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Sheikha Moza at Oxford University Intersections Three held for get new names DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning has given new names running illicit to several roundabouts that have been converted to intersections. The Bustan Roundabout has been renamed Faleh bin Nasser Intersection, while Al Azizia Roundabout has been liquor trade named Abdul Aziz bin Ahmed Intersection. The Industrial Area Roundabout has become Khalid bin Ahmed Intersection and Al Trio had amassed over QR518,000 Ghanim Roundabout has been renamed Khalid bin Mohammed DOHA: A criminal court is investigate the financial aspect Al Ghanim Intersection. hearing a case involving three of the illicit liquor trade. The ministry has finished nam- menial workers accused of run- The prime accused (No. 1) ing 2,780 streets across the coun- ning an illicit hooch trade and admitted during investigation try and proposed 6,639 names for amassing as much as half a mil- that he had deposited the money different areas, a senior official has lion riyals in just a few months. in his bank account, but every disclosed. They were caught for running time he made a deposit, he would Qatar’s urban master plan a hooch den in a villa and the receive a commission of QR500 includes 15,882 streets, of which police discovered that one of the to QR1,000. “That wasn’t my 8,533 carry names. The remaining accused had deposited QR518,000 money,” he claimed. 7,349 streets are not named, Qatar ($142,250) in his bank account in The CEID sleuths recovered News Agency reported, quoting instalments in just a few months. from him as many as 45 cash Sheikh Faleh bin Nassir Al Thani, However, when they were deposit slips which showed that assistant undersecretary for pub- caught their bank account had a he had deposited cash as many H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and architect Dame Zaha Hadid outside the Investcorp Building, a new exten- lic service affairs at the ministry balance of just QR78.93, details of times in his bank account in just sion of the Middle East Centre at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford. The 1,127-square-metre structure and head of the panel for naming the case suggest. seven months — from August 2014 will house the centre’s archive, library and a 118-seat lecture theatre. Report on page 5 AR AL BAKER streets. THE PENINSULA The trio has been charged sep- to February 2015. arately under anti-money laun- Earlier, the police had raided ‘Give QA landing dering laws and for making and a villa where the accused were selling the dangerous and illegal running the illicit hooch brewing slots to win deals’ spurious liquor. business and had found several Bahrain to cut subsidies for expats Only one of the accused bottles full of spurious liquor. (Accused No. 1) had a bank A case was filed with Rayyan DUBAI: Bahrain will begin cut- from subsidy of consumer goods electricity, water and other items. AMSTERDAM: In handing out account, which was opened as Police. ting subsidies for goods and serv- and services are foreign nationals Paying for the subsidies has public procurement contracts, recently as last August. It seems that their “business” ices to reduce state spending on resident in the kingdom and com- become increasingly difficult for Qatar is likely to favour coun- Accused No. 1 was working in was so organised and lucrative its foreign population as low oil panies, but not individual Bahraini Bahrain as oil prices have plunged tries whose airports grant take- a commercial establishment on that a minivan would arrive at the prices pressure its budget, a top citizens,” the official Bahrain News since last year. off and landing slots to Qatar a monthly salary of QR900, and villa every day to collect liquor for official has said. Agency quoted him as saying late Earlier this month the cabinet Airways, its chief executive said yet he could deposit more than sale, the police told the court. Bahraini citizens will receive on Monday. approved a draft budget which yesterday. Akbar Al Baker, here QR518,000 in his bank account The CEID sleuths work- cash payments from the state to The government will, therefore, envisaged the budget deficit climb- to launch a six-times-a-week in a short time, raising suspicion. ing on the case also found out offset price rises when subsidies redirect subsidy policies to benefit ing to 1.47 billion dinars ($3.90bn) route, said the Qatar govern- The trio was caught by Al that the prime accused had not are removed, said Minister of local citizens only, Hammadi said. this year and 1.56 billion dinars ment would take note if the air- Shamal Police, which asked only deposited cash in his bank State for Information Affairs Isa About half of Bahrain’s popu- next year, from an originally line were not given the extra slot the financial information unit account frequently, but also made bin Abdulrahman Al Hammadi. lation of roughly 1.3 million is planned 914 million dinars last it is seeking to fly seven days a of the Criminal Evidence and withdrawals at regular intervals. Foreign citizens would not receive estimated to be expatriate. They year. The government will have week to and from Amsterdam Information Department (CEID) Continued on page 4 such payments. benefit from state subsidies which to borrow to bridge its budget gap. Schiphol. REUTERS of the Ministry of Interior to THE PENINSULA “The majority of beneficiaries keep down prices of fuel, meat, REUTERS See also page 2 WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Emir attends seminar on Buzzard 4 drill Minister hails participation of brotherly, friendly countries

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh their excellencies, Minister of said the Qatari Armed Forces Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani State for Defence Affairs H E gave a high priority to the drill yesterday attended part of a Major-General Hamad bin Ali due to its positive impact on seminar for senior command- Al Attiyah and chiefs of staff of international cooperation and ers for joint military drill ‘The brotherly and friendly armed support from friendly countries. Buzzard 4’, organised by the forces were also present. He highlighted the high-level Qatari Armed Forces in coop- The Emir saw a documen- of participation from members eration with ministries, institu- tary on field exercises as part of of the international community tions and state bodies. the drill such as disaster man- and it reflected their keenness to Several brotherly and friendly agement, crisis management, exchange expertise in the field. countries took part. anti-terrorism and sea piracy The Minister expressed delight Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Prime Minister and Interior operations, joint manoeuvres and at the high number of partici- Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Major-General Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah and Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah other logistics operations. pants and said the number has other officials at the event. bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, On the sidelines, Al Attiyah been increasing every year. QNA Cohesive approach to Doha’s modern architectural identity urged

DOHA: Qatar is becoming a of global architectural trends seen is striving to ensure its unique becoming evident with the incep- laboratory for architectural in Qatar. heritage and culture continue to tion of iconic projects, including experiments and new projects Dr Yasser Mahgoub, Head, live, grounding the foundation of Museum of Islamic Art, Faculty are rapidly replacing traditional Department of Architecture the development on the adapta- of Islamic Studies in Education environments, a seminar organ- and Urban Planning, College of tion of micro-climatic techniques City, Msheireb Properties, West ised by Qatar Green Building Engineering, Qatar University, with inspiration that attempts to Bay Business District and Qatar Council (QGBC) was told. said, “Qatar is becoming a “labo- recapture what made the original National Museum. Some speakers, however, argued ratory” for architectural experi- so special. There are different and Engineer Meshal Al Shamari, that a fascinating range of new ments that lack theoretical interesting things on the horizon Director, QGBC, said: “QGBC is buildings are making Doha a ‘must scientific guidance. New projects in Qatar’s architecture and its working with leading institutions see’ tourist destination. are replacing invaluable tradi- quality.” in the public and private sectors The event at Hamad Bin Khalifa tional environments at a rapid Dr Alex Amato, Head of to raise awareness of the most University Student Centre in pace. The process can be slowed Sustainability, QGBC, said: “There pressing sustainability issues fac- Education City was titled ‘Can down by increasing awareness are a fascinating range of new ing Qatar. sustainable experimental archi- and facilitating public participa- buildings contributing to mak- “The event is another crucial tecture with respect for cultural tion in urban and architectural ing Qatar a worthy architectural step in educational and awareness heritage exist?’ and aimed to decisionmaking. destination, from modern archi- efforts undertaken by QGBC on a assess and debate Doha’s current “Architecture is the mirror of tectural expressionism to the regular basis. Sustainable archi- architectural transformation. society. Architectural identity development of a rich synthesis of tecture is key to element of green Architects and sustainability should not be imposed on peo- international standards and tra- buildings and sustainability in experts discussed keeping Qatar’s ple and buildings. It is a result of ditional values. We would like to Qatar we would like to address culture, traditions and values alive what people “think and do” dur- ensure adequate efforts and time in the long-term.” when planning major architec- ing a particular period of history are invested in urban planning to Ameena Ahmadi, Technical tural projects. They agreed that influenced by economic, ecologic ensure the required consistency Director, Capital Projects, Qatar identifying a cohesive, balanced and cultural variables,” he added. in the process.” Foundation; Hafid Karem, approach to Doha’s urban plan- Engineer Ibrahim Mohamed Doha is positioning itself as the Architect Partner and Area ning is of prime importance when Jaidah, Qatar’s senior-most archi- ‘must see’ destination for modern Manager, Ateliers; Hafid Rakem, The seminar in progress. keeping up with the changing face tect and CEO, Arab Engineering architecture enthusiasts as Qatar’s and Timothy Makeower, Principal, Bureau, said, “In line with current commitment to first-rate interna- Makeower Architects, also spoke. global architectural trends, Qatar tionally-recognised architecture is THE PENINSULA QA plans six flights a week on Amsterdam-Doha route

Akbar Al Baker, Group Chief Executive, QA (centre), Eric Didier, Country Manager France and Benelux, QA, (left), and Jonathan Harding, Senior Vice-President, North, South and Western Europe, QA, at the press conference in Amsterdam yesterday.

DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) late in the evening and will give The Boeing 787 is one of the will begin flights on Amsterdam- passengers the convenience and latest generation aircraft in QA’s Doha route from June 16. flexibility of reaching Doha and 158-strong fleet. It offers 254 seats Akbar Al Baker, Group Chief connecting to more than 140 configured in two classes, with 22 Executive, Qatar Airways, destinations through Hamad fully-flat bed seats in Business announced details of services to International Airport (HIA), QA’s Class and 232 in Economy Class. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Doha-hub. Flying non-stop, the jour- during a press conference in Passengers can connect with ney time between Doha and Amsterdam yesterday. 47 destinations in Africa and the Amsterdam is six hours and 35 The route will operate six Middle East, explore 43 destina- minutes and passengers can enjoy times a week with a Boeing 787 tions in Asia and travel to two superior on board entertainment Dreamliner. of the most popular Australian and access over 2,000 blockbust- “As an airline, we are always cities, Melbourne and Perth, all ers, films, music and television looking for opportunities to grow via Doha. The return flight to from Oryx One. and expand our worldwide net- Amsterdam will leave Doha in the The new services will comple- work,” said Al Baker. morning to reach Amsterdam in ment QA’s freighter services to “Amsterdam is a major capi- early afternoon. Amsterdam, boosting capacity by tal, one of the busiest airports “Passengers to and from 10 percent. in Europe, and one of the most Amsterdam will have the oppor- QA Cargo, the world’s fifth popular tourism destinations. We tunity to enjoy QA’s exceptional largest, launched airfreight serv- have been pursuing the opportu- service and the world’s best ices to Schiphol Airport in 2003. nity to open this route for some Business and Economy Class The airline is celebrating 12 time and I am pleased to have service while travelling on our years of supporting the success- achieved our ambition. We have Boeing 787 offering them luxury ful growth of Dutch and inter- high expectations for the flight and comfort. national businesses by operating with many passengers already “Convenient connection times B777 freighter services connect- booked on our new flights,” he and seamless transit experience ing Amsterdam with worldwide said. offered by HIA will make onward markets via Chicago and its Doha Flights will leave Amsterdam connectivity to our worldwide net- hub. mid-afternoon to arrive in Doha work a pleasure,” said Al Baker. THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Premier meets UAE minister First phase of Business Services Setup e-Service delivered to ministry DOHA: As part of its part- landmark project which repre- Business Setup Services solution. nership with the Ministry sents a significant transforma- The Business Services Setup of Economy and Commerce, tion of e-Government services in e-Services solution is available to Qatari IT services company, Qatar. investors and businesses online Malomatia, has delivered phase “The project also amplifies and via mobile devices. It provides one of the landmark Business Malomatia’s credentials as a online applications for business Services Setup (BSS) e-Service. Qatari company pursuing a lead- establishments, renewal of com- The service envisions transfor- ing role in the IT sector, particu- mercial licences and associated mation of all core business serv- larly in bringing opportunities for services important to the busi- ices and enables their automation creating world class e-Services ness sector. to serve investors in Qatar. and e-Solutions for the govern- The ministry announced the Several of the ministry’s serv- ment sector at strategic levels,” project in April last year to give ices are available electronically said Yousef Al Naama, CEO, the business community and con- through its website and mobiles, Malomatia. “We thank the min- sumers an easy access to public including Apple and Android istry for support and confidence services via digital channels. stores, as a Beta version with the in our team working alongside the In addition to enabling round- ability to secure user feedback ministry to complete delivery of the-clock access to the ministry and the full range of services the first phase of the mandate,” and related entities’ services, expected to be introduced in the he added. the initiative aims to achieve the future. Through the partnership, the desired transparency and fairness “We are honoured to be part- ministry will receive end-to-end and greater mobility and access to Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met UAE ners to the ministry on such a delivery of a comprehensive online services. THE PENINSULA Minister of Economy Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori and his delegation. Talks dealt with means of enhancing relations and issues of joint interest. Al Kuwari leaves for Paris meeting Global medical congress opens DOHA: Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr DOHA: Under the patronage serve as the stepping stone in Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari of Prime Minister and Interior Qatar’s journey towards the yesterday left for Paris leading Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah development of local, regional and a delegation to a formal meeting bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, international medical sectors and of Qatari-French Joint Cultural Minister of Public Health and markets that depend on the medi- Committee, at the invitation of Secretary-General of Supreme cal industry.” French Minister of Culture and Council of Health (SCH) H E “So far, the quality and level of Communication Fleur Pellerin. Abdullah bin Khalid Al Qahtani participation is more than what The panel was formed within yesterday inaugurated Qatar we expected. We are optimis- the framework a cultural agree- International Medical Congress tic that the event will enhance ment during the visit of Emir (QIMC) 2015 at Qatar National Qatar’s image internationally H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Convention Centre. and boost medical manufactur- Thani to France last year. With strategic partners, SCH, ing locally,” he added. The delegation includes repre- Hamad Medical Corporation The first day of the conference sentatives from Qatar Museums, and Primary Health Care began with a discussion on invest- Cultural Village Katara and Qatar Corporation, the three-day con- ment solutions for healthcare National Library. gress is in line with aspirations companies in Qatar. of Qatar National Vision 2030 to Four sessions covered haema- Qatar to host meet support the needs of the regional tology and oncology; gastroen- medical sector. terology and infectious diseases; on Arab towns QIMC is connecting research- plastic surgery and aesthetic ers, experts and leading medi- medicine; and topics related to DOHA: Q at a r w i l l h o s t o n S u n d ay cal companies from around the sports medicine; and ended with Minister of Public Health and Secretary-General of Supreme Council of Health H E Abdullah bin Khalid Al Qahtani for the first time a meeting of the world to the region, with Qatar’s a gala dinner. inaugurates Qatar International Medical Congress 2015 at Qatar National Convention Centre yesterday. higher consultative authority of leading entrepreneurs, doctors Today, the forum will feature Arab Towns Organisation with and researchers in a networking four sessions on palliative medi- the participation of city officials. platform to introduce their latest, cine and the quality of life; diabe- Invited member cities include cutting-edge products, services tology and lipids; and nephrology Beirut Municipality, Cairo and technologies in the medical and cardiology; and non-surgical Governorate, Constantine field, providing better treatment orthopaedics. Municipality, Kuwait Municipality, for people in Qatar. Tomorrow, there will five ses- Baghdad Mayoralty, Rabat Abdulrazzaq Haidar, CEO of sions on health and safety; inter- Municipality, Riyadh Region, the congress, said, “The congress nal medicine, pregnancy and Dubai Municipality, Muscat aims to support events that will autoimmune diseases; pulmon- Municipality, Manama Secretariat lay the foundations for a healthier ology and allergology; ORL and and Greater Amman Municipality. and strong society and encourage dental medicine; hospital infra- The meeting coincides with 12th innovation in Qatar’s healthcare structure building, planning and ATO awards. sector. management. QNA “This year’s exhibition will THE PENINSULA QNB honours seven employees

QNB officials with the employees.

DOHA: Qatar National Bank in one of three national leaders which align with QNB Group’s (QNB) honoured seven employ- programmes: Rising Leaders vision to support human capital ees who graduated from a Programme; Executive Leaders development. National Leaders Programme Programme; and Government QNB is committed to provid- of Qatar Leadership Centre Leaders Programme. ing its employees with learning (QLC). The programmes for Qatari opportunities to develop skills A ceremony was held at professionals in managerial and and excel, elevating profes- QNB’s head office to recognise executive positions are designed sionalism and cementing itself the employees’ commitment to in partnership with world-class as a major contributor to the enhance leadership skills and universities and institutions. Qatari and international work- develop personal and professional QLC promotes advance- force across its global network of abilities. ment towards goals of Qatar’s operations. The graduates were enrolled National Vision 2030 and beyond, THE PENINSULA

Ooredoo begins Novo Cinema promotion DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday announced a new and the registered Ooredoo phone on which they partnership with Novo Cinema Group to offer a receive the code will need to be presented to collect buy one get one ticket free promotion for Ooredoo the second free ticket. customers. Novo Cinema at the Pearl-Medina Centrale, offers The promotion every Wednesday aims to enhance a VIP experience for viewers with a wide range from customer experience for everyone who enjoys regular, 3D, IMAX and seven-star theatres. Ooredoo services. To provide convenience for customers Novo offers To get the offer, customers need to send SMS valet parking, eLine, self-ticket machines, online ‘2DCOOL’ to 92070 to receive a code to claim free booking without additional charges and snacks and second ticket at the Novo box office. beverages. Only Ooredoo customers can apply for the offer, THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Walk-in clinic to prepare diabetics for fasting

DOHA: With Ramadan temporary clinic will offer dia- respond to insulin. patients to take precautions This will be followed by two in managing their conditions approaching, Hamad General betes consultation prior to the Another common type is when deciding to fast and help clinics on June 1, 2 and 6, three and avoid complications.” Hospital (HGH) has launched commencement of Ramadan. known as gestational diabetes, in the prevention of diabetes- from June 7 to 9 and four par- Manal Musallam, Director, a walk-in clinic for diabetics to Diabetes is a chronic condi- which occurs during pregnancy. related complications and emer- allel clinics from June 14 to 17 Diabetes Education, HGH, said, help better prepare them for tion that occurs as a result of For diabetics who choose to gency visits to hospital. at the same time. More may “Patients will receive instruc- fasting. increased levels of glucose in the fast, several issues require con- The clinic, the first such be offered depending on the tions about how and when to The decision to fast carries blood (blood sugar). sideration, including monitor- offering by Hamad Medical number of patients. monitor blood sugar and normal risks and complications for dia- The condition is broadly cat- ing of blood sugar, nutrition, Corporation, will be at National Prof. Abdul-Badi Abou- blood sugar target, when they betics, especially because they egorised into two types: Type exercise and fasting during Diabetes Centre at HGH, on the Samra, Chairman, Department would need to break fast. They experience a change in meal 1 in which the body does not pregnancy. second floor of the Outpatient of Internal Medicine, HGH, will be given special instructions patterns and physical activity. produce any insulin, a hormone It is recommended that Department. said: “We are pleased to initi- about physical activity and how To assist patients with man- required to break sugar into patients consult a healthcare The clinic opens today and ate the clinic for our patients to manage Taraweeh prayer aging this change and avoid energy needed for daily life, and team prior to fasting. will be available from 5.30pm with diabetes. This is part of our (extra prayers in Ramadan).” complications while fasting, the Type 2 in which the body fails to The clinic will encourage to 9pm. efforts to support our patients THE PENINSULA

Fire far away Experts call for early warning observatory to combat drugs DOHA: The two-day Qatar Public Security, and Chairman of changing and vary based on the types International Anti-Drug Forum Permanent Committee for Drug and of drugs, adding anything composed organised by the Ministry of Alcohol Affairs (PCDAA), delega- of two parts can be used to hide nar- Interior yesterday ended with a tions and officers from the ministry cotics between them. call for an early warning observa- attended the closing ceremony. He said new methods have been tory to combat new trends in the Al Khulaifi praised discussions discovered such as soap and water field of drugs at regional and Arab held in two days and recommen- pipes and wire. levels. dations made to combat the drug He also spoke about challenges The ‘International Experience menace. facing the region, the emergence of in the Detection of Trafficking Lt. Col. Ibrahim Al Sameeh, new types of psychotropic substances Routes, Itineraries and Methods of Secretary, PCDAA, presented recom- in the markets without criminalisa- Concealment’ forum also called for mendations reached by participants. tion, use of speed post services as a development of technical, human and The first session of the second means of drug trafficking, use of the technological capabilities and inclu- day of the forum chaired by Brig. Internet to promote and trafficking sion of anti-drug provisions crimi- Eisa Aamal Qaqish, Director, Arab illegal drugs, difficulty of balancing nalising drug promotion through the Office for Drug Prevention, discussed between the tourist and economic Internet. methods of trafficking. movement of the country and check- Experts also called for regulatory The first paper presented by Capt. ing on passengers and cargo, use of Smoke coming out of a blaze that broke out in a far-off area between Al Thumama, Al Wakra and Al mechanisms to enhance control Muhammed Abdullah Al Khatir, social media for communication Wukair last evening. Details could not be known yesterday. SALIM MATRAMKOT and surveillance over the trading of Head of Studies and International between traffickers and dealers, chemical precursors and urged bilat- Affairs Section, Drug Enforcement smugglers exploiting transit through eral and multilateral agreements to Department at the ministry spoke non-drug-producing countries and combat drugs. about the types of drugs trafficked the smuggling of drugs via manu- The forum stressed the impor- through Qatar and the department’s factured materials such as furniture, Trio squandered money before arrest tance of promoting comprehensive experience in preventing them. auto parts and other things. preventive education as one of the He said no cases of drug trafficking Other papers on the second day Continued from page 1 pillars of the balanced approach through sea borders were reported were: The Chinese experience in Accused No. 3 bought dollars worth QR36,000 intervals, also using the ATM, and the amounts between drugs supply and demand. because of coordination with Coasts combating drug by Dr Nalanga on three occasions and on one bought 300 dol- totalled QR141,000. It called for adoption of a media and Borders Security Department. Samursina; Role of UNODC in inter- lars from an exchange house, CEID officials CEID sleuths, however, told the court they code of conduct to support efforts GCC Criminal Information Centre national cooperation by Judge Hatem working on the case told the court. were not able to establish if the trio or any- towards drug prevention and for Combating Drugs presented Ali, Head, United Nations Office on The first accused also bought dollars on many one of them had sent money overseas. No such stressed the need to strengthen com- a paper on trafficking routes and Drugs and Crime for GCC countries; occasions and the amount collectively involved transactions were detected so far. munity participation within the legal methods of concealment in the Gulf. and Role of international author- in the transactions was QR258,551. But before the trio was caught, they had and security mechanisms in the fight It was presented by Ahmed Abdullah ity in combating drug by Maj. Gen. Cheques were used to withdraw cash some squandered the money as the bank account in against drugs. Almashrafi who explained drug culti- Ahmed Kamaluddeen Samak. 11 times and the amount totalled more than question was left with just QR78.93, reports Al Staff Maj. Gen. Saad bin Jassim vation and trafficking routes. THE PENINSULA QR100,000. Cash was withdrawn at regular Sharq. THE PENINSULA Al Khulaifi, Director-General, He said trafficking routes are Ambulance Service receives some 300 calls daily BY FAZEENA SALEEM calls are for a variety of unknown 10,312. The total number of calls undifferentiated reasons, which received in 2013 was 89,607 and DOHA: Hamad Medical need investigations to find the it rose to 123,750 last year. Corporation’s (HMC) problem, says Brendon David “Among the calls we receive, Ambulance Service, which Morris (pictured), Chief 20 percent are not immediately receives about 300 calls daily, Operations Officer, Ambulance clear what is wrong and we have attends 80 percent of medical Service. to do initial investigations once and trauma emergencies. The average monthly emer- we arrive. The rest of the calls The remaining 20 percent gency calls received last year was can be split into trauma-related

and medical emergencies. arrive and the quality of These are injuries from advice given over the tel- road accidents, those ephone until paramedics injured at work places, arrive,” he added. accidents at home and More than 1,000 people medical emergencies such are working in Ambulance as cardiac problems and Service. There are about other respiratory difficul- 70 ambulances operating ties,” Morris told this daily. daily, depending on the “Emergency calls day of the week and the come from an increasing number is decided through number people and reflect a system. increasing confidence in Each ambulance usually Ambulance Service and travels with two paramed- our ability to provide effi- ics, including the driver. cient care,” he said. HMC also has two heli- Ambulance Service copters for emergency reaches patients at the transportation which oper- average response time of ate 24 hours. They are used eight minutes. However, in critical cases or when a the response time is not patient is very far from the only important indica- hospital. tor to analyse the efficiency Besides the routine of Ambulance Service, said expansion of its front- Morris. line services, Ambulance “We get to people in Service is also at an ini- Doha within 10 min- tial stage of preparing for utes at 84 percent of the sporting events leading up time. Outside Doha it is to FIFA World Cup 2022. 98 percent in less than “We are also concen- 15 minutes, so the aver- trating on increasing the age response time is eight capacity of major incident minutes,” said Morris. response resources to be “The response time is in position for big events, not the only thing that is where many people are important to be considered. gathered and to be well What is also important to prepared if there is a major consider is the quality of emergency,” Morris added. care provided when we THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Islamophobia ‘has devalued Muslims’ lives’ OXFORD: H H Sheikha Moza bint more and more to describe actions of values to our living traditions?” Nasser, Chairperson, Qatar Foundation radicals. But why do we insinuate that Sheikha Moza presented a challenge to for Education, Science and Community somehow those perpetuating certain academics to reach out beyond academia Development (QF), yesterday deliv- acts of violence do not belong to our age? and communicate their research more ered a keynote speech at the opening That somehow they are not ‘modern’? It widely to counteract sensationalist nar- of Middle East Centre at St Antony’s is a naive refusal to accept our collec- ratives of mainstream media. College, University of Oxford. tive responsibility. ISIS is as modern as Arguing that “academia should serve She spoke about the current rela- Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. They are society, not only observe and comment tionship between the Middle East and all products of our age.” upon it,” she said Muslims have a respon- Europe and the growing “fear of real, liv- Her diagnosis was directed towards sibility to demonstrate that “Islam is a ing Muslims” in Europe and contrasted the growth of Muslim-phobia in Europe rich, living moral tradition that can offer it with Europe’s curiosity and “respect and Muslim countries which practise a solutions to universal challenges”. for the vast and rich architectural, phil- type of “Islamophobia from within” by She cited the work being done at Qatar osophical and historical traditions” of creating fear and suspicion of all things Faculty of Islamic Studies in the applica- Islam. Islamic to solidify the existing grip on tion of Islamic values and ethics to global She said “Muslim-phobia” had power”. problems. devalued Muslims’ lives in Europe and She connected “Islamophobia from She advised young Muslims that “we America and highlighted the double within” to the vestiges of colonisation and should not only look back to history for standard in applying principles of free the suppression of the Arab Spring. “It the glory that was Islam but to the future speech, human rights and dignity. is evident that colonisation leaves behind and to the glory that is Islam. We should “Why do Muslims lives matter less deep material, political, cultural and be inspired not only by historical values, than the lives of others? If they matter psychological scars and gaping wounds. but by eternal ones.” at all.” Debate is needed. Violent repression is On arrival, she toured the centre, She also raised the issue of the use of not. Could this be a reason why we, as accompanied by architect Dame Zaha H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and architect Dame Zaha Hadid at the opening of Investcorp language in analysing the rise of mili- Muslims, have lost confidence in our abil- Hadid, to have a first-hand look at rooms Building, a new extension of Middle East Centre at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford. tancy. “The word ‘medieval’ is appearing ity to apply universal and eternal Islamic and facilities. QNA Two Qataris die in accident 300 labour inspectors sufficient: Lawyer BY MOHAMED OSMAN enshrined in laws. Al Zaman said that since for- noted that Qatar had failed to Inspections are not something eign workers were coming in large fulfil its promise to make suit- DOHA: Qatar is signa- mechanical, said Al Zaman. The numbers, this was posing greater able changes to kafala and exit tory to International Labour private sector, he said, is the challenges to the ministry. permit systems and that work- Organisation’s (ILO) Labour engine of social and economic “You need qualified manpower ers were not allowed to keep their Inspection Convention of 1947 development and should be to conduct inspections of work passports. He argued that work- (CO81) and in compliance treated that way and not with a places and labour accommoda- ers engaged in FIFA 2022-related with its requirements, has 300 sense of vengeance. tions and monitor if all workers projects should be kept out of the inspectors which is sufficient, Training inspectors is the right are paid salaries on time.” purview of kafala (sponsorship) says a lawyer. thing to do because it helps in He said it is morally not right system and their relationship The Ministry of Labour and respecting workers’ rights and for employers to delay paying with employers should be gov- Social Affairs, consistent with creating suitable work environ- wages to workers. Islam says a erned by job contracts they sign the increasing demand for more ment free of accidents. labourer must be paid before his with them. inspectors due to a rising influx Al Zaman was presenting a sweat has dried up. After their contract period is of foreign workers, has been rais- paper on a symposium on labour Al Zaman said after Qatar won over, workers should be allowed ing the strength of inspection rights held by National Human the bid to host FIFA World Cup to change jobs or go home. They staff. “Today there are about 300 Rights Committee for inspectors 2022, the international media must change jobs with permission inspectors — sufficient according on Monday. He recounted steps spotlight turned on it. Moreover, from the Labour Ministry and the to the ILO convention,” said Yusuf the ministry has taken to help Qatar has become the focus of Ministry of Interior and not with Al Zaman. improve working conditions and global human rights bodies and permission from employers. They Work place and worker accom- protect workers’ rights. He also civil societies. must be allowed to keep their Two citizens were killed and another was injured in an accident on Salwa modation inspections are con- touched upon the issue of a law On the recent Amnesty passports and travel overseas Road yesterday. Al Sharq said the incident happened around noon when ducted with a reformative and passed earlier this year making it International’s report on Qatar, when they wish and should be a pick-up carrying them collided with an overturned truck. Further details developmental attitude and not mandatory for employers to pay he said it had failed to note the issued exit permit by the Interior just to check compliance with workers’ salaries through banking progress made to improve work- Ministry the same day, he said. could not be known. standards and guidelines as channels. ers’ lot. He said the report only THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME SEK-Qatar named QA Cargo continues to deliver IB World School aid for Nepal quake victims DOHA: SEK International 2013. Our staff have worked hard School Qatar has been to achieve it the authorisation in DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) authorised by International such a short time and which is a Cargo is continuing relief Baccalaureate Organisation to testament to their teamwork and efforts, operating 12 freighter offer Primary Years Programme passion for education. services to deliver urgent aid (PYP) and named an IB World “The IB team met students and to capital Kathmandu following School. parents to share learning goals the recent devastating earth- SEK-Qatar is also a candidate and expectations. SEK-Qatar is quakes that hit Nepal. for IB Middle Years (MYP) and committed to building on this QA Cargo’s freighter opera- Diploma programmes. success by achieving MYP and DP tions coordinated Qatar’s human- An IB team praised the school authorisation in the near future.” itarian response and helped for the successful collaborative PYP focuses on the devel- transport international aid to planning process, understand- opment of the child and helps Nepal. ing of the programme as a school students understand what is The cargo carrier’s first community, effective use of tech- happening around them with a freighter left Doha for nology in classrooms and online critical eye. It aims to create a Kathmandu within 24 hours of portal ManageBac to communi- curriculum that is engaging, rel- the earthquake and was the first cate with students and parents. evant, challenging and significant commercial airline to touch- Marta Rodger, Director- for learners in the 3–12 age group. down at Tribhuvan International General of the school said: “To The curriculum is trans-disci- Airport following the first become an IB World School is plinary and focuses on issues that earthquake. a major achievement at SEK- go across subject areas. Akbar Al Baker, Chief Qatar as it implies that practices Ali Ezzeddine, Coordinator, Executive, QA Group, said: “QA in place are aligned with the high PYP, said: “PYP is committed to was able to respond rapidly to standards that IB sets for schools developing attributes of the IB support the people of Nepal, pro- in the domains of school philoso- learner profile among students viding freighter aircraft to trans- phy, organisation and curriculum. and encouraging them to become port aid, including medicines, “We are proud that we are life-long learners. food, water filters, generators, building a school aimed to edu- “Achieving the authorisation tents and volunteers. cate children and young people of PYP means that SEK- Qatar “Additional QA ground staff who will contribute to building a will be committed to providing were deployed on the first aircraft QA Cargo flies urgent relief items to Nepal. better world.” the best in education for future to assist in airport operations Vivian Arif, Principal, praised generations. Our ongoing profes- and distribution of humanitar- have been flown to Nepal. provide aid for areas that have the airport’s Air Traffic Control the dedication and commitment sional development training for ian aid and ensure QA staff in QA Cargo worked in conjunc- no clean water as a result of the tower team to manage traffic of staff to achieve the milestone, teachers will ensure we achieve Kathmandu received support and tion with local and international disaster. flows into the airport and ensure “The IB authorisation follows our commitment to innovation care.” charities to provide free trans- The aid was distributed by operations were maintained successful implementation of PYP and creativity in teaching and Some 400 tonnes of aid pro- portation of food and water filters local charity groups throughout throughout the crisis. since we opened the school in learning.” THE PENINSULA vided by charities, including RAF, to support Nepal’s recovery and the capital. QA staff also assisted THE PENINSULA Experts share knowledge with HBKU’s energy, resource students DOHA: Hamad Bin Khalifa sustainability as guest lecturers climate change from Chevallier professor. He taught a special- University (HBKU), a mem- as part of its Executive Master and Fahad Al Attiya, former ised course on carbon finance, ber of Qatar Foundation in Energy and Resources chairman, Qatar National Food EU Energy and Climate Policy, for Education, Science and (E&R) programme. Security Programme. and spoke about COP 21 (21st Community Development, Participants concluded stud- The programme also hosted Session of the Conference of the hosted French Ambassador ies with a final module ahead of Benoit Leguet, Managing Parties to the UN Framework Eric Chevallier and global graduation that offered them Director and Head of Research, Convention on Climate Change) experts in climate change and opportunity to learn more about CDC Climat, as a visiting to be held in Paris by year-end. Leguet, who for over a decade has been advising decisionmakers in public and private organisa- tions on issues relating to tran- sition to a low-carbon economy, said: “HBKU’s programme serves as an eye-opener for people look- ing to understand how issues will affect the energy sector in the future. Most participants brought up questions and chal- lenged my responses, opening up discussions on the financial and operational impact of climate change in the coming years.” French Ambassador Eric Chevallier speaking at the event. The 16-month programme, offered in partnership with Georgetown University, Texas Designed for professionals with their homes and careers A&M University, and HEC Paris, experience or interest in the energy in Qatar. integrates geopolitics, public pol- sector, programme students are able Dr Antoine Hyafil, icy, technology, finance, manage- to enhance skills and gain exposure Academic Director of the ment, and strategy. to the global experts without leaving programme, said: “Courses are tailored for working professionals who want to integrate skills developed during the modules into their careers. By providing participants with exposure to experts, students have access to the most up-to- date, cutting-edge devel- opments in the sector and are in a place to engage leaders on topics relating to challenges and their career development. “I am grateful that luminaries from academia, the energy industry, and beyond continue to be willing to share knowl- edge and expertise with programme participants.” The second intake of the programme has begun sec- ond study module, includ- ing a new one-day course on oil and gas financial markets, taught by guest lecturer Dr Evariste Nyouki, Head, Economic Research, GDF SUEZ Trading, the trading arm of a leading multinational company working in elec- tricity, natural gas, and energy services. Dr Nyouki said: “This is my first time in the Gulf. While speaking to participants, I’ve tried to focus on tools that are increasingly used in the oil and gas financial markets around the world. It’s good that the program is help- ing update participants on developments in the energy industry, including finance- related aspects.” THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 US, Turkey begin training of moderate Syrian rebels

ISTANBUL: Turkey and the “with small groups” after months “Both the Turkish and the US had also agreed to provide a deal in February to train and Washington has said the first pri- United States have started of delays, Mevlut Cavusoglu was American personnel who will some rebels preparing to fight IS equip up to 15,000 moderate ority must be combating the IS training moderate Syrian rebels quoted as saying by the official carry out the mission have been with “air protection”. rebels on Turkish soil. But the militants who hold vast swathes on Turkish territory to prepare Anatolia news agency. dispatched,” he said, adding that Earlier this month the US plan has been marked by disa- of territory in Syria and Iraq. them to fight Islamic State (IS) “We can say that the train- the rebels were being selected started training Syrian rebels greement between Washington Turkish President Recep militants, the Turkish foreign and-equip (mission) has started jointly by Turkey and the United in Jordan as part of a pro- and its allies about the objective Tayyip Erdogan has always minister said yesterday. with small groups. All infrastruc- States. gramme that would extend to of the training. insisted that the ousting of The US-led programme to ture has been completed and the On Monday Cavusoglu told sites in Turkey, Saudi Arabia Turkey and other regional gov- President Bashar Al Assad is key equip and train Syrian rebels necessary equipment has been the pro-government Daily Sabah and Qatar. ernments want to see the rebels to solving the Syrian crisis. on Turkish territory has started supplied,” he said. newspaper that Turkey and the Ankara and Washington inked confront the Syrian regime, while AFP Iraqi forces tighten noose around Ramadi Shia name of Iraqi operation ‘not helpful’, says US BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces allies had been reluctant to closed in on Ramadi yester- deploy Iran-backed Shiite militia day and launched an operation in Anbar, a predominantly Sunni aimed at cutting off the jihad- province. Anbar’s provincial cap- ists in Anbar province before ital had resisted IS assaults for a major offensive to retake the more than a year but fell earlier city. Ten days after the Islamic this month after a massive jihad- State group’s shock capture ist offensive and a chaotic retreat of the capital of Iraq’s largest by security forces. province, a spokesman said The IS controls most of the latest operation was only Anbar, a huge province which a preparatory move before an borders territory also under its assault on Ramadi. control in neighbouring Syria. The operation will see a mix Pockets of government con- of security forces and paramili- trol include some eastern areas taries move south towards the near the capital, the city of city from Salaheddin province, Haditha, parts of the town of said Hashed Al Shaabi spokes- Al Baghdadi and the Al Asad man Ahmed Al Assadi. air base, where hundreds of US The Hashed Al Shaabi (“popu- military advisers are stationed. lar mobilisation” in Arabic) is an Regular forces and Hashed Iraqi Sunni fighters battling Islamic State (IS) group alongside government umbrella group for mostly Shia Al Shaabi paramilitaries also forces fire their weapons on the outskirts of Baiji oil refinery, about militia and volunteers, which the made progress south and west government called in after the IS 200km north of Baghdad, yesterday. of Ramadi, an army lieuten- captured Ramadi on May 17. ant colonel said, and retook “The operation’s goal is to translates as “We are at your for a military operation in Iraq’s an area called Al Taesh. “The liberate those regions between service, Hussein” and refers to Sunni heartland, saying it could Iraqi security forces and Hashed Salaheddin and Anbar and try one of the most revered Shia aggravate sectarian tensions. Al Shaabi have now cut off all to isolate the province of Anbar,” imams. However, the Pentagon The Hashed said 4,000 men supply routes for IS in Ramadi Assadi said. He said it had been expressed disappointment over were heading to the northern from the south,” provincial dubbed “Operation Labaik the decision by Iraqi militias to edge of Ramadi. Prime Minister council member Arkan Khalaf ya Hussein”, which roughly impose an explicitly Shia name Haider Al Abadi and his US Al Tarmuz said. AFP WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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S FIGHTING continues in Yemen, the prospects of a solution or another ceasefire look distant. What we are witnessing is the scenario which Aeveryday had feared. Experts had warned at the beginning that there is a danger of this crisis getting stuck in Why I will never feel ashamed a stalemate from which getting out will be difficult. Saudi and its allies are continuing the air strikes against the Houthis after a brief ceasefire and though significant gains have been made in repelling the rebels from their key positions and to be an Indian-American towns, they haven’t yet been able to completely defeat the enemy. It’s an objective that can be achieved, perhaps. But BY VIVEK WADHWA home. in six Silicon Valley start-ups; in top how long it will take is uncertain. It’s this uncertainty and That’s why I was surprised to learn positions in journalism; and in the the consequences it will bring that cause worries to all sides. HINK of the starving that Indian Prime Minister Narendra most senior posts at the White House. Yemen is already in ruins, millions are suffering due to the children in India before Modi had said in Shanghai and Seoul We see young Indian-American faces fighting and hundreds of lives have been lost. you waste the food on that Indian expatriates were ashamed everywhere and they too carry with In a sign of things refusing to fall in place, the UN “Tyour plate,” my friends’ to have been born in India. This them the cultural values from India mothers would say to them. This was doesn’t reflect the reality. which they have assimilated and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked his special envoy to in the 1960s in New York City, where Modi is usually much more thought- imbibed. You will often find them Yemen to postpone Geneva peace talks planned for tomorrow I lived as a child. It was really hurtful ful and balanced and I am sure that going back to India for vacation or to due to the inability to get both sides sit across the negotiating and made me feel inferior. So were the he knows better. Indeed, many of us volunteer in an effort to connect with table with any kind of framework for a solution. A UN taunts by the bullies about my being of Indian origin see a lot of hope with their roots. spokesman said that the secretary-general “is disappointed a “Hindoo” and “cow worshiper.” The him as prime minister of India. After An example is my son Tarun that it has not been possible to commence such an important only people who were treated worse decades of incompetent government, Wadhwa, an entrepreneur working than brown-skinned people were the endemic corruption, and being held in the area of clean water technology. initiative at the soonest possible date.” Ban reiterated his African-Americans who were called back by the shackles of socialism and As a second-generation immigrant, call for all parties to engage in UN-facilitated consultations “Negros.” communism, India finally has a chance he connects deeply with his Indian in good faith and without preconditions, but that’s unlikely America has changed a lot over the to reinvent itself. The hope is that he roots. Despite having achieved suc- to fall on deaf ears. Giving an decades. And as I got older I outgrew will lead this transformation — with- cess as a writer and researcher and The UN even bleaker picture, an aide to this inferiority complex. But I had out dividing India further along ethnic founding a cybersecurity technology Yemen’s president previously said to work harder and religious lines. company in Silicon Valley, he gave all is hitting than others and What Indians — everywhere — of these up to work toward bringing a the negotiations were postponed think smarter. I have been ashamed of is India’s inept plasma-based water sanitization tech- roadblocks in indefinitely. had to focus on government. Its leaders have focused nology that was developed in Chile to its efforts to The UN has obviously come my strengths on enriching themselves at the cost India. He believed he could better the across some major hurdles in What Indians and advantages of bettering the country. They ruled lives of hundreds of millions people get the warring its bid for peace. The most — which included in the same way as the British did: by providing them with inexpensive — everywhere the depth of my by dividing and conquering based on clean water. Growing up, he saw the important of that is the tenacity sides in Yemen culture, strong region and religion. toll that drinking contaminated water of Iran-backed Houthis, their — have been to sit across the family values, I know there are people who will takes on the poor in India. He worked unwillingness to honour past ashamed of is and understand- disagree with me. Some Indian- hard to convince industrialists such as negotiating table. agreements. The current crisis has ing of the world. Americans go to extremes to disas- India’s Ratan Tata, America’s Richard been precipitated by the Houthis India’s inept I knew I would sociate themselves from their heritage Merkin, and Mexico’s Ricardo Salinas But there is no who went to on to capture more not get the same just as Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal to believe in his vision and to invest government. opportunities as does. Others still feel a sense of infe- in the Chilean company, AIC, so alternative. territory to seize the power in my friends did, riority and focus on the negatives. So that it could get its technology into Sana’a. The Saudi-led coalition Its leaders so I had to be I don’t speak for everyone. production. was forced to intervene with have focused better. I do know that the groups of Indians As parents, my wife and I are glad air strikes to protect a legitimate government in Sana’a. The taunts that I socialize with and meet during that our children are giving back to Secondly, the international community has failed to persuade on enriching and negative my travels generally share my per- India and taking our ties forward. But Iran to refrain my interfering in Yemen to change the attitudes made spectives. They are usually loyal to what we are most grateful for is that themselves at the me stronger. the country to which they migrated America allows immigrants like us to regional power balance. They helped me but maintain their cultural identity. be loyal Americans — yet take great A continuation of fighting and air strikes is detrimental cost of bettering develop a deeper They benefit even in their adopted pride in who we are. to both sides. A final solution is possible only through the country. sense of identity homes from the depth of Indian cul- Wadhwa is a fellow at Rock Center negotiations in which the UN has to play a seminal role. Ban with India, the ture. They teach their heritage and for Corporate Governance at Stanford Ki-moon and his Yemeni envoy have an onerous task ahead. place of my birth. values to their children. University, director of research at They brought me In many ways, it is the second-gen- Duke University and distinguished Despite the setbacks, there is no alternative to trying again. closer to my heritage and caused me to eration of Indian-Americans who have scholar at Singularity and Emory This is a crisis that’s as complicated as Yemen itself and take pride in my roots. Most Indians the best of both worlds. In America, universities. His past appointments will require plenty of patience, hard work and diplomacy. who live abroad are also proud of their we see them flourishing in almost include Harvard Law School and The UN chief realises that. He has asked his envoy, Ismail heritage; like me, they listen to Indian every field — from the executive ranks University of California Berkeley. This Ould Cheikh Ahmed, to redouble his efforts to produce a music, watch Bollywood films, savor of leading companies to the pinnacles article, for The Washington Post’s comprehensive ceasefire and the resumption of peaceful Indian food, and maintain strong con- of academia. You will find Indians in Innovations site, reflects his opinion. nections with family and friends back investment banks; at the helm of one WASHINGTON POST dialogue. The other side Quote of Presence of IS militants the day

HE rise of the self-styled two senior foreign military figures have the distribution of literature praising the be a ruse to raise their profile. Islamic State in the Middle recently stated publicly that IS now outfit (such as that found at the site Having said that, these develop- East has been marked by its has a presence in both Pakistan and of the recent massacre of Ismailis in ments cannot be ignored either. For it Truthlessness on the battlefield Afghanistan. Gen John F. Campbell, Karachi), as well as the pledging of alle- is also true that there are many in this and resultant occupation of territory in Nato’s commander in Afghanistan, giance of some breakaway factions of country’s intricate web of militant and As horrific as ISIS Iraq and Syria, as well as its manifest has said IS is recruiting in that country the banned TTP to ‘caliph’ Baghdadi extremist groups that identify with the brutality. Yet with the declaration of as well as Pakistan while separately, are all being described as ‘evidence’ twisted worldview of IS — especially is, once Iran, the the ‘caliphate’ last year, an even more Gen Ahmad-Reza Pourdastan, com- of the so-called caliphate in Pakistan. its virulent sectarianism and extremist preeminent terrorist disturbing dimension became apparent: mander of Iran’s ground forces, has However, these do not constitute interpretation of Islam. IS’s desire to expand across the Muslim also observed that the group is present concrete proof. After all, how difficult And considering IS’s rapid advances, state of our time, world, and perhaps beyond. in these two countries. is it for an armchair militant, or sym- local supporters may well be embold- acquires nuclear The extremist outfit’s latest success Where Afghanistan is concerned, pathiser, to ensure pro-IS wall-chalk- ened to emulate these ‘successes’. So has been the capture of the ancient as the Nato general himself pointed ings? Also, anyone with a computer while it would be premature to say IS weapons, it will be a Syrian city of Palmyra; reportedly, hun- out, some estranged Taliban fighters and printer can produce and distribute has arrived in Pakistan, it would also be hundred times more dreds of people have been massacred may be “rebranding” themselves with literature in praise of the ‘caliphate’. As wrong to completely ignore attempts to in the aftermath of the IS takeover. the IS label. In Pakistan, the situation for local militants pledging themselves create a presence in this country. dangerous. Benjamin Netanyahu Where its expansionism is concerned, is slightly different. Here, pro-IS graffiti, to Baghdadi’s cause, this may simply DAWN Israeli Prime Minister WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 QATAR PERSPECTIVE www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Why are our children unhappy at school? Our country has put in all efforts, taken initiatives, organised conferences, and spent tonnes of money, to be finally the worst country in BY JASSIM IBRAHIM FAKHRO terms of children’s

rom morning to evening, we happiness. To begin are busy with WhatsApp mes- sages that never finish, between with, are these Fadvices, jokes, and useless and repeated pieces of information! However, there was a message that results realistic? caught my attention so I kept reading it over and over while telling myself, why? Who is responsible? And is it real or did God knows, but if someone make that up? But it seemed to me that the source is reliable and God they are, then who knows best if it was! BuzzFeed website has published a study conducted by an international organisa- is to blame? tion about children’s happiness at school and school rankings; the best and worst schools by country and happiest kids at list! The study also showed that the hap- Students taking an examination in a Qatar school. school around the world. piest children are Indonesians and the The study included 65 countries, unhappiest children are South Koreans. from Singapore to Switzerland and it Individually, Shanghai in China showed Does the blame go to the Supreme write a score about their happiness level activities and means of entertainment addressed two issues: Are the children the best results while Peru had the worst Education Council and its curriculum at school, the results showed that they in an educational way. In addition, the happy at school? What were their scores overall scores. or to schools, their administrations, and were not happy! books are written in a way that burdens in math, reading and science? Yes, Qatar appeared on this list but in teachers? After discussing the reasons behind students rather than educating them. The results were published in two a negative way, being the worst! These are questions to be posed to His their unhappiness, they said that the One of my children said that it is poor tables. The first was about the best I was extremely shocked with the Excellency the Minister in order to inves- teachers give orders, don’t smile, and communication between children and schools and happiest children at school. results. Our country has put in all efforts, tigate, evaluate and establish facts, and scream out. the teachers. There is basically no real Singapore was on top, while Macau in taken initiatives, organised conferences, then fix the issues because this has to do Teachers enter the classroom with communication between students and China was at the bottom of the table. and spent tonnes of money, to be finally with the reputation of our country and many worries and pass on this nega- teachers! The second table was about the worst the worst country in terms of children’s the future of our children. tive attitude to our children, forgetting Do Qatar and its children deserve such schools and the unhappiest kids at school. happiness. To begin with, are these I said to myself, let me examine my that they are educators and not just results? Qatar came first, meaning the worst, results realistic? God knows, but if they children who go to different schools, both employees. I wish Singapore is on the agenda of while Jordan was at the bottom of the are, then who is to blame? public and private. When I asked them to Schools also lack extracurricular your next visit soon! Issues about Doha Forum and QU Why has teachers’ leave been reduced?

correcting students’ homework and viewing e-learning lessons. Therefore, teachers require more leave. So why force them to attend school for two additional weeks after the end of the grading period. Doing so makes them more vulnerable to physical and psychological stress and increases the risk of chronic physical and mental exhaustion. Here, it becomes necessary to reduce schooling days by bring- ing forward the start of the school year, modifying the timetable for BY RASHID AL AUDA the tests so that it starts in the BY PROF MUHAMMED AL FADHLI middle of the fifth month of the S AL MUSFIR Gregorian calendar, the students holidays in the middle of June, he category of society that and teachers’ holidays at the end his year, the Doha Forum endures the most on the job of the same month. held its fifteenth session Twhile not receiving their The school year for teachers in the Arab and Gulf annual leave commensurate with should resume on the first of region under the worst the hard work put in throughout September, while students attend T Qatar University’s College of Medicine. conditions, when America is rac- the year, are teachers. school in the middle of the month. ing against time to sign an agree- They are exposed to harsh In this way, we would fulfil the ment with Iran on its nuclear Everything in our university physical and psychological pres- rights of our valued teachers programme, Gulf Arabs are afraid One might say that the goal of is priced higher compared to sures, which require that they and show some appreciation for of the results of that agreement, other universities in the world. be given sufficient rest to regain their hard and constructive work which may be reflected on the For example, a cup of coffee in their energy, dispose of the effects throughout the year. entire region, Iran is boasting raising the fees is to limit the the university canteen is priced of teaching and its big worries and I have heard and read the about controlling the fourth Arab not less than QR10, which is the tasks, renew their vigour, resume reply of the Communication and capital, and on its way to the fifth. enrolment of non-Qatari students to cost of a cup of coffee in a five- their work with more motivation Information Centre officer of the Iran implements its threats star hotel in Doha, which is too and start a new school year with Education Council about female against any party that objects to expensive for students. better performance. teachers educating girls at a pri- its ships going to Yemen, acting as the university because the number One might also say that the Despite their hard work, teach- mary school about ideas that are in if it were a superpower. This is in goal of raising the fees is to limit ers have been deprived of their conflict with the teachings of our addition to a war that is taking of such students has increased. the enrolment of non-Qatari stu- right to a fair annual leave, since religion, which I have recently com- place in Iraq, Syria and Yemen. dents to the university because it has been significantly reduced mented on in one of my articles. Israel, on the other hand, expands to the following question: After I read in the local press that the number of such students has despite the bitter ordeal of teach- I appreciate the response to in every direction in occupied 15 years, are we, I mean here in Qatar University, the only State increased in recent years due to ing that they go through each parents from our colleagues in Palestine with no Arab, Islamic, Qatar, able to create a “lobby” University, decided to raise tui- the admission policy currently in year. There is no comparison the Council’s call centre, assur- or international deterrent. in the United States, in particu- tion fees by 100pc from the next place. between teachers and others in ing them that everything is under The items on the forum’s lar, and in Europe in general, to academic year. The university is This centrifugal policy is terms of the nature of work and control. agenda were overlapping to the defend us and adopt our positions a non-profit organisation, so why going to deprive the country of the magnitude of efforts exercised However, the response was con- extent of being similar, the situ- as other nations did? raise tuition fee by such a high recycling the per capita income through the year. tradictory when a mother denied ation in Yemen and surely Iraq, After 15 years, are we able percentage? One may say that this because an employee in Qatar According to an objective com- on a radio programme that such Syria, and Lebanon was discussed. to convince the more than 200 increase will not affect Qatari stu- will be spending on his son(s) parison, state employees get an an incident took place, saying that There was also a discussion about American professionals who are dents, but this is half the truth, inside the country; however, average of 45 days of holiday, they did not receive any complaint the different circumstances in invited each year to support us in because many Qatari students when he has to send his son(s) besides Ramadan and Eid, total- for the past four years. these countries, including the the face of negative media cam- cancel registered subjects that abroad, he will spend a big share ling 65 vacation days. But teach- While another parent acknowl- Islamic State (IS), Al Qaeda and paigns from abroad from time to they have to pay for anyway. of his income abroad. ers’ vacation has been reduced to edged complaining a year ago the Houthis. In another session, time, particularly with regard The other thing is that an Finally, if the university com- just 45 days including Ramadan about a teacher regarding a sim- the same topics from a different to human rights, namely foreign Arab student studying alongside plains about a budget deficit, we and Eid, taking their rights away. ilar incident, which resulted in perspectives were discussed in labour rights? a Qatari student will feel unequal; call upon charity organisations in Due to the harsh nature of a the termination of the teacher’s parallel. Over the past years, the I would have wished that the and my question to all the elites the country to provide support to teacher’s job, he or she should contract. However, the Education participants of this forum from organising committee of the Doha who graduated from Arab or for- the university instead of spend- have more vacation days than Council officer said that the America and the Arab World Forum took the guests to the eign universities is: Don’t they feel ing in non-Arab countries, which other government employees. teacher was on training. have been key contributors in my Industrial Area, where workers sympathy for that country’s plight do not even stand by our side to It is sufficient to note that a How can he deny the incident, view, in comparison to those who live in modern housing facilities, and crises, and don’t they feel solve the Arab issues, on projects teacher continuously stands hours and then acknowledge it by giving attended this year. to let them know that we are fac- nostalgic? Do we give the same that we do not benefit from to explaining, monitoring and grad- an excuse saying that the teacher I am looking for an answer ing an unfair campaign. feeling to non-Qatari students? begin with. ing, as well as preparing lessons, was on training? WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Kuwait court Iran, Oman discuss Yemen war restores former MP’s citizenship Bilateral talks in Muscat also settle maritime border issue KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwaiti court yesterday overturned DUBAI/MUSCAT: Iran’s Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) a decision by the Gulf state’s Foreign Minister Mohammad not to join Saudi Arabia’s mili- government to revoke the citi- Javad Zarif discussed how to tary campaign against Yemen’s zenship of a former Islamist advance Yemeni peace efforts Houthis, the rebel movement opposition lawmaker and his with his Omani counter- Riyadh says is armed by Iran. family, his lawyer said. part yesterday, Iranian media Tehran denies that and has “Thank God, the court has reported, on a visit to a country criticised the Saudi-led coalition’s scrapped the decision and that has often played a concilia- refusal to Iranian cargo ships and restored the citizenship of the tory role in Gulf conflicts. planes into Yemen to deliver what Barghash family,” lawyer Al Speaking after talks in Muscat, it says is only humanitarian aid. Humaidi Al Subaie wrote on his Zarif and Omani Foreign Minister Analysts say Oman, which has Twitter account. Yusuf bin Alawi also announced quietly brokered resolutions to The government had revoked the two had agreed to demarcate several disputes in the region, the citizenship of Abdullah Al a previously undefined stretch would be careful in its dealings Barghash, his two brothers and of maritime border, in waters with Iran over Yemen. sister, and their children, last including some of the world’s “Oman would be extremely July. It charged that the family busiest sea lanes. cautious not to compromise its had been granted citizenship on On Yemen, Zarif said they dis- neutrality: it should not be seen the basis of false information, cussed implementing a ceasefire, as having been influenced by something Barghash denied. setting up talks between warring Iran with regard to the Yemen Opposition activists described factions and how to get aid in, conflict,” Ahmed Al Mukhaini, the government’s action as “politi- Mehr news agency reported. a former assistant secretary- cally motivated” and part of a “Iran and Oman want peace, general for Oman’s consultative wider crackdown on dissent. security and stability in the region Shura Council, said. The government also revoked and have shared interests in this Last week, a Houthi delega- the citizenship of other opposition regard,” Zarif was quoted as say- tion went to Oman to discuss the figures, including Alam Al Youm ing by Mehr. conflict with the government that newspaper owner Ahmad Jabr Oman, which borders Yemen, has previously relayed messages Al Shemmari and Popular Action is the only one of the six Gulf between the Shia group and Saudi Movement spokesman Saad Al Arab states that make up the Arabia. Ajmi, who was later deported Iranian and Omani news agen- to Saudi Arabia. Human Rights cies reported that the countries People look at a burning fuel truck after it was set ablaze during clashes between Houthis and fighters of the Watch denounced what it called Air strike kills had demarcated a 450km section Popular Resistance Committees in Taiz, Yemen, yesterday. a “crackdown on people seeking of their maritime border that reform”. A lower court had ruled seven members had not previously been defined, that it had no jurisdiction over in the first substantial progress citizenship issues because they of Yemeni family on the issue since 1975 — before War leaves 16 million Yemenis were a sovereign matter. the 1979 overthrow of Iran’s shah But the court ruled that the CAIRO/ADEN: Seven and establishment of the Islamic government should state its rea- members of a family were Republic. The reports did not without clean water: Oxfam sons for revoking the citizenship killed in an overnight strike disclose the exact location of the of the Barghash family, something by Saudi-led warplanes on a area defined but suggested that SANA’A: Almost two-thirds populations of Berlin, London, in September and swept south- it refused to do. border village in northern the border was now fully agreed. of the population of war-torn Paris and Rome combined,” wards, forcing Hadi to flee to Kuwait has a citizen population Yemen, residents said, as “This agreement will Yemen have no access to clean Oxfam’s Yemen director Grace Saudi Arabia and sparking of 1.3 million, a large number of heavy clashes erupted across strengthen economic relations water, two months into the Ommer said in a statement. fierce clashes between his sup- them through naturalisation. It the frontier after Houthi fire between our two countries,” bin Saudi-led air campaign against Even before the escalation in porters and opponents. Weeks has 2.9 million foreign residents. killed one Saudi citizen. Alawi was quoted as saying by rebel forces, relief agency fighting, half the population of of air strikes and ground fight- In southern Yemen, the Mehr. Iran has a territorial dispute Oxfam said yesterday. the impoverished nation had no ing have damaged and disrupted Saudi-led airforce launched with the United Arab Emirates, “Ongoing air strikes, ground access to clean drinking water, large parts of the water network, Saudi executes nearly 20 raids on Houthi which claims three small islands fighting and fuel shortages mean the group said. Oxfam said. fighters in the port city of controlled by Iran in the Gulf. that an additional three mil- A coalition led by Riyadh “People are being forced to 88th person Aden, while fighters allied with Hardline commentators in Iran lion Yemenis are now without launched air strikes on March 26 drink unsafe water as a result of exiled President Abdrabuh have also occasionally laid a ter- drinking water, raising the total against Shiite Huthi rebels and the disintegration of local water RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yester- Mansur Hadi made advances ritorial claim to Bahrain, a Gulf number of Yemenis without a allied forces loyal to former presi- systems, bringing the real risk of day carried out its 88th execu- near the Houthi-controlled Al Arab island kingdom that is a clean water supply and sanitation dent Ali Abdullah Saleh, in a bid life-threatening illnesses, such as tion so far this year, surpassing Anad military base. member of the GCC and is closely to at least 16 million,” the Britain- to restore UN-backed President malaria, cholera, and diarrhoea,” the total for all of 2014 despite REUTERS allied to Saudi Arabia. based organisation said. Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi. the organisation said. activists’ concerns that trials REUTERS “This is equivalent to the The rebels overran the capital AFP are not conducted fairly. The interior ministry identified the latest to be put to death as Saudis Awad Al Rowaili and Lafi Al Shammary, who were convicted of smuggling amphetamines. They were executed in the Iran N-deal unlikely by June 30: French envoy northern region of Jawf, the min- istry said in statements carried by WASHINGTON: An Iran and Germany, three of the so- The Iranians want to force the event, Araud said it could take a must receive sanctions relief the official Saudi Press Agency. nuclear deal is not likely by June called P5+1 group that includes six powers’ ministers to decide few weeks of July to complete the immediately upon reaching an Another Saudi, Mohammed 30 because technical details will China, Russia and the United the issues, rather than lower- technical annexes that are envis- agreement. Western officials al-Shihri, was separately put to remain to defined and Iran will States, sketched out their expec- level officials, Araud said, saying aged under an agreement if one have argued that sanctions will death in the southwestern region not get sanctions relief before the tations for the end game as a self- he expected some melodrama can be reached. be eased gradually and only after of Asir for murder. end of the year in the best of cases, imposed June 30 approaches. toward the end with late nights Iran and the six powers reached Iran has taken steps to limit its Saudi executed 87 people in western ambassadors said yester- “It’s very likely that we won’t and doors slammed as both sides a framework agreement on April nuclear program. 2014, according to an AFP tally. day. Six major powers are seek- have an agreement before the jockey for the best deal. 2, but several issues remain “Iran needs some time to start Those beheaded this year ing to negotiate an agreement end of June or even (right) “Even if we get the best deal ... unresolved, including the pace of the implementation of this agree- include Siti Zainab, an Indonesian under which Iran would limit its after,” French ambassador to the afterwards, you will have to trans- sanctions relief and the monitor- ment, so in the best case sanctions domestic worker convicted of nuclear program in exchange for United States Gerard Araud said late it into the technical annexes, ing and verification measures to relief would not happen before the murder despite concerns about the easing of economic sanctions in an appearance at the Atlantic so it may be ... we could have a ensure Iran does not pursue a end of this year,” German ambas- her mental health, according that have crippled its economy. Council think tank with his sort of fuzzy end to the negotia- clandestine nuclear program. sador to the United States Peter to the Indonesian newspaper Envoys from Britain, France British and French counterparts. tion,” he said. Speaking after the Iranian officials have said they Wittig said. REUTERS Kompas. AFP

Turkey opens new airport Netanyahu offers to resume talks with focus on settlements JERUSALEM: Prime Minister curb construction in settlements, Benjamin Netanyahu has pro- Egypt opens which most countries regard as posed resuming peace negotia- illegal. tions with the Palestinians but Rafah crossing Western diplomats have said with the initial focus on identi- Netanyahu—who raised inter- fying those Jewish settlements GAZA CITY: Egypt reo- national concern by saying on that Israel would keep and be pened its Rafah border cross- the eve of the election that no allowed to expand, an Israeli ing with Gaza for two days Palestinian state would be estab- official said yesterday. from yesterday, Palestinian lished on his watch—will now be Peace talks collapsed in April border officials said, for the closely scrutinised over his settle- 2014 over Israeli settlement- first time since March. ment policy. building in the occupied West Maher Abu Sabha, director An understanding on settle- Bank and East Jerusalem, areas of border crossings in the Gaza ments in peace talks would ena- Palestinians seek for a state, and Strip, said traffic was permit- ble Israel to keep construction after Abbas angered Israel by ted into Gaza only, to allow the going without raising the wrath reaching a unity deal with the return of Palestinians stranded of its Western allies. It could also Islamist group Hamas in Gaza. in Egypt. appease hardliners in Netanyahu’s Asked about Netanyahu’s posi- government who want to see more tion, a spokesman for construction. Palestinian President Israeli official said. One Western diplomat famil- Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his wife Emine and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu during the inau- Mahmoud Abbas said settlement “Therefore negotiations should iar with what occurred at the guration of Selehaddin Eyyubi airport in eastern city of Hakkari, yesterday. activity had to stop altogether be resumed in order to define meeting with Mogherini said before peace talks resume and those areas in which we can Netanyahu’s proposal showed that all core issues of the conflict build,” the official said, quoting some change in his position, but with Israel needed to be addressed Netanyahu. The remarks were not enough to restart peace talks. simultaneously. first reported in the left-wing “Up until now, Netanyahu has Egyptian court sentences eight to death In a meeting in Jerusalem Israeli newspaper Haaretz. refused to put any maps on the on Wednesday, Netanyahu told With the inauguration two table, so in that respect it was CAIRO: An Egyptian court security and judicial sources Habara received a death sen- Federica Mogherini, the European weeks ago of his new right-wing quite substantial. He was talk- sentenced to death eight mili- said yesterday. tence in December for an attack Union’s foreign policy chief, that government following March ing about borders in one way tants, including Islamist Adel Judicial sources said the in August 2013 near the bor- some of the land Israel captured elections, Netanyahu faces US or another, even if it was based Habara, charged with killing charges also included associa- der with Israel that killed 25 in a 1967 war would remain in its and EU calls to re-engage with around the acceptance of existing seven soldiers in an attack in tion with a “terrorist” organi- policemen. hands while other parts would be the Palestinians and also the settlement blocs,” the official said. the Nile Delta in early 2014, sation and weapons possession. REUTERS left under Palestinian control, the threat of stronger pressure to REUTERS WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 EUROPE / AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Only new refugees to benefit from EU quotas Central, eastern European nations oppose proposal

BRUSSELS: The European trigger the regulation’ suspension have been clamouring for help to Union will consider new refu- for up to six months. Anyone who deal with accelerating movement gees reaching Italy and Greece has not been fingerprinted cannot that saw over 600,000 people seek in its migrant quotas, not those be relocated, the draft said. refuge in the EU last year. already in camps, according It prescribes that those who Financially-ravaged Greece to a proposal to be presented have already arrived will be says it is in no position to house today, a concession to EU gov- handled by Italy and Greece thousands of migrants. But EU ernments against the plan. and remain there, unless they officials say its asylum system is Seeking to share out asylum- are sent back. But the proposal also below the bloc’s standards seekers fleeing chronic conflict represents a shift in principle and have criticised what they see in Africa and the Middle East, from dealing with asylum seek- as appalling conditions in some the EU executive’s proposals have ers solely in the country where detention centres. been met with scepticism from they arrived to distributing the Italy says it alone cannot deal governments that are facing ris- responsibility across the EU. with the thousands of people ing anti-immigrant sentiment at By starting with future refu- crossing the Mediterranean from a time of economic austerity. But gees, the quotas may not be filled, Libya. the recent deaths of thousands or at least filled at a slower rate Under the Commission plan, Vehicles left stranded on a flooded Interstate 45 in Houston, Texas, yesterday following heavy rains. of migrants trying to cross the — an approach calibrated to win Germany, France and Spain Mediterranean means the bloc over opponents of the plan. would handle the most asylum needs an emergency response. But it still faces resistance, applications, with Germany tak- In a 23-page draft proposal to particularly from central and ing almost 9,000 people. Hungary, EU governments, the European eastern European governments where the prime minister said Heavy rains submerge Houston Commission says the plan to who say they are already tak- the scheme was “bordering on resettle 24,000 asylum-seekers ing in refugees from the crisis in insanity”, would take about 830 HOUSTON: Torrential rain Downtown Houston, where the broke off and was swept away. from Italy and 16,000 from Greece Ukraine. Britain, which is opting people. left large parts of Houston sub- Toyota Center arena is located, “We are in a house that is “shall apply only to persons arriv- out of the plan, wants a stronger In an effort to dissuade eco- merged yesterday and trapped was not under water, said Parker, now floating down the river,” she ing on the territory of Italy and focus on people traffickers. nomic migrants — those coming fans at an NBA basketball game, but about 200 fans had been una- reportedly told her sister, Julie Greece as from the exact date of “Problems should be addressed to Europe primarily for a better in savage weather that has killed ble to get home from the NBA Shields. “Call Mom and Dad. I love entry into force” of the decision. where they arise,” said one EU life, only refugees from states nearly 20 people in the United game for several hours after the you. And pray.” Italy and Greece must also diplomat. deemed by the EU to be known States and Mexico. deluge. Shields told the NBC affiliate commit to improving their own But Italy and Greece, which to be facing the worst strife will The southern US states of At least one Rockets player, KXAN that the phone call ended system of processing asylum- serve as the main gateway into be taken in — meaning to date Texas and Oklahoma, and north- center Dwight Howard, was also when McComb thought she saw a seekers or sending them back the EU for migrants from North Syrians and Eritreans. ern Mexico, have borne the brunt among those stranded into the light from a helicopter that had home, and failure to do so would Africa, Asia and the Middle East, REUTERS of several days of wild weather, night after learning of the treach- come to rescue them. including tornadoes, which have erous road conditions. She has not been heard from left scores dead, missing and President Barack Obama called since Saturday night. injured on both sides of the border. the flooding in Texas “terrible” South of the border, Mexico has More than 25 centimetres of and said he had offered urgent also felt nature’s wrath. heavy rain fell in just a few hours assistance to state Governor Greg A savage twister roared through US man charged with conspiracy in the Texas city of Houston, trig- Abbott. the Mexican border city of Ciudad gering the worst flooding there in Fears were growing, meanwhile, Acuna at dawn on Monday, killing at least a decade and stranding for at least 12 people still miss- at least 13 people and flattening at an arena a Houston Rockets ing in Hays County, also in Texas, hundreds of homes in a deadly six- to support Islamic State player and spectators who had officials said. second blast of carnage, officials gone to see the basketball team One person was already con- said. WASHINGTON: A Houston- to join Islamic State in Syria in exchanged messages on social on Monday night. firmed dead there and two more Rescuers were scrambling to area man was charged with January 2014 and left for Syria media talking about their plans Hundreds of vehicles, some fully died in Oklahoma, which is located find a baby that was ripped from conspiracy to provide mate- the following month. and support for Islamic State. under water, were abandoned on to the north of Texas. his parents by the tornado’s 270- rial support to Islamic State At the time, Khan was living in S.R.G eventually made it to Houston’s roads. Some people Many of the dozen missing in 300 kilometre-per-hour winds. by attempting to fight for the Australia with relatives, where he Syria, but Khan returned to the were trapped in their cars, others Hays County were from one house “The baby was with his parents, militant group in Syria, the had been since October 2013. United States from Turkey after marooned in their homes. that was torn from its founda- who were catapulted by the tor- US Department of Justice said Both men conspired with a being tricked into returning by Two people died overnight in tions during a flash flood over the nado and we can’t find the infant,” yesterday. Turkey-based Islamic State sup- his family, who told him that his the flooding in the city, Mayor weekend. Mayor Evaristo Lenin Perez said. Asher Abid Khan, 20, of Spring, porter to get to Syria, with Khan mother had been hospitalized. Annise Parker said, with the toll There were two families stay- Mexican President Enrique Texas, was arrested yesterday alleged to have sent a message in If convicted, he faces up to 15 expected to rise. ing at the A-frame house in the Pena Nieto toured the ravaged city morning and was due to appear which he stated: “I wana join ISIS years in prison. “I want to ask and urge people picturesque town of Wimberley for after spending the night there to in federal court in Houston later can you help?” Khan’s arrest is the latest in an to continue to be safe and recog- the long Memorial Day weekend, offer federal assistance. in the day. He also sent another acquaint- uptick of cases over the past few nise that we may have more rain NBC News reported. Among them Coahuila state civil protection According to a criminal com- ance a message saying: “I wana die months in which the United States later today,” she said, encour- were three children. director Francisco Martinez said plaint, Khan and a Texas-based as a Shaheed,” according to the has detained what has been alleged aging people to stay at home in Inside was Laura McComb, who that 44 people were hospitalised friend, identified only as S.R.G. by criminal complaint. are would-be US-based Islamic America’s fourth-largest city by was on the phone with her sister and another 242 suffered minor prosecutors, plotted on Facebook The two US men repeatedly State fighters. REUTERS population. when the house, built on stilts, injuries. AFP

Strongman’s Kosovans mourn rebels killed in Macedonia PRISTINA: Several thousand disbanded Kosovo Liberation the coffins were brought into the international community of fresh party wins in people attended the funeral yes- Army (KLA), wearing military hall and thousands of dignitaries ethnic unrest in the volatile terday of eight ethnic Albanian uniforms, carried the eight coffins passed to pay tribute. Balkans region. Suriname poll gunmen killed in clashes with covered by Albanian flags and laid Macedonia labelled the gun- Ethnic Albanians make up 90 security forces in Macedonia them to rest next to each other men killed in the northern town percent of the 1.8 million-strong PARAMARIBO: Suriname has earlier this month. amid heavy showers. There were of Kumanovo as “terrorists” and population of Kosovo, which uni- given President Desi Bouterse’s Former Kosovo guerrilla fight- no speeches or religious rituals claimed they were planning to laterally proclaimed independence party an absolute majority in ers, and family members clutching before the burials. attack state institutions. from Serbia in 2008. parliament, according to partial photos of the dead, were among The KLA is an ethnic Albanian Macedonian police arrested 30 KLA veterans said that the election results yesterday, con- the mourners in an hour-long guerilla group that fought for the alleged gunmen of ethnic Albanian Kosovans killed in the Macedonia solidating the ex-dictator and silent funeral procession that independence of Kosovo in the origin, the majority of them from clashes fought in the 1998-1999 convicted drug trafficker’s grip passed through the centre of 1990s. Kosovo, and charged them with war for independence against the on power. Pristina to a military graveyard Earlier, a commemorative cer- terrorism. forces of the then Serbian strong- Voters gave Bouterse’s National ratified in about two weeks. for prominent KLA members. emony was held in a Pristina The violence in Kumanovo man Slobodan Milosevic. Democratic Party (NDP) 27 If the results are upheld, Former members of the now University gymnasium, where sparked fears among the AFP seats in the 51-member National Monday’s polls will probably enable Assembly, according to partial Bouterse to cast off his awkward results. alliance with one-time nemesis Bouterse (pictured), 69, will Ronnie Brunswijk, a former guer- have to muster another seven rilla leader who fought a civil war Clinton close behind Merkel on power list votes to guarantee his own re- against Bouterse’s military gov- election — the president is cho- ernment in the 1980s. NEW YORK: German entertainment, philanthropy and sen by a two-thirds majority of NDP official Andre Misiekaba Chancellor Angela Merkel for billionaires. parliament. said the strong showing would a fifth year tops the Forbes list Clinton, the former first lady But the NDP appears on track resolve the deadlock in parliament, of the world’s most powerful and one-time US secretary of for the biggest win by a single enabling the party to continue its women, but for the first time state, who in April announced her party in Suriname’s history. popular expansion of social wel- Hillary Clinton is snapping at second run for the White House, Full results were expected later fare programs and infrastructure her heels, the magazine said was listed at number six last year. yesterday, and will be officially spending. AFP yesterday. “In 2015 Clinton is number two, Behind them came Melinda just a breath and a ballot away Gates, who co-chairs the Bill and from the Most Powerful Woman Melinda Gates Foundation with crown,” Forbes said. her billionaire philanthropist hus- The magazine has put the band, US federal Reserve Chair German chancellor on the list 10 Bolivia names security chiefs Janet Yellen and General Motors times in the past 12 years. LA PAZ: Bolivian President Evo Morales appointed a new interior CEO Mary Barra. Newcomers to the list include minister and named a new national police chief yesterday after a IMF chief Christine Lagarde US pop star Taylor Swift, in at former advisor to Peru’s president who faces corruption charges was in sixth place and Brazilian number 54 and the youngest escaped house arrest in La Paz over the weekend. President Dilma Rousseff came at 25; EU foreign policy chief Martin Belaunde’s whereabouts were unknown yesterday, frustrat- in seventh. Federica Mogherini, number 36; ing Morales, who accepted the resignation of Hugo Moldiz as minister The top 10 was rounded out by US Attorney General Loretta and named lawyer Carlos Romero in his place. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Lynch, number 34; and incom- German Chancellor Angela Merkel eats a salted herring during the christening Prosecutors allege that Belaunde, who worked as Peruvian President (No. 8), Susan Wojcicki, CEO of ing Guardian editor-in-chief ceremony of fishing trawler ‘Mark’ in Sassnitz, Germany, yesterday. Ollanta Humala’s campaign advisor during his failed 2006 presidential YouTube (No. 9) and US First Katharine Viner at number 80. bid, belongs to a vast criminal network with links to public officials. Lady Michelle Obama. Fifty-nine percent of those on He left Peru for Bolivia last year. The annual list of the world’s the list are American, including East and three Africans, Forbes with a combined GDP of $9.1 Morales blamed rogue police officers for Belaunde’s escape from his 100 most powerful women several immigrants. There are said. trillion and 15 billionaires with residence in the early hours of Sunday. Shortly after Morales’ com- includes leaders in eight cat- 18 from the Asia-Pacific region, The magazine said the list fea- a total net worth of more than ments, Bolivia’s police boss Luis Enrique Cerruto stepped down. He egories — technology, poli- 12 from Europe, four each from tures eight heads of state and one $73.3bn. was quickly replaced by Ramiro Tellez, head of a special unit known tics, business, finance, media, Latin America and the Middle monarch, who govern nations AFP as the Special Force to Fight Crime. REUTERS WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA Myanmar on China to extend naval reach in disputed sea track for Nov Groundbreaking ceremony for two lighthouses; cabinet vows to raise ‘open seas protection’ vote: Election

BEIJING: China outlined a flew over areas near the reefs last constant close-in air and sea Studies, said the lighthouses Taiwan, which China considers strategy to boost its naval reach week, with both sides accusing surveillance and reconnaissance were among the first of planned a renegade province, called on Commission yesterday and held a ground- each other of stoking instability. against China,” the strategy paper civilian-use facilities in the region. all South China Sea claimants breaking ceremony for two It has overlapping claims said in a thinly veiled reference to “The reefs are located near an to shelve their disagreements to YANGON: Myanmar plans lighthouses in disputed waters, with the Philippines, Vietnam, the United States. important commercial shipping enable talks on sharing resources to go ahead with an election developments likely to escalate Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei in It said China’s air force would route, so there will be continued before a conflict breaks out. in November despite the chal- tensions in a region already jit- the South China Sea, through shift its focus from territorial development to maintain the Japan meanwhile will join a lenges it faces in completing tery about Beijing’s maritime which $5 trillion in ship-borne air defence to both offence and security of those shipping lanes,” major US-Australian military an electoral roll in the many ambitions. trade passes every year. defence, and building airspace he said in an interview. exercise for the first time in a sign areas of the country that have In a policy document issued Defence Ministry spokesman defences with stronger military The People’s Liberation Army’s of growing security links between suffered ethnic conflict, the by the State Council, the Yang Yujun said China’s reclama- capabilities. nuclear force, known as the the three countries as tensions country’s election commission Communist-ruled country’s cabi- tion in the Spratlys was compa- China also hosted a ground- Second Artillery Corps, would also fester over China’s moves. chairman said yesterday. net, China vowed to increase its rable with construction of homes breaking ceremony for the build- strengthen its capabilities for deter- All three nations have said they The country is gearing up for a “open seas protection”, switching and roads on the mainland. ing of two lighthouses in the rence and nuclear counterattack are concerned about freedom of historic election in November, the from air defence to both offence “From the perspective of sover- South China Sea, broadcast on as well as medium- and long-range movement through the South first free vote in 25 years and a and defence, and criticised neigh- eignty, there is absolutely no dif- state television, defying calls precision strikes, the paper said. China Sea and air space. milestone in the country’s transi- bours who take “provocative ference,” he told reporters. from the United States and the “China faces many complex China’s Ministry of Defence tion to democracy after 49 years actions” on its reefs and islands. Some countries with “ulterior Philippines for a freeze on such maritime security threats and said on Tuesday it had carried of military rule ended in 2010. China has been taking an motives” had unfairly character- activity. challenges and requires a navy out military training for party “The election will be in increasingly assertive posture ized China’s military presence and The construction was to help that can carry out multifaceted cadres from border and coastal November,” Tin Aye, chairman over recent years in the disputed sensationalised the issue, he said. maritime search and rescue, dis- missions and protect its sover- areas on border defence, among of Myanmar’s Union Election waters of the South China Sea, Surveillance in the region was aster relief, environmental pro- eignty,” Wang Jin, a senior colonel, other topics. The trainees, who Commission, told reporters where Beijing has engaged in increasingly common and China tection and navigational security, told reporters. visited military combat units, yesterday. land reclamation in the Spratly would continue to take “necessary Chinese Foreign Ministry spokes- The paper also cited “grave developed a better understand- The commission will announce archipelago. measures” to respond. woman Hua Chunying said. threats” to China’s cyber infra- ing of the “national security situ- the actual polling date in August, China, which claims most of “Some external countries are Wu Shicun, president of the structure, adding that China ation”, said a statement on the he added. the South China Sea, criticised also busy meddling in South China government-affiliated National would hasten development of a ministry’s website. Among the challenges is com- Washington after a US spy plane Sea affairs. A tiny few maintain Institute for South China Sea cyber military force. Self-ruled REUTERS pleting a full electoral roll that includes voters in camps for internally displaced people in areas that have seen ethnic con- Eviction defence flict, and the millions of citizens living abroad, Tin Aye said. Fire at China nursing A patchwork of ethnic insur- gencies has bedevilled Myanmar since its independence in 1948. Similar challenges prevented home leaves 38 dead the completion of the nation’s first census in 30 years in 2014, when BEIJING: A fire at a nurs- owners paying off corrupt officials the country registered 51.4 mil- ing home in central China left to look the other way. lion people, some 10 million less at least 38 people dead, offi- The country’s vast population than expected. cials said yesterday, with bodies is ageing rapidly, with 15.5 per- Candidate and constitu- burned beyond recognition and cent aged 60 or above by the end ency lists will be announced in wheelchairs reduced to charred of last year, according to official September, Tin Aye said, and frames. statistics. election campaigning will be per- The fire broke out on Monday Nursing homes are becoming mitted for 60 days. evening in an apartment building more common but are often the Any referendum on the consti- at a privately-owned old people’s last choice in a culture where the tution should be held at a later home in Pingdingshan, the state elderly have traditionally lived in date, he said. news agency Xinhua said. multi-generational households. There has been some discussion “The bodies were so badly Care workers in such facilities among leading political figures burned, we couldn’t tell who was are often outnumbered several on holding a referendum at the who,” Xinhua quoted one victim’s times over by sick and elderly same time as the vote to amend relative saying of the identifica- residents. the controversial charter, which tion process. Pingdingshan survivor Chen reserves considerable power for Pictures posted online showed a Runde, 80, told Xinhua the home the country’s military and bans thick column of black smoke ris- had “too many” residents and the Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu ing from behind a petrol station workers “cannot attend to all of us”. Filipino informal settlers (left) try to protect a barricade as members of a demolition team try to remove it dur- Kyi from becoming president. near the facility. “We cannot find an attendant once ing a demolition raid in Quezon City, east of Manila, yesterday. Around 500 families were ejected from their REUTERS Another displayed the black- night falls,” he was quoted as saying. shanties to give way for a developing firm turning the area into a business district. ened frame of a building, with The home was set up by a local a burnt-out wheelchair in the farmer and the residents were foreground. mostly old villagers whose chil- “Only myself and one other dren had sought jobs far from roommate managed to get out,” home as migrant workers, it Sirisena visits Jaffna amid gang-rape anger survivor Zhao Yulan, 82, who added. The incident “highlights shared her room with 11 other pain in ageing China”, Xinhua people, told Xinhua. said in a commentary, with care COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s The unannounced visit to Enraged local residents pelted outburst of anger in Jaffna since The agency said the home had and services for the elderly still President Maithripala Sirisena Jaffna, 400km north of Colombo, stones at police and a local court the end of the decades-long sepa- 51 residents and the blaze was severely lagging in the country. flew to the island’s former came as police obtained a new house in the Jaffna peninsula ratist war in 2009 between Tamil extinguished less than an hour “Urbanisation has attracted warzone of Jaffna yesterday to court order banning protests for last week after the girl’s bruised rebels and the military that left at after it broke out. more young people to towns defuse rising tensions over the two more weeks fearing further body was found near her home on least 100,000 people dead. Two of the injured were in and cities, leaving their old par- gang rape and murder of a teen- mob violence, after obtaining a May 14, one day after she went Dharmasri said the president critical condition in hospital, the ents and children in their rural ager, a spokesman said. similar ruling last week. missing. also met with about 200 girls from work safety bureau of the central homes,” it said. Sirisena met relatives of the However, in the capital Police responded by firing tear 17 schools in the Jaffna district to province of Henan said in a state- “Some have no other choice but 17-year-old school girl killed in Colombo, hundreds of activists gas at the protesters and arrest- address any safety concerns. ment on its website. to live in poorly equipped nursing the minority Tamil stronghold in staged a peaceful demonstration ing 130 people who took part, a “The president took questions The cause of the fire remained facilities... for the rest of their life. the island’s north two weeks ago, at a busy intersection to con- move that residents said only from them and also promised bet- unclear, but a provincial television “Instead of feeling lonely and an incident that sparked clashes demn the rape and killing and fuelled anger. ter infrastructure for schools in station quoted another resident helpless, the elders deserve a between residents and police, demanded tough action against Police said they have since the area,” Dharmasri said. blaming an electrical fault. safe and comfortable place to live who were accused of failing to those responsible. taken nine men into custody but Police have said the main sus- The building was built from out their later years.” In 2013, 11 act swiftly. “Justice delayed is justice tensions remain high. pect in the murder is a Swiss steel with flammable foam fillings, nursing home patients burned to “The president invited the denied, expedite judgments in all The girl’s hands and feet were national of Sri Lankan origin. the state-run China News Service death in the northeastern prov- mother and brother of the victim rape cases,” said a placard carried bound and local media have said The Swiss embassy has said, said yesterday. ince of Heilongjiang after one of to lunch with him and promised by two activists. she was suffocated, although however, he was a Sri Lankan Enforcement of safety stand- them set the facility on fire in a speedy legal action against the Sri Lankan courts are notori- an autopsy report has not been with a residence permit for ards is often lax in China, with row over money. perpetrators,” Sirisena’s spokes- ously slow and some rape cases released. Switzerland. some property and business AFP man Dharmasri Bandara said. are dragged out for 10 years. The protests were a rare public AFP

Malaysia clears grave sites as Thais seek stranded migrant boats

WANG KELIAN, Malaysia: “We have a responsibility... to adopt of most evidence indicating what Malaysian police yesterday a common position making fund- went on there, but on the ground began the grisly task of clear- ing the development of Myanmar lay a human lower jaw with sev- ing dozens of grave sites in conditional on the restoration of eral teeth still in it. suspected people-smuggling citizenship, nationality, and basic Thousands of boat people are camps yesterday, as Thai air- human rights to the Rohingya,” he still believed stranded in the craft searched for thousands of told an Oslo conference. Bay of Bengal and the Andaman migrants still believed stranded A rally by Buddhist national- Sea after the recent crackdown in the Andaman Sea. ists is planned today in Yangon in southern Thailand prompted Malaysian police say a total of to protest against international traffickers to abandon their ships 139 grave sites were found near pressure to provide aid to them. or hide in international waters. 28 abandoned camps close to the The fate of those who decide to Thailand said yesterday it had Thai border, the latest grim turn flee was brought into sharp focus begun air missions looking for in Southeast Asia’s migrant crisis. at one of the dozens of remote stranded migrant boats in the More than 3,500 Bangladeshi people-smuggling camps in north- Andaman Sea, following criti- economic migrants and stateless ern Malaysia yesterday. Reporters cism that regional nations were Rohingya from Myanmar have saw police dig up a grave, pulling not actively searching for vessels. arrived on Thai, Malaysian and out a corpse apparently wrapped The US confirmed it had begun Indonesian soil in recent weeks. in a Muslim shroud. its own flights off the west coast of South Africa’s Archbishop “We have found 37 graves (at Malaysia and had offered to launch and Nobel Peace Prize laureate the one camp) but we have only more over the Bay of Bengal. Desmond Tutu called yesterday recovered one body so far,” said The UN estimates around 2,000 for international aid to Myanmar local police official Muhammad migrants are still trapped farther to be linked to the plight of its per- Bahar Alias. north in the Bay of Bengal on ves- Members of Royal Malaysia Police inspect a grave found at Wang Burma hills at Wang Kelian, Perlis, Malaysia, secuted Rohingya Muslim minority, The mountain camp seemed sels controlled by people smugglers. yesterday. who have fled the country in droves. largely to have been picked clean AFP WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

11 convicted 58 militants killed in Afghanistan prisoners executed in Training college dormitory cleared after 16-hour gun battle with Taliban; 25 arrested Pakistan KANDAHAR, Attaullah Fazly. MULTAN, PAKISTAN: AFGHANISTAN: Fifty-eight “Our initial reports show at Pakistan yesterday hanged 11 militants have been killed dur- least eight police were killed and prisoners, bringing the total ing separate military operations ten wounded,” he said. number put to death since exe- across Afghanistan. Nehmatulla Babori, the dep- cutions resumed last December The operations were con- uty provincial council chief, said to 128, officials said. ducted in eleven provinces where the militants torched the police Ten executions took place 41 insurgents also wounded and post and stole weapons and in several cities in the central 25 suspects arrested in past 24 police vehicles. Yesterday at least province of Punjab while one hours, the Afghan Ministry of three suicide bombers attacked convict was hanged at Mach jail Defense (MoI) said in a statement a court complex in the capital in the southwestern province of yesterday. of Wardak province, killing two Baluchistan province. The statement also confirmed policemen and wounding another. All had been convicted of that 10 army soldiers were killed “Three attackers tried to enter murder. due to landmine explosion and the appellate court in Maidan A moratorium on the death enemy fire across the country in Shahr. One blew himself up at penalty had been in force in past 24 hours. This year has been the first checkpost, killing two Pakistan since 2008, but execu- a challenging year for Afghan police. The others tried to enter tions resumed last December National Security Forces as they the building but were killed by after Taliban militants gunned took full responsibility of security security forces,” said provincial down 154 people, most of them from NATO forces in January. police chief Khalil Andarabi. The children, at a school in the restive They launched several large- Taliban, waging a 13-year war northwest.The moratorium was scale counter-terrorism opera- against the US-backed Afghan initially lifted only for those con- tions across the country killing government, claimed responsibil- victed of terrorism offences, but hundreds of militants since the Afghan soldiers were kept busy throughout yesterday with Taliban men stepping up the onslaught. ity for all attacks. The insurgents in March was extended to cover beginning of this year. The mili- launched their annual spring- all capital offences.The European tary operations still continue. despite Kabul’s repeated over- Atal told AFP.In neighbouring Durani.Another militant attack in summer offensive -- titled ‘Azm’ Union, the United Nations and At least 26 Afghan police or sol- tures to the Taliban to reopen Kandahar insurgents stormed Waza Khwa district in the south- (Determination) -- in late April, human rights campaigners have diers have been killed in multiple peace talks. Taliban militants the dormitory of a teacher train- eastern province of Paktika left vowing nationwide attacks in all urged Pakistan to reinstate the Taliban attacks in the volatile raided several police outposts in ing school late Monday, triggering at least eight police dead and ten what is expected to be the bloodi- moratorium. south, including a 16-hour siege Naw Zad district in the restive a 16-hour gunbattle with Afghan wounded late Monday. est summer in a decade. Human rights group Amnesty of a college dormitory, officials opium-rich province of Helmand forces. “The police were able to “A large group of Taliban A truck bomber attacked International estimates that said Yesterday. The violence over late Monday. “Around 16 security evacuate the residence and in the attacked a police post. The police a government complex in the Pakistan has more than 8,000 a 24-hour period comes as the forces have been killed in Taliban fighting one woman was killed fought bravely but they were southern province of Zabul on prisoners on death row, most insurgents step up attacks on attacks in Naw Zad district,” and six police were wounded,” said overpowered by the militants,” Monday, wounding more than 70 of whom have exhausted their government and foreign targets provincial council chief Karim provincial police spokesman Zai said deputy provincial governor people. AFP appeals. AFP

Power outages Women’s voting rights Seven militants plotting attacks lead to surge in demand under threat in Peshawar killed in Karachi; weapons seized LAHORE: The national PESHAWAR: While a petition was a violation of their basic KARACHI: Seven militants power demand, excluding of civil society organisations rights. who were plotting rocket, gre- K-Electric,yesterday crossed against the barring of women It said the local government nade and suicide attacks in 20,000MW mark, with gen- voters from participating in the election in the province had cre- Pakistan’s biggest city Karachi eration hovering around recent by-election in northwest ated a good opportunity to change have been killed in two raids by 13,600MW - leaving a deficit of Pakistan is pending with the the entire paradigm of disfran- paramilitary rangers, a spokes- over 6,400MW and necessitat- Peshawar High Court, another chising women voters as wit- man for the force said yesterday. ing over eight hours load shed- civil society organisation has nessed in the past. The raids, which began the ding in urban and much more feared that women might be “We all have the responsibility night before and continued till in rural areas. denied the right to vote in many to bring about positive changes yesterday morning, also saw According to generation chart, parts of Peshawar district for women in society by increas- the recovery of a major cache of the hydel component contrib- during the May 30 local body ing their political participation in weapons and explosives. uted around 6,000MW as water elections. a culturally and politically con- Police and rangers since 2013 releases both from Tarbela Dam Blue Veins, which works to strained environment. have been carrying out a major (95,000 cusecs) and Mangla strengthen the people’s voice for It is not enough to recognise cleanup operation in the city lake (60,000 cusecs) brought free, fair and peaceful elections that voting is a right. It is equally which has reduced the level of much needed relief to power in Peshawar, urged the relevant important to enforce it as a civil violent crime. planners. authorities to step in and ensure responsibility,” it said. But critics accuse them of stag- The contribution from the that women use their right to Blue Veins said it was the right ing firefights to carry out hun- Independent Power Producers, vote in the upcoming polls. of all Pakistani citizens, both men dreds of extra-judicial killings, which were generating 7,300MW In a statement issued here, and women, to cast vote for the and neither the death toll nor Pakistani rangers stand next to the dead body of a militant during a raid in till two days ago, dropped to Blue Veins explained how there election of representatives of their the identity of those killed in the Karachi yesterday. Seven militants who were plotting rocket, grenade and 5,665MW and government’s was a threat that women might choice and that the Constitution latest raids could be immediately suicide attacks in Pakistan’s biggest city Karachi have been killed in two own thermal units slid to not be allowed to use their right didn’t allow discrimination on the verified. raids by paramilitary rangers. 1,929MW against 2,450MW till to vote in the May 30 local body basis of sex. The first took place in the last Thursday. If one includes elections. “Under electoral laws, too, it Mominabad shanty town in the intelligence reports that the ter- a homegrown Islamist insur- K-Electric, the total national It feared the women’s voting is an offence if someone directly city’s west and was met by fierce rorists were plotting to use the gency which flared following the demand would swell to 22,700MW. rights would once again be com- or indirectly uses or threatens to resistance, according to a state- explosives to carry out a big ter- US-led invasion of neighbourhing “So far, the limited relief is promised by verbal agreements use force, violence or restraint in ment by the rangers. rorist attack in Karachi,” the Afghanistan in 2001. provided by base temperatures, between candidates, community order to compel a person from It said four militants were statement said. Initially confined to the west- which has been hovering in elders and religious leaders in propagating against participation killed, including one who blew Three more militants including ern border areas, it later spread mid-20s degrees Celsius,” says part of Peshawar district. of any person in elections on the himself up, while another was another suicide bomber who blew to major cities and has claimed an official of the National “Social taboos and poor organi- basis of gender. arrested. himself up were killed in a sec- thousands of civilian lives since Transmission and Dispatch sation will likely deprive a large “This basic principle has also Automatic weapons, about 16 ond raid yesterday morning, the 2004.Last June ten Taliban mili- Company (NTDC). number of women of their right to been reiterated in many judg- kilograms (35 pounds) of explo- statement said. One ranger was tants lay siege to Karachi airport, Though peak mercury hits vote. It is time to reject and chal- ments of our superior courts. sives, suicide vests containing injured.The rangers recovered killing 27 people. The military mid-40s during the day in most lenge these practices. Media and The organisation said it along seven kilograms of explosives and rockets, six suicide vests, rifles, responded by launching a major parts of the country, evening civil society must call on the gov- with other organisations was 500 kilograms of metal nuts and automatic weapons, 60 kilograms offensive in the North Waziristan and night are still relatively ernment to look into it,” it said. focusing on several areas in bolts were recovered from the of explosives and three improvised tribal district, considered a bas- tolerable The organisation said stopping Peshawar districts. hideout. explosive devices. tion of Taliban and Al Qaeda mili- INTERNEWS women from voting in elections INTERNEWS “There were authentic Pakistan has been battling tants. AFP

‘Qatar needs Lawyers protest in Lahore skilled Tax on higher income manpower from Pakistan’ groups to fund Zarb-e-Azb ISLAMABAD: The gov- The Tax Reform Commission LAHORE: Pakistan’s busi- ernment of Pakistan is (TRC) had also recommended nessmen should initiate joint considering a proposal to impose to the government to impose ventures with their Qatari 10 to 15 per cent surcharge on this kind of surcharge on higher counterparts as abundant higher income contributors who income earners for a period of investment and business oppor- earn more than Rs50 million in three years. Under the proposed tunities are available in vari- order to support the on-going amendment, section 4A of the ous sectors, said Ambassador military operation Zarb-e-Azb Income Tax Ordinance 2001 is of Qatar Saqr Bin Mubarak against terrorism. to be re-inserted in the following Al-Mansouri. “The government is manner; 1. Talking to Lahore Chamber of seriously considering imposition Subject to this Ordinance, a Commerce and Industry (LCCI) of surcharge on higher income surcharge shall be payable by Vice President Syed Mahmood earners in the coming Finance every taxpayer at the rates speci- Ghaznavi, the ambassador said Bill, 2015 which will be tabled fied under First Schedule Part I, Qatar was in dire need of skilled before the National Assembly on Division I and II on the income manpower and Pakistan could June 5, 2015,” official sources in tax payable under the Ordinance. earn huge foreign exchange via the FBR confirmed yesterday. 2. Surcharge shall be paid and manpower export to Qatar. Finance minister has tasked deposited at the same time and The LCCI vice president FBR’s top guns to come up in the same manner as the tax said despite the fact Pakistan with exact estimates of revenue is paid and deposited under this and Qatar were members of generation with the imposi- Ordinance.Provided that this the Organisation of Islamic tion of additional surcharge on surcharge shall not be payable Cooperation (OIC) and had close higher income groups.The initial for the tax year 2015 and prior cooperative relations, these ties Lawyers protest against the killing of their colleagues in Lahore, Pakistan, yesterday. According to media estimates of FBR suggest that tax years and shall be applicable, did not reflect in bilateral eco- reports, two lawyers of the Daska Bar Association were allegedly killed by police officials during a protest the tax machinery can collect subject to the provision (1) for nomic relations. in Daska area of Sialkot district of Punjab province. Rs10-20 billion depending on the tax year 2016 and till tax year INTERNEWS effective enforcement. 2018. INTERNEWS WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

CBI will probe lottery ‘We’ll get black money back’ scam, says Karnataka Amit Shah hails NDA government’s efforts to improve economy

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government yesterday NEW DELHI: The Narendra there was no corruption under decided to hand over the multi-crore lottery scam to the CBI Modi-led NDA government was the Modi government. for investigation owing to alleged involvement of agents in determined to get back black “Under Modi’s leadership, we other states. money stashed abroad, but had promised that we will root “Though we entrusted the CID to probe the lottery scam could not announce the names out corruption. We have been and received an interim report on it, we have decided to order of culprits due to international able to do that. Even our political a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry to unearth in treaties, BJP president Amit opponents have not been able to the truth and expose those involved in it in this and neighbour- Shah said here . point fingers at us regarding any ing states,” Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told reporters here. “We have enacted a law on scam,” the BJP president pointed The CBI will investigate the illegal single-digit lottery sale black money and we are deter- out. before and after 2007 when it was banned by the then JD-S mined to get it back. But, if the Shah also hailed the NDA gov- and BJP coalition government across the state. BJP government announces the ernment for giving a boost to the “Sale of single digit lottery of other states like Tamil Nadu names of those who have black Indian economy, saying that fiscal and Kerala in Karnataka was banned on March 27, 2007 but money, then as per the interna- deficit was under control, trade their tickets were continued to be sold in the state, especially tional treaties, we will not get had grown, and foreign invest- in the old Mysuru region,” Siddaramaiah said. further information,” said Shah, ments were at their highest in the Denying that he was bowing to political pressure from oppo- while addressing the media on past 10 years and prices brought sition parties like Bharatia Janata Party (BJP) and Janatal the completion of one year of the under control. Dal-Security to go for a CBI probe, the chief minister said his NDA government. “When the NDA government BJP National President, Amit Shah, addresses a press conference to mark government had nothing to hide or was shielding anyone how- Taking a dig at the previ- led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee came one year of the Narendra Modi government in power, New Delhi, yesterday. ever mighty or powerful they may be. ous United Progressive Alliance to power, the economy’s growth The state government suspended Bengaluru additional (UPA) government over the rate was around 4.4 percent. that the government had come no government had worked to commissioner of police Alok Kumar on May 24 after the CID black money issue, Shah said, When they bowed out, it was 8.4 out of a policy paralysis. improve the federal structure of interim report named him as one of the senior police officers “What has the Congress done in percent. During the UPA rule, it “The world is acknowledging India more than the one headed who were regularly in touch with lottery scamster Peri Rajan. 60 years in power for recovering went down to around 4.4 percent. India’s development and progress by Modi. Rajan, 58, was arrested on April 30 at Kolar and shifted to the black money?” After one year of Modi govern- today,” he added. On the occasion, Shah also central jail here. “What is your interest? To ment, the growth rate is now at “This has been a visible gov- announced that the party would The CID also suspended superintendent of police in the lot- make headlines or to protect 5.7 percent,” he remarked. ernment; earlier, the government try and reach out to over eight tery excise and enforcement cell Daranesh for his alleged nexus those on whom we still have no The BJP leader also said that needed to be found. I believe that crore households in the next three with Rajan and others. information,” he asked. the government had initiated the major achievement of our months, adding that “we believe “As the sale of illegal lottery scheme has been going on with the He said the National various infrastructure projects government is to remove the that it is our duty to give the peo- connivance of officials and others such as ‘Micheal’ and ‘Martin’ in Democratic Alliance (NDA) gov- in the country. trust deficit (vishwas ka sankat) ple an account of the work done Tamil Nadu, we hope the country’s premier investigation agency will ernment had performed well in “We are a pro-active and visible this country had,” the BJP presi- by the Modi government in the do justice as it can probe the case in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Andhra the past one year, adding that government,” Shah said, adding dent said. Shah asserted that past one year”. IANS Pradesh,” Siddaramaiah added. IANS New Mizoram governor assumes office Centre accuses Greenpeace AIZAWL: Lt. General Nirbhay counter-insurgency operations in of merging contributions Sharma (retd.) was sworn in as the north-east region with civil the 17th governor of Mizoram at agencies and inter-ministerial NEW DELHI: The cen- The court was hearing a plea of the Durbar Hall of Raj Bhavan delegations. tral government yesterday Greenpeace India to de-freeze its here . As Director General accused environmental NGO international and national bank The Congress-ruled Mizoram (Perspective Planning) in the Greenpeace India of violat- accounts which were blocked fol- has earned the dubious distinc- Army Headquarters, Sharma ing the Foreign Contribution lowing a home ministry directive tion of having eight governors in worked on the restructuring Regulation Act (FCRA) by last month. the past ten months. of the army headquarters and merging its foreign contribu- The plea argued that the sus- Guwahati High Court judge, assisted in drafting the ‘Army tions with domestic donations. pension of licence and freezing of Justice T. Vaiphei, administered Vision 2020’ document. The ministry of home affairs accounts were completely “illegal the oath of office to Lt. Gen. Politicians, civil society groups, also told Justice Rajiv Shakdher and unconstitutional”. Sharma at a simple ceremony, youth and students’ unions have that Greenpeace India is utilising The NGO told the court that conducted by state chief secretary criticised the Bharatiya Janata its foreign contribution for own the home ministry’s actions Lalmalsawma. Party-led central government for administrative purpose. showed evidence of “bad faith” Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, frequent transfers of governors in “There are several other and was an attempt to silence his cabinet colleagues, legislators Mizoram. accounts which have not been Greenpeace India because of from both the ruling Congress The Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), revealed and we are investigating its high profile campaigns in and the opposition Mizo National an apex body of students’ organi- that,” Additional Solicitor General areas like coal mining, air pollu- Front (MNF), senior civil, police sations, earlier staged a series Sanjay Jain told the court. tion and the use of pesticides in and army officials attended the of demonstrations in front of Submitting an affidavit, the agriculture. ceremony. Raj Bhavan and central govern- government said: “It was found “The petitioner is unable to Lt. Gen. Sharma was earlier Lt. Gen. Nirbhay Sharm being sworn in yesterday. ment offices and raised slogans, that Greenpeace receives huge meet its salaries, rent, statutory governor of Arunachal Pradesh. accusing the National Democratic amount of foreign contribution liabilities, such as TDS, provident He was transferred to Mizoram Indian Army as a Commissioned capital Dhaka. Alliance government of using running into crores of rupees fund, gratuity payments, and pro- by President Pranab Mukherjee Officer in December 1966. As a During his 40-year-long dis- Mizoram as the “gubernatorial which is though deposited in fessional taxes, and third party on May 12. West Bengal Governor young Captain, he fought in the tinguished service in the army, dumping ground”. FCRA account, is diverted to payments,” the petition said. Keshari Nath Tripathi was hold- 1971 India-Pakistan war and besides commanding a battal- MZP supporters also held such other utilisation accounts “Our staff and their families ing the additional charge of was part of the airborne assault ion on the India-China border, protests when President Pranab in which foreign contribution are facing an uncertain future,” Mizoram till now. group, the first Indian Army unit he was part of the Sino-Indian Mukherjee visited the mountain- has been merged with domestic Greenpeace India said. Lt. Gen. Sharma joined the to enter erstwhile East Pakistan Working Group and coordinated ous state on April 9-10. IANS receipts contrary to the Act.” IANS

Fight for better wages Stand-off Gujjars relent, agree to ends as hold talks with govt Kejriwal JAIPUR: Rajasthan’s Gujjar representatives come to Bayana community, staging a sit-in on town, a few kilometres from NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief railway tracks for the last few the place where they are squat- Minister Arvind Kejriwal met days to demand five percent ting since May 21, in Bharatpur Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung for reservation in jobs and educa- district. the first time after a stand- tional institutes, finally relented Gujjars decided to have talks in off began between the two yesterday and agreed to hold Jaipur after the state government over postings and transfers of talks with the state government sent a letter on Monday evening bureaucrats. in Jaipur. that the state government was The meeting took place a few “We are going to hold talks ready for further talks in Jaipur hours before the start of Delhi with the state government and at a time which is convenient for assembly’s emergency session are sending an 11-member delega- the Gujjars. Meanwhile, Gujjars called to discuss the home min- tion for the same. The talks are continued to sit on the tracks istry’s notification that said the likely to be held yesterday night yesterday, affecting movement Lt. Governor will have the last or tomorrow morning,” Himmat of trains -- including on the vital word in bureaucratic postings and Singh, spokesperson of Gujjar Delhi-Mumbai sector -- for the transfers. Arakshan Sangarsh Samiti, told sixth day. Sources said Kejriwal showed IANS. The protesting Gujjars also Jung the high court order allow- Earlier, the Gujjars were not blocked road traffic in couple of ing Delhi government’s Anti- A female police officer and a Kashmiri female worker of the social welfare department pull each other during ready to hold talks in Jaipur. places including on tourist impor- Corruption Branch (ACB) to They were adamant on holding tant Jaipur-Agra national high- a protest in Srinagar, yesterday. Government employees of the social welfare department were protesting and investigate Delhi Police officials talks only if the government’s way. IANS demanding regularization of services and an increase in monthly salaries. caught on corruption charges. He also apprised Jung about his views on the issue, sources added. Dismissing the bail plea of a head constable arrested on graft Stop making speeches, start action, Rahul tells Modi charges, the Delhi High Court said the city government’s ACB KOZHIKODE: Congress vice carry forward, then the farm- He wants to take land of the poor Act and today just look, all the revealed that just eight percent has “jurisdiction to investigate president Rahul Gandhi yes- ers, labourers and the ordinary farmers and give it to his few institutions that can reveal about projects are held up because of and prosecute” Delhi Police offi- terday asked Prime Minister people will not allow them to cel- friends,” he said. corruption are headless. shortage of land,” he said. cials. Kejriwal was accompanied Narendra Modi to stop making ebrate five birthdays,” he said in “He (Modi) is now interested The Congress leader also said Gandhi said while the UPA by Deputy Chief Minister Manish speeches and start action. his address to a massive Youth in taking away the sea from the that statistics point out that job government had written off Sisodia and Chief Secretary K K In a hard-hitting speech, Congress rally. fishermen community and is now creation has slowed down by 30 Rs.70,000 crore debt of farmers Sharma. Gandhi, who arrived here on Gandhi also lashed out at the insisting that fishermen should percent. affected by rains, Modi has done A tussle over bureaucratic a two-day visit, time and again failures of the government, espe- have passports when they go for “He says the land bill and crea- nothing. appointments broke out between referred to the Modi government cially on the land acquisition bill, fishing.” tion of jobs are linked, and says Top Congress leaders, includ- Jung and Kejriwal, triggered as a “suit boot government”. rising prices and on job creation. Gandhi said Modi claims his only if the bill is passed can jobs be ing former union ministers A.K. by the appointment of senior “While I take this opportunity “The suit boot government is one year has been corruption-free. created, because land is required. Antony and Vayalar Ravi and bureaucrat Shakuntala Gamlin to wish the Modi government a interested in protecting the inter- “It was the (Congress-led) UPA “This is not true because lots of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, as the acting chief secretary on happy first birthday, my advice ests of a few friends of Modi who government that came out with land is held with the central and were present at the rally. May 15. IANS to them is if this is the way they gave him money for the elections. the Right to Information (RTI) state governments and it has been IANS WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Heatwave persists; German Defence Minister’s visit death toll at 800 Delhi sizzles at 45 degrees; hospitals on alert

HYDERABAD: At least 800 including the capital New Delhi, overloaded grids. people have died in a major have endured days of sweltering The Hindustan Times warned heatwave that has swept heat, prompting fears of power that some of the hot, dry con- across India, melting roads in cuts as energy-guzzling air con- ditions could plunge the worst- New Delhi as temperatures ditioners work overtime. affected states into drought neared 50 degrees Celsius (122 The Hindustan Times daily before monsoon rains arrive. Fahrenheit). said the maximum temperature The monsoon is forecast to Hospitals were on alert to treat in the capital hit a two-year high hit the southern state of Kerala victims of heatstroke and authori- of 45.5 degrees Celsius on Monday towards the end of this month ties advised people to stay indoors, -- five degrees higher than the before sweeping across the coun- with no end in sight to the searing seasonal average. try, but it will be weeks before conditions. The paper carried a front-page the rains reach the arid north- India’s Meteorological photo of a main road in the city ern plains. Department said it had issued melting in the heat, with the Meanwhile, the northern parts heat warnings to several states white pedestrian crossing stripes of Karnataka as well as its coastal where temperatures were fore- curling and spreading into the region continued to suffer intense cast to top 45 degrees Celsius over black asphalt. summer heat as the day temper- the next few days. “It’s baking hot out here -- our atures climbed up to 45 degrees “As of now, we don’t predict any outing has turned into a night- Celsius, authorities said. respite from the extreme heat- mare,” said Meena Sheshadri, a Kalaburagi and Bidar districts Major General Abhay Krishna, General Officer Commanding (GOC) for Delhi, escorts German Defence Minister wave for the next few days,” said 37-year-old tourist from the west- were worst hit, according to the Ursula von der Leyen after inspecting a guard of honour at the Indian Defence Ministry in New Delhi, yesterday. spokesman B. P. Yadav. ern city of Pune who was visit- Met Office. Normally, the tem- Von der Leyen said that India was an anchor for Germany in the Asia-Pacific region. The German Minister is Hundreds of people -- mainly ing Delhi’s India Gate monument peratures in these districts are on a two-day visit to India. from the poorest sections of soci- with her children. around 40 degrees Celsius during ety -- die at the height of summer “My throat is parched, even this time of the year. every year across the country, though I’ve been constantly sip- Karnataka capital Bengaluru while tens of thousands suffer ping water.” is expected to see a partly cloudy power cuts from an overburdened Delhi street food vendor Hari sky with the possibility of rain electricity grid. Om said business was slow, with or thunderstorm, meteorological Salman allowed to go to Dubai Streets were deserted in few people venturing out in the department officials said. Hyderabad, capital of the worst- furnace-like conditions. The maximum temperature MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court permitted arrival and departure plans to the Indian embassy hit state of Andhra Pradesh in In Telangana state, which here is expected to be around 33 Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to travel to in Dubai. southern India where 551 people borders Andhra Pradesh in the degrees Celsius, while the mini- Dubai for a show scheduled for May 29. This would be Salman’s first trip abroad after his have died in the last week. south, 231 people have died in the mum is expected to hover around The vacation judge, Justice Shalini Phansalkar- conviction. Earlier, he spent around a fortnight in “The state government has last week as temperatures hit 48 22 degrees Celsius. Joshi, allowed Salman, on an application filed last Kashmir on shooting assignments. taken up education programmes degrees Celsius over the weekend. Bengaluru on Monday recorded week, to go abroad as per the conditions laid down On May 6, the actor was sentenced to five years in through television and other In the western state of Orissa a maximum temperature of 33 in his bail after a trial court convicted him in the jail by the Mumbai sessions court for culpable homi- media to tell people not to venture 11 people were confirmed to have degrees Celsius, which is normal 2002 hit-and-run case. cide not amounting to murder and other charges. into the outside without a cap, to died from the heat. for this time of the season, while Salman’s lawyer pleaded that the actor had to However, two days later, the Bombay High Court drink water and other measures,” Another 13 people have died in the minimum was a notch higher comply with professional commitments and needed suspended the sentence and granted him conditional said P. Tulsi Rani, special com- the eastern state of West Bengal, at 22.3 degrees Celsius. to be out of the country between May 27 and 30, bail pending final hearing and disposal of his appeal missioner for disaster manage- where unions urged drivers in The Met Office said that when he is scheduled to attend the Indo-Arab against the sentence. ment in the state. the city of Kolkata to stay off the temperatures here may rise by a Bollywood Awards in Dubai. One of the conditions was that Salman must seek “We have also requested NGOs roads during the day. couple of degrees in the coming “Since the applicant is ready to abide by the condi- the court’s permission every time he wants to travel and government organisations to India’s power industry has long days. A few places in the coastal, tions, his application deserves to be allowed,” Justice abroad. One pavement dweller was killed and four open up drinking water camps so struggled to meet rapidly rising southern and northern Karnataka Phansalkar-Joshi said in the order. others were injured when Salman’s Toyota Land that water will be readily available demand in Asia’s third larg- are expected to see spells of rain- She directed Salman to furnish his complete Cruiser ran over them and rammed into a bakery for all the people in the towns.” est economy, with poorly main- fall and thundershowers. travel plans, his lodging arrangements in Dubai and in suburban Bandra in the early hours of September Large parts of India, tained transmission lines and AGENCIES his contact details to the police and also intimate his 28, 2002. IANS WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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ATHENS/BRUSSELS: Greece and its Europeans creditors yes- investors terday sought to play down fears that Athens would default on a payment to the International Monetary Fund next week. Qatar-UAE Economic Forum launched Running short of cash to pay public sector salaries, pensions DOHA: H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Thani and President and debt obligations, senior mem- Jassim bin Al Thani, Minister of UAE H H Sheikh Khalifa bin bers of Prime Minister Alexis of Economy and Commerce Zayed Al Nahyan, the minister Tsipras’s government have said stated yesterday that Qatar is added. openly that Greece does not have an open market and the coun- Addressing the Forum, the the money to pay 300 million try’s market is open to inves- UAE Economy Minister Al euros to the IMF on June 5. tors of all areas of economic Mansoori said that the forum The threats have spooked activities and investments. reflects the sincere desire to financial markets, which fear a Launching the Qatar-UAE develop economic and trade rela- default could forces Greece out of Economic Forum jointly with tions between the two countries, the single currency, pushing the his UAE counterpart Eng Sultan pointing that the Qatar-UAE European and global economies bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Sheikh trade volume increased by 200 into uncharted territory. Ahmed said that Qatar and UAE percent during the past few years. Still, the government on have always maintained a strong The Emirati minister praised Monday reiterated that it relation in bilateral trade. The the development of Qatari would try to make the payment integration of GCC common mar- Economy which is expected to and Finance Minister Yanis ket has helped bolster the bilat- see five to seven percent growth The Minister of Economy and Commerce HE Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani and UAE Minister of Economy Varoufakis expressed confidence a eral trade. in the coming years. However, Eng Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri with Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani and other officials during the Qatari deal with lenders would be struck UAE is Qatar’s fifth larg- he warned that significant chal- Emarati Economy Forum at the Four Seasons Hotel in Doha yesterday. (SALIM MATRAMKOT) in time to avoid default. Asked if est trade partner, the Minister lenges in the region’s economies Athens could make the payment, said. More than 90 companies require hard work to overcome both sides to cooperate and estab- the Forum an opportunity to a clear roadmap for the future in he said: “Of course, because there that operate in Qatar are fully with regard to maintaining the lish joint ventures to benefit from discuss many issues between the Qatar. will be a deal by June 5.” owned by UAE citizens, while 988 successes, especially in the air these opportunities. chambers of commerce of the two He was speaking on the side- The comments drew a positive more have a joint Qatari-Emirati transport and aviation sectors. A large number of Qatari and countries that would help agree lines of the forum, QNA reported. reaction in Germany, Greece’s big- ownership. The most important upcoming Emirati businessmen took part on strategic joint action and to The UAE ambassador said gest creditor and one of its tough- The launch of this forum events in the region will be the in the forum . They discussed the seize business opportunities in that the visit of the UAE del- est critics in long-running aid reflects the keenness to improve FIFA World Cup 2022 in Doha opportunities available to enhance both the countries. egation was to view all aspects negotiations with its EU and IMF Qatar-UAE relations in the eco- and the 2020 Expo in Dubai. bilateral cooperation and increase UAE’s Ambassador to Qatar of the Qatar’s economic and cul- lenders. “I find it encouraging, if it nomic and trade fields. It also These two events provide signifi- the volume of bilateral trade. Saleh Mohammed bin Nasrah tural resurgence; and investment is true, that the Greeks signalled underscores the depth of bilateral cant opportunities for business- Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin Alamri said that his country opportunities available. yesterday their desire to repay the relations under the leadership of men from the two countries, he Mohammed Al Thani, Chairman, was keen on supporting Qatar THE PENINSULA 300 million euros to the IMF on Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin said calling on the corporates in Qatar Chamber (QC) described National Vision 2030, since it was June 5,” a German official said. “I think there is reason to believe that we will not be talking about a default situation around June 5, neither before or imme- diately thereafter.” The Group consolidates position as top Qatar brokerage Kuwait’s UFIG plans BY SATISH KANADY 2015, snatching 33.53 percent of the Group’s total number of trans- 10.40 percent (QR8.64bn) dur- International Securities’ share company in Qatar the total value of shares traded on actions is down to 92,448 in March ing the corresponding period in in the brokerage market was 6.51 DOHA: The Group Securities the local bourse during the month. 2015, from 211,234 transactions 2014.CBQ Investment Services’ percent (QR4.11bn) in Q1, 15, DOHA: The Kuwaiti listed firm continued to consolidate its QNB Financial Services, the recorded in March 2014. Total market share stood 7.49 percent down from 8.33 percent during United Foodstuff Industries position as topper in Qatar’s brokerage arm of QNB Group, traded value slipped to QR4bn from (QR4.74bn) in Q1, 15 against 5.81 the same period in 2014. Dlala- Group (UFIG) is working to brokerage business by grab- garnered 18.19 percent share of QR10bn on year-on-year basis. percent (QR4.82bn) during the Islamic Brokerage clutched 3.28 establish a new company in Qatar. bing 31.24 percent of the total the total traded value in Q1, 15, up Dlala Brokerage acquired corresponding period in 2014. percent (2.07bn) of the total UFIG will control a 50 percent value of shares traded on Qatar from 16.54 percent posted in the 10.10 percent of trading value The Gulf Investment Group traded value, against 2.98 per- stake in the new company, finan- Exchange (QE) in the first previous quarter. Total value of (QR6.39bn) in the first quar- grabbed 6.57 percent share cent (QR2.4bn) recorded ruing cial portal “Mubasher” reported. quarter of 2015 (Q1, 15), on shares traded by QNBFS in this ter, compared to 10.76 percent (QR4.15bn) of the trading value in the corresponding period in 2014. UFIG accounts for market cumulative basis. Through a quarter stood at QR11bn. (QR8.94bn) of the total traded the first quarter against 7.46 percent The market share of Al Ahli share of 40 percent and seeks to total of 348,106 transactions, the According to QE’s trading activ- value during the same period in (QR6.20bn) during the correspond- Brokerage rose to 1.60 percent penetrate the Saudi market in combined value of total shares ity data for the month of March 2014. Its share during the March ing period in 2013. Islamic Securities’ in the first quarter of this year, addition to enhancing its pres- traded by the brokerage com- 2015, the Group Securities accounts accounted for nine percent of the share stood at 4.14 percent from 1.29 percent recorded in Q1, ence in UAE through increas- pany hit QR19bn in March, 2015. for 42.84 percent of the total trans- total traded value compared to (QR3.36bn) during the period. The 2014. Al Rayan Financial Brokers’ ing the number of branches; the The market share of the Group actions on the bourse, with a share 9.13 percent a year ago. brokerage firm’s April 2015 share of market share stood at 0.53 per- news portal quoted UFIG CEO Securities jumped to 44.88 percent of 29.56 percent of the total traded Qatar Securities’ share was the total traded value accounted for cent, up from 0.44 percent. Abdul Aziz Albaloul as saying. of the total traded stocks in April, value during the month. However, 8.85 percent (QR5.60bn) against 5.62 percent with QR940m. 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Ford Mondeo in Morocco Return of crude/dollar trade creates oil market dilemma

WASHINGTON: A once-pop- have since the European finan- Salem Abraham, who runs the ular pair trade pitting the US cial crisis. $275m Abraham Trading Co com- dollar against oil prices has re- About two weeks ago, Morgan modities fund and owns oil acre- emerged in recent weeks, inject- Stanley analysts said an age in Texas, said he wants to be ing a new wildcard into the “uncanny” relationship has devel- bullish on crude but is wary that market just as the Organisation oped between the dollar index and the dollar could spike. of the Petroleum Exporting benchmark Brent crude oil. The If the dollar continues to rise, Countries (Opec) prepares to inverse correlation between the “then my bet will long dollar/short meet. dollar and Brent is at its highest crude, regardless my emotions,” Through the second half of in three years. he said last week. Last year, his 2014, oil slid while the dollar rose, On Friday, crude prices fell fund gained 21 percent on a long- though market watchers viewed two percent the day before the dollar/short-oil bias, but it has this inverse correlation as a coin- US Memorial Day weekend. This since closed most of its oil posi- cidence. Oil’s rout was fuelled by summer should see heavy gaso- tions. He now wants to see what a swelling global glut, the dollar’s line demand as the American the dollar does. rise driven by European monetary Automobile Association expects Still, many traders expect the easing and expectations of higher a 10-year high in US road travel. greenback to power higher on the US interest rates. Still, oil prices slid that day. The view that the Fed will hike U.S. In recent weeks, however, oil main factor: a one percent leap in interest rates and the economy market analysts and traders the dollar index. will keep strengthening - poten- said it looked as though foreign The dollar could strengthen tially putting new pressure on oil exchange markets were jerking oil more if the Federal Reserve raises prices, and therefore on OPEC’s Kalyana Sivagnanam, Director of Ford for Mena with a “Ford Mondeo” during a press conference by the US prices around. Oil market players interest rates later this year as decision not to cut production in car giant in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, yesterday. are now paying closer attention expected. That would further an oversupplied global market. to currency markets than they pressure oil prices. REUTERS

WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Qatari bourse index gains 9.64 points Saudi’s Ma’aden surges to record

DOHA: Qatar Exchange index capacity target this year. gained 9.64 points, or 0.08 per- Dairy firm Almarai rose 1.4 cent, when trading closed at percent after its board approved a 12,409.13 points yesterday com- capital investment plan for 2016- pared to 12,399.49 on Monday. 2020 which will reach SR21bn The market capitalisa- ($5.6bn). Dr R Seetharaman with Singapore delegation and other officials during the business forum. tion increased to QR658.77bn The firm said it wanted to from QR658.52bn registered on double consolidated sales in the Monday. period and expand its activities in Doha Bank, SBF and IES hold business forum The traded value increased farming, manufacturing, distribu- to QR535.46m with a volume tion and logistics. of 13,853,332 shares from 6,190 Foodmaker Savola Group, DOHA: Doha Bank, in col- understanding of the overall mar- in recent years, which reflects the cooperation between Qatar and transactions compared with which has a 36.5 percent stake in laboration with the Singapore ket dynamics and opportunities, strengthening trade and invest- Singapore which will eventually QR483.06m with a volume of Almarai, rose 0.9 percent. Business Federation (SBF) increase profile of Singapore busi- ment relations between our two enable Singaporean companies to 13,803,447 shares from 5,456 Other Gulf markets were and International Enterprise nesses operating here and estab- nations. With Qatar now seeking play a greater role in Qatar’s devel- transactions on Monday. trendless and barely moved Singapore (IES), hosted a busi- lish useful business and official to further diversify its economy and opment story,” he added. Real estate index was the top yesterday. Dubai’s index edged ness forum at its headquar- contacts through its network develop a strong private sector, the The Singapore Business gainer today, up 1.55 percent to down 0.2 percent as most ters in West Bay to promote of associations and chambers, Government of Qatar has relaxed Federation has an existing MoU 3,008.38 points while telecom stocks declined in low-volume trade and investment relations investment promotion agencies business regulations in the country with the Qatar Chamber (QC). index fell the most by 0.98 percent trading. between Qatar and Singapore and professional services. in addition to offering a number The SBF delegation visiting to 1,254.08 points. But retail and restaurant start- and encourage stronger bilat- Qatari and Singaporean com- of incentives to foreign investors.” Qatar comprises business leaders The Total Return Index gained up Marka surged 5.7 percent eral cooperation across key eco- panies from several different “Singapore is well-positioned to and senior representatives from 0.08 percent. Al Rayan Islamic after a company executive said nomic sectors. industries, including oil and gas, take advantage of the attractive diverse industries including bank- Index gained 0.11 percent and All it expected to turn profitable in The forum was organised in real estate, building materials, economic opportunities offered by ing and financial services, com- Share Index gained 0.12 percent. 2016, even though the firm had conjunction with a visit from an education and finance, partici- the State of Qatar, particularly now modities trading, consultancy, Meanwhile, shares in Saudi earlier targeted profitability in SBF business delegation. The pated in the business forum. that the GCC-Singapore Free Trade digital media, education, energy, Arabian Mining Co (Ma’aden) the fourth quarter of 2015. delegation is in Doha for the Addressing the forum, Doha Agreement (GSFTA) has come into hospitality, automotive, informa- helped lift the Riyadh bourse yes- Marka also announced the first leg of a 6-day visit to Qatar Bank CEO Dr R Seetharaman force, and we expect this latest tion and communications technol- terday as they surged to a record completion of its first interna- and the UAE aimed at enabling said: “This is the fourth time an visit by the SBF delegation to open ogy, manufacturing and real estate. high, while other Gulf markets tional investment: a 65 percent participants to gain first-hand SBF delegation is visiting Qatar new doors of bilateral economic THE PENINSULA barely moved and profit-taking acquisition in Icons, a foot- continued in Egypt. ball memorabilia company, for Saudi Arabia’s index rose 0.8 Dh15.3m ($4.2m). percent and Ma’aden gained 6.4 Abu Dhabi’s bourse slipped percent to SR47.90, becoming 0.2 percent but Abu Dhabi Egypt extends gas the most heavily traded stock Commercial Bank climbed 0.6 and breaking through technical percent. MSCI increased the Marka delays profitability to 2016 exploration tender resistance at SR46.30, where it stock’s weighting in its emerging had peaked in March and April. markets index in its latest review, DUBAI: Dubai’s Marka, a five to six acquisitions this year, a 65 percent stake in Icons, a foot- Al Rajhi Capital this week which will take effect at the end retail start-up that listed on as well as buy up to 12 franchises ball memorabilia company, for by two months raised Ma’aden’s target price to of this month. the emirate’s bourse last year, and invest in start-ups, Chief Dh15.3m ($4.2m). SR52 from SR41, citing its grow- Another stock upgraded by expects to become profitable in Executive Nick Peel told report- It agreed to buy sporting goods CAIRO: Egypt has extended its ing output and an improving busi- MSCI, Ezdan Holding, rose 1.5 2016, it said yesterday, instead ers in Dubai. firm Retailcorp from Istithmar tender for natural gas explora- ness outlook. Ma’aden said this percent and was the main support of later this year as it consoli- It is looking at investments World for Dh220m in December. tion in the Mediterranean Sea month that its massive smelter for Qatar’s index , which inched dates new acquisitions and buys worth Dh250m($68m) each, to be It has also bought stakes in food by two months with the addi- run jointly with US group Alcoa, up 0.1 percent. Ezdan will join the more businesses. funded by the company’s capital chains, including in the popu- tion of four new blocks, the state which had experienced several emerging markets benchmark for The company, which focuses on and bank financing at an average lar Arabic restaurant Reem Al gas board said yesterday, as the technical glitches on start-up, the first time. the sports, hospitality and food 30-70 percent split, officials said. Bawadi. country seeks to boost domestic would produce above its initial AGENCIES and beverage sectors, will make Yesterday, it said it had bought REUTERS energy production. The bidding period now runs to July 30 and will include 12 offshore concessions instead of eight, the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) said in an advertisement published in DAE to sell StandardAero to Veritas Capital fund state-run Al Ahram newspaper. Egypt is going through its worst DUBAI: Leasing firm Dubai the value for the deal but said it footprint from Dubai. Capital Fund V, the statement during the global credit crunch energy crisis in decades, with Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) will use the proceeds from the Scottsdale, Arizona-based said. DAE was exploring the sale of and Dubai’s debt crisis. increasing consumption and declin- has agreed to sell StandardAero, sale to expand the rest of its oper- StandardAero provides engine StandardAero and sources said the It had previously attempted to ing production. The country has tried an engine maintenance, repair ations, including to “aggressively maintenance, repair and over- deal would be valued at over $1.8bn. sell StandardAero without suc- to tackle energy shortages by raising and overhaul (MRO) company, acquire” more aircraft to expand haul, and nose-to-tail services DAE acquired the firm in 2007, cess. It was in talks with London- energy prices, building new power to an affiliate of private equity it leasing business. that include airframe and inte- soon after it was set up with the headquartered BBA Aviation over plants, importing liquefied natural firm Veritas Capital, it said in a With a current net book value rior refurbishment, and paint for ambition to become one of the a merger reported by media at the gas (LNG) and encouraging more statement on Tuesday. of $3.7bn, DAE said it will refocus commercial and military aircraft. world’s largest aircraft lessor but time to be worth £2.7bn. domestic oil and gas production. Dubai’s DAE did not disclose its efforts in building an aerospace The firm will be sold to Veritas was forced to cancel plane orders REUTERS REUTERS Hill+Knowlton and Buchanan join Egypt picks banks for first forces to launch H+K Financial international DOHA: Hill+Knowlton Sconaid McGeachin (pic- bond issue Strategies (H+K), the Middle tured), CEO of Hill+Knowlton East and Africa region’s (MEA) Strategies in the MEA region, DUBAI: Egypt has chosen longest established international said: “We have been partners banks to handle its return to communications consultancy, with Buchanan on a number the international bond market and Buchanan, one of the world’s of client assignments and have after a gap of five years, under- leading financial communica- established a strong working lining a return of economic and tions consultancies, have joined relationship. It makes sense political stability in the country forces to launch H+K Financial, to formalize an agreement after its Arab Spring uprising a specialist financial commu- to establish the pre-eminent of 2011. nications division dedicated to financial communications Investor meetings to discuss a MEA. firm in the region to tap into US dollar sovereign bond issue H+K Financial addresses the the growing need for special- will be held in the United Arab growing demand for world class ist advisory and investor rela- Emirates, London and the United financial communications and tions services. States between Thursday and investor relations services in MEA. “This is a win-win for cli- June 3, a document from lead Buchanan’s specialist advisors ents as they benefit from arranging banks showed on have teamed up with H+K’s MEA combining the strength of the Tuesday. investor relations certified prac- region’s longest-established The document did not specify titioners to provide full corporate and financial international communications consultancy with the size or maturity of the bond, communications services, providing advisory one of the City of London’s most respected finan- but the finance ministry had pre- services on transactions including Initial Public cial communications firms.” viously said it intended to issue Offerings (IPOs), fund raises, mergers and acqui- Bobby Morse, Buchanan’s Senior Partner, $1.5bn of Eurobonds. sitions and corporate restructurings. said:“This is an exciting time for capital markets BNP Paribas, Citigroup, JP In addition, the offer includes bespoke inves- across the MEA region with developments such Morgan, Morgan Stanley and tor relations services from shareholder register as the opening of the Tadawul, the Saudi Stock Natixis will arrange the investor analysis and investor access, through to annual Exchange, to qualified foreign investors, and the meeetings for Egypt, which is report, corporate governance and financial trans- emergence of successful family owned conglom- rated B3/B-/B by the main inter- parency communications. These services, along erates seeking a better profile on international national credit rating agencies. with the core corporate and reputation manage- capital markets. Economic growth has begun to ment services, are now provided in all of the main “With the positive regulatory changes in MEA pick up and shaky state finances hubs throughout the H+K MEA network to cur- markets, and the increasing demand from the to strengthen since President rent and prospective clients. global investment community to invest in quality Abdel Fattah Al Sisi took office H+K Financial will work with H+K’s global growth opportunities, this partnership with H+K last year, overseeing the instal- network of 87 offices to deliver a truly global provides not only a comprehensive network, but lation of a technocratic cabinet financial communications offering. With direct also a heritage of excellence built over 30 years that is starting to reform the access through WPP, H+K and Buchanan’s par- throughout the region to deliver best in class cor- economy, and forging an alliance ent company, H+K Financial also offers clients porate reputation, investor relations and financial with rich Gulf states to obtain aid broader services including advertising, branding communications to MEA companies.” and investment. and media buying. THE PENINSULA REUTERS WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Charter offers to buy Time Warner for $56bn Combination must benefit customers, says FCC

NEW YORK: Charter Charter, 26-percent owned by offer, suggesting concerns on Wall Communications Inc, the No. Liberty Broadband Corp, offered Street about regulatory hurdles. 3 cable TV operator, offered to about $195.71 in cash and stock Charter up 2.3 percent at $179.49. buy No. 2 Time Warner Cable for each Time Warner Cable Charter’s current bid is much Inc for $56bn yesterday but share, based on Charter’s closing higher than its first offer of $37 immediately ran into questions price on May 20. billion, which Time Warner Cable about whether regulators would Including debt, the deal values rejected last year. The on-again agree to the combined com- Time Warner Cable at $78.7 bil- deal marks a contrast to their pany, which would control a big lion, making it the sixth largest acrimonious exchanges in 2013 swath of the cable and Internet US deal on record, according to and early 2014 that led Time markets. Thomson Reuters data. Warner Cable to find a white The union of the two companies The offer, the latest in a rapidly knight in Comcast. would compete against cable mar- consolidating US cable industry Growth has slowed at pay-TV ket leader Comcast, confront the facing competition from satellite companies in recent years as con- increased popularity of stream- TV and Web-based services from sumers watch shows and movies ing services, and mark a huge step Amazon.com Inc, Netflix among over the Internet through serv- toward industry consolidation, others, could bring new outcries ices provided by companies such long advocated by cable pioneer from critics who helped keep as Netflix Inc and Hulu. Among John Malone, Charter’s biggest Comcast from acquiring TWC in other strategies, cable companies shareholder. a year-long saga. A key area of are beefing up their higher-mar- The merger partners, which regulatory concern would be com- gin Internet businesses through promised better access to broad- petition in broadband Internet. consolidation and partnerships. band Internet for consumers, A merger of Charter and Time In the video market, New A view of the Time Warner Cable headquarters in Columbus Circle in New York City yesterday. faster speeds and more public Warner Cable along with other Charter would be third with WiFi networks, nonetheless could deals would create a company 17.3 million customers behind aiming to become the king of con- in the lucrative data service a new offer for TWC, two sources face regulatory obstacles that that controls more than 20 per- Comcast and a proposed DirecTV solidation in the same industry. market. said. Comcast walked away last helped sink Comcast Corp’s ear- cent of the US broadband mar- AT&T combination, according to As part of the complicated A larger company could also month from a deal to buy Time lier bid for Time Warner Cable. ket, according to research firm a Charter presentation. deal, Charter also wins control have the heft to roll out video Warner Cable for $45 billion, cit- The Federal Communications MoffettNathanson. Time Warner Cable Chief of Bright House Networks from streaming services in a poten- ing regulatory concerns. Commission was unusually quick The merged company would Executive Officer Rob Marcus Advance Newhouse, amending a tial battle with Netflix and Comcast and Time Warner to comment, saying early yester- still be smaller than Comcast, said he was confident the deal March $10.4bn deal. That would others. Cable had announced the deal day it would closely review the which serves about one-third of would get done. “This is a very help Charter expand in Florida, a Charter has debt commit- in February 2014, valuing TWC deal’s merits. The agency deter- US broadband users, said analyst different transaction” from the market where Bright House has ments in place of just over $31bn at about $158 a share. The pro- mines whether mergers are in the Craig Moffett in a note to cli- Comcast-TWC deal, he said on a a strong presence. to finance its merger with Time posed union immediately ran into public interest. ents. He added that “one has to conference call. A combined Charter-TWC Warner Cable and the acquisi- regulatory obstacles despite lit- “The Commission will look to be sober about genuine risks that Malone, a 74-year-old billion- would serve large clusters of tion of Bright House Networks, tle geographic overlap. Industry see how American consumers this deal could still be rejected.” aire dubbed the “King of Cable” subscribers in New York, Texas according to Reuters’ IFR unit. executives warned it threatened would benefit if the deal were Time Warner Cable’s shares after building a small Denver and California. Charter would Left out was French telecom- to limit the choices of broadband to be approved,” FCC Chairman jumped 6.7 percent to $182.63 cable company into the nation’s have the size to undercut tel- munications group Altice SA , providers. Tom Wheeler said in a statement. yesterday, well below Charter’s largest system in the 1980s, is now ecommunications companies which does not intend to submit REUTERS

Gulf Air, S7 Shake-up in Samsung assets to cement heir’s grip Airlines in SEOUL: Samsung Group’s de beyond the offer price to about Pension Service and Samsung Life Heavy Industries scrapped a shareholder approval isn’t a fore- facto holding company yester- 10 trillion won. Insurance. $2.5bn takeover of Samsung gone conclusion. “Some share- Special Prorate day sought another corner- The move combines what ana- “There will be a solidification Engineering due to shareholder holders that believe that Samsung stone as it reconstructs South lysts consider two key companies of the ownership structure with opposition. C&T prices are undervalued... Korea’s biggest conglomerate in the sprawling family-control- Jay Y. clearly being the largest Under the agreed deal, Cheil could oppose the deal,” said Baek Agreement to smooth the path for manage- led conglomerate. It would also shareholder,” a person famil- is offering 0.35 new Cheil shares, Kwang-jae, a construction analyst ment succession, offering more cement the position of heir-appar- iar with Samsung strategy told issued at a fixed price, for each at Kyobo Securities. “However, if MANAMA: Bahrain’s national than $8bn to buy an affiliate ent and Samsung Electronics Reuters. The person said that Samsung C&T share in a deal the share prices continue to rise carrier Gulf Air has entered into with a key stake in flagship firm vice chairman Jay Y Lee, likely the merger is consistent with that values the target at 8.9 tril- sharply, shareholders may agree a Special Prorate Agreement Samsung Electronics. to remain top shareholder of the changes over the past 12 months lion won. The combined entity, on the merger.” (SPA) with Russian carrier S7 Cheil Industries Inc, with merged entity, as Samsung pre- as Samsung seeks to a smooth to retain the name Samsung If the deal, due to close by Airlines enabling Gulf Air pas- interests from construction to pares for the eventual transfer of transfer of control from the sen- C&T, will also become the big- September, goes through, other sengers to take flights beyond fashion, is offering new stock control from ailing patriarch Lee ior Lee, hospitalised since a heart gest shareholder of Samsung’s issues Samsung still has to Moscow to and from any S7 priced at about 8.9 trillion Kun-hee to his children. attack last year. biopharmaceutical business, resolve include inheritance tax if Airlines domestic destination. won ($8.11bn) to buy build- Samsung C&T’s 4.06 percent The latest move still needs putting under Jay Y Lee’s con- Lee Kun-hee multi-billion dollar According to the new SPA agree- ing firm Samsung C&T Corp. stake in Samsung Electronics, to be approved by sharehold- trol what has been flagged as a stakes in Samsung Electronics — ment Gulf Air’s fares for flights to After recent market jitters on worth nearly $8bn at current ers and isn’t likely to be the prospective new growth driver 3.38 percent — or Samsung Life and from Moscow are now com- Samsung’s overhaul, shares in market prices, makes it the third- last in the group’s revamp, for the group. Insurance — 20.76 percent — are bined with special, more competi- both rose nearly 15 percent — largest investor in the tech giant which has not been without Amid Tuesday’s share price passed on to his heirs. tive fares for S7 flights to and from taking Samsung C&T’s value after South Korea’s National hitches. In November, Samsung surge, some in Seoul said REUTERS the Russian cities of St Petersburg, Kazan, Samara, Volgograd, Rostov, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm, Ufa, Sochi and Voronezh. South Africa growth slumps With a combined fare that is more attractive than those Marriott Marquis Doha purchased separately, this SPA agreement allows passengers to purchase only one ticket, at a more competitive fare, for their wins seven awards entire journey Travellers can now benefit from DOHA: It has been an award-win- Doha Award Ceremony, the hotel a special settlement for transfer ning week for the 5-Star Marriott won three: New York Steakhouse passengers arriving in Moscow and Marquis City Center Doha - Best Steakhouse, Ipanema will be able to continue their trip Hotel. Following on from win- - Best Latin American, and within Russia with S7 flights while ning Marriott’s ‘Best Full Service Champions - Best Bar Food. The Russian passengers have the oppor- Hotel of the Year’, the Marriott hotel won another five Tripadvisor tunity to travel from to Bahrain Marquis won seven more prestig- ‘Certificates of Excellence’ for and to other destinations within ious awards at the FACT and Time Crossroads Kitchen, Glo Cocktail Gulf Air’s broad route network. Out Doha awards ceremonies. Bar, Ipanema the Brazilian “Gulf Air launched direct The hotel has just received Churrascaria, Cucina the Italian flights from Bahrain to Moscow five ‘Certificates of Excellence’ Kitchen and New York Steakhouse in October 2014. Today, with a for 2015 from the renowned within that same week. new agreement with S7 Airlines, ‘TripAdvisor’ online travel portal. Shane Downey, Director of we are glad to provide not only The Marriott Marquis’s res- Food & Beverage at the hotel Moscow citizens but also travel- taurants won the following acco- said: “We are extremely proud lers from Russian regions with lades at the Fact Dining Awards: to receive these awards as they a unique opportunity to explore Ipanema - Best Latin American recognize the amazing achieve- the Kingdom of Bahrain as well as Restaurant, Crossroads Kitchen ments of our hardworking hosts experience our excellent connec- - Best International Restaurant, in terms of offering exceptional tivity to the Middle East, Indian Quick Bites - Best Café, and food and beverage, and delivering Subcontinent and Asia. Bahrain Champions - Favourite Bar. thoughtful service.” citizens and Gulf countries can Two days later, at the Time Out THE PENINSULA explore Russian regions and find People walk in Johannesburg inner city. South Africa’s gross domestic product slowed to a disappointing 1.3 out more about the country’s his- percent in the first months of 2015, official data showed yesterday. tory and culture”, said Gulf Air’s Chief Executive Officer Maher Salman Al Musallam. “We are confident that the Decision on Aer Lingus sales imminent, says Irish govt agreement between Gulf Air and S7 will be beneficial for both parties. We believe that this cooperation DUBLIN: The Irish govern- in January but is conditional on since this was first discussed. We many parts of the world.” Aer Lingus shares closed one will lead to the growth of passenger ment expects to make a decision the support of its two main share- have not finished our delibera- In February the government percent higher at ¤2.39 yester- traffic for both airlines and con- later yesterday on the potential holders, rival Ryanair and the tions but I would expect to con- presented IAG with a list of new day, below the IAG offer price of tribute to the development of busi- sale of its 25 percent stake in Irish state. clude them this evening,” Irish demands it said must be met ¤2.55. ness and cultural relations between Aer Lingus to IAG, the owner Cabinet ministers began to Prime Minister Enda Kenny told before it would consider the sale, Government approval would Russia and Bahrain”, remarked Mr. of British Airways and Iberia discuss the offer earlier yester- parliament. in areas including possible job clear the way for IAG to make a Al Musallam. which offered to buy the Irish day after receiving a report by an “It’s an important decision cuts, transatlantic services and a formal bid although Ryanair still Gulf Air operates three weekly carrier in January. advisory group and will reconvene for Ireland as an island nation. longer guarantee on maintaining has to declare its hand, declining flights between Bahrain and International Consolidated at 1715 GMT. We need greater connectivity to connections between Irish air- to comment again on Tuesday on Moscow with an Airbus A320-ER Airlines Group’s (IAG) proposed “The (transport) minister keep up both our business and ports and London’s Heathrow air- whether it would accept an offer that features 14 Falcon Gold flatbed ¤1.36bn bid for Aer Lingus was briefed the cabinet on a number of the huge numbers of people who port, BA’s hub where Aer Lingus by IAG for its 30 percent stake. seats and 96 economy class seats. backed by the Irish airline’s board changes that have been presented will come to this country from holds valuable runway slots. REUTERS THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Malaysia Airlines to slash jobs Top economy Dollar rallies adviser sees scope for rate on strong data, cut in India NEW DELHI: India’s central bank has room to cut inter- est rates further with infla- Europe woes tion expected to remain under control in coming months, the country’s top economy adviser said yesterday. Stocks, commodities fall Arvind Subramanian said India’s adequate food stocks would NEW YORK: The US dol- FTSEurofirst 300 index and help contain inflation even if the lar rallied yesterday after a the euro zone’s blue-chip Euro upcoming monsoon rains, which string of healthy economic data STOXX 50 index both were down are vital for crops throughout the boosted near-term rate hike near 0.7 percent. country, are weak. prospects, while Greece’s finan- However, a senior German “The inflation forecast is lower cial crisis and signs of growing official who spoke on condition than the RBI target so it has opposition to austerity in Spain of anonymity said on Tuesday implications for interest rates,” weighed further on the euro. there were some “encouraging” Subramanian said at a press con- Stocks and commodities took signs from talks with Greece and ference to mark Prime Minister a knock as the greenback pushed doubted it would default on the Narendra Modi government’s first higher, boosted by a solid increase June 5 IMF payment. year in power. in a gauge of US business invest- The dollar’s move to a one- “It is possible to contain (infla- ment spending in April. month high against its currency tion) going forward even if the Other reports showed US con- basket extended a rally triggered monsoon is not going to be as sumer confidence improved this by Friday’s robust inflation data Malaysia Airlines planes at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. The air- good,” he said, adding that there month and house prices extended and comments from Fed Chair lines, still reeling from the loss of missing flight MH370 and the shot down flight MH17 both in 2014, is were signs the economy “is pick- gains in March, which should Janet Yellen that she expected the planning to retrench some 6,000 employees, about a third of its workforce, to stem recurring losses. ing up”. boost household equity, support economy to strengthen. Against The Reserve Bank of India consumer spending, and allow the the yen, the dollar topped 123 yen (RBI) is tipped to cut rates Federal Reserve to move ahead to a high of 123.32 yen, a level last at its next meeting on June 2, in its plan to raise interest rates seen in July 2007. with retail inflation cooling to a later this year. “I think this has turned around British corporation tax take from four-month low in April of 4.87 Markets in the United States and the dollar is back on a bullish percent. as well as London and Frankfurt trend,” said Ian Stannard, head The RBI has already cut rates returned to action after a long of European FX strategy with twice this year in an attempt to holiday weekend, with the mood Morgan Stanley in London refer- banks slumps despite profit rebound encourage lending to businesses in Europe unsettled as voters in ring to the data. and boost economic growth to Spain punished the ruling Popular “The adjustment has now been LONDON: Britain’s banks have analysis,” said Geoff Meeks, a UK-originating profits to other help create jobs for millions of Party after years of austerity poli- completed and the dollar can now in recent years paid a third of co-author of the study and pro- jurisdictions, a rise in profits young people. cies. Greece, which has warned it react to any positive news. Dollar the corporation tax they were fessor of financial accounting at made overseas or more generous But it kept rates on hold at the may miss a June 5 debt repayment yen breaking through the top of paying less than a decade ago Cambridge Judge. UK tax exemptions. last meeting, citing inflation con- to the International Monetary the range is an important event.” despite a rebound in profits, a The profitability of major Britain introduced a bank levy cerns and the failure of banks to Fund, also concerned markets. Short-dated US Treasury yields study showed yesterday. UK banks recovered to levels in 2010 to ensure banks paid a pass on the cuts to customers. Stocks opened lower on Wall hit two-week highs on continued The study comes as HSBC seen before the financial cri- “fair contribution” to society after RBI Governor Raghuram Street weighed by the stronger dol- expectations that the Fed would and Standard Chartered assess sis, but Meeks said there was a the 2007/09 financial crisis. HSBC Rajan has made controlling infla- lar, which gained as much as 1.38 hike rates this year, before flatten- whether to move their headquar- “paucity” of disclosure on how is expected to pay $1.5bn under tion a priority, setting a target of percent against a basket of major ing out on the day on the view that ters to Asia, partly due to pres- banks pay tax between national the levy this year, up from $900m bringing it consistently below six currencies, pushing for its largest the Fed will not move too sharply. sure from shareholders after a jurisdictions. in 2013. percent by January next year. daily move in almost two years. “People just don’t think the rise in a UK bank tax. Four of the big UK banks paid The bank, Europe’s biggest, Rising food prices are a critical “It isn’t normal to see such strength in the economy is there But UK corporation tax more in global tax between 2010 is assessing its best domicile on issue in India where even minor large moves in currencies,” said to sell off hard, the Fed’s going receipts from banks fell to and 2012 than between 2005 and a number of factors, including increases cause hardship for tens Adam Sarhan, chief executive to have to be extremely slow and £1.3bn ($2bn) in 2011/12 and 2007, but only 11 percent — or taxation. It paid $7.9bn in total of millions of poor. of Sarhan Capital in New York. gradual,” said Justin Hoogendoorn, £2.3bn in 2012-13 from £7bn in £1.4bn — was paid in Britain in taxes last year, including $2.4bn “Such moves heighten volatility fixed income strategist at BMO 2005/06, according to a study 2010/12, compared to 30 percent in Britain and $1.3 billion in Hong Tata Motors in the (equities) market.” Capital Markets in Chicago. from Cambridge Judge Business in the earlier period, according to Kong. The Dow Jones industrial Two-year Treasury notes were School. That left banks paying the study, published in the journal But that included only $69m average fell 202.33 points, or 1.11 last flat in price to yield 0.626 just 4 percent of total UK cor- Fiscal Studies. in UK corporation tax, because profits dive percent, to 18,029.69, the S&P percent. Benchmark 10-year poration tax receipts in 2011/12 Meeks said a rise in tax- it allocates much of its glo- 500 lost 22.07 points, or 1.04 per- Treasury notes were last up 20/32 from 20 percent six years earlier. deductible impairments due bal costs to its UK operations, 56 percent cent, to 2,103.99 and the Nasdaq in price to yield 2.16 percent, from “The exact reasons are difficult largely to bad loans contributed meaning it can book more profit Composite dropped 64.44 points, a yield of 2.229 percent late on to pinpoint due to incomplete and to the fall in corporation tax pay- in lower tax countries such as MUMBAI: India’s largest car- or 1.27 percent, to 5,024.93. Friday. patchy disclosure requirements on ments, but the drop could also Hong Kong. maker Tata Motors reported a The pan-European REUTERS banks, which we believe obstruct reflect banks reclassifying some REUTERS 56 percent slump in quarterly net profit yesterday due to weak earnings from its luxury British unit and sluggish domestic sales. Consolidated net profit for the fourth quarter which ended March 31 slumped to Rs17.17bn UK regulator fines ‘death bonds’ boss $116m ($268.28m) from Rs39.18bn dur- ing the same period a year earlier, LONDON: The boss of a firm into Keydata. Death bonds are respectively to Mark Owen, former It said the three were aware it We do not believe he has any the Mumbai-based company said. which sold so-called “death second-hand life insurance policies sales director, and Peter Johnson, was highly likely the products did grounds to bring an action.” It came in below the expecta- bonds” was hit with a £75m whose value depends in part on the former compliance officer. It said not comply with ISA regulations The decisions are pending an tions of 24 analysts surveyed by ($116m) fine yesterday by death of the original insurance hold- the individuals would be banned and the products were promoted appeal by the three to the Upper Bloomberg who had predicted a Britain’s financial regulator, ers, often wealthy former profes- from roles in the regulated finan- in a misleading way, while the due Tribunal, an independent judicial Rs40.6bn profit for the auto giant, the biggest penalty it has ever sionals living in the United States. cial services market. Neither could diligence on them was inadequate. body. “I welcome the fact that part of India’s massive tea-to-steel handed to an individual. Partly because of the longevity be reached for comment. In an e-mail, Ford said the FSA this matter is at last going to be conglomerate the Tata Group. The Financial Conduct Authority of the rich, actual returns often The FCA said Ford, Owen and “knowingly exceeded its statutory properly considered by the High Tata Motors’ consolidated net profit (FCA) said it would impose the fell far short of those promised Johnson failed to act with integ- authority in order to bring down Court and by the Upper Tribunal for the financial year also declined, fine on Stewart Ford, former chief by sales staff to often elderly rity and misled the FSA on a Keydata as a blatant attempt to who will be able to finally see the falling to Rs139.86bn ($2.19bn) from executive of Keydata Investment investors. number of occasions in relation to prove it could be effective after truth,” said Ford. Rs139.91bn for 2013-14. Services. In response, Ford said Keydata was shut by the the performance of the products. its disastrous handling of bank The regulator said Ford and A 33 percent decline in profit at he would file a claim against the Financial Services Authority The regulator said the prod- regulation in the lead-up to the his family had received £72.4m Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), which FCA and accountancy firm PwC, (FSA), the FCA’s predecessor, ucts were sold to customers as if 2008/9 financial crisis”. in fees and commissions follow- Tata Motors bought for $2.3bn Keydata’s administrator, seeking in 2009 and many investors lost they were eligible for inclusion in The FCA declined comment. ing the sale of the products and from Ford in 2008, contributed damages in the order of £650m. much of their life savings. Britain’s tax-free individual sav- PwC said: “We have had no con- Owen received commissions to the slide, the company said in a Some 30,000 people, mainly pen- The FCA also handed fines ings accounts (ISAs), but this was tact from Mr Ford, so are unable worth £2.5m. statement to the stock exchange. sioners, ploughed more than £450m of £4m and 200,000 pounds not the case. to comment on his alleged claims. REUTERS AGENCIES

Mexico taxi strike Danish govt pledges billions in spending

COPENHAGEN: Danish crowns in extra spending up until programmes including for kinder- Prime Minister Helle Thorning- 2020 for healthcare, the elderly, gartens, while it sharpened its Schmidt yesterday promised children’s day care, the environ- language on immigration, propos- a spending package worth ment and police, but shrugged off ing to cut benefits for immigrants the equivalent of $5.7bn and questions on the election. who find no work after a month. declared the economic crisis “The election comes when it Adding to the positive eco- over, fuelling speculation she is comes. But this is a plan that nomic news issued yesterday was about to call a national election. goes into the next election term, a report by veteran economic The government also increased and that is our message: we have advisers, which applauded the its 2015 growth forecast. The bull- a plan for the coming years,” she government’s policies and pre- ish announcements came just six said. dicted growth of 1.9 percent this months year after Denmark had On Friday, sources close to the year and 2.3 percent next year. to halve its 2014 growth outlook premier said Thorning-Schmidt The government’s own report as its export-driven economy fal- would probably announce an elec- lifted the 2015 growth forecast tered on stagnation elsewhere in tion this week. also to 1.9 percent from a previ- Europe. The economy ministry raised ously-held 1.4 percent and to 2.0 “Today we can say very clearly its growth forecasts in a report percent next year. The economy that Denmark is out of the crisis,” issued unexpectedly two days grew 1.1 percent in 2014. Thorning-Schmidt told report- early, adding weight to rumours “The main driver is growth ers, citing lower unemployment, of an election. The premier in our export markets as all consistent economic growth in decides the timing of the election EU-countries besides Cyprus recent quarters and consumer although one must be carried out expect growth,” Economy Minister confidence at the highest level in by September 14. Morten Ostergaard told his sec- years. Polls show the coalition of par- ond news conference that day. “We are through the most ties behind Thorning-Schmidt are He said a weaker euro, lower A local taxi driver paints ‘Uber out’ on the back windshield of his car during a protest in Mexico City, difficult years and Denmark is 7-8 percentage points behind the oil prices, low interest rates and yesterday. Uber said customers in Mexico City could use its service for free as local taxi drivers staged now again on a secure path,” she bloc of opposition parties. better competitiveness have all citywide protests against possible regulation of ride-hailing services such as the company’s and Cabify. added. The government in recent helped the economy. She announced 39bn Danish weeks announced other spending REUTERS WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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Gardner, Yankees rough Curry suffers injury scare up Guthrie, Royals 14-1

NEW YORK: Brett Gardner (pictured) got a little silly after as Rockets avoid sweep hitting the Yankees’ third homer of the first inning, enthusiasti- cally high-fiving his team-mates as if he were trying to slap away James Harden scores 45 points to lead Houston past Golden State the memory of a lost weekend of baseball. HOUSTON: A play-off career- A few big hits did the job just high 45 points by James Harden fine. sparked the Houston Rockets to Gardner and Brian McCann a 128-115 must-win victory on each hit a three-run homer and Monday night over the Golden Chase Headley also connected State Warriors, denying the during an eight-run first, and Warriors an easy path to the New York romped past the AL NBA Finals. Central-leading Kansas City The Warriors had a scare and Royals 14-1 on Monday to end a then breathed a sigh of relief after six-game skid. NBA Player of the Year Stephen Stephen Drew added another Curry suffered a bruise to the three-run shot off Jeremy Guthrie back of his head after a bad fall (4-3) before New York made an in the second quarter but then out in the second. returned to the game. “Overall, definitely a much- Houston got their first win needed good feeling,” Gardner in the series, pulling to 3-1 said. in the best-of-seven Western Slade Heathcott hit his first Conference finals and forcing a major league homer in the seventh fifth game Wednesday in Oakland. as the Yankees bounced back from They snapped Golden State’s six- a sweep by Texas. They won for game win streak. just the second time in 12 games, “We’re going to come out with beating the team that began the some great intensity,” Harden day with the best record in the said. “They are a tough team and majors. we know we have to work hard.” “Is this real?” Heathcott said of Curry called his spill the scari- what he was thinking as his ball est fall he has suffered in a game, headed toward the bleachers in although he added he has been right-center. hurt worse and will be ready for Guthrie entered 5-10 with a game five. 4.92 ERA against the Yankees, “I will be fine,” Curry said. “I mostly with feel pretty good. Just not how I Baltimore. And envisioned the game going, dis- this time he was appointed we lost. I came out awful. He faced of that relatively OK and tried 16 batters and to go in there and give my team 13 reached, with something.” 11 scoring. Curry passed mandatory NBA Guthrie, who concussion tests before being James Harden of the Houston Rockets drives to the basket for an uncontested layup in the fourth quarter during Game Four of the Western Conference started Game allowed back into the game mid- Finals at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, on Monday night. RIGHT: Stephen Curry (right) of the Golden State Warriors falls over Trevor Ariza of 7 of the World way into the third quarter. the Houston Rockets on his way to an injury in the second quarter during Game Four of the Western Conference Finals on Monday night. Series last year, “Obviously it’s always scary became only the when a guy hits his neck,” Rockets coach Kevin McHale The Rockets opened a 12-0 lead “It’s a bad feeling. Once the sit- first trip to the NBA Finals since eighth pitcher Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. said. in the first 3:15 and stretched it uation changes completely in the winning the 1975 title, became to give up four “He was up and went back to the The Rockets improved to 4-0 in to 45-22 after the first quarter. air, you see you’ve got no control the first team to lose after mak- homers before getting four outs, locker room. Our doctors cleared playoff games when facing elimi- “The game was won in the over yourself. It could have been ing 20 3-point shots, as the teams according to research going back him and he’s doing fine.” nation, the first team with such first quarter,” Kerr said. “They a lot worse.” combined for a record 37 3-point to 1914 by STATS. While the Rockets prevented a post-season run since the 2006 were more ready than we were. Curry stayed on the court for baskets. The Rockets, who have The right-hander also became a sweep, no team in NBA history Phoenix Suns. We were on our heels. They were several minutes before being not reached the NBA Finals since the third starter to give up at has recovered from a 3-0 deficit “We don’t want to go home,” making shots from everywhere. escorted to the locker room. winning the title in 1995, had lost least 11 runs while recording to win a play-off series. Rockets center Dwight Howard The came out on fire.” “I could hear voices from train- all seven prior games against three outs or less, STATS said. “We’re a really good team when said. “We came out and played as Curry’s severe fall came when ers saying take my time, don’t Golden State in the playoffs and “He didn’t have it,” manager we are moving the ball and work- hard as we could, left it all on the he leaped into the air as Houston’s rush myself getting up,” Curry regular season. Ned Yost said. “They were just ing together,” Harden said. “We’ve floor and when you do that, good Trevor Ariza went up for a shot. said. “I was still a little in shock Howard had 14 points and 12 on everything he threw.” got to do a better job of being things will happen.” Curry soared over Ariza and fell from the feeling of falling. I got rebounds while Josh Smith had 20 Nathan Eovaldi (4-1) pitched consistent.” The West champion will face hard onto the floor, landing on the back to the locker room and gath- points for the Rockets and Ariza with runners on in all but two of Harden made 13-of-22 shots the Eastern Conference cham- back of his head and neck. ered myself and was able to get added 17. his seven-plus innings. Working from the floor, including 7-of-11 pion in the NBA Finals starting “That was the scariest one back out there.” Klay Thompson led Golden on five days’ rest, he allowed eight from 3-point range, and added June 4. Cleveland leads Atlanta because you are in the air for a Curry finished with 23 points, State with 24 points while hits and a run. nine rebounds and five assists. 3-0 in the East with game four long time and you know you’re including six 3-point baskets. Draymond Green added 21 points The Yankees were outscored “He played a hell of a game,” on Tuesday. going to hit the floor,” Curry said. The Warriors, seeking their and 15 rebounds. AFP 30-15 in a demoralizing three- game series against Texas. Their loss Sunday night dropped them to .500 for the first time since they were 7-7. They started afresh in a flash. Gardner led off with a double on Ducks put Blackhawks on brink of exit Guthrie’s second pitch. Headley sent the next offering deep into ANAHEIM: Matt Beleskey heading into the second. Chicago started so poorly that the right-field bleachers. scored the game winner 45 sec- Chicago didn’t record their first almost their entire lineup was in Alex Rodriguez singled and onds into overtime to lift the shot on the Ducks’ net until Toews the negative in the plus-minus Mark Teixeira walked before Anaheim Ducks over Chicago got one with just under four min- stats heading into the middle McCann hit a liner to right that 5-4, putting the Blackhawks on utes left in the first period. frame. Paulo Orlando nearly caught with the brink of elimination from “I think we always show that “You’re playing elite teams that an impressive leap at the wall. the NHL Western Conference we can dig ourselves out of those aren’t going to give up at any After two outs, Didi Gregorius finals. holes,” said Toews. “I think going point,” said Ducks forward Ryan was hit by a pitch and Heathcott Cam Fowler and Ryan Kesler into overtime we were feeling Getzlaf. singled. Gardner then connected scored just 32 seconds apart in that the game was in our hands “We’ve had two overtime games for an 8-0 lead. the first period and Sami Vatanen and we’re going to get that next against them that we’ve lost, and “It was nice because we’ve been and Patrick Maroon also notched break so it’s unfortunate that we in those games we went into over- through some tough losses, we’ve goals for the Ducks, who took a couldn’t take advantage of it.” time trying not to lose. We went been through some ugly losses, 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven play- Fowler scored on a long blast out there and executed what we and to be able to get that type of off series. from the point and Kesler on a wanted to do. We came up with a lead was really nice,” manager Joe Beleskey collected a rebound off deflection as the Ducks scored big play early on.” Girardi said. a Kesler shot and then dropped to twice on their first three shots of Once again Ducks bench boss Drew hit his fifth homer in one knee and punched the puck the game. Bruce Boudreau seemed to get the the second. Guthrie just held the into the back of the net before Brent Seabrook and Teuvo better of his Chicago counterpart new ball out as Yost walked to the tripping over goaltender Corey Teravainen also scored for and former Toronto Maple Leaf mound to lift him. Crawford and crashing into the Chicago, who suffered their first teammate Joel Quenneville in Meanwhile, Danny Duffy was end boards. overtime loss of the playoffs after the coaching department and his placed on the 15-day disabled list, “That’s the biggest goal I’ve winning four in a row. handling of Beleskey highlighted retroactive to May 17, because of ever scored. It’s a great feeling Chicago was coming off a 5-4 that. left biceps tendinitis. AGENCIES any time you do that, especially at double overtime decision against Beleskey started the game home,” said Beleskey. “We’re one the Ducks on Saturday. The on the Ducks’ fourth line but Baseball Results game away from a Stanley Cup Blackhawks won two overtime Boudreau moved him up to the berth. It was a huge goal and it battles in the opening round Kesler line late in the game and NY Yankees 14 Kansas City 1 felt unbelievable.” against Nashville before taking it paid off in the overtime. Colorado 5 Cincinnati 4 His seventh goal of the postsea- game two and four in overtime Beleskey has been in Boudreau’s NY Mets 6 Philadelphia 3 son, in front of a crowd of 17,200 at against Anaheim in the NHL doghouse at times during the reg- Baltimore 4 Houston 3 the Honda Center arena, touched semi-final series. ular season but he always seems off a celebration for the Ducks, Before Monday all of Chicago’s to respond positively after a chal- San Francisco 8 Milwaukee 4 who can wrap up the series with a overtimes had gone to at least a lenge from the coach. Minnesota 7 Boston 2 victory on Wednesday in Chicago. second session. Quenneville on the other hand Washington 2 Chicago Cubs 1 Blackhawks captain Jonathan And the last time Chicago was has struggled with his lineup, sit- Toews scored his second goal of in the Honda Center they played ting 20-year-old Finnish rookie Oakland 4 Detroit 0 the game with just 38 seconds their longest game in franchise Teravainen in a game three loss Texas 10 Cleveland 8 remaining in regulation to tie the history when they won game two but then going back to him in St. Louis 3 Arizona 2 contest at 4-4 and force overtime. with 3:48 left in the third over- game four. Pittsburgh 4 Miami 2 Anaheim Ducks left-wing Matt Beleskey (right) is congratulated by center Toews also scored at 18:10 of the time period. Teravainen was Chicago’s best Toronto 6 Chicago White Sox 0 Ryan Kesler for scoring the game-winning goal against the Chicago third to cut the Ducks lead to 4-3. The way Sunday’s tilt started offensive player early in Sunday’s Blackhawks during the overtime period in Game Five of the Western Toews’ second goal capped a out for the Blackhawks it looked contest when the Blackhawks Seattle 4 Tampa Bay 1 Conference Finals of the 2015 Stanley Cup Play-offs at the Honda Center furious rally by the Blackhawks, like it was going to be another couldn’t generate even a shot on LA Dodgers 6 Atlanta 3 who gave up three goals in the long night, but this time an goal for the first 16 minutes. in Anaheim on Monday night. opening period to go down 3-0 evening of futility. AFP LA Angels 4 San Diego 3 WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Aspire Academy, QFA sign MoU Al Sadd enter Emir Cup final

Ivan Bravo (left), Director General at Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence, shakes hands with Dahlan Al Hamad, President of the Qatar Athletics Federation (QFA), after signing a Memorandum of Understanding at Action from the Emir Cup semi-final match between Al Sadd and Al Gharafa that took place at Al Gharafa Sports Aspire Academy in Doha yesterday. PICTURE: KAMMUTTY VP Club in Doha yesterday. Al Sadd beat Al Gharafa 57-55 to enter the Emir Cup final. PICTURE: KAMMUTTY VP Landa steals the show, Mercedes to hold factory inquest Contador extends lead after Monaco gaffe LONDON: Formula One Astana rider wins 174km 16th stage of Giro d’Italia champions Mercedes were in full gremlin-hunting mode when they regrouped at their MILAN: Spaniard Alberto factory yesterday after com- Contador took a massive step mitting one of the sport’s big- towards his second Giro d’Italia gest strategic blunders at the triumph by increasing his over- Monaco Grand Prix. Spanish all lead on Fabio Aru after Although they won Sunday’s rider Mikel an epic 16th stage won by fel- showcase race for the third year low Spaniard Mikel Landa Landa in a row with Germany’s Nico yesterday. celebrates Rosberg, the headlines were all Astana rider Landa made up on the about how the dominant team for team leader Aru’s difficult day podium blew a surefire victory for Lewis as he claimed his second win of after Hamilton. the race in clinching the 174km winning Hamilton had the race under ride from Pinzolo to Aprica in the 16th control until the safety car was the Italian Dolomites, which took stage deployed some 14 laps from the in no less than five categorised of the end and the Briton was called Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 mountain passes including the 98th Giro in for a needless pitstop while Team’s British driver Lewis notoriously difficult Mortirolo. d’Italia rivals stayed out. Hamilton reacts after taking Contador was pleased with his (Tour The world champion finished third place on the podium day’s work, which sees him edge of Italy) third, his overall lead over after the Monaco Formula closer to fulfilling the first half of cycling Rosberg halved to 10 points. One Grand Prix at the Monaco his goal in becoming the first rider race in Mercedes motorsport head since the late Marco Pantani to Toto Wolff said an extensive Street Circuit in Monte Carlo on Aprica win the Giro and Tour de France debrief had been carried out Sunday. yesterday. in the same year, but was full of already involving about 100 per- praise for the stage winner. sonnel from the factory, engine They thought he had enough “To Mikel Landa, I can only side and trackside operations on time to pit and rejoin the race say: hats off. These are the stages Sunday evening. in the lead but the figures were that people remember,” said the descent of the Aprica, with a lit- the Spaniard, totally on his own the Spaniard and leave his tiring “We discussed it in an over- wrong, seemingly misled by 32-year-old Spaniard. tle over 60km remaining. after losing his teammates one team leader behind, alone and iso- view and we get back together unreliable GPS readings around In what proved to be another Astana and Katusha pounced by one. lated, when Contador threatened on Tuesday morning to analyse the winding street circuit. small humiliation for his team on Contador’s misfortune to join But it was a thrilling ride from to ride away solo. it and by then we will know “The system, showing us a leader Aru, Landa came over the forces and open up a gap, which Contador as he showed his stag- By the summit, Contador, where we had a gremlin in clear possibility of a free stop, finish line in 5hr 02min 51sec to soon left the Spanish race leader gering strength. Landa and Kruijswijk held nearly the system,” the Austrian told was wrong by a couple of sec- move up to second place overall at a minute down on the stage. “I had a puncture on the a minute’s lead on Yuri Trofimov reporters. onds,” said Wolff. “In hindsight, 4min 02sec behind Contador, who “We saw that Alberto had a descent, Ivan Basso gave me a and Ryder Hesjedal, with Aru’s Hamilton, who was excused if you look at it from a common settled for third place at 38sec problem, and Katusha went full wheel, but ahead they were going deficit now at nearly two minutes. the post-race debrief and usual sense standpoint, there is a very behind on the wheel of Dutchman on the gas, so we worked with at full speed, and it was impossi- The gaps remained largely the team media duties in Monaco, is different logic.” Steven Kruijswijk. them,” Landa said. ble to close the gap immediately. same after the descent, with Aru unlikely to attend after strug- Wolff would not say who Aru finished nearly three min- But with the Mortirolo to come It was hard for me, but I’m very suffering his own mechanical gling to comprehend what had made the call to pit and added utes off the pace to drop to third and Contador having raced the happy with the time gaps now,” problem and requiring a change of happened. Mercedes would not play the at 4:52 behind Contador, raising notorious climb on his way to said the Spaniard. bike before the long ride through Others were equally mysti- blame game anyway. further doubts about Astana’s overall victory in 2008, Aru was Contador set about cutting the valley towards the foot of the fied, with former racer David “I rate that guy and his group leadership with several moun- a long way from safety. his way through the stragglers final climb to Aprica. Coulthard among those saying just as highly as I did before the tain stages on the menu before “On the Mortirolo, Fabio Aru dropped from the earlier front Aru fought to limit the damage, the driver was badly let down. race. He was dragged in by a Sunday’s final ride to Milan. wasn’t feeling good and he told group. Although Aru was forging but the grimaces on the Italian’s Wolff said the decision to decision, fooled by the numbers,” On what was billed as the me to go with Contador and on with Landa and Dutchman face spoke volumes. Up ahead declare a ‘virtual safety car’, said the boss. ‘Queen’ stage of the race, Kruijswijk,” revealed Landa. Kruiswijk, the Italian was soon of him, Landa pulled ahead of a new development since last “There is no doubt what hap- Contador emerged a step closer Astana had worked hard to to be left on his own too. Contador and Kruijswijk in the season, followed by a real safety pened. We had a problem in our to his second pink jersey after increase their advantage by the Contador finally closed the gap final metres of the race to put a car and Hamilton complaining data tools and those data tools Astana ultimately paid the price start of the 11.8km climb to the 5km before the summit, prompt- silver lining around Astana’s now about the state of his tyres had have won us many great races.” for attacking the Spaniard when summit. Contador was 50secs ing Landa -- who appeared much seemingly doomed bid to top the caught the team out. REUTERS he suffered a puncture on the behind and, more worryingly for fresher than Aru -- to counter race podium on Sunday. AFP Clarke happy with ICSS in new deal to protect Czech football

PRAGUE: With match-fixing prove they were not involved in form of manipulation in profes- top players and we commend the continuing to damage play- fixing matches. sional football. CAFH’s strong stance on player Ryder Cup process ers and leagues around the As a result, CAFH approached “It is important that the CAFH protection and also their commit- world, the Czech Association of the ICSS to become independent continues to support our mem- ment to clean and fair sport NEWCASTLE, Northern stats and I looked at a lot of com- Football Players (CAFH) and integrity advisors, which will also bers, particularly those who are “At the ICSS, we believe that Ireland: Rather than experi- parisons from what teams would International Centre for Sport allow CAFH to access data and most vulnerable to being cor- clubs, leagues and associations menting with a new qualifying have been like had the qualifying Security (ICSS) have announced intelligence that was previously rupted and especially those must do more to create a cul- format, European Ryder Cup process been slightly different in a new integrity partnership to unavailable due to other com- that go unpaid or receive lower ture of integrity throughout captain Darren Clarke plans to past years,” Clarke told reporters safeguard Czech football. mercial arrangements in Czech salaries. their sport, as well as putting in stick to a winning formula when ahead of this week’s Dubai Duty The two organisations will football. “Integrity is a fundamental place the right structures to pre- he picks the European team for Free Irish Open. join forces to develop specialised Speaking at a high-level meet- pillar for the game of football vent and protect their members the 2016 competition. “My overall feeling was given integrity support to protect play- ing involving CAFH and ICSS, and the CAFH is committed to from the temptations to that are Clarke said he would adopt the team Paul had assembled at ers and prevent approaches by Marketa Haindlova, CAFH partnering with top international offered by organised crime. fellow Irishman Paul McGinley’s Gleneagles, and how successful organised crime, as well as devel- Chairman, said: “The ICSS are experts, like the ICSS, to pro- “As part of our role work- victorious arrangement which they were, it would have been very oping confidential reporting and one of the world’s top experts in tect our players. I am confident ing closely professional players, spurred Europe to a five-point foolish of me to try and make any intelligence platforms that will integrity and anti-corruption and that this unique cooperation will clubs and the CAFH, the ICSS triumph at Gleneagles last year. changes to that system. see the ICSS work with players to this new partnership is a signifi- greatly contribute to enhancing Sport Integrity team hopes that Clarke’s 12-man team will be “Hopefully that will allow us to encourage them to anonymously cant moment for the CAFH and the core values to safeguard the this agreement will strengthen made up of four players from a have the strongest possible team report corruption. Czech football. integrity and transparency of anti-corruption measures in European’ points table, five from going to Oakland Hills later next The CAFH-ICSS agreement “As a member of FIFPro, Czech football.” Czech football and look forward a World Points table and three year.” The 2016 Ryder Cup quali- follows recent reports surround- CAFH represents the interests Chris Eaton, Executive Director to working with them to support wildcard picks. fying process will commence with ing second division club FK Banik and welfare of professional play- — Sport Integrity at the ICSS, and protect sport in the country “I gave the qualifying process a the Sept. 3-6 M2M Russian Open. Most 1909, where players were ers in the Czech Republic and we added: “Czech football has an and wider Eastern Europe.” lot of thought, I looked at a lot of AFP asked to take lie detector tests to are wholeheartedly against any incredible pedigree of producing THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Welbeck to miss Costa ignored as FA Cup final against Villa

LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says striker Spain name squad Danny Welbeck is set to miss the FA Cup final against Aston Villa on Saturday. Del Bosque taps Sevilla pair for qualifier Wenger confirmed Welbeck’s knee problem is likely to rule him out next weekend and could put a MADRID: Chelsea striker muscular problems and we didn’t quarter-finalists in Leon on June question mark over whether the Diego Costa has been omit- think he was in the best condition 11 before travelling to Borisov to striker will be fit for England’s ted by Spain boss Vicente del for a key game against Belarus so face Belarus three days later. upcoming friendly against the Bosque from his 24-man squad we have preferred players whose The European champions Republic of Ireland in Dublin and for a friendly against Costa Rica fitness isn’t in doubt.” sit just second in Group C of the Euro 2016 qualifier away to and a Euro 2016 qualifier away Del Bosque has also called up qualifying, three points behind Slovenia. to Belarus next month. five promising youngsters in Jose leaders Slovakia, but are still Asked if he thought the Sevilla duo Sergio Rico and Antonio Gaya, Juanmi, Jonny, well-placed to qualify for next 24-year-old former Manchester Aleix Vidal are rewarded for their Saul Niguez and Ruben Duarte year’s European Championships United player could be fit for the fine form with the Europa League to train with the squad with the in France with the top two in final, Wenger said: “Welbeck will finalists with their first call-up. Barcelona players and Juventus’ each group progressing. be short because he has not prac- However, there was also dis- Alvaro Morata not set to join up Squad: Goalkeepers: Iker tised yet.” appointment for Manchester with their teammates until just Casillas (Real Madrid), David de There was better news for United midfielder Ander Herrera two days before the game against Gea (Manchester United), Sergio Wenger about club captain and Bayern Munich’s Thiago Costa Rica due to their partici- Rico (Sevilla) Mikel Arteta, who may return to Alcantara as they too miss out. pation in the Champions League Defenders: Sergio Ramos, Dani Arsenal’s Cup final squad follow- Costa returned to action for final. Carvajal (Real Madrid), Gerard ing calf and then ankle problems Chelsea’s two final Premier There are also injury doubts Pique, Jordi Alba, Marc Bartra that have sidelined him since League games after over a month over Cesc Fabregas and Sergio (Barcelona), Juanfran (Atletico November. out with a recurring hamstring Ramos. Madrid), Juan Bernat (Bayern “Arteta is a possibility, because problem, scoring a penalty in the Fabregas ended the season Munich) he is back in full training,” Wenger English champions’ 3-1 win over wearing a protective mask after Midfielders: Sergio Busquets, added, with French defender Sunderland on Sunday to take his breaking his nose, whilst Ramos Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Mathieu Debuchy another with tally for the season to 21. missed Real Madrid’s final two Koke (Atletico Madrid), Mikel a chance to be involved after a The Brazilian born striker has league games of the season with San Jose (Athletic Bilbao), David hamstring injury. failed to replicate that form for a calf problem. Silva (Manchester City), Santi Meanwhile, Wenger has hit out his adopted country, though, scor- “We had a problem with Cesc, Cazorla (Arsenal), Cesc Fabregas Norwich City’s Scottish defender Russell Martin (right) poses with at FIFA’s international schedule ing just once in seven appearances who is going to have an operation (Chelsea), Isco (Real Madrid), Norwich City’s joint majority shareholder Michael Wynn Jones after the and believes the move to start for Spain. on his nose. We have included him Forwards: Alvaro Morata official presentation after Norwich City won the English Championship the new Premier League season “It is a specific case. He has like Ramos because they have (Juventus), Vitolo, Aleix Vial play off final football match between Middlesbrough and Norwich City a week earlier than normal in played two games, but not 90 min- guaranteed us they will be ready (Sevilla), Pedro Rodriguez at Wembley Stadium in London on Monday. Norwich City won 2-0 to August is wrong. utes,” said Del Bosque. for June 1.” (Barcelona), Nolito (Celta Vigo), earn promotion to the Premier League. Arsenal are set to see sev- “He has just overcome some Spain host the World Cup Paco Alcacer (Valencia). AFP eral of their first-team regu- lars head off for international matches in the coming weeks, West Ham reach with both Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina and Chile forward Europa League Al Gharafa sign Dioko, Chamusca Alexis Sanchez away at the Copa America, which runs from June via Fair Play 11 to July 4. With the need for players to have at least four weeks’ holiday, LONDON: West Ham United named as coach for new season there will inevitably be a dis- have qualified for next sea- ruption of pre-season plans and son’s Europa League by top- DOHA: Alain Dioko has ended position of head coach at the Wenger is less than impressed. ping the Premier League’s Fair speculation about his future club. He replaces Romanian Lazlo “Moving the fixture calendar Play table, the London club by signing with Al Gharafa Boloni who had been with the forward deeply affects pre-sea- announced yesterday. SC, according to a report on team for three seasons. son and I believe it is the wrong West Ham, who announced the Qatar Stars League (QSL) The signing ceremony was decision of the Premier League manager Sam Allardyce’s depar- website. carried out during a meeting to start on August 8,” Wenger ture on Sunday after finishing The Congolese striker came to which was held with the General said. 12th in the Premier League, will the QSL back in 2011, joining Al Secretary Mohamed Meqled Al “The players have played the enter the competition along with Ahli Sports Club and very quickly Mrikhi yesterday. The contract (2014) World Cup, then you have 103 other teams in the first quali- became a fan favourite with his can be extended if things go well no winter break, you come out fying round on July 2. high tally of goals. In the past two and both sides agree. (of the Premier League season) It is the first time they have seasons he has been the official The new head coach is expected and when you reach the FA Cup qualified for European competi- QSL top scorer. to leave the country today after final, you play on May 30, then tion since 2006. Al Gharafa has gotten a player signing the contract. He will the European players who are “We are delighted to have won a who scores in almost every sin- then return to Doha before head- called up by their international place in the UEFA Europa League gle game and strikes fear into ing back out of Qatar to Austria teams play until June 14, then as we want to ensure the Boleyn any opposition defence. However where pre-season training will you start (the new season) on Alain Dioko (left) and Péricles Chamusca Ground the best send-off possi- the Cheetahs don’t play a coun- commence with his new team August 8. ble (before moving into London’s ter attacking style and so Dioko Chamusca to assume the position Al Gharafa have been boosted over the summer. “If you count six weeks’ prep- Olympic Stadium in 2016-17), and will have to alter his game and so of head coach for the 2015/16 QSL next season with one of the big- Another QSL club Al Arabi aration, where is the time for progress in this competition will whether he will be as deadly as he season. The new Gharafa Gaffer gest signings of the post season Club Board has decided to appoint recovery? certainly help with that,” said was at Al Ahli remains to be seen. takes over from temporary head by bagging Dioko from Al Ahli Mubarak Mustafa as Head of “As a manager, you usually joint-chairmen David Sullivan Last season Dioko scored 52% coach Bertrand Marchand. Sports Club. The former briga- Football at the Club. He takes have a bit of time to relax after and David Gold in a statemen of Al Ahli’s goals, which was the Chamusca was previously the dier’s man has managed to score over from Salah Al Malki. the season when there is no “Starting in early July will highest goal contribution of any head coach of Al Arabi Sports the most goals in the league for Mubarak commences his duties international competition, but bring its challenges, but every- player in the Qatar Stars League. Club and El Jaish Sports Club. the past two seasons and will effective from the 26th of May this year we finish at the end of one at the club, from the board The striker has good stamina Al Gharafa will be hoping that be an important addition to the 2015. May and start again at the end to the players and supporters, will boasting the 7th best average the Brazilian tactician will be able Cheetahs attacking line One of his first priorities will be of June. be relishing the opportunity to sprint distance last season. to breathe new life into the club Meanwhile, Frenchman Jean to fill the vacant head coach posi- “It takes you two weeks to just feature on the European stage. It Meanwhile, the club officials who in recent years has seen their Fernandez has signed a one year tion as well as sign his domestic get out of the heat of the Premier should be a fantastic experience.” have finalised an agreement dominance in the league steadily contract with Al Khor Sports and foreign prospects. League and then you have to pre- AFP with the Brazilian coach Péricles decline. Club to officially assume the THE PENINSULA pare again.” AFP AFC and CONCACAF Lampard can’t wait to sign MoU in new move

ZURICH: The AFC and to competitions and marketing, sample New York life CONCACAF yesterday signed a CONCACAF truly looks forward Memorandum of Understanding to strengthening our relationship LONDON: Frank Lampard Chelsea last year, joined City as a to strengthen and increase with AFC.” (pictured) can’t wait to start stop-gap before planning to move the degree of cooperation The main focus of the coopera- his new life in New York after to New York for the start of the and dialogue between the two tion agreement is in two areas: ending his glittering Premier 2015 MLS season. organisations. competitions and knowledge- League career in typically styl- But the move proved unexpect- The agreement was signed by sharing. In the area of competitions ish fashion. edly fruitful and City reached the presidents of the two organi- the two Confederations will explore Lampard said farewell to agreement with their sister US sations in Zurich, Switzerland. the possibilities for competitions English football with the open- club to retain him until the end AFC President Shaikh Salman involving national or club teams. ing goal for Manchester City in of their 2014-15 campaign. bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said: Knowledge-sharing and their 2-0 win over Southampton Lampard admits there was “This agreement crystallises the exchange of experiences will cover at Eastlands on Sunday before his frustration after that exten- closer relationship that the AFC the many different areas of work departure was acknowledged with sion was agreed as City manager has been building with our friends of a Confederation, including a presentation after the match. Manuel Pellegrini then stopped at CONCACAF, and the work administration and management, It was Lampard’s 259th goal in playing him regularly. that we have already started, for football development, compe- 882 club matches and the perfect It proved a critical period of the example in the area of club licens- titions, refereeing, marketing, send-off as the former Chelsea season as City fell behind even- ing. The two Confederations have media, integrity, medicine, tech- and England midfielder prepares tual champions Chelsea in the many common features, and we nology and social responsibility. to join Major League Soccer outfit title race. look forward to working closely The Memorandum of New York City. for much more. “I can go away “The only difficult period for me together with a focus on compe- Understanding is based on a set “It was emotional but I am very saying it was an absolute pleas- was when we went into the new titions and knowledge-sharing.” of shared values and principles proud,” said 36-year-old Lampard, ure. I still feel fit and I feel like I year level-pegging with Chelsea CONCACAF President, Jeffrey between the two organisations, whose contribution to English can play for a couple more years. at the top,” Lampard said. Webb, said: “Formalising this namely that: football is benefi- Sevilla’s head coach Unai football was acknowledged with Maybe I could have done that in “I felt I was really contributing strategic partnership is mutu- cial for the physical and men- Emery leads his team’s training a presentation after the game. the Premier League, my choice is to the team but then I had a few ally beneficial, and enables our tal health of both children and session at the National Stadium “There were loads of emotions to play in America. months where I hardly started Confederations to share in each adults; football helps foster and in Warsaw, Poland, yesterday. - a tiny bit of sadness to finish but “That is my new challenge now. any of the games and that was other’s vision of advancing the promote fundamental educational Sevilla FC will face FC Dnipro much more of a good feel. I feel fit and ready to go for it. I difficult. sport. Through continued col- and cultural values, such as fair Dnipropetrovsk in the 2015 “The game went well, I scored a don’t want to go and make up the “It was a frustrating couple of laboration and exchanging of best play, team spirit and cooperation, UEFA Europa League final at goal and what the club did for me numbers. I want to go there and months but I kept a level head practices across all areas from self-control and respect for oth- the National Stadium today. at the end and the way the fans carry on and do something good.” about it because I was just very administration and development ers. THE PENINSULA reacted - I couldn’t have asked Lampard, who was released by happy to be here.” AFP WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Sevilla take on unfancied Dnipro Europa League: Spanish club seeks European history against dogged Ukrainian side

WARSAW: Sevilla can become the first side ever to win four Four out of five Europa League or UEFA Cup titles when the holders face a fans don’t want Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk side playing in their first major Blatter to stand, European final today. Moreover, victory would also says survey secure direct qualification to next season’s Champions League hav- ZURICH: Four out of five ing missed out by just a point to football fans believe Sepp Valencia in the battle for fourth Blatter should not be stand- place in La Liga. ing for a fifth term as FIFA “The growth that the team has president, according to a sur- experienced is thanks to what vey conducted by anti-corrup- we feel for the Europa League,” tion watchdog Transparency Sevilla boss Unai Emery told International. Uefa.com. Transparency said 35,000 “It means something. The team supporters in 30 countries were want the fans to feel the vibra- polled in the survey conducted tions that this competition gives with Football Addicts, a Swedish us. We’ve achieved something that developer behind the Forza makes us bigger, it gives us pres- Football app. Blatter is the run- tige, it gives us a place in history away favourite to win Friday’s and recognition in Europe for our election where Prince Ali Bin hard work. Al Hussein of Jordan is his only “We can’t deny that we have challenger. The 209-member the chance to write history. Of Sevilla’s Jose Antonio Reyes during a press conference at the National associations of world soccer’s rul- course we are grateful to have Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, yesterday. Sevilla FC will face FC Dnipro ing body FIFA hold one vote each. that chance, to be able to pursue Dnipropetrovsk in the 2015 UEFA Europa League final today. RIGHT: Two other candidates, former this. Dnipro’s Yevhen Seleznyov during a training session at the National Portugal forward Luis Figo and “We are aiming to achieve Stadium in Warsaw yesterday. Dutch FA president Michael van something with this team, with Praag, withdrew last week. The Sevilla. It shouldn’t feel like pres- poll was conducted when all four sure or stop us from executing prepared for his side’s stiffest task key players ahead of the final. were still in the race. our game plan against Dnipro. It yet in the Polish capital. Yet, they could be without “The poll was to assess how will serve more as motivation, like “We’ve studied Sevilla’s striker Yevhen Seleznyov, who the effects of corruption and a dream we can achieve.” matches in the national champi- scored both goals in the 2-1 aggre- poor governance at FIFA is In contrast to the late goals onship and Europa League thor- gate semi-final win over Napoli, as perceived by fans who will and two penalty shootouts that oughly,” Markevich said. he is a doubt with a knee injury. have no say in the vote,” said led them to glory in last season’s “They’re very strong oppo- Other than long-term injury Transparency. Europa League, Emery’s men nents. I consider Sevilla to be absentees Nico Pareja and In answer to the question have been rampant this campaign among Europe’s 10 strongest Sebastian Cristoforo, Sevilla ‘Following FIFA World Cup cor- losing just once in 14 games and clubs. have a clean bill of health with ruption scandals, should Sepp scoring 26 goals in the process. “I expect a very hard encounter Timothee Kolodziejczak and Blatter be standing again for Dnipro’s unlikely road to in Warsaw, but we want to show Vitolo expected to be fit despite President of FIFA?”, 83 percent Warsaw has been far more hard- our best in the final.” missing Saturday’s 3-2 win at voted no, it added. fought as the Ukrainians have Dnipro maintained their hopes Malaga due to injury. Opposition to Blatter was won just seven of their 16 matches of Champions League qualifica- And the Spaniards could have strongest in Chile where 99 in reaching the final. tion through the Ukranian league the local fans on their side too percent of those questioned However, having already upset with a 3-2 victory over Shakhtar with Polish international Grzegorz said he should not be elected, the likes of Olympiakos, Ajax and Donetsk at the weekend despite Krychowiak set to start in mid- and Portugal, with 97 per- Napoli, coach Myron Markevich is Markevich resting a number of field. AFP cent against. In his native Switzerland 84 percent replied that he should not stand. In reply to another question, Big guns rested as Germany face USA and Gibraltar 69 percent said they had no confidence in FIFA, 17 said yes BERLIN: Top Germany stars A point behind Poland after (Munchengladbach), Mesut Ozil four ahead of the June 12 encoun- (Swansea City, capt), James and 14 percent did not know. Manuel Neuer, Thomas Muller five games and level on ten points (Arsenal/ENG), Lukas Podolski ter with Belgium at the Cardiff Chester (Hull City/ENG), Chris Transparency said Figo was and Toni Kroos were nota- with Scotland and two points (Inter Milan/ITA), Andre City Stadium. Gunter (Reading/ENG), Neil the preferred candidate with 59.1 ble absentees as Joachim Loew ahead of Ireland, Germany have Schürrle (Wolfsburg), Bastian Belgium currently lead Wales Taylor (Swansea City), Paul percent of the votes. He was fol- named his squad for a friendly found themselves in a tight pool. Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) on goal difference in qualifying Dummett (Newcastle United/ lowed by Van Praag (8.7), Prince with the United States and Thirteen of the World Cup Strikers: Mario Gotze Group B, with Israel two points ENG), Adam Matthews (Celtic/ Ali (5.3) and Blatter (2.2) while a Euro 2016 qualifier with winning squad feature in Loew’s (Bayern Munich), Max Kruse back in third place. SCO), Jazz Richards (Swansea 24.6 percent would not vote for Gibraltar. 20-man group named yesterday. (Munchengladbach) The top two teams will qualify City), Adam Henley (Blackburn any of those candidates. “It’s a well deserved rest with Goalkeepers: Roman Meanwhile, defenders Ben for next year’s tournament in Rovers/ENG) “The corruption and scan- another big season coming up,” Weidenfeller (Dortmund), Ron- Davies and James Collins France, with the third-place side Midfielders: Joe Allen dals associated with FIFA explained Loew, who used the trio Robert Zieler (Hanover) were absent from the Wales either qualifying directly -- if they (Liverpool/ENG), Joe Ledley have so damaged its reputa- to great effect in winning the 2014 Defenders: Jerome Boateng squad announced by manager are the best third-place team in (Crystal Palace/ENG), Aaron tion that fans have no confi- World Cup. (Bayern Munich), Erik Durm Chris Coleman yesterday for the nine groups -- or going into Ramsey (Arsenal/ENG), Andy dence in the organisation,” said The United States, led by (Dortmund), Jonas Hector next month’s 2016 European the play-offs. Real Madrid for- King (Leicester City/ENG), Transparency spokeswomen former Germany coach Jurgen (Cologne), Mats Hummels Championship qualifying show- ward Gareth Bale and Arsenal David Vaughan (Nottingham Deborah Unger. Klinsmann, can avenge their 1-0 (Dortmund), Shkodran Mustafi down with Belgium. midfielder Aaron Ramsey are Forest/ENG), Shaun MacDonald “That is sending a strong first-round defeat out in Brazil (Valencia/ESP), Sebastian Rudy Tottenham Hotspur left-back the stand-out names in Coleman’s (Bournemouth/ENG) message to the small elite con- when the old friends meet again (Hoffenheim), Antonio Rüdiger Davies dislocated his shoulder 23-man squad. Forwards: David Cotterill trolling FIFA that it must clean in Cologne on June 10. (Stuttgart) during his side’s 2-2 Premier Wales squad Goalkeepers: (Birmingham City/ENG), Hal up its act. It is the fans who pay Three days later the world Midfield: Karim Bellarabi League draw at Southampton Wayne Hennessey (Crystal Robson-Kanu (Reading/ENG), for and support football and champions want three points (Leverkusen), Ilkay Gündogan a month ago, while experienced Palace/ENG), Owain Fon Tom Lawrence (Leicester City/ make FIFA one of the most from their Euro 2016 Group D (Dortmund), Patrick Herrmann West Ham United centre-back Williams (Tranmere Rovers/ ENG), Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/ powerful organisations on the qualifier against tiny Gibraltar (Munchengladbach), Sami Collins has sustained a calf strain. ENG), Daniel Ward (Liverpool/ ESP), Simon Church (Charlton planet. They deserve better.” as they seek to clinch a ticket to Khedira (Real Madrid/ It leaves Coleman missing two ENG) Athletic/ENG), Sam Vokes REUTERS France next summer. ESP), Christoph Kramer important members of his back Defenders: Ashley Williams (Burnley/ENG). AGENCIES Benitez well-placed in Madrid search for Spanish-speaking boss

MADRID: Upon sacking Carlo For a president that has based to stay at the weekend. Ancelotti’s AC Milan on penalties Ancelotti as Real Madrid coach, his mandate around signing the The decision has been likened in the Champions League final in club president Florentino Perez world’s biggest and most expen- to Perez’s sacking of Spain man- Istanbul. offered the solace that the 10th sive stars, Perez’s decision to ager Vicente del Bosque in 2003 Yet, Benitez’s lack of major boss of his reign in charge will replace the three-time Champions despite having won La Liga and trophies since means there are be named next week. League winner with Benitez has just a year after winning the plenty of doubters as to whether Napoli’s coach Moments later when ques- caught many by surprise. Champions League. he is the right man to deliver on Rafael Benitez tioned by the press if the new Madrid sports daily AS mocked Ironically it was as Del Bosque’s the expectations of the world’s gestures during coach would be a native speaker, Perez with his own words yes- assistant that a fledgling Benitez most expensively assembled the Italian Serie Perez agreed it “would be very terday on their front page as he took his first steps in manage- squad. A match against good if he speaks Spanish.” replied “I don’t know” when ques- ment as Real’s B team coach and One FA Cup with Liverpool, a Juventus FC at That confirmation has elimi- tioned in what aspects Ancelotti assistant to Del Bosque when he Europa League in a short stint at the Juventus nated any doubt that remained had failed after a season without took temporary charge for the Chelsea and a Coppa Italia with Stadium in Turin, among the Spanish media that a major trophy. final four months of the 1993-94 a Napoli side that has gone back- Italy, on Sunday. the next man to face the task Ancelotti delivered the club’s season. wards in the past two years is not of living up to Perez’s highest of most successful ever year in 2014 “It is not my decision,” said Del a CV that leaves most Madrid standards will be current Napoli with the Copa del Rey, UEFA Bosque in his usual languid style fans convinced. boss Rafael Benitez. Super Cup and Club World in announcing his latest Spain However, arguably his best The 55-year-old is expected to Cup adding to the glory of end- squad yesterday. work came during his last job in take charge of his final game at ing a 12-year wait for their 10th “The person that has to make Spain over a decade ago in win- the Stadio San Paolo before his European Cup. that decision will bring in the best ning two league titles and the contract expires on Sunday when Moreover, he was loved within coach, but he (Benitez) is among UEFA Cup with Valencia. Napoli host Lazio in effectively a Madrid’s star-studded dressing the best.” Having angered the players and playoff for the third Champions room with Sergio Ramos, James It is another twist of fate that fans with Ancelotti’s dismissal, League spot in Serie A. Rodriguez and Toni Kroos among Ancelotti’s sacking came 10 years Perez now must hope Benitez is “Rafa Benitez is 99 per- those to demonstrate their thanks to the day since arguably the most just as successful on his return cent certain to be Real Madrid to the Italian on social media after memorable match of his and home to ward off serious ques- coach,” Ancelotti’s agent Ernesto his dismissal, whilst Cristiano Benitez’s managerial career as tions over his competency to con- Bronzetti told Italian television Ronaldo had preempted Perez’s the latter’s Liverpool came from tinue leading the world’s richest station RAI on Monday. decision by calling for Ancelotti 3-0 down at half-time to beat club. REUTERS WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Bayliss appointed England head coach

LONDON: Australian Trevor once again as we have a similar Bayliss (pictured) has been outlook on the game, get on well Pakistan players cel- appointed as the new head after two years working together ebrate the dismissal coach of England ahead of this and have kept in touch.” of Zimbabwe captain year’s Ashes series, the England In appointing Bayliss, the ECB E Chigumbura (not and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will hope to draw a line beneath in picture) during announced yesterday. a turbulent few weeks that saw the first one Day The 52-year-old former Sri Moores sacked before Strauss International (ODI) Lanka coach succeeds the sacked attracted criticism for ending match at the Gaddafi Peter Moores, having been pre- Kevin Pietersen’s dream of an ferred to his compatriot Jason international recall. Cricket Stadium in Gillespie, the Yorkshire coach, Bayliss’s first mission will be Lahore, Pakistan, who was the initial favourite for to avenge England’s 5-0 Ashes yesterday. the job. whitewash against his home “Trevor has an outstand- country in 2013-14, starting with ing record as coach, has global the first Test in Cardiff on July 8. experience and is very highly Bayliss, a former middle-order regarded in the game,” said the batsman, added: “What particu- ECB’s director of cricket Andrew larly excites me about the role is Strauss in a press release. the chance to work with a very Currently coach of New South talented group of players. Wales, Bayliss will take charge of “I firmly believe that the team England in time for the start of has a bright future and I’ll be their home Ashes series against doing everything I can to help Australia in July. them realise their potential and “He has proved himself in achieve success on a consistent both domestic and international basis.” cricket, has a strong reputa- Former England captain tion for man-management and Strauss, who was appointed in the has shown how to build win- shake-up that saw Moores lose his Malik and Riaz set up ning teams in all three formats,” job, expressed confidence that in Strauss added. overlooking Gillespie in favour of “His expertise in the shorter Bayliss, the ECB had made the forms of the game will be vital right choice. as we build towards three major “This has been a very com- ICC events over the next four petitive recruitment process and years; the ICC World T20 tour- we’re grateful to all of the candi- big win for Pakistan nament in India in 2016 and the dates who showed their interest ICC Champions Trophy and ICC in this role,” he said. “I’m excited Cricket World Cup, which will be to have him on board.” Chigumbura’s knock goes in vain as Zimbabwe lose staged in England and Wales in New South Wales wished 2017 and 2019 respectively.” Bayliss all the best, with chief Strauss confirmed that Bayliss executive Andrew Jones saying LAHORE, PAKISTAN: Scoreboard not out), a new record for the will work alongside current care- in a statement that he had made Shoaib Malik hit his first third wicket against Zimbabwe taker coach Paul Farbrace, who “an outstanding contribution to century in six years to help Pakistan S Raza c Hafeez b An Ali ...... 36 beating the 145 runs which Javed steered England to a stirring 124- NSW cricket” and left “with our Pakistan outbat Zimbabwe in M Hafeez b Utseya ...... 86 H Masakadza c H Azam b Malik ...... 73 Miandad and Amir Sohail put on run win over New Zealand in the blessing”. the first day-night interna- Az Ali c Panyangara b Utseya ...... 79 E Chigumbura b Riaz ...... 117 at Hobart in 1992. first Test at Lord’s, which con- Former Australia batsman tional by 41 runs in Lahore yes- S Malik c H Masakadza b Panyangara .....112 S Williams c S Ahmed b Riaz ...... 36 Sohail’s knock came off 66 cluded on Monday. Marcus North told BBC Radio 5 terday, taking a 1-0 lead in the H Sohail (not out) ...... 89 R Mutumbami (not out) ...... 21 balls with six boundaries and Farbrace will remain in charge Live: three-match series. Extras (B-4 LB-1 NB-1 W-3) ...... 9 P Utseya (not out) ...... 21 two sixes. for the second Test at Headingley, “He’s so well respected in Malik, playing his first one- Total (for 3 wkts, 50 overs) ...... 375 Extras (LB-2 W-5) ...... 7 Zimbabwe are the first major starting on Friday, and the follow- Australia. His record speaks for dayer after two years, notched Fall of wickets: 1-170, 2-174, 3-375 Total (for 5 wkts, 50 overs) ...... 334 team to tour Pakistan since ter- ing limited-overs matches. itself.“There will be a few jokes up a 76-ball 112 with 12 fours Did not bat: S Ahmed, A Ali, A Shafiq, H Azam, Fall of wickets: 1-56,2-65,3-189,4-263,5- rorist attacks on the Sri Lankan Bayliss worked with Farbrace going round, but everyone in and two sixes to steer Pakistan M Sami, W Riaz, Y Shah 293. team bus in March 2009 led to during his time as coach of Sri Australia will wish him all the to 375-3 -- their highest against Bowling: T Panyangara 10 - 0 - 75 - 1(nb-1); Did not bat: C Ervine, C Mpofu, T Panyangara, the suspension all international Lanka, who he led to the final of best.” AFP Zimbabwe -- before restricting B Vitori 10 - 1 - 77 - 0; C Mpofu 10 - 0 - 70 - B Vitori cricket in the country. the 2011 World Cup. the tourists to 334-5 in 50 overs 0(w-3); S Williams 5 - 0 - 42 - 0; P Utseya 10 - Bowling: M Sami 7 - 0 - 63 - 0; An Ali 10 - 0 - Massive security continued to He has also guided New South at Gaddafi Stadium. 0 - 63 - 2; Raza 5 - 0 - 43 - 0 81 - 1(w-1); W Riaz 10 - 0 - 47 - 3(w-2); H Azam be deployed at the stadium and Wales to two Sheffield Shield Zimbabwe tried their val- Zimbabwe 5 - 0 - 29 - 0(w-1); Y Shah 6 - 0 - 35 - 0; M Ha- for the teams, with 24,000 people titles in Australia, won two Indian iant best with skipper Elton V Sibanda c&b Riaz ...... 23 feez 8 - 0 - 44 - 0(w-1); S Malik 4 - 0 - 33 - 1 watching the match. Premier League titles with the Chigumbura hitting a rapid Ali and Hafeez gave Pakistan Kolkata Knight Riders and won 95-ball 117 but the mounting early momentum as they bat- the Australian Big Bash and asking rate proved too much in 45th over by paceman Wahab Pakistan improved on their ted solidly during their 26 over Champions League with Sydney the end. Riaz who was the best Pakistan previous best total against stand. Sixers. Chigumbura hit 10 boundaries bowler with 3-47. Zimbabwe of 349 at Jamaica in Utseya then dismissed both “It’s an honour to be appointed and four sixes in his maiden one- Chigumbura’s previous best 2007. the openers off successive deliv- England coach,” said Bayliss, day hundred as Zimbabwe also was 90 he made against South Malik’s hundred -- his first in eries with Ali caught off a mis- who becomes England’s first improved on their previous high- Africa at Bulawayo last year. 31 innings and since September cued sweep while Hafeez missed Australian coach. est total against Pakistan, beat- Earlier, Malik scored his first 2009 -- came off 70 balls as a straighter delivery and was He added: “There’s a great ing 295-9 in Bulawayo in 2002. century since his three-figure Pakistan added 112 in the last bowled. Ali hit nine fours and opportunity to help (Test cap- Chigumbura added 124 for knock against India at Centurion 10 overs. two sixes while Hafeez knocked tain) Alastair Cook and (one- the third wicket with Hamilton in September 2009. Malik, 33, was dismissed off eight boundaries and four sixes. day captain) Eoin Morgan shape Masakadza (73) and another Malik built on a confident the last delivery, caught in the The next two matches will be the direction and development of 74 for the fourth with Sean 170-run opening stand between covers off Tinashe Panyangara. played on Friday and Sunday -- their respective teams. Williams (36). Mohammad Hafeez (86) and Malik had been part of a 201- also in Lahore. “I am also looking forward to Chigumbura was bowled in the skipper Azhar Ali (79) as run stand with Haris Sohail (89 AFP working alongside Paul Farbrace Pakistan will build on HBK win Qatar Airways Division B title, Al Rayyan top Division C revival: Shaharyar

LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan gives us great satisfaction,” said cricket chief Shaharyar Khan Khan. yesterday hailed the great spirit Khan said the sport’s govern- shown by fans since interna- ing body the International Cricket tional cricket returned after a Council (ICC) had been in touch. six-year hiatus, promising to “Giles Clarke (former chair- gradually attract more teams to man of the England and Wales compete in the country. Cricket Board) and ICC chair- Pakistan have a short limited man Narayanaswami Srinivasan over series of two Twenty20 and phoned me and congratulated three one-day internationals me on the revival of cricket in against Zimbabwe -- their first Pakistan,” said Khan. since terror attacks on the Sri Sri Lankan interim commit- Lankan team bus in Lahore in tee chief Sidath Wettimuny will 2009. come to see the matches and we Capacity crowds watched the are also waiting on the response two Twenty20 games on Friday from Board of Control for Cricket Officials of Qatar Cricket Association posing for a picture with Qatar Airways Division B and Division C winners in Doha yesterday. Usantha starred and Sunday despite massive secu- in India (BCCI) secretary Anurag in HBK’s 99-run rout of Al Fardan in the final of the Qatar Airways Division B final. At the West Bay Grounds, HBK, batting first, ran a massive 215 rity, comprising 4,000 policemen, Thakur’s response on an invita- for seven in 25 overs. Usantha led the batting honours, hammering 63. Asitha was a bit unfortunate to have missed his half-century by three runs. Al while fans had to go through five tion to tour Pakistan, said Khan. Rayyan Sports Club emerged the champions in the Division C final, completing an excellent chase against Warriors Club with six wickets and two check points. Pakistan Cricket “We want to build on that overs to spare. Board (PCB) chairman Khan said gradually as we have more ven- the response was great. ues under consideration besides “The response is great and Lahore,” said Khan of the next beyond expectations,” Khan told home series. Lord’s disappointment won’t temper Kiwi aggression media on the sidelines of the first “Karachi, Faisalabad, Multan, one-day match in Lahore Mirpur and Muzaffarabad are “The crowds have been mag- good venues and we can have LONDON: New Zealand brilliance of New Zealand-born our greatest chance,” McCullum “Who knows at Headingley ... nificent. People have overcome the proper series with Test matches will not let their tight loss to Ben Stokes. The Black Caps’ said. “There are times we know we may see some different results security hassles but no one com- included, likely next year.” England in the classic Test at attacking mindset drove them that teams are going to be able but I’m pretty sure our guys will plained and put up a disciplined Khan said the ICC Board meet- Lord’s lessen their resolve to to a maiden World Cup final in to stand up to you and withstand continue to play the same style of show and we will definitely build ing in Barbados next month will keep playing aggressive cricket, March and McCullum said his the pressure you apply to them cricket which we have in this test on that gradually.” be informed about the progress captain Brendon McCullum team would not alter their style and come out on top. match and which we have done Khan, a former diplomat, said on matches in Pakistan. said. for the second and final test at “When that happens you’ve over the last 18 months.” the cricketing world have also “We will show a documentary New Zealand’s batsmen scored Headingley starting on Friday. just go to doff your cap and say McCullum said being defensive responded positively. of the Zimbabwe tour in the ICC over 700 runs and their bowlers “It hurts a lot. I certainly well played to them and make had not worked for New Zealand, “Zimbabwe have been apprecia- Board meeting and hopefully took all 20 wickets but England won’t lie. But at the same time sure that next time you get that who have not lost a Test series tive that they got the best wel- perceptions about Pakistan will completed a 124-run win in the there is an element of pride that opportunity you go hard again home or away since being swept come. The cricketing world has change gradually,” said Khan. final 10 overs of the fifth day on we continue to play the style of and make sure that you’re asking 2-0 on their last England tour in appreciated our efforts and that AFP Monday courtesy of the all-round cricket that we know gives us the same sort of questions. 2013. REUTERS Wednesday 27 May 2015 9 Shaaban 1436 Volume 20 Number 6443 Sport Price: QR2

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DOHA: A late goal by Ismaili Suwon pulled a goal back at Mohamad secured 10-man Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium after Lekhwiya a 2-2 draw with fellow 26 minutes through North Korea Qatari side Al Sadd to win 4-3 international forward Chong who on aggregate and move into the received a long pass with his back Asian Champions League quar- to goal and swivelled to fire home ter-finals for the second succes- an unstoppable effort. sive season yesterday. The Korean side turned up Lekhwiya had a 2-1 advantage the pressure after the interval from the first leg in this all-Qatar with Kwon Chang-hoon and Seo Round of 16 clash, played at the Jung-jin forcing fine saves out of Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium Takanori Sugeno but the Kashiwa here. goalkeeper was left helpless in the Lekhwiya looked set to cruise 54th minute when Koo fired home to victory when they opened the from close range after a goal- scoring through Youssef Msakni mouth scramble to make it 2-0 in the 13th minute. But they were on the night and 4-3 on aggregate knocked out of their stride in for the visitors. The home side the 34th minute when defender were stung into action and they Ahmed Yasser was sent off for a got the crucial goal 11 minutes second bookable offence for a foul later after a fine pass by Cristiano on Khalfan Ibrahim. set up his Brazilian compatriot Brazilian star Muriqui scored Leandro who rounded goalkeeper with a great strike from the Jung Sung-ryong but saw his shot resultant free kick and the tone blocked by a defender. The ball fell of the match completely changed. kindly to Kobayashi who fired into It was all Sadd after that as the roof of the net to put his team Lekhwiya tried to desperately into the last eight. defend their precious one-goal At the Beijing Workers advantage. Lekhwiya’s coach Michael Laudrup (centre) hugs two of his players after their AFC Champions League Round of 16 match against Al Sadd at the Abdullah Stadium, the home side led on However, Sadd breached their Bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha yesterday. RIGHT: Lekhwiya’s Ahmed Yasser (right) celebrates with a team-mate after yesterday’s match. PICTURES: M. FARAJ away goals against Jeonbuk after opponents defences in the 63rd a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Korea. minute, Sadd midfielder Ali winger Vladimir Weiss in the 64th down the left flank crossed to FC to reach the quarter-finals for level things up at 4-4 and send However, the K League Classic Asadalla scoring with a calm and minute. Mohamad, who trapped the ball the second time in three years. Kashiwa through on away goals. champions dominated play and composed finish into the far cor- That move proved to be the with his right foot and then fired Kashiwa held a 3-2 lead from There was better fortune for took a deserved lead with 18 ner after a great pass by Nadir master stroke as the Qatari the killer shot with his left. the first leg in South Korea but another Korean side as a 72nd minutes left when Lee Jae-sung’s Belhadj from the left wing. striker provided the decisive goal. Earlier, Yusuke Kobayashi net- goals by Chong Te-se and Koo minute goal by Brazilian striker first-time pass sent Edu clear and Lekhwiya coach Michael The move arose from a failed ted a crucial second-half goal as Ja-ryong put Suwon ahead on Edu saw Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors the Brazilian made no mistake as Laudrup then brought on Sadd attack, Lekhwiya skip- Japan’s Kashiwa Reysol staved off aggregate before Kobayashi beat Beijing Guoan 1-0 in China to he slotted past goalkeeper Yang Mohamad to replace Slovakian per Karim Boudiaf made a run a comeback by Suwon Samsung struck in the 65th minute to advance 2-1 on aggregate. Zhi. AFP All seems normal as Nadal begins pursuit of No. 10 PARIS: The Eiffel Tower was but adore a homegrown youngster French Open Results still standing, the River Seine taking it to one of the greats. was flowing away to the sea, the If the result was never in doubt, Results from the third day of the French Open at Roland Garros yesterday (x denotes seeded traffic clogged the Peripherique Nadal still looked relieved when player): and Rafa Nadal still ruled he secured victory on his first Men’s First Round Roland Garros yesterday. match point. Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 To all intents and purposes it While professing himself Richard Gasquet (FRA x20) bt Germain Gigounon (BEL) 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 was a normal day at the French pleased with his game after fail- Open as Nadal claimed victory ing to win a European claycourt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) bt Illya Marchenko (UKR) 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 number 67 since making his debut event this year, Nadal sounded a Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) bt Blaz Kavcic (SLO) 6-7 (4/7), 6-1, 6-1, 7-5 in the event in 2005. little wistful when commenting on Kevin Anderson (RSA x15) bt Tim Smyczek (USA) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 It felt a little different though a brash and fearless display from Jack Sock (USA) bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x10) 7-6 (9/7), 6-2, 6-3 as the soon-to-be 29-year-old Halys, one of seven teenagers in walked on to Court Phillipe the draw. Pablo Carreño-Busta (ESP) bt Víctor Estrella (DOM) 6-3, 6-1, 6-0 Chatrier, the rectangle of red clay “He risked on every single ball,” Nicolas Almagro (ESP) bt Aleksandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8/6) that has been the stage for his said the Spaniard. “That’s the way Rafael Nadal (ESP x6) bt Quentin Halys (FRA) 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 nine titles in a decade of unprec- tennis is going. Younger, aggres- João Sousa (POR) bt Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 edented domination. sive, hitting the ball stronger and Such has been Nadal’s malaise quicker, going for the winners all Jérémy Chardy (FRA) bt Michael Berrer (GER) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 this year, with clay court defeats the time. John Isner (USA x16) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 piling up from Monte Carlo to “But when the point was played Marin Cilic (CRO x9) bt Robin Haase (NED) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 Rome, the Spaniard arrived in in normal conditions I think I Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA) bt James Duckworth (AUS) 4-6, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/2), 6-0 Paris only second favourite to played well.” claim a record-extending 10th Nadal’s compatriot David Jerzy Janowicz (POL) bt Maxime Hamou (FRA) 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 title. Ferrer, the seventh seed, bustled Leonardo Mayer (ARG x23) bt Jirí Veselý (CZE) 3-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 Tasked with providing the first into the second round with a 6-1 Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) bt João Souza (BRA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, 6-4 test of Nadal’s supposed fragile 6-3 6-1 win over Slovak Lukas David Ferrer (ESP x7) bt Lukás Lacko (SVK) 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 confidence was French teenager Lacko while US Open champion Quentin Halys, a wildcard making Marin Cilic hammered Dutchman Match suspended due to darkness: his Grand Slam debut. Robin Haase 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. Gilles Muller (LUX) level with Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 4-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (7/5) He did just that, pushing the Ferrer, runner-up in 2013, joins Women’s First Round Results 14-time Grand Slam champion Nadal as the second active player Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Andrea Hlavácková (CZE) 6-2, 6-3 hard before succumbing 6-3, 6-3, to win 300 clay court matches. 6-4. “It’s just a number,” said the Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) bt Alexa Glatch (USA) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 Nadal often takes time to get no-nonsense Spaniard. Andrea Petkovic (GER x10) bt Shelby Rogers (USA) 6-2, 6-1 fully into his stride at Roland Eugenie Bouchard became Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) bt Christina McHale (USA) 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 Garros so yesterday’s one hour 50 the highest seed to fall when the Sesil Karatantcheva (BUL) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB x25) 6-3, 6-4 minute workout offered few clues number six, the golden girl of 2014 Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning his French Open first- Irina Falconi (USA) bt Manon Arcangioli (FRA) 6-2, 6-0 over the health of his game. round match against Quentin Halys at Roland Garros in Paris yesterday. when she reached the Wimbledon His racket was equipped with final after making the semis in Julia Goerges (GER) bt Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 computer technology, meaning he The Serb, whose winning march through the mind of 18-year-old Paris, slumped 6-4 6-4 to Kristina Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x5) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 6-3, 6-0 can download statistics for later now extends to 23 matches, came Halys. Mladenovic of France. Petra Kvitova (CZE x4) bt Marina Erakovic (NZL) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 analysis. within a point of a 5-1 deficit in He dropped his opening serv- Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov, the But the sixth seed knows he will the second set but extricated him- ice game but was clearly not men’s 10th seed and the prospec- Silvia Soler (ESP) bt Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 6-4, 6-3 have to reboot his game to win self to clinch victory with trade- intimidated, striking the ball with tive fourth-round opponent for Timea Bacsinszky (SUI x23) bt Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) 6-3, 6-4 the title, having been placed in the mark precision. menace and occasionally hav- Nadal, fell at the first hurdle for Tereza Smitková (CZE) bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 6-3, 6-4 same half of the draw as world Women’s top seed Serena ing Nadal scrambling behind the a second consecutive year, going Madison Keys (USA x16) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 number one Novak Djokovic and Williams joined the party, light- baseline. down in three sets to American third seed Andy Murray. ing up a dull evening with a pink Another service game went Jack Sock. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Wang Qiang (CHN) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Tournament favourite Djokovic, outfit and some powerful tennis begging when the wildcard served Former women’s champions Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x18) bt Kiki Bertens (NED) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 like Nadal, waited two days for his to beat Czech qualifier Andrea three double-faults but Halys Svetlana Kuznetsova (2009) and Zarina Diyas (KAZ x32) bt Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) 6-4, 6-1 opening match but quickly found Hlavackova 6-2 6-3. broke Nadal’s serve in the sixth Francesca Schiavone (2008) sur- Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) bt Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (SVK) 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (9/7) his stride with a 6-2 7-5 6-2 defeat If Nadal was nervous, one can game, prompting loud cheers from vived to fight another day after of Finn Jarkko Nieminen. only imagine the thoughts going a crowd who revere the champion three-set tussles. REUTERS Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) bt Eugénie Bouchard (CAN x6) 6-4, 6-4