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H H Sheikha Moza addressing the ceremony after receiving the award. Sheikha Moza receives George Bush Award KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE: H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, was on Thursday night presented with the George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service of the George Bush Library Foundation in recognition of her “devoted promo- tion of peace and human development throughout the world”. In a ceremony at the University of New England, Kennebunkport, Maine, former president George H W Bush and his wife Barbara presented her with the award. Report on page 3 Qatar ‘can host World Cup in summer’

DOHA: Qatar has maintained it can host the 2022 World Cup in summer even as pressure mounts on FIFA to switch it to winter to save players and fans from the heat in the country. Qatar said it was open to a switch to win- PULPIT ter dates but reiterated that despite the extreme heat, it could stage the World Cup in summer by building AC stadiums using newly environmentally-friendly technology. “We bid for the World Cup in summer and are fully committed and working hard to deliver on these promises,” the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee said in a statement yesterday. “If the international football com- munity asks us to move the timetable, we are able to do so, but the development and implementation of environmentally-friendly THE ISSUE cooling technologies remains an important legacy issue for our nation, region and many countries with similar climates.” As Arab Spring has thrown several Arab countries into chaos, with Syria has complicated the issue, as it has divided “Creating comfortable conditions for pub- continuing to burn and tension simmering in Egypt, an intense debate is Muslims and as a result, mosques, instead of Design: Abraham Augusthy lic areas, walkways, training pitches and becoming a unifying force, are sometimes con- stadiums during and after the World Cup raging across the Arab world – about the relation between politics and tributing to divisions among Muslims. means being able to play and watch football the pulpit. Can mosques, especially Friday sermons given by imams, According to Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi, whose matches in summer throughout the coun- be used for political purposes? Are the sermons given by some imams Friday sermons are famous for their political try,” the committee said. content, there is nothing wrong about discuss- contributing to violence on the streets and deepening the divide between ing politics in the pulpit. Answering a ques- Obama could meet parties? Will the Arab world be better if mosques stop taking sides in the tion in his personal website about whether battle between parties? All these questions are being discussed openly it’s advisable to talk about politics in Friday Rowhani at UN sermons, he says: “It’s not absolutely forbid- in social networking sites across the Arab region and joining the debate den; it’s not absolutely allowed.” He adds that WASHINGTON: Iran’s reform- are both religious scholars and ordinary people. while discussing politics, the imam should not minded President, Hassan Rowhani use names, delve into details or speak ill of may meet Barack Obama in an infor- ne major factor that has ignited views, some of them objected to the contents people. According to him, imams have a right mal, orchestrated encounter at the UN the debate is the rise and fall of of sermons. A classic example is an incident in to express views even if they run against the General Assembly next week, amid signs Brotherhood in Egypt, and the a Riyadh mosque where supporters and oppo- views of governments. “Mosques are meant of a rapidly softening stance in Tehran. Oexpulsion from power of its leader nents of Brotherhood almost came to blows. to follow and spread the message of Shariah, Rowhani will address the assembly on Mohamed Mursi by army general Abdulfattah A video capturing those scenes went viral on not to support specific government policies.” Tuesday afternoon, a few hours after the Al Sisi. Being rooted in political Islam, Youtube. Other scholars strongly disagree with traditional opening speech by the host Brotherhood has its supporters among imams Scholars say that politics and Islam are him. Writing on the website of Think Tank President, Barack Obama – a symbolically PAGEand as a result, the 6political developments in inseparable. During Prophet Mohammed’s Center for Studies, Dr Mohamed Al Ahmari, important though coincidental confluence of Egypt found their way to Friday sermons, with (peace be upon him) time, mosque was the an expert, says that mosques must keep away scheduling that will highlight building hopes unhealthy consequences. As the faithful who centre of Islamic life and politics were openly from politics. of a breakthrough in relations between the attend Friday prayers have their own political discussed during sermons. But Arab Spring Continued on page 2 two powers. QNA & AGENCIES

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Striking a balance in sermons Arab Spring has triggered a debate on use of pulpits for political purposes

Pics: Salim Matramkot BY AZMAT HAROON believe is a blow to the Muslim and think they would be sinners Brotherhood. if they oppose the political ideas DOHA: Dispute over the use of Although mosques have been of the Imam.” politics in Friday sermons has used for political debates for She said that some preachers become a divisive issue among a many centuries in Islamic history, have their personal ideas about majority of Muslims across the some experts suggest that latest politics, and by giving speeches on Arab world. disputes over mosques began fol- politics during Friday sermons, The Friday prayer is singled lowing the revolutionary wave they impose their beliefs and ide- out from all other obligatory of demonstrations that began in ologies on their audiences. prayers in Islam for many rea- the Middle East and North Africa “The purpose of Friday ser- sons, including the fact that the (Mena) in December 2010. mons should be to promote sermon (Khutba) is compulsory. Some argue that politically- Islamic ethics and ways of life and The sermon is delivered by the motivated speeches in mosques create awareness so that people Imams of all the mosques, who are creating a further divide make political decisions on their lead the prayers, and cover a vari- among Muslims already sepa- own.” ety of issues Muslims encounter rated on sectarian grounds. Popular pro-democracy Islamic in their daily lives. One Imam of a mosque in activist, Dr Muhammad Al Scholars who argue that poli- Riyadh was recently suspended Ahmari, called for a new legal tics is inseparable from Islam say following a video that went viral framework that separates politics that the Imam is duty-bound to on the Internet, showing locals from religion in mosques across dive into politics while giving the and Egyptians fighting during the the Arab world. weekly sermon, and disclose suf- Friday prayer. In a recent column, he writes ferings of Muslims, even if they The brawl erupted over com- decree barring them from discuss- it was important to draw some that Muslims have co-existed are located in a remote corner of ments of the Imam who had ing political issues in mosques. sort of limits for the Imams. with Christians and people from the world. spoken against Egypt’s General Kuwait’s ties with Egypt dete- The Imams are “The address should be rele- other religions for centuries in Others say that the ‘minbar’ Abdel Fattah Al Sisi in his ser- riorated as some Imams contin- encouraged not to vant to the interests of Muslims countries such as Egypt, Syria, (the platform used by the Imam to mon, a political stance that agi- ued to speak against the ouster attending the prayer and not the Lebanon and Iraq but many deliver his sermon in the mosque) tated many Egyptians present in of president Mohammed Mursi. exceed 30 minutes other way around. Islamic-political ideologies today is being exploited by political par- the mosque. Following the political stand-off during their “Our problem is that many were promoting sectarianism. ties which use Imams to further Reports suggest that since 2011, in Egypt over the overthrow of address on Friday. people misunderstand the real “Some extremist groups their agendas. nearly 1,101 mosques have bro- Mursi, Cairo’s Al Fateh Mosque The Khutba should purpose of mosque and use it for describe liberals and people sup- The debate has come to the ken their ties with the Tunisian became a focal point of a bloody their personal agendas.” porting secular parties as ‘disbe- forefront following Egypt’s crack- government, while some 2,200 showdown between the Egyptian not cause divisions Mohammed Smatti, a resident lievers’ or ‘agents’.” down on unlicensed Imams, who mosques have become a point of military and members of the among people. of Qatar, said that Islamic schol- “People should select their lead- have been banned from giving dispute between different Islamic Muslim Brotherhood, many of ars should not impose their politi- ers based on their vision, not their Friday sermons. parties and the state. whom took refuge in the mosque. cal opinions on others. tribal or religious affiliations.” According to the London-based In Syria, as many as 1,450 August 16, a Friday, was “If they use Islam to defend an The debate is expected to Arabic daily Asharq Al Awsat, mosques have been destroyed or declared the ‘Day of Rage’ by the argument, no one can disagree intensify in the coming weeks as Egypt’s Ministry of Awqaf has bombed since the beginning of the Brotherhood, and hundreds died with it.” the civil and political unrest in barred nearly 55,000 unlicensed crisis, and include the historical in clashes that broke out dur- Heba Alfiq, a Qatari, said that many countries in the Arab world clerics from preaching in mosques Khalid bin Walid Mosque dating ing mass demonstrations across some people attending such con- continues, and taking sides for or and banned all those who have back to the 7th century. Egypt. countries.” gregations may feel it is a ‘sin’ to against religious parties can cause not graduated from Al Azhar Dr Abdul Hameed Al Ansari, Meanwhile, in Morocco, mem- He also pointed out that any defy what the Imam has said. problems. University from ‘preaching in professor of Shariah and former bers of the Tamazight or the sermon that creates rifts among “Some people may feel guilty THE PENINSULA government and civil mosques’. dean of Islamic Studies at Qatar Berber political movement, have the people attending the congre- The Minister of Awqaf, Dr University, writes in a recently- started raising their separatist gation is seen as ‘fitna’, which is Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, also published column that the Arab flags in nearly 137 mosques. ‘haraam’ in Islam. Debate likely to intensify announced that special commit- Spring had, in fact, brought many Arab columnist Fawad Al The purpose of the Friday Continued from page 1 tees will be formed to ensure that Islamist groups to power. Fathi writes that members of prayer is to unite Muslims, and mosques are no longer used for “This phenomenon gained the Berber movement decided to it is important that the sermon “During prophet’s time, there were no ministries, no parlia- political reasons, a move many momentum with the Arab Spring, use mosques as political platforms does not offend people, he said. ment, no squares and the only place to express one’s views was where some Imams after they realised that Salafis He added that Imams also have the mosque. Today the situation is totally different as everybody represented political were calling them ‘non-Muslims’ to ensure that the subjects they knows,” he says. He also argues that it’s difficult to draw a line parties and anyone who and ‘anti-Islam’ in their mosques. choose to discuss are relevant to between religion and politics, because what is acceptable to some did not agree with their “Now, mosques in Morocco are the audiences. may not be acceptable to others. Egypt’s Ministry of stances was tagged as a divided on the bases of ethnicity,” “The Imams are encouraged In the Gulf, including Qatar, imams avoid sermons that cause Awqaf has barred ‘disbeliever’.” writes Al Fathi, pointing at dan- not to exceed 30 minutes dur- divisions, although individual imams could deviate from the official nearly 55,000 Dr Al Ansari said gers of mosques becoming ‘fight- ing their address on Friday. The line and express their own views that could differ from the views of unlicensed clerics that one of the dire ing rings’ for political parties. Khutba should not be a cause the congregation. The Muslim world today is unbelievably diverse from preaching in consequences of the Speaking to The Peninsula, one of disturbance for people. If and positions are hardening and sectarianism is deepening, with increasing political local Imam, who did not want the Imam fails to maintain the Shias and Sunnis drawing draggers against each other in some mosques and banned clashes in mosques to be identified because of the interest of the people in his ser- Muslim countries. “In such a charged atmosphere, the support all those who have was that some Islamic sensitivity of the issue, said that mon, then its whole purpose is for one group by an imam can cause divisions in the congregation, not graduated from scholars were seen as Imams based in the GCC coun- defeated,” he added. which will result in an erosion of faith in the clergy by the ordinary Al Azhar University people who were not tries can never oppose the politi- Interestingly, a majority of reli- people. Also, I think this is a phenomenon prevalent more in Arab from ‘preaching in ‘reliable’. cal leanings of their governments. gious scholars in the Gulf are not countries. In non-Arab countries, imams seldom talk about politics “They used mosques He said that despite differ- from the local populations, and in their Friday sermons and focus more on teaching religion,” says government and civil for the election propa- ences on regional issues among many often come from different an Asian Muslim who didn’t want to be identified. mosques’. ganda, for promoting GCC countries, they intended Arab and Asian countries and According to one commentator, since many Arab countries their political agendas… to maintain diplomatic ties with they have their political and per- don’t have parliaments, they are using mosques to spread politi- many mosques and the each other. sonal views. cal messages. media were used to “For instance, I have rarely Several people this newspaper As Arab Spring continues, with more blood spilling on the brainwash the major- seen an Imam speaking on anti- spoke to were divided on the issue streets, the relation between mosque and politics will be discussed ity of people.” Shia lines in a Friday sermon in of discussing politics in mosques. more openly and virulently. It’s a healthy debate and the outcome He said that some the Gulf. This is because the gov- Khalid Miqdad, a Qatari stu- will only help Muslims to come up with a solution. Imams in Kuwait had ernments do not want to encour- dent, said although discussing ignored a government age any kind of dispute in their politics was sometimes necessary, Home SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 ON SATURDAY Sheikha Moza honoured in US First Arab woman to receive George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service

H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser addressing the audience after receiving the George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service from former president George H W Bush and Barbara Bush at a ceremony at the University of New England, Kennebunkport, Maine state, the US. MAHER ATTAR/A R AL BAKER

KENNEBUNKPORT, World Economic Forum’s Global all our children from pre-school students in Qatar Foundation are University, Qatar Foundation best of modernity and tradition.” MAINE: H H Sheikha Moza Competitiveness Report. to university, Sheikha Moza said. bringing their fresh perspectives and the George Bush Library “Her belief in the character and bint Nasser, Chairperson of “Our Muslim, Qatari and Addressing to George H W to help us create this new world Foundation, Texas A&M potential of her nation’s people is Qatar Foundation (QF), has Arab traditions demand that Bush, Sheikha Moza said: “You view,” Sheikha Moza said. President Dr R Bowen Loftin truly an inspiration,” Barbara accepted the George Bush we constantly reinvigorate our- devoted your life for public serv- There are 57 million children in spoke of the decade-long relation- said. Award for Excellence in Public selves, and reach out the hand ice and social service and sought the world who are hard to reach, ship between his university and Past recipients include Service of the George Bush of friendship and support to over the past 13 years to get cannot go to school, every one of Qatar Foundation. former US president Ronald Library Foundation, in recogni- those who are most in need. To acquainted with efforts others them deserves the opportunity He thanked H H Sheikha Moza Reagan, former secretary of tion of her “devoted promotion share our blessings with others exert for doing good. to conquer poverty, conflict and for inviting Texas A&M “to be defence Robert M Gates, evan- of peace and human develop- and with future generations,” “I’m fully aware of the prestige marginalisation. The objective of part of the noble and great ini- gelist William “Billy” F Graham, ment throughout the world”. Sheikha Moza said. the University of Texas A & M has the ‘Educate A Child’ programme tiative called Education City.” former governor of California During a ceremony at the Referring to the establishment in your heart. This university has is to support 10 million of these Sheikha Moza is the first Arab Arnold Schwarzenegger, former University of New England, in of Education City’s branch cam- much contributed to social and children to attend school within woman to receive George Bush US senator Edward M Kennedy, Kennebunkport, Maine state, last puses, Sheikha Moza thanked the economic developments in Qatar the next three years. Award for Excellence in Public former general secretary of the night, former president George visionaries like former president through 300 male graduates or Sheikha Moza said she exam- Service, which recognises indi- Communist Party of the Soviet H W Bush and Barbara Bush George H W Bush, who could 550 current students who are con- ined those children who live in a viduals and groups’ dedication Union Mikhail Gorbachev and presented the award to Sheikha foresee and recognise the impor- tributing to building our nation’s state of chaos in a refugee camp to public service at local, state, former chancellor of Germany Moza. tance of such ventures for the industry and infrastructure.” in Kenya, and those struggling national and international levels. Helmut Kohl. After thanking Bush and Mrs present and future of our nations. Sheikha Moza praised Texas to survive in the floodplains of It also underscores former “The George Bush Foundation Bush for the award, Sheikha Sheikha Moza made it clear A&M in Qatar for its contribu- Bangladesh, and those descended president Bush’s lifelong commit- is honoured to recognise the Moza said: “I accept this honour that Qatar Foundation has been tion to Qatar’s national research from poor families living in shan- ment to public service. vision and strength epito- on behalf of the people and nation since its inception in 1995 a capacity and socio-economic tytowns in the city of Rio de Ambassador Ryan C Crocker, mised by Sheikha Moza,” said of Qatar. H H the Father Emir crucial element in the develop- development. Janeiro. Dean of The Bush School of Lieutenant General Brent planted the seeds of openness, ment of talents of our young and Sheikha Moza also mentioned Sheikha Moza said that two Government and Public Service Scowcroft, President of the Board creativity and freedom of expres- building a strong and sustainable the pledge made by its students days ago she visited indigenous at Texas A&M University, of Directors for the George Bush sion in our society. These are the economy for future generations. and staff during the campus’s children of the Indian commu- Sheikha Moza to the audience Presidential Library Foundation. seeds of prosperous minds that This reflects our determination 10th anniversary celebrations, nity in the Amazon rainforest, and said: “Creativity and inno- “By providing access to educa- will continue to flourish genera- to use our resources wisely and to support the Educate A Child where those isolated communi- vation mark everything she tion and building strong families tion after generation.” responsibly. programme she launched in ties are struggling to preserve does. She is a shining example and communities, Sheikah Moza’s Sheikha Moza noted that the Allah the Almighty has November 2012. their identity and culture, and at of service, combining a vision initiatives are laying the founda- investment Qatar is making in bestowed our nation and our peo- “Educate A Child is seeking the same time keen to access the for change and the ability and tion for Qatar’s success in a global human development is reaping ple in Qatar with a lot of blessings to help millions of out-of-school World Wide Web. energy to make it happen.” economy. rewards, as shown by the coun- which require us thanksgiving... children get into quality primary During a ceremony attended by Barbara Bush presented the “She is an inspiration to try’s recent first place rank- Our educational system is uni- education. dignitaries from the University award to Sheikha Moza, noting her country and to the world,” ing in the Middle East in the versally recognised, and free for “I am delighted that our of New England, Texas A&M that her initiatives combine “the Scowcroft added. QNA Qatar Lounge opened at UN HQ

NEW YORK: The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon yesterday opened the Qatar East Lounge on the first floor of the United Nations headquar- ters, overlooking Harlem River in east New York. Before the opening, Dr Al Attiyah said the lounge is a gift from Qatar to the UN and an expression of the value of the international organisation. Ban hailed the opening as his- toric, saying the lounge reflects ‘Yellow Box Campaign’ launched Qatar’s culture. “For many years, Qatar has been host to important meetings DOHA: The Traffic Department or her licence. Under the points on issues at the top of the inter- under the Ministry of Interior recording system, a driver’s licence national agenda. has launched an awareness drive with 14 points (first time) is sus- “This generous contribution is ‘Yellow Box Campaign’ to edu- pended for three moths. just a fraction of what Qatar pro- cate motorists on consequences The Public Works Authority vides to the work of the United of stopping vehicles between (Ashghal), responsible for main- Nations for development and traffic signals at intersections, taining roads and other public peace. local Arabic daily Al Sharq infrastructure, is busy repainting I especially value Qatar’s advo- reported yesterday. ‘yellow boxes’ across the coun- cacy on important issues, including According to traffic rules, stop- try to make them more visible to autism awareness,” Ban added. ping vehicles at an area or square- motorists. Qatar’s Permanent shaped box highlighted with yellow According to road safety Representative to the UN, H E The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cutting lines connecting the four traffic experts, yellow boxes at intersec- Sheikh Meshal bin Hamad Al the ribbon to open Qatar East Lounge on the first floor of the UN headquarters in New York yesterday. lights at an intersection is a pun- tions are some of the most dan- Thani said the opening coincided ishable offence. gerous and accident-prone places with the start of the 68th session Any motorist found violating where motorists need to be more of the UN General Assembly and The 68th General Assembly General Assembly and former representatives of member the rule may be fined QR500 and vigilant while crossing. hoped the lounge will provide a President, John W Ashe, Serbian foreign minister, Vuk states and assistants of the sec- will record three points against his THE PENINSULA platform for bilateral negotiations attended the opening, along with Jeremic. retary-general were also present. among member states. the president of the previous A number of permanent QNA SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 ON SATURDAY 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home

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Tel Fax Boeing to close C-17 final assembly facility Tel Fax DOHA/LONG BEACH, Space & Security, the manufac- Canada, India, the UAE, the UK, will help us as we continue to build CALIFORNIA: Faced with turer of the aircraft, will con- the 12-member Strategic Airlift the remaining 22 aircraft and stiff competition from rivals tinue to provide after-delivery Capability initiative of Nato and support and modernise the global www.renaissancedoha.com and tough budgetary envi- support services worldwide for Partnership for Peace nations, fleet for decades to come. The C-17 ronments on the part of cus- C-17 fleet as per agreements including Qatar. remains the world’s most capable Tel +974 44195000 tomers, Boeing, the world’s singed with parties, said a press “Ending C-17 production was a airlifter with unmatched readiness Fax +974 44195100 leading aircraft manufac- statement. very difficult but necessary deci- and cost effectiveness.” turer, has announced to close Qatar is among the few select sion,” said Dennis Muilenburg, The C-17 has amassed more the C-17 final assembly facil- countries that own the world’s President and CEO of Boeing than 2.6 million flying hours ity by 2015 as it will complete most capable airlifter. Since Defense, Space & Security. “We supporting airlift of troops and production of 22 remaining September 15, 1991, Boeing has want to thank the highly skilled large cargo, precision airdrop of C-17 Globemaster III over the delivered 257 units of C-17s, and talented employees who have humanitarian supplies and life- next couple of years. including 223 to the US Air built this great airlifter for more saving aeromedical missions. However, the Boeing Defense, Force, and 34 to Australia, than two decades and those who THE PENINSULA SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 ON SATURDAY

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An exhibition of postage stamps to mark the 83rd anniversary of the unification of Saudi Arabia began at Katara Cultural Village this week. The process of unifying the kingdom’s lands and people began in Riyadh. King Abdul Aziz then turned his unification efforts to the southern area of Najd in 1904, then Al Hasa (1913), Asseer (1920) and Hayil (1921). He then turned to the western regions, where he managed to control the Hejaz area, Al Tayef, Makkah, Madinah and Jeddah. He thus unified different parts of the country and stopped turmoil and wars between tribes. SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 ON SATURDAY 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Views

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N the past, engagements with Iran on the nuclear issue had proved to be blips. There was a serious lack of interest from both sides, especially from Iran, which Snowden has started a global Istuck to the stance that its right to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes was non-negotiable. So when new Iran President Hassan Rowhani made some conciliatory gestures after his election, they were greeted with a mix of optimism debate; why the silence in UK? and doubt. But those doubts are now receding and optimism is gaining ground. It’s not yet time to get carried away, but there is an opportunity that has opened up, which it’s up to the US BY SIMON JENKINS and American concepts of democracy. has been tearing itself apart, dismiss- to seize and work on. Congress is no puppet of the execu- ive remarks by William Hague in the The latest peace gesture from Iran has come from the HE Brazilian president cancels tive. The US may be brutal in its treat- Commons and Lady Warsi in the Lords president himself. Rowhani told a US television audience a state visit to Washington. The ment of leakers such as Julian Assange could have passed muster in Andropov’s TGerman justice minister talks of and Chelsea Manning, but the fourth supreme soviet. Hague said merely that prior to his visit to the United Nations in New York that he “a Hollywood nightmare”. His chancel- amendment lurks deep in its culture, everything was “authorised, necessary, was hopeful of a diplomatic solution to the nuclear weapons lor, Angela Merkel, ponders offering protecting privacy from the state with- proportionate and targeted”. National programme and his country would never develop weapons of Edward Snowden asylum. The EU may out due process and “probable cause”. security was not for discussion. British mass destruction. The statement is part of a series of other even end the “safe harbour” directive Britain has no such amendment. oversight was “probably the strongest reconciliatory statements and speeches emanating from Iran, which would force US-based computer What moved Americans about … anywhere in the world”. This remark servers to relocate to European regu- Snowden was not just the scale of NSA – contradicted by GCHQ itself – went including from foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and lation. Russians and Chinese, so often hoovering of data – though polls indi- unchallenged. the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and follows such accused of cyber-espionage, hop with cate strong aversion – but the lying Meanwhile Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP, confidence-building measures as Rosh Hashana greetings glee. to Congress. Snowden, a Republican head of the intelligence and security from the Iranian leadership to Jews worldwide, the release of In response, an embarrassed Barack former soldier, was simply shocked at committee and supposed champion of political prisoners and exchange of letters between President Obama pleads for debate and a review the clear collapse of congressional and citizens against state intrusion, posi- Barack Obama and Rowhani. But of the Patriot Acts. Al Gore refers to judicial oversight. The US had lurched tively grovelled towards GCHQ. He said the Snowden revelations as “obscenely into aping precisely the totalitarian we should all defer to “those involved in among the most significant is the outrageous”. The rightwing John regimes it professed to guard against. intelligence work”. He even cancelled a Iran has said transfer of responsibility for nuclear McCain declares Any reading of the Snowden mate- public hearing with the security chiefs negotiations from the conservatives in a review “entirely rial suggests that US and British agents for fear of embarrassing them. it’s ready for the military to the foreign ministry. appropriate”. The were up to the same tricks. They were For Labour, Yvette Cooper claimed talks with US The supreme leader has given his Senate holds pub- sharing data throughPrism, plainly obscurely she “long believed in stronger blessing for direct talks with US. In the We’re subject to lic hearings and circumventing each country’s domestic oversight” but she was drowned by a on the nuclear summons secu- oversight regimes. Britain’s Tempora dad’s army of former defence and home NBC interview, Rowhani said that “we huge unwarranted rity chiefs, who programme, involving the mass tapping secretaries, such as Lord Reid, Lord issue. It’s an have sufficient political latitude to solve surveillance – but squirm like mafia of fibre-optic cables belonging to BT, King and Jack Straw. All rallied to the opportunity this problem.” Westminster’s bosses on the Verizon, Vodafone and others, meant securocrats’ banner in shrill unison. I There is no doubt that Iran’s run. America’s that GCHQ was possibly a bigger intel- sometimes think these people would that should not overtures are accompanied by a certain useful idiots are once dominant ligence gatherer even than the NSA, bring back the rack, the whip and the internet giants, a key player in what Snowden called gallows if “vital for national security”. be missed. seriousness this time, but the question more likely to with 80% of the “the largest programme of suspicion- The reality is that Britons generally is how to translate this thaw into sanction than globe under their less surveillance in human history”. have little trouble with the authority of results. The White House has said actions are more important criticise it. sway, now face Its value to the US is evidenced by the the state. The historian of espionage, than words, and Obama said that Rowhani is somebody who is “Balkanised” reg- £100m the country pays for its surveil- Ben McIntyre, has suggested that this looking to open dialogue with the West and US in a way “that ulation round the lance services. trust is embedded in the class system, we haven’t seen in the past and so we should test it.” world as nation states seek to repatriate An estimated 850,000 American aided by the vague glamour of James digital sovereignty. officials and contractors are thought Bond and George Smiley. GCHQ, he The first step towards results could be the immediate And in Britain? Nothing. From parlia- to have access to this material. Though says, is seen as “a club of amiable gentle- launch of talks, where Iran agrees to undo some of the ment, the courts, and most of the media, every activity is said to require the war- men in shabby tweed jackets,” probably progress they have made on uranium enrichment, or some nothing. Snowden, the most significant rant of a US court and a “senior minis- still fighting the Nazis. Like all toffs, this similar measure, and Washington takes steps to re-induct Iran whistleblower of modern times, briefly ter” in Britain, this is palpably absurd. officer class may behave badly, but its into the global trading system. Establishing mutual trust and amused London when he turned scarlet There are millions of dips each year, heart is in the right place. It keeps the credibility will not be easy after a stand-off that has lasted for pimpernel in the summer; then the cap- a vast trawl of data. While the NSA evil foreigner at bay. Besides, as Hague ital was intrigued when David Miranda is supposedly overseen by a foreign says, “the law-abiding citizen has noth- eleven years, but there is no alternative – except a stalemate was seized by Heathrow police on bogus intelligence surveillance court – now ing to be worried about”. that wll benefit none. “terrorism” charges. But the British exposed as ineffective through being A few people still hold to the futur- It is said that when Rowhani will arrive in New York establishment cannot get excited. It secret – GCHQ professes “a light over- ist ideology that all things digital are next week, he is likely to bring a package of proposals on the hates whistleblowers, regarding them sight regime compared with the US”. benign. Since I see the digital revolu- nuclear programme. Those proposals must contain something as not proper chaps. Its overseers are patsies. tion as one of means not ends, I am less Nothing better illustrates the gulf Yet none of this seems to turn a convinced. substantial which will help both sides to move forward• that sometimes opens between British hair in London. While Washington THE GUARDIAN The other side Quote of The Brazil-US row the day HILE EDWARD Snowden doesn’t feel like rubbing shoulders as the common perception would then The cable leaks have landed the may be chilling out in with President Barack Obama at the be that the Obama administration is US in a place where it is finding it hard Russia, Washington cost of a storm at home. She has every yet to give an adequate response or to take a stance while differentiating Wcontinues to feel the heat. valid reason to say so. The fact that an apology. It is no insignificant decision between allies and adversaries. Besides The row underway between Brazil and the NSA has allegedly accessed the that Rousseff cancelled the visit, though Brazil, Mexico, Russia and China, the To us, mastering the the United States is a classic example secrets of the state-owned oil company, officially it has been termed as having obsessive state spying has also played of state espionage coming to sabotage Petrobras, is seen in Brazil as industrial been postponed. The first high-profile havoc with allies like Germany, France atomic fuel cycle and bilateral relations. espionage, whose ramifications could interaction since 1995 was scheduled and Canada, making the administra- generating nuclear The same is also happening go on to hurt bilateral business to the at a time when the economic climate tion’s task of effecting a reconcilia- in Brasilia, where President Dilma tune of billions of dollars. This would in the region is fragile and Brazilian tion difficult and, at times, suspicious. power is as much Rousseff opted to play out the nation- inevitably land Obama in a fix. All that he businesses were counting on the out- President Obama, who had made it a about diversifying our alism card by postponing her visit to could do was to try to limit the damage come of the economic diplomacy. Many cornerstone of his foreign policy to woo the United States. She says that the by promising to conduct an inquiry into Brazilian entrepreneurs have criticised his Latin American neighbours and the energy resources as it National Security Agency (NSA), by the mess that whistleblowers revealed. the wisdom of antagonising such an southern hemisphere, should do some is about who Iranians allegedly spying on her personal email It’s a faux pas for him and America. important business ally as the US, but political correction and do away with the as well as that of other senior officials, The US president should realise that the political rationale behind it is too jingoism of the Cold War era. are as a nation. Hassan Rowhani has betrayed Brazil’s trust and she an off-the-cuff inquiry would not suffice overwhelming to be ignored. Khaleej Times Iranian President SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 Views www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 ON SATURDAY Iran’s new attitude to the world In a world where global politics is no longer a zero-sum game, it is or should be counter-intuitive to pursue one’s interests without considering others’.

BY HASSAN ROWHANI Sadly, unilateralism often continues to overshadow constructive approaches. hree months ago, my plat- Security is pursued at the expense of form of “prudence and hope” the insecurity of others, with disastrous gained a broad, popular consequences. More than a decade and mandate. Iranians embraced two wars after 9/11, Al Qaeda and other my approach to domestic militant extremists continue to wreak Tand international affairs because they havoc. Syria, a jewel of civilisation, has saw it as long overdue. I’m committed become the scene of heartbreaking to fulfilling my promises to my people, violence, including chemical weapons including my pledge to engage in con- attacks, which we strongly condemn. In structive interaction with the world. Iraq, 10 years after the American-led The world has changed. International invasion, dozens still lose their lives to politics is no longer a zero-sum game violence every day. Afghanistan endures but a multi-dimensional arena where similar, endemic bloodshed. cooperation and competition often The unilateral approach, which glori- occur simultaneously. Gone is the age of fies brute force and breeds violence, is blood feuds. World leaders are expected clearly incapable of solving issues we all to lead in turning threats into oppor- face, such as terrorism and extremism. A general view of Iran’s parliament in Tehran. tunities. The international commu- I say all because nobody is immune to nity faces many challenges in this new extremist-fuelled violence, even though world — terrorism, extremism, foreign it might rage thousands of miles away. consequent place in the world. Without have spent a lot of time — perhaps too we need to think — and talk — about military interference, drug trafficking, Americans woke up to this reality 12 comprehending the role of identity, many much time — discussing what we don’t how to make things better. To do that, cyber crime and cultural encroach- years ago. My approach to foreign policy issues we all face will remain unresolved. want rather than what we do want. we all need to muster the courage to ment — all within a framework that has seeks to resolve these issues by address- I am committed to confronting our This is not unique to Iran’s interna- start conveying what we want — clearly, emphasised hard power and the use of ing their underlying causes. We must common challenges via a two-pronged tional relations. In a climate where much concisely and sincerely — and to back it brute force. We must pay attention to work together to end the unhealthy approach. of foreign policy is a direct function of up with the political will to take neces- the complexities of the issues at hand to rivalries and interferences that fuel vio- First, we must join hands to construc- domestic politics, focusing on what one sary action. This is the essence of my solve them. Enter my definition of con- lence and drive us apart. We must also tively work toward national dialogue, doesn’t want is an easy way out of diffi- approach to constructive interaction. structive engagement. pay attention to the issue of identity as whether in Syria or Bahrain. We must cult conundrums for many world leaders. As I depart for New York for the open- In a world where global politics is no a key driver of tension in, and beyond, create an atmosphere where peoples of Expressing what one does want requires ing of the UN General Assembly, I urge longer a zero-sum game, it is — or should the Middle East. the region can decide their own fates. more courage. my counterparts to seize the opportu- be — counter-intuitive to pursue one’s At their core, the vicious battles in As part of this, I announce my govern- After 10 years of back-and-forth, what nity presented by Iran’s recent election. interests without considering others’. Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria are over ment’s readiness to help facilitate dia- all sides don’t want in relation to our I urge them to make the most of the A constructive approach to diplomacy the nature of those countries’ identi- logue between the Syrian government nuclear file is clear. The same dynamic is mandate for prudent engagement that doesn’t mean relinquishing one’s rights. ties and their consequent roles in our and the opposition. evident in the rival approaches to Syria. my people have given me and respond It means engaging with one’s counter- region and the world. The centrality of Second, we must address the broader, This approach can be useful for efforts genuinely to my government’s efforts to parts, on the basis of equal footing and identity extends to the case of our peace- overarching injustices and rivalries that to prevent cold conflicts from turn- engage in constructive dialogue. Most of mutual respect, to address shared con- ful nuclear energy programme. To us, fuel violence and tensions. A key aspect ing hot. But to move beyond impasses, all, I urge them to look beyond the pines cerns and achieve shared objectives. In mastering the atomic fuel cycle and gen- of my commitment to constructive inter- whether in relation to Syria, my coun- and be brave enough to tell me what they other words, win-win outcomes are not erating nuclear power is as much about action entails a sincere effort to engage try’s nuclear programme or its relations see — if not for their national interests, just favourable but also achievable. A diversifying our energy resources as it is with neighbours and other nations to with the United States, we need to aim then for the sake of their legacies, and zero-sum, Cold War mentality leads to about who Iranians are as a nation, our identify and secure win-win solutions. higher. Rather than focusing on how our children and future generations. everyone’s loss. demand for dignity and respect and our We and our international counterparts to prevent things from getting worse, WP-BLOOMBERG A simple advice for Labour Party To fix Medicaid, spend Holding firm against a less money on it referendum on Europe BY LANHEE CHEN ith each new day comes news of yet another state opt- ing to expand its Medicaid programme as a result of is a strong stance: Let the Affordable Care Act. This week alone, Governor WTom Corbett in Pennsylvania announced his support people vote Ukip if for the move, and Governor Rick Snyder signed into law Michigan’s Medicaid expansion. More than half of the states have committed to put more of their they want out. residents into the flawed and expensive programme. Reform is des- perately needed — particularly in light of the Congressional Budget BY POLLY TOYNBEE Office’s finding this week that health care is the most significant driver of increasing federal spending. ou might think the great task for Much of that growth comes from Medicaid. Federal spending on the Labour in Brighton is to raise its programme is expected to more than double over the next 10 years, to listing ship, fill the sponsons, and $554bn. This reflects increases in not only the number of beneficiar- float it off the rocks. Neurosis grips ies but also the cost per beneficiary: The CBO estimates that federal Y Ed Miliband addressing the Trades Union Congress. many about to assemble by the seaside, as the spending for each adult on Medicaid will increase by 9 percent a year party slides in the polls. Throw us a lifeline, over the next decade. and where is Jon Cruddas’s overdue policy gets across simple messages. Most people Clegg stole a march with free school meals: Medicaid is a programme designed primarily to help the poor, but review? Can Ed Miliband up his game? give minimal thought to politics with almost Labour may abolish Cameron’s absurd marriage conservatives have long argued that it is a poor way to do so. Aside Politics is more presidential since the 2010 wilful indifference until election time. The tax break to spread free meals to all primary from being expensive for taxpayers, Medicaid may not produce the television debates drained the life out of the Resolution Foundation poll showed the near- children. Women voters already give Labour a health outcomes that we want, particularly given how much we’re rest of the campaign. Nick Clegg reminded us zero faith voters hold in any party’s ability to 13-point lead, feeling the tax credit cuts and the spending on the programme. this week why he scores well in that forum. improve living standards. At least Labour’s yawning gap between pay and prices. Young peo- Yet Obamacare doubles down on Medicaid by expanding eligibility Next time Ed Miliband will be the unknown heart has beaten with that public pulse ever ple need to feel Labour offers them reasons to for the programme. That risks limiting access to care for those already quantity with a chance to surprise. With since Miliband first spoke of the “squeezed care about politics, with votes at 16 — and why covered, places more pressure on already-tight state budgets, and could both the Spectator and the New Statesman middle” and “pre-distribution”, hammering on not free bus passes for under-24s, fairly match- “crowd out” millions of Americans from higher-quality private health featuring Wallace and Grommit cartoons of about rail fares, energy prices, the pensions ing the old, paid for with some OAP benefits? insurance. Obamacare also does nothing to address the quality of care Miliband on their covers, the Tories presume rip-off and, above all, falling wages. Holding firm against a referendum on being provided through the programme. he’s their trump card, lining up a cannonade A bizarre insight into the right-wing press Europe is a strong stance: Let people vote Ukip Thus, the Supreme Court did Americans a favour in July 2012 when of scorn: weak, dithering or Red Ed — “Don’t came with the news that Patrick Hennessy, if they want out. Even those who disagree may it ruled that states couldn’t be forced to expand their Medicaid pro- let Labour wreck the recovery”. It may back- the Sunday Telegraph’s political editor, once respect Miliband’s principled refusal to risk grammes. But states that do so may be tying themselves to a rapidly fire — if Labour can clearly define itself and of the Sun, has jumped ship to be Labour’s the country’s vital interests for cheap political sinking ship. First, while the federal government picks up most of its leader for a majority feeling no recovery message-seller. All these years pumping gain. Expect more to be made of Miliband’s the benefit costs associated with the Medicaid expansion for the first in their pockets. This conference and next out his masters’ voices and he was secretly remarkable coup in preventing the bombing three years (and phases down to 90 percent thereafter), states will be month’s reshuffle need to show a single- Labour? No wonder journalism is held in such of Syria from the opposition benches. responsible for all of the administrative costs. minded Labour team speaking with one voice, contempt. But maybe he can propel Labour Andrew Hawkins, chair of ComRes, offers Second, there is no guarantee that the enhanced matching rate that though, please God, — not in mantras but in policies into the public mind. a useful list of polling myths: it’s not true the Obamacare puts in place will remain in law as fiscal pressures mount. their own words. You can visualise a poster The BBC needs to note research for party rated best on the economy always wins; States, however, will have difficulty dropping people from Medicaid of the Labour team looking fresh and prepos- Democratic Audit by Cardiff University’s Mike Labour is not most blamed for the state of the once they’ve been put into it. sessing compared with the grim aspect of Iain Berry proving an endemic anti-Labour bias. economy; and a Conservative majority is not Finally, the CBO has concluded that rising Medicaid costs will prob- Duncan Smith, Chris Grayling, Michael Gove, Expect some totemic announcements, a prob- possible as no leader in power ever increased ably cause state governments to make choices that will ultimately hurt George Osborne and the rest. able pledge to revoke the disgraceful bedroom their vote. Would he stake his reputation on beneficiaries: paying providers less, limiting services covered under the Even if Miliband makes as good a speech as tax. But with an improving economy, Labour Labour winning most seats, I ask, expecting programme or tightening eligibility to reduce the number of people in last year, he will be judged on its meatiness. will rightly drill on about a recovery only felt prevarication? “Yes, I would.” Brave for a poll- the programme. Medicaid also constrains states’ ability to innovate or Where’s the beef? What counts is not image by the few. What kind of recovery has the ster. Labour should be doing better with so tailor benefits to the needs of their individual populations. or magic words — John Major and Ted Heath lowest productivity in the G7, relying on a many open goals, but look at Ukip’s squeeze on Finally, there are “blended” solutions that would keep the most had the vocabulary and charisma of a flea. In property boom, with living standards discon- the Tory marginals and Labour’s grip on Clegg vulnerable Medicaid beneficiaries in the current funding system while the end, leaders are the embodiment of their nected from GDP growth? defectors. Yes, Miliband needs to talk human moving healthy adults and children to one of the reformed payment policies — how bold, how clear their vision. At the election Labour will promise a mil- and seem less bookish, but there are worse systems discussed above. Legislation introduced last year by a group Labour will probably have a good conference, lion new homes — a policy that should not faults than being clever. Besides, ComRes says, of Republicans, led by Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, would take this with “crunchy” policies spelling out exactly be held back much longer. Building houses people still say they’ll vote Labour even when approach. what it will do in its first days in power. But is the crucible for everything else, social and reminded who the leader is. Reforming Medicaid is crucial to our nation’s fiscal future. can it sustain momentum afterwards, which economic, touching most families’ lives and So this coming week Labour should be of Unfortunately, Obamacare only makes matters worse by drastically last year frittered into nothingness? aspirations. That needs a ministry of housing, good cheer — be bold, be definite, stop jump- increasing the number of people dependent on the flawed programme. Weighing up what policies to hold back transferring housing benefit to convert wasted ing at its own shadows and start to believe it Fundamental reform of the programme is long overdue, and policy- before the election, it has delayed too long. rent money into bricks and mortar and build, can win. makers should seize this opportunity to truly improve Medicaid for Only relentless boring snoring repetition build, build to build, as a solid symbol of hope. THE GUARDIAN taxpayers and beneficiaries alike. WP-BLOOMBERG SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 ON SATURDAY 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Middle East Syria submits data on chemical arms Rebels, jihadists agree on ceasefire in border town THE HAGUE/BEIRUT: Syria weapons and so remove the imme- Harf. “We will be taking a look at gave details of some of its chemi- diate threat from Washington of it and making an assessment ... An cal weapons to a UN-backed launching military action. accurate list is vital to ensure the arms watchdog at The Hague That plan set a rough deadline effective implementation.” yesterday but needs to fill in of today for Syria to give a full Once the OPCW executive has gaps by next week to launch a account of the weapons it pos- voted to follow the Lavrov-Kerry rapid disarmament operation sesses. Security experts say it has plan in a meeting expected early that may avert US air strikes. about 1,000 tonnes of mustard gas, next week, the Security Council is At the Organisation for the VX and sarin — the nerve agent due to give its endorsement of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, UN inspectors found after hun- arrangements — marking a rare the agency which is to oversee the dreds were killed by poison follow- consensus after two years of East- removal of President Bashar Al ing missile strikes on rebel-held West deadlock over Syria. Assad’s arsenal, a spokeswoman areas on August 21. On the ground in Syria, Al said: “We have received part of the Kerry said he had spoken to Qaeda-linked fighters and a unit verification and we expect more.” Lavrov by telephone yesterday of Syrian rebels yesterday declared She did not say what was miss- and agreed to continue cooperat- a truce after two days of clashes in Northern Storm brigade members, loyal to the Free Syrian Army, entering Syria’s northern city of Azaz. ing from a document one UN ing, “moving not only towards the the town of Azaz near the Turkish diplomat described as “quite adoption of the OPCW rules and frontier that highlighted divisions rebel brigade loyal to the FSA, revolutionary forces and its indif- activists and Islamist sources said long”. The OPCW’s 41-member regulations, but also a resolution in the opposition, in which hard- which sent fighters to the town ference to the lives of the Syrian yesterday. Executive Council is due to meet that is firm and strong within the line groups are powerful. on Thursday who have deployed people”. Aid agencies raised the alarm early next week to review Syria’s United Nations”. The Northern Storm brigade, between the two sides. “ISIS no longer fights the Assad yesterday about the break-up of inventory and to agree on imple- One Western diplomat warned which is loyal to the Western- The rival groups also undertook regime. Rather, it is strengthen- Syria into pockets run by differ- menting last week’s US-Russian that a failure by Assad to account backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) to free detainees captured in the ing its positions in liberated areas, ent factions. deal to eliminate the entire arse- for all the suspected stockpile and was based in Azaz, agreed to fighting and to immediately return at the expense of the safety of At a Geneva news conference, nal in nine months. would cause world powers to seek the truce with Al Qaeda front any looted goods. Any future prob- civilians,” it said in a statement, Pierre Kraehenbuehl, director of The timetable was laid down by action at the UN Security Council group the Islamic State of Iraq and lems would be put to an arbitra- attacking the group for this week’s operations for the International US Secretary of State John Kerry to force him to. the Levant (ISIS), under which tion committee, the Britain-based fighting at Azaz. Committee of the Red Cross, said: and Russian Foreign Minister The US State Department both sides pledged to observe a watchdog added. Hundreds of rebels, includ- “When colleagues of ours travel Sergei Lavrov a week ago in said it was studying the material: ceasefire, the Syrian Observatory The Syrian National Coalition, ing entire brigades, have pledged from Damascus to Aleppo, it is Geneva when they set aside sharp “Today was a step that we’re look- for Human Rights said. political exiles who work with allegiance to ISIS and its domes- something between 50 and 60 differences over Syria to agree on ing for in terms of an initial docu- The deal was brokered by FSA, accused the jihadist group tic branch the Nusra Front in checkpoints on the way.” a plan to deprive Assad of chemical ment,” said spokeswoman Marie Liwa Al Tawhid, a powerful of “aggression towards Syrian northern and eastern Syria, AGENCIES Al Qaeda attacks US signals readiness for talks with Iran ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: are pursuing this endeavour,” and said sanctions had had their extremism, cybercrime and other The United States is ready to Earnest said. desired effect. challenges. kill 56 Yemeni engage in talks “on the basis US President Barack Obama “These sanctions have tight- “Gone is the age of blood of mutual respect” with Iran and Iranian President Hassan ened around the Iranian regime, feuds,” he wrote. “World leaders about its disputed nuclear pro- Rowhani will be in New York next further isolated them from the are expected to lead in turning gramme as long as Tehran is week for a meeting of the UN international community, taken threats into opportunities.” soldiers and police willing to demonstrate that its General Assembly. The White a significant toll on their econ- Rowhani said the people of the programme is for civilian pur- House has said an encounter omy and put pressure on them Middle East should be allowed to SANA’A: Suspected Al Qaeda Al Nushaima area, a military offi- poses, a White House spokes- between the two is possible. to come back to the bargaining decide their own fate. He said he fighters killed at least 56 sol- cial said, adding that 10 soldiers man said yesterday. Earnest said there was no table,” he said. was ready to help in Syria, where diers and police in a wave of were killed in that blast. “We have had a number of meeting scheduled between “The president has demon- government forces and rebels dawn attacks yesterday, the “Soldiers were captured” in engagements with the Iranians Obama and Rouhani next week. strated a willingness to engage have fought a civil war for two deadliest day for Yemeni secu- Al Nushaima, witnesses said by and we’ll continue to have con- The New York Times reported with the Iranians, and has done and a half years. Iran has sup- rity forces since jihadist strong- phone. versations on the basis of mutual yesterday that Iran sought that for some time now,” he ported Syrian President Bashar holds fell last year. Around 15 kilometres away, respect,” Josh Earnest, the deputy a “swift agreement” over its added, noting that Obama and Al Assad with weapons and other The militant assaults came in suspected Al Qaeda gunmen tar- White House spokesman, told nuclear programme with the Rouhani had exchanged letters. military aid. the lawless southern province of geted a special forces camp at reporters aboard Air Force One. goal of ending sanctions that have In an opinion piece published in “I announce my government’s Shabwa, a bastion of Al Qaeda in Maifaa, killing eight policemen, “And over the course of those devastated its economy. the Washington Post on Thursday, readiness to help facilitate dia- the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) according to military sources. conversations there will be an Earnest, responding to that the centrist cleric said nations logue between the Syrian gov- and the scene of regular US drone At least eight militants, among opportunity for the Iranians to story, said the White House wel- needed to seek “win-win out- ernment and the opposition,” attacks targeting militants. them two suicide bombers, were demonstrate through actions comed the new tone from Tehran comes” instead of using “brute Rowhani wrote. Military and government offi- reported killed in the three the seriousness with which they after Rowhani’s election in June force” to combat terrorism, REUTERS cials said there were four attacks attacks. in all, including one on a key gas The defence ministry in Sanaa export terminal that was foiled. said a fourth Al Qaeda attempt Thirty-eight soldiers were to detonate explosives targeting killed in the deadliest attack, on Balhaf gas terminal on the Gulf Tunisia oppn an army camp responsible for of Aden ended in failure. Blasts in Iraq Sunni mosque kill 18 ensuring security at Shabwa oil- Security Forces intercepted the fields, sources said. vehicle, which exploded, “killing SAMARRA: Two bombs tore Abdulwahid, a 26-year-old who In the northern province of agrees to talks “Troops clashed with gunmen the terrorists it was carrying,” through worshippers gathering was wounded in the blasts, said Kirkuk, gunmen kidnapped and at the camp entrance, before a said the ministry’s 26sep.net news for prayers at a Sunni mosque at the main hospital in Samarra. killed a soldier, while a roadside on transition suicide attacker in a bomb-laden website, without specifying how in Iraq yesterday, killing 18 peo- Other violence struck the bomb north of the city of Baquba vehicle forced his way into the many militants died. ple, while seven died in other Samarra area yesterday, with a killed one person and wounded TUNIS: Tunisia’s opposition camp, where his car exploded, The authorities blamed the attacks, officials said. mortar round killing a mother three. coalition agreed yesterday to killing 38 soldiers,” said a govern- bloodshed on AQAP, described by The bombs, which hit the and her daughter and wounding And a doctor was killed in an start direct talks with ruling ment official in Ataq, the provin- Washington as the jihadist net- Musab bin Omair mosque near her husband near the bombed attack in Baghdad, while a bomb- Islamists on a transition plan cial capital. work’s deadliest franchise. Samarra, north of Baghdad, also mosque. ing against a police colonel’s con- under which the government Simultaneously, “a suicide AQAP claimed that attack in wounded 21 people. And another young girl was voy in the northern city of Mosul would step down and make way bomber in a car blew himself up a statement posted on jihadist “A huge explosion hap- killed and two of her family killed a woman and wounded 12 for a caretaker administration before reaching his target — an Internet forums. pened, and everything around members wounded by a mor- people, including the officer. and new elections. army checkpoint” in the nearby AFP us was thrown in the air,” Zaid tar attack west of the city. AFP The agreement follows weeks of unrest that erupted after the assassination of an opposition fig- ure in July. The secular opposition accused the moderate Islamist ruling party, Ennahda, of toler- Egypt forces hunt militants Israeli forces ating the Islamist militants it blamed for the killing. manhandle EU Issam Chebbi, a senior official after storming town in the Salvation Front, said the envoys on aid trip opposition had decided to accept CAIRO: Egyptian security attack on a church in Kerdasa. “without any conditions” the ini- forces were hunting for armed Army-backed authorities, KHIRBET AL MAKHUL: tiative proposed by the powerful supporters of deposed President who say they are waging a “war Israeli soldiers manhandled UGTT labour movement which Mohammed Mursi’s Muslim on terrorism”, have arrested European diplomats yester- has been mediating in the dispute. Brotherhood yesterday after top Brotherhood leaders to try day and seized a truck full of Ennahda had already accepted retaking control of a town to neutralise one of the Middle tents and emergency aid they the negotiation plan after near Cairo in a crackdown on East’s most influential Islamist had been trying to deliver to expressing some initial reserva- Islamists. movements. The mostly state- Palestinians whose homes were tions it said would be discussed Security sources said 85 peo- controlled media have portrayed demolished this week. during talks. ple had been arrested since troops the Brotherhood as blood-thirsty A reporter saw soldiers throw A formal announcement by and police stormed Kerdasa on enemies of the state. sound grenades at a group of the UGTT about the agreement Thursday, but the area had not Yesterday, a funeral service for diplomats, aid workers and locals should lead to the start of a three- yet been stabilised. State tel- a police general who was killed in in the occupied West Bank, and week negotiation period after Israeli soldiers scuffle with Palestinians near a truck loaded with items evision said dozens of weapons Kerdasa was televised live on state yank a French diplomat out of the which the Ennahda-led govern- European diplomats wanted to deliver to locals in the West Bank herding including rocket-propelled gre- TV, which ran a caption reading truck before driving it away. ment will step down. nades had been seized. “Egypt confronts terrorism”. “They dragged me out of community of Khirbet Al Makhul, in the Jordan Valley. The two sides will discuss a Security forces had been absent Twenty six people were the truck and forced me to the timetable for new elections, the from the area since August 14, wounded at a demonstrations in ground with no regard for my they did not have proper build- tents from being erected in area, composition of the caretaker gov- when 11 police officers were killed various provinces in Egypt yes- diplomatic immunity,” French ing permits. in accordance with the high court ernment and other guarantees for as Kerdasa’s main police station terday in clashes between Mursi diplomat Marion Castaing said. The inhabitants have refused decision. a transition to full democracy. was hit by rocket-propelled gre- supporters and opponents, medi- Locals said Khirbet Al Makhul to leave the land, where, they say, “At the site, Palestinians and Tunisia has been caught in nades and set on fire. cal officials said. was home to about 120 peo- their families have lived for gen- the foreign activists violently deadlock for weeks, delaying a A police officer said around 150 In Sinai, a bomb blew up near ple. The army demolished their erations along with their flocks objected, throwing stones and political transition seen as one of arrest warrants had been issued three buses carrying soldiers, but ramshackle houses, stables and of sheep. striking law enforcement offic- the more successful among the for people suspected of the attack there were no injuries. a kindergarten on Monday after The Israeli army said that secu- ers,” a military spokeswoman said. region’s nascent democracies. on the police station or of an REUTERS Israel’s high court ruled that rity forces had tried to prevent REUTERS REUTERS SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 International www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ON SATURDAY

British police Shooting leaves 13 hurt in Chicago arrest eight over cyber-theft Three-year old among injured as gunmen spray basketball court with bullets at Barclays CHICAGO: An apparently will be brought to justice and gang-related shooting spree on prosecuted to the full extent of LONDON: British police said- Chicago’s South Side left 13 peo- the law.” yesterday they had arrested ple wounded, including a 3-year- Police said that besides 3-year- eight people including the old child, police said yesterday. old Deonta Howard, those injured suspected mastermind of a Chicago has been struggling ranged in age from 15 to 41. cyber-theft in which criminals with gun violence for years, which As of yesterday morning, infiltrated the computer system hurt the city’s reputation and put three of the gunshot victims, of a branch of Barclays bank pressure for change on Mayor including Howard, were in seri- and stole £1.3m ($2.1m). Rahm Emanuel. ous to critical condition in area Last week police arrested 12 “I can tell you that it’s an ongo- hospitals. men allegedly planning to steal ing investigation,” Chicago Police Howard was in surgery, said millions of pounds from a London Department spokeswoman Amina Naphtali Dukes, 38, who said he branch of Santander UK with the Greer said yesterday. was the boy’s cousin. same device — a “keyboard, video No arrests have been made so “They said he’s going to make and mouse” (KVM) that allows far, Greer said, adding that police it,” Dukes said. legitimate workers to access com- believe the motive for the shoot- Mitchell Gary, 53, said his puters remotely. ing was gang-related. brother was shot in the back and The Barclays gang are accused According to witnesses, gunfire buttocks and his nephew was shot of stealing the money in April rang out late on Thursday as gun- in the arm and ankle. after one of them posed as an IT men sprayed a basketball court Gun violence in Chicago led to engineer to attach the KVM to with bullets in a park in the city’s more than 500 murders in 2012, a computer at the bank’s local Ninth District. according to a report this week Swiss Cottage branch in London. “We were sitting in the park by the FBI. “This was a highly organised talking, then two dudes came up, By comparison, New York City, criminal network with each indi- stood by the gate for a minute, with a population three times vidual filling a specific role,” said then they just started shooting,” Chicago’s, had 419 murders in Detective Superintendent Terry said Michelle Adams, 16. 2012, the FBI said. Wilson, head of London Police’s Other witnesses said the gun- So far this year, the city’s Central e-Crime Unit. men had driven up and fired on murder rate is down 22 per- “All criminal networks have a the basketball court from their cent from a year earlier. Chicago head and we very much believe we vehicle. Police Superintendent Garry Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy speaks during a news conference about the shooting yesterday have now apprehended our ‘Mr Mayor Emanuel cancelled McCarthy has said recently that in Chicago, Illinois. Big’ as part of this operation. We two meetings in Washington on murders were down 45 percent believe this has put a major dent opportunities for Chicago and in 20 neighbourhoods targeted January presidential inauguration aiming at her father. Citing budget problems, the in this alleged criminal network’s was headed back to his city after since February for additional event in Washington. Chicago’s crime problem city closed 50 public schools in ability to commit cyber-crime in being notified about the shooting, police, including expanded use of Other notorious Chicago is just one of a host of issues May, angering parents and the this country.” his press office said. foot patrols. killings include the death of plaguing Emanuel. The former powerful teachers union. The city The KVM enabled the perpe- “Senseless and brazen acts of One Chicago murder this year a 7-year-old girl last sum- White House chief of staff under faces large and growing pension trators to remotely siphon off violence have no place in Chicago that caught national attention mer at her mother’s candy President Barack Obama pledged liabilities, and Emanuel’s former cash from customers’ accounts and betray all that we stand for,” was of Hadiya Pendleton, 15, an stand and the shooting of a to clean up the streets of the city comptroller was recently indicted and transfer it to bank accounts Emanuel said in a statement. honour student killed at a park 6-month-old baby last March after a successful, well-financed in Ohio. under their control, police said. “The perpetrators of this crime just days after she performed at a by a gang member who was run for office in 2011. REUTERS London detectives said the scam was a new and growing type of cyber crime that was low-risk but gave high rewards. Wilson said they were working with British premier banks to boost safety measures. Merkel fights for majority in tight poll race “Those responsible for this offence are significant play- caught ers within a sophisticated and BERLIN: Chancellor Angela in her euro policy are slim, even if survey by Forsa for private broad- majority with the FDP, her pre- determined organised criminal ‘chillaxing’ as Merkel looked on track to win she is forced into a “grand coalition” caster RTL showed Merkel’s ferred partner, or fall short and network, who used considerable a third term in a weekend elec- with the SPD, whose candidate conservatives — the Christian be forced into difficult negotiations technical abilities and traditional tion in Germany but faced a bat- Peer Steinbrueck has criticised the Democratic Union (CDU) and with the SPD which could last up criminal know-how to infiltrate bride poses tle to preserve her centre-right chancellor for choking off growth its sister Bavarian party the to two months and result in big and exploit secure banking sys- majority and avert a potentially in southern members of the cur- Christian Social Union (CSU) — changes to her cabinet, including tems,” said Detective Inspector LONDON: What’s a prime min- divisive coalition with her arch- rency bloc by insisting on spending 14 points ahead of the SPD, mean- the departure of Finance Minister Mark Raymond. ister to do? Facing the prospect rivals, the centre-left Social cuts and painful reforms. ing she will almost surely return Wolfgang Schaeuble, a key player Police said the eight men, aged of a family wedding just hours Democrats (SPD). “Germany remains committed for a third term. in the crisis. between 24 and 47, had been after a gruelling G20 summit, The vote tomorrow is being to euro zone membership, but But her combined centre-right The wild card is a new anti- arrested on Thursday and yester- David Cameron grabbed forty watched across Europe, with public opinion and institutional bloc, which includes the business- euro party, the Alternative for day. Searches at properties across winks on a bed — unaware that many of Berlin’s partners hop- constraints ... limit the scope friendly Free Democrats (FDP), Germany (AfD), which polled 4 London yielded cash, jewellery his sister-in-law was posing for ing it will bring about a soften- for any German government to was in a dead heat with left-lean- percent in the Forsa survey but is and drugs as well as thousands the camera in front of him. ing of the austerity-first approach drastically alter course towards ing opposition parties, with both given a decent chance of vaulting of credit cards, and personal data. The resulting photograph of Merkel has promoted since the more generous support policies,” camps on 45 percent. above the five percent threshold Barclays were able to recover a the snoozing, bare-footed British euro zone debt crisis broke out analysts at Citi Research said in That makes the election in needed to win seats in parliament significant amount of the stolen premier asleep on a four-poster nearly four years ago. a research note. Europe’s largest economy too close on election night. cash, the police said. bed in the background of a shot But the prospect of major shifts Two days before the vote, a to call. Merkel could win a narrow REUTERS REUTERS of the impeccably made-up bride-to-be Alice Sheffield was splashed across the British press yesterday. Flood in Mexico “Who’s that chillaxing on the four-poster?” asked a caption Nigeria forces, Boko on The Times’ front-page pic- ture, poking fun at Cameron’s reputation for regularly taking time out. Haram trade gunfire The photograph was taken on September 7 at the wedding ABUJA: Boko Haram Islamists from the security team,” she said. near York in northern England of opened fire yesterday on secu- “Some persons were injured 32-year-old Sheffield, the half-sis- rity agents conducting an and 12 others were arrested in ter of Cameron’s wife Samantha. operation near a residence for connection with the incident,” Cameron had just returned lawmakers in Nigeria’s capital Ogar added. from the G20 summit in St Abuja, starting a gunfight that Police spokeswoman for Abuja, Petersburg. caused deaths and injuries, the Hyelhira Altine Daniel, said that The picture was posted on intelligence branch and police “deaths have been recorded,” fol- the Instagram page of Emily said. lowing the incident, but declined Sheffield, Samantha Cameron’s Following a tip off from to provide figures. younger sister and deputy editor arrested Boko Haram fighters, Ogar later said that she was not of British Vogue magazine, but security forces headed to a pur- yet able to confirm fatalities. was reportedly removed late on ported weapons cache behind the Boko Haram, which claims it Thursday. building in Abuja’s Apo neigh- wants to set up an Islamic state in Alice Sheffield, who runs a bourhood, said Marilyn Ogar, northern Nigeria, has previously small cosmetics company, married spokeswoman for the Department attacked Abuja in the centre of Etienne Cadestin, a 27-year-old of State Services. the country, including bombings at French “sustainability and energy Shortly after midnight they a United Nations building, news- consultant” for an upmarket started “digging for the arms”, paper offices and a shopping mall. estate agent. Ogar said in a statement from The capital was placed under The photograph emerged the intelligence branch. tight security after the August just weeks after an apparently They then “came under heavy 2011 UN bombing, with military sunburned prime minister was gunfire attack by... Boko Haram checkpoints in place around most photographed on a beach in elements within the area, which government buildings. Cornwall changing out of his A view of a home nearly covered by flood waters in Mocorito, Mexico, yesterday. Rescuers resumed yesterday prompted immediate response AFP swimming trunks with just a the grim task of digging out La Pintada village buried by a landslide. Mickey Mouse towel to protect his modesty. Cameron has often been accused of “chillaxing”—a com- bination of relaxing and chill- Russia detains Greenpeace ship after Arctic protest ing out—after he revealed he enjoys four glasses of wine on a Sunday and plays tennis against MOSCOW: Russian authori- were plucked from the side of the Russian citizens. The regional seized. Greenpeace, which aimed Ministry said on Thursday that a machine he nicknamed “the ties have detained a Greenpeace Prirazlomnaya rig, owned by the unit of Russia’s Investigative to draw attention to the threat the Greenpeace protest “was Clegger” after Deputy Prime ship and threatened to bring state-controlled energy giant Committee said it was consider- to the fragile Arctic ecosystem aggressive and provocative and Minister Nick Clegg. criminal charges after activists Gazprom, and arrested. ing bringing charges of piracy, from expanding oil drilling, said bore outward signs of extrem- His ability to separate his pri- scaled Russia’s first Arctic off- The Federal Security Service which can carry a sentence of up it had had no contact with the ist activity that could lead to vate life from his professional shore oil platform. (FSB) said the Amsterdam- to 15 years in jail. crew in many hours, and that law people’s deaths and other grave duties is held up as a rare talent Greenpeace said armed coast- registered ship was being towed to The FSB denied the environ- enforcement officers had dam- consequences”. by his supporters, but others see guards had forcibly boarded and Murmansk but might not arrive mental campaign group’s asser- aged the ship’s communications It said it had summoned the it as complacency. seized the Arctic Sunrise on until Monday. It said there were tion that the ship had been in equipment. Dutch ambassador to complain. AFP Thursday, a day after two activists 27 people on board, including four international waters when it was The Russian Foreign REUTERS SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 ON SATURDAY 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Asia Cambodia opposition to boycott parliament Politicians and Buddhist monks urge king to postpone session and order probe into disputed poll

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian opposi- king should delay parliament until fur- strike yesterday in an attempt to break years and has vowed to rule Cambodia institution and social analyst Chea tion politicians and Buddhist monks ther talks were held to end the politi- the political deadlock. into his seventies. His party officially Vannath said the post-election crisis urged King Norodom Sihamoni yes- cal stalemate with Hun Sen’s ruling But the king, responding to a letter won the election with 68 seats to the was a big test for the monarchy. terday to delay a new session of par- Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), which from CNRP lawmakers asking for the CNRP’s 55, a greatly reduced majority “It is the highest institution that liament after a disputed election win has rejected an inquiry. delay, replied that he would still preside that signalled widespread disenchant- can’t be challenged,” she said. “But now by long-serving Prime Minister Hun “The constitution states that the over the opening session as constitu- ment with Hun Sen’s iron-fisted rule there are people challenging it.” Sen. King is the symbol of national unity,” tionally required within 60 days of the despite rapid economic growth of more The CNRP says it was cheated out Lawmakers from the opposition Sam Rainsy told a news briefing yester- July 28 election. than 7 percent a year. of 2.3 million votes that would have Cambodia National Rescue Party day. “Now where is the national unity?” King Sihamoni took the throne in The CPP has vowed to attend par- handed it victory. (CNRP) say Hun Sen cheated his way About 100 Buddhist monks also medi- 2004 after the abdication of his father liament alone, with Hun Sen earlier Thousands of CNRP supporters ral- to a narrow victory in the July vote. tated near the Royal Palace to encour- Sihanouk, who was given a lavish state threatening to redistribute the opposi- lied this week in a three-day protest They say they will refuse to attend age King Sihamoni to reconsider his burial after his death last year. tion’s seats to his party in the event of in a park in the capital, Phnom Penh. parliament, due to convene on Monday decision. King Sihamoni does not enjoy his a no-show. One man was killed and several by royal order, until an independent Also protesting was Prince Sisowath father’s semi-divine status among The opposition’s call to the king injured when police opened fire on inquiry is held. Thomico, the king’s cousin and a senior Cambodians. to delay the opening of parliament is stone-throwing protesters on Sunday. CNRP leader Sam Rainsy said the CNRP member, who went on hunger Hun Sen, 61, has been in power for 28 tantamount to defiance of the revered REUTERS

Tidal surge Singapore, EU Japanese jailed for seven closer to FTA SINGAPORE: Singapore and the European Union years over shoe poisoning moved a step closer yester- day to ratifying a free trade agreement that includes a TOKYO: A Japanese court Fukasawa obtained from the lab- “green” component. They yesterday jailed a man for slip- oratory where he and his victim finalised the legal text in ping corrosive poison into the worked — can result in death if Singapore, paving the way for shoes of a colleague he was absorbed through skin and into a formal signing in the first stalking, causing her to have the bloodstream. half of next year and ratifica- the tips of her toes amputated, Because of the ability of tion by their parliaments in officials and media reports hydrofluoric acid to penetrate late 2014 or early 2015. They said. tissue, poisoning can occur read- completed negotiations in Tatsujiro Fukasawa, 41, was ily through exposure of skin or December last year. The EU handed a seven-year sentence eyes, or when inhaled or swal- is Singapore’s second-biggest for assault, a court official con- lowed. Symptoms of exposure trading partner and the city- firmed. He poured the acid into to hydrofluoric acid may not be state’s biggest investor. Under the woman’s shoes late last immediately evident. the FTA, EU exports will year after she turned down Accidental exposures can go enjoy duty-free access. It will his romantic overtures, media unnoticed, delaying treatment also make it easier for EU reports said. “This was a vicious and increasing the extent and and Singapore firms to invest crime because he used a chemi- seriousness of the injury. in renewable energy sector. cal that can kill people,” said The victim went to hospital Judge Takafumi Miyamoto of complaining of pain and devel- 5.7 earthquake the Shizuoka District Court, Jiji oped gangrene in one foot, forc- Press news agency said. ing her to have the ends of her hits Yangon Hydrofluoric acid — which toes amputated. AFP Visitors run away from a tidal bore as it surges past a barrier on the banks of Qiantang River in Hangzhou, YANGON: A shallow Zhejiang province, China, yesterday. 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck close to Myanmar’s second-biggest city yesterday Fukushima plant evening, seismologists said. China’s Bo Xilai verdict to cap spectacular scandal The quake hit at 6:54pm local time at a depth of 10kg, the operator sorry for BEIJING: The verdict in the the ruling Communist Party and associate — provided the cata- 26.8m yuan ($4.4m) and abuse of US Geological Survey said. It case of China’s fallen political its prized stability. Bo, who once lyst for his fall. With factions in power. The alleged ill-gotten goods was 110km north of the city of Abe’s name gaffe star Bo Xilai, due on Sunday, will ran the southwestern megacity of the upper echelons of the party included a French villa purchased Mandalay. The agency issued TOKYO: Red-faced officials cap an extraordinary scandal Chongqing, was one of China’s top reportedly split over how to han- by a Chinese businessman for Bo’s a yellow alert, suggesting a issued an embarrassed apology involving bribes, murder, illicit 25 politicians, a charismatic figure dle him, a year and a half passed wife Gu Kailai through shell com- mid-level risk of fatalities. to Japan’s prime minister yes- love, political infighting, and a enjoying popular support but his before Bo went to trial, becoming panies managed in part by Briton terday after spelling his name colourful yet tightly controlled ambition and leftist streak wor- the most high-profile official to do Neil Heywood, whom Gu was con- Doctorate for wrong during a high-profile trial. ried leaders. so in decades. victed of killing. She was jailed last tour of the battered Fukushima Even before the stunning The scandal that erupted in The hearing offered a rare peek year. president nuclear plant. five-day hearing last month, the February 2012 — when Bo’s top into the family life and dealings of a He accused Gu of being “insane” Shinzo Abe was given a spe- downfall of the once-powerful aide in Chongqing fled to a US major politician, as the prosecution and Wang of secretly loving her JAKARTA: President cially-printed suit to protect him Bo was already the most sensa- consulate with evidence the politi- and defence jousted over charges of while giving testimony that was Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono from radiation during the tour tional drama in decades to rock cian’s wife had murdered a British bribery and embezzlement totalling “full of lies”. AFP accepted an honorary doc- Thursday, on which he was accom- torate from Syiah Kuala panied by a large press pack. University in Banda Aceh But plant operator TEPCO, Nepal festival yesterday by calling on which has been lambasted inter- Indonesians and the peo- nationally for what critics say is ple of Aceh to maintain the its hapless handling of the catas- Luxury cars, land seized Helsinki peace deal, which trophe at Fukushima, used the ended a 30-year war between wrong Chinese character for part the government and the Free of the PM’s name. from disgraced Thai monk Aceh Movement. University’s The first three of the four char- Dean, Samsul Rizal, said acters used to write his name BANGKOK: Thailand has sought in Thailand on suspicion Yudhoyono earned the honor- were correct, however the final seized nearly $800,000 worth of of having immoral act with an ary title because of his role in one represented the same sound assets, including a Porsche and underage girl around a decade the peace agreement. but had a different meaning. a Mercedes-Benz, from a monk ago while he was a monk, and of “It was a typing error,” said who was disrobed for a con- fathering a child with her. Floods kill three a TEPCO spokesman. “We are troversial trip in a private jet, The seized assets were worth very sorry for the mistake. We authorities said yesterday. a total of 24m baht ($770,000), in Vietnam sincerely apologise to the prime Thailand’s Anti-Money according to the AMLO. minister for printing an inaccu- Laundering Office (AMLO) said They include 12.8m baht of HANOI: Floods have killed rate name.” Wiraphon Sukphon was suspected real estate as well as three cars, three people and left five TEPCO has repeatedly come of deceiving people to give him a Harley-Davidson motorbike, missing after Tropical Storm under fire for its approach to donations. a Vespa scooter and more than Usagi triggered heavy rains managing the aftermath of the “Monks can receive donations 200,000 baht in 14 bank accounts. in central Vietnam, authori- disaster at Fukushima, with a and must use them for the ben- Wiraphon caused a scandal ear- ties said yesterday. Three government minister describ- efit of the public, not for private lier this year in Buddhist-majority people were swept away ing it as akin to someone playing use and their own personal com- Thailand after footage emerged of by floodwater, the Central “whack-a-mole”. forts,” Police Colonel Seehanat him with two other monks trav- Steering Committee for The giant utility was pilloried Prayoonrat, secretary of the elling in a private jet, wearing Storm and Flood Control on Twitter over the gaffe yester- AMLO, said. sunglasses and carrying a Louis said. Five people, including day. Abe’s visit was part of a public Wiraphon went by the name Vuitton luxury bag. two children, were missing relations push the government has Luang Pu Nen Kham to bolster his He has since been investigated after their car was swept off launched to prove the battered claims to be the reincarnation of a on suspicion of an array of offences the road in Nghe An prov- plant is no danger to Japan or to famous miracle-performing monk. including tax evasion, drug posses- ince. Floods and landslides the rest of the world. The disgraced cleric, who is sion and money-laundering. destroyed nearly 5,000 homes. Devotees pull the chariot carrying the Kumari, the prepubescent girl AFP believed to be abroad, is also being AFP revered in Nepal as a living goddess, on the fourth day of the Indra Jatra festival at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu yesterday. Temple of Dawn set for facelift BANGKOK: Thailand’s iconic Temple of Dawn on Tamil candidate flees mob ahead of landmark Lanka poll the banks of Bangkok’s Chao Phraya river is to undergo a COLOMBO: A Tamil candidate reducing ethnic tensions. Anandi said security forces were trying to battle-scarred northern province, the island’s ethnic civil war that three-year renovation cost- for landmark polls in Sri Lanka’s Saseedaran, 42, told how dozens of scare voters away from the ballot home to over a million Tamils and ended in 2009, was swift to con- ing around $4m, authorities former warzone fled a mob attack armed men surrounded her house box. also the Hindu cultural centre of demn the attack. said yesterday. Wat Arun, yesterday as the man tipped to on the eve of the Jaffna region’s “The army is going brazenly Sri Lanka’s second-largest ethnic “The attack should be transpar- one of the most famous become the region’s chief minis- first ballot for a semi-autonomous in uniform attacking people and group. Tamils say the poll is being ently and independently investi- landmarks, known for the ter accused the army of intimi- council, forcing her to flee with the saying they must not go to vote,” held under international pressure gated and the perpetrators should morning light reflecting off dating voters. help of supporters. Wigneswaran, 74, said at the mod- on Colombo to share power with be brought to justice swiftly,” the its porcelain-encrusted sur- Many Tamils complain they One of the leaders of her party, est office of his Tamil National Tamils. US embassy in Colombo, 400 kilo- faces, will remain open to are treated as second-class citi- retired Supreme Court judge K. Alliance (TNA) in the heart of The United States, which has metres (250 miles) south of Jaffna, visitors during the overhaul. zens and face discrimination, and Wigneswaran who is expected to be Jaffna. been pressing Sri Lanka over said in a statement. AGENCIES Saturday’s vote is seen as crucial in elected the region’s chief minister, Jaffna is the capital of the alleged human rights abuses during AFP SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 Philippines www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 ON SATURDAY Eight rebels killed in battles with troops HRW says both sides must prevent further loss of life

ZAMBOANGA: Philippine aimed at ending a decades-long and detaining another 93. security forces killed eight Muslim insurgency. It said the fighting has also left Muslim rebels on Thursday as Three military brigades, or 13 members of the security forces they hunted the remnants of a about 4,500 soldiers, have been as well as seven civilians dead. guerrilla force hiding in homes deployed to neutralise the rebels, The civilians included a two- of a major city and believed to according to national military year-old boy who had been among be holding hostages. spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel the civilians used as human A soldier also died, the military Ramon Zagala. shields by the rebels, and a six- reported, bringing the death toll But the rebels have frustrated year-old girl hit by a stray bullet from 11 days of fierce street bat- the military efforts and prevented at an evacuation centre. tles in the southern port city of a full-out assault by hiding in Human Rights Watch detailed Zamboanga to at least 114. residential neighbourhoods and one incident on the third day of The fresh casualties came as holding residents hostage. The the conflict in which it alleged an international human rights military said the rebels may still the military shot repeatedly at a monitor issued a report alleg- be holding about 25 civilians. group of rebels who were using ing severe human rights abuses Nevertheless, the military has Christian hostages as human Soldiers aboard a military jeep pass by the site of the stand-off between government forces and the remnants of committed by both sides, includ- pledged to kill or capture the shields. Muslim rebels in Zamboanga on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao yesterday. ing the rebels deliberately picking rebels unless they surrender. “The shooting was relentless,” out Christians to use as human Eight more rebels were killed it quoted one survivor, Monica shields. “Both sides need to do all in fierce firefights on Thursday Limen, as saying. It said Limen’s following this policy this fight However flights in and out of limited self-rule to the south’s they can to prevent further loss in the city’s Santa Barbara neigh- 20-year-old son was killed in would have been over a long time the city’s airport resumed for the Muslim minority. of civilian life,” Human Rights bourhood, one of two areas where the crossfire. The watchdog also ago,” he said. first time on Thursday. However, MNLF founder Nur Watch Asia director Brad Adams the rebels are holed up, local mili- alleged that the security forces “We don’t tolerate violations of Muslim rebels have been fight- Misuari deployed some of his men said. tary spokesman Captain Jefferson had tortured or otherwise mis- human rights.” ing since the 1970s for an inde- to Zamboanga to show opposition Hundreds of Moro National Somera said. treated detained rebels. About 113,000 people are in gov- pendent or autonomous homeland to a planned peace deal between Liberation Front (MNLF) gun- The military has given vary- Military spokesman Zagala ernment shelters after being dis- in the south of the mainly Catholic the government and the remain- men entered Zamboanga, a major ing estimates of how many rebels denied soldiers had fired at hos- placed by the fighting, according Philippines. An estimated 150,000 ing major Muslim rebel group, southern trading centre with one are believed to still be holding out, tages, or committed other abuses. to official figures, and Zamboanga people have died in the conflict. the 12,000-strong Moro Islamic million residents, on September 9 from 30 to 70. “If there are human shields we continued to be paralysed by the The MNLF signed a peace Liberation Front. in an effort to derail negotiations It has reported killing 94 rebels refuse to fire. If we had not been conflict. treaty in 1996 that granted AFP Fire burns for ageing Moro National Liberation Front founder

MANILA: Nur Misuari, a influential clan of the Tausug, exile after a 1976 truce, then reputation among the politi- undoubtedly retains some support Under the envisaged peace pact, charismatic Muslim leader who a warrior-like seafaring tribe, returned a decade later follow- cal elite, the national media and and influence. “Nur is still an icon a new autonomous region largely set the Philippines’ south ablaze Misuari rallied thousands of fel- ing the fall of dictator Ferdinand some Muslims as an aloof admin- to some Muslims,” Dureza said. controlled by the MILF would with rebellion decades ago, is low Muslims in the early 1970s to Marcos to begin negotiations istrator who was more concerned He and Casiple said Misuari replace the MNLF-brokered one. back doing what he does best take up arms for a separate state with democratic governments in about his own interests. was still able to tap into powerful “They fear that they might be after a less-than-successful in the southern Philippines. Manila. They argue he wasted the emotions among many Muslims in outside the mosquito net,” Dureza fling with peace. He was continuing a tradition He eventually agreed to a peace hundreds of millions of dollars in the south of feeling oppressed and said of the MNLF leadership, At the age of 71, the former for Muslims in the south of the pact in 1996, with the MNLF lay- development funds he controlled. their dreams of independence. using a Filipino expression for academic is orchestrating a mostly Catholic Philippines who ing down its arms in return for “Some say he blew his chance, His status as the founder of the total exclusion. stand-off in the southern port city had for centuries resisted outside self-rule in parts of the southern that he did not perform well, rebellion would also always ensure However, Misuari may have of Zamboanga that has claimed Christian rule -- whether that be Philippines and Misuari as the that he did not deliver, that he respect. overplayed his hand, according more than 100 lives and put him Spanish, American or Filipino. autonomous region’s governor. failed his people,” Jesus Dureza, However, they said many also to Casiple, citing his inability to back in the national spotlight. Misuari was a young politi- But life for Misuari as a bureau- who advised two past Philippine realise that Misuari’s motives for draw much support beyond the “We don’t want to be part of cal science professor at Manila’s crat and politician would prove to presidents on Muslim issues, instigating the Zamboanga crisis Tausug heartlands of Jolo and the Philippines anymore,” Misuari prestigious University of the be far less successful than as a said. may be driven more by personal Basilan island. told supporters in his Jolo island Philippines when he established revolutionary leader. The governor was notorious interest and a fear of becoming “His problem now is that you stronghold on August 12 as he the Moro National Liberation As head of the Autonomous for spending most of his time politically irrelevant. have a president who is in no declared himself the president of Front (MNLF) to launch a war Region in Muslim Mindanao away, including weeks at a time He sent an estimated 200 mood to negotiate,” Casiple said, the “Bangsamoro Republik” and for independence. (ARMM), he was finally in a posi- with a large retinue at plush gunmen to Zamboanga in an citing President Benigno Aquino’s railed against national govern- The conflict, which eventu- tion to help alleviate devastating Manila hotels or on Middle effort to derail a planned peace rejection of a ceasefire offer by ment authorities. ally took on other forms with the poverty, corruption and violence East tours, said Ramon Casiple, deal with the region’s remain- Misuari and plans to charge his “Their presence in our home- emergence of other rebel groups, in the south, and work to end the executive director of the Manila- ing major Muslim rebel group, men with rebellion. land is illegal, unlawful, illicit. has gone on to claim about 150,000 oppression that the millions of based Institute for Political and the 12,000-strong Moro Islamic “I think this is the endgame for They should pack up and leave.” lives. Muslims there feel. Electoral Reform. Liberation Front, which split him.” A firebrand orator from an Misuari went into Middle East Instead, he established a Nevertheless, Misuari from the MNLF in 1978. AFP

Villagers shifted Aquino urged to rein in agriculture chief Ombudsman vows speedy as Typhoon Usagi approaches MANILA: Two lawmakers Secretary for Policy and Planning or 2.55m MT short of the 21m MT settlement of scam cases MANILA: Authorities urged President Aquino yes- Romeo Recide, who is also Bureau required for the country to be rice evacuated northern coastal terday to rein in Agriculture of Agricultural Statistics director, self-sufficient. MANILA: After finding time to personally make a quick but care- villages, suspended ferry Secretary Proceso Alcala, told a joint inquiry of the House Recide answered “No” when ful review of the stacks of documents related to the plunder and services and called in fish- whom they accused of issuing of Representatives committees on pressed if the country would be malversation charges filed against three senators and 35 others, ing boats yesterday as an misleading figures on the coun- agriculture and food security that rice self-sufficient by yearend. Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales said her office is likely to approaching category-five try’s rice self-sufficiency. the Department of Agriculture The panels were conducting arrive at a decision on the matter sooner than she had expected. storm (strongest), labelled Magdalo Reps Gary Alejano (DA) would not be able to meet its an inquiry into the reported rice “Yesterday (Wednesday), I had a field day going over the first batch a super typhoon, gained and Francisco Ashley Acedillo 2013 rice self-sufficiency targets, shortage and rising prices of the of documentary evidence submitted by the NBI (National Bureau of strength on a path set for said Alcala has strayed from rea- the two lawmakers said. staple. Investigation) and I assure you, you’ll be in for a surprise, it’s going southern China. son and good sense in the rabid Recide told lawmakers that Alcala had said in media inter- to take much less (time),” she told foreign and local businessmen With centre winds of quest for his flawed version of rice based on optimistic projections, views that rice production would attending the Integrity Summit organised by the Makati Business Club 205kmph and gusts of up to self-sufficiency. the country would be producing hit 20m MT this year. (MBC) and the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines 240kmph, Typhoon Usagi, Agriculture Assistant 18.45m metric tons of rice in 2013, THE PHILIPPINE STAR (ECCP) at the Shangri-La Hotel in Makati City. the strongest storm to hit the Morales made the pronouncement after being asked to confirm an Western Pacific this year, was earlier declaration that an evaluation of the evidence by her investiga- moving northwest at 19kmph Marines drill tors might take at least a year to finish. Their findings would be used between the Philippines and as basis for elevating the cases to the Sandiganbayan. Taiwan and headed for Hong Charged with plunder on Monday for allegedly misusing their Priority Kong and south China. Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) were Senate Minority Leader Storm alerts have been Juan Ponce Enrile and Senators Ramon Revilla Jr and Jinggoy Estrada. raised on the rice and coconut- Also facing plunder and malversation of public funds were 35 others growing island of Batanes and – including businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles, widely believed to have 15 provinces on the main island orchestrated the pork barrel scam in connivance with some lawmakers of Luzon. and officials. PDAF is the official name of the congressional pork barrel. “Our people there know the Also at yesterday’s gathering were Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno, drill, but we have also issued Commission on Audit (COA) Chairman Grace Pulido-Tan, Senate warnings to take safety pre- President Franklin Drilon, and Budget Secretary Florencio Abad. cautions,” Philippine Budget Morales explained that she was not setting a deadline when she Secretary Florencio Abad said. stated earlier that their evaluation of evidence would take about a “We’re praying it doesn’t cre- year. She said she was merely answering questions from reporters. ate death and destruction.” But after personally examining the documents, she said she realized A typhoon hit Batanes in the public would not have to wait very long. 1987, destroying all roads as Morales also urged the business community to be more vigilant and the water level surged 25 feet. active in fighting corruption, particularly in securing business permits Power and communications and licenses, saying graft and red tape discourage investments. in the area were cut off for “Don’t just bark and bark, bite,” she said, to the applause of her safety reasons and hospitals audience. put on alert as disaster agen- “Corruption is increasingly becoming systemic. No matter how many cies stocked up on food and government officials we send to jail, if the system remains uncured, the water. Troops were on standby. cycle of corruption will not stop,” she said in her speech. Usagi is expected to bat- “The ill-fated system will breed, and as you and I have witnessed, ter the northernmost islands breed succeeding generations of corrupt leaders,” she said. She exhorted overnight and likely to weaken her audience to bear in mind Benjamin Franklin’s words that “an ounce before it hits southern China A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter hovers above the sea before dropping US and Philippine marines during of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” tomorrow night. AGENCIES training as part of the annual joint military exercises at an army base in Ternate, Cavite province, yesterday. THE PHILIPPINE STAR SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 ON SATURDAY 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Pakistan / Afghanistan Pakistan army, govt at odds over Taliban talks Frustration as bomb kills a general days after officials promised to launch peace negotiations

ISLAMABAD: Disagreement rise. “The army chief ... is think- been convinced of the necessity told parliament this week. “We donor, is pushing Islamabad to with no coherent voice. Some over how to handle an escalating ing: ‘Mian Sahib (Nawaz Sharif), of joining the US-led campaign have come to a standstill.” step up its campaign against within the group have announced insurgency has put Pakistan’s enough is enough’,” a senior army against militancy. The tension comes at a crucial groups such as the Haqqani net- preconditions, while others have all-powerful army on a collision officer serving in the strife- The army, which keeps thou- time when speculation is mount- work which regularly attacks US denied this. course with the government, plagued Pashtun tribal area along sands of troops in the tribal ing over who will replace the army forces in Afghanistan from hide- The government would not say with the military increasingly the Afghan border said during a belt, opposes talks with the chief, General Ashfaq Kayani, outs in Pakistani mountains. who would talk to whom, where vocal in its criticism of civilian visit to Islamabad. Pakistani Taliban, saying previ- arguably Pakistan’s most power- “The absence of a strong gov- and when. “Until they (govern- leaders, officials and diplomats The military-civilian discord ous attempts to bring the mili- ful man, who is due to retire in ernment narrative on how to ment) say out loud who the enemy said. has been the source of tension tants to the negotiating table November. counter terrorism is quite dis- is, there can be no policy and there Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif throughout Pakistani history yielded no results. The army put out a toughly turbing for everyone, including the can be no results,” said the senior who came to power in May has but Sharif’s election has raised Frustration spilled into the open worded statement this week. army chief,” said a senior Western military officer. The army says it promised to tame Islamist mili- hopes the government would get on Sunday when a roadside bomb “While reaffirming the army’s diplomat in Islamabad. would not agree to any precondi- tancy through negotiations, but a larger say following Pakistan’s killed a general and another officer support for the political process, The Dawn newspaper described tions, particularly the withdrawal four months on, talks have yet to first transition between civilian near the Afghan border, just days (Kayani) also said, unequivocally, Pakistani leaders as “pusillani- of troops from tribal areas. start and attacks continue daily. administrations. after government officials promised that terrorists will not be allowed mous and weak” while the right- “They are saying: ‘Get out The army, which has ruled the Sharif promised to hold talk to launch peace negotiations with to take advantage of it,” it said. leaning The News wrote: “We have of here and let us be kings’,” South Asian nation for more than with the militants during the the Pakistani Taliban soon. “The army has the ability and run out of ideas on how to deal another army source also serv- half its history, has avoided open election campaign, a welcome vow “This incident has dealt a seri- the will to take the fight to the with the Taliban.” ing in the tribal belt said of the confrontation with Sharif and his for many Pakistanis who, while ous blow (to the peace process),” terrorists.” The Pakistani Taliban are a Pakistani Taliban. “That’s not an government but tension is on the abhorring the bombers, have never Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar The US, Pakistan’s biggest fragmented alliance of factions option.” REUTERS

Border check Four sisters end lives over dowry 18 Afghan cops die in MULTAN: Four Pakistani sisters killed themselves after a row with their father Badakhshan ambush who could not afford dow- ries for them to get married, officials said yesterday. The KUNDUZ: Militants in north- of Afghanistan is far from the women threw themselves into east Afghanistan killed 18 Taliban heartlands of the south a canal after arguing with policemen in an ambush, the and is relatively peaceful. But their father in Mailsi town interior ministry said yesterday, Taliban militants killed 17 cap- in the rural southern part as the nation’s security forces tured Afghan soldiers in the same of Punjab province. A fifth struggle to thwart the Taliban district in March. The men were sister was pulled alive. “A with decreasing assistance from taken hostage while guarding a poor farmer, Bashir Ahmed international troops. convoy. Rajput, could not marry his The police convoy was caught Afghanistan’s 350,000-strong daughters because he had in a firefight in the remote prov- security forces are suffering a no money to offer dowry,” ince of Badakhshan on Wednesday steep rise in casualties as the Nato Malik Daud Hasnain, a senior when officers were returning from combat mission winds down and police official said. “After an an anti-insurgent operation. The Afghan authorities try to impose argument on Thursday, the attack will heighten concern that stability ahead of the presidential daughters became desperate Afghan forces cannot provide secu- election due in April. Last month and jumped together into the rity across the country, where a 22 police were killed when hun- canal.” They were aged 45, 43, US-led invasion ousted the hardline dreds of fighters ambushed a 38, 35, while the fifth, 31, was Taliban regime in 2001. police and military convoy in the saved. “The acting interior minister is eastern province of Nangarhar. deeply saddened about the killing The Afghan government US, Pakistan of 18 policemen and wounding of declines to release exact figures, 13 others in a terrorist attack in but the US department of defence hope for talks Warduj district of Badakhshan,” a has said that about 400 Afghan statement from the interior min- police officers and soldiers are ISLAMABAD: The US and istry said. killed every month in action. Pakistan want a substan- “A group of Afghan police forces When the 87,000-strong inter- tial discussion on several on their return from a clean-up national military coalition fighting issues and are working to operation on the outskirts of alongside Afghan forces with- bring Prime Minister Nawaz Warduj district faced an enemy draws by the end of next year, the Sharif to Washington in late ambush and it resulted in the kill- ability of local troops to control October or early November, ing of brave Afghan policemen.” the insurgents is seen as key to diplomatic sources said The mountainous northeast the country’s stability. AFP Security officials check documents of people crossing into Pakistan from Afghanistan at Chaman border, Pakistan, yesterday, commenting on yesterday. On Wednesday Pakistan lodged a protest with Afghanistan over the killing of five of its citizens in an attack reports that US President along the shared border. Barack Obama and Sharif will not have a formal meet- ing during the latter’s visit to New York next week. “While we cannot rule out a formal 5,000 Afghans killed in purges named after 35 years meeting in New York, both sides seem interested in an KABUL: The names of nearly 5,000 Successive governments have made in 1979. The list stands as a gruesome and for many, the memory of the purges was extended meeting at a later Afghans killed by a Soviet-backed gov- almost no attempt to hold anyone to depressing testimony to the cruelty of the overshadowed by the violence that followed. date in Washington,” said a ernment in purges that marked the start account for the abuses of the past three regime. Among the dead are boys who were The list emerged when the Dutch gov- source. “The impression that of decades of violence have been published decades. The most notable legal effort since at school, farmers who were likely illiter- ernment launched a war crimes investiga- the Americans or Pakistanis by the Dutch government, 35 years after the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001 was an ate and others detained for inconsequential tion into Amanullah O, who was found to are trying to avoid a meet- the men died. amnesty law passed in 2008 that angered crimes. have run the secret police’s investigation ing between both leaders is The release has been a rare chance for survivors and relatives of victims. Nassir Ahmad, son of Ali Ahmad, was a department. wrong. They want a substan- survivors of Afghanistan’s civil wars to “Disclosure of Afghan victims from 70s 12th grade student in Kandahar when he “There were people who were maltreated tial meeting.” find out what happened to sons, brothers, killings is big step towards accountability was seized. Ahmad Mohammad, arrested in during interrogations. I was responsible for fathers and other relatives missing for more and ending impunity for past human rights northern Jawzjan province, had a white flag such maltreatment, but that is how it goes Three Peshawar than 30 years. The list only names male violations,” the head of human rights for the with “Allahu Akbar” written on it. Another in Afghanistan,” he was quoted as saying. prisoners. UN in Afghanistan, Georgette Gagnon, said man from the same province had made the “It was not possible to adopt a different preachers killed Many victims were arrested or disap- on Twitter. The list is a key part of people’s mistake of “insulting... the great leader”. attitude. That was expected and desired of peared in 1978-79 after a military coup right to truth, she added. “For years, we kept hoping,” said Nushin me. If you don’t go along with it, you can PESHAWAR: Two sus- known as the Saur Revolution brought to Afghans living at home and in other Arbabzadah, who found her uncle on the never attain such a high position.” pected militants on a motor- power the Soviet-backed president Nur countries rushed to find their dead on the list, number 1,416. The family suspected he The probe was shelved in 2012 when the bike threw grenades at a Muhammad Taraki. He was killed months list, as well as relatives of prominent fig- had been seized but never knew, and split suspect died, but the Dutch authorities mosque in the northwestern later by a rival whose rule was so brutal it ures, including the head of the independ- as cousins accused each other of a murder decided to publish the list, obtained from a Pakistani city of Peshawar, precipitated the arrival of Soviet troops, ent human rights commission, Sima Samar. the government denied. 93-year-old woman in Hamburg. killing three Islamic preach- who assassinated him in his palace. Her husband and his brothers disappeared So many years of fighting followed that, THE GUARDIAN ers and wounding 18 oth- ers, officials said yesterday. The attack happened on the 58 Indian fishermen arrested outskirts of Peshawar, the Russia ready to gateway to troubled tribal Islamabad may toughen regions where forces have been battling Taliban and Al build gas pipeline Qaeda-linked militants. The ISLAMABAD: Russia is ready attackers hurled grenades to execute the Pakistan-Iran gas anti-terrorism law soon after a preaching group pipeline project, ignoring the arrived late on Thursday US sanctions on Iran, a Russian ISLAMABAD: Faced with a resilient Taliban insurgency, deadly night. Two of the injured minister has revealed in a meet- sectarian violence and rampant crimes, the government is consid- were in a critical condition. ing with Pakistan’s petroleum ering a slew of administrative and legal measures to restore peace minister in Islamabad. in the country. The government plans to amend the anti-terror- Nine hurt in This will be done in view of the ism laws to allow security forces to shoot terrorism suspects. The new Russian policy to look towards government plans amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, Karachi attack South Asia. including in Section 5 which authorises the security forces to “use To this effect, Gazprom, a force” to prevent a terrorist act. Presently, the security forces can KARACHI: Nine people state-owned Russian company or “open fire” “when fired upon” by a suspect(s). Through an amend- were injured in a hand gre- one of its subsidiaries will soon ment the government seeks to omit the phrase “when fired upon”. nade attack targeting a Shia make a formal contact with the Similarly, target killers, extortionists and kidnappers will also be mosque in Karachi, police Government of Pakistan to execute treated as “terrorists”. The armed forces or civil armed forces will said yesterday. The attack the Pak-Iran gas pipeline project. be authorised to detain a person involved in such offences for three took place in Majeed Colony This message has been clearly months for investigations. Currently, they can detain a suspect for 30 in the bustling eastern neigh- conveyed by a Russian delegation days. Apparently, the move has been prompted by the law and order bourhood of Landhi. Two of led by Yury Sentyurin, Deputy situation in the megacity of Karachi. the injured were in a criti- Minister of Energy, at a meet- Target killing, kidnappings for ransom and extortion shall be inves- cal condition. Police said the ing with the Federal Minister for Indian fishermen arrive at a police station in the port city of Karachi yesterday. tigated by a police officer not below the rank of inspector or where the mosque was the target, add- Petroleum and Natural Resources, government deems necessary by a joint investigation team comprising ing no group has claimed Pakistan’s maritime security agency arrested 58 Indian fishermen after they Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, here on police, armed forced, civil armed forces, intelligence agencies and other responsibility. AGENCIES strayed into Pakistan’s territorial waters, officials said. Thursday. INTERNEWS law-enforcement agencies. INTERNEWS SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 India www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 ON SATURDAY

Kashmir clashes CBI closes graft Government case against Mulayam to investigate NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) yesterday closed a six-year- old corruption case against Samajwadi Party supremo and former Uttar Pradesh chief ex-army chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members due to lack of evidence. Singh blamed for trying to topple J&K govt The agency cited insufficient evidence and closed the six-year- NEW DELHI: The govern- any decision for a CBI inquiry into old case of Mulayam Singh Yadav ment said yesterday it will take the issues raised in the army’s owning assets disproportionate further action on an internal report”. The media report was to known sources of his income report on the misuse of secret based on a inquiry by a board of in a special CBI court here. The service funds by former Indian officers into the functioning of agency had registered a prelimi- Army chief Gen V K Singh after the Technical Services Division nary inquiry on March 5, 2007, “careful examination” even as (TSD) of the Corps of Military against Mulayam, sons Akhilesh the BJP said the officer was Intelligence during General and Prateek, and Akhilesh’s wife being “hounded” for sharing the Singh’s tenure. The report had Dimple Yadav following a Supreme dais with Narendra Modi. called for bringing the TDS under Court order of March 1, 2007, in As media reports quoted an the CBI scanner. a petition filed in November 2005. army inquiry on Gen Singh mis- According to the newspaper “Since the suspects did not join the using secret funds to destablise report, Gen Singh had also paid inquiry at the initial stage, the pre- the Jammu and Kashmir govern- off an NGO to try and change the liminary inquiry was concluded in ment among others, the defence line of succession in the army top 2007 itself calculating their prop- ministry, which was initially reti- brass. On their part, people close A police officer fires rubber pellets at Kashmiri protesters during a clash in downtown Srinagar, yesterday. erty,” said the agency. cent on the matter, came out with to Gen Singh said he was explor- Several people, including an AFP photographer, were injured when government forces thwarted a procession a terse four-para statement. ing the legal route on this issue. to a southern town reeling under curfew, police and witnesses said. Predictably, a slugfest ensued Information and Broadcasting Two held for killing between the Congress and the BJP Minister Manish Tewari said on the issue, with the main opposi- reports of misuse of secret service eight soldiers tion party terming it political ven- funds by Gen Singh, are “under detta and the Congress denying the active consideration of the SRINAGAR: The Jammu and this. The Left chose to stay silent. government” and appropriate BJP legislator held over riots Kashmir Police said yesterday In its statement, the defence min- action would be initiated against it arrested two men involved in ister said: “The government has the guilty. “If at all any malefi- LUCKNOW: BJP legisla- Code and section 7 of the Criminal legislators, a Congress leader and providing support for the June received a report from the Army cence is found against any serv- tor Suresh Rana, one of the Amendment Act, which is a non- a Bahujan Samaj Party MP. 24 guerrilla attack on an army HQ on certain issues relating to ing or retired officers, appropriate politicians accused in the bailable offence, the official said. All of them have been accused of convoy on the Muzaffarabad- one of its outfits as reported by a action would be initiated by the Muzaffarnagar communal vio- The Muzaffarnagar police had inciting people in Muzaffarnagar, Srinagar highway in which section of the media today.” government,” he said. lence in Uttar Pradesh, was some days ago issued an arrest where communal violence this eight soldiers were killed. “The report impinges on mat- BJP spokesperson Nirmala finally arrested here yesterday, warrant for Rana in line with a month left more than 40 people “In a significant development, ters of national security and, as Sitharaman said: “He is being police said. judicial ruling. dead and thousands displaced. Jammu and Kashmir Police has such, the government will take hounded because he was seen Rana was taken into cus- As news of Rana’s arrest Laxmikant Bajpayi, the Uttar cracked Hyderpora attack case in a decision and further actions seated beside Narendra Modi at tody while going to Gomtinagar spread, several of his supporters Pradesh BJP president, said that which eight army men were killed after a careful examination of the Rewari rally.” locality from the Bharatiya reached the Gomtinagar police the party will defend its lead- June 24. “We have so far arrested the report.” the statement said, “The Congress has been misus- Janata Party headquarters here, station and tried to prevent ers in courts. He accused the two people who were part of the adding: “The government has in ing CBI and setting wrong prec- Inspector General of Police R K police from taking him away to Samajwadi Party government of criminal conspiracy and provided place measures to prevent any edents. There is already trust Vishwakarma said. an undisclosed destination. acting against BJP leaders with- logistical support to the attackers such undesirable activities.” deficit and it should stop using A legislator from Bhawan in Similar arrest warrants have out proof and in order to “appease and accompanied them to the spot The statement also clarified hounding tactics,” she said. Muzaffarnagar, Rana has been been issued against 16 politi- the minority community”. of attack,” said Inspector General that the ministry “has not taken IANS booked under the Indian Penal cal leaders including four BJP IANS Abdul Ghani Mir. IANS

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New recruits of Border Security Force (BSF) take part in the Passing Out parade in Humhama, on the outskirts of Srinagar in Kashmir, yesterday. A total of 623 recruits were formally inducted into the BSF, the paramilitary force, after completing 23 weeks of rigorous training in physical fitness, weapons handling, commando opera- tions and counter insurgency. Father has no regrets for ‘honour killings’

NEW DELHI: The Indian brother. “I have done nothing on honour. This girl was lynched father who killed his daughter wrong. I have cleaned up a social by her own family, the boy was and beheaded her boyfriend wrong,” the father, Billu Pehlwan, beheaded,” Subhashini Ali, head of after they eloped has declared a dog breeder by profession, was the All India Democratic Women’s he feels no remorse over the quoted as saying by the Times of Association and a communist pol- “honour killings”, media reports India and other newspapers. itician, told NDTV network. “Why said yesterday. The NDTV network showed are the politicians staying silent The young couple from India’s him saying: “I would do it again. over this gruesome incident?” northern state of Haryana were I have no regrets.” There are no official figures on beaten to death on Wednesday by India has for centuries seen honour killings, but the associa- the father and other relatives of killings that often target young tion says its research shows about the 20-year-old woman “to pro- couples who have relationships 1,000 such cases nationwide a tect the family and village hon- which are disapproved of by their year. India’s Supreme Court said in our”, police said. families, clans or communities, 2010 that the death penalty should After killing the man, 22, using particularly in traditional rural be given to those found guilty of sticks, the attackers beheaded areas. The killings are carried honour killings, calling the crime a him. They also tried to burn the out by close relatives or village barbaric “slur” on the nation. woman’s body but were stopped elders to protect what is seen as Last year, five members of a by police. The woman’s family the family’s reputation and pride. family were sentenced to death disapproved of the three-year The dead woman was studying for the torture and “brutal” mur- relationship because the couple to be an art teacher while her der of a young couple from Delhi belonged to the same caste and boyfriend was a student at a local in another such “honour killing”. were “considered brother and sis- college. They were on their way Autopsy reports revealed ter”, police said. The father, who to the capital New Delhi, about the couple had been tied with has since been taken into custody, 70km from Rohtak, when they ropes, beaten with metal pipes showed no signs of remorse over were tracked down and hauled and electrocuted. Many cases go the brutal killings as he spoke back to their village. unreported, with police and local to local reporters in Haryana’s The deaths were slammed by politicians turning a blind eye to Rohtak district. women’s groups who said politi- what some see as an acceptable The woman’s mother and uncle cal leaders must step in to stem form of traditional justice by fam- have also been arrested and police the tide of honour killings. “We ilies seeking to protect what they said they were searching for a need a whole debate on tradition, see as their honour. AFP SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 ON SATURDAY 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business

France must cut reliance on oil: Hollande President plans carbon tax from 2014

PARIS: France should aim for through lower taxes elsewhere. a 30 percent cut in fossil fuel He proposed a cut in value- use by 2030, President Francois added tax (VAT) on home insu- Hollande said in a speech yes- lation work to five percent from terday which included plans for seven percent currently to increase a carbon tax from 2014 and a tax energy efficiency. break on home insulation to help The government’s main energy consumers save energy. ideas include efficiency programs, Hollande faces a delicate balanc- a push for more electric vehicles ing act as he reconciles demands and a boost in renewable energy for more binding environmental use. targets from his Green Party coa- Yesterday Hollande asked his lition partners with French house- industry minister to speed up holds and businesses increasingly construction of charging infra- wary of tax rises. structure for electric vehicles, on Elected last year pledging which French firms such as car- sweeping energy reforms, Hollande maker Renault and Bollore have said the cut in fossil fuel use from invested billions. current levels was needed to meet Hollande also stuck to his cam- the country’s goal of halving overall paign promise of cutting France’s A woman walks past a branch of Foxtons estate agents in central London yesterday. energy use by 2050. reliance on nuclear power to 50 “Europe must set an example,” he percent from 75 percent by 2025, told an energy conference in Paris. adding that he wanted to boost Foxtons makes $1.2bn stock market debut “It’s an objective that can stir us, but alternative energy sources. will have to be adjusted to our growth France draws 80 percent of its performance and will suppose major electricity output from its fleet of LONDON: British property real estate agency Countrywide a market bubble and rising inter- way to gain exposure to the UK technological innovations.” 58 nuclear reactors but relies on oil agent Foxtons enjoyed a strong and housebuilder Crest Nicholson est rates in coming years would housing market, prospects were Prime Minister Jean-Marc and gas imports for other energy stock market debut yesterday, earlier this year. act as a natural brake. better for nationwide firms. Ayrault is expected to provide needs such as transport. seeing its stock rise well above Both have seen their shares rise “A bubble is when you have “We see more significant details on the proposals on Saturday It cut oil consumption by almost its offer price in what could be more than 50 percent since going people buying and flipping within potential for house price growth when the two-day conference ends, 10 percent between 1990 and 2012, seen as a vote of confidence in public, but some investors said the space of months. What you outside of London than inside,” he while fiscal details are likely to be helped by more fuel-efficient vehi- the housing market particu- last week Foxtons was late to the have in London is a shortage of said in a note. Jefferies worked on inserted in France’s budget bill to cles and more use of its own elec- larly in London where Foxtons party and too exposed to London. supply and a planning system Countrywide’s float. be presented next week. tricity over imported gas. is focused. While Britain’s housing mar- that gums up the works,” he said. House prices fell 16.3 percent Hollande said France would But with oil prices rising about Shrugging off some concerns ket has been boosted by signs of “This particular run will end in London after the financial introduce a carbon tax in 2014, fivefold in the meantime, energy that its core property market an improving economy as well some time between the back end crash and by 16.6 percent across but stopped short of confirming imports have weighed more on the might be overheating, the shares as help from the government of 2014 and 2016, as rising mort- England and Wales, according French media reports that the new country’s trade balance, with its total opened 19 percent above the 230 and the Bank of England to gage rates will cause the market to Land Registry data. While levy could raise ¤500m next year energy bill reaching a record ¤68.7bn pence offer price — itself at the ease access to finance, the pace to plateau,” Williams added. London prices have recovered to and up to ¤4bn in 2016. Britain in 2012. Hollande said that his plans top of a targeted range between of recovery has raised concerns Foxtons, which last year earned 6 percent above their pre-crash announced a carbon tax in April. aim to save ¤20bn to ¤50bn on 190p and 230p — to value the about a new property bubble. more than half its revenue from its peak, in the rest of the country “If this tax is created by decreas- France’s annual energy bill by 2030. company at around £775m Data last week showed British lettings business, is focused on expan- they are still 10 percent below. ing other levies, why not?, but if He also called on European ($1.2bn). By 1425 GMT they were house prices recorded their fast- sion within London, home to 40 of its Foxtons’ offering, which was this is a way to raise taxes overall, Union partners to agree a more trading at 271.5p. est rise in almost seven years. 42 branches, and has said it is aiming oversubscribed, raised 335 million then no,” said Pierre Gattaz, head ambitious target to cut green- Foxtons sold 60 percent of its However, despite being wary for five to 10 new branch openings a pounds for selling shareholders, of French business lobby Medef. house gas emissions and said the equity to become the latest UK of proposed further government year between 2014 and 2018. including majority owner private Hollande added that proceeds 28-nation bloc should consider property-related company to stimulus measures, house build- But analyst Anthony Codling equity group BC Partners, and from the new “energy-climate con- imposing an EU-wide carbon tax. float on the back of a recover- ing analyst Tony Williams said at brokerage Jefferies said that company employees. tribution” would be redistributed REUTERS ing housing market, following London was not yet experiencing while estate agents were the best REUTERS

Shell restarts Land prices go up in Japan Iraq’s Majnoon Scandals cost JPMorgan oil field BASRA: Royal Dutch Shell Chase $1bn in fines has restarted production at Iraq’s Majnoon oil field, one WASHINGTON: It’s $1bn in its conduct during an energy of four giant fields core to the payouts that JPMorgan Chase & trading investigation, sales of country’s plans to boost output Co most likely wants to forget. mortgage securities in the United and avoid a slowdown in exports In agreements with regulators States and possible bribery in this year. totalling $1bn and made public China. Investigators are also The Anglo-Dutch major, in on Thursday, the nation’s biggest looking into its role in setting charge of operations at the bank settled four civil investiga- benchmark interest rates known southern Majnoon oil field, said tions into its “London Whale” as Libor. yesterday it aims to boost output trading scandal and two more The settlements include $920m to 175,000 barrels per day (bpd) into the wrongful billing of credit- of penalties for JPMorgan’s in October. card customers. London Whale trading scandal, “We can confirm that we suc- The deals, which involve five which Chief Executive Jamie cessfully opened the wells and authorities from the United Dimon at first dismissed as a restarted production in Majnoon,” States and one from the UK, “tempest in a teapot” and ulti- a Shell spokesman said. “We are a milestone in the compa- mately resulted in $6.2bn in are targeting production of ny’s push to clean up its legal losses. The deals included an 175,000bpd in the next weeks.” affairs but leave JPMorgan admission of wrongdoing, which Baghdad sent a letter of com- exposed to additional costs and has been rare in past settlements plaint to Shell last month for embarrassment. made by the US Securities and missing start-up dates at the A view of business office buildings in central Tokyo, Japan. The land price average in Japan’s three big The bank still faces criminal Exchange Commission. 12-billion-barrel oil field, which cities of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya increased for the first time in five years, The Land, Infrastructure and probes into the trading scandal, REUTERS was pumping about 45,000bpd Transportation Ministry said yesterday. when the company took over in 2010. Shell later suspended opera- tions to carry out maintenance. An official from Iraq’s South Oil Company, which oversees the Oil edges higher, set for big weekly loss as risks ease running of the country’s southern oilfields, had a more ambitious target for Majnoon. NEW YORK: Brent crude oil was set for a big weekly drop on widened to $3.40 from Thursday’s the way to $8 then went back to “Supply tightness seems to be “The test restart of the oil- edged higher yesterday but was the partial return of Libyan out- close at $2.90. The global bench- $3, so people who had sold Brent easing but Libya’s export recov- field will continue until the end headed for its second weekly put, a reduced prospect of mili- mark gained some support from at that premium are now buy- ery is not something that’s being of September and production decline, down more than three tary action against Syria and nagging concern about Libyan ing back Brent and selling WTI,” assured,” said Sijin Cheng, an of around 190,000 barrels per percent after a week of diplo- signals from Iran that it is look- output, falling US crude inven- said Gene McGillian, an analyst analyst at Barclays. day is expected to be reached in matic progress in Syria and ing for a thaw in relations with tories and the Federal Reserve’s at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Libyan output had collapsed October,” he said. Opec’s second- Iran drained some geopolitical the West. decision this week to maintain Connecticut. to below 200,000 bpd in a stale- biggest producer expects its out- risk premium from the market. Brent crude for November rose economic stimulus. As of Wednesday, Libya’s pro- mate between protesters and the put to rise by 400,000 bpd by the US crude fell, as yesterday’s 24 cents to $109.00 by 12.04pm In early September, Brent’s duction had recovered to 620,000 government that lasted more end of this year, with Majnoon — expiration of the contract for EDT (1604 GMT). US crude for premium over US crude widened barrels per day (bpd) after pro- than a month. Significant supply which straddles the border with October delivery prompted liqui- October, which expired yesterday, to over $8 when Libyan supplies testers agreed to reopen some oil remains offline in Nigeria and in Iran - providing a big part of that. dation selling, traders said. was down 79 cents to $105.60. were disrupted. fields. More than half the coun- southern Iraq. REUTERS Global benchmark Brent crude Brent’s premium over US crude “The market had jumped all try’s production remains offline. REUTERS SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 Business www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 ON SATURDAY

Etihad focused New RBI chief on Jet Airways stake, says CEO PARIS: Abu Dhabi-based orders surprise Etihad airlines is focused on taking a stake in India’s Jet Airways, its chief executive said yesterday amid media specu- rate increase lation it could invest in Italy’s troubled Alitalia. When asked whether Etihad was interested in taking a stake Repo rate raised by 25 basis points in Alitalia, Etihad Ehief Executive James Hogan said that “At the MUMBAI: India’s new cen- was reduced to 9.5 percent from moment I’m focused on India, tral bank governor surprised 10.25 percent while the marginal transactions in India.” markets yesterday with a bold standing facility — used to lend to He said Etihad has a strong decision to hike interest rates commercial banks when there is a relationship with Alitalia, and on fears of rising inflation, trig- shortage of funds in the market — flies to Rome and Milan. gering sharp falls on the stock was cut by 75 basis points. “We look at many businesses market. “Now things are back to nor- but we are primarily focused on Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mal, he is using the policy rate to Jet Airways,” said Hogan. chief Raghuram Rajan, who had target inflation and that will allow He said Etihad hopes to get the earlier warned he was prepared the rupee to do what it likes,” green light from Indian authori- to be unpopular, increased the Daniel Martin, Asia Economist ties in the coming weeks to benchmark interest lending rate at Capital Economics, said. acquire 24 percent of Jet Airways, to 7.50 percent from 7.25 at his Nicknamed “The Guv”, Rajan which will give it a presence in a first policy review meeting since stepped up to the plate faced with fast-growing market. taking the reins. the unenviable task of propping Jet Airways received condi- The Bombay Stock Exchange’s up a weak rupee, reviving slow- Workers at the Vietnam Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) construction site in Yangon yesterday. Myanmar has approved tional approval in July to sell the index of leading shares fell by as ing economic growth and curbing more foreign direct investment in the past five months than all of last year. stake worth $349m. much as 2.88 percent to a day’s rising inflation. Hogan was in Paris to meet low of 20,051.43 points, with “Absolutely we want to fight with Air France-KLM executives, interest-rate sensitive stocks in inflation and we will bring infla- Foreign investment in Myanmar surges part of regular meetings follow- banking, auto and property hard- tion down, but it is not a ‘take ing a code-sharing agreement est hit. no prisoners’ kind of stance,” he reached last year. “Bringing down inflation to told reporters in India’s financial YANGON: Myanmar has country out 49 years of military becoming the first major global “Our relationship is working more tolerable levels warrants hub Mumbai after yesterday’s approved more foreign direct rule and global isolation. carmaker to be assembling cars well,” said Hogan. raising the repo rate by 25 basis meeting. investment in the past five The European Union agreed in the Southeast Asian country. “We meet every four or five points immediately,” Rajan said “The priorities of the central months than all of last year, but in April to lift all sanctions on The rising tide of foreign months to talk about opportuni- after announcing the first rates bank have always been inflation companies setting up operations Myanmar, while the United States investment is fuelling a property ties,” he added. hike since October 2011. and growth. The emphasis on in the hot frontier market face suspended sanctions in May last boom in the commercial capi- Talk has swirled for months He had been widely forecast by each varies with conditions.” a growing problem: Southeast year and allowed US companies to tal Yangon with the increasing about Etihad possibly taking a economists to keep rates on hold The Sensex recovered margin- Asia’s highest office rental rates. invest through a general license. demand for rental space feeding stake in Alitalia, with speculation despite annual inflation hitting an ally to close down 1.85 percent Myanmar has approved FDI Some American executives have the highest office rental rates of intensifying following comments unexpected six-month high of 6.1 at 20,263.71 points after Rajan projects worth more than $1.8bn urged Washington to go further any Southeast Asian city, accord- this week by Italian Transport percent this week. explained the rationale for the cut. from the start of the fiscal year and lift sanctions entirely. ing to real-estate firm Colliers Minister Maurizio Lupi. He called While businesses and the gov- Huge expectations have been on April 1 to the end of August, Most of the approved FDI International, which opened a on Air France-KLM, which owns ernment would like a rate cut riding on the former International compared with $1.4bn in the came from other Asian nations, branch in Yangon in July. a 25-percent stake in Alitalia, to to help revive sluggish growth, Monetary Fund chief economist, whole previous fiscal year, Aung said Aung Naing Oo. “Malaysia, Colliers put the average rental step up its investment in Alitalia this would risk pushing inflation who famously predicted the 2008 Naing Oo, a Director General at which brought about $500m for rate in Yangon at nearly $80 per or let it “seek another partner”. higher and further weakening global financial crisis and has the Ministry of National Planning manufacturing Nissan cars, is the square metre, compared to about Air France-KLM, which itself the rupee, which hit record lows been lionised by India’s media. and Economic Development, said. biggest investor during this fiscal $25 in Bangkok and $30 in Hanoi. has been posting losses, has indi- in the weeks before Rajan took After taking over the job, he But he said he fears potential (year) in terms of size followed At about $70 per square meter, cated recently it stands by its charge on September 4. immediately announced a string foreign investors will be turned by Hong Kong and South Korea, even the affluent city-state of Italian partner but was going to Rajan did, however, relax some of measures to liberalise financial away by a severe shortage of office who injected funds in the garment Singapore doesn’t match Yangon, be demanding about the finan- liquidity tightening measures markets and support the currency. rental space. industry,” he said. it said. cial and economic conditions of introduced by the RBI in July Rajan’s efforts to swell foreign The wave of investment comes Nissan Motor Co plans to start Scipio Services, a Yangon-based investments aimed at its recovery. to try and help stem the rupee’s exchange coffers have helped the as Myanmar’s quasi-civilian gov- a complete knock down produc- firm that helps foreign companies Air France-KLM declined to freefall. rupee rebound to reach around ernment implements political tion of its cars in Myanmar with establish themselves in Myanmar, confirm media reports that its The cash reserve ratio, the 62 to the dollar, from 67 when he and economic reforms, initiated a Malaysian partner Tan Chong puts prime office rental rates even board will hold a meeting on amount banks must set aside took charge. two years ago by President Thein Motor Holdings Bhd, the Japanese higher. Alitalia on Monday. with the central bank as reserves, AFP Sein, a former general who led the automaker said yesterday, REUTERS AFP

QATARI MARKET India’s Iran oil imports far below levels last year Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 102.63 0.27 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 104.63 1.69 % Aa2 AA NEW DELHI: India’s imports day (bpd) — which he says would January-August dropped about 44 Hassan Rouhani next week after Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 120.25 2.61 % Aa2 AA of Iranian oil shot up in August save $8.5bn in foreign exchange percent from a year ago. a “change in tone” between Iran Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 112.50 3.06 % Aa2 AA to more than four times the vol- and help curtail India’s current Other data provided by indus- and the West since Rouhani took ume taken in July as one refiner account deficit — daily shipment try sources and Reuters cal- office. Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 106.50 3.59 % Aa2 AA resumed purchases after a four- rates are much lower than that. culations indicated that Indian Only two refiners — Essar Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 155.50 4.86 % Aa2 AA month break, but the average Industry sources also said there imports from Iran will run about Oil and state-owned Mangalore Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 116.50 5.24 % Aa2 AA annual pace of shipments is still would likely be no great import 190,000bpd in the year to end- Refinery and Petrochemical Ltd Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 107.75 5.22 % Aa2 AA far below last year’s levels. resurgence despite the govern- March 2014. — bought Iranian oil in August. Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.50 1.02 % Aa2 AA India’s intake of Iranian oil to ment putting together a new The US and EU sanctions MRPL, which used to be Iran’s date in 2013 is down over 40 per- reinsurance package for refiner- aimed at forcing Tehran to nego- top Indian client, bought its first Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 110.13 3.33 % Aa2 AA cent on the year because interna- ies processing Iranian oil. tiate an end to its nuclear pro- oil from the sanctions-hit nation Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 104.38 1.15 % A1 A- tional sanctions aimed at curbing India imported 151,000bpd of gramme have more than halved since April, the data shows. Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 103.38 2.38 % A1 A- Tehran’s nuclear programme have Iranian crude in August versus its oil exports from about 2.2 mil- MRPL resumed the imports QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.50 1.61 % NR NR made it difficult to insure refiner- 35,500bpd in July, when only lion bpd and cost it billions of dol- after securing local reinsurance QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.50 1.47 % Aa3 A+ ies and ships involved in the trade Essar Oil bought from Tehran, lars a month in lost oil revenue. for claims up to Rs5bn ($79m). and forced some oil payments to data compiled by Reuters from Western powers believe Iran In addition, India is planning QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 103.75 2.23 % Aa3 A+ be made in rupee. trade sources shows. is developing nuclear weapons, to provide a Rs10bn sovereign Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.00 2.30 % A2 A- Even though Indian oil minister Iranian oil imports in August while Iran says its programme is guarantee to back local insurance Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.25 1.94 % A2 A M Veerappa Moily says he wants were about a fifth less than last for power generation. for refineries using Iranian oil, Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 122.88 3.43 % A2 A Iranian oil imports near last fiscal year’s 192,000bpd, the tanker US President Barack Obama according to government sources. Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 105.25 3.93 % A2 A year’s rate of 260,000 barrels per arrival data shows. Imports for may meet with Iranian President REUTERS Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 100.88 4.90 % A2 A Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 104.25 1.27 % Aa3 A Apec finance ministers’ meeting Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.63 3.50 % Aa3 A Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 106.88 4.16 % Aa3 A Spain trade deficit SOVEREIGNS plunges in July Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 102.75 0.36 % Aa2 AA MADRID: Spain’s trade deficit Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 121.88 2.50 % Aa2 AA plunged by a further 53.5 per- cent in July as the recession-hit Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 109.00 2.14 % NR NR country rode a boom in exports, Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 106.50 2.99 % NR NR officials said yesterday. Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 117.75 4.75 % NR NR The shortfall of exports to Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 109.38 5.09 % NR NR imports for the eurozone’s fourth- Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 104.13 0.85 % Aa2 AA biggest economy fell to ¤786.7m ($1.07bn), the economy ministry Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 111.50 3.80 % NR BBB said. Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 100.63 5.38 % NR BBB Spain exported goods and serv- Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 93.00 7.09 % Caa1 CCC+ ices worth ¤19.86bn, a record for Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 100.63 4.39 % NR BBB- July and a 1.3-percent rise on the *Periodic Distribution Amount same period a year ago. IMPORTANT NOTE: Imports reached ¤20.65bn, Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which three percent lower than in July is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services 2012. Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary data Prime Minister Mariano and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising out of Rajoy’s conservative govern- the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into ment is banking on exports to be account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant liquidity an engine of recovery for Spain, or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not a reliable which has been in recession for indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and consult your two years. financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. Spain’s trade balance in March logged its first surplus since 1971, Indonesian Finance Minister Chatib Basri (right) talks with Chair of Apec Business Advisory Council (Abac) mainly due to a sharp fall in 2013 Wishnu Wardhana during the Apec Finance Ministers’ Meeting in Nusadua, Bali, Indonesia, yesterday. imports driven by falling domes- Bali is hosting the annual Apec meeting of Finance Ministers. tic demand. AFP SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 ON SATURDAY 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business Views

There is no such An economic tonic for thing as patenting the sluggish recovery

in finance BY ROBERT KUTTNER speculative bubbles. Yellen has also been critical somewhat different perspective. At the Fed, of the perverse elixir of deficit reduction as the she served as the board’s expert on housing BY JORIS LUYENDIJK he money markets rejoiced when cure for a sluggish recovery. policy. A former banking commissioner of Larry Summers pulled out of The less that budget austerity serves as Maryland, Raskin favours tough regulation. remember the first time I got on to the dealing room. Between the race to be Federal Reserve a drag on recovery, the less the Fed needs In addition, today’s budget politics are dif- 500 and 1,000 people on one floor… I realised, this is the heart chairman. The reason was sim- to resort to monetary heroics. So a Fed led ferent from what they were in 2010, when of the machine. The ‘client-facing’ side of investment banks ple, self-serving and not neces- by Yellen could represent a better mix of Obama, prematurely as it turned out, pivoted I is impressive. Expensive suits, excellent catering, antiques on Tsarily wholesome: A different chairwoman monetary, fiscal and regulatory policy. She from expansionary fiscal policies to deficit the walls. But the dealing rooms are factories. would be more inclined to continue the Fed’s could also act as a salutary counterweight reduction. In 2010, he appointed the Bowles- This is from today’s interviewee who was right in the middle of program of large-scale bond purchases and to the deficit hawks. Yellen’s views, presum- Simpson Commission, which pressed in vain fixed-income at two of the biggest banks in the world. low interest rates. ably, are one reason why President Barack for a deficit-cutting formula but did influence “London investment banks do everything to make you as produc- Stock and bond markets, of course, love Obama hesitated to appoint her, since they public opinion in favour of budget cutting. tive and focused on making money as possible. There’s a dentist low interest rates. Cheap rates on bonds are more expansive than those of his own Today, however, budget politics are dra- in the building, a doctor. Dry-cleaning, a travel agent, restaurants, push stock values up as investors seek economic team. But that team is dissipating. matically different. The deficit is falling of fitness. There was even a guy going around the trading floor pol- higher returns. Interest rates and bond Peter Orszag, who served as Office of its own accord. Meanwhile, Republicans ishing your shoes for a few pounds.” prices move inversely. And low interest Management and Budget director and was have become more strident in their demands. From the outside investment banks may look like monoliths rates are good for mortgage demand and a highly influential voice of budget austerity, They are again threatening to shut down but as the past two years of interviews have made clear, they housing prices. But low interest rates, in the has departed to Wall Street. Of the original the government and to refuse to increase are not. The world of dealmaking is fundamentally different absence of offsetting regulatory policies, can group of Rubinistas, who orchestrated finan- the debt ceiling unless the president agrees from trading, and even trading breaks down into very differ- also create financial bubbles. For some crit- cial deregulation during the Clinton admin- to defund his crown jewel, the Affordable ent sub-cultures. ics, the Fed’s current low interest rates are istration, Gene Sperling has just stepped Care Act. But though they faced a very con- The most despised and even hated of those sub-cultures today now creating bubble conditions in foreign down as head of the National Economic ciliatory Obama in 2011, this time looks to is probably “fixed-income”, financial instruments built around exchange and other speculative markets. Council. Sperling was one of the strongest be different. The president says he is not assets with “fixed” returns such as mortgage loans and bonds. However, a different regime at the Fed, voices advocating Summers’ appointment. negotiating further budget cuts in exchange Fixed-income is where many of the gargantuan bonuses were most likely under Yellen, could offer an eco- The new heads of OMB and the council are for a debt ceiling increase. paid out, and it was also where the sub-prime mess happened. nomic tonic more subtle and healthful than more technicians than power players. If the Republicans want to shut down the The full interview is here, offering a riveting description of what just cheap money. Yellen, who has served as vice Jason Furman, one of Rubin’s closest pro- government, the onus is now on them. That it’s like to plunge into that world. Two other major insights stand chairwoman of the Fed since 2010 and worked tégés, is still on board, as Chairman of the tactic did not work out so well for then- out. One is an accounting measure called NPV, or net present closely with Chairman Ben Bernanke, would Council of Economic Advisers. As is Jack House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and the value. As the interviewee explains: represent an intensification of Bernanke’s poli- Lew, who has succeeded Tim Geithner ghosts of 1996 have Speaker John Boehner The sort of instruments we were selling ran over many years. cies in several constructive respects. She is not as Treasury secretary. But Sarah Bloom (R-Ohio) squirming. So a new Fed chair- NPV means you calculate the total revenue for your bank over only even more supportive of using monetary Raskin, now a Federal Reserve governor, woman could signal not just a different those years and the total number goes to your profits & losses expansion to promote recovery, she favours was just appointed to the influential number regime at our central bank, but a broadly account for that year. Obviously if you can book the NPV off tougher financial regulation as an antidote to two job at Treasury, and she will bring a different economic policy. REUTERS future revenue of the next seven years in one go, that’s a huge number. This is one of the reasons why bonuses shot up the way they did in fixed-income. The other really interesting point is about the impossibility of patenting in finance. Fixed-income in a major investment bank goes like this, according to the interviewee: You sit there among 1,000 other guys, constantly thinking about your clients — institutional investors to call with an idea. That idea must be a solution to their needs, so you need to know as much as possible about these needs. The products you come up with must be competitive compared to other banks. Meanwhile at the back of your mind you think: I have to hit my P&L or there’s no bonus and basically redundancy. This drives innovation, clearly, for good or worse. But that’s not all: There is no such thing as patenting in finance. This makes it incredibly hard to protect an invention and keep a competitive edge. The big clients talk to all the major banks so news spreads fast. All investment banks have systems and infrastructure of similar quality — when the margins are still fat. Meanwhile you know that soon enough other banks will offer the same product. Margins come down, things get standardised and commodi- tised. How other banks catch on? They copy your product. Or they poach some of your colleagues to set up a desk. They poach you. If there are any readers among you in fixed-income it would be brilliant to hear more, both more about NPV and patenting as well as anything else you think is relevant. If you choose to comment, please read the full interview first, here. This banking blog features interviews with over 90 insiders across the world of finance. Here is a guide to help you your way. For insiders there is this index. This banker is in equities (shares) rather than derivatives (most of which are in fixed-income): “Think of the difference between a restaurant catering to regular clients, and one in a tourist area.” And this banker has some harsh things to say about office poli- tics and “real banking”: More and more, success in investment banking amounts to being able to game the rules and get capital. Trading floor politicians, I call them. THE GUARDIAN Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate If it isn’t a trustworthy institution, better leave it

BY ZOE WILLIAMS Authority (now the FCA) over Libor, jointly and severally managed profit. scorecard produced by Move Your Money We can be up to our chins in evidence that much of the punishment is as good Which is to say that they’re not com- — as well as occupying the hot epicentre to the contrary and we will still invest utting aside the people who just as meaningless. peting against each other; they collabo- of an FT diagram which details the causes them with the respect we’d accord our can’t bear for this to be true, it is Money was just taken from one bank rate brilliantly — which would be sweet of the 2008 financial crash. university. plain to everyone that the main and distributed among the others. This to watch were it not for the fact that That was a complicated disaster, Anyway, I overcame all that and Phigh street banks are morally only works if just one of them is crooked. they are working together the better to caused by bad lending, bad investments, moved to Handelsbanken to coincide bankrupt. When they all are, it’s just a kitty. screw us. risky funding structures, low capital, and with the 7-Day Switch, which launched If only we could have bailed them out Looking specifically at PPI, we could When you criticise a bank, you are mergers and acquisitions. on Monday. morally instead of financially — I feel sure also see the counter-intuitive but obvious often accused of the crime of “minding RBS alone had a finger in every pie Banks are required to finish the proc- our moral deficit would have been easier point that banks aren’t charging enough profit”. chart (it is actually a Venn diagram). ess of transferring your account in seven to pay down. for their services: current accounts cost I don’t mind profit. But the system So this institution is at the very heart working days; it’s remarkably low-effort Two scandals hit Barclays this week money to administer. as it stands has come untethered from of an event that has caused misery for from the consumer’s point of view, but within 24 hours of each other — in one But rather than admit this, they would all the principles by which profit justi- millions of people, not to mention lobot- you should bear in mind that I’m not very it is contesting a £50m fine for reckless prefer to outwardly compete with one fies itself. omised our political culture — and I’m far through it. fundraising that it hadn’t told its share- another, vie to see who can be the most Buyers and sellers are only equal par- still its customer. I’m effectively voting I chose the bank because it has a holders about. free, while recouping the money by sleight ties working towards mutually benefi- for it every time I get paid. It makes no devolved power structure in which the In the other, it may have to repay of hand (swingeing overdraft charges), cial deals when both have all the relevant sense at all; the loyalty is bizarre. person in your branch makes the deci- £100m for mistakes (in its favour) made irresponsible lending or outright cheating information. Generally we have no infor- Some research has been done on the sions, a countervail to the hollowing- in personal loans. (mis-sold PPI). mation and discover what the banks are often lifelong fidelity we have to our out of the standard workplace in which This doesn’t tell us much we didn’t This is what a market with only four or up to roughly six years later, if at all. All banks, but it’s not conclusive. fewer and fewer people are allowed to already know. five big players looks like: amazing value I think when I read about the Barclays Our parents are strongly influential make decisions so that everybody can We knew from Libor and the mis- in the top line, all the profit draining personal loan mistakes is, “Who will be in our choice of bank; it’s possible we’d be paid as little as possible. selling of personal protection insurance from somewhere you can’t see. next?” feel as though we were divorcing them But I have reservations. It has a that cheating people has become peer- We spend so much time talking about In the end, who can blame them? They by switching. And yet I know plenty of monthly £30 charge, and someone has normalised among the main banks, and this titanic clash between the free mar- won’t change until we will. I stayed with people who would happily divorce their already told me that this is like telling we know this has been going on since at ket and the social state — yet ignore the NatWest for 22 years; I joined it for the parents and still won’t switch. people to feed their children organic rack least 2005. fact that most of our major “markets” no porcelain pigs! It has, or should have, no I put it down to the plasticity of the of lamb, and I make them sick. There has been a moral deficit since longer operate as such. corporate identity beyond that it is part brain at bank-choosing age, the way we Which I think is fair. More on this then, and the crash didn’t make a dent This is an oligarchy whose only gov- of RBS. come to associate our particular institu- another time. in it. erning authority is the administrator of That bank has all the garden variety tion with financial authority (over us), The important thing is to move your We also know, from those epic wrist-slaps, and whose principles begin failures that affect me personally as a generosity (with overdrafts), trustwor- money; move it, or stop complaining. fines issued by the Financial Services and end with the preservation of its customer — you can check them on a thiness … then these thoughts harden. THE GUARDIAN SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 Classifieds www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 ON SATURDAY

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SINGAPORE: McLaren con- firmed yesterday they are open Qatar teen Al to the shock return of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in what would Tamimi takes be one of Formula One’s most Drivers in action during sensational coups. the first practice out top seed Team boss Martin Whitmarsh session for the said he would love to sign the two- Singapore Formula One CHARLOTTESVILLE, time world champion, who had Grand Prix night race Virginia: Abdulla Mohammed an unhappy season at McLaren in Singapore yesterday. Al Tamimi (pictured), an in 2007, and even suggested the The Singapore Grand 18-year-old from Doha playing Spaniard could arrive as early as Prix is the only race on his first PSA World Tour event next season. the F1 calendar that is since becoming the first ever “Yes, if I could,” Whitmarsh Qatari to reach the semi-finals held under lights. The told Britain’s Sky Sports News, of the World Junior Squash Singapore Grand Prix asked if he would bring back Championships in July, made a Alonso. “Most teams up and will remain on the F1 massive statement in senior cir- down the pitlane would happily calendar through at cles when he toppled top seed sign Fernando Alonso, he’s a very least 2017, after race Julian Illingworth in the open- talented driver. organisers signed a ing round of the ilex construc- “I expect our driver line-up for contract extension tion Charlottesville Challenger, next year to stay the same but with Formula One the inaugural PSA Challenger we are open to anything and in management on the 10 event at McArthur Squash the long term he would be a great eve of the 2012 event. Center yesterday. asset. The new professional world “Fernando is in charge of his circuit event is commemorating own destiny, but we’ll see.” the opening of the new McArthur What started as a specula- Squash Centre at Boar’s Head tive rumour has gathered pace in Sports Club - a $12.4m facility Singapore after Whitmarsh and which boasts nine singles courts, McLaren driver Jenson Button the market,” he said on Thursday. two doubles courts and ‘state-of- both sung the praises of Alonso, Alonso had a difficult relationship Ferrari’s Fernando the-art features that cannot be world champion in 2005 and 2006. with team-mate Lewis Hamilton Alonso of Spain drives found anywhere else’, according Alonso is reported to be at McLaren in 2007, a season during the second to one of the consultants on the unhappy at Ferrari’s decision to which was also marked by the practice session of project. hire another former world cham- damaging “Spygate” scandal the Singapore Grand Al Tamimi, ranked outside the pion, Kimi Raikkonen, as his rac- involving the leaking of technical Prix at the Marina world top 100, twice overcame ing partner next season. information. REUTERS Bay street circuit in leads by world No:35 Illingworth And McLaren are yet to con- Singapore yesterday. before beating the eight-time US firm contracts for either of their The Spaniard failed to National champion 11-6, 11-13, drivers, Button and Mexico’s Vettel 12-10, 3-11, 11-8 in his best ever make an impact and Sergio Perez, for 2014, although win on the PSA Tour. was only sixth fastest the Briton says his deal for next dominates The Qatar teenager now faces year is a formality. in the second session, Clinton Leeuw, an unseeded South Whitmarsh said both drivers Singapore one place higher than African who beat Frenchman were likely to stay with McLaren his earlier placing. Geoffrey Demont 11-8, 14-12, next year but he said it was not 11-13, 15-13. impossible that Alonso could be practice There was further unexpected racing with the British team. SINGAPORE: Sebastian Vettel success from a teenager when “Let’s be frank, people want justified his favourite tag for the leave all but Webber more than track officials took heed of driver Hamilton won in Hungary, 17-year-old Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah to sign Fernando Alonso because Singapore Grand Prix when he a second adrift. complaints. another tight and twisty circuit, Bokhari, a last-minute entry to he is one of the best motor-rac- stormed clear of his rivals in The Australian, who is retiring Only a few drivers brushed the while team-mate Nico Rosberg the event after the withdrawal of ing drivers in the world at the yesterday’s second free practice, from Formula One at the end of wall on the exit and the Williams was victorious in Monaco, the one of the seeds, stunned France’s moment. He is an asset to any lapping more than half a second the season, finished 0.604 seconds of Pastor Maldonado was the only slowest of all. Johan Bouquet 11-3, 11-9, 13-11. team,” Whitmarsh told Sky. quicker than Red Bull team- adrift of Vettel with the Mercedes car to suffer any major damage The German team’s confi- The Pakistani youngster from “In all probability, we will have mate Mark Webber. duo Nico Rosberg and Lewis when he crumpled his front wing dence was quickly backed up by Lahore now tests himself against the same line-up next year. Being The German triple world cham- Hamilton enjoying a return to a after overshooting turn 13. Hamilton in the first 90-minute second seed Martin Knight, the realistic that’s what I think will pion is 53 points ahead of Ferrari’s high downforce track by securing However, Vettel was virtually session of the weekend with the New Zealander ranked 53 in the happen, but we’ll see.” Fernando Alonso heading into the the next two places. perfect throughout both ses- 2008 world champion saying “the world who beat Canadian Thomas Alonso earlier dismissed sug- weekend and his dominant display Rosberg was 1.009 seconds sions and once his Red Bull was circuit feels twice as grippy as last Brinkman 11-8, 11-6, 11-8. gestions that he’s unsettled by around the Marina Bay Street down on Vettel in the second unleashed on the super soft option year” over the team radio after Quarter-final line-up: Raikkonen’s arrival at Ferrari Circuit suggests he will extend 90-minute session with Hamilton tyres, there was only ever going to setting the quickest lap. While Abdulla Mohammed Al Tamimi after the Italian team decided to that advantage in tomorrow’s marginally slower after the be one outcome on a circuit tailor not lapping as quickly as the Red (QAT) vs Clinton Leeuw (RSA) part ways with the inconsistent night race. Briton had been quickest in the made for his style and the car’s Bulls and with Hamilton defying (3) Charles Sharpes (ENG) vs Felipe Massa. Vettel, who is seeking a hat- first practice session ahead of the strengths. a team call to change to medium Paul Coll (NZL) “I was always informed about trick of victories in Singapore this two Red Bulls. After two difficult weekends prime tyres late in the second ses- (4) Dane Sharp (CAN) vs the team movements... when they week as well as a hat-trick of wins Both sessions were fairly inci- on the low downforce circuits in sion, Mercedes will be buoyed by Arthur Gaskin (IRL) decided to change Felipe they since he finished third in Hungary dent free especially with the Belgium and Italy, Mercedes are their performance and can expect (2) Martin Knight (NZL) vs asked my opinion and I told them in July, clocked an unchallenged infamous ‘Singapore Sling’ turn hoping for a marked improvement to challenge for pole position in Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari Kimi was the best out there in one minute 44.249 seconds to 10 chicane less of a threat after on a high downforce layout. qualifying today. REUTERS (PAK) THE PENINSULA

WTA Korea Open Tennis star Murray Wildcard Zhang to SEOUL, South Korea: Results from the WTA Korea Open yesterday: set to have minor meet qualifier King Quarter-finals Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x1) bt Vera Dushevina (RUS) 6-2, 6-0 back surgery in Guangzhou final Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) bt Jang Su-Jeong (KOR) 6-0, 6-4 LONDON: Wimbledon cham- GUANGZHOU: China’s wild- A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x3) bt Irina-Camelia Begu (ROM) 6-2, 6-2 pion Andy Murray is to undergo card entrant Zhang Shuai F Schiavone (ITA) bt Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 minor back surgery with the aim entered her maiden WTA Tour of being fully fit for the new sea- singles final yesterday to set Metz Open ATP son, his management team said up a title clash with American METZ, France: Results from the fifth day of the ATP Metz Open yesterday (x denotes seeding): in a statement late on Thursday. Ernests qualifier Vania King in the The 26-year-old missed this Gulbis of Guangzhou Open. Quarter-finals year’s French Open due to a back Latvia returns Zhang, ranked 112th in the Nicolas Mahut (FRA) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-2, 6-4 injury but recovered to become world, had an easy outing in the ball to Gilles Simon (FRA x2) bt Sam Querrey (USA x6) 6-4, 7-6 (7/1) the first British man to win Roberto the semi-final against Austria’s Wimbledon for 77 years. Bautista Yvonne Meusburger and picked 2nd round He failed to retain his U.S. Agut of Spain up her fourth straight-set win of Carlos Berlocq (ARG) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x4) 6-7 (7/9), 7-6 (7/5), 2-1 - retired Open title this month after los- the event with a 6-1, 6-1 victory. during their Florian Mayer (GER x8) bt Lukas Lacko (SVK) 6-3, 6-2 ing in the quarter-finals to Swiss King, 124th in the rankings, quarter-final Benjamin Becker (GER) bt Albano Olivetti (FRA) 6-7 (8/10), 6-3, 6-1 Stanislas Wawrinka. match at the rallied from a set down to beat the Murray, the world number St Petersburg other Chinese Zheng Jie 3-6, 7-5, Nicolas Mahut (FRA) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA x3) 6-4, 6-4 three, has qualified for the sea- 6-3 in the $500,000 hard-court Open ATP in Gilles Simon (FRA x2) bt Kenny De Schepper (FRA) 6-2, 6-3 son-ending World Tour finals tournament, where none of the St.Petersburg, in London in November but seeded players could make it to Guangzhou Open now looks certain to miss the Russia, the last four. BEIJING: Results from the semi-finals of the Guangzhou Open in China yesterday: tournament. yesterday. Meanwhile in Seoul, top A statement from his man- Gulbis won seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Vania King (USA) bt Zheng Jie (CHN) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 agement company reported by 6-1, 6-2. Poland overpowered Russia’s Zhang Shuai (CHN) bt Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 6-1, 6-1 British media read: “Next week Vera Dushevina 6-2, 6-0 to Andy is set to undergo minor secure a semi-final berth at the ATP St Petersburg Open back surgery i n an effort to clear Korea Open yesterday.The world SAINT PETERSBURG: Results from the fifth day of the ATP St Petersburg Open yesterday (x up a long-standing back problem.” number four will meet Spain’s denotes seeding): Murray on Thursday said on Lara Arruabarrena, who beat Quarter-finals his Facebook page: “Thanks so Jang Su-Jeong 6-0, 6-4. The third much for all the nice messages quarter-final also saw the end of Michal Przysiezny (POL) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE x7) 7-6 (9/7), 1-6, 6-3 today... Having operation on mon- an impressive run by veteran Ernests Gulbis (LAT x6) bt Roberto Bautista (ESP) 6-1, 6-2 day.. Will let everyone know how Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-2, 6-4 it goes.. Ill be “back” stronger.” who will celebrate her 43rd birth- REUTERS day later this month. REUTERS Joao Sousa (POR) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x4) 6-4, 6-3 SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 ON SATURDAY 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport Sizzling Stenson one shot ahead; Woods struggles The Swede takes charge with an opening 64 in Atlanta

ATLANTA: In-form Swede of Australia, who reeled off six Henrik Stenson, boosted by birdies in seven holes from the a red-hot front nine, totally 10th, was alone in second after upstaged his playing partner firing a 65, finishing a stroke in Tiger Woods as he surged into front of Americans Billy Horschel a one-shot lead in yesterday’s and Steve Stricker. opening round of the elite Tour Another American, Roberto Championship. Castro, opened with a 67 at East Swansea City’s Michu celebrates his goal against Valencia during their In glorious sunshine with barely Lake where FedExCup play-off Europa League match at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, on Thursday. a breath of wind at East Lake Golf honours and the eye-popping Club in the PGA Tour’s season $10m bonus are also on the line, finale, Stenson piled up five bird- offering huge added incentive to ies in six holes with a superb exhi- the 30-man field. bition of pinpoint approach play US Open champion Justin Rose on the way to a six-under-par 64. of England, South African Charl Shock defeats Though he dropped his only Schwartzel, Spaniard Sergio shot of the day at the par-four Garcia and Australian Jason Day 16th, where he found a poor lie were among a group of eight play- in the right rough off the tee ers knotted on 68. for Valencia, PSV and missed the green with his Woods, seeking a sixth PGA approach, he signed off in style Tour victory this year, missed a with a four-foot birdie putt at the six-foot birdie putt at the par- LONDON: The attractive football preached by Swansea City man- last. four first, then bogeyed the tricky ager Michael Laudrup was displayed to great effect when the Welsh “When it’s your day, you’re hit- par-four fifth after hitting his side stunned 10-man Valencia with a 3-0 away victory in the Europa ting good shots and getting them approach into a greenside bun- League on Thursday. as close as I got them,” Stenson, ker to reach the turn in one over. In their first season in European competition for 22 years, English ranked second in the FedExCup He also dropped shots at the League Cup holders Swansea took advantage of defender Adil Rami’s standings, said after mixing seven 10th, where his tee shot sailed 10th-minute dismissal to run riot in the Group A clash at the Mestalla birdies with a lone bogey on the way right, and at the 14th, where with goals from Wilfried Bony, Michu and Jonathan De Guzman. long, challenging East Lake he missed the fairway to the left The opening group stage matches produced another shock in layout. and overshot the green with his Eindhoven where PSV, one of five teams in action who have previously “It’s a golf course that it’s hard second, to slide further down the won the UEFA Cup or Europa League, were beaten 2-0 by Bulgarian to play well out of the rough, leaderboard. champions Ludogorets Razgrad in Group B. that’s for sure, and I definitely Woods only hit eight of 14 fair- England striker Jermain Defoe struck twice in Tottenham Hotspur’s hit a lot of fairways and greens. ways and 12 greens in regulation, 3-0 home Group K win over Tromso, his 19th and 20th goals in Europe “Just a very good round of golf while totalling 34 putts after for the London club. but it’s still very early in the missing four birdie attempts from Substitute Kevin Gameiro’s goal lifted twice UEFA Cup winners tournament. One day down, got inside 10 feet. Sevilla to a 2-1 win at Estoril in Group H and a second-half goal from another three to go.” “We know he didn’t have the Brazilian Hernanes secured Lazio three points with a 1-0 home victory It was not a day to remember, best of days, and he’s going to over Legia Warsaw in Group J. though, for FedExCup points fight hard to try to come back Swansea’s record signing Bony continued his prolific start after leader Woods who failed to reg- into the tournament,” Stenson Henrik Stenson of Sweden tees off on the 10th hole during the first joining from Vitesse Arnhem in July for 12 million pounds ($19.27m) ister a single birdie while making said of the world number one. round of the Tour Championship by Coca-Cola at East Lake Golf Club with a powerful first-time finish from Michu’s centre, just minutes three bogeys on the way to a 73, “It’s still a long way to go, but in Atlanta, Georgia, yesterday. after Valencia had been reduced to 10 men. ending the round in 29th place it’s always nice to perform the Ivorian international Bony, with four goals in Europe this season, was with only PGA Championship way I did when you’re playing set to race clean through before last man Rami impeded his progress winner Jason Dufner (74) below with the world’s best player.” hitting his tee shot to six feet at to within two feet at the sixth and was shown a straight red card. him. While Woods struggled, the the par-three second and knock- and sank his longest birdie putt Spaniard Michu, whose first campaign in English football yielded It was the first time Woods Swede commanded the spotlight ing in the putt, then picked up of the round at the seventh, a 18 Premier League goals last season, again displayed his clinical fin- had completed a round on the after his electrifying start, despite another stroke at the fourth nine-footer. ishing by doubling Swansea’s lead after 58 minutes from Alejandro PGA Tour without a birdie since having come into this event with where his approach finished just “First seven holes is probably Pozuelo’s pass. his opening round at the 2010 concern over tendinitis in his left eight inches from the cup. as good a proximity to the hole A woeful night for Valencia, who won the 2004 UEFA Cup and were US Open, and only the eighth wrist which developed during last Stenson, who won the Deutsche as I’ve ever had on seven iron beaten finalists in successive Champions League finals at the turn of time during his career on the US week’s BMW Championship in Bank Championship earlier this shots and I made five birdies out the century, was capped when De Guzman curled in a delightful free circuit. Chicago. month, struck his second shot to of that,” Stenson said. kick from 30 metres just past the hour. Masters champion Adam Scott He launched his birdie blitz by four feet at the fifth, his tee shot Out in a sizzling five-under Laudrup, who fielded six Spaniards in his starting lineup - Valencia 30, Stenson also birdied the 15th only had four - said Swansea had “dominated from start to finish. before offsetting his bogey on 16 “It could have been more than three and I’m very pleased to beat a Tiger Woods reacts to a with a birdie at the last. club like Valencia,” said the Dane. poor shot on the third hole. The Swede was also delighted PSV goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet’s misplaced clearance on the hour RIGHT: Adam Scott of his tendinitis appeared to be on handed Ludogorets the opening goal in Eindhoven. Australia smiles the mend. Zoet rushed out of his area to clear a long ball but found only Roman on the 18th hole. “My wrist didn’t feel bad this Bezjak who stroked it back past him into the empty net. morning when I woke up,” he said. Phillip Cocu’s side conceded a second goal after 74 minutes when “It’s been a pretty heavy regime Virgil Misidjan put away the rebound after his shot struck a post. there, icing it, a couple of anti- Former Netherlands midfielder Cocu told reporters he had not inflammatories and treatment underestimated the Bulgarians. “We knew that Ludogorets could play on it. well and would aggressively defend. They are also a team who can cre- “That seemed to have done the ate opportunities,” he said. trick. We’re happy with that, and Ludogorets, who won their maiden league title last year and then I hope I continue the recovery.” retained their crown, were competing in the domestic third division Stenson put himself in prime only three years ago. position to land FedExCup hon- Coach Stoicho Stoev hailed a victory he described as “a historic ours as only he and the other moment for us. members of the top five in the “We came to Eindhoven with a lot to offer,” he said. “But we did standings - Woods, Scott, Zach not expect to win.” Johnson and Matt Kuchar - would Tottenham’s Defoe, yet to start a Premier League match this sea- automatically secure the play-off son with their Spain striker Roberto Soldado preferred up front, gave trophy with victory. REUTERS manager Andre Villas-Boas a timely reminder of his finishing abilities. His dinked goal broke the deadlock after 21 minutes and he struck again just before the half-hour mak to end a slick passing move. Scores “His record speaks for itself, he has been keeping himself sharp Scott ups his bid for top award and fit and he has been excellent again tonight,” Villas-Boas told ITV. ATLANTA: Leading scores yesterday after Substitute Christian Eriksen fired in a third four minutes from time, the opening round of the $8m PGA Tour’s ATLANTA: A late birdie blitz by Adam Scott for Player of the Year. “As I’ve been kind of on the the Denmark playmaker’s first for Spurs following his move from Ajax Tour Championship (USA unless noted, par rocketed the Australian into contention for the periphery of the discussion of that for the last few Amsterdam. 70): elite Tour Championship yesterday, and gave him weeks, it’s been a motivating factor for sure, and I Victory came at a cost for the Londoners, however, with Danny Rose timely momentum in his bid to earn the PGA think it’s a real achievement out here,” he said. limping off with an ankle problem, Mousa Dembele carried off on a 64 Henrik Stenson (SWE) Tour Player of the Year award. “With such deep talent, if that was the vote from stretcher after a heavy challenge and Younes Kaboul leaving the field 65 Adam Scott (AUS) Coming into this week’s PGA Tour season finale the other guys out here, I think that’s a real achieve- injured in the closing minutes. at East Lake Golf Club, the Masters champion had ment in your career. There haven’t been too many In other matches, Spaniard Jonatan Soriano hit a hat-trick for FC 66 Billy Horschel, Steve Stricker stated his burning ambition to be considered for the guys who have been in the position the last 12 years Salzburg as the Austrian league leaders thumped Sweden›s Elfsborg accolade but conceded that only victory here would to even warrant thinking about it. 4-0 in Group C. 67 Roberto Castro thrust him into the conversation. “So it’s an opportunity that might not come along Fiorentina also eased to a 3-0 win at home to Pacos Ferreira in Group Scott certainly made sure he was a talking point too often. I’m going to be working hard to try and E and Rubin Kazan romped to a 5-2 Group D victory over Maribor in 68 Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia (ESP), after the opening round as he reeled off six birdies make my case for it for sure.” Slovenia. REUTERS Charl Schwartzel (RSA), Webb Simpson, in seven holes from the 10th on the way to a five- Scott has triumphed twice on the 2013 PGA Tour, Jordan Spieth, Jason Day, Justin Rose under-par 65 to finish a stroke behind pacesetting as has British Open champion Phil Mickelson. (ENG), Graham DeLaet (CAN) Swede Henrik Stenson. Those two are effectively locked into a three- “I feel like my game’s in good shape, and it was horse race for Player of the Year honours with Tiger 69 Kevin Streelman, Brandt Snedeker, Matt nice to kind of open up a little bit on the back nine Woods, who has won a season-high five times with- Ludogorets Kuchar, Zach Johnson and take advantage of some good shots,” Scott told out claiming a major title. players reporters after coming home in six-under 29 after However, Woods struggled to a 73 yesterday while celebrate 70 Luke Donald (ENG), Brendon de Jonge lying one over at the turn. Mickelson opened with a 71 to leave Scott in a supe- a goal (ZIM), Boo Weekley, Gary Woodland, Bill “It was a tale of two nines, there’s no doubt. I rior position in the 30-man field. against PSV Haas, Hunter Mahan, Jim Furyk didn’t start the way I wanted ... I missed three greens “I’ve just got to keep my focus,” said Scott. “That’s Eindhoven with wedges on the front nine and wasted all my really all I can think it was. Trust that all the work 71 Phil Mickelson during their chances to score. I’ve done is just going to hold up for a few days. Europa “Then I hit two good shots into 10 and rolled in “Everything can change by Sunday,” he added, 72 D.A. Points, Keegan Bradley, Nick League a putt in which calmed me down, and then I just referring to the various permutations in the hunt Watney match in went and played, and played the way I felt I could.” for overall FedExCup honours. “I mean, it changes Eindhoven. 73 Tiger Woods Though three rounds remain to be played in the five times on the back nine on Sunday. fourth and final FedExCup event of the year where “I’ve seen it all before. It’s crazy what happens. So 74 Jason Dufner a $10m bonus goes to the overall winner, Scott is I can’t even think about it. Just try and get there,” excited to have the chance to advance his claims he said. REUTERS SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 ON SATURDAY

Thirty-two United and City primed for countries bid for Euro 2020

DUBROVNIK,Croatia: Thirty-two countries, rang- ing from Finland and Sweden season’s first derby clash to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Macedonia and Kazakhstan, have declared interest in host- Chelsea face Fulham; Arsenal aim for sixth straight win against Stoke ing matches at Euro 2020 which will be staged across the continent. LONDON: The Manchester Germany, France, England, derby takes top billing in the Spain and Italy were all among Premier League this weekend, Platini not losing sleep the bidders named by UEFA as England’s leading teams yesterday following a meeting return to domestic action after of its executive committee in a week of mixed fortunes in over FIFA presidency Dubrovnik, as were Bulgaria, European competition. Greece, Serbia, Israel and Belarus. Manchester United and DUBROVNIK,CROATIA: UEFA president Michel Platini Potential hosts were given until Manchester City face off at the (pictured) is not losing sleep over whether to bid for the presi- last week to declare an interest Etihad Stadium tomorrow, in dency of FIFA in two years’ time, he said yesterday. and must present their full bid what will be a first taste of the The Frenchman added that the ball was in FIFA’s court concern- dossiers by April, with the 13 ven- fixture for both United manager ing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after UEFA’s 54 member federa- ues to be chosen in September David Moyes and his City coun- tions agreed this week that the tournament should not be played in next year. terpart Manuel Pellegrini. June-July because of the heat. “We are extremely proud to see Both sides have made splutter- FIFA president Sepp Blatter is in the huge interest in the bidding ing starts to the season, having his fourth mandate, which runs until process, with more than half of each amassed seven points from 2015, and the Platini, long seen as a our member associations willing their first four league games, but natural successor, said on Tuesday that to host matches at Euro 2020,” they both enjoyed convincing wins he would not take a decision until next said UEFA President Michel in mid-week. year’s World Cup at the earliest. Platini. United opened their Champions “It’s not something which keeps “The finals will be a great cel- League campaign with an enter- me awake at night, it doesn’t worry ebration of football across the taining 4-2 win at home to Bayer me,” Platini told a news conference in European continent, and the 60th Leverkusen, while City enjoyed a Dubrovnik following a UEFA executive anniversary edition will be truly 3-0 victory away to Czech cham- committee meeting. special, by really coming to the pions Viktoria Pilsen. “I’m very happy and relaxed at doorstep of all football fans.” United striker Wayne Rooney UEFA, I feel very at home here. Countries which declined to confirmed his return to form with “I know what some would like me to bid included Austria, Norway, a brace against Leverkusen and do, I know what my friends would have Slovenia and Slovakia, and the he will now hope to repeat his me do, I know some journalists would Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia performance from last season’s like me to do certain things, and I told and Lithuania. UEFA has 54 equivalent fixture against City, Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney scores against Manchester City them I would take my decision during member federations. when he scored twice in a 3-2 from an overhead kick during their English Premier League match at or after the World Cup,” he said. In a radical departure from the victory. Old Trafford in Manchester in this file photo. Rooney said that tomor- Blatter, 77, initially said he would not conventional format for major “It’s a massive game,” Rooney row’s match is a ‘massive game’. seek a fifth term, although more recently has hinted that he would tournaments, UEFA decided last said. “Two title contenders. It’s change his mind if he did not feel there was a suitable candidate year to spread the tournament not going to define the season, but to replace him. around its member associations it’s a big game, a derby. We’ll be in today’s derby at home to west mid-week European success was Platini, who has backed suggestions that the 2022 World Cup to celebrate the 60th anniversary going there to win. I’ve scored a London neighbours Fulham. Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger, whose should be played in winter, said he did not have much to add to the of the European Championship. few goals against City.” “This is the only way I know in side won 2-1 at Marseille in the matter, which will be discussed by FIFA’s executive committee in Each of the 32 countries can Last season, an injury-time football: to work hard, believe in Champions League to record a October. present up to two bids, one for a free-kick from Robin van Persie what you do and each other, be 10th consecutive away success in “We agree in principle (on the move) and...it’s hard to discuss,” package of three group matches sent United six points clear of critical inside our group to resolve all competitions. he said. and a last-16 round or quarter- their city rivals and it was a set- things, but stick together and try Wenger is expected to hand “I think that now the ball is in the court of the President of FIFA, final and one for the special pack- back that the defending champi- against Fulham to get the result a home debut to record signing that is crystal clear today, the rest is mere speculation. age of the semi-finals and a final. ons were unable to overcome. that wakes up the team with a Mesut Ozil against Stoke City “I’m sure FIFA will bring together all the stakeholders of foot- Only one city can be appointed With this season’s encoun- smile,” said the Portuguese, whose tomorrow, when Arsenal will be ball, including commercial partners, to see what to do,” he added per country. REUTERS ter taking place earlier in the side lost 1-0 at Everton in their chasing a sixth straight victory. to reporters. campaign, it is unlikely to prove last league outing. Tottenham Hotspur, who On Thursday, FIFA vice-president Jim Boyce revealed that UEFA quite as decisive, but City captain Liverpool conceded their 100 opened their Europa League supported a move to winter and there was still plenty of time for Potential Venue Vincent Kompany is still relishing percent record in Monday’s 2-2 campaign against Norwegian side all parties to agree. AGENCIES the occasion. draw at Swansea City, but they Tromso on Thursday, visit pro- Cities “It is becoming one of the remain top of the table by a point moted Cardiff City tomorrow. most sought-after fixtures in the and will look to strengthen their Beaten 1-0 by Arsenal prior to Armenia (Yerevan), Azerbaijan (Baku), Belarus world and it is always great to position at home to Southampton the international break, Spurs (Minsk), Belgium (Brussels), Bulgaria (Sofia), be involved in such games,” said on Saturday. won 2-0 at home to Norwich Totti signs Croatia (Zagreb), Czech Republic (Prague), the Belgian, who returned from Manager Brendan Rodgers will City last weekend and Gylfi Denmark (Copenhagen), England (London), a groin injury in Pilsen. “I never be without Brazilian playmaker Sigurdsson, who scored both goals Finland (Helsinki), France (Lyon), Macedonia take them for granted.” Philippe Coutinho due to a shoul- in that game, says the club’s seven two-year (Skopje), Germany (Munich), Greece (Athens), Whereas the two Manchester der injury, but in Daniel Sturridge new signings are starting to bed Hungary (Budapest), Israel (Jerusalem), clubs slipped seamlessly into gear he has a striker looking to score in. Italy (Rome or Milan), Kazakhstan (Astana), in Europe, Chelsea were dealt a for the sixth game in succession. “The first game when everyone extension Netherlands (Amsterdam), Poland (Warsaw and chastening home defeat by Swiss Southampton drew 0-0 at home was in was a bit quiet, but we’re Chorzow), Portugal (Lisbon or Porto), Republic champions FC Basel. to West Ham United last weekend back to normal now,” said the with Roma of Ireland (Dublin), Romania (Bucharest), Russia Chelsea manager Jose and are bidding for a first victory Icelandic midfielder. (St Petersburg), Scotland (Glasgow), Serbia Mourinho has always set great since their 1-0 success at West “Everyone knows each other (Belgrade), Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao or store by making his teams invul- Bromwich Albion on the opening and it’s a good and positive dress- ROME: Francesco Totti signed Valencia), Sweden (Solna), Switzerland (Basel), nerable at home and he has day of the season. ing room. There are quite a few a new contract yesterday that Turkey (Istanbul), Ukraine (Kiev or Donetsk) and called for an immediate response Another manager buoyed by jokers.” AFP will keep him at AS Roma until Wales (Cardiff). just before his 40th birthday. The Roma captain, who has Fulham to been at the Serie A club since Your TV guide for childhood and has played over 500 remove Michael games for them, signed the con- live matches today tract extension at a news confer- Jackson statue ence in Rome, ensuring his stay Event Competition Time Channel in the Italian capital until the end of the 2015-16 season. Norwich vs Aston Villa Barclays Premier League 14:00 HD6 LONDON: A controver- “It’s what I and the club Charlton vs Millwall English Championship 14:15 HD4 sial statue of the late pop wanted, I thank them for giving star Michael Jackson will be me another chance to wear the Real Sociedad vs Malaga La Liga 16:30 HD2 removed from outside Fulham’s shirt of the only team I’ve ever Coton vs Esperance CAF Champions League 17:00 +2 Craven Cottage ground after supported and ever loved,” the fans complained it made the forward said. Derby vs Reading English Championship 17:00 +4 Premier League club look like a “I have another two years of West Ham vs Everton Barclays Premier League 17:00 HD4 laughing stock. responsibility and I know that we West Brom vs Sunderland Barclays Premier League 17:00 HD3 The statue was erected behind can do great things here. the Hammersmith stand by “So far this season we’ve got Liverpool vs Southampton Barclays Premier League 17:00 HD1 former owner Mohamed Al Fayed off on the right foot, we have a Newcastle vs Hull Barclays Premier League 17:00 HD6 in 2011, two years after the sing- manager who wants his team to er’s death at the age of 50 from an play and demands respect, which Lekhwiya vs Al Kharitiyat Qatar Stars League 17:30 Global overdose of a surgical anaesthetic we haven’t had recently.” Bastia vs Marseille Ligue 1 18:00 +3 and other sedatives. Totti, who turns 37 next week, Cagliari vs Sampdoria Serie A 19:00 HD3 “Craven Cottage means the has started the season in great world to generations of Fulham form, and with Italy missing a Almeria vs Levante La Liga 19:00 +4 supporters, and I have heard from classic number 10, there have been Chelsea vs Fulham Barclays Premier League 19:30 HD6 many of them over the past two calls to recall him to the national months,” said chairman Shahid side for next year’s World Cup. El Jaish vs Umm Salal Qatar Stars League 20:30 HD4 Khan, who took over the club in “I don’t think about the national Al Rayyan vs Al Wakra Qatar Stars League 20:30 Global July, in a statement yesterday. team. I’m thinking about doing Rayo vs Barcelona La Liga 20:30 +3 “Our supporters’ views on the well for Rome and from now until statue have been made clear. I May I need to see how I am physi- Setif vs Bizertin CAF Champions League 20:30 +2 respect Mr Al Fayed and know he cally and psychologically. Should Fus vs Mazembe CAF Champions League 21:00 +4 had good intentions in paying an something happen I’m available.” individual tribute. However, the The Corriere Dello Sport Paris Saint-Germain’s Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic (left) shakes Evian vs Montpellier Ligue 1 21:00 HD5 removal of the statue is the right reported that the deal will be hands with club chairman, Qatar’s Nasser Al Khelaifi (right) during a Sochaux vs Lille Ligue 1 21:00 +1 thing for Fulham Football Club.” worth 3.5m euros ($4.7m) a year. training session at the Camp des Loges, the PSG football club train- ing centre in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, west of Paris, yesterday. The Genoa vs Livorno Serie A 21:00 HD3 Jackson was a friend of Al “There’s not much that can be Fayed, who invited him to attend added to what has already been Qatari-owned club will face Monaco in the Ligue 1 match at Parc de Sporting vs Rio Ave Portuguese League 22:15 HD1 a game at Craven Cottage in 1999. about Francesco. I’d like to thank Princes tomorrow evening. TOP: AS Monaco’s player Radamel Falcao, Valladolid vs Atletico La Liga 23:00 +3 The statue is seen clutching a Francesco for allowing me to bought from Atletico Madrid for 60m euro attends a news conference microphone and pointing with a stay” joked Roma president James in La Turbie yesterday. Fluminense vs Cortiba Brazilian Championship 00:30 1 gloved hand. REUTERS Pallotta. REUTERS SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 ON SATURDAY 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport Al Sadd edge Al Ahli 1-0; Al Gharafa held at home Qatar SC crush Muaither 3-0; Al Sailiya beat Al Arabi

DOHA: Reigning champions maintained their perfect record A in Qatar Stars League (QSL) this season but were made to work hard in their 1-0 victory over a spirited Al Ahli side at Al Sadd Stadium yesterday. Last season’s Player of the Year A) Al Gharafa’s winner Khalfan Ibrahim scored Othman Al Yahri the only goal of the match in the (in yellow) holds 20th minute. off Al Khor’s The Qatari striker was given Abdulla Saif dur- an easy tap in after new striker ing their Qatar Leandro Da Silva broke away Stars League from his marker and pin-pointed (QSL) match at Al his low cross to Ibrahim. Gharafa Stadium It was far from a convincing yesterday. performance for the reigning B) Qatar Sports champions, and the visitors put Club’s Douglas on a strong display especially in Top-seeded Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia hits a smash during his quarter- Ferreira (in the second half that tested Al final match against Jun Takemura of Japan at the Japan Open 2013 Sadd’s defence. yellow) and badminton tournament in Tokyo, yesterday. Lee won 21-10, 21-11. In other matches yesterday, Muaither Sports Zico’s Al Gharafa shared the Club’s Ayman points in a 0-0 stalemate against Abdulla vie for Al Khor the ball during Qatar Sports Club ran out 3-0 their QSL clash winners against Muaither, whilst at the same Lee Chong Wei B Al Sailiya’s Barro Babo Seddiqi C venue. C) scored the only goal of the match, Al Sadd’s Nadir to help his side claim all three Belhadj (in white) points against Al Arabi. dribbles the ball THE PENINSULA reaches semis past Al Ahli’s Pedro Miguel De Yesterday’s Results Carvalho dur- TOKYO: Malaysia’s world number-one Lee Chong Wei brushed ing their QSL aside Jun Takemura of Japan 21-10, 21-11 to reach the semi-finals of Al Arabi 0 Al Sailiya 1 the Japan Open badminton tournament in Tokyo yesterday. match at Al Sadd The 30-year-old top seed, going for a record fourth Japan Open men’s Muaither 0 Qatar SC 3 Stadium. Al Gharafa 0 Al Khor 0 singles title, needed a little more than 30 minutes to book a semi-final clash with Nguyen Tien Minh today. Al Sadd 1 Al Ahli 0 PICTURES BY: The fifth-seeded Vietnamese whipped Japan’s Kento Momota 21-18, Today’s Fixtures SHAIVAL DALAL/ 21-13 in another quarter-final. Lekhwiya vs Al Kharaitiyat, KAMMUTTY VP China’s Gao Huan struggled in beating Indian H.S. Prannoy 21-11, 6.15pm 20-22, 21-13 to set up the other semi-final clash with Japan’s seventh at Lekhwiya Stadium seeded Kenichi Tago. Tago crushed India’s K. Srikanth 21-18, 21-9. Eljaish vs Umm Salal, 8.30pm In the women’s quarter-finals of the $200,000 tournament, the eighth at Lekhwiya Stadium leg of the 12-round World Superseries, fourth-seeded Wang Yihan Al Rayyan vs Al Wakra, breezed past fellow Chinese and fifth-seed Wang Shixian 21-17, 21-15. 8.30pm at Al Rayyan Stadium Wang Yihan will now face Japan’s Shizuka Uchida who outlasted compatriot Minatsu Mitani 19-21, 21-13, 21-17 in the last-eight round. Akane Yamaguchi trounced Yui Hashimoto 21-12, 21-16 in another all-Japanese quarter-final. Sleepless Seven positive Taiwan’s Tai Tzu Ying meanwhile narrowly defeated Japan’s Sayaka Wallabies axe O’Connor Takahashi 22-20, 21-18 and will do battle with Yamaguchi for a place in the final. nights for tests at Moscow The doubles top-seeds survived the quarter-final rounds. In the men’s doubles, the top-seeded Indonesian pair of Mohammad over airport incident halfback Genia worlds: IAAF Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan crushed Lee Sheng Mu and Tsai Chia Hsin of Taiwan 21-11, 21-17. SYDNEY: Controversial “We’re embarking on a pretty The second-seeds, Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen beat fellow winger James O’Connor was critical moment of Australian SYDNEY: Will Genia (pic- PARIS: Seven athletes, includ- Danes Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding 21-16, 21-19. yesterday dumped from the rugby, you know, a two-week tour tured), considered one of the ing one finalist, tested positive The women’s top seeds, Ma Jin and Tang Jinhua, beat fellow Chinese Wallabies squad for an indefi- of South Africa and Argentina world’s best halfbacks, revealed for doping at August’s World Bao Yixin and Zhong Qianxin 21-15, 21-5. nite period after he was alleg- and it is a big, big moment for this yesterday that he endured sleep- Athletics Championships in Second-seeded Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi of Japan edly prevented from taking a team,” he told Fox Sports’ Rugby less nights after being axed by Moscow, track and field’s world defeated Hong Kong’s Poon Lok Yan and Tse Ying Suet 21-17, 21-15. flight because he was drunk. HQ programme. the Wallabies but said he holds governing body, the IAAF, In the mixed doubles, China’s top-seeded Xu Chen and Ma Jin, O’Connor, who vowed just a “And I guess the fact that we’re no grudges. announced yesterday. second-seeded Chai Biao and Tang Jinhua, and un-seeded Liu Cheng month ago to change his ways sitting down talking about an off- The scrum-half The IAAF said it took a total and Bao Yixin reached the semi-finals. AFP in a bid to keep his Wallaby jer- field incident, no matter who it is, was dropped for of 1,919 blood samples and car- sey, ended up in trouble trying is disappointing.” Australia’s Rugby ried out 538 urine tests during the to board a plane to Bali with his Like McKenzie, he said he Championship competition and 132 during the girlfriend hours after Australia expected more from someone clash against pre-competition period. beat Argentina in the Rugby representing their country. Argentina last Seven athletes failed urine tests Championship on Saturday. “The team has got strong val- Saturday, paying with just one having appeared Boxing: Mayweather fight Police said a 23-year-old man, ues that we want to uphold as the price for incon- in a final: Ukrainian Roman widely identified in the media as being Wallabies and being rep- sistency despite Avramenko. richest in history O’Connor, had been removed from resentatives of your country,” he being stand-in The six others were named as Perth airport. said. skipper in the pre- Afghan Massoud Azizi (men’s LOS ANGELES: Floyd Mayweather’s Wallabies coach Ewen O’Connor has a history of dis- vious Test. 100m; nandrolone metabo- (pictured) win over Mexico’s Saul McKenzie said the player had ciplinary issues, including being The 47-Test veteran, who has lites), Ukrainian Elyzaveta Alvarez has been confirmed as the rich- failed “to demonstrate and spotted at a burger bar at 4:00 am received messages of support from Bryzgina (women’s 200m; est fight in boxing history with nearly uphold the behavioural and cul- three days before the must-win greats including Nathan Sharpe drostanolone), Kazakhstan’s $150m in pay-per-view revenues, US tural standards expected within second Test against the British and George Gregan, accepts he Ayman Kozhakhmetova (wom- cable network Showtime said yesterday. the team” and would not travel and Irish Lions in June. He also will again be a substitute behind en’s 20km walk; exogenous testo- The revenues for Saturday’s unified on their two-week tour to South missed the team bus for the Third White for the Test against sterone + EPO), Iran’s Ebrahim super welterweight championship in Las Africa and Argentina. Test. South Africa in Cape Town on Rahimian (men’s 20km walk; Veges surpassed the $136m that was gen- “We won’t be forced into mak- In 2011 he was suspended after September 28. EPO), Turkmenistan’s Yelena erated by Mayweather’s 2007 showdown ing any decisions around his sleeping through the World Cup “I was absolutely gutted when I Ryabova (women’s 200m; dehy- with Oscar de la Hoya. return until I’m satisfied that he team announcement. was told I was dropped from the drochloromethyltestosterone); Showtime said that the fight attracted can once again contribute posi- Former great Nathan Sharpe, position I love and it still hurts,” and Guatemalan Jeremias Saloj some 2.2 million pay-per-view buys which tively to what we are trying to who was O’Connor’s first captain the 25-year-old told the Brisbane (men’s marathon; EPO). is second all-time to the 2.48 million buys achieve as a group,” McKenzie at Western Force and played Courier Mail. The seven athletes have either for the Mayweather/de la Hoya fight. said in a statement. alongside him in the Wallabies, “It hurt on Monday. It hurt on already been sanctioned or pro- Showtime said the numbers on the “The reality is that represent- said players had been disap- Tuesday, Wednesday and the rest visionally suspended, the IAAF pay-per-view are still being added up ing your country is the ultimate pointed by his behaviour for “a of last week. I got quite rundown said. but it has already beaten out the third honour but also a week-to-week long time”. not being able to sleep properly. “I am delighted that with the most popular fight in history (1.97 mil- proposition. To be selected, play- “I don’t know what went on in “The only thing that makes assistance of our partners the lion) between Evander Holyfield and Mike ers must consistently do the right this incident, and whether there me feel better is when I go for a IAAF has been able to carry out Tyson in 1997. things on and off the field. was alcohol involved or there run, practise my kicking or do my such a comprehensive anti-doping The fight, which had an average ticket “We’ll continue to assess wasn’t, but there has just been extras because I know I’m that testing programme in Moscow,” price of over $1,200, also set a boxing James on that basis before any too many (incidents),” Sharpe much closer to getting back to said IAAF president Lamine record for gate revenues at more than $20m. team decisions are made about a told The Sydney Daily Telegraph. where I want to be.” Diack. It established boxing television records in Mexico where Alvarez, return.” Asked if team-mates were Despite the setback, Genia “The specialised analyses whose nickname is “Canelo”, is one of that nation’s most popular The Australian Rugby Union upset with O’Connor, Sharpe said he bore no grudges against and the blood samples taken stars. is investigating the incident and said: “Yeah, they are. They all McKenzie and was determined to in connection with the Athlete The fight was watched by 22.1 million people and in 5.9 million said that once complete, a deci- are. I don’t know if it will be said win back his place in the starting Biological Passport emphasise households, making it the highest-rated boxing programme ever sion on possible further action publicly but I know having been line-up. the IAAF’s firm commitment and in Mexico. would be taken. alongside most of those guys, they “There’s not one bit of a prob- resolve to use the most sophis- Mayweather and Alvarez went the 12-round distance with the Wallabies captain James were disappointed a long time lem with Ewen. I’ve known him a ticated methods at our disposal American taking the decision to improve his record to 45-0. Alvarez Horwill said he was bitterly dis- ago,” he added in the interview long, long time,” he said yesterday. in the fight against cheating in suffered just the first loss of his career, falling to 42-1-1. AFP appointed at O’Connor. yesterday. AFP AFP sport.” AFP SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 Break Time www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 ON SATURDAY

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HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER ATHENS 26/21 Chance of rain 24/20 Partly cloudy Aids epidemic may end by 2030 WASHINGTON 23/18 T-storm 21/12 Chance of showers SYDNEY 23/09 Partly cloudy 26/11 Partly cloudy PANAMA CITY: A top UN Three million new HIV infec- Moreover, people with HIV are treatment for fear of being stig- LONDON 19/10 Mostly cloudy 21/13 Partly cloudy official says the global Aids epi- tions are reported each year and getting treatment earlier, which matised or criminally prosecuted, PARIS 21/12 Chance of rain 22/12 Mostly cloudy demic could be over by 2030 the disease, which attacks the retards the disease’s development. Loures said. ISTANBUL 23/16 Partly cloudy 23/16 Chance of rain because of progress made in immune system, kills 1.7 million According to UNAids, the “If we do not succeed in con- MANILA 30/25 T-storm 30/24 T-storm treatment and control of the people a year. annual incidence of new infec- trolling the epidemic among these DHAKA 33/25 Chance of storm 33/25 Partly cloudy disease. “We can get to the end of tions has fallen 20 percent over groups, Aids will stay with us,” he DELHI 31/24 T-storm 33/26 Partly cloudy “I think that 2030 is a via- the epidemic because we have the past decade, and in 25 coun- warned. ISLAMABAD 35/21 Partly cloudy 34/21 Partly cloudy ble target to say that we have treatments and ways to control tries, including 13 in sub-Saharan At the end of 2011, there were reached the end of the epidemic,” the infection,” said Loures, who Africa, it has fallen by 50 percent. 34 million people living with HIV, said Luis Loures, a deputy execu- was in Panama to discuss Aids Over the past two years, the 69 percent of them in sub-Saha- tive director of UNAids, the UN strategy with UN agencies in number of people who have ran Africa, where one in 20 adults agency leading the fight against Latin America. “We are making obtained treatment for HIV has have the disease. HIV/Aids. progress, without a doubt.” increased by 60 percent. “Today, there are a number of Critics divided on “HIV will continue existing as a Two decades ago the average “The challenge is now for the cases where we have evidence of a case here or there but not at the annual cost of treatment per per- most vulnerable groups,” like cure and that gives us great hope,” epidemic level we have today,” he son with HIV was $19,000. Today homosexual males, sex workers Loures said. Bloom’s Broadway told journalists. it is $150 thanks to generic drugs. and drug users who do not seek AFP debut as Romeo NEW YORK: British actor Orlando Bloom (pictured) Apple fans rush to buy new iPhones scored mixed reviews yester- day for his Broadway debut in a modern-day, interracial remake NEW YORK: Apple fans from Tokyo to of the near-riot in Beijing at the 2011 release wonder Android phones are popular.” tweeted of “Romeo and Juliet,” William New York joined the stampede yesterday of the iPad 2 that left four people in hospital. David Smith. Shakespeare’s classic tale of for the latest iPhones as the US tech giant Those prepared to shell out a minimum 4,488 The polycarbonate-bodied 5C was widely doomed, young lovers. aimed for wider global appeal in the com- yuan ($730) for the pared-down iPhone 5C, or flagged as Apple’s answer to the onslaught Bloom, the star of Hollywood petitive smartphone market. at least 5,288 yuan ($864) for the iPhone 5S, of cheaper, Android-powered models, led by blockbusters Lord of the Rings US stores opened with long queues after said they didn’t mind the cost. Samsung. Apple has not revealed what the “C” and Pirates of the Caribbean, plays sales kicked off in Australia, Japan, China, “It’s not about the price, it’s about the brand, stands for, but did not knock down months Romeo opposite Tony-nominated Europe and elsewhere. I think Apple is the best,” said Chang Yi, a of media speculation that it was intended to stage actress Condola Rashad in Customers clamouring for the new devices 29-year-old real-estate salesman. signify “cheap” or “China”. the David Leveaux production shrugged off the notion that Apple, which has Others milling around outside the store had In an interview with Bloomberg that opened on Thursday night. been losing market share to rivals, had lost a different opinion. Businessweek published on Thursday, Apple The New York Times praised its edge in innovation. But some complained “It’s too expensive... it’s a luxury item,” said chief executive Tim Cook said quality had Bloom for a “first-rate debut” but “Bloom speaks Shakespeare’s about the high price. 19-year-old student Meng Jia. “If the price was always been the driving force. other critics were less enthusiastic, poetry capably. But he lacks David Kaminsky, first in line at the Apple around 2,000 yuan, I would buy one”. “We never had an objective to sell a low-cost saying he lacked stage presence. the gravity to really grab you. store in Bethesda, Maryland, said he had waited Singapore’s biggest carrier Singtel said it phone,” Cook told the magazine. “Our primary “For once, we have a Romeo Together, he and Rashad are more than 12 hours for the 8 am opening, to expected 10,000 people to pick up their new objective is to sell a great phone and provide a who evolves substantively, from a warm, not hot,” it added. ensure he got one of the gold-coloured iPhones. iPhones at its launch event, and that there great experience, and we figured out a way to posturing youth in love with love A lack of stage presence was “It’s not just the technology — it’s the had been a rush on the gold model. do it at a lower cost.” to a man who discovers the star- also a problem for the New York experience, the simplicity,” said Kaminsky, a In Australia, the sticker price shocked some The new phones were on sale yesterday in tling revelation of real love, with a Post, which said Bloom was “game University of Maryland student. consumers. the US, Australia, Canada, China, France, last-act descent into bilious, bitter but merely competent — and less Apple is releasing the iPhone 5S, which has “Incredible — Apple charging $99 for Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, anger that verges on madness,” than that when he expresses its most advanced technology, and 5C, with a iPhone 5C in the USA (with a contract) but Singapore and Britain, with other rollouts due. the New York Times said. anguish.” lower price. While customers in the United $740 in Australia and its $1,200 for 5S — no AFP The newspaper was equally Variety took issue with the States can get the iPhone 5C for $100 with a approving of 26-year-old Rashad’s play’s staging. carrier contract, the unsubsidized price is $549 performance, describing it as “Romeo makes his noisy in the US and higher elsewhere. “incandescent with virginity.” entrance on a beast of a motorcy- In Tokyo, a lucrative new deal with Japan’s “You see why Romeo, who’s cle. Juliet delivers a pensive solilo- biggest mobile carrier lent some celebrity glitz been around and packs a knife, quy from her precarious seat on a to the opening in the nation of gadget-lovers. would fall hard for a girl who is swing,” Variety said. Diehard fans began lining up last week and so palpably untarnished,” it added. “The ones who really suffer even sat through a weekend storm to keep their The Hollywood Reporter noted from this strange resistance to spot in a queue that grew to around a kilometre that at 36, Bloom should be too old Shakespeare’s lyricism are Bloom in length by opening time, police estimated. to play Romeo, but it said his boy- and Rashad, who do good work Media helicopters hovered over Tokyo, ish good looks and classical train- when they’re not hanging from where a man dressed as Batman waited out- ing served him well in the role. a scaffold or scaling a wall, and side the Apple store in upmarket Ginza next “Looking lean and athletic in deserve a better chance.” to a woman with a shock of pink hair and a a torso-hugging white Henley, Bloom is one of several life-size Steve Jobs pillow. ripped jeans and cherry-red Doc Hollywood stars appearing on Actor Ken Watanabe, star of Inception and Martens, Bloom gives his screen Broadway. James Bond actor Letters From Iwo Jima, was on hand to welcome fans plenty to swoon over, includ- Daniel Craig and his Oscar- buyers with a handshake and a broad smile at ing a brief shirtless scene that will winner wife Rachel Weisz will Docomo’s main Tokyo shop, marking the new set lots of hearts racing,” it said. appear in a revival of Harold alliance between Apple and the country’s big- Although the production packs Pinter’s “Betrayal” next month, gest carrier. Hollywood star power and Bloom’s Denzel Washington and Diahann The firm, the mobile unit of NTT, which has performance was fine, the New Carroll will star in “A Raisin in about 42 percent of the Japanese market, has York Daily News thought the actor the Sun” next spring and come- shed more than 3.5 million subscribers to rivals did not have what was needed to dian and actor Billy Crystal will since 2008, when SoftBank first rolled out the really pull it off. appear on stage in “700 Sundays” iPhone in Japan, local media have reported. “No ‘Romeo’ to Die For,” later this year. There was no crush in China, where Apple People look at the new iPhone 5S at an Apple store in New York yesterday. screeched its headline. REUTERS had a pre-booking system to avoid a repeat