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Katara lights up Emir congratulates Non-emergency Portugal President DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations cases on rise to President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, on the occasion of his at Al Sadd PEC country’s National Day. Ministry to launch busiest hospitals in the country and ‘Health at worksites’ is open 24 hours a day, seven days Al Sadd receives only a week. It receives between 28,000 programme around 30 percent of and 30,000 patients monthly and in 2015 alone 336,000 patients were emergency cases and treated at the centre. DOHA: In a new initiative Min- the rest can be treated “We see many cases of istry of Public Health signed a at Primary Health respiratory infection and Memorandum of Understanding gastroenteritis. We would encourage (MoU) with Qatar Financial Center Centres, says official. parents to take their children to their (QFC) to implement a programme Primary Healthcare Centers in the ‘Health at worksites’ to encourage first instance. Also, if your child is employees to follow a healthy life- experiencing typical flu symptoms style. By Fazeena Saleem such as mild to moderate fever, The MoU was signed by Dr The Peninsula sore throat, these can also often Sheikha Al Anoud bint Mohamed be treated in health centers. This Al Thani, Director of Health Pro- is especially the case if the child motion and Non-communicable is aged over 12 months,” said Dr Al The Katara Village decked up with lights to reflect the Ramadan atmosphere. Diseases, Ministry of Public Health DOHA: The main Paediatric Amri. Pic: Baher A/The Peninsula and Yousuf Al Jaida, Chief Execu- Emergency Centre (PEC) in Al Sadd The most common cases treated tive Officer for QFC. receives only around 30 percent of at the Al Sadd PEC are viral illnesses, emergency cases and among them respiratory diseases such as asthma, between two and four percent are bronchiolitis and croup. Children in critical condition, said a senior with gastrointestinal symptoms official. such as vomiting and diarrhea are QDF signs deal with UN body to help Palestinians Among them less than one also treated. The centre also receives percent of patients are transferred to children with seizures, diabetes and Hamad General Hospital (HGH) each complications as well as fever and The Peninsula in the occupied territories. supporting the UNCTAD mission in the partnership between Qatar and day for intensive or specialised care. jaundice. “The criteria for transfers Faisal bin Abdullah Al Henzab, reaching an international consensus UNCTAD, especially as Qatar pre- The remaining 70 percent are to HGH are either the patient needs Qatar’s permanent representative on development issues and comes as pares to hand over the presidency of non-emergency cases that can be to be in the Intensive Care Unit or the DOHA: Qatar Development Fund and to the UN office and international part of Qatar’s constant support for UNCTAD during the 14th session in treated at by Primary Health Centers, patient requires specific procedures the United Nations Conference on Trade organizations in Geneva, signed the the Palestinian people. The UNCTAD Nairobi in July. Amna Jaber Al Kuwari, Dr Mohamed Al Amri, Assistant or specialised testing for example and Development (UNCTAD) have agreement on behalf of Qatar Devel- secretary general praised the of Qatar’s office to the World Trade Director, Paediatrics Emergency a bronchoscopy or gastrointestinal signed an agreement to back the Assist- opment Fund with UNCTAD Secretary agreement and expressed his appre- Organization in Geneva, participated Centres, Hamad Medical Corporation tests,” said Dr Al Amri. ance to the Palestinian People Unit General Mukhisa Kituyi. ciation for the financial aid offered in the signing ceremony. (HMC) told The Peninsula. (APPU) in order to provide technical Al Henzab said the agreement by Qatar Development Fund, stress- The Al Sadd PEC is one of the → Continued on page 2 support and training for Palestinians reiterates Qatar’s commitment to ing the importance of continuing →Picture on page 2

Assad forces Israel sets three-day bombed town West Bank closure after aid delivered AFP

AP attack in the West Bank overnight but there were no further details. In raids last morning in the territory, WASHINGTON: The United States Israeli troops found two workshops condemned Bashar Al Assad’s Syr- JERUSALEM: The Israeli military Palestinians used for manufacturing ian regime yesterday, accusing it said yesterday the West Bank will weapons, including the improvised of bombing starving civilians just be closed off until the end of the Jew- home-made gun used in Wednes- hours after they received a long- ish holiday of Shavuot tomorrow, due day’s attack. delayed UN aid shipment. to security concerns following a Pal- Over the last eight months, Pal- Late on Thursday, the besieged estinian shooting attack this week in estinians have carried out dozens rebel-held town of Daraya Tel Aviv that killed four Israeli civil- of attacks on civilians and security received its first United Nations ians. forces, mostly stabbings, shootings food delivery since 2012, a life- The army said that crossings and car ramming assaults that have line for the suffering population. will be open for “humanitarian and killed 32 Israelis and two Ameri- Shortly afterwards, accord- medical” cases only and for Pales- cans. About 200 Palestinians have ing to a witness and human tinians to worship at Al Aqsa mosque been killed during that time, most rights monitors, Assad’s forces in Jerusalem. identified as attackers by Israel. The bombarded the town, dropping Tens of thousands of Palestinians assaults were once near-daily inci- indiscriminate barrel bombs from attended prayers at the mosque yes- dents but they have become less helicopters as residents shared A general view shows the opening ceremony prior to the kick off for the Euro 2016 group A match between terday, the first of the holy month of frequent in recent weeks. food. France and Romania at Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, yesterday. Ramadan. Police were on high alert The day after the Palestinian “The Syrian regime conducted in Jerusalem and prayers passed shooting, Israel froze 83,000 per- multiple barrel bomb attacks peacefully. mits for Palestinians in the West on Daraya this morning,” State Payet’s stunner Much of the past months of vio- Bank to visit relatives in Israel. The Department spokesman Mark lence stems from tensions at the army imposed checkpoints to restrict Toner said. helps France hilltop compound. Muslims refer to movement in and out of the village “That came just hours after it as the Noble Sanctuary, and it is where the Palestinian gunmen in the the UN convoy arrived,” he told floor Romania their third holiest site, after Makkah Tel Aviv attack were from. reporters. TODAY’S and Madinah in Saudi Arabia. It is The office of the United Nations’ “Obviously such attacks are Albania vs Switzerland 4pm PARIS: Dimitri Payet’s spectacu- the holiest site for Jews, who call it High Commissioner for Human unacceptable in any circumstance GROUP Wales vs Slovakia 7pm lar late strike earned France a 2-1 the Temple Mount because of the Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, yes- but in this case they also hampered STAGE win over Euro 2016 Group A rivals revered Jewish temples that stood terday condemned the Tel Aviv the delivery and distribution of MATCHES England vs Russia 10pm Romania yesterday, giving the host there in biblical times. shooting. Spokeswoman Ravina badly needed assistance.” nation a flying start to their cam- West Bank closures are often Shamdasani said that Israel had an paign. Payet played chief tormentor imposed ahead of holidays in Israel “obligation” to bring those respon- at the Stade de France as he set up when there are fears of Palestinian sible to account, but said some Olivier Giroud for the opening goal attacks. Tensions are especially high measures punish “thousands of RAMADAN after the break and then curled a now after Palestinian gunmen killed innocent Palestinians” and could superb left-footer into the top cor- four people and wounded five others constitute “collective punishment.” TIMING ner of the net with one minute left in a popular and crowded area of Tel Later in the day, a Palestinian after Bogdan Stancu had equalised Aviv on Wednesday night. tried to stab soldiers in the West Today’s Iftar 6 : 27 pm for Romania. The military said it arrested sev- Bank who opened fire and wounded Tomorrow’s Imsak 3 : 04 am → See also pages 23 & 24 eral people in connection to that him, the military said. 02 SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2016 HOME

Garangao business Shoppers laud healthy lifestyle campaign

‘Your Healthy Choice’ initiative provides comprehensive nutritional information to help shoppers prepare healthy meals for themselves and their families.

By Fazeena Saleem The Peninsula

Shops selling Garangao treats including nuts, dried fruits, chocolates and candies during the month of Ramadan in Souq Waqif yesterday. Pic: Kammutty V P/The Peninsula DOHA: A new initiative launched recently across the country to pro- mote healthy lifestyle is encouraging shoppers to buy healthy food. Several shoppers speaking to Strong winds this newspaper claimed that ‘Your Tips for pregnant women Healthy Choice’ launched by The forecast Sahtak Awalan: Your Health First who fast during Ramadan campaign as useful and encouraging. Sahtak Awalan is the flag- The Peninsula If their doctor does give permis- ship health campaign of Weill The Peninsula sion to fast during Ramadan, pregnant Cornell Medicine — Qatar and its women should, avoid stimulants such ‘Your Healthy Choice’ was recently as coffee, tea and soft drinks to reduce launched at several Al Meera Super- DOHA: Nutrition during pregnancy the intake of caffeine, take care to markets. The campaign is held in Nutritional information displayed by ‘Your Healthy Choice’. DOHA: Qatar Meteorology plays an important role in the health consume a healthy and balanced partnership with the Ministry of Pub- Department forecasts strong of both mother and baby. It is there- diet, drink sufficient amounts of water, lic Health. The Your Healthy Choice besides the stall, it encourages to and meat and fish. It includes infor- winds at places during daytime and fore extremely important for pregnant between eight to twelve cups per day initiative provides comprehen- buy products.” mation such as ‘Dairy products help poor visibility inshore due to dust women who are fasting to be aware to avoid dehydration and Start Iftar sive nutritional information to help Another shopper Aida said, “Its children to build strong bones and weather today. Offshore will also of how to fast safely, says an expert. with a glass of milk and some dates, shoppers prepare healthy meals for good. Usually we tempt to buy seeing prevents osteoporosis in the old,’ The witness strong wind and high sea “Women who suffer from constant followed by a variety of foods that themselves and their families. It pro- advertisements and now same way vitamins in the vegetables give our by afternoon today. Wind speeds vomiting and the loss of fluids dur- contain all food groups. vides healthy eating tips in a clear this encourages to buy healthy food.” brains a boost. Eat different colours are expected to strengthen gradu- ing the early months of pregnancy are They should also eat a healthy and simple manner. “I bought more feta instead of of veggies to get a variety of vita- ally reaching its peak today ranging advised not to fast as this may result snack before bedtime i.e. about an ‘Your Healthy Choice’ is in four cheese, let me try the difference,” mins and minerals,’ ‘Apples- a fiber between 12 to 22 knots with wind in severe dehydration,” said Ghazi hour after Taraweeh prayer, consume Al Meera supermarkets — Legtaifiya, she said. and vitamin rich snack,’ Compared gusts reaching 30 knots at times Daradkeh, Nutrition Supervisor at the permitted quantities of starches Gulf Mall, Al Wakra, Thakira and Also, since Thursday health edu- to most cheeses, feta is low in calo- blowing dust and causing poor vis- Hamad Medical Corporation. and keep away from saturated fats, Géant at Hyatt Plaza. cators started to provide healthy ries and because it has a strong, salty ibility of 3km in some areas. “However a pregnant wom- have protein such as meat, chicken, “It’s a good idea to remind about eating information to shoppers dur- taste, you can sue less of it.’ Maximum temperatures are an’s body acclimatizes to the unique fish, eggs and cheese, take advantage healthy food while shopping, because ing the weekends. They will advice The nutrition information dis- expected to reach to 46 Degrees experience of fasting, so if her body of the opportunity to eat Suhour, avoid although everyone knows about shoppers about the healthiest foods played is according to the Ministry Celsius in Messaid, Al Wakra and Al contains a good enough supply of excessive use of spices when cooking, nutrition and health, people don’t to buy and also how best to maintain of Public Health’s Qatar Dietary Khor today. Minimum temperatures energy then fasting does not nega- eat multiple meals in low quantities essentially remember it when they or lose weight at the Géant at Hyatt Guidelines. are forecast to rise up to 34 Degrees tively affect her,” explained Daradkeh. when permitted to avoid the feeling of come to supermarkets,” said Mariel, Plaza until today. They will educate On June 16, 17, 18, 30, July 1 and 2 Celsius in Doha due to northerly The dietitian explained that satiety, stay away from fatty foods and a Filipina professional shopping at customers next week at the Gulf Mall. health educators will be at the Gulf winds. Ruwais will be the coldest pregnant women should undergo a fries to avoid heartburn and weight Géant at Hyatt Plaza. Stands and screens are displayed Mall and at the Legtaifiya Mall on place with temperature ranging medical examination before fasting gain, eat at least two to three servings Nikita Rajesh, an Indian house at different places in supermarkets June 23, 24 and 25. They will be at between 31s to 36s. The minimum to ensure they are free from com- of fresh fruit daily and perform some wife said, “It’s encouraging and with information about health ben- malls on Thursdays between 11 am temperature will be 27s at some mon health issues such as high blood kind of physical activity for half an educating. When someone sees efits of a variety of foods including and 2pm, while on Fridays and Sat- places like Messaid and Al Wakra. sugar and high blood pressure. hour a day. the benefit of eating dairy items fruit and vegetables, dairy products, urdays from 8pm to 11pm.

Agreement signed Al Jazeera wins ‘Best Website Award’

The Peninsula Most Effective Media Tool. Batayneh developed the Al Jazeera Newsroom Toolbox, a collection of seven bespoke applications designed to help edi- DOHA: Al Jazeera English has won tor’s deliver content faster and more the ‘Best Website’ award at the annual efficiently. Online Media Awards ceremony held A multimedia essay titled Ban- in London, along with three other ished: Why menstruation can mean awards and two commendations. exile in Nepal picked up the award The awards hosted on Tuesday for Best Use of Photography. evening by The Drum were judged Giles Trendle, Acting Managing by a panel of journalists, PR profes- Director of Al Jazeera English, said he sionals and media personalities. was “delighted” with the wins. Award winners of Al Jazeera English. Other organisations nominated “The competition was tough and Faisal bin Abdullah Al Henzab, Qatar’s Permanent Representative for awards included Britain’s Chan- we were up against the very best in Jazeera also received a commenda- cross the Mediterranean Sea. to the UN office and international organizations in Geneva, with nel 4, the Guardian, and ITV. the business, so it is a great honour to tion in the Best Commentary/Blogging The Online Media Awards, now UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi after signing the Al Jazeera’s senior editor for dig- receive such industry recognition for category for online editor Barry in its fifth year, identify the cleverest, agreement to provide technical support and training for Palestinians ital video, Yasir Khan, won Online the quality of our content and the tal- Malone’s piece on why the channel boldest and most original purveyors in the occupied territories. Editor of the Year, while Al Jazeera’s ent of our teams,” he said. stopped using the word ‘migrants’ to of news and views from around the Alaa Batayneh won the award for In addition to the awards wins, Al describe the refugees attempting to world.

Ministry of Awqaf holds programme Al Sadd PEC gets 25% to encourage children for fasting more space after expansion → Continued from page 1

The Peninsula children for fasting and educate them The new expansion at the Al Sadd PEC has about this important pillar of Islam, provided 25 percent more space as well as the fasting,” said Mohammad Hamad with an extra 22 new beds across 13 treatment Al Kuwari, Head of the Religious Call- rooms, six triage rooms, an emergency proce- DOHA: The Ministry of Awqaf and ing and Preaching Department at the dure room and an isolation unit, bringing the Islamic Affairs has organised a festival Ministry. total number of beds in the facility to 86. It is to encourage children for fasting. “The festival used to organise one staffed by 216 nurses and 65 dedicated doctors. The festival entitled “Al Saim Al or two days ahead of Ramadan but this Also, the upgraded facility has a bigger family Saghir” (minor fasting) was partici- year it was held in Ramadan in a bid to waiting area, separate male and female wait- pated by 120 students aged ranging make the children feel the spirituality of ing areas and a larger pharmacy. from eight to 12 from Holy Quran recit- the fasting month,” he added. “Due to this increase in capacity, the Al ing centres. “A similar festival was also organ- Saad PEC expansion has meant that patients are Programmes like religious songs, ized for girl students of Moza bint already seeing the difference with decreased Students performing at minor fasting festival organised by Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic entertainment activities, narrating sto- Mohamad for Holy Quran and Preach- waiting times and faster access to care. We are ries about the life of the companions of ing run by the Department,” he added. Affairs in Freej Kulaib. always looking at ways to improve our services the Prophet (peace be upon him) were The participating students were and deliver quality care to our patients,” said Dr held to create religious values of fast- awarded in the conclusion ceremony The festival is being held annually to create reciting and memorizing centers focusing on the Al Amri. Besides the main PEC in Al Sadd, other ing and its merits and norms among the held in Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud pillars of Islam and its principles in the young- aspects of learning, physiological support and centres are located in Al Daayen, Al Rayaan, Al children. Hall at the Department located at Freej sters and to support the families to educate their proper upbringing. Large number of the parents Shamal, Airport area and treat children under “The festival aims to encourage the Kulaib. children. It is part of curriculum of Holy Quran of the students also attended the festival. 14 years of age. Ramadan Thoughts

SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2016 03 Why the Quran is so important ?

By Shaul Hameed well-known Quran interpreter and scholar, said: “The phrase “in the Preserved Tablet” means, it is among the higher rank groups (i.e., angels), preserved and protected from The overarching importance of anything being added or taken away, or the noble Quran, which Mus- from any alteration or changes.” (part 8, lims believe is the word of God pg. 271) (Allah in Arabic), is underscored 2. God Almighty in the noble Quran in Islam owing to a number of clearly states that all the previous scrip- factorsR such as the following: tures were revealed provisionally for the 1. The Quran is, according to Islam, benefit of a particular people of a particu- the last of the revealed scriptures of God. lar period. But the noble Quran is the final It clearly teaches that all the previous scrip- testament of God revealed for the whole of tures have been revealed by God Almighty humanity, until the Day of Judgment. For to His prophets, though they were not pre- this reason, all the teachings contained in served intact over time. Only the noble the former scriptures which were meant Quran has been protected from addition, to be of lasting value and importance are deletion, or interpolation. That is why Mus- included in the Quran. lims believe 3. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon that today, him) was the final messenger from Allah only the to mankind; and he brought the final rev- noble Quran elation from God to man. Therefore, the is authentic scripture containing this revelation is the as the word last of the sacred scriptures. The basic mes- of God. And sage of the noble Quran is the same as the what is basic message of the previous revelations God Almighty in the more, it is and books; and the teachings and instruc- kept intact tions by which it provides guidance for noble Quran states on a tablet man are of a universal nature. They apply preserved for all times to come and to all situations. that all the previous in Heaven This revelation corresponds to a critical scriptures were re- for all times. juncture that marks a stage of cultural, And in fact, intellectual, and spiritual development in vealed provisionally the essen- human history. tial message 4. If you make a careful study of the for the benefit of a of all the language and subject of the Quran and may get to know the meaning of the Quran not understand Arabic. It is noteworthy that Quran, which was at the center of a unique particular people of earlier the language and subject of other scrip- from a translation, preferably with sufficient while the Quran continues to occupy the ped- spiritual revolution, which shines through scriptures tures, you can see the clear difference explanations. But the beauty of the Quranic estal as an abiding model for literary Arabic, history. a particular period. was extracted of the Quran. It is a fact that there is no language is to a great extent lost to any one the languages of other scriptures have, more The Quran helped in forging unity from the scripture of any religion existing now in who does not know Arabic. As a matter of or less, become dead languages. among tribes, races and social classes. But the Quran is same tablet, the same form as it existed at the time of fact, the verses of the Quran appeal to our 6. In fact, there is no other Book in It liberated the thought patterns and the the final testament called in the its revelation. In most cases, we have only heart and head at the same time; as we see human history that has molded, and is ennobled human knowledge. The Quran Quran the translations, not the original scripture. in them a harmony of rhyme, rhythm and continuing to mold, the life of generations also contained the criteria for social trans- of God revealed “Preserved As for the Quran, it is the original Arabic reason, a matching of powerful ideas with of people as the Quran. Every verse of the formation. Consequently, even some for the whole of Tablet”: Nay, Quran that is always called the Quran, not moving expression. We should remember Book has become the unalterable source people, such as the Mongols who con- this is a Glo- any translation. That is to say, the noble that the Quran came at a time in Arabia of a code of laws that govern every aspect quered Islamic lands and triumphed over humanity, until the rious Quran Quran is the only scripture that exists in when poetry was reigning supreme; but of the life of Muslims. This was a Book that the Muslims owing to their military supe- (inscribed) the same language and form in which it the masterpoets of the day could not equal brought into being the renowned universi- riority, lost their dominance in the end Day of Judgment. in a Tablet was originally revealed by Allah Almighty the Quranic richness in diction, style, and ties and centres of learning that awakened when they were confronted with the spir- Preserved! to humankind. beauty. Indeed, its haunting rhythms rocked a new enlightenment in the world, such itual power of Islam. In addition, it is an (Al Buruj 5. Another important point to note the whole of Arabia from Sudan to Syria and as no other civilization of the past could interesting historical fact that eventually 85:21-22) about the Quran is the perfect harmony from Morocco to Oman, and continues to match. It was indeed a brilliant and last- most of them even adopted the religion of Ibn Kathir, a between its content and language. We awe those who listen to it, even if they do ing miracle of Allah effected through the the people they had conquered.

Creation from The right way to perform Tahajjud the clay

ahajjud Prayer is part of the Sunnah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “If we n the Quran, Allah reveals of the Prophet (peace and blessings wanted to see him praying during the night, that the creation of the be upon him), which Muslims are we could see him praying. If we wanted to see Ihuman is a miracle. The preferred to follow all the time. In him sleeping during the night, we could see him first human being was cre- his famous work, Fiqh As-Sunnah, sleeping. And sometimes he would fast for so ated by Allah shaping clay into TSheikh Sayyid Sabiq elaborates on the subject many days that we thought he would not leave human form and breathing a as follows: Ordering His Messenger to perform fasting throughout that month. And sometimes soul into it: Your Lord said to Tahajjud, Allah Almighty says: And during a he would not fast (for so many days) that we the angels, “I am going to cre- part of the night, pray Tahajjud beyond what thought he would not fast during that month.” ate a human being out of clay. is incumbent on you; maybe your Lord will (Bukhari, Ahmad and Nasa’i.) Commenting When I have formed him and raise you to a position of great glory. (Al Israa’ on this subject, Ibn Hajar says: “There was no breathed My Spirit into him, 17:79) This order, although it was specifically specific time in which the Prophet (peace and fall down in prostration to directed to the Prophet, also refers to all Mus- blessings be upon him) would perform his late him!” (Quran, 38:71-72) Then lims, since the Prophet is a perfect example and night Prayer; but he used to do whatever was inquire of them: Is it they guide for us in all matters. Moreover, perform- easiest for him.” who are stronger in struc- ing Tahajjud Prayers regularly qualifies one as ture or other things We have one of the righteous and makes one earn Allah’s BEST TIME FOR TAHAJJUD created? We created them bounty and mercy. In praising those who per- It is best to delay this Prayer to the last third from sticky clay. (Quran, form the late night Prayers, Allah says what portion of the night. Abu Hurairah (may Allah 37:11) When the human body means: And they who pass the night prostrat- be pleased with him) quoted the Messenger is examined today, it may be ing themselves before their Lord and standing. of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as discovered that many ele- (Al Furqan 25:64) Next to these Quranic verses, goes to his bed with the intention of getting up night to pray and wakes up his wife and who, saying: “Our Lord descends to the lowest heaven ments present on the earth there also exist a number of hadiths that rein- and praying during the night, but, being over- if she refuses to get up, sprinkles water on her during the last third of the night, inquiring: are also to be found in the force the importance of Tahajjud. Abdullah ibn come by sleep, fails to do that, he will have face. And may Allah bless the woman who gets ‘Who will call on Me so that I may respond to body. Living tissues contain Salam reported: “When the Prophet (PBUH) recorded for him what he has intended, and up during the night to pray and wakes up her him? Who is asking something of Me so I may 95 percent carbon, hydrogen, came to Madinah, the people gathered around his sleep will be reckoned as a charity (an act husband and who, if he refuses, sprinkles water give it to him? Who is asking for My forgiveness oxygen, nitrogen, phospho- him and I was one of them. I looked at his face of mercy) for him from his Lord.” (Annasa’i and on his face.” (Ahmad) The Prophet (PBUH) also so I may forgive him?’” (Al Bukhari) rus and sulphur, with a total and understood that it was not the face of a liar. Ibn Majah) On waking up, it is recommended said: “If a man wakes his wife and prays dur- Amr ibn Absah (may Allah be pleased with of 26 different elements. The first words I heard him say were: ‘O people, that one wipes the face, use a toothbrush, and ing the night or they pray two rak`ahs together, him) reported that he heard the Prophet (PBUH) (Kevin Griffin, “The Elemen- spread the salutations, feed the people, keep look to the sky and make the supplication which they will be recorded among those (men and saying: “The closest that a slave comes to his tal Composition of Life,” www. the ties of kinship, and pray during the night has been reported from the Prophet (PBUH). women) who (constantly) make remembrance of Lord is during the middle of the latter portion ldeo.columbia.edu/dees/ees/ while the others sleep, and you will enter Par- Abu Hudhaifa reported: “Whenever the Prophet Allah.” (Abu Dawud) If one gets sleepy while per- of the night. If you can be among those who life/lectures/lect21. html.) In adise in peace.’” (Tirmidhi.) intended to go to bed, he would recite: With forming Tahajjud, one should sleep. This is based remember Allah the Exalted One at that time, another verse of the Quran we Salman Al Farsi quoted the Prophet (PBUH) Your name, O Allah, I die and I live. And when on the hadith narrated by `A’ishah (may Allah be then do so.” (Tirmidhi) are told: We created man from as saying: “Observe the night Prayer; it was he woke up from his sleep, he would say: All the pleased with her), who quoted Allah’s Messenger an extract of clay. (Quran, the practice of the righteous before you and it Praises are for Allah Who has made us alive as saying: “When one of you gets up during the THE NUMBER OF RAKAHS 23:12) The Arabic word sulala, brings you closer to your Lord and it is penance after He made us die (sleep) and unto Him is night for Prayer and his Quranic recital gets mixed Tahajjud Prayer does not entail a specific translated as “extract” in the for evil deeds and erases the sins and repels the Resurrection.” (Bukhari) One should begin up to the extent that he does not know what he number of rak`ahs that must be performed, verse, means “representative disease from the body.” (Tabarani) with two quick rak`ahs and then one may pray says, he should lie down.” (Muslim) nor is there any maximum limit that may be example, essence.” As we have whatever one wishes after that. `A’ishah said: performed. It would be fulfilled even if one seen, the information revealed ETIQUETTE OF PRAYER “When the Prophet prayed during the late- RECOMMENDED TIME FOR TAHAJJUD prayed just one rakah of Witr after `Isha’. in the Quran 1,400 years ago The following acts are recommended for night, he would begin his Prayers with two Tahajjud may be performed in the early part Samurah ibn Jundub (may Allah be pleased with confirms what modern sci- one who wishes to perform the Tahajjud Prayer: quick rak`ahs.” (Muslim) It is recommended of the night, the middle part of the night, or the him) said: “The Messenger of Allah ordered us ence tells us the fact that the Upon going to sleep, one should make the inten- that one wakes up one’s family, for Abu Hurai- latter part of the night, but after the obligatory to pray during the night, a little or a lot, and to same elements are employed tion to perform the Prayers. Abu Ad-Darda’ rah quoted the Prophet (PBUH) as saying: “May `Isha’ Prayer (night Prayer). While describing make the last of the Prayer the Witr Prayer.” in human creation as those quoted the Prophet (PBUH) as saying: “Whoever Allah bless the man who gets up during the the Prophet’s way of performing Prayer, Anas (Tabarani and Al Bazzar) found in the soil. 04 SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2016 MIDDLE EAST

France urges calm Growing desertions as IS loses ground: Experts in Saudi-UN row

AFP Bret, said. “Expanding the glorious (IS) policy, which considers those who Neumann said four main com- Life in IS strongholds like Raqqa on blacklisting caliphate is no longer on the agenda want to leave Syria as traitors to be plaints emerged from the testimonies is often a far cry from the utopian and we know that some have been immediately executed,” he said. of the returnees: “’IS is more inter- visions of a pure Islamic society that AFP killed while trying to flee,” he added. In January 2014, five months ested in fighting fellow (Sunni) lured some foreign combatants. PARIS: Growing numbers of West- Slipping past the Sunni extrem- before IS proclaimed a caliphate in Muslims than the Assad government’, Heady dreams of adventure, com- ern jihadists are deserting the ists is no easy task, making Western parts of Syria and Iraq, a study by the ‘IS is involved in brutality and atroc- radeship and glory on the battlefield UNITED NATIONS: French For- Islamic State (IS) group and return- security services wary of returning International Centre for the Study of ities against (Sunni) Muslims’, ‘IS is founder on a daily diet of grind- eign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault ing to countries like France, where jihadists. “We worry when we get Radicalisation (ICSR) at King’s College corrupt and un-Islamic’ and ‘life ing hardship, wanton barbarity and called yesterday for calm to resolve security services are trying to sort someone back. How do you know London set up a database of return- under IS is harsh and disappointing’.” constant fear — of IS itself, bombard- an angry row between Saudi Ara- genuine repenters from terror sus- whether he is sincere or on a mis- ing jihadists, to try understand their Shiraz Maher, one of the research- ments by its adversaries or both. bia and the United Nations over the pects, experts say. sion?” Le Bret said. motivations. The list currently runs ers who interviewed the deserters, Shiraz recalled: “One told me they blacklisting of the Saudi-led coa- IS, which is losing ground on sev- Patrick Calvar, head of the to 60 names. said “most” of the returning fight- think nothing of bringing down build- lition bombing Yemen. eral fronts in Syria and Iraq, is also domestic intelligence agency DGSI The ICSR gave various reasons ers insisted “I didn’t come (to Syria) ings with women and children inside, Ayrault said France could help battling to prevent some of the thou- told the National Assembly, or lower for the growing disenchantment for that”. “I want to tell all the muja- just to kill one person. It’s not revolu- defuse tensions following a UN sands of foreign volunteers who have house of parliament, in mid-May that among IS recruits. “The defectors’ hideens not to come to Syria. This is tionary jihad, it’s just slaughter’.” decision to remove the coalition joined its ranks since 2014 giving up 244 people had returned to France reasons for leaving may be as com- not jihad. You will find yourself kill- Some of the returnees also from a list of child rights violators. the fight and going home. from Syria and Iraq. “We’re see- plex as the reasons they joined,” ing other Muslims,” she quoted them complain of discrimination by IS Secretary-General Ban Ki- “They sense that we have entered ing more and more (expressions) of ICSR director Peter Neumann wrote as saying. The losses sustained by IS commanders on the basis of country moon on Thursday said that he the final stage. Many are starting intention to return home,” he told in a report in September. “Not every- in Syria and Iraq in recent weeks may of origin. An Indian who went to fight had decided to take the coalition to send us messages to know how lawmakers. one has become a fervent supporter also spur the homeward movement. was relegated to the most menial of off the list after Saudi Arabia and they can return,” France’s national But many of those who wanted of liberal democracy. Some may Scores of IS fighters have been killed tasks. “They made me clean the toi- its allies threatened to cut off fund- intelligence coordinator, Didier Le to defect were “prevented by Daesh have committed crimes.” on various fronts. lets,” he said. ing to UN aid programs. “We have to do everything to appease the situation,” Ayrault told reporters at UN headquar- ters. “France is always there when it comes to safeguarding the UN’s Libya unity forces in street capacity to take action,” he added. The UN blacklisted the coali- tion after concluding in a report released last week that it was responsible for 60 percent of the battles with IS in Sirte 785 deaths of children in Yemen last year. But in an embarrass- ing climbdown, the world body Warplanes of the GNA also carried A Libyan government official said announced on Monday that the out air strikes around the centre and the operation was being carried out coalition would be scratched from Witnesses at the on other IS positions inside Sirte, “under the control of the GNA oper- the list of shame pending a joint scene reported according to the Facebook page and ations room... but obviously in close review with the Saudi-led alliance. heavy street fighting Twitter account of the anti-jihadist cooperation with Misrata”. Ayrault steered clear of taking operation. “The battle wasn’t as difficult sides in the dispute, as did Britain’s about 2km from the Witnesses at the scene reported as we thought it would be... Their UN ambassador. British Ambassador Ouagadougou centre. heavy street fighting about 2km force (IS) has dispersed. They (Mis- Matthew Rycroft said he welcomed from the Ouagadougou centre. GNA rata forces) have taken almost all the “the fact that the secretary-general forces used tanks, rocket launchers city now,” the official said. and Saudi Arabia have reached agree- and artillery, the correspondent said, IS has held Sirte since June 2015. ment on an analysis of the cases in the A displaced Iraqi boy from the embattled city of Fallujah carries bags AFP while the jihadists responded with Foreign intelligence services esti- report.” But he declined to comment machineguns, mortar rounds and mate it has 5,000 fighters in Libya of food provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) at a camp further on the controversy. sniper fire. “It was a war with planes but its strength inside Sirte and the where families are taking shelter, in the city of Amriyat Al Fallujah, Saudi Arabi’s UN ambassa- and artillery, but now it is street fight- number of civilians living in the city some 30km south of Fallujah, yesterday. More than 20,000 people dor Abdullah al-Mouallimi denies SIRTE: Forces loyal to Libya’s unity ing,” said one GNA combattant who are unavailable. have fled the fighting over the past three weeks. that there was pressure on Ban and government fought street battles with declined to be named. “We are fight- “The operation will not last much declared that the decision to take the the Islamic State group on Friday as ing between houses, on the streets, longer,” said GNA forces spokesman coalition off the list was “irrevers- they pressed an offensive to capture and we won’t back down before we Mohamad Ghassri on Thursday after Iraq special forces 3km ible.” In his remarks, Ban appealed the jihadists’ coastal bastion. eliminate them.” its forces thrust into Sirte’s city cen- for support from UN member-states The loss of Sirte, the hometown The GNA forces apparently tre. “I think we’ll be able to announce to defend UN assessments such as of ousted dictator Muammar Gadd- pushed their way from the west into the liberation of Sirte in two or three from Fallujah centre the annual report on children in afi, would be a major blow to IS at a the city centre, and witnesses saw days,” he said. armed conflict, which includes the time when it is under mounting pres- dozens of 4X4 vehicles deployed US President Barack Obama’s spe- list of rights violators. sure in Syria and Iraq. along the way. cial envoy to the international coalition AFP wanted the battle to take place out- Russian Ambassador Vitaly Analysts have warned that the The GNA said in a tweet that two battling IS, Brett McGurk, tweeted on side the city but we have moved in, Churkin told reporters that “the fall of Sirte would not spell the end of its fighters were killed and eight Thursday that GNA forces were making and retaken all this area in eight secretariat should be more inde- of the jihadists in Libya, where they wounded and taken to a Misrata hos- “rapid advances” against the jihadists. days,” he said, standing on rooftop pendent in drafting UN reports.” have fed on political and military pital, further east. GNA forces launched the Sirte offensive FALLUJAH: Iraq’s elite counter- overlooking Fallujah’s southern US State Department divisions since the 2011 uprising. It also reported a failed attempt in mid-May and have seized towns, a terrorism service moved to within neighbourhoods. spokesman Mark Toner said Yesterday’s clashes raged around by IS to attack them with a car power plant and army barracks before 3km of central Fallujah yesterday “Our troops are here,” he said in Washington that the United the Ouagadougou conference cen- bomb, but gave no further details. Thursday’s advance on the city centre. and consolidated positions in the pointing on his tablet computer to Nations should be able “to carry tre, a sprawling Gaddafi-era complex An unspecified number of civilians But analysts have warned that south of the city, the operation’s spots along one of the main streets out its ability to report objectively which once hosted Arab and African who had been held by the jihadists recapturing Sirte would not end commander said. in southern Fallujah. “That’s 3.1km on these kinds of issues without summits and which now houses an were freed, it said. “The countdown IS violence in Libya. “What will Speaking from the edge of the from the main official building in fear of reprisal.” The United States IS command centre. has begun,” the GNA said on Twitter. happen to all the forces mobilised city’s Shuhada neighbourhood, the centre.” has cut off aid to the UN cultural From early in the day, forces GNA forces are mostly made up of against IS?” asked Mohamed Eljarh Lieutenant General Abdelwa- Plumes of smoke and dust rose agency Unesco after it recognized aligned with the UN-backed Gov- militias from western cities, notably of the Rafik Hariri Center for the hab Al Saadi said the operation up in Fallujah’s low and grey skyline Palestine as a member and has in ernment of National Accord (GNA) Misrata, that have sided with the GNA Middle East. “And Haftar’s forces? to retake one of the Islamic State as special forces carried out con- the past withheld dues owed to the pounded IS positions around the and the guards of oil installations that There is a risk that they turn against group’s most emblematic bastions troled detonations of bombs planted United Nations over demands for complex with heavy artillery fire. IS has repeatedly tried to seize. each other,” he said. was progressing well. “Daesh (IS) by IS and jets struck IS targets. reforms. Vets on rescue US-backed forces cut main IS mission to Gaza zoo Syria-Turkey supply route

AFP AFP The SDF also blocked the road south out of Man- bij heading to IS’s de facto capital of Raqa. “For the jihadists to reach the Turkish border from KHAN YUNIS: Decompos- Raqa, they now have to take a route that is more dan- ing carcasses, a forlorn tiger and BEIRUT: Arab-Kurdish fighters backed by the United gerous because of regime troops nearby and Russian cramped cages were among the States yesterday cut the Islamic State group’s main air strikes,” Abdel Rahman said. “heartbreaking” sights greeting supply route between Syria and Turkey in a major Russia launched air strikes in support of Presi- an international veterinary char- setback for the jihadists. dent Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria in September. ity on a mission yesterday to a zoo IS has come under growing pressure on vari- Thousands of residents have fled Manbij — held in war-battered and impoverished ous fronts in Syria and Iraq, where it established its by IS since 2014 — but jihadists who evacuated their Gaza. self-declared “caliphate” in 2014. The extremists families stayed to defend the town, the Observatory “There used to be 44 animals. lost control yesterday of a vital supply artery when said. About 20,000 people are still living in the town, Now only 15 are left,” said Amir Arab-Kurdish forces completely surrounded a key which had a pre-war population of about 120,000 Khalil, a member of the small team jihadist-held town. -- mostly Arabs, but about a quarter Syrian Kurds. sent at the request of the owner of “The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) cut off the Last month, the SDF attacked on two fronts from the zoo that used to be the pride last road from Manbij to the Turkish border,” said the north of Raqa province towards Manbij and in the of the town of Khan Yunis, in the the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain- direction of the IS-held town of Tabqa on the same southern Gaza Strip. based monitoring group. Manbij lies at the heart of vital supply line further south. An NGO, Four Paws, sent the the last stretch of territory along Turkey’s border still Regime troops backed by Russian air strikes have mission to carry out an evaluation under IS control, and was a key point on the jihad- also pushed an offensive to the southwest of Tabqa. of the health of the surviving ani- ists’ supply line from Turkey. Moscow and Washington — despite backing different mals and the state of their cages. Other secondary roads to the frontier are more sides in Syria’s five-year conflict — have both focused It aims to convince the zoo owner dangerous and difficult to access, Observatory head efforts on fighting the jihadist group. to allow the remaining tiger, mon- Rami Abdel Rahman said. The US envoy to the anti-IS Syria’s war has killed more than 280,000 people keys and birds to be transferred out coalition backing the SDF, Brett McGurk, confirmed and displaced millions since it started in 2011 with of Gaza, which has seen three wars the road had been severed. “ISIL terrorists now com- the brutal repression of anti-government protests. with Israel in six years. pletely surrounded with no way out,” he wrote on The United Nations says a total of 592,000 peo- The zoo — like the half a dozen Twitter, using another acronym for IS. ple live under siege in Syria — most surrounded by other zoos in the Palestinian terri- “Manbij is where we believe the Paris attack- government forces — and another four million in tory — makes a sorry and deserted ers, the Brussels attackers, they all kind of pulsed hard-to-reach areas. sight, without visitors because through this area,” McGurk said, “from Raqa up to The Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the UN Gazans can no longer afford such Manbij and then out to the capitals where they had said aid was delivered to Douma yesterday. The outings. “There are dead animals organised their attack.” SARC said 39 trucks took food and non-food in the midst of live animals,” said This week the SDF, backed by coalition air strikes, items including medicines into the besieged town. Khalil, amid the stench of rotting cut the road north out of Manbij to the IS-held bor- According to the Observatory, it was the first carcasses of lions, gazelles and der town of Jarabulus, which the jihadists had used time that the United Nations delivered food aid to crocodiles. as a transit point for fighters, money and weapons. Douma since autumn 2013. ASIA / PHILIPPINES SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2016 05

Pink mosque No bilateral talks Daesh-linked with China before tribunal decision: groups offered Minister-elect peace talks Reuters

MANILA: The Philippines will course, because there’s no grievance not pursue bilateral talks with on that, theirs are only plain China until an international tri- Dureza underlined criminality. But if the leader of Abu bunal decides on a case brought that there is no Sayyaf approached and said ‘I will by the Philippines in connection not anymore kill, we will not longer with claims in the South China Sea, excuse for either kidnap, we will stop because there incoming foreign minister Per- group’s criminal acts, is change now’, who am I to say, ‘Go fecto Yasay said yesterday during ahead, continue killing people’?” he an interview. but the president- said. Dureza added that the groups The Philippines has brought a elect is willing to will still have to “pay for all the case at an international tribunal crimes you committed”. in The Hague contesting China’s hold talks with In August 2014 clips were claims, a case rejected by China them if they show uploaded to YouTube showing Women walk outside the Pink Mosque after the first Friday of Ramadan in Datu Saudi Ampatuan in which wants to solve the issue remorse. both the Mindanao-based hardline Maguindanao province, on the southern island of Mindanao. bilaterally. BIFF and the Abu Sayyaf pledging “We should not pursue any support to Daesh. The BIFF, founded bilateral talks at this time until by Ameril Umbra Kato, broke with we hear, or wait for, the outcome the country’s one time largest of the decision of the arbitral tri- Anatolia Moro rebel outfit the Moro Islamic bunal to come out,” Yasay said in Liberation Front in 2008 because an interview with ABS-CBN news of disagreements with the MILF’s Two Philippine soldiers slain in ambush channel. central committee’s acceptance Yasay’s remarks follows advice ZAMBOANGA CITY: An incoming of autonomy rather than full from a former Philippine foreign peace adviser for President-elect independence for the country’s Anatolia What we see here is an act of treach- News broadcaster GMA reported minister and a US security expert Rodrigo Duterte has said he is willing Muslim south. ery of attacking unarmed and in that the four rebels were captured for President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to talk peace with two Daesh-linked Since Duterte was elected civilian clothes personnel,” the Phil- in a joint police and military opera- not to hold unconditional bilateral groups who have been sowing terror president in elections held May 9, he ippine Daily Inquirer quoted him as tion on a targeted “NPA safe-house”, talks with China to try to resolve in the Philippines south. has made peace overtures to both ZAMBOANGA CITY: Two Philip- saying. “These are members of peace where government forces said they the dispute. In an interview with ABS CBN Muslim and communist rebel groups. pine soldiers were killed yesterday and development outreach program recovered assorted firearms, ammu- China said on Wednesday television news yesterday, Duterte’s He is set to assume office on by suspected communists insurgents teams who are just there trying to nition, explosives and “subversive that the Philippines had ignored a adviser Jesus Dureza said that if June 30. The Abu Sayyaf is believed in troubled southern Davao Oriental build a community,” he added. documents”. proposal for a regular talks mech- any group such as the Bangsamoro to be holding several captives, provinces, seemingly ignoring peace Zagala underlined that murder The four suspects are facing mul- anism over maritime issues Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) including a Canadian, Norwegian overtures made by incoming Presi- charges would be filed against the tiple charges including frustrated China also said that its door or the Abu Sayyaf wanted to talk and a Filipino woman seized in dent Rodrigo Duterte. perpetrators. murder, robbery, attempted mur- was always open to bilateral talks peace and stop criminality it would September, and a Dutch national Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala, com- “We won’t let this pass. We will der, frustrated homicide, homicide with Manila. be welcome. kidnapped more than three years manding officer of the 28th Infantry continue our operations against and violation of a gun ban imposed China claims most of the Dureza underlined, however, ago in Tawi-Tawi province. Since Battalion, said the soldiers were rid- them,” he said. The ambush comes by the country’s electoral body for waters, through which $5 trillion that there is no excuse for either 1991, the group -- armed with ing a motorcycle when they were after four suspects believed to be the May polls -- which Duterte won in ship-borne trade passes every group’s criminal acts, but the pres- mostly improvised explosive devices, ambushed by suspected members high-ranking NPA members were by a landslide. Duterte made over- year. ident-elect is willing to hold talks mortars and automatic rifles -- has of the New People’s Army (NPA) in arrested Thursday in Agusan del tures toward the Communist Party of The Philippines, Vietnam, with them if they show remorse. carried out bombings, kidnappings, Lupon town in the morning. “They Norte province, also located in south- the Philippines -- of which the NPA Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei have “You don’t deal with terrorists, of assassinations and extortions. were not there for combat mission. ern Mindanao island. is the armed wing. overlapping claims. MH370 search team examines new debris images

AFP Kangaroo Island),” a spokesman sea after disappearing en route from Island among seaweed and drift- on a plane wing, the BBC reported. painstaking search for MH370 in for the Australian Transport Safety Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 pas- wood resembles part of a plane, with The first concrete evidence that the remote Indian Ocean, but wild Bureau, which is coordinating the sengers and crew on board in March the words “Caution No Step” visible, MH370 likely met a tragic end was weather has not allowed the three search for the plane, told AFP. “It 2014, remains a mystery. according to footage on Channel when a two-metre-long (almost seven ships involved to make any progress SYDNEY: Images of three new needs to be examined before com- So far eight pieces of debris, Seven. foot) wing part known as a flaperon in recent weeks. pieces of debris are being examined ing to any conclusion.” excluding the most recent finds, have Whether it is from MH370 remains washed up in the French overseas ter- So far 105,000 square kilometres by Australian search teams looking He added that images of other been discovered thousands of kilome- unclear, with the broadcaster saying ritory of La Reunion in July last year. (40,500 square miles) of the desig- for missing Malaysia Airlines flight pieces of debris found in Madagas- tres (miles) from the current search another possibility was that it came Australian authorities have since nated 120,000-square-kilometre MH370, they said yesterday. car were also being studied. zone far off the west Australian coast. from a Cessna that went down sev- said two pieces of debris found in seafloor search zone has been cov- One of the items washed up on “We have seen the photos and They are presumed to have drifted eral kilometres off the island’s coast Mozambique were “almost certainly ered without success. If nothing turns remote Kangaroo Island off Austral- governments are being consulted on there with five of the parts identified in 2002. from MH370” and two fragments that up once the area is fully scoured, the ia’s south coast, while the other two how best to have that examined,” he as definitely or probably from the One of the items found on the came ashore in South Africa and Mau- search will be abandoned, Australia, were reportedly found in Madagascar. added. Boeing 777, while three others are Madagascan island of Nosy Boraha ritius were also likely to be from the Malaysia and China -- the countries “The ATSB has been advised and The fate of the passenger jet, still being examined. resembled an airplane seat part while jet. that most of the passengers came has received photos of the item (on which is presumed to have crashed at The piece found on Kangaroo another appeared to be a cover panel Australia is leading the from -- have jointly said. Indonesia to give weapons training to people

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JAKARTA: Indonesia’s army will give “semi-military” weapons training to people including unemployed men and “gangsters” on the island of Bali, a spokesman said yesterday, under a programme that has raised concern about the re-emergence of military influence. President Joko Widodo’s admin- istration has become increasingly uneasy about the military-run “Bela Negara” or “Defend the Nation” pro- gramme aimed at guarding against “foreign influences” like commu- nism, religious extremism and homosexuality. Over the last few months, the programme has gained momentum, partly in reaction to support from Widodo for an investigation into an anti-communist purge in 1965. The suggestion of an investigation has angered some retired military men, many of whom say the purge was Participants in the Bela Negara - ‘defend the nation’ receive a weapon’s familiarisation course justified. The training on the resort island from a military trainer at a training centre in Rumpin, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. of Bali was apparently the first to include street thugs, and was aimed partly at making them “good citi- ... so the public can know their one with a criminal record would them properly and have laws and zens”, a military spokesman said. rights and obligations, especially be accepted. regulations to control it.” “The introduction to weapons is gangsters, because they need to “They are basically empow- The defence ministry part of the material so the partici- be prepared to be good citizens,” ering young guys with murky launched the “Bela Negara” pro- pants are not bored ... and so they can he said. Hutahaean said the train- backgrounds who will go around gramme last year to counter what feel what it’s like in the military,” said ing of the “gangsters” would begin playing army,” said defence it calls an erosion of nationalistic Hotman Hutahaean, spokesman for in August and he expected about expert Yohanes Sulaiman. values. The aim is to mould mil- Bali’s military command. 100 people to enrol altogether. “Arming civilians or even lions of civil servants, doctors, “There will be other material ... He did not elaborate on what he training them this way is not a students and others into a civil- like marching and physical training meant by gangsters but said no good idea unless you organise ian defence corps. 06 SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2016 ASIA / AFRICA

Zuma appeals S Korea sends reinstatement vessels to repel of graft charges Reuters

PRETORIA: South Africa’s Pres- Chinese boats ident Jacob Zuma and the state prosecutor launched an appeal yesterday against a High Court ruling to reinstate 783 corruption by afternoon had escaped into North charges against the head of state. Korea-controlled waters, said a The National Prosecut- Four naval and Defence Ministry official who didn’t ing Authority (NPA) set aside the marine boats entered want to be named, citing office rules. charges against Zuma in April The operation was approved 2009, allowing him to run for neutral waters by the United Nations Command president that same month, but around South Korea’s that governs the zone where fish- the High Court this May ordered ing activity is prohibited. a review of that decision, terming Ganghwa island to Depending on weather and it “irrational”. chase away about 10 water conditions, the operation will The case has reemerged in the resume today and continue until the run-up to local government elec- Chinese boats, which Chinese boats withdraw further, the tions in August that should be a by afternoon had Defence Ministry official said. The stern test for the ruling African escaped into North South Korean military and maritime National Congress (ANC) as oppo- police personnel who carried out the sition parties gain support on the Korea-controlled mission were accompanied by trans- back of Zuma’s perceived failures waters: Official lators and two monitors from United and scandals. Nations Command. Zuma’s office said the High “United Nations Command takes Court made a mistake in saying its responsibility to maintain the the National Director of Public AP armistice very seriously. We had Prosecutions was not entitled to a responsibility to act and we are terminate a prosecution on the doing that,” Gen. Vincent Brooks, the Members of South Korea army, maritime policemen and the United Nations Command take part in a joint basis of misconduct and abuse of US commander of the United Nations operation to keep Chinese fishing vessels from operating illegally off the west coast, South Korea, yesterday. the process. The NPA’s decision in SEOUL: South Korea sent military Command, said in a statement on the 2009 was based on phone inter- vessels to repel Chinese fishing decision to authorize the operation. cepts presented by Zuma’s legal boats that were illegally harvesting The governments of China and fishing boats catching crabs south of catches have decreased in waters close fishing and more than 100 this year as team that suggested the timing of prized blue crabs near the disputed North Korea were notified before the the sea boundary and handed them to China’s shores. Seoul has called of May, most from waters off the west- the charges may have been part of sea boundary between the Koreas operation started and the Chinese over to local South Korean authorities. for Beijing to employ tougher meas- ern coast of South Korea, according to a political plot against Zuma. before the fishermen retreated yes- boats were warned in English and North Korea said after that incident ures against Chinese boats illegally the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. The state prosecutor is appeal- terday, South Korean officials said. Chinese, said the Defense Ministry that South Korean fishing and naval fishing in South Korea-controlled China expressed anger in 2014 when ing the ruling on the grounds that Four naval and marine boats official, who didn’t provide further vessels had invaded their territory. waters, which has caused bad feel- a S Korean coast guardsman shot and the law allowed him the discretion entered neutral waters around South details about the operation. Chinese fishing boats have been ings between the neighbors. killed a Chinese boat captain who had to decide when to lay charges and Korea’s Ganghwa island to chase Days earlier, South Korean fish- going farther afield to feed grow- S Korean authorities seized about violently resisted the inspection of his that the court ruling could dilute away about 10 Chinese boats, which ermen towed away two Chinese ing domestic demand for seafood as 600 Chinese ships last year for illegal ship for suspected illegal fishing. the NPA’s powers. Thirty held in Amnesty accuses Uganda over coup plot Nigeria of killing AFP unarmed separatists

KAMPALA: At least 30 people, Reuters with “firearms” and various weap- including serving soldiers and an ons including dynamite. opposition MP, have been detained It said five members of IPOB on suspicion of plotting to over- were killed, eight wounded while throw Uganda’s government, the LAGOS: Amnesty International nine were arrested. “These efforts army said yesterday. said yesterday that Nigeria’s were in order to de-escalate the pal- “We and the police are army last month killed at least 17 pable tension as well as ward off the investigating the matter,” army unarmed members of a group call- apparent threats to lives and prop- spokesman Colonel Paddy ing for secession from Africa’s erty in the general area,” it said. The newly built Ryugyong Kimchi Factory is seen in this photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central Ankunda said, saying the group most populous nation, but the mil- Secessionist feeling has sim- was suspected of planning an itary dismissed the allegations as mered in the southeast since the News Agency (KCNA), yesterday. armed uprising against President unfounded. An army spokesman said Biafra separatist rebellion tipped Yoweri Museveni, himself a former Amnesty’s accusations, the latest in Nigeria into a 1967-70 civil war that rebel who seized power 30 years a series of allegations of impropri- killed an estimated 1 million people. ago. Ankunda said the detainees ety levelled against Nigeria’s military It flared up again last year after were “linked to a rebel group” that in the last year, revealed a bias that IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu was North Korea plant makes kimchi he declined to name. undermined its credibility. arrested and detained on charges of He said most of those arrested Amnesty’s report—which it said criminal conspiracy and belonging were soldiers, adding that at least was based on details from eyewit- to an illegal society. He remains in AFP 4,200 tonnes a year of the piquant, He urged the factory “to make it one lawmaker and another oppo- nesses, morgues and hospitals—says detention. Amnesty said its investi- pungent and fermented vegetable -- more delicious than that produced by sition politician had been arrested. soldiers opened fire on members gation showed at least 17 people were a side dish which accompanies every individual households and thus make The only detainee named of the Indigenous people of Biafra killed and nearly 50 injured, add- rice meal for Koreans. it a favorite dish of the citizens and by the spokesman was Michael (IPOB) and their supporters in the ing that “the real number is likely SEOUL: North Korea is producing Kim said that the Ryugyong the best food in the world”. Kabaziguruka, an MP from the southeastern city of Onitsha during to be higher”. kimchi at a new plant “built under factory would set the standard for At a rare party congress last main opposition Forum for Dem- the build up to a march in late May. “Information gathered by the loving care” of leader Kim Jong- North Korea’s industrial production month, Kim stressed he would push ocratic Change (FDC) party whose The human rights group said the Amnesty International indicates that un, who praised the spicy pickle as of kimchi, the news agency reported, through with his signature policy of leader Kizza Besigye is in custody killings took place during a security the deaths of supporters and mem- “one of the world’s five health foods”, yesterday. Byungjin -- building up the North’s on treason charges. Besigye, who operation in the early hours of the bers of IPOB was the consequence state media said yesterday. He called for the construction of a nuclear arsenal and developing the cried foul after coming second to morning shortly before the march of excessive, and unnecessary use Kim made his remarks while modern kimchi factory in every prov- economy at the same time. Museveni in February’s presiden- when the military raided homes and of force,” said Amnesty, which urged inspecting the sprawling Ryu- ince modelled on the Ryugyong plant. Over the past month, Kim has tial polls, was arrested for holding a church where IPOB members slept. the government to investigate. gyong Pickle Factory, built to supply “Kimchi is one of the Korean focused his inspection trips on facil- a mock swearing-in ceremony. The army issued a statement in The contents of the report Pyongyang residents with the tradi- nation’s most favourite traditional ities related to the people’s daily He was previously charged with which it said troops had to “resort were rejected by army spokesman tional dish year-round, the Korean dishes and it is well-known as one livelihood including a new soap treason in 2005 but the case was to self defence” after IPOB mem- Sani Usman. “The allegations are Central News Agency said. of the world’s five health foods”, he factory, a salt plant, a hospital and a eventually abandoned. bers attacked security agencies unfounded,” he said. The plant is capable of producing was quoted as saying. factory producing sports goods. Monastery worker hacked to death in Bangladesh

AFP “As a diabetic, everyday he walks early in wave of murders of secular and liberal activ- the morning. Today as he was walking, sev- ists and religious minorities that have left eral attackers hacked him in the neck... He nearly 50 people dead in the last three years. died on the spot,” local police station chief The murders have spiked in recent weeks DHAKA: A 62-year-old Hindu monastery Abdullah Al-Hasan said. with a gruesome wave of killings that has worker was hacked to death in Bangladesh “He had been working at the monastery spanned from the capital Dhaka to remote yesterday, police said, the latest in a series for around 40 years. In recent years he was parts of the north and coastal south. of such attacks on religious minorities in the the head of its office staff,” he said. In the past week alone, an elderly Hindu mainly Muslim country. There was no immediate claim of respon- priest was found nearly decapitated in a rice The latest murder came as Bangladeshi sibility for the attack. field, a Christian grocer was hacked to death police announced a special week-long crack- But the head of police in the northwestern near a church while the wife of an anti-ter- down on militants as they ramp up efforts district of Pabna, where the Shri Shri Thakur rorism officer was stabbed and shot. to stem the killings, with five members of a Anukulchandra Ashram is located, said the Her husband had led several high-pro- banned Islamist outfit killed in gunbattles with killing bore the hallmarks of recent attacks file operations against the banned Jamayetul officers in the past three days. by Islamist extremists on minorities and sec- Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), an Islamist Nityaranjan Pande was taking his reg- ular activists. militant group, in the southeastern city of Chit- ular early morning walk when unidentified “There was no eye-witness to the attack as tagong. Most of the latest attacks have been Bangladeshi men form a human chain in protest against the killing of the monastery attackers set upon him, killing him on the spot, it happened very early in the morning,” Alam- claimed either by the Islamic State group or worker Nityaranjan Pande, yesterday. police said. gir Kabir said. Bangladesh is reeling from a by a South Asian branch of Al Qaeda PAKISTAN SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2016 07 Obama approves more aggressive Taliban fight

The official, who asked not to be Afghanistan’s fledgling security named, sketched plans to provide forces have struggled in the face of “US forces will more more close air support and to accom- bloody Taliban assaults. More than proactively support pany Afghan forces on the battlefield. 5,000 Afghan troops died last year, “This does not mean a blanket prompting Obama to indefinitely Afghan conventional order to target the Taliban,” the offi- postpone the withdrawal of US troops. forces,” a senior cial cautioned. Afghan authorities on Wednes- Obama came to office in 2008, day recovered bullet-ridden bodies of administration official promising to end one of America’s 12 security officials captured by the told reporters. longest and most grueling wars. Taliban in eastern Ghazni province. The first US troops arrived in Gunmen kidnapped 40 others. Afghanistan 15 years ago, after the Local support for US efforts has Taliban government refused to turn been undermined by the unintended AFP over 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin killing of Afghan civilians. Laden. More than 2,000 US person- Last year, missile strikes on a hos- nel have died in the ensuing war. pital in Kunduz killed 46 people and There are still 9,800 US troops prompted worldwide outrage. Pakistani supporters of banned organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa shout slogans during a protest in Islamabad WASHINGTON: US President Barack in the country, down from a peak of At the same time, diplomatic against a US drone strike, in Balochistan province, yesterday. Obama has ordered the US military to around 100,000 in March 2011. efforts to engage the Taliban appear to take on the resurgent Taliban more US forces are mainly confined have broken down. The United States continue an agenda of violence,” he boost Afghan forces, who cur- to enable Afghan forces to achieve directly—in tandem with Afghan to ministries or bases. Only special killed Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar said during a visit to Japan. rently have limited close air support strategic effects on the battlefield,” allies, ratcheting up a 15-year con- forces assist their Afghan coun- Mansour in a drone strike in Paki- Obama’s latest troop decision capacities. That could help bridge the said a US defence official. flict that he had vowed to end. terparts on the battlefield. But the stan last month. Obama then warned would appear to push any bro- gap before the delivery of dozens of “What we are doing now is taking “US forces will more proactively campaign to neutralise the Taliban that the organisation’s new leadership kered solution well beyond his A-29 Super Tucano aircraft over the a look at the battle space and making support Afghan conventional forces,” has suffered multiple setbacks in the would fight on. presidency. next 18 months. sure we provide the things we can,” a senior administration official said. twilight of Obama’s presidency. “We anticipate the Taliban will But it could also significantly “We are going to do what we can the official said. Long overdue Court upholds life sentence for political activist Sindh’s mayoral polls fixed for AFP court for participating in political riots counter-productive impact,” said constitutionally part of Pakistan, to come up with a plan to reexam- in 2011 and lost an appeal against his political analyst Amir Hussain. and like Kashmir, it is also claimed ine the area’s constitutional status life sentence. “This decision will backfire and by India. had completed its work, adding that June 29 Jan has vocally protested what he trigger extremist views like a nation- Islamabad has historically it was waiting a final approval from ISLAMABAD: A local court has and supporters describe as political, alistic upsurge,” he said. insisted that the area, along with the the prime minister. upheld the life sentence of a political constitutional and human rights vio- A simmering resentment has parts of Kashmir it controls, are semi- Aziz did not give any further Internews activist from the country’s semi- lations in the region, organising rallies been building in Gilgit-Baltistan since autonomous and has not formally details on what the plan entailed. autonomous north, which observers and demonstrations in protest. Islamabad began mulling upgrad- integrated them into the country, in Human rights organisations have say could see a “nationalist upsurge” He contested local elections last ing its constitutional status in a bid line with its position that a referen- been demanding the release of Baba KARACHI: Long overdue elections in a region also claimed by India. year from prison, placing second in to provide legal cover to a multi-bil- dum on sovereignty should be carried Jan. An international petition for his of the city mayor, deputy mayor Baba Jan, a left wing political the polls. lion-dollar Chinese investment plan out across the whole of the region. release has been signed by lead- and chairman and vice chairman activist from the Hunza Valley in “The decision was aimed at in the area. But Pakistan’s adviser on foreign ing left wing intellectuals, including of local bodies institutions in Paki- Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan, barring Baba Jan from contest- Gilgit-Baltistan, which bor- affairs Sartaj Aziz last week con- Noam Chomsky, Tariq Ali and David stan’s Sindh province will be held was convicted by an anti-terrorism ing elections but it will have a ders China and Afghanistan, is not firmed that a committee established Graeber. on June 29. Polling will be held from 8am to 4pm without break. The elected representatives will be adminis- tered oath on July 4. Friday prayers Couple murdered by According to the elections schedule, which was announced by joint secretary of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) family in ‘honour killing’ Atta-ur-Rehman yesterday, the returning officers will issue pub- lic notice in this regard today. They AFP Sher, adding that Ashraf and his son will receive nomination papers on Safdar later surrendered to police June 15 and 16. The documents will and confessed to the murders. be scrutinised on June 17 and 18 The incident comes just days while appeal against acceptance or LAHORE: A Pakistani couple was after another woman in Lahore, rejection of the nomination papers murdered in Lahore yesterday for Zeenat Bibi,was set on fire by her can be filed by June 20, which marrying without their family’s mother for marrying a man of her will be decided by the appellate consent, according to officials, the own choice. Bibi’s mother later con- authorities the following day. second so-called “honour killing” fessed to the crime. They will be allowed to with- in the South Asian nation this week. Earlier yesterday, Prime Minister draw nomination papers by June Muhammad Ashraf, 56, killed Nawaz Sharif ordered a comprehen- 22 and a final list of candidates his daughter Saba and her husband sive investigation into Bibi’s killing, with symbols will be published Karamat Ali a day after the couple calling the crime un-Islamic. the same day paving the way for returned to Lahore’s Kahna area to “Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif conducting polling on June 29. The smooth over rocky relations with the expressed his deep concern and result after consolidation will be family, who disapproved of the mar- anguish over killing of the woman declared on June 30 and the noti- riage, according to police. in Lahore and said the incident was fication of returned candidates will “18-year-old Saba had married against values and traditions of Islam,” be issued by the ECP on July 2. Karamat Ali, who is 35, around a read a statement from premier’s office. It will be followed by admin- year and a half ago against the will Hundreds of women are mur- istration of oath to the elected of her family and returned to her dered by their relatives in Pakistan mayor, deputy mayor and chair- home on Thursday night to settle each year on the pretext of defend- People offer first Friday prayers during the fasting month of Ramadan in Islamabad. man and vice chairman of the matters with father and other family ing what is seen as family honour. councils on July 4. members,” Falak Sher, a local police “A Girl in the River: The Price of official, told reporters. Forgiveness”—a film telling the story Ashraf, a security guard by pro- of a rare survivor of an attempted fession, opened fire on his daughter honour killing—won an Oscar for and son-in-law after becoming infu- best documentary short in February. riated during a heated conversation. Amid publicity for the film, Footprints: Helping children with cerebral palsy “He also killed his neighbour Sharif vowed to eradicate the “evil” Muhammad Akram for support- of honour killings but no fresh leg- ing his daughter’s marriage,” said islation has been tabled since then. Internews equipped with the expertise required patients of CP and make them stand children, he welcomes them with a to deal with Khan’s ailment when he on their own,” says Frizzell with pride warm, calming smile. The guard was growing up. But his luck turned over what her team has been able to offers a wheelchair for the children, when his mother met Frizzell at a achieve. She is the clinical lead at with quiet confidence indicating that ISLAMABAD: Yvonne Frizzell was social gathering. Khan told Frizzell Akbar Kare Institute (AKI), located he has things under control. Above average rainfall a young woman when she first came about her son, and soon the medi- in the upscale residential area of Uni- Opposite the institute’s admin- to Pakistan with her husband in 1984. cal practitioner started working with versity Town, Peshawar. istration office, therapist Wajid Ali Years before she met him, her husband him. Frizzell was a big influence on Frizzell has been a busy woman is working with a young child. The in country this year had taken an unlikely road trip from Khan as he was growing up. In 1990, since AKI opened its doors in 2006. patient’s mother listens intently as Ali England to Bangladesh. After marry- when she moved back to Ireland, Operating eight hours a day, for six shares tips on how to continue taking ing Frizzell he brought her to Peshawar eight-year-old Khan moved to the days a week, the clinic already has care of the patient at home. Internews average rainfall is also likely in the “looking for some excitement”. country with her. He spent the next an impressive 7,000 patients regis- Ali recognises that CP treatments catchment areas of major banks, Frizzell, a paediatric physiothera- 13 years at a school there. tered. Starting from a dining room 11 can be long and punishing ordeals for which may cause floods. Flash floods pist trained at Royal London Hospital, His progress spurred an awak- years ago, the institute has continued both the patients and their parents, are also expected in Potohar and west- found more than an adventure here. ening. Khan knew that not everyone to expand. AKI has become a pas- and it is of the utmost importance, ISLAMABAD: The Met Office has ern Punjab and heavy downpours may She found a cause. could afford to send their children sion project for her. She recognises he believes, to support the parents. said that 10 to 20 percent more rain- generate flash flooding along the Sule- The couple ended up staying in abroad for treatment. Having seen that disability is a grave problem, yet Mothers want their children to start fall than usual is expected across the man Range as well. Peshawar for nearly six years. They first-hand what a mother goes maintains, “Nobody understands that moving and playing like other kids. country during monsoon season Heavy downpours may also brought their son to Pakistan when he through having a differently-abled even the smallest thing you can do for This, unfortunately, is unlikely. Ali this year, which could cause flood- lead to urban flooding in large cit- was just two months old; their daugh- child, she wanted to be a part of the a child will make a huge difference to says that at AKI they aim to improve ing in urban areas and various parts ies. Apart from the direct impact ter, too, was born here. During this solution. When her now 21-year-old his family”. the patient’s routine life; that in itself of the Potohar region. Higher than of heavy rains, the warm monsoon period, another young man became son was moving back, she floated an The staffers at AKI know what is often nothing short of a miracle. average rainfall is expected in Pun- winds coming from the Bay of Bengal a part of Frizzell’s life. It was Akbar idea for Frizzell: why not open an they are doing. At the entrance, stands Pictures of past patients are displayed jab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, coupled with the high temperatures Saifullah Khan, a two-year-old boy institute to help CP patients in Paki- a green-eyed guard who does more in the AKI building’s corridor. These Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and may trigger a Glacier Lake Out- with cerebral palsy (CP). stan, free of charge? than ensuring security. success stories serve as motivators for northeast Balochistan. burst Flood (GLOF), landslides and Not many in Pakistan were “We give new life to the young As frantic parents enter with their the patients and the therapists alike. In its ‘Monsoon Outlook of 2016’, flash floods in upper KP and Gilgit the Met Office has said that above Baltistan. 08 SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL IS: Beginning of end Hillary Clinton’s merica and Russia occupy opposite positions on Syria – the former supporting the expulsion of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s regime and the Alatter supporting its continuation in power. But foreign policy problem both sides agree on one point – the elimination of the Islamic State. Their coordination and cooperation to reach this goal made a remarkable progress yesterday when By Amir Handjani the main supply route between Syria and Turkey used by the IS Second, Clinton’s opponent in but Clinton has gone on record Reuters the general election, Donald Trump, embracing an Israeli prime min- Clinton’s reliance was cut by the Syrian government troops backed by Russia and has consistently conveyed a mes- ister who repeatedly embarrassed fighters backed by the United States. “The Syrian Democratic sage that America is taking on too President Obama, tried to torpedo on hard power as a Forces (SDF) cut off the last road from the city of Manbij to the much of a burden in providing glo- his signature foreign policy achieve- means of advancing Turkish border,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, bal security for its allies and not ment - the Iran nuclear deal - and a Britain-based monitoring group. Manbij is part of the last HIS week, Hillary receiving enough of the commer- paid only lip service to the peace American interests stretch of territory along Turkey’s border still under IS control, Clinton made his- cial benefit. This argument has process with Palestinians. is a tough sell in an tory by becoming the gained traction in a Republican Such positions put her at odds and its fall is expected to put unprecedented pressure on the IS. first female nomi- Party that increasingly sees endless with Sanders’ supporters, who, like election year where In another setback, in neighbouring Iraq, the government troops nee for president of military campaigns in the Middle President Obama, are committed to voters seem to are fighting for territory in an Islamic a major American East as a drain on American blood Israel’s security but also recognize prefer retrenchment State bastion near Baghdad. There Tpolitical party. In doing so, she and treasure. Thus, Clinton’s reli- the tremendous toll the occupation A military were even unconfirmed reports in fended off a serious threat from ance on hard power as a means of and continued expansion of Israeli rather than military Iraqi media that the IS leader Abu Bakr Vermont Senator Bernie Sand- advancing American interests is a settlements take on American secu- adventurism. defeat of IS is AlBaghdadi was wounded in US-led air ers, a self-proclaimed socialist tough sell in an election year where rity interests in the Middle East and not enough to who has become a titanic force voters seem to prefer retrenchment on Palestinian society. They would strikes. in the Democratic Party. rather than military adventurism. like to see the United States play a eliminate its The IS is on the retreat and fighting Sanders has challenged Dem- Rather than embrace President more evenhanded role. So far, Clin- insistence on negotiating with Iran, threat. It must for breath two years after the group ocratic orthodoxy on free trade, Obama’s foreign policy of military ton has not shown any willingness a longtime adversary, produced proclaimed its caliphate in large Middle East policy and the scope of restraint, Clinton signaled in a major to confront more hard-line Israeli a landmark nuclear agreement be followed swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria. executive power to conduct unlim- foreign policy address last week policies that make peace harder — something that seemed incon- by political Parallel to the loss of territory and ited military campaigns under the that she would be doubling down to achieve. ceivable when President George W auspices of the war against terror- on the conflict in Syria by impos- To defeat Trump, Clinton must Bush occupied the White House. control, the terrorist group also has its solutions to ism. In doing so he has exposed ing a no-fly zone — something the not revert back to the US for- Clinton needs to show that she is the crises in financial resources crippled, forcing one of Clinton’s greatest vulnera- Obama administration has ruled eign policy status quo, which is equally comfortable exercising it to cut the salaries of its fighters. If bilities in a general election: Her out for fear of deepening America’s grounded in the theory that mil- restraint, and that she understands Iraq and Syria. the current pace of the campaign is judgement when conducting for- involvement in the Syrian civil war itary force and intervention hold the limits of US power as well as maintained, the group will be wiped eign affairs. and risking escalation with Russia the key to peace and prosperity - its effectiveness — an understand- out from its strongholds – Raqqa in Clinton’s record as a military and Iran, the Assad government’s and has brought little in the way of ing that forms the bedrock of the Syria and Mosul in Iraq. But will a loss of territory lead to the hawk is well-known. She voted for main patrons. either. During the more than two world view embraced by Sanders the Iraq War as a senator. As sec- Furthermore, Clinton has pro- decades that US forces have been and Obama supporters. elimination of IS? It is highly unlikely. The terrorists can flee and retary of state, she pushed for US claimed that she would reaffirm her engaged in military action in the move to other places like Europe, where they are likely to plot intervention in Libya and lobbied “unbreakable bond” with Israeli Middle East, militancy and instabil- (Amir Handjani is a fellow with the attacks to avenge their displacement, and also, splinter groups President Obama to take military Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- ity have increased, not decreased. Truman National Security Project and can continue to operate in Iraq and Syria trying to recapture action against Bashar al-Assad in yahu. Fidelity to Israel’s security is a President Obama, to his credit, Board Member of the Atlantic Council. their lost territory, or at least destabilize the countries. Syria. She was lukewarm about the staple of all presidential campaigns, charted a different course. His The opinions expressed are his own.) The military defeat of IS alone is not enough to eliminate nuclear deal with Iran. With respect to Israel, in March she gave a major its threat. It must be followed by political solutions to the crises policy speech to the American Israel in Iraq and Syria. In Iraq, the IS was able to fill a vacuum left Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) by the Iraqi government. The sectarian tensions in the country without so much as mentioning the and the discrimination against Sunnis by the Shia-dominated plight of the Palestinians - a point governments in Baghdad created a fertile soil for the IS to grow later highlighted by Sanders, a son in Sunni-dominated areas. The Sunnis must be given protection of Jewish immigrants, during their and must be inducted into the government if the IS is to be debate in Brooklyn. Progressives, independents eliminated. Similarly, in Syria, Bashar Al Assad must leave and liberal democrats who have to pave the way for a transition if terrorism is to be defeated been voting in large numbers for forever. Sanders hold the keys for Clinton to defeat Donald Trump. If Clin- ton is to consolidate her support among these important constit- uencies, she must reassure them that despite her record, she is will- ing to follow in President Obama’s footsteps and not seek military solu- Quote of the day tions to every vexing foreign policy problem. Tens of millions of To be sure, Clinton’s hawkish Americans made their instincts fall within the mainstream of the foreign policy establishment. voices heard. Today I just Yet in this election year she faces want to add mine. I’m two problems. First, in the past with her. two national elections, the Demo- cratic base has embraced President Obama’s foreign policy doctrine, loosely defined as emphasizing Barack Obama negotiation and collaboration US President rather than confrontation and uni- lateralism. Sanders has projected Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton celebrates on stage during her primary night a similar view of the United States’ role in the world. event at the Duggal Greenhouse, Brooklyn Navy Yard, in New York.

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S civil war engulfs Yemen, the central bank is so com- mitted to staying neutral that it pays salaries of sol- diers on both sides. The bank distributes money Ato public-sector workers in both gov- ernment and rebel-held areas, and guarantees payments for vital grain and flour imports. Central banks play an important role in many economies but in Yemen, which has been plagued by a war for more than a year, it is keeping the country from financial collapse and the population from running out of food. The Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) is based in the capital Sana’a, which isn’t even controlled by the internationally recognised government. The city was seized by Houthi rebels in late 2014. The CBY represents the last bastion People carry food they received from a local charity in Sana’a, Yemen. of the financial system in the impover- ished country and is effectively running the economy, according to central bank the population suffer from malnutrition. Saudi Arabia intervened last year, seek- independence in a way that has reduced government officials there. He received officials, foreign diplomats and Yemeni “It’s fair to say the central bank is cer- ing to restore ousted President Abdrabuh the negative impact on people’s lives.” guarantees that the neutrality of the bank political sources on both sides of the war. tainly serious about being neutral in a very Mansur Hadi, and has launched thousands The Houthis are likely to have received would still be respected. Then when he Its independence is not just an insti- difficult political and security setting, and of air strikes against the Houthis. more central bank cash for their troops returned, they greeted him like a hero.” tutional need; to safeguard imports and it has been to a large extent successful The fighting - which has killed more than the government, as when they seized Videos posted on YouTube showed cen- forestall a looming famine, international in maintaining basic financial stability than 6,400 people and displaced 2.5 Sanaa thousands of their militiamen were tral bank employees mobbing him as he lenders and traders must have confidence throughout the conflict,” said the IMF Mis- million - has also allowed Al Qaeda to added to army rosters and became enti- returned to its headquarters, with men in the bank’s ability to manage Yemen’s sion Chief for Yemen, Albert Jaeger. consolidate its presence in the country. tled to state pay, political sources say. kissing him on both cheeks and women riyal currency and foreign exchange The CBY regularly disburses riyals to The conflict has hit access to basic sup- Many pro-government troops were ululating in joy. reserves free of political interference, pay soldiers loyal to the Houthis and other plies like food, fuel and medicine amid the recruited after the war erupted, however, Despite efforts to shore up the econ- said the sources. state employees on ministry payrolls in coalition’s near-blockade on ports. The cen- so were not on existing rosters. They were omy, the central bank may be running out The country relies on imports for 90 territory held by the group. tral bank plays a key role in keeping vital therefore not eligible for official pay but of options. Yemen faced daunting eco- percent of its food, but shipments have The amounts involved are unclear, and goods coming in, guaranteeing imports of instead receive salaries from the Saudi- nomic challenges even before the war, been falling since the war began; 21 mil- no official statistics have been released by flour and grain at official rates, but it can- led alliance. but had one saving grace: oil. Its energy lion out of its 28 million people need some the CBY since the war began. The bank also celled such pledges for rice and sugar in Much of the credit for the central industry accounted for 80 percent of its form of humanitarian aid and over half sends money to the port of Aden - declared February as its dollar reserves dwindled. bank’s survival lies with Mohammed Bin state budget and nearly half of the inflow the “temporary capital” by the government Western banks have already cut credit Humam, its 69-year-old governor who has of foreign currency. - to pay doctors, teachers and some soldiers lines for traders shipping food to Yemen cordial ties to both sides in the civil war. But exports stopped over a year ago in government-run areas in southern and due to the security chaos and fragility of When the Gulf Arab alliance intervened and foreign companies have pulled out; the eastern Yemen, the CBY sources, diplomats the financial system, Reuters reported in in Yemen, Hadi and many of his minis- country’s largest oil export terminal was and political sources said. March. They are increasing unwilling to ters fled to luxury guesthouses in Riyadh. only wrested back by the government from Though no civilian flights fly the same offer letters of credit, which guarantee Bin Humam stayed in Sana’a. Diplo- al Qaeda fighters in late April and its main Central banks play an important route, every few weeks a plane from state sellers will be paid on time. Any sign that mats and central bank officials say an natural gas port is still in territory under the airline Yemenia flies several million dol- Yemen’s fiscal policies and dwindling for- unwritten “economic truce” was agreed sway of the militants. With little means of role in many economies but in lars in riyals from the central bank in eign exchange reserves - used to pay for between the warring sides by which the replenishing its foreign exchange reserves, Sanaa to Aden in the south, they added. imports - are being mismanaged could CBY would remain free of political inter- the central bank has burned through its dol- Yemen, which has been plagued Central bank sources declined to be lead to a further fall in shipments, central ference to avert economic collapse. lars to pay for imports and keep up Yemen’s by a war for more than named as they are not authorised to speak bank and political sources said. When government forces retook Aden foreign debt obligations. publicly. A spokesman for the central “If monetary policy had been pushed from rebel forces in July 2015 and Hadi The reserves have fallen to around a year, it is keeping the country bank said it had decided not to conduct by political interests, the riyal would have pledged to set up a temporary capital $1.1bn from $4.7bn at the end of 2014. The interviews during the crisis. The diplo- lost its value, inflation would rise, pub- there, uncertainty spread over whether IMF put them at well below two months’ from financial collapse mats and political sources also asked to lic salaries could not be paid and food the CBY would shift base. of imports, which it said was “very, very remain anonymous, citing the sensitivity imports could not be guaranteed,” one Bin Humam then suddenly left Sanaa. low”. “Economic collapse is a genuine, and the population from of the situation. central bank source told Reuters. “In Sanaa they (the Houthis) were afraid. imminent threat,” a European diplomat The crisis began in September 2014 “Even though the employees here They thought he defected,” a senior Yem- said, adding that only a swift peace deal running out of food. when the Iran-allied Houthis seized have different political views, we’re eni security official said. in floundering UN-backed talks in Kuwait Sanaa. An Arab military alliance led by proud that the central bank has stuck to its “He travelled to Saudi Arabia and met may forestall disaster. In Greek camps, wait for asylum fuels unrest

Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond. entering the camps on the islands. The process — which includes lacks the manpower to deal with the The deal, hailed a success by But humanitarian organisations and thorough identity checks, interviews volume of applications. It says it needs its European architects, prevents police officials on the ground speak and an assessment of whether Turkey more help from EU institutions. migrants from going beyond Greece - of people on edge. is safe or not for a particular individ- As many as 6,656 people applied or even its islands - in their search for “They’re reacting. They want to ual — can take weeks. Applicants can for asylum in March and April this a new home in Europe, until their asy- leave the islands,” said a police offi- appeal a negative decision, prolong- year, up from 1,899 in those months lum claims are processed and those cial for the northern Aegean region ing the procedure. last year. Even if it could hire more rejected are sent back to Turkey, from which includes the islands of Lesbos, “It is important to recognise that people, they would need to be highly where they arrived. Samos and Chios where rival migrant these procedures do take time,” said qualified legal experts, government But some European officials say groups brawled. “We’re bracing for all Boris Cheshirkov, a spokesman for officials say. the assessment has been slow, and the eventualities.” the United Nations refugee agency Brussels acknowledges the Greece, also wait long for those confined to often Rumours and a lack of infor- on Lesbos, the gateway into Europe process should be in line with inter- mired in its By Karolina Tagaris overcrowded camps. In June, the mation and legal help made things for nearly a million people last year. national humanitarian law but EU Reuters most violent month yet, dozens were worse, said Giorgos Kosmopoulos, an Greece, also mired in its worst officials and diplomats are pressing worst economic injured in clashes on three islands, Amnesty International researcher and economic crisis in generations, says Greece to speed things up. crisis in police said. Videos in Greek media former Greece director. Non-Syrians it is doing its best to accelerate the Beyond the claims made on its generations, showed clouds of smoke rising over said they were not given priority and process but insists each case must be islands, Greece must process claims of ENTS were set on fire, the centres on three occasions. felt neglected, he said. “People are left given the attention it requires. some 48,000 refugees and migrants says it is doing punches were thrown, chil- In clashes on Lesbos the night of wondering ‘what’s happening with my “It’s a sensitive procedure, it’s stranded on the mainland by the clo- its best to dren cried through the night June 1-2, families with young chil- application, when will I get an answer, complicated, we make sure we strictly sure of Balkan borders, which shut the and families were forced to dren had to flee and spend the night what’s going on?’” he said. follow the rules,” said the govern- main overland route used last year by accelerate the Tflee the burning detention camp and in nearby fields or Mytilene town, Since the EU-Turkey accord was ment’s spokesman for the migration migrants headed for Germany. process but sleep in open fields. several kilometres away, Amnesty agreed in March, nearly 500 people crisis, Giorgos Kyritsis. Those at the frontier are eligible The tension is palpable on International said. Many returned have been ferried back to Turkey, but So far, 726 cases have been heard for an EU relocation scheme intended insists each case Greece’s islands, where about 8,000 to burned down tents and destroyed none of those who had requested asy- and 519 of those have been deemed to help frontline countries Greece and must be given asylum seekers feel stranded by a belongings. Women told Amnesty they lum were among them, Greece says. eligible to apply for asylum in Greece, Italy share the burden, but it too has European Union deal with Turkey to “live in constant fear” in camps where Meanwhile, nearly everyone currently Kyritsis said, while the remaining 207 been moving slowly. “We’re trying for the attention it stem the arrival of refugees and other fights break out in food queues. on the islands has expressed an inter- can appeal the decision. Despite its the best, and we’re improving,” Kyrit- requires. migrants on European shores from Journalists are barred from est in applying. intention to process all cases, Greece sis, the migration spokesman, said.

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Rescue exercise RS polls for four Five get life seats from term for abusing Karnataka today IANS

NEW DELHI: The Election Danish woman Commission has declared that polling for four Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka will be held as woman had come to India with scheduled today at the state’s sec- a faith that she would be safe retariat. It has come on record while visiting the place, and while “In seven states, including Kar- that the manner in returning to her hotel when she got nataka, the (biennial) election will confused about the way, the accused be held today to fill the four seats which the act was instead of helping her, misled her in the Rajya Sabha, as the six-year committed by them and abducted her. term of the three outgoing law- “They committed abuse in bru- makers’ lapse on June 30,” said was “inhuman” and tal manner and rob her belongings. the poll panel in a statement . they did not stop It was for the convicts to respect As the number of seats (four) to the lady, especially when she was be filled are more than the three even when the victim a tourist, which is also a source of falling vacant on June 30, owing to said she was an AIDS money generation for our country; Indian coastguard cadets take part in a rescue operation demonstration during the Indo-Korea joint the retirement of the sitting mem- patient: Judge and by doing this act, the convicts coastguard exercise ‘Sahyog-Hyeoblyeog 2016’ off the coast of Chennai in the Bay of Bengal, yesterday. bers, one seat has been vacant have levelled stigma on the face of following the resignation of (indus- the country,” the court observed. trialist) Vijaya Mallya on May 4. “They do not deserve any leni- With five nominees, including IANS ency. She had been subjected to such three from the ruling Congress and inhuman act continuously for long one each from the BJP and Jana- five hours and during this period she ‘Abduction won’t stop Afghan aid work’ tal Dal-Secular (JD-S) being in the was given beatings when she tried to fray, election has become inevi- NEW DELHI: A Delhi court yester- save herself. Accused persons did not table. The candidates are Oscar day refused to show any leniency show any mercy when she was say- Fernandes, Jairam Ramesh and in awarding punishment to the five ing that do not abuse her as she was IANS president, Kolkata chapter of Khudai- then there is a reason to worry over K.C. Ramamurthy (all Congress), persons convicted for abusing a having AIDS,” said the court. Khidmatgar (Servants of God), said. security as the government doesn’t Union Minister of State for Com- Danish woman two years ago, and “Hence, considering the conduct Khan was speaking in the back- have much control,” the Afghani said. merce and Industry Nirmala sent them to jail for life, saying they and act of all the convicts and sub- drop of the abduction of Indian aid Khan is one of the roughly 5,000 Sitharaman of the Bharatiya Janata have brought “stigma” to the coun- missions of the parties, I am of the KOLKATA: Efforts by some people worker Judith D’Souza by suspected Afghans living in city pockets like Party and B.M. Farooq of JD-S. try’s image. opinion that end of justice would violently forcing Indian aid workers Islamists in Kabul. D’Souza is from Kashipur. Though the JD-S sought coun- Additional Sessions Judge meet if the convicts, namely Mahen- to leave Afghanistan won’t succeed Kolkata and has been working with Once known for selling asafoet- termanding or postponing the polls Ramesh Kumar awarding life dra alias Ganja, Mohammad Raja, because people in the war-torn global aid agency, Aga Khan Founda- ida, dry fruits and soorma, they are by three weeks following a sting imprisonment to the five convicts Raju Bhajje, Arjun, Raju Chhakka, country have always wanted ami- tion, in the war-ravaged Afghanistan. now into transport, money lending operation by two English national said it has come on record that the are sentenced to undergo rigorous cable ties with India, said a member Khan said: “These attacks on and tailoring ventures. Elaborating on channels last week, showing that manner in which the act was com- imprisonment for life which shall of the Afghan community in Kolkata. Indians won’t work as people in both the conditions in Afghanistan, Khan the seats were on sale as a quid mitted by them was “inhuman” and mean imprisonment for the remain- “A few people want to destroy the countries want good relations.” a second generation Afghani living in pro quo for the votes of the nine they did not stop even when the vic- der of convicts’ natural life, in (India-Afghan) ties. If you look at the “I hope the woman returns home Kolkata, said 40 years of war deci- independents and members of the tim said she was an AIDS patient. addition to fine of Rs 50,000 each,” newspapers, they talk about India- safe. Kabul is relatively safe but when mated livelihoods and opportunities regional outfits having one or two The court said the foreigner read the order. Afghanistan friendship,” Amir Khan, foreigners move out of the capital in his native country. lawmakers in the assembly.

Ties with India Fruit poisoning back on track: HC blasts CBFC for Nepal Deputy PM ‘censoring’ instead IANS of ‘certifying’ NEW DELHI: Bilateral relations between India and Nepal are now back on track after recent hiccups IANS Advait Sethna said one dialogue, and the Himalayan nation now “zameen banjar toh aulad kanjar”, looks to its southern neighbour was abusive and the word “kanjar” to play a major role in consolida- was used in an objectionable man- tion of the political change that it MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court ner in the movie, which is about the has adopted, Nepal Deputy Prime yesterday pulled up the censor board drug menace in Punjab. Minister Kamal Thapa said here, for insisting on “censoring” films To this, the court pointed out yesterday. instead of “certifying” them and that films do not run on such con- “India has been a valued asked why it was not banning “Udta tent and there must be a storyline partner in Nepal’s democratic Punjab” if the movie indeed glorified and the modern audiences were transition,” said Thapa while drugs. The final verdict on the film’s mature enough. delivering a talk on “Current devel- release will be out on June 13. Sethna further argued that the opments in Nepal and India-Nepal A division bench comprising Jus- word “kanjar” showed the state in relations” at the Observer Research tice S.C. Dharmadhikari and Justice a poor light as Punjab was a highly Foundation here. Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi asked the productive state. He added that a dog Thapa said India-Nepal rela- Children receive treatment at the District Hospital in Siliguri, West Bengal, yesterday. Some 32 children Central Board of Film Certifica- in the film was named ‘Jackie Chan’. tions are “unique and special” and were admitted with vomiting and drowsiness after they ate wild poisonous fruit the previous evening. tion (CBFC) to leave it to viewers to On Thursday, the court had one should not compare Nepal’s decide whether the film was defam- noted that the film wants to save foreign policy vis-a-vis India and ing a state as the modern audiences people from drugs and was not China -- its respective southern were a mature lot. “made with a view to malign the and northern neighbours. The judges noted that all this state or its people”. “It cannot be same. Each was giving unnecessary publicity Co-produced by Anurag Kashyap nation has its own character and Ministry rejects Google’s ‘Street View’ plans to the film and said people must be and directed by Abhishek Chaubey, so the foreign policy will change allowed to see what they want on “Udta Punjab” stars Shahid Kapoor, accordingly,” he said. television or cinema as “everybody Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan Thapa, who is also the for- AFP panoramic images of streets, mon- A Google spokesperson said has a choice”. The CBFC must stick to and Diljit Dosanjh. eign minister of Nepal, said uments, mountains and rivers -- a the government had “not indicated certifying instead of censoring films, Kashyap accused CBFC chair- Nepal was keen to derive maxi- service it first introduced in the US to us that the application has been they said. After completing the sec- man Pahlaj Nihalani of bullying and mum benefit from the two large in 2007. An interior ministry spokes- rejected”. ond day’s hearing on a plea filed by deliberately not certifying the film global economies surrounding it -- NEW DELHI: Google’s plans to intro- man said that Google’s proposal had Since its launch in 2007, Google “Udta Punjab” co-producers chal- slated for release on June 17. that of China and India. India has duce its popular “Street View” service been rejected but added that a final Street View has captured some of the lenging the cuts recommended by While the CBFC at one point already emerged as one of the fast- in India have hit a roadblock after the decision would likely be taken later world’s most far-flung and scenic CBFC, the judges said they would demanded 89 cuts in the film, its est developing economies in the interior ministry yesterday said it had in the year. destinations, including the Amazon pronounce their verdict on June 13. Revising Committee brought down world, he pointed out. Thapa, here rejected an application from the tech “We have rejected the plan by rainforest, Antarctica and Canada’s Earlier, the CBFC told the court the number to 13. Among the scenes, on a three-day visit -- his fifth in giant, although the government could Google to expand its maps feature,” Arctic tundra. that some of the scenes recom- the CBFC wants to be cut is one the last eight months -- sought to yet approve it. the spokesman said.“The final deci- Street View is currently available mended for deletion in the film were showing Shahid Kapoor urinating make clear that the new constitu- The company applied several sion would come hopefully sometime in India at some tourist attractions, “very vulgar” and the lyrics used in publicly during a song sequence. tion was dynamic and amenable to months ago to bring in the street- this year,” he said without elaborat- including the Taj Mahal in Agra and the songs were “offensive”. This the film makers don’t mind change if it was so desired. mapping feature showing 360-degree ing further. Delhi’s Qutub Minar monument. Citing examples, CBFC lawyer chopping. Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy acquitted of terror charges

IANS country. Additional Sessions Judge 20, 2009, while undergoing treatment printouts of emails accessed at his from infirmities.” “In the facts and avoid himself from being discov- Reetesh Singh acquitted Ghandy, 68, for cancer. instance, information and articles circumstances of this case, there are ered, the court said that “suspicion, of charges under Section 20 and 38 Ghandy was living in Delhi about him downloaded from the reasonable doubts on the version of however grave it might be, cannot be (member of banned outfit and fur- to propagate the activities of the Internet, newspaper reports as well the prosecution on charges under equated with proof of the said fact”. NEW DELHI: A Delhi court yes- thering its activities) of Unlawful CPI-Maoist and he was helped by co- as contents of the First Information Section 20 and 38 of the UAPA,” the “The material relied upon by the terday acquitted Maoist ideologue Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), but accused Rajinder Kumar, police said. Reports to prove that he was asso- court said. prosecution to prove the member- Kobad Ghandy of terror charges, but convicted him of cheating, forgery and It also alleged that Ghandy and ciated with the banned terror outfit. “It is true that prosecution has ship and association of Kobad Ghandy convicted him of cheating and for- impersonation under provisions of the Kumar carried out forgery on the But the court did not find the been able to prove that Kobad Ghandy with the said banned organisations gery, and sentenced him to jail for the Indian Penal Code (IPC). basis of which fake voter ID card was material reliable to prosecute Ghandy, was residing in Delhi in an assumed is not reliable and admissible in evi- period which he has already spent in According to police, Ghandy was issued to Ghandy. and said: “None of the evidences name and that he had in his posses- dence,” the court said. It said the prison, from September 2009. involved in setting up a new network The court observed that the pros- relied upon by the prosecution has sion forged documents.” “gap between using fake identities However, Ghandy will remain of the banned Communist Party of ecution had relied on the recoveries been found to be admissible in evi- Observing that these cir- and membership of the said banned in jail as 14 other cases are pending India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Delhi. made from the house where Ghandy dence by the court. The testimonies cumstances do give rise to grave organisations cannot be filled on the against him in various courts of the He was arrested here in September and Rajinder Kumar were living, of the prosecution witnesses suffer suspicions that Ghandy wanted to basis of suspicion”. EUROPE SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2016 11 Labour comes out fighting against Brexit France to ratify first country to leave the EU, senior Labour figures are now stepping up. climate accord on Labour leader Jeremy Ahead of a speech in London June 15: Minister Corbyn is backing the yesterday, former party leader Ed Miliband acknowledged in a BBC “Remain” campaign interview: “Some Labour voters don’t PARIS: President Francois but has been keeping know where we stand at the moment.” Hollande will formally sign Corbyn has refused to share a the Paris climate agreement a low profile, platform with Cameron and there on June 15, making France leaving members are concerns some Labour voters will the first industrialised abstain or back a Brexit to give the nation to ratify the land- of Prime Minister Conservative leader a bloody nose. mark accord, Environment David Cameron’s Miliband urged them not to, say- Minister Segolene Royal said Conservatives to ing: “This is not a mid-term protest... yesterday. This is a once-in-a-generation deci- France’s Senate adopted fight it out between sion which will shape our country for a bill authorising the gov- themselves. decades to come.” ernment to ratify the He accused the “Leave” campaign, agreement after a near also backed by the anti-immigration unanimous vote by the UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader lower house in May, Royal AFP Nigel Farage, of “trying to perpetrate told a carbon pricing forum a fraud on Labour voters”. in Paris. “They want to get out of the Euro- pean Union not to improve workers’ LONDON: After weeks on the side- rights but to sweep them away,” said Adopting Minsk pact lines, senior figures in the opposition Miliband, who stepped down after key to lift Russia Labour party came out fighting for losing last year’s general election. Britain to stay in the EU yesterday Labour deputy party leader Tom British Prime Minister David Cameron taking part in a BuzzFeed News and Facebook live EU referendum sanctions: Merkel amid fears their failure to get out the Watson was due to release predictions debate in London, yesterday. left-wing vote may result in a Brexit. of how Britain might look outside the BERLIN: German Chan- Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is EU, on the premise that Cameron A YouGov poll for The Times this affairs spokesman, admitted in a the EU’s freedom of movement rules cellor Angela Merkel said officially backing the “Remain” cam- would be ousted in favour of a more week found public opinion evenly BBC interview that the campaign for driving down wages. yesterday that sanctions paign but has been keeping a low right-wing Conservative government. split between leaving or staying in had not focused enough on its tradi- Two backbench lawmakers, John imposed against Russia over profile, leaving members of Prime The economic turbulence of a the EU, but Labour voters favoured tional base. Mann and Dennis Skinner, yesterday the Ukraine crisis were not Minister David Cameron’s Con- Brexit would create “a massive black “Remain” by 61 percent to 26 percent, “Here we are two weeks away announced that they were backing an end in themselves and servatives to fight it out between hole in the public finances, and an with the remainder either not voting from the very real prospect that Brit- Brexit as the best way to secure work- that implementation of the themselves. unfair Tory government that will or undecided. ain will vote for isolation,” he said. ers’ rights. Minsk peace agreement was But with opinion polls showing make ordinary families pay for it However, Labour voters were The leaders of 10 major trade In an article for The Sun tabloid, key to getting them lifted. the race for the June 23 referendum through further cuts and tax rises”, also marginally less likely to say they unions came out in favour of staying Mann said the arrival of hundreds of Merkel also said that in is neck and neck, raising the real pos- he said, according to the Daily Mir- would definitely vote. in the EU this week, but many workers thousands of EU migrants into Britain the long term, the Euro- sibility that Britain could become the ror tabloid. Andy Burnham, Labour’s home blame the mass migration caused by each year was “worsening inequality”. pean Union should aim for a common economic zone with Moscow which would extend from Russia’s Pacific port of Vladivostok Russia to respond to Lisbon. Queen Elizabeth marks 90th birthday again “We should move grad- to US naval ually towards this goal,” she AP yesterday with pomp, pageantry and and Hilda Price, a woman born on well-wishers singing “Happy Birth- said, speaking at a corpo- vessel’s entry prayer at St Paul’s Cathedral. the same day as the queen. day” as she climbed the cathedral rate event. The British sovereign has two The Archbishop of Canterbury, steps. into Black Sea birthdays each year: One on the Justin Welby, set the tone by remind- Prince Charles and his wife LONDON: It’s Queen Elizabeth II’s actual date of their birth and the other ing Britain of the queen’s long life and Camilla, Prince William and his Juncker to meet birthday — still. one in early June, when London’s dedicated service. wife Kate, Prince Harry and dozens Putin in Russia Reuters If it seems like the British queen royal parks usually bask in sunshine. “We look back on Your Majesty’s of other royals joined politicians and celebrated her 90th birthday just a The service Friday — which 90 years in the life of our nation with the wider community in a thundering next week few months ago, that’s because she coincided with a 41-gun salute to deep wonder and profound gratitude,” rendition of “God Save the Queen.” did. On April 21, to be exact, when honour the queen’s husband, Prince he said. “Through war and hard- The festive Trooping the Col- BRUSSELS: European MOSCOW: The Russian Foreign much of the nation came together to Philip, on his actual 95th birth- ship, through turmoil and change, our parade will be held today, the Commission President Jean- ministry said Moscow would praise her long and constant reign. day — included other 90-year-old we have been fearfully and wonder- queen’s official birthday. The event Claude Juncker will meet respond to a US naval ship’s entry But in the arcane ways of the Brit- speakers. Among them were natu- fully sustained.” is expected to draw throngs of Britons Russian President Vladimir into Black Sea with unspeci- ish monarchy, that doesn’t stop her ralist David Attenborough, who read The monarch, dressed in a prim- and visitors to Buckingham Palace for Putin during an economic fied measures, saying it and other from marking the event again with from the works of 90-year-old Pad- rose yellow coat-dress and matching a possible balcony appearance by the forum in St. Petersburg next deployments were designed to three days of festivities that started dington Bear creator Michael Bond, hat, turned to smile at a crowd of senior royals. week, an EU spokeswoman ratchet up tensions ahead of a Nato said yesterday. summit, RIA news agency reported. Confirming the EU chief Russian state media reported executive’s schedule for that the USS Porter, a US naval Croatian PM the coming week at a news destroyer, entered the Black Crash in waters briefing, the spokeswoman Sea a few days ago on a routine said Juncker would, as pre- deployment, a move it said raised refuses to resign viously announced, attend hackles in Moscow because it had the St Petersburg Interna- recently been fitted with a new despite coalition tional Economic Forum and missile system. US Navy officials that while there he would told reporters on Wednesday the party pressure hold his first meeting with US military would also have two Putin since November 2014. aircraft carriers in the Mediterra- nean this month ahead of a July Reuters Nato summit in Warsaw as Wash- German girl among ington sought to balance Russian two die in Canada military activities. ZAGREB: Croatia’s technocrat “Of course, this does not Prime Minister Tihomir Oresko- train accident meet with our approval and will vic said yesterday he had no plans undoubtedly lead to response to resign under pressure from the Montreal: Two teenage girls, measures,” RIA cited Andrei Kelin, conservative HDZ party, the big- including a visiting German a senior Foreign Ministry official, gest in the ruling coalition. student, died yesterday as saying about the USS Porter’s The HDZ filed a no-confidence when they were struck by movements. motion against Oreskovic onTues- a freight train in Canada’s He also said the deployment of day over his handling of a political Atlantic coast province of US aircraft carriers in the Mediter- row between the HDZ and its jun- Nova Scotia, police said. The ranean was a show of force which ior coalition partner, the Most accident occurred at 1:40am in his view deepened a chill in ties (“Bridge”) party (0440 GMT) in Lantz, 40 km between Moscow and Washing- Damages are seen on the hull of a full-size replica of the Ark of Noah after after it crashed into a “I can’t step down as it would northwest of Halifax. ton caused by Russia’s actions in moored coast guard vessel in Oslo harbour, Norway, yesterday mean I’m guilty and accept false Both the 17-year-old local Ukraine and Syria. accusations against me. I want resident and 18-year-old to respond to it in the parliament exchange student from Ger- which approved me as prime many were pronounced dead minister. It is a matter of honour,” at the scene, the Royal Cana- Oreskovic told reporters. dian Mounted Police said. Belgium arrests new suspect in Brussels attacks The HDZ has accused Oresk- ovic of trying to boost his own political power instead of tack- Two held for AFP a house search was conducted,” the He will not be handed over to alleged bomb-maker for the Novem- ling economic priorities. statement said. French authorities for some time as ber 13 attacks on Paris. The HDZ has voiced con- smuggling refugees “The Belgian national Ali E H A, he is still being investigated over the The metro bomber was Khalid El fidence it can gather a new born on 23rd September 1984, was Belgium attacks. Bakraoui, Ibrahim’s brother. parliamentary majority, but ana- Rome: Italian police yester- BRUSSELS: Belgian police investi- arrested and later put in deten- Abrini has confessed to being the Among the other suspects lysts believe it will be very difficult day said they had arrested gating the Brussels airport and metro tion by Investigating Judge for “man in the hat” caught on video with charged in Belgium is Swedish to achieve without Most. two Ukrainian nationals on attacks have arrested a man in con- participation in the activities of a the two airport bombers and who national Osama Krayem, 23, arrested Most’s leader and Deputy suspicion of smuggling 16 nection with “terrorist murders”, the terrorist group, terrorist murders was allegedly preparing to detonate on April 8, who reportedly told inves- Prime Minister, Bozo Petrov, has Syrian refugees into country federal prosecutor said yesterday. and attempted terrorist murders, a third bomb before fleeing the scene. tigators that he was also to have also dismissed the HDZ call for by yacht from Turkey. The 31-year-old man, identified as a perpetrator, co-perpetrator or Another key suspect linked to blown himself up in the metro but Prime Minister Oreskovic, Deputy The Ukrainians, who only as Ali E H A, was detained on accomplice.” both the Paris and Brussels killings, instead disposed of the explosives Prime Minister Tomislav Kara- were not identified, were Thursday during a house search in It added: “Currently, no further Salah Abdeslam, was extradited to in a toilet. marko, who is also leader of the intercepted aboard the the Schaerbeek area of the capital, information will be given in the inter- France in April. Abdeslam’s brother Belgium is still recovering from HDZ, and Petrov himself to step 33-feet yacht , the national the prosecutor’s office said. est of the investigation.” Brahim blew himself up during the the impact of the worst terror attacks down. financial police said in a Several people have previously The announcement comes a day Paris massacre. in its history. Most wants Karamarko to statement. The vessel had been charged over the March 22 sui- after a Belgian court approved the Both attacks were claimed by the Brussels airport only fully reo- leave the government because just dropped off 16 Syrians cide bombings at Zaventem airport extradition to France of Mohamed Islamic State group and appear to be pened to passengers this month, of an alleged conflict of interest on the coast near town of and Maalbeek metro station which Abrini, a key suspect in both the linked to the same cell of attackers. now with increased security, but it arising from his wife’s business Isola Capo Rizzuto, in south- killed 32 people. “In connection with Brussels attacks and the November The airport bombings were car- suffered a major power outage early ties with a lobbyist for Hungarian ern region of Calabria, they federal investigation after terrorist Paris attacks in which 130 people ried out by Ibrahim El Bakraoui and yesterday which left many people energy group MOL, the biggest said. attacks in Zaventem and Brussels, were killed. Najim Laachraoui—who was the queueing outside. shareholder in Croatian utility INA. 12 SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2016 AMERICAS

US Navy admiral Hillary meets pleads guilty in bribery case

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SAN DIEGO: A US Navy rear admiral pleaded guilty yester- party unity day to a charge of lying to federal investigators, making him the highest-ranking officer to be convicted in the expanding “Fat endorsed Clinton’s White House bid, Leonard” bribery case. adding support from the Democrats’ Robert Gilbeau, 55, a special Hillary Clinton and liberal wing as Clinton seeks to move assistant to chief of Navy Supply Senator Elizabeth on from her protracted primary bat- Corps, appeared in US District tle with Bernie Sanders. Court in San Diego, accompanied Warren met privately Former secretary of state Clin- by his lawyer and a fluffy white yesterday raising ton earlier this week secured the dog he said helped him monitor delegates needed to win the party his health. speculation that nomination for the November 8 Prosecutors said Gilbeau lied presidential election. Party leaders when he told investigators that he Warren may be Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pats on the shoulder of a woman after a visit to Uprising are hoping Sanders will soon drop had not accepted gifts from Leon- tapped for the his presidential run. Muffin Company, in Washington, DC, yesterday. ard Glenn Francis, whose contracts vice-presidency. The Warren meeting yesterday to clean, stock and maintain US fueled speculation that the senator in Wall Street excesses and fighting their support of Clinton on Thursday, Wall Street Journal reported. Pacific Fleet ships are at the cen- from Massachusetts might be under income inequality. Sanders said he handing her a trio of endorsements Republicans have consistently crit- tre of the $30m bribery case. Reuters consideration as Clinton’s running would remain in the race through final expected to boost her standing head- icised Clinton over her email use. “We “He lied to federal investiga- mate. Asked in an MSNBC interview nominating contest in Washington, DC, ing into the general election campaign. should not live above the law, and that tors to conceal his illicit years-long on Thursday whether she had dis- next week but would work with Clin- But Clinton is dogged by the con- is one of the cardinal sins that Sec- relationship with Leonard Glenn cussed with Clinton the prospect of ton to defeat Trump. troversy surrounding her use of a retary Clinton violated,” House of Francis,” Assistant US Attor- WASHINGTON: Democratic presi- being vice-president, Warren said Warren is also shaping up to be a private email server while secretary Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan ney Mark Pletcher told reporters. dential candidate Hillary Clinton met she had not, nor had she been vetted. no-holds-barred critic of Trump and of state from 2009-2013. told radio host Hugh Hewitt yesterday. Neither Gilbeau nor his attorney yesterday with US Senator Elizabeth Having support from Warren they have had several spats on Twitter. Emails between US diplomats in Clinton has said she did not send agreed to comment on the case. Warren, a leading progressive voice, would boost Clinton’s ability to court Trump said yesterday that Warren was Islamabad and State Department offi- or receive any information that was Guilbeau’s guilty plea brings to to try to build party unity heading highly motivated Sanders support- one of the “least productive US Sen- cials in Washington about whether marked as classified and has accused 14 the number of people charged into her election campaign against ers who have been fired up against ators,” adding in a tweet: “Hope she is to challenge specific drone strikes the State Department and other gov- in the Singapore-based case, Republican Donald Trump. Clinton during the unexpectedly long V P choice.” in Pakistan are at the centre of a ernment agencies of “over-classifying” including Francis, the former The two held talks at Clinton’s primary battle. Warren and Sanders President Barack Obama and Vice criminal probe involving her han- her emails after a judge ordered them chief executive of Glenn Defense Washington home a day after Warren share views on issues such as reining President Joe Biden also announced dling of classified information, the released to the public. Marine Asia.

Rio safety exercise Scuffles at Fujimori concedes defeat student march in Santiago in knife-edge Peru polls

Reuters Bloomberg over terrorism as a model for how she would handle criminal gangs. Many feared she would fall prey to her father’s darker tendencies and SANTIAGO: A student march in LIMA: Keiko Fujimori conceded they united behind Kuczynski. Chile’s capital ended with violent defeat in Peru’s presidential elec- “He got pretty lucky,” said Cyn- confrontations with police and tion, bringing an end to the closest thia McClintock , a political scientist sacking of a Catholic church as presidential runoff vote in the coun- at George Washington University the radicalisation of country’s try’s history after losing to Pedro Pablo who’s been following Peruvian elec- politically powerful student Kuczynski by less than 50,000 ballots. tions for four decades. It took “the movement intensified. “Democratically, we accept these cleavage between Fujimorismo and University and high school results,” Fujimori told reporters in anti-Fujimorismo to push him over students in Chile have accused Lima, surrounded by the 73 lawmak- the top.” Bachelet of reneging on a ers of her Fuerza Popular party that “It’s been a remarkable 15 years number of promises regarding comprise the biggest parliamentary for the Peruvian economy and social and economic reforms, majority in two decades. “We’ll be despite the last two years, a lot of and are incensed over the a responsible opposition, always Peruvians are saying no, let’s not government’s failure to complete thinking of the country’s future.” throw this away,” McClintock said a planned education overhaul, Kuczynski, a 77-year-old former by phone. “Let’s have someone expe- Brazilian military policemen of special operations unit take part in an instructional exercise with which has been diluted due to finance minister and Wall Street vet- rienced at the helm.” officers of an elite unit of the French police, ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics at Rio de Janeiro’s budget constraints. They have eran, won 50.12 percent of votes with Educated at Oxford and Princ- subway, Brazil, yesterday. promised more protests in all the ballots processed, compared eton and a former executive at the coming days. with 49.88 percent for Fujimori, the World Bank and International Mon- electoral office said. etary Fund, Kuczynski is unusually Locked in a neck-and-neck versed in economic policy. But Fuji- race for much of the campaign’s mori is the politically savvier and her 11 members of two months, Kuczynski edged past Fuerza Popular party’s dominance of Samarco ignored risk of dam collapse: Cops 41-year-old Fujimori last week. This Congress will complicate his efforts followed an endorsement from a key to carry out his policies. a family slain by left-wing politician, a large anti- Fujimori’s party won 73 of the Reuters indications, such as cracks, that the done in accordance with the project’s Fujimori street rally and his renewed 130 seats in Congress in a parliamen- Mexico gunmen dam was in danger of a breach. As design. The dam’s height was below focus on warning that his opponent tary vote in April while Kuczynski’s well as Samarco, police accused Vale the size allowed by its licensing when would take Peru back toward a cor- won 18. because it deposited its own mining it collapsed, Samarco said. rupt autocracy. “We take this virtual result with AFP RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s federal waste in the dam, and VogBR, the All of the accused, excluding one This was a reference to Fuji- a lot of modesty,” Kuczynski told a police accused mining company service company that checked safety individual, were first informed by the mori’s father, Alberto, who while gathering of allies and reporters. Samarco, a joint venture between of the dam. Eight executives were police in January. president from 1990 to 2000 “Peru has big challenges ahead. We PUEBLA, MEXICO: Gunmen Vale SA and BHP Billiton, of willful also accused. Although the police have not defeated the Maoist guerrilla group want a united, reconciled country marched into a remote mountain misconduct in relation to a deadly Samarco said in a statement it disclosed names, Vale said in a Shining Path and hyperinflation that’s ready for dialog.” village in Mexico yesterday and dam burst last November, saying the rejected any speculation that it was statement it “rejected forcefully the but also permitted death squads, The campaign had elements killed 11 members of the same company had ignored clear signs the aware of an imminent risk of collapse accusations against one employee,” engaged in corruption and tempo- of class and race as Fujimori, who family, including two children, dam was at risk of collapsing. at the dam, which held waste known saying he was never responsible for rarily shut Congress. He is serving a spent past five years trekking from authorities said. Police said Samarco had as tailings from its iron ore mine. the dam’s management. With the 25-year prison term outside Lima. village to village, suggested Kuczyn- Five women, four men and two skimmed on safety spending, “The dam was always declared police investigation now complete, His legacy weighed heavily on the ski was high-handed and loyal to the girls were killed in El Mirador, a focusing instead on increasing stable,” the company said, adding the case will be passed to prosecutors election, especially because Keiko “whites” associated and big business community in central Puebla state, production despite obvious that increases to the dam’s size were to decide whether to press charges. Fujimori invoked her father’s victory and Lima’s wealthy elite. near Oaxaca, and the motive of the massacre was under investigation. “Two other minors were badly wounded and taken to the hospi- tal,” said Vicente Lopez de la Vega, the mayor of the town of Coxcat- Recall referendum gathers pace against Maduro lan, which oversees El Mirador. The Puebla state prosecutor’s office said initial reports indicate AFP Lucena finally announced the CNE That is the next step in a lengthy that “people arrived on foot where would take fingerprint scans from process to call a vote on sacking the the family was located, fired sev- June 20 to 24 to confirm the identity leftist president, who opponents eral times and left on foot.” of people who signed a petition for a accuse of driving oil-rich Venezuela A government official on con- CARACAS: Facing mounting pres- recall referendum. to the brink of economic collapse. dition of anonymity, said the attack sure from food shortages, looting The electoral board, which the Protests, looting and violent crime took place inside one home. But and increasingly violent protests, opposition accuses of dragging its have been mounting in Venezuela as some local media said the bodies Venezuelan authorities yesterday feet to protect Maduro, appeared to the country reels from shortages of were found in several homes. announced the next stage for a recall have caved in after protests turned food, water, medicine and electricity. The prosecutor’s office said referendum against embattled Presi- violent on Thursday and left a prom- On Thursday, police fired tear gas two people witnessed the massa- dent Nicolas Maduro. inent opposition lawmaker bloodied to break up a protest led by lawmak- cre and both have been put under But the apparent victory for and beaten. ers in opposition-majority congress, police protection.The statement Maduro’s opponents came with a After the unrest, one of the five who tried to march on the CNE’s said more information would be warning from the head of National members of CNE, Luis Emilio Rondon, headquarters. It was fourth time in available after authorities can Electoral Board (CNE), Tibisay Lucena, promised the board would announce recent days police had cracked down communicate with investiga- who told them any acts of violence a timeline for validating the pro-refer- on similar marches. A brawl broke out tors, who are working in a remote would immediately halt the process. endum petition, which was submitted and punches flew when the protest- Supporters of Nicolas Maduro argue with opposition deputy Alfonso region. After repeated opposition protests, on May 2 with 1.8 million signatures. ers faced Maduro supporters. Marquina (centre) during a demonstration in Caracas. BREAK TIME SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2016 13

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ONLINE CHART BUST Facebook introduces Toying around 360-degree photos www.thepeninsulaqatar.com IANS

MOST READ NEW YORK: Social media giant Face- book on Thursday introduced a new Muslim funeral in Muhammad Ali’s feature that enables users upload and 1 hometown draws thousands view 360-degrees photos right in the News Feed, a media report said. Ooredoo announces plans to issue "Along with 360 photos from your 2 bonds worth $5bn friends and family, you can discover stunning new 360 photos on Facebook Recipe for success? US sandwich chain from public figures, publishers, and other 3 sued for non-compete rule organizations," technology website The Verge quoted Andy Huang, Product Man- ager, Facebook, as saying. "360 photos give you the ability to take TWEET OF THE DAY the stage in front of 100,000 fans with Paul McCartney, get behind-the-scenes access to the Supreme Court via The New York Times, visit the International Space Station with Nasa, and more," he said. After capturing 360-degrees photo with a camera users can post the photo directly to the network, where it will be converted into an image that can be viewed on desktop or any smartphone. Japanese artist, Hiroshi Fuji, prepares his art installation of dinaosaurs, made of pre-loved toys through All they need to do is click and drag on the image to explore the complete environ- collection drives in Japan, at the National museum in Singapore, yesterday. ment, or move their smartphone around. Drone footage shows the secret life of rare whales

INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY AFP without disturbing them. The resulting like this," Auckland University of The AUT researchers say that using footage shows an adult and calf frol- Technology (AUT) ecologist Barbara drones allows them to study marine icking in the water and using a "lunge" Bollard-Green said. "There's no way mammals while keeping their distance. feeding technique to feast on plankton we would see so much detail from a The waterproof aircraft used to film WELLINGTON: New Zealand and shoals of small fish. boat-based survey." the whales was 40 metres from them researchers have captured stunning The adult, a grey behemoth meas- Bryde's whales are listed as criti- at all times, with the researchers' boat drone footage of endangered whales uring 12 metres (40 foot) long, turns cally threatened in New Zealand, with about 1.5 kilometres away. feeding off the Auckland coast, giv- sideways and swims just under the less than 200 remaining in the South Lorenzo Fiori, one of the PhD stu- The milkyway, taken ing an unprecedented insight into the surface, opening its huge mouth to fun- Pacific nation's waters, and about dents who took the footage, said it was from Al-Amriya, the majestic giants of the sea. nel in food. As it powers forward, the 100,000 worldwide. still a thrill to get a close-up look at the darkest area in Qatar in In a world-first use of drone tech- rush of oncoming water expands the Their preference for feeding just whales. the north Photo by @ nology, the researchers dispatched a underside of its mouth so it balloons out below the surface makes them vulner- "It was pure excitement when I was Baher_Amin customised "eye in the sky" so they allowing it to fit in more food. able to being hit by ships, particularly filming and it's simply a joy to watch could observe the rare Bryde's whales "Never before have I seen anything in the busy waters around Auckland. every time I see it," he said. Tribes that inspired Colombian Scientists turn CO2 into stone AFP them back to stone," said Juerg Mat- 40,000 tons of CO2 a year -- just five ter, lead author of the study, which percent of the emissions of a similarly film fear destruction: Director was published Thursday in the jour- sized coal plant, but still signifi- nal Science. cant. In 2012, they began pumping

WASHINGTON: Scientists have Carbon dioxide is a key factor in 250 tons of CO2 mixed with water turned carbon dioxide into stone in global warming, and experts have underground. Reuters “There are complete generations described in the journals of two 20th a matter of months by pumping it long called for innovative "carbon "It was a very welcome surprise," trapped in the middle - and the mid- century European explorers. deep underground, offering a rev- capture and storage" (CCS) solutions. said Edda Aradottir, who heads the dle is full of alcoholism and in many Laws in Colombia protect indige- olutionary new way of storing the Previous attempts to inject CO2 project for Reykjavik Energy. Encour- cases it has led to young people com- nous people and restrict construction greenhouse gas to tackle climate into sandstone soils or deep saline aged by the success, the company has LONDON: The indigenous people mitting suicide.” on reserves, which account for change.The pioneering experiment aquifers have struggled, as they scaled up the project and from this who inspired the Oscar-nominated Today, 40 of Colombia’s 102 almost a third of Colombia’s territory, in Iceland mixed CO2 emissions with relied on capping rocks to hold the summer will be burying some 10,000 Colombian film, ‘Embrace of the indigenous groups are considered at according to information received. water and pumped it hundreds of gas down -- triggering fears it could tonnes of CO2 each year, Aradottir Serpent’, fear their communities risk of extinction, according to the But a large proportion of reserves meters (feet) underground into vol- eventually leak. said. "This means that we can pump will be torn apart within a genera- United Nations. are now in conflict with oil and min- canic basalt rock -- where it rapidly In contrast, the Carbfix project down large amounts of CO2 and store tion as youth are trapped between Many have been forced to flee ing companies, banana and palm oil turned into a solid. at Iceland's Hellisheidi plant -- the it in a very safe way over a very short traditional lifestyles and the lure of ancestral lands during the country’s plantations, according to the United "We need to deal with rising world's largest geothermal facility, period of time," said study co-author modern cities, according to the film’s five decades of civil war. An oil and Nations. carbon emissions. This is the ulti- which powers Reykjavik -- sought to Martin Stute, a hydrologist at Colum- director. mining boom has also caused them The area of Vaupes where film- mate permanent storage -- turn solidify the CO2. The plant produces bia University's Earth Observatory. The film, released yesterday, to uproot themselves. ing took place is largely undeveloped, tells a fictional story based on true Once pushed off their lands, as access is limited by a tempestu- events in the early 20th century when indigenous groups typically seek ref- ous river that is unnavigable by boat, indigenous societies were shattered uge in the slum areas of Colombia’s said Guerra. by colonial invasion, forced conver- major cities, where they often live in The filmmaker said that, despite Puppet dance sion to Christianity and industrial extreme poverty - forced to beg and protection, indigenous people say fel- exploitation of the Amazon’s native at risk of sexual exploitation. low tribes people have been recruited rubber trees. While living in urban areas, they to grow coca to supply networks of Director Ciro Guerra spent risk losing their traditional medicine, cocaine traffickers in the forest. months consulting indigenous people language and culture. Mining companies, keen to access from the Vaupes district of south- “Embrace of the Serpent” is the area’s mineral resources, have eastern Colombia, where the film was the first feature to be filmed in the also attempted to acquire ancestral shot, while finalizing the film’s script. Colombian Amazon in more than 30 lands, he said to reporters during an It is the first major Colombian years, said its producers. interaction. release to feature an indigenous Guerra said he began making “The leaders are being bribed protagonist and a story told from his the film three years ago as a way to or being corrupted or being to sign perspective. learn more about the “hidden and those mining deals. It’s a big prob- Guerra told the Thomson Reu- unknown” half of his native coun- lem,” Guerra said. “There are then ters Foundation that the communities try covered by the forest. internal struggles and political strug- believe that bribery and the allure of When the filmmaker began gles between the people and those capitalist society will destroy those meeting with indigenous people - leaders.” that are left. including members of the Ocaina, Film reviews have praised Guer- “Their biggest concern now has to Huitoto, Tikuna, Cubeo, Yuruti, ra’s attempt to show the process of do with the fact that the younger gen- Tukano, Siriano, Karapano, and colonization from an indigenous erations are in a very difficult place, Desano tribes - the script was “about perspective. because they no longer relate to tra- 40 percent” formed, he said. In addition to an Academy Award ditional ways of life,” the 35-year-old The film’s protagonist, Kara- nomination in 2016 for Best Foreign filmmaker said. makate - a warrior shaman who is Language Film, the film - Guer- “They are seduced by the capital- the last surviving member of a soon- ra’s third - won the top prize in the ist lifestyle, but then, when they go to to-be lost tribe - was created by Directors Fortnight at Cannes in 2015 A child dances at a puppet show during Ramadan festival in Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday. the cities and they try to live this life- combining traits of indigenous peo- and eight categories at the Macondo style, they don’t belong there either.” ple Guerra met and historical figures Awards - Colombia’s Oscars. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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Atkore IPO BP to merge Oil prices ease Norway assets from 2016 highs with local group on strong dollar

supply disruptions around the world should help to keep prices from fall- A rebound in the ing deeper. Crude prices have almost dollar had dented doubled since touching their low- est in more than a decade in early AFP oil prices by making 2016 as strong demand and supply fuel imports for disruptions erode a glut that pulled down prices by as much as 70 per- countries using other cent from a mid-2014 peak. OSLO: British oil giant BP will currencies more Declines in US shale oil output merge its Norwegian assets with expensive. are being compounded by steep falls Det Norske, Norway’s biggest inde- in Nigerian production due to attacks pendent oil company, in exchange by militants and in Canada due to for a minority stake of 10.8bn kro- forest fires. ner ($1.3bn) in the new group, the Reuters The US government said on two sides announced yesterday. Atkore International Group Inc President & CEO John Williamson rings a bell to celebrate his company’s Thursday unplanned global oil sup- Named Aker BP, the new entity ply disruptions averaged more than IPO on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, US, yesterday. will hold 97 licenses on the Nor- LONDON: Oil prices fell yesterday as 3.6 million bpd in May, the high- wegian continental shelf, including a stronger dollar pulled crude off the est monthly level recorded since it 46 as the operator. It will produce 2016 highs hit this week, although started tracking disruptions in Jan- around 122,000 barrels of oil strong refinery demand and global uary 2011. equivalent per day, based on 2015 supply disruptions lent support. Yesterday, the Niger Delta Aveng- figures, with reserves estimated at Brent oil futures were trading at ers militant group said it had blown Pakistan grants 4G licence to Telenor 723 million barrels. $51.34 per barrel at 1308 GMT, down up the Obi Obi Brass trunk line oper- It will be 40-percent owned by 61 cents while U.S. West Texas Inter- ated by ENI. Norwegian group Aker, the hold- mediate (WTI) futures were down 64 On the demand side, global ing group that owns Det Norske, cents at $49.92 a barrel. refining activity is expected to hit a AFP UAE’s Warid, and Pakistan’s domes- percentage than India, Nepal and and 30-percent owned by BP. The Analysts said a rebound in the record high just as crude supply dis- tic Mobilink. The total raised in the Bangladesh. Pakistan’s state-run Tel- remaining 30 percent will be held dollar had dented oil prices by mak- ruptions around the world tighten auction was $1.2bn. ecom Authority (PTA) had auctioned by Det Norske’s other shareholders. ing fuel imports for countries using the market. In the first quarter of 2015 smart- the license to local and international “With this transaction, we pro- other currencies more expensive. Available global refining capac- KARACHI: Pakistan has awarded a phone shipments to the country telecom companies, with Telenor vide Det Norske with operational The dollar index was up 0.30 ity will reach 101.8 million b/d in $395 million 4G licence to Norwe- soared by 123 percent, according to winning the bid. strength, a robust capital structure percent, adding to Thursday’s gains August, its highest on record, and gian telecom giant Telenor, as it seeks the Pakistan Telecommunication “The licence for 850 MHz band and two solid industrial owners, as jittery global financial markets up from around 97.25 million bpd to capitalise on a booming domes- Authority’s annual report, one of the will be awarded on base price of $395 thereby creating a platform for sent investors towards safe haven in March, data on Thomson Reuters tic mobile market some two years fastest growth rates in the develop- Million in accordance with the sched- further growth on the Norwegian currencies. Eikon shows. since broadband Internet arrived in ing world. ule,” an internal statement from PTA continental shelf and near-term “Oil prices eased back from Investment bank Jefferies said the country. In 2014, Pakistan auc- Since then broadband use said. capacity to pay out quarterly a near 12-month high as the dol- on Friday that US refinery utilisa- tioned its first 4G broadband licence has exploded, with the number of “The licence will be awarded to dividend,” Kjell Inge Rokke (pic- lar reversed its recent trend,” ANZ tion reached 90.9 percent in the first to China’s Zong for $210 million, users growing to around 29 million Telenor within 30 days of payment,” tured), Aker’s main owner, said in bank said on Friday adding that week of June. along with 3G licenses to Zong, the from a mere 1.9 million -- a higher it added. a statement. Buying spree sends bonds into twilight zone British mining CEO faces criminal charges in Liberia AFP States, Switzerland or Britain, the has also been lacklustre, and interna- worth of sovereign debt was yielding rate of return for sovereign bonds of tional institutions have been cutting a negative return at the end of May, most major industrialised nations are their global growth forecasts. according to the Fitch ratings agency. AFP Investment Commission, the body striking new record lows on a daily Meanwhile the latest polls put the This amount of negative yields overseeing the tendering process PARIS: Global investors are piling basis on the the secondary market June 23 referendum vote on Britain is pushing the world of investment for mining projects, will also face into sovereign bonds amid concerns were investors trade debt after it is leaving the European Union at a toss- into uncharted territory, raising alarm MONROVIA: The chief executive of unspecified charges, according to about Brexit and sluggish growth, first issued. up. Investors abhor uncertainty, and bells with some market watchers. British firm Sable Mining will face a statement issued by the taskforce pushing rates of return close to zero Analysts say the onngoing down- in such situations often search out so- Bill Gross, the so-called Bond charges in connection with allega- naming both men. and even into negative territory, cre- ward push, which may yet take the called haven investments perceived King at investment fund Janus Capital tions that the company presided Klaus Piprek, a South Afri- ating an unprecedented situation with Bund yield into negative territory, is as offering security. and previously at the massive invest- over a vast network of corruption, can national and onetime country unknown consequences. the result of a renewed bout of jitters This includes highly-rated sov- ment fund Pimco, recently warned Liberian investigators said yester- director of Sable in Liberia, was also The yield or rate of return on the about the global economy. ereign bonds, and the competition that the situation “is a supernova that day. indicted. Bund, Germany’s 10-year govern- “Three factors explain the plunge by investors has sent prices up and will explode one day”. In other words, Andrew Groves was indicted by Groves and Piprek are now the ment bond, hit 0.02 percent on Friday in bond yields: a speech by ECB chief therefore the rates of return down. the stampede into bonds could be fol- a presidential anti-graft taskforce subject of an Interpol alert. morning in trading on the second- Mario Draghi at the beginning of this Investors are “searching for qual- lowed by a stampede out. probing claims made by campaign Sable co-founder and former ary market. week, risk aversion and increased ity” said Gilles Moec, chief economist The head of the German cen- group Global Witness that Sable paid England international cricketer Phil “The historic moment” where it market volatility ahead of the British at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, tral bank, Jens Weidmann, has out bribes worth $960,000 to gain Edmonds, a former chairman of the hits zero “doesn’t seem more than a referendum,” said Vincent Ganne, an calling the reflex “quite a widespread sounded a warning about a rising a foothold in the country’s lucrative company, was named as a “co-con- question of time”, according to econ- analyst at FXCM currency brokerage. phenomenon”. risk of a reversal and “large jumps iron ore industry. spirator” but has not been formally omists at German bank LBBW. “There was also contagion from The yield on Japanese and Swiss in risk premiums” as large invest- Groves, a British citizen, has charged. Interest rates on sovereign debt lower US rates since the publication of 10-year sovereign bonds have already ment funds shift money in and out denied the allegations, and the The firm is alleged to have have been low for some time as cen- the latest report on the US jobs mar- fallen into negative territory. of bonds depending the outlook for charges against him were not channelled bribes to key officials tral banks snap up government bonds ket,” he added. While on the surface this con- central banks changing interest rates. released. through their legal fixer, top lawyer from investors in an effort to boost A dismal jobs report in the United founds financial logic -- as buying a The yield on sovereign debt is President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and ruling party chairman Varney economic growth through increased States earlier this month raised ques- bond at negative yield means accept- normally supposed to be a reflec- has already requested co-operation Sherman, to curry favour for iron ore liquidity in a policy known as quan- tions about the recovery there and put ing a loss if holding the bond until tion of inflation expectations, but with the British authorities over the concessions. titative easing or QE. an increase in interest rates on hold redemption -- it provides insurance as it increasingly becomes a haven case, in a letter to Prime Minister Sherman was himself indicted The rate of return on Bunds first until the autumn, sending the yields to investors if they fear prices of other investment the yield becomes more of David Cameron. and arrested for “economic crimes” fell under 1.0 percent in 2014. on treasuries tumbling. assets will fall by even more. a signal of expectations of changes in Richard Tolbert, a former banker on May 25, and bailed along with But be it in Japan, the United Recent Chinese economic data More than 10 trillion dollars central bank monetary policy. and ex-head of Liberia’s National parliamentary speaker Alex Tyler. 18 SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2016 BUSINESS Swiss bankers see influx of funds in case of Brexit

Participants in a seminar organ- neck, raising the real possibility that and the negotiations have been put on “I am not confident in the out- right now it wants to leave.” A report from the ised by the Swiss Private Bankers Britain could become the first coun- hold until after Britain’s referendum. come,” he said. European Commission president Swiss think-tank Association (SPBA) in Geneva voiced try to leave the EU. Jacques de Watteville, Switzer- Meanwhile, German Finance Min- Jean-Claude Juncker last month said concern about what the implications The pro-Brexit camp has argued land’s lead negotiator on EU affairs, ister Wolfgang Schaeuble yesterday that British “deserters will not be wel- foraus says it took would be if a Brexit is voted through that if it leaves the EU, Britain could meanwhile told Friday’s conference issued a stark warning to Britain comed with open arms” by European Switzerland around a in a referendum on June 23. have a harmonious relationship with that a healthy EU was in the wealthy that it would face costly barriers to partners if Britain votes to leave in the Gregoire Bordier, SPBA vice pres- the bloc negotiate deals to access the Alpine country’s interest. the European Union trade zone if it June 23 referendum, but Schaeuble’s decade to negotiate ident and an associate of the Bordier single market similar to those in place But he insisted that “the world will left the bloc. intervention is the most explicit threat its first package of bank, told participants that if Brit- for like non-members Norway and continue to turn on June 24,” regard- The comments by one of Europe’s so far. ish voters choose to leave the bloc it Switzerland. less of the outcome of the British vote. most senior officials is a blow to Brexit Vote Leave chief executive Mat- bilateral deals with would spark a climate of uncertainty But analysts have questioned how Christian Luescher, a parliamen- supporters, who have argued that thew Elliott hit back, saying there Brussels. throughout the continent. easy that would be. tarian with the Liberal Party who Britain could negotiate deals to access was “no question about it, Britain This, he said, was expected in turn A report from the Swiss think- spoke at the SPBA event, stressed the the single market similar to those in will still have access to the single to create “an influx of new funds to tank foraus this week pointed out that importance of ensuring that Switzer- place for non-members Norway and market. AFP manage” in Switzerland, whose franc it took Switzerland around a decade land “remain a haven of peace and Switzerland. “It would be perverse of the has long been considered a safe haven to negotiate its first package of bilat- prosperity” if Europe is rocked by a “That won’t work,” the veteran eurozone to try to create artificial currency. eral agreements with Brussels. British decision to leave. minister told Germany’s Der Spiegel barriers -- and would do far more GENEVA: Swiss wealth managers said Asked how Swiss banks were pre- And when the Swiss in a nar- Otmar Issing, a former chief econ- weekly, which on Saturday plans to damage to them than to anyone yesterday they would expect an influx paring for the possible surge in funds, row popular vote in 2014 decided to omist at the European Central Bank, publish a German-English edition at else,” he said. of funds from skittish international he acknowledged that it is “very diffi- reintroduce curbs on EU migrants, meanwhile told the seminar that “if home and in Britain with “Please don’t The EU accounts for 47 percent investors if British voters choose to cult to prepare for uncertain events”. Brussels reacted furiously, threatening the Brexit goes through it would be go!” on the cover. of British exports and 54 percent of leave the European Union in a June Opinion polls show the race for to rip up all the bilateral agreements. the first time that European integra- “That would require the coun- imports, according to latest govern- 23 referendum. the June 23 referendum is neck and That issue has yet to be resolved, tion takes a step backward.” try to follow the rules of a club which ment figures.

US consumer sentiment in Gawker Media files June eases from one-year high for bankruptcy Bloomberg AFP expand its internet portfolio with the acquisition of Gawker, gaining NEW YORK: Confidence among websites such as Gizmodo, Life- American consumers in June eased WASHINGTON:: Gawker Media LLC, hacker, Kotaku, Jalopnik, Deadspin from an almost one-year high as the online publisher ordered by a US and Jezebel. favorable views about personal court to pay $140 million to former “There’s a tremendous fit finances were offset by concerns wrestler Hulk Hogan over the publi- between the two organizations, from about the economy’s prospects, cation of a sex tape, filed for Chapter brands to audience to monetization,” a University of Michigan survey 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday said a spokesman for Ziff Davis. “We showed on Friday. and is planning to put itself up for look forward to the possibility of Preliminary June index fell to sale. adding these great brands—and the 94.3 from 94.7 in May; median pro- The move will intensify public talented people who support them— jection in a Bloomberg survey of debate in the United States over the to the Ziff Davis family.” economists called for 94. role of big money in media lawsuits. In the filing, Gawker said its Current conditions index, Billionaire investor Peter Thiel, an assets are estimated to be worth which takes stock of Americans’ early backer of Facebook and a co- $50 million to $100 million, whereas views of their personal finances, founder of PayPal had bankrolled its liabilities are estimated to be climbed to 111.7, the highest since Hogan’s lawsuit. between $100 million and $500 July 2005, from 109.9. Hogan, whose real name is Terry million. Measure of expectations six Bollea, is listed as the largest cred- Gawker has vowed to appeal the months from now fell to 83.2 from itor in Gawker’s bankruptcy filing. verdict in the Hogan lawsuit. In a 84.9 in May that was the best since Media company Ziff Davis LLC post-trial hearing in St. Petersburg, June 2015. Consumers see infla- already has an agreement to buy Florida, on Friday, the New York- tion over next five to 10 years at 2.3 Gawker for a little less than $100 based company argued that it could percent rate, the lowest in records million, according to people famil- not pay a bond on the $140 million back almost a half century, after iar with the matter. judgment. 2.5 percent in May. However, a bankruptcy auction “A high bond like that is effec- People walk past a building that lists offices for Gawker Media in New York City, yesterday. Consumers rated their current will ensue, likely at the end of July. If tively the same as not allowing the financial situation stronger than no other bidders step up with better stay,” Michael Berry, an attorney at any time since 2007, reflect- offers, Ziff Davis will become Gawk- for Gawker, told the court hear- for emotional distress and $55 million Sponge Clem. In order to comply with Flor- ing improved wage gains and low er’s new owner, the people said. ing. “My client faces financial ruin. for economic damages, after Gawker The jury then slapped another ida state law regarding bond for inflation that may encourage them Ziff Davis, whose gaming and The verdict could be overturned or published in 2012 a 41-second edited $25 million in punitive damages defendants Denton pledged his most to spend more and drive bigger consumer technology websites reduced.” video clip featuring him having sex on the company and its publisher meaningful asset, about $800 mil- gains in the economy. Conditions include AskMen, Computer Shopper In March, a six-person jury with the wife of his then-best friend, and Chief Executive Officer Nick lion worth of stock in Gawker media, for the purchase of durable goods, and Geek.com, would significantly awarded $60 million to Hogan, 62, the radio shock jock Bubba the Love Denton. according to Berry. such as automobiles, climbed to the highest level this year. The survey also showed a 10 percentage point decrease in net unfavorable responses to job cre- Westlake Chemical to buy vinyl maker Axiall for $2.4bn ation, a sign May’s disappointing payrolls figure will prove tempo- rary. Meanwhile, the decline in consumers’ long-term inflation Bloomberg the companies said in a statement agreement to be acquired by China In the deal announced on Friday, by the billionaire Chao family, expectations gives Federal Reserve Friday. The deal is valued at $3.8bn National Chemical Corp. Axiall Westlake is paying a 9 percent pre- climbed 2.5 percent to $46.17. policy makers room to hold the including the assumption of debt. expands Westlake’s integration into mium over Axiall’s 52-week share The Axiall deal sets up Westlake line on interest-rate increases. The transaction, which is subject to raw materials such as ethylene and average price prior to the initial bid to become North America’s third- The job market is “really the LONDON: Westlake Chemical Corp. approval by Axiall shareholders and chlorine as well as into finished prod- on Jan. 28, Westlake said in a slide largest chlorine and caustic soda key to spending in the year ahead,” agreed to acquire Axiall Corp. for antitrust regulators, is expected to ucts made with PVC, a hard plastic presentation. producer and second-largest PVC Richard Curtin, director of the about $2.4bn, burying the hatchet close by the fourth quarter, the com- used in construction products. The price represents a 18 percent producer. University of Michigan consumer after a five-month takeover contest panies said. The agreement ends a battle that discount to the Atlanta-based compa- Combined annual revenue was survey, said on a Bloomberg con- to become the second largest North The acquisition comes amid a began in January with Westlake’s ny’s 52-week intraday high. about $7.6bn for the 12 months ference call. There were more American producer of vinyl products record amount of deal making in the $20-a-share unsolicited bid. Axiall Axiall surged 25 percent to $32.36 through the first quarter, while upbeat attitudes about payroll used in pipe, siding and decks. chemical industry, led by the merger rejected that offer, as well as a sweet- at 10:33 am. in New York after reach- earnings before interest, taxes, depre- gains in the coming months, he Houston-based Westlake of DuPont and Dow Chemical in ened bid in March of $1.6bn, or $23.35 ing as high as $32.52, the intraday ciation and amortization were $1.5, said. agreed to pay $33 a share in cash, December and Syngenta’s February a share in cash and stock. peak since July. Westlake, controlled the companies said. Strike: Air France to keep 90% of flights GM Canada to hire 700 engineers

Bloomberg of millions of euros,” Air France-KLM Chief Executive Officer Alexandre de for rearch on self-driving cars Juniac said last week. The shares fell 2.9 percent to 6.67 euros at 12:45pm PARIS: Air France will maintain 90 in Paris. The stock has dropped 5 per- percent of both domestic and long- cent this year, valuing the company Bloomberg the push by the federal and provin- in Markham. Trudeau attributed haul flights today, the beginning of a at about ¤2bn. cial governments to boost innovation the move to a “growing network of four-day pilots’ strike that threatens The strike also prompted the car- and renew manufacturing and high- innovative startups and suppliers” to hamper travel for fans attending rier’s KLM sister brand to take the tech development in the economy of in Canada. “Today’s announcement the 2016 European soccer champi- unprecedented step of publicly crit- TORONTO: General Motors Co. will Canada’s most populous province and is not an endpoint but just another onship in the country. “We worked a lot to try to limit icizing it as “destructive.” The strike hire about 700 engineers in Canada one-time economic engine. step in delivering Canada’s clean- Air France-KLM Group’s French the impact of the strike,” Catherine starts a day after the Euro 2016 open- as it expands research into self-driv- “We selected Canada for this growth economy,” he said at the arm confirmed it will cancel about 25 Jude (pictured), Air France’s head of ing game on Friday between France ing cars and other technology. expansion because of its clear capac- Friday announcement. percent of scheduled medium-haul, operations control, said at the brief- and Romania. The tournament’s final The Detroit-based company ity for innovation, proven talent The expansion of engineering or European, services on Saturday, ing. “Air France remains mobilised is slated for July 10 in Paris. made the announcement in Oshawa, and strong ecosystem of great uni- jobs does not guarantee a future for the carrier said yesterday at a brief- to end this strike through the means The Air France pilots are protesting Ontario on Friday alongside Prime versities, startups and innovative GM’s manufacturing plants in Can- ing at Charles de Gaulle Airport. of social dialogue.” the carrier’s imposition of more work Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario suppliers,” GM Executive Vice Pres- ada, Reuss said. “What we’re doing Three long-haul flights, to Osaka, About 25 percent of pilots prob- hours for no additional pay. Another Premier Kathleen Wynne. GM, ident Mark Reuss said in a statement. here and talking about today is really Hong Kong and one of two flights to ably will strike on Saturday, the point of dispute is the employees’ push which produces six vehicle models The new engineering positions the future of the automobile globally,” Tokyo, have been scrapped for that company said. The carrier will pro- for the airline to order 26 long-haul in Ontario, will increase its group will focus on autonomous-vehicle Reuss said, and that’s not “directly day, and the carrier warned there vide an update Saturday about the planes to ensure that the fleet is ready of engineers in Canada from about software and controls development, related to a manufacturing footprint.” could be other last-minute cancel- impact of the work action for the fol- for capacity growth. Unions’ demands 300 to about 1,000 over “the next safety technology, infotainment and Ontario’s “dynamic new inno- lations. Services operated by Air lowing days. The planned four-day would require an 11 percent jump in the few years.” connected vehicle technology, GM vation cluster” will support the France’s regional brand Hop unit, work stoppage is the second by the pilot payroll, currently at about ¤1bn, GM’s additional workers, to be said. As part of the expansion, the automotive innovation work, said sister company KLM and US part- Paris-based airline’s pilots in two Gilles Gateau, the carrier’s head of per- based in the Toronto suburbs of company will open a new Automo- Steve Carlisle, president of General ner Delta Air Lines won’t be affected. years and will cost the airline “tens sonnel, said yesterday. Oshawa and Markham, will underpin tive Software Development Center Motors Canada. BUSINESS SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2016 19

Panama tests Britain’s record traffic boosts fuel consumption expanded canal with bigger Reuters between mid-2013 and the first quar- efficiency and changed behaviour among oil-consuming nations. cargo ship ter of 2016. The volume of traffic on among the millennial generation But the same resurgence in Britain’s motorists the country’s roads has been rising (particularly the preference for urban motorists’ fuel consumption is evi- consumed 36 million almost 2 percent per year since the living and using public transport) dent in the United States and some AFP LONDON: Britain’s consumption of middle of 2013. were cited as reasons why fuel of the other advanced economies, at road fuel is growing at the fastest rate tonnes of motor spirit And the number of registered demand was peaking. least those which are recording eco- for more than a decade as the impact (petrol) and diesel in vehicles is now growing well over In practice, the peak in fuel con- nomic growth. Total oil consumption AGUA CLARA: Panama has sent of economic growth and lower prices the 12 months ending 2 percent per year, the fastest rate sumption has proved temporary, and in the OECD economies increased by a giant, Neopanamax-class cargo more than offsets improvements in since 2005. Traffic volumes and vehi- seems to have had more to do with more than 500,000 barrels per day ship through its canal to test vehicle efficiency. in March, up from cle registrations increased slowly in the rising cost of fuel and the linger- in 2015, the first significant increase expansion work costing billions of Britain’s motorists consumed 36 35.2 million tonnes the middle years of the last decade ing effects of the deepest recession since 2005 (excepting the post-reces- dollars and whose official opening million tonnes of motor spirit (pet- as sharply rising fuel prices curbed since the 1920s. sion bounce in 2010). is to be marked with a ceremony rol) and road diesel in the 12 months in the prior 12-month driving, then fell sharply during the Total road fuel consumption is Consumption seems set to show a late this month. ending in March, up from 35.2 million period. financial crisis and its aftermath. still about 7 percent below the peak large gain in 2016 and again in 2017, “The tests are going very, very tonnes in the prior 12-month period. But as the economic expansion of more than 38 million tonnes set assuming no recession and fuel prices well. We’re pleased,” Giuseppe Fuel consumption has been rising has become more mature and fuel in 2007 but the trend is now firmly do not rise too much, which would Quarta, head of the Grupos Unidos since 2013/14 and the increase pre- prices have fallen steeply, so traffic, upwards once again. mark the strongest and most sus- por el Canal (GUPC) consortium dates the collapse in oil prices from in oil prices has had a much more registrations and fuel consumption With the impact of the recession tained growth since 2003-2005. behind the nine-year expan- mid-2014. For the most part, the rise modest on pump prices. Nonethe- have all returned to rapid growth. unwinding and fuel prices down by Coupled with the phenomenally sion project, told reporters. The in fuel consumption reflects a grow- less, lower fuel costs have improved Until a couple of years ago, it was a quarter from their earlier peak, rapid growth in some large emerg- vessel used, the dry bulk carrier ing economy, increasing employment driving affordability and are proba- fashionable to claim that fuel con- fuel demand has resumed fairly ing markets, including China, India MN Baroque owned by SwissMa- and rising household incomes. bly contributing to the strong growth sumption had peaked in the United strong growth. Britain accounts for and Mexico, increasing consump- rine and registered in Malta, is Fuel is taxed much more heavily in both traffic volumes and fuel sales. Kingdom and the other advanced just 1.6 million barrels per day of oil tion in the advanced economies is 255 metres (837 feet) long and 43 in Britain than in the United States Pump prices declined by about industrial economies. consumption, 1.6 percent of the glo- playing a critical role rebalancing metres (141 feet) wide. and emerging markets, so the drop 25 percent for both petrol and diesel Improvements in vehicle bal total, which puts it in 15th place the oil market. That puts it into the Neopan- amax, or New Panamax, class of ships that are significantly big- ger than the older Panamax ones used up to now. As the names sug- Lufthansa CFO’s surprise Vintage cars gest, the class of ships are designed specifically to fit into the Panama Canal’s locks. The older Panamax freight- exit complicates revamp ers had maximum dimensions of 294 metres in length and 32 metres in width, to fit the original canal Bloomberg will improve only “slightly” this year. built a century ago. Neopanamax Menne, a member of Lufthan- ships are significantly longer and sa’s management board since 2012, wider for the new locks—and more has helped Chief Executive Officer importantly can carry more than BERLIN: Deutsche Lufthansa AG Carsten Spohr, who is six years twice as much cargo. shares dropped 5.7 percent yes- younger, steer the company through The mammoth project to terday after the surprise departure restructuring including cutting ben- expand the Panama Canal far of Chief Financial Officer Simone efits and pay for entry-level workers. exceeded its original $5.3bn budget Menne (pictured) opened an unwel- She also helped safeguard its invest- — perhaps by as much as 60 per- come hole in the German airline’s ment-grade rating, a rare honor for cent, though a final figure is not top management at a time when its an airline, even with pension liabili- yet available — and came in two strategy is in a state of flux. ties surpassing €10bn last year. years late. Labour disputes, legal Lufthansa will seek to fill the CFO The lack of a successor is unset- rows between the Panama Canal role “shortly” after granting Menne’s tling for investors, since it took the Authority and the GUPC consor- request to prematurely terminate her company five months to appoint tium made up of Spanish, Italian contract as of Aug. 31, it said in a state- Spohr after his predecessor Chris- and Panamanian companies, and ment late Thursday. The executive, toph Franz left in the midst of repairs to fissures found in a lock who turns 56 in October, is leaving heavy restructuring two years ago. wall last year all contributed to the for the same financial role at closely Lufthansa shares fell as much as overruns. held pharmaceutical 68.5 cents to €11.32. But now it is complete, the business Boehringer Menne’s switch to inauguration ceremony is to take Ingelheim. She said Boehringer after find- place on June 26, led by Panama- last year that she even- ing her path to the nian President Juan Carlos Varela tually wanted to head top job at Lufthansa and with 70 heads of state and a company in Germa- thwarted by the air- government invited to attend. ny’s benchmark DAX30 line’s tradition of A Chinese-owned freighter, the A 1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GT (front) is shown with other vintage cars during a preview of an auction stock index. hiring engineers, Andronikos, has been selected to “There was no indi- means the DAX loses by Swiss Oldtimer Galerie International in Zurich, Switzerland, yesterday. steam through the Panama Canal cation that this might its sole female CFO. on the day of that event. happen,” said Lon- Only beauty products don-based Liberium and adhesives pro- Capital Ltd. analyst ducer Henkel AG has Gerald Khoo. “She is a woman, well-regarded by investors. They will Lufthansa is reining in expan- MTN resolves Nigerian phone row with $1.7bn deal want to know why this happened, and sion plans as a glut of plane seats why it happened now.” depresses ticket prices and travelers Menne’s departure comes at a delay bookings amid fears of terror Bloomberg funded by cash flow from local oper- Holder to lead negotiations. The deal circumstances surrounding the fine sensitive time for Lufthansa. Con- attacks. Capacity growth this year ations, the company said. was signed in the Nigerian capital of regardless of the settlement, said flicts with labour unions over will trail the previous target of 6 per- “This is the best compromise Abuja and is supported by the tele- Saheed Fijabi, chairman of the House cost-cutting efforts remain unre- cent, Spohr said in an interview last amount the company could have hoped communications regulator and the of Representatives’ communications solved, and the ramp-up of the month. The cuts will come on short- LAGOS: MTN Group Ltd agreed to for,” Martin Roberts, senior Africa ana- country’s attorney general, Nhleko committee. Eurowings low-cost arm has been and long-haul routes at Lufthansa’s pay a 330bn naira ($1.7bn) fine in lyst at IHS Country Risk, said by phone said on a call with reporters. “We just want to ensure all was sluggish. The projects are critical to namesake brand while Eurowings cash to the Nigerian government, a from London. “It’s a further sign of MTN’s battle with Nigerian done in good faith,” he said by phone fend off discounters Ryanair Hold- will continue to grow, he said. third of the original penalty, remov- their commitment to stay in Nigeria authorities over payment of the fine from Abuja. MTN “certainly hopes” ings Plc and EasyJet Plc on European A graduate in business adminis- ing a major uncertainty hanging over that they’ve agreed to list on the stock had caused a weakening of the stock the probe won’t affect the fine agree- services amid increasing competi- tration, Menne began her professional the phone carrier’s operations in its exchange, which is a long-standing goal price by a third amid a lack of clarity ment, Nhleko said. MTN Nigeria’s tion for lucrative long-haul flights career in the auditing department of largest market. of the government.” about the negotiations and posturing local listing will be carried out when from the likes of Emirates. ITT in the US in 1987 before joining MTN rose 13 percent higher to 140 The agreement ends eight months by Nigerian politicians. The gov- market conditions are appropriate Eurowings, which suffered a Lufthansa as an auditor in April 1989. rand at the close in Johannesburg, the of start-and-stop negotiations with ernment originally issued a $5.2bn and won’t result in the parent com- decline in its May load factor of 2 Ten years later she took over the air- biggest gain since 2008, valuing the Nigerian officials over how to settle penalty and later lowered it to $3.9bn. pany losing control of the unit, the percentage points, will post a loss line’s financial management and company at 258bn rand ($17bn). the fine, which was levied for missing MTN offered $1.5bn in March, made chairman said. this year as it restructures its fleet, human resources in southwest Europe, Africa’s biggest mobile-phone a deadline to disconnect 5.1 million up of $750m in cash and the balance MTN was hit with the penalty for executives said at an investor brief- rising to the same position for all of company will also start the process of customers unregistered in the coun- in the form of various investments. being slow to disconnect customers ing Friday in London. The brand has Europe two years after that. Outside listing shares of its Nigeria unit on the try. Chairman Phuthuma Nhleko “This is the best outcome for as Nigeria sought to cut off service “lots to do” regarding improvements in Lufthansa, Menne is a member of the country’s stock exchange, Johannes- returned to the company he used the company,” Nhleko said in the to some users while fighting crime customer service, while its occupancy supervisory boards of BMW AG and burg-based MTN said. The fine will to run to oversee the process, hir- statement. Nigerian lawmakers are and militant attacks in a country with rate, trailing rivals including Ryanair, Deutsche Post AG. be paid over three years and will be ing former US Attorney General Eric continuing an investigation into the poor identity records. Russian central bank cuts rates, says economic recovery ‘imminent’

Reuters year, the economy now looks set to timing of any future cuts depended and if even it has decided to lower Italian Prime Minister Matteo inflation has fallen sharply over the begin growing again, helped by an on the economic situation. rates in the current situation, it means Renzi and EU Commission head Jean- last year and remained stable at 7.3 unexpectedly strong rebound in global In a statement accompanying the its evaluation of the prospects for eco- Claude Juncker will visit an economic percent for the last three months, a oil prices and a plunge in inflation that rate decision, the bank said it “will nomic growth and lower inflation are summit in St Petersburg next week in better-than-expected outcome. MOSCOW: Russia’s central bank cut is helping to support living standards. consider the possibility of a further cut quite reliable.” a tentative sign European leaders may Inflationary pressure has eased its main lending rate yesterday for the “After the rise in uncertainty based on estimates for inflation risks The rate cut and unusually bullish be keen to rebuild bridges to Russia. partly because of a rebound in the rou- first time in almost a year, signalling and risks at the start of this year, the and alignment of inflation decline rhetoric from the central bank testify In its statement, the central bank ble, helped by the recovery in global confidence that inflation risks are situation in the economy is normal- with the forecast trajectory”. to the improvement in Russia’s eco- drew attention not only to declining oil prices. The central bank cautioned declining and describing an economic ising,” central bank governor Elvira The rouble strengthened imme- nomic prospects over recent months inflation but also to favourable growth that although they had declined, risks recovery as “imminent”. Nabiullina said at a news conference diately after the decision, an unusual as commodity prices rally and geo- trends. It predicted that quarterly it would fail to meet its inflation target The rate cut comes as Russia’s after the decision. “The dynamics of response as lower interest rates nor- political tensions ease. gross domestic product would begin remained “at a heightened level”. economy, plagued in the past few the economy and inflation are turning mally make a currency less attractive Brent crude, an international rising in the second half of 2016, with It expressed concern about the years by plunging oil prices and out better than we expected. to hold. But this factor appeared to be benchmark for Russia’s main export, GDP expected to grow by 1.3 percent lack of a mid-term budget consoli- Western sanctions over the Ukraine “We are sure that we will be able outweighed by the positive signals the has recently hit eight-month highs in 2017. “Positive trends in the econ- dation strategy as well as uncertainty crisis, is showing signs that the to reduce inflation to the target level central bank had sent about the health above $50 per barrel, recovering more omy are not accompanied by a higher about wage and pension indexation, worst is behind it. The bank cut the even in the case that inflation risks of Russia’s economy more generally. quickly than expected from a 13-year inflationary pressure,” the bank said, and the risk of further volatility on rate by a half-point to 10.5 percent, are realised,” she added, referring to “The market has interpreted the low of $27 per barrel in January. adding that recent macroeconomic global commodity markets. the first reduction since July 2015, a the bank’s goal of bringing inflation decision of the central bank pos- Russia remains under Western indicators “confirm greater sustain- “The materialisation of these risks move predicted by a majority of ana- down to 4 percent by the end of 2017. itively,” said Sergey Romanchuk, sanctions, with little expectation they ability of the Russian economy to oil might cause a slowdown in the inflation lysts although some had expected no She cautioned that the rate cut head of forex and money markets at will be lifted in the coming months, price fluctuations”. reduction,” the central bank said, add- change. should not necessarily be seen as the Metallinvestbank. but there are indications geopolitical There had been growing expec- ing that a further rate cut would hinge After declining by 3.7 percent last start of an easing cycle, saying the “The central bank is conservative tensions are diminishing. tations the bank would cut rates as on whether inflation continued to fall. BUSINESS VIEWS 20 SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2016

Angola’s sovereign fund steps up local Wanted: Oil traders private equity push who know China

By Ed Cropley Dos Santos said its agriculture Reuters and healthcare units - each worth around $250m - were looking to make “sizeable” debut allocations this year. The fund’s initial endow- NGOLA’S $5bn sovereign ment of $5bn from excess state oil wealth fund is stepping up revenues was fully paid up in 2014, private equity investments but since then low oil prices and at home and in sub-Saha- pressure on the state budget have Aran Africa as low commodity prices meant it has received no additional and currencies give it a cheap way state cash. The fund is meant to in to hotel, farming and infrastruc- receive additional endowments ture projects, its chairman said. of up to the equivalent of 100,000 Jose Filomeno dos Santos, the barrels of oil per day if the oil price 38-year-old London-educated son rises above the level forecast in of President Jose Eduardo dos San- the budget, giving the government tos, said the fund had earmarked 60 a surplus. percent of its capital to regional pri- Angola, which only emerged vate equity, a shift in focus towards from a 27-year civil war in 2002, its own back yard. pumps over 1.7 million barrels a Previously the fund, set up day, making it Africa’s biggest oil in 2012 to help wean Angola’s producer while output in Nigeria - economy off oil, wanted to invest which normally holds that crown a third of its cash in the region, with - is hammered by militant violence An employee rides a bike on a road near refinery plants of Chambroad Petrochemicals. another third in “opportunistic” in the Niger Delta. international investments and the After cutting spending dra- rest in safe havens such as US debt. matically in the last year, the By Chen Aizhu and Florence Tan independent refiner, has built a Singapore- source from one of the state oil trading Oil accounts for a third of Angola’s government is budgeting for oil Reuters based trading team of 11 to handle this new companies. “Most of those who moved GDP and 95 percent of its export at $45 a barrel, slightly below the business, including trading and shipping from our company are going to trading revenues, making it particularly current price but dos Santos was managers hired from CNPC Fuel Oil Com- houses and majors because the perks are vulnerable to the commodity cycle. unable to say when the fund’s drip- pany and the CNOOC group. “A team of this definitely better.” After being criticised for the slow feed of cash would kick in again HINESE independent oil size is far from enough for our scale of 10 “We are looking for people who have pace of investment in its early stages, given other fiscal pressures. companies are luring traders, million tonnes a year (200,000 b/d) crude systematic training, good relationship skills, the fund is now in a strong position “What we hope is that the con- marketers and risk managers demand,” said Zhang Liu Cheng, vice pres- and people who understand how China given the depressed currencies in text eventually becomes more away from dominant state behe- ident of Shandong Dongming. “We’ll need markets work,” said a Beijing-based exec- oil producers such as Angola and favourable and that the endow- moths, offering better pay and more to cover products, chemicals and mar- utive with a global trading house. Nigeria and commodity exporters ments will continue, but we are also perks in a hiring spree triggered ket analysis,” Zhang said. Most teapots are mostly concentrated such as Zambia and South Africa. aware that the country has many Cby the freeing up of China’s crude import trade. Awarding crude import quotas of up to in the eastern province of Shandong. At Low commodity prices have priorities,” he said. “We believe that Global oil firms and commodity houses 1.2m b/d to China’s teapots has started a tussle Shandong Chambroad Petrochemicals Co, pushed down the price of local the financial situation of the coun- have also been raiding state giants such as for talent as the refiners - and the oil majors the company has a strict no-drinking policy assets, either because economic try is fairly manageable. We hope Sinochem and CNPC for staff to help handle and trading houses that aim to supply them - that bans alcohol at work and discourages growth has slowed, or because their that it picks up. We invest to make up to $50m a day in new dive into an activity previously restricted to its consumption even at personal events. value, in local currencies, has fallen. sure that it picks up.” Dos Santos’ crude flowing into China state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Chambroad, the first Chinese independ- “The situation we have now, it’s obvi- appointment to run the fund has this year, and the cherry- This year, use of the quotas has made up ent to become a Saudi Aramco client, hired ously ideal because the prices are fuelled speculation that his father picking of talent is likely most of a 16 percent or around 1m b/d rise a crude trader at its Singapore unit Sun- fairer than when commodity prices - who has stated he intends to step just getting started. in China’s crude imports, even with several shine Oil last year from a trading outfit for are high,” dos Santos told Reuters down in 2018 after what will be China’s independ- underused and more awaiting approval. China State Shipbuilding Corp. This year in an interview at the fund’s cen- nearly four decades at the helm ent “teapot” refiners, so Those angling for a slice of this market Chambroad set up a Shanghai-based deriv- tral Luanda offices. - is grooming him for succession. called due to their small have already hired more than 40 traders atives team of 10 professionals, headed by Of its seven private equity units, Talk of a dynastic family hando- size, could be process- and others, mostly from state companies, Harry Cui, a former senior trader and head by far the biggest is a $1.1bn infra- ver plan intensified this month ing by the end of this say colleagues and acquaintances of peo- of futures research for state-owned grain structure fund, 20 percent of which when President dos Santos made China’s independent year as much as a fifth ple who have moved jobs. processor and trading firm COFCO Corp. is now invested in projects in Kenya his billionaire businesswoman of the crude imports of “We have a big but not totally motivated Cui said his team trades Brent futures to and Angola. The fund is particularly daughter Isabel - Africa’s rich- “teapot” refiners, so the world’s No.2 oil con- team,” said a senior trader with a state oil hedge Chambroad’s four million tonnes of keen on public-private partnership est woman, according to Forbes called due to their sumer. Already, in the first company, noting that offers often beat SOE annual crude imports as well as its exports deals that improve regional trade magazine - head of state oil giant five months of 2016 - the employment, particularly at smaller firms. of refined fuel. “It’s a small pool when you links, dos Santos said. Sonangol. However, Jose Filomeno small size, could be first full year of a dozen “Certainly we’re going to see more talent nail it down to trade experience plus mar- A quarter of its $500m hotel dos Santos denied any political processing by the end of them being granted outflows as the teapots have just begun hir- ket knowledge,” said the global trading fund is invested in two hotel ambition and said he was in no crude import licences - ing,” the senior trader said. house executive. projects in Angola and the Inter- position to short-circuit the rigid of this year as much they have captured about Most of the hires are in their mid-thir- For state enterprises, the loss of continental chain in Zambia, dos internal dynamics of his father’s as a fifth of the crude 10 percent of the inbound ties, having honed their craft at Chinese state roughly 10 percent of the trading teams Santos said, while its timber fund MPLA party, many of whose senior shipments. companies such as Sinochem Corp, China at some companies is viewed as inevita- is involved in a major eucalyptus members are ageing civil war-era imports of the world’s Shandong Dong- National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) and China ble. So far the impact has been minimal, concession in Angola. generals. No.2 oil consumer. ming Petrochemical National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), sources said. but that could change as the newcomers Group, China’s largest “Our traders are very popular,” said a take more of the market. Latest threat to online lenders: ‘Stacking’ of multiple loans

By Heather Somerville, Olivia Oran loans online. New revelations of loose lending offers from online business lenders OnDeck LendingClub. The company knowingly sold $22 and Joy Wiltermuth could make it harder for the beleaguered sec- and Kabbage, which approved his applica- million in loans that did not meet the agreed spec- Reuters tor to win back trust from investors who are tion, he said. ifications of one investment bank, Jefferies, and already concerned about slipshod underwrit- OnDeck knew Hanson had at least one falsified the applications of $3 million of those ing and rising default risk. The marketplace other loan when he applied in August of 2014, loans. LendingClub is under investigation by lending industry - which last year hit $18bn in and required that the existing debt be paid off the US Department of Justice, the company said ANY online lenders have failed annual loan originations - has seen plummet- as a condition of the new loan, said company last month, and a number of its large investors to detect the “stacking” of multi- ing share prices and the retreat of some major spokesman Jim Larkin. When Hanson came have halted investments in the wake of its chief ple loans by borrowers who slip backers, including BlackRock and Citigroup. back a year later, OnDeck declined his appli- executive’s resignation. The New York Depart- through their automated under- Industry leaders LendingClub and Avant cation because Hanson had stacked loans ment of Financial Services also has said it will Mwriting systems, lending company executives said they are aware of stacking and its dan- during the course of repayment, Larkin said. launch a probe into online lenders. and investors said. gers, but they downplayed the risks and did Kabbage declined to comment on Han- Now concerns about stacking are adding The practice is proliferating in the sector not provide examples of specific actions taken son’s loans and did not respond to questions to the industry’s woes. One investment firm - led by LendingClub, OnDeck and Prosper to prevent the practice. OnDeck and Prosper about its stacking policies. Hanson now pays that was considering buying equity in a mar- New revelations of Marketplace - because of many lenders’ hur- said they have launched efforts to detect and nearly 40 percent interest on his latest loan, ketplace lender described stacking as a sector ried, algorithmic underwriting, use of “soft” guard against stacking. from yet another lender. “blind spot.” The firm declined to be named. loose lending could credit inquiries, and patchy reporting of the “We have established proprietary algo- Institutional investors have lately grown Bill Kassul, a partner in Ranger Capital make it harder for the resulting loans to credit bureaus, according to rithms,” said Prosper spokeswoman Sarah wary of marketplace lenders after initially Group - which has about $300 million invested online lending and consumer credit experts. Cain. Some higher-risk lenders allow and pro- hailing them as disruptors of banks and credit in marketplace lending and business lending - beleaguered sector to Such loopholes, they said, can result in mote stacking as debt consolidation, but most card companies. Wall Street money is crucial said stacking has become a concern in the last win back trust from multiple lenders making loans to the same lenders consider it a threat, particularly when for most online lenders, who need it to fund two years and poses a “big risk” to investors. borrowers, often within a short period, with- not disclosed. Edward Hanson, the owner of their loans. Citigroup ended its partnership Blue Elephant Capital Management stopped investors who are already out the full picture of their rising obligations Ella’s Wood Fire Pizza, said he started stack- with Prosper earlier this year. The bank had buying loans from Prosper for several months concerned about slipshod and deteriorating ability to pay. ing loans about five years ago to sustain his repackaged about $1.5bn of Prosper’s loans recently over concerns about weak underwrit- Stacking is “causing problems with the business. “You take out another one to help into securities since the partnership began ing and profitability. Marketplace lenders need underwriting and rising whole industry,” said Brian Biglin, chief risk you pay for the first,” Hanson said. less than a year ago. to slow their lending processes and improve default risk. officer of LoanDepot, a five-year-old mortgage Hanson, 55, said he already had loans from Investor sentiment was hammered again sharing of credit information, said Brian Wein- lender that last year started making personal a variety of online lenders when he received last month by a scandal at industry leader stein, chief investment officer at Blue Elephant. SPORT SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2016 21

Muhammad Ali cheered in Louisville as world says goodbye

AFP procession. About 20 limousines apparently yesterday he decided he transporting Ali’s family and close had to be here,” family spokesman friends followed in the cortege. Police Bob Gunnell said. officers jogged alongside the hearse An anonymous donor has pledged LOUISVILLE: Thousands of people as it passed Ali’s boyhood home, to to cover the final path to the grave yesterday cheered and threw roses in keep the large crowd out of the street. with red rose petals. the streets of Muhammad Ali’s home- “The kids love him, he’s always Yesterday afternoon, Ali will be town Louisville as they bade farewell stood for hope in this neighbor- honoured at an interfaith memorial to the boxing legend and civil rights hood,” Toya Johnson, who wore an service at a large sports arena that hero known as “The Greatest.” Ali T-shirt, said. will bring together VIPs and fans A mass funeral procession, a “For the youth here, he is an alike, with former US president Bill private burial and public memorial example.” Clinton and comedian Billy Crystal service will wrap up two days of trib- Born Cassius Clay in 1942, the to give eulogies. utes to the three-time heavyweight boxer won Olympic gold and went on Some 15,500 people are expected world champion, who died last week to a glorious professional career, with to attend – with free tickets snapped at 74 after a long battle with Parkin- his epic fights – like the “Rumble in up in a half-hour and a black mar- son’s disease. the Jungle” with George Foreman and ket for the coveted tickets sprouting For more than two hours, the the “Thrilla in Manila” with Joe Fra- online. funeral procession moved slowly zier – now the stuff of sports legend. Barack Obama will not be present through the city of 600,000 in the He shocked America by refusing at the funeral of the man he calls a southern US state of Kentucky where to serve in Vietnam, a decision that “personal hero” since it coincides Ali was born at a time of racial cost him his title and his career for with his daughter Malia’s gradua- segregation. years. He earned scorn for his incen- tion from high school. The cortege passed by sites that diary comments about his opponents, But the US president published a were important to “The Champ”: his once calling Frazier a “gorilla.” video message on Thursday in which childhood home, the Ali Center, the But Ali later earned global respect he displayed two mementos given to Center for African American Heritage as a civil rights activist who preached him by “The Champ” – a book of pho- – which focuses on the lives of blacks religious tolerance, and for his pub- tographs and a set of gloves – which in Kentucky – and along Muhammad lic battle with a disease that ravaged he has kept near to him through his A well-wisher holding a banner touches the hearse carrying the remains of Muhammad Ali during the Ali Boulevard before arriving at the his once powerful body. time in the White House. Cave Hill Cemetery for a hero’s burial. Actor Will Smith -- who earned “This week we lost an icon,” funeral procession for the three-time heavyweight boxing champion in Louisville, Kentucky, US, yesterday. Fans were in a festive mood an Oscar nomination for his por- Obama said in the message. “A per- – taking photos, cheering, applaud- trayal of Ali on the silver screen son who for African Americans, I Turkish President Recep Tayyip the Turkish president, the newspa- The brief ceremony brought ing and chanting Ali’s name in the – and former heavyweight champi- think, liberated their minds in rec- Erdogan had been scheduled to per said. together dignitaries and ordinary bright sunshine as they lined a route ons Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis ognizing that they could be proud of attend the memorial service but cut On Thursday, thousands came fans, honoring a man known for both through the streets of Louisville, Ken- will be among the pallbearers at the who they were.” short his trip to the United States after together for the Muslim service in his tenacity in the ring and his social tucky’s biggest city, that stretched burial, which is closed to the public. “I grew up watching him. I grew a disagreement with funeral organis- remembrance of the champion, who activism outside of it. about 18 miles (30 kilometers). Tyson’s participation was only up having my identity shaped by what ers, Turkish media reported. converted to Islam in 1964, changing “My hero was locked in his body,” Spectators threw red roses and confirmed early yesterday. he accomplished,” he said. Erdogan’s bodyguards and his name to Muhammad Ali. said Louisville taxi driver Fred Dil- other flowers onto the hearse car- “The grief that he showed was “The incredible gestures of love US Secret Service agents had also Muslim men and women prayed lon, referring to Ali’s fight with rying Ali’s remains, blocking much immense, he did not know at the time and support that he showed me was clashed briefly at Thursday’s Islamic in separate rows, most of the latter Parkinson’s. of its windshield by the end of the if he could do that emotionally... but one of the great blessings of my life.” prayer service as they jointly guarded with their heads veiled. “Now he can float like a butterfly.”

Canadian hockey IAAF Board legend Gordie Mexico down Jamaica to suspends three Howe dies at 88 officials over AFP payoff claims

reach knockout phase Reuters WASHINGTON: Canadian ice hockey legend Gordie Howe, a Hall of Famer known as “Mr. Hockey” and a four-time Stanley Cup win- MARSEILLE: Three senior ner with the Detroit Red Wings, The Reggae Boyz athletics officials have been pro- died yesterday, the team said. He visionally suspended by the IAAF’s was 88. lose 2-0 as Uruguay Ethics Board pending an investi- Howe spent a quarter-century also make an early gation into their involvement in an with the Red Wings in the National alleged cover-up of Russian doping Hockey League, six more seasons exit after losing to cases, the sport’s governing body playing alongside sons Mark and Venezuela said yesterday. Marty in the rival World Hockey Nick Davies, who was chief of Association and a final campaign staff to International Association back in the NHL with the Hartford of Athletics Federations President Whalers at age 52. Seb Coe, was suspended along AFP The Red Wings announced with his wife Jane Boulter-Davies Howe’s passing on Twitter with and IAAF medical manager Pierre- a photo and the message: “Thank Yves Garnier. You Mr. Hockey 1928-2016.” PASADENA, US: Mexico survived a Davies, who denies any wrong- Most of the NHL’s scoring first half barrage and a clear-cut pen- doing, stood down from his role records were owned by Howe, alty shout to beat Jamaica 2-0 in the six months ago pending the inves- whose first NHL game was in 1946 Copa America on Thursday, booking tigation into a “potential breach of and last came in 1980, until broken a quarter-final place with a game to the IAAF’s code of ethics”. by Wayne Gretzky, whose boyhood spare. Neither Davies, his wife, an idol was Howe. The win leaves the Reggae Boyz IAAF education official, nor Gar- Ice hockey fans refer to a still searching for their first goal and nier were immediately available player with a goal, an assist and a unable to go through, with Uruguay for comment. fight in the same game as having also out after losing to Venezuela, the The issue relates to an email a “Gordie Howe” hat trick. other qualifiers in Group C. sent by former IAAF consultant A bronze statue of Howe stands The game had kicked off in a Papa Massata Diack to his father in front of the Red Wings’ home, carnival atmosphere generated by a and then-IAAF president Lamine the Joe Louis Arena. 83,263 crowd made almost entirely Diack in July 2013. In a record 1,767 NHL games, of Mexico fans. It allegedly showed that the Howe scored 801 goals, assisted But it descended into contro- three were in receipt of, or had on 1,049 others and accumulated versy as Jamaica were denied a knowledge of, a cash payment 1,685 penalty minutes. spot-kick and a chance to equalize to withhold details of attempted Mexico forward Oribe Peralta (19) celebrates after scoring a goal against Jamaica during the second half in Howe led the Red Wings to the in the second half after striker Clay- cover-ups of the Russian doping Stanley Cup championship in 1950, ton Donaldson looked to have been the group play stage of the 2016 Copa America Centenario at Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena on Thursday. cases. 1952, 1954 and 1955. fouled in the area. Other emails leaked last He won the Art Ross trophy as “It’s a tough loss of a game I December showed that Davies the NHL’s top point producer six believe we dominated at times but we Real Madrid striker is now just one bounced deliciously across the face discussed with Papa Diack devel- times between 1951 and 1963 and failed to take our chances,” Jamai- off equaling Mexico’s all-time scoring of an open goal, but it was just beyond oping a media strategy to limit the the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s Most ca’s assistant coach Miguel Coley told record, held by Jared Borgetti. the oncoming Hernandez. COPA AMERICA news impact of a series of positive Valuable Player six times from 1952 reporters after the whistle. Jamaica had most of the early Mexico attacked in waves but tests by Russian athletes ahead of to 1963. The Red Wings and the Asked if he believed the over- chances and should have drawn first couldn’t find a way through and were 2013 the Moscow world athletics Whalers, who are now the Caro- whelming Mexican support had blood on five minutes when Don- caught on the break on 65 minutes championships. lina Hurricanes, retired Howe’s influenced the penalty decision, he aldson found himself in space in the when Donaldson took the ball into Houston. The winner is likely to avoid IAAF Ethics Board Chairman jersey number, nine, and Howe replied: “I don’t want to go there -- area, only to hook his shot for a goal the area only to be cut down by Yasser having to face tournament favorites Michael Beloff said in yesterday’s was enshrined in the Hockey Hall the referee’s decision is final.” kick. Corona. Argentina in the quarter-finals. statement that there was a prima of Fame in 1972. Jamaica had named a makeshift The Birmingham City striker was Replays showed the defender Mexico head coach Juan Carlos facie case to answer. back line that was missing the injured profligate again on the half hour, didn’t get a touch on the ball, but Bra- Osorio – who has a perfect record in Meanwhile, Germany’s athlet- Kemar Lawrence and tough-tackling heading wide before his team mate zilian match official Wilton Sampaio his first nine games in the job – said ics federation chief called on the Rodolph Austin. Garath McCleary fluffed a perfect looked away and there were few com- he was “definitely satisfied” with the International Olympic Committee The team were also sorely missing pull-back by Jobi McAnuff. plaints from the partisan crowd. team’s performance. (IOC) to ban Russian track and field the influence of head coach Winfried Jamaica had another golden Jamaica’s misery was sealed “If we had both scored all our athletes from the Olympic Games Schaefer, who was suspended after opportunity to draw level before nine minutes from time when Mex- opportunities it would probably in Brazil this year, according to an being sent to the stands in the opener. half time but Malaga goalkeeper ico’s Hirving Lozano picked out have been 5-2 or 6-3 but in general open letter published yesterday by Their inexperience showed in the Guillermo Ochoa showed incredible Hector Herrera in the area and the we were superior,” he said. the German magazine Der Spiegel. 18th minute as Jesus Manuel Corona reactions to fend off Michael Hector’s midfielder nudged the ball on for sub- Osorio admitted he had underes- Clemens Prokop wrote to IOC was allowed to float in a cross from blasted shot from point blank range. stitute Oribe Peralta to stroke the ball timated the good will for Mexico in President Thomas Bach ahead the left to an unmarked Javier Hern- Mexico were inches away from inside the right-hand upright. the US, and the “amazing, passion- of a June 17 meeting of the Inter- andez, who nodded in from six yards putting the match beyond Jamaica Jamaica and Uruguay will be ate” support of the fans. national Association of Athletics for what will be one of the easiest of soon after the break, when a sweet fighting for scraps in Santa Clara “We can only wish to play every Federations (IAAF) which is set his 45 international goals. pass from Corona found Jimenez on Monday, while Mexico and Ven- single match in an environment like to decide the fate of the Russian Gordie Howe The prolific former Man Utd and at the far post. The striker’s volley ezuela vie for the Group C top spot in tonight’s,” he said. athletes. 22 SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2016 SPORT Federer reaches another milestone

AFP Federer a month ago on clay in Rome meant SWISS STAR SURPASSES IVAN LENDL nothing. IN CAREER MATCH WINS “I can win on clay, that is my surface and I feel very confident against almost all players,” he said. STUTTGART: Roger Federer beat Florian Mayer “But grass is different for me. I’m unbelievably 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/1) yesterday to reach the Stuttgart and down the court more, coming to the net and happy with this semi-final, anything that comes grass court semi-finals, claiming another record seeing things a bit better,” Federer said. now is a big bonus.” in the process. “My serve was more consistent and accu- Thiem, a French Open semi-finalist, now stands The world number three moved ahead of Ivan rate and I played two good tie-breakers. I’m very 4-6 in his career on grass as he scored his first Lendl to stand second in career match wins with pleased, this was a step up from the last match.” back-to-back wins on the lawns with 11 aces. his 1,072 victories putting him behind Jimmy Con- Federer’s last Stuttgart appearance was a dec- “This was the biggest win of my career on nors (1,256). ade and a half ago when the event was an indoor grass,” Thiem said after advancing in just under Federer dispatched Germany’s Mayer for the Masters. two hours over the 2002 winner at the Weissenhof seventh time without a loss as he advanced into He advanced with 15 aces in 80 minutes to Club when the event was played on clay. a final-four showdown with Austrian Dominic stand 13-4 on the season. World number seven Thiem dropped the opening set as he lost the Thiem, who recovered to defeat Russia’s Mikhail Thiem said he has achieved more this week on eighth game. Youzhny 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. grass than he had imagined. But the youngster regained his poise quickly to Federer is playing for the first time in a month “It’s not nice to play Roger on any surface. win the second with a break of Youzhny in the final Switzerland’s Roger Federer celebrates after defeating Germany’s Florian after suffering with back pain which forced him He is the best on grass. Against him, I have no game. He took victory with a concluding break of Mayer in their quarter-final match at the ATP Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, to skip the French Open. expectations.” the Russian in the final game of the match with a southwestern Germany, yesterday. “The feeling was better, I felt I was playing up The 22-year-old said that beating an injured forehand winner on second match point.

Cavs sticking with ‘do-or-die’ Sri Lanka hit back at Lord’s approach

Reuters Sri Lanka’s SCOREBOARD

The tourists come up Kaushal Silva England (I innings): with a strong reply to plays a shot, A Cook lbw Pradeep 85 CLEVELAND: LeBron James watched by England’s 416 amid A Hales c Mathews b Herath 18 called Game Three of the NBA England’s N Compton c Chandimal b Lakmal 1 finals “do-or-die” for his Cleveland Bairstow’s highs and wicketkeeper Cavaliers and after winning that lows Jonny J Root lbw Lakmal 3 one in stunning fashion, is stick- Bairstow J Vince b Pradeep 10 ing with the same mantra. during J Bairstow (not out) 167 Thanks to their 120-90 win on Wednesday the Cavaliers now AFP play on the M Ali c Mathews b Herath 25 second day C Woakes c&b Herath 66 trail the Golden State Warriors 2-1 in the best-of-seven series rather of their third S Broad c Mendis b Lakmal 14 Test at Lord’s than a 3-0 deficit that no team in S Finn c Lakmal b Herath 7 LONDON: Jonny Bairstow continued in London, NBA history has ever overcome. a brilliant year of run-scoring with a yesterday. J Anderson c Chandimal b Eranga 4 But even with momentum on Test-best 167 not out against Sri Lanka Extras (LB-16) 16 their side going into pivotal Game

at Lord’s yesterday. Total (all out) 416 Four in Cleveland, James said his But the debate about whether team will continue playing as if Fall of wickets: 1-56, 2-67, 3-71, 4-84, Bairstow should continue to keep their season is on the line. wicket for England intensified when 5-164, 6-227, 7-371, 8-396, 9-411. “It’s the same. It’s the same he dropped a routine catch to reprieve Bowling: Eranga 25.4-2-94-1; Lakmal mindset,” James, who scored a Dimuth Karunaratne on the second 27-2-90-3; Pradeep 27-4-104-2; Math- game high 32 points in Wednes- day of the third Test. ews 13-5-31-0; Herath 36-8-81-4. day’s victory, told reporters on At stumps, Sri Lanka were 162 for Sri Lanka (I innings): Thursday after practice. “We one in reply to England’s first innings D Karunaratne c Bairstow b Finn 50 can’t afford to go down 3-1 and go 416, a deficit of 254 runs. into their building and give them K Silva (batting) 79 Kaushal Silva was 79 not out and confidence going back. So it’s a do- Kusal Mendis unbeaten on 25 after K Mendis (batting) 25 or-die game for us still.” left-handed opener Karunaratne Extras (LB-8) 8 Over 200 teams have faced a made exactly 50. waist-high chance. Even allowing under-pressure fast bowler Steven England, scoring 594 runs at an aver- Total (for 1 wkt) 162 3-1 deficit in a seven-game NBA Considering the start of this series for the possibility that Bairstow was Finn a wicket on his Middlesex home age of 118.8 in Tests and 1,127 runs in Fall of wickets: 1-108. series and only 10 have man- saw Sri Lanka become the first side mentally and physically tired after ground. first-class cricket at 102.4. aged to beat the odds and win Bowling: Anderson 11-2-35-0; Broad since 1958 to be dismissed for under his more than six-hour innings, and Karunaratne’s exit ended an The second day saw Bairstow the series in seven games, a feat 10-1-45-0; Finn 10-1-31-1; Woakes 10-2- 120 in three successive Test innings, that the ball “wobbled” a touch before opening stand of 108 with Silva – receive good support from Woakes most recently accomplished by the this was a fine effort, albeit a placid reaching him, it was still an extraor- easily Sri Lanka’s best top-order (66) in a seventh-wicket partnership 20-0; Ali 8-1-23-0. defending champion Warriors in pitch and lack of swing meant condi- dinary miss by a Test keeper. partnership of the series. of 144. the Western Conference final. tions at the “home of cricket’ favoured It is not the first time this series Silva took Sri Lanka to 150 with Meanwhile Sri Lanka left-arm While the Cavaliers have stolen batsmen yesterday. that Bairstow has grassed a chance a sublime drive through extra-cover spinner Rangana Herath took an eco- on Friday and a boundary off Eranga some of the momentum from the There had been signs of recovery -- although yesterday’s miss was the for four off Stuart Broad. nomical four for 81 in 36 overs. saw him to a maiden Test fifty in 102 Warriors, they are not about to get in their last innings, where Sri Lanka most glaring. Karunaratne cashed in It wasn’t until January that England resumed on 279 for six balls. complacent even though they are made 475 in a nine-wicket defeat in and after tea struck James Anderson, the 26-year-old Bairstow – him- with Bairstow 107 not out and Woakes But Woakes fell when caught and a perfect 8-0 at home this posts- the second Test, giving England an the world’s number one ranked Test self dropped on 11 when Shaminda unbeaten on 23. bowled by Herath off a chipped drive. eason. “They’re not a laydown unassailable 2-0 lead in this three- bowler, for three fours in as many Eranga floored a routine catch at mid- Bairstow’s second century of Bairstow batted on and his leg- team. They’re going to compete. match series. balls, including a well-hit drive. wicket – scored his first hundred in the series, following his 140 on his glanced four off Sri Lanka captain We know they’re going to come out Karunaratne should have been Yet having completed a 95-ball Test cricket. Headingley home ground in the first Angelo Mathews saw him surpass and compete. Even though we won out for 28 yesterday when he nicked fifty, Karunaratne was dis- But since January 1 he has been Test, helped rescue England from the his previous Test-best score of 150 Game Three, we know Game Four all-rounder Chris Woakes, only for missed when a leg glance was well in prolific form with the bat for both depths of 84 for four. not out against South Africa at Cape will be even harder,” said Cavs Bairstow to drop the two-handed caught by a diving Bairstow to give county champions Yorkshire and Woakes was the initial aggressor Town in January. guard Iman Shumpert. “There’s not a doubt in our mind that they’re going to come out and compete. We just have to continue to do the things we do Froome snatches well. We have an advantage in Canadian Grand Prix: Hamilton this building. We know that. We Dauphine lead love the fact that we have that, and we’re looking to lean on it.” from Contador While the Warriors will likely make some adjustments to fastest, Massa crashes in practice help free up space for struggling Reuters shooters Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, the Cavaliers will bring their same attitude to Friday’s VAUJANY: Chris Froome took Reuters champions Mercedes. Sebastian Vet- game, which means a physical over as leader of the Criterium du FREE PRACTICE TIMES tel finished third fastest, just under 0.5 style of play.“The same way we Dauphine after beating former Sky 1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes-AMG 1:14.755, 2. Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes- seconds off the pace set by Hamil- approached Game Three: Just team-mate and now rival Richie AMG 1:15.086, 3. Sebastian Vettel (GER) Ferrari 1:15.243, 4. Max Verstappen (NED) Red ton, with team-mate Kimi Raikkonen being physical, and being aggres- Porte in a thrilling finish to stage MONTREAL: Lewis Hamilton lapped Bull 1:15.553, 5. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari 1:15.618, 6. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Williams fifth. sive. I think in the first two games five yesterday. fastest in opening Canadian Grand 1:16.301, 7. Nico Hülkenberg (GER) Force India 1:16.464, 8. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Toro The Ferrari duo were split by Red with Golden State, they were def- Tour de France champion Prix practice yesterday while Felipe Rosso 1:16.543, 9. Sergio Perez (MEX) Force India 1:16.577, 10. Fernando Alonso (ESP) Bull’s Max Verstappen. initely that,” said Cavaliers coach Froome accelerated away 2.5 kil- Massa gave Formula One’s new- McLaren-Honda 1:16.663 11. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull 1:16.734, 12. Jenson But- The Dutch teenager is looking to Tyronn Lue. ometres from the uphill finish in est sponsors plenty of exposure by ton (GBR) McLaren-Honda 1:16.788, 13. Romain Grosjean (FRA) Haas 1:17.008, 14. Felipe recover after crashing out in Monaco Vaujany and held off Porte (BMC) to crashing his Williams into a Heineken Massa (BRA) Williams 1:17.065, 15. Daniil Kvyat (RUS) Toro Rosso 1:17.310, 16. Esteban two weeks after he became the sport’s claim the overall lead from Alberto hoarding. Gutierrez (MEX) Haas 1:17.319, 17. Felipe Nasr (BRA) Sauber 1:17.855, 18. Rio Haryanto youngest race winner in Spain at 18 Contador. Triple world champion Hamilton, (INA) Manor 1:18.103, 19. Marcus Ericsson (SWE) Sauber 1:18.129, 20. Kevin Magnussen years old. Froome and Porte were 19 a four times winner in Montreal who (DEN) Renault 1:18.409, 21. Pascal Wehrlein (GER) Manor 1:18.453, 22. Jolyon Palmer Australian team-mate Daniel Ric- seconds clear of Adam Yates arrived fresh from victory in Monaco, (GBR) Renault 1:18.583. ciardo, who started on pole in Monaco (Orica-GreenEdge). led a Mercedes one-two with cham- and would probably have won that Dan Martin, the Etixx-Quick- pionship-leading team mate Nico race but for a pit-stop error by the Step rider with Contador of Tinkoff Rosberg. mate. Massa brought out the first “I think I had a problem,” said team members, was back in the 11th a further two seconds back in the The Briton clocked a best time red flag of the weekend at the Cir- Massa over the team radio as his position. competition. of one minute 14.755 seconds, 0.331 cuit Gilles Villeneuve after losing practice session was curtailed after Finland’s Valtteri Bottas was With two stages left of the tra- quicker than the German. control at turn one, destroying the just seven laps. sixth fastest with Force India’s Nico ditional Tour de France tune-up The only issue Hamilton faced rear wing as the car rammed back- “I cancelled the DRS (drag Hulkenberg seventh and Toro Rosso’s race Froome holds a seven-sec- was when he was forced to miss the wards into the hoarding that fronted reduction system) and lost the rear Carlos Sainz eighth. ond lead over Porte. final chicane to avoid hitting the the tyre wall. completely.” Alonso was 10th fastest, behind Today’s stage is likely to decide McLaren of Fernando Alonso after Dutch company Heineken Ferrari, yet to win a race this Force India’s Sergio Perez. McLaren’s the race with several tough climbs the Spaniard slowed right down in announced a multi-year deal on season, have brought a new turbo- Jenson Button was 12th fastest but sandwiched into the 141km ride front of him. Thursday, with the Montreal signage a charger to the seventh round as the was forced back into the garage with from La Rochette to the ski resort “A bit dangerous from Fernando welcome ‘gift’ from commercial rights sport’s oldest and most successful an engine problem soon after going LeBron James of Meribel. there,” he said of his former team holder Bernie Ecclestone. team attempts to close the gap to out for his final run. SPORT SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2016 23

A win against Russia crucial for England, says Hart

AFP followed by another, 2-1 reverse to game and then we’re going to look to On paper, England start as After a Premier League season Uruguay.Russia are also anxious to set the group up,” Hart said at Eng- favourites to make a winning start dominated by champions Leices- put a miserable World Cup behind land’s base in Chantilly near Paris. to the campaign. ter City and title rivals Tottenham, them. In the year of the 50th anni- “And then we’re going to look to Hodgson has assembled the Jamie Vardy and Harry Kane are set MARSEILLE: Anything less than a versary of England’s 1966 World Cup win every game that comes next and youngest England squad at a major to shoulder England’s goals quest in win over Russia on Saturday could triumph, their sole victory at a major see where that takes us.” tournament since the 1958 World a likely three-man attack alongside scupper England’s Euro 2016 hopes, finals, belief is growing that Hodg- For the Manchester City ‘keeper, Cup, putting faith in youngsters veteran Wayne Rooney. goalkeeper Joe Hart (pictured) has son’s young side can shock bigger being “ruthless at both ends of the such as striker Marcus Rashford, 18, Tottenham striker Kane said he warned as Roy Hodgson’s new-look favourites like Germany and Spain. pitch” will go a long way to making centre-back Chris Smalling, 25, and hopes to remedy the perennial prob- Three Lions bid to end 50 years of But Hart, one of the England sure they do not return home earlier 26-year-old right-back Kyle Walker. lem of the players failing to replicate heartache. campaigners stunned by the early than anticipated. Rashford, still stunned at his their club form on the international England take on an injury- return from Brazil, said winning “It probably stood out the most recent call-up, scored only three stage. depleted Russia at Marseille’s Stade their “most important game” will be in the two games that we lost in the minutes into his England debut in a “Of course it is always difficult Velodrome desperate to avoid a key if they are to face Group B rivals World Cup. We could have walked 2-1 win over Australia, while Small- when you come away with England,” repeat of the 2014 World Cup when Slovakia and Wales with confidence. off easily with two victories, but we ing has been a rock at the back for Kane said after a 1-0 friendly win an opening defeat to Italy was “Saturday is our most important didn’t,” he added. Manchester United. over Portugal last week. Weiss predicts Slovakia to impress on debut at Euro A fan poses for a selfie with Albania’s coach home, which gave the side confidence. Gianni De Biasi (right) The Qatar Stars We know we are the outsiders of the during a training session group, but we won’t make it easy for in Perros-Guirrec, League star aims to anyone.” western France. carry the momentum Slovakia are set to take on Wales and Russia in group B, however it is after home win the side’s final clash against England against Spain in which Weiss is looking forward to the most. Impossible can happen, “I have never played against Eng- land in my career, I know some players The Peninsula in the squad including Joe Hart. It will be a special game for me, playing in says Albania coach the tournament and against a side like England. It’s a game for three points DOHA: Qatar Stars League star and I am not there to see my friends, Reuters conference on Friday when asked Vladimir Weiss is set for a big sum- I am sure Slovakia can get a result we about Leicester’s shock title success. mer when he joins his compatriots need,” Weiss added. “We have to remain concen- in the Slovakian national team who Al Gharafa’s number ten could trated and play the football we know embark on their first ever European inspire Slovakia to glory this summer. PARIS: Albania coach Gianni best defensively and offensively.” Championships. Weiss leads the way in a Slovakian side De Biasi hopes to emulate Eng- Albania, who have drawn and The Al Gharafa attacker, will rep- brimming with quality players. Pro- lish Premier League champions beaten France over the last year, resent Slovakia in their debut bow viding Slovakia can make a solid start Leicester City by making the “impos- have built from the back to make in the tournament. “The European in group B they could well reach the sible” happen and disproving their themselves tough to beat although Championships is one of the biggest knockouts and cause an upset to make underdog status when they meet going forward they struggle to score football tournaments in the world. Slovakia’s European Championship a Switzerland in Group A today. goals. Personally, I cannot wait to take part memorable one. The Italian’s team are tipped as “If I said we weren’t going to win representing Slovakia in their first ever Weiss, who created one of the the whipping boys in a section that the championship then the coach Euros, it will be history,” he said. biggest shocks of the January trans- Vladimir Weiss also includes hosts France and Bal- would give me daggers but clearly Weiss has been a crucial member fer window, moving from Lekhwiya, kan rivals Romania, and Saturday’s we don’t start as favourites,” said of the Slovakian set-up in qualifica- signed a four year deal with his new match has a derby feel with links captain Lorik Cana. tion, and is set for a starting place in side. He has been one of the most sure I wanted to sign with them.” think I would be going to another club between the sides stemming from “We’re going to try and play the the side. The attacker was the lead- constant performers in Lekhwiya, Weiss has quickly adapted at in Qatar, however Gharafa is one big the large intake of Kosovar Albanian best with our hearts and with organ- ing assist maker in qualification to lifting two falcon shields with the Red Gharafa this season, and has struck up family. Everyone at the club, the play- refugees in Switzerland. isation,” added the defender. the championships, and has insisted Knights. a partnership with team mate Krisz- ers the management and coach have Switzerland accepted tens of The game is a special one for Slovakia’s qualification form can Despite the move, Weiss was tián Németh along with head coach welcomed me. We have improved in thousands of Kosovar Albanians who Albania midfielder Taulant Xhaka springboard the side out of the group quickly convinced to join the Chee- Pedro Caixinia who joined the side the second half of the season and we fled the Balkan wars in the 1990s and his younger brother Granit phases. tahs. “As soon as I knew about the in Janaury. Weiss is sure that the trio are building something here. I am con- following the breakup of the former who plays for Switzerland. Both are “Our aim is to get out of the group. interest with Al Gharafa I spoke can aid Gharafa in lifting the QSL title vinced we can challenge for the title Yugoslavia. of Kosovan origin and it is the first We won some important games in the with the management, they made again. next season” admitted the twenty six “Impossible things in football time two brothers will be on opposite qualifiers, including beating Spain at assurances about the side and I was “When I joined Lekhiwya i didn’t year old. can happen,” De Biasi told a news sides at a European Championship. Bale, Hamsik draw swords for Championship duel

AFP international career full circle. It was against Slovakia that he scored his first Wales goal - an arc- ing free-kick in an otherwise bleak BORDEAUX: Gareth Bale and 5-1 mauling in Cardiff in October Marek Hamsik would be able to 2006 that made him, at 17 years reflect upon the many things they and 35 days, his country’s young- Wales’ forward have in common were they not lin- est goal-scorer. Gareth Bale ing up against each other for Wales Back then he was a floppy- applauds the and Slovakia in today’s Euro 2016 haired left-back learning his trade crowd during a opener in Bordeaux. with Southampton, but after blos- training session at The two players -- top- soming into a free-scoring attacker the team’s training knot-sporting Bale, 26, and at Tottenham Hotspur, his move to ground in Dinard, mohican-crested Hamsik, 28 -- Madrid turned him into a two-time western France, on inspired their respective countries Champions League winner and Wednesday ahead to qualify for a European Champi- global star. onship finals for the first time and “To have a chance to play at of the Euro 2016 the outcome of the match may boil such a young age was a little bit His entrance as a substitute does not possess Bale’s awesome football tournament. down to which of the two players of a surprise, I suppose, but some- could not prevent Wales from los- physical attributes, but his eye for comes out on top. thing I really wanted to do,” Bale ing 3-0 to Sweden in their final goal is every bit as keen and with 18 Rafael Benitez, the only told the UEFA website this week. warm-up game, but with Bale goals, he is Slovakia’s third-high- man to have coached both play- “It was an unforgettable expe- and his 19 international goals in est all-time scorer. ers, remarked during his time rience. Now I’m trying to do my the team, Welsh fans believe that A five-time Slovakian Player at Napoli that if Bale was worth best for Wales. anything is possible. Similarly pre- of the Year -- also a record -- he €100m ($113.6m) the fee it cost “I obviously understand that I cocious, Hamsik moved to Italy to top-scored for his country in qual- Real Madrid to sign him - Hamsik am a role model for young people, join Brescia from Slovan Bratislava ifying with five goals and recently was “priceless”. but I try to take it in my stride, act aged 17 in 2004 and began his love inspired Jan Kozak’s side to a 3-1 Two years later he was the normally, as I am.” affair with Napoli three years later. win away to world champions Madrid coach and had revised his Elected Welsh Player of the He has helped the southern Germany, sparking their come- evaluation of Bale sufficiently to Year a record five times, Bale Italian side to two Coppa Italia back with a sumptuous 25-yard put the Welshman at the forefront scored seven and created two of triumphs and, unlike Bale, has equaliser. of his plans, granting him a cen- the 11 goals that Chris Coleman’s already graced a major tourna- When referee Svein Oddvar tral role that briefly threatened to Wales registered in their historic ment, starring as Slovakia reached Moen’s whistle sounds at Stadium put even Cristiano Ronaldo in the qualifying campaign, netting vital the last 16 at the 2010 World Cup. Bordeaux, there will be a world- shade. winners against Andorra, Belgium The Napoli captain, a snarling class player on both sides of the Today’s game brings Bale’s and Cyprus. playmaker with a warrior spirit, halfway line. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 21 PAGE | 22 Mexico down Sri Lanka hit back Jamaica to reach against England knockout phase at Lord’s

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Police disperse Payet stunner gives France 2-1 English and Russian fans

Reuters win over Romania in opener PARIS: French police stepped in to break up small groups of Eng- lish and Russian soccer fans who squared up and hurled taunts at one another in Marseille yester- The West Ham day, ahead of the opening match of the Euro 2016 soccer tournament. playmaker strikes a TV footage showed one sup- minute before time to porter in the back of a police van and a handcuffed English sup- seal victorious start porter being frogmarched by two for hosts at Euro 2016 officers along the edge of Mar- seille’s old harbour. “Officers separated groups of English and Russian supporters,” AFP one police source said, adding that at least two arrests had been made. “They fired tear gas to dis- perse some drunk Englishmen.” PARIS: Dimitri Payet’s stunning 25 In the 1998 World Cup, Eng- metre strike a minute from time got land fans were involved in serious hosts France off to a winning start disorder over several days in Mar- at Euro 2016 yesterday as they beat seille before and after a match Romania 2-1. against Tunisia. Payet was France’s standout per- About 1,000 policemen were former all night. His cross also created deployed in the Mediterranean city the opener for Olivier Giroud before as up to 70,000 England fans and Bogdan Stancu’s penalty looked to 20,000 Russians arrive ahead of have handed Romania a point. the match between the two coun- However, the mercurial West tries. Late on Thursday night, about Ham playmaker produced a moment 100 England fans and 50 local res- of brilliance as he smashed the ball idents were involved in another into the top corner to ensure France’s fracas in the streets around the month-long festival of football got off Vieux Port (Old Port) area, where to a flier. The hosts made a nervy start several English and Irish bars are and Romania should have been ahead located. Chairs were hurled around inside five minutes. and windows smashed before A Romanian corner was flicked police gained control. on by Florin Andone to the back post Interior Ministry spokesman France’s forward Dimitri Payet (centre) scores the winning goal during the Euro 2016 group A opening match against Romania at Stade de where Bogdan Stancu’s effort from Pierre-Henri Brandet said Fri- point-blank range was brilliantly France, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris yesterday. day night’s trouble amounted to blocked by France captain Hugo a scuffle between fans that did Lloris. Deschamps’s men settled as sumptuous Payet cut-back and Giroud Anthony Martial to claim his place in rose above Tatarusanu to head home winger Kingsley Coman. Juventus star not call security measures into the first-half wore on and Giroud and headed a decent chance over when the starting line-up. The West Ham Payet’s cross. Pogba was also surprisingly sacrificed question. Antoine Griezmann twice came close unmarked from Payet’s corner just playmaker rewarded Deschamps’s The lead lasted only eight minutes. to make way for Martial. to opening the scoring. before half-time. faith as he was the one French player France’s shaky defence failed to clear However, it was Payet who made EURO 2016 Giroud flashed a header just wide Stancu wasted another golden capable of tearing the Romanian their lines and Stancu was chopped the difference was more as he cut from Payet’s cross before Griezmann opportunity to put Romania in front defence to shreds. down by Evra as he stormed into the onto his less favoured left-foot with TODAY’S FIXTURES nodded a loose ball against the bar just three minutes into the second- Giroud and Paul Pogba fired box. Stancu was not to be denied by time running down before unleashing GROUP A from a narrow angle. half, but he failed to hit the target on straight at Ciprian Tatarusanu from Lloris from the spot as he calmly slot- a fearsome drive into the top corner. Albania vs Switzerland (4.00pm) Griezmann was desperately the volley after cushioning the ball Payet’s good build-up work. ted the penalty into the bottom corner. And Payet was in tears moments GROUP B unlucky when his low drive looked on his chest. But the much-maligned Giroud Deschamps reacted immedi- later when he rightly left the field to Wales vs Slovakia (7.00pm.) goalbound before a slight deflec- Payet had beaten off stiff com- finally scored the opening goal of the ately to the equaliser by withdrawing a standing ovation to be replaced by England vs Russia (10.00pm.) tion took the ball wide from another petition from Manchester United’s competition on 57 minutes when he Griezmann for Bayern Munich’s pacy Moussa Sissoko in stoppage time. France open Euro 2016 on a mission to lift national gloom

AFP a lot of problems for the opponents.” guards will be mobilised to provide Despite Deschamps and France security at the 10 stadiums seven captain Hugo Lloris’s attempts to months after the Paris attacks. dampen expectations, Romania coach Suicide bombers unsuccessfully PARIS: Didier Deschamps’ France Anghel Iordanescu put France out with tried to enter the Stade de France, started the European Championship the frontrunners. which will host the opening game and finals against Romania yesterday with “I think France have some ter- the final, in one of the attacks. the country plunged into strike chaos rifically talented players, all with top The biggest star on show at the but among favourites to win the trophy. sides in the Champions League and it tournament, three-time World Player Under a state of emergency since is a side worth hundreds of millions of of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo, touched the November 13 Paris attacks and Euros,” said Iordanescu. down in France on Thursday as Por- with strikes threatening rail travel and “Given the ability of their players tugal became the final team to arrive. garbage collection, the nation is count- I think France are one of the favour- Fresh from scoring the winning ing on the team to repeat the feats of ites for this tournament.” penalty as Real Madrid won the Cham- the French sides that won Euro 84 and A nine day train strike and action pions League two weeks ago, Ronaldo the 1998 World Cup on home soil. by garbage workers have overshad- dispelled doubts over his fitness with World Cup holders Germany, owed the buildup to the month-long two goals in a 45-minute cameo as defending champions Spain and Eng- festival of football. Bags of household the Portuguese thrashed Estonia 7-0 land’s wealthy young stars are all out rubbish piled up in the streets of Paris in their final warm-up friendly on to block Les Bleus however. as union blockades of incineration Wednesday. French coach Deschamps lifted plants halted collections. After France and Romania opened the World Cup as captain 18 years ago “I am a spectator too, I hope it proceedings, the newly expanded and has assembled an exciting, young won’t spoil the party because in a com- 24-team tournament kicked into attacking side including Paul Pogba petition like this, on French soil, I think gear with six games on a star-stud- one of Europe’s most wanted players. we have to show a great image of our ded weekend. France and Romania players line-up before the opening match of the Euro 2016 Championship at the Stade “If you want to go far in the com- country,” said Lloris. England’s prolific new strike part- petition clearly you need to have great A concert headlined by superstar nership of Premier League top-scorer de France in Saint-Denis, France yesterday. attacking potential,” said Deschamps. DJ David Guetta attended by 90,000 Harry Kane and Leicester City title “I picked these players. I know fans posed the security forces their winning hero Jamie Vardy will hope Also in England’s group Real the 1958 World Cup. campaign against Ukraine, and Bay- their qualities, there are players with first major challenge on the eve of the to outgun Russia in Marseille today. Madrid’s Gareth Bale will headline The play Slovakia, also making ern Munich’s Polish striker Robert different characteristics, we’ve been tournament. The match has been designated Wales’ opener in their first appear- their first appearance at the finals. Lewandowski will aim to spoil North- able to score a lot of goals and create About 90,000 police and private high risk by French authorities. ance in a major championship since Tomorrow, Germany open their ern Ireland’s Euros debut.