakening gold market, talk to China stimulus push an Indian farmer. In a country where an estimated 800 million people By Kevin Yao heads down is also getting them into trouble. speed network, received a suspended death Tdepend on agriculture and many revere gold as an orna- State media reported in September that sentence in 2013 for corruption and abuse ment and store of wealth, growers flush with cash during harvest OCAL officials in China are dith- nearly 250 officials had been punished for of power. Local media said a well-known season have helped India vie with China as the world’s largest ering over project approvals and failing to spend government funds, delay- businesswoman, sentenced to 20 years, had buyer of bullion. Sales usually surge this month in the main festival business deals, some to avoid the ing projects or sitting on land earmarked helped Liu secure 49 million yuan in kick- season of Diwali, with farmers buying gold as religious offerings spotlight of an anti-corruption for development. Premier Li Keqiang has backs for railway construction contracts. and elaborate wedding adornments that serve as a bride’s dowry. campaign, impeding Beijing’s repeatedly scolded procrastinating officials Xi looks determined to sustain the anti- Less so this year. El Nino weather patterns have led to the driest Lplans to use infrastructure spending to for laziness. graft drive, promising institutional reforms monsoon season in six years, reducing farm output and incomes. arrest slowing economic growth. Li has since been trying a little carrot and system building so officials “will not Farmers like Ranjeet Chavan are cutting back. Though the National Development and to go with the stick, promising to promote dare and cannot afford to be corrupt”. “I was hoping to buy gold earrings for my daughter, but I have Reform Commission (NDRC) approved “upright” officials while sacking crooked The anti-corruption campaign is not the given up hope,” said Chavan, 35, who grows sugarcane on two acres 1.9tr yuan ($300bn) of investment projects ones, and give them a bit more rope to do only reason officials are dragging their feet. about 240 kilometres from Mumbai. “The rains weren’t great in the first 10 months of 2015, the country’s the right thing. Provinces and cities are groaning under and my crop didn’t fare so well. How can we even think of gold?” top auditor estimates $45bn of projects are “We should give local authorities more 24 trillion yuan in debt after responding to He’s not alone. Demand is so weak among the rural Indians behind schedule, including a railway line in autonomy in making decisions and give Beijing’s last big stimulus push during the making up almost 60 percent of domestic gold consumption that Yunnan delayed five years by official sloth. more support for local officials who are will- global financial crisis in 2008-09. dealers who stocked up before Diwali are offering some of the Provincial and city officials were once in ing and capable of doing things,” Li told pro- Economic growth slowed to an annual biggest discounts in decades. That can only worsen the environ- the vanguard of China’s breakneck expan- vincial officials during a meeting in October. 6.9 percent in the third quarter, and many ment for international prices already headed for the 21st century’s sion, and they didn’t always play by the rules In the first 10 months of the year, local analysts expect it to slow further. longest run of annual declines. Gold imports to the western state for procurement or when awarding con- reticence has contributed to a slowing of “The economy still needs policy support, of Gujarat, where farmers grow cotton and wheat, last month tracts or rights for land use. annual growth in fixed-asset investment to and it will depend on whether policy meas- fell 87 percent from a year earlier, according to a report in the Now, when the central government is try- 10.2 percent, the weakest pace since 2000, ures can be implemented at local levels,” Times of India. ing to lift growth from 25-year lows, they despite the NDRC’s quickening of project said an influential economist at a top gov- “Demand in India is very, very poor,” Afshin Nabavi, head of fear drawing attention to themselves in case approvals. Low returns and the lack of legal ernment think tank. Xi said last week that trading and physical sales at MKS (Switzerland) SA who works their past comes back to bite them. protection have hampered Beijing’s efforts annual growth of at least 6.5 percent was with India’s biggest refiner, said by phone from Geneva. “The China has stepped up inspection and to lure private investment into infrastruc- needed over the next five years to realise a monsoon is so important in Indian gold demand, below-average auditing of big projects to curb graft ture projects, adding pressure on the gov- goal of doubling GDP and per capita income rain will definitely have had an impact.” since late 2012, when President Xi Jinping ernment to spend more. between 2010 and 2020. Dealers are offering the largest discounts to London prices declared war on corruption. “It will be very difficult to stabilise eco- “The anti-corruption campaign will that Nabavi has seen in the run-up to the festival buying season “Many people fear that the more they do, nomic growth without local support,” said continue, but corruption cannot be since at least 1998. the more likely they will get into trouble,” a researcher with the NDRC. resolved overnight, and they need to boost The problems began with India’s failure to anticipate this year’s said an official in southern Jiangxi province, “The ordinary people welcome the fight on local confidence,” said an official in the full effect of El Nino, which led to unusual weather and threats to who requested anonymity. corruption, but this brings about side effects eastern Zhejiang province who requested crops from Ecuador to Indonesia. Rains, initially seen 7 percent “Local officials are not fully implementing as some officials are not doing anything.” anonymity. lower than the 50-year average, have come in 14 percent below. the central government’s policy measures,” Many growth-obsessed officials have been “The central authorities may have to make The monsoon is the main source of irrigation for India’s 263 mil- said the official. Prosecutors investigated caught in the campaign. some adjustments. If you cannot boost the lion farmers. 4,040 civil servants at the county level or Liu Zhijun, the former railway minister economy, everything else could be just Demand for gold in India fell about 20 percent year-on-year above in 2014, an average of 11 a day, parlia- nicknamed “Great Leap Liu” for pushing empty talk.” during the past two El Nino events of at least moderate strength ment was told in March. But keeping their construction of the world’s largest high- REUTERS in 2002 and in 2009, World Gold Council and GFMS Thomson Reuters data compiled by Bloomberg show. Following the weak- ness in 2009, a good monsoon conversely contributed to a bounce back in demand the following year, when purchases increased 74 percent year-on-year, according to Suki Cooper, a precious metals analyst at Standard Chartered Plc. This year, kilogram bars of gold were being sold to wholesalers by dealers at a discount to the London spot market after tax of $4 to $11 in the lead-up to Diwali as of November 11, according to a survey of six traders and analysts following the market. That’s unusual in a period where strong demand usually results in a premium, they said. “They got carried away and imported too much,” Nabavi said. Michael Mesaric, chief executive officer of Valcambi, one of Switzerland’s largest gold refiners, cut his outlook for annual Indian imports by 100 metric tons to a total of 850 tons, partly because of weakening demand. Managing director of top Indian refiner MMTC-PAMP India Pvt, Rajesh Khosla, said he’d be “pleasantly surprised” if imports were above the 850 ton figure and thought it was more likely to be in the low 800s. By comparison, they averaged 875 tons in the past five years, according to data from Metals Focus Ltd. Some observers offer alternative reasons for the discounts offered by dealers than any shortage of demand. Tax breaks brought in on imports of semi-processed gold, known as dore, led to compet- ing supplies of the finished metal from domestic refiners, they say. “I don’t think this is as much an issue of weak demand as it is a fight for market share by India’s refiners, who are importing ore at a discount,” Chirag Sheth, a Mumbai-based research analyst at Metals Focus, said by phone. “I don’t think El Nino has had a big impact on gold demand this year.” Others, though, see signs of slowing consumption. Gold imports in September tumbled by 52 percent from their August levels, according to two finance ministry officials. The effect of poor rains is only being magnified by higher local prices for the metal resulting from a stronger dollar, according to James Steel, the chief commodities analyst at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. “We can’t blame all of this on the dore issue,” Steel said by phone from New York. “We’re looking at a wholesale market that’s well- supplied and a retail market that’s not as strong as many had thought following below-average rainfall.”

WP-BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Yuan’s rise to make world economy more stable

ITH China’s yuan sovereign” reserve currency. ing that the euro had declined due rule of law, with the nation’s judi- with reserve status, said Daili the coming 24 months, including taking the biggest While the proposal fell flat, to the European debt crisis. cial system subject to oversight by Wang, a Singapore-based econo- state-enterprise reform and major step yet toward Zhou and his allies began a cam- With the world’s second-largest the Communist Party. mist at Roubini Global Economics opening to imports and invest- Wjoining the dollar paign to win inclusion for the yuan economy and as the number-one “China needs to develop and LLC. “This may increase instabil- ment from abroad, then positive and euro as a top-rank reserve in the International Monetary trading nation, China may offer demonstrate more ‘soft power’ ity to the international monetary expectations for the yuan’s role currency, the global economy may Fund’s special drawing rights unit. the global system a currency that in order to persuade the world to system, as we saw after the RMB will be well-founded.” be approaching an era of greater The SDR, as it’s called, is a kind of can complement the dollar. For hold its assets and its currency,” FX reform in August,” he said, China is pursuing other initia- stability. overdraft account for members of now, restrictions on the ability to Jen wrote. That is “measured by using the initials for renminbi, tives to enhance its currency’s role, So say economists who high- the IMF, convertible into dollars, take money in and out of China, a general sense of admiration and another term for China’s currency. including through the establish- light the dollar’s role in the biggest euros, pounds and yen. The fund’s and on what foreign investors can trust from global investors, is Zhou and his allies have moved ment of the Asian Infrastructure financial crises in recent decades. staff said on Friday that the yuan buy, mean the yuan’s role will be more difficult to build and dem- to open up China’s financial mar- Investment Bank and the Silk Drawn to the liquidity and has now met the qualification limited. onstrate.” kets and reduce the state’s role in Road initiative of strengthening security of the unit of the world’s terms for inclusion in the SDR. Winning official reserve-cur- The country’s regulators took setting lending rates and returns land and sea links with central and biggest economy, investors and “The current configuration of rency status — still something that a hit to credibility when they on savers’ deposits. President Xi southeast Asian nations. governments relied on the dollar the global monetary-financial sys- needs approval by the IMF’s exec- expressed little concern for a Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang “RMB’s SDR inclusion will have and produced dislocations includ- tem that is centered and increas- utive board, and not on the cards speculation-driven surge in the have championed a new five-year a profound impact on the global ing historically low borrowing ingly dominated by the dollar is until late 2016 — would probably stock market early this year, only plan that aims to put flesh on the financial market and the interna- costs in the 2000’s even as the not a stable or a sustainable one,” spur global central banks and sov- to intervene with a rush of emer- bones of a 2013 commitment to tional monetary order,” said Jian Federal Reserve raised interest Stephen Jen, co-founder of SLJ ereign wealth funds to put about gency measures when equities increase the role of market forces Chang, chief China economist at rates. Macro Partners LLP in London $350bn into the Chinese bond crashed over the summer. in China’s economy. Barclays Plc in Hong Kong. It Rushes toward the safety and a former IMF economist, market over a five-year period, Another surprise to financial “The yuan’s contribution to will lead to “much greater use of of the dollar challenged global wrote with colleague Joana Freire according to JPMorgan Chase & markets was a devaluation of international economic stabil- the currency in both trade and policy makers in 2008 as money last week. Co. That’s still a fraction of the the yuan in August, described as ity — whether to enhance it or financial tractions globally in the markets seized up, prompting Some 87 percent of foreign- $1.27tr worth of Treasuries offi- a shift toward a more market- to undermine it — will depend medium term,” she said. the Fed to open swap lines with exchange trading involves the cially held by China. driven exchange rate. A surge in on China’s economic stability at For now, the global economy is counterparts that remain in dollar, the most recent survey by Building on the SDR achieve- selling pressure then triggered home,” said Daniel Rosen, a part- stuck with a dollar-dominant sys- place today. China responded in the Bank for International Set- ment to become a true interna- intervention to prop up the yuan, ner at Rhodium Group LLC, a tem, with the spotlight on how the 2009 with a call for reducing reli- tlements showed. “The role of the tional currency for funding and causing a slide in foreign-exchange New York economic-research US central bank will conduct its ance on the dollar, with central US dollar as the world’s dominant investing, along the lines of the reserves. firm that specialises in China. “If shift toward raising interest rates. bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan vehicle currency remains unchal- euro and dollar, may take much The yuan would become “the Beijing can stay on track with floating the idea of a “super- lenged,” the BIS said in 2013, not- longer. China faces questions about first developing country currency” wrenching market reforms over BLOOMBERG MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

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Egypt’s revaluation: A prelude to unshackling the pound?

CAIRO: Egypt’s revaluation of the out indefinitely with foreign reserves at more flexible currency regime and that move in both directions, allowing more central bank during an earlier crisis and pound last week has raised expectations $16.4bn — enough for only three months from here, we will see more volatility but interbank activity, raising interest rates followed a similar course of interest rate of a major shift in how it manages a of imports. In February Ramez imposed a with the Egyptian pound on a declining and easing capital controls. rises and currency volatility to recali- long-running currency crisis, with strict limit on the amount of dollars that trend,” said Simon Williams, chief econo- Last week, Egypt’s two largest state brate the pound. evidence growing that the central bank can be deposited in banks, curbing the mist for Middle East and Africa, Central banks, Banque Misr and National Bank Hany Genena, head of research at may be preparing for a more flexible black market and stabilising the pound and Eastern Europe, at HSBC in London. of Egypt (NBE) said they would provide Pharos Securities Brokerage, remembers exchange rate mechanism. if only for a few months. “My hope is that they allow volatility $1.8bn to cover import demands to get this period in 2003-5 well and says the Economists, especially those with Bankers and business have long argued first so it is not a one-way bet, but then trade activity moving. latest moves are a “carbon copy” of that longer memories, believe the action may it was no longer possible to maintain an allow the currency to move down. We On Saturday, they raised interest rates previous policy. herald a period of greater volatility for overvalued pound as the dollar shortage expect the Egyptian pound to be at 9 to on Egyptian pound certificates of deposit The next steps, Genena said, should the tightly-managed currency leading and currency uncertainty hit trade and the dollar by mid-2016.” to 12.5 percent from an average 10 per- be for the central bank to raise the cap to a devaluation and greater flexibility, industry, and spooked investors. Many Egypt’s economy has struggled since cent, aiming to encourage investors to on making dollar deposits from $50,000 following a path that Egypt took over a expressed relief when Ramez resigned, an uprising in 2011 drove away foreign switch from the dollar to the now more- a month or $10,000 a day, a limit that decade ago. looking to the new governor Tarek Amer investors and tourists, straining cur- lucrative pound. Wednesday’s action was has strangled importers and forced some The central bank has maintained the to change course. rency reserves which are now at $16.4bn a further step in this direction; bankers manufacturers to halt operations. pound within a narrow band through reg- After the revaluation, bankers strug- — enough for just three months’ worth estimate the central bank injected about Like Williams, Genena expects the ular dollar auctions introduced in 2012, gled to explain why the central bank of imports. Last month’s Russian plane $1 billion into the system at the stronger central bank to encourage a period of but downward pressure has persisted, had intervened to strengthen an already crash is also likely to hurt the pound rate of 7.73 to the dollar to help banks volatility, with attractive interest rates on forcing it to allow incremental devalu- overvalued pound, taking it to 7.73 per by cutting hard currency revenue from cover a quarter of the dollar overdrafts pound deposits drawing one-time specu- ations every few months. However, on dollar and holding it the next day. tourism. they had opened up for clients hit by the lators to this safe haven. Wednesday it strengthened the pound In the midst of the leadership change, The International Monetary Fund foreign currency shortage. He then expects the central bank to by 2.5 percent, the first such move since the central bank has remained silent (IMF) urged Egypt to move to a more Mohamed El Sewedy, chairman of the begin shepherding the pound down to 2013, and injected $1bn into the economy. about its motivations and officials have flexible exchange system in September, Federation of Egyptian Industries, told a level closer to its market value - the This surprised bankers who had called not responded to requests for comment. following its last visit to the country, and local media that Amer, who has met dollar traded at 8.6 pounds on the black for more devaluation to boost competi- But some economists believe the dollar economists predict the country could bankers and industry leaders, had prom- market on Thursday - but within a tiveness and crush the black market for infusion aims too minimise banks’ foreign return to the kind of managed floating ised to provide $4bn to the banking sys- broader band, allowing greater flexibil- dollars that has grown to meet the needs exchange exposure before a significant system that was in place before the upris- tem in the coming weeks to cover import ity and easing pressure on the foreign of an import-dependent economy during devaluation. They say the revaluation is ing forced the central bank to take action. needs. “They could be laying the ground reserves. an acute foreign currency shortage. aimed at shaking out speculators mak- Steps taken so far follow a pattern that for 1) a devaluation and 2) a shift to a “The key to a sustainable managed Egypt’s outgoing central bank gov- ing downward bets on the pound, with a economists say is often used by central more flexible exchange rate,” said Jason float is that the center of the band is close ernor Hisham Ramez has battled for view to loosening the peg eventually and banks seeking an orderly transition to Tuvey, Middle East analyst at Capital to equilibrium,” Genena said. months to defend the pound, with most allowing a downward drift. “My hope is a more flexible exchange mechanism: Economics in London. bankers saying that he could not hold that it’s a first step in a move toward a creating a sense that the currency can Amer was deputy governor at the REUTERS MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BREAK TIME

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SHANGHAI: Kristoffer Broberg An Byeong-Hun of South Korea, Kristoffer Broberg sank a knee-knocking downhill BMW MASTERS FINAL Denmark’s Lucas Bjerregaard of Sweden poses 12-foot birdie putt at the first SCORES and overnight leader Thongchai with the trophy play-off hole to win the BMW SHANGHAI: Leading scores after the final Jaidee of Thailand. after winning the Masters and his first European round of the BMW Masters at Lake Malaren Reed, who only got into the BMW Masters 2015 Tour title in Shanghai yesterday. Golf Club, Shanghai, on Sunday (par 72): playoff courtesy of an outrageous The Swede carded a four-under eagle two direct from a fairway golf tournament at 271 *Kristoffer Broberg (SWE) 69-70-64- final round of 68 to finish level bunker on the par-four 15th, was Lake Malaren Golf 68, Patrick Reed (US) 71-69-64-67 on 17-under par 271 with Ameri- able to take the positives away Club in Shanghai, *Broberg won on first playoff hole can Patrick Reed who shot a 67, from two weeks in Shanghai In this handout photograph yesterday. 272 Henrik Stenson (SWE) 68-71-65-68, forcing the pair to go head-to- where he recorded strong finishes taken and received from the head back down the 18th at Lake Lucas Bjerregaard (DEN) 66-66-70- after a tied seventh place in the 70, An Byeong-Hun (KOR) 65-71-66- Asian Tour yesterday, Danthai Malaren. WGC-HSBC Champions a week Boonma of Thailand posing Reed found the greenside bun- 70, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 67-68- ago. “That’s I think five of my last 66-71 with the trophy after winning ker with his second to the long seven events I’ve finished inside the World Classic Championship par four while Broberg carved a 273 Justin Rose (ENG) 67-67-72-67, Paul the top 10,” said Reed, one of the at Laguna National Golf and nine-iron perfectly to the right Casey (ENG) 67-69-68-69 few Americans to play on both the Country Club in Singapore. of the flag and saw it run down a 274 Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 72-67-71-64, US PGA and European Tours. slope to four paces from the hole. Julien Quesne (FRA) 70-69-69-66 “Just need to keep on plugging Although Reed splashed out 275 Ian Poulter (ENG) 68-68-68-71, along and hopefully close one out close, the stage was set for the Sergio Garcia (ESP) 64-71-67-73 shortly.” 29-year-old from Stockholm who Rory McIlroy sat out this week Thai teenager had won previously three times but will tee up on Thursday in the on the second-tier Challenge Tour of his career – $1,166,000 – and DP World Tour Championship, Boonma wins but never among the top pros. shooting up the Race to Dubai still leading the Race to Dubai by He had been faced with an rankings from 61st to 12th. a thread after Danny Willett’s almost identical putt minutes “That’s a dream come true. tied 28th finish on seven-under World Classic earlier on 18 to win outright but I’ve worked so hard all my life for was not enough to overtake the left it short. this. I have no words,” said the Northern Irish world number Championship This time he made no mistake, tearful Swede, who started the three. McIlroy’s lead in the firmly rolling the ball down the week ranked 149th in the world standings has been cut to just slope and into the heart of the cup but looks certain break the top 1,613 points by the Englishman SINGAPORE: Thai teenager to roars from the packed galler- 100 when the new rankings are with 1,333,330 points available to Danthai Boonma shot a two-under ies as he held both arms aloft in released today. “I hit a good swing the winner of the season-ending par 69 to edge out Malaysia’s Nick triumph. with my driver, just hit a long one championship next week. Fung and win the inaugural Asian Broberg was embraced by his left side,” he said off the playoff Justin Rose could also have Tour World Classic Championship caddie and soon after by fellow hole. “Hit a pure nine-iron into overtaken McIlroy with second in Singapore yesterday. Swedish tour players Rikard the green and made the putt.” place in Shanghai but finished The 19-year-old played an Karlberg and Henrik Stenson He said he would be celebrating tied seventh. almost faultless game in the final who showered him in celebratory later over dinner with his Swed- The English world number six 18 holes to eke out his maiden win champagne. ish colleagues on tour including did move to third in the stand- after turning pro last December, Fighting back tears, Broberg world number seven Stenson, ings, but he is still 650,999 points and take home the $135,000 win- was almost lost for words after who finished just one shot behind adrift of McIlroy. ner’s prize. picking up the biggest payday Broberg in a tie for third with AFP Boonma had trailed leaders Fung and Bangladesh’s Siddikur Rahman by a stroke overnight but a cautious and patient strategy payed off at the par-71 Laguna Park emerges from traffic jam National Golf and Country Club, known for its treacherous slopes and tricky greens. He conceded only one bogey in to take lead in Mexico City the eighth, before shooting bird- ies in the 12th, 10th and 13th MEXICO CITY: Park In-bee ble judging the distances for her to go two-under and draw level emerged from a traffic jam to pick INVITATIONAL SCORES approach shots in the thin air, but with Fung. Rahman conceded up five back nine birdies and leave MEXICO CITY: Leading scores after Saturday’s she more than made up for that the lead earlier in the day with the field in her rear view vision third round of the $1m Lorena Ochoa Invitational by wielding a hot putter. three straight bogeys, including mirror after the third round at at the Club de Golf Mexico (USA unless noted): “It’s really hard to get the dis- a double, turning the champion- the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in 206 Park In-Bee (KOR) 68-71-67 tances right here. Even though I ship into a neck-and-neck race Mexico City on Saturday. 209 Kim Sei-Young (KOR) 73-66-70 played really well today I didn’t between the Thai and Malaysian. On a day when officials took 210 Carlota Ciganda (ESP) 72-69-69, Ryu hit the iron shots really close. When Fung, playing a flight the extraordinary step of delaying So-Yeon (KOR) 71-70-69 “I made a lot of long putts behind the teenager, tripped on the tee times for the final three today. The ball-striking wasn’t the 16th with a bogey, Boonma 211 Sakura Yokomine (JPN) 72-70-69 groups by nearly an hour after a A-plus but the putter was defi- said he felt the pressure pile on 212 Cristie Kerr 74-69-69, Pernilla Lindberg bus carrying four players to the nitely A plus.” the final hole. (SWE) 71-70-71, Christina Kim 73-66- course was late, Park rolled in a Ciganda, who was on the bus Leading by a stroke, a birdie 73 couple of monster putts to card a that experienced the major delay, there would have sealed the five-under-par 67 on the Club de 213 Jaye Marie Green 71-70-72, Suzanne described the situation as ‘crazy’ championship for him. But he Golf Mexico course. Pettersen (NOR) 69-71-73, Jennifer and thanked LPGA officials for could only make par and had to Park posted a 10-under 206 Song 72-73-69, Caroline Mason (GER) showing leniency. wait to see if Fung could force a total, three shots clear of fellow 73-71-70, Min-Jee Lee (AUS) 69-69-75 Meanwhile, American journey- playoff with a birdie, which he South Korean Kim Sei-young man Derek Fathauer played flaw- eventually failed to do. (70), the LPGA Rookie of the more than two hours to complete less golf to grab the first 54-hole “I was excited and nervous at Year, with compatriot Ryu So- a trip that normally takes 15-20 lead of his PGA Tour career in the same time,” said Boonman. yeon (69) and Spaniard Carlota minutes, an excruciating journey the OHL Classic at Mayakoba in “But I did not think too much Ciganda (69) four strokes behind. that prompted American Angela Mexico on Saturday. about it, went in there to putt Australian halfway leader Min- Stanford to issue several tweets The 29-year-old carded a and see what happens. I did not jee Lee plummeted seven shots off while she was stuck. bogey-free, five-under 66 at the El think I would win when I played the pace after a 75. Park was on an earlier bus that, Camaleon Golf Club in Playa del my first hole today and had to try It is usually a player’s responsi- although also delayed by road Carmen to move one shot ahead and keep my focus all day. So I bility to meet his or her tee time closures and traffic, arrived well of compatriot Jason Bohn (65). am actually quite surprised that – being more than five minutes before her tee time, and she had Overnight leader Graeme I actually won.” late results in disqualification -- no complaints about the situation. McDowell (70) and former British Fung failed to take the advice of but officials decided to waive the “I needed a little more time, Open champion Justin Leonard his caddie on which line to take on rule due to ‘exceptional circum- which really worked out well. It’s (67) were among a group of four Lexi Thompson of the United States plays a pitch shot on the sixth hole the 18th to birdie the hole, leaving stances’. better than rushing,” said the players three strokes off the lead. during the second round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational presented by him with the $82,500 runners-up The LPGA said the official golfer. Banamex at the Club de Golf Mexico on Friday in Mexico City, Mexico. prize. tournament vehicle had taken Park said she again had trou- REUTERS AFP

NBA: Warriors win, Curry passes father Boyle’s hit takes Rangers LOS ANGELES: The Golden Andre Iguodala drained a past the Ottawa Senators State Warriors’ best start in fran- game-tying three pointer with chise history is now a family affair six seconds left in regulation as as Stephen Curry scored 34 points the defending league champion NEW YORK: Defenceman Dan NHL RESULTS in a 107-99 win over the Brooklyn Warriors stretched their season Boyle scored the deciding goal in NY Rangers 2 Ottawa 1 Nets on Saturday. opening win streak to 11-0. a shootout as the New York Rang- Boston 3 Detroit 1 Curry has had the hot hand this They are the 11th team in NBA ers extended their winning streak year on the league’s most domi- history to start a season 11-0. If to eight games with a 2-1 victory San Jose 2 Buffalo 1 nant team and while he didn’t you include the latter part of the over the Ottawa Senators. Toronto 4 Vancouver 2 have to carry the load against the 2014-15 regular season, Golden Boyle, who was born in Ottawa, Colorado 6 Montreal 1 Nets on Saturday he did hit five State has won 15 consecutive beat Senators goalie Craig Ander- Florida 5 Tampa Bay 4 three pointers to pass his father, games. son with a high shot to end the New Jersey 4 Pittsburgh 0 Dell, on the NBA all-time list for The record for the best start game. Philadelphia 3 Carolina 2 threes. to the NBA season is 15 straight New York’s Chris Kreider The reigning league MVP now held by the 1948-49 Washington opened the scoring in regulation Columbus 5 Arizona 2 has 1,248 three pointers, three Capitols and the 1993-94 Houston with a power-play goal 2:31 into Nashville 7 Winnipeg 0 more than Dell Curry, who ranks Rockets. the first period when he deflected Chicago 4 St Louis 2 43rd on the all-time list. Reserve swingman Andre a shot by Kevin Hayes. Dallas 3 Minnesota 2 Iguodala sent Saturday’s game Ottawa defenceman Erik Los Angeles 4 Edmonton 3 NBA RESULTS to overtime with a game-tying Karlsson tied it up four minutes three-pointer with six seconds Brooklyn Nets’ guard Shane Larkin (front) dribbles towards the hoop later with neither side able to Justin Abdelkader with 13:23 left. LA Clippers 101 Detroit 96 left in regulation. against the Golden State Warriors in the fourth quarter of their NBA score again. Devils 4, Penguins 0 Washington 108 Orlando 99 Power forward Draymond game at Oracle Arena in Oakland, USA on Saturday. Bruins 3, Red Wings 1 Goaltender Cory Schneider Dallas 110 Houston 98 Green scored a basket and The Boston Bruins scored three made 21 saves to record his first Milwaukee 108 Cleveland 105 chipped in two assists in the goals in the second period to pro- shutout of the season in the New San Antonio 92 Philadelphia 83 game-winning burst. 97-97 after Nets power forward Curry shot a modest 13-of-31, duce a 3-1 win over the Detroit Jersey Devils’ 4-0 win over the It wouldn’t have gone into over- Thaddeus Young had given his attempting 16 shots from beyond Red Wings. Goaltender Tuukka Pittsburgh Penguins. Phoenix 105 Denver 81 time without Iguodala’s clutch team a three-point lead with 10 the arc. Rask lost his shutout bid on a Golden State 107 Brooklyn 99 shot, which produced a tie at seconds left. AFP power play goal by left winger AGENCIES MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT F1 engine Rosberg seals Brazilian Grand Prix win plan is about German overcomes Hamilton for another triumph, confirms 2nd place in world championship control of the SAO PAULO: Nico Rosberg sealed his place as runner-up in sport: Horner this year’s Formula One world championship yesterday when he won the Brazilian Grand Prix SAO PAULO: Formula One’s ahead of his Mercedes team-mate plan to introduce an alternative and newly-crowned three-time engine from 2017 ultimately champion Lewis Hamilton. comes down to a question of who It was the 30-year-old Ger- runs the sport, according to Red man’s second consecutive triumph Bull principal Christian Horner. following his Mexico win after “I think it’s about who controls his unforced error at the United Formula One,” he told BBC States Grand Prix gifted Hamil- television at the Brazilian Grand ton victory and his third title in Prix. Texas last month. “At the moment you’ve got Starting from his fifth consecu- two very powerful engine tive pole position, Rosberg made a manufacturers that are working flawless start and controlled the closely together and then you’ve race from the front, relinquishing got the promoter and governing the lead only when he pitted three body and the engine is the catalyst times, while Hamilton chased and of that. challenged in vain. “I think Jean (Todt) and Bernie The 30-year-old Englishman, (Ecclestone) are trying to get who arrived in Brazil 24 hours control of the sport back through later than scheduled after what the introduction of a cost-effective he described as “a difficult week” available engine.” of illness and a road accident, The governing International finished second ahead of third- Automobile Federation, run by placed four-time champion Sebas- president Jean Todt, has sought tian Vettel of Ferrari. Mercedes’ Formula One German driver Nico Rosberg celebrates after winning the Brazilian Grand Prix, at the Interlagos racetrack in Sao Paulo, expressions of interest ahead of a Rosberg repeated his Brazilian Brazil yesterday. RIGHT: Mercedes’ Formula One British driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates after getting the second place. tender for a standard engine that win of 2014 with a near-textbook would be cheaper and simpler drive that gave Hamilton little than those offered by the main chance to make his superior race different story at the back of the manufacturers. speed count before he settled for field where Carlos Sainz, having BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX RESULTS Ogier clinches The engine, which has yet to second and came home 7.7 sec- suffered a car failure with his SAO PAULO: Results from the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix at Interlagos yesterday: be approved by the Formula One onds behind his team-mate. Toro Rosso, on the formation lap, 1. Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes) 1hr 31min 09.090sec (average: 201,363 km/h), 2. Lewis Hamilton 8th victory of commission, would be available Kimi Raikkonen came home which forced him to start from (GBR/Mercedes) at 7.756sec, 3. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari) 14.244, 4. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/ as an alternative to the costly 1.6 fourth in the second Ferrari the pit lane, he failed to complete Ferrari) 47.543, 5. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams) at 1 lap, 6. Nico Hülkenberg (GER/Force India) 1 season in Wales litre V6 turbo hybrids. The FIA ahead of Valtteri Bottas of Wil- a lap and retired. lap, 7. Daniil Kvyat (RUS/Red Bull) 1 lap, 8. Felipe Massa (BRA/Williams) 1 lap, 9. Romain Grosjean has been backed by Formula One liams, Nico Hulkenberg of Force Rosberg held his lead with (FRA/Lotus) 1 lap, 10. Max Verstappen (NED/Toro Rosso) 1 lap, 11. Pastor Maldonado (VEN/Lotus) supremo Bernie Ecclestone. India, Danil Kvyat of Red Bull some aplomb through the opening 1 lap, 12. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Red Bull) 1 lap 13. Sergio Perez (MEX/Force India) 1 lap, 14. Felipe LONDON: Volkswagen’s world Formula One currently has and local hero Felipe Massa in laps until he pitted on lap 14, gift- Nasr (BRA/Sauber AG) 1 lap, 15. Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren) 1 lap, 16. Fernando Alonso (ESP/ rally champion Sebastien Ogier four engine makers – Mercedes, the second Williams. Frenchman ing Hamilton his ‘hammer time’ McLaren) 1 lap, 17. Marcus Ericsson (SWE/Sauber AG) 2 laps, 18. Will Stevens (GBR/Marussia) 4 secured his eighth victory of the Ferrari, Renault and Honda – Romain Grosjean finished ninth at the front of the field. laps, 19. Alexander Rossi (USA/Marussia) 4 laps. season in the final round in Wales who have invested massively in for Lotus ahead of Dutch teenager The Briton followed him in and yesterday. the technology. The first two are Retirements: Max Verstappen, who maintained despite an excellent stop was una- Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/Toro Rosso): 1st lap The Frenchman beat Citroen’s far more competitive than the his stunning maiden season form ble to re-join ahead of the Ger- OVERALL STANDINGS Northern Irish driver Kris Meeke latter duo. The four supply the by finishing 10th for Toro Rosso. man. The two Ferraris followed by 26 seconds on a wet afternoon 10 teams but an attempt to agree It was Rosberg’s fifth win of the Mercedes pair in grid order DRIVERS in South Wales. a cost cap on ‘customer’ engines, 2015 and the 13th of his career. with Bottas fifth and Maldonado 1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 363.0pts, 2. Nico Rosberg (GER) 297.0, 3. Sebastian Vettel (GER) 266.0, Norway’s Andreas Mikkelsen with the FIA suggesting an He made a flawless start from sixth, but the gap between Ros- 4. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) 136.0, 5. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) 135.0, 6. Felipe Massa (BRA) 121.0, 7. Daniil was third in a Volkswagen. ‘acceptable’ sum of $12.92m, failed his fifth straight pole and, when berg and the world champion was Kvyat (RUS) 94.0, 8. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) 84.0, 9. Sergio Perez (MEX) 68.0, 10. Nico Hülkenberg “Victory here is the best way when Ferrari used veto powers Hamilton attempted to sling- the main focus of attention as (GER) 52.0, 11. Max Verstappen (NED) 48.0, 12. Romain Grosjean (FRA) 47.0, 13. Felipe Nasr (BRA) to finish the season but there is they were granted decades ago. shot out of his slipstream into Hamilton closed the gap in pur- 27.0, 14. Pastor Maldonado (VEN) 26.0, 15. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) 18.0, 16. Jenson Button (GBR) no point to celebrate anything The situation has been the first corner and through the suit of his first win on Brazilian 16.0, 17. Fernando Alonso (ESP) 11.0, 18. Marcus Ericsson (SWE) 9.0. today. We have other things on exacerbated by Mercedes refusing Senna ‘S’ curves, gave him no soil in nine attempts. CONSTRUCTORS our mind. It has been a difficult to supply Red Bull with engines, encouragement and little room The two were more than seven weekend,” said Ogier, referring to Ferrari reportedly seeking in to manoeuvre. Hamilton had no seconds clear of Vettel and 18 1. Mercedes 660.0pts, 2. Ferrari 401.0, 3. Williams 257.0, 4. Red Bull 178.0, 5. Force India 120.0, Friday’s Paris attacks that killed excess of $30 million for year- choice, but to slip into second ahead of Raikkonen, with Bottas 6. Lotus 73.0, 7. Toro Rosso 66.0, 8. Sauber AG 36.0, 9. McLaren 27.0. 129 people. old units and McLaren blocking place and follow the leader as a further 12 second adrift. Ogier’s team-mate Jari-Matti partners Honda from helping. the race began without major Mercedes’ mastery was total, join behind the Ferrari of Raik- After a lap in front, Hamilton Latvala won the final power Red Bull, who had fallen out incident. but the race was neutralised by konen, who had pitted only once. re-joined second again, trimming stage, worth three bonus points, with Renault, are now expected On another warm, dry day their drivers’ respect for corpo- Rebuffed, Hamilton dropped the gap to 1.2 seconds with 18 laps to finish second overall in the to agree a deal to use the French at Interlagos, with a track rate needs and aversion to need- back to 2.5 seconds behind Ros- to go, but it was a signal of intent championship. manufacturer’s unbranded units temperature of 47 degrees less risk. Rosberg made a second berg, before clocking a fastest that he was unable to translate Mikkelsen and Poland’s former and develop them.“We are going Celsius, and where a tactical race stop after 33 laps, Hamilton after lap in 1:15.304, a reminder of his into a passing move as he eased Formula One driver Robert to be on the grid next year. We designed around tyre strategy 34, the champion’s race compro- superior pace, if not track posi- off in the closing laps to follow Kubica took the other bonus are homing in on a solution,” said was in prospect, Rosberg was mised by his team-mate’s tactical tion, before the leader pitted Rosberg to the flag. points. Horner. clearly baring his teeth. It was a decision, which forced him to re- again after 48 laps. AFP REUTERS REUTERS

Our sport may not have many tomorrows: Coe

LONDON: Sebastian Coe has investigations (set in motion by a conceded that unless he and his German TV documentary which fellow leaders fully grasp the uncovered the Russian evidence)? enormity of the crisis in their Possibly,” added Coe. sport, there are “unlikely to be “Should we all have been more many tomorrows for athletics”. alert and in tune with our natural In his Sunday’s Telegraph news- instincts? Almost certainly. paper column, the president of the “That is probably the toughest International Association of Ath- truth to face but the sport must if letics Federations (IAAF) said he we are to start our recovery. And and his colleagues could “almost the search for the answer will be certainly” have done more to get my North Star,” said Coe. to the heart of the scandal that Meanwhile, t he IAAF has has rocked the sport. referred Athletics Kenya vice- A file picture dated July 27, 2012 of Russian flag bearer Maria Sharapova Coe, writing at the end of a president David Okeyo to the leading the team into the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony dramatic week which saw the organisation’s ethics commission of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London, Great Britain. IAAF provisionally suspend after the Sunday Times revealed Russia following a report from he had been questioned by police the World Anti-Doping Agency in Kenya over claims of corrup- that uncovered evidence of state- tion. Okeyo, a member of the controlled doping in the country, IAAF ruling council, is alleged, Russia hopes to regain added it had been a “horror show” along with two other officials, for athletics. to have syphoned off funds from The Briton also said the “archi- a sponsorship deal between the status within 3 months tecture of anti-doping” systems national association and multina- had failed the world’s track and tional sportswear giant Nike. MOSCOW: The acting president IAAF membership in two or three field competitors and acknowl- “An investigation by The of All-Russian Athletics Federa- months. edged a difficult self-examination Sunday Times and the German tion (ARAF), expressed his hope “Our main objective is to ensure as he reflected on whether the Sebastian Coe broadcaster ARD/WDR has yesterday that the country’s our athletes’ participation in the sport could have approached the uncovered a sworn affidavit in beleaguered ruling track and Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro, unfolding crisis more effectively. which a whistleblower claimed field body would regain its IAAF to restore their status.” Friday’s decision to suspend running against every instinct he added. Coe reflected on an that the officials syphoned close membership within three months. Meanwhile, Russia’s sports Russia after a conference call of around that conference call. But unnamed, no-nonsense coach to $700,000 out of the federation’s World athletics’ ruling body the minister Vitaly Mutko, who IAAF Council members, Coe said, the best way to protect clean ath- who helped kickstart his running bank account, most of it in cash. IAAF on Friday provisionally also participated in the ARAF was made amid an atmosphere of letes is to be unflinching in our career several decades ago. He says he reported his concerns suspended ARAF from interna- meeting, said he was hoping the “sadness and anger” and “the rec- commitment to them, and not “The toughest question I grap- to the police,” the Sunday Times tional competition over claims of country’s athletes would have an ognition that unless we fully grasp just in words,” said Coe. ple with is inevitably a very per- said. The newspaper added that state-sponsored doping revealed opportunity to compete under the enormity of our plight there “We have to create structures sonal one, self-examination is a case file on the alleged corrup- in a shocking report by the World Russia’s Olympic Committee were unlikely to be many tomor- that are always in their corner never easy,” he said. tion has been handed to Kenya’s Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) (ROC) flag until the end of the rows for athletics”. and here none of us come out very “I guess the question I am ask- Office of the Department of Pub- commission. ban. “We will propose to the ROC The double Olympic champion, well including my federation. ing myself at this very moment is, lic Prosecutions. The allegations “We’ve discussed the IAAF to ask the IAAF and the Interna- who has found himself in the unu- “The architecture of anti- ‘How on earth have we got from came as news to the IAAF, whose decision and worked out a cri- tional Olympic Committe (IOC) sual position of being criticised, doping has failed them and, we a sport that was underpinned by newly-elected president Sebastian sis plan,” Vadim Zelichenok told to allow our athletes to compete explained this week’s events had have to ask, were the walls too people like that (coach) to the Coe has come in for intense criti- the R-Sport news agency after an under our Olympic Committee led him to ask, “How did we get high in many of our organisations horror show that played out on cism for retaining his role as an extraordinary ARAF meeting. flag,” ITAR-TASS news agency to this? to properly investigate abuses? the global stage last week?’. ambassador for Nike. “We also discussed the measures quoted Mutko as saying. “The decision ... to penalise Almost certainly ‘yes’ has to “Could I, should I, have inserted that will help us to restore our AFP Russia was also a difficult one and be our uncomfortable answer,” myself into the three independent AGENCIES MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

O’Neill urges Sweden, Ukraine take first leg wins Ireland to Swedish striker Ibrahimovic scores ninth goal in as many qualification matches of Euro 2016 finish Euro job against Bosnia PARIS: European football paid Euro 2016 the 54th minute Seleznyov got the tribute to the victims of attacks second with a close range shot off in Euro 2016 hosts France dur- Paris: Euro 2016 play-off first leg results an Artem Fedetskiy cross. DUBLIN: Martin O’Neill has yesterday: ing Saturday’s qualifying play-offs Martin O’Neill’s Republic of challenged his Republic of Ireland At Lviv which saw Sweden edge Denmark Ireland will be bidding to carry on side to carry on from where they 2-1 and Ukraine beat Slovenia 2-0 Ukraine 2 (Yarmolenko 22, from where they left off in their left off in their 1-1 first leg draw Seleznyov 54) Slovenia 0 in first leg ties. 1-1 first leg draw away to Bosnia away to Bosnia when they com- A minute’s silence was observed 2nd leg: Nov 17 in Dublin on Monday as Hungary plete the Euro 2016 qualifying tie before Saturday’s games for vic- At Solna edged closer to their first inter- in Dublin today. tims of the Paris attacks on Fri- Sweden 2 (Forsberg 45, Ibrahimovic 50- national tournament in 30 years O’Neill’s men travelled to day, one of which was outside the pen) Denmark 1 (N. Jorgensen 80) when they defeated Norway 1-0 Zenica, two hours north of Sara- Stade de France where world 2nd leg: Nov 17 on Friday. jevo, on Friday to the intimidating champions Germany were play- Played Friday Shorn of a host of experi- Bilina Polje stadium, where Euro ing a friendly against France. At Zenica enced stars like Shay Given, qualifiers Wales were beaten 2-0 In Solna, Paris Saint-Germain Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 (Dzeko 85) Republic John O’Shea, Jon Walters and in a recent clash. star Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored of Ireland 1 (Brady 81) Shane Long, and with a handful Shorn of a host of experi- his ninth goal in as many quali- 2nd leg: Nov 16 of players one booking away from enced stars like Shay Given, fiers as Sweden took a slight Played Thursday suspension, the Irish were more John O’Shea, Jon Walters and advantage over 1992 champions At Oslo hopeful than expectant. Shane Long, and with a handful Denmark. Norway 0 Hungary 1 (Kleinheisler 26) But Robbie Brady’s 81st-minute of players one booking away from Ibrahimovic converted a second 2nd leg Nov 15 strike, combined with some deter- suspension, the Irish were more half penalty after Emil Forsberg mined defending, saw them return hopeful than expectant. But Rob- had scored his first international substitute Jorgensen latched onto to Dublin’s Lansdowne Road with bie Brady’s 81st-minute strike, goal on the stroke of half-time. a Yussuf Poulsen flick-on from a vital away goal, although there combined with some determined But substitute Nicolai Jor- an Eriksen corner to boost Den- was still time on Friday for Bos- defending, saw them return to gensen grabbed an away-goal mark’s hopes of making the finals nia’s Edin Dzeko to equalise. Dublin’s Lansdowne Road with lifeline for Denmark 10 minutes in France next summer. “Everybody walked off the field a vital away goal, although there from time ahead of the second leg Earlier Ukraine took a com- (fit) and in terms of other play- was still time on Friday for Bos- in Copenhagen on Tuesday. fortable 2-0 lead over Slovenia in ers like Glenn Whelan, Seamus nia’s Edin Dzeko to equalise. With A backheel from Jimmy Dur- Lviv as Andrei Yarmolenko and Coleman, Marc Wilson...all those O’Shea, Walters and possibly Long maz allowed Mikael Lustig to Yevhen Seleznyov scored in either people (avoided bookings), so in available today, Republic manager sprint away down the right flank half of a bad tempered clash at the that sense it’s really good news,” O’Neill was in high spirits. and his pass reached Forsberg packed 65,000-seat Lviv Arena. O’Neill said. “Everybody walked off the field at speed and the Leipzig winger Ukraine, who have lost all five On the day that Hungarian (fit) and in terms of other play- buried a first-time shot into the of their previous qualifying play- international goalkeeper Marton ers like Glenn Whelan, Seamus corner past Kasper Schmeichel. offs for major tournaments, domi- Fulop lost his battle with cancer Coleman, Marc Wilson...all those The Denmark goalkeeper res- nated early but Samir Handanovic at the age of 32, his teammates people (avoided bookings), so in cued his team just before the half- proved solid in the Slovenian goal honoured his memory with a that sense it’s really good news,” time whistle with a diving save to in the opening 20 minutes. crucial victory ahead of Sunday’s O’Neill said. deny Ibrahimovic’s power-packed But in the 22nd minute Yarmo- return in Budapest. “We have a number of people to free-kick from just outside the lenko picked up a rebound after Midfielder Laszlo Kleinheisler choose from including Jon Wal- box. Handanovic failed to clear Yevhen marked his international debut ters and hopefully John O’Shea,” Ibrahimovic made it 2-0 five Konoplyanka’s cross and slotted with the game’s only goal in the the former Northern Ireland mid- minutes into the second period, inside the far post with a low shot. first half before Hungary, whose fielder added. converting a penalty after Tho- Slovenia poured into attack last major event was the 1986 “I need to see Shane, but all his mas Kahlenburg had clumsily and midfielder Josip Ilicic missed World Cup in Mexico, soaked up messages for me the whole time tripped Forsberg. a clear chance to level after 27 constant pressure from the home Sweden’s forward and team captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic (centre) cel- have been ‘don’t exclude me at It was the 34-year-old’s first minutes. side to preserve their advantage. ebrates with team-mates after scoring a goal during the Euro 2016 this minute’ and I wouldn’t do. goal against the Danes in seven After the break, Ukraine con- play-off match at the Friends arena in Solna yesterday. “I’ll wait until the last possible matches. But with 10 minutes left, tinued to press forward and in AFP moment because he’s come up with some big things for us. I’d say I’ll wait until about a minute and a half to kick off!” joked O’Neill. The former Celtic boss again Ancelotti wants another shot at the Premier League insisted he had no thought of telling the Republic to play for a LONDON: Carlo Ancelotti says a return to the game. play and arrived at bad results. Old Trafford, making seven goalless draw on Monday and so he would like to return to Eng- He is taking a break from foot- Slowly they can move on from appearances in the last month go through to next year’s finals land’s Premier League but the ball following his successful reign this situation,” he said. and scoring his first goal for the in France on the away goals rule. Italian manager with one of the at Real Madrid, which saw him “Mourinho is the best person to club against West Bromwich “I didn’t say that in the dress- most garlanded records in world win the Champions League for manage this because he is the one Albion last weekend. ing room and I haven’t felt that football is not interested in taking a third time after two triumphs involved, he knows the situation Carrick has returned to way,” he said. “I think the message any new job this season. with AC Milan. and the condition of the players United after being taken off on for us is ‘we got to try and win Ancelotti, who won the Premier “The most important thing is and the club took the right a stretcher with an ankle injury the game’. League-FA Cup double with Chel- to find a club with a good project decision to stay with Mourinho.” in the final minute of England’s “We will have that attitude, sea during his previous stint in and be competitive. If it’s in Eng- Meanwhile, Manchester United defeat in Spain. that’s been our attitude at home English football, has had his name land, it’s better,” Ancelotti, who forward Jesse Lingard has been England boss Hodgson said he in every single game that we play. linked with a possible return to has been living in Vancouver since called up to the England squad for feared the midfielder had suffered “Our attitude has been very, Stamford Bridge following the his dismissal by Madrid in May, Tuesday’s friendly against France ankle ligament damage. very positive at home and Bosnia London club’s early season woes said. at Wembley as his club team mate Vardy missed Friday’s match are capable of scoring. That puts under Jose Mourinho. “I will stay out until the end of Michael Carrick and Leicester due to an injury he suffered it back into the melting pot.” Yet talking to BBC Radio yes- the season and try to find another City forward Jamie Vardy were playing for his club last weekend Bosnia goalkeeper Asmir terday, Ancelotti ruled out the club next season. Not just in Eng- ruled out through injury. and has also been ruled out of the Begovic accepted his side would prospect of any return to the land, it can be in another country, The FA said in a statement game against France. need to offer more in attack after game in 2014-15, effectively ruling but my idea is not to start now.” yesrterday that Lingard had been The build-up to tomorrow’s rarely threatening Republic coun- out the possibility that he would The 56-year-old, who was drafted in to help bolster manager match has been overshadowed terpart Darren Randolph on Fri- take over this season should sacked a year after winning the Roy Hodgson’s ranks following following the deadly attacks in day. “Ireland are a hard working Mourinho’s increasingly shaky double with Chelsea in 2010, Friday’s 2-0 defeat to Spain. Paris that left 129 people dead side and they have some skill as reign come to an end. backed the club’s recent state- It is Lingard’s first call-up and 352 wounded. well so they didn’t surprise me,” Ecuadorean player Juan Ancelotti, who has also been ment of support for the under- to the senior squad, having The French football federation said the Chelsea star. Cazares attends a training ses- touted as a possible successor to pressure Mourinho. previously represented England (FFF) announced on Saturday “We need to work on that, ana- ion at the national team head- Manchester City’s Manuel Pel- “Chelsea are used to competing at under-21 and under-17 level. that the game would go ahead as lyse it and see if we can break quarters in Quito, yesterday. legrini, said the Premier League at the top level. They have lost The 22-year-old has enjoyed planned. them down on Monday.” was his “number one choice” for a little bit of confidence in their a breakthrough season at AGENCIES AFP Djokovic off to a flying start at Tour Finals opener

LONDON: Novak Djokovic Nishikori added: “I think my Djokovic and Nishikori joined made a flying start to his bid for serve was the key. Both sets I lost the capacity 17,500 crowd in a a record fourth successive ATP my first service game. That put minute’s silence in memory of Tour Finals title as the defend- me under a little pressure. the victims of the horrific Paris ing champion routed Japan’s Kei “I mean, he also played unbe- attacks, with the French flag Nishikori 6-1, 6-1 yesterday. lievable tennis. I’m very ashamed displayed on screens above and Djokovic arrived at London’s with this score, but I still have two around the court. Unaffected by O2 Arena hoping to win the more matches.” that sombre opening, Djokovic prestigious season-ending event Djokovic has dominated to set about dismantling Nishikori for a fifth time and in the process such an extent over the last 11 in typically relentless fashion and become the first player to lift the months that the sport’s big four, landed the first blow with a break trophy four years in a row. previously comprised of the Serb, in the second game. The world number one showed Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Nishikori, ranked eighth in why he is the firm favourite to do Murray, has been reduced to a the world, is making his second just that, demolishing Nishikori one-man show. appearance at the Tour Finals in 65 minutes in the tournament’s Even by Djokovic’s sky-high after marking his maiden entry opening match to record his 23rd standards, 2015 has been a golden last year with a run to the last successive win and his 79th vic- period for the 10-time Grand four. tory in 84 matches this year. Slam winner, who has cemented He famously enjoyed a shock Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in With two more group ties his position as the sport’s pre- win over Djokovic when they met action against Japan’s Kei remaining against six-time cham- eminent force with one of the best in the 2014 US Open semi-finals. pion Roger Federer and Tomas Nishikori during their match single seasons in the Open era. But the 25-year-old has been Berdych, who meet later on Sun- at the ATP World Tour Finals The 28-year-old has amassed unable to build on that success day, Djokovic’s stroll by the banks in London, Great Britain, 10 titles, including the Australian during a frustrating year that of the River Thames was a sig- yesterday. and US Opens, Wimbledon and a reached its lowest ebb with an nificant statement of intent to his record six Masters tournaments. embarrassing US Open first rivals for the title. tournament, where I’ve had a Since losing to Roger Federer round exit. “No question I played some of great record in the last couple of in the Cincinnati final in August, Djokovic was hardly the ideal the best tennis I’ve played this years. Djokovic has been unbeatable opponent for Nishikori to play year,” Djokovic said. “I was feeling very comfortable and Nishikori never came close himself back into form and, seem- Serbia’s Novak Djokovic poses with the Barclays ATP World Tour No. 1 “Undoubtedly it was an incred- on the court. Kei didn’t perform to inflicting his first Tour Finals ing completely overwhelmed. Award trophy he received during the ATP World Tour Finals in London, ible performance that I was hop- at his best because I didn’t allow defeat in 15 matches. Great Britain, yesterday. ing I could have coming into this him to dictate the play.” Just before the match started, AFP MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Williamson, Starc reach milestones in Perth Kiwi batsman becomes one of four youngest players to score 12 centuries, Starc breaks 160km barrier

PERTH: New Zealand batsman player recorded at over 160 kph. Kane Williamson and Australian However, none of that group per- fast bowler Mitchell Starc joined formed the feat in Test cricket. elite company as bat continued to While he didn’t want to be dominate ball on the third day of drawn on the accuracy of the the second Test against Australia speed reading on that particular at the WACA Ground yesterday. delivery, Starc did believe it was In reply to Australia’s formi- one of his fastest spells. dable 559 for nine declared on a “It was nice to have rhythm placid wicket, the Kiwis were 510 and have the ball coming out for six at stumps, trailing by just nicely,” he said. 49 runs. Fellow paceman Mitchell John- Ross Taylor emerged from a son moved into fourth on the form slump and scored his sec- all-time list of Australian Test ond Test double century to be wicket-takers when he removed a career-best 235 not out, with Doug Bracewell late in the day Mark Craig on seven. to claim his 311th scalp, passing Williamson became one of the Brett Lee. four youngest players to reach Australia did not help their 12 Test centuries when he made own cause with some dropped 166, while Starc bowled what is catches, while there was embar- believed to be the fastest recorded rassment for local officials early delivery in Test cricket. in the day, with play halted for Williamson rarely looked trou- New Zealand’s Kane Williamson hits a boundary during the third day 17 minutes by a malfunctioning bled in posting his second century of the second cricket Test against Australia at the WACA Ground in sightscreen. in as many matches, before mis- Perth, Western Australia, yesterday. AFP timing a pull shot off Josh Hazle- wood and was caught at mid-on by Mitchell Johnson to end a record runs, helping the team out, try- ible regularity, Taylor posted a Scoreboard 265-run stand with Taylor, a new ing to move the team forward and new benchmark for visiting play- benchmark for New Zealand in trying to get results, that’s what ers at the WACA and also became Australia (I innings): ...... 559/6 decl Tests against Australia. it’s about.” the first New Zealander to score a New Zealand (I innings): He faced 250 balls in 390 min- Williamson has made centu- Test double century against Aus- M Guptill lbw Starc ...... 1 utes and hit 24 boundaries. ries in five of his last seven Tests tralia. T Latham c Smith b Lyon ...... 36 The 25-year-old made 140 and against Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Eng- Starc raised the home crowd K Williamson c Johnson b Hazlewood .....166 59 in the first Test at the Gabba, land and Australia. from its run-fuelled stupor when R Taylor (batting) ...... 235 which New Zealand lost by 208 Taylor was a little less sure at he sent down a 160.4 kilometres B McCullum b Marsh ...... 27 runs, and continued that form in the crease and flirted with disas- per hour (99.7 miles per hour) B J Watling c Lyon b Starc ...... 1 Perth. It was his 12th Test cen- ter on a couple of occasions, but thunderbolt to Taylor before tea. D Bracewell c Neville b Johnson ...... 12 tury and only three other players recovered to post his 13th Test It was part of a fiery spell M Craig (batting) ...... 7 have scored as many centuries hundred and looked increasingly from the left armer and was Extras (B-7, LB-10, W-5, NB-3) ...... 25 at the same age which include comfortable during his innings. the fourth-fastest delivery ever Total (for 6 wkts) ...... 510 Sachin Tendulkar (16), Don Brad- It was a welcome performance recorded, with Pakistan’s Shoaib Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-87, 3-352, 4-432, man (13) and Alastair Cook (12). for the classy Taylor, who has Akhtar holding the record with 5-447, 6-485. However, Williamson played been struggling with form for 161.3 kph. Bowling: Starc 30-6-5-83-2; Hazlewood 27- Australia’s Mitchell Starc appeals successfully for LBW to dismiss down the comparisons. some time and had not scored Australian duo Brett Lee and 2-98-1 (1nb); Johnson 24-2-131-1 (5w); New Zealand’s Martin Guptill (top) for one run during the second day “I don’t think I’m in that com- a Test century since November Shaun Tait both once clocked at Lyon 30-4-93-1; Marsh 15-1-73-1 (2nb); of the second Test match at the WACA Ground in Perth, on Saturday. pany,” he said. last year. In a game where records 161.1 kph, and 1970s firebrand Smith 3-0-15-0. “It is just nice to be scoring have been tumbling with incred- Jeff Thomson is the only other Zimbabwe bounce back Rain washes out entire day at Bangalore Test

BANGALORE: Steady rain to win thriller in Dhaka washed out the entire second day’s play in the second Test DHAKA: Neville Madziva (pictured) hit 18 runs in the last over as between India and South Africa Zimbabwe pulled off a nail-biting three-wicket victory against Bangla- yesterday with the weather fore- desh in the second Twenty20 international to level a two-match series cast for the next two days casting 1-1 in Dhaka yesterday. a cloud of doubt over the possibil- Madziva first starred with his pace bowling and then made the most ity of a result. of a reprieve to score an unbeaten 28 runs to steer Zimbabwe to 136-7 Having bowled out South in 19.5 overs, after the visitors restricted Bangladesh to 135-9 at the Africa for 214 and knocking off Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. 80 runs without losing any wicket Bangladesh, which won the preceding one-day series 3-0, almost on Saturday, the hosts were keen sealed off another clean-sweep when on putting up a big first innings Nasir Hossain dismissed Malcolm total but the inclement weather Waller in the first ball of the last over, played spoilsport. but Madziva hit the off-spinner 6, 2, After the early morning show- 4, 6 off the next four balls to stun the ers relented, start was pushed home crowd. back by an hour to 10:30 local Madziva was caught behind for 10 time (0500 GMT) and the players in the previous over off Mustafizur walked out to warm up for action. Rahman, but the right-hander was The rain, however, returned called back after TV replay showed soon resulting first in an early Rahman had overstepped. lunch before play was called off Indian groundsmen cover the pitch with plastic sheets as rain delays the start of the second day of the second Waller made 40 off 27 balls with for the day. Test between India and South Africa at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore yesterday. two fours and three sixes and shared “If weather permits, tomorrow 55 runs in the sixth wicket stand (today) the play will start at 9:15 with Luke Jongwe (34) as Zimbabwe (3:15 GMT),” the Indian cricket Villiers expected his 100th test to spinners in their first innings at Apart from the batsmen’s recovered from a wobbly 5-39 to win board posted on Twitter. pan out, the Proteas are unlikely Bangalore. vulnerability against spin, the the game. More rain and thunderstorms to mind the rain intervention. Currently the top ranked test absence of injured pacemen Dale The victory ended Zimbabwe’s have been predicted for the next Beaten inside three days in the team, South Africa have not lost Steyn and Vernon Philander has 13-match losing streak against Bang- two days, jeopardising the possi- first Test on a turning track in an away series since 2006 but also taken much of the sting off ladesh in all formats of the game. bility of a result in the contest. Mohali, the visitors still seem in a Hashim Amla’s team find them- their pace attack. Anamul Haque earlier made 47 off 51 balls to hold the Bangladesh While this is surely not how spin funk with eight of their bats- selves on the back foot in the innings together amid a free-fall of wickets at the other end. South African talisman AB de men surrendering to the Indian four-test series in India. REUTERS Pacer Tinashe Panyangara claimed 3-30 for Zimbabwe while leg- spinner Graeme Cremer and Madziva claimed two wickets each giv- ing away 21 and 25 runs respectively. The hosts started confidently as Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes put on 34 runs in the opening stand after skipper Mashrafe Mortaza elected to bat first. Waqar wants Pakistan to push England hard Tamim miscued a pull shot off Madziva to give a catch to Sean Williams at long on for 21 and Kayes fell in the next over to Tendai SHARJAH: Head coach Waqar 300 total gets more,” said Waqar Chisoro for 10. Younis warned his team needed of the England opener. “We know Zimbabwe then made regular breakthroughs to keep the home side to play out of their skins to take our strengths so we will fight- in check. Anamul was run out in the final over as Bangladesh settled a lead over England when the two back.” for their lowest total against Zimbabwe in five Twenty20 internationals. teams meet in the third one-day Waqar admitted he was sur- international in Sharjah today. prised over the manner in which AFP Pakistan went down by 95 runs senior batsman Younis Khan in the second game in Abu Dhabi retired from one-day after the Scoreboard to give England a chance to level first match following debate over the four-match series at 1-1. his selection for the series. BANGLADESH ZIMBABWE Pakistan won the first match “Reality demanded that he Tamim Iqbal c Chigumbura b Madziva...... 21 S Raza c Rahim b Al-Amin ...... 5 by six wickets, also in Abu Dhabi should have completed the series,” Imrul Kayes c Williams b Chisoro ...... 10 R Chakabva c Sabbir b Mustafizur ...... 4 today. Waqar said he was not said Waqar of Younis who ended Anamul Haque (run out) ...... 47 S Williams b Al-Amin ...... 0 expecting England to play the way his career on 265 one-day games. Mushfiqur Rahim c Williams b Cremer ...... 9 C Ervine (run out) ...... 15 they did in the second game on “But that is the way he thinks Sabbir Rahman lbw Cremer ...... 17 L Jongwe c Kayes b Al-Amin ...... 34 Friday. “We need to play well to and he is, I am very proud of the Nasir Hossain b Panyangara ...... 3 E Chigumbura c Mahmudullah b Sunny ...... 0 make it 2-1,” said Waqar yester- way he played the game. Mahmudullah c Jongwe b Panyangara ...... 8 M Waller c Sabbir b Nasir ...... 40 day. “England bounced back and “He will continue to play Test Mashrafe Mortaza b Madziva ...... 0 N Madziva (not out) ...... 28 bounced back well, we probably cricket and I am hopeful that he Arafat Sunny c Jongwe b Panyangara ...... 5 G Cremer (not out) ...... 0 were not thinking that they are will complete 10,000 Test runs but Mustafizur Rahman (not out) ...... 1 Extras (B-4, LB-2, W-2, NB-2) ...... 10 going to play that well so we have Pakistan coach Waqar Younis during a press conference ahead of the it was unfortunate way (to retire) Al-Amin Hossain (not out) ...... 1 Total (for 7 wkts in 19.5 overs) ...... 136 to play out of our skins to make third ODI against England in Sharjah yesterday. and the decision was sudden and Extras (B-4, LB-2, W-3, NB-4) ...... 13 Did not bat: TS Chisoro, T Panyangara. it 2-1.” that was a big shock for us,” said Total (for 9 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 135 Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-7, 3-15, 4-33, 5-39, Waqar said Pakistan were poor the coach. Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-35, 3-59, 4-98, 6-94, 7-118. on Friday, sliding to 188 all out in The fourth and final one-day 5-113, 6-121, 7-122, 8-130, 9-134. Bowling: Mortaza 4-0-27-0 (nb1); Al-Amin chase of a 284-run target. we were in the game and we must in their 50 overs, batting which match will be played in Dubai on Bowling: Panyangara 4-0-30-3 (nb1; w2); 4-0-20-3; Mustafizur 4-0-12-1 (nb1; w2); “Obviously we were expecting make sure it doesn’t happen next Waqar believed set up the win. Friday. Both teams will also play Madziva 4-0-25-2 (nb1); Chisoro 4-0-27-1 Sunny 4-0-26-1; Nasir 3.5-0-45-1. a fightback from England but we time.” “The way Hales made that hun- Twenty20 internationals in Dubai (nb1); Williams 4-0-26-0 (nb1); Cremer 4-0- Result: Zimbabwe win by three wickets. also played poor cricket in that England opener Alex Hales dred was great and when some- (November 26 and 27) and Shar- 21-2 (w1). Series: Two-match series 1-1 draw. game. We were not up to the notched a maiden century to lift one scores a hundred at the top of jah (November 30). mark in batting and at no time England to an impressive 283-5 the order your chance of putting a AFP MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Qatar off to a winning start at Rio qualifiers Hosts trounce Uzbekistan in the Group B clash

DOHA: Qatar began its campaign in the Asian Qualifying Tourna- ment for next year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on high note, defeated Uzbekistan 49-09 in group B clash held at Duhail Indoor on Saturday. The home side dominated the whole game and recorded easy 49-9 victory over Uzbekistan. School students taking part in the QSL Goalz Programme. Qatar is scheduled to lock horns against Japanese counterparts on Monday. In Saturday’s other fixtures, Iran outclassed Oman 39-31 and QSL Goalz Programme resumes Japan made a comfortable 27-19 victory over Saudi Arabia. The participating teams were distributed into two groups, group for term two of school calendar A includes, Bahrain, Korea, Iraq, China and Australia, while group B brings together hosts Qatar, DOHA: The QSL Goalz Pro- Iran, KSA, Oman, Japan and gramme team will work with six Uzbekistan. new schools, it was revealed here The Qatari side missed out on yesterday. an automatic spot at the Games With term two of the school after failing to beat France in the year starting last week the QSL final of the World Cup earlier this Goalz Programme team will work year in Doha. with Doha College (Al Waab), World champions France thus Doha College (Westbay), Gulf booked their passage to the quad- English School, Hayat Universal rennial event, along with Brazil Bilingual School, International who qualify as hosts, and Argen- School of London, Sherborne tina, who won the Pan American Qatar, and The Lebanese School. Games gold medal in Toronto ear- A total of 61 football fun lier this year. Qatar player takes a shot at the goal against Uzbekistan in the Asian filled sessions were carried out Qualification tournament in Doha on Saturday. across the seven new participat- THE PENINSULA ing schools, with 57 high quality coaching hours initiated with children of varying ages. The total participants involved in last week’s activities were an aston- ishing 1471 children. An instructor of QSL Goalz Programme interacting with students. Students were in for a treat El Jaish get ready with the QSL team delivering football fun in a carnival-esque schools. In addition to educating good feedback from the Schools atmosphere. By the end of the the children about the local league who are involved. As part of our season the QSL Goalz Programme there is also a strong emphasis on strategy with regards to our social for Al Arabi clash will have worked with a total of encouraging healthy eating and responsibility we are on track and 30 schools which translates into active lifestyles. I believe this programme greatly DOHA: El Jaish Sports Club over 15,000 children. Community Relations Special- benefits the legacy of football in resumed their training sessions The Goalz Programme is ist Nasser Mubarak Al Kuwari Qatar.” yesterday as part of their prepa- funded by the QSL and will run who runs the project at the QSL This weekend there will be two rations for their Round 9 fixture across a total of 5 terms. said: “We achieved all our tar- football festivals at two stadiums of the Qatar Stars League (QSL) The aim of the programme is gets for the first term, we have in Doha. Stay tuned for more against Al Arabi this Saturday at to connect the QSL and its 14 noticed an increase in the level details which will be unveiled this Al Arabi Stadium. member clubs to the heart of the of improvement in the children’s week. El Jaish Head coach Sabri local community by working with skill level and we are also getting THE PENINSULA Lamouchi will focus on fitness fol- lowing the rest which was granted to the players for 48 hours. Lamouchi refused to play any friendly games during the international break and instead settled for daily training ses- QMMF riders ready for final race Al Arabi coach Gianfranco Zola sions. Abdel Rahman Abkar, Majed Mohamed and Khalid Abdel Players Abdel Karim Al Ali, of the 2015 season in Valencia Raouf as well as the Uzbek winger Edinho and Ringo scored for Al Rashidov all joined their respec- Sailiya. tive national teams. Abdel Razaq Al Sailiya coach Sami Trabelsi VA LENCI A: QMMF Racing’s Al Naimi had mechanical prob- make the best use of the session. Hamdallah is still recovering from El Jaish coach Sabri Lamouchi fielded all available players includ- Qatari riders Mashel Al Naimi lems that prevented him from Hopefully tomorrow I can get a injury. ing both Bahraini Faouzi Aaish and Saeed Al Sulaiti, who have achieving a better position. He good start, have fun on the bike El Jaish is in second place in and the Brazilian Edinho. been improving with each race will start from 7th, whilst Saeed and will have no problems with the QSL table with 20 points the 14th minute while Al Sha- The Cameroonian Raul Loé and will seek to end the final race of Al Sulaiti will take off from a 14th my forearms,” Al Naimi said. whilst Al Arabi is in fourth with haniya equalised during the sec- Romanian Dragos Grigore didn’t the Superbike European Cham- position that does not reflect the “I am happy, and at the same 16 points. The Round 9 match ond half. participate due to both joining pionship in a flourish. good work he has been doing so time I’m not. I think we have a between El Jaish and Al Arabi The match was on average level their respective national sides. In The final race of the 2015 sea- far in Valencia. good pace and I managed to set is expected to be a tough contest from both sides as Al Gharafa addition Abdel Rahman Al Harazi son takes place this weekend in Both riders will try to put the my fastest times very consist- with both sides looking for a win. played with most of the reserved joined the Qatar National Olym- Valencia with Al Naimi and Al finishing touch to a season that ently, so I think we’re ready for Meanwhile, Al Gharafa Sports team players within the exception pic Team and therefore didn’t Sulaiti aiming for a podium finish. has already lived up to expecta- the race. Unfortunately today I Club drew with Qatar Gas League of Alain Dioko and Qasem Burhan participate in the friendly. The two Qatari riders have tions. could not do one very quick lap side Al Shahania 1-1 in a friendly who both were substituted during Al Kharaitiyat coach Ammar had an excellent season, making “In the first session I felt very that would have allowed me to played at the Cheetahs home the second half. Osim was also keen to field and incremental improvements race good with the bike and I was able place five positions higher up on ground – the Thani Bin Jassim Al Gharafa is in the 7th posi- try a number of players. Al Saili- by race and featuring in the lead- to improve on my best time from the grid. The team have done an Stadium. tion in the league table with 11 ya’s next game in the QSL will ing positions in each round of the yesterday by more than a second. excellent job on the bike between In Round 9 of QSL which points. be against Al Gharafa, while Al Superbike European Champion- On each stint we improved and the first practice and the second, resumes this weekend Al Gharafa Elsewhere, Al Sailiya Sports Kharaitiyat will play Al Sadd on ship. cut the gap to the frontrunners by and from the first lap and I felt will face Al Sailiya on November Club defeated Al Kharaitiyat by the November 21 at 16:00 at Al The pair have come to every a lot. In the second session I had a very comfortable and was able to 21 at 16:00 at Al Arabi stadium. three goals to nil in the friendly Gharafa Stadium. race aiming to battle against the broken gearbox and, although the lower my times. The Congolese striker Alain game played at Al Sailiya training fastest riders in the class. team worked very hard to get the Dioko scored for Al Gharafa at facilities. THE PENINSULA In qualifying yesterday, Mashel bike ready on time, we could not THE PENINSULA Pliskova puts Czechs level 2-2 with Russia in Fed Cup PRAGUE: Karolina Pliskova play against defensive 24-year- FED CUP FINAL well and there was not much I achievement for me because I’ve kept the Czech Republic’s hopes of old Pavlyuchenkova. Both traded could do,” said Sharapova. never been in a Fed Cup final and Prague: Results from the Fed Cup final defending the Fed Cup title alive, breaks in the opening games of “The second set could go either I won two of my matches.” between the Czech Republic and Russia in beating Russia’s Anastasia Pavly- set two and Pliskova then struck way and unfortunately it didn’t go On Saturday, Sharapova won Prague yesterday: uchenkova in straight sets to level again in game nine to send the mine,” said Kvitova. her first ever meeting with Plisk- the tie 2-2 in yesterday’s final. home crowd into a frenzy. Czech Republic 2 Russia 2 In the final set, Sharapova ova 6-3, 6-4 to level 1-1 after Kvi- Pliskova, the world number 11, “It’s definitely one of the biggest Maria Sharapova (RUS) bt Petra Kvitova broke twice while Kvitova piled tova had come back from a set saw off 28th-ranked Pavlyuchenk- wins in my career,” beamed Plisk- (CZE) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 up errors. “In the third set I just down to beat Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, ova 6-3, 6-4 at Prague’s hardcourt ova. “I was trying to focus on my Karolina Pliskova (CZE) bt Anastasia felt like I was the fresher one, like 6-1, 6-1 in the opener. O2 Arena after Maria Sharapova, serve and it was working today so Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 6-3, 6-4 I could play another three hours, The Czechs are seeking their the world number four, earlier I’m really happy for that.” and that mentality really helped fourth title in five years and ninth came back from a set down to In the day’s opening rubber, a Playing only her fifth Fed Cup me,” said Sharapova. She waved overall, including five as Czecho- edge sixth-ranked Petra Kvitova rampant Kvitova forced out two tie, Sharapova regained momen- aside her reputation of not being a slovakia which went on to split 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. breaks in the first set, keeping tum in an epic second set as the team player, fuelled by news that into the Czech Republic and Slo- Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova and Barbora Stry- Sharapova under constant pres- 25-year-old Kvitova seemed to she is staying at a different hotel vakia in 1993. Russia, who are 2-3 Pliskova reacts during their cova will now play against Pavly- sure with daring returns. lose concentration, giving away than her teammates. head-to-head with the Czechs -- final match of the Fed Cup uchenkova and Elena Vesnina in “Petra played unbelievable in two breaks against one for Shara- “The team supported me so including three ties between the against Russia’s Anastasia the decisive doubles rubber. the first set, she was so aggressive, pova. well today, this is one of the few former Czechoslovakia and the Pavlyuchenkova in Prague, The hard-hitting Pliskova, 23, hitting really deep,” said 28-year- “I felt like I started getting my competitions where you’re not Soviet Union -- have won four Czech Republic, yesterday. took the first set with a single old Sharapova, a five-time Grand feet in the match because in the just playing for yourself,” she said. titles so far. break, capitalising on aggressive Slam winner. first set she was just playing too “Personally it’s an incredible AFP Monday 16 November 2015 4 Safar 1437 Volume 20 Number 6616 Sport Price: QR2

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 2015 Doha Football: Qatar squad lands in Bhutan Dash: Free Both teams set for 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 Asian Cup joint qualifier on November 17 registration BHUTAN: Qatar squad yester- day landed here in Bhutan for this for first 100 week’s 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 Asian Cup joint qualifying match. participants The Qatar squad - headed by coach Daniel Carreno - will hit the DOHA: Registration for the training pitch today at Changlim- fourth annual Dolphin Energy ithang Stadium in Thimphu, team Doha Dash will officially open officials said yesterday. tomorrow (November 17), it was Qatar, who crushed Bhutan announced yesterday. 15-0 in their opening leg, are The launch event will take leading Group C with 15 points place at the Go Sport store at Vil- following five successive wins in laggio Mall from 5:00pm-7:00pm, the qualifying campaign. with free registration for the first Also known as Al Anabi, Qatar 100 participants. will be hoping to forget their 2-1 Go Sport, the event’s platinum loss to Turkey in Doha on Friday. partner, will also offer a 20 per- “We were facing a strong Tur- cent discount on all items at its key side yet we managed to show Villaggio Mall store on the day. character” Carreno said moments Supporting the vision behind before flying for Bhutan. the Qatar National Sport Day, “It was a good opportunity for The Dolphin Energy Doha Dash us to prepare ahead of our game 2016, which has established itself against Bhutan,” he added. as one of the most popular com- “We were not so strong in the Qatar captain Hassan Al Haydos is seen on his arrival in Bhutan yesterday. Qatar will play Bhutan in a 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 Asian munity events in the Qatari first half,” Carreno said. “But we Cup joint qualifying match tomorrow. Capital, is expected to attract managed to recover quickly in thousands of runners to Losail the second half though we wasted Circuit on February 9, 2016. some chances to score,” he added. keeper was the standout force in tough game,” he said. “We missed major injury concerns going into situation. They have to keep fight- It has a race for everyone; a “We could have scored twice in this game,” he said. “We tried to Mohammed Kasola. This was the the clash against Bhutan,” Car- ing,” Carreno said when reminded 5km run for those aged 12 and the second half for sure but we get the equaliser but I guess in first game for Magid Ibrahim who reno said. “We will be ready on that Qatar had it easy against over (registration fee QR100), a could not,” Carreno said. the end it was fair result,” Car- needs more match practice,” he game day,” he said. Bhutan in the opening leg. 3km run (QR50) for participants “The Turkish side showed reno said. “My players tried their said. “My message to the players is over 8, a 1km run for children and great character and their goal- best on the pitch though. It was a “Thankfully, we don’t have any that they have to ready for any THE PENINSULA a 1km ladies walk, both of which are free of charge. The newest addition,a 10km run for those aged 15 and over (QR150), is set to attract sea- soned runners from across the city. Qatar gets set Hassan Al Emadi, General Manager-Qatar, Dolphin Energy, said: “We are proud of Dolphin Energy’s long-standing asso- ciation with the Doha Dash. We for GCC Tennis believe that practicing sports and leading an active lifestyle is inte- gral to personal and social well- being and we are committed to promoting these values, especially Championship at a local level in Qatar.” For the second year, Go Sport DOHA: The draw for the GCC tee Assistant stressed that the continues to support the Doha Tennis Championship U12 and U6 national committee has developed Dash as a platinum partner. will be held at Khalifa Tennis and a comprehensive training pro- The multi-brand store will Squash Complex today at 6:00pm. gram for the national team that offer a 20 percent discount to all The championship will be reflects the committee’s ambition visitors to its Villagio Mall store organised by the Qatar Tennis to achieve some good results. tomorrow (on November 17). Federation (QTF) under the “The national team play- Furthermore,a free informa- Ali Ahmed Al Hitmi, President of Qatar Gymnastics Federation (QGF), is seen with coaching experts Chris leadership of Nasser bin Ghanim ers participated in a series of tion session will be held with Evans (left) and Rick McCharles (right) during a press conference in Doha. Also seen is Lilia Ortiz. Al Khelaifi with participation of local tournaments held in round fitness professionals, open to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emir- robin format to give our players everyone who wishes to partici- ates, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and the opportunity to adapt them- pate. Qatari Rugby star Mishaal hosts Qatar. selves to the that format” Said Al Abdoulatif Eid Ateag Al Sheik Al The Qatari squad includes; Eisa Khelaifi. Kuwari will inaugurate the regis- Shanan, Omar Al Jefairi, Rayyan Al Khelaifi also wished all the tration event, along with Qatari Al Jefair, Hamad Al Mohannadi, best to the national teams to com- hurdler Mariam Farid, the 400m QGF launches week-long Mubarak Al Sulaiti, Ibrahim Al pete in the event and reaffirmed hurdles silver medallist at the Sulaiti, Nasser Al Yafai, Jassim that the QTF is confident that the West Asian Championships and Al Mahmoud, Abdulaziz Zainal, Qatari players can show excellent Doha Dash ambassador. and Ghanim Al Khelaifi. levels at the GCC gathering. Fitness expert and radio per- Ibrahim Al Khelaifi, QTF Head sonality, Ali Longmate, will also coaching clinic in Doha of National Teams Commit- THE PENINSULA be present at the event. Andrew Fairall General Man- DOHA: The Qatar Gymnastics will be handed over to successful (QOC) for agreeing to host this ager, Go Sport, commented: “The Federation (QGF) has attracted participants of the clinic. clinic. We are working together Doha Dash is a wonderful com- more than 20 trainees from across Lilia Ortiz, FIG expert, is also as a team,” Al Hitmi added. munity event with sports pro- Asia and Africa for a week-long part of the clinic. McCharles said: “I am very motion at its heart. Naturally, coaching clinic, details revealed “I urged all those interested in pleased to return to Doha for the Mesaimeer hammer Al Sadd everyone at Go Sport is excited yesterday. learning the finer points of the second time. I am glad to be of to be part of this worthy initiative Ali Ahmed Al Hitmi, Presi- sport from world’s best coaches some help to budding coaches. reserve side 3-0 in friendly for yet another year. On this occa- dent of QGF, said trainees have should come and join the clinic,” Such clinics improve the quality sion and to help people prepare arrived from Indonesia, Jordan, Al Hitmi said. “This clinic is part of training at every level. DOHA: Al Sadd reserves lost to Mesaimeer 3-0 in a friendly match for the races, we are offering a Palestine, Yemen India, Iran, the of the International Gymnas- “We know that some of the which was played at Al Sadd’s training facility. special 20 percent discount across Philippines, Lebanon, Egypt and tics Federation’s (FIG) plans to best gymnasts are from China The match was held as part of preparations for Round 9 of the Qatar our store in Villaggio Mall.” South Africa besides Qatar. develop the sport in all regions of and Japan. America is also not Stars League (QSL) set to resume on November 20. Since its launch in 2013, the “The coaches clinic will end on the world,” Al Hitmi said. far behind. Clearly Asia is rising The match saw the participation of some members of the first team, Doha Dash has seen a steady November 18,” Al Hitmi said at “Qatar Gymnastics Federation in world gymnastics,” he said. in addition to reserve and youth team players. year-on-year increase in partici- Best Western Plus Hotel where welcomes the FIG officials and When asked about Aspire Al Sadd regulars Nadir Belhadj and Khalfan Ibrahim Khalfan took pation. the event is being organised. we feel everybody who is attend- Academy, he said: “The Academy part in order to improve their fitness for the upcoming matches. A total of 2,546 participants Al Hitmi said the coaching ing the clinic will gain a lot at so has staged numerous events over Internationals who are away with the senior and Olympic national took part in the 2015 event, which clinic is being carried out in two many different levels,” he added. the years. The venue is one of the teams were absent. is approximately a 77 percent shifts with emphasis on theory “This clinic is a way for pre- best in the world. I expect the Four players from the first team - Xavi, Talal Al Baloushi, Muriqui increase from the inaugural event and video analysis. paring for the future,” Al Hitmi World Championships in Doha and Lee Jung Soo also missed out on the match. Mesaimeer opened in 2013. World renown coaching said in a QGF statement released as well in 2018.” the scoring in the first half when Al-Haj Mohammed scored in the Participants can visit www. experts like Chris Evans and yesterday. Abeer Al Buainain, QGF assist- 33rd minute. They added two more in the second half through Da Silva dohadash.com to find out more Rick McCharles, who has over Doha will stage the 48th Artis- ant secretary-general, said: “We (65th and 84th). Al Sadd Starting XI: Steven Tedga, Abdulrahman about the event. Registration will 40 years of experience in coach- tic Gymnastics World Champion- feel everyone gains from attend- Nasser, Gaser Yahya, Ali Faydh, Omar Yahya, Nadir Belhadj, Hamad be open on the website tomorrow ing and leadership roles in world ships in 2018, the first time that ing such coaching clinic. We are Mansour, Ayoob Mashhoor, Khalfan Ibrahim, Nasser Ibrahim, Meshaal (on November 17, 2015) and the gymnastics, are also in Doha. the global event will arrive in the pleased to host such high names al-Shammari. Hussain Behzad, Ghassan Waheed, Saoud Ibrahim and Doha Dash 2016 schedule will be Qatar players and officials are Middle East. from FIG.” Mousa Mohammed entered in the second half. announced in the coming weeks. also featuring in the clinic, it was “I take the opportunity to revealed yesterday. Certificates thank Qatar Olympic Committee THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA