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MAKKAH: Custodian of the Al Amr, director general of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Civil Defence Authority, told bin Abdulaziz Al Saud vowed Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV yes- flak again over yesterday to find out what terday, “Heavy rain and strong caused a crane collapse that winds of unusually high speed led killed 107 people at Makkah’s to the uprooting of trees, the fall Grand Mosque. of panels and the collapse of the Friday flooding “We will investigate all the rea- crane.” sons and afterwards declare the The number of deaths may results to the citizens,” he said increase, Al Amr said. Many of after visiting the site. the 238 people injured in the acci- New highways inundated The official Saudi Press Agency dent were only lightly wounded, said King Salman “discussed the he said. Makkah Governor Prince DOHA: The Public Works causes of the accident and its Khaled Al Faisal has ordered an Authority (Ashghal) has once effects on the Holy Mosque” after investigation into the incident, Al again come under fire after the Afternoon he saw where the massive crane Arabiya said. heavy rains on Friday caused came down during a vicious thun- An unnamed Saudi official flooding on several newly con- derstorm on Friday. involved in organising the Hajj structed highways, especially rains likely It was one of several cranes was quoted by Al Arabiya as say- the Labseer tunnel on the Al DOHA: The Meteorology working on an expansion of the ing the pilgrimage would go ahead Shahaniya road. Department has forecast sprawling mosque. The incident as planned. “The incident won’t Ashghal has set up a commit- rains in some parts of the occurred as hundreds of thousands affect the pilgrimage this year tee to investigate the issue and country by this afternoon. of pilgrims from around the world and repairs to the damaged section suggest solutions. The commit- The “thundery rains” could have already arrived in Makkah (of the mosque) will begin within tee comprising experts and sen- cause low visibility in some for the annual Hajj pilgrim- days,” the official said. ior officials from Ashghal’s road places, said the department. age. The dead included Indians But an engineer for the Saudi department is expected to sub- The day would be hazy and Indonesians. SPA said King Binladin Group, the developer, said mit its report today, Al Sharq and hot in the beginning, Salman expressed his condolences the crane had been installed in “an reported. with chances of rains later. to the families of the dead, and extremely professional way” and Several citizens and members Temperature in Doha is then visited a local hospital “to that there had been no technical of the Central Municipal Council expected to hover between 31 check on the health of the injured problem. “It was an act of God”, (CMC) have criticised Ashghal and 30 degrees Celsius. who are from several nationali- he said. “for not learning from past THE PENINSULA ties including Iranian, Turkish, Saudi Binladin Group belongs mistakes”. An injured pilgrim kissing the hand of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Afghan, Egyptian and Pakistani.” to the family of Al Qaeda leader A major flooding on the Salwa the technical requirements while King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as he visits him at a hospital in Makkah. Meanwhile, General Suleiman Osama bin Laden. AGENCIES Road last year triggered a simi- designing and executing road lar outcry and Ashghal and the projects. Salwa Road project management “There is a lack of coordination were held responsible for the between Ashghal and the private deluge by a high level investiga- companies. Who must be held tion committee appointed by the responsible? Ashghal or the com- Prime Minister. The committee panies? Where is monitoring?” New cars can be repaired at any garage lamented the lack of a crisis man- wondered Mansour bin Ahmed agement system at Ashghal and Al Khatir, a CMC member. DOHA: Vehicle owners will now and Commerce, had instructed Teyser for Suzuki, Taleb Trading practices in Qatar and stipulates decided to set up a new mecha- He proposed to set up a com- be free to get their cars repaired agencies not to put the condition for Daihatsu and Ibin Ajayn for a fine of up to QR5m on violators. nism to address this issue. mittee to follow up on project at any garage without fearing to buyers that warranty will cease Skoda have started complying with The ministry had earlier noticed Critics now say that the abrupt implementation. The committee cancellation of warranty. for cars repaired at undesignated the new rule, said the committee. that terms and conditions of war- rains on Friday have once again should also be authorised to take The Anti-Trade Monopolies and garages or service centres during Other dealers have sought time to ranty for new cars sold were differ- exposed the defects in the rain action against erring companies. Market Competition Protection the warranty period. Earlier, cus- conform to the new instructions ent in Arabic booklets from those water drainage system on some Mohammed Zafir Al Hajri, CMC Committee announced yester- tomers were forced to get their as they are in talks with their car in English. It had asked automobile major highways across the coun- member representing Sheehania day that several car dealers have vehicles repaired at designated manufacturers. agents to review those terms and try. Lack of proper monitoring said the main problem was that started complying with its recent garages to avail of the warranty. The notification aims to break conditions of the warranty they has resulted in repetition of the the drainage system became dys- notification about vehicle warran- Jaidah Automotive for Chevrolet, the monopoly of dealers and provide to customers and change same mistakes, they say. functional during the rains. ties. In a notification issued in June Mannai Automotive for Cadillac, encourage competitiveness in the the warranty and service record They have called for legal action Continued on page 2 this year, the committee, working Domasco for Honda and Volvo, Al local market. Article 4 of Law No booklets accordingly. against companies failing to meet THE PENINSULA under the Ministry of Economy Mana Motors for Ford and Lincoln, 19 of 2006 bars monopolistic trade THE PENINSULA

Syrian war will displace a million more this year: UN Marx admirer is UK Labour leader BEIRUT: One million more much of the country now in its continue to be running for many million refugees and displacing the violence continues to esca- people will be displaced within fifth year of war. He urged greater months to come,” El Hillo said. some 7.6 million more within the late,” El Hillo said, speaking by Syria by the end of the year if international support for severely “Europe will be faced with a country. Its repercussions are phone from Damascus. the war there continues una- underfunded aid efforts aimed at refugee situation similar to the being felt like never before in “So it is safe to assume that bated, potentially adding to the sustaining Syrians in their coun- one that led to the creation of Europe, with tens of thousands of more people will be heading to flow of refugees to Europe, a try wherever possible, and warned UNHCR in 1950,” he said, refer- refugees trekking from Greece via Europe, and rightly so, because senior UN official said. that a forecast harsh winter ahead ring to the establishment of the the Balkans and Hungary towards the countries that have so gener- Yacoub El Hillo, UN resident would bring even more hardship. UN refugee agency set up to help western Europe. ously been hosting these refugees and humanitarian coordina- “Unless something big is done the displaced from the Second “There are a million people — Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey, tor in Syria, said the conflict to resolve this conflict through World War. The conflict which displaced this year and the pro- Egypt — are also reaching — in the LONDON: Jeremy Corbyn had already displaced one mil- political means, the human train has killed 250,000 people since jection is another million will be case of some of them — a breaking (pictured), a veteran left- lion people within Syria so far in that has started moving out of 2011 has forced half of all Syrians displaced inside Syria between point,” he said. REUTERS winger who professes an admi- 2015, with intensified fighting in Syria and the neighbourhood will from their homes, creating 4 now and the end of the year if See also page 5 ration for Karl Marx, was elected leader of Britain’s oppo- sition Labour party yesterday, a victory that may make a British EU exit more likely and which one former Labour prime min- Yemen peace talks in Oman next ister has said could leave their party unelectable. Greeted by cheers from sup- porters and hailed by radicals week; 16 killed in air strikes across Europe, Corbyn’s triumph opened up the prospect of deep SANA’A: At least 16 Yemeni Houthi fighters and Gulf-backed Condemning the strikes as war splits within Labour with some civilians including ten people Yemeni forces. crimes, the Houthis deny being fearing he will repel voters with from a single family were killed Two civilians were killed in the beholden to Tehran and accuse radical policies that include uni- in nationwide air strikes by a capital and ten people from one the government and its Arab lateral nuclear disarmament, Saudi-led military coalition yes- family died in Taiz. Eyewitnesses allies as pawns of the West. nationalisation and wealth taxes. terday, medics in three prov- said the strikes appeared to tar- More than 4,500 people have See also pages 7 & 9 REUTERS inces said. get the houses of political leaders been killed in fighting and air Gulf Arab countries have allied to the Houthis. strikes, and the conflict looks set stepped up their air attacks tar- Four more people were killed to continue as Arab states have Sept salaries to geting the Houthi movement near Yemen’s border with Saudi stationed thousands of troops in allied to Iran after the group Arabia in the far northern prov- Yemen ahead of a planned push be paid on 20th killed at least 60 Arab troops ince of Saada. toward Sana’a. deployed to Yemen in a missile The Arab alliance has said Yemen’s warring factions will DOHA: On the occasion of attack on their base last Friday. it seeks to avoid civilian deaths meet for peace talks in neighbour- Eid Al Adha, the govern- The raids pummelled the in the five-month war aimed at ing Oman next week, the United ment has decided to pay the Houthi-controlled capital Sana’a restoring Yemen’s exiled govern- Nations and Yemeni officials said. salaries of the employees, reti- and the southern city of Taiz, ment and warding off suspected The talks are the second major rees and beneficiaries of social which is being fought over in Iranian influence in the Arab negotiations effort aimed at end- Yemeni children sit amid the rubble of houses destroyed in air strikes carried security on next Sunday, heavy street battles between world. ing the war. REUTERS out by the Saudi-led coalition in Sana’a yesterday. Spetember 20. QNA SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Stress leads Meet on Islamic view on migrant labour DOHA: The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), a member of to self-harm Hamad bin Khalifa University’s Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS) is set to hold its first public lecture of the new academic year. The among teens lecture, to be held today, will discuss “Necessary Migrant Labour Reform: Fewer suicides in region: Study Islamic Ethics, Human Rights, or Market DOHA: Incidence of suicide in There is also an element of learned Economy” from 7pm to Qatar and the region in general behaviour or modeling among teenag- 9pm in the auditorium is significantly lower than that in ers who may have heard of or seen of the new QFIS building many countries, though self-harm- others resorting to self-harm. within Education City. ing behaviour is common among Changes in personality can often Three panelists will adolescents and young adults here, provide clues to a person’s mental address issues concern- particularly among those between state. Someone who is depressed ing migrant labour in Gulf 16 and early 20s, according to may not be as social as before, may countries from the per- a study by the Hamad General not enjoy the same things that he or spective of Islamic law, Hospital (HMC). she used to enjoy, and his or her per- history and tradition. The Initial findings and data from the formance at school or work may be criticism of some of the study is still in the process of being declining. Dr Ghuloum stressed it is laws and practices govern- analysed, according to Dr Suhaila important to talk to the person and ing foreign labour, particu- Ghuloum, Senior Consultant at try to address the issue with them, larly low-skilled workers, HMC’s Psychiatry Department. and see if they need help getting will be addressed in rela- On the occasion of World Suicide referred to a specialist. tion to whether they com- The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) building. Prevention Day, Hamad Medical Contrary to a common belief that ply with Islamic principles Corporation (HMC) sought to pro- suicide is a sign of weakness or lack of ethics and legislation. those practices that do not com- rights within Islamic Studies, Affairs at NHRC in Qatar, mote better understanding of sui- of faith, in the majority of cases it is The question being posed ply with Islamic principles and including Sheikh Dr Ali and Dr LatifeReda, Research cide and self-harming behaviour, and not a deliberate act but is the result is what should take prec- human rights. It will cover not AlQuradaghi, Secretary General Consultant at the International highlighted the importance of seek- of mental illness such as severe edence — Islamic principles only how migrant workers may of the International Union Labor Organization in Lebanon. ing psychological support for people depression or anxiety that impairs of ethics, United Nations find reforms advantageous, but of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), The panel will be moderated who are dealing with stress or mental the judgment of the person, accord- principles of human also highlight the benefit to Gulf Dr Jawad Syed, Professor of by Ray RajaiJureidini, Professor illness. ing to Dr Ghuloum. rights, or secular profit- states and their citizens. Organizational Behavior and of Migration Ethics and Human “Young people of this age group The psychiatry expert pointed out oriented economics. The The event will feature a Diversity Management at the Rights at the Research Center (from 16 to early 20s) who commit that a mental illness such as depres- topic asks what legislative number of world-renowned University of Huddersfield in for Islamic Legislation and self-harm are almost always under sion is just like any other illness which and behavioural reforms social scientists and aca- the United Kingdom, Jabir Al Ethics. severe stress. While they often have has biological causes, and that it can are necessary to address demics who focus on labour Howaiel, Director of the Legal THE PENINSULA no intention of actually committing be treated. She encouraged people to suicide, many resort to self-cutting seek professional help, not necessar- (inflicting wounds on themselves) as ily from a psychiatrist but also from a this gives them immediate relief. It counselor or a psychologist, when their is a way for them to shift the tension mental state starts affecting their from a psychological to a physical one functioning including their ability to which is easier for them to deal with. socialise, work, study or perform other QGBC launches new season for courses For some, it is also a way of getting activities of daily life. Support groups other people to listen to them,” Dr can also help one feel less isolated. DOHA: Qatar Green teachers, university students, tailored to the pressing needs also worked closely with the Ghuloum said. Dr Ghuloum also highlighted the Building Council (QGBC) is and sustainability activists of the Qatari construction and Supreme Council of Education Common stressors that can induce need for all sectors including govern- set to launch a new season enrolled in the courses. green building sectors. in Qatar to create a better self-harm among teenagers include ment, social services and educational of its highly-popular pre- Engineer Meshal Al Shamari, “Over the last nine months understanding of sustainabil- social or school stressors, such as institutions to do their part to pro- mier sustainability education QGBC Director, said: “Education since the launch of the pro- ity among teachers and school the breakdown of a relationship, the mote better awareness and provide programme. is one of QGBC’s main focuses. gramme, our leading experts students. Multiple courses high- stress of examinations or their school support for those at risk, such as Aimed at enhancing the qual- We also strive to help create a and trainers have delivered live lighting green building core con- performance in general. While peo- teaching coping skills to help stu- ity of green building and sus- sustainable construction sector and online in-house workshops cepts were delivered to over 70 ple learn better ways of coping with dents deal effectively with stress, tainability education in Qatar, in Qatar for the long-term. In and training as well as provided teachers in Qatar. stress as they mature, adolescents training teachers to recognise stu- the first season of the compre- order to bring these together, we support to training modules in The new season of the pro- often do not have the same coping dents who may have mental health hensive professional training work with our various local and major construction conferences gramme is now open for reg- mechanisms and may also be unable problems such as depression, and programme was a success with international partners including in Qatar.” istration with an array of new to communicate their frustrations measures to reduce work-related more than 800 construction the US Green Building Council During the previous train- courses. with their parents, siblings or friends. stress. THE PENINSULA industry professionals, school (USGBC) to design courses ing sessions, experts at QGBC THE PENINSULA New hypermarket Smile set to open Need to clean water DOHA: A new retail brand by Grand Mart Group — ‘Smile’ is at work sites: Minister ready to open its hypermarket in Qatar next week. The store’s mega launch is set DOHA: Experts from Qatar’s dewatering the site, contractors to take place on September 18 at public and private sector dis- in Qatar are obliged to make sure the Dragon Mart, officials said at cussed the threat of rising that dangerous biological con- a press conference yesterday. water table to major infra- taminants, toxic chemicals and Group Chairman Sheikh Jassim structure projects. Hosted at other materials from the con- Thamir Lesa Thamir Al Thani Grand Hyatt Doha Hotel by struction process do not pollute will be presiding over the func- Qatar Environment & Energy the community’s groundwater or tion along with other dignitaries Research Institute (QEERI), reach the sea.” from across the GCC and India. Uniquip-Hoelscher and Hyder “The government is fully aware Famous Malayalam film actress Constulting/Arcadis, the con- of the issue that water is scarce Anupama (‘Premam’ fame) will ference featured prominent and therefore very valuable if not be the chief guest. speakers such as Minister of the most valuable resource”, the At the mega launch, Smile is Environment H E Ahmad Amer Minister said. also conducting a cute smile hunt Mohamed Al Hemaidi, German He added that “traditional, activity along with Voice of Kerala Ambassador to Qatar Hans- old approaches to just pumping, named ‘Smile Qatar.’ A total of UdoMuzel, and President’s straining sediments and treat- 100 selected children will be given Advisor for Water Affairs, Qatar ing construction water at a low gift hampers on the inauguration General Electricity & Water level are simply not enough to day by Anupama. Corporation — Kahramaa Eng avoid health risks and to meet The store will also host a lot of Ali Saif Al Malki. environmental standards of mod- fun activities like free photo booth, The Environment Minister ern, large-scale infrastructure activities for children and illusion said it is a necessity to clean projects. It is a necessity to use designs. The Smile Hypermarket Assistant General Manager of Grand Mart group of companies Bachu A Sulaiman (centre) at a press conference water at construction sites that state-of-the art solutions to tech- Privilege Card will also be intro- to announce the opening date of Smile hypermarket. Other senior officials of the company present at the briefing carry dangerous biological and nically treat construction water, duced under ‘Muskan’, a pro- held at the Grand Qatar Palace Hotel yesterday, from left, are Marketing Manager Anaikar Shuhail Ahmed; Head technical contaminants. which then might be reused.” gramme to reward privileged of Retail, Danish Iqbal Khan; Executive Director, Naushad V K; and Ummer Chalil. (SALIM MATRAMKOT) “To keep the job sites dry, safe Hans-UdoMuzel appreciated customers. THE PENINSULA and operating became a seri- the efforts of Qatar to actively ous challenge”, the Minister approach the problem of polluted said. “Construction sites must construction water. be dewatered. In addition to THE PENINSULA Partnership to promote primary education DOHA: Education Above All awareness campaigns highlighting children, it is also important to will be working together, and Foundation (EAA), a global the importance of education. ensure that our efforts to ensure through this agreement, contrib- Citizens demand accountability programme based in Qatar A joint committee will be primary education for all also ute to supporting and developing that facilitates access to qual- established to oversee the activi- consider Qatar and local needs. social work, providing educational Continued from page 1 planning the projects. It is also ity primary education by ties included in the agreement. We are pleased to be partnering opportunities to out-of-school The drainage system was there necessary to monitor the per- addressing the particular and At the signing of the agreement, with Qatar Foundation for Social children which will enable them but it didn’t work due to lack formance of the companies, which unique issues faced by out- which took place at the offices Work on this project and we look to play active roles in the sustain- of proper maintenance, which seems to be totally lacking. of-school children around the of QFSW, Mariam Al Misnad, forward to collaborating towards able development of their society caused the flooding in the tunnel “A repetition of such incidents world, together with Qatar EAA Director of Outreach, gave supporting education access here and strengthen family and social leading to closure of the road, he shows that there is none to learn Foundation for Social Work an overview of the organisation’s in Qatar. The agreement with cohesion and human development said. He asked Ashghal not to be from past mistakes. No monitor- (QFSW), is set to support pri- work and expressed enthusiasm QFSW is a further example of in Qatar. She said this is part of lenient towards erring companies. ing, no accountability. If there was mary education in Qatar. for the collaboration with QFSW. EAA’s efforts to partner with a QFSW’s vision and mission of Abdulla Al Rumaihi, a citi- accountability this would not have According to a three-year Marcio Barbosa, CEO, diverse range of stakeholders to empowering and developing civil zen, said Ashghal was primarily happened again,” he said. agreement, both organisations Education Above All Foundation, support primary education to give society organisations to help them responsible for the Sheehania “Friday’s rains were short. will work together to provide said, “Whilst EAA’s work has children access to opportunity.” realise their objectives, consider- flooding. What would happen if it rains and support primary education primarily been focused on coun- QFSW CEO Amal bint ing the threats families are facing He asked Ashghal to review its continuously and in all parts of opportunities in Qatar. They will tries around the world with the Abdullatif Al Mannai said she amid regional and global changes. performance in terms of choosing the country?” wondered another also plan and develop projects and highest numbers of out-of-school was pleased that QFSW and EAA THE PENINSULA the companies implementing or citizen. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Around 3,000 North Smart stadiums for 2022 DOHA: Qatar is building world- class smart stadiums that will transform the experience of watching and attending sport- Koreans in Qatar ing events, said Ooredoo’s Chief New Business Officer, Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad bin Nasser Almost all of them work in construction sector Al Thani, in a major keynote speech to the Soccerex Global DOHA: There are an esti- made North Korean construc- controversy about North Koreans Convention 2015 taking place in mated 3,000 North Koreans in tion workers an enviable lot not being paid their wages, would Britain this week. Qatar and nearly all of them are in Qatar where the construc- die down. The convention, which is the engaged in the booming local tion industry has been booming The Korean, though, said he world’s largest football business construction industry. thanks to the 2022-linked mega welcomed the launch of WPS event, brings together representa- This number represents nearly development projects. and said much of what is written tives from Europe’s top clubs, half or 40 percent of the total Among the North Korean in the local media about North federations, government officials, number of North Koreans work- workers here are mostly steel Koreans from time to time is local organising committees, tour- ing in the Gulf region. fixers, masons, carpenters and western propaganda. nament organisers, stadia suppli- Ooredoo’s Chief New Business Officer Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad bin Nasser North Korea’s embassy is others, and their monthly pay He said that a section of the ers, and the world’s media. Al Thani speaking at Soccerex. located in Kuwait, which caters packets on average range between local media has carried baseless Sheikh Nasser said, “Ooredoo’s to the entire region. From QR2,500 and QR8,500 a month. articles on North Korean workers vision will support the creation of participation in Soccerex to energy management. Each system Kuwait, there are direct flights There are senior workers as in Qatar saying that his company next generation of stadia, which showcase the full range of next- is equipped with the latest tech- to Pyongyang, North Korea’s well and some may be paid as CDC had given marching orders will deploy the latest network generation smart technology that nology to make sure things run as capital city. much as QR16,000, but such to all its North Korean employees technology to transform the expe- it will deploy for 2022 FIFA World smoothly as possible. “We understand that outside employees are few. — some 200 at that. rience of watching sport. Visitors Cup Qatar. Qatar’s Supreme Committee of Qatar, there are fellow North Asked about allegations that The truth was that there were to the FIFA World Cup 2022 in These solutions include a net- for Delivery & Legacy is also at Koreans only in the UAE, Kuwait companies employing North 190 North Korean workers in this Qatar will be able to see matches work of HD video cameras and the event to showcase Qatar’s on- and perhaps, Oman,” a North Koreans in Qatar and elsewhere company and 90 of them were in these smart stadiums, and digital signage, and an impres- going support for football, and the Korean told The Peninsula. in the Gulf pay their salaries to allowed to go home since the com- witness every moment of every sive Sports Venue & Precinct nation’s readiness to host the 2022 In remarks last week, the the government in Pyongyang and pany had finished several projects game wherever they are sitting — Management Platform to inter- FIFA World Cup. Korean who works as a super- not directly to them, the Korean and there wasn’t much work left, and then share it with the world connect building and fan manage- Ooredoo’s role within the foot- visor with CDC (Construction said that was not true. he said. in an instant. They will be able ment systems. ball industry has always been to Development Company) here, told “Our salaries are transferred “CDC told these workers that to purchase tickets, snacks and This state-of-the-art platform showcase the nation’s readiness this newspaper that his compatri- by our employers directly to our it will allow them to work else- memorabilia using their mobile will include full access to control to host the 2022 FIFA World ots began coming to Qatar some bank accounts,” he said. where in Qatar if they chose to phones, and connect with their systems for an integrated range Cup, as well as encourage people 12 to 13 years ago. When prodded, however, he come back,” said the Korean. “The loved ones back home via voice, of functions such as video sur- to become more active in sports. That was when construction added that on their own volition company had absolutely no prob- text and video. It will be the first veillance, ticketing, point of sale The company has a long history of activity was picking up here ahead they pay a portion of their wages lem with these 90 workers.” technology-supercharged World and cashless payment, smart supporting sporting activities both of the 2006 Asian Games. The to the North Korean government. Then, some three more workers Cup in history.” cards, staff time and attendance nationally and internationally. number has gradually multiplied. This is because everything from left for personal reasons. So, the Ooredoo is using its management, and smart building THE PENINSULA The Korean, who preferred housing to education to health total number of North Koreans to remain anonymous, said the services are provided free by the left with CDC was 97. demand for semi-skilled con- North Korean government. “A little later, however, the struction hands from his country “We are a socialist country,” company transferred 50 more was growing fast in Qatar. said the Korean. He said 12 years workers to another company. We “We get too many enquiries. of education is compulsory for were just 47 North Koreans left 230 Kahramaa ‘faults’ recorded from June to August North Koreans are supposed to every North Korean and it is free. in the company.” be very efficient and proficient He wondered why there is no However, a section of the local DOHA: Qatar General Electricity & Water Maximum load in Summer 2015 witnessed unex- construction workers.” hue and cry when people in the media reported that CDC had Corporation “Kahramaa” managed to keep the pected increase as it recorded 7,070 MW on August He said that North Koreans West or other countries are made terminated all 200 of its North high quality performance indicators of the elec- 22 compared with 6,740 MW in 2014, an increase of have been involved in many key to pay heavy taxes even though Korean workers rather en masse. tricity network and reduce faults in June, July, 5 percent. Given this fact, Kahramaa managed to construction projects in Qatar these countries provide no free The media organisation, and August 2015. keep the high quality performance indicators of the and when the structural work services to their nationals. influenced by a world-famous However, 230 faults were recorded during the electricity network. On the other hand, 230 faults of a 60-storey hotel project was The North Korean didn’t com- American media house, didn’t period June to August, which represents 38 percent were recorded during the period June to August. completed in just a year, people ment when told that once the even bother to talk to CDC and of the total 599 faults in 2015. The number represents 38 percent of the total 599 were in for a pleasant surprise. mandatory online wage pay- seek its version, said the Korean. Kahramaa, through the National Control Center, faults in 2015. “That was a marvel, incredible ment system, called the Wage He said he had contacted the managed to meet the increasing demand for elec- Kahramaa has opened maintenance workshops in at that,” said the North Korean. Protection System (WPS), Doha-based media organisation tricity in summer especially in the holy month order to ensure stable electricity supplies and deal That is just one example. There becomes effective for all workers for clarification, and they apolo- of Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr due to the high with faults on the spot in coordination with the call are several such, which have in Qatar from November 3, the gised to him. THE PENINSULA temperatures. centre 991. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME 30pc bariatric surgeries at HMC are repeats Lack of proper diet, bad procedures cited as reasons

DOHA: Almost 30 percent of complications,” he said. More than 30 percent of the bariatric surgeries at Hamad However, Dr Bashah said that Qatari population is morbidly Medical Corporation (HMC) there is increasing public aware- obese, a serious health condi- are repeat weight loss surgeries, ness about the need for a healthy tion that can lead to early death. the second Qatar International lifestyle to combat obesity and Bariatric surgery, a treatment that Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery related health complications. “We involves operating on the stom- Summit (QIMBSS) heard. find more people nowadays who ach and/or intestines, is an option The increase in demand for are committed to losing weight, for obese people who are unable revision surgery is due to two choosing healthier foods and get- to lose weight by other means reasons, said Dr Moataz Bashah, ting more physical exercise. We or have serious obesity-related HMC’s Director of Metabolic and strive to raise awareness through problems such as diabetes and Bariatric Surgery and director different avenues, including cardiovascular disease. However, of the summit, which was held reaching out to schools and uni- the long-term success of this pro- recently. versities to educate people on the cedure also depends largely on the “The first reason is because health risks of obesity and I think commitment of the patient to the patients not committed to proper the message is getting through to prescribed post-operative medica- diet and lifestyle changes after many people.” tion, diet and exercise regime. Moataz Bashah (centre) with some speakers and participants at the summit. their initial weight loss surgery More than 200 health care The QIMBSS programme start developing problems again. professionals gathered at the featured eight types of bariat- reduces symptoms and improves condition in which the stomach on three patients at HMC with The second reason is because event where international and ric surgery techniques including quality of life for patients. About contents leak backwards into the severe symptoms that have not many patients have previously local experts discussed the latest the Stretta procedure, a unique 600 of more than 2,000 HMC esophagus, causing heartburn and responded to medication. This undergone weight loss surgery in developments and techniques in endoscopic surgery used to treat patients who have undergone other symptoms. technique provides an alternative centres that have low professional the management of revisional and gastroesophageal reflux dis- bariatric surgery have GERD The Stretta procedure has to traditional surgery which is standards, so they end up having complicated bariatric surgeries. ease (GERD) that significantly (also known as acid reflux), a so far been successfully used more invasive. THE PENINSULA Gulf Warehousing Company Karwa joins hands with MOT staff donate 70 units of blood to host Qatar Transport Forum DOHA: Employees of Gulf Warehousing DOHA: Mowasalat “Karwa” Qatar’s ground transport opera- Company (QSC), the leading logistics provider in has announced its strategic tor. We work with our vision to be the region, has donated over 70 units of blood dur- partnership with MOT for host- the first choice in the provision of ing a donation drive held at its Street 15 premises ing the 4th Qatar Transport innovative and high-end solutions on September 10. Forum, which aims to focus on and services for the global trans- In cooperation with Hamad Medical Corporation, the activities of the transport port, and to be a source of inspira- the company invited its employees to participate sector projects in Qatar during tion for the legacy in the region in the blood donation drive through an extended the next few years. through the adoption of the best internal campaign. The result was the arrival of The forum will be held under practices in the industry”. 97 employees who exemplified the spirit of giving the patronage of Prime Minister Karwa will present an exclu- and volunteerism encouraged by Gulf Warehousing and Interior Minister H E sive session at 10am on the sec- Company. Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin ond day of the forum entitled GWC Group CEO Ranjeev Menon commended Khalifa Al Thani and in the pres- interact and exchange ideas and “Integrating people movers and both GWC employees and the HMC for ensuring ence of Minister of Transport experiences with the industry public transport assets and facili- that the campaign was a success, and said: “As part H E Jassim Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti leaders, to discuss and deliberate ties”, with three management of our larger responsibility to the local society, we from September 14 to 16. on the projects in the transport staff speaking on Karwa Taxi will continue to reach out in meaningful ways that Mowasalat CEO Khalid Nasser industry and the wide business Franchise program, a success promote the well-being of Qatari society and that Al Hail (pictured) said: “Our opportunities, to showcase our story; Oman Vehicle Assembly of the nation.” participationin Qatar Transport products and services and expand Project — Confidence and GWC and HMC have repeatedly cooperated to Forum and exhibition has come our customer base by providing Challenge, Giving new dimension organise blood drives, which resulted most recently about under the directives of customer satisfaction adapting to Transport industry in the GCC; in GWC being honoured during HMC World Blood H E Jassem bin Saif Al Sulaiti, to latest tools available, to con- and Evolving with professional Donor Day, which drew attention to more than 400 Minister of Transport, and under tribute to the Ministry’s vision expertise as Qatar’s Large Event blood donors and a number of local organisations the guidance of His Excellency, and National vision in offering Transport solution provider. that have especially contributed to the HMC blood it will be a golden opportunity to sustained mobility solutions as THE PENINSULA drives. Gulf Warehousing Company (GWC) is a Qatari shareholding company and is the leading provider of integrated logistical solutions in Qatar. Established in 2004, the company is in the business of providing high-quality logistics solutions in Qatar Deal to develop security systems at Qatar ports and the Middle East. GWC is one of the largest An employee of Gulf Warehousing Company donating supply chain service providers in the region, offer- blood. DOHA: The Committee of The agreement aims to develop of border controls. ing warehousing and distribution, hazmat logistics, says it delivers this by understanding customers and “Security Agencies in Ports of security systems in the New Internal Security Force has freight forwarding, project logistics, sports and event by leveraging its global network. Entry into Qatar” has signed Hamad Port project, Abu Samra earlier supplied to the General logistics, fine arts logistics, supply chain consulting, GWC is backed by a team of committed and inno- with the Chinese company border and the port of Ruwais. Authority of Customs through transportation management, asset management, vative experts and supported by state-of-the-art IT “Nyuktk” an agreement to The ports would get modern secu- a joint committee two advanced records management, and moving and relocation systems and storage infrastructure. develop security systems in both rity systems with radiation detec- X-ray machines to screen contain- services to various industry verticals. The company THE PENINSULA sea and land ports in Qatar. tion thus increasing the efficiency ers and detect banned items. QNA

Fisheries Dept takes fishermen’s advice

DOHA: Officials of the Fisheries Department of the Ministry of Environment have discussed ideas and suggestions for the development of the fisheries sector in Qatar. During visits to the Council of Fishermen, the officials also discussed the current status of fisheries and ways to regulate the exploitation of this resource in the state, according to the work- ing plan on fishing developed by the Ministry as part of a five-year environmental plan that began in 2011. Director of the Fisheries Department Mohammed Said Al Shaqiri Al Mohannadi said that the visits came in response to the demands of fishermen who asked to be involved in the plans for Quality Retail Group staff trained in fire safety with Qatar Civil Defence. the development of the fisheries sector and fishing in the country. He added that the officials discussed with the fishermen the future strategy for the fisheries sec- Fire safety training for tor from 2017 to 2021. The officials were also briefed about the fish- ermen’s views on the needs of the sector and its priorities, their problems and the obstacles they Quality Retail Group staff face, he added. QNA DOHA: Quality Retail Group organ- extinguishers. The training programme ised a fire and safety programme was planned and executed by the for staff with the help of Qatar Civil Learning and Development of Quality Defence’s Fire and Safety Department. Group with expertise from Civil Defence More than 200 staff underwent a com- Fire and Safety Department. Chairman prehensive class room and on-field fire of Quality Group International, and safety training aimed at the safety Shamsudheen Olakara, General of customers. Manager Aboo Navas and HR Manager The training teaches a disciplined Quality Group Arif, and Learning and approach and keeping one’s cool in times Development Manager Sakeer Hussain of emergency. The training helped staff Shaikh participated in the training. understand how they can safely guide “This kind of training would be organ- customers to safer places by following ised periodically for the staff of Quality proper procedures during emergency. Retail Group to keep them informed The staff were also trained in field about fire and safety norms”, Olakara firefighting with different types of fire said in a statement. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Pilgrims recall Saudi crane crash horror Collapse ‘an act of God’ and not due to any technical fault, says engineeer

MAKKAH: First came the The collapse was “an act of God” thunder, then the horror. and not due to a technical fault, Witnesses yesterday described an engineer said. The engineer for the collapse of a massive con- Saudi Binladin Group, which is struction crane during a vicious carrying out a massive expansion thunderstorm a day earlier, an of the mosque, said the crane, like accident that killed 107 people at many others on the project, had the Grand Mosque in Makkah. been there for three or four years The red and white crane, one without any problem. of many that rise up around the “It was not a technical issue mosque to service a major expan- at all,” said the engineer. “I can sion project, toppled into a court- only say that what happened was yard of the sprawling compound, beyond the power of humans. It where hundreds of thousands of was an act of God and, to my pilgrims from around the world knowledge, there was no human had begun to gather ahead of the fault in it at all.” annual Haj pilgrimage. The engineer said the crane “All of a sudden, there were was the main one used on work to clouds. The sky was filled with expand the Tawaf, or circumam- clouds and there was strong wind,” bulation area around the Ka’aba. said Mohammed, a Moroccan pil- Pilgrims walk past the crane that collapsed the day before at the Grand Mosque in Makkah yesterday. RIGHT: A Saudi man donates blood for the people “It has been installed in a way so grim. “Suddenly, I heard thunder who were injured. as not to affect the hundreds of and then we heard a very loud thousands of worshippers in the noise. That was the sound of the thunder hit the crane,” he said. “If it weren’t for Al Tawaf Sheikh Abdul Raheem as saying. out and help the people who were area and in an extremely profes- crane falling.” The screams of victims replaced bridge the injuries and deaths Ahmed, an Egyptian pilgrim, said injured,” Ahmed said. sional way,” he said. “This is the Another witness said his car the prayers that had begun just would have been worse,” said he had been on the second floor An engineer for the firm car- most difficult place to work in, was “shaking heavily from the minutes earlier. Part of the crane mosque worker Abdel Aziz where some visitors were hurt rying out the mosque expansion due to the huge numbers of people strength of the wind” at the time. crashed atop an ornate, arched Naqoor, referring to the covered by falling building blocks. “Many said the crane’s heavy hook, which in the area.” Qasim, also from Morocco, said and colonnaded section of the walkway which broke the crane’s people were injured and some is able to lift hundreds of tonnes, A witness said the accident prayers had just begun when the complex, while the rest smashed fall, and which surrounds the died. Some fell (from the second began swaying. It pulled the whole occurred during winds which rain started, slowly, accompanied into the courtyard, gouging out Holy Ka’aba. floor) onto the main Ka’aba area. crane with it, toppling it into the were so strong they shook his car by the wind. “And then we heard chunks of a floor now stained with “We saw people dying before “We were very scared, hysteri- mosque, said the employee of Saudi and tossed billboards around. thunder. God knows, maybe the the blood of victims. our eyes,” the Arab News quoted cal even. But we managed to get Binladin Group. AFP

Saudi hosts 2.5 million Iran finds uranium reserve Syrians since uprising DUBAI: Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive element at a new mine, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy RIYADH: With the rising wealthy Arab states have reacted Organisation said yesterday. The comments cast doubt on exodus of Syrians from their to the outflow of more than four previous assessments from some Western analysts who strife-torn nation, Saudi Arabia million Syrians. Germany alone said the country had a low supply and would sooner or later said it has received 2.5 million is expected to receive 800,000 would need to import uranium, the raw material needed for Syrians since the beginning of asylum-seekers from Syria and its nuclear programme. Any indication Iran could become the Syrian crisis in 2011. elsewhere this year. Many more more self-sufficient will be closely watched by world powers, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) Syrians are sheltering in Jordan, which reached a landmark deal with Tehran in July over reported on Friday that the Lebanon and Turkey. its programme. They had feared the nuclear activities were Syrians have not been treated An official from Saudi Arabia’s aimed at acquiring the capability to produce atomic weapons as refugees but have been given ministry of foreign affairs, cited - something denied by Tehran. “I cannot announce (the level the freedom to move across by the SPA, said the kingdom did of) Iran’s uranium mine reserves. The important thing is that the country, a foreign ministry not want “to show off or brag in before aerial prospecting for uranium ores we were not too statement said. the media” about its response to optimistic, but the new discoveries have made us confident The Syrians have been given Syria, where civil war began four about our reserves,” Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi residency permits, which give years ago. was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA. Salehi said them the right to receive free “However, it sees the impor- uranium exploration had covered almost two-thirds of Iran medical care, to join the labour tance of clarifying these efforts and would be complete in the next four years. market and to attend schools in response to false and mislead- and universities, Xinhua news ing media reports about the king- agency reported. dom,” the unnamed official said. Progress in Libya peace talks And it was contained in a royal The kingdom has supported SKHIRAT, MOROCCO: Libyan peace talks that the UN decree in 2012 that instructed millions of Syrian refugees in says could be the “moment of truth” for the war-wracked public schools to accept Syrian Jordan, Lebanon and other coun- country have made progress since resuming in Morocco, a students. According to govern- tries in coordination with the host participant said yesterday. “We have reached agreement on ment statistics, the public school countries, while providing a total seven of the nine points in the political accord,” said Ashraf Al system has accepted more than of about $700m in humanitarian Shehh, political adviser to the General National Congress in 100,000 Syrian students, the aid, he said. No Gulf country has Tripoli. Libya, torn apart since dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s statement said. signed the UN Convention on ouster in 2011, has two rival administrations -- the GNC and Saudi Arabia’s announcement Refugees which sets standards for an internationally recognised government based in Tobruk came as the migrants’ crisis in the treatment and rights of those in the far east. Shehh said the two outstanding issues relate Europe deepens and the world fleeing to a new country. to military and state appointments during an interim period urging the Gulf states to do Gulf states have been among and how to appoint members of the High Council of State. He more to deal with the increasing the most ardent opponents of reported intense consultations to complete the negotiations number of Syrian refugees who Syrian President Bashar Al before September 20. When the talks resumed on Thursday, are fleeing their home country. Assad. At the same time, Saudi UN peace envoy Bernardino Leon was upbeat. “We are start- The kingdom’s statement fol- Arabia and its neighbours last ing a new round of talks in the Libya process, which we hope lowed a similar defence issued year joined a US-led military coa- will be the final round, the moment of truth for the parties. We on Wednesday by the United lition bombing extremist Islamic are very hopeful that they will understand that this deadline of Arab Emirates, after questions State group rebels in Syria. 20th of September must be the last one, must be the one that started to be asked about how AGENCIES will allow Libya to get out of this crisis.” AGENCIES Two Russian aid planes land in Syria DAMASCUS: Two Russian planes carrying humanitarian aid landed in Syria yesterday, state media said, amid reports that Moscow is beefing up mili- tary support to its ally Damascus. “Two Russian planes arrived today at the Latakia Martyr Bassil Al Assad International Airport carrying 80 tonnes of humanitarian aid provided by Russia,” state news reported. Coastal Latakia province is a stronghold of President Bashar Al Assad and home to his ancestral village. The reported aid delivery comes A Russian plane carrying humanitarian aid being unloaded on the tarmac of as Washington expressed concern the Martyr Bassil Al Assad International Airport in the government-controlled about an alleged Russian military coastal city of Latakia yesterday. build-up in Syria. US officials say Russia has sent ships, armoured Minister Sergei Lavrov said that has reported Russian deliveries personnel carriers and naval infan- Damascus would receive additional of humanitarian aid sporadically try to the country in recent weeks. help if it requested it. throughout the conflict, but yester- And on Friday, Cypriot officials “We helped, are continuing day’s report follows specific claims said Russia had issued an alert for to help and will help the Syrian about a Russian military build-up. Cyprus to divert aircraft next week government when it comes to US officials this week said two because it is planning military supplying the Syrian army with tank-landing ships had arrived exercises off Syria’s coast. Also, everything it needs,” he said. recently at the Tartus base, but most US President Barack Obama said “Russia is sending planes to Syria of the apparent build-up was focused Russia’s decision to send military with both military equipment in on the Bassil al-Assad airport. They advisors and equipment to bolster accordance with current contracts said at least four transport flights Assad was only extending a strat- and humanitarian aid,” he said. had arrived in recent days, with doz- egy “doomed to failure.” “Russia is not taking any addi- ens of Russian naval infantry also “The strategy that they are pur- tional steps.” Moscow has been a coming in. Russia has also report- suing right now, doubling down on staunch ally of the Assad govern- edly installed temporary housing Assad, I think is a big mistake,” ment throughout the uprising. sufficient for “hundreds of people” Obama said. Moscow and Syria It maintains a naval base at the airport, along with portable have denied any Russian military in Tartus province, south of air traffic control equipment. build-up, but Russian Foreign Latakia province. Syrian media AFP SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Turkish PM targets single party govt Country gears up for snap polls in November

ANKARA: Prime Minister circulated he could have faced “We are heading towards Ahmet Davutoglu yesterday a leadership challenge at the November 1 elections on behalf said that Turkey needed a sin- congress. of a permanent government, sus- gle-party government to fight “A single-party government tainable development and rights “terror”, as the country pre- needs to be ensured to fight both and freedom for everyone,” said pares for snap November polls the terror plague and economic Davutoglu. After the June elec- against the background of the challenges,” said Davutoglu. tions, Davutoglu held inconclusive army’s relentless campaign The AKP won three decisive talks with opposition parties to against Kurdish militants. general election victories in 2002, form a coalition government — an Davutoglu sought to stir the 2007 and 2011 but in the June unpalatable alternative for the faithful at the congress of the election the party lost its overall president. ruling Justice and Development majority for the first time since Amid the political uncertainty, Party (AKP) in Ankara with a coming to power in 2002. the government has waged a self- rousing speech presenting the The result wrecked Erdogan’s declared “war on terror” against AKP as the natural party of power dreams of a powerful presidency the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ A street in the southeastern town of Cizre in Sirnak province, Turkey, yesterday. after it lost its overall majority for with full executive powers, as a Party (PKK) in the southeast and the first time in June 7 elections. pro-Kurdish party made a major in northern Iraq. Davutoglu’s Former foreign minister breakthrough to secure seats in speech was frequently interrupted Davutoglu, who became premier the parliament. by party supporters shouting slo- Curfew lifted in battered Cizre when Recep Tayyip Erdogan was Erdogan did not attend the gans such as: “Martyrs never die, elected president in August 2014, congress but his two increasingly the homeland is indivisible.” CIZRE: Residents of the Turkish which deprived residents of access were unable to move freely outside is under huge pressure to restore high-profile daughters — Esra and No music was allowed at the southeastern city of Cizre yes- to essential amenities and trig- their homes for over a week — also the majority and rumours even Sumeyye — sat in the front row. congress in respect for the dozens terday emerged to find scenes gered food shortages. caused international concern. NIls of Turkish security forces killed in of destruction and despair after Telephone and Internet com- Muiznieks, the Council of Europe the unrest, party officials said. This authorities lifted a nine-day cur- munications were still severely commissioner for human rights, was the first AKP congress ever few imposed for an operation limited as residents ventured out- expressed alarm over the “very dis- held in the absence of the party’s against Kurdish militants. side for the first time to inspect tressing information” from Cizre, co-founder Erdogan, who served as Witnesses found several build- the extent of the damage. urging that independent observers premier from 2003-2014 and whose ings had been destroyed and oth- “Our children were dying of be allowed into the city. popularity shows no signs of fading ers pock-marked with bullet holes fear,” said Mehmet Guler, a local The operation in Cizre, a city of among party supporters. during the curfew, which took official. During the curfew, outsid- 120,000 on the border with Syria, Commentators suggested effect late on September 4. ers had not been allowed to enter was a key part of the govern- Erdogan’s influence was clearly People were being allowed to Cizre, in what Kurdish activists ment’s drive to cripple the PKK apparent on the congress, with move in and out of Cizre despite termed a blockade akin to Israel’s in southeast Turkey and northern some of his closest allies on the continued army checks at road- actions in the Gaza Strip. Iraq, which started in late July new list of members of the AKP blocks, said the correspondent “There is no water, electricity and shows no sign of abating. central executive committee. who entered the city after the and our provisions are running Interior Minister Selami These included his son-in-law restriction ended at 7am. out,” Guler added, saying that even Altinok said on Thursday that Berat Albayrak (Esra’s husband), The government had said the the call to prayer had stopped for up to 32 PKK militants had been one of the president’s top legal curfew was necessary for a mili- the duration of the curfew. The killed in Cizre, adding just one advisors Burhan Kuzu and former tary “anti-terror” operation in the remnants of the fighting were still civilian had died in the clashes. interior minister Efkan Ala. city against suspected members of apparent in Cizre, with barricades But HDP MP Ali Haydar Konca, “There’s no doubt that one person the outlawed Kurdistan Workers and trenches blocking streets scat- EU affairs minister in Turkey’s weighed heavily on the event—his Party (PKK). But the pro-Kurd- tered with empty shell casings and caretaker government, said over Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his wife Sare greet their name is Recep Tayyip Erdogan,” ish Peoples’ Democratic Party the wrecks of burned-out cars. 20 people had been killed, some Turkey’s Fox TV correspondent (HDP) has said over 20 civilians The length of the curfew in 50 wounded and many buildings supporters as they arrive for the 5th AK Party Congress in Ankara yesterday. Sedat Bozkurt said. AFP were killed during the operation, Cizre — meaning that citizens destroyed. AFP

Sistani demands release of 18 Turks NAJAF: Top Iraqi Shia cleric of Islam” in general and Shias spe- Egypt govt quits in wake of graft scandal Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani cifically, Sistani’s office said. Such yesterday demanded the release actions also lead to “reducing the CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah The government had denied reports of Mahlab, who had headed the Arab of 18 Turkish workers kidnapped prestige of the state and weakening Al Sisi yesterday accepted the resignation an impending reshuffle, and said no other Contractors construction firm, had been in Baghdad by unknown mili- the elected government,” the state- of the government after it was rocked by ministers had been implicated in the cor- appointed by interim president Adly tants, saying it harmed the image ment on Sistani’s website said. a corruption scandal, and tasked the oil ruption case. Mansour in March 2014. He was viewed as of Islam. In the video, militants armed minister with forming a new cabinet. But there have growing calls for Mahlab’s a capable technocrat close to Sisi. The Turkish men, who were work- with submachine guns and wear- A senior official said the resignation of resignation and increasing protests by civil Ismail, who has experience in state-owned ing on a football stadium project, ing black uniforms, sunglasses and premier Ibrahim Mahlab’s administration servants over a new law that centralises petroleum companies, had been the manag- were seized in Baghdad’s Sadr City balaclavas stood behind men said to aimed to “pump new blood” into the govern- promotions while taxing bonuses. ing director of Ganoub El Wadi Petroleum area earlier this month, and mili- be the kidnapped Turks, identifying ment after the arrest on Monday of agri- “The main reason was the president was Holding Company before his appointment tants presenting themselves as a Shia themselves as “Furaq al-Mawt,” or culture minister Salah Helal on suspicion displeased with the job of some ministers, as oil minister in July 2013. group claimed the kidnappings in a “Death Squads.” And one of their of taking bribes. and his feeling that the government wasn’t There has also been growing discontent video posted online. demands was that Turkey order rebel The presidency said Sisi asked outgoing achieving what he wanted, especially in light over a rise in food prices and slashes to a “We demand the release of the forces to stop besieging four Shia vil- oil minister Sharif Ismail to form a new of complaints by citizens regarding serv- generous fuel subsidy system as Sisi pushes kidnapped men and the end of such lages in northern Syria. cabinet within a week. Media had reported ices,” said Mostafa Kamel Al Sayyed, a Cairo to narrow a budget deficit. practices, which harm the image AFP an impending reshuffle after Helal’s arrest University political science professor. Sisi has been able to pass decrees virtually following his resignation in connection with Mahlab’s resignation comes as Egypt pre- unchecked in the absence of a parliament, an investigation into corruption. pares to hold long-delayed legislative elec- including the subsidy cuts that previous gov- Helal and his chief of staff were accused tions in two phases between October 17 and ernments had shirked to avoid unrest. The of having “requested and received” bribes December 2. The elections had initially been new parliament, expected to begin work by from a businessman, via an intermediary, scheduled for early 2015 but were cancelled the end of the year, will review those laws. to legalise the purchase of state property. by a court on technical grounds. AFP

Tunisians ignore ban to protest against graft law TUNIS: Hundreds of Tunisians defied a state of emer- gency protests ban yesterday to demonstrate against a controversial draft law on amnesty for corruption offences. “No to reconciliation that whitewashes cor- ruption,” said one placard protesters brandished on Habib Bourguiba Avenue, hub of the revolution that ended a 23-year dictatorship in 2011. The demonstrators included supporters of the leftist Popular Front coalition, members of a citizen’s group called “No, we will not forgive” set up after the bill was announced and opposition parties. “The people own the street — not afraid and not ter- rorised,” demonstrators chanted during the peaceful pro- test. Authorities have kept the key avenue in the capital closed to traffic for several days because of what they call “terrorist threats”. There was a large security presence there on Saturday, with many police and National Guard officers, both in uni- form and plain-clothed. Barriers were installed at all access points and some side streets were closed to pedestrians. President Beji Caid Essebsi presented the draft “eco- nomic and financial reconciliation” bill to the cabinet in mid-July. He has called on parliament to adopt the law pardoning people charged with or convicted of financial corruption if they confess and return any money obtained. The draft law has many critics in both political parties and civil society. Sallemi, a 55-year-old protester who did not give his surname, said he came all the way from the central city of Gafsa to vent his anger. “I took out loans for everything, my house, my fridge. No one cancelled those loans, and now they want to pardon” the corrupt, he said. Opposition activist Naziha Rjiba said the draft law was “unconstitutional”. The three groups who took part in the protest demonstrated separately on Habib Bourguiba Avenue before dispersing. AFP SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 EUROPE www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Father jailed Corbyn wins UK Labour Huge pro-migrant for killing son, leadership in landslide 3, in washing LONDON: Veteran while centrist Labour socialist Jeremy figures looked shell- machine Corbyn (pictured) shocked. Corbyn later rallies in Europe was elected leader of thanked his support- MELUN: A French father who Britain’s main oppo- ers in a nearby club — stuffed his son into a washing sition Labour party The Sanctuary. “It’s a EU leaders living in a dream world: Hungarian PM machine and then surfed the yesterday in a land- fantastic moment for Internet as the toddler died was slide victory that change in Britain,” he LONDON: Tens of thousands of Europeans jailed for 30 years on Friday. gives the country its told reporters as he hit the streets yesterday to show solidarity Christophe Champenois, 36, most left-wing politi- arrived at the venue. with huge numbers of refugees entering the rammed three-year-old Bastien cal leader in decades. The veteran MP has continent, as Hungary’s premier warned lead- into the device and switched it The 66-year-old was named leader said he will oppose Britain joining in ers were “in a dream world” about the dangers on, allegedly as punishment for after clinching 59.5 percent of the air strikes against the Islamic State posed by the influx. misbehaviour. The child’s 29-year- votes cast by Labour supporters. Group over Syria and has been ambig- In London, one of dozens of events across old mother, Charlene Cotte, told The new chief could divide Britain’s uous on his stance on an upcoming ref- Europe, tens of thousands demonstrated, bran- investigators she did a puzzle with main opposition party and he imme- erendum on Britain’s EU membership. dishing placards reading “Open the Borders”, her daughter, and Champenois diately faced resignations from the Addressing tens of thousands witnesses said, while in Copenhagen, some 30,000 used the internet while their son shadow cabinet amid warnings from of people at a pro-refugee rally in took to the streets. “I want to support the refu- screamed inside the whirring party grandees that a Corbyn-led London later, Corbyn alluded to gees,” said Deborah Flatley in London, holding a washing machine. Labour would be consigned to elec- Cameron’s reference to air strikes as homemade cardboard sign reading: “We admire She was jailed for 12 years, for toral oblivion. In his victory speech part of the solution to the refugee cri- your bravery. You deserve a safe and happy life. “aiding and abetting murder and to the party faithful, Corbyn slammed sis. “Tragically wars don’t end when We welcome you here with open arms”. Demonstrators, attending an event expressing violence”. Cotte said that when Prime Minister David Cameron’s the last bullet is fired... Surely our In Berlin, demonstrators waved a Syrian flag solidarity with refugees, march down Whitehall her ex-husband removed Bastien Conservatives for presiding over “gro- objective ought to be to find peace- with “Refugees Welcome” written on it, while toward Parliament Square in London yesterday. from the machine and noticed tesque levels of inequality” and for cre- ful solutions to the problems of this rallies in Stockholm, Helsinki and Lisbon each BELOW: People hold placards with various slogans he was no longer breathing, he ating “an unfair welfare system”. world,” said Corbyn, a founder of the attracted around 1,000 people, including at a pic- welcoming refugees at the place Neuve, in Geneva. said: “At least he won’t bother As the win was announced in a Stop the War coalition that organised nic in the Finnish capital. us anymore.” conference centre in Westminster, mass rallies against the Iraq War. But highlighting how the arrival of hundreds of It was Champenois himself who supporters chanted “Jez We Can!” AFP thousands of migrants has divided the European called emergency services in the Union, there were counter-demonstrations in town of Germigny-l’Eveque, east eastern members of the bloc. “We’re here so that of Paris, in November 2011, say- the government hears our voice and abandons ing he had a “small problem” as any plans to welcome Muslims,” the organiser his son had fallen down the stairs. of one such protest in Warsaw told a crowd of Champenois said he had given around 5,000 people chanting anti-Islam slogans. his son a bath and that the child The influx has exposed deep rifts with the EU, must have drowned because he had with “frontline” states Italy, Greece and Hungary water coming out of his nostrils. struggling and European Commission proposals But the victim’s older sister, then for sharing 160,000 of the new arrivals in a quota five, told the doctor: “Daddy put scheme facing resistance among eastern members. Bastien in the washing machine Germany has absorbed the lion’s share so far, 300-500 boarding trains to near the Austrian because he was naughty at school” taking in 450,000 people. Hungaryian Prime border. Some 7,200 people arrived in the southern — a version she maintained Minister Viktor Orban launched a broadside, say- German city of Munich, with officials expecting throughout the investigation. ing Europe’s leaders are “living in a dream world” 2,000 more. Germany has placed 4,000 troops During the investigation it with “no clue” about the dangers and scale of the on standby. Munich’s authorities say they are emerged that the golden-haired problem, while denying that the migrants are running out of places for the migrants to sleep. Bastien was not wanted by his refugees. Orban said he would propose to his EU father, who meted out harsh counterparts that the bloc provides ¤3bn ($3.4bn) FOUR CHILDREN MISSING punishments for his increasingly to Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey, “and more if nec- Meanwhile, four children have gone missing agitated behaviour at home and essary — until the flow of migrants is stopped”. after a dinghy carrying them and other migrants at school, such as locking him in a Thousands more were, meanwhile, travel- sank off the island of Samos yesterday, a spokes- cupboard. Social services had been ling up from Greece through the Balkans. woman for the Greek coastguard authorities said. repeatedly alerted to the family’s New figures showed that 3,023 people entered The coastguard picked up 25 survivors north east case. Champenois was told he Hungary on Friday. Around 2,000 migrants of the Aegean island. They told authorities that would not be eligible for parole were at Budapest’s Keleti train station, with four minors were missing. AGENCIES for at least 20 years. AFP

Spanish cops find body of missing US tourist

MADRID: Spanish police have discovered a body resembling that of an American pilgrim who disappeared in April along a popular hiking trail and have arrested a suspect, the interior min- ister said yesterday. Denise Pikka Thiem, 40, disappeared in April while hiking alone along the Camino de Santiago (Way of Saint James) pil- grim trail in northwestern Spain. The remains “seem to correspond to those of Denise and the man arrested on Friday could be the perpetrator,” Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz told reporters. The last time Thiem made contact with anyone was on April 4 when she sent a message to a friend saying she was at a point on the trail near Astorga in Galicia. Police had on Friday confirmed arrest- ing a suspect a day after resuming their search for her near Astorga, deploy- ing 300 officers backed by a helicopter and search dogs with a focus on local wells. “A person has been arrested and the search has been suspended for the moment,” a police source said, without giving fur- ther details. The man was arrested at a property not far from Astorga following an order from a judge at a local court, a statement said, without giving details of his identity. “The suspect led the police to a body in an advanced state of decom- position hidden under branches,” it said. “Pending an examination, it appears that the body is that of the American pilgrim,” it added, indicating that an autopsy would be carried out in a nearby town. AFP SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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OBODY HAD expected any miracle in Singapore elections but few had any doubts that this was the most hotly contested election in the country’s Nhistory. Opposition parties had contested in all seats for the first time and had hoped that popular Frustrated migrants blame resentment over a widening wealth gap, high prices and immigration would dent the ruling party’s domination of politics. But when the results came, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s People’s Action Party (PAP), which has ruled US for their predicament without interruption since 1965, registered a landslide win. The PAP won about 69.9 percent of the vote, above the 60.1 BY ROBERT SAMUELS, Left Party is right, it is right,” Alexander countryside camp, Mohamed receives percent it won in the last election in 2011, its worst-ever ANTHONY FAIOLA and KARLA Gauland, deputy chairman of the con- 20 euros a day and takes comfort in ADAM showing. In the last parliament it had 79 of a total 87 seats; servative and populist Alternative for walking with friends to the local gro- it won 83 of the 89 seats in an expanded parliament, while Germany party, said in an interview cery store, the closest thing to enter- F HE EVER got the chance, with the right-wing German weekly tainment nearby. “We have no country the opposition Workers’ Party ended up with six seats, one he’d settle in the United States, Junge Freiheit. “America bears a lot of left,” Mohamed said. “Now all we do less than it held in the outgoing parliament. Rzgar Abdul said. But for now, blame for the flow of refugees.” is wait for passports to go somewhere. The city state of Singapore is a model of success, and its he lives in this spare, barracks- Officials in the United States call the Wait. Wait.” As he spoke, a man walked peace-loving people, who come from a mosaic of ethnicities, style refugee camp at Bicske in criticism overblown. The CIA spent $1 out of the gate to go to the grocery IHungary, placing much of the blame billion to fund early efforts to unseat store. “I’m going to Germany,” he joked. are used to a certain security and stability which people of many countries are not able to enjoy. It seems that rather for his squalid existence on the United Assad. Others have argued that no one The European Union on Friday States. After all, the Islamic State pro- could have foreseen the magnitude of delayed until next month its efforts to than going for the better days promised by the opposition, liferated when US forces pulled out of the war in Syria. begin a proposed refugee resettlement the voters were keen on maintaining the status quo -- in an unstable country. And that prolif- “It’s too easy to blame the US for program, a reflection of internal dis- other words, they preferred the certainty of the status quo eration forced him to leave his home, these waves of refugees and asylum putes over how to deal with the crush and the tested rather than the said Abdul, 28, who is from the Iraqi seekers,” said Stephan Mayer, spokes- of asylum seekers.Advocates of the uncertainty of the untested. city of Kirkuk. man for the Christian Social Union, resettlement plan had hoped the EU “Iraq’s problem is America’s prob- a part of German Chancellor Angela would find common ground Monday on “These results are a strong signal lem,” said Abdul, who said he was a Merkel’s governing coalition. “This isn’t a formula to place as many as 160,000 of confidence to ourselves, that translator for the United States dur- caused by the US” migrants among 22 countries. The victory we Singaporeans in the post-Lee ing the Iraq war, making him a target. In Britain, the crisis has renewed old Many officials have cried foul. Kuan Yew era are able to find the “This crisis is America’s problem. In arguments about the country’s com- Denmark plans to reject the plan. of the ruling winning formula which can keep Iraq, Syria, all over, the US did not do mitment to the Middle East. In 2013, Foreign ministers from the Czech us progressing and succeeding,” enough.” British Prime Minister David Cameron Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary party in From the squalid migrant camp- suffered a major blow when the House issued a joint statement Friday calling said Prime Minister Lee after the grounds in Hungary to the offices of of Commons voted against British mili- for the EU to create a “more balanced Singapore victory. Europe’s elected officials, many others tary action in Syria. The vote helped distribution of finances” as well as a As the PAP had expected, a also saw the swell of migrants crossing to deter US intervention in Syria over greater role “contributing to the inter- election shows sense of patriotism inspired by borders as evidence of a failed US for- allegations that Assad’s forces were national efforts in resolving the ongoing this year’s 50th anniversary of eign policy. Even as President Barack using chemical weapons. crisis in Syria and Iraq.” people are still independence and respect for the Obama declared that the country would Despite both countries’ strong lan- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor extend asylum to 10,000 Syrians, many guage against the Islamic State and Orban lashed out against the migrants wary of change. country’s independence leader blamed the United States for the migra- Assad’s government, US and British and vowed that tougher law enforce- and former premier Lee Kuan tion crisis that has walloped Europe. commentators have criticised their ment would begin Tuesday. Yew, who died in March, worked In Germany, it is rare that the distant nations’ policies as wishy-washy. Meanwhile, rights groups and others in its favour. Lee was the father reaches of the political left and right “I think the tone here is, above all, stepped up pressure for improvements of the current prime minister. agree on anything. But they do now: you start something and you fail to at various bottlenecks where conditions The United States is at fault. Sahra pick up the pieces — that’s the story are “inhumane,” including a center The result also vindicates the electoral strategy chosen by Wagenknecht and Dietmar Bartsch, of Iraq,” said Iain Begg, a professor at in southern Hungary where video the prime minister who called the poll a year before it was deputy chairpersons of the Left Party the London School of Economics who appeared to show penned migrants required. in the German Parliament, last week specializes in the political economy of scrambling for food thrown by security The election came amid growing economic risks savaged US policy in the Middle East. the European Union. “And in Libya, it personnel. stemming from China’s slowdown and wobbly financial “Killer gangs, such as the Islamic was, you push out (Moammar) Gadhafi, The volume of migrants crossing the markets. Crisis always calls for experienced and a tested State, were indirectly supported and and then what?” border into Hungary — thousands per without hindrance supplied with money Jebrail Mohamed, 26, thought he day — has led to overcrowded camps leadership. Singapore has been able to insulate itself from and weapons from countries including knew what happened next when the and train stations. More than 8,000 economic turbulence, which was largely due to the wise those allied with Germany,” the two United States did not use more man- people were expected to cross into policies of the government. So any signs of turbulence and alleged in a policy paper, apparently power in Syria. That led to hundreds Austria on Friday, although train serv- crisis abroad will persuade people to rally behind a leader referring to early efforts to back rebels of thousands of deaths in Syria and the ice from Budapest, the Hungarian capi- like Lee to weather the storm. fighting the government of Syrian need for Mohamed to leave the city of tal, was suspended because of crowding. The opposition defeat is stunning. They failed even President Bashar Al Assad. Aleppo. A regional governor told television sta- Others have argued that the United Then came the crossing into Hungary tions in Greece that 20,000 migrants to convince voters that having a few more of them in States did not do enough to back the and eventually being sent to a process- had been processed on the island of parliament would help to keep the PAP on its toes• rebels and remove Assad. “When the ing center to wait for a passport. In this Lesbos. WASHINGTON POST The other side Quote of Gender-based limits the day OR WOMEN in Pakistan, the law legislation to guarantee equal pay for and reinforced by a patriarchal society sphere; the public sphere, conversely, is itself is usually the least of their work of equal value, nor to prevent where a women’s identity is derived from seen as a ‘male’ domain where females problems. That is, of course, discrimination against women in hir- her male family members, specifically her are virtually interlopers. not to say that legal hurdles do ing. Gender-based job restrictions are father and (later) her husband. Despite this, largely out of economic A single-party Fnot hamper their quest for economic a fairly common phenomenon glo- The idea of male ‘superiority’ and the necessity, an increasing number of empowerment; the challenges for them bally: according to the report, they are higher value assigned to men is inter- women have been entering the work- government in this sphere are explored in a new present in nearly 100 countries. nalised at a very fundamental level. It force in recent years. During the same World Bank report which examines laws In 18 countries, husbands can even manifests itself in various ways: from period there has been a spate of needs to be that impede women’s entrepreneurship legally prevent wives from working, gender-biased language by both men legislation to protect women’s rights and employment in 173 countries. although that is fortunately not the case in and women that equates negative and curb violence against them in the ensured to Among some of the gender- Pakistan. However, there are other pres- traits like weakness, and worse, with name of tradition, mainly as a result of specific requirements for Pakistani sures of a pernicious kind in this society femininity, to the insufficient resources higher representation of women in the fight both the female entrepreneurs is for married that hamper many women from reaching dedicated to girls’ education, the neg- national and provincial assemblies who terror plague women to include — in the presence their full potential in the economic sphere ligence of women’s sexual and repro- worked across the aisle to push the of a witness — their husband’s name, and marginalise those within it. These ductive rights, and prevailing violence laws through. Implementation, how- and economic nationality and address while register- are the cultural attitudes — intangible yet against women. A woman’s worth is ever, has been largely unsatisfactory. Ahmet Davutoglu ing a business. Moreover, there is no more potent than any law — powered based upon her role in the domestic DAWN challenges. Turkish Prime Minister SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Corbyn brings Marx back to Britain The victory gives Corbyn a mandate to take the 115-year old party back to its socialist roots and throw out the political rulebook that says British elections can only be won with the support of the centre ground.

BY WILLIAM JAMES businesses and the rich. “Actually what has hap- go’,” Corbyn’s campaign manager He rarely uses the first per- pened is that the grass roots John McDonnell told supporters ncorking the spirit of son ‘I’ — a trait that advisers say of the campaign have simply at a rally, recounting the meeting British socialism was reflects his desire to lead Labour become more resilient and more where Corbyn eventually agreed the masterstroke without what he calls “top-down enthused by every attack,” said to stand after other contenders that handed Jeremy control-freakery” — code for the Neil Findlay, a Labour member had ruled themselves out. Corbyn the Labour tight control exercised when of the Scottish parliament who The leadership bid was almost UParty’s top job but he now faces Tony Blair was Labour leader organised the Corbyn campaign scuppered before it had truly a much bigger challenge —con- from 1994-2007. “Things can and in Scotland. “It has been utterly started. Faced with a midday June vincing voters that an admirer they will change,” Corbyn, said counterproductive.” 15 deadline, Corbyn’s team were of Karl Marx should be Britain’s in a victory speech which began Corbyn’s campaign eclipsed scrambling to find the 35 lawmak- next prime minister. with criticism of the British those of his three rivals — Andy ers they needed to get his name Virtually unknown just months media and ended with a vow to Burnham, Yvette Cooper and on the ballot paper. ago, the 66-year-old won the achieve justice for the poor and Liz Kendall — drawing sell- McDonnell said there were just crown of Britain’s second largest downtrodden. out crowds on a 99-stop tour of 10 seconds to go when the last political party with 59.5 percent He swiftly left the Labour event Britain that capitalised on dissat- nominations came through. of the votes cast in an internal to attend a meeting in support of isfaction at Britain’s political and Corbyn says the there were party vote. refugees on London’s Trafalgar economic status quo. actually two minutes to spare — A vegetarian who initially did Square. One Labour lawmaker, who the kind of earnest response that not expect to win the contest, Corbyn has tapped an appetite did not want to be named, said has spawned a parody account on Corbyn has struck a chord with for change, drawing back veterans he backed Burnham, but that he Twitter dedicated to mocking his many Labour supporters by repu- of the party’s 1980s hard-left hey- had been unable to persuade the apparent lack of humour. diating the pro-business consen- day and giving some disillusioned rest of his family to do the same. Such was the low probability sus of former Labour leader Tony young voters born during or after They all voted for Corbyn. initially given to a Corbyn victory, Blair and offered wealth taxes, the 1979-1990 Conservate pre- Perhaps unsurprisingly for many nominations came from nuclear disarmament and ambi- miership of Margaret Thatcher someone who travels around lawmakers who were backing guity about EU membership. their first taste of a mainstream London by bicycle and buses, sup- other candidates but lent Corbyn The victory gives Corbyn a socialist cocktail. porters often use words like ‘nor- their support in the interest of mandate to take the 115-year old “His opposition to austerity is mal’ when describing his appeal. widening the debate over the party back to its socialist roots the thing for me. He’s the only “I wasn’t interested in the party’s future. and throw out the political rule- one to openly say that what’s Labour leadership contest at “I can’t say I regret it,” Neil book that says British elections going on with this Conservative all until I saw him and listened Coyle, the 33rd lawmaker to nom- can only be won with the support government is an ideological to what he had to say,” said Joe inate Corbyn, said. “It would have of the centre ground. decision, and it’s not something Reynolds, a carpenter living in been a disservice to prevent him.” “We challenge the narrative that has to happen,” said Sam London, and one of many queue- Coyle voted for Cooper. But the that only the individual matters, Peach, a 22-year old first-time ing without tickets in the hope of scramble for nominations high- and the collective is irrelevant,” Labour voter at a Corbyn rally in getting into a Corbyn rally. lighted concerns about whether Corbyn said at his last campaign Edinburgh. “The man seems genuine. He Corbyn could bring the leftists rally on Thursday, drawing cheers The surprise success of wants to stand up to big business together with the rest of the party from a crowd crammed into every Corbyn’s campaign, funded, he and the corporations and look to form an effective opposition to corner of a former church in north says, by his personal credit card after the general mass of people.” Cameron, he said. Newly elected leader of Britain’s opposition Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, London. “Instead we say the com- until donations began flowing in, First-elected in 1983 to repre- “How is it that he’s been in addresses supporters in London yesterday, following the announcement mon good is the aspiration of all of has drawn dire warnings that sent a North London constitu- parliament since 1983, and yet he he had been nominated as the party’s new leader. us,” said the anti-war campaigner, Labour will be anihilated at 2020 ency, Corbyn’s political career has can’t find 35 MPs (lawmakers) to who is an admirer of “Communist elections by a public that in May reached a high that few, including put him on the ballot paper who won over that the ‘left’ message childhood and early adult life, a Manifesto” author Karl Marx and re-elected Cameron on a pledge the man himself, saw coming. genuinely think he’ll do a good is sufficient to win government in succession of Labour Party lead- Hugo Chavez, the late Venezuelan to cut spending. In June, Corbyn was persuaded job?” this country,” said David Lammy, ers reformed the constitution of leader who delighted in berating “The party is walking eyes shut, by a small contingent of hard-left Whether he can hold his own a Labour lawmaker. the Labour Party. Neil Kinnock the United States. arms outstretched over the cliff’s lawmakers to run in the leader- party together let alone launch “The big question is whether a did, John Smith did, Tony Blair Often dressed in the style of a edge to the jagged rocks below,” ship contest sparked when Ed a serious challenge to win power broader offer to the left is enough did, to make sure that it was more university lecturer — complete warned Blair in one of three Miliband’s resigned after a heavy will be the immediate issue. to win in England,” he said. rooted in what the British people with several pens visible in his increasingly desperate pleas to election defeat. Within minutes of his election, a Conservative Chancellor wanted,” Osborne told the weekly shirt pocket — Corbyn has prom- voters to stop the Corbyn surge They felt their political views number of lawmakers said they George Osborne, likely to be magazine the New Statesman. ised to renationalise privately- before the result was announced. and those of the party’s grassroots would no longer serve in the par- Corbyn’s main opponent at the “If they want to go back owned industries, print money But, pleas from senior centrist were under-represented by the ty’s senior team. 2020 election, shares the view to the 1980s, let them. The to fund large-scale infrastructure Labour figures to elect ‘ABC’ other three candidates. “He said “I’ll always be a critical friend of that his victory is a backward Conservative Party is not doing investment, and raise taxes on (Anyone But Corbyn) backfired. ‘alright, alright, alright, I’ll have a Jeremy’s because I’m not entirely step for Labour. “For most of my that.” REUTERS Lessons to deal with migrant crisis from the last one

BY ANNE HAMMERSTAD horrible failings of World War Two, humanitarian system has not that all states have a joint respon- been able to cope. The World Food e have been here sibility to provide refuge for people Programme just announced to before. Hundreds of fleeing war and persecution. 229,000 refugees in Jordan that thousands of people There are today over four million they would no longer receive food Wfleeing in rickety Syrian refugees worldwide. Over 90 vouchers due to funding cuts. At boats, many of whom perish at percent have gone no further than least 700,000 Syrian refugee chil- sea as regional governments avoid just across the border. Turkey hosts dren are going without an educa- search and rescue efforts in fear of 1.9 million refugees, Lebanon 1.1 tion, according to UNHCR. their “pull factor.” Conditions at million — a quarter of the country’s Studies of Vietnamese refugees arrival made unwelcoming in order population — and Jordan is home resettled in the United States show to deter others from attempting to 630,000 Syrians. Until this year, that those who had experienced the journey. Still people continue because it was locally contained, traumatic and dangerous journeys to come. it was possible for the rest of the by boat found it harder to integrate In the two decades following the world to pay little attention to the into their new, “normal” lives than United States’ withdrawal from unfolding refugee crisis. Most flee- those who had benefited from the Vietnam in 1975, three million peo- ing Syrians arrived with some sav- Orderly Departure Program. For ple fled the communist regimes of ings with which to pay rent and an everyone’s sake, then, Syrian refu- Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. More education that could, with luck, win gees need safe and legal ways to than one million were boat people. them a job. Others had the option travel to countries where they can A different sea and a different of getting food and health care in a restart their lives and educate their time, but the Indochinese refu- refugee camp. children. We need a comprehen- gee crisis has lessons to offer for But the war is now in its fifth sive resettlement programme for today’s Syrian exodus. Refugees year. There are many more refu- Syrian refugees in Turkey, Lebanon, are crossing the Mediterranean gees, they are less welcome in their Jordan, Egypt and Iraq. Not for all in dinghies, fishing boats and even host states, those refugees who had of Syria’s four million refugees, but steel-hulled ships, and struggling savings have depleted them, and as a safety valve both for host coun- through southern and eastern Women hold placards bearing names of some migrants seeking asylum in Europe beside the sentence “They have there is less humanitarian aid avail- tries and refugees, coupled with Europe on foot, bicycles, buses and a name” during a rally yesterday in front of the Eiffel tower on the Trocadero Esplanade in Paris. able per refugee in need. The UN stronger economic and political trains. They follow the same migra- has received 37 percent of the funds support to the states at the front- tion routes as asylum seekers from needed for the 2015 humanitar- line of this humanitarian disaster. other nasty parts of the world, as led by the United States, reset- June 1999, NATO airlifted 86,783 of course, that refugees should one ian program for Syria’s displaced: For such a resettlement pro- well as economic migrants from tled 450,000 Indochinese refugees. Kosovo Albanians to 30 different day return to their home countries. money that goes to run refugee gramme to work, it will take serious sub-Saharan Africa. According to By the late 1990s, one million had countries, mostly in Europe and Until that day, it could be argued camps, and to provide food or food negotiations between the frontline the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, begun new lives in the United North America. that they are best looked after close vouchers, health care and educa- states and a broad coalition of Syrian refugees account for 53 per- States, 400,000 of whom were boat But times have changed. Faced to their own country, due to cul- tion both within the camps and to resettlement states. The Syrian ref- cent of the nearly 400,000 illegal people. Large numbers of refugees with rising and unpredictable num- tural and social affinities, for cost the many more who have settled ugee crisis is not a European prob- arrivals by sea to Europe so far went to France, Canada, Australia, bers of asylum seekers arriving reasons, and because proximity in urban areas such as Jordan’s lem. The United States, Canada, in 2015. The Indochinese refugee and other countries as part of the directly at their door, most govern- would make them better able to capital, Amman. UNHCR’s budget Australia and other members of the crisis was resolved in great part resettlement agreement dubbed ments in the rich world have come judge when it is safe to repatriate. is 10 percent lower than last year, rich world need to step up. through resettlement, agreed to “Open shores for open doors.” to view resettlement as an avoid- Sometimes, though, large-scale leaving the High Commissioner Germany has in recent days and executed by a broad coalition of There are many modern-day able burden rather than a useful resettlement is necessary. There for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, to become a shining beacon of hope countries. Like today, it took media examples of large-scale refugee tool of refugee protection. is no end in sight to the Syrian declare that “we are broke.” and decency for Syrian refugees. attention on the countless tragedies resettlement. Hungarians flee- Only a tiny fraction of the world’s conflict. The resettlement of a Refugees themselves, having The governments of the UK, at sea — coupled with serious politi- ing after the 1956 uprising, and refugees today are resettled, while relatively small, but significant used up their savings, are getting France, Australia and a smatter- cal backlash and humanitarian cri- Kosovo-Albanians “ethnically vast refugee populations languish proportion of Syrian refugees into crippling debt. Their rent and ing of other countries suggest they sis in host states such as Malaysia, cleansed” during the 1999 Kosovo for years and decades in refugee would alleviate the chaotic scenes costs of living in Syria’s neighboring will take in somewhat larger refu- Thailand and Indonesia — before war, benefitted from swift, organ- camps, such as the Dadaab settle- played out across Europe. It would states have increased dramatically gee quotas. We need a giant show governments overcame their urge ized resettlement of a significant ments for Somali refugees in Kenya, help stabilize and support Turkey, in the past year. A recent study by of global solidarity and concerted to pass the buck and look away. proportion of the refugees in order and Zaatari, home to around 80,000 Lebanon and Jordan, all creaking UNHCR showed that 70 percent of action. It has been done before. The Overcome it, though, they did. to alleviate the humanitarian and Syrian refugees in Jordan. under the pressure of the refugee Syrian refugees in Lebanon are now recent groundswell of sympathy for During an 18-month period begin- security concerns of countries of There are some good arguments influx. And it would reaffirm the living far below the poverty line. Syria’s displaced means it can be ning in January 1979, the world, first asylum. Between April and against resettlement. The ideal is, principle, established after the As needs have risen, the done again. REUTERS SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com AMERICAS Rick Perry drops out Seattle public schools shut of presidential race First casualty in crowded and competitive battle

WASHINGTON: Former Texas in a statement. “I commend him governor Rick Perry dropped out for running an honourable, posi- of the US presidential race late tive campaign.” on Friday, becoming the first Perry was one of the candi- casualty in a crowded battle for dates who clashed most openly the Republican Party nomina- with Trump, whose bombast and tion in 2016. propensity to insult and mock “Today I am suspending my his rivals has become a dominant campaign for the presidency of character of the race. In July the United States,” Perry told a Perry blasted Trump as a “cancer forum in St. Louis, Missouri. on conservatism (that) threatens “I step aside knowing our party to metastasize into a movement of is in good hands, as long as we mean-spirited politics”. listen to the grassroots, listen to On Friday, he offered another, Striking Seattle public school teachers speak to a shopper as they collect donations for a local food bank in that call of conservatism.” more veiled, jab at the real estate lieu of walking the picket line in Seattle, Washington. Seattle public schools were closed for a third day on Perry’s campaign had been run- mogul and star of wildly popular Friday due to the teachers’ strike that has idled 53,000 students and caused childcare headaches for working ning on fumes for more than a television show “The Apprentice”. parents across the city, with no word on when contract talks might resume. month, reportedly suffering fund- “The conservative movement ing problems so severe that he has always been about principles, could not pay many of his staffers. not about personalities,” Perry It is the second time that Perry, told the Missouri crowd. the longest-serving governor in “Our nominee should embody Texas history, has folded up his Republican Presidential Nominee those principles. He or she must presidential campaign tent. Governor Rick Perry at the Eagle make the case for the cause of Wildfire threatens 6,000 homes The 65-year-old ran for the Forum’s Eagle Council Event at the conservatism more than the cause Republican presidential nomina- Marriott St. Louis Airport Hotel in of their own celebrity.” NEVADA: A relatively small overestimated the area of the the entire community of San tion in 2012. He finished fifth in Missouri. Trump had consistently but fast-moving wildfire in blaze on Friday. Tolmachoff said Andreas of more than 2,700 people the Iowa caucuses, the first vot- trashed Perry on the campaign California’s Sierra Nevada she expects the tally of destroyed to evacuate, but lifted the order ing contest in the race to deter- Tributes quickly poured in. trail. But on Friday he tweeted mountains grew overnight, homes to grow as inspectors when flames headed away from mine the parties’ nominees, and “God bless Rick Perry for his that Perry “is a terrific guy and destroying homes and threat- assess the damage yesterday. town. Flames from a larger Sierra dropped out weeks later. continuing commitment to that I wish him well — I know he will ening about 6,000 residences, Residents in the area were told Nevada blaze, dubbed the Rough But this year’s field was more cause” of conservatism, former have a great future!” fire officials said yesterday. to evacuate on Friday. Fire, edged close to a famed grove crowded and competitive, and Florida governor Jeb Bush, an Perry failed to make the top-10 The so-called Butte Fire has About 3,300 firefighters are of giant sequoia trees in Kings having never gained serious trac- early frontrunner in the race but cut in the first Republican debate, destroyed 15 homes in rural working to contain the fire, which Canyon National Park on Friday. tion in the polls, he quit some five now trailing billionaire Donald on August 6, instead joining the Amador and Calaveras coun- erupted on Wednesday and spread Ground crews mounted an all- months before the first primary Trump, wrote on Twitter. other low-polling candidates for ties, where it covers an esti- near the former gold mining town out defence of Grant Grove, a votes are cast. Of the 17 major “He served in the United States an undercard event prior to the mated 64,728 acres, California of Jackson. Officials listed it has stand of ancient redwoods that Republican candidates, Perry was Air Force and as governor of prime-time debate. He had been Department of Forestry and Fire 10 percent contained yesterday includes the General Grant tree, polling at 13th, with less than one Texas with distinction, and I have set to join the low-pollers in the Protection spokeswoman Lynn morning. Governor Jerry Brown one of the largest and tallest of percent support, according to a no doubt that his service to our second debate, which is scheduled Tolmachoff said. declared a state of emergency for all giant sequoias, as flames crept RealClearPolitics poll average on nation is not over,” added fellow for September 16. She said the fire grew over- Amador and Calaveras counties. within a mile of the area. Friday. candidate Senator Marco Rubio AFP night after officials initially Separately, authorities ordered REUTERS

Venezuela checkpoint Two killed as UN opens up race for movie crew plane crashes world’s top diplomat

SAN PEDRO DE MILAGROS: UNITED NATIONS: The UN new anti-poverty agenda to be Two people died when a plane General Assembly decided to adopted this month and pos- carrying crew members from shake up the selection proc- sibly a historic deal on climate a film starring Tom Cruise ess for the next secretary-gen- change to be decided in December. crashed in Colombia, aviation eral, lifting some of the secrecy European Union diplomat Gerton authorities said. shrouding the choice of the Van den Akker called the reso- The crew had just wrapped up world’s top diplomat. lution a “milestone in enhancing production on the upcoming Doug For the first time candidates the transparency and inclusivity Liman film Mena, when it went are being asked to present their of the selection process” for Ban’s down late on Friday while return- resumes and lay out a vision for successor. ing to Enrique Olaya Herrera the job of UN chief, under a res- The secrecy surrounding the Airport in Medellin. “On behalf olution adopted by consensus in choice of the secretary-general of the production, our hearts and the 193-nation assembly. has long been a thorn in the side prayers go out to the crew mem- The choice of the UN chief has of countries that do not sit on the bers and their families at this diffi- for decades been the purview of the Security Council and non-govern- cult time,” Universal Pictures said. five permanent Security Council mental organisations. While the The plane went down near A woman sits next to an improvised checkpoint, established by residents to charge tolls, on a dirt track close members — Britain, China, France, measure opens up the selection the town of San Pedro de los to the border with Colombia close to Paraguachon in the state of Zulia, Venezuela. Venezuela has extended a Russia and the United States — in process, the Security Council will Milagros in a mountainous area partial border shutdown with Colombia and sent another 3,000 troops to the area in a crime crackdown that a selection process kept mostly still submit only one name to the of Colombia’s department of behind closed doors. Ban Ki-moon General Assembly for approval has sent thousands of Colombians fleeing their adopted homeland and led to accusations of rights abuses. Antioquia. The twin-engine air- steps down at the end of 2016. even if the candidate’s creden- craft crashed around 2230 GMT, Under the new rules, the Council tials will likely be well-known to said Uriel Bedoya of the national and assembly will start looking for member-states. civil aviation authority Aerocivil. candidates now by sending a joint Debate on choosing the next Cruise arrived in Colombia on letter to all 193 nations inviting secretary-general has focussed on August 20 to record scenes for the Cuban envoy visits US Navy ship applications and explaining the appointing a woman for the first film based on the life of American selection process. Interested candi- time, after eight men in the job. pilot Barry Seal, who worked for dates must have “proven leadership The resolution specifies that gov- Pablo Escobar, the drug king- PORT-AU-PRINCE: Cuba’s received the invitation to come Cuban ambassador at an official and managerial abilities, extensive ernments are invited to present pin who was killed in 1993. The ambassador to Haiti and five aboard the USNS Comfort “with event and I’m so happy,” she said. experience in international rela- women as candidates. two deceased passengers, both Cuban doctors made a cour- great pleasure.” This is “a his- The US military uses ships tions, and strong diplomatic, com- Among the names being Americans, were identified as Alan tesy call Friday to a US Navy toric visit in the context of the such as the USNS Comfort munication and multilingual skills,” floated for the top job are two Purwin and Carlos Berl. AFP hospital ship anchored off renewal of diplomatic relations to provide vital assistance to according to the resolution. Bulgarians — Unesco chief Irina Port-au-Prince, in a sign of between Cuba and the United Caribbean countries, including Their names will be circulated Bokova and EU budget commis- warming ties between Havana States,” he said. the Americas’ poorest nation, to the assembly along with full sioner Kristalina Georgieva — Call for protests and Washington. The United States and Cuba Haiti, which is still recovering resumes. In a first, the General along with Croatia’s Foreign US doctors aboard the USNS reestablished diplomatic ties from a deadly 2010 earthquake. Assembly will conduct “informal Minister Vesna Pesic. in Venezuela Comfort, which is on its fourth earlier this year, following a five- The 1,000-foot vessel provided meetings” with candidates to ask Among non-eastern Europeans, humanitarian mission to Haiti, decade freeze. The US envoy to more than two months of medi- about their vision for leading the attention has focused on former CARACAS: Supporters rallied will see patients from the capital Haiti, Pamela White, also hailed cal assistance following the quake, world body. New Zealand prime minister around the wife of Venezuela’s and perform surgeries through the visit at a ceremony launching which killed more than 250,000 The next secretary-general Helen Clark, who now heads the opposition leader Leopoldo September 18. the ship’s latest mission. people and crippled the nation’s will preside over an organisa- UN Development Programme, Lopez late on Friday, calling for Cuban Ambassador Ricardo “I never thought I would see infrastructure. tion with more than 40,000 and Chile’s President Michelle peaceful protests after he got Garcia Napoles said that he the day that I could recognize the AFP employees, pushing forward a Bachelet. AFP nearly 14 years in prison for his role in deadly anti-government demonstrations. Lopez’s wife Lilian Tintori gave an impassioned speech before doz- ens of supporters in an eastern US elementary school does away with gendered bathrooms Caracas plaza, calling for peo- ple to take to the streets as the crowd chanted, “Yes we can!” LOS ANGELES: A California elemen- Bass said in a statement. “We are teach- in a small Missouri town this week to the first elementary school in the district “I call on you,” she said, to come tary school has become one of the first in ing them a valuable lesson.” protest a transgender teen using the girls’ to say that’s not good enough. “All of our out on September 19 “to build our the country to phase out gendered bath- The move comes as schools and universi- restrooms and locker rooms. students should have full, equal, safe, com- victory, to take over the streets rooms, a move in line with a national ties across the country grapple with how Several members of the school board in fortable access to facilities.” peacefully and democratically, trend to recognise the needs of trans- to deal with transgender students, an issue Hillsboro, where the school is located, also The measure concerns kindergarten with strict discipline and no gender people. recently cast into the spotlight by Caitlyn resigned after the controversy erupted, and first-grade classes this year while violence.” The principal at Miraloma Elementary Jenner, the Olympian and reality TV star with one citing philosophical differences. restrooms for older children will be phased Tintori, who spoke after visit- School in San Francisco said the decision to formerly known as Bruce Jenner. Bass, the principal at Miraloma, said his in over the next few years. ing Lopez in prison, read a letter do away with separate bathrooms for boys Though many schools in the United school opted for gender-neutral bathrooms California is one of the most liberal states from her husband in which he and girls was in part to acknowledge about States have made gender-neutral bath- rather than separate facilities because it in America. It is just one of 14 states with said: “I do not regret the decision eight gender non-conforming students. rooms available, few have done away with was the right thing to do. legislation that bans discrimination against that I made. Great causes deserve “Not only do we want all of our students separate facilities for boys and girls and the “Some elementary schools in the district students based on their sexual orientation great sacrifices.” to feel safe... we want them to understand subject remains controversial. have created one space for a student on the or gender identity, according to Human AFP systematic equality for everyone,” Sam About 150 students walked out of class gender spectrum to use,” he said. “We are Rights Campaign. AFP SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 ASIA / AFRICA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Police hunt for ‘Uighur’ Clean-up act man in Bangkok blast Arrest warrant issued on Chinese group suspect

BANGKOK: Thai police yes- “Chinese” nationality. Thailand’s police and ruling terday said an arrest warrant Thai authorities are already military junta have been at pains had been issued for an ethnic holding in custody two foreign to rule out the idea that Chinese “Uighur” man over last month’s men, whose nationalities remain nationals were deliberately tar- deadly Bangkok blast, for the unconfirmed, over the attack. geted in the attack and have first time identifying a suspect Ishan, who police say is 27 years avoided using the Uighur word in as a member of the Chinese old, is among another 11 suspects briefings to reporters about the minority group. wanted by police. suspects. The announcement follows Prawut said Ishan, who left Uighurs have long-accused weeks of speculation over the Thailand a day before the blast Beijing of religious and cultural motive and perpetrators of the and is wanted on the charge of repression with scores believed unclaimed attack which killed “jointly possessing illegal military to have fled China’s northwestern 20 people, the majority ethnic supplies”, belonged to the crimi- Xinjiang region. Chinese visitors, at a religious nal network that police believe is Thailand’s recent deportation of shrine in the capital’s bustling responsible, but he was “not the Uighurs had sparked violent pro- downtown district on August 17. mastermind” of the attack. tests in Turkey, where national- Analysts had increasingly “I cannot confirm his wherea- ist hardliners see the minority as pointed towards militants from bouts,” added the spokesman. part of a global Turkic-speaking China’s mostly Muslim Uighur But in a statement released family. minority -- or their support- Saturday Thai immigration police The warrant issued Saturday is ers -- in revenge for Thailand’s said: “According to security agen- the 12th over the unprecedented Filipino environmental activists collect rubbish at the Freedom Island Ecological Reserve in Las Pinas city, south forced deportation of 109 Uighur cies, Ishan is the one who plotted, attack on the Thai capital which of Manila, Philippines, yesterday. The movement marks in advance the International Coastal Clean-up Day refugees to an uncertain future in ordered, and funded the attack.” targeted a Hindu shrine particu- China in July. The statement also refers to larly popular with Chinese tour- to call on volunteers to join big clean-up events, according to the official of Earth Island Institute Philippines. But up until yesterday Thai the arrest warrant for Ishan ists who believe prayers there police had avoided attempts to mentioning his Uighur ethnicity. bring good fortune. directly connect the blast with The hunt for the perpetrators of One of the detained suspects, the ethnic group or the kingdom’s the bomb blast has been charac- Yusufu Mieraili, was arrested major ally China. terised by confusing and at times last month with a Chinese pass- Japan’s PM visits flood-hit town “He is Uighur according to his contradictory statements from port registering his birthplace as passport,” national police spokes- Thai officials. Xinjiang. JOSO CITY: Japanese Prime Saturday morning after days floods, local officials said. man Prawut Thavornsiri told Later yesterday police appeared But police did not confirm his Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday trapped inside his home. As the water receded, police AFP, after authorities released to backtrack on Ishan’s ethnic- ethnicity or nationality nor that visited a disaster-struck city "I lived by drinking tea as there officers wearing life vests shoved a photo of the moustached and ity, releasing a new photo of of the other detained suspect, north of Tokyo in the aftermath was no food. I'm so glad that they poles into thick muddy ground to short-haired suspect identified as him without it mentioned and a Adem Karadag, who was arrested of massive flooding that killed came to rescue me," he told public locate possible victims. Abudusataer Abudureheman, or request asking media “to drop the at a Bangkok flat in possession of at least four people, as rescuers broadcaster NHK. "The city is completely “Ishan”, of “Uighur” ethnicity and word Uighur”. bomb-making materials. AFP raced against time to find more Akinori Nagaoka, 39, returned destroyed - we need people's help," than a dozen still missing. home with his son to find the first said 47-year-old Shinichi Ishizuka. Parts of Joso, a community of floor of the house flooded with Yesterday morning, Abe visited 65,000 residents, were washed muddy brown water. the disaster-hit town, about away last Thursday when a levee "I have never seen anything like 60kms outside Tokyo, as some Nigeria beefs up on the Kinugawa river gave way, this before. I wonder when we can 2,000 troops, police and firefight- Stay united, Burundi flooding an area that reportedly come back and live like it was," ers were deployed to rescue more spans 32 square kilometres after he said. than 100 people still trapped in security after the worst rains in decades. Later in the day, police found water-logged buildings, the bulk Dramatic aerial footage showed the body of a man in another of whom were patients and medi- camp blast leader urges military whole houses being swept away by river in Miyagi, northern Japan, cal staff inside a flooded hospital, raging torrents in scenes eerily a police spokesman said, bringing local media said. YOLA: Nigeria's president last NAIROBI: Burundi's president war that ended in 2005. reminiscent of the devastating the death toll to four. "We're doing our best to make Friday ordered security to be has urged the African nation's That civil war pitted rebel tsunami that crushed Japan's While police have yet to iden- things safe by reconstructing the tightened at camps for people military to stay united after a groups from the Hutu majority northeast coast four years ago. tify the man, he was believed to be broken (river) bank as quickly as displaced by the Boko Haram failed assassination attempt against the army, at the time "I felt more dead than alive," a 62-year-old missing in the pre- possible to prevent a repeat of this conflict after seven people were against the army chief. commanded by minority Tutsis. said a man who was rescued fecture where people also suffered disaster," Abe said. AFP killed in a bomb blast. The military said three sol- "Such an attack has as objec- The explosion happened at the diers guarding General Prime tive of creating chaos within Malkohi camp near the Adamawa Niyongabo and two gunmen were security forces," said the presi- state capital Yola just before 11am, killed when assailants attacked dent's deputy spokesman, Louis when a homemade device left the general's convoy early last Kamwenubusa, who read a state- inside a tent went off, the National Friday morning. Six others were ment on behalf Nkurunziza last Mastermind fled Kidnapped journalist freed in Nigeria Emergency Management Agency wounded. Friday. "The head of state asks LAGOS: A senior Nigerian journalist who was seized from her said. The ambush follows a string members of those corps to stay Dhaka: Embassy home last month has been released, her newspaper and police said The attack, which also injured of attacks on government and calm and united in a bid to avoid yesterday. The Vanguard newspaper announced on its website 20 others, bore all the hallmarks opposition figures over the past falling in the trap of the enemy." DHAKA: A man, who Thai that Donu Kogbara, who was kidnapped on August 30, was no of the Islamist militants, who few months in Burundi, a country Several renegade army officials police believe masterminded longer being held, but gave no further details. have repeatedly hit "soft" civil- in turmoil since President Pierre attempted to remove the presi- deadly Bangkok bombing and Ahmed Mohammed, police spokesman in the southern Rivers state, ian targets in the bloody, six-year Nkurunziza announced in April dent by staging a coup in May, but fled to Bangladesh the day said, "Donu Kogbara has regained her freedom.” insurgency. he would seek a third term in were thwarted. They have since before the attack, left Dhaka "She was released some minutes after two (Saturday morning, 0100 Elsewhere in Adamawa, resi- office. vowed to continue their efforts to on August 30, the Bangladesh GMT). She is fine. I was with her in her house in Port Harcourt until dents in Madagali said a female Nkurunziza won re-election oust Nkurunziza. embassy in Bangkok has said. seven this morning. suicide bomber detonated her in July, but the election was boy- Last Friday, the army also The Bangkok mission last explosives at a checkpoint, kill- cotted by the opposition, who warned any divisions in the army Friday said their records showed Dengue takes toll on Taiwan tourism ing at least two. claimed his running violated the could threaten the whole nation, the alleged mastermind had been There was no immediate con- constitution. The US Secretary of with many diplomats worried issued "a single entry tourist visa" TAIPEI: More than 80 percent of tourists planning to travel to firmation from the authorities, State John Kerry said the voting Burundi could slide back into on the basis of "all valid travel Taiwan's Tainan have cancelled their trips over fears of a dengue with communications and travel was "deeply flawed". civil war if the army splinters documents" in early August and fever epidemic in the city, the local sightseeing association said. difficult to the remote area in the Nkurunziza said the attempt to down ethnic lines. Soldiers should entered Bangladesh on August 16, Taiwan has reported a record 8,677 dengue fever cases since May. north of the state. kill Niyongabo was part of plans "resist any form of manipulation bdnews24 reported on Saturday. Last Friday, 617 new cases were reported, breaking the record for President Muhammadu to divide the military, an unnerv- aimed at destroying the army The Erawan Shrine bomb highest daily increase in cases, Xinhua quoted the island's health Buhari, elected earlier this year ing prospect in a nation where and thereby the nation", army blasts took place on the following authorities as saying yesterday. on a promise of defeating the 300,000 people were killed during spokesman Gaspard Baratuza day which killed 20 people and A total of 7,660 cases have been recorded in Tainan since May, militants, denounced the attack a 12-year ethnically charged civil said. REUTERS injured over 150 others. IANS accounting for nearly 90 percent of dengue fever cases across the as "heinous and cowardly" and island, according to the latest estimates. ordered security to be ramped Dengue-related deaths have risen to 44 out of which 18 were con- up at all camps. Mau Mau statue unveiled firmed to be caused by the disease, while the remaining 26 cases are "We must not let the desperate still under investigation. and evil-minded criminals have Tainan is a popular destination for camping and outdoor education. any respite," he said in an emailed Six schools with more than 2,000 students and teachers from Yunlin statement. county have cancelled their camping trips to Tainan. AFP Schools in Taichung city and Changhua county have also called to cancel or postpone activities scheduled in October. The city's Tsou-Ma-Lai Farm, a popular recreational agriculture site, has received nearly 5,000 cancellations or postponement requests Myanmar urges so far. Even the city's primary and middle schools have chosen to move out- legal action door activities inside or to other cities from September to November due to pressure from parents, dealing another huge blow to the city's against police tourism industry. The city government and related departments con- vened a meeting last Friday to come up with ways to save the tour- YANGON: Myanmar's national ism industry. But no concrete measures have been announced so far. human rights body has urged the government to take legal Four blacklisted on behaviour grounds action against police who beat up protesters at an education BEIJING: Four Chinese have been punished and blacklisted for reform rally, as dozens of activ- their "uncivilised tourist behaviour" at a Bangkok airport, the ists remain detained over a case China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) said. that has sparked international According to the administration, a flight delay at the Bangkok alarm. airport earlier this month led to dissatisfaction and uproar among The rare call from the Chinese tourists, Xinhua news agency reported. Myanmar National Human The four blacklisted tourists behaved badly, inciting other tourists Rights Commission (MNHRC) to disobey public order at the airport, which severely tarnished the in the former junta-run nation image of China. last Friday. The four will stay on the "bad behaviour record" blacklist for two Violent scenes flared at the to three years, the CNTA said. rally in Letpadan town, some 140 The "bad behaviour record" was first introduced by the CNTA in km north of Yangon, with baton- Secretary General of the Mau Mau War Veterans Association Gitu wa Kahengeri (left) together with the British March this year amid growing concerns about the bad manners of wielding riot police arresting High Commissioner Christian Turner (centre), officially unveiling a statue of two Mau Mau war veterans dur- some Chinese tourists both at home and abroad. more than 100 activists in one of ing inauguration of memorial to victims of torture and ill-treatment during the colonial era in Kenya between It remains unclear how the "blacklist" status will affect the offend- the most concerted challenges to 1952 and 1960, at freedom corner in Nairobi, Kenya, yesterday. The construction of the memorial is part of an ers, but experts say the rule functions more as a warning. These reformist President Thein Sein's out-of-court agreement between the British Government and five claimants represented by the Mau Mau War tourists will likely face more restrictions when they sign up for group government. tours or seek lodging in hotels. AGENCIES Veterans Association reached in 2013. AFP SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / ASIA Concern over UK role in Political vendetta Pakistan drone strikes MOD tight-lipped as it would jeopardise relations

ISLAMABAD: UK military Somalia. However, it has been strikes,” which are based upon personnel are suspected of hav- confirmed that scores of UK per- patterns of behaviour, rather ing participated in the CIA’s sonnel are based at the Creech than confirmation that a target controversial drone war in airbase in Nevada, from where had been identified. Pakistan, which has resulted CIA drone missions are operated. The bureau estimates at least in thousands of fatalities, The A handful of UK personnel are 2,400 people have been killed in Guardian has reported. known to have been embedded the Pakistan strikes, of whom According to the report, with US teams, raising questions more than 420 may have been the Ministry of Defence has about who ultimately has author- civilians. declined to answer a Freedom of ity over them. Confirmation that UK person- Information request that would Last year the former head of nel have been involved in the CIA’s confirm whether its personnel GCHQ, David Omand, called for Pakistan drone programme would have been embedded with US safeguards to ensure that RAF raise fresh questions for the gov- military teams operating drones pilots embedded at Creech did not ernment after it revealed last in the skies above the country. “inadvertently collude” in drone week that two British militants However, it insisted that the actions “contrary to interna- had been killed in RAF drone UK had never conducted its own tional law”. Omand distinguished strikes in Syria. drone flights over Pakistan. When the UK drone programme from David Cameron told MPs that pressed, an MoD spokesman said, what he called the “sinister cul- the strikes were legal because “UK personnel embedded with tural and political salience” of US they were taken to prevent the US air force have only flown drone operations. attacks on the UK. But some Activists of opposition party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) shout slogans during the funeral of activists remotely piloted aircraft sys- Jennifer Gibson of human experts questioned whether the killed by paramilitary forces in Karachi yesterday. A Pakistani paramilitary force said it had killed four terror tems in support of operations in rights group Reprieve, which filed alleged attacks were imminent, suspects during a gunfight in Karachi, but MQM said the men were executed as part of an ongoing political Afghanistan, Libya and Iraq.” the FOI request, said the refusal throwing into question their The carefully worded response to confirm whether UK personnel legitimacy. vendetta. leaves open the possibility that had been involved was troubling. There has been a long-run- drones flown by UK personnel “This refusal suggests that we ning debate in the US over the have been operating over the may be embroiled in the CIA’s legality and efficacy of its drone remote tribal regions of Pakistan secret wars in far greater ways programme. Cop, two militants killed in ambush that adjoin Afghanistan. than was thought,” Gibson said. “Numerous senior military and The MoD’s refusal to clarify “Given the CIA’s drone pro- intelligence figures have warned PESHAWAR: Three people police official in Peshawar, said. suffered the worst terror attack appears at odds with comments gramme in Pakistan has killed that secret drone programmes were killed and at least five oth- “The militants fired at our in Pakistani history in December made by defence secretary hundreds of civilians while oper- of this kind can actually make ers were injured in a gunfight mobile team which was on a rou- when Taliban gunmen massa- Michael Fallon, who has said that ating without public account- the situation worse, not better,” in Pakistan’s northwestern city tine patrol in Pushtakhara area at cred more than 150 people, most “if we are asked to give details” ability, that is cause for serious Gibson said. of Peshawar last Friday, police night. We responded to the gun- of them children, at an army-run about UK personnel embed- concern. What more don’t we “Before heading down this said. The clashes erupted when fire and killed two attackers while school. But recently then there ded with other countries “we, of know?” path, we need a real debate, and unknown gunmen fired at a one escaped after being wounded,” has been a lull in violence. The course, do so”. According to the Bureau of real answers from the PM … We police van patrolling the sub- he said. Another senior police offi- last deadly attack in the city came The RAF has long emphasised Investigative Journalism, which need to think very carefully about urbs of Peshawar. cial, Mubarak Zeb, confirmed the in February when three heavily that its drones operate only in tracks them, there have been 421 whether giving our government “One policeman was killed incident. armed Taliban militants stormed defined theatres of conflict, such drone strikes in Pakistan, 370 of carte blanche to kill people any- while four others were wounded Peshawar has suffered numer- a Shiite mosque, killing 21 people. as Afghanistan and Iraq, unlike which have occurred under the where in the world, without over- in exchange of fire with militants. ous Taliban attacks, but it was Pakistan has been waging a the US which wages covert cam- Obama administration. sight, is really a good idea.” Two militants were also killed in not immediately clear that who major offensive against insurgent paigns in Pakistan, Yemen and Many are termed “signature AGENCIES the fight,” Rana Omer, a senior was behind this ambush. The city dens in the south. AFP

Karachi’s nightlife confined to closed doors

KARACHI: Pakistan’s big- as women in slinky dresses strut be seen by Karachi’s hip young long hair and oversized sun- gest and most diverse city, was across the dance floor. crowd. glasses, Menezes’ band The In once home to a famous night- The partygoers are from a gen- “We used to have a good night- Crowd was one of Karachi’s most club scene where alcohol flowed eration that tasted the freedom of life with bands, drinks and danc- popular. freely and luminaries from the a foreign university and overseas ing but it’s gone,” recalls Imtiaz The group played at the 1972 world of jazz played to packed travel before returning home to Moghal, the manager of the inauguration of president Zulfikar crowds eager for a taste of Pakistan. Metropole Hotel, once one of Ali Bhutto, father of Pakistan’s Western culture. The party was not advertised Karachi’s hottest nightspots, but first female prime minister Today, a new generation is -- and from the street you would which now lies semi-derelict as it Benazir Bhutto. seeking to revive the partying never know it was happening -- awaits renovation. The elder Bhutto was a regu- traditions of their parents and to avoid the attention of suicide In Karachi’s heyday, politi- lar at many of Karachi’s night- grandparents -- albeit behind bombers and extremist clerics. cians, young people, belly danc- spots and was known to enjoy his closed doors. At a luxury hotel Before the creeping Islamisation ers, foreign diplomats, the cabin whisky. Menezes, now a teacher in the metropolis of 20 million from the late 1970s that funda- crew of foreign airlines and musi- at a Karachi business school, -- better known for bitter politi- mentally altered the country, cians from touring Southeast recalled the day of the inaugu- cal acrimony, gang violence and Pakistan’s nightlife was legendary. Asia orchestras were all swept ration as an “incredible piece of Ground personnel carry Kazakhstan’s cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov after bloody turf wars -- it is after mid- The golden-era began in the up together in the melee of the history”. landing near the town of Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Kazakhstan, yesterday. night and the private party has 1950s and rolled on until prohibi- city’s nightlife. “In the afternoon we were just started. tion in 1977, which was followed “The order of music was that walking into his house to set up In a room decorated with chan- by a slew of Islamist policies that you would warm up and then and there was Mr Bhutto... I was deliers, several hundred guests drastically altered society. play some more popular songs, carrying an amplifier and a gui- are letting their hair down. The Alcohol flowed freely in down- and (then) you played the louder tar in one hand. And I said, ‘Good Kazakhstan greets music is loud and the bar is busy. town bars and American jazz music... towards the end of the afternoon, sir’. And he said, ‘Good A young female DJ, tanned musicians Dizzie Gillespie and evening you wind down because afternoon’. I said, ‘Sir, will there and tattooed, is in control of the Duke Ellington played to huge people had romantic intentions,” be dancing?’ He said, ‘I don’t record-setting beats. Men dressed in suits and crowds. Clubs such as Playboy, recalls former bandmember Leon know but (if there is) please don’t ties chain smoke as they listen Excelsior, Oasis, Samar, Club 007 Menezes. hide yourself.’” Russian cosmonaut to the electro-funk of Daft Punk, all competed to be the place to From 1970 to 1975, sporting AFP RUSSIA: A Russian Soyuz cap- capsule on Sept. 2. That flight Heroin confiscated Bangla workers sule carrying the world’s most originally included British experienced space flier and soprano and aspiring space tour- fall sick at two rookie crewmates pulled ist Sarah Brightman. Citing fam- away from the International ily reasons, Brightman stopped garment factory Space Station last Friday, aim- training in May and relinquished ing for a parachute landing her seat to Aimbetov. DHAKA: More than 100 work- in Kazakhstan, a NASA TV Volkov remains aboard the ers fell ill yesterday at a gar- broadcast showed. station, along with five crew- ment factory on the outskirts of The capsule departed the sta- mates, including newly named the Bangladeshi capital here, a tion at 5.39pm and was slated to commander Mark Kelly with the police official said. touch down at 8.51pm southeast National Aeronautics and Space The workers belonging to Keya of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Administration and Russian cos- Knit Composite Factory were Strapped inside the capsule monaut Mikhail Kornienko. mostly women, and were hospi- was former station commander Kelly and Kornienko this week talised when they started vomit- Gennady Padalka, 57, who returns passed the halfway point of a ing and reported stomach pains from his fifth spaceflight with a planned yearlong stay in space, shortly after joining work in the record 879 days in orbit. the longest tour of duty in the sta- morning, Xinhua reported, citing The previous record was set tion’s 15-year history. the police official. by six-time flier Sergei Krikalev, “I expected this to not be easy. No spokesperson of the fac- who has a career total 803 days A year is a long time,” Kelly said. tory was available for comment. in space. “You have to pace yourself.” According to the police official, Joining Padalka for the ride NASA and Russia are using the workers were out of danger back to Earth were two rook- the yearlong mission to get bet- and many had already been dis- ies, Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn ter insight into how micrograv- charged from the hospitals they Aimbetov and Danish astronaut ity affects human physical and had been admitted to. Andreas Mogensen, both of whom mental health, and what coun- “We’ve collected water samples spent less than 10 days in orbit. termeasures may mitigate any and sent them to a laboratory for “There definitely hasn’t been harmful effects. testing,” he said. time to get homesick,” Mogensen, In a decade, NASA intends to Such incidents happen mainly the first Dane in space, told begin flying astronauts farther due to water contamination, the reporters during an inflight press beyond the space station, a $100bn Afghan police show suspects and packs of heroine which were confiscated during an operation, in Jalalabad, official said. conference on Tuesday. “Time has research laboratory that orbits Afghanistan, yesterday. Afghan police seized the drugs when smugglers were trying to transport them to In June 2013, nearly 500 work- really, really flown past.” about 400 km above Earth. The neighbouring Pakistan. Afghanistan is still listed as the world’s largest opium producer, although the UN Office ers of a garment factory in Mogensen and Aimbetov long-term goal of the US space on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in a report in December 2014 said that the cultivation area for opium poppy in Ashulia on the outskirts of Dhaka launched with Padalka’s replace- program is a human expedition Myanmar and Laos has increased for the eighth consecutive year, to now 63,800 hectares making Myanmar were hospitalised after drinking ment, veteran cosmonaut Sergey to Mars in the 2030s. contaminated water. Southeast Asia’s top opium producer. Volkov, aboard another Soyuz REUTERS IANS SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Twin blasts in MP kill 87 ABVP makes clean Gelatin sticks were illegally stored in a building adjoining a tea stall sweep in DUSU polls NEW DELHI: The Akhil Reacting to the CYSS defeat, JHABUA: Eighty-seven people Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad its vice president, Anmol Panwar, were killed and more than 100 (ABVP) yesterday swept the said that for a debutant, the party injured, 20 seriously, when an Delhi University Students did well. explosion at a tea stall packed Union (DUSU) elections, win- "It was the first time and we with customers was followed ning all the four posts with did well. The result shows we by a massive blast that ripped spectacular margins. have to work harder and it should through an adjoining building The candidates of the ABVP, not be seen as Arvind Kejriwal's in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua the students wing of the Rashtriya defeat," Tanwar said. district, police said. Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), won "The DUSU election which An investigation has been the posts of president, vice presi- witnessed 43.3 percent polling, a ordered to ascertain the cause of dent, secretary and joint secre- slight dip from last year's 44 per- the second blast that caused wide- tary. The ABVP had won all the cent voting, held peacefully," said spread destruction. Authorities four posts last year too. chief election officer D S Rawat. did not comment on whether ille- Satinder Awana, a master's "This time election was bit gally-stored gelatin sticks caused student of Buddhist Studies, won aggressive. Voting percentage also the explosion. the president's post by 6,327 votes. gone down this year but overall "Eighty-seven people are dead. Awana got 20,439 votes defeating entire DUSU poll went peacefully. Sixty post-mortem examinations Pradeep Vijayran of NSUI who I request all political parties to have been carried out so far and polled 14,112 votes. stay away from election," said post-mortems on remaining After winning, Awana said, Rawat. bodies were being conducted," "I won by over 6,300 votes and On the many complaints made Inspector M L Gaur of the Jhabua the credit of my win goes to the against candidates for openly police control room said. DU students. Students trusted flouting the rules, Rawat said, Jhabua, located more than us and we will fulfill our prom- "We are considering all com- 300km from state capital Bhopal, ises. We will work for students’ plaints regarding violation of is a tribal belt, and a large number safety, women security and new rules. We will take appropriate of labourers were milling around colleges." action after proper investigation." yesterday, waiting for buses. The vice president's post was After the results were The first blast took place at won by Sunny Dedha, a law stu- announced, the winning candi- around 8.30am in the Petlavad dent, by 7,570 votes. He defeated dates were showered with flow- area, near the new bus stand, Garima Rana of AAP's students’ ers and garlands. Bursting of quickly followed by a much big- People stand near the site of the explosions in Petlavad, in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh, yesterday. wing, Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh crackers, distribution of sweets ger explosion. The deafening Samiti (CYSS). and loud cheering was witnessed blasts were so powerful that they "It's a big defeat for CYSS. It at the Kingsway Camp counting reduced buildings to rubble and President expresses grief over loss of lives proves that a fight can be won on venue. left many bloodied and wounded. issues not posters," Dedha said. The supporters danced to drum Madhya Pradesh Home NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee possible aid to the bereaved families and medical Anjali Rana from Lakshmibai beats and took out a march to Minister Babulal Gaur said, "The yesterday condoled the loss of lives due to twin assistance to the injured. "Please convey my heart- College, who won the secretary's celebrate the victory amid tight blast took place due to gas cylin- explosions in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district felt condolences to the families of the deceased. I post by 4,610 votes, said, "Girls' security by Delhi Police. der explosion." On whether there and a train derailment in Karnataka. wish speedy recovery to all the injured persons," safety would be my first priority. I The wining candidates were explosives in the building, "I am sad to know about the gas cylinder explo- he said in a statement issued here. thank students for this win." marched towards the famous Gaur said, "The matter needs to sion yesterday morning in Jhabua district in which Eighty-seven people were killed and more than Chhattarpal Yadav, another Swami Vivekananda statue and be probed and an order in this a large number of people have lost their lives and 100 injured when an explosion at a tea stall packed post-graduate student of Buddhist thanked the students for giving regard has been given." many others are injured," he said in a message to with customers was followed by a massive blast that Studies, won the joint secretary's them a clear mandate. A witness said the ear-splitting Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav. ripped through an adjoining building in Jhabua post by 6,065 votes. The key issues raised by the explosions took place in quick He also hoped that authorities would provide all earlier in the day. IANS "We do politics of truth. CYSS ABVP were — pressurise the succession, with the first taking gave false promises and students Delhi government to implement place at the tea stall and the sec- knew about it," Yadav said. the room rent control act, bring ond bringing down the adjoining severity of the destruction caused tea stall yesterday morning. After Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan The elections last Friday wit- in the paying guest regulation act, building. The roar of the explosion by the second blast. that, another explosion took place has ordered a probe. nessed a 43.3 percent turnout, secure atmosphere for northeast was heard for kilometres. Dazed locals scrambled to help in a two-storey building," Jhabua Chouhan expressed grief, but a slight dip from last year's 44 students, hostel accommodation "I heard the blasts and ran the wounded, who shrieked in Additional Superintendent of declined to comment on the cause percent. especially for women students, towards the spot. Dust hung over pain. Some of the people died on Police Sima Alva said. of the blasts. He said that Chief National Students' Union of U-special buses, 40 percent con- the area. Bodies were scattered all the spot. TV visuals showed the Alva added, "Many people were Secretary Antony DeSa had been India (NSUI), the student wing cession on metro card for stu- over the place. A girl was crying scale of the blasts, with nearby injured in the incident." asked to look into the matter. of the Congress, trailed on the dents, printed mark sheets for and she was rescued," said Babu buildings suffering extensive dam- There were unconfirmed The chief minister has also second spot in three posts. all students, supplementary exam Lal, a witness. age. People could be seen sifting reports that gelatin sticks, used in announced compensation of The CYSS presidential candi- for third-year students in case of Another local said the damage through the rubble to extricate mining, were stored in the build- `200,000 each to the kin of the date came on the fourth place and mass failure. A total of 35 candi- from the explosion at the tea stall those who were buried. ing as illegal mining takes place in deceased and `50,000 to the its vice presidential candidate was dates were in the fray. was comparatively lesser than the "An explosion took place in a the area. Madhya Pradesh Chief injured. IANS on second place. IANS

On guard Schools to promote Veterans hold rally, seek scientific sports project OROP changes NEW DELHI: Hundreds of THIRUVANANTHA PURAM: is taught at the early stages is the ex-servicemen held a rally here Thanks to the efforts of an ath- most vital and one which will be yesterday, seeking some changes lete and a trainer, Kerala schools the basic criteria for character in the One Rank One Pension will soon see a programme that development. These programmes (OROP) scheme approved by the aims to promote a scientific can be taken forward also,” said central government. sports project named ‘Play a Ramabhadran. A large number of veterans, Game, Play for Fun’. “Stretching, strengthening, car- their family members and other S Ramabhadran, now in his 50s, dio vascular exercises, concentra- people staged a march towards after finishing his athletic career, tion and breathing exercises are Jantar Mantar. They said there began his sporting administrative the basics and from then on it were issues in the scheme that career with Tata Steel in the late takes to gymnastics, athletics and remained unresolved and “the 1970s and worked there till the then moves on to games like foot- protest will continue”. mid-1990s. After that he decided ball, basketball and cricket,” added The protesters demanded that to do something for schoolchildren. Ramabhadran. those opting for premature retire- Ramabhadran said his pro- Ramabhadran said it was in ment should get the benefits. Also, gramme is one where a holis- Tata Steel that he got an oppor- the financial year 2013-14 should tic development of young minds tunity to be trained in London. It be the base year, not 2013. takes place. He uses yoga -based was after that he decided to draw Families of the veterans said the aids and certain sports equipment. up the now developed programme OROP announced by the govern- “Look the golden age for skills and take it forward. After leav- ment was misleading. learning is between 8 to 10 years ing Tata Steel, he conducted this “We have been on hunger strike and there are three layers which programme in schools in the UAE since 90 days now. They will have include from the kindergarten to and Bahrain and later cut short to implement OROP the way we Class 1 and then from Class 2 to 4 his stay in the US as his heart was want,” Surinder Singh, an ex-serv- A paramilitary trooper stands guard behind barbed wire during a one-day strike called by separatists in Srinagar and then from class 4 to 7. What in his home state. IANS iceman said. IANS yesterday. The shutdown was called following a court directive against the sale of beef in Jammu and Kashmir. Cows are considered sacred by many Hindus and a ban on their slaughter is in place in several states. AIMIM decides to contest in Bihar election Parents commit suicide

HYDERABAD: Taking Iman, a three-time legislator of chances. We know our strengths options before people,” he said another step for a pan India Bihar, quit the Janata Dal United and weaknesses,” said Owaisi when asked if he was urging peo- after son dies of dengue presence, the AIMIM yes- last year. when asked why his party chose ple to vote for the grand alliance terday decided to contest the The Hyderabad MP said the to contest in only one region. of the JDU, RJD and Congress. NEW DELHI: A young couple, “A suicide note was also recov- Bihar assembly elections. Party backwardness of Seemanchal The Muslim leader said He termed as baseless the whose seven-year-old son died ered from the possession of the president Asaduddin Owaisi would be the main poll issue the party would carry Dalits argument that AIMIM’s pres- of dengue, have committed sui- couple in which it was mentioned announced that it will contest for his party. “We will demand and Other Backward Classes ence will divide the secular votes. cide by jumping from the fourth that they were in extreme shock only from Seemanchal region of a regional development board (OBCs). These sections make up “You are not the only flag bearers floor of a building here, Delhi over the death of their son,” a the state. under Article 371 of the consti- 70 to 75 percent of Seemanchal’s of secularism. We are not coolies Police said yesterday. police officer said. Owaisi said that the All India tution for the overall development population. of secularism. We also have the The parents, from Odisha, left “The suicide note was written Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen of Seemanchal,” he said blaming “Why do you limit us to capacity and credibility to take on a suicide note in Odia saying that in Odia. The couple also men- (AIMIM) will soon announce the the Congress, BJP, RJD and JDU Muslims. You have Dalits, OBCs communal forces,” he said. nobody was responsible for their tioned in the note that nobody is number of seats it will be con- for the region’s backwardness. and various people. We are talking “Did MIM contest the elections act and they were in extreme responsible for their act and they testing. Seemanchal region in Owaisi, who addressed a pub- about development of Seemanchal in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, shock over their son’s death. were responsible for their deci- Bihar comprising four districts lic meeting in Seemanchal last which includes every section of Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu Police said the couple — identi- sion,” the officer said. accounts for 24 assembly seats in month, made it clear that AIMIM society,” he said. and Kashmir. How did the BJP fied as Lakshman Chandra Raut, The only son of the couple, the 243-member assembly. would contest the elections on its For the rest of Bihar, Owaisi win? Yesterday, ABVP swept 35, and Babita Raut, 30 — jumped Avinash Raut, died of dengue last He also announced that own. He, however, did not rule out appealed to people to defeat com- Delhi University elections. Was from their rented accommodation Tuesday while undergoing treat- Akhtarul Iman will be the presi- post-poll alliances. munal forces. “There are commu- our youth wing contesting there,” in Lado Sarai area of south Delhi ment in a private hospital. dent of the Bihar unit of AIMIM. “We are realistic about our nists and others. There are many he asked. IANS last Wednesday around 12.15am. IANS SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

FTII student on Bandh cripples life in hunger strike Assam; hundreds held hospitalised PUNE: A student of the pres- GUWAHATI: The 12-hour Nagaon, Lakhimpur, Tinsukia tigious Film and Television bandh called by the Asom and Dibrugarh, bandh supporters Institute of India (FTII) was Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra forced some drivers out of their admitted to a hospital here Parishad (AJYCP) yesterday vehicles and made them stand when his condition worsened crippled life in Assam. Reports for several hours, leading to stray after hours of hunger strike late of stray incidents of violence incidents of violence. on Friday. from districts across the state Some of the supporters par- Hilal Savad, one of the three led to hundreds of bandh sup- tially destroyed some vehicles in FTII students on hunger strike, porters being arrested. Tezpur. This led to the arrest of would remain under observation The AJYCP had called the scores of protesters, who were for a day. bandh in protest against the released later. Ranjit Nair, a core committee central government’s decision to Meanwhile, Assam’s lead- member of the strike, confirmed grant citizenship to Bangladeshi ing farmers’ body Krishak the news to IANS through a text and Pakistani non-Muslim Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) message. migrants, who had entered India launched a hunger strike at “That’s (the news) true. His till December last year due to Dighalipukhuripar in Guwahati name is Hilal Savad. His sugar religious persecution. yesterday to protest against the level dropped drastically after At least 11 other organisa- Centre’s move and said that they 30 hours. His hands and feet had tions of the state, including the would launch a mass movement become numb,” the message said. Asom Gana Parishad and student opposing the Centre’s decision. “He wasn’t responding to our organisations of Motock, Moran, “The government started calls. The doctors had to take The Director General of BSF, Devendra Kumar Pathak (second left) and Pakistani Rangers DG (Punjab) Major Dimasa, Karbi, Goriya-Moriya, updating the National Register him to the ICU. He is stable now. General Umar Farooq Burki (second right) sign documents following their talks in New Delhi yesterday. Sonowal-Kachari, Madahi and of Citizens to make the state free But will be under observation for Bishnupuria Manipuri commu- of illegal Bangladeshi citizens. another day at least,” it added. nities, supported the bandh. However, now the government The students went on hunger Schools, colleges, other educa- takes a decision that all the non- strike last Thursday, appealing tional institutions and commer- Muslims from Bangladesh and the government to come up with cial establishments remained Pakistan would be allowed to a solution of the deadlock. Border talks end on closed during the bandh. stay in India and would be given They claim that Chauhan Vehicular traffic remained off citizenship,” said KMSS leader lacked credentials for the post the roads in most districts, except Kamal Medhi. of the chairman and that his for a few buses of the Assam State “This is a condemnable move appointment was politically-moti- Transport Corporation that plied of the central government. This vated. The strike entered its 93rd in some areas. is not only against the people of day yesterday. Despite support ‘optimistic note’ Bandh supporters came out Assam and against the spirit of from eminent members of the on to the streets in many areas the historical Assam Accord but film fraternity like Mani Ratnam, to enforce the bandh in many also leads to a threat to national Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Jahnu BSF, Pakistani Rangers agree to avoid breach of truce districts. security,” Medhi said, adding that Barua, Dibakar Bannerjee, Girish They blocked national and state yesterday fast is just the begin- Kasaravalli, Resul Pookutty and NEW DELHI: The four-day Sources said that Pathak and patrolling, and sporting events highways by burning tyres. ning of a massive mass movement. Vidya Balan, the issue has reached talks between India’s BSF the delegation led by Pakistan were also discussed. In districts like Kamrup, IANS an impasse. IANS and its Pakistani counterpart Rangers chief Maj Gen Umar A Joint Record of Discussion Pakistan Rangers ended yester- Farooq Burki have agreed to charting a future route map of day on an “optimistic note” with remain in touch over mobile cooperation between the two bor- both sides agreeing to take steps phone, e-mail and fax in order der forces was signed. to maintain peaceful and tran- to avoid ceasefire violations and It was mutually agreed to hold quil borders. escalation of tension on the border. the next talks in the first half of BJP minister hints he watches porn The talks between the director Sources said the need for coop- 2016 in Pakistan. generals of the two border forces eration to maintain the sanctity The Pakistan Rangers chief led PUNE: In a major embar- district, at the Bal Gandharva things seen on television and were held in a cordial and congen- of the borders was stressed upon. a 16-member delegation to India rassment for the ruling BJP Rangmandir here last Friday. claimed he was aware what people ial atmosphere and ended with the The issue of inadvertent cross- while the BSF fielded a 23-mem- in Maharashtra yesterday, one “I know what you all watch watch at night.” signing of an accord. ing over by the border population ber delegation. of its senior cabinet ministers at night on TV and clips, right? Stunned by the minister’s utter- A consensus was reached on and how to facilitate their return Both the delegations also had virtually admitted to watching You watch video clips at night... ances, Oswal and Yogesh Amte — various issues, including no firing on both the sides was also dis- representatives from their home pornography before an audi- Because what you watch, even both students of Yeshwant Law along the border, to protect the cussed. Both sides felt caution and and foreign ministries along with ence comprising around 1,000 I watch... So don’t think I am College — lodged a complaint with lives of innocent civilians. care should be taken to deal with officers from narcotics control and students. grown old... The leaves are still the Deccan Police Station last “The talks ended on an optimis- the civilians. survey department. The incident took place at a green,” Bapat was heard saying Friday night. tic note with both sides agreeing The need for confidence build- Officials said the delegation of conference of Vidyarthi Hakka in Marathi on television channels. Student activists of the on constant endeavour to maintain ing measures including timely Pakistan Rangers has left India Parishad which was addressed Chetan Oswal, a student, said: Nationalist Congress Party took peaceful and tranquil borders,” exchange of information at the after the talks. The talks began on by Food and Civil Supplies min- “During the course of his speech, out a march outside Bapat’s Border Security Force (BSF) chief field level and mobile communi- September 10 at BSF headquar- ister Girish Bapat, who is also the minister seemed to off-track residence in the city in protest D K Pathak said. cation, simultaneous coordinated ters in New Delhi. IANS the guardian minister of Pune and said that there are lot of against his remarks. IANS

PMO seeks action against Two Britons die as Shimla toy train derails

PARWANOO: Two Britons money laundering in Goa were killed and seven injured yesterday when two coaches PANAJI: The PMO has asked connection with the Louis Berger of a chartered Kalka-Shimla the finance ministry to take international bribery scandal, and toy train hired by a group of “appropriate action” in the light the powerful casino lobby in Goa. 37 foreigners derailed near this of a complaint by a Goa-based The casino lobby generates Himachal Pradesh town, a police anti-corruption NGO, which several hundred crore as direct officer said. reported linkages between a revenue for the state government. The dead were identified as Goa-based hawala operator and The NGO also furnished Soni’s two women, Loraine Toner and the local casino industry. The mobile numbers registered in Joan Nickolas, both 60, Inspector complaint was made in August. Dubai and Goa to the PMO, General of Police (Railway) Zahoor An office memo, issued by demanding that call records Zaidi said over phone. The injured Narendra Kumar, the under- should be probed by the enforce- were admitted to the PGI hospi- secretary at the revenue co- ment agencies. tal in Chandigarh, 30km from the ordination section of the union “We have learnt that he is accident spot. finance ministry, said the peti- involved in hawala operations for Speeding at a curve was the tion of Generation Next convenor casinos which are based in Goa cause of the accident, one of the Durgadas Kamat had been for- and their clientele as well, which survivors told police. warded by the PMO “for appro- money is not accounted for and Northern Railway chief public priate action”. hence causes enormous loss to the relations officer Neeraj Sharma In a letter to Prime Minister state exchequer,” Kamat said in said in New Delhi that the train Narendra Modi, Kamat, also a the complaint to Prime Minister was booked by a group of foreign- secretary in the Goa Congress, Narendra Modi. ers mainly from Britain. alleged linkages between Soni was recently released on Police said the train with four Raichand Soni, an alleged hawala bail after nearly two weeks of engines left Kalka in Haryana at operator who was arrested by the incarceration in connection with 12.40pm. It went off the tracks at Crime Branch of the Goa Police in the bribery case. IANS Taksal, just three kilometres from Kalka. Traffic on the 96km long cen- People gather at the derailment site of a chartered narrow gauge train at Parwanoo on the Kalka-Shimla Unesco tury-old narrow gauge world her- Heritage Track, yesterday. itage railroad remained suspended and is likely to be restored by a wing of Indian Railways. animal suddenly came on the ferry Europeans to and from this Rs1m for kin of woman today. “The reason behind the incident track or rocks falling on the hill town, the erstwhile summer The chartered trains on this is yet to be ascertained. It might track,” Sharma said in New Delhi capital of British India. It was cho- rail section are handled by be a problem in the track or in earlier. sen by Unesco as a world heritage killed in Makkah the Indian Railways Catering the coach. The Kalka-Shimla rail track site in 2008. and Tourism Corporation, There is a possibility that an was built by the British in 1903 to IANS

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief in Malda district were among the Minister Mamata Banerjee injured in the accident in which yesterday announced Rs1m as 107 people were killed and 238 Karnataka train derailment claims two lives compensation to the family of injured. Muniza Ahamed of the state, “Though monetary compensa- BENGALURU: Two women Solapur division’s Additional derailment happened in the dark. witnessing heavy rains over the who was among the 107 killed in tion cannot be a substitute for life passengers died and eight peo- Manager K Madhusudan said “Though the first seven coaches last couple of days. “The cause of the crane accident at the Grand lost, still we are trying our best to ple were injured yesterday from mishap spot, about 630km from engine passed safely, the fol- derailment is not known yet. An Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s provide all support and co-opera- when nine coaches of a speed- from Bengaluru. lowing nine coaches, including a inquiry by the commissioner of Makkah city. tion to the distressed families. All ing Mumbai-bound Duronto The victims have been iden- pantry car (HA1, A1, A2, A3, B6, railway safety has been ordered. According to the West Bengal Haj pilgrims from the state have express from Secunderabad tified as Jyothi Shankar, 46, B7, B8, B9) derailed while the A portion of track, which gave State Haj Committee, Haj pil- an insurance cover of Rs3lakh. in Telangana derailed near and Pushpalatha Harish, remaining four coaches in the way, has been repaired to restore grim Muniza Ahamed (59) from “Our government will give Kalaburgi in north Karnataka, 26.. They were travelling to rear were stranded on track,” traffic on the high density route,” Asansol in Burdwan district was Rs1m as financial assistance to an official said. Pune in Maharashtra from Madhusudan said. Madhusudan said. Railway among those killed and Liakat the family of the deceased and “The incident occurred after Secunderabad. As a non-stop Prior to the express train, Minister Suresh Prabhu said the Hossain (61) from Patharghata Rs1lakh to each of the injured the train passed Martur station superfast express, the fully air- a Hyderabad-Mumbai express derailment was “saddening” and in West Midnapore district and pilgrims,” said Banerjee. between Wadi and Kalaburgi conditioned Duronto was passing passed safely from the same mis- that an enquiry has been ordered Hasen Ali (62) from Kaliachak IANS at 2.42am,” Central Railways’ through at 110km speed when the hap spot though the area has been into the accident. IANS SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 FEATURES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Pickle-making epitome of culinary strength: Kunal

By Vishnu Makhijani Jaipur, Kochi, Panaji, Pondicherry, for this crucial pickle was made the pickle survives for over two Shillong, Udaipur and Varanasi to into a dance form and till date the years in curd,” the chef noted. t can’t get more micro unravel an interesting pickle tale couples enact this dance to reveal Then, a Hyderabadi style of than this: an 18-episode TV of each region. the recipe,” said Kapur, who has mango pickle breaks the long show on Indian pickles that “There are ingredients also been seen on popular cook- held notion by me that a drop of celebrity chef Kunal Kapur and techniques that keep you ing show “My Yellow Table” on water can destroy a pickle, as this (pictured) is hosting as he intrigued and surprised. Not just NDTV Good Times, with whom mango pickle is made in water! Isays making preserves “is the each region but each community he is in talks for season II. “Limestone or chuna is added to epitome of culinary strength”. has some unique pickles and their Towards the far west, in preserve the pickle,” said Kapur, “Making a pickle is the epit- own unique reasons and stories Jodhpur, the ker sangri ka achar who also anchored a travel show ome of culinary strength; it is behind how and why they prepare is the legacy of love for nature of titled “Foodie Comes to America” an art that is combined with a them. the Bishnoi tribe. that was telecast on Times Now high level of science of preserv- “As I have discovered, pickles “The ker shrub and the san- in the US and is now shooting for ing food,” Kapur, whose “Pickle are an integral part of how people gri tree are the few that grow its second season in New York. Nation” show went on air Friday define their food culture, and each in this otherwise difficult region. “The depth of taste and pas- evening, said. region is intensely passionate The cattle would eat it and give sion along with the personality of “It is said that pickles were about their pickles,” Kapur said. milk. The roots would hold on to the pickle maker is one common first made in India. It was here For instance, with the Parsis the soil, and at the same time, thread that I found in my wonder- in India that, for the first time, in Ahmedabad, it is mandatory the tree would give shelter. The ful journeys of discovery,” Kapur the art form of cooking was taken to make lagan nu achar and give fruits of the khejri tree is the said, adding: “It is very easy to to a higher level science, which is it to the elders and relatives in sangri and this tree is a very buy a pickle off the shelf and set- preservation. This preservation of the family before they formalise critical tree to the ecology of tle with it, but it takes a whole art is to most of us just an accom- the marriage of a couple, said the place. Many have sacrificed lot of love to go out to buy the paniment, whereas seldom do we Kapur, who has been a judge on their lives to protect this tree. right ingredient, put in the hard realise how it is the reason for our the Master Chef India show and The ker sangri pickle made from work, take the utmost care and existence and a living proof of the has authored a book titled “A Chef this tree is one of the reasons for then patiently wait as it pickles.” genius that exists in our country,” In Every Kitchen”. the survival of the Bishnoi tribe,” “Love, honesty and dedication Kapur said, explaining the ration- “In another fascinating Kapur said. are what every pickle requires,” ale behind the show, which will instance, the Karbi tribe in Another fine example is the Kapur maintained. air at 8.30 pm (IST) on Friday- Meghalaya has evolved a special Mahali pickle made by the Despite this, “we have never Saturday on Living Foods chan- dance that enacts the recipe of Tamilian Brahmins. really given a pickle Maker his/ nel, the successor to Zee Khana the Bamboo pickle. The ances- “Mahalo is a root that smells her due importance. This show Khazana. tors knew that if the bamboo of intense vanilla, bitter almond explores not just pickles but the The show took him to 11 cities was not pickled in the right sea- and cinnamon, and it is pickled in unique pickle makers that have of India, including Ahmedabad, son then it might lead to hunger yogurt. It is not short of a miracle relentlessly been at it,” Kapur Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, in the winters, and so the recipe that no vinegar or oil is used yet concluded. IANS

Tommy Hilfiger to Designer turns footwear inspired launch ‘Twitter Halo’

im to bring the backstage frenzy of a fashion show to the virtual world, inter- by Maasai tribe into high fashion Anational brand Tommy Hilfiger will intro- duce ‘Twitter Halo’ at its Spring 2016 ‘Hilfiger By Robin Givhan Collection’ runway show here. The brand announced that it will launch Twitter Inc.’s urora James was raised in a small town ‘Twitter Halo’ at its Spring 2016 fashion show, near Toronto and spent much of her youth taking place at Pier 36 on Monday morning, a reading National Geographic. “We always statement said. Ahad a subscription,” she says. “It was big ‘Twitter Halo’ is a multi-camera device that entertainment for me growing up.” Her mother was captures 360 degree videos that can be shared in not the glamorous sort who wore Vogue-approved real-time through Twitter. The iconic American stilettos and slingbacks; instead, she had a prodi- fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger feels that with gious collection of mukluks and clogs. There is lit- this, they are fusing in the technology with inno- tle in James’ background that would suggest that vation in a right way. she would be a shoe designer and one of the ten “We’ve become increasingly energised by digital finalists in this year’s CFDA-Vogue Fashion Fund technology and innovation, which has transformed competition. the show experience for us and our audiences. But in 2013, James launched Brother Vellies, a “For our Spring 2016 fashion show, we’ll build on line of shoes based on traditional African styles. this energy as we premiere first looks from the They hit a sweet spot in pricing, aesthetics, romantic collection using the new ‘Twitter Halo’, which anthropology and high-minded global production. will have its worldwide debut at our Spring 2016 As the spring 2016 runway shows begin Thursday in fashion show,” Hilfiger said. Ashley Vinson, head New York, James will be in the thick of the action. of brand strategy at Twitter, also noted that “the Over nine days, some 200 brands are expected to relationship between Twitter and Tommy Hilfiger present collections. Those include American behe- dates back to 2013 and continues to be strong”. moths such as Ralph Lauren and Michael Kors, “Fashion and Twitter go hand-in-hand, and struggling mass market label J. Crew, young guns Tommy Hilfiger is one brand that’s consistently Prabal Gurung and Jason Wu, as well as the vener- ahead of the curve when it comes to implement- able Givenchy, the Paris-based luxury label that’s ing creative uses of Twitter,” Vinson said. Avery parachuting into New York for a season. And as a Baker, chief brand and marketing officer for Fashion Fund finalist — and self-funded designer — Tommy Hilfiger, says it’s a small step towards the stakes will be high. The winner receives business Brother Vellies sandals are produced in South Africa, as well as future. mentoring as well as a cash award of $300,000. Its “As the retail landscape shifts and consumer alumni includes some of the most promising brands Kenya, by artisans that Aurora James found through word-of- expectations evolve, we’re focused on sharing our on Seventh Avenue — Proenza Schouler, Alexander shows and new collections through the most inno- Wang Altuzarra. Most importantly, finalists receive mouth and just plain wandering about — even skulking around vative, original and exciting channels, and we look the attention and ministrations of the industry and forward to continue building upon our passion the presumption of a winning concept. tanneries and ostrich farms. for fusing fashion and technology,” Baker added. Brother Vellies signature shoes are the veldskoen or “vellies,” which give the company its name and are worn throughout South Africa and Namibia. Before becoming a shoe entrepreneur, James categorized as do-gooder fashion. “People are used to They are stitched in three parts from kudu leather, worked for a model agency and in publicity, helping feel-good things where it’s, ‘Here’s your eco-fashion,’ Eat cocoa flavanols to which is from a species of antelope. Most people will to produce Hood by Air’s debut show. But she had and you think hemp,” she says. “When these shoes recognize them as reminiscent of desert boots, which never designed a fashion collection or built a com- are sitting on shelves and it’s not a Brother Vellies stay young at heart were popularized by Clark’s. pany from the ground up. Brother Vellies was the store, they’re not sitting with their story” written Brother Vellies also includes sandals inspired by quintessential passion project, and only naivete con- out next to them. onsuming a diet rich in cocoa flavanols could those worn by the Maasai tribe and slides mod- vinced her that she had the skill and the mindset to “We want them to sit next to Miu Miu shoes,” improve cardiovascular function and lessen eled after Moroccan slippers called babouches. The take it on. She has been known to e-mail strangers James says, “and they have to hold their own.” Cthe burden on the heart that comes with age- women’s shoes are priced between $195 and $650, she thinks might be able to help her solve a problem. Like every fashion brand today, Brother Vellies ing and stiffening of arteries, two studies have found. with a few special styles priced higher. They are “We had a problem with shipping and logistics and has collaborated on special collections, such as As we age, our blood vessels become less flexible produced in South Africa, as well as Kenya, by arti- I thought, ‘Who at the United Nations could help with artist Mickalene Thomas, photographer and and less able to expand to allow blood flow and sans that James found through word-of-mouth and me?’” So she fired off one email and then another. illustrator Todd Selby and womenswear designers circulate normally, and the risk of hypertension just plain wandering about — even skulking around “And now I have a really amazing partnership with Darlene and Lizzy Okpo of William Okpo. also increases. It is also known that arterial stiff- tanneries and ostrich farms. “It’s a matter of going them and their sustainable fashion program,” James With her debut presentation, James is working ness and blood vessel dysfunction are linked with there and spending time on the ground and seeing says. with the Brother Vellies team, which numbers three, cardiovascular disease -- the number one cause if anyone there would be interested in working with James is not trying to transform skilled artisans including her. She promises the presentation will be of deaths worldwide. you,” James says. Not all artisans wanted to — at into high-fashion designers: “We’re saying, what something “great.” It will not simply be a still-life of “We found that intake of flavanols significantly least not immediately. It often happens, particularly you’re already doing is exemplary.” The goal is to shoes. “I love models!” James says. “When I was at improves several of the hallmarks of cardiovascular in Kenya, that companies come in for one season, fine-tune those ideas so they have a position in the Next [model agency], there was this girl scouted in health,” said Malte Kelm, professor at Dusseldorf perhaps because they are emphasizing beading. They broader marketplace. She has encountered some Africa. She didn’t want to [model] for a long time, University Hospital in Germany. Cocoa flavanols make all sorts of requests of master craftsmen. And unexpected psychic hurdles. “We had a website that but just long enough to get an education. Models are are plant-derived bioactives from the cacao bean. by the next season, the companies are gone; they’ve I think was great. But there was this weird thing sort of like the modern-day Cinderella.” In the first study, two groups of 22 young (less moved on to the next trend. with anything related to Africa. We’d get e-mails “I always loved fashion [but] I wanted to find a way than 35 years of age) and 20 older (50-80 years “I wanted to be sure we’re building long-term asking, ‘Is this legit?’ or ‘Is this an African scam?’ to do it that would be empowering and uplifting,” of age) healthy men consumed either a flavanol- partnerships,” James says. “If we’re not focused on We knew this was not going to be a regular fashion James says. Seeing the fashion world’s Cinderellas containing drink, or a flavanol-free control drink, desert boots one season, that’s okay because they launch.” wearing Brother Vellies is part of her vision. twice a day for two weeks. still make up a huge part of my business.” James is sensitive to having the Brother Vellies WP-BLOOMBERG The researchers then measured the effect of flavanols on hallmarks of cardiovascular ageing, such as arterial stiffness (as measured by pulse wave velocity), blood pressure and flow-mediated vasodilation (the extent to which blood vessels dilate in response to nitric oxide). They found that vasodilation was significantly improved in both age groups that consumed fla- vanols over the course of the study (by 33 percent in the younger age group and 32 percent in the older age group over the control intervention). In the older age group, a statistically and clinically significant decrease in blood pressure was also seen. The same benefits were also seen in a second study that included a larger group (100) of healthy middle-aged men and women (35-60 years) with low risk of cardiovascular disease. IANS SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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LEFT: British actress and singer Jane Birkin posing at the Tuileries gardens in Paris. Right: An employee holding a $129,000 crocodile Hermes Birkin Bag at the Hermes store on Wall Street in New York. Children look at the artwork “Ni frontiere, ni souffrance” (No border, no pain) by French street artist MG La Bomba, depicting three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi who drowned while fleeing the war in Syria, as part of the “Twelve hours to change the gaze” event at the French national Immigration PARIS: British singer Jane bag that was both elegant and museum in Paris yesterday. Birkin has dropped a request practical. to have her name taken off The bag has since become a a Hermes handbag after the celebrities’ favourite, beloved group reviewed its treatment of Victoria Beckham, Kim of crocodiles, a company state- Kardashian and characters in ment said. the “Sex and the City” television It’s family business: Grandparents in “Following the heartfelt emo- series, among others. tion expressed by Jane Birkin The crocodile version, which and her request for explanation, costs at least €33,000 ($36,000), Hermes in agreement with her is one of Hermes’s best-known Korea demand more for child care reiterates its firm commitment products, along with its silk in the ethical treatment of croc- scarves and purses named after odiles in its partner farms,” the Grace Kelly. SEOUL: Ock Mi-eun, 57, has been taking luxury fashion house said. Animal rights group PETA care of her grandson since he was born two It said the 68-year-old singer released a video about the slaugh- years ago so that her daughter could return said she was “satisfied” by the ter of crocodiles for the produc- to work. She receives 1 million won ($830) a measures taken by Hermes. tion of the famous bags, with month for her services. Birkin’s agent confirmed the reptiles allegedly “cruelly hacked” It is not unusual for South Koreans to pay news. to death to produce a purse. their parents to take care of their children. After Birkin learned of the After Birkin announced But the number doing so is on the rise and the “cruel” methods associated with her request to have her name arrangement has become more professional-like the production of crocodile-skin removed, PETA said on its web- as parents increasingly pay the equivalent of full bags, she asked the luxury manu- site: “On behalf of all kind souls babysitting rates. facturer to take her name off the in the world, we thank Ms Birkin “You’ve left your child with someone else, it’s bag in late July. for ending her association with only being responsible to pay some compensa- The bag was designed for Birkin Hermes.” tion,” said Ock, who picks up her grandson from in 1984, after a chance meeting of The British singer and actress his morning daycare and looks after him until the singer and the group’s then is best known as the former wife of his mother retrieves him in the evenings. president, Jean-Louis Dumas. She French singer Serge Gainsbourg. Childcare classes for the elderly, rare before complained she could not find a AFP 2013, have cropped up at public health centers. They typically teach the resuscitation technique CPR, infant massage, feeding and playing with children. “They’re very eager to learn modern- day childcare because so much has changed from US man arrested for urinating their time, and they don’t want to be looked down on by their children,” said Song Geum-re, on fellow passengers on plane who lectures at childcare classes for the elderly. The trend is being driven by changes in South A girl takes a nap next to her grandmother during a child care class for grandparents in Seoul. LOS ANGELES: A drunk passenger on board a JetBlue plane Korea’s population - the fastest-ageing in the was arrested on Friday upon arrival in the western US state world. A record share of women work and a high of Oregon after urinating on fellow passengers, authorities said. rate of poverty among the elderly means many looked after by grandparents rose to 35.1 per- look after young children has mutual benefits. “Flight 45 from Anchorage, Alaska, was met by local authorities older people need the income. cent in 2012, the last year for which government Compensation for childcare can be a key upon arrival into Portland at 4:26 this morning following an incident Even though government data shows almost data is available, from 31.9 percent in 2009. A source of income for elderly people in South involving an intoxicated customer,” the airline said in a statement. 53 percent of women work, that level is low survey by the Gyeonggido Family and Women’s Korea, where government data shows that 49 Portland police said 26-year-old Jeff Rubin spent several hours compared with other member countries in the Research Institute in 2011 showed nearly 80 per- percent of those aged 66 and above live in poverty. in jail before being released. He faces charges of second-degree Organisation for Economic Co-operation and cent of 300 grandparents who regularly took care One Seoul district began paying monthly sti- criminal mischief and offensive littering. Development. of their grandchildren were paid. pends in 2011 to grandparents who regularly Crew and passengers on board the flight told police that the As of April 2014, 22.4 percent of all married Suh Moon-hee, a visiting research fellow at take care of their young grandchildren. A lack of suspect slept through most of the three-hour flight but woke up women aged 15 to 54 in South Korea had quit the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, funding has derailed similar initiatives elsewhere. shortly before landing and began relieving himself. their jobs due to marriage, childbirth or child- said paying grandparents for childcare is not new The new professionalism among grandpar- “Approximately 30 minutes prior to landing he stood up and began care, government data shows. New mothers are but the prevalence and the amounts paid have ent carers even shares some traits with daycare urinating through the cracks of the seat onto the passengers seated often deterred from returning to work by a lack risen, suggesting a more professional arrange- centers. Many grandparents are strict about in front of him,” said the police report. of day care, where demand far outstrips available ment. “In the past, if South Koreans paid a third working hours, Song said, with some cutting off “At some point Jeff Rubin lost his balance causing him to fall back- places. A ruling party lawmaker said last year of what they would have paid visiting babysitters service at 6 p.m. sharp. wards and urinate upwards which got on the passengers and seats there were 11 children for every day care spot because they regularly gave their parents finan- “Grandparents exchange information amongst next to him as well as some other passenger’s personal belongings.” available and in the more sought-after govern- cial support. Now they pay them full wages,” she their friends, who’s being given how much AFP ment facilities the ratio was 47 to one. said. “It’s more of a transaction for services.” and whatnot. It’s all business-like,” she said. The share of families whose children were For many families, enlisting grandparents to REUTERS All-male squads outperform ones with women: US Marines study WASHINGTON: A US summary of which was released to do this. When you start out ground combat roles. The ques- that women and men meet the set up to be objective, saying his Marine Corps study examin- by the Marine Corps this week, with that mindset you’re almost tion for his research team was: same rigorous standards, point- team “didn’t have a preconceived ing how women would perform could factor into Pentagon delib- presupposing the outcome,” Did integrating men and women ing to one study by the Center notion when we walked into the in ground combat roles showed erations about which roles, if Mabus told National Public make a difference? for Naval Analyses. experiment.” all-male units broadly outper- any, should remain off-limits Radio, in an interview aired on “The answer is: yes,” Johnson He also said that the Marine Two years ago the US services formed mixed-gender units to women. The US military Friday. said, saying that in 93 out of Corps experiment likely should were told to develop gender-neu- on everything from reaching services will soon submit their The Marine Corps conducted the 134 tasks analyzed, all-male have set a “higher bar” for some tral standards for all jobs and to targets quickly to firing accu- recommendations to Defence the study using roughly 400 units performed better. of the women volunteers to report by this autumn any jobs rately with heavier weapons. Secretary Ash Carter on the Marines, about 100 of them The findings showed all-male participate. which should remain closed to The results of the study, a matter. women, who volunteered to squads moved faster, more so Asked whether setting stand- women. A decision is expected But Navy Secretary Ray join the experimental Ground when carrying heavier loads. ards would eliminate some of in the coming months. Mabus has already publicly Combat Element Integrated Women were more likely to the gaps shown in the The release of the Marine criticized the study. Mabus Task Force, which was estab- sustain injuries, an executive experiment, Mabus said: Corps study came just a week told National Public Radio he lished for the study in July 2014 summary of the study sent to “Everybody will have to be at after the US Army announced thought it was flawed, in part and wrapped up its work in July Reuters said. The Marine Corps the same level.” it would open its elite Ranger because of the mindset of the 2015. has not yet released the full “They will have to meet these School to all soldiers, regardless volunteers who participated. Paul Johnson, a civilian in the study. standards that have now been of gender. “It started out with a fairly Marine Corps who led the study, Mabus, an advocate for open- set that simply didn’t exist Last month, two women made large component of the men told Reuters in an interview the ing combat roles to women, told before. Once you do that, there history by becoming the first to thinking this is not a good idea goal was to replicate real-life NPR that outside analysis had shouldn’t be these gaps,” he said. pass the grueling leadership and women will never be able activities of young Marines in shown there were ways to ensure Johnson said the study was course. REUTERS Sunday 13 September 2015 29 Dhul-Qa’da 1436 Volume 20 Number 6552 Price: QR2

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BY SATISH KANADY markets, including China and advanced and secondary emerging maximum number of companies our indexes. The Annual FTSE March 2017 semi-annual review. Kuwait, were placed in the FTSE markets. China had the highest that do make it to the EM index Country Classification Review On other country classification DOHA: FTSE Russel, the global watch list to be considered for weightage (26.6 percent) in this will not be more than what are demonstrates our commitment changes, FTSE confirmed Greece leader in indexing, has upgraded the September 2015 market clas- index, followed by Taiwan (14.1 already included in the FTSE to promoting transparency and will be demoted from Developed Qatari market to Secondary sification review for the upgrade percent) and India (12.6 percent), Frontier Index i.e.37”, analysts openness in the development to Advanced Emerging due to the Emerging Market. Following its at different levels. Of this, just according to analysts. at Global Research said. and reconstitution of all our recent extended market closure, September 2015 annual review, three markets found their places Qatar’s status of upgrade to If all of these companies make benchmarks.” imposition of capital controls on FTSE announced Qatar will in the upgraded list. While Emerging Market is likely to it to the FTSE EM Index, Qatar’s Qatar will be removed from the domestic investors and continued be promoted from Frontier China A-Shares remained on enhance liquidity and turno- weight will not be more than 1.6 Frontier index in September 2016. economic instability and Latvia and to Secondary Emerging since Watch List for possible inclusion ver in the market. In the past, percent; which essentially defines In recognition of the potential Palestine, previously ‘Unclassified’, the market meets the criteria as Secondary Emerging, Kuwait when Qatar was upgraded to the the upper limit, they noted. liquidity demands arising from will be designated as eligible required for the upgrade. failed to be included in the list Emerging Market status by MSCI Chris Woods, Chairman of its promotion, Qatar’s inclusion Frontier markets within the FTSE The FTSE announcement is a this time. and S&P, the country’s average the Governance Board at FTSE as a Secondary Emerging mar- Country Classification scheme. shot in the arm for Qatar, which The FTSE Emerging Markets daily turnover seen increasing. Russell, said :”Institutional inves- ket status will be effected in two The promotion of Latvia and is working to further deepen its Indices are a part of the FTSE Hence, an upgrade by FTSE is tors worldwide use our bench- tranches. The first tranche of Palestine to Frontier market capital market system. Qatar Global Equity Series (GEIS). The expected to add to the market marks throughout the investment 50 percent will be implemented status will be implemented in has already been upgraded by index helps investors analyse the momentum. process, as they have confidence in conjunction with the semi- conjunction with the resched- two other global index compilers performance of the most liquid “It is difficult to say how in FTSE Russell’s governance annual review of FTSE GEIS in uled annual review of the FTSE MSCI and S&P, in May 2014 and companies in emerging mar- many companies will make it structures which ensure clients’ September 2016 and the second Frontier Index in September September 2014, respectively. kets. The index includes several to the index, however, we can needs are properly reflected in the 50 percent tranche will be imple- 2016. Qatar, along with 10 other large-and- mid-cap stocks from make a fair assessment that the construction and management of mented in conjunction with the THE PENINSULA

Car boycott call in Iran Qatar business outlook remains strong: Business Optimism Index

DOHA: Despite the decline decrease, from 49 in second quar- Rajesh Mirchandani, CEO, in the composite Business ter to 34 in third quarter this Dun & Bradstreet, said: “The Q3 Optimism Index (BOI) over the year. results are indicative of the over- last two quarters, the outlook Despite the decline in BOI all sentiment in Qatar throughout for the overall business environ- scores for the Transport and the summer season, characterised ment in Qatar remains strong, Communications sector, expecta- by an underlying combination of according to third-quarter BOI tions over securing new projects reduced working hours during the findings. and orders in the coming quarter Holy month, the onset of holidays The third quarter BOI report, remained firm. and a significant portion of the conducted by Dun and Bradstreet The main concern for the working population travelling and sponsored by the Qatar hydrocarbon sector continues to abroad. Financial Centre (QFC), shows be the dropping oil prices, while “Although there has been a that although planned expansion for the non-hydrocarbon sector decline in results; the overall activities have lost some traction the primary bone of contention business environment remained in both the hydrocarbon and non- is the adverse impact of compe- positive, which is in part due to hydrocarbon sectors; the overall tition coupled with the delays in the huge government spending to business outlook still remains payments/receivables. diversify the economy.” strong. Yousuf Al Jaida, CEO of Meanwhile, the small and The Construction Sector fore- QFC, said: “Over the years, we medium enterprises (SMEs) Iranians driving in heavy traffic in Tehran yesterday. A campaign to boycott “substandard and expensive” cast declined from a BOI of 46 have noticed a trend in which community continued its more Iranian-made cars has fired up social media in the Islamic republic. in second quarter to 34 in third the private sector expects Q3 positive outlook compared quarter, 2015 on the back of to be a weak quarter. This we to large companies when it competition, drying up of new know is attributable to sea- came to the overall business projects and reduced business sonal factors and is not indic- environment. activity during the summer ative of the overall business Over 61 percent of SMEs indi- QFMA hosts GCC regulators meeting today season. environment.” cated that they did not anticipate This ‘off-season’ also saw the “Overall, Qatar’s economy any adverse factors to hamper DOHA: Qatar Financial The meeting will be attended by directors and the GCC General composite BOI for the Trade continues to grow and diversify business operations in Q3, 2015, Markets Authority (QFMA) will the heads and representatives Secretariat. The meeting is and Hospitality Sector reach its steadily. The private sector is also compared to a corresponding 55 host the 13th Meeting of Heads of all Member States and the scheduled to start its works in second lowest level in six years, maturing. We see this not only percent proportion of large com- of GCC Financial Markets General Secretariat. briefing the economic decisions dropping from 28 in second in the type of international firms panies, that resonated the same Regulators’ Committee here On the next day, QFMA will of the Supreme Council at its 35th quarter to six in third quarter, setting up in Qatar, but also from sentiment. today. This comes as part of also host the 6thMinisterial session, and it will be concluded 2015. the expansion of the QFC firms However, SMEs continued the GCC General Secretariat’s Committee Meeting of Board by signing a memorandum of The outlook for the Finance, across the regional and interna- to post a weaker forecast with efforts to develop the integra- Chairmen of GCC Securities understanding among the GCC Real Estate and Business Services tional markets . This is the bigger respect to volumes of sales, new tion of the GCC financial mar- Regulators tomorrow. financial markets regulators, a Sector also revealed a weaker picture trend we are seeing” he orders, profitability and hiring. kets and the unification of the The meeting will be attended press note noted yesterday. third quarter with a 15-point added. THE PENINSULA related policies and regulations. by the chairmen of boards of THE PENINSULA

Indonesia pledges deregulation Target to drop Cherokee brand Automatic car braking products in US to be standard in US from 2017 RUCKERSVILLE, Virginia: Tesla Motors Inc, Toyota Motor NEW YORK: Apparel retailer A group of major automakers Corp and Volvo AB. Cherokee Global Brands accounting for more than half “We are entering a new era of said Target Corp elected not of US auto sales will make auto- vehicle safety, focused on prevent- to renew the license of the matic emergency braking stand- ing crashes from ever occurring,” Cherokee brand in the United ard on new US vehicles in one US Transportation Secretary States, sending the company’s of the industry’s biggest auto Anthony Foxx said in a statement. shares tumbling 33 percent in safety moves since it embraced The National Highway Traffic extended trading. technology to prevent rollovers Safety Administration, which is The current license will expire more than a decade ago. overseeing the effort, said the col- on January 31, 2017, Cherokee said The car makers, which laborative agreement took shape in a statement. Target has been accounted for 57 percent of car over the last two weeks and that licensing the Cherokee brand for and light truck sales in the United other car and truck manufactur- almost two decades. States last year, said Friday they ers are still considering joining. Cherokee earned $15m in roy- will work with regulators and the Analysts say it could still take alty revenue from Target for the insurance industry to roll out col- years for automakers to redesign Cherokee brand, excluding Canada lision avoiding braking technology the electrical and braking systems sales and school uniforms category across their lineups over the next of their cars to install autonomous sales, in fiscal 2015, according to few years. braking. Among the automotive Cherokee’s annual filing. The rev- The automakers are Volkswagen technology suppliers that could enue accounted for 43 percent of and its luxury car division Audi, benefit are Continental AG, Robert Cherokee’s total revenue for the Indonesian labourers work at a construction site in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesian President Joko Widodo BMW, Ford Motor Co, General Bosch GmbH, Delphi Automotive period, according to the filing. pledged to introduce massive deregulation as soon as possible to stimulate the economy and attract investment. Motors Co, Mazda Motor Corp, Plc, Denso Corp and Autoliv Inc. REUTERS Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz, REUTERS SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Market could force Fed to postpone rate move Normalisation of monetary policy could be slow and gradual, says QNB Group report

DOHA: The meeting of the by QNB group said yesterday. to keep any future inflationary currently recommending that the What could convince the Fed to The Fed probably does not US Federal Reserve (Fed) on The main reason supporting pressures in check. interest rate should be at 0.75 per- postpone its rate hike, however, is want to repeat this historical September 16-17 is promising the case for a rate hike now is But, opponents of the hike argue cent, 50 basis points higher than that markets are not ready for it episode,especially in light of the to be a landmark meeting, even the performance of the US labour that there is not much inflation in their current level. yet. Financial markets are pricing recent market turmoil in August by the Fed’s recent high-profile market. The unemployment rate the economy right now. The Fed’s The International Monetary in only around 35% probability and the slowdown in emerging standards. Having kept inter- has been rapidly and stead- favoured measure of core inflation Fund has recently argued that of a rate hike in September. So markets—notably in China. est rates at near-zero for seven ily falling since it peaked at 9.9 (which excludes volatile items given the mixed signals from infla- any move by the Fed to increase Overall, it really does not mat- years and engaged in multi- percent in April 2010. In August like food and energy) reached 1.2 tion and unemployment, the Fed interest rates will come largely as ter much whether the Fed raises ple rounds of quantitative eas- this year, unemployment fell to percent in July, well below the should actually wait until there a surprise. The Fed does not like rates by 25 basis points this month ing, the Fed will, for the first 5.1 percent, below the Fed’s fore- Fed’s target of two percent. With is “no uncertainty, neither on the surprising markets, certainly not or three months later. Far more time since the global financial casts of where it was expecting inflation this low, shouldn’t the front of price stability, nor on the in a tightening cycle. The last time important, is the speed of sub- crisis, seriously consider the it to be at year-end. The strong Fed keep rates low until inflation front of employment and unem- it did, in 1994, it turned out to be a sequent rate hikes as this could case for raising interest rates. showing of the US labour market is back up near its target? Not ployment, before it actually makes policy mistake. The surprise tight- make the difference between a Commentators are divided on is also reflected in the economy necessarily. Because of its dual that move”. The Fed seems uncon- ening of interest rates sparked wild rate of one percent or three per- whether they think the Fed will more broadly. Real GDP growth mandate, the Fed needs to pay vinced by this view. In the words of moves in financial markets and centat end-2016, for example. On actually pull the trigger in this reached 3.7 percent in the second attention to both unemployment its Vice Chairman, Stanley Fischer: the global economy. These moves this more important issue, the meeting. Markets seem simi- quarter and is tracking 2.5-3.0 and inflation. The Taylor rule, “There is always uncertainty, and resulted in the infamous bank- Fed, financial markets and com- larly unsure. We evaluate the percent in the third. The stellar which prescribes the central bank we will just have to recognise that”. ruptcy of Orange County. They also mentators are all in consensus: the case for and against a Fed rate performance of the economy and interest rate based on the amount “When the case is overwhelming, had cross-border implications as Fed’s normalisation of monetary hike ahead of the historic meet- the labour market suggest that that inflation and unemployment if you wait that long, you will be capital flight led to the Mexican policy will be slow and gradual. ing on Thursday, a report issued the Fed should act now in order are deviating from their target, is waiting too long”, Fischer added. debt crisis in the same year. THE PENINSULA

Chicks cart Emerging markets trim Abdulrahman Essa named weekly advances Milaha’s BEIJING: Emerging-market times the projected earnings of stocks fell to pare their biggest its members, a 30 percent dis- president, CEO weekly gain since April as con- count to advanced-nation shares, flicting speculation about the according to data compiled by timing of a Federal Reserve Bloomberg. interest-rate increase and the The opinion on the next week’s magnitude of China’s economic Fed move is divided. Thirty- eight slowdown drove volatility to the of 78 economists surveyed by highest levels since 2011. Bloomberg predict the central The MSCI Emerging Markets bank will increase its target after Index slipped 0.2 percent to holding it close to zero since 2008. 802.49, trimming its five-day gain Hong Kong’s Hang Seng China to 1.8 percent as economists’ pre- Enterprises Index retreated for a dictions for a rate increase at the second day, losing 0.6 percent. Even Fed’s September 16-17 meeting so, the gauge of so- called H shares were tempered by federal-funds completed the biggest weekly futures data that attached a increase in five months. Deutsche lower probability to the event. In Bank AG sees the measure rally- Hong Kong, Chinese shares fell ing 33 percent by the end of the DOHA: Milaha announced the even after a report showed the year as the government deploys appointment of Abdulrahman country’s credit growth expanded more fiscal stimulus, according to Essa Al Mannai (pictured) as in August, indicating this year’s a report by the brokerage. An Indian vendor waits for customers while selling coloured or dyed chicks from a hand-cart at the roadside President & Chief Executive borrowing-cost cuts were taking “I don’t think China is in for a in Hyderabad. Dyed chicks are sold by street vendors in many countries around the world, where they attract Officer, effective today. He will effect. hard landing as the government the attention of passers by with their unnatural colours. succeed Khalifa Ali Al Hetmi, Developing-nation stocks have still has a lot of room for stimu- who had previously announced slumped for four straight months lus,” Chris Eng, head of research his retirement. amid widening price swings as the at Etiqa Insurance Bhd and Etiqa Al Mannai previously led the Fed moves toward its first inter- Takaful Bhd, units of Malayan commercial planning and allo- est-rate increase in nine years. Banking Bhd, which manages Oil fall pushes UK inflation to zero cation functions at Qatargas. Higher US rates would make dollar about 25bn ringgit ($5.8bn), said Having spent his career with assets more appealing to investors, by phone in Kuala Lumpur. Qatargas, he has overseen many spurring them to shift capital from Taiwanese equities posted the LONDON: Britain’s inflation boosting consumer spending “The recent movement in oil areas, including the commercial emerging markets. In Shanghai, largest weekly rally since 2012. rate probably returned to zero power, with separate data next prices is likely to strengthen the function of UK’s South Hook volatility at the highest levels in Petroleo Brasileiro SA dropped in August, pushed down by a week forecast to show a pickup disinflationary pressures already LNG Terminal, which is Europe’s 18 years is luring foreign investors 3.9 percent on Friday, extending slump in oil prices that the in underlying wage growth to 2.9 affecting headline and core CPI largest LNG regasification ter- to Hong Kong shares, according to a weekly retreat to 10 percent. Bank of England says is cre- percent, the fastest in more than inflation,” said Dan Hanson, an minal and handles a signifi- Jun Yang Securities Co. The Brazilian state-run oil pro- ating uncertainty about the six years. economist at Bloomberg Intelligence cant percentage of the UK’s gas “Markets have done a bit better ducer contributed the most to a outlook. Minutes of this month’s pol- in London. “For that reason, the requirements. Al Mannai brings this week, because they had fallen 0.2 percent decline in the coun- Economists in a Bloomberg icy decision show policy mak- Bank of England will remain extensive experience in LNG, gas- so much already,” Maarten-Jan try’s Ibovespa equity index. Brent survey forecast that prices stag- ers expect inflation to stay close focused on signs that underlying to-liquids, condensates, shipping Bakkum, a senior emerging- mar- crude deepened a second weekly nated last month after a 0.1 per- to this level for a few months domestic cost pressures — espe- and commercial marketing, and kets strategist at NN Investment loss as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cent annual increase in July. The before picking up around the turn cially wages — are gathering pace.” has demonstrated a strong record Partners in The Hague, said by said a global supply surplus could data, due Tuesday in London, will of the year. Though volatility in the BOE watchers have mixed of success, a press release issued e-mail. “I do not see triggers to drive prices to as low as $20 a bar- also probably show that the core oil price complicates this outlook, views on when policy will tighten. by Milaha said yesterday. move markets much higher. The rel. The real declined 0.6 percent rate, which strips out volatile BoE Governor Mark Carney and Economists in a Bloomberg survey “Given his robust commer- Fed next week will be important, against the dollar. Russian stocks energy and food costs, eased to 1 other Monetary Policy Committee forecast that the BoE will raise its cial background, his experience but, to be honest, I see more were little changed and the ruble percent from 1.2 percent. members insist the time for an benchmark rate a quarter point in many of our core sectors, and downside risk than upside risk.” slid after policy makers held their UK inflation has held below the interest-rate increase is nearing. in the first three months of 2016 his record of performance at The MSCI Emerging Markets key interest rates, in line with BoE’s two percent target since the Recent global events, including from the current record-low 0.5 Qatargas, the board and I have Index has dropped 16 percent most forecasts. start of 2014, and it’s been close to a slowdown in China’s economy, percent. full confidence in his abilities to this year and trades at 10.6 BLOOMBERG zero for much of this year. That’s haven’t shaken that view. BLOOMBERG continue Milaha’s strong perform- ance and lead our future growth plans” said Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al Thani, Milaha’s Chairman.“We are very pleased and excited to have Mr. Al-Mannaijoin the Boeing plans to finish Milaha family, and look forward to his leadership in continuing our journey of sustainable growth.” “I’m extremely humbled and some 737s in China proud to be entrusted with this opportunity by Milaha’s Board MOBILE, Alabama: Boeing Co company said. “However, we do of Directors,” said Al Mannai. is planning to move final pro- not comment on options we may “Milaha is an institution in Qatar duction work for some 737 jet- be exploring.” and an integral part of Qatar’s liners to a new facility in China, Moving work to China from economy, and I share Milaha’s and is timing an announcement Boeing’s plane-production strong- ambition to continue to expand to coincide with the first US hold in the U.S. Pacific Northwest its horizons in Qatar and abroad.” state visit of China’s president, would represent a bold step for THE PENINSULA Xi Jinping, later this month, the Chicago-based company, according to a published report. which so far has set up one full Pakistan cuts The report in Aviation Week assembly line outside Washington appeared to surprise elected offi- state, in South Carolina. interest rates to cials, unions and industry lead- But the move would be in line ers in Washington state, where with increased global sourcing 42-year low Boeing now builds all 737s. The of aerospace parts and supplies. governor’s office, labor leaders Foreign contracts and operations KARACHI: Pakistan’s central and the industry association told are seen as helpful in winning bank yesterday reduced inter- Khalid Al Namma receiving the award. Reuters they had not heard of the fierce sales competitions with est rates to a 42-year-low of plan. European rival Airbus Group NV. six percent, after inflation fell The International Association Airbus is due to inaugurate this dramatically. Doha Bank wins Banker of the Year award of Machinists District 751 said weekend its first US final assem- The State Bank of Pakistan it was concerned about potential bly line, in Mobile, Alabama. The (SBP) announced it had cut rates DOHA: Doha Bank won the performance and strong earnings 2.03 percent in June 2015. Doha job losses. Boeing had not shared $600m factory, which sports a to six percent from 6.5 percent. “Bank of the Year Award” at growth. It has a high net inter- Bank has a leading market posi- details of the plan, it also said. large US flag, allows Airbus to Inflation came down to 3.6 per- this year’s Arabian Business est margin of 2.61 percent in June tion in contract financing based Boeing declined to comment lay claim to employing American cent in July-August from 8.4 per- Qatar Awards at Grand Hyatt, 2015 which is high in relation to on strong relationships through on the report, but issued a state- workers, as foreign automakers cent in the same period last year Doha, Qatar. Khalid Al Namma, competitors. It has a high return Doha Bank’s representative ment that left open the possibility, did after building US plants. due to falling fuel and food prices. Head of Public Sector, Doha on shareholders equity of 18.4 offices. In this year Doha Bank saying that it is always looking to Airbus, with major manu- The SBP added the Pakistan Bank, received the award on percent in June 2015, maintained has completed amalgamation expand and improve productivity. facturing in Toulouse, France, economy would receive a boost behalf of the Bank. amongst competitors and share- of two new branches in India “One way we do this is by work- also has final assembly lines in from infrastructure projects such Dr R Seetharaman, CEO of holders consistently rewarded and inaugurated South Africa ing with partners around the Hamburg, Germany, and Tianjin, as the planned China Pakistan Doha Bank said: “Doha Bank has with high cash dividend. It also Operations this year.” world, including in China, our China. Economic Corridor (CPEC). demonstrated historically stable has a high return on assets of THE PENINSULA largest international market,” the REUTERS AFP SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 New labour SEC wins battle complaint filed against against insider Wal-Mart SACRAMENTO: Unions filed a second labor board complaint against Wal-Mart Stores Inc trading ruling related to its temporary closure of a California store, claim- ing the retailer discriminated No need of tougher evidence rules: Judge against activist workers by not transferring them to nearby NEW YORK: The US Securities Corp.’s $1.2bn purchase of SPSS stores. and Exchange Commission was Inc in 2009. After the appeals The retailer says the closure allowed to pursue a lawsuit court threw out the insider trad- of the California store — and against two former brokers who ing convictions of fund manag- four others at the centre of the sought to upend how the regula- ers Todd Newman and Anthony first complaint — was justified by tor battles insider trading. But Chiasson, citing its two-prong the need for extensive repairs. It the victory may be short-lived. test, the criminal case against says it has offered 75 percent of A federal judge said SEC law- Durant and Payton was also employees who sought a transfer suits don’t require the tougher dismissed. an opportunity to do so. evidence rules laid out for crimi- The SEC claims Durant and The United Food & Commercial nal cases in a December appeals Payton illegally made $290,000 on Workers International Union court decision. He added that it the IBM information. The men (UFCW), the AFL-CIO and an was a tough call, and agreed to were allegedly tipped by a co- organisation of Wal-Mart work- delay the civil trial of the two worker at their firm who obtained ers submitted the latest complaint men until the US Supreme Court the deal info from a roommate, an to the National Labour Relations decides whether to address the equities salesman, who in turn got Board (NLRB) on Thursday, a matter. it from a friend, a lawyer working European Commissioner in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici (left) and President of spokeswoman for the UFCW said. The showdown comes as the on the IBM transaction. Durant Eurogroup and Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem at a news conference after the Eurogroup meeting at The ongoing dispute dates back Obama administration seeks high and Payton had asked Rakoff to the European Convention Centre in Luxembourg yesterday. to April, when Wal-Mart closed court review of a ruling by the toss out the SEC lawsuit, saying five stores in Texas, Oklahoma, US Court of Appeals in New York. that under the Newman ruling, Florida and California citing the In reversing the insider trading they’re too far removed from the need for extensive plumbing and convictions of two fund managers, original source of the tip to be EU weighs transaction tax other repairs, affecting some that court said prosecutors must found liable. 2,200 workers. show a defendant knew a tip came “This is exactly the kind of LUXEMBOURG: European transaction tax will start in Last year, Italy proposed In its original complaint, the from someone required to keep it tipping chain situation that the Union efforts to build a finan- October, but a certain threshold three possible models for shift- unions accused Wal-Mart of using secret, and was given something Newman case has made harder to cial- transactions tax among 11 has been passed.” ing revenue from countries the repairs as an excuse to close for leaking it. prosecute,” said Sam Buell, a pro- nations pressed on in a bid to Sapin said it will take nine where transactions take place to a store in Pico Rivera, California, The landmark opinion was fessor at Duke University School break a deadlock over what to months to implement the deal nations where the trading firms in retaliation against workers widely seen as partially unravel- of Law. He noted however that tax and at what rate. once it’s agreed, and France would are based, so that countries with there who have been active in ling the government’s multi-year civil liability in an SEC lawsuit “Important advances were like proceeds spent on developing smaller financial sectors wouldn’t attempts to organize for better crackdown on market manipula- would generally require less proof made” at a meeting among par- country projects linked to climate be at a disadvantage. This would pay and benefits. The other four tion. Left unanswered was how of guilty knowledge. ticipating nations yesetrday in change. He declined to estimate allow the tax to be collected in stores were included as cover, the decision affected the SEC, Antonia Apps, a former federal Luxembourg, French Finance how much the tax would raise, the country of issuance, then they claimed. which pursues most insider trad- prosecutor who worked on the Minister Michel Sapin told saying a goal is to slow financial allocated to take account of other In the second complaint, the ing allegations and can file law- Newman case, agreed the SEC reporters. He said France contin- markets. parameters such as residence. unions claim that Wal-Mart had suits requiring less proof than faces a lower bar. But she added ues to push for a wide base and Transaction-tax plans have Since then, participating not offered to transfer the most criminal cases. the Newman decision didn’t pro- a low rate for the trading levies. slowed down as countries disa- nations have continued to circle vocal of the workers at the Pico In his order Friday, US District vide much of a road map. Sapin said ministers agreed to gree about how much revenue the issue. The 11 nations, who Rivera store, a retaliation that it Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan “The Newman ruling on the tax gross trades rather than net the tax should raise. Austria and opted to proceed after EU-wide says is in violation of US labour said he was cognizant that the definition of personal benefit is transactions, which would include other smaller nations have said talks fell apart, are Germany, law. defense request to apply criminal confusing and open to multiple high frequency trading. He said it needs to bring in substantial France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, “Wal-Mart has furthermore rules to SEC lawsuits is a “much interpretations,” Apps said. the only derivatives exceptions revenue to be worthwhile, while Austria, Portugal, Greece, indicated that it will not rehire closer call” in light of the appeals The SEC told Rakoff that, would be those related to sover- Germany and France have backed Estonia, Slovakia and Slovenia. those employees who stood up and court decision. unlike prosecutors, the agency eign debt sales, and that the tax a phased-in approach. “We managed to agree on some engaged in protected concerted Judy Burns, a spokeswoman for isn’t necessarily required to show should be designed so that firms Before the meeting, finance of the core principles today” and a activity when the Pico Rivera the SEC, declined to comment on that Durant and Payton knew can’t evade levies by relocating. ministers were considering redis- technical group has a “clear man- store reopens,” the labor groups Rakoff’s decision. the supplier of the IBM tip got “We’ve agreed on certain tributing proceeds to compensate date” to work through the remain- wrote in the complaint. The former brokers, Benjamin something for it. The SEC said principles and we’ll be able to states that would have to invest ing points. Austrian Finance Wal-Mart says it has been Durant and Daryl Payton, were it only has to prove they ignored make more important decisions more to collect the tax than they Minister Hans Joerg Schelling, contacting former employees for originally charged by federal pros- red flags that clearly indicated the in October,” Sapin said. “That would generate from it, Die Welt who heads the collection of possible rehiring as it prepares to ecutors and sued by the SEC for information was illegally obtained. doesn’t mean we’ve decided all newspaper said, citing a planning nations, told reporters yesterday. re-open the stores. profiting on knowledge of IBM BLOOMBERG the details or that the financial document for Saturday’s meeting. BLOOMBERG REUTERS Kimber named Ford Mideast director

DOHA: Ford has announced the appointment of Steve Kimber (pictured) as Director, Commercial Vehicles and Fleet, for the Middle East and Africa region. Kimber will be based in the company’s regional head- quarters in Dubai. In his new role, Kimber will report to Kalyana Sivagnanam, Vice-President, Marketing, Sales & Service, Ford Middle East and Africa, who said: “I’m pleased to welcome Steve Kimber to our expanding team at Ford Middle East and Africa. Steve’s extensive experience in the commercial and fleet environment, make him an immediate asset and it’s a statement of intent for growing our commercial and fleet division in the region.” Kimber, the former Managing Director of Ford Norway, is an integral part of Ford’s plans for expanding its com- mercial vehicle and fleet development in the region. Kimber’s appointment reflects an increased investment in Ford’s business in the region and as a key part of the company’s exciting growth plan. Kimber brings a wealth of experience gained across the commercial business and fleet in both mainland Europe and Britain. As part of the new structure, Kimber will focus on growing the fleet and commercial vehicle business by identifying opportunities and building a professional and capable team. He will also look to work with Ford dealer partners to build strong relationships with Ford fleet customers across the region. “One of my initial challenges in this new role is ensur- ing Ford has the products and programmes to meet the needs of our fleet customers. It’s imperative to make Ford the first point of call for fleet businesses, who want a product that is fit for purpose, backed by an exceptional sales and service experience,” said Kimber. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS IPO of century should promote change in Japan Japan Post gears up for $11.6bn initial public offering in November; stagnant banking sector to get boost

TOKYO: Prime Minister pet projects, many of them white profit margins are shrinking even of decades-old institutions that will be more cost-cutting, as well transmission mechanism. Shinzo Abe likes to say Japan elephants, which helped feed an faster than the population. refuse to see their brand disap- as attempts to improve efficiency Yes, banks are comparatively is back in business. His case got explosion in public debt. The solution, of course, is con- pear. Odd as it sounds, this is and make better use of technol- healthy again. Around the time a big boost on Thursday with The privatisation couldn’t solidation. Stronger, bigger and among the key reasons today’s ogy. That won’t be enough, says Tokyo began privatizing Japan news that the country’s big- have come at a more opportune more profitable regional banks CEOs are reluctant to merge. Moody’s analyst Shunsaku Sato. Post, it was pouring some $100 gest initial public offering this moment. Even Nobel laureate Paul would increase Japan’s risk pro- They see their job as protecting “Cost-cutting efforts have only billion into 54 shaky financial century — the $11.6bn listing Krugman, an early Abenomics file and encourage lending. It a bank’s legacy, not scrubbing the offset around one-quarter of the institutions and disposing of bad of behemoth Japan Post — will cheerleader, said this week that also would spread the benefits of name from the letterhead. decline in the banks’ net interest loans. Only this year did the last go ahead this November. The he’s “really, really worried” about Japan’s 0.8 percent growth beyond Enter Japan Post. Its IPO will income, and around one-third of of them — Resona Holdings — share sale isn’t just a sign that Tokyo’s chances of ending a two- Tokyo and Osaka. Regulators unfold in phases and the $11.6 the slowdown in net fees,” Sato repay its public funds in full. But change is afoot in the Japanese decade slump. The hope is that have employed a similar strategy billion total includes the holding says. banks remain semi-paralysed economy: It should help propel the listing, which will be tar- with Japan’s three “megabanks,” company, the bank and the insur- The shrinkage of margins has by the “deflationary mindset” that process. geted at individual Japanese, will encouraging them to take greater ance unit. After the listing, the accelerated since BOJ Governor Kuroda is trying to change. Japan Post’s long journey to the encourage households to invest risk with their balance sheets. government will still own almost Haruhiko Kuroda launched his Japan Post’s arrival poses prob- private sector began in 2001 when more of their savings. Perhaps Getting Japan’s proud banks 90 percent of the Japan Post quantitative-easing experiment lems, too, including how to deal Junichiro Koizumi, Abe’s mentor, more importantly, it could enli- — some dating back a century Bank. Still, as a for- profit insti- in 2013. That’s proven to be an with the implicit government was prime minister. In his drive ven the country’s stagnant bank- — to join forces has been a slow, tution, it’ll have to start focus- unexpected headwind. Fewer guarantee of deposits it enjoys. to end the cronyism and compla- ing sector. tortuous process. All CEOs want ing more on lending rather than profits are making bankers even Admittedly, that gives Japan cency that plagued the Japanese Japan is among the developed to be the acquirer, not the one simply taking deposits and paying more timid about extending loans, Post an unfair advantage. But economy, Koizumi went right to world’s most overbanked nations, bought. And all want their name interest. That will present stiff starving Japan of the multiplier if it catalyzes regional banks to the source: the savings institution with more than 100 sleepy on the door. Even wonder how competition to regional banks in effect that makes monetary pol- become more nimble and resil- within a postal system that then regional players (84 of which are executives arrived at the wildly particular: Their CEOs will have icy so potent. The sudden surge ient, then Abe’s odds of putting employed over 400,000 people. publicly traded) servicing 126 mil- convoluted name Bank of Tokyo- no choice but to seek partners—or in competition that accompa- Japan back in business increase Japan Post was the piggy bank lion people. Thanks to the Bank of Mitsubishi UFJ? That’s what hap- lifeboats. nies Japan Post’s lending efforts exponentially. wayward politicians used to fund Japan’s zero-interest-rate policies, pens when you bundle a handful Sure, the banks’ first response should strengthen the BOJ’s WP-BLOOMBERG

Dollar in pivotal week as traders unwinding

NEW YORK: Currency trad- it’s been since 2008. Policy mak- ers are putting the frenzy of ers have signaled that they’re August behind them, signal- watching the market in the ling that global markets have leadup to the meeting. New calmed as Federal Reserve York Fed President William C. policy makers consider raising Dudley said last month that the interest rates for the first time turbulence at the time made the since 2006. case for a September move “less As the final countdown before compelling.” the Fed’s September 16-17 meet- Traders have yet to ramp ing begins, traders are exiting up bets that the central bank positions taken on during last will increase interest rates this month’s market rout. month. Fed fund futures show Commodity currencies such as a 28 percent chance of a move, the Australian dollar and South down from 38 percent on Aug. 31. African rand, among the big- The calculation is based on the gest losers in the wake of China’s assumption that the effective fed August 11 yuan devaluation, funds rate will average 0.375 per- staged some of the steepest gains cent after the first increase. this week. The yen, a haven dur- With many traders leaning ing the August tumult, posted the toward the Fed holding tight, deepest weekly loss among major the dollar sank against most currencies. major currencies this week. The “What we’re seeing recently Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index, The award winners during the ceremony. is more of a risk-on move,” said which tracks the currency against Sireen Harajli, a currency strat- 10 major peers, had its first weekly egist at Mizuho Bank Ltd in decline since August. The dollar Visionary of the Year award for Bader Al Darwish New York. “It seems that mar- weakened 1.7 percent this week to kets are feeling a little bit more $1.1338 per euro. comfortable.” “I could see why people want DOHA: Bader Al Darwish, contribution to Qatar’s growth during the event including: service in the industry, and deliver The yen fell 1.3 percent against to de-risk heading into the meet- Chairman and Managing and his far-sighted leadership Vodafone Qatar as the Telecoms on our company’s pledge to provide the dollar this week, to 120.59 per ing,” said Daniel Brehon, a New Director of Darwish Holding, that established Darwish Holding Company of the Year, Doha Bank, world-class customer satisfaction. dollar in New York. The South York-based currency strategist at has been honoured with the as a leading business conglom- as the Bank of the Year, Ezdan There are more achievements to African rand and the Aussie Deutsche Bank AG. ‘Visionary of the Year’ Award erate within the region. It also Holding as Property Company of pursue as Darwish Holding moves dollar marked their first weekly “The dollar longs are still the at the 2015 Arabian Business reflects Al Darwish’s outstanding the Year and Qatar Islamic Bank into its next era of growth, and advance since China’s unexpected consensus position out there,” he Achievement Awards Qatar. business achievements stemming, as the Islamic Bank of the Year. we remain as committed as ever shift on the yuan roiled mar- said, referring to bets the US cur- Held at the Grand Hyatt Doha, particularly, from the innova- Al Darwish, said: “I am hon- to further support the continued kets. China is Australia’s largest rency will gain. the award was collected on tive retail concepts and the wide oured to receive this award and development of Qatar and its peo- trading partner. “To the extent that all positions behalf of Bader Al Darwish range of acclaimed brands and would like to thank the organizers ple. Such awards and recognitions Subsiding volatility may give are being wound down, the dollar’s by Saoud Al Darwish, Vice- eminent chains which are repre- for considering me worthy of this further encourage us to go the Fed officials added confidence as going to fall in the lead up to the Chairman of Darwish Holding. sented in Qatar and the Middle recognition. This award is a trib- extra mile, set new benchmarks they debate lifting their bench- Fed,” he said. The award reflects Al Darwish’s East for the very first time. ute to my outstanding teams, who and achieve the impossible”. mark rate from near zero, where BLOOMBERG strong business acumen, his Thirteen winners were honoured strive so hard to provide the best THE PENINSULA

Hyundai N to feature at Frankfurt Motor Show Italy has €17bn extra to

DOHA: Hyundai Motor will showcase its high performance spend next year: Renzi sub-brand N at the Frankfurt International Motor Show 2015. ROME: Italy is on the mend and employers organisation, Giorgio The result of intensive testing will have ¤17bn extra to spend Squinzi, voiced caution. and product development, the next year after winning its bat- “There has been a little posi- sub-brand N builds on Hyundai tle for greater flexibility on EU tive data but it is risky to talk Motor’s successful motorsport deficit rules, Prime Minister of recovery,” the Confindustria experiences and technology Matteo Renzi said yesterday. president said. “Let’s hope these capability to drive future per- Renzi, who is preparing tax and figures are confirmed in the com- formance-oriented and race- spending cuts for a 2016 budget ing months.” track-capable models forward due to be unveiled in October, Renzi reiterated that Italy and bring ‘the most thrilling said the Eurozone’s third-biggest would keep its budget deficit winding road’ fun to customers economy was finally set to accel- under the EU’s ceiling of three who truly love cars. erate after years of stagnation or percent of GDP but make use of The N builds on not just worse. the maximum margin of flexibility Hyundai Motor’s continued “I say it without any problem allowed under the rules. advancement as a primary and based on the figures: Italy “Spending reform is a priority competitor in World Rally has turned the corner. Full stop.” for me,” he insisted. “But it is fool- Championship (WRC) but also Renzi said in an interview with ish to say taxes can only be cut on the company’s dedication and daily Il Foglio. through spending cuts. investment to create striking and “The economy is taking off and “That is not and will not be pioneering high performance cars. spending is growing. Something is the road for Italy,” he said, citing It capitalizes on Hyundai Motor’s changing.” Britain as an example of a country fast-growing strength and signi- Renzi’s bullish comments fol- that had allowed its deficit to rise fies the pace of change within the low recent encouraging economic to fund growth-friendly tax cuts. brand, matching the company’s The i20-based Hyundai N rally car. data, including falling unem- “We will not breach the three ambition to challenge perceptions ployment, an unexpectedly high percent,” he said. “But we will use by making real and emotional the start of the 2016 FIA World representing the futurepotential for performance and suggest- 2.7-percent jump in industrial the flexibility provided for in the connections with customers. Rally Championship at Rallye of Hyundai N. Through this new ing how the Hyundai N driver- output in July (compared to the (EU rules) fiscal compact, which Based on the New Generation Monte Carlo. concept, Hyundai Motor is engag- focused technologies could come same month in 2014) and a spike thanks to our work in Europe is i20, the rally car is the first pro- An ultimate concept car show- ing further with its fans and the into production. The mid-engine in mortgage applications in the no longer impossible to use.” totype for the vehicle that will ing the brand’s perspective on online community by making concept, with a 2.0-liter 300ps first seven months of the year. Renzi said a flexible applica- challenge for the podium in the future performance character- Hyundai’s passion and perform- engine, is undergoing further The premier said on Friday the tion of the rules would give Italy 2016 WRC. Already undergoing istics will be introduced during ance accessible to millions of peo- developments to apply high-per- data would likely mean upwards a margin of manoeuvre equiva- a punishing testing, engineering the Motor Show. The ‘Hyundai N ple around the world. formance technology to Hyundai revisions to the government’s lent to one percent of GDP, which and development regime, the new 2025 Vision Gran Turismo’* con- In addition, the Hyundai RM15 Motor cars in many exciting forecasts of 0.7 percent growth could be allocated to investment car is building up to its final rally- cept highlights sustainable tech- concept car will be displayed, rep- ways. this year and 1.4 percent in 2016. and structural reforms. specification ahead of its debut at nology and race car design, truly resenting the company’s passion THE PENINSULA But the head of Italy’s main AFP SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Paul Mason’s premature Now that Jet is here, obituary for capitalism BY KATE DUGUID aul Mason is that rare creature: a left-wing optimist. He let the price wars begin isn’t mourning the death of labour power or the rise of machines. That’s because the two have converged to kill off Pcapitalism. Well, nearly. The British journalist reckons we BY SARAH HALZACK marketplaces such as Sears, encouraging news for Jet: The such a big deal that shoppers are close enough to a new order that he has eschewed the hyphen Best Buy, Newegg and Rakuten, average gross merchandise vol- aren’t trading Amazon for Jet. in the title of his new book, “Postcapitalism.” he July launch of Jet. in terms of “gross merchan- ume of a Jet seller since launch “This seems to be early evi- Mason is right to question whether our current system can com was perhaps dise value,” industry-speak for was double that of a seller on dence that there is a segment handle the looming prospects of climate change, long-term wage the most highly- the total value of products sold. Sears or Newegg. Spitz said that of customers that hasn’t been stagnation and sovereign debt crises. But his argument that infor- anticipated debut on (Keep in mind this is just an kind of data point might make well-addressed by the existing mation technology has halted the march of global capital is less the retail scene this analysis of merchandise sold in a the case to merchants that it is marketplaces,” Spitz said. convincing. Tyear. The new e-commerce site, third-party marketplace format, a smart business move to play ChannelAdvisor’s analysis The self-described “Guide to Our Future” has a clear destina- founded by Diapers.com veteran so, in the case of Sears and Best ball with Jet. only includes transactions with tion: 21st-century socialism. The prescription is partly heterodox Marc Lore, is among the most Buy, it does not include items ChannelAdvisor said it doesn’t sellers who use its software, so — free public goods and a guaranteed basic income — and partly well-funded start-ups in his- purchased on those sites that see any evidence that Jet is steal- it does not include orders that open-source evangelism. tory and has a real-time pricing are fulfilled directly by Sears or ing business away from Amazon are filled directly by Jet or by But Mason won’t say exactly how to get there, who’s taking us model that is unlike that of any Best Buy.) or eBay. For example, custom- third-party sellers who don’t use or how we’ll pay for all the free stuff. other retailer. ChannelAdvisor also found ers who purchased from Jet as ChannelAdvisor. So it is not a Ever since Karl Marx first spelled out the inherent contradic- A little more than a month that Jet is having early success well as from either Amazon or complete view of how Jet com- tions he believed would lead to capitalism’s inexorable demise, the after Jet began selling to the in building customer loyalty: eBay did not slow down their pares with its rivals. system has defied predictions of imminent collapse. It has adapted masses, software provider Since its debut, Jet has had a 23 purchase rate at the more estab- Still, the data help illuminate to downturns and demographic shifts. Companies have leveraged ChannelAdvisor has released percent repeat buyer rate, bet- lished sites once Jet came on the what kind of start Jet has had technology to create new markets even as other industries dissolved. data that offers some clues ter than the 17 percent seen at scene. But it’s difficult to say as it has entered the retail fray. But Mason argues that this chaotic process of constant renewal about what kind of traction the eBay and the 11 percent seen at whether this is bad news for Jet. There were early signs that is now at an end because of two factors: the near-obliteration of retailer has gotten so far. Amazon during the same time On one hand, it might suggest Jet may have gotten off on the labour power and the nature of the information economy. “Their momentum out the period. that Jet is not convincing the wrong foot with some estab- His labour argument is fairly straightforward. When workers had gate is strong,” said David But Jet’s success doesn’t just online shopping faithful to give lished retailers, an inauspicious bargaining power, workplace innovations created growth. If own- Spitz, ChannelAdvisor’s chief depend on its ability to con- their site a try. And yet, Lore development for a company that ers of capital tried to cut costs by exploiting employees, resistance executive. vince customers to pay its $50 has long insisted that poaching hopes to get big-name brands to to wage suppression forced them to pioneer new business models ChannelAdvisor studied the annual membership and to Amazon Prime customers was sell on its marketplace. Many instead. But the decline of workers’ power since the 1980s has led to transactions that took place shop the site regularly. Crucial never essential to his model. were irked by the Jet Anywhere wage stagnation and low-value production in the developed world, since July on its software plat- to Jet’s future is whether it is Lore has said that he believes program, which gives custom- stalling capitalist ingenuity. form, which is used by many able to keep growing the ros- that Amazon’s $99 Prime mem- ers rewards they can use on It’s a stretch to state that the era which gave us the iPhone hasn’t retailers and brands to facilitate ter of merchants that sell on its bership inherently appeals to a Jet when they shop at, say, been innovative. But making machines doesn’t matter so much to selling on online marketplaces marketplace. Without a huge different shopper than Jet does, Anthropologie or Nike. Dozens Mason. In the information technology economy, the real value isn’t including Amazon, eBay and network of sellers, the site will because Prime buys you access asked that they be removed from in the device but in the knowledge it collects. Jet. ChannelAdvisor’s analysis never have the wide selection to speed, while Jet theoretically the list of brands that earn a Though Google’s main product is its search engine, the company found that, in its first month of its rival, Amazon. Here, too, buys you access to lower prices. shopper Jet Anywhere rewards. derives its worth from the data that users provide when searching of selling, Jet already surpassed ChannelAdvisor’s findings are So, if Lore’s right, it may not be WASHINGTON POST for stuff online. The marginal cost of these digital packets is close to zero. But Google can profit off that information because intellectual prop- erty laws allow the company to own it and not share it publicly. The same goes for Apple and its 99 cent digital music downloads. In other words, capitalist ownership makes information — the basic resource of our current economy — artificially scarce even though it is infinitely reproducible. The contradiction of attempting to control resources that are abundant and created by input from the public is one that capital- ism can’t solve. For Mason, this threatens the whole system. He points to open-source projects like Wikipedia or Linux as alternatives to corporate control. The dream is that these projects are the vanguards for a whole system of collabourative projects, powered by the voluntary labour of the revolutionary class. Yet such examples of online altruism are vastly outnumbered by hyper-capitalist Silicon Valley startups that have sucked up billions of dollars of investment by promising to disrupt industries from taxi-hailing to hotels. Mason’s agents of change, the digitally networked and highly educated, may be creating value for free every time they share a video on Facebook or perform a Google search. But that loosening of the relationship between wages and labour looks like an adapta- tion rather than a subversion of capitalism. Claims that the influx of technology into the workplace has decreased the need for human labour also don’t stand up to scrutiny. US labour productivity hasn’t spiked in the past two decades, perhaps because offshore workers are still cheaper than some machines, or because corporate earnings are returned to share- holders rather than reinvested. Truly cooperative alternatives to corporate distribution may remain sparse until robots really do begin to save us some labour time. Even then, it’s an open question whether our connectedness and high levels of education will provoke public intolerance for stagnation, exploitation and climate destruction. And if they do, the path from online solidarity doesn’t lead straight to open-source sharing. In the era of Edward Snowden, widespread publication of personal data may be a hard sell. “Postcapitalism” doesn’t look like the blueprint for whatever fol- lows the current phase of capitalism, but its urgency in the face of potentially apocalyptic change is important in itself. REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

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BY MATT LEVINE bond traders who were accused they do that are subject to endless that Markit not provide pricing investors.” But, according to the will be shared; they need to coor- of going to baroque and pos- controversy. Meanwhile, spoofers information to its subscribers in plaintiffs, the dealers got together dinate with each other to make he job of a dealer in sibly illegal extremes to hide are trying to deceive market mak- real-time. Instead, Markit would to shut this down. They refused the market function properly. financial markets is to information from customers. In ers about the supply and demand delay before circulating informa- to invest in CMDX when asked, Another thing to say about it buy low and sell high. Of the mortgage-backed securities for stocks, so they can profit from tion, allowing Dealer- Defendants refused to participate in the is that the plaintiffs have pretty Tcourse that’s the job of market, trades were not publicly the market makers’ incorrect to quote different prices in the exchange, cleared transactions high counterfactual expecta- an investor too. That’s the obvi- reported, and the only way for information. interim and to disavow as stale through a different clearing- tions for how much better the ous, only job. What distinguishes customers to find out the price The accusation in the CDS case the information that Markit house from CMDX, and convinced market could have functioned. dealers from investors is, loosely of a bond was to ask a dealer. The is that dealers didn’t like this ero- eventually released. Markit and ISDA not to license Mmmmmaybe CMDX would have speaking, that dealers are not Nomura traders were accused of sion of their informational advan- With increased standardiza- price data or CDS agreements led to cheap electronic trading of making their buying-and-selling lying to the customers about the tage, so they put a stop to it. They tion, the market was ripe for to CMDX, making it impossible CDS where dealers couldn’t over- decisions based on some analy- trades they were doing, to obscure took care to keep information to alternative means of CDS trading, for CMDX to actually trade CDS. charge clients. But there are rea- sis of the value of what they’re the market price from the cus- themselves: such as an electronic exchange. And they did this all in classically sons to doubt that. People keep buying and selling, but rather tomers. In other markets, trades To protect their positions of Such alternative means would conspiratorial fashion: trying to launch cheap electronic based on information about who are publicly reported, but deal- prominence, Dealer-Defendants have diminished the buyside’s TOne thing to say about this is trading of corporate bonds, but else wants to buy and sell, and at ers can still make nefarious use restricted pre- and post-transac- dependence on the over-the- that it is not hard to understand the corporate bonds keep stub- what price. Their job is to know of customer order information. tion price transparency. Before a counter trading services offered where the dealers were coming bornly resisting. So one lesson their customers, not their secu- That’s sort of what the foreign transaction, Dealer-Defendants by Dealer-Defendants. from. CMDX wasn’t just trying to is the usual one: Don’t put it in rities. And the information they exchange fixing scandal looks strove to keep investors in the And so Citadel and CME Group compete with them. It was trying e-mail. But another lesson might have about potential customers is like: Customers gave orders to dark about both the volume of got together to set up the Credit to use their own information to be that customers and regulators pretty much the value that deal- dealers, and dealers used those supply and demand and the real Market Derivatives Exchange to compete with them: It wanted to and courts are just less tolerant ers add. It’s what they get paid orders to manipulate prices in price at which CDS were trading. provide electronic trading of CDS license their documents and use than they used to be of dealers’ for: Sellers come to dealers to find ways that the customers did not For instance, investors could not through a central limit order book their trade data to build a prod- desires to keep information to buyers, and buyers come to find expect. In the equity market, both see Dealer-Defendants’ solicita- where anyone could post orders uct to replace them. The dealers themselves. sellers. So the dealers try to make trade and order information are tions of bids and asks. to buy and sell CDS and trade had built up all that informational It used to be that everyone sure that they have information public: Anyone can see how many And after a CDS contract with each other directly, and advantage, which was their liveli- grudgingly conceded that dealers that other people — like the cus- buyers and sellers there are for traded, the trade information where trades would be reported hood, and CMDX wanted to put should be able to profit from their tomers — don’t have. a stock, and at what price. But went to Markit, another defend- in real time. “CMDX would thus them out of business. So they said information. But in a new age of This explains like half of the electronic market makers race to ant in the case. have excluded Dealer-Defendants no. transparency that’s a less popu- scandals in modern finance. We see it faster, so they can make a In exchange for receiving as intermediaries in many CDS The banks need to get together lar view, as banks keep unhappily talked earlier this week about fraction of a penny on each trade, this data, Markit agreed to transactions and made real-time and figure out how trades will be learning. the former Nomura mortgage and the exact mechanics of how DealerDefendants’ condition pricing information available to processed and how information BLOOMBERG 8:00, 10:00&11:55pm The PerfectGuy(2D/Thriller) Hero (2D/Comedy) (2D/Comedy) The Transporter Refueled 11:00am, 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 & 11:00pm 11:00am, 1:00,3:00,5:00,7:00,9:00&11:00pm The PerfectGuy(2D/Thriller) Thani Oruvan(Tamil) Yatchan (Tamil) Hero (Hindi) Double Barrel Loham ( (2D/Action) SCREEN 3 Hero SCREEN 2 The Runner(2D/Drama) American Ultra SCREEN 1 Zero Tolerance The PerfectGuy(2D/Thriller) Absolutely Anything(2D/Comedy) SCREEN 3 The Runner(2D/Drama) American Ultra SCREEN 2 Hero SCREEN 1 Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate York New Times /The International Arts Cartoon HYPER Baby Blues By Jerry Scott andRick Kirkman Scott Baby Blues ByJerry a normal Sudoku. a normal like solved is Sudoku aHyper Otherwise, once. only appear 1to 9can from numbers the regions Inall regions). standard nine the with overlap regions 13 (four unlike Sudoku regions has Sudoku Hyper A cells. blank 1 to 9intofrom the numbers by the filling solved is Puzzle Sudoku A Hyper Sudoku: Hyper play to How Hero Zero Tolerance SCREEN 3 American Ultra The Runner(2D/Drama) SCREEN 2 Double Barrel SCREEN 1 SCREEN 10 SCREEN 9 Welcome Back(2D/Hindi) SCREEN 8 Mission ImpossibleRogueNation(2D/Action) SCREEN 7 South Paw SCREEN 6 Zero Tolerance SCREEN 5 SCREEN 4 The Runner(2D/Drama) SCREEN 3 SCREEN 2 SCREEN 1 ASIAN TOWN 22 MALL NOVO ROYAL PLAZA LANDMARK (2D/Hindi) (2D/Hindi) (2D/Hindi) (2D/Hindi)

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Successful test makes all the Lorenzo on pole at Misano difference for Former champion sets track record in an electric qualifying performance Simon and West SAN MARINO, Italy: QMMF SAN MARINO, Italy: Jorge Racing Team riders Julian Lorenzo will start from pole at San Marino Simon and Anthony West today’s San Marino MotoGP started strong at the Misano after the Yamaha rider clocked MotoGP Grid Grand Prix, with both rid- the quickest time and a track SAN MARINO, Italy: ers taking advantage of the record in an electric qualifying Grid for today’s San Marino improvements to their Speed performance yesterday. MotoGP after qualifying Up prototypes during a suc- Spain’s two-time former cham- yesterday: cessful test at the Motorland pion, who trails Italian teammate Aragón last week. Front row Valentino Rossi by 12 points in the Australian West showed blis- 2015 title race, has compatriot 1. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 1min tering speed immediately and Marc Marquez, on a Honda, and 32.146sec, 2. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) took eighth place in the first free Rossi for company on the front at O.106s, 3. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) practice on Friday morning, but row. 0.212 dropped back to 19th place in the Lorenzo has proved hard to 2nd row afternoon, when he couldn’t get catch so far at the Misano circuit, 4. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 0.288, 5. a clean run due to heavy traffic posting a record time for the track Michele Pirro (ITA/Ducati) 0.590, 6. Bradley on the track. in final practice, earlier Saturday, Smith (GBR/Yamaha Tech3) 0.655 Spanish team-mate Simon before bettering his mark when it 3rd row was in tenth place in the morn- counted in qualifying. 7. Andrea Iannone (ITA/Ducati) 0.675, 8. ing and managed to improve He claimed his third pole of the Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 0.788, 9. his lap time by more than two season and the 33rd of his career Danilo Petrucci (ITA/Ducati Pramac) 1.023 tenths of a second in the after- in MotoGP with a time of 1min noon, and ended up in 14th place 4th row 32.146sec on his second run. in the combined standings, with He was irked by nine-time 10. Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Suzuki) 1.041, 11. a gap of 0.78 seconds to world champion Rossi having looked on Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Honda LCR) 1.074, 12. champion Tito Rabat in provi- for a 1:31 on his third run only to Pol Espargaro (ESP/Yamaha-Tech3) 1.076 sional pole position. be slowed by Rossi riding slowly 5th row “I am happy with the start of on the racing line. 13. Scott Redding (GBR/Honda Marc VDS), Yamaha MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo of Spain celebrates after getting the pole position during the qualifying the Misano Grand Prix. I have a 14. Maverick Vinales (ESP/Suzuki), 15. Yonny Marquez, who held the previ- session of the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano Adriatico Circuit in central Italy, yesterday. good feeling with the bike and we ous track record of 1:32.915), took Hernandez (COL/Ducati Pramac) just have to improve some areas second spot, just over a tenth of on the bike. I made a good time a second slower than Lorenzo today. The track is much better with Rossi, who has finished on than last year, which helped. We the podium in every one of the also had a good test at Aragón, 12 races so far this season, at where we tried many things and 0.212sec in third spot. where I got to understand the The second row is occupied by Julian Simon of bike much better. I am happy, Marquez’ Honda teammate Dani QMMF Racing even though I had two small Pedrosa, the Ducati of Michele Team in action at crashes,” said Simon. Pirro, and Bradley Smith’s the San Marino “This morning was good, I was Yamaha. MotoGP on much faster than I was here last The race looks set up for Friday. RIGHT: year. The re-surfaced track is less Lorenzo’s fourth win at the circuit QMMF Racing bumpy, but the biggest difference after taking the honours in 2011, Team rider were the improvements that we 2012 and 2013. Anthony West. made during our recent test at The Moto2 pole went to cham- Aragón. Hopefully we won’t have pionship trailblazer Johann Zarco problems in qualifying and I can of France, on a Kalex, with Italy’s try to get a good tow and make a Enea Bastianini (Honda) heading good lap like this morning,” said the grid in Moto3. West. THE PENINSULA

Baseball Results Chicago Cubs 5 Philadelphia 1 Cespedes maintains hot Baltimore 14 Kansas City 8 Toronto 11 NY Yankees 5 Chicago Cubs 7 Philadelphia 3 streak as Mets stretch lead Pittsburgh 6 Milwaukee 3 Tampa Bay 8 Boston 4 NEW YORK: Yoenis Cespedes read about a guy.” Cespedes, who Arodys Vizcaino, who had walked Miami 2 Washington 1 was hitless in the series opener has 33 homers and 100 RBIs over- right fielder Curtis Granderson to NY Mets 5 Atlanta 1 against the Atlanta Braves on all, has homered in seven of his start the inning. Texas 4 Oakland 0 Thursday but the centre fielder past 10 games and has 15 home Granderson scored three times, Minnesota 6 C White Sox 2 was soon hearing “MVP” chants runs and 39 RBIs in 38 games and second baseman Daniel Arizona 12 LA Dodgers 4 from New York Mets fans a day since being acquired by the Mets Murphy and left fielder Michael LA Angels 3 Houston 2 later. from the Boston Red Sox. Conforto each had two hits. The Colorado 4 Seattle 2 Cespedes was 3-for-5 with “He’s just a great hitter,” win also meant the Mets picked three RBIs and his mammoth Collins said of the Cuban center up a game in the standings when San Francisco 9 San Diego 1 two-run homer in the ninth fielder, who had previous spells at Washington lost 2-1 at Miami. inning capped a 5-1 victory that Oakland and Detroit. “I’ll be happy when we’re up by Braves rookie right-hander gave the Mets an 8 1/2-game lead “He uses his first at-bat to 8 1/2 games with eight games to Matt Wisler, who lost his fifth in the National League East with gauge what he’s got to do. This is play,” said Collins, taking nothing straight to fall to 5-7, balked in 21 games to play. a new league. He sees what guys for granted. a run in the fifth inning, and a “I think he’s enjoying this as are doing and after that he’s dan- Rookie left-hander Steven passed ball by catcher Christian much as everyone else is,” Mets gerous. He’s got power to all parts Matz improved to 3-0 while low- Bethancourt gave the Mets manager Terry Collins said. of the park.” ering his ERA to 1.88, and the another gift score in the eighth. “He’s caught up in it. He came Cespedes’ blast in the ninth, Mets (80-61) took advantage of Matz, who developed a blister in New York Mets centre fielder Yoenis Cespedes (52) hits a home run over and he’s in a pennant race... which traveled to the back of the blunders by the Braves (56-86) his previous start, was pulled for a against the Atlanta Braves in the ninth inning at Turner Field, yesterday. I think it’s catchy. We’re seeing lower seats in left field, came on to score on a balk and a passed pinch hitter after five innings and The Mets defeated the Braves 5-1. everything we’ve ever heard or 3-0 fastball from right-hander ball. 89 pitches. AFP Shooting: Engachov, Vitaliy shine in Association Cup

DOHA: Dovgun Vitaliy and Oleg Engachev bagged the top Oleg Engachov (centre), honours in yesterday action in winner in the 25m Rapid the Qatar Shooting and Archery Fire Pistol event, poses Association Cup at Losail for a picture with officials Shooting Range. of Qatar Shooting and Vitaliykept his cool to over- Archery Association at come the challenge of Ali Rashid Lusail Shooting Complex Al Muhannadi to emerge on top yesterday. Ivan Bidniak in the Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions. (left) finished second In the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol, and Konstantin Maltsev Engachev topped with a new clinched the bronze. national record. RIGHT: Dovgun Vitaliy (cen- In the 50m Rifle 3 Positions, tre), winner in the 50m Rifle Vitaliy and Muhannadi were involved in a gripping battle for 3 Positions, is seen along the top honours but it was the with other podium winners, former who managed to hold his Ali Rashid Al Muhannadi nerves and emerge the winner (left) and Skoromov today. He posted 450.8 to win by Viacheslav. just 1.1 points. On Friday, Muhannadi had put up a fine display of concentration the spotlight with their absorb- before the Asian Championships Standard Pistol in Incheon last four points. Bidniak recorded for five years. “It was nice to win to win the 50m Rifle Prone gold ing battle, in which the Vitaliy in Kuwait. It was a nice training year, was pushed a lot by Ivan 288 but improved in the second with the record today. Surely, this and Vitaliy finished third. eventually finished on the top. before the next step. All of us now Bidniak. Engachev had an iden- to collect 291. Konstantin Maltsev performance will boost me dur- Vitaliy and former Olympian Skoromnov got the third place preparing for the last chance to tical 290 in both the stages, which was a way down third with 559. ing the World Military Games,” Viacheslav Skoromnov were quite with 431.5 points. go to the Olympic Games in Rio,” enabled him to beat Bidniak by Engachev said: “Yes, I’m really Engachev added. close during the qualifying stage Vitaliy said the win is a per- Vitaliy said. two points and create a new glad about my performance as I Mohammed Saad al Mubarak yesterday and got 1164 and 1163 fect preparation for the upcoming Engachev, who won the Asian national mark. The previous best got a new national record. It was bagged the Junior Men’s 50m scores, respectively. But in the Asian Championships in Kuwait. Games gold medal in the 25m of 476 belonged to Noor Murad a good going for me in my sec- Rifle 3 Positions title. final, Vitaliy and Muhannadi held “I feel good to win the gold medal Centre Fire and was sixth in the but Engachev improved it by ond home. I’ve been living here THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Mayweather vows to entertain ‘Pacquiao didn’t give fans a good fight, Berto bout is going to be a great fight’

LAS VEGAS: Undefeated five- division world champion Floyd Berto takes inspiration Mayweather Jr. weighed in one pound heavier than Andre Berto on Friday, and promised to give the fans “a great fight” in their from Serena shocker welterweight title showdown. Though the scheduled 12-round LAS VEGAS: Huge underdog are here for a reason and I don’t bout at the MGM Grand Garden Andre Berto said on Friday that care about the other things. I Arena has failed to capture the he is taking inspiration from already been through a lot.” public’s imagination with heavy Serena Williams’ shock defeat Moments earlier, Mayweather underdog Berto having lost at the US Open tennis as he and Berto – who go back many three of his last six contests, plots his own career-defining years – engaged in a 30-second Mayweather said entertainment upset. staredown at close quarters that would be a priority on the night. Berto has lost three of his last had fans on their feet. “I’m in top condition, we had a six fights and is a rank outsider Berto, 32, who hit the scales at great training camp,” Mayweather for the welterweight world title 145 pounds, appeared to mouth told a cheering crowd of around showdown against unbeaten Floyd several words to Mayweather, but 6,000 during an on-stage inter- Mayweather at the MGM Grand would not reveal what he said. view after he and Berto had both Garden Arena in Las Vegas. “Last time I am ever getting on been on the scales. Floyd Mayweather Mayweather, 38, the pound- the scale,” said Mayweather, who “The main thing tomorrow is Jr. (left) and for-pound king, says it will be his weighed in at 146 pounds, thank- going out there, being at my best. Andre Berto, last time in the boxing ring and ing fans who gave him a hero’s Since (Manny) Pacquiao didn’t face off during he wants to write his name in the reception. give the fans a good fight, tomor- the weigh-in on history books by going a perfect Pundits and fight fans have row is going to be a great fight.” Friday at the 49-0. widely dismissed Berto as having Mayweather will be back in the MGM Grand “It don’t matter,” said Berto, a big heart but no chance, but ring for the first time since he beat Garden Arena in asked if he was bothered that Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) was Filipino southpaw Pacquiao on a nobody was giving him a chance, more cautious. Las Vegas. RIGHT unanimous decision in a much after the two fighters easily made “I don’t overlook any oppo- BOTTOM: Berto hyped “Fight of the Century” on the 147-pound weight limit in nent. I have been here before and May 2 that failed to live up to its reacts during his front of a raucous crowd. I know what it takes to be in a billing. weigh-in. “Where I come from, we never fight of this magnitude. Against twice former welter- had a chance to come out of that. “Just stay focused and do what weight world champion Berto, Just the fact that I am here tells I do best – which is to win,” he Mayweather is widely expected you something,” he added, allud- said, to more screams and cheers. to win what he claims will be ing once again to his troubled Asked what he would do with the final bout of his career as he background in Florida. himself after hanging up his bids to match the 49-0 record of Asked if he could emulate gloves -- many do not believe that former heavyweight great Rocky Italy’s Roberta Vinci, the world he really will -- Mayweather said Marciano. number 43 who defeated Williams he was not looking beyond knock- “He (Berto) is another tough on Friday at the US Open semi- ing out Berto. guy, he has a high knockout ratio, finals, Berto (30-3, 23 KOs) “He is a tough guy with a high he’s a rugged competitor but I’ve replied: “Of course, man. God is knockout ratio. He’s a tough and faced everybody in the sport of good, so you better tune in. “We rugged competitor,” he said. AFP boxing,” Mayweather said after tipping the scales at 146 pounds to deafening roars from the fans. “I’ve faced Pacquiao, I have faced (Miguel) Cotto, I’ve faced Canelo (Alvarez). I’ve already faced the best fighters.” Asked whether he was at all concerned that another sporting upset could be on the cards after do best, and that’s win. I just can’t “We are here for a reason,” KOs), Berto was totally unphased. Serena Williams’ shocking ten- wait to get out there and give the Berto, 32, said when asked to “It don’t matter. Where I come nis defeat earlier on Friday at the fans excitement tomorrow.” explain his tactics. from, we never had a chance to US Open, Mayweather smiled: “I Berto, 30-3 (23 knockouts), “I don’t get caught up in all the come out of that,” said Berto, who don’t overlook any opponent but tried to inject a bit of needle into rest of it. I already been through a was regarded as a ‘problem child’ I’ve been here before. proceedings when the two wel- lot and ... on Saturday night we’re by his parents before being taken “I know what it takes to win a terweights moved to the front of going to go in and do what we do,” to the gym as a 10-year-old by his fight of this magnitude. Just stay the stage for the traditional stare- he said. father to learn discipline. focused, stay on a parallel path down, crossing his arms in sullen As for being a 30-1 underdog “Just the fact that I’m here tells and go out there and do what I defiance. against Mayweather, 48-0 (26 you something.” REUTERS Stevenson stops Karpency in 3rd round

TORONTO: Canada’s Adonis his nickname. Stevenson slammed Stevenson retained his WBC a left to the chin of Karpency light heavyweight title with a at the end of the second round, third round stoppage of Tommy knocking down the American, Adonis Karpency in the first world title who was eventually saved by the fight in Toronto in more than Stevenson bell. He wasted no time getting three decades. and Tommy back to work in the third, finish- Southpaw Stevenson wob- Karpency ing off the challenger just 21 sec- bled the American challenger trade onds in. at the end of the second round, punches Also on the card, Errol Spence then closed the deal early in during their pounded South-African-born wel- the third on Friday night at the Premier terweight Chris van Heerden en Ricoh Coliseum. Stevenson, who Boxing route to an eighth-round techni- improved to 27-1, hopes the win Champions cal knockout. puts him in line for a unification bout. Canadian Donovan (Razor) title fight with undefeated WBA Ruddock, who is trying to make and IBF champ Sergey Kovalev. a boxing comeback at age 51, It was the first world title fight was given a reality check as he in Toronto since June 1984, when was impressively knocked out by Aaron (The Hawk) Pryor beat Dillon Carman in the third round Nicky Furlano for the IBF welter- Montreal-based promoter Yvon he lost to Nathan Cleverly in 2012 of their heavyweight bout. weight title at Varsity Stadium. Michel is trying to bring cham- for the WBO light heavyweight The former world title con- Adonis Stevenson celebrates after defeating Tommy Karpency during The card was promoted by pionship boxing back to Toronto. crown. Karpency dropped to 25-5- tender Ruddock retired in 2001 their Premier Boxing Champions bout at the Ricoh Coliseum on Friday former Canadian Olympic gold Karpency, a former nurse in a 1. Not surprisingly, Stevenson but returned to the ring earlier in Toronto. medallist and ex-world champion psychiatric hospital, had fought entered the ring to the theme this year, winning two straight Lennox Lewis, who along with once before for a world title when from “Superman,” which is also fights. AFP Lee holds edge at weather-hit Evian

EVIAN, France: It was a years and ten months when she I’d love to be about five shots as the rain began to fall, but made packed leaderboard at the end triumphed at the 2007 Kraft ahead, but I’m happy with my a great up and down birdie at the of the third round of the Evian Nabisco Championship, and position. It’s a good place to be long 15th and, at the 18th, she Championship, with South become the youngest ever winner going into the last round.” holed a ten foot par putt to stay Korea’s Lee Mi-Hyang at the of a women’s major. Pressel was sharing the lead ahead of the field. top on ten under par 203 and New Zealand’s world number with playing partner Lee play- For the 22-year-old, whose only teenager Lydia Ko nicely poised two made her move with a terrific ing the last, but she hit her sec- LPGA win came in the Mizuno in her bid for history. round of 67, the only blemish com- ond shot into water and ran up a Classic at the end of last year, Lee, the halfway leader, recov- ing with a bogey at the tricky final costly double-bogey six and had leading a major is a whole new ered from dropping shots at the hole. The round ended in rain and to settle for a 70. experience. first two holes to post a 70 and wind and she bunkered her sec- For Lee, it was a great come- “Tomorrow (Sunday) will be she led by a shot from American ond shot and then failed to get up back from a miserable start. She the first time that I’ve been in the Lexi Thompson (66) with Ko and and down. got back to level par for the round last group in a final round and Morgan Pressel another shot “It wasn’t the easiest, condi- by the turn with birdies at the that makes me excited,” said Lee. back in joint third on eight under. tions,” acknowledged the player fifth and ninth and then holed a “I was really happy to make that South Korea’s Lee Mi-Hyang (right) and USA’s Morgan Pressel compete, For Ko, 18 years and four who made it to world number one raking 20-foot birdie putt at the putt at the last and I’m going to yesterday at the Evian Championship in the French Alps town of Evian- months, it is the last chance at the start of the year. 12th. enjoy it tomorrow and, hopefully, les-Bains, a major tournament on the women’s calendar. to surpass Pressel, who was 18 “But it was a very solid round. She dropped a shot at the 14th not be too nervous.” AFP SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Flavia Pennetta of Italy reacts after beating Simona Halep of Romania on day twelve of the 2015 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Friday. RIGHT: Roberta Vinci of Italy celebrates after winning a point against Serena Williams of the US during their 2015 US Open Women’s singles semi-finals match. Vinci stuns Serena, ends Slam bid Italian records one of biggest upsets in history; alert Djokovic, Federer ease into final

NEW YORK: On high alert after a day of upsets during Semis Wrap which Serena Williams was sent packing from the US Open, Djokovic and second seed Federer Novak Djokovic and Roger restored order to the year’s final Federer made sure their names Grand Slam. were not added to the list of Djokovic needed just 85 min- shocks on Friday as they posted utes to secure passage to his emphatic semi-final victories. fourth consecutive Grand Slam The tremors started early at final, crushing defending US Open Arthur Ashe Stadium with Flavia champion Marin Cilic 6-0, 6-1, Pennetta crushing second seed 6-2. Roger Federer Simona Halep 6-1, 6-3, before The demolition was the worst of Switzerland Roberta Vinci rocked Flushing ever in a US Open semi-final, hits a return to Meadows delivering one of the the three games lost one fewer Stan Wawrinka biggest upsets in tennis history than the four Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Switzerland with her semi-final win over managed against Lleyton Hewitt during their semi- Williams that punctured the in 2001. finals singles American’s calendar Grand Slam Federer, a five-times US Open match at the dream. winner, was equally efficient as USTA National Two victories from becom- he beat Swiss compatriot Stan Tennis Center ing the fourth woman to win all Wawrinka 6-4, 6-3, 6-1. in Flushing four majors in one year, a brittle- The all-time Grand Slam sin- Meadows. RIGHT: looking Williams crumbled as gles king with 17 titles, Federer Novak Djokovic unseeded Vinci, playing in her heads into today’s final gunning first Grand Slam singles semi- to add to his record haul. He has of Serbia returns final, battled to an improbable not won a Grand Slam since 2012 the ball to Marin 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 win. Wimbledon. Cilic of Croatia The results set the stage for The final will mark the 42nd during their an equally improbable all-Italian meeting between the two great semi-finals. final. rivals, with Federer holding a “I don’t want to talk about how wafer 21-20 advantage. disappointing it is for me,” a grim- “Novak it’s been more straight- faced Williams told reporters. “I forward, my opinion,” said told you guys I don’t feel pressure. Federer. “That’s what I like about I never felt pressure. the rivalry. “I never felt that pressure to “I think it’s just a straight win here. I said that from the shootout and I think that’s the beginning.” cool thing about our rivalry. It’s With the National Tennis very athletic. Center buzzing over the exit of “We both can handle ... what- Williams, world number one ever we present to one another, and I think our matches, it’s very schedule, the weight of expecta- While a stunned Vinci cel- even.” tion appeared to take its toll on a ebrated, a scowling Williams US Open Results Vinci, a 300-1 shot to win the 33-year-old who was chasing the quickly departed a stunned US Open when the tournament first calendar Grand Slam since stadium. Men’s Singles began, pulled off one of the most Steffi Graf in 1988. “This is an incredible moment Semi-finals: Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Marin remarkable ever tennis upsets by Everything was going according for me,” Vinci said. “It’s amazing. Cilic (CRO x9) 6-0, 6-1, 6-2; Roger Federer (SUI ending Williams’ streak of 33 con- to script as Williams easily took It’s like a dream. I’m in the final. x2) bt Stan Wawrinka (SUI x5) 6-4, 6-3, 6-1. Serena Williams secutive match wins in the Grand the opening set but things began I beat Serena.” of the United Slams. to unravel after a composed Vinci Lost in the drama of the Women’s Singles States reacts A five-times doubles Grand registered a key break in the fifth Williams match was a brilliant Semi-finals: Roberta Vinci (ITA) bt Serena against Roberta Slam winner, the 32-year-old game of the second that allowed performance by Pennetta, who Williams (USA x1) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4; Flavia Pennetta Vinci of Italy Vinci had never been beyond the her to even the match. needed less than an hour to deal (ITA x26) bt Simona Halep (ROM x2) 6-1, 6-3. during their quarter-finals in singles play at With the contest slipping away, with Romanian Halep. Women’s Doubles women’s Singles 43 majors. Williams tried to will herself back Pennetta, was a clear underdog Semi-finals: Casey Dellacqua/Yaroslava semi-finals. In the other corner stood into the match, screaming and but the 26th seed tapped into her Shvedova (AUS/KAZ x4) bt Anna-Lena Williams, a 21-times Grand Slam fist-pumping after each point vast experience and was not over- Groenefeld/Coco Vandeweghe (GER/USA) 6-7 champion who had lost only two and feeding off the support of whelmed on the big stage. (3/7), 7-5, 7-5. matches all season and had not the crowd. She had reached the quarter- dropped a set against Vinci in But with nothing lose, an finals at Flushing Meadows in six Mixed Doubles their four previous meetings. undaunted Vinci continued to of the previous seven years, but Final: Leander Paes/Martina Hingis (IND/SUI Forced to wait a day after rain pressure Williams, who could not the final will be uncharted terri- x4) bt Sam Querrey/Bethanie Mattek-Sands Biggest Shocks in Women’s Tennis wiped out Thursday’s semi-finals match previous great escapes. tory. REUTERS (USA/USA) 6-4, 3-6, 10-7. Following is a list of biggest shocks in women’s tennis after Italian outsider Roberta Vinci, ranked 43rd, beat world number one Serena Williams in the U.S. Open semi-finals to deny the American a chance Video shows Blake slammed to ground to complete a calendar year Grand Slam. 1: Roberta Vinci beats Serena Williams 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the Flushing Meadows semi-finals to halt the American’s 33-match winning streak at the majors. Before arriving in New York in 2015, NEW YORK: A surveillance mistaken identity. The city’s top the 32-year-old Italian’s best grand slam performance was two quarter-final appearances in 43 video released by New York police officer and mayor have attempts. Despite the odds stacked against her, doubles specialist Vinci condemned 21-times police shows former tennis star already apologised to Blake, 35, major singles champion Williams to her first defeat at a grand slam since Wimbledon in 2014. James Blake being slammed to for the incident. the ground and handcuffed by In a statement, Blake vowed to 2: Jelena Dokic beats Martina Hingis 6-2 6-0 in the first round at Wimbledon in 1999. The Swiss an undercover officer. “use my voice to turn this unfor- became only the third top seed to lose in the opening round of the grasscourt major, falling to a Blake appears to have been tunate incident into a catalyst 16-year-old Australian qualifier ranked 129th in the world. caught by surprise as he is casu- for change in the relationship 3: Lori McNeil beat three-times defending champion Steffi Graf 7-5 7-6 (7-5) in the first round at ally leaning against a beam out- between the police and the public Wimbledon in 1994. The German became the first defending women’s champion at Wimbledon side his hotel, and does not resist they serve.” to fall at the first hurdle. Graf owned a 21-match unbeaten streak at the home of grasscourt arrest, according to the minute- He called for the city to tennis, and had already won five titles there when she was humbled by her American opponent. long video released by the New make a “significant financial 4: Kathleen Horvath beats top ranked and defending champion Martina Navratilova 6-4 0-6 6-3 York Police Department on commitment.” in the fourth round of the 1983 French Open. Going into the match, Navratilova had won three Friday. In a joint statement, NYPD of the previous four majors and all 36 of her matches stretching back to the start the year. The It appears to confirm Blake’s Commissioner William Bratton defeat to 45th-ranked Horvath prevented Navratilova from achieving a perfect season as it was account of the rough actions and Mayor Bill de Blasio said the her only loss during a year when she went on to record an 86-1 win-loss record. taken by the officer. incident was under investigation 5: Unseeded Kathy Jordan upset second seed Chris Evert 6-1 7-6 (7-2) in the third round of Blake, who is biracial, said he “to determine what contributed A frame grab from a surveillance video released by the New York Wimbledon in 1983. American Evert had reached the semi-finals or better at all 34 grand slam was detained for 15 minutes and to the errors made, who may be Police Department (NYPD) Office of the deputy commissioner of public events she had previously contested since 1971 before succumbing to her 23-year-old opponent. that he suspects a “racial factor” held accountable and what we information (DCPI) on Friday shows an undercover New York City police The result also ended Evert’s hopes of completing a non-calendar year grand slam as she had was involved in his brief deten- can learn to prevent these mis- officer arresting former professional tennis payer James Blake (blue shirt) won the three previous majors. It later emerged Evert needed medical attention before the match tion. Police denied race was a takes from being repeated in the in New York, New York, on Thursday. after suffering from a stomach virus. factor, insisting it was a case of future.” AFP SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Second stage of the WPA World 9-ball Championship begins in Doha

Action from the $200,000 WPA World 9-ball Championship at Al Arabi Stadium in Doha yesterday. The second stage and final stage of the championship began yesterday with 128 best players from the world, drawn from 40 countries vying for the coveted crown. The winner of the 2015 World 9-ball Championship will receive $30,000. The runner-up will get $15,000. The players have been divided into 16 groups of 8 playing a race-to-9, alternate break, double elimination format. Four players from each group will make up the final 64, which marks the start of the always tense and dramatic single elimination phase of the tournament. Matches will then become race to 11, alternate break. The final, which takes place on September 18, will be a race to 13. Defending champion Niels Feijen of Netherlands, Darren Appleton of England, Thorsten Hohmann of Germany and Finland’s Mika Immonen are some of the top players competing for the crown. PICTURES BY: SYED OMAR Barca seek to emulate Aberdeen down Celtic to go top

ABERDEEN, United Considine should have done bet- Kingdom: Paul Quinn scored a ter when he rose to meet a Hayes Milan class of 1990 late winner as 10 man Aberdeen corner but he headed over from moved top of the Scottish four yards out. The Dons defender Premiership with a 2-1 win over then attempted to lay the ball off Spaniards face Roma in Champions League opener Celtic at Pittodrie yesterday. to a teammate instead of shoot- It is a club record sixth succes- ing when Kenny McLean’s pass sive win at the start of a season picked him out unmarked in the LONDON: Barcelona start the FC Barcelona’s Brazilian With many of the same teams for the Dons while it is Celtic’s box. Considine’s misery at his Champions League campaign striker Neymar gestures now regularly featuring in the first defeat in the league since misses was compounded in the aiming to become the first club during his team’s training competition every season, there March. 35th minute when his tug on since AC Milan in 1990 to win session at the Joan Gamper is an air of familiarity about some The Hoops opened the scoring Griffiths earned him a booking and successive titles, a feat they Sport City in Barcelona, clashes, with many former team when Leigh Griffiths expertly des- handed Celtic a penalty. Griffiths could achieve at the Italian mates coming up against each patched a penalty he had earned fired the spot-kick into the bot- Spain, on Friday. club’s San Siro stadium next other. himself in the 35th minute. tom right-hand corner past the May. Arsenal meet Olympiakos Aberdeen lev- despairing dive Milan, European champions Piraeus in the group stage for the elled in the 56th of Danny Ward seven times and the last club to fourth time in seven seasons and minute with a Scottish to score for the retain the trophy, are powerless to will face Bayern Munich for the spot-kick of their fifth successive stop Barca emulating that success third time in the last four years. own that Adam league game. because they have failed to qualify Memphis Depay, who shone Rooney fired Premiership Results However, the for European competition. for Manchester United when home before Jonny Aberdeen 2 (Rooney 56-pen, Quinn 86) Celtic Dons weren’t AS Roma and Juventus, who they secured their return to the Hayes was given a 1 (Griffiths 35-pen) to be denied six Barca beat in last season’s final, and we know it won’t be easy tally. “Like always our goal is to competition with a 7-1 aggre- straight red in the Dundee Utd 1 (McKay 66-pen) Kilmarnock 2 minutes later are leading Italy’s challenge to do it again, but we’ll try to,” win everything. We know that will gate win over Club Bruges in 72nd minute for a (Higginbotham 44-pen, McHattie 88) when Dedryk although the real threat is likely Barca’s Belgium defender Thomas be very difficult, that expectations the playoffs, will face his old club lunge on Mikel Motherwell 1 (Moult 90) Ross County 1 Boyata bundled to come from the usual power- Vermaelen said. are high, but anything other than PSV Eindhoven in Group B which Lustig. (Gardyne 33) over Shinnie houses, Real Madrid, Bayern “We have the same team and aspiring to win all the titles is not also includes VfL Wolfsburg and Despite their Partick 0 Dundee 1 (Stewart 77) near the by- Munich and Chelsea as well as we’ll do all we can game by game.” good enough at this club,” Real CSKA Moscow. numerical disad- St Johnstone 4 (Craig 22, MacLean 25-pen, 43, line to con- mega-wealthy Manchester City Barca start their campaign full back Alvaro Arbeloa said. Angel Di Maria, who left Real vantage the Dons 54) Hamilton 1 (Lucas 67) cede a penalty. and Paris St Germain. against Roma on Wednesday and Real start against Shakhtar for £59m to join United before found an 86th Rooney took Barca are one of five Spanish also face BATE Borisov of Belarus Donetsk at home on Tuesday decamping to PSG after a mis- minute winner the resultant clubs involved, Sevilla join- and Bayer Leverkusen in Group in Group A which also includes erable spell at Old Trafford, will through Quinn to move two points spot-kick and sent Craig Gordon ing Real, Atletico Madrid and E. PSG and Malmo. That draw was come up against his old mates in clear of Celtic at the top. The the wrong way as he buried his Valencia as winners of last sea- While Barca could well get greeted with huge enthusiasm in Madrid. Former Real boss Jose Dons could now extend their lead effort in the bottom right-hand son’s Europa League, and another back to the final, Juventus are Sweden as it brings PSG’s Zlatan Mourinho, who led Porto to vic- at the top if they can win their corner. Aberdeen’s task was made Barca success would represent a unlikely to repeat the feat. Ibrahimovic, who his compatriots tory in the 2004 Champions game in hand over the Hoops harder when Hayes was given a hat-trick for Spain after Real’s They face Manchester have voted as their greatest ever League final will now be looking against Hamilton at Pittodrie on straight red for a reckless lunge triumph in 2014. City, Sevilla and Borussia player, face to face with his boy- to beat them when his Chelsea Tuesday. on Lustig, two minutes after A flood of 122 goals from Lionel Moenchengladbach in a tough hood club Malmo. side face them, Maccabi Tel Aviv Celtic had come close to open- the Swede had been booked for Messi (58), Neymar (39) and Luis group and have lost key players “It will be great to have Zlatan and Dynamo Kiev in Group G. ing the scoring in the 18th minute hacking down the Dons winger. Suarez (25) swept Barcelona to in Carlos Tevez, Arturo Vidal and here,” Malmo coach Age Hareide Among all that familiarity, when Griffiths’ free-kick crashed However, it was 10-man Aberdeen the treble of Champions League Andrea Pirlo. told Reuters. Astana are breaking new ground off the bar after taking a wicked who found a winner when Niall and Spanish Cup and League last Although Barca have been the “It will be a party for the peo- as the first team from Kazakhstan deflection off the back of Graeme McGinn’s sent in a high hanging season. dominant force in Europe over the ple, but we would have preferred to take part, in Group C along Shinnie in the wall. free-kick into the box and Quinn “The ambitions are the same. last decade, Real hold the record a slightly weaker third team than with Benfica, Galatasaray and Aberdeen recovered well from stuck out a foot to prod past We won the treble last season with 10 titles -- double Barca’s Shakhtar,” he added. Atletico Madrid. AFP their shaky start and Andrew Gordon. AFP England making the most Qalco win Sprite Cricket Stars Labour tournament of a good run: Morgan

LEEDS, United Kingdom: And the captain again led by the attitude is brilliant.” Captain Eoin Morgan believes example with 92 off 92 balls to Morgan shared stands of 91 England are showing new- record his third successive half- with Ben Stokes and 58 with found qualities in their ability century and seventh of the sum- Jonny Bairstow before falling to to successfully chase down tar- mer in one-day internationals. a superb catch by Glenn Maxwell gets after beating Australia by Morgan, who was named as eight runs short of a ninth ODI three wickets at Headingley on man of the match, said: “I firmly century. Friday to set up a one-day series believe things work in cycles and Maxwell also took a stunning decider. when it’s going your way you have boundary catch to remove the England overcame the World to cash in and I am making the hard-hitting Liam Plunkett but Cup winners for the second time most of a run of good form. Ali and Willey held their nerve to in four days, reaching their tar- “There are only so many words see England home with an unbro- get of 300 with 10 balls to spare you can say and ways to inspire ken 22-run stand with Willey hit- to tie the series 2-2 ahead of people. The best way is to lead ting John Hastings for six to seal Sunday’s finale at Old Trafford, from the front and today I man- victory. Manchester. aged to do that, which is great. And with the momentum It was only the fourth time “But the thing from the chase behind his side, Morgan is now England have successfully chased today is that everybody contrib- looking to win at Old Trafford a score of 300 or more to win a uted, from top to bottom, right to follow up England’s Ashes win one-day international and beats down to Moeen Ali and David over Australia and their one- the previous highest total they Willey finishing it off, which is day series success against New had made batting second to beat brilliant. Zealand. Australia, eclipsing the 270-4 they “The group of players we have He added: “Going into Sunday reached in winning at Lord’s in and the attitude they show is, I the guys are full of confidence and 1997. think, outstanding. really looking forward to it. The victory follows the record “I have never had that sort of “We have had a little bit of 350-3 England posted in beating feeling within a side in a chase. I success so far this summer and Qalco team, winners of the Sprite Cricket Stars Labour Tournament 2015, pose for a picture with Sprite officials New Zealand by seven wickets am very optimistic about things. hopefully that continues because and Gul Khan, Tournament Director of Qatar Cricket Association at Asian Cricket Town Stadium, Industrial at Trent Bridge in June when That’s not experience, because we if things go well that accelerates Area on Thursday. PICTURE BY: ABDUL BASIT Morgan scored a century. are a young side, but taking it on, our learning as we go along. AFP SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Al Kharaitiyat stun Qatar SC 2-1 Al Arabi begin Qatar Stars League campaign with 1-0 victory over Al Wakrah

DOHA: An injury time goal helped Al Kharaitiyat to stun Qatar Sports Club 2-1 in Round 1 of the Qatar Stars League (QSL), while Al Arabi picked up full points in a 1-0 win over Al Wakrah. Yesterday, at the Al Khor Stadium, a brace from Mohamed Yasser Mohamady gave coach Amar Osim full points. All the three goals of the match came in the second half. Al Kharaitiyat struck through Mohamady in the 57th minute. The lead was short lived as Qatar SC coached by Radhi Shenaishil equalised a minute later. Ali Awad Bujaloof gave Qatar the equaliser. Thereafter, both teams tried to break open the rival defense but without any success, untill Mohamady got his name on the scoresheet the second time in the match in the fifth minute of injury time. At Arabi Stadium, the Reds Al Arabi’s Ali Jasemi and Al Wakrah Soud Sabah vie for ball possession during their Qatar Stars League (QSL) managed to bag all three points match at Al Arabi Stadium in Doha yesterday. RIGHT: Al Arabi’s Mohammed Shaban (left) and Al Wakrah player with a fortuitous own goal by Wakrah defender Ali Rehema as Hussein Yasser locked in an aerial battle for superiority. PICTURES BY: BAHER AMIN they held on for the final whistle. Wakrah dominated the game Al Wakrah coach José Mauricio that he made minimal contact from start to finish. cut a frustrated figure on the side with his opponent. After this QSL Results and The only goal of the game came lines as it was clear to all that the dubious decision Arabi’s chances from an Arabi counter attack visitors were playing the better were few and far between but the Fixtures when new signing Yousef Ahmed football until the defensive error. tireless Paulinho had a chance Al Arabi 1 Al Wakrah 0 received coach Paulinho’s clear- After the restart Al Wakrah late in the 89th minute with his Qatar SC 1 Al Kharaitiyat 2 ance and showed his pace with continued where they had left off, solo effort on goal but failed a sprint down the left. Wakra having a number of chances. Wakrah should not be too hard Fixtures captain Ali Rehema managed to It looked as though things were on themselves despite the loss, Mesaimeer vs Al Sadd just keep up with the forward but turning in the Blue Wave’s favour they already look a better team At Arabi Stadium, 6.00pm his last ditch tackle saw the ball when Iranian winger Ashkan under their new Uruguayan coach El Jaish vs Al Ahli fly into his own goal in the 43rd Dejagah received a straight red than they did last season. At Lekhwiya Stadium, 8.15pm minute. card; however the replay showed THE PENINSULA Lyon miss Ronaldo stars as Madrid rout Espanyol chance to close MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo forever like Raul or Di Stefano,” the box was cut short by Alvaro gap on PSG opened his account for the season said Madrid boss Rafael Benitez. Gonzalez. in spectacular fashion with five “I think we are speaking of Ronaldo converted the result- goals as Real Madrid thrashed three historic players and I hope ing penalty confidently and was PARIS: Lyon missed an oppor- Espanyol 6-0 yesterday. Cristiano continues adding to his the beneficiary of another Bale tunity to make up ground on The Portuguese dispelled any tally for his good and the good of assist moments later to com- French league leaders Paris doubts over his form by slot- the team.” plete his hat-trick after just 20 Saint-Germain as they were ting home the opener from Luka Los Blancos were in action for minutes. held to a frustrating 0-0 draw Modric’s wonderful pass before the first time since their botched Another surging run from by Lille yesterday. doubling his tally from the pen- deal to sign Manchester United Bale helped set up the fourth as A nightmare evening for PSG alty spot after Gareth Bale had goalkeeper David de Gea collapsed he fed Ronaldo and the former goalkeeper Kevin Trapp ended been felled inside the area. due to the paperwork between Manchester United man squared the French champions’ perfect Bale crossed for Ronaldo to the clubs being completed min- for Benzema to apply a simple start to the season on Friday but complete his 32nd hat-trick for utes after the Spanish transfer finish. Lyon were unable to take full Madrid and the World Player of deadline. Benzema could have even advantage 24 hours later against the Year then turned provider However, Keylor Navas proved added a fifth before half-time as a resolute Lille side. himself for Karim Benzema to tap he can be a worthy successor his driven effort was brilliantly Saturday’s result left Lyon still home a fourth before half-time. to Iker Casillas with a fine save tipped onto the post by Espanyol five points adrift of PSG as Lille Ronaldo then rounded off the from Felipe Caicedo to prevent ‘keeper Pau Lopez. stretched their unbeaten run to scoring with two more smart fin- Espanyol getting off to a flying Bale was the creator once four matches. ishes after the break. start. more when the fifth did arrive “We are certainly disappointed, Victory moves Madrid to the The result was never in doubt just after the hour mark as he because even if we didn’t deliver top of the table, one point ahead once the visitors took the lead unselfishly teed up Ronaldo a great performance we still did of Atletico Madrid and Barcelona seven minutes in, though, as to roll home his fourth of the enough to win against a team that who face later on Saturday. Ronaldo controlled Modric’s bril- afternoon. sat back and defended,” said Lyon Ronaldo’s five-goal haul takes liant through ball before placing And Ronaldo matched his own coach Hubert Fournier. him ahead of Madrid legends Raul the ball inside the far post. personal record of five goals in “We have to be a bit more Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (centre) celebrates and Alfredo di Stefano to become Bale was playing once more in a game when Madrid smashed clinical when we have chances to with team-mates Real Madrid’s midfielder Isco (left) and defender the club’s all-time leading scorer a central role behind Benzema in Granada 9-1 last season by score. We had the chance to win Marcelo (top) after scoring during the Spanish league match against in La Liga with 330 goals. attack and produced his best per- thumping home Lucas Vazquez’s but at the same time I feel like we RCD Espanyol at the Power Stadium in Cornella de Llobregat, yesterday. “Someone who scores so many formance in a Madrid shirt for pass 10 minutes from time. are getting stronger,” he added. goals has their place in history some time as his driving run into AFP Lyon returned to domestic duty without Nabil Fekir after the France international ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in Bayern leave it late to keep pace with Dortmund his right knee in his country’s 1-0 win over Portugal last week. BERLIN: Thomas Mueller Augsburg had won the same Lille entered the weekend with converted a controversial 90th fixture last season 1-0 when Raul Munich’s just one goal scored through their minute penalty as Bayern Bobadilla grabbed a late winner. Thomas Mueller first four matches under new Munich came back from a goal “I know how difficult it can coach Herve Renard but Junior (left) celebrates down to defeat Bavarian rivals be after the international break Tallo and Adama Soumaoro with his team- Augsburg 2-1 while Borussia but that is not an excuse,” said forced home goalkeeper Anthony Dortmund also made it four Guardiola. mate David Lopes into two smart saves in wins from four in Bundesliga “We have to play for 90 minutes Alaba after quick succession. action yesterday. and not just 45. During the first- scoring the win- Mathieu Valbuena then came Robert Lewandowski began half we were not in the match ning goal from agonisingly close to netting his the champions’ comeback as the and our game was very, very the penalty spot first Lyon goal since joining from Polish international struck with slow. I hope we can improve on during their Dinamo Moscow last month 13 minutes left after Alexander that but Augsburg defended very Bundesliga when his free-kick from 30 yards Esswein had opened the scoring well. In the second half, we cre- match against smacked back off the crossbar for the visitors on the stroke of ated a lot more chances,” added FC Augsburg minutes before the interval. half-time. the Spaniard. Augsburg coach in Munich, The hosts ramped up the pres- However as the match appeared Markus Weinzier was proud of Germany, yes- sure after the break but couldn’t to be heading for a draw, the ref- his players but dejected about the terday. Munich find a way past Lille goalkeeper eree harshly pointed to the spot late penalty decision which cost won 2-1. Vincent Enyeama. with time running out when his side a point. A slick passing move on the Douglas Costa was brought down “We played well for 90 min- edge of the visitors’ box found by Markus Feulner, which allowed utes, we fought and put into place Valbuena in space on the right the cool-headed Mueller to snatch our game plan but it is obviously bitter rivals after they rode a pair before Sobiech grabbed his sec- the net after just eight minutes but his goalbound effort was the points for Bayern. impossible to defend everything of penalties from Gabon interna- ond on 53 minutes to level the against Bayer Levurkusen thanks tipped over by the Nigerian Bayern coach Pep Guardiola against Bayern,” said Weinzier tional Pierre-Emerick Aubamey match at 2-2. Brazilian defender to captain Aytac Sulu as they held international. fielded a weakened line-up with whose team are still chasing their to come back and defeat Hanover Felipe was the unfortunate victim on for a 1-0 win, their first top Another Valbuena free-kick one eye on their Champions first win of the young campaign. 4-2 at the HDI-Arena. Artur of an own goal with 23 minutes flight victory in 33 years. nearly resulted in the break- League group match against “We deserved a point and the Sobiech had given the winless left to give Dortmund the lead for Hertha Berlin picked up their through Lyon craved but Rafael Olympiakos, on Wednesday in boys were fantastic so I feel sorry hosts an 18th minute lead before the second time in the tie before second win of the season, with da Silva’s glancing header Athens, and was without star for them. The penalty was a dis- Aubamey converted the first of Aubamey slotted home his second goals from Japanese interna- bounced back off the inside of the striker Arjen Robben who got astrous decision but we turned in his spot-kicks 10 minutes before penalty on 85 minutes to put the tional Genki Haraguchi and cap- post with Enyeama well beaten. injured on international duty and a great performance and we can half-time. Henrik Mikhitaryan result beyond doubt. tain Fabian Lustenberger to edge Lyon continued their furious is out for four weeks with a groin certainly build on this,” he added. put Dortmund in front for the Elsewhere, promoted SV Stuttgart 2-1 while FC Ingolstadt assault on the Lille goal right injury. Dortmund kept pace with their first time just before the break Darmstadt 98 found the back of and Wolfsburg finished 0-0. AFP until the finish. 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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Hosts Qatar handed tough group at AFC U-23 draw DOHA: Hosts Qatar found The tournament will be played themselves alongside conti- at the Al Sadd, Al Arabi, Qatar nental giants Iran, China and Sports Club and Lekhwiya regional challengers Syria Stadiums. in a tough Group A when the Vice-President of Qatar draw for the Asian Football Football Association, Saoud Al Confederation (AFC) U-23 Mohannadi was confident that Championship was made at the event would be a huge success. a grand ceremony in Doha, “ AFC is proud to hold an event yesterday. in Qatar,” said Al Mohannadi who The tournament which will is also the vice-president of AFC. feature 16 top teams of the con- “ Qatar has a long tradition tinent will be played next year of football and has hosted many from January 12 to 30. major tournaments in a befitting The competition holds utmost manner.” importance as it will serve as the AFC Acting General Secretary qualifying event for next year’s Windsor John conducted the Olympics with top three teams draw, assisted by former Qatar getting the Rio de Janeiro ticket. internationals Khaled Salman Qatar’s coach Felix Sanchez AFC U-23 Championship’s new and Badr Bilal, and attended by a said his team will have to work logo which was revealed during host of dignitaries from the Asian hard to achieve desirable results. the draw ceremony, yesterday in football family. “ It’s the finals and all the Doha. Defending champions Iraq have teams will be very strong,” the been bracketed among Yemen, Spaniard told reporters following The Qatar U-23 team recently London Olympics bronze medal- the draw ceremony. returned from grueling training ists Korea Republic and a highly camps in Austria and Zurich but rated Uzbekistan side in a tough Sanchez felt the team need more looking Group C. AFC U-23 preparations for the tough event. Nine-time Olympic qualifiers “We will look to get good games and fourth-place finishers at the Championship before January. We are working London Games Japan are pooled with the players with the target along with Saudi Arabia, DPR AFC Vice-President Saoud Al Mohannadi (right) and AFC’s Acting General Secretary Windsor John unveil the Draw in sights.” Korea and Thailand in Group new trophy of the AFC U-23 Championship, yesterday prior to the draw for the tournament to be played next The coach hoped that playing B, while 1988 quarter-finalists Group A: Qatar, Syria, IR Iran, China PR year in January in Doha. PICTURE: BAHER AMIN at home will give players extra Australia, the United Arab Group B: Saudi Arabia, Japan, DPR Korea, energy. Emirates, Jordan and Vietnam Thailand “Playing in front of the home make up Group D. trophy of the tournament while the AFC’s five regions, with a A short video depicting the host Group C: Iraq, Korea Republic, Uzbekistan, crowd with fans supporting the Prior to the draw, AFC Vice the AFC U-23 Championship’s star in the middle symbolising nation’s history and diversity was Yemen team will be an extra motivation President Al Mohannadi and new logo was also revealed. The the promising talent that will also shown at the event. Group D: Jordan, Australia, UAE, Vietnam for the players.” Windsor jointly unveiled the new logo’s fantastic design represents be on display at the tournament. THE PENINSULA Blatter accused of under-selling Chelsea rocked by Everton, television rights

GENEVA: FIFA President Sepp Blatter sold off television rights for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups to disgraced former FIFA United tame Liverpool 3-1 vice-president Jack Warner at a knockdown price, Swiss media have claimed. Mourinho upbeat despite loss, Martial on target on debut for Red Devils Swiss television channel SRF alleged that Blatter signed off the screening rights for South Africa LONDON: Jose Mourinho only four points from their five and Brazil to Warner for 600,000 refused to condemn his Chelsea matches – to their worst start to dollars (£389,000) – a mere 5% of flops after their title defence a season since 1988. their true market value. was plunged into turmoil by It left Chelsea 11 points below Warner was at the time of the a 3-1 defeat at Everton, while leaders Manchester City, who deal in 2005 flying high in world Manchester United’s Anthony snatched a late 1-0 win at Crystal football as FIFA vice-president Martial exploded onto the Old Palace, but Mourinho claimed and boss of football’s governing Trafford stage with a superb he had no complaints about his body in North America, Central strike in his new club’s 3-1 vic- team’s performance and blamed Manchester America and the Caribbean tory over Liverpool yesterday. bad luck for their recent woes. United’s (CONCACAF). Mourinho’s side made a mis- “I am a champion, the players Anthony Martial His fortunes have since plum- erable start at Goodison Park are the champions, the way they celebrates after meted and he is now fight- as Scotland forward Steven are playing is not as bad as the scoring the third ing extradition from his native Naismith came off the bench to results, but in every single game goal against Trinidad and Tobago to the score twice in the space of five things are going against us,” Liverpool United States after being named minutes mid-way through the Mourinho told BT Sport. during their in the FIFA corruption probe first half. At Old Trafford, Martial made Premier League rocking world football. Nemanja Matic pulled one back one of the more memorable Warner was arrested by match at the for Chelsea before the interval, United debuts in recent memory Trinidad authorities after the Old Trafford, but Naismith completed his treble as the teenage French striker United States indicted him and in the closing stages to condemn came off the bench to mark his Manchester, 13 other football officials and mar- the Blues – with three defeats and debut with the clinching goal yesterday. keting executives for corruption. against Liverpool. The SRF programme, aired Signed from Monaco on trans- on Friday, published a contract English Premier fer deadline day for a reported ini- signed by Blatter selling TV tial fee of £36m that even United rights for the 2010 World Cup for manager Louis van Gaal admit- 250,000 dollars and the 2014 edi- League Results ted was “ridiculous”, Martial had tion for 350,000 to Warner. LONDON: Collated English been dismissed in some quarters According to Australian Jaimie Premier League results as a panic buy. Fuller, a FIFA anti-corruption yesterday: But the hefty price tag, that expert interviewed by the pro- Arsenal 2 (Walcott 31, Giroud 85) Stoke made the 19-year-old the world’s 2-1 lead after Christian Benteke’s City had earlier lost Sergio Alexis Sanchez had twice hit the gramme, those amounts “are 0; Crystal Palace 0 Manchester City 1 most expensive teenage player, brilliant bicycle kick in the 84th Aguero through injury, but pre- post, Theo Walcott put Arsenal around 5% of the market value”. (Iheanacho 90); Everton 3 (Naismith 17, didn’t seem to bother Martial, minute had given Liverpool hope vailed when 18-year-old Nigerian ahead from Mesut Ozil’s pass The SRF programme was note- 22, 82) Chelsea 1 (Matic 36); Manchester who came on as a 65th minute of snatching a draw. striker Iheanacho poked in the in the 31st minute and Olivier worthy for being the first time to United 3 (Blind 49, Herrera 70-pen, Martial substitute and settled one of That was the cue for Martial rebound from a Samir Nasri shot Giroud sealed victory with a show Blatter’s signature on a con- 86) Liverpool 1 (Benteke 84); Norwich English football’s heavyweight to steal the spotlight two min- to preserve the visitors’ 100 per- header five minutes from time. tract, Fuller claimed. 3 (Jerome 35, Hoolahan 52, Jarvis 67) clashes with a devastating knock- utes later as he took possession cent record. Elsewhere, Swansea City saw FIFA has been embroiled in a Bournemouth 1 (Cook 81); Watford 1 (Ighalo out blow. on the left, surged past Martin Aguero was forced off in the their unbeaten start to the season major corruption scandal since 59) Swansea 0; West Brom 0 Southampton United had taken a two-goal Skrtel and cut inside before 24th minute after a heavy chal- ended in a 1-0 defeat at promoted the arrest of seven of its officials 0 lead thanks to Daley Blind’s calmly steering his shot into the lenge by Scott Dann, which saw Watford. on May 27 attending a congress Playing Today sumptuous long-range finish in far corner. Kevin De Bruyne come on for his Odion Ighalo put Watford in Zurich to elect a new president. Leicester vs Aston Villa (1500 GMT), the 49th minute and an Ander Early pace-setters City sit five City debut. The result left Alan ahead from Troy Deeney’s knock- They are among 14 people Sunderland vs Tottenham (1230 GMT) Herrera penalty in the 70th points off second placed United Pardew’s Palace fourth, six points down shortly before the hour and charged by US authorities over minute following Joe Gomez’s foul after they won 1-0 at Palace cour- below City and a point behind hosts held on for win despite the more than $150m in bribes given Playing Tomorrow on the Spanish midfielder tesy of a last-minute goal by sub- United and Arsenal, who won dismissal of Valon Behrami for an for television and marketing West Ham vs Newcastle (1900 GMT) But the hosts were clinging to a stitute Kelechi Iheanacho. 2-0 at home to Stoke City. After ugly foul on Andre Ayew. AFP deals. AFP