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Young Qatari sprinter bags gold in Poland Emir congratulates Courts heard Sultan Qaboos of Oman

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim about 100,000 bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations to H M Sultan Qaboos bin Said of the Sultanate of Oman on the anni- versary of his accession to the cases last year throne. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday a sent a cable of con- were issued in 82 percent of cases. gratulations to H M Sultan Qaboos Yusuf Al Zaman, a prominent bin Said of the Sultanate of Oman A total of 80,933 lawyer, told The Peninsula that the on the anniversary of his acces- of 96,664 cases rise in the number of settled cases sion to the throne. is because of government measures Prime Minister and Interior were settled last to speed up court procedures such Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah year, showing that as appointments of more judges and bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani the setting up of separate tribunals also sent a similar cable to Sul- the dispensation of for settling a growing number of tan Qaboos. justice was quicker. disputes. The maximum number of cases Emir greets settled (99 percent) during 2015 were related to disputes involving Egypt President By Sanaullah Ataullah bounced cheques. and Sidi Mohamed The government has set up sep- Qatari sprinter Abdalelah Haroun celebrates after winning the gold medal in the 400 metres final DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim The Peninsula arate tribunals to dispose of the at AAF World U20 Championships 2016 held in Polish city of Bydgoszcz. He finished first, clocking bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday cases relating to dud cheques. These 44.81 seconds, Will London (US) came second (45.27 seconds) and Botswana’s Karabo Sibanda third sent a cable of congratulations to tribunals collectively have capacity (45.45). Qatari athlete Hamdi Al Amin won the bronze medal in the high jump final, making a personal Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El to hear more than 200 cases a ses- record of 2.23 metres. The gold medal went to Cuban Luis Enrique Zayas and the silver to US Darius Sisi on his country’s National Day. DOHA: The number of lawsuits sion, said Al Zaman. The setting up Carbin. A total of 1,518 athletes from 60 countries are participating. heard by the courts in Qatar totalled of tribunals have reduced the time Emir condoles with 96,664 in 2015, according to the taken in settling disputes. Annual Statistical Statement of Judi- The total number of criminal German President cial Supreme Council. cases taken to the courts in 2015 Courts disposed of 80,933 of the were 58,043 of which 54,492 were and Chancellor total cases, showing that the dispen- settled, reflecting 94 percent of the Turkey detains Gulen’s nephew sation of justice was quicker. cases. DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim The courts settled more cases The total number of civil cases bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday last year compared to previous year. referred to the courts were 22,461 of sent cables of condolences to Ger- They heard 7,563 more cases and which 15,085 were settled, showing Reuters but has an extensive network of brought against him is member- man President Joachim Gauck and issued verdicts in 7,735 more cases 67 percent settlement. schools, charities and followers in ship of a terrorist organisation, the Chancellor Angela Merkel on the last year compared to 2014. The disposal of cases related Turkey and elsewhere, denies any agency said. It is the first time a rel- victims of the barbaric attack H E Masoud Mohamed Al Amiri, to the environment and traffic ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities have involvement in the July 15 coup ative of Gulen has been reported which took place in a shopping President, Judicial Supreme Council, increased to 96 percent each. detained a nephew of Fethullah attempt, in which at least 246 peo- detained since the failed coup. Pres- centre in Munich and led to the adopted the Annual Statistical State- The total number of labour law- Gulen, the US-based Muslim cleric ple were killed. ident Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses death and injury of several inno- ment on the cases filed in the courts suits were 8,995 in 2015, of which accused by Ankara of orchestrat- His nephew, Muhammed Sait Gulen of building a “state within a cent people. in all levels over the past year, Qatar verdicts were issued in 6,123 cases, ing last weekend’s failed military Gulen, was detained in the north- state” and of plotting to overthrow The Emir expressed strong News Agency reports. showing a settlement rate of 68 coup, the state news agency Ana- eastern Turkish city of Erzurum and Turkey’s government, charges the condemnation of the brutal crime, Of the total cases received, the percent. dolu reported yesterday. will be brought to the capital Ankara 75-year-old cleric has denied. stressing Qatar’s solidarity with courts ruled in 84 percent of the Gulen, who has lived in self- for questioning, Anadolu said. Germany in the face of terrorism cases in 2015 while in 2014, verdicts → Continued on page 4 imposed exile in the US since 1999 Among charges that could be → See also page 5 and extremism.

Qatar fulfilled Mesaimeer Health Centre promises in patient records go digital Darfur: Official

The Peninsula information about a patient elec- QNA tronically, so patients don’t have to explain their medical history every time they visit a public healthcare KHARTOUM: Tijani Sese, Chair- DOHA: Primary Health Care Cor- provider. man of Darfur Regional Authority poration (PHCC) has implemented The system will make it eas- (DRA), said Qatar has fulfilled its Clinical Information System (CIS) at ier for doctors as they don’t have to promises in the Doha Document Mesaimeer Health Centre. go through paper files and can see for Peace in Darfur in terms of The corporation said it had the notes from the previous visit on achieving security and stability completed all necessary procedures their computer screens. in the region. to apply the new system and pro- The importance of an elec- Sese said that Qatar has pro- vided training for all employees, Al tronic medical records system was vided the world with a new model Sharq reports. set out in National Health Strategy of how to manage the peace proc- The CIS helps doctors access all for Qatar, launched in 2011 ess on the ground and achieve its goals through development and construction programmes, eradi- cating the negative effects of war, Al Rayyan Theatre named after Al Obaidan bringing about peaceful coexist- An Afghan protester screams near the scene of a suicide attack that targeted crowds of minority Shia ence and transforming Darfur’s DOHA: Al Rayyan Theatre at Souq Waqif has been named after Qatari Hazaras during a demonstration at Deh Mazang Circle in Kabul, yesterday society from war into stability. composer and musician Abdulaziz Nasser Al Obaidan who died on In an interview with Sudanese Friday at the age of 64 after a courageous battle with illness, Al Sharq radio, Sese said the document was reports. The renaming of the theatre is in appreciation for Al Obaid- comprehensive and ended the an’s musical and cultural works, including the composition of Qatar 80 die in IS twin blasts in Kabul conflict in a modern and scien- national anthem. tific way that gained regional and global wide support. AFP apparently to sow sectarian discord affiliated Amaq news agency, calling “We highly regard what in a country known for Shia-Sunni it an attack on Shias. “Two fighters of Qatar’s leadership, government harmony. the IS detonated their explosive belts and people have offered to Sudan KABUL: Islamic State (IS) jihad- “The attack was carried out by in a gathering of Shias in... Kabul,” in terms of constant support that ists claimed responsibility for twin three suicide bombers... The third Amaq said. showed the extent of their appre- explosions yesterday that ripped was gunned down by security The National Directorate of ciation for us,” Sese said. through crowds of Shia Hazaras in forces,” the interior ministry said. Security, Afghanistan’s main intel- He highlighted the projects Kabul, killing at least 80 people and The Taliban, in the middle of ligence agency, said the attack was implemented in Darfur, thanks wounding 231 in the deadliest attack their annual summer offensive and masterminded by Abu Ali, an IS to the peace process, and said in the Afghan capital since 2001. more powerful than IS, denied any commander in Nangarhar’s vola- statistics shows Darfur received The bombings during a huge involvement. tile Achin district. attention in terms of development protest over a power line mark The IS group claimed the bomb- and the post-DRA is an inclusive the first major IS assault on Kabul, ings in a statement carried by its → See also page 10 phase in which all sides take part. 02 SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 HOME

Deputy Emir and PM condole with German President and Chancellor QRCS boosts humanitarian diplomacy DOHA: Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent cables of condolences to German President Joachim Gauck and Chan- cellor Angela Merkel on the victims of the barbaric attack which took place in a shopping centre in Munich. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Qatar Red Crescent Society bin Khalifa Al Thani sent a similar cable to Chancellor Merkel. delegation visits Maldives to enhance relations in Thailand FM meets Qatari Ambassador humanitarian diplomacy and sponsor MoU between Islamic BANGKOK: Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai yesterday met out- going Qatari Ambassador Jabr bin Ali Al Dosseri and reviewed the two Forum for International countries’ relations and means of bolstering them. The minister wished Humanitarian Law and Islamic the ambassador success in his future tasks. University of Maldives. Ministry sets July 31 deadline for exceptional applications The Peninsula

DOHA: A delegation of Qatar Red Crescent Soci- The Peninsula ety (QRCS) has visited the Republic of Maldives to enhance relations in humanitarian diplomacy, visit several institutions there, and sponsor an DOHA: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education has set a July 31 MoU between the Islamic Forum for International Officials hold talks. deadline for submiting exceptional applications for admission to Independ- Humanitarian Law (IFIHL) and the Islamic Uni- ent Schools. Parents working in the private sector can submit applications versity of Maldives (IUM). through the ministry’s official website, Al Sharq reports. QRCS’s delegation comprised Dr. Fawzi where they agreed on a series of joint projects to be for QRCS’s relief projects in Gaza, especially in The ministry has created a separate page on its website to cater to such Oussedik, Head of International Relations and pursued. The delegation visited the headquarters shelter, water, and sanitation. categories of students. The service is available for students whose parents International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Chair- of the Maldivian Red Crescent, where they were This visit is part of QRCS’s efforts in interna- are working in the private sector or semi-governmental organisations as man of IFIHL, and Zahra Lafi, Coordinator of IHL. received by the President, Secretary-General, and tional development and humanitarian advocacy, a they are not entitled to enrol their children in government schools accord- During the visit, the delegation met with the top officials. They watched a presentation of the central element of its mandates that aims at giving ing to Article No. 1 of the enrolment and registration policy. But they are officials of IUM to discuss ways of cooperation and organization’s strategy and major activities. Also, voice to the issues and concerns of the vulnera- given approval to enrol their children in certain circumstances, for exam- sign a bilateral MoU between IFIHL and IUM, in possible aspects of joint work were discussed, to ble, putting them on the table for the international ple, if they are living in an area where no private school is operating. an official ceremony broadcast live by the Mal- step up relations. The visit was concluded with a community, mobilizing support for them, utilizing dives TV. tour of the Dar Zayed Orphanage and discussions its international relations in their best interest, pro- They also visited the Ministry of Islamic Affairs of potential forms of support. moting the international humanitarian principles to explore opportunities of cooperation among the Dr. Oussedik highlighted the noble contribu- and human rights, and establishing developmen- ministry, QRCS, and IFIHL. Other visited institu- tion of the Maldivian people during the 2014 War tal projects in all fields, particularly educational Pakistani community tions included the National Center for Noble Quran, on Gaza, when they donated more than $2 million and informative activities. holds Mango Festival HSBC and QC distribute gifts to workers The Peninsula Pakistani dish. A decorated stall by Khaled Khan attracted visitors The Peninsula for ‘chapli kabaab.” The family of Shahid Nadeem DOHA: Sohni Dharti, a socio-cul- served visitors with ‘gol gappay’. tural organisation of the Pakistani Lahori dahi ballay were served by DOHA: About 800 boxes that have community, organised a cultural the family of Akif and Hanif served personal hygiene items were dis- event on Thursday in Al Khor com- haleem and samosas. tributed to the workers in Qatar as munity facility under the theme Pakistanis Mohammad Johar a ‘thank you’ for their help in build- ‘Sohni Dharti Mango Festival’. and Ali zaid set up a stall of ice pops. ing Qatar and to raise their health Various kinds of mangos from Famous Pakistani restaurants ZAOQ awareness Pakistan were showcased. The stalls and Shezan also participated. Chair- HSBC donated QR50,000 to QC, selling mangos drew huge crowds. man of Sohni Dharti Rana, Anwar and the money was allocated to the The most popular mango fruits Ali, opened the festival in the pres- project of distributing presents to the chonsa and Anwar ratoul attracted ence of Pakistani Embassy officials, construction workers in Qatar. The visitors. including Commercial Attaché presents included personal hygiene Famous Pakistani cuisine was Arbab Qaisar, Community Welfare items and were distributed by some also the part of the festival. Families Attaché Hafiz Sial, Defence Attaché of the bank’s employees and some set up stalls for traditional Pakistani Commodore Muhammad Irfan Taj volunteers from QC. dishes. Summaya Qasim, Maryam and Sohni Dharti executive mem- Fifty employees from HSBC Qasim and Muhammad Asim were bers. This is seventh annual mango helped collect and arrange 800 boxes on ‘Aloo Naan’ Stall. Rimsha Liaqat festival in Qatar to introduce sea- filled with presents; each box had 10 set up a stall ‘Haleem’, a famous sonal fruits from Pakistan. different types of personal hygiene items. After that, QC took the boxes so to distribute them to the work- ers during weekly visits paid by the HSBC and QC officials with young volunteers before distribution of gifts. volunteers. This campaign is part of the events of ‘Thank You’ campaign which was inaugurated to help the said, “We thank HSBC for donating and outlooks. They were advised to during this year, in the last week of workers. to one of our humanitarian cam- drink lots of water and take care of this Ramadan. 50 boxes were distrib- Mr. Abdul Hakim Mustafawi, paigns ‘Thank You’ which targets the their bodies. Such care would change uted to the ill workers in the hospital. HSBC’s CEO, said, “The goal we try workers. We also thank the employ- their personal and work lives espe- Some of the hospital’s social special- to achieve as a community is to influ- ees of the bank who worked with the cially in summer. Some volunteers ists, QC’s volunteers and sponsored ence and make a positive change in volunteers from QC to arrange the participated from Friends Cultural orphans participated in the field visit. the societies we live in. This program, boxes. QC is always open to any ini- Center, part of QC, and visited the Years ago, QC inaugurated distribution of personal hygiene tiatives that reinforce voluntary work workers. They also delivered some ‘Thank You’ campaign for the work- items, has a great impact on the and partnerships between human- speeches to raise their awareness ers as a way to show gratitude for workers of our society”. itarian organizations and other about these matters, to thank them the role they play in building Qatar Mustafawi also thanked the private societies and financial and for the efforts they exert and to show and its infrastructure. The campaign bank’s employees who spent their commercial institutions which make their gratitude and understanding also aims at gathering all the tools time organizing and wrapping the a positive change in the lives of the of the difficult circumstances these they need for personal care and dis- The Mango Festival organised by a Pakistani community organisation boxes. “Such efforts have the greatest targeted groups”. workers face. tribute them to the workers as gifts in Al Khor. Pic by: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula role in making charity work success- This campaign was inaugu- In cooperation with Social Serv- on the International Workers’ Day, ful,” he added. Ali Ateeq Alabdullah, rated so to raise the awareness of ices Department at Hamad Hospital, which is on the 1st of May, and dur- Ooredoo: Shahry Smart ‘Special CEO at QC’s Local Development, the workers regarding health issues this campaign’s first round took place ing other times. Number’ promotion is back PEC students shine in SSC-I annual examination 2016 The Peninsula the customer. For example, Shahry Smart 55 customers will be able to choose a free special number up The Peninsula to QR500 in value or a discount DOHA: Ooredoo has announced the of QR500 for higher numbers return of its ‘Shahry Smart Special (up to QR6,000). New custom- Number’ promotion, which offers ers on Shahry Smart 750 will get DOHA: The students of Pakistan Education Cen- a free special number with every a free special number worth up to tre (PEC) showed good academic performance new or upgraded Shahry Smart QR6,000. in SSC-1 annual examination 2016, declared by subscription. Reserving special numbers FBISE Islamabad. The promotion, which received is fast and easy and can be done Aena Farooq got overall first position in Doha, positive feedback when it first through the special numbers page scoring 474 marks out of 495. Amna Nasir stood launched in 2015, will enable new on the Ooredoo website at http:// second with 457 and Syeda Aliza third with 456 and upgrading Shahry users to www.ooredoo.qa/en/etr or at any marks. access a free special number worth Ooredoo shop. This year, 102 students got through the exam- FROM LEFT: Aena Farooq, Amna Nasir and Syeda Aliza up to QR6,000 in value. Customers can also reserve a ination in first division by scoring more than 60 Special numbers enable special number through the Oore- percent marks. customers to choose a more mem- doo mobile app, available for Apple Twenty-five students topped the exam with Suleman (448), Nawal Nawaz (448) Abdul Rah- Tehreem (397). orable number for their service. The iOS and Android mobile devices. flying colours by obtaining A1 grade — above man (444), Ilyas (439), Muhammad Abdullah Nargis Raza Otho, Principal, PEC, expressed offer is valid now and will be appli- The postpaid Shahry Smart 80 percent marks; 35 made obtained A grade (435), Misha Masood (435), Laiba Maryam (434), her satisfaction and delight over the achieve- cable when choosing one of the packs offer a host of local and inter- — over 70 percent; and 42 passed with B grade Amna Mohammad Salim (426), Husna Aziz (424), ments and congratulated the students, their Shahry Smart plans (55, 100, 150, national minutes/SMS and data. — over 60 percent. Maliha (424), Abdullah Siddique (422), Samreen parents and teachers on this excellent result. 250, 450 and 750) before Decem- Packs come in denominations of The top achievers with A1 grade in the SSC-1 Akram (420), Abdullah Rasheed (417), Maha Sattar Pakistan Ambassador to Qatar Shahzad ber 2016. The special number 15, 35, 55, 100, 150, 250, 450 and annual examination 2016 are as follow: Aena (415), Kamran Shah (410), Hamza Murtaza (406), Ahmed also congratulated the students, staff and discount will be selected based on 750 as well as Ooredoo’s VIP serv- Farooq (474), Amna Nasir (457), Syeda Aliza Anum Faisal (402), Aisha Tariq (400), Amna Asif parents and hoped that the journey of achieve- the Shahry Smart pack chosen by ice, Al Nokhba. (456), Maha Mohammad Nasir (454), Hooriya (398), Muhammad Nayef Bin Faisal (397), and ments would continue. HOME SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 03 RAF relief campaigns Students learn sustainable design for displaced Iraqis

QNA Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC) hosts workshops DOHA: Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Serv- to introduce ices (RAF) has carried out three relief campaigns, during the Holy Month of Ramadan, for the benefit of over 85,000 Iraqi internally displaced per- school students to sons (IDPs) in a number of Iraq’s cities and regions. sustainability issues The campaigns are aimed to meet the needs of IDPs across Iraq’s Bagh- and concepts. dad, Erbil, Kirkuk, Sulaimaniya, Anbar and Fallujah. The three campaigns have distributed food baskets to 16,000 families in ancient and newly created displacement camps. RAF ‘s campaigns are going on throughout the year, said Ali bin Yusuf Al Kuwari, RAF Head of the Finance Resources Development and Market- The Peninsula ing Manager, adding that the Ramadan campaign was a part of its ongoing programme. RAF will launch a new convoy this month to visit three camps for dis- placed people in different regions, including the provision of medical DOHA: Qatar Green Building Council assistance in addition to food aid, Al Kuwari said, adding that RAF spares (QGBC) recently hosted workshops to no effort to aid our brothers in Iraq through the implementation of various introduce school students to sustain- humanitarian projects to alleviate the suffering of the displaced. ability issues and concepts. The QGBC workshops held in collaboration with the Qatar Sci- ence Club during the Qatar Science Summer Camp, offered Grade 5 – 7 students an introduction to sus- Young students taking part in one of the workshops. tainable best practices through interactive sessions covering various topics including renewable energy, At the end of the QGBC work- and how to effectively implement interactive sessions covering a broad green design, and environmental shops, students were tasked with them. I really enjoyed working with range of topics allow students to technology. designing a sample model of a my team mates to design a sustain- learn in an informal and fun setting.” Hamoda Youssef, Head of sustainable house by practically able home and seeing the different As a member of Qatar Foun- Communications, QGBC, said: “In applying the green concepts they designs from other teams.” dation for Education, Science and addition to teaching students about learned. Eyad Mohammed, Environmen- Community Development (QF), sustainability and green best prac- Reem Hikmat Aatiki, an Inter- tal Technical Instructor at Qatar QGBC seeks to promote sustainable tices in the built environment, the national Ebla School student who Science Club, said: “The Qatar Sci- best practices in Qatar through edu- workshops also help to develop skills participated in the QGBC workshops, ence Club Summer Camp encourages cation, training, research and public RAF volunteers distribute food kits to internally displaced Iraqis in such as team work and how to prac- said: “These workshops helped me to students to make constructive use awareness. For details about QGBC, Fallujah. tically apply ideas.” learn about sustainability concepts of their free time. The numerous log onto: www.qatargbc.org Jassim Foundation & Hamad Bin Jassim Charity to help diabetics

The Peninsula ble to buy sugar checking devices. activities, stressing on his keenness to Hamaq, Executive Director of Qatar more needy people and their fami- Saeed Al Hajri (pictured), CEO support the association’s efforts and Diabetes Association, thanked the lies, and till now around 700 people of the foundation, said that “we are its vision in general on social devel- foundation for its support for needy benefited from this support. DOHA: Jassim Foundation (JF) and delighted in supporting such work opment and health projects. people to buy sugar checking devices, “Such support is excellent Hamad Bin Jassim Charity is pro- organised by the association for He explained that the founda- which enable them to find out the chance to build relationships based viding financial support to Qatar taking care of patients and their fam- tion gives special priority to health sugar level in their blood. on humanitarian services, and we Diabetes Association to help needy ilies”. Al Hajri said that it is important projects and focuses on building He also mentioned that the help expect more such success in the people with diabetes, who are una- to participate in such humanitarian health facilities. Dr Abdullah Al by the foundation help them to reach future,” he added. 04 SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 HOME

‘You are the most valuable asset’ — is it true?

By’ Sharoq AlMalki knowledge for 20+ years, causing people to lose faith. Q During annual bonus distributions, a CEO shows favour to close friends and family members without or decades, top executives and business acknowledging employees who deliver consistent managers have echoed the platitude “our productivity and performance, causing decreased employees are our most moral and motivation spirit among valuable assets.” It’s a say- others. Fing that begins to sound empty as It’s evident from scenarios like these we walk through the corridors and that some corporations have become halls of many corporations, attend unstable through declining loyalty, and an executive or town meetings, the deterioration of employees with Dr. K T Mohammed Rabeeh Rabeeullah with other officials at the event. or visit to a corporate website. Far high potential. Does this tendency to from being valued for a profound keep employees at the bottom of the commitment to company goals, or to-do list serve any good ends? being rewarded for making mean- Dr. Rabeeullah honoured in UK ingful progress, many of a company’s “Your perspective on life most “valuable assets” — its employ- comes from the cage you were ees — are sidelined when it comes held captive in.” — Shannon L The Peninsula Parliament, said: “It is my privilege to extensive charity initiatives in the Mid- to reward and recognition or even Adler honour him at British Parliament, the dle East and India. Recently he started equality. mother of modern democracy. I had a charity initiative of Rs10 crore come to know about the extent of Rab- ($1.5m) to be distributed to social- Building up ‘Valuable Assets’ Staying in the cage or setting out DOHA: Dr. K T Mohammed Rabeeh eeullah’s contributions to society and backward families within three years. The heart of every organisation is its people. One These scenarios reveal that being a most “valu- Rabeeullah has been honoured at humanity very recently and today I am He also contributed Rs50,000 of the most vital relationships in business environ- able asset” means, in many instances, belonging to British Parliament with a ‘Lifetime proud to sit next to him.” ($750) each to the families of those ments is that between manager and employee. Along the cluster of people who – at least for the moment Achievement Award’ for his philan- Siddeeque Valiyakath, Executive killed in the fireworks accident at with structures that promote learning and growth – find themselves in favour with top management. thropic activities. Director and CEO, Shifa Al Jazeera Puttingal Temple at Paravur, Ker- in the capacity of each individual, managers who It is conditional. The award by Rotary International Medical Group, Oman, said Dr. Rab- ala, India. The victims from nearly care and are committed are crucial to retaining the Since only a few people in a company having – Trivandrum Royal, was presented eeullah is a living legend and role 300 families benefited. He has also “best of the best” in personnel. They have the great- thousands of employees are granted these lim- by Dr. Geoffrey Clements, Chair- model for philanthropists. He treats offered jobs to qualified members of est influence. ited positions of special favour, and these may vary man, Commonwealth Association rich and poor equally and a symbol the victims’ families at the group’s Employees who are discontented find ways to according to the manager’s fancy, the declaration, for Infrastructure Development, on of kindness and humanity. We may establishments in the GCC. disengage rather than leaving their jobs, and if left “our employees are our most valuable assets” may be Wednesday. It comes at a time when find one in million such a kind person.” Dr. Rabeeullah has also been hon- without motivation or encouragement, will shift from a whopper of a lie. It is only meaningful if it is related the UK is enhancing efforts to attract Dr. Rabeeullah is Chairman of oured with the prestigious ‘Pravasi being an asset to being a liability to the organisation. to tangible financial reward plans and recognition philanthropical support in healthcare Shifa Al Jazeera Medical Group, Royal Bharatiya Samman’ the highest hon- Enabling self-directed teams, combining tasks, bring- programmes for employees that are implemented and seeking investments in healthcare Shifa Hospitals and Naseem Al Rabeeh our accorded to Indians overseas for ing people into contact with clients, and assigning through and through, in fairness and with consistency. from the Commonwealth following Healthcare Group, the largest medical enhancing India’s image globally. He tasks on rotation are all ways “valuable assets” can Being rewarded and acknowledged for making Brexit. Inaugurating the function, service provider in the GCC. figured in recent issue of Forbes Rich both feel more valued and be more valuable. meaningful progress towards company goals – rather Virendra Sharma, member of British He won applause after he launched list in the Gulf. than ending up trapped, burnt out, anxious, and fear- At the bottom of the to-do list ful because your organization fails to see or hear you Many employees, Millennials in particular, feel – is the only scenario that can overcome a feeling of that the companies they work for care only for prof- disintegrating unity. its, and leave valuable people underutilized. Some In the same way that no-one can afford to lose Malabar Gold & Diamonds names winner employees are subjected to seagull managers who their heart – the body’s most valuable asset – no-one show a complete disconnect between their inappro- can afford to lose employees with promise, potential priate management style and frequent staff turnover. and true merit. Transparent standards and structures Few organisations align with progressive trends in that support the growth and advancement of all indi- employee engagement, that show us rather than tell viduals within an organisation are its lifeblood. us the business places value in its people, and the ones that don’t often display some recognisable scenarios: Towards a new equity Q Acting on the idea of cutting costs, management Honouring the maxim that the people in a firm come up with exit-lists each quarter, driving fears of are its most “valuable assets”, means reducing the job-cuts into the heart of the workforce. invisibility and increasing transparency, rewarding Q A top-performer is told to pack up and leave employees through salary raises and meaningful ben- without notice, sending shockwaves through others efits, and encouraging a culture of learning at every in the same division. level in an organization. Top management has to find QPerformance ratings are used to threaten ways to understand the inner work life of employees, employees, causing panic. and to respond to survey results by making meaning- Q A manager gives a pay-rise to someone who ful progress towards fair and consistent standards that supports his wrong decisions, and this bias presses ensure job security and compensate people well for others into low productivity. their work. This is both good for business and affirms Q A low-performer who is late every day is given the value of each person, building an ethos of trust. awards because of their relationship with the CEO, while negating thoughts that hard work leads to Dear employee reward. At the end of the day, there is only one thing that Q Forceful managers push for an employee to sign distinguishes one organisation from another, and an illegal document, with the say (“It will be okay”) this is its people. If you hear or read “employees are under threat of losing their job, spreading secrecy our most valuable assets”, keep smiling and exam- and lies into the core of the organisation. ine whether this is conditional only on performance Q Executives make blanket decisions to fire a cer- excellence or something else. tain percentage of a company’s employees, and the exit Rakesh Wagh, first raffle draw winner of ‘Win up to 10 kilos of gold’ campaign by Malabar Gold & Diamonds, list ends up having high performers and “outside” the (Sharoq AlMalki is an employee engagement receives the prize of 250grammes of gold from Raju T Johny, Deputy Branch Head, in the presence of network employees, while neglecting toxic employees, expert, author and public speaker — (sharoqal- other officials of Malabar Gold & Diamonds. low performers and those who never tend to share their [email protected]): 4,583 cases of family disputes settled

Continued from page 1 Cases of family disputes, including inheritance and minors, totalled 6,224 of which 4,583 were settled, reflecting a settlement rate of 74 percent. The statement showed that 21,391 cases were filed in the courts during July, August and September 2015 — an increase by 1,483 cases from the same period in 2014. Al Amiri praised efforts being exerted by the magistrates and their assistants and urged them to commit to achieving prompt and efficient resolutions. MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 05

Far from unrest IS militants clash Erdogan orders with rebels in Manbij, ignore hundreds of deadline to leave schools closed AFP BEIRUT: Islamic State group militants clashed yesterday with US-backed fighters in the Syrian dissent. The foundations targeted town of Manbij, pursuing their Educational include, for example, the Associ- fierce defence of the jihadist ation of Judges and Prosecutors stronghold and ignoring a dead- institutions and (YARSAV), a secular group that criti- line to leave. charities suspected cised a recent judicial law drafted by There are growing fears for Erdogan’s Islamist-rooted AK Party. the fate of civilians trapped in of Gulen links. In his decree, published by Manbij, formerly a key stop along the Anadolu state news agency, IS’s supply route from neighbour- Erdogan also extended to a max- ing Turkey into its self-styled imum of 30 days from four days Islamic “caliphate” in Syria. Reuters the period in which some suspects The US-backed Syrian Dem- can be detained. It said this would ocratic Forces (SDF) penetrated facilitate a full investigation into the the town one month ago but coup attempt. Erdogan, who nar- have since been hindered by ISTANBUL/ANKARA: President rowly escaped capture and possible a bloody IS counter-offensive The Caracalla Dance Theatre performs during the Baalbek International Festival in Lebanon’s Bekaa Recep Tayyip Erdogan tightened his death during the coup attempt, told and concerns about the civilian grip on Turkey yesterday, ordering Reuters in an interview on Thursday Valley, near the border with Syria. population. the closure of thousands of private that he would restructure the armed Yesterday, IS jihadists schools, charities and other insti- forces and bring in “fresh blood”. appeared to ignore a 48-hour tutions in his first decree since Turkey’s Supreme Military ultimatum to leave issued by the imposing a state of emergency after Council (YAS) will meet under Manbij Military Council, a key the failed military coup. Erdogan’s supervision on July 28, S Sudan ex-rebel member of the SDF. Authorities will disband the elite a few days earlier than originally Fire led to EgyptAir “The 48-hour period is over, presidential guard after detaining planned, private broadcaster NTV leader fires and there will be no more oppor- almost 300 of its members in the reported, a sign that the presi- tunities like this one for Daesh wake of the failed coup, Prime Min- dent wants to act fast to ensure the possible rival disaster: Report (IS),” a commander from the ister Binali Yildirim said yesterday. armed forces are fully under the council told AFP on condition of A restructuring of Turkey’s once government’s control. anonymity. untouchable military also drew Reinforcing that message, the AFP AFP voice recorder before it crashed. IS has “not responded” to closer, with a planned meeting YAS meeting — which usually takes But the forensic and aviation the SDF’s offer and had instead between Erdogan and the already place every August — will be held officials in Cairo who spoke with “attacked our positions” in the purged top brass brought forward this time in the presidential palace, JUBA: South Sudan’s vice-pres- NEW YORK: An EgyptAir flight that the Times said that both the cock- town, he said. by several days. not as is customary at the headquar- ident and former rebel leader crashed into the Mediterranean in pit voice and flight data recorders, The ultimatum came after The schools and other insti- ters of the military General Staff. Riek Machar has fired a minister May likely broke up in midair after combined with the distribution and at least 56 civilians, including tutions are suspected by Turkish The first decree signed by suspected by his group of being a fire erupted in or near the cockpit, condition of recovered debris and children, were reportedly killed authorities of having links to US- Erdogan authorises the closure of tapped by the government to the New York Times reported Friday. human remains, had led them to Tuesday in US-led coalition air based Muslim preacher Fethullah 1,043 private schools, 1,229 charities replace him. However, it remains unclear their latest conclusion. strikes near Manbij. Gulen, who has many followers in and foundations, 19 trade unions, 15 Machar has not been seen in whether the blaze was triggered by EgyptAir flight 804 was carry- The commander pledged that Turkey. Erdogan has accused Gulen universities and 35 medical insti- public since he left the capital mechanical malfunction or a crimi- ing 40 Egyptians, 15 French people, his forces would “intensify our of orchestrating the July 15 coup tutions over suspected links to the Juba after clashes that threatened nal act, Egyptian officials who spoke two Iraqis, two Canadians and one attacks on their remaining posi- attempt in which at least 246 peo- Gulen movement, the Anadolu to destroy a 2015 deal to end the on condition of anonymity told the passenger each from Algeria, Bel- tions” there while working to ple were killed. Gulen denies the agency said. Erdogan, a popular country’s civil conflict. Times. gium, Britain, Chad, Portugal, Saudi “secure safe passages” for civil- accusation. but polarising figure who has dom- His movement, the SPLM/A Last Saturday an Egyptian-led Arabia and Sudan. ians looking to flee. Critics of Erdogan fear he is inated Turkish politics since 2003, (IO), has accused the government investigative committee reported The Airbus A320 was en route Thousands of civilians have using the abortive coup to wage declared the state of emergency late of seeking to replace Machar with that the word “fire” could be heard from Paris to Cairo when it disap- already fled Manbij, which lies in an indiscriminate crackdown on on Wednesday. Taban Deng Gai . on EgyptAir flight 804’s cockpit peared from radar. Syria’s northern Aleppo province. 06 SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 ASIA / AFRICA 120 Taiwanese Govt warns veterans after ‘Mugabe attack’

Reuters before the next presidential election. Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe since arrested over its independence in 1980. HARARE: Zimbabwe’s government “Any agitation or activism outside denounced leading independence this very constructive process in the war veterans as traitors yesterday for manner of this purported communi- an unprecedented attack on ageing que would therefore be misguided, telecom fraud President Robert Mugabe and vowed treacherous and outright counterpro- to identify its unnamed authors and ductive,” he said, adding that some put them on trial. former fighters were distancing them- Veterans who fought against selves from the ZNLWVA statement. with some Greeks, when local police white minority rule in the former As Mugabe shows signs of frailty, thwarted a telecom gambling crime British colony turned on their senior members of the ruling ZANU- Police declined to ring, Taiwan’s foreign ministry said. long-time ally and commander on PF party are positioning themselves disclose specifics of The ministry said police have Thursday, calling him a dictator in a for the post-Mugabe era. Two fac- declined to disclose specifics of jolting rebuke highlighting political tions have emerged, one linked to the alleged crimes the alleged crimes or any personal manoeuvring over his succession and Vice President Emmerson Mnan- or any information information regarding the suspects, mounting anger over economic woes. gagwa and one to Mugabe’s wife. regarding the citing confidentiality of an ongoing Mugabe abruptly cancelled a Veterans want Mnangagwa to investigation. No Chinese nationals hastily arranged news conference A supporter of the ruling party Zanu PF gestures outside the party succeed Mugabe, but the president suspects. were implicated in the case. on Friday evening meant to respond headquarters to show support for President Robert Mugabe following warned them last month against try- The Taiwanese are being held in to the veterans. a wave of anti-governement protests over the last two weeks in Harare, ing to influence the choice. Greek police headquarters pending State-owned newspapers Zimbabwe on Wednesday. The newspaper supplements the investigation. reflected the power struggle on Sat- hailing Grace Mugabe, which were AFP “We are monitoring the situation urday with a highly unusual 12-page is,” Retired Brigadier-General Asher Liberation War Veterans Association the first in Zimbabwean state media closely ... if the Greek side decides to supplement praising his wife Grace Tapfumaneyi, most senior civil serv- (ZNLWVA) issued its allegations of for anyone’s birthday but the pres- deport the suspects, we will do our on her 51st birthday. War veter- ant in the veterans ministry said. corruption and economic misman- ident’s, ran gushing messages of TAIPEI: Around 120 Taiwan- best to ensure they are sent back to ans have accused her of having too “Multi-agency investigations agement by Mugabe in its own name, praise from government ministries, ese nationals have been arrested our country to face trial,” the min- much influence over her 92-year- are underway to establish its ori- without individual signatures, after including defence, and loss-making in Greece for suspected telecom istry said in a statement. old husband. gins, authorship, ownership and a seven-hour leadership meeting. state companies. crimes, Taipei officials said yester- Relations between Taiwan and “Government... dismisses the said purpose,” he said, adding the gov- Tapfumaneyi expressed dismay Public anger over inflation, day, the latest such arrests abroad. China have grown frosty since Tsai traitorous so-called communique, ernment would “bring all associated at the statement and said the govern- unemployment and other hardships They were caught in the sub- Ing-wen and her pro-independence which is treasonable in the consti- with it to justice”. ment was working to address most of has poured out into the streets in a urbs of Athens Thursday, along party came to power in May. tutional democracy that Zimbabwe The Zimbabwe National their grievances by April 2017, a year nation-wide protest movement.

UN delivers aid to refugees in Nigeria Last honours

AFP thousands of internally displaced residents fled to Banki where a mil- in the northeast region in the last itary detachment has been based four months following deadly Boko since they retook it in September. KANO: The United Nations has made Haram raids. The United Nations said in May the first food aid delivery to thou- They have been without food and that 9.2 million people living around sands of people displaced by Boko basic supplies and relied on paltry Lake Chad, which forms the border Haram Islamists in the Nigerian food handouts from soldiers who of Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and town of Banki, where hundreds have have been sharing their rations. Niger, were in desperate need of starved to death since March, the UN Last month a soldier and a vig- food. said on Friday. ilante assisting the military in According to the OCHA aid dis- Officials from the UN Office fighting Boko Haram said at least tribution in Banki and other areas for the Coordination of Humani- 10 people were dying from hunger recently liberated by the Nigerian tarian Affairs (OCHA) delivered 30 every day, highlighting warnings military was “scaling up” but more tonnes of “various lifesaving food about a food crisis in the Sahel funds were needed to meet the “life- items” transported from neighbour- region. saving needs” of people affected by ing Cameroon, the OCHA said in a The vigilante said the cemetery Boko Haram violence in northeast statement. in Banki, some 130km southeast Nigeria. The convoy reached Banki on of the Borno state capital Maid- Only 28 percent of the $279 Thursday and distributed food to uguri, was dotted with 376 graves million required by the UN to help the more than 25,000 people in the of displaced people who died of those affected by the violence has town, it said. starvation. been realised, leaving a $200 mil- “An additional 700km of sup- The soldier said people had lion shortfall. plementary food for malnourished been reduced to “walking corpses” The Borno state government and children was airlifted from the state facing imminent death without aid agencies have warned about Relatives, party activists and representatives of the ANC Women's League attend the funeral ceremony capital Maiduguri to Banki on the food aid. acute food shortages in the Lake of late African National Congress (ANC) ward candidate Khanyisile Ngobese-Sibisi in Ladysmith, South same day”. When Boko Haram intensi- Chad region as a result of seven Africa, yesterday. It was the first aid delivery to the fied attacks on villages in the area, years of violence. Beijing begins nationwide vaccines check

Reuters purchases as well as the distribu- nationwide will be inspected, it producers, were not kept and tion of vaccines and vaccination said. transported in the required cold records, to ensure they are legally In March, authorities pledged conditions, which could mean that SHANGHAI: China health author- traded and properly handled and to crack down on the black mar- patients taking them could suffer ities have started a nationwide used, the National Health and ket sale of vaccines after a mother severe side effects or even death. inspection of vaccinations four Family Planning Commission said and daughter in Shandong prov- Hong Kong limited the number months after a scandal broke in a statement published online. ince were found to have illegally of non-resident children getting involving nearly $90m worth of Random checks will be bought vaccines from traders and vaccinations at government clin- illegal vaccines that were sus- conducted at 20 percent of hos- sold on to hundreds of re-sellers ics there after the scare raised pected of being sold in dozens of pitals and clinics providing around China. fears that mainland families provinces. vaccinations, while all disease The vaccines, which police would go to the city for inocula- Authorities will track control and prevention agencies said were made by licensed tions and put pressure on supplies. Floods kill 87 across China

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SHANGHAI: Heavy rain in China has killed at least 87 people and forced thousands from their homes, state media reported yesterday. Seventy-two people have been killed and 78 are missing in the north- ern province of Hebei after rain triggered floods and landslides, the Xinhua news agency reported. Nearly 50,000 homes have collapsed, it said. In the central prov- ince of Henan, 15 people were killed and eight were missing after thunder- storms and strong winds forced 72,000 people from their homes and damaged 18,000 houses, Altogether about 8.6 million people have been affected by the flooding, according to the local government. ASIA / PHILIPPINES SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 07

Philippine govt Cambodia ‘blocks’ consensus on sea feud reviews ‘crazy’ climate pledges

month that China did not have his- close links with Beijing and has been toric rights to vast swathes of the accused of preventing a united front A Southeast Asian strategic sea. on the South China Sea issue. AFP diplomat said that The issue is expected to over- But diplomats said as the chair only Cambodia is shadow the summit, with several of of Asean this year Laos is trying to the 10 member states also claiming see a statement produced even if it standing in the way of territory in the contested waters. is watered down. MANILA: The Philippines is a joint statement on China invests heavily across “It does not need to take sides reviewing its “crazy” commitment Asean but is accused of trying to because even if only one country to severely cut greenhouse-gas the waters. divide the bloc by habitually offering opposes, there is no consensus,” the emissions in the Paris climate aid, soft loans and diplomatic sup- diplomat said. deal, new President Rodrigo port to key allies Laos and Cambodia. Another regional diplomat said Duterte has warned. AFP A Southeast Asian diplomat said Friday that negotiations appeared to The government of predeces- yesterday that only Cambodia is be at a deadlock. sor Benigno Aquino had pledged standing in the way of a joint state- “At this point positions are locked. to the United Nations to cut the VIENTIANE: Staunch China ally ment on the waters. Cambodia has taken a hard line. Laos Asian country’s emissions by Cambodia is preventing Southeast “It’s very grave. Cambodia just is hiding behind its role Asean chair- 70 percent by 2030 from 2000 Asia from reaching a consensus on opposes almost everything, even man and not saying anything but at levels if it got support from devel- the South China Sea after an inter- reference to respect for legal and the same time it is careful not to oped nations to convert to clean national tribunal rejected Beijing’s diplomatic processes which already offend China,” the diplomat said. A traffic policeman directs trafic next to the victory tower Patuxay technologies. territorial claims to the waters, a dip- has been in previous statements,” the Chinese pressure was blamed last in the Laos capital of Vientiane, yesterday, as the country hosts the “I have misgivings about lomat said yesterday. diplomat said. month for a startling show of discord 49th annual ministerial meeting of the Asean. this Paris (climate deal).... The The Association of Southeast A draft of the communique by bloc, with countries swiftly dis- problem is these industrialised Asian Nations (Asean) is meeting in showed the section titled “South owning a joint statement released That statement had expressed The Philippines brought the countries have reached their des- Laos for the first time since the UN- China Sea” currently blank. by Malaysia after an Asean-China alarm over Beijing’s activities in the international arbitration case against tination,” Duterte said in a series backed tribunal ruled earlier this Communist-ruled Laos also has meeting. South China Sea. China. of speeches during a visit to the southern island of Mindanao on Friday. The international deal aimed at curbing emissions was signed Body unnoticed in Aussie Duterte backs autonomy law on south in Paris in December last year, but only 19 countries including France and island-states threatened by fast-food outlet for days Anatolia minus the constitutional issues that “For the people who want peace, rising sea levels have so far rati- are contentious and cannot be solved we will go out. I am ready to concede fied the agreement. AFP by an agreement between me [and BBL minus the constitutional infir- It cannot become effective ZAMBOANGA CITY: President the MILF],” the newly inaugurated mities,” he stressed. until 55 countries accounting for Rodrigo Duterte has backed an president said on Friday. “I will just give that and so with 55 percent of global greenhouse- SYDNEY: Police are investigating how a man’s body lay undiscovered autonomy bill pursued by the Philip- Duterte -- the country’s first Nur Misuari,” he said, referring to the gas emissions have fully approved for up to three days in the toilet of an Australian fast-food restaurant, pines’ one-time largest Muslim rebel leader from southern Mindanao fugitive leader of the Moro National it. according to media reports. group, with the exception of certain island -- said the provisions he could Liberation Front (MNLF), from which “There is no treaty to hon- Local media said the shock discovery was made at the Hungry Jack’s provisions deemed unconstitutional. not push for included those on the the MILF broke away. our. We have not signed the outlet in a suburb of Perth on Monday morning, with the man thought The Moro Islamic Liberation establishment of regional military Misuari has been in exile in the treaty,” Duterte said, according to have entered the store some time on Friday. Front (MILF) has been pushing for and police forces. island province of Sulu since his to transcripts of his comments “Hungry Jack’s is cooperating with all relevant authorities regarding the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic He warned against breaking group’s siege of the predominantly released by the presidential pal- the matter at its restaurant in Balga, Western Australia,” the fast-food Law (BBL), which would seal a peace “the chain of command” and under- Christian city of Zamboanga on ace yesterday. outlet said in a statement. deal signed with the government in lined that the law must adhere to September 9, 2013, which left more Duterte, who was elected to “Our thoughts are with all concerned.” 2014 on the country’s Muslim south. the country’s constitution and be than 200 people dead -- including a six-year term in May, also said Western Australian police gave no indication of how long the man However, the BBL -- which approved by Congress. MNLF members, police and military poor countries such as the Philip- had been dead before his body was discovered inside the locked cubicle. would replace the current Autono- “In other words, the country will forces -- and displaced over 120,000 pines should be allowed to pursue “The death is not suspicious and a report will be prepared for the mous Region in Muslim Mindanao always, should only have one man people. industrialisation to improve the coroner,” a police spokeswoman said. with a more inclusive Bangsamoro who will control,” he said. His MNLF faction considers the lives of their people. But the Australian Broadcasting Corporation said an investigation region -- was stalled as Congress He praised the MILF leadership for MILF’s 2014 peace deal with the “My plan is to put up industrial was underway to determine when he died in the stall which report- adjourned for campaigning for the standing by their promises under the government a betrayal of an 1996 zones everywhere,” said Duterte, edly had a floor to ceiling door. May 9 election. ongoing peace process and for giving Organisation of Islamic Coopera- with China an “easy market” for “I am ready to give the BBL “peace another chance of talks”. tion (OIC)-brokered agreement. such a move. 08 SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Mayhem in mall Lists, lies and hypocrisy

t is a surprise that the attacker who killed nine people in Francoise Hollande the authority In a written statement, a shooting spree in the southern German town of Munich to extend a state of emergency, Oguzhan Asiturk, told The Penin- first announced last November. The battle for ideas, sula: “There seems no sign that was not a member of the Islamic State or was inspired This comes in response to both the right to air or this (coup) was an action to or affected by the Islamist group’s propaganda. David the Paris attacks that left 130 peo- render Erdoğan greater power. Sonboly, an 18-year-old, whipped out his pistol and ple dead, and continues in light share those which Millions of people obeyed the Iwent on a shooting rampage that started outside a McDonald’s of the crazed, attack in Nice by are obnoxious, request by the President to go restaurant near a shopping mall on Friday. The youth of Iranian- Lahouaiej-Bouhle, of Tunisian even potentially out and resist against the tanks German nationality then entered the mall and killed a few more background, who killed 84 peo- dangerous to stability, and helicopters, which were fir- people, before fleeing and turning the gun on himself. By this ple when he drove into a crowd on ing upon them with bullets.” July 14, Bastille Day. The French and the need to Meanwhile, CNN, Reuters time, pandemonium had broken out and international media By Lauren Booth state of emergency, extended until secure a nation in and Associated Press reports started flashing the assault as another attack in Germany days the end of January, will mean the have consistently focused on the after an Afghan had injured five people with an axe on a train. country could be under special this increasingly alleged firing of “about 50,000” The gun rampage in Germany’s third largest city claimed n the coming days and months measures for an unprecedented unstable era is a major state employees in Turkey as a the lives of nine people. It is one more incident that created fear ahead, Erdogan could do well 14 months. consideration from kind of proof that the Turkish and loathing in western Europe after a string of attacks. The to temper his administrative The media in France and leadership is acting counter to its wrath with Islamic mercy. beyond are largely support- Ankara, to Washington, citizens’ interests, asking if he is profile of the mall killer is slowly being revealed. Authorities IIf, that is, he in any way fears the ive of what is viewed as a vital via Paris and London. planning to take the country in have discovered that David Sonboly power of the international media necessity in the hunt for terror- the same direction as the arrested Though not was obsessed with mass shootings and retains a shred of interest in ists. The security of European military plotters. CNN’s report on perpetrated and perpetrated a massacre on the entering the EU, both of which citizens is of paramount impor- July 19 went on to state that the anniversary of a Norwegian mass seem doubtful. tance. Indeed the media in both whether the President was in fact Turkish Presidency “intensifies its by a radical, shooting. On July 22, 2011, right-wing Turkey is at the tip of serious France and the UK (where we behind the Turkish coup him- vast purge — battering the coun- the mall extremist Anders Behring Breivik and necessary changes needed for have remained relatively safe) self in an aggrandising attempt, try’s security forces and many its survival as a successful, thriv- are consistently calling for lead- what has infuriated many Turks of its democratic institutions. shooting in committed a carnage shooting dead ing, Muslim-majority nation. In ers to take a ‘tough’ stance against is the routine and speedy man- Teachers, journalists, police and Germany 77 people in Norway. He was against the UK, what quantifies as a destabilising internal influences, ner in which their bravery in the judges alike have been caught in migrants and harboured views similar ‘shocking month’ in politics has including organisations or indi- face of a dangerous, violent sit- a net which authorities are cast- is equally to neo-Nazis, greeting the court with a seen surprising changes- a new viduals. So, how different are uation has been undermined. ing wider by the day, in what is worrying. Nazi salute. woman at Number Ten, and a near the French and Turkish states of As events unfolded, President increasingly looking like a clamp- That the Munich mall killer did silent crowd waving baguettes in emergency? One is called over- Erdogan made his now legen- down to suppress dissent”. ‘Purge’, a slightly mournful way on the zealous and dangerous, while the dary Face Time call to the public. ‘witch-hunt’, and ‘suppression’— not belong to an IS sleeper cell or was streets of London post Brexit. At other is described as a ‘necessity’ This brilliant move was repeated key words to the coverage. not inspired by the jihadists would come as a relief for security the crossroads between Europe for ‘reasons of state security.’ on Thursday. In the next missive The media in Europe, Britain agencies. The German government would have another jihadist and Asia in a similarly shock- Both Presidencies have given Erdogan urged: “Do not abandon and the US rages against Erdogan, link to solve had the attacker belonged to IS, and that would have ing short timescale we have seen themselves the right to partially the heroic resistance you have put cloaking his current decision- raised tensions in the country and the continent that is reeling spates of carnage due to terrorist negate sections from the Euro- up for your country, homeland making as a longed for (even with a number of Islamist assaults. attacks across major Turkish cities pean Convention of Human and flag.” The people respond, somehow pre-arranged) coun- What German authorities are basing their probe on is the and then a military coup attempt. Rights (EHCR). Article 15 of the teeming onto streets in major ter coup. This is out of step with In June, Istanbul’s Ataturk ECHR allows for certain rights to cities every night, for scenes of the slightly more honest reflec- mental illness suffered by Sonboly. He is said to have been a airport was the scene of suicide be waived “in a temporary, lim- joyous flag waving. tions of a US State Department patient of depression, the name given to a broad range of mental bombings by IS killing 41 and ited and supervised manner”. Yet, these citizens from all spokesman. Mark Toner said that health conditions. In March 2015, it was a Germanwings pilot injuring more than 200. This On its website the French gov- parties and all denominations the investigation and arrests are Andreas Lubitz who rammed the passenger airliner he was flying came after two suicide attacks ernment says authorities may have been billed across British ‘understandable’ and ‘justified’. In into the French Alps, killing 150 people. It was later discovered in tourist areas of Istanbul and now: -Dissolve groups and pro- and US airwaves and front pages a press conference on 19 July 2016 by the airline that he was undergoing psychiatric treatment for two car bombings in the capital, tests deemed to pose a serious as a “mob” of Erdogan support- he told reporters, “What we have Ankara. Weapon-happy groups threat to public order. ing “Islamists.” said and what our assessment depression. are ready to murder Turks for -Search homes, luggage, Oguzhan Asiturk, is Head continues to be is that it is under- Though depression can lead to violent behaviour in some their political ends. vehicles, bags and even pockets of the Advisory Board of Milli standable and justified, frankly, cases, it is likely that patients like the mall killer and pilot Lubitz The question is, what should without judicial warrants Gurus. Milli Gurus is a polit- that the government would take were encouraged by increasing instances of fatal aggression in President Erdogan, long accused -Hold under House arrest any ical and religious movement actions to go after the perpe- the public sphere. by advocacy groups including person whose activity is con- inspired by Necmettin Erbakan, trators, to conduct a thorough Though such people don’t resort to violence because of Amnesty international of being sidered a threat to security and former Prime Minister of Turkey. investigation into what happened.” religious or sectarian reasons, acts of public bloodletting by an overly authoritarian pres- public order. And more. Erbakan was himself forced from Likewise, in a press release from ence, do in the light of multiple In Turkey these measures office by military pressure in Feb- the Whitehouse, President Barack radicalised individuals may encourage them to let out their pent enemies? This weekend, streets have been increased to include ruary 1997. Milli Gurus is no blind Obama said “that the United States up feelings through the barrel of the gun or in some other way. and squares remain filled by mil- actions against publishing, and supporter of the current Turkish is willing to provide appropriate lions of flag waving men, women broadcasting and closure of edu- Presidency, expressing views that assistance to Turkish authorities and children, nervous about the cation centres and businesses. Erdogan seeks too close ties to the investigating the attempted coup”. future, yet cheered by the show As well as media questioning EU, Israel and US interests. Just three countries in the of strength by their president to world clearly supported Tur- maintain order in a chaotic sit- key’s elected president from the uation. Despite western media start; Morocco, Qatar, and Sudan. Quote of the day coverage efforts to devalue their These three may yet find them- presence, this show of strength selves on the right side of history At present we are in a supports Erdogan’s measures to in the case of Erdogan’s ability to maintain control and calm. stabilise Turkey — and by exten- transition period — we The battle for ideas, the right sion, the Middle East. have a saying — you to air or share those which are As for the mainstream inter- do not change the obnoxious, even potentially dan- national media, they seem gerous to stability, and the need increasingly out of step with horse half-way down to secure a nation in this increas- western leaders who may quietly the road. ingly unstable era is a major envy Erdogan’s prowess, wide- consideration from Ankara, to spread support, and powers. Washington, via Paris and London. The writer is a journalist, Recep Tayyip Erdogan It is a power-play far from limited to President Erdogan’s office. broadcaster and media Turkish President Horrifying events in France A group of pro-Erdogan supporters looks on during a rally in consultant: www.laurenbooth. have allowed weakened President Taksim Square in Istanbul yesterday. org , Twitter:@LaurenBoothUK

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By Anne Gearan and John Wagner I’m honored to be her running mate. Can’t The Washington Post wait to hit the trail tomorrow in Miami!” Kaine is not known for his charisma on the campaign trail; he has called himself the “happy senator” and even t the end of January, Ger- “boring” - and Clinton laughingly agreed many’s neo-Nazi National in a PBS interview earlier this week. Democratic Party (NPD) “I love that about him,” she said on introduced a bill in Meck- Monday. lenburg-Western Pomerania’s “He’s never lost an election. He was a Aparliament to fine or throw in prison world-class mayor, governor and senator, every foreigner who enters the state with- and is one of the most highly respected out the proper paperwork. The proposal senators I know,” she said. was the latest in a long line of inflam- Along with his image as a low-key matory proposals the NPD has put forth workhorse, Kaine brings legislative since it gained seats in the state’s par- experience in the Senate and executive liament in 2006. Like every other NPD experience as a popular if unremarkable proposal, it was voted down. governor. He comes from a battleground Hillary Clinton has chosen Sen state, albeit one widely considered win- Timothy Kaine (Virginia) as her vice- nable for Clinton whether Kaine is on the presidential running mate, completing a ticket or not. Democratic ticket that prizes experience Clinton has said that her most impor- and traditional notions of public service tant criterion was the ability to step into in a political year dominated by Repub- the presidency at any moment. She also lican rival Donald Trump’s unorthodox, sought a running mate who would be able US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Tim Kaine highly personal brand of leadership. to work with Republicans to advance an take the stage at a campaign rally in Miami, Florida, yesterday. Kaine, 58, a former Virginia gover- ambitious legislative agenda that includes nor, Richmond mayor and Democratic immigration reform and new gun-con- National Committee chairman, was cho- trol measures, her campaign said. Kaine’s support of trade deals and reg- International University in Miami. For Hispanics and others who had hoped sen after a search that included riskier Kaine’s affable, regular-guy presence ulations favorable to big banks. now, her public schedule is clear after that that Clinton, the first woman to head a and more unconventional candidates may also help balance the perception of Charles Chamberlain, executive until a Monday appearance in Charlotte. major-party ticket, would choose the who offered greater appeal to the par- Clinton as remote, chilly and privileged. director of the activist network Democ- Clinton told Democrats that she first major-party Latino running mate. ty’s liberal base. She is among the least-liked major party racy for America, which backed Sanders wanted to choose someone who would Hispanics are a key constituency for He was a longtime favorite to become candidates in decades, according to pub- in the primaries, said Thursday that work to elect other Democrats and raise Democrats this year, and Clinton’s elec- Clinton’s running mate, however, in part lic opinion polls, behind only Trump. it should be “disqualifying” for any money for Democrats nationally. Kaine tion strategy has long been built around because of the political and personal Clinton’s choice comes as she and potential Democratic vice-presidential has a track record of doing both, and is engaging women and Hispanics. attributes she considers well-suited to the Democratic Party prepare for a four- nominee to “help banks dodge consumer a solid speaker who will perform well Two Latinos who were passed over the governing partnership she seeks - and day convention that will showcase her protection standards.” in debates and interviews, said Daniel serve in President Barack Obama’s Cabi- in part because of the calculation that résumé and experience. It’s a counter- And on Friday, Norman Solomon, the Palazzolo, chairman of the University of net — Labor Secretary Thomas Perez and the experience of a Clinton-Kaine ticket point to what Democrats say are Trump’s coordinator of a group billing itself as the Richmond’s Political Science Department. Housing Secretary Julián Castro. Obama would outgun Trump’s outsider bombast. lack of credentials. Bernie Delegates Network, called Kaine “He has a broad range of governing had discussed those candidates with Clinton notified supporters of her With Kaine, Clinton hopes to focus “a loyal servant of oligarchy.” experience, most importantly. I don’t Clinton as she made her choice, selection in a text message. the election even more squarely on the “If Clinton has reached out to Bernie think that should be understated, espe- White House press secretary Josh “I’m thrilled to tell you this first,” the question of preparation and ability. Kaine supporters, it appears that she has done cially this year,” against Trump, who has Earnest said on Wednesday. Earnest also text read. “I’ve chosen Sen. Tim Kaine as comes from the same moderate wing of so to stick triangulating thumbs in their never held elective office and promises said Obama thinks highly of Kaine. The my running mate. Welcome him to my the party and shares Clinton’s governing eyes,” said Solomon, whose organisation to bring a businessman’s perspective to president considers Kaine “one of his as team.” philosophy. They share a basic ideology claims to represent hundreds of Sand- the White House. well,” even though he did not serve in the Kaine, who was in Rhode Island for that government can do good and that ers delegates attending the convention Trump selected Indiana Gov Mike Cabinet. a long-scheduled fundraising party, the United States should be both a moral in Philadelphia but is not coordinating Pence as his running mate, a choice that “Senator Kaine is one of the first responded to the selection with a Twit- actor and an engaged diplomatic and mil- with the campaign. added to the Republican ticket someone public officials to announce a public ter message. itary presence overseas. Kaine was in New England on Friday with experience and a résumé with par- endorsement of Senator Obama. Sena- “Just got off the phone with Hillary. She is also counting on him to be a afternoon attending a pair of fundrais- allels to Kaine’s. tor Kaine served as the chair of the DNC partisan attack dog somewhat in the ers, one in Boston to benefit his Senate Representing a state with a large during President Obama’s first year in model of Vice President Joe Biden. campaign account and another in Rhode military presence and defense industry office. And Senator Kaine is somebody Trump focused intensely on Clinton Island on behalf of Sen Jack Reed, a fel- has burnished Kaine’s national security that the president deeply respects, and - Hillary Clinton has chosen Sen. during his speech in Cleveland Thursday low Democrat. experience, and he serves on the Senate I think it’s been publicly reported - was accepting the Republican nomination, Kaine did not share anything about Armed Services Committee as well as the even considered himself as a running Timothy Kaine (Virginia) as her calling her corrupt and incompetent and the status of the search Friday with Foreign Relations Committee. mate back in 2008,” Earnest said. vice-presidential running mate, accusing her of making the country less reporters who staked out his home in He won admiration within the mil- Kaine is Roman Catholic and took a safe as secretary of state. Richmond, Virginia, or caught up with itary and jolted Democrats when he break from Harvard Law School to serve completing a Democratic ticket that Even before it was announced, him at Logan Airport in Boston. pushed for congressional considera- as a missionary in Honduras in the early prizes experience and traditional Kaine’s pick was panned by several lib- Clinton, meanwhile, was making sev- tion of a new war authorization for the 1980s. He said he holds “traditional Cath- notions of public service in a political eral groups, including some with ties to eral campaign stops in Florida on Friday. conflicts in Iraq and Syria. In 2015, he olic” views on abortion, but he maintains Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the run- She began in Orlando, a city which is still joined Sen Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, to seek that he strongly supports abortion rights. year dominated by Republican rival ner-up in the Democratic primaries. reeling from a terror attack at a gay night- a new three-year authorization for mili- He has taken a similar stand on the death Donald Trump’s unorthodox, highly In recent television interviews, Sand- club that left 49 people dead. tary force. The effort stalled, but it raised penalty, saying he opposes it for personal ers has praised Kaine, but some of his She was held a rally in Tampa later Kaine’s stature. and religious reasons — but promising as personal brand of leadership. supporters have sharply questioned in the day. On Saturday, she is expected Kaine speaks Spanish, but his selec- governor to uphold the law of Virginia, his progressive bona fides, pointing to to appear at another rally at Florida tion represents a disappointment for where capital punishment is legal. Why China should make it easier to become Chinese

By Adam Minte problem will require more than a few of factors, including pollution, expen- overseas to study and many stayed even when such residency require- Bloomberg carrots for would-be immigrants. At sive and overcrowded cities, red tape, on in their new countries. China has ments are fulfilled, non-citizens some level, China is going to have to a slowing economy and frustration long tried to put a positive spin on don’t enjoy all of the same employ- rethink what it means to be Chinese with corruption. To try and lure this outflow, viewing the diaspora ment and investment opportunities in the first place. back some emigrants, China’s been as a “reservoir of strategic resources as citizens do. They aren’t allowed hina, the nation that invented China’s shortage of workers offering overseas Chinese (as well as for development” that can be called to invest in certain “sensitive” sec- border walls to keep out for- isn’t unexpected. Upwardly mobile, foreigners) a slew of attractive eco- upon if needed. tors, for instance, and their equity Ceigners, is getting ready to urbanizing societies tend to see lower nomic and job benefits in exchange And it’s true that the lure of home stakes are oftentimes capped. Mean- open its first-ever immigration office. birth rates and rising job expecta- for a commitment to a Chinese uni- remains strong. In 2014, the British while, real estate purchases remain China’s working- According to Bloomberg News, the tions. In China, both factors have versity or other research institute that recruiting firm Hays surveyed 454 restricted for foreigners in some of age population has goal is to attract highly skilled for- been felt in once-booming manufac- might last several years. But these Chinese currently studying or work- China’s most attractive cities. Over- eigners to help China become a global turing zones, where employees are programs have had little success, with ing abroad, who were considering a seas Chinese might be likelier to been shrinking since centre for innovation. scarcer than they used to be, wages academics trained overseas reluctant return home. Four out of 10 cited the return if they could regain their 2012. And despite Details are sketchy as to who will are higher and some employers are to give up their careers abroad. desire to live closer to family as their former rights without having to qualify, the numbers envisioned and turning to illegal immigrants. One thing that might change at primary reason. An additional 13 per- surrender the security of their US or years of warning what might be required during the In the case of high-skilled labor, least some minds would be the pos- cent claimed they missed the culture Canadian or other passport. and official efforts immigration process. What is clear China faces an additional challenge: sibility of true dual citizenship. Under and lifestyle of China. And, signifi- And while it makes sense at first to to stem the tide, the is the fact that world’s most popu- Many of its most-qualified citizens are China’s Nationality Law, any Chinese cantly, 25 percent believed that they focus efforts on overseas Chinese, not lous country needs people: China’s leaving the country outright in search citizen who gains foreign nationality could get ahead faster in their careers least because they face fewer cultural Chinese government working-age population has been of better opportunities. According to automatically loses his or her Chinese in China, where their foreign-earned and language barriers to settling down, has yet to figure out shrinking since 2012. And despite a February report from the Migration citizenship. Likewise, in the very rare credentials are highly valued by local China should also start thinking about years of warning and official efforts Policy Institute, since the late 2000s, cases that a foreigner is naturalised and foreign employers. how to attract high-skilled foreigners to a way to compete to stem the tide, the Chinese govern- the wealthy and highly skilled have in China, his or her former national- Although these migrants can do the same. That won’t be easy. Natu- for the globe’s top ment has yet to figure out a way to been emigrating from China at a rate ity is no longer recognised by China. return relatively freely for vis- ralization is extremely rare in China and compete for the globe’s top talent — five times that of low-skilled workers, This is both a problem and an its, obtaining longer-term visas or the country’s permanent residency pro- talent — including including its own. and the gap is widening. opportunity. Between 1978 and 2013, permanent residency is difficult, gram — in place since 2004 — averages its own. Successfully addressing that The exodus is driven by a range more than 3 million Chinese went time-consuming and expensive. And a mere 248 new “green cards” per year.

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Afghan protesters shout anti-government slogans during a demonstration in the city of Kabul, yesterday. RIGHT: Afghan volunteers carry the body of a victim at the scene of a suicide attack that targeted crowds of minority Shia Hazaras at the Deh Mazang Circle of Kabul. Ghani declares day of mourning after attacks

AFP a multi-million-dollar power line. three suicide bombers...The third Amaq news agency, calling it an been demanding that a 500 kV trans- United Nations Charred bodies and dismem- attacker was gunned down by secu- attack on Shias. mission line from Turkmenistan to bered limbs littered the scene of rity forces.” “Two fighters of the Islamic State Kabul be rerouted through two prov- official in KABUL: Islamic State group jihad- the attack, with ambulances strug- The wounded overwhelmed city detonated their explosive belts in a inces with large Hazara populations, Afghanistan ists claimed responsibility for twin gling to reach the site as authorities hospitals, officials said, with reports gathering of Shias in... Kabul,” Amaq saying they feared being shut out of explosions yesterday that ripped had overnight blocked key inter- emerging of blood shortages and said. the project. condemn the attack through crowds of Shia Hazaras in sections with stacked shipping urgent appeals for donors circulat- President Ashraf Ghani declared The government said the project as a war crime, Kabul, killing at least 80 people and containers to control movement ing on social media. a national day of mourning and guaranteed ample power to the prov- wounding 231 others in their first of the protesters. The Taliban, who are in the mid- vowed revenge, while the top UN inces, Bamyan and Wardak, which lie while US offered major attack in the Afghan capital. “As a result of the attack 80 peo- dle of their annual summer offensive officials in Afghanistan, Tadamichi west of Kabul, and that altering the assistance needed The bombings, apparently ple were martyred and 231 others and are more powerful than IS, Yamamoto, condemned the attack planned route would delay it by years aimed at sowing sectarian discord were wounded,” the interior minis- strongly denied any involvement in as a war crime. and cost millions of dollars. to investigate the in a country well known for Shia- try said. the attack. The US offered any assistance But the resentment felt by many attack. Sunni harmony, came as thousands “Based on initial informa- IS claimed the bombings in a needed to investigate the attack. Hazaras runs deeper than simple of Hazaras gathered to protest over tion, the attack was carried out by statement carried by its affiliated Yesterday’s demonstrators had questions of energy supply. Indian aid worker freed in Kabul Islamabad and Kabul

AFP Islamabad faces to discuss border row KABUL: An Indian charity worker 38 million gallons kidnapped from Kabul has been res- Internews consultation mechanism on border cued, officials said yesterday, more management and issues related to of water shortage than a month after she was taken at security. gunpoint in the latest abduction of ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghan- The bilateral consultation mech- foreigners in the war-torn country. istan will hold next week the first anism was formed after tensions ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Judith D’Souza, a 40-year-old meeting of the joint technical between the two countries esca- Senate (the upper house) staff member of the Aga Khan Foun- working group under a high-level lated in June when Pakistan started was informed yester- dation, a prominent NGO that has consultation mechanism for coordi- implementing new border controls day that Islamabad was long worked in Afghanistan, was nation on border management and at one of the key border crossings in facing a shortage of 38 abducted near her residence in the related security issues. The meeting Khyber Agency. million gallons of water heart of Kabul on the night of June 9. is scheduled on Tuesday in Kabul. Afghan security forces resorted per day. “I am happy to inform you that The two countries agreed to to ‘unprovoked firing’ in an attempt Responding to a call- Judith D’Souza has been rescued,” form a high-level bilateral mech- to stop Pakistani military from con- ing attention notice of India’s Foreign Minister Sushma anism headed by foreign ministers structing a gate at Torkham border senators Hafiz Hamdul- Swaraj said on Twitter. last month when Adviser to the leaving a major dead and several lah and Ateeq Shaikh “D’Souza is with us -- safe and in Indian charity worker Judith D'Souza (centre left) looks on as she Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs others wounded. about water shortages good spirits...I have spoken to Judith. meets with Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj (centre right) Sartaj Aziz held talks with the Officials hoped the new mech- in various sectors of the She is reaching Delhi this evening.” at Swaraj's residence after returning to India after she was rescued Afghan foreign minister at the anism would prevent recurrence of capital, Capital Adminis- An Afghan security official said following a kidnapping in Kabul, in New Delhi, yesterday. sidelines of the Shanghai Cooper- border clashes between Pakistan tration and Development that D’Souza was rescued in an oper- ation Organisation (SCO) summit and Afghanistan. Once the work- Division Minister Tariq ation in a district of Kabul on Friday in Tashkent. ing group finalises ToRs, the maiden Fazal Chaudhry said and no ransom was paid. family member, said on Twitter which promotes the work of Afghan Apart from foreign minis- meeting of the bilateral mechanism that Islamabad was get- He added that a criminal gang, yesterday. artisans, particularly women. ters, the bilateral mechanism also will be convened, officials added. ting 72 million gallons and not militants, were behind the D’Souza’s abduction came after The US warned its citizens in includes meeting between the The latest move comes at a time against a demand of 110 abduction, which had prompted des- Katherine Jane Wilson, a well- Afghanistan in May of a “very high” national security advisers from the when relations between Pakistan million gallons per day perate pleas from D’Souza’s family known Australian NGO worker, was kidnapping risk after an American two sides. and Afghanistan have reached for around 2.2 million to Indian officials on social media. kidnapped on April 28 in the city of citizen narrowly escaped abduction The expert level meeting to be their lowest ebb. Kabul continues residents. “Judith has been rescued by the Jalalabad, close to the border with in the heart of Kabul. led by Pakistan’s director general to accuse Islamabad for doing lit- Government. Our family’s joy knows Pakistan. Aid workers in particular have military operations and his Afghan tle to stop Afghan Taliban and the no bounds. Gratitude to (the Indian Wilson, said to be aged 60, ran increasingly been casualties of a surge counterpart will formulate terms of Haqqani network from launching Pakistanis no government),” Jerome D’Souza, a an organisation known as Zardozi, in militant violence in recent years. references (ToRs) for the bilateral attacks across the border. longer eligible for US diversity visa Punjab to introduce latest Trump to maintain ties with Pakistan KARACHI: After forming the seventh largest immi- vehicle registration system Internews It also stresses the need to con- “The intent of the language in grant population in US, tinue this relationship. the party platform is to keep Paki- Pakistanis are no longer Internews Salman Sufi said that last year “Pakistanis, Afghans and Amer- stan’s nuclear arsenal safe,” said the eligible for the diversity about 1.6 million people got their ISLAMABAD: If elected, the icans have a common interest in spokesman, J D Gordon. visa. vehicles and motorcycles registered Trump administration in the US ridding the region of the Taliban and “Anything beyond that, and The diversity visa is a ISLAMABAD: The Punjab province in Punjab after queuing up for sev- would continue to treat Pakistan securing Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal,” what is reported in the media in special immigration lottery government in Pakistan is going to eral hours outside the registration as an important ally in a sensitive says the document while explain- India or Pakistan, would be mis- that allowed families from introduce new system of vehicles offices and paying agents. region, says the Republican election ing why it is important to continue representing the party platform,” countries with low rates of registration from next month which He said that under the DVRS, manifesto released at the party con- a close relationship. said Gordon. immigration into the US to will not only discourage forged number plates of vehicles would vention. The reference to Pakistan’s And the manifesto advocates qualify for the move. and applied-for number plates but be provided by the dealers who The convention, which ended in nuclear programme, however, was working together in areas of com- A lot of Pakistani fam- streamline the whole process of reg- would deposit registration fee and Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday night, interpreted in a section of the media mon interests - such as terrorism ilies used this facility istration. number plate fee in National Bank endorsed the manifesto and nomi- as indicating the Republican desire and narcotics - with mutual trust to immigrate to the US, This was stated by the senior themselves and would maintain nated Donald Trump as its official to seek more US oversight over those and cooperation. leading to an immigrant member chief minister’s special record of vehicles by computeris- nominee for this year’s presidential weapons. The Republican Party platform population of between monitoring unit (law and order), ing themselves and the approved elections. Some reports also claimed that also marks a pleasant departure 700,000 and one million Salman Sufi, while addressing a number plates would be provided The manifesto, called the party the Republicans wanted direct US from usual Washington rhetoric of Pakistanis. gathering at Rawalpindi Gymkhana. to purchasers/owner of the vehicles/ platform in the United States, regards access to Pakistan’s nuclear arse- blaming Pakistan for its own inter- According to the US Computerised Dealer Vehicle motorcycles. a working relationship with Paki- nal and if Islamabad refused to do nal as well as regional problems and law, diversity laws are Registration System (DVRS) will also “These dealers would be given stan as necessary for US interests so, they would back moves to impose asking it to do more. only allowed to coun- help eliminate corruption and use dealership/licenses for provision and gives it a prominent position in similar restrictions on Pakistan that Instead, the document points out ties that have low rates of vehicles with fake number plates of number plates to vehicle own- its plans for the South Asian region. currently apply to Iran. upfront that conflicts in the Middle of immigrants, said US in acts of terrorism. “DVRS will also ers. Under this programme, Punjab The 58-page party platform is But when it was contacted a East and the region have created consulate spokesperson help eliminate the tendency of late government would register dealers unexpectedly friendly towards Paki- spokesman for the Republican pres- security challenges for Pakistanis Brian Asmus. registration of vehicle and evasion who would be allowed to sale and stan and recognises the historic ties idential nominee, he said all such who are grappling to manage the sit- of motor vehicle tax,” he said. purchase vehicles,” he said. the US has had with the country. speculations were incorrect. uation politically. INDIA SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 11

Five dead in Rain, rain come again... Modern artist suspected Syed Raza passes away NEW DELHI: Iconic Indian artist Syed Haider Raza, honour killings known for his abstracts, passed away yesterday at the age of 94. Raza’s Bhushan Verma, investigating works had very rich use of officer in Shamli, said. color, replete with icons Police arrested the “We are investigating to see if from Indian cosmology as father and brother there were more relatives involved. well as its philosophy. Both were strangled to death.” Raza is touted as one of a 19-year-old It came after another Hindu of Indian modern art’s Hindu woman on couple in their 20s were Thursday greatest painters. He was found dead in nearby Saharanpur a founder-member of the Friday on suspicion district, also in Uttar Pradesh, after Progressive Artists’ Group of murdering her their families allegedly objected to that wished to break with and her 23-year-old their relationship. the revivalist national- Police have not ruled out suicide ism established by the Bengal school of art and lover, both from the after the couple were found hang- Schoolchildren shield themselves with an umbrella during a heavy downpour in Agartala, capital of to encourage an Indian lowest Dalit caste. ing inside the man’s house. northeastern state of Tripura, yesterday. “It could be honour killing or avant-garde engaged at suicide. We are waiting for the an international level. post mortem reports to confirm He was awarded the AFP the cause of death,” Pradeep Kumar Padma Shri in 1981, the Yadav, police chief of Saharanpur, Padma Bhushan in 2007 told AFP. Yadav said the couple were and the Padma Vibhushan in a three year relationship and Search for missing plane beefed up in 2013. He was also con- NEW DELHI: Five young people in wanted to marry but faced resist- ferred with the highest northern India are believed to have ance from both families. Both of the French civilian honour, the been murdered by their families deceased couples were biologically Commandeur de la Legion or partner’s relatives in suspected unrelated to one another. AFP including six crew members, while Commander Anupam Banerjee told d’honneur (Legion of Hon- honour killings, in three separate However, in each case, the cou- eight others worked for the mili- AFP. our) in 2015. He became incidents this week, police said yes- ples belonged to the same “gotra” tary in non-uniform roles, an IAF Several reports said weather in one of India’s priciest terday. -- or kinship group -- something source told AFP. On its official Twit- the Bay of Bengal had been rough modern artists in June Police arrested the father and considered incestuous by many CHENNAI: India yesterday stepped ter account the Indian navy said 18 owing to the southwest monsoon. 2010 when his seminal brother of a 19-year-old Hindu Hindus despite the lack of biologi- up a major search operation for an navy and coastguard ships were An IAF source said Friday radar work, “Saurashtra” was woman on Friday on suspicion of cal links, and which can be a cause air force plane that disappeared over now deployed in the search oper- data from the missing aircraft sold for Rs 16.42 crore at murdering her and her 23-year- for such killings. the Bay of Bengal the day before with ation, along with six aircraft and a showed it making a sharp left turn a Christie’s auction. old lover, both from the lowest Dalit In a third case, police on Thurs- 29 people on board, as the defence submarine. before rapidly losing altitude. Raza was in the ICU of caste. day found the body of a 16-year-old minister headed to the region. Defence Minister Manohar Par- The Russian-built AN-32, a private hospital for the The relatives allegedly stran- Muslim boy buried near an edible oil The AN-32 military transport rikar travelled to Tambaram air base equipped with navigational aids, last two months. gled the couple after catching them factory in neighbouring Muzaffar- plane was on a routine flight from on the outskirts of Chennai on Satur- is the IAF’s workhorse aircraft and making love at their home in Shamli nagar district, after he earlier went the southern city of Chennai to Port day morning, where he was briefed capable of flying for up to four hours district in Uttar Pradesh state, police missing from his home. Blair, capital of the remote Anda- by military officials before depart- without refuelling. 3 chargesheets said. Police said the teenager was in man and Nicobar islands, on Friday ing for an aerial survey to monitor Experts have warned India’s out- “We have arrested the father a relationship with the niece of the morning when it vanished from the ongoing operation. dated fleet -- some of which dates on Patiala House and brother of the girl. They told us factory’s Hindu owner, adding her radar screens. “It lost contact with the radars back to the 1960s -- is a threat to they killed them because she had relatives strangled him to protect Twenty-one of the passengers approximately 150 nautical national security, with some aircraft Courts violence brought disrepute to the family,” the “honour of the family”. on board were defence personnel, miles east of Chennai,” IAF Wing virtually on their last legs. NEW DELHI:Delhi Police has filed three separate chargesheets accusing three lawyers and sus- pended BJP legislator OP Kerala CM brokers Sharma of the violence in the Patiala House Courts complex in February. The police had earlier peace between registered four separate first information reports (FIR) on the February 15 and 17 violence at the Patiala House Courts com- media and lawyers plex where some lawyers were allegedly involved in attacking mediapersons IANS a government pleader had misbe- and JNU students. haved with a woman. In the first The lawyers claimed that the chargesheet filed on pleader was falsely implicated and the February 15 incident KOCHI: The tiff between the media police and media are hand in glove where journalists were and the lawyers community in Ker- in the conspiracy. On Tuesday and assaulted, police accused ala appeared to have blown over Wednesday, things went out of hand three lawyers Vikram yesterday following conciliation at Kochi, when clashes took place Singh Chauhan, Yash- talks led by Chief Minister Pinarayi between the two groups, while a pal Singh and Om Sharma Paramilitary troopers patrol after a clash with Kashmiri protesters in Srinagar, yesterday. Vijayan with the warring groups. clash also occurred in the state cap- of various charges deal- Addressing the media after the ital on Thursday. Kerala Police have ing with rioting, criminal two-hour talks, Vijayan said that registered half a dozen cases. intimidation, causing hurt both the sections are vital to society. “An earlier round of discussion and mischief and alleged “Till the 19th of this month, was led by Advocate General and that three lawyers were Rajnath in Kashmir for peace push instigating the mob that these two sections had the best of it has been decided to conduct a relations, but it has since turned judicial probe into the happenings. attacked journalists. The bad. The relationship between the A few cases also have been regis- second chargesheet was IANS the Home Minister who will should hold dialogue with Paki- two should now be the same as tered by the police. All that will go filed against suspended be here until today afternoon. stan and our leaders if it is sincere it was prior to July 19th. We have forward,” added Vijayan. legislator OP Sharma, Kashmir Traders and Manufac- in resolving the Kashmir dispute,” decided to set up a committee of On Friday, Chief Justice of India allegedly involved in turers Federation (KTMF), one of Khan said. the two which will function as the TS Thakur held talks with repre- assaulting a CPI activist SRINAGAR: Union Home Minis- the largest trade bodies in the val- Other business lobbies includ- watchdog,” said Vijayan. sentatives of the journalists in the outside the court on Feb ter Rajnath Singh yesterday met ley, said the meeting would be futile ing Kashmir Economic Alliance and The proposed committee will national capital and also asked his 15. The third chargesheet groups of Kashmiris, including because if the Government of India Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and be chaired by the Advocate General colleague Justice Kurian Joseph to was filed in the February civil society members and top offi- is keen to resolve the Kashmir dis- Industry also refused to be part of and consist of three representatives look into the matter. Following this, 17 incident against Vikram cials, seeking their suggestions pute, it should instead hold talks with the dialogue in protest against the each from the Bar Council and the two senior judges of the Kerala High Singh Chauhan and Yash- on peace in the wake of the fresh Pakistan and political representa- deaths of some 45 Kashmiris and media, and when the state police is Court - PN Ravindran and PR Ram- pal Sharma for assaulting unrest that has left dozens of peo- tives of the state. injuries to thousands in clashes required, the police chief can take achandra Menon - were asked to an advocate inside the ple dead in the Kashmir Valley. “Kashmir is a dispute accepted with security forces following the part in the meeting. sort out things. They met with jour- Patiala House Courts However, top trade bod- by the world. Our real representa- July 8 killing of Hizbul militant com- The problem began early this nalists’ representatives in the state Complex. ies in the valley refused to meet tives are pro-freedom leaders. India mander Burhan Wani. week after media reports said that capital on Friday. INS Viraat lifts anchor for final journey to Kochi

IANS Indian Navy with distinction for dry docking to retrieve valuable and Review held in Visakhapatnam in INS Vikramaditya which was com- onboard operating round-the-clock, almost three decades. It is expected sensitive equipment, including the February this year. missioned in 2013. units from the ship shredding many to reach the Southern Naval Com- engines, radars, big and small guns With the Indian Navy for 29 As HMS Hermes, the vessel had enemy aircraft in the air and neu- mand base on Wednesday for the and other weaponry. years, INS Viraat - the Grand Old served the Royal Navy from 1959 to tralizing other challenges on the MUMBAI: India’s magnificent second pre-decommissioning preparations, Kicking-off the dismantling proc- Lady, as she was fondly referred to - 1964 and led the South Atlantic Task ground during the 74-day-long con- aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, which in official sources said here. ess on May 6, her fleet of Sea Harrier spent 2,250 days at sea covering 1.09 Force on an 8,000km voyage to free flict in which the UK came up trumps its previous avatar led the British task Vice Chairman Girish Luthra aircraft flew off for the last time from million kms -- or encircling the globe the Falkland Islands from Argentina, against Argentina. force that retook the Falkland Islands and other senior officials of Western her deck and was given a formal fare- 27 times in six years. which had taken them over. Everyone After that war, she was kept as in 1982, lifted anchor yesterday after- Naval Command were present at the well at INS Hansa, in Goa two days She played a major role in the had said it couldn’t be done, but the a reserve, decommissioned from noon for her final voyage to Kochi, emotional ceremony as INS Viraat later. Ranked as the oldest functional IPKF Operation Jupiter in Sri Lanka task force achieved the near impos- active service in 1985 and in April powered by her own boilers, prior was escorted by fast interceptor boats aircraft carrier in the world and the in 1989, Kargil War’s Operation sible, much to the happiness of Iron 1986, India which was scouting for to her scheduled de-commissioning. and helicopters for her swansong trip. last British-built ship serving the Vijay in 1999, various international Lady of Britain. Sailing at 28-knots a second aircraft carrier to replace The ageing 750-foot long ‘giant’ In Kochi she will undergo a spell Indian Navy, INS Viraat was the star naval exercises before ‘handing over plus speeds, the ship gave a spec- the ageing INS Vikrant, decided to - as the name signifies - served the in a dry dock for essential repairs and attraction at the International Fleet charge’ to the new aircraft carrier, tacular performance with aircraft buy the vessel for the Indian Navy. 12 SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 EUROPE

15 injured in Munich death toll reaches nine, suspect dead Welsh bus

organisations, Andraes said. accident in France Witnesses had reported seeing Munich police chief three men with firearms near the Hubertus Andraes Olympia Einkaufszentrum mall, but AFP Andraes said two other people who said the suspect fled the area were investigated but was a dual citizen had “nothing to do with the incident.” STRASBOURG: Fifteen peo- The police chief said the nine ple were injured, two of them from Munich and his fatalities included young people seriously, when a bus carrying motive was still fully and children were among the 16 teenagers from Wales rolled over unclear. wounded, three of whom were in on a motorway in eastern France critical condition. yesterday, the local gendarme- After gunfire broke out at the rie said. mall, one of Munich’s largest, the The bus skidded for around AP city sent a smartphone alert declar- 250 metres before ending up on its ing an “emergency situation” and side in a ditch. One of the young- telling people to stay indoors, while sters is thought to have sustained all rail, subway and trolley service life-threatening injuries. MUNICH: An 18-year-old Ger- was halted in the city. The two most seriously injured man-Iranian man opened fire in a It was the third major act of vio- are both 16 and from southwest- crowded Munich shopping mall and lence against civilians in Western ern England, said local deputy a nearby McDonald’s on Friday night, Europe in eight days. The previous prefect Laure Lebon, adding all killing nine people and wounding attacks, in the French resort city of passengers had been wearing 16 others before killing himself, the Nice and on a train in Bavaria near their seatbelts, preventing more chief of police in the Bavarian cap- the city of Wuerzburg, were claimed serious injuries or deaths. ital said yesterday. The authorities by the Islamic State group. “Circumstances would suggest had earlier put the death toll to eight. “The question of terrorism or a the driver fell asleep,” said Lebon, Police gave a “cautious all clear” rampage is tied to motive, and we adding the driver was not speed- early yesterday morning. They said a don’t know the motive,” Andraes said. ing and was not driving under the Masked police with machine guns stand at a bus station in front of a mall in Munich where a shooting took body found near the scene was that “We can’t question the suspect so this influence of alcohol or drugs but of the shooter and he appeared to is all a little more difficult.” place on Friday. was shortly due to be relieved. have acted alone. Video from German news agency anti-foreigner insult and “there was seeking shelter using the Twitter investigating along those lines too.” The bus was headed for Italy Munich police chief Hubertus NonstopNews showed two bodies a really loud scream.” He said he saw hashtag #opendoor. “You can only have absolute when the driver lost control on a Andraes told a news conference with sheets draped over them not only one attacker, who was wearing Germany’s interior minister cut security in an absolute surveil- motorway near Lons-le-Saunier, the suspect was a dual citizen from far from the fast food restaurant. jack boots and a backpack. short his holiday in the United States lance state, and nobody wants that, around 100 km from Swiss border, Munich and his motive was still “fully Another video posted online showed “I looked in his direction and he to go back to Berlin late Friday to it would be opposite of our free police said. Fifty people were on unclear.” Andraes said the suspect’s a gunman emerging from the door of shot two people on the stairs,” Zequiri meet with security officials. Ger- western European way of life,” Alt- board the bus, 42 of whom were body was found about two-and-a the McDonald’s, raising what appeared said. He said he hid in a shop, then man Chancellor Angela Merkel was maiersaid. “But, and this became adolescents. -half hours after the attack and was to be a pistol with both hands and aim- ran outside when the coast was being regularly briefed on the attack, clear again today, we can’t talk down Two helicopters and 10 determined to be the shooter based ing at people on the sidewalk, firing as clear and saw bodies of the dead and said her chief of staff, Peter Altmaier. this danger.” ambulances were dispatched on witness statements and closed they fled in terror. wounded on the ground. “All that we know and can say Police responded in large num- to the scene and 60 firefighters circuit television footage of the Witness Luan Zequiri said he was Germany’s Interior Ministry said is it was a cruel and inhumane bers to the mall. In all there were 2,300 were deployed after the crash. A attack. The shooter was not previ- in the mall when the shooting began. Munich police had set up a hotline attack,” he said. “We can’t rule officers involved, including the elite spokesman for Britain’s Foreign ously known to police and there was He told German broadcaster for concerned citizens. Residents of out there are terrorist links. We GSG9, SWAT teams from other German Office said British authorities were no evidence of any links to terrorist n-tv that the attacker yelled an Munich opened their doors to people can’t confirm them, but we are states and from neighboring Austria. in contact with French officials. UK wants greater role on global stage: Johnson Irish leaders urge open

government will work with whoever whether through diplomacy or polit- is elected — “but I would draw a very, ically or peacekeeping.” He said they border despite Brexit very strong contrast between ‘Brexit’ both strongly agree that tackling and any kind of isolationism.” radicalisation and extremism must On the contrary, Johnson said, remain at the forefront of the UN’s AFP having hard borders,” Irish Prime one of the main purposes he came activities. Minister Enda Kenny told report- to New York and the United Nations Britain is a veto-wielding perma- ers after the talks. was to show that “Brexit means us nent member of the Security Council, “Hard borders would not be being more outward looking, more along with the United States. Rus- LONDON: Leaders from the Repub- accepted in the south or the north. engaged, more energetic, more sia, China and France, which gives lic of Ireland and Northern Ireland “The best possible outcome for enthusiastic and committed on the it a powerful position on interna- said that Brexit must not mean a everyone is a UK that’s prosperous world stage than ever before.” tional issues. “hard border” being put up between and has the closest possible links In a whirlwind day in New York, “It was very much Ban Ki-moon’s the two. with the European Union. he met with corporate executives wish that the United Kingdom should At an emergency meeting of “For us in Ireland, that means and business journalists and had play an ever greater role through the the British Irish Council in Cardiff, access to the single market. meetings to discuss a UK initiative UN and be at the foreront of world called to discuss the aftermath of “And it’s been made perfectly to counter propaganda by the Islamic affairs and showing leadership,” Britain’s vote last month to leave clear by the EU council that if that State extremist group in social media Johnson said. “I was very glad to the European Union, they said is to happen, then the respect has to and on the Internet. reaffirm our determination to work it was fundamental that border be there for the freedom of (move- British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (left) meets with United Nations Johnson then came to UN head- with the UN to deliver that.” checks would not be imposed ment of) people. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations Headquarters quarters where he sat in Britain’s Johnson stressed that leaving the along what what would be the “We have difficulties but I in New York City. seat at the UN Security Council and EU doesn’t mean leaving Europe. EU’s land frontier with the United expect us to retain the Common voted with the 14 other members to “We are going to be more Kingdom. Travel Area. “It’s a fundamental part approve a British-drafted resolution committed than ever before to The council brings together of who we are.” AP and journalist who prides him- calling on the international commu- cooperation and participation and leaders from the Republic of Ireland; Northern Ireland’s First Minis- self on provocation responded with nity to help Libya dispose of its last support for other European coun- Britain; its devolved administrations ter Arlene Foster—who campaigned uncustomary diplomacy when asked stocks of chemical weapons pre- tries whether through defence policy in Scotland, Wales and Northern for Brexit—said a CTA would still be whether his philosophy and Britain’s cursors. He met Secretary-General coordination or foreign policy or Ireland; and its crown dependen- possible even with the UK outside UNITED NATIONS: British Foreign EU exit vote bore any similarities to Ban Ki-moon, spoke briefly to UN counter-terrorism ... or intelligence cies Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle the EU. Secretary Boris Johnson who led Republican presidential candidate media, and then went to a reception sharing in which the UK is a super- of Man. She said it was “vital” for the campaign to leave the European Donald Trump’s nomination accept- for council ambassadors and others power,” he said. The United Kingdom, the Brit- Ireland. Union said he came to the United ance speech announcement that hosted by the British ambassador. Johnson said he has “absolutely ish crown dependencies and the While a majority in Scotland, Nations to show that far from with- “Americanism, not globalism, will Johnson said he and Ban talked no doubt” that a balance between Republic of Ireland share a free- Northern Ireland and London drawing into isolationism the United be our credo.” about Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Libya British access to the EU’s single mar- movement Common Travel Area voted for Britain to remain in the Kingdom wants to play a greater role Johnson said it would be wrong and Somalia, “all countries in which ket and entry to the UK can be struck, (CTA) dating back to Irish independ- EU, a majority in nine other UK on the world stage. to meddle in American politics or the United Kingdom is playing a lead- noting that this will be discussed in ence in the 1920s. regions voted for Britain to leave The former mayor of London the presidential election and the UK ing role in trying to bring solutions the next few weeks. “There are modern ways of not in the June 23 referendum. Migrants brave heat to march Attacks on French cops continue on fourth day to Serbia-Hungary border AFP

BEAUMONT-SUR-OISE, FRANCE: AP keep the border closed for most of Hungarian border into the Euro- Protesters furious over the death of the asylum seekers, which has left pean Union. a young man in custody attacked a few thousand stranded in Serbia. Some said they will stage a hun- police and burnt cars in a fourth Hungary has recently strength- ger strike once they arrive at the night of unrest in northern suburbs INDJIJA, SERBIA: Around a hundred ened anti-migrant controls on its border. “We want to be in the limelight of Paris. migrants and asylum seekers braved southern border with Serbia, admit- so we could deliver the messages to Ten people were arrested and scorching heat yesterday to continue ting about 30 people a day, mostly the global leaders what is happening four officers slightly injured in the a march toward Serbia’s border with families with small children, and with the refugees,” said Roohul Amin violence in Beaumont-sur-Oise Hungary meant to draw attention to pushing back those caught trying Afridi, 33, from Afghanistan. and two other towns nearby, local the plight of thousands of people fac- to cross illegally. Faced with a pileup of refu- authorities said yesterday. ing closed borders after fleeing war Last month Hungary, Ser- gees, Serbian authorities also have At least 1,500 people had taken and poverty. bia’s northern neighbour, allowed announced stricter joint army and to the streets of Beaumont-sur-Oise Some wore towels on their heads police to send back illegal migrants police border controls with Bulgaria to protest at death of Adama Traore, to ward off the sun as they slowly detained within eight km of its razor and Macedonia, where migrants a 24-year-old who died on Tuesday moved, stopping occasionally to rest wire-fenced frontier with Serbia. mostly enter Serbia. shortly after he was arrested. in the shade along the road leading Hundreds of migrants have been Most of the people stranded in Ser- Some wore T-shirts bearing the A warehouse set on fire in Persan, yesterday, following clashes north toward the European Union. staying in make-shift camps along bia have refused to apply for asylum slogan “Justice for Adama, you will between residents and police over the death of Adama Traore. Their feet bruised from walking, the border with almost no facilities. there, fearing it would ruin their chances never have peace without justice”. dozens have given up and stayed Some of those marching to Hun- of one day reaching any EU nation. Later in the night, some people behind. gary wore T-shirts reading: “Stop the International medical aid agency fired buckshot and crude homemade Police reinforcements were of his death and his body showed few Some 300 young men and boys war if you want to stop refugees,” or Doctors Without Borders warned of a devices at police, an eyewitness said. called in to help the 150 officers signs of violence. He was taken into set off on Friday from Belgrade “Open borders.” Most said they were “sharp increase” in violence against They also started a fire in fac- already on duty. Authorities said an custody after interfering in arrest toward the Hungarian border 200 from Afghanistan and Pakistan, and migrants and refugees since the Bal- tory that makes palettes and torched autopsy revealed Traore was suffer- of his brother in an extortion case, km away, to protest its decision to stand little chance of crossing the kan borders were closed in March. dustbins and 10 vehicles. ing from a serious infection at time according to a source. AMERICAS SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 13 Peru’s jailed leader Fujimori asks for pardon

be decided by outgoing President who view Alberto Fujimori as a mis- Ollanta Humala, who rebuffed Fuji- understood hero marched through It is unclear if the mori’s first pardon appeal in 2013, the streets of downtown Lima to pardon would be or by Kuczynski, who must govern demand the incoming president free alongside a Congress controlled by him from prison. decided by outgoing the populist party Fujimori founded. Protesters waved white flags President Ollanta Prime Minister Pedro Cateri- chanting “Fujimori Freedom!” and ano said Fujimori sent the pardon carried banners bearing recent Humala, who request to the justice ministry. “It images of the weary-looking former rebuffed Fujimori’s will be processed according to the statesman, whose request for a par- constitution and the law,” he said on don from outgoing President Ollanta first pardon appeal Twitter. Humala was rejected in 2013. in 2013, or by Fujimori, who suffers from “Mr Kuczynski, please, the people Kuczynski. hypertension and turns 78 next week, are asking you from the bottom of our was jailed in 2007 and is serving a hearts to grant Alberto Fujimori free- 25-year sentence for corruption and dom,” said protester Mavela Alcala. human rights abuses during his 1990- Despite his autocratic rule, Fuji- Reuters 2000 government. mori’s supporters say he ended years Kuczynski, who narrowly of hyperinflation and recession and defeated Fujimori’s daughter, Keiko blame his sinister spymaster for the Fujimori, in a run-off election last vast corruption scandal that led him LIMA: Peru’s imprisoned former month, opposes giving Fujimori a to flee Peru in 2000. authoritarian leader Alberto Fujimori pardon that would clear him of guilt. Many Peruvians also credit him has filed a new request for a presi- However, Kuczynski has said he with quashing the bloody Shining Hundreds of sympathisers of Alberto Fujimori rally in a centric area of Lima. dential pardon, the prime minister would back a law that allows aging Path insurgency and bringing sorely said yesterday, five days before Pres- prisoners like Fujimori to carry out needed roads and schools to far-flung ident-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski the remainder of their sentences Andean provinces. control a solid majority of seats in the congressman Kenji Fujimori, did not 2,000 people. Prominent lawmakers takes office. under house arrest. The party that Fujimori founded next Congress. take part in the march, which wit- who promoted the march on social It is unclear if the pardon would Earlier, hundreds of Peruvians as an anti-establishment outsider will Keiko Fujimori and her brother, nesses said drew between 1,000 to media did not show up either. Cristina slams graft California wildfires burn near Los Angeles and Big Sur

AP The fire in northern Los Angeles National Forest firefighters battled California Department of Forestry probes as political plot County grew to more than 8.5 square the blaze, aided by three dozen and Fire Protection firefighters bat- miles, darkening skies with smoke water-dropping helicopters and tled a nearly 3-square-mile blaze that spread across the city and sub- retardant-dropping airplanes. in rugged mountains north of the Reuters LOS ANGELES: Wildfires burned urbs, reducing the sun to an orange “It just continues to move. It’s not majestic Big Sur region. out of control yesterday in moun- disk at times. slowing down,” county fire Inspec- The blaze 5 miles south of Gar- tains north of Los Angeles and near The South Coast Air Quality Man- tor Joey Marron said. rapata State Park posed a threat to Big Sur on California’s scenic Central agement District warned that at times “I got all my tenants out of the RV 1,000 homes and the community of EL CALAFATE, ARGENTINA: Fac- Coast, posing a threat to some 1,300 air would reach unhealthy levels. park and for the people that weren’t Palo Colorado was ordered evacu- ing corruption probes that threaten homes, authorities said. The fire erupted in the Sand Can- there and still have dogs, I broke into ated, Cal Fire said. A middle school to land her behind bars, former Southern California firefighters yon area near State Route 14 as the their trailers and got their dogs out,” in Carmel-by-the-Sea was readied Argentine President Cristina Fern- faced another day of triple-digit heat region was gripped by high heat and Kurtis Bell, manager of River’s End as an evacuation center. andez (pictured) described her from a dome of high pressure over very low humidity. RV Park, told KCAL-TV. More than 300 firefighters were growing legal troubles as part of a the region, and while Central Coast About 300 homes were under Metrolink train service in the on the lines. “persecution” of progressive Latin temperatures were more moderate, mandatory or voluntary evacua- area was halted, the local authori- Highway 1 and businesses in the American leaders. conditions included winds and low tions, but none had burned. ties said. Big Sur area, a major summer tourist Speaking to foreign media at her humidity. Hundreds of county and Angeles About 300 miles up the coast, destination, remained open. Patagonian estate yesterday, Fern- andez compared her situation to that of Brazil’s suspended President price she must pay for her policies, Dilma Rousseff, now subjected to including nationalisation of energy Detroit man an impeachment trial in the Senate. company YPF and airline Aerolineas FBI led Brazil to suspected Fernandez, 63, said allegations Argentinas. of graft and money laundering “When you make decisions like wanted to ‘kill during her administration were these, it’s clear that you risk going trumped up by unnamed power- to jail and being politically perse- militants mulling attack ful interests who want to punish her cuted,” Fernandez told reporters. cops’ held for putting Argentines before for- Fernandez lamented recent victo- eign investors as she managed Latin ries of Macri and other conservatives, America’s third biggest economy saying it threatens progress made by Reuters office confirmed the comments and IS online, investigators said they AP between 2007 and 2015. the once-powerful alliance of leftist said the FBI provided the tip in May, have no formal ties or backing Investigations targetting Fern- leaders led by late Venezuelan Pres- after which Brazilian investigators from the group itself. andez moved rapidly since her ident Hugo Chavez. “There’s been tracked the suspects’ communica- Only two of the suspects actu- CENTER LINE, MICHIGAN: centre-right nemesis, Mauricio a regression of what were once RIO DE JANEIRO: The US Federal tions and identified the other people ally knew one another, police said, Police seized a dozen rifles and six Macri, replaced her as president in national and popular governments Bureau of Investigation (FBI) gave arrested this week. but the group communicated exten- handguns from the home of a sub- December. in the region,” said Fernandez. Brazil the tip that led to arrests this The arrests Thursday, just two sively online and through messaging urban Detroit man after a witness In May, Fernandez was indicted Macri’s decision to slash subsi- week of 11 suspected militants who weeks before the first-ever Olym- services. reported the man said he wanted on charges related to central bank’s dies for utilities has hurt the middle had discussed a possible attack on the pics in South America begin August In their messages, police said, to kill police officers, authorities sale of dollars in the futures market. class, Fernandez added, and the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, 5, come after a recent wave of vio- the suspects applauded recent said yesterday. Soon after, anti-corruption police deal he brokered with hedge funds according to a Brazilian prosecutor. lent attacks in Europe and the United attacks outside Brazil and expressed The man made the threat dur- searched her properties and she was that had sued Argentina over its In comments to several Brazil- States and amid heightened fears desire—but little know-how and no ing a mental health discussion and embarrassed anew when her former unpaid debt had yet to revive an ian newspapers published yesterday, that the Games could be a target. specific plans—to stage an attack has been committed to a men- public works secretary was caught economy mired in recession. Rafael Brum Miron, the federal Initially, police arrested 10 sus- during the Olympics. Investigators tal health facility, Warren Police stashing bags of cash in a convent in “They thought it would rain prosecutor handling the case in the pects and said that another two were said one of the suspects sought to Commissioner Jere Green told The a Buenos Aires suburb last month. dollars after that agreement,” Fern- southern state of Parana, said the FBI being monitored. Yesterday, one of buy an AK-47 rifle online from a Detroit News. “I don’t want to minimise any- andez said incredulously. had provided a brief report in which the other two turned himself into vendor in neighbouring Paraguay. “He commented during a ses- thing, but I think those are episodes Fernandez, whose popularity it identified at least six people it sus- police. Despite inexperience or lack of sion that he wanted to kill a bunch that can take place for any govern- has slipped since her term ended, pected as potential militants. The suspects, described by organisation, investigators say it is of police officers,” Green said. ment,” Fernandez said. She called for declined to say whether she might “The information came from Brazil’s justice minister as poorly important to identify such groups “The third party then reported it an audit of public works in her gov- run for public office again or try the FBI,” he told the Estado de S organised and “absolutely ama- and derail even incipient plans, to police.” The tipster told police ernment that she said would clear her to rally opposition to Macri as he Paulo newspaper. “They sent a suc- teur,” were alleged sympathisers of especially at a time when the IS and the man said he “wanted to do of any involvement in wrongdoing. plows forward with reforms aimed cinct report: These people merit the Islamic State (IS) militant group. other militant groups are actively something big like in Dallas,” Fernandez said she does not at dismantling her controls on the investigating.” Although some of the sus- seeking to recruit sympathisers and Green said. fear going to jail if it is the political economy. A spokeswoman for prosecutor’s pects had pledged allegiance to would-be attackers. The house in Centre Line, north of Detroit, was searched on Friday. Warren officers pulled over the man’s vehicle. He hasn’t been charged. Venezuela opposition leader Lopez awaits appeal verdict The case also is being investi- gated by Centre Line police. Many police agencies across Reuters the session which began on Friday and was behind bars during most the country are taking extra pre- and ended around 2 am local time of the unrest, prosecutors said his cautions after fatal shootings of (0600 GMT) yesterday. speeches sent subliminal messages officers. Outside the court in Caracas, and constituted a call to violence. In the Dallas attack this CARACAS: An appeal hearing into supporters waited with banners But one of the prosecutors, Fran- month, a gunman opened fire Venezuela’s most prominent jailed demanding “Free Leopoldo!”, while klin Nieves, fled to the United States on officers working at a peaceful opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez security officers kept watch of the last year, saying he was pressured to protest march, killing five and ended yesterday, with he and sup- area where government and opposi- frame Lopez. wounding nine others and two porters saying the nearly 14-year tion supporters have clashed during “You know we received threats civilians before police killed him. sentence for inciting violence should previous hearings in the Lopez case. and orders to fabricate that case Three officers in Baton Rouge, be immediately overturned. A decision on the appeal is due in against Leopoldo Lopez. This is the Louisiana, also were killed and “I am innocent of the crimes 10 days, his party said, though there opportunity to rectify,” he said in a three others wounded during a accused,” said Lopez, 45, a hardline was no word from the judiciary or video message aimed at the judge July 17 ambush by another gun- foe of President Nicolas Maduro’s government. and prosecutors at the appeal. man who was shot to death by socialist government who has been Lopez was imprisoned for Officials and many grassroots police. The police shootings fol- in jail since February 2014. fomenting 2014 anti-government pro- “Chavistas”, as supporters of the lowed fatal shootings of two black “I assume my full responsibil- tests that spiraled into violence, killing ruling movement are known after men by officers in Baton Rouge ity for denouncing the Venezuelan 43 people on both sides. His supporters former leader Hugo Chavez, view and outside St. Paul, Minnesota. state as corrupt, inefficient, anti- and rights groups say his imprisonment Lopez as a dangerous radical in the “The threat against police democratic and repressive, as it is my was a travesty of justice. pocket of Venezuela’s wealthy elite Supporters of jailed leader Leopoldo Lopez hold placards while they officers is very real,” Detroit Police constitutional right to do,” he added, Lopez was accused of causing and the U.S. government. wait at his hearing at a courthouse in Caracas. Chief James Craig told The Detroit according to an audio from the hear- damages and fire, public incitement, During a failed coup attempt News. ing released by his team. and planning to commit crimes. against Chavez in 2002, Lopez, an Venezuela, helped organise the arrest will stay in jail because they must Four men have been arrested Lopez’s party Popular Will said Though the Harvard-educated economist who wants to replace 17 of a cabinet member. pay for their crimes,” said Diosdado by Detroit police over the past only his mother and one lawyer were Lopez had publicly called for peaceful years of socialism with business- “I guarantee you Leopoldo Lopez Cabello, the number two in Venezue- two weeks after reported online allowed into the Appeals Court for resistance to the Maduro government friendly policies in Opec member and the killers of the (2014) protests la’s ruling Socialist Party. threats against officers. 14 SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 AMERICAS

American Pie Hillary picks singer pleads Tim Kaine for guilty to abuse AFP

NEW YORK: Don McLean, the running mate singer of classic song American Pie, has pleaded guilty to hitting his now ex-wife, reports said. The 70-year-old artist entered a brutal election race—Kaine him- a plea deal in a Maine court in self jokes that he is “boring”—the which he agreed to pay $1,000 The pick comes days senator emerged as frontrunner each for several misdemeanor before the start in veepstakes because he ticks so counts including domestic vio- of the Democratic many boxes. lence assault, several local news An experienced foreign policy outlets reported. National Convention hand who serves on Senate For- Under the agreement, he will in Philadelphia. eign Relations and Armed Services also undergo a mental health committees, he could help Clinton evaluation and have to stay away lock in two key voting blocs: His- from his ex-wife, photographer panics and the battleground state Patrisha McLean. In turn, he will of Virginia. avoid more serious charges that AFP Politically a centre-left Dem- could have brought prison time, ocrat, with working-class roots the reports said. and a spotless record both as gov- Don McLean—whose 1971 ernor and senator, he is also seen Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes the stage at a campaign rally in Tampa, Florida. American Pie is often described as WASHINGTON: Hillary Clin- as helping Clinton win over votes one of the most iconic pop songs— ton tapped Tim Kaine, a popular from reluctant independent male was arrested in January after his Spanish-speaking senator from voters—although at risk of alienat- state, Pennsylvania; and Labor Sec- discrimination and gun violence, in Trump’s choice of running mate, then wife called the police. the swing state of Virginia, to be her ing the party’s progressive left wing. retary Thomas Perez, a Latino seen expanding early childhood education a former congressman, could serve to The strife has played out running mate in the White House The 58-year-old Kaine swiftly as a true liberal. and in fostering a pro-business envi- reassure voters alarmed by his rhet- publicly, with the singer repeat- showdown against Donald Trump. tweeted: “Just got off the phone with Clinton put out a series of tweets ronment in Virginia. oric. “I heard about Donald Trump’s edly denying allegations of abuse The pick comes days before the Hillary. I’m honoured to be her run- heaping praise on the senator. Clinton’s VP announcement dark and divisive vision,” Clinton told and urging fans to watch a doc- start of the Democratic National ning mate. Can’t wait to hit the trail She described him as “a relentless comes two days after Trump’s a rally in Florida. umentary that offered a happy Convention in Philadelphia, where tomorrow in Miami!” optimist who believes no problem is number two—Indiana Governor “The speech took it to a whole portrait of the couple’s 30-year Clinton—and now Kaine—will be Clinton, 68, had said she wanted unsolvable if you put in the work to Mike Pence—accepted the nom- new level. He offered a lot of fear and marriage. elevated as the nominees to the par- a running mate with enough experi- solve it” saying his guiding principle ination at a tumultuous party anger and resentment, but no solu- But Patrisha McLean filed for ty’s presidential ticket. ence to “literally get up one day and was “the belief that you can make a convention in Cleveland. tions about anything that he even divorce in March and, in court “I’m thrilled to announce my be the president of the United States.” difference through public service.” Trump painted a dystopian dark talked about”. hearing, said that she had long running mate, @timkaine, a man Also on the short list were One of Clinton’s tweets included picture of an America mired in pov- Nationwide polls suggest the New feared for her life. who’s devoted his life to fighting for Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, a five-point graphic highlighting the erty and violence as he accepted York mogul is almost neck and neck “Don took away 30 years of others. -H,” the former secretary of who has been friend with the Clin- senator’s youthful spell on a Jesuit his party’s nomination, promising with Clinton, the former secretary my life by controlling every aspect state tweeted. tons for decades and is originally mission in Honduras as well as his to restore security, clamp down on of state who is mired in an ongoing of it through violence and fear of Widely seen as a safe choice in from another key battleground track record in fighting homelessness, immigration and put America first. email scandal. violence. Because he told me over and over again that if I left him he could kill me, divorce has not freed me from living in fear of Venezuelans him,” she was quoted as saying Hacked emails show party hostility to Sanders by the Village Soup website affil- iated with local newspapers. in fleeing crisis mid-coastal Maine. A lawyer for McLean did not enter Colombia: AP website show DNC officials scoff- the time, DNC Chairwoman Debbie whose emails were made public immediately respond to a request ing at Sanders and his supporters Wasserman Schultz said the breach were DNC spokesman Luis Miranda, for comment and a court official and in one instance, questioning his was a “serious incident” and a pri- national finance director Jordon declined comment. UN official commitment to his Jewish religion. vate contractor hired to sweep the Kaplan and finance chief Scott McLean earlier this year post- WASHINGTON: A cache of more Some emails also show DNC and White organization’s network had “moved Comer, but other DNC and media poned a tour of Australia, saying AFP than 19,000 emails from Democratic House officials mulling whether to as quickly as possible to kick out the figures and even some White House he wanted to devote his time to party officials, leaked in advance of invite guests with controversial back- intruders and secure our network.” officials communicated with them saving his marriage, but has since Hillary Clinton’s nomination at the grounds to Democratic party events. On its web page, Wikileaks said between January 2015 and last May, returned to his music. BOGOTA: Venezuela’s economic party’s convention next week in Although Wikileaks’ posting the new cache of emails came from Wikileaks said. American Pie offers a glimpse crisis has sent a huge but largely Philadelphia, details the acrimoni- of the emails did not disclose the the accounts of “seven key figures The emails include several sting- of the tumult of the 20th century, ignored wave of people into ous split between the Democratic identity of who provided the pri- in the DNC” and warned that the ing denunciations of Sanders and his forlornly recalling The Day the Colombia, and many more could National Committee and Clinton’s vate material, those knowledgeable release was “part one of our new organisation before and after the Music Died—the 1959 plane crash be on the way, a senior UN refu- former rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders. about the breach said last month Hillary Leaks series” — an indica- DNC briefly shut off his campaign’s that killed rockers Buddy Holly, gee official said. Several emails posted by Wikile- that Russian hackers had pene- tion that more material might be access to the party’s key list of likely Ritchie Valens and The Big Bop- “It’s a silent arrival of a lot aks on its document disclosure trated the DNC computer system. At published soon. Among the officials Democratic voters. per J P Richardson. of people who are crossing the border and staying illegally on the Colombian side,” said Mar- tin Gottwald, the United Nations Refugee Agency’s representative Tough lesson! FBI repatriates recovered in Colombia. No exact figures are available, but the number of Venezuelans fleeing to Colombia is already “quite 1,000-year-old Mayan large,” and Colombia should pre- pare itself for more, Gottwald said. “The avalanche is probably artifacts to Guatemala going to increase, with or with- out the reopening of the border,” he said. Reuters Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro closed countries’ border in August 2015 after an attack on an army patrol. He briefly reo- LOS ANGELES: Federal authorities pened it last weekend to allow early yesterday formally repat- Venezuelans to stock up on food, riated a collection of more than medicine and other basic sup- thousand-year-old Mayan arti- plies amid severe shortages in facts to Guatemalan government Venezuela. at a ceremony in Los Angeles after Gottwald said a sizeable recovering them from the estate of number of Venezuelans who a deceased art collector. An ancient limestone Mayan entered Colombia probably never The collection of limestone returned. “If you consider that sculptures was turned over to the artifact is shown by the Federal 100,000 people crossed the border Federal Bureau of Investigation (FB() Bureau of Investigation’s Art to stock up on supplies at the week- by a person handling the estate of Crime Team in Los Angeles, end, if a minimal percentage, let’s Supporters hold a banner during a demonstration by dissident teachers against the Educative Reform the collector. say 10 percent, stayed (in Colombia), in Mexico City, Mexico. Teachers strike exploded to protest the Educative Reform and the jailing of “The cultural significance of we’re already talking about quite their leaders. Until now there have been at least nine deaths and several injured during the strikes. these pre-Columbian artifacts is area of Guatemala and believed to large numbers,” he said. priceless to the people of Guate- date to Early Classic Period (A.D. mala,” Deirdre Fike, FBI assistant 400-600). According to the FBI, director in charge of agency’s Los experts have said the artifacts are Angeles office, said. consistent with Mayan iconography “I’m very pleased that the FBI’s and that the carvings are associated Art Crime Team was able to facil- with symbolism depicting an earth Group clones California giant trees to curb climate change itate the return of these ancient or mountain monster. treasures to their proper home.” All seven will be shipped to No criminal charges were filed Guatemala in the coming days. AP of young branches to be hand-deliv- ground and holding a green sprig to his countries with willing landowners. over the recovery of the sculp- The Guatemalan government will ered across the country, cloned in a lips as if to kiss it. “This piece of tissue “It’s really a race against time,” tures, three which have been traced determine best place to house and lab and eventually planted in a for- ... can be rooted, and we have a mini- Milarch said. “If we start now, we can to the Late Classic Maya Era (A.D. display them. est in some other part of the world. ature 3,000-year-old tree.” go after climate change and reverse 600-900). A source said the items were CAMP NELSON, CALIFORNIA: At The two are part of a cadre of The cloning expedition was led it before it’s too late.” According to the FBI, experts believed to have been purchased by the foot of a giant sequoia in Cali- modern day Johnny Appleseeds who by David Milarch, co-founder of Sequoias growing in Sierra are say the fragments were uncovered the now-deceased art collector in fornia’s Sierra Nevada, two arborists believe California’s giant sequoias and Archangel Ancient Tree Archive. among biggest and oldest trees on near a ruined temple building in the 1970s from a man who was con- stepped into harnesses then inched coastal redwoods are blessed with The Michigan-based nurseryman Earth, some nearly 300 feet tall and the Petexbatun Region of Guate- victed during that decade of dealing up ropes more than 20 stories into some of heartiest genetics of any trees preaches urgency of restoring Earth’s up to 3,000 years old. Relying on com- mala and that an inscription found in other artifacts that were illegally the dizzying canopy of a tree that on Earth — and that propagating them decimated forests. In two decades, he mon sense he says is being borne out on them is part of a text that served brought to the United States. survived thousands of years, endur- will help reverse climate change. says his nonprofit group has cloned by science, Milarch, believes their size as a primitive calendar. No charges were ever filed in ing drought, wildfire and disease. “It’s a biological miracle,” said tree 170 types of trees and planted more and robustness make them ideal for The other four pieces were connection with the seven pieces There, arborists clipped off tips climber Jim Clark, firmly back on the than 300,000 of them in seven absorbing greenhouse gases. thought to have originated in El Peru repatriated. BREAK TIME SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 1517

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ONLINE CHART BUST Rare wood bison Fish in the air www.thepeninsulaqatar.com calves produced through IVF MOST READ IANS Qatar national anthem composer Al 1 Obaidan dies TORONTO: In a first, Canadian veterinary Nigeria’s corruption has been stealing researchers have successfully produced 2 public funds forever three wood bison calves using in vitro fer- tilisation. Indigenous to Canada, the wood Over 1.28 million visited Qatar dur- bison are threatened both by disease and 3 ing Jan-May loss of habitat. Scientists hope that this reproduc- tive breakthrough by researchers from the University of Saskatchewan will help TWEET OF THE DAY retain genetic diversity and eventually rebuild the depleted wild herds. “The babies look great,” said Gregg Adams, Professor at Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM), Univer- sity of Saskatchewan. “They’re keeping up with mom, and I’m really happy about it,” Adams said in a university statement. Researchers produced them in a lab- oratory, then transferred the embryos into surrogate mothers more than nine months ago. The bison cows gave birth to People fly their giant fish kite during a kite festival in Denpasar on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali, the calves earlier this month, the state- yesterday. ment added. Nasa sends team to bottom of Atlantic Ocean

IANS During the 16-day Nasa Extreme Marine Sanctuary. Isolating crew Bill Todd. Inside Aquarius, the inter- Environment Mission Operations members at the bottom of the ocean national crew will conduct a variety of (NEEMO) 21 expedition beginning July simulates life and work for astronauts research and operations studies, such Follow us on 21, an international crew will explore in microgravity environments like as testing a mini DNA sequencer that Snapchat WASHINGTON: Nasa has sent a team tools and techniques being tested for the International Space Station, or in Nasa astronaut Kate Rubins also will of astronauts to the bottom of the future space exploration by living in spacecraft that will travel to asteroids be testing aboard the International Open Snapchat and Atlantic Ocean on a 16-day mission to simulated spacecraft conditions and and planets in the future, Nasa said. Space Station, and a telemedicine prepare for future deep space missions conducting simulated spacewalks “NEEMO 21 astronauts and crew device that will be used for future scan the Snapcode and the journey to Mars. outside of their undersea habitat, will pioneer complex tasks on the space applications. During their simu- to add The Peninsula The “aquanauts” were sent to train Aquarius, the US space agency said in seafloor utilising the most advanced lated spacewalks, the crew will collect account. undersea in simulated space mission a statement on Friday. underwater navigation and science samples for marine biology and geol- as the bottom of a blue ocean and the The Aquarius Reef Base is located tools which are methodically choreo- ogy studies, test software for managing surface of a Red Planet have something 62 feet below the surface of the Atlan- graphed to mimic a Mars exploration operations, and participate in a coral in common -- extreme environments. tic Ocean in the Florida Keys National traverse,” said NEEMO Project Lead restoration project.

Floral treat Leaking toilets make students feel negatively about school

IANS climate, which in turn may encour- Psychology. Buildings also have age better attendance. Students symbolic value as they give us an cannot learn if they do not come impression about what goes on to school,” said Lorraine Max- inside and how much society val- NEW YORK: Leaking toilets, smelly well, Associate Professor Cornell ues those activities. cafeterias, broken furniture and run- University. “Those other factors are contrib- down classrooms make students For the study, the researcher uting to poor academic performance feel negatively about their schools, analysed data from 236 New York but building condition is also sig- according to a study. City middle schools with a combined nificantly contributing. It’s worth it The study revealed that these enrollment of 143,788 students and for society to make sure that school factors lead to high absentee- studied their socio-economic status, buildings are up to par,” added Max- ism, thus contributing to student’s ethnic background and found that as well. The data included assessment low test scores and poor academic far as these attributes are related to of academic performance measures achievements. test scores, they do not tell the whole and physical environment created by Visitors stroll in a field of sunflowers during a three-day sunflower festival in the town of Nogi, Tochigi “School buildings that are in story. School building condition is professionals. The researcher also prefecture, Tokyo, yesterday. good condition and attractive may also a major contributing factor, the analysed surveys on how parents, signal to students that someone study revealed which was published teachers and students felt about their cares and there’s a positive social in the Journal of Environmental school’s social climate. Rajinikanth’s ‘Kabali’ sets new box office record on opening day

IANS IANS, unwilling to give his name. from entertainment tax, it managed a drop in its collection from Monday.” An action-packed directorial to register such a big opening,” trade The movie, which had reportedly by Pa Ranjith, “Kabali” features analyst Trinath told IANS. minted Rs 200 crore from its pre- 65-year-old megastar Rajinikanth In Andhra Pradesh and Telan- release business, is also on a winning CHENNAI: Superstar Rajinikanth’s as a gangster who takes a shot gana, the Telugu dubbed version spree in North America. “Kabali” has grossed over Rs40 crore at redemption and how he fights also got a good start. “The start From premiere shows alone, the at the Indian box office, beating Sal- for equal pay rights for Tamils in has been phenomenal with Rs 13.5 film has collected $2 million from the man Khan starrer Bollywood drama Malaysia. crore. It has to be seen whether the US and Canada markets -- where it “Sultan” to emerge as the highest It released on Friday in Tamil, film can sustain the momentum released in over 400 screens -- grossing Indian film on the opening and was also dubbed in Hindi and through the first week. It was due to according to distribution company day, according to estimates by trade Telugu apart from other languages. the unprecedented advance book- CineGalaxy Inc. pundits. In Tamil Nadu, “Kabali” superseded ings and Rajinikanth factor, the film “It is easily the best opening for “Salman’s ‘Sultan’ minted Rs 36.5 the previous best opening record held managed to register good opening,” an Indian film from premiere shows crore from the domestic box office by Ajith Kumar’s “Vedalam”, which Trinath said. in North America. The film has col- as opposed to Rs48 crore of ‘Kabali’. had collected around Rs 15 crore, said Rajesh Thadani, a Mumbai-based lected $2 million from the premiere Despite mixed reviews, ‘Kabali’ man- another trade analyst. distributor, said: “The film has made shows and it includes both the Tamil aged to rake in the moolah because “In Tamil Nadu, ‘Kabali’ collected an outstanding first day collection and Telugu version of ‘Kabali’,” Sanjay it was released in three languages,” a whopping Rs 21.5 crore from its first of around Rs 48 crore. But since the Dusari, Co-Founder of CineGalaxy A man walks past wall graffiti of actor Rajinikanth from his new film a leading producer-distributor told day. Since the film was exempted review is not that great, there will be Inc, told IANS. Kabali, in Mumbai, yesterday. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 18 QE 10,534.40 -57.20 PTS PAGE | 19 DOW 18,570.85 +53.62 PTS QIC Insured introduces Ezdan makes Insurance-on-Call FTSE100 6,730.48 +30.59 PTS Wukair homes service BRENT $44.26 -$0.56 water efficient

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GWC net profit surges 15% to QR101.3m in H1

ny’s revenue streams had an equally purpose and remain the provider of new consumer sectors, while GWC is the leading provider of logistics consistent rise despite challenging choice for logistics services in Qatar, Forwarding performed a number of and supply chain solutions in Qatar. Total assets grow market conditions, with total reve- and thereby ensuring our sharehold- important charters for major clients Established as a Qatari sharehold- to QR3.29bn in nues peaking at QR430.1m at the end ers the best possible returns.” stated in the oil & gas sector. GWC Records, ing company in 2004; the company of the quarter, an 8 percent increase GWC Chairman Sheikh Abdulla bin Transport, and Fine Art handling offers high-quality warehousing and the first half. from QR397.9m in H1, 2015. Fahad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani also scored major contracts reaf- distribution services, hazmat logistics, The earnings per share reg- (pictured). firming the company’s position as freight forwarding, project logistics, istered for the period was QR1.76 On the development side, the the provider of choice for logistics sports and event logistics, eques- as compared to QR1.70 during the GWC Bu Sulba Warehousing Park and supply chain solutions. trian logistics, fine art logistics, supply By Satish Kanady same period of 2015. The company’s has completed 65 percent of con- For its continued commitment to chain consulting, transportation man- The Peninsula assets continued to develop, with struction at the site, keeping it on excellence in performance and serv- agement, records management, and total assets reaching QR3.297bn track for launch on time, with a sig- ice provision, GWC won the Supply door-to-door moving and relocation by the end of June 2016, compared nificant number of clients already Chain and Transport Awards (SCATA) services. GWC delivers this by under- with QR2.981bn at the end of Decem- signed on for warehousing space and award for Leading Logistics Manager standing their clients’ needs and by DOHA: GWC, Qatar’s leading logis- ber 2015, representing an 11 percent services. Meanwhile, the company’s of the Year 2016. This award and acco- leveraging their global shipping net- tics provider, recorded a net profit growth. many divisions showed strong con- lade came after the company won the work. The company is backed by a of QR101.3m for the first half of 2016 “By exploring new markets and tributions towards client acquisition prestigious Frost and Sullivan GIL Glo- team of committed and innovative (H1, 16), up 15 percent as compared maintaining our commitment to the and project development. bal Best Practices Award for Leading experts in the field and supported by to QR87.7m posted by the end of the tenets of the Qatar National Vision GWC Contract Logistics signed on Domestic Logistics Service Provider of state-of-the-art IT systems and logis- same period in 2015. The compa- 2030, we continue to achieve our a number of important contracts in the Year 2016 earlier in the year. GWC tical infrastructure. 18 SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 BUSINESS Italian banks’ NPL to impact wider economy: QNB

advanced economies. The weak mac- confined to the governments from capitalising who are aware of the risks involved. roeconomic environment has hurt banking system but banks without imposing losses on In future, Italy and the Euro Area It is unlikely that the many businesses resulting in a rapid spread to the wider banks’ creditors. On the other hand, would probably meet half way. The problem of the Italian rise of NPLs from 4.4 percent in 2007 economy. High NPLs it is politically unpopular to ‘bail in’ Italian government may be allowed banks would turn to 16.0 percent in 2015, one of the require more capi- these creditors because nearly half to capitalise its banks and shield highest ratios in Europe. tal, imposed by are retail investors who are loath to the retail bond investors to some into a global financial According to QNB analysts, the the regulator. This enduring losses. When some Italian degree. In return, the rules would crisis like 2008. share prices of Italian banks col- would reduce banks’ banks were bailed out under the new continue to apply for larger institu- lapsed following the UK’s decision ability to extend rules in November 2015, one retail tional investors. The recent ruling of to leave the European Union (EU). loans or engage in bondholder committed suicide, caus- the European Court of Justice in the They are now trading more than any lending activity ing a political outcry. case of Slovenian banks that bailing 50 percent below their value at the that could poten- Italy is trying to negotiate with in creditors was not a prerequisite for The Peninsula beginning of 2016. While Brexit tially damage their other eurozone countries to relax banks to receive aid from the state could be partially blamed, as it is balance sheet fur- these rules but it is receiving some sets a positive precedent for Italy. expected to trigger global mone- ther. The loan book resistance, particularly from Ger- Analysts are also discussing other tary easing which is typically bad of Italian banks many. This is understandable — the possible legal loopholes which could DOHA: The large stock of bad loans is for banks’ profitability, the problem has been shrink- rules were agreed only recently and resolve the conflict. giving troubles to Italian banks. Non- runs a bit deeper. “The balance sheet ing since the end Italy represents their first potential However, it is unlikely that the performing loans (NPLs) amount to of Italian banks is loaded with bad of 2011, which has application. Furthermore, there is a problem of the Italian banks would nearly a fifth of the country’s GDP. loans. Attempts by the government to been detrimental sound rationale behind them. They turn into a global financial crisis like The build-up of bad loans was mainly solve this problem by capitalising the to investment in the are set to prevent banking crises 2008. The key risk here is whether due to the weak performance of the banking system are running into legal successive years of losses between country, contributed to the recession from morphing into fiscal crises as it would result in another popular overall economy, QNB’s “economic hurdles imposed by new Euro Area 2011 and 2014 and made meagre of recent years and would hamper was the case in Ireland and Spain. In backlash against the EU, this time commentary” noted yesterday. rules. We expect Italy and the rest returns in 2015 (return on equity future economic growth. both countries, the cost of saving the from the region’s fourth largest econ- Italy was in a three-year reces- of the euro area to reach an agree- was only 3.1 percent in 2015). NPLs To solve the problem, the Italian banking system fell on the taxpay- omy. If it does, it could deal another sion between 2012 and 2014. The ment that is broadly consistent with reduced income directly as borrow- government wants to inject capital ers whilecreditors of banks remained blow to the European project, adding subsequent recovery was very weak, rules. We do not foresee the trouble ers failed to service their debt, and to shore up banks and avoid the col- protected. However, Italy does rep- one more layer of uncertainty about with the economy growing by only with Italian banks spilling over to the also indirectly as banks had to put lapse of the banking sector. But the resent a unique case in that bank the future of the EU on top of the UK’s 0.8 percent in 2015. As a result, Ita- wider global economy.” capital aside to provision against government is stuck between a rock creditors are largely retail custom- decision to leave it. Neither the EU ly’s per capita GDP is still below its High NPLs have hit banks’ prof- losses on their troubled loans. and a hard place. On the one hand, ers, including many pensioners, not nor the global economy can handle pre-crisis peak, in contrast to most itability. Italian banks recorded four The impact of NPLs was not new euro area regulations prevent sophisticated institutional investors so much resentment in so little time.

QIC Insured introduces IMALCO’s Summer Promotion Campaign Insurance-on-Call service

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FRANKFURT: Audi aims to have IMALCO Chairman Khalifa Al Khualifi (right) hands over the key of an All-New 2016 Hyundai Tucson assistance — right from selecting the Customers can now call three electric car models by 2020 SUV to Adli Hussain Ali Dalool, winner of IMALCO’s Summer Promotion Campaign, entitled ‘Everyone’s best additional cover to buying or 8000742 or visit qic-insured.com, and for electric vehicles to account renewing comprehensive car insur- fill up and submit an easy form with a Winner with Hankook’. During the the three-month campaign from April 5 to July 2, 2016, customers for 25 to 30 percent of its sales ance. In addition, the service also contact details, purpose of meet- buying two and four Hankook tyres were presented with Basic Car Care and Premium Car Care kits. by 2025, Chief Executive Rupert includes assistance with register- ing, and the preferred location via The mega draw was held on July 14, where Dalool was selected as the bumper prize winner. Stadler (pictured) told a German ing and managing motor insurance Google maps. Once submitted, the newspaper. Audi’s electric cars claims customer receive a confirmation push is part of a strategic overhaul “We’ve been running our self- message and a QIC Insured per- following the emissions scandal at service online platform successfully sonal insurance specialist would parent Volkswagen. for long, providing customers with be available at the preferred time Under the plan, which Stadler an easy-to-use and very fast and and place to assist the customer Fiat Chrysler recalling 410,000 vehicles presented to Audi managers this convenient way of buying and with the purchase or renewal of an week, the group will focus more renewing insurances – however, we existing QIC Insured comprehensive resources on electric cars, digital found that some of our customers car insurance policy or registering Reuters The automaker said it will 2014 Cherokees. The recall includes services and autonomous driving. feel a need for personal meeting to and managing motor claims update software and replace wire about 323,000 vehicles in the United Stadler told daily Heilbronner better being able to select the right Salem Al Mannai said :“Launch- harnesses to address the electronic States, 35,500 in Canada and about Stimme in an interview published covers; with the ‘Insurance-on-Call’, ing this new service demonstrates issue that appears in a small number 51,000 elsewhere. on Saturday that Audi’s offering of this can now be offered as easy as our passion to introduce new, inno- TURIN: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles of vehicles. Fiat Chrysler said there were no electric cars would also include the online services; right in your vative services in the marketplace. NV said it is recalling nearly 410,000 The recall includes 2015 model reports of injuries or crashes related small vehicles in the A-segment. home whenever, or wherever, you It is also testament to how we match vehicles worldwide because of a Chrysler 200 midsize sedans, Ram to the defect. The automaker did not The company also plans to set would need it”, explained Salem Al our customers’ priorities and pref- defect that can lead to a loss of pro- ProMaster City small vans, Jeep Ren- disclose a schedule for when recall up a subsidiary, to be called SDS Mannai (pictured), Deputy Group erences with our bespoke services”. pulsion. egade and Cherokee SUVs and some repairs will begin. Company, to develop an autono- mous car. “This is about a robot car that may not even need a steering wheel or pedals, so it’s ideal for urban traffic,” he said, adding Audi was still looking for Verizon emerges as front-runner in Yahoo auction joint venture partners who would help with the technology. In return for stepping up its Reuters “The price negotiations still can be that transaction could have been car- focus on electric vehicles, autono- tough because it also doesn’t need ried out on a tax-free basis. It instead mous driving and digital services, Yahoo. It can put its money into its decided to explore a sale of its core Audi will seek to reduce complex- AOL franchise.” assets, spurred on by activist hedge ity in other areas, Stadler said. NEW YORK: Yahoo Inc is focusing Verizon is already working on fund Starboard Value LP. “We have discussed what on US telecommunications com- increasing revenue through its go90 Yahoo said in April that Starboard would happen if we dropped the pany Verizon Communications Inc ad-supported mobile video service CEO Jeffrey Smith and three inde- two-door version of the A3. I think as the buyer of its core business after targeted at millennials. The app, pendent directors associated with we would barely lose any custom- reviewing final bids that it received which was introduced in October, him would join its board immedi- ers. We’d rather invest the money this week, people familiar with the offers videos from Comedy Central, ately. All four were on a slate that that is freed up in new models and matter said. Vice and other programmers, as well Starboard had proposed to oust other derivatives,” Stadler said. A deal would boost Verizon’s AOL as basketball and football games. Yahoo’s entire board. A company source said that internet business, which the com- Other bidders for the Yahoo Started in 1994 by Stanford grad- management would also reduce pany acquired last year for $4.4bn, assets include Verizon rival AT&T; uate students Jerry Yang and David orders assigned to external devel- by giving it access to Yahoo’s adver- a consortium led by Quicken Loans Filo, Yahoo in its early years was the opment service providers and tising technology tools, as well other founder Dan Gilbert and backed by destination of choice for many mak- shift funds from that area towards assets such as search, mail, messen- billionaire Warren Buffett; private ing their first forays into the World electric cars, autonomous driving ger and real estate. These synergies equity firm TPG Capital LP; and a Wide Web. The company soared and digitalisation. Weekly maga- have made Verizon the favorite consortium of buyout firms Vec- and then crashed in the first dot- zine Automobilwoche had earlier among industry analysts to prevail A billboard for Yahoo is seen in Washington, DC. tor Capital and Sycamore Partners, com bubble before emerging as one reported that Audi was cutting in the auction. sources have said previously. of the few internet companies with budgets for external projects. The sale would also mark the companies are continuing, and no morning trading on Friday, while AOL Chief Executive Officer Tim substantial revenues and profits. In addition, CEO Stadler end of Yahoo as an operating com- agreement has yet been reached, Verizon rose 1.3 percent to $56.09. Armstrong, who made his name lead- By 2008, Yahoo was fending off a said fuel cell cars were a “must”, pany, leaving it only as the owner of the sources said. Yahoo would like to The sources requested anonymity ing sales at Alphabet Inc’s Google, is contentious takeover bid from Micro- though he said he could not yet a 35.5 percent stake in Yahoo Japan, have a deal for the core assets by the because the negotiations are confi- highly regarded in the advertising soft Corp and struggling to define its say how large demand would be. as well as its 15 percent interest in end of July, one of the sources added. dential. Verizon and Yahoo did not community. Analysts say it is unlikely mission. That question was never Audi’s technical develop- Chinese e-commerce company Ali- Bloomberg News, which reported respond to requests for comment. that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, really answered, leading to years of ment chief Stefan Knirsch told baba Group Holding Ltd. Those two earlier that Verizon was nearing an “Verizon has always been the another former Google high-flyer who management instability and shift- Stuttgarter Zeitung in a separate stakes account for most of Yahoo’s agreement to buy the Yahoo assets, favourite because it has the largest has struggled to turn her internet com- ing priorities. Google, Facebook Inc, interview published yesterday that $37bn market capitalisation. cited an anonymous source as say- potential synergies and therefore pany around, would join him at AOL. Amazon.com Inc and a host of new he expected Audi would not start Yahoo views Verizon as the buyer ing the companies were discussing can pay the most,” said Erik Gor- In December, Yahoo scrapped companies, meanwhile, claimed serial production of a fuel cell car that can deliver the most value, a price close to $5bn. Yahoo shares don, a professor at the University of plans to spin off its Alibaba stake much of the territory that might have before 2020 because of the lack of but negotiations between the two were up 0.6 percent at $39.09 in Michigan’s Ross School of Business. after investors fretted over whether been Yahoo’s. charging stations. BUSINESS SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 19 Ezdan makes Wukair homes water efficient

Group COO Dr Mousa Al Awwad said: “Our strategy in supporting the Ezdan Real Estate rationalisation programme, stems Company installs from the vision of the State of Qatar that pays an exponential interest in 262,000 water-saving matters of environment, health and devices at its Wukair education. This vision inspired us to devote our efforts to preserve natural residential complex to resources, in order to make our experi- reduce consumption ence a successful example in this field.” by nearly 60%. He added: “Ezdan Holding Group has been a pioneer in partnering with Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) through By M.V.A. Kumar a memorandum of understanding, The Peninsula which thanks to Allah Almighty, we were able to implement a large por- Group COO Dr Mousa Al Awwad (left) and a residential complex at Wukair. tion of its provisions.” In the short term, the group plans the water-saving devices at the res- that between 40 and 60 percent of first quarter next year. bin Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani, DOHA: Ezdan Real Estate Company, to introduce water-saving measures idential units in record time. the water has been conserved, and Ezdan Holding Group was hon- Chairman of Ezdan Holding Group, a subsidiary of Ezdan Holding Group, at its residential compounds in Doha, Ezdan Real Estate Acting Gen- in some cases, even higher.” oured at the ‘Tarsheed 4th Annual signed an MoU with Essa bin Hilal Al has successfully installed 262,000 hotels and malls. “We are proud to eral Manager, Omar Al Yafey said: Al Yafey said all the new projects Celebration’ for its whole-hearted Kuwari Chairman of Qatar General water-saving devices in over 15,000 of abide by the national vision of devel- “The specialised team has spared no were equipped with the latest tech- support of the programme, that is Electricity and Water Corporation its residential units at Wukair, thereby opment and the preservation of the efforts to implement this project dur- nologies for rational utilisation of aimed at rationalising and opti- (Kahramaa). The MoU comes under reducing water consumption by nearly state’s resources for a more prosper- ing the previous period, and was able water, mainly Ezdan Oasis. The mising water consumption, as well the framework of Tarsheed’s plans, 60 percent, as envisaged under the ous future for our children,” he said. to accomplish the task with great suc- project will include more than 9,000 as spreading awareness about the mechanisms and initiatives, aimed at National Programme for Conserva- He commended Ezdan Real cess. Now, we have already started units and the first phase will become importance of water conservation. limiting daily per capita water con- tion and Energy Efficiency (Tarsheed). Estate’s technical staff for installing to witness positive results, showing operational by the beginning of the In March 2014, Sheikh Dr. Khalid sumption within the country. G20 countries face calls for action to boost growth

AFP “There is an urgent need for G20 countries to step up their efforts to turn growth around,” it said. But Berlin, in particular, has CHENGDU: The world’s lead- a long history of fiscal rigour and ing economies must do more to argues that government spending is boost slowing global growth, the ineffective at boosting growth, while International Monetary Fund and monetary moves such as ultra-low Retail banks miss Washington urged as G20 finance interest rates and a flood of liquid- ministers gathered yesterday, with ity and credit are counterproductive. out on revenues Britain’s vote to leave the European Ahead of the G20 gathering, Union threatening more disruption. a German ministerial source told Central bank chiefs and finance reporters that the use of govern- on cyber security ministers from the world’s top 20 ment stimulus would not be one of economies met in the southwest- the meeting’s main themes. concerns: Cisco ern Chinese city of Chengdu, and But French Finance Minister US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew Michel Sapin said that as well as told journalists it was “a time of monetary policy, which could not “do The Peninsula continuing uncertainty in the glo- everything”, fiscal policy should be bal economic outlook”. used “as much as possible”. “When you look at the political “Different countries are in dif- DOHA: Retails banks have the developments around the world, ferent situations,” he said, and potential to realize $405.3bnn most recently the referendum in the governments that had room to sup- from 2015 to 2017 as the Digital United Kingdom, it really reinforces port investment should do so, “even Value at Stake (VaS).Yet, in 2015, the importance of concentrating on if one country or another disagrees”. financial services as a whole shared growth,” he said. Other challenges loom besides captured just 29 percent of that Britain’s Finance Minister Philip Brexit, including what one official opportunity. Of the challenges Hammond met his German counter- at the G20 referred to as the “Three slowing growth and innovation, part Wolfgang Schaeuble for the first Ts” — terrorism, Turkey and Trump. cyber security weakness is cer- time, and held talks with Chinese In sharp contrast to an earlier tainly at the forefront. IMF Managing-Director Christine Lagarde (right) arrives to take part in the G20 High-level Tax Symposium central bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan. G20 finance ministers meeting in Technology giant Cisco’s new “In Chengdu for G20 — will be during a meeting of G20 finance ministers in Chengdu, in China’s Sichuan province, yesterday. February, attendees appeared less research entitled “Roadmap to reassuring world that Britain is open concerned about a slowdown in Chi- Digital Value in the Retail Banking for business & will continue to be a consequences stemming from the UK report. “Growth could be even lower respectively. na’s economy — a key driver of global Industry” revealed Cyber security competitive open trading nation,” he referendum,” the draft document said. if the current increases in economic The IMF wants advanced econo- growth — and persistent weakness concerns have prevented retail tweeted. According to a draft com- Just ahead of the meeting, the and political uncertainty in the wake mies such as Germany and the United in its yuan currency. The Asian giant banks from adopting digital tech- munique the G20 will seek to stress IMF called on key G20 nations to of the ‘Brexit’ vote continue.” States to channel more public spend- expanded 6.9 percent in 2015 — its nologies and business models. And the impact of Brexit can be tackled. boost government spending. “Global In its most recent forecast, the ing into infrastructure investment weakest annual rate in a quarter of a this has contributed to them miss- “Members of the G20 are well posi- growth remains weak, and downside IMF lowered its forecasts for global to help boost growth, an issue that century — as Beijing navigates a dif- ing out on more than 70 percent of tioned to proactively address the risks have become more salient,” the growth this year and next by 0.1 per- has sparked divisions among G20 ficult transition to more sustainable the potential revenue opportunity. potential economic and financial Washington-based lender said in a cent, to 3.1 percent and 3.4 percent members. growth. “With the pressing realities of agile ‘fintech’ disruptors, digital consumer demands, and complex regulatory hurdles, the question China workforce of how retail banks can compete Serena to feature ProPILOT autonomous drive technology and capture the revenue opportu- may decline nity at hand has come to the fore,” says Mike Weston (pictured), Vice- The Peninsula Nissan is report- President, Cisco Middle East. “As 23% by 2050 edly carrying out the largest segment of financial intensive studies of services, retail banks play a critical driving conditions role in any economy. The ability for AFP DOHA: Nissan Motor Co Ltd. has in various regions digital technologies to create and announced that its new Serena, to make ProPI- drive new revenue opportunities, scheduled to go on sale in Japan end LOT well-suited for combined with the ability to lower BEIJING: The size of China’s of next month, will be equipped with conditions in the operational costs through digitized workforce may decline by as the company’s ProPILOT autono- markets in which business processes, brings tremen- much as 23 percent by 2050, a mous drive technology, offering it will be launched. dous opportunity. But, too many government official said, as the motorists convenience and peace The ProPILOT sys- banks are moving slowly or not population of the world’s second- of mind during highway mobility. tem equipped on at all. By waiting to digitise their largest economy rapidly ages. ProPILOT is a revolution- the Serena in Japan businesses, or by delaying new China’s working age popu- ary autonomous drive technology was developed in technology initiatives, banks risk lation, defined as those between designed for highway use in sin- pursuit of an easy- not only missing out on the poten- the ages of 16 and 59, peaked in gle-lane traffic. Nissan is the first to-use technology tial Value at Stake, but are actually 2011 and would soon “experience Japanese automaker to introduce a for highway driv- at risk for being put out of business a process of sharp decline”, par- combination of steering, accelerator fit-to-drive interface includes a per- the driver (between approximately ing conditions in Japan. altogether.” ticularly after 2030, said Li Zhong, and braking that can be operated in sonal display showing the operating 30 km/h and 100 km/h). The system The automaker is also proactively The research outlines the a spokesman for the Ministry of full automatic mode, easing driver status. also keeps the car in the middle of working on vehicle intelligence and Digital Value at Stake for retail Human Resources and Social workload in heavy highway traffic The accelerator, brakes and the highway lane by reading lane vehicle electrification to make its banking – as well as a digital road- Security, at a news conference. and during long commutes. steering are controlled on the basis markers and controlling steering, corporate visions of “Zero Emissions” map for success. The study reveals He forecast that last year’s Employing advanced image- of information obtained through even through curves. and “Zero Fatalities” a reality. Under digital use cases that drive the fast- tally of 911 million people of work- processing technology, the car’s a mono camera equipped with If a car in the front stops, the Pro- “Nissan Intelligent Mobility”, Pro- est value and return on investment ing age could fall as low as 700 ProPILOT system understands road advanced-image processing soft- PILOT system automatically applies PILOT promotes safety and instills for retail banks. With the right million by 2050 — a decline of and traffic situations and executes ware. The ProPILOT camera can the brakes to bring the vehicle to a confidence in drivers, and it is part technology investments such as over 23 percent. “Over the long precise steering enabling the vehicle quickly recognise in three-dimen- halt. The vehicle will remain stand- of “Nissan Intelligent Driving”. analytics, mobility, video, and term, macro-level data analysis to perform naturally. ProPILOT tech- sional depth both preceding vehicles still even if the driver’s foot is off Nissan has plans to introduce virtualised delivery models – and shows that we must focus on the nology is extremely user-friendly, and lane markers. the brake pedal. Once he is ready ProPILOT into its other vehicles, with a plan for navigating security development of human resources thanks to a switch on the steering Once activated, ProPILOT auto- to resume driving, the ProPILOT including the Qashqai in Europe in risks – retail banks can create a as a whole, and study how to more wheel that allows the driver to easily matically controls the distance can be activated by touching the 2017. There are also plans to intro- blueprint for capturing their share fully and more efficiently make activate and deactivate the system. between the vehicle and the preced- switch again or lightly pressing the duce the technology to the US and of the hundreds of billions in Dig- use of labour resources,” he said. ProPILOT’s easy-to-understand and ing vehicle, using a speed preset by accelerator. Chinese markets. ital Value at Stake. BUSINESS VIEWS 20 SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016

The Swiss watch China’s WeChat takes industry’s on WhatsApp in Africa perfect storm

By Leonid Bershidsky Asia, smartwatch producers are Bloomberg nibbling off market share from the Swiss in the lower price seg- ments. And smartphone is as good at telling time as a watch. wiss watchmakers sailed On Thursday, Swatch Group, into a perfect storm this the biggest Swiss watchmaker, year. The industry, which reported disappointing half- generates more than year results — a year-on-year S$20bn in exports, was buffeted sales decrease of 11.3 percent, from all sides — largely by cir- roughly in line with the market, cumstances largely beyond its and a 53.6 percent drop in oper- control, but it’s increasingly ating profit. The company cited clear that the decline will con- forex headwinds and “lower pro- tinue unless the industry changes duction utilisation” as reasons for the way it designs and markets this, the latter a function of the its products. inventory accumulation. Retail- In January through June, ers and watchmakers are trying the exports of Swiss watches to fight it with discounts, but the dropped 11.9 percent in unit glut is not going away. terms and 10.7 percent in value Most of these adverse con- terms compared to the same ditions have nothing to do with period last year. The decline has the industry itself. Companies been accelerating every month. such as Swatch and Richemont In June, sales were falling in are waiting out the storm, look- every region, every price cate- ing for bits of good news in a sea gory, every type of watch. of despair. Swatch says it has seen A WeChat logo is displayed on a mobile phone in Johannesburg. It’s as if market forces have strong retail growth in Chine and conspired against the industry. the UK in July, though the month The strong Swiss franc has been isn’t even over so no specific data By Tiisetso Motsoeneng in 2013 by China’s Internet giant Tencent levied on some of its users. putting downward pressure on can be reported. Reuters and its 34 percent shareholder South Afri- Although there are no reliable statistics sales since January, 2015. The But the Swiss industry can’t can e-commerce and media group Naspers, on the number of mobile phone owners who anti-corruption campaign in lay all the blame on external WeChat Africa is a rare south-south corpo- use either WhatsApp or WeChat on the rest China made bureaucrats more factors. The commodity, cur- rate partnership to expand on the continent. of the continent, there are parts of Africa cautious about accepting Swiss rency and tourism fluctuations ate to the party, WeChat, China’s The joint venture is facing an uphill bat- where WeChat is almost unknown whereas watches as gifts. A taste shift may are so much white noise that’s biggest Internet-based mobile tle in taking on WhatsApp, which offers WhatsApp is everywhere from Namibia to be under way among well-trav- distracting the Swiss from their messaging platform, is scram- free text, picture and video messages and Niger. “I used to have a WeChat account but elled, affluent Chinese, anyway: industry’s major problem: The bling to get a piece of the action whose adoption in big African markets I deleted it because you will find virtually Instead of lining up in front of aura of old-world luxury, on in the booming African market. such as South Africa was lightening-fast nobody to chat. With WhatsApp, there Hong Kong luxury boutiques, which its advertising culture is LThe move is leading the South Africa- because texts over a phone network are are no complications, it’s simple and all they are, like their Western based, has an increasingly lim- China joint venture down a fiercely still expensive. my friends use it,” Nkululeko Mabuza, a peers, more interested in paying ited appeal in a tech-driven world competitive path as Facebook’s WhatsApp A 2015 study by World Wide Worx, 24-year-old social worker in Tzaneen, a for experiences than for brands where the younger generation is, is already part of the social media fabric in a Johannesburg consultancy, showed large town 400km north of Johannesburg. and bling. Asian watch and jew- for the first time since World War most African countries. WhatsApp had just over 10 million users Loubser said WeChat is all about ellery retailers have been awash II, poorer than its parents. Africa is not often the scene of battles in South Africa compared with just over making it easier for users with a suite of in inventory — according to data The industry is trying to shore between tech giants, but the outcome could 5 million for WeChat. But WhatsApp, features to order food takeouts, shop online, compiled by Bloomberg Intelli- up its position by deeply tradi- help determine who can turn the exponen- acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $19bn and search for jobs and transfer money without gence, unsold goods are now tional means. From January, 2017, tial growth in online messaging services which has a long-standing promise to keep having to leave the interface. worth upward of 60 percent 60 percent of a watch’s value will into profits. WeChat stands at a major dis- the platform ad-free, has no immediate “We looked very carefully at what of the major retailers’ market need to be produced in Swit- advantage as WhatsApp is used far more plans to make money out of the service the platform can achieve beyond just capitalisation. zerland for it to be considered widely, making users naturally reluctant in Africa, Facebook Africa head Nunu messaging because people use products Besides, the renminbi has Swiss-made. Does it, however, to choose a rival service. But WeChat is Ntshingila said. when there’s value for them,” he said. been weakening, so Chinese matter to millennials where a betting an array of services that include “At this point in time, we are not at the Late last year WeChat launched mobile travellers have been buying less watch is made? money transfers, prepaid electricity and stage where we are looking at monetising money services, or WeChat Wallet, which wherever they go. The marketing of Swiss airtime purchases and WhatsApp,” Ntshingila said. “That’s in a allows users to store bank cards and European sales have been hit watches is traditionally based its experience in sell- three-year time frame because right now withdraw cash at the ATMs of a partner, by a slowdown in tourism growth on connoisseurship, on creat- ing products to lower the focus is on two big apps which are Standard Bank. The service might be following the recent high-pro- ing an artificial impression of income users in the Facebook and Messenger.” alluring for Africans. The success of file terror attacks. France, one rarity, on “convincing a brand’s villages of China will With Facebook’s deep pockets, analysts telecoms operator Safaricom’s mobile of the biggest markets for Swiss customers that it is indifferent to loosen the Silicon Val- believe WhatsApp can easily leverage its money service M-Pesa in Kenya has watches, in part thanks to the their needs and wishes,” as Matt ley grip. popularity on the continent as and when it convinced investors and executives that huge number of tourists, has Sinclair of the Loughborough “That’s at the heart turns on the monetisation tap. Ntshingila the convergence of financial services and actually seen declines in arriv- Design School put it in a recent of the story for us said WhatsApp is the No.1 messaging mobile phones offers growth opportunities. als. Japan, too, has had a tourism paper: The designer and the arti- because we knew that platform in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya. The logic of using mobile phones to problem, in part thanks to a san knows best. That’s a potential WeChat stands at a we were late to the “You could argue that WeChat is access financial services in sub-Saharan strengthening yen. hook for millennials, who admire market compared to pulling ahead in monetisation efforts but Africa is obvious: For every 100,000 people Another adverse factor has hand-made, artisanal objects. Yet major disadvantage other instant messaging WhatsApp guys can do anything using their there are at least four bank branches and been gold prices, which have Swiss watches aren’t sold to them as WhatsApp is used apps and so we realised numbers. It’s all about who’s got numbers,” five ATMs but more than 700 mobile phones. rocketed 25 percent since the in that way: The glossy advertis- that focusing on chat ICT analyst Sibonginkosi Nyanga at fund Earlier this month WeChat partnered start of the year, hitting the ing is too traditional, too focused far more widely, services was not the manager Momentum SP Reid said. with Stuff, the word’s best-selling gadget sales of precious watches: They on the shiny object on a celeb- making users naturally most practical way to WhatsApp is testing making restaurants, and technology magazine, and a unit of declined 31 percent year-on-year rity’s wrist rather than on the get to market,” WeChat airlines and credit card firms pay to contact household goods retailer Steinhoff to launch in June. people who make them and the reluctant to choose a Africa head Brett Loub- consumers, its Chief Executive Jan Koum a payment feature that allows WeChat Throughout the West and old-school technology they use. rival service. ser told Reuters. said in January, when the company Wallet users to scan a barcode along side Launched in Africa announced it is dropping its token $1 fee a product in the magazine. Pokemon Go offers glimpse into $32bn SoftBank-ARM deal

By Pavel Alpeyev and Takashi Amano the roulette table,” said Yoshihisa Toyosaki, an well as every iPhone and Samsung Galaxy The company had more than $100bn in Bloomberg analyst at Architect Grand Design, an electron- smartphone. debt as of the end of March — and will prob- ics research and consulting company in Tokyo. SoftBank and ARM’s fortunes are already ably have to borrow more to get the deal “It would be interesting to see how his think- intertwined in several markets, according to done. That’s pushed spreads on SoftBank’s ing will impact ARM’s strategy going forward.” IHS Markit. Son’s company operates wireless bonds higher as investors reassess the bur- very time a Pokemon Go fan drains a Son is making the case that the company’s networks in Japan and the United States and den on the company’s finances and the risk smartphone battery chasing virtual biggest-ever acquisition will go beyond smart- has investments in robotics, energy and inter- of non-payment. monsters, it’s a reminder that chip phones and is an investment in the future of net startups. ARM is expanding into wearables, Son has forged a career and Japan’s sec- technology has a long way to go. connected devices, also known as the Internet infrastructure and smart home and automobile ond-biggest fortune by going into debt to bet EThe company poised to push the bound- of Things. Apple, Google, Samsung Electron- applications. “SoftBank’s investment in ARM early on some of the pivotal technology trends Every time a Pokemon Go aries of mobile computing is ARM Holdings, ics, General Electric and other tech giants have might not only be paid back by further growth of his time. SoftBank started as a distributor of which has built a business designing chips that connected thermostats, washers and watches in ARM, but also help protect the company’s software in 1981, right after the first IBM per- fan drains a smartphone squeeze the most out of limited battery capac- to the web. Whatever those devices will be, and other investments and drive future investment sonal computer appeared. battery chasing virtual ity on mobile devices, dominating 85 percent whatever software runs on them, Son is wager- strategies,” IHS Markit analysts Tom Hacken- In 2000, Son invested in an e-commerce monsters, it’s a reminder of the market. ing they will run on silicon designed by ARM. berg and Lee Ratliff wrote in a report. startup that would evolve into Alibaba Group Masayoshi Son built SoftBank Group Corp “With augmented reality suddenly becom- Not everyone is convinced. The deal Holding Ltd more than a decade before it that chip technology has by making big, early bets on personal comput- ing a hot topic after the Pokemon Go boom, doesn’t mesh with SoftBank’s investment strat- became an online shopping powerhouse. Then a long way to go. The ers, broadband and smartphones. Now, he’s graphics capabilities of mobile handsets are egy set out by former President Nikesh Arora, in 2006, SoftBank paid 1.8 trillion yen ($17bn) spending $32bn to buy ARM, gambling that going to another level,” said Amir Anvarzadeh, said Atul Goyal, an analyst at Jefferies Group. for Vodafone Group Plc’s struggling Japanese hit game that relies on the company’s chips will find their way into Singapore-based head of Japanese equity sales So far, the Japanese company has pursued operations. Two years later, SoftBank gained power-hungry GPS and self-driving cars, virtual-reality devices and at BGC Partners. “ARM looks nicely positioned minority stakes in startups poised to disrupt the exclusive rights to the iPhone in Japan. machines with artificial intelligence. Pokemon to land a good chunk of that market’s growth.” established industries, such as India’s ride- Son now says a new paradigm shift is camera functions to work, Go, the hit game that relies on power-hungry ARM focuses on small, low-power devices hailing service Ola and US-based online lender afoot. Regardless of whether there’s another is showing people the GPS and camera functions to work, is show- and doesn’t actually make semiconductors, Social Finance Inc. “Some of the devices that Pokemon Go hit, an entirely new gadget or a ing people the limits and capabilities of their licensing its designs instead. Its chips found he’s talking about, refrigerators and houses groundbreaking business such as Uber Tech- limits and capabilities of smartphones. their way into 15 billion devices in 2015, includ- and all that stuff, also require steel, which nologies Inc, the one thing they will probably their smartphones. “ARM holds licences to core technolo- ing televisions, medical equipment, cars and in turn requires iron,” Goyal said. “You can have in common is that an ARM-based chip gies, so Son is effectively taking control of internet-connected home appliances — as stretch the logic any which way.” will be crucial to making them work. SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 21 Doping scandal derails Putin’s masterplan

of state-sponsored cheating. Next up, Russia will be holding parallels with thee Cold War-era con-con- Russia went on to top the med- (former(former Communist East Germany),”Germany),” Judo-loving former KGB agent the football World Cup in 2018. frontation in sport.rt. als tatableble in Sochi -- another source Kalachev said, pointing to the coun- Russia’s Judo-loving Putin has often lamented the col- “Nobody says now that sporting “Recent events,ents, the difficult of enormous national pprideride for Putin trytry where the Kremlin leader served President expects to lapse of the Soviet Union and his victories are proof of the suprem- atmosphere aroundound internationainternationall andand many Russians. asas a KGB oofficerfficer andand whichwhich ran a determination to use sport to har- acy of our way of life but winning is sports and the Olympiclympic movement, Only now have the extraordinary notorious doping campaign. use sport to refashion ness national pride has echoes in the a means for increasing patriotism,” unfortunately stirsrs analogies with the lengths they went to get there “The successes country’s image but Communist-era clashes between East says Yevgeny Slyusarenko, dep- 1980s,” Putin warnedrned this week,week, cit-cit- been revealed. ooff the GDR in state-run doping and West. uty editor of Russian sports website ing the boycotts of the 1980 Games While Putin has furi- sport relied “Under Putin the greatness of the Championat.com. in Moscow and 1984984 competition in ouslyously ddeniedenied tthathat ttherehere hheavilyeavily on drama threatens to country is measured not only in the “Like during the USSR, sport is Los Angeles. is any state-run doping doping. His- spoil any successes number of rockets, warheads, tanks used for some internal aims -- now it “Now we are witnessiwitnessingng a dan-dan- programmeprogramme in Russia, torytory is now and planes, but by the amount of is patriotism, increasing the prestige gerous return to ppoliticalolitical interference analyst Kalachev said repeating medals won, champions and victo- of the authorities inside the country.” in sport.” thatthat the Kremlin’s itself.” ries,” Konstantin Kalachev, head of That may go some way also to Others, however,ever, argue that the thirst for victory the Moscow-based Political Expert explaining the reactions by Rus- political meddlingg in sport is coming was likely fuel- AFP Group think tank, said. sian officials and a large swathe of mainly from the RussianRussian autauthoritieshorities lingling tthehe ccheating.heating. “Russia is rising from its knees, the population to the latest scandal, -- and desperationion for success lies “Some here like becoming a great power again and which saw Russia accused of state- behind the currentnt dopindopingg scandal. to sasayy that Putin’s that means returning to the things run doping that included the samples A report releasedased by the World ideal is the MOSCOW: Russia’s President that we were proud of during the of cheating athletes swapped for Anti-Doping Agencyency (WADA) this GDRG DR Vladimir Putin has pumped vast sums USSR.” clean ones in Sochi. week detailing thehe “state-dictated” into sport to refashion country’s image Since coming to power 16 years Ukraine, Syria and now doping: system to hide drudrugg test failfail-- and bolster his personal prestige, but ago Putin has staked his personal for many in Russia it is just the latest ures said it wass put in pplacelace the scandal over state-run doping reputation on bringing major sport- attack by the West. after a dismal showingowing at the threatens to obliterate any successes. ing events to Russia in a bid to recast Rather than focus their ire on the 2010 Winter Olympicslympics in The International Olympic Com- the country as a resurgent force on officials accused of systematic cheat- Vancouver. mittee’s (IOC) executive board are to the international stage after the ing, Russians have tended to lash out “It was decidedcided that hold a conference call today to dis- upheavals of the 1990s. at the allegations as just the latest this could not hhappenappen at cuss barring Russia from the Rio In 2007 he flew to Guatemala to move in a broader political campaign Sochi and the planan to ensure Olympics starting on August 5 over personally plead Russia’s eventu- to damage the country. lots of medal winnerswinners was jaw-dropping doping revelations. ally successful case to hold the 2014 With ties with the West already concocted” by the sports That move comes with Russia’s Winter Olympic Games in Sochi and at their lowest ebb since the collapse ministry, the reporteport citecitedd track and field squad already barred then splurged over $50 billion on of the Soviet Union over the crisis whistleblower GrigoryGrigory Russia’s President Vladimir Putin from the competition over evidence hosting it. in Ukraine, Putin has also drawn Rodchenkov as saying.aying. Phelps hoping Rio swansong hits right notes US romp over Argentina in first Reuters last, Phelps won four gold and six “Being able to fall in love with US swimming trials watching his son medals but walked away filled with the sport again is something that I’ve qualify for a fifth Olympic team, and the regret that he simply went through always wanted to do again and I did it in May his fiancée Nicole gave birth to friendly game the motions rather than embracing the on my terms.” their son Boomer. TORONTO: Having ended his career moment. Like many athletes, when his Having qualified for Rio in three once in London on what he considered “Going into ‘12, I just didn’t want career finished, Phelps appeared lost events, the 100 and 200 metres but- a sour note, Michael Phelps enters the to do it,” the 31-year-old said at the US and unprepared. terfly and 200 individual medley, he AFP first 20 minutes and the USA Rio de Janeiro Olympics pool for his Olympic swim trials in Nebraska last He talked of becoming a profes- will also be a candidate for the relays parlayed 23 turnovers into 36 second swansong determined to bow month. sional golfer but eventually found as he looks to add to his astonishing points. Andres Nocioni led out on his own terms. “I tried to fake it. I wanted to get himself testing the waters of a swim- tally of 18 gold medals. Argentina with 15 points. San Inspired, motivated and sober, the in and out as fast as I could and really ming comeback. Phelps has made the 100 fly and LAS VEGAS: Kevin Durant Antonio Spurs veteran Manu champion swimmer heads to Rio with wanted nothing to do with it. That return was interrupted by a 200 medley gold medals his personal scored 23 points and DeMar- Ginobili added 11 and Luis Scola the chance to add to his record total of “That haunted me for a while. second drunk driving arrest in 2014 property at the last three Olympics and cus Cousins pulled down 15 10. Argentina toughened up in 22 medals and to pen the happy ending “I came back because I wanted to. and a stint in rehab, which laid the he could join discus thrower Al Oerter rebounds as the United States the third quarter, surrendering he feels he denied himself four years I wanted to do this for me. I’m enjoy- foundation for his transformation from (1956-68) and long jumper Carl Lewis cruised past Argentina 111-74 in just two turnovers and allow- earlier. ing the moment and I’m embracing party boy to family man. (1984-1996) as the only athletes to win their first tune-up for the Rio de ing the hosts just one offensive At the 2012 London Olympics, the moment and taking it one step at He reconnected with his estranged gold in the same individual event at Janeiro Olympics. rebound. which he also declared would be his a time. father, who was in the stands at the four consecutive Games. The United States will be But the United States out- favoured to win a third straight scored Argentina 24-8 in the Olympic gold medal under first six minutes of the fourth coach Mike Krzyzewski, despite period. Russian swimmer the absence of such NBA stars The game was the first of as LeBron James and Stephen five exhibitions that Team USA Tarasevich escapes Brazil is investigating potential terror threats and implementing stricter security measures Curry. will play over 11 days prior to meldonium ban for the Rio Olympics, which are expected to attract as many as 500,000 foreign visitors Plenty of NBA talent heading for Rio. AIRSPACE RESTRICTIONS* remains, and it was on full view They will play China twice, Brazil’s government has warned it will shoot down any on Friday in Las Vegas. on Sunday in Los Angeles and on unidentified aircraft that violates protected airspace around Olympic facilities Paul George, the Indiana Tuesday in Oakland before tak- AFP F-5 fighter jet Pacers star returning to US duty ing on Venezuela in Chicago and after suffering a career-threat- Nigeria in Houston. ening broken leg in the build-up Team USA will again face L O S A N G E L E S : Russian swimmer to the 2014 World Cup, added China in both teams’ first game Grigory Tarasevich, an Olympic 18 points off the bench for the in Rio on August 6 and Vene- medal hopeful in the men’s 100m 100km around city Americans, who were play- zuela is also drawn in the same backstroke, tested positive for RIO DE Aircraft monitored and TROOP DEPLOYMENTS ing together after four days of preliminary group along with 20km meldonium but won’t face a sus- JANEIRO certified. Training and Football venues training. Australia, France and Serbia. pension under current guidelines 12 miles tourist flights prohibited By halftime, the United Since adding NBA talent to Engenhão Total of 20,000 on the recently banned oxy- Maracanã soldiers across States led 56-33, unsettling its squads starting in the 1992 gen booster, the US Anti-Doping Within 27km of venues five cities Argentina with their defensive Olympics, US teams have gone Agency said on Friday. Deodoro Restricted to specific flights pressure. 48-1 in Olympic preliminary- Tarasevich, a 20-year-old, Amazônia Carmelo Anthony had three round play, the lone defeat to Within 7.2km: Prohibited without BRAZIL tested positive for meldonium Arena steals and Cousins two in the Italy in 2004. at a Pro Swim series meeting in prior defence authority approval Mané Garrincha Barra – Manaus Orlando, Florida, in March and Stadium Olympic Park Copacabana Brasilia Fonte in an out-of-competition test on 1,000km Atlantic Nova March 29, USADA said. 620 miles Ocean Arena It’s one of a spate of meldo- Salvador Georgian mother and nium positives since the drug was Minerão added to the WADA’s banned list *In place July 24-August 22 over six Olympic host cities Belo on January 1 with tennis star Maria Horizonte Rio de Janeiro RESOURCES Nuclear security 21,000 troops son out to make history Sharapova the most famous name 300 agents from National patrolling streets to fall afoul of the new regulation. Nuclear Energy Commission and venues Sharapova admitted taking trained to prevent, identify and Reuters competition at the 1988 Seoul the drug this year and has been respond to nuclear incidents Corinthians Arena Olympics when she represented banned for two years. But USADA Private security guards São Paulo the team of the now defunct said the small concentration in Recruitment spree underway to hire Soviet Union. Tarasevich’s sample was consist- as many as 7,000 staff needed to Zika virus: Games TBILISI: The Rio Olympics will At the 2008 Beijing Olym- taking place in Rio’s ent with use before meldonium monitor x-ray machines and pat down be the eighth Games for Geor- pics she won a bronze medal for winter season, when was banned. spectators at checkpoints outside gian shooter Nino Salukvadze, Georgia in a 10-metre air pis- Olympic venues number of mosquito- “During USADA’s investigation borne infections decline. Low risk but it will be the first time when tol event. of the case, it was discovered that Security personnel: 88,000 – POTENTIAL THREATS of virus spread according to health she will be joined by a very spe- Salukvadze’s 18-year-old a physician in Russia gave Tarase- more than twice as many as London Crime: Rio faces deteriorating officials. Authorities taking precautions cial team-mate, her own son. son Tsotne Machavariani shot vich a prescription for meldonium 2012 Olympics – includes 41,000 security situation in 2016. Heavily- to control mosquito populations It is believed to be the first a personal best in the 10-metre soldiers and 47,000 police in June 2015. The doctor told Tara- armed drug gangs such as Red So-called Islamic State (IS) such case in Olympic history air pistol at the European Cham- sevich that the meldonium was to Armed forces equipment Command control most of city’s Jihadi group Ansar al-Khilafah when a mother and her son will pionship in February to get an be used during periods of inten- 12 large navy ships and 48 smaller favela, or slum, districts and could Brazil pledged allegiance to IS in compete side by side. Olympic qualifying spot. sive training,” USADA said in a vessels, 70 armoured vehicles, divert police resources July via messaging app Telegram, “I am very happy and very “It’s a double joy for me, statement. 28 helicopters. Total of 80 aircraft Cybercrime: Brazil’s and called for attacks proud that I will be competing because I will participate in the for airspace control operations “Tarasevich reported using the intelligence agency is on Rio Games. alongside my son. We will do our Olympics for the first time in my substance in response to difficult Intelligence: Officers from monitoring 40 groups Tweet threatening best to perform well,” Saluk- life and because I will compete training during three, two-week U.S., UK, Spain, Belgium, France, of hackers seen as Brazil sent in vadze, 47, said. in Rio alongside my mother,” periods in 2015. The last time Argentina and Paraguay to support posing threat to federal November 2015 Salukvadze was 19 when she Machavariani said. Brazilian agencies at Integrated agency websites. Country by French IS Tarasevich used meldonium was Anti-Terrorism Centre in Rio. Other ranked eighth in world for bot-based member Maxime won a gold medal in the wom- Salukvadze said she in early October 2015, when he centres set up in football host cities (automated software) cybercrime Hauchard (right) en’s 25-metre sporting pistol believed that family relations do learned it was going to be added competition and silver in the not matter in sports and should to the WADA Prohibited List. Sources: Rio 2016, Olympic.org, wire agencies Pictures: Associated Press, Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS women’s 10-metre air pistol not cool sport ardour. 22 SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 SPORT Appointment of ‘Big Sam’ hailed on Twitter

job Sam Allardici!!” tweeted Car- Five facts on Sam England captain ragher, referring to the time Allardyce bemoaned the fact he Allardyce Rooney welcomes might have been considered for the London: Five facts on Sam Allardyce as England England job if he had been a foreign Allardyce who was named the coach. new England manager on Friday: manager Former Arsenal and Eng- land defender Kenny Sansom said Big Sam Allardyce’s no-nonsense style and Blunt talking is his style -- AFP frank way of speaking would be a reflected in his autobiography strong weapon to possess in the Eng- 'Big Sam' -- and no surprise land job when dealing with players after a playing career where with big egos. uncompromising and no-nonsense LONDON: Sam Allardyce will hope- “Sam #Allardyce is a strong char- would be the attributes most fully prove the England job is not acter. You’ve got to be strong to deal commonly used to describe him an impossible one tweeted former with modern players,” tweeted San- as a central defender. Former England striker Gary Lineker as the som, who was capped 86 times. football world reacted to his appoint- His now former club Sunderland Wimbledon and Sheffield United ment on Friday. did not join in the warm reaction. manager Dave Bassett quipped: The 61-year-old Englishman has They issued a terse statement and "He was what I called a ball- been give a two year contract with demonstrably showed their displeas- playing defender... If he wasn't the priority of first guiding England ure at having their manager, who had playing with the ball he was to the 2018 World Cup finals and then saved their Premier League status playing with your balls." Enjoyed be judged on how they fare in Russia from an almost impossible situa- his best spell as a player at Bolton as they seek to end what will be by tion last season, ripped from them Wanderers -- he later established then a 52-year trophy drought. just weeks ahead of the start of the his reputation as a manager in “Sam Allardyce is the new Eng- new season. taking the unfashionable side to land manager. Wish him the very However, there was not one word the League Cup final and to the best. It’s not the impossible job it’s of gratitude nor wishing him well in Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce celebrates after Patrick van Aanholt (not pictured) scores their first said to be, as I hope big Sam proves,” what he described as the job he had goal in their English Premier League match against AFC Bournemouth at Stadium of Light in this file picture top tier. He stayed with the club tweeted Lineker, who was in the always desired. of January 23, 2016. for nine years. England team which lost to West “Sunderland AFC confirms the It's a fair cop Germany in the 1990 World Cup departure of Sam Allardyce, who with clubs battling to avoid the drop. in the World Cup qualifying group “I think it’s a good appointment,” Allardyce's father Bob was a semi-finals. takes up the position of England However, another fan said that this year,” he told the BBC. Rooney, who is in China as part of policeman who rose to the post Phil Neville, former England manager with immediate effect.” Allardyce had actually overachieved Meanwhile, England captain Manchester United’s pre-season tour, of sergeant. "My old man always international defender and who was Among fans there was a mixed with the level of players he had gen- Wayne Rooney has welcomed the told reporters. said you only get what you graft assistant coach at La Liga side Valen- reaction ranging from scarcely hid- erally worked with. appointment of Allardyce as national “He will probably bring a dif- cia until the end of last season, said den contempt to confidence that “Allardyce has shown at Bolton, team manager and confirmed he is ferent way of playing to England. for," he told The Daily Telegraph Allardyce was a good choice. Allardyce would restore the fight and Blackburn and Sunderland that he’s not planning on retiring from inter- Hopefully it’s a good way and we can in 2014. "It doesn't matter how “Well done @OfficialBigSam vim to the England side that looked capable of producing sides greater national football after the country’s be successful under him.” intelligent you are, how much well deserved!!!” tweeted the shot when it trailed 2-1 to minnows than the sum of their parts,” wrote disappointing showing at the Euro- The England skipper, who is also education you've got, you'll only 39-year-old. Iceland in their Euro 2016 last 16 pearcesleftfoot. pean Championship. his country’s highest goalscorer, said get there on work rate. My dad Jamie Carragher, formerly a Liv- clash last month. None, though, quite went to Allardyce was appointed England he had no intention of retiring from was a policeman for 25 years, erpool and England central defender “Wow. Just, wow. What exactly the lengths of Peter, an England manager on Friday on a two-year international duty. a sergeant, and he taught me turned respected TV pundit, couldn’t are the FA hoping to avoid relega- and Newcastle fan -- a team that contract, replacing Roy Hodgson, “Am I going to carry on? It was discipline. restrain himself in his congratula- tion from?” wrote Guardian reader Allardyce once managed -- who was who quit following the team’s last- asked of me after the Euros, but tory message. Geoffrey Soupe referring drily to outraged by the appointment. 16 exit from Euro 2016 at the hands yes, I’ll be there,” the 30-year-old Bet your house on him “Good luck with the @England Allardyce mainly being associated “I am going to support Scotland of Iceland. added. Had Allardyce reached the level he did as a player today he would have been more than adequately paid. However, in his day, he had to cast around with an eye on how to supplement his playing income. Sunderland snap up ‘first He bought up modest properties in Bolton, doing them up before selling them on. Finds his rhythm at Limerick choice’ Moyes as boss Rafael Benitez and Allardyce have had a running feud for years. Not the least of the perceived slights was when Benitez AFP unsuccessful stint in Spain with Real Moyes had been the bookies’ claimed Allardyce had never won Sociedad, will be tasked with keeping favourite ever since Allardyce was Sunderland in the Premier League for linked to the England hot seat, and silverware -- wrong because 'Big another season. Sunderland moved swiftly to put him Sam' won the 1992 League of LONDON: Sunderland have The Scot started his managerial in place after the Allardyce appoint- Ireland title as player/manager of appointed former Manchester United career with Preston in 1998 but really ment was confirmed on Friday. Limerick City. manager David Moyes to replace Sam made a name for himself at Everton, The Black Cats, who tried numer- 21st century manager not Allardyce as boss at the Stadium of before his ill-fated spell at Manches- ous times to lure Moyes before, are stuck in the past Light, the perennial Premier League ter United, where he was fired after crying out for managerial stability Despite Jose Mourinho once strugglers said yesterday. less than a season in the 2013-2014 and Short believes Moyes is the man New Sunderland manager David Moyes arrives before the match describing Allardyce's style of Moyes -- the northeast England campaign. to provide it. between Rotherham United and Sunderland during a pre season football as being "stuck in the 19th club’s ninth permanent boss in less Moyes told the Sunderland web- “We are absolutely delighted to friendly at Aesseal New York Stadium yesterday. than eight years -- signed a four- site: “I am delighted to have joined welcome David Moyes to Sunderland, century" the Englishman rejects year contract with the Black Cats Sunderland. I am relishing the chal- who was by far and away our first that and is also an admirer of "The and was chairman Ellis Short’s “first lenge and excited by the opportunity. choice,” said Short. “He was my number one man- better, stronger and more stable Special One" and Alex Ferguson. choice” to take over after Allardyce “I have taken over a big British “He is a man whose football agerial target for the last five football club and with a manager He says that unlike managers such was named the new England man- club, with a great support, and I’m pedigree speaks for itself and is appointments, but his desire to of David’s calibre and experience as Benitez and Arsene Wenger, ager this week. looking forward to working in the someone I have long admired. I honour existing contracts meant we at the helm, we have a fantas- they are capable of adapting their Moyes, 53, who was sacked from Premier League again. “I look for- have spoken with him on many were not able to bring him to Sun- tic opportunity to begin looking teams' style of play according to Old Trafford in the immediate post- ward to continuing the good work occasions and I have always been derland previously.” Short added: upwards, rather than downwards the opposition they are facing. Alex Ferguson era and then had an done by Sam.” hugely impressed.” “It is our aim to become a every season.” Baja Spain Aragon: Hussein in second place after opening two stages

The Peninsula 2016 Baja Spain sufficient to give the Nissan Patrol the overnight advantage in the T2 Aragon category by the margin of just 1.8 Positions after SS2 seconds from rival Saeidan. TERUEL SPAIN: Qatar’s Adel Hus- (Saturday - T2 class): Competitors tackled two selec- sein Abdulla was superbly placed to 1 Yasir Seaidan (SAU)/Alexei tive sections of 181.83km and mount a late challenge for T2 hon- Kuzmich (RUS) Toyota Land 184.80km on Saturday through ours at the Teruel-based Baja Spain Cruiser 200 2hr 34min 21sec the Jiloca and Comarca de Teruel Aragon, round five of the FIA World 2 Adel Hussein Abdulla (QAT)/ regions. The Celades stage was first Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, yes- Jean-Michel Polato (FRA) on the agenda in high temperatures terday. Nissan Patrol 2hr 39min 23sec and Saeidan clocked the target time Running a Nissan Patrol with 3 Josep Sole (ESP)/Laura Diaz in T2 of 2hr 27min 00sec and that support from Nissan Middle East (ESP) Mitsubishi Pajero 2hr was sufficient for the Saudi to snatch and the Qatar Motor and Motorcy- 43min 29sec the T2 advantage heading back to cle Federation (QMMF), the Qatari 4 Mohammed Al-Harqan (QAT)/ Teruel for the midday service. - who is partnered by Frenchman Marco Ferran (ESP) Toyota Land Adel Hussein drove in a meas- Jean-Michel Polato - won the open- Cruiser 3hr 20min 38sec, etc ured pace to reach the flying ing super special stage on Friday finish 5min 04sec behind his rival to evening and finished second in the Hussein. “When we came back to the remain firmly in contention heading longer Celades selective section on right track we got stuck in the dust of into the remaining two stages of the Saturday morning after getting held the cars ahead of us and that slowed event. Fellow Qatari Mohammed Al- up in the dust of slower cars after a me down. Harqan set the third quickest time, minor navigational error. “Saying that, the Nissan worked but delays on the opening super spe- That ensured that the Doha- superbly and I have the confidence cial stage meant that he slipped to based driver headed into the to push over the last two stages and third in T2 behind the Spanish driver subsequent two stages trailing T2 try and take the lead again.” Josep Sole. event and series leader Yasir Saeidan The Qatari made the perfect Today) Adel Hussein and his of Saudi Arabia by just 5min 02sec. start on the opening 9.2km super rivals tackle a fourth special stage “My co-driver Jean-Michel lost special stage, near Teruel, on Fri- of 184.80km before the event draws his way inside the stage and that cost day evening. The Qatari carded a to a conclusion with a podium fin- Adel Hussein Abdulla in action in Spain with his Nissan Patrol. us around two minutes,” said Adel time of 7min 19.6sec and that was ish in Teruel. SPORT SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 23

→ A young woman kisses Usain Bolt’s spikes after he gives them away after winning the men’s 200m at the IAAF Diamond League Anniversary Games athletics meeting at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Stadium in Stratford, east London, yesterday. Bolt wins but Harrison takes the glory

Panama’s Alonso Edward ran a Laura Muir produced a gutsy, deter- season’s best of 20.04sec while Brit- mined run in the women’s 1500m. American breaks ain’s Adam Gemili produced a 2016 Her mark of 3:57.49 broke Kelly Hol- the 28-year-old best of 20.07sec. mes’s national record by 0.41sec. “I Bolt, who remains undefeated in knew I was in really good shape but 100 metres hurdles this stadium in East London, is con- I wanted to do it justice. I didn’t want world record at the fident he can iron out any glitches to hang back,” she said. with his cornering in his favourite In the pole vault, the Olympic Anniversary Games discipline. champion Renaud Lavillenie was “I’m getting there. I am not fully the comfortable winner, his mark of in shape,” said the 29-year-old. 5.90m being 7cm clear of American “I need more work, but over time Sam Kendricks. AFP I will get there. I thought the corner- In the absence of Bolt, who ing wasn’t perfect. But I am feeling focused on the 200m instead, the good. men’s 100m went to the Frenchman “At least I came here, ran the race Jimmy Vicaut. LONDON: Jamaican sprint legend and had no injuries. I am ready to At 10.02sec, it was not exactly a Usain Bolt promised on Friday he will defend my Olympic titles. The main quick time - to put it into some con- be physically ready for next month’s thing is I am injury free. I always love text, it would have placed him ninth Rio Olympics -- on the night Kendra competing here. It’s always a great at the 2015 world championships Harrison broke the 28-year-old 100 fun at this stadium.” final. metres hurdles world record. For once, though, Bolt was not The night’s action kicked off in Bolt, running at the track where the best athletics performance of style with Britain’s 4x100m relay he achieved the individual Olympic the night. That went instead to an runners breaking their own national sprint double and the 4x100m relay American who, incredibly, will not record. The quartet of Asha Philip, for the second time four years ago in be running in Rio. Desiree Henry, Daryl Neita and London, was the star attraction on Harrison has not been selected Dina Asher-Smith smashed the day one of the Anniversary Games in for the US Olympic team but she competition with an outstanding front of 40,000 people at the Olympic showed the selectors what they will Kendra Harrison of the US poses with her time as she celebrates winning the Women’s 100m Hurdles final demonstration of speed. stadium and he did not disappoint in be missing by lowering the 100m hur- and breaking the World Record on Friday. Their time of 41.81sec was the the men’s 200m. dles world record. fastest in 2016 and it showed that Brushing aside any concerns The mark of 12.21sec ran by Bul- they will be serious contenders for a about the hamstring injury which garian Yordanka Donkova has stood “So, I wanted to come out here Ennis-Hill (13.04sec) were sixth and is clearly very quick. It contributed relay medal in Rio. Brazil were sec- forced him to withdraw from his since 1988 but Harrison went 0.01sec and show the world I still had it in eighth respectively. For the London to plenty of fast times across the ond in 42.59secs France were third country’s Olympic trials in Kingston under that to earn himself a Diamond me. I came out here with vengeance 2012 heptathlon champion Ennis- 10th Diamond League meeting of in 42.84sec. Holland, winners of the earlier this month, Bolt ran a solid League bonus of $50,000. to show what I could do.” Hill, this was ideal preparation ahead the season -- as well as two signif- European title earlier this month in time of 19.89sec in his first compet- “Not making the Olympic Games In that race, British runner Tif- of the heptathlon competition. icant record-breaking moments for Amsterdam, bungled up the change- itive 200m of this season. was upsetting,” said Harrison. fany Porter (12.70sec) and Jessica The newly-laid track in Stratford the British team. Scottish runner overs and did not finish the race. Froome close to third Tour title Captain Cook proud to lead from as Izaguirre wins 20th stage front as hosts have upper hand

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MORZINE, FRANCE: Chris Froome MANCHESTER, United Kingdom: all but wrapped up the 2016 Tour de England captain Alastair Cook was France title as Spaniard Ion Izaguirre glad to help his side seize control of won the 20th and penultimate stage the second Test against Pakistan on yesterday. Friday and just as happy to shrug off Withtoay’s 21st and final stage being mentioned in the same breath little more than a procession into as Don Bradman. Paris, only a disaster can deny Cook, who won the toss, made Froome a third Tour title now. 105 and shared a second-wicket Despite crashing on Friday, stand of 185 with vice-captain Joe Froome comfortably held onto his Root, who at stumps was 141 not out lead of more than four minutes over in a first-day total of 314 for four. Frenchman Romain Bardet on the Pakistan had gone 1-0 up in the England’s Alastair Cook celebrates his century against Pakistan on rainy 146.5km stage from Megeve to four-match series with a 75 run-win the first day of the Second Test at the Emirates Old Trafford Stadium Morzine in the Alps. in the first Test at Lord’s last week -- on Friday. Izaguirre won the stage after a Great Britain’s Christopher Froome, wearing the overall leader’s a match where no England batsman daring descent to the finish having yellow jersey, rides in the rain towards the finish line during the 146,5 made a century. “It’s been a while since I scored Root, twice out to poor shots at crested the final climb, the Col de km twentieth stage of the 103rd edition of the Tour de France race The first Test also saw Paki- a hundred for England,” Cook told Lord’s, did not give a single chance Joux Plane, alongside 2014 champion between Megeve and Morzine-Avoriaz, French Alps, yesterday. stan leg-spinner Yasir Shah take 10 reporters. in more than six hours’ batting on Vincenzo Nibali and Colombian Jar- wickets. “First-innings runs, as always in Friday. linson Pantano, winner of the 15th But it was a different story on any Test match, are vital.” “I’ve felt in good touch all sum- stage last Sunday. Behind, the expected -- or that rode on the front of the pelo- Friday, with Shah wicketless in a Cook’s hundred saw him draw mer, (but) I’ve found some stupid Pantano almost skidded off the perhaps merely hoped for -- fire- ton all day. return of none for 111 in 31 overs. level with Australia hero Don Brad- ways to get out,” said Root. road on the descent while Nibali works amongst the top 10 failed to Even on the final climb, no-one Cook’s century saw him extend man’s Test tally of 29 centuries. “I worked really hard today, to was uncharacteristically tentative materialise. dared attack, bar Bauke Mollema his own England Test record to 29, “I can’t really compare that, graft -- maybe not score at the rate following his crash on Friday, allow- Froome had crashed on Friday and Joaquim Rodriguez, although but it was his first hundred at this when he did it in half the games or I have done previously over the last ing Izaguirre to ride clear and take but any suggestion that he might having started the day in 10th and level in 20 innings since a mammoth even less ... so it’s just nice to get past couple of years, but if that’s what it’s the first stage win for a Spaniard in be vulnerable was dispelled by a 11th respectively, theirs was mere 263 against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi 28 (hundreds),” said Cook, in his 131st going to take to score big hundreds this Tour. show of force from his Sky team squabbling over minor positions. in October. Test compared to Bradman’s 52. that’s what I’m going to have to do.” www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 21 PAGE | 23 DopingDop scandal Bolt eases to winin derailsde Putin’s as Harrison masterplan hurdles to gloryy

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Mercedes AMG Petronas MANCHESTER: Joe Root’s masterful F1 Team’s German driver 254 and three early wickets for Chris Nico Rosberg drives Woakes put England in a command- during the qualifying ing position on the second day of the session ahead of the second test against Pakistan in Man- Formula One Hungarian chester yesterday. Grand Prix at the Root, who batted for more than Hungaroring Circuit near 10 hours, struck 27 fours in his high- Budapest, yesterday. est test score to lead the hosts to 589 for eight declared and Pakistan’s top order crumbled as they limped to 57 for four at the close. England, 1-0 down in the series, had resumed in the morning on 314 for Rosberg seizes 26th four and nightwatchman Woakes dom- inated the early strike, peppering the boundary with crisp drives and cuts. Root went past 150 for the fifth time in his test career but he did offer one chance which was spilled by You- career pole in Hungary nus Khan at slip off leg-spinner Yasir Shah. Woakes continued his fine run of form, hitting eight fours and a six on Championship HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING the way to his second test half-century before he poked a return catch to Shah leader’s chief rival and departed for 58. England’s batsman Joe 1. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 1:19.965 Ben Stokes, returning to the side Hamilton hindered by Root leaves the pitch 2. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 1:20.108 after injury, made a fluent 34, including yellow flags in 3. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Red Bull - TAG Heuer 1:20.280 five fours, and shared a sixth-wicket after being dismissed rain-affected 4. Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Red Bull - TAG Heuer 1:20.557 partnership of 57 with Root who went for 254 on the second 5. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Ferrari 1:20.874 past 200 with a perfectly executed day of their second Test qualifying session 6. Carlos Sainz Jr (Spain) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:21.131 reverse sweep off Shah. against Pakistan at Old 7. Fernando Alonso (Spain) McLaren 1:21.211 Stokes nicked a catch down the leg- Trafford Cricket Ground 8. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 1:21.597 side to wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed off in Manchester, England 9. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India - Mercedes 1:21.823 Wahab Riaz which was given out after yesterday . Reuters 10. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams-Mercedes 1:22.182 a lengthy review but Jonny Bairstow ------kept up the momentum with a busy 58. 11. Romain Grosjean (France) Haas - Ferrari 1:24.941 Root’s long vigil ended when he SCOREBOARD 12. Daniil Kvyat (Russia) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:25.301 skied Riaz to Mohammad Hafeez run- BUDAPEST: World championship 13. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force India - Mercedes 1:25.416 ning in from deep mid-wicket and the England (Innings): Pakistan (Innings): leader Nico Rosberg seized pole 14. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 1:25.435 right-hander left the arena to a stand- A Cook b Mohammad Amir 105 Mohammad Hafeez c Root b Woakes 18 position in a rain-delayed, stop- 15. Esteban Gutierrez (Mexico) Haas - Ferrari 1:26.189 ing ovation. start qualifying session for today’s 16. Felipe Nasr (Brazil) Sauber - Ferrari 1:27.063 England captain Alastair Cook A Hales b Mohammad Amir 10 Shan Masood (batting) 30 Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix ------declared soon afterwards and Hafeez J Root c M Hafeez b Wahab Riaz 254 Azhar Ali c and b Woakes 1 after team mate and title rival Lewis nc. Jolyon Palmer (Britain) Renault 1:43.965 and Shan Masood safely negotiated a J Vince c Sarfraz Ahmed b Rahat Ali 18 Younis Khan c Bairstow b Stokes 1 Hamilton was hindered by yellow nc. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Williams-Mercedes 1:43.999 probing opening spell by James Ander- G Ballance b Rahat Ali 23 Rahat Ali c Ballance b Woakes 4 flags. nc. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) Renault 1:44.543 son and Stuart Broad. C Woakes c and b Yasir Shah 58 Misbah-ul-Haq (batting) 1 Rosberg lapped the 4.3-km nc. Marcus Ericsson (Sweden) Sauber - Ferrari 1:46.984 But Woakes struck in his first over,

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Hungaroring in one minute 19.965 nc. Pascal Wehrlein (Germany) Manor - Mercedes 1:47.343 Hafeez (18) nicking a low catch to Root seconds yesterday, beating Hamil- nc. Rio Haryanto (Indonesia) Manor - Mercedes 1:50.189 at second slip, and the all-rounder J Bairstow c Misbah-ul-Haq b W Riaz 58 Total (4 wkts) 57 ton by 0.143 seconds. ------caught and bowled Azhar Ali for one. M Ali (not out) 2 To bat: Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed, Wahab The Briton, ahead of Rosberg on 1-10: third and final qualifying session Stokes had Younus caught down Extras (LB9, W8, NB10) 27 Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Yasir Shah the road as the Mercedes pair began 11-16: second qualifying session the leg-side by wicketkeeper Bairstow Total (8 wkts dec.) 589 Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Hafeez), 2-43 (Azhar), their final runs, had to slow down 17-22: first qualifying session for one and nightwatchman Rahat Ali Did not bat: S Broad, J Anderson 3-48 (Younis), 4-53 (Rahat) as yellow flags waved for Fernando popped a short ball from Woakes to Alonso’s spinning McLaren, forcing short leg. Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-210, 3-238, 4-311, Bowling: Anderson 6-3-7-0; Broad 5-2-9-0; him to abort his lap. Masood battled through to 30 not 5-414, 6-471, 7-577, 8-589 Ali 3-0-11-0 (1nb); Woakes 6-0-18-3; Stokes The reigning champion had been out at the close with captain Misbah-ul- Bowling: Amir 29-6-89-2 (2w); Rahat 29-4- 4-0-11-1 significantly quicker and on course Vettel blames ‘sleeping’ Haq on one, but the touring side face a 101-2 (2w); Riaz 26.2-1-106-3 (9nb, 4w); Shah Match position: Pakistan are 532 runs be- for pole up to that point. huge task to save the match and prevent 54-6-213-1; Azhar 11-0-52-0; Masood 3-0-19- Hamilton, though, was relaxed England from levelling the four-match hind with six first-innings wickets standing. 0 (1nb) about being second on the grid. “I Button for last-lap block series. don’t know how much Nico was up but I got the fastest first sector,” he AFP said he believed he had the speed said. to be faster than both Red Bulls, The pole was the 26th of Ros- who qualified third and fourth. berg’s career and his fourth of the He said that Button baulked India strike early on day 3 season. It was also the Mercedes BUDAPEST: Sebastian Vettel him after they drove through the team’s 46th pole in the last 49 races, blamed a ‘sleeping’ Jenson Button double-waved yellow flags at the with the German outfit starting all for blocking him on his fastest scene of Fernando Alonso’s spin but one race this year from the front. lap and preventing him qualify- in his McLaren. Reuters SCOREBOARD There were doubts about ing in the top four for Ferrari at “I don’t think it’s fair, we had a whether Rosberg would be allowed the Hungarian Grand Prix yes- yellow at the end and I don’t know India (Innings): Bowling: S Gabriel 21-5-65-2 (4nb), J Holder to keep pole after onboard replays terday. why Jenson didn’t move out of the ANTIGUA: India dismissed Darren M Vijay c K Brathwaite b Gabriel 7 24-4-83-0 (2nb), C Brathwaite 25-5-80-0, R showed him also encountering yel- The four-time champion Ger- way -- I couldn’t close the lap and Bravo just before lunch to leave West Chase 34-3-1-102-0, D Bishoo 43-1-163-3, K S Dhawan lbw b Bishoo 84 low flags but the 31-year-old driver man qualified in fifth place, but lost a lot of time,” said Vettel. Indies on 90 for three in their first Brathwaite 14.5-1-65-3 said he had lifted off the throttle in innings at lunch on day three of the first C Pujara c K Brathwaite b Bishoo 16 West Indies (Innings): that section of the track. test in Antigua yesterday. V Kohli b Gabriel 200 K Brathwaite (batting) 11 Rosberg, who agreed a two-year the rapidly shuffling order in chang- rounded out the top 10. A torrential The tourists remained firmly in

A Rahane c Gabriel b K Brathwaite 113 R Chandrika c Saha b Shami 16 extension to his contract with Mer- ing conditions and was knocked out rain shower in the build-up to qual- control overall, 476 runs ahead after cedes on Thursday, leads Hamilton in the second phase of qualifying. He ifying forced the start of the session declaring at 566-8 late on day two. W Saha st Dowrich b K Brathwaite 40 D Bishoo (batting) 0 by one point in the championship. starts 14th. to be delayed by 20 minutes. Honours were just about even in A Mishra c Holder b K Brathwaite 53 Extras (LB1, W1, NB2) 4 Daniel Ricciardo was third for McLaren had their best qual- The opening 18-minute session the morning session as India picked up M Shami (not out) 17 Total (1 wkt) 31 Red Bull on a weekend when the ifying result since renewing their was then interrupted by four more two wickets while West Indies patiently Extras (B6, LB2, NB6) 14 To bat: D Bravo, M Samuels, J Blackwood, R former champions hope to challenge engine partnership with Honda at red flags, first as the rain returned added 59 runs at the Sir Vivian Richards Total (8 wkts decl.) 566 Chase, S Dowrich, J Holder, C Brathwaite, S Mercedes for the win, with his team the start of last year with Fernando and then as several drivers, includ- Stadium in North Sound. Gabriel. mate Max Verstappen fourth. Alonso and Jenson Button, who both ing Williams’s Felipe Massa, crashed The hosts had resumed at 31-1 and Did not bat: I Sharma, U Yadav. Sebastian Vettel, winner in Hun- had their first race wins in Hungary, out. It eventually ended almost an opener Kraigg Brathwaite offered Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-74, 3-179, 4-236, Fall of wicket: 1-30 (Chandrika) gary last year, was the sole Ferrari in seventh and eighth. hour later when a crash for Manor’s dogged resistance, reaching 46 not out 5-404, 6-475, 7-526, 8-566. Bowling: I Sharma 6-3-12-0 (2nb), U Yadav 4-3- driver in the top 10 in fifth. Team Force India’s Nico Hulken- Rio Haryanto brought out the final off 141 balls, with veteran Marlon Sam- 5-0, M Shami 3-0-6-1 (1w), R Ashwin 3-1-7-0. mate Kimi Raikkonen fell casualty to berg and Williams Valtteri Bottas red flag. uels (0) also at the crease at lunch.