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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Labour law Metro stations work in full swing may cover more sectors Plan to expand scope of law

DOHA: There are indications approved by the Advisory Council that the scope of the labour yesterday. law might be expanded to bring One pertained to allowing the within its ambit workers from Ministry of Economy and Finance sectors in which the government to set up two shareholding does not have full ownership. companies that would launch The Advisory Council yesterday Islamic bonds. approved a draft law that seeks to These would be companies with amend provisions of two article huge capital base. of the labour law (Number 14 of The other draft law seeks to 2004). govern the sale and purchase of The articles in question are locally produced petrochemical number 3 and number 37. products. The above draft law seeks to It is interesting to note that the alter clause 1 of Article 3 of the draft law that seeks to empower labour law. the Ministry of Economy and The clause says that Finance to establish two publicly- workers from of the ministries, traded companies to float Islamic Work in progress on one of the metro stations in the heart of Doha as part of the Qatar rail and metro project. Report on page 6 government authorities, bonds, known as sukuk, would corporations, companies set up by also be authorised to transfer land the government or in companies and real estate as well as movable in which Qatar Petroleum (QP) assets belonging to the state to has a stake are not covered by the the two companies. labour law. By extension, the two $5.5bn island to house World Cup fans Workers, according to clause 1 companies would be authorised of Article 3, from oil companies, to carry out sale, purchase and DOHA: Qatar unveiled plans Demand for residences and Oryx Island will cost QR20bn to launch a $4.9bn mixed-use Golf joint ventures in petrol and provide guarantees on behalf of yesterday to build a $5.5 bil- hotel rooms are expected to ($5.5 billion) to build, he said, City project in its coastal Lusail petrochemicals sectors and others the government. lion island off the coast of Doha increase in the state as projects adding that the project was only city development, which will who are regulated by special laws The liabilities on account of the with floating hotels to house for the World Cup tournament go in the conceptual phase. house 4,000 residential units and are also not to be covered by the above ownership not exceeding soccer fans expected to flock to onstream. Al Subaie said that the com- a golf course. The company has labour law. $4bn, which is the proposed the country for the World Cup Qatar, the world’s top liquefied pany had agreed to sell one mil- no plans to issue any bonds this However, the amendment to capital of the two companies in 2022. natural gas exporter, has allo- lion square metres of land to the year, he added. the draft law suggested to the together, would also be shared by Plans for Oryx Island, which cated 40 percent of its budget to 2022 Supreme Committee to build In its second year, Cityscape above clause says that workers both firms. would feature luxury villas, a 2016 to infrastructure projects. Lusail Stadium, where the clos- Qatar 2013, saw nearly 100 com- from companies owned by the The draft law seeks to vest water park and five floating hotels “We anticipate that there will ing match of the tournament will panies in the real estate and con- government would not be covered enormous powers in the Minister using cruise ships, were unveiled be a short-term demand for hotel take place. struction sectors from countries, by the labour law. of Economy and Finance. by Qatari developer Barwa Real rooms, so maybe it is not wise to A price has not been agreed including Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, Experts feel the proposed It authorises him to sign Estate, part-owned by Qatar’s offer all these hotel rooms for only upon, he added. the UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, amendment in the draft law that agreements or any other sovereign wealth fund. a short time,” Al Subaie said. Barwa, which is Qatar’s larg- Belgium, Portugal, Bahrain, the was yesterday approved by the documents on behalf of the two The hotels would be able to “Oryx Island can accommodate est listed property developer, has UK, Oman and Lebanon. Sheikh Advisory Council suggests that proposed companies and take house as many as 25,000 soccer 20,000 to 25,000 people. Cruise properties in France, Switzerland Khalifa bin Jassim bin Mohammed some sectors that are so far not measures he deems fit to make fans, Barwa’s Chief Executive ships can be docked for one week, and the UK and focuses on retail, Al Thani, Chairman of Qatar covered by the labour law might sure that the law is effectively Abdulla Al Subaie said on the two weeks. office, hospitality and residential Chamber, officially opened the be brought within its scope. implemented. sidelines of Cityscape Qatar 2013, “It can be mobilised and demo- developments. expo. AGENCIES Two other draft laws were THE PENINSULA a real estate expo in Doha. bilised for a short time,” he added. Last year it announced plans See also page 6

Fresh violence kills 70 in Iraq Schoolboy dies Bahrain bans links after hit by with Hezbollah reversing bus

DUBAI: Shia-majority “Terrorist Nasrallah has DOHA: A Bahrain yesterday banned declared war on his nation,” 12-year-old stu- opposition groups from having Sheikh Khaled wrote on his dent of the DPS contact with Lebanon’s Twitter account. Modern Indian Hezbollah, a day after the “Stopping him and rescuing School died in foreign minister of the Sunni- Lebanon from his grip is a Messaied on ruled kingdom branded national and religious duty for Sunday evening the Shia group’s head as all of us,” he said, as Hezbollah’s after he was hit “terrorist”. involvement in the Syria conflict by a bus. “Political associations are deepened. The driver prohibited from having any form Last month Bahrain decided was reversing of contact with the Hezbollah,” to list Hezbollah as a “terrorist the vehicle when Justice Minister Sheikh Khaled organisation”, following a the mishap occurred. Protesters in a Baghdad suburb yesterday. Attacks in the capital and northern Iraq killed about 70 people, the bin Ali Al Khalifa said in a recommendation by parliament Shawn Allen Abraham (pictured) latest in a wave of violence that has raised fears of a return to sectarian conflict in the country. ministerial decree. boycotted by the opposition. was in the sixth standard, the Full report on page 7 A second clause in the Nasrallah is a popular Principal of the school, Asna Nafees, decree says the Iran and Syria- figure among the Shias of the said, describing the incident as highly backed group is a “terrorist kingdom. tragic. organisation.” But the opposition in the The accident took place when Alarms at petrol stations Tributes to Villaggio victims The decision appears aimed kingdom which has been the boy was returning at around DOHA: The Civil Defence has asked all petrol and DOHA: Friends, well-wishers and family mem- at opposition groups, mostly battling for democracy, insists 7.30pm after buying something from service stations in the country to install alarm bers of the Villaggio Mall fire victims will gather Shias, who dominated anti- its political agenda is Bahraini, a provision store near his home in systems that are linked to its central operation at Aspire Park later this afternoon and observe regime protests in February and not linked to Iran, or other Messaied, some 32km south of Doha. room and is functional round-the-clock. a minute of silence in the memory of the dead on 2011 before a crackdown a Shia sides. The boy’s family comes from Adoor in The proposed link would enable firefighting and the first anniversary of the tragic inferno that month later. Despite the 2011 crackdown the southern Indian state of Kerala. rescue teams from the Civil Defence to rush to a killed 19 people, 13 of them children. Foreign Minister Sheikh on protests, Shias continue Shawn was rushed for emergency petrol station in the eventuality of any untoward One of the organiser of the remembrance event Khaled bin Ahmed Al Khalifa to demonstrate in villages, medical care but succumbed to incident such as fire or leakage. Many petrol sta- told The Peninsula yesterday that parents of some on Sunday branded Hezbollah triggering frequent clashes with injuries. tions in Doha city, in its sprawling suburbs as well children who perished in the fire in an illegal nurs- chief Hassan Nasrallah as a police. Nafees said she and some of her as other parts of the country were built years ago ery in the mall will also be present. “terrorist”, in remarks a day Eighty people have been colleagues from the school attended a but rapid urbanisation has brought some of them “We want to remind the mall administration and after Nasrallah vowed to keep killed since protests erupted, condolence meeting near the mortu- closer to residential areas, putting public safety at society in general about the tragic incident that up the fight alongside regime according to the International ary of Hamad Medical Corporation risk, sources said. It is dangerous to have petrol sta- occurred a year ago,” he said. forces in Syria to defeat the Federation for Human Rights. last evening. tions close to homes, sources said THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA rebels. AFP THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Qatar appoints stadium consultants Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee to get services of Amsterdam Arena and IMG ahead of FIFA World Cup

DOHA: The Qatar 2022 “The appointment of Business Plan relative to stadium Henk Markerink, said: “I am been selected to support the Supreme Committee (Q22) Amsterdam Arena and IMG is operations. impressed by the Qatar 2022 Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee has appointed Amsterdam crucial in delivering an outstand- Amsterdam Arena and IMG Supreme Committee’s ambitious on its ambition for an amazing Arena and IMG as the Stadium ing 2022 FIFA World Cup. We will perform technical reviews and professional approach to the World Cup. We are delighted that Operations Consultants for the are thereby placing a key focus for all competition venues at each organisation of the 2022 FIFA the perspective of stadium opera- 2022 FIFA World Cup. on an amazing fan and player individual design stage, assessing World Cup and I feel a shared tors has been integrated at such The Secretary General for the experience in all our stadiums,” operational aspects related to commitment to make the World an early stage of the development Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee, he added. the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, Cup in Qatar an amazing event process which is vital not only for Hassan Al Thawadi, expressed Stadium Operations including, catering and commer- with a great legacy to Qatar and a successful delivery of the tour- his enthusiasm following the Consultants assist on the devel- cial strategies; venue operations the world. We are very honoured nament but also a sustainable appointment of the two Stadium opment of business cases for all pre-tournament, during the tour- and pleased to be part of the Q22 legacy.” Operations Consultants. of the competition venues of the nament and post-tournament; team. By involving us in this early IMG is a global leader in “We are looking forward to 2022 FIFA World Cup includ- safety and security; pitch and stage and letting us develop the venue commercialisation, financ- working closely with these two ing, stadiums, stadium precincts building maintenance; access Programme Wide Strategies on ing and development. IMG’s extremely professional part- and training sites, in alignment zones; precinct functionality and various subjects we can optimally stadium clients include some of ners, who between them have with the Qatar 2022 Supreme operations; technology integra- contribute to the organisation of the best-known sporting stadia invaluable experience in stadium Committee’s goals and the tion; overlay elements analysis the World Cup”. in the world, including Wembley operation in some of the most Programme Wide Strategy. confirming tournament function- Vice President, from IMG’s Stadium, the Maracana in Rio De Secretary-General of Q22, Hassan significant sporting sites across The consultants will also work ality and sustainability. Stadium Group, Iain Barnett, Janeiro and Luzhniki Stadium in Al Thawadi the globe.” on developing the Program Wide CEO of Amsterdam Arena, said: “IMG is honoured to have Moscow. THE PENINSULA QSTP, iHorizons to analyse Arabic social media content

DOHA: Qatar Science and get more accurate results when as well as the projected growth Technology Park (QSTP) and analysing the opinions and sen- in social media utilisation by iHorizons have tied up to build timents on social media. companies, media and govern- an advanced system for ana- The Deputy Managing ment organisations. lysing Arabic social media Director of QSTP, Hamad Al CEO of iHorizons, Mohamad content. Kuwari, said: “QSTP supports Takriti, said that iHorizons has The research and develop- ambitious ideas that contrib- achieved a good level of develop- ment project that aims to cre- ute to developing innovative ment in the area of Arabic lan- ate technologies in analysing technologies with important guage computing technologies, Arabic social media content applications in practice. These and that this will have a direct will focus on Twitter as a plat- initiatives are consistent with impact on the research project, form for the application of these the objectives of the National specifically on the Arabic con- technologies. Research Strategy that also tent on Twitter. Several international compa- focuses on data analysis man- Takriti stressed that the com- nies are developing specialised agement technologies, social pany looks forward to the early tools for analysing the behav- computing, and Arabic language market entry of Arabic social ioural dynamics on social net- technologies.” media content analytics, and to works, however, iHorizons plans This area was selected for providing practical solutions to to focus on specific aspects of the research and development various enterprises in Qatar and the Arabic language, norms and project because of the increasing the Arab World. Officials of Qatar Science and Technology Park and iHorizons exchange the agreement. communities in the region to significance of social networks THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Indian students excel in CBSE exams MES, BPS, Shantiniketan and Doha Modern Indian School secure 100 percent pass

DOHA: Students of MES BIRLA PUBLIC SCHOOL Indian School, Birla Public School (BPS) and DPS Modern All the 77 students passed. Of Indian School scored the high- them, 33.77 percent scored above est marks in the CBSE Class 90 percent. The average score in XII examinations announced in the school is 85.02 percent. New Delhi yesterday. In the science team, Jenet Sara Four schools - MES, BPS, Jacob topped with 96.80 percent Shantiniketan Indian School marks, followed by Tina Bharani and Doha Modern Indian School (95.80 percent) and Jemimah (DMIS) secured 100 percent pass. Julie Anil (95.60 percent). The first three toppers in the MES INDIAN SCHOOL commerce stream are Shamin Syeda Razia Haider Prasad M Panicker Jenet Sara Jacob Shamin Valencia Anagha Ann Nayana Shibu Deepthi Valencia Fernandez (95.60 per- Fernandez Gopakumar All the 487 students - 224 boys cent), Falguni Anil Mahajan and 263 girls - who sat the exami- (93.60 percent) and Fathimath nation passed, with two of them Shasna C M (91.60 percent). securing A1 in all the subjects. Forty students in the science DPS-MODERN stream and 10 students in the INDIAN SCHOOL commerce stream secured over 90 percent of marks. The average Of the 138 students who aggregate mark in the school is appeared for the examination, 77.54 percent. MES bagged the 32 students secured 90 percent first position in the science stream marks or above. among all the Indian Schools in Toppers in the commerce Qatar. stream are: Anagha Ann Syeda Razia Haider topped with Gopakumar (96.4 percent), Rashad Mubarak Jayne James Nanditha Rajesh Reesha V Sharon Ann Koshy Kevin Paul Kurian an aggregate of 485 (97 percent) Maimoona Sahar (94.8 percent) Amanulla marks, closely followed by Diya and Farnaaz Khan (94 percent). Chandra with 477 (95.4 percent) The first three toppers in the marks and Vidya Venkatesh with science stream are: Nayana Shibu scored 75 percent marks and (93.6 percent) in English, Physics, Chemistry, with 93.8 percent marks. She 474 (94.8 percent) marks. Deepthi (95 percent), Anajli above. Toppers in the commerce Mathematics, and Biology. has secured A1 in all the sub- In the commerce stream, Prasad Anil Valappil (94.6 percent) and stream are Jayne James (95.6 SHANTINIKETAN jects. Kevin Paul Kurian topped M Panicker topped the school Kocherlakota Satya Priyanka percent), Samiya Anwar (94 per- INDIAN SCHOOL DOHA MODERN the commerce stream with 87.4 with 93.8 percent (469) marks. (94.4 percent). cent) and Venal Castelino (93.6 INDIAN SCHOOL percent marks. Ten students Fathima Sahla Ceereveettil came percent). All the 40 students in the first scored between 75 percent and 90 second with 93.6 percent (468) IDEAL INDIAN SCHOOL Toppers in the science stream Class X11 batch passed. Nanditha All the 16 students who percent marks and two students marks followed by Sreekumar are Rashad Mubarak Amanulla Rajesh topped with 94.6 percent appeared for the examination scored above 90 percent. Ravindrakumar who scored 93.4 Of the 211 students who took (94.8 percent), Rohit Jose (94.6 marks and got A1 grade in all the have passed. Sharon Ann Koshy THE PENINSULA percent (467) marks. the examination, 105 students percent) and Cleetus Kutty Koshy subjects. She is also the topper from the Science stream topped Patients and families gather in Doha to mark World Haemophilia Day DOHA: Haemophilia patients families on haemophilia, its Doha. Patients were also taught who spoke about the disease gene, then he/she can pass the bruising. Bleeding can occur on and their families and friends causes and how to avoid the dis- important skills for self care and and the latest research into the disease to their child. In Qatar 50 the body’s surface and the signs recently gathered in Doha to ease and its complications. were given the chance to meet condition people have the condition,” said could be nosebleeds for no obvi- mark World Haemophilia Day Hosted by Hamad Medical others living the disease “Haemophilia is an inherited Dr Ahmad Abdulaziz, a clinical ous reason, heavy bleeding from under the slogan “Let’s live Corporation, the two day event, It also hosted visiting UK disease and about one in every pharmacist at Hamad General a minor cut or bleeding from a with hope, for a pain free life”. including scientific sessions and experts — from Kings College 10,000 people is born with hae- Hospital. cut that resumes after stopping The aim of the event was also activities for patients and their Hospital and Oxford University mophilia. If one of the parents Symptoms of this disorder for a short time. to educate patients and their families, took place at the Hilton — as well as HMC haematologists was a carrier of haemophilia are excessive bleeding and easy THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Widam holds workshop on meat quality and hygiene Preserving the sword dance DOHA: Qatar Company for Meat across the board. MLA showcased & Livestock Trading, Widam Food Australia’s success story in quality- NU-Q project uses motion capture technology to research on ‘ardha’ (formerly Mawashi) recently held meat production systems explaining an industry workshop to educate how improving the dressing hygiene DOHA: Researchers at about the best practices and tech- can increase product shelf life and Northwestern University - niques in meat quality and hygiene what factors can contribute to eat- Qatar (NU-Q) through a grant in collaboration with a leading insti- ing quality. winning project is working to tute ‘Meat & Livestock Australia’ Speakers also looked at the path- capture and preserve tradi- (MLA). The event saw in attend- ways and approach for Australian tional ‘ardha’ dance through ance over 50 key players, a press lamb meat standards and the role of advanced motion sensors. statement said yesterday. governments in quality assurance. The national grant-winning The event, presented by MLA, pro- Head of Quality and Health at proposal by co-principal inves- vided an opportunity to learn more Widam Food, Dr Omer Ahmed Abdel tigators from NU-Q - Sandra about preparing and processing sheep Hameed, also highlighted the com- Richards, who serves as direc- meat to ensure optimal results. pany’s world-class quality assurance tor of the school’s liberal arts The Managing Director and CEO production systems. programme, and Muqueem of Widam Food, Ahmed Nasser Sraiya Additionally, attendees selected a Khan, Associate Professor in Al Kaabi, said: “Australia is the series of topics that directly serve Residence – will capture the world’s leading live sheep and sheep their various interests in the industry. traditional ‘ardha’ sword dance meat exporter. It is to that effect that Such topics covered farm and feed- with motion-sensing technology. we, at Widam Food, have partnered lot matters such as formulas needed The research, entitled with MLA to bring to Qatar first-class to maximise growth, optimise meat ‘Kinesthetic Learning System knowledge and know-how through quality and minimise dark cutting; for Arabic Indigenous Dances,’ this seminar with an expert panel of abattoirs processes such as practi- was awarded a $1.05m grant speakers that discussed systems and cal personal and operational hygiene last week by the Qatar National new technologies used in Australia to on the slaughter floor and low stress Research Fund (QNRF) and optimise meat quality while maintain- handling and slaughter practices that holds the potential to capture ing food hygiene and safety.” helps to improve meat quality and the spirit of a broad range of Attendees also had the opportunity tenderness; processing and chilling by indigenous culture across sev- to select topics of interest from an identifying and measuring dark cut- eral Gulf states. exhaustive list of subjects that shed ting in sheep meat and post-slaughter Led by NU-Q, the project a strong light on various processes handling. THE PENINSULA will be carried out in collabo- ration with Qatar Museums Authority, which will contrib- Associate Professor in Residence, Muqueem Khan, demonstrating the motion capture technology during ute its expertise in Gulf heritage the TED@Doha talk. and museum spaces in which the research will be conducted. According to Richards, using Everette Dennis, said: “This is dance how to perform it using Doha talk he gave on how to museum spaces as a ‘live lab’ NU-Q’s first major grant under an avatar and multiple motion use technology to keep heritage will allow researchers to see QNRF and involves an enviable sensors. alive. how people in Qatar interface collaboration with one of the “The ‘ardha’ (traditional “I am convinced that motion with advanced technology, and country’s great cultural insti- sword dance) has always inter- sensing technologies will become also provide museum-goers with tutions, the Qatar Museums ested me, and I saw a tremen- our future, and that comput- an opportunity to learn some- Authority. Professors Khan and dous opportunity to explore ers will be reacting to our body thing new. Richards are gifted research- cultural heritage through this movements rather than be con- “Coupling these ideas of her- ers who are taking up an impor- dance using emerging media; trolled in the tactile way they itage with advanced motion- tant study that will address I had already published three are now,” he explained. sensing technology sends a cultural heritage issues while research papers on a simi- “I realised right after giv- strong message to young people using the benefits of new media lar topic,” said Khan, who has ing my talk to so many young that traditional activities and technology.” worked on visual effects on films people that I have to come up going to the museum no longer Researchers will feed the such as Armageddon, Flubber, with a way to use this technol- have to be low-tech or inhibitive. measured dance movements George of the Jungle and Final ogy to preserve and document They can be ‘cool’ and enjoyable into a prototype that they hope Fantasy (The Spirits Within). these aspects of Middle Eastern too,” she said. will ultimately teach people Khan came up with the idea culture. Dean and CEO of NU-Q unfamiliar with the ‘ardha’ for his research after a TED@ THE PENINSULA Family institute hosts Mena experts DOHA: The Doha International Year of the Family in line with the 20th anniver- economic activity, accounts for International Family Institute in 2014. sary of the International Year no more than 15 percent of Arab (DIFI), previously known as The panel will undertake a of the Family (IYF). The year GDP. Doha International Institute comprehensive review of what 1994 was proclaimed the IYF The Executive Director of for Family Studies and has been achieved in the Mena by the United Nations General DIFI, Noor Al Malki Al Jehani, Development (DIIFSD), will region in terms of addressing Assembly. said: “The social integration of be hosting an expert group family poverty, ensuring work- Despite steady economic families living in poverty should meeting (EGM) to discuss family balance, advancing social progress in some countries in encompass meeting their basic policies and measures on pro- integration and promoting the Arab world in recent dec- human needs, including nutri- tecting the Arab family from intergenerational solidarity. ades, social exclusion, unem- tion, health, water and sani- poverty through employment, They will also highlight chal- ployment, income poverty and tation, housing and access to social integration and inter- lenges and success, which differ more importantly human pov- education and employment. generational solidarity. from one country to another in erty, which stems from dep- Ensuring access to decent work Fourteen high profile experts the region, explore best prac- rivation of opportunities and and opportunities is a key com- from around the region will tices, review policies and put capabilities, remain as threats ponent of social integration as convene on June 2 and June forth recommendations that will in many parts of the region. it provides a path way out of 3 in Doha in preparations for be incorporated in the 2013-2014 The Arab Development poverty and creates opportu- the 20th anniversary of the Report of the Secretary-General Challenges Report 2011 edi- nities for marginalised groups tion, produced by including the young, the eld- the United Nations erly, women and persons with Development disabilities. Programme (UNDP), “Furthermore, in this time states that the Arab of socio economic changes and region as a whole, and political turmoil, many families most Arab countries in the Arab world are struggling individually, show a to maintain the intergenera- lower level of human tional bonds that have sustained development than them in the past. Factors such desired. It notes that as youth migration, and popu- 50 percent of the lation aging in rural communi- Arab population is ties only add to the problem,” Al rural, while agricul- Jehani said. ture, their primary THE PENINSULA

Indian mission Open House on May 30

DOHA: The Indian embassy will hold its next Open House on May 30 in which issues concerning the Indian community will be discussed. The event will take place from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. The embassy has advised the prospective participants to give (in writing) precise information about issues/cases to be discussed at the meeting from 5:30pm to 6:00pm. This will be followed by interactive session with officials of the embassy from 6 pm to 6:30pm, the embassy said on Sunday. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Kids get lessons in water conservation Kahramaa hosts awareness lecture at Scientific Club

DOHA: Qatar General natural resources and their envi- has taken the campaign as a noble Electricity and Water ronmental impacts. Through the social cause. Corporation (Kahramaa) yes- interactive informative session, Tarsheed, the five year national terday held an awareness lec- students were informed about the campaign for the conservation and ture at Qatar Scientific Club highest consumption of water in efficient use of water and electric- for school students to promote Qatar, rising carbon emissions, ity, aims to increase environmental positive values of Tarsheed, the global warming, alternative energy awareness and educate the public national campaign for conserva- sources and other environmental about the importance of consum- tion and efficient use of water issues among others. Students ing resources wisely. and electricity. were explained about the negativ- Tarsheed presents a signifi- The event was organised ity of depleting water resources cant opportunity for organisa- by Kahramaa’s Conservation and they were encouraged to use tions and individuals to join the and Energy Efficiency depart- water and energy rationally. national efforts to protect the ment under its Corporate Social Speaking at the event, country’s resources and reduce Responsibility programme. Kahramaa’s Engineer Hashim water and electricity consump- Students from Al Jamiliye pre- Mohammed Al Saada said that tion. Kahramaa is appealing to paratory school and Al Radhi Tarsheed will add new dimensions take an active role in the campaign preparatory school took part in a with students’ participation and to ensure Tarsheed’s success and lecture followed by a documentary, their concerns about the campaign the realisation of Qatar’s National A Kahramaa official delivers a lecture on values of Tarsheed at the Qatar Scientific Club yesterday. film and presentation on depleting itself reflects how this community Vision 2030. THE PENINSULA

Orientalist Museum team takes part in UK forum DOHA: Qatar’s Orientalist Museum and Pembroke College-Cambridge recently concluded a two-day inter- national conference at Cambridge University. The conference brought together distinguished scholars, art historians, and museum professionals to discuss ‘Orientality: Cultural Orientalism and Mentality’. Organised by Professor Jean Michel Massing from the King’s College, Dr Firuza Melville from the Pembroke College, and Dr Olga Nefedova from Qatar’s Orientalist Museum, the conference incorporated a series of lectures, roundtable discussions and formal dinners. Dr Melville described the conference as, “a great success, especially as a starting point, which we hope will lead to further Cambridge-Doha cooperation, mutually Officials of Qatar’s Orientalist Museum and Pembroke College at the Cambridge University. beneficial in the future.” Professor Massing said the conference was “a great collaborative effort between Cambridge and the Orientalist Museum in Doha.” He praised the broad scope of work cov- ered, including “the inter- relations between East and West in history, art, bal- let, music and film within a very wide geographical scope, including an impor- tant and quite novel focus on Central Asia.” Guest speakers included Marinika Babanazarova (Savitsky Karakalpakstan Art Museum, Nukus); Dr Razia Sultanova (University of Cambridge); Dr Edhem Eldem (Bo aziçi University); Dr Harold Lacom (Independent scholar, Vienna); Robert Irwin (SOAS, University of London); Dr Elena Andreeva (Virginia Military Institute, Lexington); Tim Stanley (Victoria and Albert Museum, London). A joint initiative between the Orientalist Museum in Doha and Pembroke College Cambridge — supported The World Challenge Day Program by the Qatar Museums Authority, HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Centre The Qatar Olympic Committee has the pleasure of Islamic Studies, Faculty to invite you to participate in the World Challenge Day Program. of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and the Faculty of Architecture Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 and History of Art, Time: 17:00 to 20:00 University of Cambridge - the conference provided a Venue: Sports Hall at Al Arabi Sports Club springboard for increased international cooperation. As Dr Melville explained, “It was an excel- - The event includes various sport and entertainment activities. lent occasion, which helped us identify and consoli- - Free participation for all age categories. date our own Cambridge Orientalist team, based - Many prizes will be given away to winning teams and individuals. in the Pembroke College Shahnameh Centre and the Department of History of Art.” Dr Nefedova said she With the compliments of the Sports Affairs Department was looking forward to further collaborations, and that conferences such as this “provide a forum For inquiry for the continued inves- 4494 4573 / 4494 4543 tigation, facilitation, and promotion of the study of Cultural Orientalism, including visual art, lit- erature, music and dance”. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Al Attiyah receives credentials of Saudi envoy Al Attiyah meets Liberian envoy

The Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah with the new Saudi Ambassador with Liberian Ambassador to Qatar Ibrahim K Naye, in Doha yesterday. Talks during the meeting dealt with to Qatar Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Aifan after receiving his credentials yesterday. bilateral relations and other issues of common concern. Road infrastructure projects on fast lane Growth, progress and future of major transportation programmes up for review at Qatar Transport 2013

DOHA: Qatar is speeding up five in the concept design stage Qatar Transport 2013, which infrastructure market, outlin- projects in Qatar, with a dedi- international best practice with its road infrastructure devel- and a further 15 construction begins today at the Renaissance ing the market drivers, contract cated discussion panel on reference to Maglev and HS2. opment programme in a bid to contracts are scheduled be ten- Doha City Centre Hotel, pre- awards forecast until 2018 as project finance challenges and Qatar Transport 2013, sup- ease congestion. dered in the future. US-based senting a detailed overview of well as fundamental challenges strategic risk planning; as well ported by Bentley, Henkel, EC In the most recent of devel- KBR is the programme man- Qatar’s transportation sec- confronting the sector. as potential for public-private Harris, Grace Construction opments, the Public Works ager for Ashghal’s expressway tor including comprehensive A Rail Roundtable will also sector partnerships. Products, Hyder Consulting Authority (Ashghal) has already programme. projects forecast, projected be conducted that will showcase Delegates attending the con- and Louis Berger, is expected received bids from contractors The new roads together with cargo and passenger growth, international best practice in ference will have the unique to attract a large and influen- to build the Orbital Highway on Doha’s proposed metro system and forecast material costs. design, engineering and tech- opportunity to earn professional tial international audience, and the outskirts of Doha which is are aimed at alleviating conges- Renowned senior-level indus- nologies of Qatar’s integrated credits through the Continuous thus provide attendees unprec- part of the government’s plans tion in the capital. try speakers and private sector rail programmes. Professional Development work- edented networking opportu- to spend QR100bn on upgrading “This is just one aspect of experts will provide the latest Discussions and presentations shops to be conducted later in nities that are available with the country’s roads and drain- Qatar’s transportation pro- updates on Qatar’s core trans- on road safety and the efficient the evening in association with high profile government rep- age infrastructure over the next gramme that will see a major portation sectors, such as local delivery of local roads, drain- the Royal Institute of Chartered resentatives, project owners, five years. upgrade in the next few years. roads and drainage, express- age and strategic highways will Surveyors (RICS) general engineering consult- The Orbital Highway project It will be the subject of massive ways, rail and metro, airports, also be among the highlights of Topics that will be covered ants, contractors, financiers is just one of the 35 contracts investments that will propel ports, and tunnelling. the first half of day one of the include Cost planning and and investors, and specialist that will be awarded as part of Qatar’s transport system into The conference’s morn- conference. indices for Qatar construction service providers to the trans- Qatar’s expressway development one of the most modern and ing session will be dedicated Later in the afternoon, the projects; Navigating Qatar’s con- port industry. programme. advanced in the world,” said to examining the investment conference will focus on man- struction law and contractual For more information, visit In February, six major projects Edmund O’Sullivan, Chairman, and projected project activ- agement and funding strategies practices; and Rail development www.qatartransportconference. were in the detailed design stage, MEED Events, organisers of ity in Qatar’s transportation for major capital infrastructure in the Middle East: Integrating com. THE PENINSULA Ezdan all set to open Realtors show off projects at Cityscape QR1.5bn complex DOHA: Ezdan Holding Group is all set to open a DOHA: The launch of Cityscape large housing complex that will also boast a five- Qatar 2013 yesterday at the Doha star hotel. The cost of ‘Al Shamal Complex’ project Exhibition Centre witnessed is QR1.5bn and it will be located along Al Shamal the unveiling of groundbreaking highway. projects by leading real estate com- “The complex is expected to open during the fourth panies in the country. quarter (Q4) of this year. However, the hotel will be Barwa Real Estate Group launched inaugurated by the first quarter (Q1) of next year,” three new flagship projects namely said Mohammad Al Ubaydali, Chief Executive Officer Oryx Island, Gulf Resort and Dara. (CEO) of Ezdan Group. While Oryx Island is an integrated He was speaking at a press conference yesterday at pedestrian exclusive development the stall of Ezdan Group at the Cityscape-2013, a real which features luxury villas, an aqua estate exhibition held at Doha Exhibition Center. park, and five floating hotels; the Gulf Al Shamal complex will include 183 luxury villas, Resort is a 250 hectare site which fea- 170 apartments and a five star hotel with 220 rooms, tures a natural harbour, three hotels Al Ubaydali added. and a shopping mall. It is the first housing complex of this type in Qatar Dara, on the other hand, is a that will have a five star hotel with a many other facili- 176,000sqm residential development ties like swimming pools, commercial centres, nurseries located in Lusail. and eateries, among others. Ezdan Holding group announced Regarding the demand and supply of the housing their new projects including the VIP units, Al Ubaydali said: “It is expected that the demand Village, the Smart villages, Al Shamal for housing units to be more than its supplies by mid Complex and Al Rayyan Towers. Set 2014. to open in 2015, the Mall of Qatar “Our company is ready to meet the growing demand (MOQ), unveiled their interactive The Chairman of Qatar Chamber, Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani cuts the ribbon to inaugurate the of housing units. We had planned to open more than model and the video fly through for Cityscape Exhibition 2013 at Doha Exhibition Centre yesterday. BELOW: Qatar Chamber chief views a model at the exhibition. 10 residential villages with the capacity of thousands the very first time in the presence of PICTURES BY SHAIVAL DALAL of housing units this year. So far, six villages have been media representatives and the gen- opened and the remaining ones will be opened by the eral public. year-end,” said Al Ubaydali. In its second year, Cityscape saw said. He lauded the Qatar real estate The profits from rent of Ezdan Group from its nearly a 100 companies involved in summit as the first of its kind which premises soared 71 percent in the first quarter (Q1) real estate and construction sec- brings together the pillars of real of this year compared to Q1 of 2012. The profits have tors, coming from various countries estate sector and investors. increased from QR92.6m in Q1 of 2012 to QR167.9m in including Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, Taking place alongside the Q1 this year. UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Cityscape exhibition, the summit Since several residential villages have been opened Portugal, Bahrain, UK, Oman and focuses on the theme “Rising to the like village No. 9 at Al Wakra that provides more than Lebanon. Challenge: Transparency, Investment 700 housing units, it is expected that the profits of the Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin Models and Strategic Partnerships” company will grow in the next quarter of this year. Mohammed Al Thani, Chairman of with presentations from some of the “The occupancy rate of Ezdan housing is 90 percent. Qatar Chamber, officially launched foremost minds in real estate. More than 30,000 people are residing in our complexes the expo. In his speech at the opening Apart from the exhibition and the and soon this figure will reach 40,000, said Nasser Al ceremony Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim summit, the event also provides other Abdullah, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Ezdan stressed on the importance of the platforms such as a number of round- Group. real estate sector in realising Qatar tables, a master class and an awards “Our company provides a lot of services to its resi- National Vision 2030. ceremony which provides participants dents in a bid to attract more customers. These services “This exhibition and real estate to meet, network and do business, include health, travel and tourism, training, shopping summit comes at a time when Qatar said Nicky Mason, Chief Operating and marketing,” he added. is witnessing huge construction devel- Officer of Informa Exhibitions, organ- Regarding Al Rayan Tower whose models is displayed opment. The real estate sector plays a isers of the expo. at the exhibition, Al Abdullah said: “The project costs significant role in any country’s eco- “Cityscape Qatar has reaffirmed QR1.1bn and comprise eight towers with the capacity of nomic development and this sector itself as a premier real estate event in 914 apartments in an area of 145,000sqm. The tower will is an indicator that shows investors’ those interested to know the avail- the country is preparing to host the the country and has now established be inaugurated in three phases. Phase-I includes three trust in the Qatari economy,” he said. able opportunities for investment in World Cup 2022 and its needs for itself regionally in the real estate and towers and it had been opened already. Phase-II that He said the event is aimed at show- this sector including infrastructure infrastructure projects which are investment community,” she said, will include two towers will open next month. Phase-III ing the development that has taken projects that would take place in the going to be implemented according adding Qatar is now a regional and is expected to open by the third quarter of this year place and achieved in the real estate near future. to Qatar National Vision 2030 which international powerhouse in a variety and it will include three towers. THE PENINSULA sector and enabling investors and “All these come at a time when aims to diversify the economy,” he of industries. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

Gunmen kidnap Saudi king turns South African couple in Yemen national guard SANA’A: Gunmen kidnapped a South African couple from the central Yemeni city of Taiz yesterday over a land dispute between a local chief and the into ministry authorities, security officials said. The pair of tourists were seized while they were outside a Abdullah’s son to head new ministry hotel in the eastern part of the city, said one security official RIYADH: The Custodian of the guard for the inner circles of who requested anonymity. the Two Holy Mosques King a family where major decisions The kidnappers came from the Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi are based on a consensus of views area of Janadiyah, some 35km Arabia named his son to head among senior princes. east of Taiz, said another official. a new National Guard ministry Unlike in European monar- They belonged to a local chief yesterday, strengthening the chies, the Saudi succession does who has had a long-running dis- force’s role in the kingdom as not move from father to eldest pute with the authorities over a the ruling family grapples with son, but has instead passed down plot of land, he said, adding the the transfer of power towards a a line of brothers born to the king- tourists could be used for bargain- younger generation. dom’s founder, King Abdulaziz, ing. Several other security sources The elevation of Prince Miteb, that include both King Abdullah confirmed the abducted couple which state media said came in a and Crown Prince Salman. were South Africans. Although royal decree, has few strategic or However, that line is nearly kidnappings of foreigners in Yemen military implications but bolsters exhausted and the ruling Al are frequent, Taiz — one of the his credentials within the ruling Saud must soon work out which country’s biggest cities — has not family. “With this ministry, Miteb of King Abdulaziz’s grandsons is Residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad’s Sadr City, yesterday. been the scene of hostage-taking. will have a stronger role to play. best placed to one day become the It gives the national guard more monarch. authority, better structure and a Miteb’s promotion also aug- 13 on trial for child larger institutional budget,” said ments the special status of the Over 70 killed in wave Abdulaziz Al Sager, head of the national guard, commanded by trafficking in Algeria Gulf Research Centre in Jeddah. King Abdullah from 1962-2010, The new ministry will be as separate from the kingdom’s ALGIERS: Thirteen peo- formed from the existing conventional armed forces, run by of Baghdad bombings ple, including dual nationality Presidency of the Saudi Arabian Defence Minister Crown Prince French-Algerians, went on trial National Guard, based in Riyadh. Salman. in Algiers yesterday accused Beside its military duties, the Originally based on the BAGHDAD: More than 70 left pretending to bring traffic have died. Thousands of Sunnis of kidnapping Algerian chil- guard runs large social welfare tribal fighters who helped King people were killed in a wave of police. Another car rushed to take began staging street protests last dren and selling them for adop- and health programmes for fami- Abdulaziz Ibn Saud create the bombings in markets in Shia him away and right after his car December against Shia Prime tion in France. The case first lies of guardsmen. modern Saudi state in the early neighbourhoods across Baghdad exploded among people who had Minister Nouri Al Maliki, whom emerged in 2009 and the pros- Saudi Arabia has appointed 20th century, the national guard yesterday in worsening sectar- gathered to see what was hap- they accuse of marginalising their ecution alleges the defendants leading younger members of the later helped guard against pos- ian violence in Iraq. pening,” said bystander Hassan sect since the fall of Saddam kidnapped an unknown number ruling family to senior posts over sible coups d’etat by the regular No group claimed responsibilty Kadhim. “People were shouting Hussein after the 2003 invasion. of children and transported the past 18 months, including army. for the blasts. But Sunni Muslim for help and blood covered their The latest surge in violence them to the French city of the interior ministry and gover- Although such coups are no insurgents and Al Qaeda’s Iraqi faces.” began in April after a raid by the Saint-Etienne, where they were norships of Riyadh and Eastern longer seen as a risk the force wing have increased attacks since Tensions between the Shia Iraqi army on a Sunni Muslim adopted for a fee. Province, two of the most impor- has retained an important role in the beginning of the year and leadership and the Sunni Muslim protest camp in the town of Seven of the accused appeared tant districts. both the Saudi military and as a often target Shia districts. minority are at their worst since Hawija led to clashes with the in court for the start of the King Abdullah turns 90 this link to the country’s main tribes. More than a dozen blasts tore US troops left in December security forces and more attacks. trial, which has been repeatedly year, Crown Prince Salman will According to a 2011 IHS into markets and shopping areas 2011, and the conflict in Syria is Bombings on Shia and Sunni delayed, but none of the French be 77. The next generation of Jane’s Sentinel Country Risk in districts across the Iraqi capi- straining Iraq’s fragile communal mosques, security forces and suspects of Algerian origin living Saudi leaders, including Prince Assessments estimate, the tal, including twin bombs just balance. Sunni tribal leaders over a in Saint-Etienne were present. Miteb, are mostly in their 50s national guard has 100,000 per- several hundred meters apart More than 700 people were month-long surge in violence are “There was no appropriation and 60s. sonnel, compared to 75,000 for that killed at least 13 people in killed in attacks in April, accord- heightening worries Iraq risks of children,” said Allel Boutouili, In a country where top posts the regular army, 34,000 for the the capital’s Sadr City area, police ing to a UN count, the highest returning to the level of sectar- the lawyer of the main suspect, Dr are often held for decades, the air force and 15,500 for the navy. and hospital officials said. monthly toll in almost five years. ian violence that killed thousands Khelifa Hanouti, who has been in moves represent a changing of REUTERS “A driver hit another car and So far in May more than 300 in 2006-2007. REUTERS jail since March 2009. AFP TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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YANMAR government has found a unique but draconian solution to the Rohingya problem. In a move which has been widely criticized by human Globalisation isn’t just about Mrights groups, Muslims in Rakhine have been ordered not to have more than two children. Officials believe that the two child limit would help ease tensions between Buddhists and their Muslim Rohingya neighbours because profits, it’s about taxes too rapid population growth among Muslims has been cited as one of the reasons for the Buddhist hatred towards Muslims. BY JOSEPH STIGLITZ was at least modest enough to note that brought about, fall year after year, to The controversial rule was imposed by the previous junta and he stood on the shoulders of giants, the point where a fulltime male worker has been reaffirmed by local authorities in the wake of deadly HE world looked on agog as Tim these titans of industry have no com- in the US has an income lower than communal unrest witnessed in the recent past. The measure Cook, the head of Apple, said his punction about being free riders, taking four decades ago. Our multinationals was enacted a week ago after a government-appointed Tcompany had paid all the taxes generously from the benefits afforded by have learned how to exploit globalisa- commission investigating the violence issued proposals to ease owed – seeming to say that it paid all our system, but not willing to contribute tion in every sense of the term – includ- tensions, which included family planning programmes to stem the taxes it should have paid. There is, of commensurately. Without public sup- ing exploiting the tax loopholes that course, a big difference between the two. port, the wellspring from which future allow them to evade their global social population growth among Muslims. It’s no surprise that a company with innovation and growth will come will responsibilities. Myanmar has been facing intense pressure over anti- the resources and ingenuity of Apple dry up – not to say what will happen to The US could not have a functioning Muslim violence in the country, with Rohingya Muslims would do what it could to avoid paying our increasingly divided society. corporate income tax system if we had systematically targeted and hounded out. The junta even as much tax as it could within the law. It is not even true that higher corpo- elected to have a transfer price system considers Rohingyas to be illegal immigrants from Bangladesh While the supreme court, in its Citizens rate tax rates would necessarily signifi- (where firms “make up” the prices of United case seems to have said that cor- cantly decrease investment. As Apple goods and services that one part buys and denies them citizenship. At the same time, Bangladesh porations are people, with all the rights has shown, it can finance anything it from another, allowing profits to be says the Rohingya have been living in Myanmar for centuries attendant thereto, this legal fiction wants to with debt – including paying booked to one state or another). As it and should be recognised as citizens. didn’t endow corporations with a sense dividends, another ploy to avoid paying is, Apple is evidently able to move prof- Myanmar’s action has no comparison because no of moral responsibility; and they have their fair share of taxes. But interest its around to avoid Californian state government representing civilized the Plastic Man capacity to be every- payments are tax deductible – which taxes. The US has developed a formulaic people would resort to such where and nowhere at the same time – means that to the extent that investment system, where global profits are allo- The two-child to be everywhere is debt-financed, the cost of capital and cated on the basis of employment, sales a measure. By imposing the when it comes to returns are both changed commensu- and capital goods. But there is plenty norm imposed discriminatory rule on a community selling their prod- rately, with no adverse effect on invest- of room to further fine-tune the system on Myanmar which is already marginalised and ucts, and nowhere ment. And with the low rate of taxation in response to the easier ability to shift persecuted, the government has when it comes to on capital gains, returns on equity are profits around when a major source of Muslims is an act sided with the perpetrators of Big corporates reporting the prof- treated even more favorably. Still more the real “value-added” is intellectual violence. Muslims account for just are gaming one its derived from benefits accrue from other details of the property. of gross human those sales. tax code, such as accelerated deprecia- Some have suggested that while the rights violation. about four percent of Myanmar’s nation’s taxpayers Apple, like tion and the tax treatment of research sources of production (value added) are roughly 60 million people and against another’s: Google, has ben- and development expenditures. difficult to identify, the destination is expecting them to reproduce efited enormously It is time the international com- less so (though with reshipping, this themselves in a way to overtake the we need a global from what the US munity faced the reality: we have an may not be so clear); they suggest a majority is nothing but delusional and intense paranoia. deal to make them and other west- unmanageable, unfair, distortionary destination-based system. But such a ern governments global tax regime. It is a tax system system would not necessarily be fair – Interestingly, among the critics of the government action pay their way. provide: highly that is pivotal in creating the increasing providing no revenues to the countries is Nobel peace laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu educated workers inequality that marks most advanced that have borne the costs of production. Kyi. Suu Kyi, who has been accused by the international trained in univer- countries today – with America stand- But a destination system would clearly community of failing to speak up for the marginalised sities that are supported both directly ing out in the forefront and the UK be better than the current one. Rohingyas, said she opposed the controversial rule. “It is not by government and indirectly (through not far behind. It is the starving of the Even if the US were not rewarded for good to have such discrimination. And it is not in line with generous charitable deductions). The public sector which has been pivotal in its global publicly supported scientific basic research on which their products America no longer being the land of contributions and the intellectual prop- human rights either,” the veteran democracy activist told rest was paid for by taxpayer-supported opportunity – with a child’s life pros- erty built on them, at least the coun- reporters in Yangon. developments – the internet, without pects more dependent on the income try would be rewarded for its unbridled After years in wilderness, Myanmar is seeking which they couldn’t exist. Their pros- and education of its parents than in consumerism, which provides incentives rehabilitation with its decision to embrace democracy. Western perity depends in part on our legal sys- other advanced countries. for such innovation. It would be good if nations, including America, are courting the former pariah tem – including strong enforcement Globalisation has made us increas- there could be an international agree- state for a share of business which the country will generate. of intellectual property rights; they ingly interdependent. These inter- ment on the taxation of corporate prof- asked (and got) government to force national corporations are the big its. In the absence of such an agreement, But sectarian violence has become a major obstacle to both countries around the world to adopt beneficiaries of globalisation – it is not, any country that threatened to impose Myanmar and its new suitors. The rulers in Yangon are our standards, in some cases, at great for instance, the average American fair corporate taxes would be punished constantly being reminded that their rehabilitation will be costs to the lives and development of worker and those in many other coun- – production (and jobs) would be taken delayed if sectarianism in the country is not checked. It seems those in emerging markets and develop- tries, who, partly under the pressure elsewhere. In some cases, countries can the government too is keen to fight the problem but so deep- ing countries. Yes, they brought genius from globalisation, has seen his income call their bluff. Others may feel the risk and organisational skills, for which they fully adjusted for inflation, including the is too high. But what cannot be escaped rooted is the hatred of Buddhists towards Muslims that the justly receive kudos. But while Newton lowering of prices that globalisation has are customers. THE GUARDIAN government has been forced to succumb to pressure• The other side Quote of Pushing forward reforms the day HE reform priorities outlined functions, reducing its approval power the financial sector aimed at establish- been formed throughout society that by the National Development and innovation of public services, is ing a market-oriented interest rates reforms in key areas should be deep- and Reform Commission, top of the agenda. There have been mechanism and the convertibility of ened to help release more institutional TChina’s top economic loud calls that the government should the country’s capital account. At the dividends as a new force for further planner, are meant to streamline its reduce its intervention in economic same time, it also pledges reform of economic growth. economic structure and bureaucracy activities and give the market a big- the hukou, or household registration Further reforms will inevitably A humanitarian, as a way of promoting its economic ger role to inject more vigor into the system, the expansion of the personal meet fierce opposition and obstruc- transformation and steady growth. economy, especially at a time when property tax being piloted in Shanghai tion from established interests. But political and social That the commission on Friday China’s economy is on an irreversible and Chongqing to other regions, as reforms move the country forward, made public 22 major tasks in seven trajectory of deceleration. well as a push for a gradual integra- while a lack of reforms means moving disaster is already key fields in a guideline to deepen The State Council, China’s Cabinet, tion of the urban-rural basic health- backward. upon us, and what economic reform demonstrates the has abrogated or delegated to lower care system. The commission’s all-inclusive authorities’ greater courage and con- levels of government 133 administra- China’s economy is shifting onto guideline offers an alluring prospect looms is truly a fidence in putting themselves under tive approval items since it took office a slower track with the subsiding of of pushing forward the reforms and public oversight. in March. its demographic dividend and invest- we hope they will be effectively imple- nightmare in Syria. Deepening administrative reform, Friday’s wide-ranging guideline also ment and export-driven dividends. mented within the given time frame. Navi Pillay including restructuring government lists resource-tax reform and reform in And an extensive consensus has China Daily UN Human Rights Chief TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Woolwich: Use reason to beat terrorists

this strategy. For one thing, if you deny To deny the your enemy any shred of rationality, you come perilously close to excusing him. attackers any shred To be bereft of reason, like a baby or a squirrel, is to be morally innocent. This is why barristers do not usu- of rationality is to ally accuse those they are prosecuting of being dangerous lunatics. For another come perilously thing, you can kiss goodbye to any hope of victory over your foes. If they do things for no reason at all, it is hard to see how close to excusing you can defeat them. After the Boston bombing a few weeks them. ago, a CNN anchorman asked a so-called expert whether there was anything in BY TERRY EAGLETON the background of the alleged bombers that might help to explain their actions. hy did the Woolwich killing Unsurprisingly, the expert didn’t reply: happen? Less than a week “Yes, there is, actually, it’s called western on, the debate has swiftly foreign policy.” Wmoved on to the issue of Instead, he jawed on about the pos- “preventative measures”, with Theresa sibility of early childhood trauma. If May proposing new Internet controls and political motives are inadmissible then the banning of groups preaching hate. psychological ones will have to do instead. Yet anyone who dares to use the words Maybe these two young Chechnyans were “western foreign policy” in this context dropped on their heads as infants, or is bound to be speedily shut up by the rudely yanked from the breast. likes of Paxman and company. This isn’t It is not true, as 19th-century liberals because they have never heard of drones such as George Eliot and John Stuart Mill and Guantanamo. tended to believe, that to understand all is They are surely aware of the count- Police officers at the site of Drummer Rigby's murder. to forgive all. On the contrary, to place an less thousands of innocent civilians action in its context may be to deepen the dispatched to their graves by western guilt of its perpetrators. operations in the Arab world, for whom the origins of fascism are secret Nazi perfectly rational project on the part however malign, is to invest them with a Appeals to context are not always ways there are no floral tributes piled on the sympathisers, or that to lay bare the of the banks. It sprang from a drive to dignity one feels the need to deny them. of letting people off the hook, a fact of London pavements. It is rather because causes of the Gulag is to exonerate its increase their profits, a motive about British intelligence, one assumes, was well which those who ritually protest that their they imagine, in their muddled way, that architects? which there is nothing in the least insane aware some years ago that the IRA had racist or sexist words were taken out of to explain an event is to excuse it. The problem for these commentators is or impenetrable. rational grounds for its actions, however context seem unaware. Invoking the injus- Those who point to the dead of Iraq that if an event can be explained, it must On this logic, the best way not to sound reprehensible it may have judged them. tice and humiliation inflicted by the west and Afghanistan are surely doing so as be rationally motivated, and that sounds as though you are in favour of murdering They weren’t just killing out of boredom on the Muslim world will not do as grounds a devious way of justifying the slaughter uncomfortably close to endorsing it. To soldiers on the streets of London is to or bloodlust. The popular press, however, for murder. of a young soldier outside his barracks. call an action rational, however, is by no see such events as utterly without rhyme preferred to present guerrillas as gorillas But neither will invoking the necessi- Do they also think this about the means to justify it. or reason, like some baffling Dadaist — as psychopaths and wild beasts whose ties of the so-called war on terror do as a crimes of Hitler or Stalin? Are they really Bringing western economies to their happening. actions were simply unintelligible. justification for massacring the innocent. suggesting that historians who delve into knees a few years ago was part of a To concede that they have a motive, There are at least two problems with THE GUARDIAN We’ve moved on from Iraq war, Afghan security but Iraqis don’t have a choice forces without Like characters from any safe haven The Great Gatsby, BY JON BOONE to Kabul. Despite intense media interest, journalists have been hen I met unable to find a single named Britain and the US Rahmatullah two example of an Isaf interpreter years ago he was who has been killed or harmed by have arrogantly turned Wlaid up in bed in the Taliban while at home, away Kabul’s towering national mili- from the battlefield because of his tary hospital. Gruesome rods job. their backs and left a protruded from the smashed At any rate, the government’s leg of the 21-year-old sol- new policy does not address the country in ruins. dier who had been serving in issue of possible retribution by Helmand at the time with the militants who have declared BY JOHN PILGER 215 “Maiwand” Corps. His bone anyone who has “collaborated” had been broken by a Taliban with foreign forces to be fair he dust in Iraq rolls down the bullet fired not on the battle- game. Instead, it appears to long roads that are the desert’s field, but inside his own home be a reward of people who did fingers. It gets in your eyes and while he was on leave in Paktia, a a dangerous job: it will only be nose and throat; it swirls in mar- province on the Pakistani border available to interpreters who kets and school playgrounds, con- where the Taliban is particularly joined after December 2012 and Tsuming children kicking a ball; and it carries, active. He became embroiled in served for at least a year on the according to Dr Jawad Al Ali, “the seeds of a shootout in his own bedroom frontline. And while these men our death”. An internationally respected can- where he had been asleep when were paid by the British, they cer specialist at the Sadr teaching hospital in local insurgents sneaked into were working towards exactly Basra, Dr Ali told me that in 1999, and today Military doctors and troops carry a wounded soldier to a UH-60 medivac helicopter at a military base his house, apparently intent on the same goal as Rahmatullah: his warning is irrefutable. in Baghdad. kidnap. Attempting to bring security to “Before the Gulf war,” he said, “we had two This is exactly the sort of sce- their own country. or three cancer patients a month. Now we analgesics are consistently blocked by United cleaver in Woolwich. Bush has retreated back nario that has driven fears about It is a fact that the young men have 30 to 35 dying every month. Our studies States and British advisers [to the Iraq sanc- into his Mickey Mouse “presidential library the future of Afghan interpret- who lived and worked alongside indicate that 40 to 48 percent of the popula- tions committee].” He told me, “We were and museum” and Tony Blair into his jackdaw ers who have worked with the foreign troops are among those tion in this area will get cancer: In five years’ specifically told [by the WHO] not to talk travels and his money. British military. This week media Afghans who have done most time to begin with, then long after. That’s about the whole Iraq business. The WHO is Their “mess” is a crime of epic proportions, pressure over the risk of Taliban well out of the 9/11 decade. Paid almost half the population. Most of my own not an organisation that likes to get involved wrote Von Sponeck, referring to the Iraqi min- reprisals finally succeeded in about $700 a month, they are family have it, and we have no history of the in politics.” istry of social affairs’ estimate of 4.5 million chil- forcing a government U-turn on among the very highest earn- disease. It is like Chernobyl here; the genetic Recently, Hans von Sponeck, former assist- dren who have lost one or both parents. “This the issue, meaning 600 former ers in a country where gross effects are new to us; the mushrooms grow ant secretary general of the UN and senior means a horrific 14 percent of Iraq’s popula- translators will soon be entitled national income per head is just huge; even the grapes in my garden have UN humanitarian official in Iraq, wrote to me: tion are orphans,” he wrote. “An estimated one to move to Britain with their $40 a month. mutated and can’t be eaten.” “The US government sought to prevent WHO million families are headed by women, most families. They are also resourceful and Along the corridor, Dr Ginan Ghalib from surveying areas in southern Iraq where of them widows”. Domestic violence and child But no such escape route is on relatively highly educated. David Hassen, a paediatrician, kept a photo album depleted uranium had been used and caused abuse are rightly urgent issues in Britain; in Iraq offer to the 325,000 members of Cameron and Hamid Karzai had a of the children she was trying to save. Many serious health and environmental dangers.” A the catastrophe ignited by Britain has brought Afghanistan’s combined security point when they said Afghanistan had neuroblastoma. “Before the war, we saw WHO report, the result of a landmark study violence and abuse into millions of homes. forces, who are at vastly more can ill-afford to lose such skilled only one case of this unusual tumour in two conducted with the Iraqi ministry of health, has In her book Dispatches from the Dark risk. Most of Britain’s interpret- young people. I don’t know where years,” she said. been “delayed”. Covering 10,800 households, it Side, Gareth Peirce, Britain’s greatest human ers don’t live in places like aktia. Rahmatullah is now, but I would “Now we have many cases, mostly with no contains “damning evidence”, says a ministry rights lawyer, applies the rule of law to Blair, The Ministry of Defence says love to ask him if he would leave family history. I have studied what happened official and, according to one of its research- his propagandist Alastair Campbell and the majority are recruited in the country given the chance. I in Hiroshima. The sudden increase of such ers, remains “top secret”. The report says birth his colluding cabinet. For Blair, she wrote, Kabul. Many of the contractors don’t think he would. As with the congenital malformations is the same.” defects have risen to a “crisis” right across Iraqi “human beings presumed to hold [Islamist] who hire translators for the US many other horrendously injured Among the doctors I interviewed, there was society where depleted uranium and other toxic views, were to be disabled by any means pos- military also have a policy of only soldiers and policemen I met that little doubt that depleted uranium shells used heavy metals were used by the US and Britain. sible, and permanently… in Blair’s language hiring in Kabul. day in the hospital, he was strik- by the Americans and British in the Gulf war Fourteen years after he sounded the alarm, Dr a ‘virus’ to be ‘eliminated’ and requiring ‘a Although the capital is affected ingly patriotic. were the cause. Ali reports “phenomenal” multiple cancers in myriad of interventions [sic] deep into the by sporadic terrorist attacks, the Some of the men had con- A US military physicist assigned to clean entire families. affairs of other nations.’ The very concept Taliban have almost no influence cerns about the extra burdens up the Gulf war battlefield across the bor- Iraq is no longer news. Last week, the kill- of war was mutated to ‘our values versus in the city where 20 percent of that would come on them with der in Kuwait said, “Each round fired by an ing of 57 Iraqis in one day was a non-event theirs’.” And yet, says Peirce, “the threads of Afghans are thought to live. the end of the Nato combat mis- A-10 Warhog attack aircraft carried over compared with the murder of a British sol- emails, internal government communiques, There is no “shadow govern- sion in 2014, but they strongly 4,500 grams of solid uranium. Well over 300 dier in London. Yet the two atrocities are con- reveal no dissent”. For foreign secretary Jack ment” or the famous parallel jus- believed Afghans should take tons of DU was used. It was a form of nuclear nected. Their emblem might be a lavish new Straw, sending innocent British citizens to tice system run by rebel mullahs responsibility for defending their warfare.” movie of F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Guantanamo was “the best way to meet our in godforsaken parts of the rural, own country. Several patients Although the link with cancer is always dif- Two of the main characters, as Fitzgerald counter-terrorism objective”. Pashtun, south. said all young men should be ficult to prove absolutely, the Iraqi doctors wrote, “smashed up things and creatures and These crimes, their iniquity on a par with In most cases it would be a obliged to spend a few years in argue that “the epidemic speaks for itself”. retreated back into their money or their vast Woolwich, await prosecution. But who will truly impressive act of initiative the army. Rahmatullah had only The British oncologist Karol Sikora, Chief carelessness… and let other people clean up demand it? In the kabuki theatre of Westminster for insurgents in the mud villages contempt for the Taliban, not of the World Health Organisation’s can- the mess”. politics, the faraway violence of “our values” is of Helmand to correctly identify fear. “I’m proud of myself and I’m cer programme in the 1990s, wrote in the The “mess” left by George Bush and Tony of no interest. Do the rest of us also turn our one of the anonymous Afghans proud I served my country,” he British Medical Journal: “Requested radio- Blair in Iraq is a sectarian war, the bombs backs? trailing around with British sol- said to me at the time. “I would therapy equipment, chemotherapy drugs and of 7/7 and now a man waving a bloody meat THE GUARDIAN diers and then track them back do it again.” THE GUARDIAN TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Kuwait opposition Syria: Reports of more chemical attacks to boycott polls under amended law

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s Le Monde reporters say they witnessed chemical attacks in April opposition will boycott any future poll under a controver- BEIRUT: Heavy fighting raged France’s Le Monde newspaper sial electoral law amended last around the strategic Syrian published first-hand accounts year, even if the constitutional border town of Qusair and the yesterday of apparent chemical court upholds the amendment capital Damascus yesterday attacks by Assad’s forces in April. next month, a former MP said and further reports surfaced The newspaper said one of yesterday. of chemical weapons attacks its photographers had suffered The highly anticipated ver- by President Bashar Al Assad’s blurred vision and respiratory dict is due to be handed down on forces on rebel areas. difficulties for four days after an June 16. Opposition former MPs The Syrian military pounded attack on April 13 on the Jobar “decided to boycott the next elec- eastern suburbs of Damascus front, in central Damascus. tion if the constitutional court with air strikes and artillery and Another video from Harasta confirms” the amendment, Faisal loud explosions echoed around al- overnight showed at least two Al Muslim said after a lengthy Nabak, 80km north of the capital, fighters being put into a van, their meeting. Kuwait’s 50-seat par- where fighting has cut the high- eyes watering and struggling to liament is entirely made up of way running north to the central breathe while medics put tubes government loyalists, with not a city of Homs, the pro-opposition into their throats. It was not pos- single opposition lawmaker after Syrian Observatory for Human sible to verify the videos independ- the opposition boycotted a general Rights group said. ently, given the difficulties of media election last December. Government offensives in access in Syria. A doctor inter- Under the amended law, recent weeks are widely seen as viewed in another video said the ordered by Emir Sheikh Sabah Al a campaign to strengthen Assad’s alleged chemical attack in Harasta Ahmad Al Sabah in October, each negotiating position before a pro- was revenge for a rebel raid on voter chooses a single candidate posed international peace con- nearby military checkpoints. He compared with a maximum of ference sponsored by the United complained of a severe shortage in four under the previous law issued States and Russia. staff and medical supplies to treat in 2006 after popular protests. Opposition activists said Syrian “dozens of wounded”. Muslim said yesterday’s meet- troops backed by Lebanese Syria, which is not a member of ing was attended by 24 former Hezbollah fighters were pressing Forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Al Assad carry their weapons as they move during an operation to push the anti-chemical weapons conven- MPs and the boycott decision a sustained assault on Qusair, a rebels from the road between Dahra Abd Rabbo village and Castello in Aleppo, yesterday. tion, is believed to have one of the has authorisation from at least six town long used by insurgents as world’s last remaining stockpiles others, as well as being backed by a way station for arms and other the Shia movement’s stronghold just south of the capital. UN intensified the violence, especially of undeclared chemical arms. Iran many opposition groups. supplies from Lebanon. in south Beirut on Sunday and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon around Qusair and Damascus. will host tomorrow an interna- The electoral law divides the For Assad, Qusair is a cru- one was fired from south Lebanon voiced “deep concern” overnight In Harasta, an eastern tional forum to help find a “political oil-rich Gulf emirate into five cial link between Damascus towards Israel. The rockets struck at Hezbollah’s admitted combat Damascus suburb largely under solution” for the conflict in ally Syria, electoral districts, with 10 MPs and loyalist strongholds on the hours after Hezbollah leader role and the risk that the Syrian rebel control, dozens of people the foreign ministry said, as France, elected from each district to the Mediterranean coast. Recapturing Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah prom- conflict will spill into Lebanon were suffering the effects of an the United States and Russia push 50-seat parliament. the town, in central Homs prov- ised that his anti-Israel guerrillas, and other neighbouring states. apparent overnight chemical for their own peace conference. As a result of the amendment, ince, could also sever connections fighting alongside Assad’s forces, Ban urged all concerned attack, according to opposition “More than 40 countries and a rep- almost all opposition groups between rebel-held areas in the would win whatever the cost. “immediately to cease support- sources. Video showed victims resentative of former UN Secretary and former MPs boycotted the north and south of Syria. A Lebanese security source said ing the violence inside Syria and lying on the floor of a large room, General Kofi Annan are expected December poll on the grounds Hezbollah’s deepening involve- another 107mm rocket, which instead to use their influence breathing from oxygen masks. to attend,” deputy foreign minister, that the amendment allows the ment in Qusair has raised fears of did not go off, had been aimed to promote a political solution The sides in the conflict, now in Hossein Amir Abdollahian, told Al government to manipulate elec- renewed civil war in neighbouring at Beirut airport. The launch to Syria’s tragedy”. The diplo- its third year, have accused each Alam Arabic-language television. tion results to create a rubber- Lebanon, where two rockets hit sites were near Aitat, in the hills macy so far appears only to have other of using chemical weapons. REUTERS/AFP stamp parliament. The opposition former MPs decided “that without reinstat- ing the 2006 electoral law, they will not participate in any polls,” Al Shamali is Kuwait’s Muslim said. The constitutional court, whose acting oil minister Turkey’s EU entry talks to resume in June rulings are final, is due to rule next month on 23 challenges to KUWAIT: Major oil producer BRUSSELS: Turkey is likely to last year, and Paris has agreed forward,” Eamon Gilmore told and Germany, have been reluc- the amended electoral law and the Kuwait appointed Mustapha take a long-awaited step on its to drop its opposition to dis- a news conference in Brussels. tant because of Turkey’s rela- December election process. Al Shamali as acting oil minis- path towards European Union cussing Ankara’s preparations Ireland holds the rotating presi- tive size and potential influence ter yesterday, state news agency entry next month, EU officials in some policy areas. Ireland’s dency of the EU until July and in the bloc. German Chancellor Kuna said, after Hani Hussein said yesterday, after France foreign minister said EU govern- oversees many policy debates in Angela Merkel said in February Appeals court orders stepped down under pressure eased its opposition to Ankara’s ments were likely to start talks the bloc. she favoured new talks to revive from lawmakers. accession talks. with Turkey on issues related to The regional policy chapter Turkey’s stalled EU membership retrial of oppn chief Shamali will combine the role Turkey’s EU talks have ground regional policy — one of the 35 covers issues related to how a bid. KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s with his post as the Opec member to a halt in recent years, in “chapters” an EU candidate has country spends EU aid in poorer Despite waning domestic sup- appeals court yesterday quashed state’s long-serving finance min- part because of opposition from to complete before it is ready regions. port for joining the EU, Ankara a five-year jail term given to ister and has worked at the min- France, as well as because of to become a member - in June. Many EU governments believe has continued to push for full opposition leader and former istry for more than four decades. an intractable dispute between Turkey has so far completed talks keeping Turkey on the EU path membership of the union and has MP Mussallam Al Barrak last Ministerial changes do not gen- Ankara and Cyprus. in only one of the policy areas. is important because of Ankara’s said it wants to join before 2023, month for allegedly insulting erally affect oil policy in the Opec But relations with France “It is a sign of the continued rising clout as a powerbroker in the centenary of the founding of the emir and ordered a retrial, member state. have improved since the arrival commitment of both sides to the Middle East and its grow- the Republic of Turkey. a defence lawyer said. REUTERS of President Francois Hollande moving the accession process ing economic weight. France, REUTERS “The (appeals) court declared the lower court verdict against Barrak illegal and cancelled it. It Election campaign also agreed to call witnesses in the next hearing,” Mohammad Abdulqader Al Jassem said. The appeals court has said it will retry the case at a hearing set for June 9, Jassem added. The lower court handed Barrak the sentence on April 18 even after the defence team walked out of the trial when the judge refused to summon a number of dignitaries as witnesses. Kuwait grants Oman $2.5bn in aid KUWAIT: Kuwait has granted Iranian presidential candidate Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf delivers his speech to the crowd during an fellow Gulf Arab state Oman election campaign rally in the city of Zanjan, north-western Iran, yesterday. $2.5bn to fund development projects as part of a regional programme initiated in 2011 after protests, Oman’s state news agency reported Israel coalition wobbles over yesterday. Richer Gulf Arab oil exporters pledged in March 2011 to extend proposed military service law $10bn over 10 years to Bahrain and Oman to support economic development. The Kuwaiti Fund JERUSALEM: Israeli have often depended on their “I am sure a solution can be for Arab Economic Development Prime Minister Benjamin support. found to the few clauses that will supply the amount in annual Netanyahu’s main coalition “Any attempt to hamper the remain unresolved. There will instalments to Oman over a partner threatened to quit ... committee in order to pander be a law,” Netanyahu said. 10-year period, the agency said. yesterday unless bickering to ultra-Orthodox politicians Yesh Atid came second to ministers agreed to a pro- will lead to a breakup of this Likud in a January general posal to end wholesale mili- coalition,” Yesh Atid’s leader, election on a pledge to reduce Libya appoints new tary draft exemptions for Finance Minister Yair Lapid, state benefits for Israel’s fast- Jewish seminary students. told reporters during a meeting growing ultra-Orthodox minor- interior minister A government-appointed of his party’s legislators. ity and end military service TRIPOLI: Libya’s General committee failed on Sunday to “We will not participate in a exemptions for the community. National Congress, the coun- finalise a draft law that limits government that does not pass For the first time in a dec- try’s top political body, has the number of those exempted a ‘sharing the burden’ law,” he ade, Israel’s government has approved the appointment of from compulsory army service said. The panel is divided over no ultra-Orthodox members, Mohammed Khalifa Al Sheikh each year to 1,800 ultra-Ortho- a proposed clause, backed by and key coalition partners are as the new interior minister dox scholars, instead of the the centrist Yesh Atid party but pressing Netanyahu to break after his predecessor resigned. tens of thousands of students opposed by Defence Minister with political tradition and “The members of the General who are let off annually now. Moshe Yaalon of Netanyahu’s enact reforms. “There is an National Congress voted on Military service exemptions right-wing Likud, that would historic opportunity to heal the Sunday night in favour of are at the heart of a national impose financial penalties on wound that is bleeding in the Mohamed Khalifa Al Sheikh who debate in Israel over privileges draft dodgers. Netanyahu, heart of Israeli society,” Lapid was proposed by the prime minis- enjoyed by the ultra-Ortho- speaking to Likud members of said, referring to the views of ter to replace Ashur Shwayel who dox, who have long wielded parliament, voiced confidence many secular Israelis that they presented his resignation,” said political influence in a country the differences would be ironed are carrying the ultra-Ortho- the GNC. where coalition governments out. dox on their backs. REUTERS AGENCIES TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

Camilla in Paris Obama pays African leaders tribute to troops on Memorial Day create rapid ARLINGTON: US President Barack Obama paid trib- ute yesterday to fallen men and women of the US armed services during a Memorial reaction force Day ceremony in which he reminded Americans that the country was still at war. Force to tackle coups, rights abuses During a solemn visit to Arlington National Ceremony, ADDIS ABABA: African lead- lack of defensive capability. the resting ground for many ers said yesterday that they The African Union is celebrat- military casualties, Obama would immediately create a ing 50 years since the creation of noted in remarks to visitors that military rapid reaction force its precursor, the Organisation next year would mark the last to deal with regional coups, of African Unity, a largely tooth- Memorial Day of the US war in rebellions and wars, seeking to less regional body that was often Afghanistan. reduce the continent’s reliance criticised for failing to act against “But even as we turn the page on foreign troops and funds for genocides, coups and civil wars. on a decade of conflict, even as we its defence. The decade-old AU has a more look forward, let us never forget, African Union (AU) Chairman active policy and had drawn up as we gather here today, that our and Ethiopian Prime Minister plans for an African Standby nation is still at war,” Obama said. Hailemariam Desalegn announced Force. But delays in its creation Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (centre), arrives at the French charity association Emmaus second-hand store Unlike the Second World the creation of the so-called had led to criticism it was slow in Bougival, west of Paris, yesterday during an official visit as the association’s leading patron. Camilla began War or the Vietnam War, con- African Capacity for Immediate to do its own peacekeeping, rely- her first solo official visit abroad, a two-day sojourn to Paris that will include a tour of the Louvre, and a stop flicts that touched nearly every Response to Crises, and said ing instead on the United Nations American, today most U.S. citi- at a haute couture workshop. South African President Jacob and Western donors. zens were not directly affected Zuma had proposed the force. The text of the AU Assembly by the military conflicts over- Besides South Africa, which in decision said the rapid response seas, the president noted. March had more than a dozen force would be formed from vol- “As we gather here today, at this soldiers killed in Central African untary contributions of troops, very moment, more than 60,000 of Republic by coup rebels, Uganda funds and equipment by member Tenth arrest made in London attack our fellow Americans still serve and Ethiopia have also pledged to states in a position to do so. far from home in Afghanistan,” contribute to the new contingent, It would be a stop-gap measure Obama said. officials said at an AU summit here. pending the formation of the fully- LONDON: Police investigating community tensions, with several he doesn’t care”. “They’re still going out on “Many countries have vol- fledged Standby Force, a planned the grisly murder of a soldier in mosques attacked in recent days Cameron, who is spending a patrol, still living in Spartan for- unteered to contribute so that 5,000-strong AU contingent slated London by two Islamists made and a charity reporting a surge in week in Ibiza with his family, last ward operating bases, still risk- anything that happens in Africa, to be operational by 2015, although another arrest yesterday, as anti-Muslim incidents. week joined calls by Muslim and ing their lives to carry out their including an unconstitutional AU officials have said this target is 1,000 far-right protesters dem- About 1,000 members of the Christian leaders for calm, saying: mission. And when they give change of government, should be not likely to be achieved. onstrated near Prime Minister English Defence League (EDL) “We will defeat violent extremism their lives, they are still being averted. This will be taken very The immediate response force David Cameron’s office. staged a protest near Cameron’s by standing together.” laid to rest in cemeteries in the seriously,” Hailemariam told being created would be a “flexible A 50-year-old man, held on Downing Street office on Monday, Detectives are currently trawl- quiet corners across our country, reporters after the decision. and robust force ... to be deployed suspicion of conspiracy to mur- waving red and white England flags ing through reams of CCTV including here in Arlington.” Security challenges faced by very rapidly to effectively respond der, becomes the tenth person and banners saying “no surrender”. footage, social media, forensic Before his remarks, Obama the AU over the past two years to emergency situations”, the text arrested over the hacking to EDL leader Tommy Robinson evidence and intelligence reports laid a wreath at the Tomb of the have included coups in Guinea- said. It was not clear how big the death of 25-year-old Lee Rigby addressed the largely male crowd relating the murder, the first fatal Unknown Soldier, placing his Bissau and Mali, offensives by force would be, as that would near a barracks in Woolwich on on Whitehall, many of them Islamist attack in Britain since hand over his heart while taps Islamist militant groups in Mali depend upon what voluntary con- Wednesday. shouting “Muslim killers off our 2005. They have yet to interview was played. and Nigeria, and conflict involv- tributions were made. This includes the two prime streets”, saying: “They’ve had Adebolajo and Adebowale, who Joined by his wife, First Lady ing rebels in eastern Congo and AU Peace and Security suspects, Michael Adebolajo, 28, their Arab Spring. This is time grew up in Nigerian Christian Michelle Obama, the presiden- Central African Republic. Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra and Michael Adebowale, 22, who for the English spring.” families and converted to Islam tial motorcade snaked through In Mali, former colonial said “constitutional crises” — the remain under armed guard in The crowd, about half the in their teens. the cemetery on a street lined power France rushed in troops diplomatic term for coups — and separate London hospitals after number who attended a protest They are “in a stable condi- with uniformed military mem- and planes this year to block an “massive violations of human being shot by police at the mur- in the northern city of Newcastle tion and will be formally inter- bers while the boom of a cer- advance by Islamist jihadists, an rights” were the kind of emer- der scene. on Saturday, shouted “coward” viewed when it is possible to do emonial canon sounded off in the intervention that embarrassed the gencies the new force would be The attack by two men spout- as Robinson told them the prime so”, Scotland Yard said. background. AU by showing up the continent’s expected to tackle. REUTERS ing Islamist rhetoric has sparked minister was on holiday “because AFP REUTERS Anti-terror steps can backfire: Pillay GENEVA: United Nations self-defeating. Measures that them the right to a fair trial”. human rights chief Navi Pillay violate human rights do not A total of 166 people from 23 told governments yesterday uproot terrorism, they nurture countries, many held for more that trying to fight terrorism by it,” she said. than a decade without charge, limiting personal freedoms and Pillay made no direct refer- remain the prison set up after mistreating suspects could only ence to the killing of an off-duty the September 11, 2001, attacks worsen the problem. British soldier in London last in the United States. Pillay, speaking at the open- Wednesday by two men saying “The continuing detention ing of the spring session of the they were acting in the name of of many of these individuals UN’s Human Rights Council, Islam and the stabbing of a soldier amounts to arbitrary detention, said she had received allega- in the French capital. in breach of international law, tions of “very grave violations of Pillay also said the US failure to and the injustice embodied in this human rights that have taken close down the Guantanamo deten- detention centre has become an place in the context of counter- tion centre was “an example of the ideal recruitment tool for terror- terrorist and counter-isurgency struggle against terrorism failing ists,” Pillay said. operations.” “Such practices are to uphold human rights, among REUTERS

Men appear in UK court over plane incident LONDON: Two British men accused of threaten- ing to blow up a Pakistan International Airways (PIA) plane and kill its passengers and crew were remanded in cus- tody following a court hearing yesterday. Taxi driver and super- market employee Tayyab Subhani, 30, and restau- rant worker Mohammed Safdar, 41, were charged with endangering an air- craft following a mid-air incident on Friday. The friends did not enter a plea at Chelmsford Magistrates Court near London, speak- ing only to confirm their names and addresses, but their lawyers said they would deny the charge. The British-born men, from near Manchester, were arrested at Stansted Airport after PIA flight PK709 had to be diverted to the air hub near London. The count alleges that the two men made false threats that the “crew and passen- gers would be killed and the aircraft blown up before land- ing, which was false, mislead- ing or deceptive”. The charge of endangering an aircraft carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. AFP TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES

Memorial service Chinese vessels S Korea dismisses seen in Ayungin MANILA: The Navy spotted two Chinese ships intruding in Philippine-owned Ayungin Shoal. Colonel Edgard Arevalo, North’s talks offer Navy spokesman on West Philippine Sea issues, over the weekend said a Chinese mari- Pyongyang must show sincerity for dialogue: Yun time surveillance vessel joined another ship spotted on Friday SEOUL: South Korean Foreign The reported message was deepen the “traditional friend- night. “Vessels come and go Minister Yun Byung-Se brushed greeted with scepticism in South ship” between North Korea and and we cannot be sure if they off yesterday a reported North Korea, where observers saw it as China. are out there permanently,” Korean offer to resume nuclear an effort by the North to appease China is North Korea’s key he said. disarmament talks, saying he its key ally Beijing rather than a economic benefactor and dip- “While we are not sure would first need to see evidence genuine signal of intent. lomatic protector, but it signed about that, you can be sure of its sincerity. North Korea has repeatedly off on UN sanctions punishing that we are vigilant. Our per- “Our stance is that there should declared that its programme to Pyongyang for its nuclear test in sonnel there (Ayungin Shoal) not be dialogue for dialogue’s develop a viable nuclear deterrent February. serve as our eyes and ears in sake,” Yun said in his first press is not open to negotiation. South Korea’s Unification that isolated post who render briefing since taking office in the Seoul and Washington, mean- Ministry said North Korea needed round-the-clock reports and new government of President while, insist that the North must to set its priorities straight. record what they observe as Park Geun-Hye. demonstrate its commitment to “If the North genuinely wants those form part of the docu- “The important thing now is abandoning its nuclear weapons dialogue, the first step should be ments required as basis for the for North Korea to show its sin- programme in order for formal responding to our repeated call government’s legal recourse cerity to the international com- talks to begin. for working-level governmental and resort to arbitration.” munity by implementing its past “We need to see North Korea’s talks on the Kaesong industrial Ayungin Shoal is 105.77 nau- denuclearisation pledges,” he sincerity in its actions,” Yun said, complex,” said spokesman Kim tical miles from Palawan and added. adding that all outward signs Hyung-Seok. forms part of the Philippines’ Yun’s remarks followed a visit were of Pyongyang going in the Kaesong was the highest- 200- nautical mile exclusive to China by a top North Korean opposite direction and strength- profile victim of two months economic zone. envoy, who brought a personal let- ening its nuclear arsenal. of elevated military tensions ter from leader Kim Jong-Un to The North Korean state that followed the North Korea’s Sulu clash toll Chinese President Xi Jinping. media’s coverage of envoy Choe nuclear test. Chinese state media said the Ryong-Hae’s visit to China made Park, who is scheduled to reaches 14 letter stated the North’s willing- no mention whatsoever of a dia- visit Beijing for a summit with ness to resume long-stalled six- logue proposal. President Xi next month, said ZAMBOANGA CITY: party talks on denuclearisation Of the letter handed to Xi, Monday she would seek to “work The death toll in encounter involving China, the two Koreas, Pyongyang’s official Korean more closely with China in order Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows as he offers a chrysanthemum between government troops the United States, Russia and Central News Agency said only to resolve North Korea issues”. during an annual memorial service at Tokyo's Chidorigafuchi National and Abu Sayyaf bandits in Japan. that it conveyed Kim’s desire to AFP Cemetery, the tomb for unknown war victims, yesterday. The remains Sulu increased to 14 with of 1,628 soldiers who died during the Second World War in Russia and seven militants killed and 15 Iwojima island were buried in the cemetery. soldiers wounded. The clash broke out in Barangay Tugas in Patikul and left seven Marines, including a junior officer, killed and 10 Taiwan, Philippines swap shooting investigators others wounded. Colonel Jose Joriel Cenabre, TAIPEI: Taiwan and the also flew to the Philippines. Before leaving on Friday, the of Investigation confirmed the economic zone when the shoot- commanding officer of the Philippines swapped teams of Both teams will review how Filipino team will also inspect Taiwanese team had arrived but ing took place. 2nd Marine Brigade and chief investigators yesterday follow- 65-year-old Hung Shih-cheng evidence from local prosecutors, would not comment on what The zones claimed by the two of the Joint Task Force Sulu, ing weeks of acrimony over the was shot dead by the Philippine visit the fishing boat, review voy- they were doing or how long they sides overlap in some areas. said the casualties of the Abu fatal shooting of a Taiwanese coastguard on 9 May, an incident age data records on board the ves- would stay. Taipei has repeatedly pressed Sayyaf were based on body fisherman. which has sharply raised tensions sel and inspect ballistic evidence, The Philippines has claimed Manila to issue a formal govern- count in the area. A team of eight Philippine offi- between Manila and Taipei and the spokesman said. that the fishing boat intruded into ment apology, to compensate the The slain militants were cials including experts from the prompted economic sanctions by Taiwan said its team in the its waters and that coastguards fisherman’s family and to appre- identified as Jumli Muhammad, National Bureau of Investigation Taiwan. Philippines would visit the coast- were forced to open fire when it hend the killer. Salip Uddin, Ambotong, Saif flew to the island and were “The (Philippine) visitors will guard vessel, inspect the guns tried to ram their vessel. Philippine officials say the issue Ajim, Kausar Sawadjaan, promptly whisked away upon have a look at the autopsy report used to fire on the vessel and The Taiwanese authorities have of a formal apology is complicated Apong Idul, and a certain arrival at Taoyuan airport in the on Hung Shih-cheng this after- review video footage. released the boat’s voyage data by the fact that Manila officially Pakkal. north. noon,” a spokesman for Taiwan’s A spokesman for the record and insist that the ship recognises Beijing over Taipei. The military earlier iden- A Taiwanese team of experts justice ministry said. Philippines’ National Bureau was fishing within its exclusive AFP tified three other slain sus- pected Abu Sayyaf gunmen as Jumilden Wali, Hairula China flood Asbang, and Ibno Abdulkahal. An official, however, said they could not confirm if the three killed were part of China-US relations the group that figured in the encounter with the troops. at critical juncture Bangkok blast wounds seven BEIJING: The relationship between Beijing and Washington is at a “critical juncture”, China’s President Xi Jinping told a senior advi- BANGKOK: A bomb hid- sor to Barack Obama yesterday ahead of meetings with the US den near rubbish bins in leader next week. a busy suburban Bangkok National Security Advisor Tom Donilon was in Beijing as part shopping area left seven of preparations for a June 7-8 summit at the Sunnylands resort in people wounded, Thailand California, the two leaders’ first encounter since Xi took office in March. police said. The homemade The talks come amid pressing issues such as tensions over North device exploded at about 9pm Korea’s latest nuclear test in February and US accusations of Chinese (1400 GMT) on Sunday in government-backed cyberspying, which Beijing denies. Ramkhamhaeng, a univer- Other issues include China’s territorial disputes with Japan and sity area of the Thai capital, Southeast Asian neighbours that have prompted some to seek assist- said Police colonel Narongrit ance from the US, along with international stalemate on how to resolve Promsawan. the civil war in Syria. “Police are investigating to “The current China-US relationship is at a critical juncture to build see what caused the explosion on past successes and open up new dimensions for the future,” Xi told and who were involved. A pre- Donilon at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. liminary investigation of the He said he looked forward to the opportunity to meet Obama and scene found many nails were “have extensive and deep discussions about major strategic issues of part of the device,” he said. mutual interest”. Donilon told Xi that the “unprecedented level of Narongrit said police did not high-level dialogue and interactions... as well as other channels of com- think the bombing was part of munication between senior officials have been essential to effectively a broader campaign. Villagers push their van along a flooded street in Kaili, southwest China’s Guizhou province. China is stepping up advancing our relationship”. AFP He said none of those hurt monitoring of water levels in its rivers and reservoirs, the government said, after rainstorms hit the south earlier was in a serious condition. this month and left dozens of people dead or missing. Deputy government spokes- woman Sunisa Lertpakawat said security forces were urgently probing who was behind the blast. Malaysians charged Japan N-lab accident hits 30 “It is now under investiga- tion, which may take time, but TOKYO: The number of serious on the scale. than 30 hours before reporting it. not too long because security with Al Qaeda links researchers exposed to low- The researchers were carrying According to the agency, radi- for Thais and foreigners is a level radiation in an accident at out an experiment that involved ation was accidentally released very important matter for this KUALA LUMPUR: Two they were charged with joining a nuclear laboratory in Japan firing a proton beam at gold when during the experiment “due to government,” she said. Malaysian men were arrested the Tanzim Al Qaeda Malaysia last week hit 30, officials said the accident happened, it said. overheating, which we suspect yesterday for having suspected group between August last year yesterday, with human error The agency, which had ini- was caused by some technical President starts links to a branch of Al Qaeda, and February. likely worsening the problem. tially said six researchers were problems”. police said, as the moderate “There appears to be a connec- The accident happened on exposed to radiation, announced Radiation then leaked from the China visit Muslim country attempts to tion between these Malaysians and Thursday as 55 people were work- late Sunday that 24 more people facility after workers used fans to sever a connection between what is happening in Syria. We ing at a laboratory in Tokaimura, were affected. reduce levels of radioactivity in BEIJING: President of Sri some of its citizens and Islamist don’t want it to spread,” a high- 120km northeast of Tokyo, the There was no widespread radi- the laboratory, it said. Lanka Mahinda Rajapakse militants in Syria. ranking police source said. He Japan Atomic Energy Agency ation leak, although two research- The agency spokesman said the arrived in Beijing yester- The scrutiny comes after two declined to be identified because (JAEA) said. ers were exposed to up to 1.7 fans should not have been used, day, marking the beginning Malaysians were arrested last of the sensitivity of the issue. Japan’s Nuclear Regulation millisieverts of radiation, a dose adding: “We don’t know why they of his four-day state visit October in Lebanon for trying to Both of the men were arrested Authority condemned site opera- roughly equivalent to a strong switched on the fan. We suspect to China. His visit came at make their way to Syria to join a and charged in February on tor JAEA for lacking a “culture of medical X-ray. some wrong decisions were made the invitation of Chinese revolt against President Bashar charges of inciting terrorist acts safety” and said it was a “Level JAEA has come in for criti- by workers concerned.” President Xi Jinping. Al Assad, where Al Qaeda-linked in Syria from Kuala Lumpur. 1” event, the lowest of an inter- cism, from a public already The Nuclear Regulation The two Presidents are militants are taking an increas- They were released last week national scale measuring nuclear wary of nuclear energy after the Authority criticised JAEA for scheduled to discuss bilateral ingly prominent role. along with an accomplice after incidents and accidents. Fukushima crisis, for reportedly releasing radioactive materials relations and a number of The men, aged 33 and 49, were the High Court said the charge The disaster at Fukushima in continuing with the experiment when it knew their facility was Asian cooperation issues. brought before a lower court was a misuse of the court process the aftermath of the 2011 tsu- despite an alarm warning of contaminated. AGENCIES in the Malaysian capital where and unconstitutional. REUTERS nami was a “Level 7”, the most abnormality and for waiting more AFP TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Afghan women protest Nato service 543 killed in member killed KABUL: Nato said yes- terday an insurgent attack had killed a coalition serv- ice member in eastern Afghan raids Afghanistan. The US-led military coali- tion said the service member died on Sunday after a direct- 2,224 operations in May fire insurgent assault. It did not provide any other details. KABUL: Afghan defence min- including capital Kabul, since the The death brings the number istry on Sunday announced Taliban group announced its sum- of international forces killed that Afghan national army sol- mer offensive. this month in Afghanistan to diers had conducted over 2,000 According to Afghan defence 20. May has been the deadliest military operations across the officials, Taliban militants have month this year for interna- country in the current month. deployed a large number of fight- tional troops in Afghanistan, According to a statement ers to Afghanistan after clos- but casualties are down over released by the ministry’s media ing their religious madrasas in previous years as foreign forces office, Afghan soldiers conducted Pakistan. pull back and allow Afghan about 2,224 operations in various “Based on our information, security forces to take the parts of the country. Taliban have closed all their lead before the coalition ends The ministry said at least religious madrasas in Pakistan,” its mission next year. 443 militants were killed during Defence Ministry spokesman operations and 581 were injured General Zahir Azimi told report- Sharif to take or detained. ers in Kabul last week. The statement added that over “The rebels have deployed all oath on June 5 100 soldiers were also killed in their fighters in Afghanistan to operations. carry out insurgency and suicide ISLAMABAD: Newly There has been a surge in mili- attacks,” he added. elected members of the tants attacks across the country, AGENCIES National Assembly would Afghan university students and independent civil society activists take part in a demonstration for passing the take oath on June 1 as a sum- Elimination of Violence against Women law in front of parliament in Kabul yesterday. mary was about to be sent to the president to convene the session of the lower house of the parliament, sources said yesterday. The sources said that the PML-N speeds up work on federal cabinet newly elected MNAs would take oath on June 1 while LAHORE: After securing a summoned on June 1, accord- leader of the house in NA while minister-designate Shahbaz on foreign affairs. So far, Iqbal nomination papers for the simple majority in the National ing to top PML-N officials. They Shahbaz Sharif would be the Sharif will share his responsibility seems to be a shoe-in for the for- Speaker and Deputy Speaker Assembly, senior leadership of say the party’s senior leadership leader of the house in the Punjab to deal with the energy crisis and eign minister’s office. Not only of National Assembly would the Pakistan Muslim League- likely held a meeting yesterday to Assembly. preside over meetings regarding does the party not have any other also be submitted. Nawaz (PML-N) has expedited discuss important issues, such as Out of the five crucial portfolios the issue alongside Asif. candidate who fulfils the criteria The Speaker and Deputy work on the new federal cabinet both Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif’s — namely defence, finance, for- Over the past few days, both which include being well-edu- speaker would be elected and related issues. nominations as the leader of the eign affairs, interior and energy Shahbaz and Khawaja Asif have cated, uncontroversial, capable of on June 3 while nomination According to the latest figures house in the National and provin- - the PML-N leadership has so presided over meetings regard- diplomacy and well aware about papers for the post of prime issued by the Election Commission cial assemblies, respectively. far finalised candidates for three. ing energy-related matters in the foreign policy issues — according minister would be submitted of Pakistan, the PML-N has Former Punjab law minister PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has party’s central secretariat. to party sources, Iqbal has also on June 4. secured 144 out of 272 seats fol- Rana Sanaullah said it is manda- decided to reserve the defence Meanwhile, Nawaz Sharif has received the nod from other for- The new prime minister of lowing the induction of 18 inde- tory to hold the sessions of both portfolio for himself and has shortlisted the names of Ahsan eign policy stakeholders, including Pakistan would be elected on pendent MNAs. Factoring in the assemblies on June 1 since the nominated Senator Ishaq Dar Iqbal, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan the Pakistan Army and the senior June 5, it was reported. 32 reserved seats for women and 21-day period following the May for finance minister. Clubbing and Lt Gen (retd) Abdul Qadir bureaucratic set-up. the five seats for minorities the 11 polls has expired. the ministries of water and power, Baloch for the interior and for- As for the prime minister’s 10 more die party is likely to be allotted, the He said the oath-taking cer- and petroleum, oil and gas into a eign affairs portfolios. adviser on foreign affairs, the PML-N’s strength in the lower emony will be held the same day, single portfolio, he has nominated According to party sources, PML-N leadership is considering of measles house of Parliament reaches 181 following which the speaker and Khawaja Muhammad Asif as the PML-N is pursuing a multi- former bureaucrat Tariq Fatimi seats. And with the addition of its leader of the house in both assem- federal minister for energy. pronged strategy with regards to for the slot. Party sources said ISLAMABAD: The death allies in the Centre, the PML-N blies will be elected either on June But while Asif will hold the foreign affairs. In addition to the the leadership is considering a toll due to measles in Lahore government would have 192 seats 4 or 5. portfolio for energy in the PML-N foreign minister, the party also “younger face” for the slot of the city has gone up to 65 and in National Assembly. He said that before the elec- government’s cabinet, he will not intends to appoint both a state state minister for foreign affairs, in Punjab province to 120 Both National and Punjab tions, the PML-N had decided be dealing with energy-related minister for foreign affairs and meanwhile. with the deaths of 10 more Assembly sessions will be that Nawaz Sharif would be the matters alone. Punjab chief an adviser to the prime minister INTERNEWS children. The 10 children breathed their last in different hospitals of Lahore yesterday as provin- cial government has failed to curb the outbreak despite vac- cination campaigns, according Karzai urges US to Khan’s party wins second to Pakistan media reports. Over 14000 children have been affected by the disease and are under treatment in government hospitals across shift Gitmo inmates most votes in Islamabad Punjab. KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai once again urged United States of America to transfer Afghan detainees from Guantanamo ISLAMABAD: The party of the election commission said — up Assembly, 272 seats are elected Police foil prison to Afghanistan. cricketer-turned-politician from 44 percent in the 2008 poll. directly. A further 70 seats Presidential palace spokesman Aimal Faizi said that President Imran Khan won the sec- In total, 46.2 million people reserved for women and minori- terror plot Hamid Karzai welcomed his US counterpart president Barack Obama’s ond largest number of votes voted compared with 36.6 mil- ties are distributed to parties efforts to close Guantanamo prison. President Karzai during his visit in Pakistan’s general election, lion five years ago, despite Taliban according to the proportion of ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s to United States of America earlier this year also urged US officials data released yesterday showed, threats to attack polling stations general seats they win. Law Enforcing Agencies to hand over Afghan detainees in Guantanamo prison to Afghanistan. despite finishing third in terms on election day. Caretaker Prime Minister Mir foiled yesterday a terror Aimal Faizi said president Hamid Karzai has once again insisted to of seats. Both PTI and PPP were well Hazar Khan Khoso has sent a note plot by recovering 80kgs consider Afghanistan’s demand in this regard. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e- behind the Pakistan Muslim to President Asif Ali Zardari ask- of explosives and arrested President Obama reiterated his commitment in a counterterrorism Insaaf (PTI) party polled 7.7 mil- League-N (PML-N) led by two- ing him to convene the National three accused on the spot in speech last week and outlined steps he would take to close the US lion votes in the May 11 election time prime minister Nawaz Assembly on Saturday for the a raid at a house located in military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. to win 28 national assembly seats, Sharif, which took 126 seats and swearing-in of new lawmakers, PECHS Society in Karachi, Obama also urged US congress to end ban on transfer of inmates but the Pakistan People’s Party 14.9 million votes, according to the PM’s press secretary Shafqat the capital of Sindh province from Guantanamo prison. (PPP) which led the outgoing gov- the commission. Jalil said. in southern Pakistan. Faizi said that president Karzai is expecting that the US congress ernment took 32 seats with only PML-N officials say they have The house is expected to choose Pakistani Police said that lift ban on transfer of inmates from Guantanamo to their homeland. 6.9 million ballots. persuaded 18 independent law- a speaker and deputy on June 3 the pile of explosives included Meanwhile, Yemen says it will co-ordinate the return of its detainees Turnout at the election, which makers to join the party, taking and on June 5 it will formally elect Aluminum Nitrate 350kgs from Guantanamo Bay with the United States. marked the first time a civilian them comfortably beyond the 136 the prime minister — Sharif, who and Hydrogen Para oxide “We are going to make contact with US authorities to prepare the government had completed a five- seats they need to be sure of a will begin an unprecedented third 900ltrs, Pakistan’s (Geo News) repatriation of the Yemenis held at Guantanamo,” Foreign Minister year term and handed over power majority in the lower house. term in office. reported. Abu Bakr al Kurbi said. AGENCIES at the ballot box, was 55 percent, In Pakistan’s National AFP The explosives were recov- ered on the information pro- vided by an arrested activist of banned outfit. Hybrid cars to Cops rescue Facebook save LNG ISLAMABAD: The Nawaz kidnapped teenager Sharif government will con- sider allowing duty-free KARACHI: Pol ic e i n Pa k i s t a n’s away to the town of Hub outside imports of hybrid cars with biggest city Karachi yesterday Karachi in restive Baluchistan engine power of up to 1800cc rescued a teenage boy who was province, and his family received to rationalise the use of oil kidnapped for a half-million calls demanding 50m rupees and gas. dollar ransom after apparently ($508,000) in ransom. These cars use oil and a bat- being lured through Facebook, Police said they used mobile tery as fuel. The use of such officers and relatives said. phone records to track the kid- cars will reduce CNG gas con- Officers raided the gang’s hide- nappers to the hideout in Hub and sumption to a great extent. out to the west of the sprawling rescued him yesterday morning. The government will ban city, which is plagued by gang Mustafa’s mother made a tear- CNG vehicles so that gas can violence and extortion rackets, ful plea to parents to supervise be supplied for domestic and killing four of the abductors in a their children’s use of social industrial use. shootout and arresting a fifth. media. Those having CNG vehicles The kidnappers started chat- “This is my request to all the would be facilitated to import ting to their 13-year-old target, parents to never let their children hybrid cars up to 1800cc identified only as Mustafa, six make friendship on Facebook,” without paying any duty. The months ago, senior police officer she told media, sobbing as she sat duty would be imposed if the Niaz Khoso said. They enticed beside her son. imported hybrid cars are larger him to a meeting on Friday. “I beg you for God’s sake that than 1800cc. The youngster, the son of a sen- you never do.” AGENCIES Pakistani volunteers shift the bodies of kidnappers to hospital in Karachi yesterday. ior customs official, was whisked AFP TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA NIA probes Chhattisgarh attack Girls outshine boys in Antony rules out deployment of army for anti-Maoist operations CBSE Class 12 exams

RAIPUR/NEW DELHI: Sleuths NEW DELHI: Girls once of the NIA yesterday surveyed again outperformed boys in the Delhi boy tops the site of Saturday’s deadly Central Board of Secondary Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh Education (CBSE) Class 12 NEW DELHI: Delhi boy and spoke to the injured in a exams this year, with the pass Paras Sharma has topped hospital in Raipur even as the percentage for girls being 87.98, the CBSE Class 12 exams defence ministry ruled out any compared to 77.78 for boys. this year, scoring 99 per- army role in fighting the rebels “The results of the Class 12 cent. A student of commerce and the union home ministry examinations were declared from Lancer Convent School, asked the troubled states to today (Monday) by the board. Rohini, north Delhi, Sharma review politicians’ security. The pass percentage increased scored a perfect 100 in math- National Investigation Agency by 1.91 percent. Girls have out- ematics, accountancy, eco- (NIA) members arrived in shone boys this year too with nomics and business studies Chhattigarh’s Sukma district their pass percentage 10.20 and 95 in English. He scored and inspected the Dharbha Ghati percent more compared to the 495 out of 500. Valley where the Maoists’ attack boys,” Rama Sharma, CBSE “I feel out of the world. I didn’t on Congress leaders on Saturday spokesperson, said. expect to be the all-India topper. left nearly 30 people dead, includ- Vidhit Bhargava, who topped I am excited and elated,” 18-year- ing the party’s state chief and the the Delhi Public School (DPS), R old Sharma said. The teenager ‘Salwa Judum’ founder, an official K Puram in south Delhi, securing wants to pursue his higher said in Raipur. 97 percent in the science stream, education in economics from A group of NIA investigators said: “I am proud and happy. I was Delhi University’s St. Stephen’s also spoke to some of the injured preparing for IIT side by side. I College or Shri Ram College for survivors of the attack in a hospi- started concentrating solely Commerce. tal in Raipur around 7pm, he said. on the board exams one month “I like economics. My mission A huge contingent of paramili- before the pre-boards. I was con- is to eradicate poverty and illiter- tary was present at the attack fident that I will do well.” He aims acy through economics,” Sharma spot, 350km from Raipur, and to go to IIT-Delhi. said. He credits his parents and some teams of the troopers even The results this year also teachers for his success. IANS went into the forest in pursuit People hold placards during a vigil in Mumbai yesterday in memory of those killed in the Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh. assume significance for students of the Maoists involved in the who aspire to make it to the IITs, Saturday attack, an official said. political parties were not affected Chennai, where he dedicated a Delhi in paying homage to party as weightage is given for Class 12 From the sixth and within 21 days “There is a possibility that the in view of any threat by the new air force station which will colleagues killed in Chattisgarh. performance. The top 20 per- from the date of declaration of Maoists involved in the attack Maoists, ministry sources said. house Sukhoi fighter jets. He said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) centile cut off for the JEE (Joint results, the fee is Rs200 per sub- would have crossed into neigh- In Gurgaon, close to Delhi, the station would strengthen the president Rajnath Singh said Entrance Examination) accord- ject,” Sharma said. For candidates bouring Andhra Pradesh,” said a Congress leader V C Shukla, air defence capabilities of the that a court-monitored Special ingly is 391 for general categories who have failed, the first chance police official in Sukma. who was critically injured in the Indian Air Force in general and the Investigation Team should inves- this year. For Other Backward for reappearing will be July 16. A massive anti-Maoist comb- attack, continued to remain criti- Southern Command in particular. tigate the killing of Congress Classes (OBCs) it will be 389, 350 Students from abroad, includ- ing operation is likely, he said. cal. Naresh Trehan, Chairman and He said various sensitive, stra- leaders in Chhattisgarh. for Scheduled Castes and 338 for ing the Gulf region, have outper- In New Delhi, Minister of State Managing Director of Medanta tegic, industrial, aerospace and In Mumbai, Shiv Sena president Scheduled Tribes. formed their India counterparts, for Home R P N Singh said: Medicity where Shukla is being economic assets were coming up Uddhav Thackeray wrote in an edi- In Chennai and Panchkula recording a pass percentage of “There have been security lapses treated, told reporters: “He is criti- in the southern peninsula and torial piece in the party’s mouth- regions, the results were declared 95.18. Girls performed better than and the NIA will investigate the cal, and recovery will require lot of the station will play a vital role piece Saamna saying that there on Wednesday. Chennai region boys from abroad as well, with whole case. Punishment has to be time because of his age. But we are in providing protection to them. was a need to “crush” the terror performed the best among all 97.60 percent of girls set to get the meted out to someone, whoever is confident we will get him through.” He said the presence of fighter unleashed by “Maoist devils”. eight regions of CBSE with a pass qualifying certificate as compared responsible, at the centre level or Defence Minister A K Antony planes in Thanjavur will not only Thackeray condemned the percentage of 91.83, followed by to 92.57 percent boys. state level. The buck has to stop told reporters in Tamil Nadu that guard Indian interests but also Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh Delhi at 86.78 percent. Allahabad This year, 9,44,721 students somewhere.” the deployment of the army in give a feeling of safety. that virtually left the state region, with a pass percentage of took the Class 12 board exami- Home ministry officials said anti-Maoist operations was not Antony said the station will Congress headless and said the 71.82, scored the lowest. nations in India and abroad. Maoist-affected states had been possible. He said the real answer also help protect country’s island treatment meted out to terror- “Students who wish to apply According to the CBSE, the asked to review the security of to the problem was to strengthen territories and sea lines of com- ists like Ajmal Amir Kasab and for rechecking or scrutiny of number of cheating cases in this political leaders in the wake of police and paramilitary forces to munication in the Indian Ocean. Afzal Guru should also extend marks can do so online within year’s examinations saw an increase the brutal attack. An advisory counter the Maoists. Congress president Sonia to those responsible for the the next five days, beginning today with 63 cases, as compared to 47 issued to the states asked them to Antony was speaking to report- Gandhi and vice president Rahul Saturday’s strike. (Monday). The fee is Rs300 per cases reported last year. take steps so that the activities of ers at Thanjavur, 340km from Gandhi led party workers in New IANS subject for the next five days. IANS Chandy and Achuthanandan bat for Yusuf Ali in land controversy

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: 12,000 indirect jobs,” Chandy said. UAE-based Kerala businessman Achuthanandan, who was M A Yusuf Ali (pictured) yes- interacting with the media in the terday got a huge boost as both state capital, said he had clarified Kerala Chief Minister Oommen to cabinet colleagues on Sunday Chandy and former chief min- that the deals were clean. ister V S Achuthanandan came “Both these projects have been out in his support in a land con- cleared as per the law and no vio- troversy that is threatening to lations have taken place. The con- swamp him. vention centre is a project where Ali had earlier been attacked 4,000 new jobs are going to mate- by the Ernakulam district CPI-M rialise,” Achuthanandan said. committee, which owes alle- announced that he would with- Both the projects were cleared giance to CPI-M state secretary draw from the convention centre during Achuthanandan’s tenure Pinarayi Vijayan, arch rival of project. as chief minister during 2006-11. Achuthanandan. However, Chandy, address- Ali acquired the land from The district committee of the ing reporters here yesterday, Cochin Port Trust in 2010 at a CPI-M had said that Ali, who said the government would not cost of Rs72 crore for a 30-year recently opened the Rs1,600- allow Ali to withdraw from the lease period. In the wake of the crore LuLu Shopping Mall here, project. “The convention centre controversy, he handed over a was an “encroacher”. He was also project land that he purchased letter to the Cochin Port Trust asked not to go ahead with the was monitored by the centre and saying he was willing to return convention centre project on a in between the high court also the land, provided the money 10.59-hectare plot in Kochi, which intervened and cleared it. he had paid was refunded. The the Ernakulam unit of the CPI-M “The shopping mall also was a Port authorities are meeting later claimed had been bought on the clean project. We will not allow this month, and this matter is sly from the Cochin Port Trust. him to withdraw from the project expected to be discussed then. Ali, hurt by these remarks, had as it involves 4,000 new direct and IANS

Manorama to Court again seeks medical report go digital of Delhi gang-rape accused NEW DELHI: A fast track in the court,” the judge said, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Delhi court yesterday directed warning that he would summon Leading media house Malayala the medical superintendent of hospital officials if they failed to Manorama, which has diverse a government hospital to file a furnish a fresh detailed report. interests in print, visual and comprehensive medical report “In case a comprehensive online media, will go digital, a of a December 16, 2012, gang- report is not filed, the medical company official said yesterday. rape accused Vinay Sharma, superintendent may then be sum- Malayala Manorama has who is in hospital since May 4. moned in person to explain the entered into a multi-million-dollar Saying that the trial was get- latest condition of the accused,” agreement with Adobe Systems to ting delayed due to Sharma’s the court said. implement a complete end-to-end absence, Additional Sessions “The medical superintendent of technology solution that will allow Judge Yogesh Khanna asked Lok Lok Nayak Hospital is directed to fast and flexible delivery of con- Nayak Hospital to report when provide a comprehensive report tent across any platform, including the accused would be in a position stating the latest medical condition mobile and social networks. to appear before him. of Vinay Sharma and as to when The daily, established in 1888, is The court, which has recorded he shall be in position to appear, the third largest media house in statements of 79 witnesses in as only last witness needs to be the country. Its online chief oper- the case, said: “It is pertinent to examined, but due to the absence of ating officer, Mariam Mammen mention that the reports so far accused, the trail is being delayed,” Mathew, said the “company has received do not depict a clear the court said. Sharma is admit- a multi-faceted growth plan to picture of medical condition of ted to hospital since May 4 after enrich the experiences of its cus- accused Vinay Sharma.” he complained of high fever, sore tomers across the globe”. “It is also not clear as to when throat and mouth ulcers. IANS he shall be in a position to appear IANS TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Yerawada jail Tokyo, Delhi to discuss frowns at home food for military plane sales Sanjay Dutt

Enormous potential for Indo-Japan relations: Manmohan PUNE: Spelling fresh trouble for Sanjay Dutt, the Yerawada TOKYO: Japan is close to signing as a threat to regional stability. company said. “We hear there is Central Jail here has decided to an agreement to supply amphibi- Experts say the aircraft must some demand from the Indian oppose home-cooked food permit- ous planes to India, a report said be classed as for civilian use if it is government but decline to com- ted to the Bollywood actor, official yesterday, in what would be the to comply with Japan’s 1967 self- ment further as we have yet to sources said here yesterday. first sale of hardware used by the imposed ban on arms exports, reach a contract,” he added. The The jail authorites have filed military since a weapons export part of the post-Second World Nikkei said India is looking to a petition in the Special TADA ban was imposed. War anti-militarist drive. acquire at least 15 of the aircraft. Court in Mumbai seeking to During a four-day visit to The US-2, which was developed In 2011, Tokyo eased the ban discontinue the home-cooked Tokyo by Indian Prime Minister by ShinMaywa Industries and has on arms exports, paving the way Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur arriving at food services for Dutt, currently Manmohan Singh, which started been sold to the Japanese navy for Japanese firms to take part in Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport yesterday. serving his sentence in the 1993 yesterday, the two sides are set at a price of roughly 10bn yen multinational weapons projects. Mumbai blasts case. to firm up plans for Delhi to pur- ($99m), has a range of 4,700km The Indian premier said there “The people of India have fond- Chennai. Both cities are business The official said the prison has chase the US-2, a domestically- and can land in seas with waves were “enormous potentialities” for ness for the people of Japan. I look hubs for Japanese firms such as invoked the jail manual, which developed aircraft used by Japan’s of up to three metres. Indo-Japan relations. “India and forward to further cementing our Toyota Motor, Nissan Motor and has a provision of serving home- armed forces. “If the US-2 is exported to India Japan have a strategic and global ties with Japan,” he said. Toshiba. cooked food only to under-trials The sale, reported by the Nikkei for civilian use, that would be the partnership. There are enormous In a separate report, the Nikkei Japan last year said it would on medical grounds. For all other business daily, would be the first first case of exports of Japanese- potentialities for further enrich- said Japanese Prime Minister provide up to 132.6bn yen of cheap prisoners who are medically fit, of a finished product made by developed weaponry used by the ing our relationship, deepening it Shinzo Abe and Singh would agree loans to India, including a 60.7bn the manual states that only jail Japan’s homegrown defence defence ministry for civilian use,” and brightening it in the economic on drafting a master plan for new yen loan for a power grid system food shall be served to them. industry since rules were imposed a trade ministry official in charge relations, security relations, in all infrastructure in southern India. for Chennai and the surrounding “Sanjay Dutt is a convict restricting the export of weapons of arms sales said. areas there is enormous potential The paper said Japan would area. On Wednesday Japan will undergoing his sentence. He is not systems and other equipment. It ShinMaywa opened a sales for widening and strengthening our supply expertise on the plan to pledge a fresh 71bn yen loan for entitled to the privilege (of get- would also mark a strengthening office in New Delhi last year relationship with Japan,” he told build a power grid, roads, rail- building a subway in Mumbai, the ting home food),” the official said. of the alliance between Japan and and has been promoting the media after arriving at Haneda ways and ports, mainly in the Nikkei said. The development took place India, which both see rising China plane there, a spokesman for the international airport. area that includes Bangalore and IANS/AFP barely 10 days after Dutt surren- dered before the Mumbai Special TADA Court on May 16 after the Supreme Court upheld his convic- tion in the 1993 serial blasts case. At the time, Dutt had requested the Special TADA Court for facili- IPL spot-fixing scandal: Six bookies arrested in Goa ties like getting home-cooked food, medicines, clothes, mat- NEW DELHI/PANAJI: Six was conducted,” the officer said. Nilesh Rane said. The IPL lasted of raids on bookies across the coun- lakh in Candolim, a popular beach tress and permission to smoke bookies allegedly involved in the Mandy was arrested on May 15 for 45 days. The bookies had gone try last week by arresting the three village, 15km from Panaji. electronic cigarettes. IANS Indian Premier League (IPL) midnight with Rajasthan Royals to Goa from Mumbai. Rajasthan Royals players. “They had been staying in spot-fixing scandal were arrested players S Sreesanth, Ankeet “Four laptops, 44 mobile Delhi Police had shown some Goa for over 45 days and had by Goa Police yesterday. Chavan and Ajit Chandila and 10 phones, an Apple i-Pad, an LCD photographs taken from the been accepting bets on most IPL Bus plunges into “Ketan Chavera, Amit Papat, other bookies from Delhi, Mumbai TV, four mobile phone charging CCTV footage provided by Goa matches, including the final. For Ritesh Patel, Paresh Asad Kota, and Ahmedabad. Five others were boards with 40 sockets, a printer Police to Mandy and he identified the final, they were accepting bets canal, 19 killed Sandeep Asad Kota and Nikunj arrested later in the spot fixing and a mobile phone signal booster the six bookies. on both teams,” Mishra said. LUCKNOW: At least 19 people Lalan were arrested from a beach scandal. were recovered from their pos- Goa Police sources confirmed Police also said they have were killed yesterday when a bus resort in Candolim after the Delhi All the arrested bookies are session,” according to the police. that the lead for the raid was received the raw footage of all the plunged into a canal in Uttar Police intimated the Goa Police from Mumbai and were involved in Goa’s Deputy Inspector General provided by a Delhi Police team, 16 matches played by Rajasthan Pradesh. Twenty-three others about them hiding there,” said a taking bets through the high pro- of Police O P Mishra told report- which landed in Goa last week. Royals from official IPL broad- were rescued and taken to hos- Delhi Police officer. file league’s matches, including the ers in Panaji that Mumbai police Goa Police, however, claim caster SetMax for further exami- pital with injuries after the acci- “The bookies’ names surfaced final match between the Mumbai would be contacted to find out if that the arrests have nothing to nation. A total of 19 people have dent in Etah district, 265km from during the interrogation of Tinku Indians and Chennai Super Kings the arrested bookies have a prior do with Delhi Police, although been arrested so far by Delhi here. Local administrator Lokesh Mandy, a bookie in custody of held in Kolkata on Sunday night. record or arrests. Mishra admitted that a Delhi Police in the spot fixing case in M said 11 of the victims belonged Delhi Police. Mandy identified the “They had been camping in Goa Meanwhile, Delhi Police have Police team was in Goa to track which 14 people have been sent to a family. The driver of the bus bookies from a CCTV footage pro- for about 45 days to collect bets claimed credit for the arrests in a bookie operation. He said the to judicial custody and others are lost control while trying to over- vided by Goa Police and the raid for the IPL,” Goa Police Inspector Goa. Delhi Police started the chain bookies had rented a villa for Rs.2 still on police remand. IANS take a truck, he said. AFP TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

PRAYER TIME Life jackets find ECONOMIC GROWTH sparks fears for News in Numbers PERFORMANCECHART: 1 5 Fajr (Dawn) 3:17 asylum seekers Shorook (Sunrise) 4:44 SYDNEY: Australian police Zuhr (Noon) 11:31 said yesterday 28 life-jackets Asr (Afternoon) 2:56 had washed up on a beach in the Cocos Islands, but there was Maghrib (Sunset) 6:19 no specific incident they could Isha (Night) 7:49 link them to and no search was under way. The life-jack- ets, found on the Indian Ocean territory off Western Australia WEATHER on Friday, had sparked fears that asylum-seekers may once again have drowned en route to Today Wednesday Thursday Weather Conditions: Australia. Clear Partly cloudy Partly cloudy The Australian Federal Police Hazy to misty (AFP) initially said that eight Measured in nominal or value terms, GDP expanded by at places at life-jackets were found but later updated this number to 28. The High: 39° times. 17.8pc in the first half of 2012. As explained in earlier QEOs, High: 41° High: 39° police would not immediately con- Low: 28° Low: 26° Low: 26° firm a report that one contained a measures of nominal income may provide a better picture small amount of Iranian currency. of the resources available to the country in circumstances It was common for debris and other items to wash up on the where terms of trade change, particularly the price received DOHA - SUN & SEA east coast of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, including from Indonesia, for Qatar’s output basket of hydrocarbon exports. SUN TIDE SEA which is about 1,100km away SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW WIND and closer than the Australian mainland. It said the Australian 04:44 18:19 06:15 & 20:00 02:30 & 12:15 05-10/15 KT Maritime Safety Authority Nominal GDP growth, hydrocarbons (AMSA) has confirmed “there THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW is no specific incident they can and non-hydrocarbons (pc) HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER relate to these life-jackets”. “Consequently, there is no MUSCAT 36/28 Clear 37/29 Clear search and rescue operation in MAKKAH 43/29 Clear 45/29 Partly cloudy the Cocos (Keeling) Islands area.” KUWAIT 40/28 Clear 40/27 Clear But Ian Rintoul, from the BAHRAIN 37/29 Clear 35/30 Clear asylum-seeker support group SANAA 30/13 Partly cloudy 29/14 Partly cloudy Refugee Action Coalition, called RIYADH 39/26 Clear 38/24 Clear on Australian authorities to say DUBAI 41/29 Partly cloudy 39/27 Clear whether they had searched areas BAGHDAD 37/23 Clear 37/23 Clear near the islands in recent days. “The existence of the life-jack- THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW ets themselves are an indication that there has been some kind of HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER incident,” he said. “And it almost definitely means that a boat has ATHENS 30/18 Mostly cloudy 32/20 Clear gone down for those life-jackets WASHINGTON 26/20 T-storm 32/20 Chance of storm (to be found). They are not likely SYDNEY 21/11 Partly cloudy 23/12 Partly cloudy to have been thrown overboard... they are quite expensive, and they LONDON 12/08 Rain 17/11 Chance of rain are too valuable.” PARIS 17/11 Rain 16/11 Chance of rain Rintoul said the life-jackets ISTANBUL 26/20 Partly cloudy 30/19 Partly cloudy most likely came from an asy- MANILA 34/25 Partly cloudy 34/25 Partly cloudy lum-seeker boat. “It’s far more DHAKA 35/25 Chance of storm 39/25 Chance of storm than likely that they are a con- DELHI 42/29 Clear 42/29 Partly cloudy sequence of some kind of distress ISLAMABAD 36/23 Clear 34/20 Clear situation and a boat going down Source : http://www.qsa.gov.qa/ somewhere,” Rintoul said. AFP Family keeps China man in cage for 11 years

BEIJING: A mentally ill Chinese man has been kept in a cage for more than a decade by his family after he beat a child to death, media reported yesterday, carrying images of him staring blankly though the bars. Wu Yuanhong, 42, was shown sitting on blankets in the narrow enclosure, his feet shackled with a heavy chain and wearing only a T-shirt and his underwear. He was diagnosed as a schizo- phrenic at the age of 15 and in 2001 he beat a 13-year-old to death, the Information Daily news- paper said on its website. Judicial authorities in Jiangxi province released him a year later as his illness meant he was not legally responsible for his actions, it said. No independent confir- mation of the circumstances was immediately available. Wu was placed in shack- les after his release, but his mother Wang Muxiang, built the cage after he escaped and walked around his home village of Shangfan scaring local resi- dents, the report said. Family members cried as they put him in the cage, the report added, but he escaped again and they were forced to build a stronger structure to hold him. “My son may be insane, and beat someone to death, but he’s still my son. To use my own hands to place him in a cage was very hard to take, like being stabbed with a knife,” the paper quoted Wang as saying. Wang gives her son three meals a day, placing a cloth over the Wu Yuanhong, 42, a mentally ill Chinese man, eats his lunch in a cage in cage and providing a pan when which he has been kept for more than a decade by his family at his home he needs the toilet. in Lijiachong village in Ruichang, China’s Jiangxi province. “Every time I delivered food, I would sit at his cage and cry,” she 20,000 psychiatrists to serve the quoted local officials as saying reportedly said, adding: “Now my country’s population of 1.35 bil- they had supported Wu’s family tears are dried up.” lion, the state-run China Daily with donations of oil and rice, Many mentally ill people in reported. adding Jiangxi had launched lim- China go without proper treat- Authorities estimated in 2009 ited subsidies for poor families ment due to a lack of resources that about 170 million people with mentally ill relatives. and qualified professionals, espe- had some form of mental illness, An official at the police sta- cially in the countryside. while more than 16 million suf- tion in Nanyang, which covers The Ministry of Health said in fered from severe mental health Shangfan, said he was not aware 2010 that there were only about problems. The Information Daily of the case. AFP Tuesday 28 May 2013 18 Rajab 1434 Volume 18 Number 5713 Price: QR2

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Spanish march against unemployment Barwa Bank Opec off radar joint lead of risks for manager for crude market ABT sukuk Cartel to meet in Vienna on Friday

LONDON: Oil traders should “Opec has its work cut out not lose too much sleep wor- already,” Ruhl said. rying about what Opec, often Only a year ago, the shale unpredictable and quarrelsome boom was dismissed by Opec in the past, will do when it as of little concern. Kuwait’s oil meets next week. minister Hani Hussein said pro- The producer cartel, say del- ducers would “wait to see more egates who attend meetings, is research to get a better idea about odds on to leave output policy the impact of shale oil” and his DOHA: Barwa Bank has unchanged. As a risk factor for Venezuelan counterpart Rafael acted as joint lead manager on oil markets, its May 31 gather- Ramirez said: “I’m not worried Albaraka Turk Participation ing in Vienna barely features on at all, they are only projections.” Bank’s (ABT) $200m Tier 2 traders’ radar. By the end of the year, the US sukuk. This transaction repre- One reason is that Brent oil had recorded the biggest annual Demonstrators from the Berri-Otxoak social rights pressure group, dressed as prisoners, cross a road near sents the first Sukuk Murabaha prices are very close to top pro- increase in oil output since it the Guggenheim Museum during a march against unemployment, poverty and evictions, from the Basque transaction issued in the inter- ducer Saudi Arabia’s favoured first became an oil producer in Nationalist Party (PNV) headquarters to a Lanbide job centre, in Bilbao, Spain yesterday. national capital markets from $100 a barrel. While that is the early 1860s. The 850,000bpd Turkey, a press release issued expensive by historical standards, increment was more than each by Barwa Bank said yesterday. it is well below the $125 price that of Opec’s two smallest producers, Steve Troop (pictured), CEO, sounded alarm bells for major Qatar and Ecuador, produce in Barwa Bank said: “We are very consumer countries last year. total. proud to have been selected as In fact, the shale revolution in Some of that shale oil is among Altimo fails to secure majority joint lead manager by ABT for its the United States, still the world’s the most expensive globally to debut sukuk. This is a significant biggest oil consumer ahead of produce, but Saudi Arabia — transaction and demonstrates our China by a big margin, has raised holder of most Opec spare capac- stake in Orascom Telecom credibility, strong regional rela- hopes among importers, that the ity — shows no sign of opening tionships and ability to deliver in relentless rise in fuel prices over the taps to bring down prices and the Debt Capital Markets (DCM) the past decade may be at an end. curtail that output by making it CAIRO: Russia’s Altimo failed OTH management this month to Egyptian regulatory risks and space: we look forward to a strong Annual nominal average world uneconomic. to secure a majority stake in advised shareholders to reject the political instability and improve pipeline of business for the com- oil prices rose more than four- Far from it, Saudi Oil Minister Egypt-based Orascom Telecom offer, saying the price of $0.70 per efficiency by placing OTH assets ing year.” fold on average in the decade Ali bin Ibrahim Al Nuaimi in a by a Monday deadline and said share was too low. under Vimpelcom’s direct man- With DCM in the region from 2002 from $25 a barrel to a speech last month in Washington it was ready to take a smaller Altimo said yesterday it had agement. The prospect of an expanding rapidly, Barwa Bank record $111 a barrel in 2012. This hailed the US energy renaissance interest in the company if asked the Egyptian Financial imminent delisting appears less is positioned to play a key role in year on average to date they are as “good news.” Egypt’s financial market regu- Supervisory Authority (EFSA) likely now that Altimo has failed this growth story. The ABT sukuk down, if only a little, and Brent Shale’s impact is felt most by lator allows. to waive the minimum take-up to secure a majority stake. is another milestone for the bank, was trading at just over $102 a those in Opec who relied heavily Shareholders holding 15.9 per- requirement for minority share- Analysts at Egyptian broker- having been involved with several barrel on Friday. on exports to the US. cent of Orascom Telecom (OTH) holders tendering their stock. age Naeem said the outcome of high profile issuers earlier this An International Energy The rise in domestic US sup- stock listed on the Egyptian “Even though this number falls the Altimo bid was positive for year as Co-Lead Manager, notably, Agency report released earlier plies has put a squeeze on Nigeria Stock Exchange offered to sell, below the 26 percent minimum remaining OTH shareholders. the government of Dubai, Emirates this month forecast US shale oil and Algeria in the US market, below the minimum 26.6 percent threshold, this is still a significant They said the price offered Airlines and Dubai Islamic Bank supply will help meet most of the forcing them to cut prices and required for the buyout. percentage representing one third was too low and the Egyptian The previous year saw Barwa world’s new demand in the next send more oil further afield. Altimo, the telecoms arm of the freefloat of OTH,” Altimo company may be closer to resolv- Bank hold lead management roles five years, leaving little room for Opec delegates say the of Russian billionaire Mikhail said in emailed comments. ing a long-running dispute with for six key sukuk issues, includ- Opec to lift output without risk- 12-member group’s meeting will Fridman’s Alfa Group, already “Therefore Altimo would like to Algeria’s government over its ing joint lead manager for Qatar ing lower prices. stick with an output target of 30 has an indirect interest in honour its commitment of buying Djezzy mobile phone subsidi- sukuk which was the largest ever “Opec is in a hard situation,” million barrels per day (bpd). OTH through telecoms group the shares at 70 cents from all ary. The dispute has weighed on sukuk issued and co-manager for said Chakib Khelil, Algeria’s oil “The price is still reasonable, Vimpelcom, in which it is the shareholders that tendered and OTH’s share price for years. the Republic of Turkey’s debut minister from 1999 to 2010. “The and not less than $100,” said biggest shareholder. Vimpelcom hence has applied to EFSA to “Failure of the offer, in our opin- sukuk, a milestone transaction demand for Opec oil is going a delegate from one of Opec’s owns 51.9 percent of OTH. waive this minimum requirement.” ion, was mainly on account of the as the republic’s first ever dollar down, while increasing demand is Gulf members. “So it looks very Altimo launched an offer in Sources familiar with the mat- offer price being low and amidst sukuk issuance. being met by others, not by Opec.” straightforward. Continue with April to buy out minority share- ter had said Vimpelcom planned expectations of a positive outcome Barwa Bank has been involved North America’s supply growth the official production ceiling holders of the Egypt-based com- to delist OTH from both the Cairo in Algeria,” the analysts said. in almost all meaningful sukuk will cause a decline in demand for and make informal adjustments, pany, which has mobile businesses and London stock exchanges if An OTH spokesman in Cairo business over the last 12 months, Opec oil until the end of the dec- if necessary.” Short-term market in Canada, Algeria, Pakistan and Altimo’s offer succeeded. said the bid was “purely a share- guided by its strategy to become ade and a build-up of its spare management will continue to be other emerging markets such as That would allow Vimpelcom holder issue” and declined to com- a key player in the Islamic debt capacity, said Christof Ruhl, chief guided by Saudi Arabia. Bangladesh, in a deal worth an to lower costs by closing down the ment further. capital markets. economist at BP . REUTERS estimated $1.8bn. Egyptian office, avoid exposure REUTERS THE PENINSULA

Bank’s support for cycling EU duties on Chinese solar panels losing member state support

BRUSSELS: A majority of EU The duties are being proposed said in a statement. governments oppose a plan to by the EU’s trade commissioner, The EU’s 27 countries had impose hefty duties on solar Belgian lawyer Karel De Gucht, until Friday to submit a formal, panel imports from China, a who met with Chinese Vice- written response to De Gucht’s survey of member states showed Minister of Commerce Zhong plans. While the trade commis- yesterday, undermining efforts Shan for an informal meeting in sioner would still have the right to by Brussels to pressure Beijing Brussels yesterday. impose the duties, doing so in the over its trade practices. But fearful of losing business in face of member states’ opposition The European Commission, the China, Germany, Britain and the would be hard. EU’s executive, accuses Chinese Netherlands are among at least The Commission statement firms of selling solar panels at 14 member states who oppose the said De Gucht told China’s Zhong below cost in Europe — a practice sanctions, diplomats said. Shan he wanted “to examine the known as “dumping” — and plans The Commission said China possibility of a negotiated set- to impose duties, making it far was pressuring some EU coun- tlement in partnership with the harder for China to gain market tries to oppose the duties. United States should this become share. “Commissioner De Gucht ... necessary”. The duties, averaging 47 per- made it very clear to the Vice- Provisional duties will more cent, will come into force from Minister that he was aware of than likely still go ahead on June June 6 for a trial period and could the pressure being exerted by 6, once they are published in the be withdrawn if both sides can China on a number of EU mem- European Union’s official journal, reach a negotiated settlement. ber states, which explains why officials say, but the pressure to The logo of Bank of Moscow is seen on bicycles for rent in central Moscow yesterday. The city authorities in This is the largest trade case they are positioning themselves roll them back before they become association with the bank are expected to launch a bike rental project on June 1 which will allow people to the Commission has undertaken, as they are in their advisory permanent in December will be take 1,000 bicycles for rent at 100 rental points in different parts of the city. with around ¤21bn of China-made positions towards the European intense. solar panels sold in the EU. Commission,” the Commission REUTERS TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Turkish bank Ireland to rebuff tax haven claims shares fall Dublin to launch diplomatic offensive to repair damage to reputation abroad on overdraft DUBLIN: Ireland is preparing to responsible if Apple paid tax at strongly defend Ireland as a safe, to quickly spread that message. to brief them on how best to officially reject accusations by US such low rates. Finance Minister a legally sound and a good place After it took a financial bail- restore a reputation he said was Senators this week that it acts Michael Noonan said Ireland to do business. What you see is out in late 2010, Dublin set up in tatters. rate cap as a tax haven for large multina- would not be the “whipping boy” what you get, and that is why so its Economic Messaging Unit The fresh assault will be tionals and launch a diplomatic for the Senate subcommittee. many global companies are head- to coordinate communications similar, one diplomatic source ISTANBUL: Turkish banking offensive to repair the damage The government will likely put its quartered in Ireland.” between all government agencies, said, adding that the key focus shares fell yesterday after the done to its reputation abroad. response on the record this week, Creighton was speaking from departments and embassies. would be liaising with a strong central bank halved the maxi- Ireland has been forced to two government sources said, and Dublin airport ahead of a four- Irish embassies from Beijing to network of contacts in the U.S. mum monthly interest rate that defend its low corporate tax rate will tell the committee led by vet- day trip to Washington and New Buenos Aires were issued rebuttal Administration and on Capitol banks can charge on overdrafts. after the Senate said last week eran tax sleuth Senator Carl Levin York where she will meet busi- points last week, a normal practice Hill, where the leaders of Ireland The central bank capped the that iPhone and iPad maker that Ireland is not a tax haven, nor ness leaders and politicians and for major stories, while Ireland’s and the United States tradition- monthly rates on overdrafts at 2.22 Apple paid little or no tax on did it cut Apple a special tax deal. address the prestigious Columbia ambassador in Washington held a ally meet for lunch to mark St. percent, triggering a 1.4 percent fall tens of billions of dollars in profits “Undoubtedly there’s a risk of University. conference call with government Patrick’s Day. in the banking index. “This will channelled through Irish subsidi- reputational damage if we don’t While the trade mission was departments and the state agency While Dublin was able to call on hurt the banking sector’s margins aries and that it had effectively defend our corner and set out the planned long before last week’s rev- charged with attracting invest- ex-President Bill Clinton to tell US and profitability considerably,” ana- negotiated a special corporate tax facts, so of course that’s happen- elations on Capitol Hill, Creighton ment into Ireland to discuss the companies last year that they would lysts at Tera Brokers said in a note. rate of less than two percent. ing,” Ireland’s European Affairs said she and her fellow ministers next steps. be “nuts” not to invest in Ireland, “The negative impact of the Irish ministers and officials Minister Lucinda Creighton said, would use every opportunity to put Within weeks of coming to the task could be trickier this time new regulation would be around have lined up to insist that referring to the response being right the “misinformation” heard office in 2011, Prime Minister with the criticism emanating from a two percent decline in 2013 their tax system is transparent drafted. “I’ve no doubt there will in the Senate last week. Enda Kenny summoned all the its normally friendly ally. net income for most of the and that other countries were be a strong response, and we will Ireland has a network in place country’s ambassadors to Dublin REUTERS banks except Vakifbank,” Oyak Securities analysts wrote. “Vakifbank seems to have the most to lose as it has the largest Australian wind power overdraft/loans ratio at 1.89 per- cent as of first quarter of 2013.” Top investors seek to buy Vakifbank shares were down 2.05 percent to 6.70 lira. Turkey’s main share index was Club Med for $700m down 0.33 percent at 90,687.18 points, underperforming the glo- bal emerging markets index. PARIS: Club Mediterranee’s short-term constraints for the Insurer Aksigorta’s shares were (CMIP.PA) top shareholders next four to five years,” he said. up 0.72 percent after the company plan to take over the French Founded in 1950 and listed since announced it had decided to sell holiday firm in a bid that values 1966, Club Med was a pioneer of its headquarters building for $72m, it at around ¤541m ($700m), to the all-inclusive holiday resort. much higher than the value regis- accelerate its shift to fast-grow- But it fell on hard times in tered in the company’s financials. ing emerging markets. the past decade because of stiff Shares in brewers Anadolu Efes Chinese investor Fosun competition and an unsuccessful and Turk Tuborg continued to International and AXA Private expansion into services, and its fall yesterday after a sharp fall Equity said yesterday they would more recent drive to recast itself on Friday, after the government team up with management to offer as an upmarket operator has been banned alcohol advertising and ¤17 a share for the stock they do hampered by a flagging European tightened restrictions on its sale. not already own — a 23 percent economy. Lira and bonds were firm in premium to Friday’s closing price. One Paris-based trader, who thin volume as UK and US holi- Chief Executive Officer Henri declined to be named, said Fosun’s days kept European equity and Giscard d’Estaing, who has spear- involvement would help Club bond markets quieter than usual. headed Club Med’s upmarket Med’s achieve its aim to make The two-year benchmark bond shift and expansion away from China its second-biggest market yield fell to 5.23 from 5.28 percent recession-hit Europe, said the after France. Club Med aims to on Friday. It hit an all-time low friendly bid would give the group operate five villages in China by Wind turbines behind electricity wires at the Infigen Energy wind farm located on the hills surrounding Lake of 4.61 percent a week ago after a the group freedom to focus on 2015, including three by the end of George, 50km north of Canberra. Infigen Energy’s Capital Windfarm, built five years ago, was a vanguard 50-basis-point interest rate cut, emerging markets. this year, Giscard d’Estaing said. for power in Australia. designed to boost the economy. “We need to be free from REUTERS REUTERS Deutsche Abu Dhabi turning to Telekom eyes acquisition emerging markets DUBAI: Abu Dhabi Investment its maximum allocation unchanged in Poland Authority is reducing target at 35 percent. Funds with long- exposures to developed market term objectives shift such broad FRANKFURT: Deutsche stocks and looking for growth target ranges only rarely, given the Telekom is considering buying in emerging markets, the sov- flexibility they already offer. Poland’s GTS Central Europe ereign wealth fund that is one ADIA, which manages the for ¤600m ($775m) as part of of the world’s biggest investors surpluses the Gulf emirate earns plans to strengthen its position said yesterday. from oil exports, maintained its in eastern Europe, the Wall In an annual review which pro- exposure to emerging market Street Journal Deutschland vides rare insights into the strat- stocks in a 10-20 percent band reported yesterday. egy of ADIA’s executives, it also but signalled a growing interest: The telecoms group is also gave an ominous signal to asset “Economic leadership is passing looking to purchase the remain- management firms hoping for its to emerging markets, not just as ing stake of almost 40 percent in business — it is handling more of their weight in the global economy its T-Mobile unit in the Czech its investment in-house and rely- passes 50 percent, but as their Republic from private equity ing less on index funds. share of likely future global growth firm Mid Europa Partners, the With undisclosed assets that moves far higher,” Sheikh Hamed WSJ Deutschland said, cit- analysts estimate at between $400- bin Zayed Al Nahayan, ADIA’s ing a person familiar with the $600bn — equivalent to about one managing director and a member of situation. percent of the value of the world’s the ruling family, said in the review. Deutsche Telekom spokes- major stock exchanges — ADIA The fund raised its exposure man Andreas Leigers declined revealed the first change in the limit on Chinese equities to to comment. GTS CE, which has broad ranges it maintains for differ- $500m from $200m in the third sales of ¤387m , also declined to ent assets since it began publishing quarter, ADIA said, after secur- comment. an annual review three years ago. ing the approval of the Chinese GTS CE is a portfolio company It lowered its target exposure to market regulator. of the Innova Capital fund. developed market stocks in 2012 Sovereign wealth funds gen- Krzysztof Krawczyk, Innova’s to a range of 32-42 percent from erally are focusing on emerging partner in charge of the asset, 35-45 percent in 2011 — meaning markets and alternatives to tra- said he would not comment on a reduction at the middle of that ditional securities, such as infra- market gossip. range of 7.5 percent. structure investment and private Mid Europa Partners was ADIA also cut its minimum equity, to offset lower growth not immediately available for exposure to Europe across its asset prospects and greater volatility comment. portfolio to 20 percent in 2012 from in established markets. REUTERS 25 percent in 2011, while keeping REUTERS

Israel cuts interest rates again

JERUSALEM: The Bank of improving have waned while on March 24, the monetary pol- Israel kept up its battle against the shekel has gained sharply icy committee (MPC) had kept shekel appreciation and the in recent months, partly due the benchmark rate on hold for prospect of slower export to Israel’s relatively high inter- a third straight month. It next growth with its second interest est rates, threatening to further meets on June 24. rate reduction this month. harm exports that account for 40 Expectations for a second rate After unexpectedly cutting percent of economic activity. cut in May grew after minutes of the benchmark at an unsched- “The (Monetary Policy) the May 13 rate decision showed uled meeting on May 13, the cen- Committee decided to reduce that half the MPC’s six members tral bank reduced it by another the interest rate and thus nar- voted for a steeper half-point quarter-point yesterday to 1.25 row the gaps between the Bank of rate reduction. But Bank of percent, its lowest level since Israel’s interest rate and the rates Israel Governor Stanley Fischer March 2010. The move had been in major economies worldwide, broke the tie by voting for the less expected by six of 13 economists in order to weaken the forces for aggressive quarter-point cut that polled by Reuters, while seven appreciation of the shekel,” the was accompanied by a Bank of others had forecast no move. Bank of Israel said in a statement Israel plan to buy $2.1bn of foreign Signs at the start of this after the rate cut. currency over the rest of 2013. year that Israel’s economy was At its last scheduled meeting REUTERS TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Germany says GE investing financial transaction tax billions eyeing unlikely soon BERLIN: German govern- ment officials are playing down prospects for introducing a fracking boom financial transaction tax in the near future after a mem- ber of the opposition Social Democrats (SPD) broke ranks Firm plans new lab, buying companies and described the project as “rubbish”. PITTSBURGH: One of since many decades ago flying was The SPD has been a driving America’s corporate giants is considered a risky business, but force behind the tax, which would investing billions of dollars in the industry evolved so that even force the financial sector to con- the new boom of oil and gas as the speed, distance and number tribute to the costs of future cri- drilling, or fracking. General of flights increased, overall safety ses and has won the backing of 11 Electric Co is opening a new lab- improved greatly. eurozone states. oratory in Oklahoma, buying up Little also pointed out that GE But last week Nils Schmid, the related companies, and placing a has significant experience in wind SPD finance minister from the big bet that cutting-edge science energy, solar, and in nuclear power. state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, will improve profits for clients “I think the world needs all of said banks might not be able to and reduce the environmental these kinds of systems,” Little said. cope with the additional burdens and health effects of the boom. One environmentalist wel- of the levy. “We like the oil and gas base comed the news. “It’s exciting A senior government source because we see the need for to see. I think it is a positive said yesterday that without full resources for a long time to come,” response to legitimate public SPD support, he expected the said Mark Little, a senior vice concerns about the environ- European decision-making proc- president. He said GE did “almost mental impacts” of the fracking Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi speaks to the media after meeting India’s Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily in ess on the tax to slow down. nothing” in oil and gas just over a boom, said Michael Shellenberger, New Delhi yesterday. The source said the govern- decade ago but has invested more one of the founders of Oakland’s ment still wanted to introduce than $15bn in the past few years. Breakthrough Institute. He added the tax but added was taking GE doesn’t drill wells or pro- that other companies are work- Iran offers insurance to India refiners objections to it seriously to avoid duce oil or gas, but Little said the ing to reduce and clean up waste- additional problems in the bank- complexity of the fracking boom water, use more benign fracking ing sector. plays into the company strengths. methods, and reduce air pollution NEW DELHI: Iran has offered “They (Iran) said they can provide by 26.5 percent in the fiscal year Finance Ministry spokesman Wells are being drilled horizon- related to drilling. insurance for Indian refiners to insurance for our refineries,” said which ended March 31, and had Martin Kotthaus said the issues tally at great depths in a variety “It’s the kind of continuous boost its crude sales, industry one of the sources, after a meet- reduced shipments by 56.5 per- raised in Schmid’s letter would be of formations all around the coun- improvement of technologies sources said yesterday, as the ing between Indian Oil Minister cent in April, according to data discussed in Brussels. try, and that means each location that’s needed,” Shellenberger said. Islamic nation looks to counter Veerappa Moily with his Iranian from trade sources. “We will tackle the issue very may require different techniques. Little said the GE strategy ulti- a fall in revenues hit by tough counterpart Rostam Qasemi. Sources said Qasemi also thoroughly and carefully,” he said There are also big differences mately comes down to looking at western sanctions. “We had a fruitful meet- offered a production-sharing con- at a regular government news in how surrounding commu- “minds and machines together.” US and European Union sanc- ing... Our meetings are about tract to Indian firms to develop conference, adding that there nities view the boom. There’s For example, they have devices tions aimed at choking the flow the energy sector,” Qasemi told the Farzad B gas field in the Farsi must be a solution “that we can been little controversy in tradi- that can literally be put down of oil money into Iran and forcing reporters, without elaborating. block and asked New Delhi to all live with”. Kotthaus said it tional oil and gas states such as into a well to give people on the Tehran to negotiate curbing its Qasemi is on a three-day visit boost exports to Tehran to fix a would be unrealistic to introduce Oklahoma, but nearby landown- surface information about exactly controversial nuclear programme to India from Sunday to woo New trade imbalance. the tax quickly and no revenues ers in Pennsylvania, Colorado and what’s happening a mile or two slashed its crude exports in half Delhi for stepping up oil imports Iran also offered to ship gas to from the tax were planned in the other states have complained of below ground. in 2012, costing it as much as $5 and invest in the Opec member’s India in liquefied form via Oman, 2014 budget. Until now 2014 has environmental and health effects. “We’ll get more information billion a month. oil and gas sector. they said. Iran does not have the been cited as the start date. “My own view is there things than ever before,” he said, and The sanctions have forced refin- Two refiners — Hindustan technology to liquefy gas so they In early May German Finance can be managed,” Little said of that can be used to help improve ers in India, Iran’s second-larg- Petroleum Corp, and Mangalore have asked India to use Oman for Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said concerns about drilling, adding production and profits, and to est oil buyer, to reduce imports Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd liquefying the gas for further sup- introducing the tax was not an they need to be managed care- monitor and reduce environmen- because Indian insurers have said — halted Iranian oil purchases in plies to New Delhi, said a second urgent matter and could take a fully. He drew a parallel to GE’s tal impacts. they can no longer cover refiner- April due to insurance problems. source. long time to be finalised. work with the aircraft industry, AP ies that process Iranian crude. India cut imports of Iranian oil REUTERS REUTERS Merkel sticks to electric cars target despite setback

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Yet economy Minister Philipp cars, making it the best-selling Merkel reaffirmed her target to Roesler refused to adopt the passenger car running on elec- bring one million electric cars approach of China, France and tricity in Europe, according to on to German roads by the end the United States, which subsi- the company. of the decade, despite evidence dize purchases of electric cars to The low interest in Germany of dwindling consumer interest. boost demand. is echoed by problems elsewhere. “You have a chancellor who Once hyped as a technology US electric car battery maker believes in electromobility,” she that would crowd out convention- A123 filed for bankruptcy and told a conference to promote ally-powered cars, electric auto cash-strapped Fisker Automotive EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION electric car technology, less than sales have flopped due to high is in talks to sell itself to a new 24 hours after the collapse of an costs and range limitations. owner. Israeli electric car company. A survey by Germany’s On Sunday, Israeli charging Fewer than 3,000 electric motoring club ADAC said driv- station provider Better Place filed cars were sold in Germany last ers are much more skeptical a court motion to liquidate. The Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee invites Expressions of Interest for Pre-Qualification for year out of a total market that about the technology than two Renault, which partnered with provision of construction services for an Early Works Package on a design/build/maintain basis for exceeded 3 million. years ago and nearly half are Better Place to set up a battery construction of site offices, access roads, car parking, site hoardings, site security, IT and utilities The German auto industry unwilling to pay extra for an swapping network in Israel and plans to invest roughly ¤12bn electric car. Denmark, said the move did not connections. ($15.5bn) in the next three to four “We actually lose money with call into question its own electric years in alternative powertrains, each Ampera we sell, because the vehicle strategy, one of the most Deadline for Pre-Qualification Closing including battery-powered elec- technology is too expensive,” said aggressive. Pre-Qualification Title Pre-Qualification No. Submission of Deadline tric cars, according to the presi- Karl-Thomas Neumann, Chief Upstart electric car maker Expression of Interest dent of industry association VDA. Executive of General Motors’ Tesla has been a rare success “Driving electrically is no vision unprofitable unit Opel. story, posting its first-ever quar- Early Works Package 0004 6 June 2013 at 10:00 AM 23 June 2013 at 12:00 PM anymore, it’s a reality,” said VDA’s Last year, the GM brand sold terly profit. Matthias Wissmann. 5,300 Amperas out of one million REUTERS Potential and interested local companies or consortia should submit an Expression of Interest in writing to the following address:

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DOHA: Qatar Exchange index four-session losing streak. lost 15 points or 0.17 percent to Banks recovered after recent 9,071.90 points from the previ- selling. First Gulf Bank and ous closing of 9,086.90 points. National Bank of Abu Dhabi The volume of shares traded climbed 1.8 percent and 1.3 per- fell to 8,981,225 from 9,081,243 on cent respectively. last day, and the value of shares In Saudi Arabia, the measure decreased to QR284,816,944.02 climbed 0.1 percent, up for a first from QR329,808,505.24 on in the last three sessions since Sunday. hitting a one-year high. Among the top losers were The market is looking for fresh Commercial Bank of Qatar catalysts which may come in the whose share dropped 0.58 per- form of corporate earnings in cent to QR69.00, International early July. Islamic Bank lost 0.92 percent “The market is consolidating to QR53.60, Qatar Insurance at a slow pace as large portfo- fell 1.23 percent to QR64.20 and lios adjust positions for corpo- Electricity and Water down 0.55 rate earnings,” said Mohammad percent to QR144.00. Omran, a Riyadh-based independ- The banking and financial ent financial analyst. “There’s a sector lost 0.03 points while the pattern of second quarter earn- insurance sector down 0.80 points. ings recording a jump over first The Qatar industrial sector added quarter numbers for the past Pakistani stockbrokers look at a graph during a trading session at the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) yesterday. The benchmark KSE-100-Index 0.29 points and the Services sec- few years. We’re expecting this closed at 20958.86, down 324.91 points at the end of the day. tor fell 0.11 points. to continue.” Meanwhile, UAE markets rose Retail sector stocks supported yesterday, resuming a rally after gains. Fashion and retail chain recently being hit by a bout of Fawaz Abdulaziz Al Hokair profit-taking, while Kuwait’s rose 4.4 percent, Saudi Airline measure hit a 53-month high. Catering added 3.4 percent. Valeant buys Bausch & Lomb for $8.7bn Dubai’s benchmark climbed 1.1 Petrochemical stocks rose with percent to 2,306 points, taking its the index adding 0.2 percent. OTTAWA: Canadian phar- stage pipeline of innovative, new The purchase of Bausch & Both companies had losses year-to-date gains to 42 percent. Kuwait’s index rose 0.9 per- maceutical company Valeant products.” Lomb by Valeant Pharmaceuticals for 2012, with Bausch & Lomb The market fell for four of the cent to 8,393 points, its highest announced yesterday a deal to “With this transaction, Valeant International, Inc follows a series reporting a loss of $68.3m and previous five sessions. since December 2008. The market acquire US eye health company will be a worldwide leader in both of some 15 recent acquisitions by Valeant a loss of $116m. Emaar Properties rose 2.1 needs to close above 8,439 points Bausch & Lomb for $8.7bn in dermatology and eye health,” the Canadian company over the The potential Bausch & Lomb percent, extending gains to 55.7 for three successful sessions to cash, becoming a behemoth in Valeant’s chief executive Michael last year totalling $3.5bn. deal comes on the heels of percent in 2013. The developer is confirm a breakout. the burgeoning eye care sector. Pearson summarized. But Bausch & Lomb is a far big- Valeant’s reportedly unsuccess- reaping the benefits of a turna- Local retail investors contrib- The acquisition, which had Founded in 1853, privately ger target, enabling the Canadian ful bid to buy US pharmaceutical round and recovery after the ute to the bulk of trading on the been rumored, positions Valeant held Bausch & Lomb, based in firm to double its revenues in one company Actavis for more than property slump which began in bourse, with institutional activity to capitalise on “growing eye Rochester, New York, is best fell swoop. $13 billion. 2008. On Sunday, it started sale of also getting strong as a reduced health trends driven by an ageing known for its contact lenses and The US company, which The transaction also replaces a a new project in Downtown Dubai political unrest spurs hopes the patient population, an increased for products related to main- employs 11,200 worldwide, last plan launched in March for Bausch called Burj Vista II. country will move ahead with rate of diabetes and demand from taining contact lenses, such as year reported revenues of around & Lomb to undertake an initial “The bulls are here to stay and massive infrastructure and devel- emerging markets,” said a joint PureVision, Optima and ReNu. $3bn, according to a filing with public offering. Valeant said the doesn’t look like they are going opment projects. Improved com- statement. The company also manufac- US securities regulators. Valeant transaction will be financed with anywhere,” said Firass Yaish, pany earnings have also helped to The merger also gives Valeant tures eye drops for treating eye reported revenues of $3.3bn and debt and approximately $1.5bn to business development manager at lift sentiment. access to Bausch & Lomb’s large dryness, glaucoma or allergies and had about 7,000 employees at the $2bn of new equity. One Financial Market. “Who can Large-cap National Bank of portfolio of products and “a late materials used in eye surgery. end of 2012. AFP say no to a market with relatively Kuwait gained one percent, tel- lower risk and high returns? ecom operator Zain added 1.4 DFM index might see the 2,320 percent. Mid-cap stocks also rose. level next.” Gulf Finance House climbed 3.5 Chinese steel futures down Abu Dhabi’s benchmark percent. advanced 1.2 percent, snapping a AGENCIES Peru official sees 2013 QATARI MARKET growth close to 6.1pc Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 103.69 0.83 % Aa2 AA DUBAI: Peru’s economic now we are projecting this inter- Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.44 1.58 % Aa2 AA growth is likely to be close to 6.1 est rate. Of course the bias instead Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 123.63 2.23 % Aa2 AA percent this year but more data of upwards is downwards.” Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 116.38 2.55 % Aa2 AA is needed before the central He said economic growth would Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 111.25 3.01 % Aa2 AA bank can make a firm predic- have to be “much below” potential Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 171.50 3.95 % Aa2 AA tion, its president Julio Velarde and affect inflation for the central Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 129.50 4.49 % Aa2 AA said yesterday. bank to start considering a rate Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 119.50 4.53 % Aa2 AA “It will be probably close to reduction. this,” Velarde told reporters Inflation is expected to be “very Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.25 1.48 % Aa2 AA after his presentation at a busi- close” to two percent at the end Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 113.50 2.89 % Aa2 AA ness seminar in the United Arab of the year, mid-point of the cen- Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 105.25 1.37 % A1 A- Emirates. “We still do not have tral bank’s 1-3 percent target Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.25 2.22 % A1 A- the full data for May. Then we will range, Velarde also said echoing QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.75 1.79 % NR NR decide on the projection.” his recent remarks. Peru’s cur- QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.63 1.62 % Aa3 A+ Velarde said on May 20 that the rent account deficit for the year QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.50 2.12 % Aa3 A+ central bank might trim its 2013 is seen at 4.4 percent of GDP, he gross domestic product growth said in his presentation. Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.25 2.32 % A2 A- forecast to 5.9 percent or 6 percent The country’s traditional Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 105.25 1.77 % A2 A /*- from 6.3 percent, when it issues its exports — mainly minerals — Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 128.50 2.72 % A2 A /*- next quarterly outlook in late June. shrank 19 percent in the first Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 110.88 3.15 % A2 A /*- Economists have been trim- quarter of 2013 from a year ago, Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 109.00 4.07 % A2 A /*- ming Peru’s growth forecasts for while imports grew 6.6 percent on Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 105.50 1.32 % Aa3 A 2013 after the country posted strong domestic demand. Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 107.88 3.32 % Aa3 A its first quarterly trade deficit The fiscal surplus for the year Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 110.13 3.71 % Aa3 A in more than four years. Lower is now expected to be 0.7 percent commodities prices are crimping of GDP in 2013, Velarde also said, SOVEREIGNS growth in emerging markets like below the previous central bank’s Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Peru despite growing confidence forecast of one percent. “We are Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 104.00 0.80 % Aa2 AA in the US economy. using the finance ministry forecast. Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 126.88 1.89 % Aa2 AA Asked whether the central bank It was one percent but there have A labourer looks on as steel coils are lifted to load onto trucks at considered cutting its benchmark been decreasing commodity prices Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 110.00 2.31 % NR NR a steel market in Haikou, Hainan province yesterday. Chinese steel interest rate, unchanged at 4.25 so it had affected income coming Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 106.88 3.03 % NR NR futures dropped more than two percent to their lowest in almost nine percent for two years, if growth from mining companies,” he said. months yesterday. Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 124.38 3.90 % NR NR keeps slowing, Velarde said: “Until REUTERS Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 116.75 4.18 % NR NR Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 104.56 1.20 % Aa2 AA Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 116.25 3.04 % NR BBB Shanghai sees biofuel gold Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 109.63 3.88 % NR BBB Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 89.00 7.84 % Caa1 CCC+ Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 105.88 3.58 % NR BBB- in recycled cooking oil *Periodic Distribution Amount • Bullion - Mumbai SHANGHAI: China’s commercial hub Shanghai plans to turn IMPORTANT NOTE: Gold (10 gm) Standard Rs. 26530 recycled cooking oil, some of it seized by authorities, into an envi- Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which Silver (1 kg) Rs. 43660 is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services ronmental asset by converting it into fuel for vehicles, state media • Indian Rupees QR1 = 15.15 Commission. 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You should consider these matters and return p.a. (in dollar) buses, taxis and trucks, the China Daily newspaper reported. consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. • Housing loan from HDFC LTD Tongji University, one of China’s most prestigious, has been experi- • Mutual Fund: Buy & Sell: SBI MF, HDFC MF, UTI MF, Birla Sun Life MF, menting for the last three years to create the ideal mix, the report Tata MF, Reliance MF etc. said, but did not detail the scale of the plan. • Advise on Indian Income Tax matters for NRIs. In 2011, China arrested 32 people over the sale of “gutter oil”, which Contact: Investec, Tel: 44325060/44365060 email: [email protected] is thought to contain carcinogens and other pollutants. AFP TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

This mug has my name Does UK have political on it – but that doesn’t mean Starbucks cares will to host welfare? BY IAN MULHEIRN contributory welfare is, by definition, a two- for a sustainable system: higher earners will BY JOHN HARRIS tier system in which those who haven’t paid have little affection for a system that gives ontributory welfare, it seems, is in must rely on less generous means-tested them far less than they are likely to have to Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you all the rage. Labour talks of offer- support. The simplest approach would offer pay in. International evidence bears this out. a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is ing a “something for something” a flat-rate top-up to the standard adult JSA While the UK’s flat-rate contributory enti- drinking,” said Andy Warhol. “All the Cokes are the bargain to restore faith in the rate of £71.70 per week for people with a tlements have withered, from Denmark to A same and all the Cokes are good.” welfare state, toying with link- contribution record. the US, systems where benefits are related Such was the capitalism that was embodied not just by Coca- Cing unemployment benefits to people’s past That raises the question of how to draw to prior earnings have proven far more Cola, but the Ford Motor Company. Now, though, we are said contribution. Meanwhile, it has emerged the line between those who are and are not resilient. Finally, if contributory welfare is to like our transactions personalised and touchy feely. Ergo a that the Conservative party, too, has been eligible for the higher rate. Past Labour pol- to take root, policymakers must design a summer-long promotion titled “Share a Coke”, whereby the usual floating the idea of higher benefits for those icymakers have instinctively sought to make system to keep the Treasury’s hands off the logo has been replaced by 150 first names. That all this rather who’ve paid in. But Britain has been here the system inclusive, recognising the non- money. From the very early days, national cuts across the imperious yet egalitarian brand that Warhol so before. Making contributory welfare work financial contribution of carers, mothers insurance was thought of by the Treasury as loved does not seem to have occurred to anyone; nor, apparently, is much harder than it sounds, and will and other people with patchy work histories. a more politically acceptable form of taxa- has the whole idea’s air of awful tweeness. require more profound reforms than have History shows us how this story goes. tion. Successive postwar reforms ratcheted At Starbucks, meanwhile, they now insist that your hot caffeine ever been tried before. However justifiable it might be to include up contributions in return for a promise of also comes emblazoned with your name. This scheme arrived in It’s easy to see where the pressure for people who have contributed in non-finan- more generous future benefits. early 2012, in a similar flurry of faux-enlightened PR: “Have you contributory welfare is coming from. cial ways, their entitlement to more gener- In 1974, on Barbara Castle’s plans to noticed how everything seems a little impersonal nowadays?” ran Jobseeker’s allowance overwhelmingly goes ous benefits inevitably entails a financial introduce the state earnings-related pen- the promotional text. Unlike the Coke wheeze, though, it was also to people who spend most of their time redistribution. The lesson is that an endur- sion scheme, the permanent secretary for a see-through attempt at damage limitation: six months later, the in work, according to recent government ing contributory welfare system means social security wryly noted: “We are going company’s byzantine tax arrangements would be under intense analysis. Among typical adult claimants, restricting more generous entitlements to to design a new plane from the models that scrutiny. But in the ordinary world, Starbucks was already becom- four in 10 have no history of having claimed those who have very clearly paid in. The sec- have crashed on the runway.” His jaundiced ing a byword for sloppiness and mess, not to mention coffee that for unemployment benefits in recent years. ond challenge is to establish a close relation- view about the prognosis for rejuvenating tastes like the hot milk my nan used to make me circa 1973. As a When the shock of unemployment hits, ship between what people pay in and what the contributory principle proved prescient. former ‘Bucks addict, my own epiphany came in their branch in average earners find a meagre benefits sys- they can expect to get out. Social security In the wake of the fiscal crisis of the late Birmingham’s Bullring Centre, where the tables were piled high tem that offers them some of the least gen- systems are more than private insurance 70s, entitlements were rapidly eroded. Forty with dirty cups and plates, only two staff seemed to be on duty. erous support in the OECD. Our flat-rate policies. They reflect people’s desires for a years on, the idea is once again in the ascend- Yet Starbucks is still here, making handsome worldwide profits. system of unemployment support appears degree of social solidarity, which creates ant and a groundswell against means-testing Yes, after a major reputational wobble, it has nobly offered to to offer “something for nothing” for some, some tolerance for less fortunate people is growing. We now know what it would take throw £20m over two years at Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs. while those who’ve played by the rules get getting slightly more out than they paid in. to make contributory welfare fly. If the next Hosanna! They now shout your name when they hand you your very little back. Uniform benefit levels But there is a limit to that tolerance. The reform is to avoid the fate of past ones in cup of warm milk and a plywood panini. My own recent experience inevitably mean lowest common denomi- goal of redistribution is different from that becoming a footnote in the history of the wel- of sclerotic, unresponsive, mind-bogglingly awful treatment runs nator entitlements. With job insecurity at a of unemployment insurance, and efforts by fare state, it will entail a profound overhaul of from Virgin Media, through the train giant First Great Western 20-year high, workers increasingly want to policymakers to fudge the distinction within the way our benefits system works. That is a and on to such behemoths as McDonald’s and PC World. When it know that there’s something in it for them. what purports to be a contributory system more ambitious goal than Beveridge achieved comes to the ubiquitous Amazon, there are once again lines to be The first challenge is to exclude non- drains its political support. on benefits. It will require the political will to drawn from its tax arrangements, through standards of service contributors. Tough though it may be, A flat-rate top-up therefore fails the test match. THE GUARDIAN to its predatory behaviour, last seen when it hiked up its fees to independent “marketplace” sellers by up to 70 percent. Running through a lot of this, I would imagine, is much the same business model: Work forces hacked down to the bare minimum and poorly paid, the apparent belief that if you track your customer’s buys via data accumulation and give them what you think they want, more quaint ideas of customer service can be dumped, fast. To all this, there is an obvious enough response: Hasn’t a mixture of India’s coal production, imports flimsy “personalisation” and arrogant business–as-usual always been the capitalist way? Perhaps. But somewhere between the arrival of Coal India, the world’s largest coal producer, produces about 80 pct of India’s coal; output has stagnated in recent years Margaret Thatcher and the fall of Lehman Brothers, there were at least fleeting signs of an embrace of half-decent customer service. TOTAL COAL PRODUCTION COKING COAL IMPORTS Bear with me, please. Though I cannot quite date them, I have Million tonnes Million tonnes clear memories of visiting Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury’s, and real- ising that though they were strangling independent competitors, 600 40 squeezing producers and offering an illusion of choice under which Coal India lay a remarkably Fordist way of operating, their customer service was actually very good. Other producers You may recall the dedicated bag-packers, or the staff’s breezy 500 openness to being sent to scour the aisles when you reached the 30 checkout and realised you’d forgotten the broccoli. More often than not, my own supermarket shopping now ends with an exas- 400 perated glimpse of gridlocked checkouts, and the usual trudge through the self-service terminals sometimes known as “the fast lane”: a con trick that would have caused Marx and Engels to hoot with mirth, whereby the customer now doubles as the 300 20 worker. I contacted Sainsbury’s, Asda and Tesco to ask how many were now in operation, and what the increasing dominance of fast lanes meant. Their replies were uniformly evasive, and the 200 one from Tesco was particularly grim: “We believe in giving our customers choice. Over a third of shoppers choose to use self- 10 service tills, not least because they find them quicker and more convenient. For customers who need assistance, there is always a 100 member of staff on hand.” Somewhere in those words is the same arrogance you can taste in your average grande skinny cappuc- cino and granola bar. 0 0 There is, then, a new model of business, which rather puts me in FY'02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 FY'02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 mind of words uttered not by Andy Warhol but the market traders Est. of the West Midlands. “Never make a mug of your punter,” they Note: FY ’02 refers to the 2001/02 fiscal year, and so on. used to say. But that is what modern business does. And strang- Sources: India Department of Commerce; India Ministry of Coal; Reuters. est of all, contrary to all that stuff about consumer sovereignty, it C. Chan 27/05/2013 seems to be not just getting away with it, but prospering. THE GUARDIAN The new farm bill is an economic catastrophe BY HEIDI MOORE crisis by encouraging chemical these lawmakers bemoan the neither anomalous nor abusive. It Agriculture to test the seeds for including Hershey’s and Coca- sugar substitutes; push genetically waste of government spending makes perfect sense. Poverty goes potential harm to humans. The Cola, oppose this. To a consumer, he US Congress, its modified food at the expense of on the poor. They pledge fiscal up in recessions and in weak recov- Monsanto Protection Act would high sugar prices may seem like a approval rating still near public health with the so-called discipline on the backs of people eries like this one. About 12 mil- allow big agriculture companies boon, but they’re not. Since sugar all-time lows, is rein- “Monsanto Protection Act”; and living below the poverty level, as lion people are out of work. Only to sell genetically modified seeds is in nearly everything, many Tforcing its own record of support factory farming at the the lawmakers themselves count about 58 percent of the population before they are tested, and pre- supermarket products will cost stupefyingly short-sighted law- expense of sustainable food pro- on up to $1.2bn in retirement ben- is employed, which is around the vent the USDA from interfering more when sugar prices rise. And, making with what may be the duction with abusive crop subsi- efits. So it is that these beacons to lows of the early 1980s recession, with the sale of the seeds even as long as sugar prices are high, most harmful piece of economic dies. That’s quite a lot of damage financial restraint, surrounded by and which also has not changed if they are proven to be harmful food companies will continue to legislation in America in years: to wreak with a single law, but a $6bn bubble of government-sub- appreciably for around three years. to humans. Small farmers rarely favour chemical sugar substitutes the $1trn 2013 farm bill. this Congress certainly seems up sidised comfort, have succeeded Though food stamp legislation win. Then there is the problem and products like high-fructose It should be called the 2012 to the challenge. in cutting food stamp help to the is the biggest embarrassment in with sugar in the bill. US sugar corn syrup, which is derived from farm bill because the habitually The farm bill will set US food poor by about $20.5bn in this bill. the farm bill, it is hardly the only is expensive. heavily subsidised corn instead. sluggish group of lawmakers in policy for 2014 to 2023, encom- They’ve also planned to eliminate one. Another testament to cra- That’s because the US sets a Health advocates have criticised Washington were too busy in 2012 passing everything from agri- food stamps for anyone who was ven lawmaking is the rider that minimum price for sugar, which, high-fructose corn syrup as a to pass it. Campaigning for office culture to food stamps. The food ever convicted of a crime, which opponents dubbed The Monsanto in turn leads to scrapes like the potentially harmful contributor and ginning up the fake fiscal stamps show the worst decision- will disproportionately hurt the Protection Act, for its chief cor- one we’re in now. According to to the obesity crisis. cliff crisis occupied a lot of time, making. Conservatives are appar- urban poor. porate beneficiary. Companies the Wall Street Journal, the USDA This is a litany of economic so lawmakers passed an exten- ently annoyed that Americans Some lawmakers argued the including Monsanto sell geneti- may have to buy 400,000 tons and public health disasters from sion of the $650bn 2008 farm bill are using more food stamps. That SNAP, or food stamp, programme cally modified seeds, which domi- of sugar at an estimated loss of just one bill. The only good thing for another year. As members of much is true. Food stamp usage has should be cut because of the trend nate the US farm and food supply. $80m in taxpayer dollars just to the farm bill will do is end direct Congress have negotiated over grown by at least 70 percent since of food stamp users buying things These seeds are laboratory-cre- keep the price of US sugar artifi- payments; those are subsidies paid various amendments and riders the financial crisis in 2008, with a like energy drinks. ated to survive being sprayed with cially inflated. to support farmers, regardless of to the bill, they’ve set an impres- record 47.8 million people relying Yet they still ask: Why do we powerful and harmful pesticides, The farm bill sets a minimum the price or fruitfulness of those sively consistent trend: They mix on food stamps in order to afford need food stamps at all? There is which not coincidentally are also price for sugar, mainly US-grown crops. Even that move is long good ideas and bad ideas and com- their weekly grocery bills. This is an economic recovery, some law- sold by Monsanto and its rivals. sugar from beets leading to criti- overdue. bine them to create the absolutely costing the government $74.6bn. makers argue, why aren’t more The percentage of US soybeans, cism that the country is fuelling The farm bill is still being worst possible policies. Elements Members of Congress — whose people buying their own food? cotton and corn that come from “Big Sugar” through loans to debated, and still may change of the farm bill, as it stands, will average pay is $174,000 a year are This is perhaps the most damag- genetically modified crops hov- farmers and import restrictions form. We can only hope it will. cut food stamps to the poor and outraged by this. As they enjoy ing and revealing idea of all. The ers between 80 percent and 90 from cane-sugar-producing coun- In its current form, it’s a short- the previously incarcerated, thus over $4.6bn in subsidised health- “recovery” so far consists prima- percent depending on the crop. tries like Central America and sighted embarrassment to increasing poverty and possibly care, travel and other government rily of vaporous paper money. In Currently, these companies have the Caribbean. Naturally compa- American lawmaking. crime; add to the growing obesity perks subsidised by taxpayers, fact, the rise in food stamp use is to wait for the US Department of nies that make sweet products, THE GUARDIAN TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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EU exit puts US trade deal at risk, Britain warned

HE Obama adminis- the uncertainty over Britain’s underscore why we think it’s “is, in many respects, a once- to complete a far-reaching part- tration has warned future would further complicate important that it continues.” in-a-generation opportunity to nership in Obama’s term may be British officials that what is already a hard sell in US officials say that the White reshape our relationship with over-optimistic and would be tor- if the UK leaves Congress, threatening a central House is particularly perplexed the European Union”. Hormats pedoed altogether by a British exit Europe it will exclude pledge in the president’s State of because Britain played a key role added it “will enhance our abil- from the EU. Titself from a US-EU trade and the Union address in February. in persuading Obama to stake US officials say that ity to build stronger relationships “If the UK separates from the investment partnership poten- With formal negotiations significant political capital on the the White House is with emerging economies in Asia EU, I think will go a long way to tially worth hundreds of billions expected to start within weeks, ambitious transatlantic partner- particularly perplexed and elsewhere around the world”. derail the TTIP project entirely,” of pounds a year, and that it was the state department already has ship. If it is successful it could be because Britain Both European and American Hufbauer said. “There would be very unlikely that Washington hundreds of staff working on the the biggest trade and investment officials involved in preparatory a lot of questions raised. The would make a separate deal with partnership. Sources at US-UK deal in history, encompassing half played a key role in talks on the partnership said that administration has many battles Britain. meetings in London last week said the world’s GDP and a third of persuading Obama it was also intended as a bulwark ahead of it. It will add another The warning comes in the American officials made it clear its trade. to stake significant against the economic challenge of layer of confusion on an already wake of David Cameron’s visit to that it would take a monumen- On both sides of the Atlantic China, aimed at forming a bloc pow- confused picture, and there will Washington, which was prima- tal effort to get TTIP through a there is hope that the boost pro- political capital erful enough to lay down the rules of be lots of commercial concerns in rily intended as a joint promotion suspicious Congress and that vided by removing remaining on the ambitious international trade and investment. the US (from those who) have of the Transatlantic Trade and “there would very little appetite” barriers to US-EU trade and transatlantic They pointed to the fact had their eye on the UK markets.” Investment Partnership (TTIP) in Washington to do it all again investment — worth about $1bn that Turkey’s prime minister, The TTIP will aim to remove with Barack Obama, which the with the UK if Britain walked out (£660m) and $4bn respectively partnership. Recep Tayyip Erdogan flew to the relatively low tariffs of about prime minister said could bring of Europe. — would help lift the west, and Washington this month specifi- three percent to five percent GBP10bn a year to the UK alone, “Having Britain in the EU . . . is then the global economy, out of cally to try to persuade Obama between the US and Europe, but but which was overshadowed by a going to strengthen the possibility the doldrums. Writing in the to include his country in nego- its greatest impact will be felt in cabinet rebellion back in London. that we succeed in a very difficult US press this year, the British He added that the UK shared the tiations. Officials said this was promoting investment in both The threat by Cameron’s min- negotiation, as it involves so many Ambassador to Washington, Sir Obama administration’s optimism a reflection of the gravitational directions largely by the conver- isters to back a UK exit in a ref- different interests and having Peter Westmacott, said “a bold that it could be completed in less pull the partnership could exert gence of regulations on either side erendum on the EU raised doubts Britain as a key player and push- and comprehensive deal could be than two years. on the rest of the world. of the Atlantic. One of the great- in Washington on whether Britain ing for this will be important,” a worth one percent to two percent Addressing the Senate last Gary Hufbauer, a former US est potential advantages for the would still be part of the deal once senior US official said. “We have in additional GDP on both sides of week, the US under-secretary Treasury official now a senior EU would be the opening up of it had been negotiated. More expressed our views of Britain’s the Atlantic. Even a one percent of state for economic growth, fellow at the Peterson Institute tenders at the US state level to immediately, Obama administra- role in the EU and they haven’t bump would translate, at current energy and the environment, for International Economics, said European suppliers. tion officials were concerned that changed. TTIP negotiations GDP levels, into an extra $325bn.” Robert Hormats, said the TTIP that the administration’s hopes THE GUARDIAN TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

Baseball Results Toronto 6 Baltimore 5 Detroit 6 Minnesota 1 Heat bounce back with a Chicago Cubs 5 Cincinnati 4 Boston 6 Cleveland 5 Washington 6 Philadelphia 1 Tampa Bay 8 NY Yankees 3 C White Sox 5 Miami 3 LA Angels 5 Kansas City 2 Pittsburgh 5 Milwaukee 4 vengeance in game three Oakland 6 Houston 2 San Francisco 7 Colorado 3 Seattle 4 Texas 3 NBA: The defending champions crush Indiana Pacers 114-96 St Louis 5 LA Dodgers 3 Arizona 6 San Diego 5 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA: competitive this series is. We NY Mets 4 Atlanta 2 NBA champions Miami bounced already have to start putting this back with a vengeance yester- behind us and start getting ready Tyler Ellsbury the day, racing to an early lead and for the next challenge, the next Hansbrough rolling to a 114-96 victory over battle.” (50) of the Indiana in game three of the All five Miami starters scored Indiana hero as Red Eastern Conference finals. in double figures. Dwyane Wade Pacers goes The Heat, stung by a game- added 18 and eight assists and up against Sox rally to two defeat on their home floor on Udonis Haslem, who had scored Friday, struck back to take a 2-1 just three points in the first two Chris lead in the best-of-seven series. games of the series, added 17 and Andersen stun Tribe The winners will advance to seven rebounds. (11) of the the NBA finals to take on either Chris Bosh scored 15 and Mario Miami Heat NEW YORK: Jacoby Ellsbury San Antonio or Memphis for the Chalmers poured in 14 as the Heat during game hit a game-winning, walk-off league crown. remained unbeaten on the road in three of double as the Boston Red Sox NBA Most Valuable Player this post-season and handed the the Eastern rallied from four runs down to LeBron James led the Heat with Pacers their first home defeat of Conference stun the Cleveland Indians 6-5 22 points. He scored 18 in the first this playoff campaign. Finals at yesterday. half as Miami, connecting on 63 The Pacers will try to even the Bankers Life The Red Sox trailed 5-1 in the percent of their shots from the series when they host game four Fieldhouse top of the eighth, but erased the floor in the half, jumped to a 70-56 tomorrow. in deficit with a run in the bottom lead at the break. “Obviously they’re one of the Indianapolis, of the inning and four more in the The Heat shot 54.5 percent for great teams that this league has Indiana. ninth. the game, connecting on 42-of-77 seen, the defending champs,” Mike Napoli and Jarrod shots in an impressive offensive said Pacers coach Frank Vogel. Saltalamacchia had RBIs in the performance against the league’s “If you’re not perfect guarding ninth before Ellsbury emerged best defensive team. them, they’ll do what they did to with a two-RBI hit to seal the “What we talked about in the us tonight. two by James in the final minute, Indiana trimmed the deficit to The Heat took a 91-76 edge into win. locker room was a team win,” “Sometimes when you are per- the Heat committed just five seven points. the fourth quarter and led by as Boston took three of four games Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. fect with your coverages they still turnovers. Roy Hibbert had 20 But after Hibbert’s three-point many as 21 in the final period. against Cleveland and manager “We just tried to focus on the task find ways to make baskets,” Vogel points and 17 rebounds for the play pulled the Pacers within Spoelstra cautioned, however, Terry Francona, who was making of playing one possession at a time added. “We didn’t have a great Pacers. David West notched 21 78-71 with 5:45 remaining in the that the Heat could not afford to his first trip back to Fenway Park and trying to play those posses- defensive night. It wasn’t horri- points and 10 rebounds in the period, the Heat put together a be complacent. since leaving the Red Sox in 2011. sions well. ble. You have to credit Miami for defeat, while Paul George had 13 9-1 run that included five points “It doesn’t matter how much In other Major League Baseball “We had a lot of contribu- playing a great basketball game.” points on just 3-of-10 shooting to from Chalmers and a slam dunk you win by,” Spoelstra said. “We action, Detroit starter Max tions tonight so it was a good After a game two defeat in go with eight assists. by Wade that stretched Miami’s have to be focused and get ready Scherzer lifted his record to 7-0 in step forward, but we know how which their 15 turnovers included Twice in the third quarter lead to 87-72. for another one.” REUTERS a 6-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Scherzer tossed 109 pitches in six innings, struck out six Los Angeles and allowed one run to remain Kings’ goalie unbeaten. Torii Hunter homered for the Jonathan Sharks edge past Kings Tigers, and Miguel Cabrera went Quick (right) 1-for-3 to put his Major League- makes a LOS ANGELES: The San Jose “I felt we did a great job right Niemi made 24 saves while his leading batting average at .385. save on San Sharks held off the Los Angeles from the start. The boys had a Kings counterpart Jonathan In Seattle, the Mariners out- Jose Sharks’ Kings 2-1 yesterday to force a good jump,” San Jose defenseman Quick also had 24 but could not lasted the American League-best Bracken Game Seven in their Western Scott Hannan said in a televised halt his team’s struggles on the Texas Rangers 4-3 in 13 innings. Kearns during Conference semi-final series. interview. “We were aggressive road. Los Angeles are undefeated The Mariners fell behind 3-2 in Game 6 of Joe Thornton scored the open- and didn’t sit back. We accepted at the Staples Center this posts- the top of the 11th but tied it on their NHL ing goal in the first period and TJ their push, but I thought the guys eason but have lost 11 of their last Raul Ibanez’s solo homer. Western Galiardi gave the Sharks a 2-0 gave a great effort tonight.” 12 games away from home ice. Jason Bay delivered the game- Conference lead early in the second before Defending Stanley Cup cham- Earlier on Saturday, Chicago winning RBI single in the 13th. semi-final Dustin Brown pulled one back pions Los Angeles grabbed a 2-0 Blackhawks staved off elimination In the National League, play-off game for the visitors. series lead then stretched it to 3-2 with a 4-1 win over the Detroit Stephen Strasburg got the better in San Jose, The deciding Game Seven last week, but the Sharks have Red Wings in Game Five of the of Cole Hamels to lift Washington California. between the Pacific Division foes refused to go away. Western Conference semi-finals. past Philadelphia 6-1. is back in Los Angeles on Tuesday. San Jose goaltender Antti AGENCIES REUTERS China’s sports system ‘needs major reform’

SHANGHAI: In front of thou- regimes with little relaxation. It in 10.04secs. “Our training makes sands of fans in a cavernous was a system that helped China them experience a different cul- Shanghai Stadium, long jumper top the medals table at the 2008 ture from what they are used to, Li Jinzhe thundered down the Beijing Olympics with 51 golds. which forces them to open up, and track before soaring 8.34 metres But as the focus shifts to this generates success,” Seagrave to victory, sending his support- China’s next showcase sporting told AFP. ers into a patriotic frenzy. event, the 2015 World Athletics Zhang, 26, is now being lined up Li is one of a new wave of for- Championships in the capital, to be tutored by US coach John eign-coached track and field stars experts say that less intense for- Smith, who has coached three who are making China an emerg- eign coaching schemes actually Olympic gold medallists and the ing athletics force -- but their yield better results. current 100m women’s world independent attitude is putting Li trains regularly in the US champion Carmelita Jeter, the pressure on the country’s intense under Loren Seagrave, who second fastest woman of all time. state sports system to reform. has worked with a number of There are also plans to send “It’s not a surprise. I expected Olympic champions, including China’s long distance runners to to jump well,” said the 23-year-old Canada’s 100m sprinter Donovan Kenya and Ethiopia for specialist after he beat a strong field includ- Bailey and women’s 200m winner training. ing three previous Olympic cham- Pauline Davis-Thompson, from Nonetheless Beijing is keen to pions at the Diamond League the Bahamas. limit its emerging talents’ expo- meeting earlier this month. Seagrave has also coached star sure to outside influences, fearing Under China’s rigid state sports Chinese sprinter Zhang Peimeng that it could create a genera- system, many athletes believed to -- who broke China’s 200m tion of athletes who compete for A computer generated image of the Beijing National Aquatics Center (left), colloquially known as the Water have potential are plucked from record with a time of 20.47secs their own interests, rather than Cube, and Beijing National Stadium used for competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics. their families at an early age and in Shanghai, only a month after national glory. put through gruelling training he set a new national 100m mark Dutch former long-distance runner Jos Hermens, who now the Olympics with world record winnings, whereas state-spon- Xie Wenjun will follow in Liu’s works with the China Athletics performances, helping China to sored athletes only keep 12 per footsteps, after he came third in Association, said: “Now they are five golds among 10 swimming cent, with the remainder going the 110m event in Shanghai with more and more getting (foreign) medals. Both have spent time to the authorities, a personal best of 13.28sec. coaches involved, other people training in Australia with top But athletics is not normally as “China has a lot of young, tal- internationally involved, so there coaches, while others practise in lucrative as tennis and golf. ented athletes,” he told reporters is progress, slow progress. the United States. China’s greatest athlete Liu afterwards. “From now onwards, “I think they will improve, and Some of China’s biggest sport- Xiang, who became a national I will start afresh, and try to do they will have more medals in the ing stars already operate outside hero when he claimed the coun- better in the upcoming races to future,” he added. state control, most notably tennis try’s first Olympic track and showcase to the world my talent “I see changes but they do usu- player Li Na and 14-year-old golf field gold in the 110m hurdles at and the talent of young Chinese ally go a little bit slowly in China, prodigy Guan Tianlang. Athens in 2004, remained in the athletes.” at least in sport, because it is a Li won the 2011 French Open state system. Hermens said he expected to very conservative system.” after she ditched the state sys- After suffering injury heart- see a mixture of both western and The new approach has helped tem and recruited her own break at both the Beijing and Chinese systems used in the com- China extend its reach beyond coaches, and privately-trained London Games, he has again been ing years. sports it has traditionally domi- Guan became the youngest golfer ruled out for this season, with “I see a new generation that is nated -- table tennis, badminton, ever to make the cut at a major many reports in China doubting more open, more transparent,” diving, shooting, gymnastics and tournament at the Masters last he will return. Some claimed that he said. “Xie says he is shy, but weightlifting. month. he failed to reach his potential he speaks English better than This file picture taken on May 18, 2013, shows Li Jinzhe of China making It made a dramatic entrance Li and Guan not only have because his coaches pressured Liu Xiang. He is an open person, the winning jump in the men’s long jump event at the IAAF Diamond as a swimming power last year, the freedom to shape their own him to race when he should have so the new generation is actually League athletics meeting in Shanghai. when stars such as teenager Ye careers, they are also reportedly been recovering from injuries. more looking into the world.” Shiwen and Sun Yang dominated able to keep 65 percent of their Many in China hope 22-year-old AFP TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT QMMF riders Al Malki and Al Sulaiti improve in Spain 2013 Spanish Championship: I have improved my lap time: Al Malki

ALCANIZ, SPAIN: Qatari rider Nasser Al Malki savoured Qatar’s Chen his improved times at Aragon Motorland where bright sun- shine and cheery weather qualifies for greeted the participants for Qatar’s Saeed round two of the Spanish Sulaiti (second Championship. left) and Anthony World Cup The good weather conditions West, the QMMF DOHA: Qatar’s Grandmaster allowed the QMMF riders to get Racing Team rider Zhu Chen (pictured above), good results in the two Moto2 in Moto2, are who won the women’s title at races. seen in Motorland the 2013 FIDE-rated Asian Al Malki finished in 12th spot Aragon, a Zone 3.1 Championship, held in and then later finished in 18th motorsport race Doha recently, has qualified for place in race two. track located the World Cup scheduled to be Al Malki’s compatriot Saeed Al near Alcaniz, held in Norway in August this Sulaiti (22 and 26) also improved year, officials said. Spain, yesterday. his times in the two races com- Chen finished the competi- BELOW: Qatari pared to his outings the previous tion on eight-and-a-half points. day. rider Nasser Al She was followed by Iran’s two Al Malki said he was feel- Malki with team Women International Masters, ing confident ahead of the third manager Luis Hejazipour Mitra and Ghader round to be held next month. Solano at the Pour Shayesteh. “Today we started the day with same circuit. In the men’s category, Iranian good weather conditions, nice Grandmaster Darini Pouria (pic- temperature and everything was tured below) booked a place at perfect for us,” Al Malki said. the World Cup in Norway. “I have improved my lap time The 22-year-old Pouria accu- today as I ever do in races. I feel mulated seven-and-a-half points better now, with this condition from nine rounds to emerge as the I can understand the bike very so I had to be so good on the but not for the result because I winner at the Qatar tournament. well,” the Qatari rider added. brakes to keep my position. I need haven’t managed to get any point. Iranian Grandmasters “In the first race my start was to thank the team, the QMMF “In the second race I have been Golizadeh Asghar and Ghaem not too good but I didn’t want to and also to Anthony West for his even faster so I have improved a Maghami Ehsan finished second lose the points position today so I help,” Al Malki said. lot my riding style this weekend. and third respectively. was a little calm in the first laps Al Sulaiti echoed Al Malki’s The most important is that I Qatar’s top-rated Grandmaster and then I started to push more sentiments. have learned a lot in these races, Mohammed Al Medaihki finished and more so I could pass many “I am very happy with both I know now that every session is fourth, followed by his compatriot riders,” Al Malki said. races but the main problem for us very important. Mohammed Al Sayed. Jordan’s “I finished twelve and I am here was the qualifying sessions,” “I want to thank all my team, International Master (IM) happy with this position,” he Al Sulaiti said. they have worked a lot all this Khader Sami came sixth while added. “Today I have been 1.5 seconds weekend and also thanks to Qatari IM Hussein Nezad was “In the second race, I tried to faster than yesterday and I am QMMF and also to Anthony West placed seventh. be more aggressive in the first lap pretty sure that if I could have who is always teaching me new Ten countries from the Asian but I was in a group with other done this yesterday I had been things and this is very important Zone 3.1 competed in the nine- seven riders and it made me be in the points positions today,” Al to me.” day championship. Besides, hosts slower. Sulaiti added. West said The conditions were Qatar, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, “During the race I had some “In the first race I’ve finished a lot better with no wind, which Lebanon, Palestine, UAE, Yemen problems with the bike which had ten positions ahead from my made the two Qatari riders more and Saudi Arabia. no power at all; I couldn’t fight starting position so I am very happy and confident to start the Meanwhile, Qatari with other riders in the straights happy for my race performance race. THE PENINSULA Grandmaster Mohammed Naser Al Sayed is set to take part in the World Blitz and Rapid Chess Championship which takes place in Khantymansiysk, Russia from June 4 to 11. This week, Al Sayed and Tony Kanaan of Veteran Brazilian driver Husain Aziz Nezad (IM) are Brazil, driver of competing in the Asian Individual the Hydroxycut Chess Championship Classical KV Racing Chess and Blitz Chess in Manilla, Technology-SH Philippines. THE PENINSULA Racing Chevrolet, Kanaan wins Indy 500 pours the victory milk over his INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA: speechless,” Kanaan said. “I got Seconds later, Franchitti hit head as he Brazil’s Tony Kanaan, frustrated a little bit of luck today.” the wall to bring out yellow flags celebrates in after leading eight Indianapolis Kanaan ensured his likeness for the final time as the race victory circle after 500s without a victory, finally will be molded onto the champi- cruised to the finish under slow- winning the IZOD won the oval classic yesterday ons’ trophy in his 12th Indy start. speed caution laps. “I couldn’t with tension-packed restart “We were known for not win- believe it,” Kanaan said. “The last IndyCar Series pass with three laps remaining. ning. Now we’re known for win- lap was the longest lap of my life. I 97th running of Kanaan overtook US leader ning,” Kanaan said. “This is it. I wanted the pace car to hurry up.” the Indianapolis Ryan Hunter-Reay on the restart made it. Finally, I’m going to put Hunter-Reay was third, 500 mile race at and a crash by defending cham- my ugly face on that trophy.” American Marco Andretti the Indianapolis pion Dario Franchitti moments On the lap 198 restart after a fourth, Britain’s Justin Wilson Motor Speedway later handed Kanaan a long- crash by US racer Graham Rahal, fifth and three-time winner Helio in Indianapolis, sought triumph over 200 laps Kanaan went low around Hunter- Castroneves of Brazil sixth. Indiana. at the 2.5-mile (four-kilometer) Reay and took the lead in the There were an Indy 500 record Indianapolis Motor Speedway first turn while Colombian rookie 14 leaders and 68 lead changes, oval. Carlos Munoz, in his first IndyCar twice the old record set just last “I can’t believe it. I’m race, went high and took second. year. REUTERS QOC announces meeting schedule DOHA: Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), the coun- try’s sports governing body, yesterday announced the sched- ule of the Sport Clubs General Assembly (GA) meetings for the year 2013. According to the schedule released yesterday, Al Kharaitiyat SC held their meeting on Sunday, Al Khor SC meeting is scheduled for today while Al Sailiya SC will convene for their GA meeting on the first of June. The Muaither SC meeting is scheduled for June 3 while Al Arabi SC will meet on June 2, Umm Salal SC on June 4, and Al Gharafa SC are scheduled to hold their meeting on June 5. Likewise, Musaimeer SC will convene their meeting on June 7, Khalid Al Mawlawi, President of Qatar Volleyball Association, (QVA), is seen with members of national league clubs at a season-ending gathering held at the Ritz-Carlton in Doha on Sunday Al Ahli SC meeting is scheduled night. In what was the last match of the season on Saturday, Al Rayyan beat Police in the final of the Emir Cup at Al Arabi Indoor Sports Hall. It was Al Rayyan’s third trophy this season. for June 8 while Al Markhia’s PICTURE: QASSIM RAHMATALLAH meeting will take place on June 9, QOC said. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 IPTL – A revolution in tennis?

PARIS: If Novak Djokovic is into teams to compete in one-set player. So we are creating some- to be believed then Mahesh shootout tennis, soars into orbit thing that we think is exciting.” Bhupathi has lit the touchpaper or falls flat remains to be seen. Will it affect how players for a revolution in tennis. Bhupathi, however, is adamant approach the tour schedule? The Indian doubles specialist about one thing - it will be a seri- “It could,” the 38-year-old is the driving force behind the ous competition and not a glori- added. Serbia’s International Premier Tennis fied exhibition. “Each player is different and Viktor Troicki League (IPTL), launched earlier “That word is taboo,” he said. they know their bodies them- holds balls this week to great fanfare with a The format is fairly straightfor- selves. They will take the breaks on his racket dazzling list of top-rank players ward. The six franchises will bid as and when they need to make during their already signed up. for players at an auction that will sure they peak at the times they French Open World number one Djokovic take place in Melbourne around want to during the year.” first round will be joined in the inaugural the time of next year’s Australian Cities under consideration to match at edition, scheduled for December Open. run franchises include Tokyo, the Roland 2014, by 11-times grand slam win- Teams will then compete in Hong Kong, Singapore, Jakarta, Garros ner Rafa Nadal and US. men’s and women’s singles, men’s Manila, Bangalore, Calcutta, Stadium Open holder Andy Murray. and mixed doubles and a men’s Doha and Dubai. Retired Grand Slam champions legends singles - one set per At the moment it is restricted in Paris on Pete Sampras and Carlos Moya match, with no advantage scoring. solely to Asia but that could Sunday. will also take part. Djokovic calls the tournament change if the concept takes off. Among the women, 15-times a “revolutionary idea”, Nadal says Similarly the size and scale of the major winner Serena Williams “it will be a big success for sure”, event could grow if everything and twice Australian Open cham- while Williams described it as goes to plan. pion Victoria Azarenka will be the “like a dream come true”. “We would like to spread it, headline acts. The players talk about innova- ideally in the first year I don’t “The players are intrigued and tion but unsurprisingly there are want to have two teams in India, is such an individual sport and we “It’s nice to have another oppor- “I would definitely look at it, willing to commit and I think we also hefty financial incentives on even if there is demand. We plan get to play a team competition,” tunity, and Asia is very strong,” absolutely. I enjoy playing in Asia will bring a whole new set of fans offer to persuade them to extend to start with six and grow over he said. he told reporters after booking anyway. I have a pretty big fol- to the sport, with a fast-paced their already-lengthy seasons time,” Bhupathi added. “We love being part of a team. his spot in the second round at lowing there. My biggest sponsor entertaining short concept like through to the end of the calen- Why tennis needs this league We all have our football favour- Roland Garros on Sunday. is Japanese and I have had a lot this,” Bhupathi told Reuters in dar year. All talk about burnout is an intriguing question. Team ites. We all have our basketball “I went to play there quite of success in China and Japan in an interview at the French Open on the tour seems to have been tennis already exists through the favourites. Here we are creating often. That’s why I think it’s a the past.” in Paris. silenced and replaced with hints Davis Cup for men, Fed Cup for the opportunity for players to very good idea.” Whether or not the IPTL is set The only notable absentees, that players could choose to miss women and the Hopman Cup for be part of a team and part of a The appeal of the growing Asian to turn the sport on its axis as for now, are Maria Sharapova other tournaments to rest their mixed teams. Bhupathi is ada- community.” market seems to have caught the Djokovic suggests is up for debate. and Roger Federer, but don’t be weary limbs. mant that those competitions will If the first step to success was imagination. Lleyton Hewitt, who Bhupathi is circumspect. fooled into thinking the Swiss is “We cannot force anybody to not be overshadowed. getting the players on board then lost in five sets to Gilles Simon “We feel it is a great idea, and not behind the idea - he is. play or not to play,” Bhupathi “I think that tennis has been Bhupathi’s league is well-placed. under cloudy Parisian skies, is a lot of people feel it too,” he said. Whether or not the league, rightly points out. in a place for many years without Federer will not be involved another keen to give it a go. “To see how it is accepted by TV that will take place in six as yet “Tennis has always been an any change. Davis Cup and Fed due to other commitments but he “The Asia-Middle East market and fans, though, is the most unspecified cities across Asia open market. Even playing at Cup has always been a very excit- likes the concept of broadening is massive for tennis,” Hewitt told unpredictable element of it.” and will feature players drafted Roland Garros is the option of a ing platform for players because it the game through Asia. reporters. REUTERS Venus vows to fight on despite 12-year Paris low

PARIS: Seven-time Grand Slam cham- second round in Paris in 2012, believes that if I’m strong and I’m a fighter. I don’t think I’m Venus pion Venus Williams insisted yesterday that she can quickly cure her back ailment, which just playing for me now. I think I’m playing for Williams retirement is not on her agenda despite suf- has slammed the brakes on her service action, a lot of people who haven’t felt well,” she said. of the US fering her earliest French Open exit in 12 she can still confound the doubters in the “I would never give up because, you know, wipes her years. grasscourt season which lies ahead. obviously at some point everyone has to retire. face with a The 32-year-old American slumped to a 7-6 “My strategy was more or less to put the You know, that’s an asterisk, but I feel like I towel during (7/5), 6-7 (4/7), 6-4 loss to Poland’s Urszula ball in, and that’s very difficult for me because have to give myself a chance to continue work- her match Radwanska, 10 years her junior, in the first that’s not who I am. But that’s all I had. So ing on feeling better. against round on Sunday, her worst result since los- that was challenging to be conservative on “I wouldn’t just give up just because it was Urszula ing Barbara Schett at the same stage in 2001. the serve and then go to be aggressive during difficult. I’m going to keep continue trying. I Radwanska Troubled by a back injury in recent weeks, the point,” she explained after her epic out on had a very challenging year last year, but I had of Poland the 30th-seeded American had mounted a Court Suzanne Lenglen. many successes, as well. So I’m continuing to in Paris on stirring comeback in the second set tiebreak, “It changes your mindset. That’s a little look forward to more successes.” clawing her way from 0/4 down to reel off challenging. I want my serve back. I’m going And after 16 appearances at the French Sunday. The seven points in succession. to try to get it back for Wimbledon.” Open, where her best result remains her 32-year-old But the effort was too much as Radwanska, Williams, a five-time Wimbledon cham- runner-up spot to sister Serena in 2002, was American the younger sister of world number four pion, believes she still has a role to play on Sunday’s three hour 19-minute marathon the slumped to Agnieszka, took the tie on a second match the courts, if not as a winner anymore then last time she will make it to Roland Garros? a 7-6 (7/5), point to make the last 64 for the second year as a role model to other sufferers of Sjogren’s “If it’s the last match at Roland Garros, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4 in succession where she’ll face German quali- Syndrome, the illness that kept her off tour I’ll let you know. That’s pretty much how it loss. fier Dinah Pfizenmaier. for seven months between 2011 and 2012. works,” said the defiant American. Williams, who lost to Agnieszka in the “What I’ve gone through, it’s not easy. But REUTERS Former umpire reveals UAE Captain Clarke backs spinner Lyon ‘fixing’ approach SYDNEY: Skipper Michael by June 21, the Sydney Morning is a lot of water under the bridge LONDON: Former umpire John Holder (pictured) alleged yester- Clarke (pictured right)says Herald said yesterday. That’s before we have to worry about day he was offered £10,000 ($15,139) to help sway the course of a spinner Nathan Lyon need when the Australia A touring the first Test match,” Clarke told one-day international in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). not look over his shoulder in party begins the last of its three reporters before his departure. Holder, who stood in 11 Tests, said the approach related to a match England in the coming months matches against Gloucestershire. “I think if you listened to what between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Sharjah. despite the looming presence of The squads for the Ashes lead- John Inverarity said, he said, “They said if I can somehow lull the Sri Lanka batsmen into putting Fawad Ahmed in the Australian in events -- the ICC Champions ‘We’ve picked 16 and there (are) on a partnership of 85 they would give me £10,000 in cash,” the 68-year- team set-up. Trophy and the Australia A tour opportunities for other guys’. old Holder told BBC Radio’s Lyon was the only spin bowler -- left at the weekend, includ- “That could be one player, that Test Match Special. named in the 16-man squad for ing Clarke, who played down the could be five players. I don’t think “I said, ‘You’ve got the the five-Test Ashes series starting growing anticipation that Ahmed he certainly named an individual wrong person’.” on July 10, but there is mounting would join the team next month. player.” Barbados-born Holder, a speculation Pakistani-born leg- Chief selector John Inverarity Ahmed signed in April to play former bowler for English spinner Ahmed will be drafted has left open the possibility that with Australian state side Victoria county Hampshire, became into the side at his expense. Ahmed could be added to the ini- for the next three seasons. He a first-class umpire in 1983 Former refugee Ahmed, 31, tial 16-strong squad, announced was handed a permanent visa to and stood in 11 Tests and 19 will be eligible if minor changes in April. remain in Australia in November ODIs from 1988 to 2001. to Australia’s citizenship legisla- However, Clarke denied he after leaving his home in the Amid recent corruption tion pass through parliament in would automatically leapfrog border region near Afghanistan, charges relating to the Indian the next few weeks. Lyon, who was dropped and then where he said he was targeted Premier League, Hoder Cricket Australia officials are recalled during Australia’s 4-0 by Muslim extremists. He played was asked if he’d ever been privately confident there will Test series loss in India in March, three Sheffield Shield games for approached to ‘fix’ a match. be no complications, and if the saying it was all speculation. Victoria late last season and took “I was in Sharjah in 1993 amendment to the Citizenship “I think Nathan is well and 16 wickets at 28.37, bringing him for a one-day international Act passes he could apply for truly aware of that. He knows to the notice of Australian selec- series between Sri Lanka, a passport and be in England where he sits in the team. There tors. AFP West Indies and Pakistan,” he said. “I was introduced to Waited six years a man and offered £10,000 to make sure Sri Lanka bats- for this: Tendulkar men put on a partnership of 85. MUMBAI: Sachin Tendulkar “He told me his syndicate England’s Steven was thrilled that Mumbai were involved in making Finn loses his Indians finally won their first money as the game fluctuates. IPL title, after beating Chennai balance after “I said, ‘You’ve got the Super Kings in the finals. bowling a wrong person’. Players and Tendulkar, who has been with delivery during umpires who get involved in match-fixing have got to realise there’s Mumbai for all six years of the the second no such thing as easy money. IPL, announced his retirement Test cricket “Once you get into that, your career is ruined. You’d lose your self- from the IPL moments after his match against respect, the players and commentators would know. team was crowned champions. New Zealand “I couldn’t live my life looking over my shoulder, and I’d always be “I have waited for this for six at Headingley remembered as a cheat, so I had to say no, and reported it.” years and six years is a long time.” cricket ground in The IPL was rocked by a scandal this month which saw India Test he told the IPL website. “But it’s Leeds, England, bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and fellow Rajasthan Royals play- never too late. This has been an yesterday. ers Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan arrested for alleged spot-fixing. outstanding season for us; we have And on Thursday, Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf was withdrawn from thoroughly enjoyed every moment next month’s ICC Champions Trophy in the UK in June following with each other. It’s been really reports he too was being investigated by Indian police. REUTERS solid.” AGENCIES TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Neymar didn’t join Barca for Spain’s Casillas, Torres in money, says Vilanova

MADRID: Barcelona manager Confederations Cup squad Tito Vilanova has expressed his delight at the club’s capture of Brazilian international Neymar. No place for injured Barcelona defender Puyol; Martinez returns The Catalan club confirmed on Sunday that the 21-year-old will join them on a five-year contract MADRID: Goalkeeper Iker “Everyone wants to come,” he in a deal that is expected to cost Casillas and striker Fernando said. “No one has said ‘I am tired’. the Spanish champions around Torres returned to the Spain The desire to go to a great event €50m ($65m, £43m) and Vilanova squad as coach Vicente del is still intact. We only want people hailed the player for not choosing Bosque offered up few surprises who are completely committed to the option to earn more money at in a provisional 26-man group the national team.” other clubs. yesterday for next month’s One major absentee in Brazil “We have to congratulate the Confederations Cup. will be inspirational defender secretarial team for the signing of The list will be cut back to 23 Carles Puyol, 35, who has not Neymar,” he said at a press con- after the final round of La Liga returned to play for Barca since ference after Barca’s 2-0 defeat of matches next weekend. having knee surgery in March. Espanyol on Sunday night. Real Madrid’s Casillas, who The world and European cham- “He is a significant signing and captained the team to success at pions have two friendlies in the we have been very aware of him Euros 2008 and United States for a long time because we knew 2012, and the 2010 before heading he could receive better offers from World Cup finals, to Brazil, against others. returns to the Haiti in Miami on “I also congratulate Neymar for side as expected June 8 and Ireland choosing a sporting project and despite having in New York three not an economic one. I have con- barely played for days later. fidence that he is going to do well his club since For the in Europe and he is going to help breaking a finger Confederations us be better.” in January. Cup, Spain have And Vilanova also dismissed The popular been drawn in claims that Neymar is more of a 32-year-old was Group B with flashy player, more capable of eye- left on the substi- Uruguay, Tahiti catching flicks and tricks than tutes’ bench when and Nigeria and The Crystal Palace team players celebrate as they lift the trophy after beating Watford in the Championship delivering effectively for the team. he recovered from they open the play-off final match at Wembley Stadium in London, yesterday. “If they say Neymar is a injury as departing tournament in Youtube player that is a good Real coach Jose Recife on June 16 thing because he scores great Mourinho pre- against the 2011 goals and makes great plays,” he ferred Diego Lopez Copa America added. as his number one winners. Phillips fires Palace “He has chosen Barcelona Spanish national team head during their run The eight- because he thinks he can adapt coach Vicente del Bosque into the end of the nation warm up well to this style of play. It is a season. speaks during a press event for next dream to have a striker like this. “Iker had a conference in Madrid, Spain, year’s World Cup The more better players we have, small injury,” Del yesterday. runs from June 15 into Premier League the better our chances will be of Bosque told a news to 30. winning. REUTERS conference. “I don’t think it’s a Squad: LONDON: Veteran striker Zaha was a torment to the and when space in front of goal problem he hasn’t played for a few Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas Kevin Phillips came off the Watford defence throughout a did open up for striker Matej months. He has been training and (Real Madrid), Victor Valdes bench to score a superb extra- scrappy game and will now link Vydra in the 33rd minute, Falcao, Valdes is in good condition.” (Barcelona), Pepe Reina time penalty as Crystal Palace up with United, in a move that Damien Delaney intervened with Along with Casillas, Torres (Liverpool) returned to the Premier League could be worth up to £15m, hav- a crucial sliding block. negotiate and Bayern Munich midfielder Defenders: Alvaro Arbeloa with a 1-0 win over Watford in ing fulfilled his ambition of guid- Vydra gave way for Alex Geijo Javi Martinez were omitted from (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos the Championship play-off final ing Palace to promotion. at half-time, and although the Monaco move, Spain’s last World Cup qualifier (Real Madrid), Gerard Pique yesterday. A crowd of 82,025 turned out new man mustered the game’s against France in March. (Barcelona), Cesar Azpilicueta Phillips, 39, struck mid- for the final game of the English first effort on target, in the 57th Since then Torres has helped (Chelsea), Jordi Alba (Barcelona), way through extra time on a season, with Real Madrid coach minute, it was a scuffed shot say sources Chelsea to win the Europa Ignacio Monreal (Arsenal), Raul sun-splashed day at Wembley Jose Mourinho among those in straight at Julian Speroni. League and Martinez was a cen- Albiol (Real Madrid), Javi Garcia Stadium, after Manchester attendance, fuelling speculation Palace striker Aaron MONACO: Colombia striker tral figure in Bayern’s Champions (Manchester City) United-bound winger Wilfried that his return to Chelsea is now Wilbraham was sent clean Falcao and Spain goalkeeper League final victory over Borussia Midfielders: Javi Martinez Zaha had drawn a tired foul a matter of time. through but cut inside and saw Victor Valdes are in Monaco Dortmund. (Bayern Munich), Xavi from Watford right-back Marco In a cautious first half, Zaha his shot blocked, before O’Keefe to finalise transfers to the “When Torres and Martinez (Barcelona), Andres Iniesta Cassetti. was the electrifying star turn. was booked for kicking the ball Principality club, according to didn’t come before it was because (Barcelona), Sergio Busquets The Championship play-off He produced three dazzling at Almen Abdi. various sources yesterday. we didn’t think the moment was (Barcelona), Santi Cazorla final is said to be the richest game runs down the right flank, the Gradually, Palace began to The French second division right. Now it is the opposite,” Del (Arsenal), Xabi Alonso (Real in world football and promotion last of which culminated in a cut- turn the screw, and Watford champions, backed by Russian Bosque added. “ Madrid), Benat Etxebarria (Real to the English elite will report- back for Owen Garvan, whose goalkeeper Manuel Almunia was billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, “They are both in good form.” Betis) edly swell Palace’s revenue by up shot was blocked. called upon with steadily increas- are looking to make a splash when There have been fitness ques- Forwards: Cesc Fabregas to £120m ($181,000, €140m). By that stage Palace had ing frequency. they rejoin the top flight next sea- tion marks over midfield regulars (Barcelona), David Villa Palace last played in the already lost Kagisho Dikgacoi Almunia thwarted Palace son after a two-year hiatus. such as Xavi, Xabi Alonso and (Barcelona), David Silva Premier League in 2005, the last to an apparent calf injury, with on five occasions, saving from According to sources, both Sergio Busquets, who have looked (Manchester City), Roberto of four single-season stints in the Stuart O’Keefe coming on in his O’Keefe, Garvan and Wilbraham, Atletico Madrid forward Falcao jaded for their clubs of late, but Soldado (Valencia), Pedro top flight, and join Cardiff City place. twice, before plunging to his left and Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes Del Bosque highlighted the desire (Barcelona), Juan Mata (Chelsea), and Hull City in graduating from There was little evidence of to grasp a Mile Jedinak header will undergo medicals in the the players still had to be a part Jesus Navas (Sevilla), Fernando the Championship this term. Watford’s slick passing football, in stoppage time. AFP Principality today. of the team. Torres (Chelsea). REUTERS AFP Sociedad held by Lyon secure third place as Real Madrid in Ibrahimovic scores 30th goal six-goal thriller

PARIS: Olympique Lyon MADRID: Real Sociedad’s clinched a Champions League hopes of qualifying for the spot when goals by Lisandro Champions League for the first Lopez and Clement Grenier time in a decade were dealt a secured a 2-0 home win against blow as they could only man- Stade Rennes and third place in age a 3-3 draw at home to Real Ligue 1 late on Sunday. Madrid on Sunday night. Lyon, who have 67 points, will Gonzalo Higuain and Jose take part in the third qualifying Maria Callejon had given Jose round of Europe’s premium club Mourinho’s men a 2-0 lead in competition while surprise pack- his penultimate match in charge ages Nice qualified for the Europa before a spirited fightback from League playoff round after claim- Sociedad saw them level matters ing fourth place with a 2-0 win at through Xabi Prieto and Antoine AC Ajaccio. Griezmann. England’s Joe Hart (right) fools around with Wayne Rooney during a Nice finished with 64 points, Sami Khedira then put Madrid training session at the St George’s Park training complex near Burton one point ahead of St Etienne back in front 10 minutes from Upon Trent, yesterday. England will play Republic of Ireland tomorrow at who drew 1-1 at sixth-placed Lille. time, but Prieto struck again in Wembley before visiting Brazil for a friendly on Sunday. Troyes were relegated after a stoppage time to at least give 2-1 defeat at Valenciennes, joining Sociedad a share of the spoils. Nancy and Stade Brest in Ligue 2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (left) of Paris Saint-Germain shakes hands with his The Basques now trail Valencia Zlatan Ibrahimovic became the coach Carlo Ancelotti after scoring in his French Ligue 1 match against by two points with just one game first player to score 30 goals in FC Lorient, in Lorient, western France, late on Sunday. to play after Roberto Soldado’s Lewandowski likely to join a single season since Jean-Pierre solitary goal was enough to earn Papin reached that tally when them a 1-0 win over Granada. Bayern Munich, says agent playing for Olympique Marseille Mamadou Sakho fulfilled that who qualified for the Europa And all three relegation places in 1989-90. role but could not stop Arnaud Le League third qualifying round by will go down to the final day WARSAW: Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski The Sweden striker chested in Lan’s penalty. First choice keeper winning the League Cup, settled with Deportivo la Coruna, Real is likely to join German rivals and newly-crowned Champions a Kevin Gameiro cross in the 51st Salvatore Sirigu was suspended. for fifth after being held at Lille. Zaragoza, Celta Vigo and Mallorca League winners Bayern Munich, the Pole’s agent said yesterday. minute and his team mate then At Lyon’s Gerland stadium, Salomon Kalou tapped in from all still fighting to avoid the drop. However, Cezary Kucharski told Polish local news channel TVN24 netted a double as champions Onyekachi Apam’s handball a Ronny Rodelin header two Madrid were without the that Bayern had yet to agree terms for Dortmund’s top-scorer. PSG beat Lorient 3-1 away. earned the hosts a penalty that minutes from the interval to put injured Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio “For us it is clear, but we have not signed anything,” Kucharski Third choice keeper Ronan Le was converted by Lisandro mid- the northeners ahead only for Ramos and Xabi Alonso in San said. “The clubs need to reach an agreement.” Crom, in his only appearance of way through the first half. Romain Hamouma to equalise Sebastian, but they were gifted Kucharski gave no further details, but said they should emerge the season after coming on a as a Grenier doubled the tally with with a deft curled shot shortly the perfect start on six minutes within three weeks’ time. second-half substitute, was sent a jaw-dropping 35-metre free kick before the hour. when Mikel Gonzalez gifted pos- After the Champions League win over Dortmund on Saturday, off 10 minutes from time. that went under Benoit Costil’s Josuha Guilavogui was sent off session to Higuain and he strolled Bayern’s outgoing coach Jupp Heynckes hinted at Lewandowski’s With no goalkeeper left on bar. after picking up a second yellow through to slot home his 15th possible transfer. REUTERS the bench, France centre back Lyon’s arch-rivals St Etienne, card. REUTERS league goal of the season. AFP TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

First Asian Snooker Team Championship Pakistan’s Asif wins Asian Group A Pakistan, Iran, Hong Kong, Kuwait Group B China, Iraq, UAE, Mongolia Group C Thailand, Afghanistan, Qatar (B), Jordan Group D 6-Red snooker title in Doha India, Qatar (A), Singapore, Saudi Arabia

Reigning world champion defeats Sarkhosh of Iran in the final Schedule Today BY ARMSTRONG VAS Iran vs Hong Kong 10:00 Iraq vs U A E 10:00 DOHA: Reigning world cham- Afghanistan vs Qatar (B) 10:00 pion Muhammad Asif of Qatar (A) vs Singapore 10:00 Pakistan kept his cool in cru- Pakistan vs Kuwait 12:00 cial moments of his final match China vs Mangolia 12:00 against Amir Sarkhosh of Iran to win the Second Asian 6-Red Thailand vs Jordan 12:00 Snooker Championship here India vs Saudi Arabia 12:00 yesterday. Kuwait vs Iran 14:00 The 31-year-old from Mangolia vs Iraq 14:00 Faisalabad, winner of the World Jordan vs Afghanistan 14:00 Amateur Snooker Championship Saudi Arabia vs Qatar (A) 14:00 in Sofia, Bulgaria, thus added another feather in his cap by win- Pakistan vs Hong Kong 16:00 ning the Asian 6-Red title. China vs U A E 16:00 He won the 2012 IBSF World Thailand vs Qatar (B) 16:00 Snooker Championship, also India vs Singapore 16:00 known as the World Amateur Tomorrow Snooker Championship, a premier Hong Kong vs Kuwait 10:00 non-professional snooker tourna- ment, by defeating Gary Wilson. U A E vs Mangolia 10:00 The 6-Red format is a short- Qatar (B) vs Jordan 10:00 ened version of the game which Singapore vs Saudi Arabia 10:00 features only six red balls on the Pakistan vs Iran 12:00 table as opposed to the conven- China vs Iraq 12:00 tional 15. Thailand vs Afghanistan 12:00 Yesterday in Doha, Asif having India vs Qatar (A) 12:00 defeated India’s promising player Muhammad Asif of Pakistan aims for the pot during the final of the Second 6-Red Asian Snooker Championship against Amir Sarkhosh of Iran at Venue: Qatar Billiards and Snooker Laxman Singh Rawat in the semi- Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation Hall, yesterday. PICTURE BY: QASSIM RAHMATULLAH Federation Hall final continued in the same vein in the title clash. The six-foot cueist took a com- win the fourth and fifth to keep winning the title I am happy. My down the proceedings with his for my aggressive style of play,” manding 3-0 lead in the race to his hopes alive. morale is high now. I am confident tricky shots.” he disclosed. Team event 13 final. Although, Asif pocketed the if I play the same way, then, I will Asif admitted that ‘techni- The Undertaker is the ring He cleared the table in the first next two, to take a runaway 5-2 win more titles,” said Asif. cal guidance’ from Sajjad after name for Mark William Calaway, kicks off today two frames with his opponent not lead, Sarkhosh managed to claw Saleh Muhammad of the ninth frame helped him an American professional wrestler. troubling the scorers. his way back at the end of the Afghanistan won the Asian immensely. Earlier, in the semi-finals Asif DOHA: The first Asian Snooker But, Sarkhosh did not throw in ninth frame, with the scoreboard title which ended on May 3 in “It was a difficult and a tricky defeated Rawat 6-2. In the other Team Championship will begin the towel. reading 5-4 in favour of Asif. Pakistan. situation, with score reading semi-final, Sarkhosh edged past from today at Qatar Billiards The Iranian bounced back to But a few tips from compatriot Asif who is sponsored by 5-4 in my favour. A change in Mohammad Al Joakar of UAE. and Snooker Federation Muhammad Sajjad, who lost to National Bank of Pakistan said approach and tactics was needed. Cueists from Pakistan, India, Hosts Qatar will field two Asif in the quarter-finals in Doha, his opponent tried to slow down Yes, Sajjad’s advise came handy. Afghanistan, China, Hong Kong, teams – Qatar A and Qatar B in Second 6-Red Snooker seemed to have worked wonders. the pace of the match after he You need to mentally relax in Iran, Iraq, Mongolia, Singapore, the tournament which ends on Asian Championship A change in approach saw Asif took a 3-0 lead. such tight situations. Walking out Hong Kong, Thailand, UAE, Saudi May 30 . winning the next two frames to “It is difficult to maintain of the playing hall helped me to Arabia, Kuwait, Palestine, Jordan, The other countries taking Results deserving clinch the title. the same level of momentum relax and analyse the situation. besides hosts Qatar took part in part are Pakistan, Iran, Hong Semi-finals: Amir Sarkhosh (IRI) bt Mohammad “I was a bit disappointed as I throughout the match. Yes, in Thereafter, I had the situation the championship. Kong, Kuwait, China, Iraq, UAE, Al Joakar (UAE), 6-4; Muhammad Asif (PAK) bt failed to win the Asian Snooker the first three frames I had good under control,” disclosed Asif, This is the first time the indi- Mongolia, Thailand, Afghanistan, Laxman Singh Rawat (IND) 6-2. Championship in Pakistan. Luck scores. But, he is a mature player knick named The Undertaker by vidual 6-Red Championship was Jordan, India, Singapore and Final:: Muhammad Asif (PAK) bt Amir Sarkhosh was not on my side, although, I and has been playing well for the his friends. held in Qatar. Saudi Arabia. (IRI) 7-4. was playing well then. Now, after last one year. So he tried to slow “They call me The Undertaker THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA Raikkonen brands Perez an ‘idiot’ for overtaking move

MONACO: Formula One title behind Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel contender Kimi Raikkonen and ended it 21 adrift but still sec- accused McLaren’s Sergio Perez ond overall, pitted for supersoft of driving like an idiot after a tyres and passed six cars in the Monaco Grand Prix collision final five laps to finish 10th. that almost ended the Finn’s That was his 23rd successive Lotus F1 Team’s Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen and McLaren Mercedes’ 23-race run of scoring finishes. race in the points, one short of Mexican driver Sergio Perez drive during the Monaco Formula One Grand The Lotus driver and the Michael Schumacher’s all-time Prix at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo on Sunday. German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg (right) of Mercedes AMG Mexican made contact at the record. celebrates on the podium with second placed compatriot Sebastian entrance to the chicane in “He hit me from behind and Vettel of Red Bull Racing after winning the 2013 Formula One Grand Prix Sunday’s race while Raikkonen that’s about all there is to it,” said “Because of one stupid move team mate in Bahrain, here of Monaco at the Monte Carlo circuit in Monaco, on Sunday. was defending fifth place. Raikkonen. “If he thinks it’s my from Sergio we’ve lost a lot of obviously there was a little bit Perez’s attempt to pass ended fault that he came into the corner points to Sebastian in the cham- of action also. It looks like he is in contact with Raikkonen suf- too fast then he obviously has no pionship and you can’t afford to trying too often to be too aggres- fering a rear tyre puncture that idea what he’s talking about. lose ground like that.” sive and attempt something which Mercedes won with a dropped him right down the field. “It’s not the first time he’s hit Perez retired after the inci- most of the time is impossible to “Actually that (idiot) is a nice someone in the race. He seems to dent, having also come close to do.” word compared with what he expect people to be always looking collisions with his own team Perez recognised his move had really said,” said Lotus team prin- at what he might do, then move mate Jenson Button and Ferrari’s been risky but pointed out he had silver bus, says Vettel cipal Eric Boullier when asked over or go straight on if he comes Fernando Alonso. got past Button and Alonso, who about Raikkonen’s radio outburst. into the corner too quick and isn’t Boullier suggested McLaren had to cut the corner to avoid MONACO: Formula One world they were in the lead, around here The 2007 world champion, who going to make it without running might want to take him in hand. contact, at the same place. champion Sebastian Vettel lik- it’s very tricky to pass.” had started the day four points into someone.” “He nearly crashed with his REUTERS ened Nico Rosberg’s Monaco Australian team-mate Mark Grand Prix-winning Mercedes Webber agreed that the pace to a silver bus on Sunday. “wasn’t electric” and the race Red Bull’s championship leader “not super-exciting” until crashes Horner hits out at ‘underhand’ Mercedes came second behind his fellow wrecked the pre-race planning by German in a race that ran like a forcing the introduction of the MONTE CARLO, Monaco: Red Bull team tested tyres that were designed for this year’s introduction of the first Safety Car, managed procession through the Monaco safety car as well as halting the chief Christian Horner accused trium- championship. to push Briton Lewis Hamilton, in the second streets in the early stages as driv- race for 25 minutes. phant Monaco Grand Prix rivals Mercedes “We view that the testing rules are very Mercedes, back to fourth. ers sought to manage the tyres to Most drivers re-started the of “underhand” activity yesterday as the clear in the sporting regulations and when Meanwhile, McLaren team boss Martin make a one stop strategy work. race on supersoft tyres and made dust finally settled following Sunday’s tur- you enter the championship at the beginning Whitmarsh moved to the defence of his “I was a bit surprised by the them last for the remaining 32 bulent race won by local hero German Nico of the year you sign up to those regulations. wildly-aggressive Mexican driver Sergio slow pace in the opening laps,” laps. Rosberg. “We put in a protest because we wanted Perez, who was involved in a series of dan- Vettel, who had started behind “It was just basically saving Horner, who joined Ferrari in lodging a clarity more than anything. We talk an awful gerous attempts to force his way into passing the two Mercedes of Rosberg and tyres and making the one-stop protest on Sunday against Mercedes for lot about saving costs. positions. 2008 champion Lewis Hamilton work. It was completely predict- allegedly taking part in an illegal in-season “We spent three hours on Friday (in a team Perez was called “stupid” by Kimi on the front row, told reporters. able that if the race was going to Pirelli tyres test, said he was most aggrieved principals’ meeting) talking about in-season Raikkonen of Lotus for causing a crash late “Usually you expect two silver stack up then the two-stop was at the manner in which the German team testing and trying to find a solution, and it in the race that cost the Finn fifth place. He arrows in front of you and there not really an option to come back had behaved. turns out one team has already done a huge finally came home 10th. were two buses today going for a into traffic,” said Webber. The sport’s ruling body, the International amount of it.” “He hit me from behind and that’s about cruise - at least in the first couple “So we had to go very long, all Motoring Federation (FIA) was still on Horner’s blast at Mercedes came after see- all there is to it,” said Raikkonen, who was of laps. But obviously the strat- the drivers were nursing the cars Monday awaiting a report from stewards at ing Rosberg produce a superb drive from pole just one of a series of drivers to be ‘attacked’ egy was clear and they did a very very aggressively...it was meas- the Monaco Grand Prix, with whom the pro- position to resist Red Bull pair, defending by the Mexican’s continued use of ‘GP2 tac- good job. ured, controlled aggression, if you test was lodged. drivers’ world champion German Sebastian tics’ in a race that also saw perennial crasher “They were going quite slow like, trying to nurse the tyres as Horner said: “What is wrong is that a Vettel and Australian Mark Webber, who, Frenchman Romain Grosjean given a penalty and trying to obviously make the best you can.” team, in an underhand way, consciously thanks to some luck with the delayed for his wayward and reckless racing. AFP one stop happen. 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French Open Selected Results Nadal survives early scare Men’s First Round: Ryan Harrison (USA) bt Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4); John Isner (USA x19) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; Rafael Nadal (ESP x3) bt French Open: Monfils stuns fifth seed Berdych; Sharapova cruises Daniel Brands (GER) 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, 6-3; Martin Klizan (SVK) bt Michael Russell (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 - retired; Lukás Rosol (CZE) bt PARIS: Rafael Nadal’s bid for a men’s champion in the opening Pere Riba (ESP) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; Grega Zemlja an historic eighth French Open round in tournament history. Maria (SLO) bt Santiago Giraldo (COL) 6-1, 6-4, title was almost spectacularly But Nadal eventually found his Sharapova of 6-1; Kei Nishikori (JPN x13) bt Jesse Levine derailed yesterday by big-hit- rhythm to steady the ship as the Russia serves (CAN) 6-3, 6-2, 6-0; Robin Haase (NED) bt ting German Daniel Brands. 25-year-old German eventually to Hsieh Kenny De Schepper (FRA) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3), But there were no such prob- ran out of firepower. Su-Wei of 2-6, 6-3; Richard Gasquet (FRA x7) bt Sergiy lems for defending women’s “He was playing unbelievable. Taiwan during Stakhovsky (UKR) 6-1, 6-4, 6-3; Igor Sijsling champion Maria Sharapova who I tried to find my game and tried their women’s (NED) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 6-4, 6-3, 6-2; eased past Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-Wei to resist his fantastic shots,” singles match Tommy Robredo (ESP x32) bt Jurgen Zopp (EST) in just 54 minutes, surrendering said Nadal, who will face Martin 6-3, 6-2, 6-1; Nicolas Almagro (ESP x11) bt at the French only eight points on serve. Klizan of Slovakia for a place in Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, Seven-time champion Nadal the last 32 Open at 6-3; Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Marcel Granollers dropped the opening set of a “He played a great match and the Roland (ESP x31) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Jo-Wilfried Grand Slam for the first time in put me in a tricky situation.” Garros Tsonga (FRA x6) bt Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 6-2, his career before he prevailed 4-6, Czech fifth seed Tomas Berdych Stadium in 6-2, 6-3; Daniel Gimeno (ESP) bt Juan Monaco 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, 6-3 against a player was the biggest casualty of the day Paris yester- (ARG x17) 4-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, 6-4; Marin who had lost all four of his previ- when the 2010 semi-finalist fell to day. RIGHT: Cilic (CRO x10) bt Philipp Petzschner (GER) 6-1, ous matches in Paris. French wildcard Gael Monfils. Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-3; The Spaniard, who before this Monfils, whose career has of Spain Women’s First Round; Caroline Wozniacki year had only lost once in 53 been plagued recently by a knee reacts during (DEN x10) bt Laura Robson (GBR) 6-3, 6-2; outings at Roland Garros, came injury, triumphed 7-6 (10/8), 6-4, his first round Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) bt Barbora Záhlavová into the tournament having won 6-7 (3/7), 6-7 (4/7), 7-5 in a shade match against Strýcová (CZE) 6-3, 6-2; Magdaléna Rybáriková six titles in eight finals since he over four hours. Daniel Brands (SVK) bt Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 6-0, 6-1; returned from a seventh-month The flamboyant 26-year-old of Germany. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) bt Ekaterina injury lay-off. Frenchman, a semi-finalist in Makarova (RUS x22) 6-4, 6-2; Varvara But the 26-year-old was caught 2008, will next tackle in-form Lepchenko (USA x29) bt Mirjana Lucic (CRO) cold by world number 59 Brands Ernests Gulbis. 6-1, 6-2; Jana Cepelová (SVK) bt Christina who unleashed a fearless barrage Sharapova brushed past hap- Li, the 2011 champion, enjoyed Italy’s Schiavone, the 2010 Elsewhere in the men’s event, McHale (USA) 7-6 (7/3), 2-6, 6-4; Angelique of attacks off both sides to leave less world number 42 Hsieh, 6-2, a 6-3, 6-4 win over Anabel Medina title winner, saw off Hungary’s French sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Kerber (GER x8) bt Mona Barthel (GER) 7-6 the third seed reeling. 6-1 and will next face Canadian Garrigues, the experienced Melinda Czink 6-0, 7-6 (7/1). Tsonga, who is looking to become (8/6), 6-2; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x4) bt It was almost a carbon copy teenager Eugenie Bouchard. Spaniard playing in her 38th con- Polish fourth seed Agnieszka the first home player to win the Shahar Peer (ISR) 6-1, 6-1; Li Na (CHN x6) of the tactics employed by Robin Sharapova, who completed a secutive Grand Slam event. Radwanska, who has never got men’s title since Yannick Noah in bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 6-3, 6-4; Soderling, the only man to beat career Grand Slam in Paris in Li, who had lost all of her beyond the last 16, breezed past 1983, started confidently enough Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Lourdes Nadal in Paris four years ago, 2012, fired 25 winners to Hsieh’s three previous meetings on clay Israel’s Shahar Peer 6-1, 6-1 with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 win over Aljaz Domínguez (ESP) 6-4, 6-1; Paula Ormaechea and Lukas Rosol, who dumped eight and kept her unforced against Garrigues, goes on to face and will face America’s Mallory Bedene of Slovenia. (ARG) bt Tatjana Malek (GER) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0; the Spaniard out of Wimbledon errors to just four against 24. Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the Burdette in the next round. “My groundstrokes pretty solid Sloane Stephens (USA x17) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) last year. The Russian second seed was United States. She is scheduled to face younger from the baseline. I played pretty 6-2, 7-5; Melanie Oudin (USA) bt Tamira Paszek Brands even led 3/0 in the sec- joined in the next round by Li Kuznetsova, , put out fel- sister Urszula, who knocked out well, but my service was really (AUT x28) 6-4, 6-3; Zheng Jie(CHN) bt Vesna ond set tie-breaker as he appeared Na, Svetlana Kuznetsova and low Russian, the 22nd seeded Venus Williams on Sunday, in the low quality,” said Tsonga after his Manasieva (SRB) 6-4, 6-1; Maria Sharapova poised to deliver the first defeat of Francesca Schiavone. Ekaterina Makarova, 6-4, 6-2. third round. match. AFP (RUS x2) bt Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 6-2, 6-1. Swann takes four wickets as England confirmed as 2019 World Cup hosts

England edge towards victory LONDON: England’s staging largest and most important glo- of the 2019 Cricket World Cup bal sports events which will be LEEDS, United Kingdom: Test-best seven for 44 at Lord’s, has been rubber-stamped, the a wonderful boost to sport and Graeme Swann bowled England removed Peter Fulton for five on International Cricket Council cricket in particular throughout to the brink of victory against Monday after he fended a rising confirmed yesterday. England and Wales.” New Zealand in the second delivery to Ian Bell in the gully. It was originally announced in ICC chief executive David and final Test at Headingley Swann, who’d taken four 2006 that England would stage Richardson, a former South yesterday. wickets in New Zealand’s first what will be the 12th edition of Africa wicket-keeper, said: “The The off-spinner took four for 61 innings, needed just nine balls to cricket’s leading one-day inter- ICC Cricket World Cup attracts in 21.4 unchanged overs, extend- strike again Monday when Kane national tournament. a broadcast audience in excess of ing his match haul to eight wick- Williamson was lbw on review. But at a meeting in Dubai 1.5 billion people and is one of the ets, before bad light ended the Swann then grabbed his sec- on Sunday, the International premier events in world cricket. fourth day with New Zealand 158 ond wicket in three overs when Cricket Council (ICC) and the “We look forward to working for six. left-handed opener Hamish England and Wales Cricket with the ECB to deliver an out- That left the Black Caps still Rutherford was caught off bat Board (ECB) signed the host standing tournament.” needing a further 310 runs to and pad by Joe Root at short leg agreement to stage the 2019 The 2019 World Cup is sched- reach their victory target of 468. for 42. World Cup. uled to involve 10 teams and will The most any side has ever That left New Zealand 65 for The tournament will be held be the first World Cup played in made in the fourth innings to three and in danger of suffering throughout June 2019 and be Britain since 1999, with the UK win a Test is West Indies’ 418 yet another top-order slump. played at 10 venues. having staged the first three edi- for seven against Australia in Taylor, however, counter- ECB chief executive David tions in 1975, 1979 and 1983. Antigua in 2002/03. attacked by cover-driving Swann Collier said after the signing in England have never won the And the corresponding record for four. Dubai, where the ICC is based: World Cup despite appearing in England Graeme Swann (front) celebrates after dismissing New Zealand’s for New Zealand is the 325 for He came through reviews on “The signing of this agreement three finals. Ross Taylor during the second Test match at Headingley cricket ground four they posted against Pakistan 47 and 60, receiving solid support now enables ECB to enter into Next month’s Champions in Leeds, England, yesterday. in Christchurch in 1993/94. from Dean Brownlie in a fourth staging agreements with venues Trophy tournament, a ‘mini’ It seemed only the rain today wicket stand of 79. who wish to stage matches in the World Cup for international on the final day could now deny But Brownlie was eventually ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. cricket’s top eight teams in Scoreboard England victory. dismissed for 25 when, swaying “The ECB is honoured to have 50-overs per side cricket will In that case they might rue away from a Steven Finn bouncer, been selected to stage one of the take place in England. AFP England (I innings): ...... 354 Bracewell 13-3-49-0 (1w); Guptill 5-0-41-0 both captain Alastair Cook’s deci- he gloved to Bell before Martin New Zealand (I innings): ...... 174 New Zealand (II innings): sion not to enforce the follow-on Guptill (three) edged Swann to England (II innings): P Fulton c Bell b Broad ...... 5 on Sunday and indeed bat on Jonathan Trott at slip. A Cook c Southee b Williamson ...... 130 H Rutherford c Root b Swann ...... 42 after lunch on Monday in a match Then 153 for five became 154 where the whole of Friday’s first for six when Taylor, who batted N Compton c Rutherford b Williamson ...... 7 K Williamson lbw Swann...... 3 Umpire day was washed out without a ball for more than two-and-a-half J Trott c McCullum b Wagner ...... 76 R Taylor b Swann ...... 70 Steve Davis I Bell c Guptill b Williamson ...... 6 D Brownlie c Bell b Finn...... 25 bowled. hours, fell to Swann. For New Zealand, Ross Taylor, The skies above Headingley -- (left) takes J Root c Guptill b Wagner ...... 28 M Guptill c Trott b Swann ...... 3 a light J Bairstow (not out) ...... 26 B McCullum (batting) ...... 0 with a stylish 70, offered much in which does not have floodlights reading M Prior (not out) ...... 4 T Southee (batting) ...... 4 the way of significant resistance were increasingly gloomy and the watched by Extras (B-8, LB-1, W-1) ...... 10 Extras (LB-6) ...... 6 before he was yorked by Swann umpires eventually took the play- Total (for 5 wkts decl) ...... 287 Total (for 6 wkts) ...... 158 to leave New Zealand 154 for six. ers off with 6.2 overs left in the England’s Did not bat: S Broad, G Swann, S Finn, J An- To bat: D Bracewell, N Wagner, T Boult In their first innings, New day’s play. Jonathan derson Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-40, 3-65, 4-144, Zealand collapsed to 174 all out Earlier, Cook scored 130, fur- Trott during Fall of wickets: 1-72, 2-206, 3-214, 4-249, 5-153, 6-154. although this was an improve- ther extending his England the fourth 5-268. Bowling: Anderson 11-4-28-0; Broad 8-2-19- ment on the 68 they managed in record for Test centuries to 25, day’s play. Bowling: Boult 2-1-2-0; Southee 15-4-51-0; 1; Swann 21.4-7-61-4; Finn 11-1-43-1; Root the second innings of their 170- before declaring the hosts’ sec- Wagner 17-3-67-2; Williamson 24-4-68-3; 3-2-1-0. run first Test defeat at Lord’s. ond innings on 287 for five shortly Stuart Broad, who took a after lunch. AFP