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WASHINGTON: The Antarctic ozone hole expected to reduce in size swiftly when man-made chlorine emissions were outlawed 27 years ago, is remaining the size of North America, new data from THE ISSUE Nasa suggests. The hole in the thin layer of gas, which helps shield life on Earth from harmful ultraviolet solar radiation that can cause Qatar has begun implementing industry. delays in getting approvals from the stand- skin cancers, grows and contracts through- Particularly affected are those dealing in ards agency. out the year but reached its maximum extent the unified GCC standards tyres and auto spare parts. Unconfirmed Food importers complain that as a result on September 9 when monitors at the south and specifications for various reports suggest a black market has been of delays they have been paying huge fines for pole showed it to cover 24.1m sqkm, about 9 goods, including construction thriving in the banned balloon tyres. containers stuck at the Doha Port. percent below the record maximum in 2000 They are being brought into the country Market operators claim that Qatar is but almost the same as in 2010, 2012 and materials, tyres and automotive allegedly by some transporters who are able implementing the unified GCC standards and 2013. accessories, to ensure that low- to hoodwink the customs authorities at the specifications “very strictly”, whereas, other Zilzar.com, the Islamic quality imported products do not check posts. signatory neighbouring states are “flexible” Trading circles claim an estimated 1,500 in their approach. enter the Qatari market anymore. retailers across Doha have shut shop as they At least one affected businessman, in answer to Amazon are unable to import and sell tyres that remarks to a popular call-in programme of LONDON: The Islamic world has are in popular demand since the standards Qatar Radio last week, suggested that some launched its competitor to the great global lectrical appliances are on the list of and specifications agency has banned their neighbouring states were even offering small online giants to corner the trillion-dollar items that are to be brought within entry. Qatari businesses — suffering due to the Muslim consumer market. Zilzar.com was the purview of the unified regional Automobile spare part dealers, also an esti- implementation of stricter regional quality unveiled by the Malaysian Prime Minister, quality benchmarks by early next mated 2,000 across Greater Doha, are said to benchmarks — incentives to set up shop in E Najib Abdul Razak, at the World Islamic year. be suffering losses to the tune of millions of free trade zones in their territories. Economic Forum. ‘Zilzar’ means earth- Substandard imported appliances are cited riyals as their businesses remain affected due Qatar’s Standards and Specifications quake in Arabic. by experts as the cause of most fires that to a ban on low-quality accessories that used Authority affiliated with the Ministry of The global market for halal products and take place in homes and offices here. As for to be brought unrestricted into the country Environment, has put its foot down and says services — not just foods but anything that air-conditioners, their regional standards and in large quantities. it will enforce the regional norms come what conforms to Islamic rules, including finan- specifications are being framed. The food industry is also adversely may since the quality of goods cannot be com- cial services, is estimated to be worth $1.6tn An instant outcome of the move to imple- impacted but, seemingly not as much, because promised and people’s lives cannot be endan- and forecast to reach almost $2.5tn by 2018. ment the regional quality norms has been of the tougher quality norms. gered just to help businesses make profit. There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, a a big hue and cry in the local trade and The concern in the industry is over undue See also page 2 population growing at twice the rate of the global average. AGENCIES

Saturday 1 November 2014 • 8 Muharram 1436 • Volume 19 • Number 6236 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 02 NOVEMBER 1, 2014 ON SATURDAY www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home Traders decry import curbs Businessmen say bureaucratic delays causing huge losses as govt implements GCC quality standards BY MOBIN PANDIT “It is transport companies that are getting them here, and we are paying any in the local trade and them premium,” said Al Nuaimi. industry are fuming as “For 20,000 balloon tyres, for Qatar has begun tight- instance, the money being paid is Mening screws on imports, QR150,000.” These transporters are insisting that the goods entering its able to avoid quality approvals, he market must meet unified GCC bench- added. marks for quality, which experts agree Some get some of the banned tryes are world-class. from neighbouring states, he added. It has taken the GCC states years of High shop rents and now the “difficul- collective hard work to come up with ties” created by the country’s stand- what today are unified standards and ards agency are forcing many of an specifications for products and services estimated 1,500 tyre retailers in Doha of various types across sectors. to close shop. I am paying QR40,000 Ahmed Al Khalaf Faisal Al Marzouki Mahmoud Younus Particularly riled are the retailers of rent for my shop.” automotive tyres and spare parts in the The problem with Qatar Standards country as strict quality norms mean and Specifications Authority, now affili- business community on the new rules. that much of what they imported ear- ated with the Ministry of Environment, “Many businessmen came to know of lier can’t be allowed into the country is that it doesn’t ask businessmen to the changed rules from Qatar Chamber, anymore. send samples of what is to be imported some from newspapers and friends and And the increasingly popular bal- for laboratory tests before the import. acquaintances… This is a bureaucratic loon tryes are top the list of the banned “They tell us about tests to be done problem,” said Al Khalaf. items due to what the authorities insist only after the imported items have He said the Environment Minister is their non-suitability in Qatar’s harsh arrived… And since there are no labs should intervene and help end the suf- weather conditions. The increasing here, we must send the samples over- fering of the people. use of balloon tyres is being linked by seas,” said Abdullah Ahmed. Why on earth people should wait for experts to the high rate of road acci- “As a result, our import consign- quality certification until the imported dents in the country. ments are stuck at the Doha Port for consignments arrive? The certification If market operators are to be months on end and we have to pay huge can be issued beforehand. believed, the ban has not led to non- fines,” said Al Nuaimi. “Take the example of the UAE. They availability of balloon tyres. They If not approved, the consignments are not implementing the unified GCC indeed are available but in a thriving are sent back to their countries of ori- Pic: Qassim Rahmatullah norms 100 percent in all areas. In some black market. gin. And these countries treat them approval process. in public interest. “But, then, who takes areas, they are, so why shouldn’t we be “A 16-inch balloon tyre, for instance, as re-exports and imposes taxes. “Our “It has been a nightmare… We came care of businessmen’s interests?” Al flexible as well?” asked Al Khalaf. which was earlier available for QR550 losses double as a consequence,” he to know of the new standards when we Sheikh wondered. Meanwhile, newspaper columnist, is now available for QR800 on average,” claimed. went to the port to claim our consign- Early last week, a small metal fac- Faisal Al Marzouki, claimed in his col- a retailer of tyres and springs, Abdullah “Why can’t they tell us six months ments,” said auto spare parts dealer, tory owner in the Industrial Area told umn on the issue last week that while Ahmed, told local Arabic daily Al Raya in advance that we would be needing Nidal Yasser Al Sheikh. a popular call-in programme of Qatar businessmen waited for the Assistant in remarks published late last week. approval for quality as per new norms “Literally out of the blue, they asked Radio that his unit was suffering as he Undersecretary for the Standards “A black market of balloon tyres for our imports? me to get quality certification for the was not able to import spare parts for and Specifications Authority at the has emerged and has been thriving,” “There are no labs in Qatar, so why unified GCC standards,” he said in com- machineries. Environment Ministry, Dr Mohamed Ahmed claimed. don’t they tell us which labs to go to ments published by Al Raya on October Mohamed Al Bashri said consign- Saif Al Kuwari, in the reception area of A 17-inch tyre costs QR1,000 in the for testing? We can go there before our 27. ments of machinery spare parts of his office, he exited from the back door black market, he added. “Earlier, it cost imports arrive,” said Al Nuaimi. There are an estimated 2,000 auto many small factories were stuck at the leaving them in the lurch. “That’s not QR650.” Automobile spare parts dealers say spare parts dealers in Doha and they Doha Port for want of approval from exit, that’s escape,” Al Marzouki said. Another tyre dealer, Rashid Al they are equally harassed and have have been suffering huge losses due to the standards agency. “Many small and Public servants must not do that as Nuaimi, was more specific and told been suffering losses to the tune of mil- the new norms, he added. medium enterprises are suffering,” he that’s irresponsible. “Their job is to the daily how the banned tryes were lions of riyals due to what they claim “Presently, the daily fine per con- said. serve people. The people who wait for entering the country and landing on are complicated unified GCC standards tainer per stuck at Doha Port is between Prominent businessman, Ahmed Al a bureaucrat are all small and medium the black market in a big way. and specifications and a more complex QR50 and QR70,” said Al Sheikh. Khalaf, a major food importer, told this businessmen. The big shots get their “Sometimes we get quality certifica- newspaper that his imports remained work done on the phone. They don’t tion from a lab but they say the lab is stuck at the Doha Port even though need to come to a public servant,” not accredited.” he had quality certification as required said Al Marzouki. Harassed as they Al Sheikh said all this boils down to by the Standards and Specifications feel, some businessmen are fleeing the wasted money, which adds to inflation Authority. country with their capital, claimed the and its burden is borne by no one but “Delayed paperwork is to blame for columnist. the common man. it. Imagine this is food! So far we have Mahmoud Younus, Chairman, Qatari “Our woes don’t end here. For exam- paid fines for the stuck containers that Engineering Business Company, said ple, there are no GCC benchmarks for are more than the price of the imported Qatar has specifications for construc- brake pads. So imagine how do we get food items,” said Al Khalaf. tion materials as well as those to ensure them here?” Clearly, there is a lack of communi- the quality of buildings. The government is tracking quality cation between the Authority and the But while the quality of construction materials is ensured, the quality of a building is left to the mercy of the engi- neering consultant. There is, thus, the need for the municipality concerned to monitor the quality of the buildings under construc- tion as is the case in the UAE. This would ensure there is no compromise on the quality of buildings, said Younus. (Mohamed Osman contributed to reporting) THE PENINSULA People’s health, safety top priority: Official

DOHA: Qatar standards agency rims in vehicles. One can refer to the says it is committed to implement- Traffic Department and get data, he ing the unified GCC standards and added. specifications in public interest as About brake pads, Al Kuwari said it compromising on quality of products has been discovered by the Authority means threatening people’s lives and that some pads contain asbestos which safety. can cause lung cancer. Citing an example of car tyres, the There are no labs in Qatar to test agency says most tyres coming into samples of various materials, includ- Qatar are meant for use in cold coun- ing auto spare parts, tyres and other tries as they can resist heat up to 35 products but plans are afoot to set up degrees Celsius in street tyre friction. such facilities. That would take time, “In Qatar and other GCC countries he said. street tyre friction can generate heat But many world-class labs, including of up to an unbelievable 76 degrees. one in Jeddah, another in Switzerland, “That’s more than double the heat in and one in Germany have offices in countries with cold weather,” said Dr Doha. Mohamed Saif Al Kuwari, Assistant Dr Mohamed Saif Al Kuwari Importers can provide them with Undersecretary for the Standards samples with the required fee and they and Specifications Authority at the specifications. would get results sitting here. Ministry of Environment. “We have been making announce- There is no need for anyone to travel He told a local Arabic daily last ments through the local media and at overseas for testing, said Al Kuwari. week: “For us, maintaining the health various forums. By February next year, electrical and safety of nationals and expatriates “We also send messages and advice appliances like heaters, refrigerators, is the priority”. to businessmen about the require- ovens, toasters, wares and microwaves Most tyres coming into Qatar and ments so they could seek quality cer- will be brought within the purview of other GCC states do not meet regional tification before importing goods,” he the unified GCC standards. Many fire specifications. “So how do you want us added. incidents take place due to the low- to allow their imports?” About car rims, Al Kuwari said most quality of these appliances, Al Kuwari It is the use of such tyres that is stocks coming here are from factories said. causing so many deaths in road acci- the Authority doesn’t know of and are As for air-conditioners, the unified dents here, he added. of poor quality and don’t meet local quality norms are being prepared and Al Kuwari said it is not true that specifications. expected sooner rather than later, he there is lack of communication on Many road accidents have taken added. the unified GCC standards and place because of the use of low-quality THE PENINSULA Home NOVEMBER 1, 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 ON SATURDAY Jazz festival ends tonight Qatar committed to Austrian band Interzone to bring down the curtain at Katara protecting human

DOHA: The first Katara European Jazz Festival draws the curtain tonight with a rights: Envoy tells UN performance by Mario Rom’s Interzone, a band of three NEW YORK: Qatar affirmed Within the context of its growing of Austria’s most promising its belief in the importance of keenness to promote and protect young musicians. respecting, protecting and pro- human rights, Qatar has hosted It is led by Rom, who despite moting human rights as a stra- the United Nations Human Rights his young age, is one of the lead- tegic choice through its wide Training and Documentation ing trumpeters of his genera- strides in the area as it ratified Centre for Southwest Asia and tion. Other members are Lukas several regional and interna- the Arab Region to operate under Kranzelbinder, one of Austria’s tional human rights conventions. the UN High Commissioner for most requested bassists and Alanood Qassim Al Tamimi, Human Rights, she said. Maximilian Andrzejewski, a Third Secretary, Qatar’s per- Al Tamimi said the report of the drummer who has shared stage manent mission to the United UN secretary-general has stressed with every respected German Nations, made the remarks in a the centre’s key role in capacity- musician. statement before the third com- building and in the promotion of The concert, which caps the mittee meeting on the promotion the existing approach to human five-day festival, will be held at and protection of human rights. rights to combat human trafficking 7pm at the courtyard behind She said Qatar’s keenness in the region. Building 5. and attention to protect human She said Qatar is preparing to Prior to it, two workshops will rights is reflected in its National submit a draft resolution to the held at Qatar Music Academy — Human Rights Day, celebrated committee about the centre and ‘How to make your drums sing’ on November 10 every year as a is looking forward to support from at 1pm and ‘Magnificent Brass national event. UN members to it. Sounds’ at 2.30pm. It embodies Qatar National Al Tamimi also highlighted the The festival hosted by Katara Vision 2030, which includes key broad international tribute Qatar in collaboration with five Participants in one of the workshops at Qatar Music Academy as part of Katara European Jazz Festival. human rights issues that reflect received for efforts to promote European embassies — Austria, the leadership’s attention to the and protect human rights and its France, Germany, Italy and Drama Theatre. Gutersohn and Jean-Jacques Bonneaux on vibraphone, Jean- promotion, protection and enrich- open invitation to US friends and Switzerland — has brought jazz Two concerts featuring jazz Pedretti took the audience to a Louis Pommier on trombone ment of human rights as an inte- the reception for UN special rap- performances, film screenings bands from Switzerland and musical journey through a blend and Yves Torchinsky on double gral part of the country’s identity porteurs during the review of its and workshops to the diverse France were held yesterday of Swiss mountain alphorns, bass. and culture. second national report to the UN audience for free. night. trombones and percussions. Other bands performed on Several government and non- Human Rights Council under the The event, organised in Alptraum, a Swiss trio of The crowd also enjoyed the Thursday included Stefano governmental organisations and Universal Periodic Review. partnership with Jazz Colours independent and talented musi- next performance by French jazz Battaglia’ Trio from Italy and institutions concerned with human As Qatar is elected for the third Festival, Paris, was launched cians enthralled a large number group of the well-known per- Germany’s Jan Schneider’s rights have been established at time to the Human Rights Council, on Tuesday with the screening of fans. cussionist Bertrand Renaudin, Quartett. the Foreign Ministry’s Human she said, the state reiterates its of the film Michel Petrucciani at Marco Käppeli, Nick with fellow-musicians Thierry The Italian jazz trio, under Rights Department, National keenness to fulfil its commitments Stefano Battaglia whose most Human Rights Committee, Doha in the human rights field. recent works take inspiration International Centre for Interfaith She said Qatar is also looking from classic and modern art, Dialogue, Doha Centre for Media forward to providing all support to comprises some of the best Freedom all of which are playing UN initiatives to promote human known musicians in the inter- a pivotal role in promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms national jazz scene. rights, she said. all over the world. QNA Schneider’s Quartett is a jazz combo of professional musicians who have been regular guests in jazz festivals in Europe and have produced CD recordings with musicians from a broad range 8,000 tonnes of waste of cultural backgrounds, includ- ing Arab and Iranian musical cultures. collected in a month A workshop on ‘Communication in Music’ was also held at the academy and the DOHA: The Ministry of to carry it to designated dumping film Les Fils du vent screened at Municipality and Urban Planning areas,” he said. “Construction waste Katara Drama Theatre. has collected over 8,000 tonnes of is more useful when dumped in des- Italian band Stefano Battaglia’s Trio performs at the festival. THE PENINSULA waste in a month that had been ignated places and can be recycled disposed off in public places, said into raw building materials, which is officials. better than littering it in places and The ministry has started a clean- destroying their beauty.” up campaign from the north of the He said the ministry is keen to Inspectors attend country to the border areas in Abu enforce the hygiene law. People Samra and to Salwa Road in the leaving construction waste at work training course WISH to host Universal west, reports Al Watan. sites will be fined and could also be A large chunk of the waste came reported to police in the violation is DOHA: Inspectors from from households. Umm Salal gener- repeated. municipalities took part in a ated more than 7,000 tonnes, includ- Civic inspectors are monitoring all training course conducted by ing 2,675 tonnes of domestic waste sites to ensure that building owners the Ministry of Municipality Health Coverage forum and 40 tonnes from slaughter houses. transport the waste to dumping sites, and Urban Planning. Abu Samra generated about 165 he said, adding inspectors are famil- It aimed to teach them new DOHA: The World Innovation key questions they face as tonnes, mostly from border areas. iar with places where violations are models used in inspections to Summit for Health (WISH), they move towards UHC, and Areas like Dafna had more con- common. identify violations and guide a global initiative of Qatar develop recommendations struction waste because of the ongo- Al Shafi said all construction waste violators to rectify their status, Foundation (QF), in its 2015 as part of an evidence-based ing construction projects. is supposed to be taken to the recy- reports Al Sharq. summit will host a forum on report for the summit. Workers did not dump the waste at cling company in Rawdat Rashid, The officials visited markets to Universal Health Coverage Sir David said, “It is our designated areas, according to Safar which can recycle up to 2,400 tonnes monitor hawkers and were briefed (UHC). duty to ensure that no one is Al Shafi, Director, Public Hygiene every day. He said littering all kinds on violations, including not car- Sir David Nicholson (pic- left without access to quality Department at the municipality. of waste all over is a crime and the rying a licence, vending explosives tured), a former chief execu- healthcare simply because they “There has been some negligence municipality is receiving up to 700 like fireworks, food stuffs and bev- tive of NHS England, has been cannot afford it. I look forward on the part of construction projects requests in a month from residents erages and selling near schools or appointed to chair it. to working with my colleagues that produce tonnes of waste and to control rodents and insects in shops dealing in same products. With a booming global pop- on the forum to develop new dump it in wrong places because con- neighbourhoods. Inspectors were also given tips ulation and increasing wealth approaches to an issue that is tractors don’t want to spend more THE PENINSULA on monitoring shops and viola- inequality, international bodies moving very swiftly to the top tions such as displaying goods such as the World Bank and of the global policy agenda.” on shelves outside, on sidewalks, World Health Organization most pressing global health Sir David served as chief near the doors or in public places have called on policymakers issues, including UHC for all executive of NHS from 2006 without civic approval. to prioritise the development by engaging dialogue between to 2014. He is regarded for The course was part of the of UHC. The summit, in Doha policymakers, academics and overseeing reforms in NHS Jewellery shops see brisk ministry’s strategy to round up on February 17-18, will play industry leaders. finances. Prior to this, he occu- violators and implement stricter a key role in addressing and The forum will support pied senior roles in NHS. penalties. THE PENINSULA trying to find solutions to the policymakers by considering THE PENINSULA sales as gold prices fall DOHA: Gold prices fell margin- ally yesterday with some jewellery stores reporting brisk sales. Pure, or 24-carat gold rate slid to QR147 per gramme from QR150 the ARC ’14 sees 13pc rise in scientific abstracts previous evening. DOHA: Qatar Foundation’s 1,200 abstracts. Evaluation was important part of ARC as part Twenty-two carat gold price fell to Annual Research Conference based on criteria, including of multi-disciplinary knowledge QR136 for a gramme from QR140 on (ARC ’14) has seen a record 13 research quality, originality and sharing to contribute to Qatar’s Thursday, bullion traders said. percent increase in scientific merit, relevance to Qatar and research agenda.” The rate of 21-carat gold was abstract submissions. its grand challenges, including The conference follows on the QR130 per gramme and of 18 carats, The two-day conference water, energy and cyber security success of ARC’13, attended by which is popular with Filipinos, was on November 18-19 at Qatar and integrated healthcare. over 2,000 delegates and where QR111.5 per gramme. Gold jewellery sales were brisk National Convention Centre will The conference is the pre- Qatar’s grand challenges were Some jewellery outlets now send yesterday. QASSIM RAHMATULLAH be held under the patronage of mier scientific research forum unveiled. Over 1,000 abstracts messages on the mobile phones of H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, in Qatar, hosted by QF R&D. were received, of which nearly their regular customers, informing 2013, prices have almost been stable. Chairperson, Qatar Foundation Dr Nabeel Al Salem, (pic- 450 were accepted for poster them of price falls, if any. On October 5 last year, for instance, for Education, Science and tured), Executive Director, presentations. The authors of According to one jewellery store, a gramme of pure gold was sold for Community Development. Outreach and Communications, around 50 gave presentations some customers track gold rates on a QR148 compared to QR147 now). It supports QF’s mission to QF R&D, said, “It is a source of on their research. daily basis and come rushing to make Gold had become very expensive build Qatar’s innovation and pride to see record numbers of ARC’14 will include panel purchases when the prices dip. three years ago with rates peaking technology capacity through the science community submit in addition to international discussions, technical presen- Yesterday’s prices were, though, in October 2011. One gramme of key sciences. research to be part of this year’s experts, to come together to find tations and debates to share a little higher than those in on 24-carat gold was available for QR210 QF Research and conference. compelling solutions and tech- experiences and innovative December 4 last year when pure at the time. The rate varied between Development’s (QF R&D) Qatar “The conference provides nologies for the country’s grand approaches towards world-class gold’s rate had fallen to QR144 per QR180 and QR200 until September National Research Fund under- a platform for local experts challenges. research and innovation. gramme. 2012 after which there has been a took peer reviews for almost and QF R&D’s key entities, “The submissions play an THE PENINSULA During the past year since October downward curve. THE PENINSULA 04 NOVEMBER 1, 2014 ON SATURDAY www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

Kammutty VP A day to run

Hundreds of runners took part in the second edition of the Aspire International 6:50 Race yesterday at Aspire Zone. One of the popular events in Qatar’s sports calendar, the run involved completing 10 laps of a 5km track at the Aspire Zone grounds in less than six hours. There was a relay option for teams of five. The highlight of the race was the 10th International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) 50km World Trophy Final, which featured 40 of the world’s finest ultra-long distance runners. This was the first time IAU had brought such an event to the GCC. NOVEMBER 1, 2014 Home / Middle East www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 ON SATURDAY

Festival in support of Palestine

A large number of people attended a festival ‘We All Stand For Palestine’ at Romanian Theatre at Katara yesterday. It was organised by Qatar Charity and Katara. BAHER AMIN

Emir returns from UK visit Many expats set savings targets DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has returned to Doha after an official visit to the United They say fulfilling goals a priority despite increasing cost of living on World’s Savings Day Kingdom. The Emir was accompanied by an official DOHA: Expatriates from planned. Rising cost of living lucrative venture. “Many peo- real estate. “We are forced to policy but he is driving a car he delegation. Egypt, the Philippines and has forced me to spend more ple find it hard to save abroad spend more and save less because has taken on rent. India are able to save money, and save less. Initially I was able because of high cost of living but of the increasing cost of living,” “Although there is no urgent despite rising cost of living in to save the targeted amount I make it a point to save monthly said another Sri Lankan. need for him to drive by taking Call to repair Qatar. because I was single. for an apartment I am planning Some people say saving money a car on rent, he is doing it to People from other countries, “After bringing my family to build, so that I won’t have to should not adversely affect com- enjoy driving.” Al Wakra jetty however, do not seem to have here, my target has gone for a work abroad, far from my fam- fortable living. High cost of living One Ugandan working with much inclination to save and say toss. I have now shifted from ily,” said Junmar Cruz working is the biggest hurdle deterring Customer Service, Qatar DOHA: Part of Al Wakra jetty they want to enjoy life by spend- Doha to Al Wukair to save some in Doha for three years. people from save money. Airways, said he earned QR3,000 has collapsed and curved into ing on travelling, dining out and money,” said an Indian working “We come here with the goal “Compare to other nation- and sends QR1,000 home to sup- the sea, making it increasingly other leisure activities — despite for a construction company. to save. Once our target is met als, expatriates from Pakistan port his family every month. risky for fishermen and other World’s Savings Day marked on Expatriates say saving now we go back home. do not have much inclination to He spends the remaining people visiting the port. October 31 to make people aware will help achieve their goals. “However, we do not kill our save and do not kill their desires QR2,000 in Qatar on transport, The jetty collapsed mainly about savings for a rainy day. “Saving is important because desires to save money. We save to save. If they feel an urge to food, and accommodation. because of neglect and lack of “I manage to save about working abroad is not perma- in such a way that our life is eat out in a restaurant, they will He is unable to save anything maintenance, reported the local QR1,000 each month out of my nent. We will not be working also comfortable,” said Gayan make sure that they do,” said a but he is happy that he has a job Arabic daily Al Raya. Fishermen salary of QR4,500. here forever. Ratnayake, a Sri Lankan. Pakistani expatriate. and is sustaining himself and his said they were afraid to return “I have set a target of sav- “I opened a bank account in Usually Sri Lankans invest in “A friend cannot buy a car in family. to the port and urged authorities ing this much each month and the Philippines to save for the fixed deposits in banks and in Qatar because of his company THE PENINSULA to carry out urgent maintenance I make it a point to save it, no business I am planning to start work to restore the port’s herit- matter what the circumstances in the near future,” said Alex age and enable them to return are,” said Mohamed, an Egyptian Garina, a Filipino working in the to work. The jetty is one of the who works as a company repre- construction sector. most important in the country sentative here. My savings will Garina, who lives with his with a berth area for more than help me achieve my plan to build family, says he plans to work in 400 sailboats. It is one of the a home and buy a taxi in Egypt,” Doha for the next six to eight jetty preferred by fishermen and he added. years and then go back home visitors. THE PENINSULA “I am saving money but that for good and buy a convenience is less than what was initially store franchise he considers a

‘QU parent was fatally hit by female professor’

DOHA: The parent of a Qatar University (QU) The man had come to the university to pick up his student who died in a road accident on the cam- daughter. He had suffered serious injuries. pus on Wednesday was 72. In a message, the President of QU urged students He was hit by a car driven by a British woman pro- and faculty members, addressing them as members fessor and rushed to the emergency unit of Hamad of QU family, to take extreme precaution while driv- General Hospital (HGH), reports local Arabic daily ing within the campus. Al Raya. Al Raya said a youth was critically injured when Meanwhile, a university student told this news- his car hit the railing in the middle of the road in paper that the accident took place between 3pm another accident. There were four youth in the car and 4pm. The man was crossing a main road after and it was driven by a 16-year-old. They were com- offering prayers in a mosque to reach the parking ing to Doha from Abu Samra when the mishap took lot when he was hit, said the student. place. THE PENINSULA

Aspire race

People taking part in the Aspire International 6:50 Race as part of the 10th IAU 50km World Trophy Final at Aspire yesterday. KAMMUTTY VP S Sudan famine temporarily averted: UN NAIROBI: Aid and some small harvests have was speculated about famine... (has been) temporar- helped stave off a feared famine in South Sudan, ily averted,” WFP’s South Sudan Deputy Country but any more fighting there could still leave Director, Eddie Rowe, said. millions facing severe hunger next year, a sen- About 10,000 people have died and over a million ior World Food Programme (WFP) official said have been displaced since fighting broke out between yesterday. President Salva Kiir’s government forces and rebels The United Nations had warned in May that up allied to his former deputy Riek Machar in December to 4 million people would be on the brink of star- last year. Earlier this week, rebels attacked Unity vation by the end of 2014, after months of clashes State capital Bentiu, shattering months of relative threatened harvests and shut down aid programmes. calm during the rainy season when sodden roads Development agencies launched an appeal and the make fighting and movement of equipment almost response, together with rainfall, meant that “what impossible. REUTERS 06 NOVEMBER 1, 2014 ON SATURDAY www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Views

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Justice for North Koreans Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate HE United Nations seems to be finally getting closer to cracking the whip on human rights violations in North Korea. North Korea is one of the few Tcountries in the world where rights violations are committed with such regularity and ferocity that new cases sometimes elicit just a sense of déjà vu. The latest crime Politics dim Obama’s was reported by a British newspaper a few days ago. Ten senior members of the country’s ruling party were executed after they were caught watching soap operas. The ten were ‘executed by firing squad for watching South Korean soap operas, bribery or womanising’ on the order of dictator Africa power plan Kim Jong-Un, taking the number of senior government BY JEANNA SMIALEK and military members executed this year to 50. Kim Jong- completed a five- day tour of Africa US AID, which oversees the initia- Un’s father, Kim Jong-Il and grandfather Kim Il-Sung, had intended in part to promote the elec- tive, is temporarily redirecting funds fiercely protected their people from any foreign influences. HE meat spoils when the elec- tricity push. Stops included Tanzania, in Liberia to pay for electricity genera- However, Jon-Un has struggled to shield the North Koreans tricity goes out for an extended one of six Power Africa focus nations, tors to power health-care centers, said time at Sadi John’s butcher and South Africa, where Obama first Andrew Herscowitz, Power Africa’s coor- as mobile phones and the internet has blurred borders. Tshop outside of Dar es Salaam. announced the initiative in 2013. Power dinator. The four other Power Africa Amidst these atrocities that find no parallel in modern It’s a common and costly occurrence, he Africa, now in an initial five-year phase, focus countries are Ethiopia, Ghana, world, there comes the possibility of retribution from the UN says. “I lose a lot of money,” said John, aims to add 30,000 megawatts of cleaner, Kenya and Nigeria. in the form of a report to a General Assembly committee on 26, who lives about 30 kilometers from more efficient electricity- generation A cloud hanging over the program’s October 28 from Marzuki Darusman, the special rapporteur the country’s largest city, where he waits capacity in sub-Saharan Africa, connect- future has little to do with Africa. tables for extra income. He said outages ing 60 million new homes and businesses. Congress reauthorized the Export- on human rights in North Korea. Darusman, an Indonesian can last three to four days and happen Based on the average African household Import Bank, the US’s official export jurist, called on the United Nations to ask the International as often as once a week. “Power in our size of five people, that would turn on credit bank, through a stopgap measure Criminal Court to take up the matter on grounds that country is a big problem.” the lights for about 300 million people, after a political scuffle this year. Last crimes against humanity have been committed. Six-hundred million sub-Saharan Leo said. month, Congress extended the bank’s Darusman’s report is an acknowledgement of the Africans lack electricity, and supply “I’m pleased to say that we are authority through June 30. conclusions of a UN commission of inquiry which reported can be inconsistent for those like John on track,” Lew said this week in The bank has pledged as much as who have it. The International Energy Johannesburg. The initiative has fos- $50bn of the $8bn total US public fund- in February that North Korea has committed barbarous Agency has esti- tered development of 2,800 megawatts ing, Ben Todd, business development acts against its own people. mated the region of new and expected power production officer for Africa, said in an email. To It said that four large camps will need more and is supporting transactions that will date, it has approved $45m in Power The regime of hold some 80,000 to 120,000 than $300 billion deliver an additional 5,000 megawatts of Africa-related transactions, he said. political prisoners in the in investment to power, he said. The Overseas Private Investment Kim Jong-Un country and unearthed Addressing the extend access to It also attracted more than $18bn Corp., the US government’s development everyone by 2030. in private investment in its first finance institution and a major player must be sent evidence of “extermination, energy poverty President year, according to a U.S. Agency for in Power Africa funding, has also drawn to the ICC for murder, enslavement, torture, Barack Obama’s International Development annual ire on Capitol Hill. Club for Growth and imprisonment, rape, forced challenge in $8bn Power report. The World Bank, African Heritage Action for America, two con- crimes against abortions and other sexual Africa will take Africa initiative Development Bank and Sweden have servative lobbying groups, in May called violence, persecution on political, is trying to draw also dedicated money. Even as the pro- on Congress to block its reauthorization. humanity. investors to sub- gram gathers momentum, the limited The Senate has yet to pass a bill religious, racial and gender years, and Saharan Africa’s experience and low starting point some that would reauthorize OPIC, which is grounds, the forcible transfer Obama only has inadequate grid, African nations bring to infrastructure extended for now through a continuing of populations, the enforced two left. with initial help development pose a challenge. That’s the resolution on the budget, said Charlie disappearance of persons and the inhumane act of knowingly from companies case in Tanzania. Stadtlander, spokesman for the corpo- causing prolonged starvation.” such as General “Capacity in the country is limited,” ration. OPIC has earmarked $1.5bn for Referring the North Korea file to the ICC is a bold Electric Co. More than a year after it Babu Ram, chief power engineer at the spending across the continent as part of was announced, the program faces obsta- African Development Bank, said outside the initiative, and has already dedicated and wise move, which though can’t deter its dictator cles such as local capacity shortages and of a power station in Dar es Salaam, con- $400 million of that to specific projects, Kim Jong-Un from committing more of such crimes, can political wrangling in the United States structed as part of the initiative. “That he said. Leo called OPIC “a cornerstone definitely put some fear in his heart which is evident from over sources of public funding, as well as slows down the tempo.” for Power Africa’s financing.” his regime’s reactions to the news. North Korean diplomats a longer- term question about whether Disease is a barrier in Liberia, another A longer-term risk is whether the have been attempting to thwart any action that would the next American president will keep of the six focus nations and an epicenter push outlives the current administra- lead to a referral to the ICC. It even invited Darusman to it going. “If Power Africa works, then it of the Ebola outbreak. tion, said Moss, now the chief operating would deliver a huge boost for African “The health crisis is obviously a short- officer and senior fellow at the Center visit North Korea for the first time, which is interesting countries,” Ben Leo, a senior fellow at term deterrent for investors,” Todd for Global Development. “The big chal- considering that the country refused to allow a visit by the the Center for Global Development in Moss, a former deputy assistant secre- lenge right now is for Power Africa to commission of inquiry. Washington and a former White House tary in the State Department’s bureau find a home in the US government,” he The Security Council must vote on a referral, and China, director of Africa affairs, said in an of African affairs, wrote in an email. said. “Building modern power systems which is an ally of Pyongyang must refrain from using its email. “Addressing the energy poverty He pointed out that the country has no is a long-term effort. If Power Africa is challenge will take years, and Obama large-scale power plants. “Part of the going to make a real difference, then it veto power. Kim Jong Un has gone too far, and it’s time to . only has two left.” recovery will be building an electricity must exist after President Obama leaves act Treasury Secretary Jack Lew Friday sector.” office.” WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of US and EU must act on Israeli oppression the day

SRAELI arrogance is about to spelling out exactly what Israeli Prime like Glick have the backing of Israeli he was saying nothing new. All he stoke dangerous levels of violence Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping nationalist extremists like members was doing was talking. Such rhetoric in occupied Jerusalem and the will happen. The unwitting UN official of parliament Moshe Feiglin and Miri needs to trigger international action, IWest Bank. Tel Aviv’s plan to build may have meant his words to be a dire Regev who have used their position which should begin with the US 1,000 new colony houses in occupied warning to the Israelis, but he was talk- to stoke far-right Israeli politics with administration and European Union We need east Jerusalem has coincided with its ing to a government that hates even the active connivance of Netanyahu’s member states stopping normal con- decision to enforce a total closure of the thought of a two-state solution. administration. Together they seek to tacts and not allowing the free flow Republicans in Al Haram Al Sharif, banning Muslim In addition, the situation in occu- end any talk of the two-state solution of aid and trade to a government worshippers as well as Jewish radicals pied Jerusalem has become further while expanding Israeli ownership and like Netanyahu’s that is dedicated to Congress to stop from entering the precinct. inflamed by the Israeli crackdown, fol- domination of the entire West Bank. wrecking any hope of a negotiated When a mid-level United Nations lowing the attempted killing of a Jewish So when UN political chief Jeffrey solution and is encouraging violence blocking a minimum official used a UN Security Council extremist, Yehuda Glick, belonging to Feltman called on Israel “to rescind” in order to inflame the situation so wage increase and emergency session to warn that Israel’s the ‘Temple Mount Faithful’, a radical its plan to build 1,000 new colony that it can justify new security crack- plans for further colonies threaten the group that seeks to rebuild a Jewish homes, which he said was in viola- downs and impose further brutality on give America a viability of the future Palestinian state, temple in Al Haram Al Sharif. It is a tion of international law and contrary Palestinians. raise. he was doing no more than accidently matter of grave regret that fanatics to the goals of the two-state solution, Gulf News Barack Obama US President NOVEMBER 1, 2014 Views www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 ON SATURDAY Tsunami evacuees caught in Japan money trap

percent last year, the biggest jump A funding quagmire has left tens of anywhere in Japan. Before the city could buy land, thousands of evacuees stranded in it had to track down the legal owners. That proved tedious, said Oka. Officials discovered that in temporary housing units. many instances, properties had been passed down without proper BY TAIGA URANAKA and if these were normal times,” says inheritance procedures. ANTONI SLODKOWSKI Hiroshi Kameyama, referring to Other areas have been beset by the red tape he confronts in get- similar delays. Miyagi, the pre- hirty billion dollars in ting building plans approved. “It’s fecture that includes Ishinomaki funding for roads, bridges one of the reasons why public and Sendai, planned to build some and thousands of new works are delayed.” 15,000 public housing units by Thomes in areas devas- Makoto Kitamura, the dep- March 2016. It has extended that tated by the tsunami in Japan uty director general of the deadline by two years. three and a half years ago is still Reconstruction Agency, says After the tsunami, about a third languishing unspent in the bank. local government spending of of public works projects in Miyagi A funding quagmire has left reconstruction money has been failed to attract bidders in the first tens of thousands of evacuees accelerating. “The pace of the round as construction companies stranded in temporary units that construction projects has also been say they held back for fear the were supposed to house them for picking up,” he said, sitting in his projects would be unprofitable. no more than two years. office in Tokyo. “So it is not some- To be sure, rebuilding a city Japanese government funds thing you should worry about.” like Ishinomaki is a vast logistical budgeted for reconstruction and For Prime Minister Shinzo undertaking. Parts of the city need A construction site of public housing for tsunami survivors in Hebita area, on the outskirts of Ishinomaki. transferred to local governments Abe, the reconstruction delays to be built from scratch. are stuck in banks across the are a potential time bomb. Before A strip of Ishinomaki’s shore- tsunami-ravaged northeast. The he became prime minister in upward, for a second time, to helping to fund the borrowing that reconstruction projects, including line where 6,500 homes once stood central government has paid out December 2012, Abe campaigned $217,000 — almost 40 percent the government undertook to emergency loans to businesses hit has been declared too dangerous to more than $50bn directly to local in parliamentary elections on a higher than the original figure. make the disaster-related alloca- by the tsunami. build on. And many local govern- governments in Miyagi, Iwate and pledge to speed up reconstruction tions in the first place. The central ment officials who would otherwise Fukushima prefectures, the areas — a promise he has repeated on CLOSED FUNDING LOOP government issued $130bn worth PERMANENT HOMES have played a role in reconstruc- hardest hit by the disaster. About both anniversaries of the disaster Much of the reconstruction of reconstruction bonds in the The government’s five-year tion either died in the tsunami or 60 percent of that money remains since he took office. cash has ended up on the ledger three years after the disaster. reconstruction plan was built had their homes destroyed and are on deposit in the region’s banks. So far, about 2,700 housing units of 77 Bank in Sendai, some 50 The unspent funds sitting in on unrealistic assumptions, living in temporary dwellings. Ishinomaki, where more than of a planned 29,000 have been com- kilometres west of Ishinomaki. bank deposits also come at a cost said Yoshikiyo Shimamine, the Prior to the earthquake and 3,700 people died in the tsunami pleted in the tsunami-hit areas. In Government deposits at 77 Bank, to Tokyo. The government is under chief economist at Dai-ichi Life tsunami there were five build- — the most casualties of any city its housing plan issued more than the region’s largest lender, have pressure to cut a public debt load Research Institute in Tokyo. ings with reinforced concrete in the disaster — has been deeply a year ago, the government said it jumped four-fold to almost $17bn that is more than twice as large as “Given bottlenecks such as labour that were taller than five storeys affected by the funding paralysis. aimed to complete 15,000 homes in the past three years as recon- annual economic output. shortages and material cost rises in Ishinomaki, says Hirotaka The port city, where 56,000 build- by March next year. It has since struction money flooded in. Bank officials said they did not and difficulties in getting consen- Kamata, a sales representative at ings were damaged, has been scaled back that target to 10,000 Yoshikazu Onodera, a 77 Bank expect the money to be withdrawn sus among residents who are relo- Endo Kogyo, a construction com- showered with money for recon- units. executive, said the rapid inflow soon because building projects face cated, reconstruction budgets are pany working in the city. “Right struction — about $4.1bn in the A labour shortage exacerbated of deposits has been a challenge further delays. not something that can be spent now the city is building about 20. three years after it was hit. by the siphoning of workers away for the bank to manage since the Forging consensus among resi- within five years,” he said. It’s like building something in But almost 60 percent of the from the disaster zone to build money could be withdrawn on dents over reconstruction plans “is Officials in Ishinomaki, home to three years that took 50 post-war money, or $2.3bn, remains in bank commercial facilities for the 2020 short notice. The solution, said a time-consuming process,” said 150,000 people, say spending the years to build.” deposits. And fewer than five per- Tokyo Olympic Games has slowed Onodera, has been to invest in Kitamura of the Reconstruction more than $4bn in reconstruction Kamata says his company is also cent of the planned new homes for reconstruction. So have a spike in short-term government bonds. Agency, which is responsible for aid has proven tough. With all of worried about making long-term the city’s nearly 25,000 evacuees the cost of building materials and As a result, 77 Bank’s government the disbursement of $20bn out the city-owned land having been investments when it knows the have been completed. problems in procuring land in the bond holdings have risen two and of the $50bn allocated directly to designated for temporary hous- tsunami-fuelled building boom will disaster zone. a half times to $20bn since 2011. local governments. “This is the ing after the tsunami, the local only last a few more years. “The RED TAPE Initial government estimates for Like 77 Bank, other regional result of going through the nec- government had to negotiate the reconstruction budget is huge,” he The mayor of Ishinomaki the cost of building a new home lenders have also ploughed funds essary process.” purchase of an additional 9,000 said. “The more money you pump directs part of the blame for the have been far off the mark. In into Japanese government bonds, Separate from the money allo- plots to build permanent homes, the faster the construction compa- hold-ups at bureaucrats in Tokyo. 2011, the Reconstruction Agency creating a closed loop of financing. cated directly to the prefectures, the reconstruction office’s Oka nies will run away. There’s no way “It’s a massive disaster but central budgeted $158,000 for a new home. By buying government bonds, the the central government has poured said. That inflated the price of a we can take on any more work.” government officials are acting as In April, it revised that estimate banks’ investments are essentially $140bn into disaster-relief and plot of land in Ishinomaki by 15 REUTERS Who will succeed Khamenei? West has few female leaders BY SAEED KAMALI supreme leader in 1989 following without naming anyone. “I’m not BY MINNA SALAMI DEHGHAN the death of Rouhollah Khomeini, sure if they are bona fides.” founder of the 1979 Islamic revo- If Khamenei died tomorrow, report this week has exposed how progress n a closely guarded com- lution. Today, in the words of Ansari said, there were three towards gender equality is slowing down in the pound in central Tehran, often prominent Iranian writer Akbar ways in which a succession could Awest. The Global Gender Gap Report showed Ireferred to simply as Beyt (the Ganji, Khamenei is “Iran’s head of proceed. “The assembly of experts that Europe has undergone the smallest change in house), lives a 75-year-old man state, commander in chief and top will convene and activate the terms of closing the gender gap. In terms of political whose tenure as Iran’s supreme ideologue. His views are what will notion of the leadership council,” empowerment, from Britain to Austria to Spain, in leader will expire only on the day ultimately shape Iranian policy.” he said. “The other one is that only nine years, women’s rankings have sunk sharply. he dies. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Khamenei was appointed to he would have left some sort of By contrast, the region with the largest positive one-time revolutionary, has his new job by Iran’s assembly of will and nominate someone who change is Latin America where, just last weekend, maintained his job-for-life as the experts, a powerful clerical body I think will be from the inner cir- Brazil re-elected a woman president, Dilma Rousseff politician with ultimate power in charge of appointing and dis- cle, someone who would continue (pictured). Also known as the world’s most power- in Iran for nearly 25 years. But missing the supreme leader. Two his vested interest. Or it will be a ful feminist, Rousseff will lead the world’s seventh- recent news about his health has decades after that appointment, new person elected in the tradi- largest economy and fifth-largest nation for another revived debate on who will replace Khamenei has become so power- tional sense. This one is the most four years. Voters in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and him and what it will mean for the ful that the assembly’s role has problematic.” the Caribbean have also done a better job of electing future of Iran. diminished to a symbolic one with In the absence of serious politi- women presidents and prime ministers. Today, only The supreme leader is more members acting as his devotees, cal discussions about Khamenei’s three of the 22 female heads of government are in the powerful than Iran’s elected pres- stripped of all their supervisory successor, the names of potential west (Germany, Denmark and Norway). ident, trumping him on decisions power even though they are still candidates are touted only in It’s commonly perceived that the western world is of national security and sensitive being elected in public votes. private. Many see Ayatollah Ali at the forefront of the campaign for women’s rights. international issues as well as One analyst with close knowl- Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of State bodies such as the British Department for domestic policy. edge of Iran’s political structure Iran’s great political survivors, as International Development, organisations such as In September, pictures of an said the assembly would regain a serious contender, even though the Cherie Blair Foundation and celebrities such as ailing Khamenei in a Tehran pub- its decisive role at the time of he is older than Khamenei. The Madonna and Angelina Jolie all invest in women’s lic hospital following prostate sur- Khamenei’s death. “We shouldn’t 80-year-old Rafsanjani, head of empowerment in the developing world, which is often and Tobago and Costa Rica. The biggest challenge gery triggered speculation about underestimate the assembly,” said the country’s powerful expediency seen as lagging well behind. But in truth, as the sur- women face today is how to identify with the idea of the succession. Although the topic the analyst, who preferred to council, has held Iran’s presidency vey shows, when it comes to having women at the top being powerful — because the more women identify of succession remains taboo at remain anonymous. “At the end of twice and has led the assembly of levels of political leadership, industrialised western with “powerfulness”, the more will seek leadership home, when it comes, Iran’s politi- the day, they are the very people experts for some years. countries actually lag behind developing ones. Of 142 positions. cal trajectory will change after a who choose the next leader unless Rafsanjani stepped down from countries, Britain came just 63rd for the number of Women are not politically equal to men in any quarter of century, domestically there will be a military coup.” his top assembly role in 2011 as women in parliament and 75th for the number of region of the world. Pathological male dominance and internationally. In Tehran, the assembly is in it came to light that a rift was women in ministerial jobs. The US was 83rd and 25th. is a global pandemic that feminists in every part of Many wonder why Khamenei’s transition mood. Mohammad- emerging between him and So what’s gone wrong with the struggle for equal- the world need to tackle. But since the west plays a inner circle allowed his health Reza Mahdavi Kani, who was Khamenei over the conduct of ity in the west? A poll of 11- to 17-year-old girls in leading role in shaping women’s political movements development to be discussed in the council’s chairman until a few Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, then the US that was published on Tuesday found that 74 globally, it is hypocritical for it to imply that it is a public, especially when Iran and weeks ago, died following a heart president. Rafsanjani’s authority percent of girls believe that if they pursued a political beacon of exemplary behaviour. the west have locked horns over attack and the next elections for has diminished in recent years career, they would “have to work harder than a man There has been some progress in Europe. In important nuclear negotiations. a new set of members is sched- and two of his children have been to be taken seriously”. Perhaps not so surprising in Sweden, for instance, the Feminist Initiative party Ali Ansari of St Andrews uled in less than two years. “What jailed on separate charges but a country that has never elected a female head of performed strongly in the country’s recent elections. University said Khamenei’s pic- happens after Khamenei very later released. He registered to government. What’s more, the EU — not included as In fact, ranking in the top five of the gender report tures in hospital were meant to much depends on who is in the run for Iran’s presidential elec- a region in the report — is chronically male-biased. and with two of Europe’s three female heads of state, send a signal that he was fit and assembly at the time of his death tions in 2013 but his candidacy In October, despite EU commission president Jean- Scandinavia generally speaking is a shining light for healthy. “I think it has more to do and what forces are in power in was blocked by a council close Claude Juncker’s pleas for member states to put western women. with the fact that they are anx- Tehran,” said the analyst. to Khamenei that vets all candi- female candidates forward for his team, he ended up During her first UN talk as Brazil’s president, ious,” he said. “It tells us more Ahmad Janati, a powerful dates. Rafsanjani is now seen as with only nine women representing the interests of Rousseff said: “For the first time in the history of about the general anxieties they Iranian cleric and a close confi- close to reformists and moderates. Europeans. As Juncker put it himself, the outcome the United Nations, a female voice opens the general have in the political system, the dant of Khamenei, warned last Other names heard as possi- was “pathetic”. debate … It is the voice of democracy, of equality. I fact that it’s so dependent on him month that certain political fac- ble candidates include Ayatollah It seems that, while positioning itself as the region am certain, ladies and gentlemen, that this will be now that people are worried that tions in Iran were already plan- Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, that champions gender equality, the west has failed the women’s century.” if rumours get out that he is ill, ning for greater influence in the a former head of the judici- to look in the mirror. If it did, it would spot an ongo- With those words, Rousseff unfurled a vision of people are going to start manoeu- next assembly of experts, imply- ary, Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi ing revivalism of old, patriarchal, conservative values unprecedented feminine power. A century where vring. This is a way to silence that ing that clerical groups critical of Mesbah Yazdi, a hardline figure, and a backlash against women’s rights that makes women occupy their deserved place as half of the in a way and I think they wanted the establishment were hoping to Ayatollah Javadi-Amoli, a promi- it difficult for female leaders to rise as they should. leaders of the world? What an idea to unleash in to do it very deliberately.” enter the body. “Some individu- nent scholar based in the city of To challenge the status quo so that future genera- a chamber imbued with decades of male privilege. The son of a religious scholar als have political ambitions and Qom, and Ayatollah Ebrahim tions of girls can feel comfortable competing for office Thank you, Dilma. But despite this optimism, the new born at the time of the Pahlavi want to have the upper hand in Amini, an influential cleric and in equal measure, perhaps the west should look to survey leads me to fear that, rather than a female dynasty, Khamenei rose from a the next assembly,” he said during an assembly member. countries that have been more welcoming to female century, we are heading toward yet another male one. seminary student to become Iran’s a television interview last month THE GUARDIAN heads of government such as Jamaica, Trinidad THE GUARDIAN 08 NOVEMBER 1, 2014 ON SATURDAY www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Middle East Iraqi forces Foreign militants flock enter IS-held town: Report

to IS despite air strikes KIRKUK, IRAQ: Iraqi forces yesterday attacked the strate- gic jihadist-held town of Baiji, Around 15,000 foreigners fighting with militant groups: CIA which has been out of gov- ernment control for months, LONDON: The Islamic State Carnegie Endowment in Moscow. demonstrates,” he said, using an regaining control of two areas, group is recruiting foreign Malashenko said the air cam- alternative name for the IS group. army officers said. jihadists on an “unprecedented paign against IS jihadists had The report was produced by a They “entered the town of scale” despite international failed to put off new recruits. UN committee that monitors Al Baiji... and moved into Al Sinai efforts to stem the tide, accord- “Air strikes have had no effect Qaeda, and concluded that the and Al Tamim neighbour- ing to experts and extracts of a on recruitment,” he said. once mighty and feared extrem- hoods and cleared them,” Staff UN report published by Britain’s The Central Intelligence ist group was now “maneuvering Lieutenant General Abdulwahab Guardian newspaper. Agency (CIA) estimates there are for relevance” following the rise of Al Saadi, who leads the military Latest US figures show that around 15,000 foreigners fighting the even more militant IS group, command for the area said. around 1,000 foreign fighters are with the Islamic State (IS) and which was booted out of Al Qaeda Major Hassan Mekhlif, who flocking to fight in Iraq and Syria other hardcore militant groups, by leader Ayman Al Zawahiri. took part in the operation, con- every month, and experts warn although Saltman suggested the The UN agreed with the US firmed the two areas had been that the newest militants may be number may be closer to 16,000. government that “core Al Qaeda retaken, adding that “our forces more extreme than early recruits. Previous figures showed there remains weak”, but argued that its are stationed in a number of sites The number of jihadists travel- were 7,000 foreign jihadists fight- demise had only paved the way for and checkpoints.” ling to fight since 2010 exceeds the ing in March, and 12,000 in July more bloody groups. An army major general said cumulative total of those joining suggesting 1,000 a month increase, There is also growing evidence the assault came after shelling other global extremist organisa- despite the launch of air strikes that IS cells are strengthen- targeting militants from the tions over the 20 preceding years against IS combatants three ing across the Middle East and Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, by “many times”, the UN Security months ago. “It’s safe to say this North Africa, with 3,000 fighters which spearheaded a sweeping Council study said, according to conflict stands out with the high- already based in Libya, according June offensive that overran Baiji the Guardian. est rate in the last decade,” a US to Romain Caillet, jihadist expert and much of the rest of Iraq’s “Many foreign fighters that security official said. “All of these with French research group IFPO. Sunni Arab heartland. originally left for Syria really did numbers are trending upward.” The UN report put the IS Security forces, militiamen think they were going out for a According to the Soufan Group group’s recruitment success down and tribesmen had been gathering humanitarian cause,” said Erin think-tank, the highest numbers to its “cosmopolitan embrace” for several days near Baiji, after Marie Saltman, senior researcher of foreign jihadists were from of modern media and social advancing from the south in an at counter-extremism think tank Muslim countries, including 3,000 networking. operation launched more than two Quilliam. from Tunisia and 2,500 from “Some of their adverts have weeks ago. Baiji lies on the main “Now the stakes are slightly Saudi Arabia. pretty much copied ‘Call of Duty’ highway to Iraq’s IS-controlled higher. Anyone going over as a (computer game) to recruit that second city Mosul, and the town’s foreign fighter now, you have to IS REACH SPREADING sort of age group, they’re looking recapture would also help to fur- have been radicalised into believ- If anything, the air strikes in at young impressionable men,” ther isolate militants in the city of ing in martyrdom, so most of Iraq and Syria could be used as said Palombi. Tikrit, to the south. those individuals will not actually a propaganda tool by IS leaders But the reality of warfare could The Baiji assault could also be expecting to come back,” she to attract more recruits, experts see the tactic backfire, said the open the way to breaking a said. Russian fighters constitute warned. experts. Some recruits are trying months-old jihadist siege of the biggest single fighting force “Any message they can send to return home “because of dis- government forces defending from a non-Muslim country, num- saying, ‘Look at what the West illusionment, because they have Iraq’s largest oil refinery, which bering over 800, and the US-led does to Muslims’, they will use witnessed horrific events,” said is located near the town. But air strikes will only strengthen that as a rallying call,” said Simon Saltman. The UN warned that government forces face a major their resolve, according to a local Palombi, terrorism expert at more nations than ever face the challenge in retaking Baiji, and expert. think-tank Chatham House. problem of dealing with fighters previous offensives have failed to “They are idealists, fanatics, “ISIS have been very savvy returning from the battle zone, gain ground. The Baiji assault was An injured man walks on rubble at a site hit by an air strike by forces loyal who believe in a global caliphate when it comes to their propa- with figures showing fighters from interrupted by an attack on the to Syria’s President Bashar Al Assad at Al Sukari neighbourhood of Aleppo, as we believed in communism,” ganda and recruitment, as the 81 countries. command headquarters located at yesterday. said Alexei Malashenko, from the 15,000 that have been recruited AFP Tikrit University. AFP Peshmerga fighters leave Turkish restaurant without paying bill

ISTANBUL: They came, they the restaurant without paying. Turkish border town of Suruc saw and they left, purportedly, So far there has been no sign of where they have been ever since, without paying the bill. payment,” a restaurant source, the source said. Amid confusion over the plans who was not named, told the “The car park was full of mili- of the Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga paper. tary vehicles,” said the source. fighters set to cross from Turkey “But we have kept the bills. It took their convoy a painfully to fight jihadists in Kobane, one And we are waiting for the pay- slow 24 hours to make the around contingent ate a full meal in a ment,” the source added. 400km (250 mile) journey from Turkish restaurant without pay- The paper later quoted one of the Iraqi border to Suruc, held ing a hefty bill, the Hurriyet daily the partners in the restaurant, up along the way by crowds of reported yesterday. Bekir Demirol, as saying that Turkish Kurds who greeted their Hurriyet said that some 80 there had been a “misunder- arrival. peshmerga fighters stopped off standing”, and the bill was sub- After meeting another group of late Wednesday at the Demirol sequently paid by the office of the peshmerga who arrived in Suruc motorway services restaurant Sanliurfa province governor. by air, they have been waiting just outside the city of Sanliurfa “I looked today and the pay- ever since in a military warehouse as they travelled from Iraq ment has arrived,” he told the as questions mount about what is through Turkey to the border paper. However, contacted by keeping them. with Syria. the Hurriyet, the governor’s office The peshmerga are supposed Enjoying the spicy local spe- said it had made no payment and to cross into Syria to reinforce ciality of Urfa Kebab, as well as was not aware of receiving a bill. Syrian Kurdish fighters battling soup, beans and rice, the party Apparently in no hurry, the Islamic State (IS) militants for of 80 worked up a bill of 1,040 group of peshmerga relaxed at control of the mainly Kurdish Turkish lira ($473). the restaurant for one-and-a- Syrian town of Kobane. “The peshmerga group left half hours before heading to the AFP

Algeria marks sixtieth anniversary

The Grande Poste d’Alger in the Algerian capital. Today is the sixtieth anniversary of the Algerian war of inde- pendence from France which remains a defining moment for Algeria and its elite. On the night of November 1, 1954, some 30 explosions rocked government targets in the colony which had been under French occupation for 132 years. NOVEMBER 1, 2014 Middle East www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ON SATURDAY Clashes in West Bank after Friday prayers Men over 50 pray at Jerusalem’s Aqsa mosque

JERUSALEM: Clashes Islamic Waqf body which oversees The Israelis responded with erupted in the West Bank yes- Jerusalem’s Muslim holy sites, live fire and rubber bullets and terday after weekly Muslim gave a sharp sermon at Al-Aqsa, wounded around a dozen people, prayers while security forces calling Thursday a “black day” Palestinian security sources and deployed heavily around and a “catastrophe”. medics said. Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al Aqsa Shortly afterwards, a handful Jerusalem’s Old City was mosque which reopened follow- of Palestinian youths outside the teeming with additional police, ing the killing of a Palestinian Old City threw stones at police, including many in riot gear, after by police. who quickly dispersed them, an Israeli clampdown on the Al Aqsa, in the Old City, and police spokeswoman Luba Samri compound. The closure was the adjacent neighbourhoods have said in a statement. first for decades and prompted seen months of violence, and the In the West Bank about 300 a spokesman for Palestinian mosque compound has been a ral- Palestinians threw stones at president Mahmoud Abbas to lying point for Palestinian resist- Israeli security forces at the condemn the move as an Israeli ance to perceived Jewish attempts Qalandiya checkpoint just north “declaration of war.” to take control of it. of Jerusalem. The resident imam at Abbas’s Jerusalem was relatively calm headquarters in Ramallah echoed Friday a day after youths clashed the president’s words, saying the with police following the shoot- Kerry to meet closure had been a “declaration ing dead of Muataz Hijazi, a of war ... to Muslims across the Palestinian suspected of trying chief Palestinian world” and calling for people to to murder hardline Jewish rabbi “defend” Al Aqsa. Yehuda Glick, linked to the ten- negotiator Jerusalem has been shaken by A masked Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling shot to throw rocks at Israeli security forces during clashes at sions at Al Aqsa. months of unrest sparked by the the main entrance of the West bank city of Bethlehem following a protest against the restrictions on the Al Asqa During the unrest on Thursday, WASHINGTON: Secretary murder of a Palestinian teenager mosque compound and Israel’s killing of Muataz Hijazi, a Palestinian activist the previous day. Israel ordered a rare closure of of State John Kerry will on in July in revenge for the killings the mosque compound, sacred to Monday meet in Washington of three Jewish teenagers in the leading from the Old City’s outer compound, but police didn’t let me to honour Hijazi, whom Islamic both Muslims and Jews, but the with the chief Palestinian West Bank. A 50-day summer gates all the way to the com- through,” he said. “It’s been bad Jihad claimed as one of its mem- area reopened yesterday. negotiator, Saeb Erakat, for between Israel and Palestinian pound, a correspondent said. every day here since Ramadan,” bers. Demonstrators burned Fearing unrest after Hijazi’s talks on the peace process, a militants in the Gaza Strip inten- They checked identity papers of he added, referring to the Muslim Israeli flags and held up posters killing, hundreds of additional US official said. sified protests and clashes in the people passing between the bar- holy month that fell in July. of Hijazi. police were deployed around the Kerry will welcome a Holy City. ricades, both those on their way Markets in the Old City, nor- Fathi Hamad, a leader of the Al Aqsa mosque, restricting entry Palestinian delegation for dis- A controversial visit to Al Aqsa to pray and those who worked mally bustling on a Friday morn- Hamas movement, said at Friday for Muslim men to those over 50. cussions on “the way forward” in 2000 by Ariel Sharon, who nearby. ing, were nearly deserted due to prayers in Gaza City that Israel Prayers were more sparsely in the stalled peace process and later became Israel’s prime min- Zuheir Dana, 67, said he was the security measures. would “not win — we will resist.” attended than usual but held the situation in Gaza, State ister, sparked the second deadly unable to get from his shop to In the Gaza Strip, mean- He urged Arabs in Jerusalem to without incident, a correspond- Department spokeswoman Jen Palestinian intifada, or uprising. his home. “I wanted just to get while, thousands turned out at “stay strong. We are with you to ent said. Psaki told reporters. AFP Police, some in riot gear, home, which is about 50 metres the call of militant organisa- wage the battle of Al Aqsa!” Azzam Al Khatib, head of the manned a series of checkpoints (yards) away from the Al-Aqsa tions Hamas and Islamic Jihad AFP

Demolished house Kerry and Zarif to hold Egypt expels former Gaddafi nuclear talks in Oman spokesman VIENNA: US Secretary of that reaching a deal would require CAIRO: The former spokes- State John Kerry and Iran’s for- Iran to make “tough decisions” man for deposed Libyan leader eign minister will hold nuclear Catherine Ashton, the outgo- Muammar Gaddafi has been talks in Oman on around ing EU foreign policy chief who expelled from Egypt, a state November 10, the Austria will continue to chair the nuclear newspaper said yesterday, Press Agency (APA) reported talks until November 24, will though the spokesman disputed yesterday. also be present in Oman, APA the report. The meeting between Kerry reported. The news agency also The website of Egypt’s state and Mohammad Javad Zarif said that chief negotiators from newspaper Al Ahram said comes ahead of a final round of the six powers — but without Egyptian authorities asked talks between Iran and world Iran — will meet in Vienna on Moussa Ibrahim to leave the powers in Vienna from around November 7. Oman was where the country at the request of the November 17, APA cited unnamed United States and Iran report- Libyan government of Prime diplomatic sources as saying. edly held secret talks that laid the Minister Abdullah Al Thinni. Iran and the five permanent groundwork for an interim deal The article included what members of the UN Security struck last November. An Egyptian man in front of a recently demolished building in Rafah yesterday. Cairo has decided to create it said was a copy of a request Council plus Germany (the P5+1) Important towards easing fears a 10km long and 500 metres wide buffer zone on the border, ordering some 10,000 inhabitants to quit their by the Libyan interior ministry aim to reach a deal by November about Iran’s nuclear programme to extradite Ibrahim. Ibrahim, houses in the area within 48 hours. 24 on reining in Iran’s nuclear pro- is an ongoing probe by the UN reached over Facebook, denied gramme. Such an accord would atomic watchdog into suspected that he had been thrown out of ease fears, after a decade of ris- activities by Iran towards devel- Egypt, saying that he had left the ing tensions, that Tehran might oping a nuclear weapon. Libyan army recaptures 4 barracks country because of work commit- develop nuclear weapons under The head of the International ments in Serbia. Ibrahim was the the guise of its civilian atomic Atomic Energy Agency watchdog, face of Gaddafi’s rule in its final programme. In return for reduc- Yukiya Amano, said on Friday TRIPOLI: Libya’s army spe- his forces controlled the eastern the American ambassador. months, appearing on Arab and ing the scope of its activities and that progress in this probe has cial forces have seized back four exit road from Benghazi and four The army took a reporter on Western media outlets to defend allowing closer UN inspections, slowed in recent months and is barracks from armed Islamist camps, including the former army a tour to showcase what officers and explain government actions. Iran, which denies wanting the now “limited”. groups in the eastern city of headquarters which it had lost said was territory it now control- bomb, wants painful UN and “Initially Iran implemented the Benghazi, a commander said with three others to the Islamists led. Residents said more army Western sanctions lifted. practical measures agreed with yesterday, after two weeks of in August. reinforcements had arrived in the Months of intense negotiations, the agency... fairly well,” Amano, heavy fighting which has killed The army had already said it past few days. Gunmen kill including between Kerry and who met Kerry on Thursday, told at least 210 people. had expelled Islamists from the Colonel Mahdi Al Barghathi, Zarif in mid-October in Vienna, an event in Washington. The army, backed by forces airport area and the February 17 commander of a tank battalion, Yemen police have made some progress but “However, since the summer of of a former general and other camp, one of their strongholds in said fighters from Ansar al- appear deadlocked on the key 2014 progress on implementing fighters, have waged an offensive the port city. Sharia had fled to the area of the officer, soldier issues of uranium enrichment and agreed measures has been lim- against Islamist groups in Libya’s “The army is controlling 80 seaport. Clashes continued in the the pace of any sanctions relief. ited,” he said. In particular Iran second-largest city — part of the percent of the city and is cleans- west of the city, he added. ADEN: Suspected Al Qaeda Enrichment renders uranium has still not provided information chaos gripping the oil producer ing several area of members of At least 18 people died in the gunmen killed a Yemeni police suitable for nuclear power gener- on two suspect areas, two months three years after the overthrow Ansar Al Sharia,” Bukhamada past two days, bringing the death officer and a soldier in two sepa- ation and other peaceful uses but after an agreed August 25 dead- of Muammar Gaddafi. said, referring to a group blamed toll from two weeks of fighting to rate attacks in the south of the also, at high purities, for a nuclear line to do so, Amamo said. Special forces commander by Washington for a 2012 attack 210, medics said. strife-torn country, security bomb. Kerry said on Thursday AFP Wanis Bukhamada told Reuters on the US consulate that killed REUTERS sources said yesterday. “Two Al Qaeda gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed commander Fadl Al Majidi on Thursday night in downtown Huta,” capital of Lahij province, a security source said. The assail- Iran’s human rights record under fire at UN ants were able to flee the scene. Farther south in Mahfad, a GENEVA: Iran faced harsh its last Universal Periodic Review, Britain’s representative said claimed was an attempted rape. family had planned to do so. town in Abyan province, gun- criticism of its rights record which all 193 UN countries must his country was “deeply con- “She certainly didn’t get a The massive media attention men fatally wounded a soldier in yesterday, with UN diplomats undergo every four years. cerned at the sharp increase in fair trial,” her former lawyer and rape allegations had changed his barracks on Thursday night, highlighting soaring numbers But many of the more than executions in Iran over the past Mohammad Mostafaei, who fled their minds, he said, quoting said another security source who of executions and lamenting the 100 diplomats who took the floor year”, while France demanded a to Norway in 2010, said. Sarbandi’s son saying the family blamed Al Qaeda. recent hanging of a woman who voiced outrage at the situation of “moratorium on the death pen- He said his client would never could not take the “humiliation”. Yemen has fallen deeper into murdered her attempted rapist. political prisoners, women and alty”, Germany asked for a halt have received the death penalty Larijani adamantly defended turmoil since an uprising forced But Iran hit back at the criti- religious minorities, also decry- to public executions. for the 2007 stabbing of Morteza the country’s judicial system, out autocratic president Ali cism, instead slamming countries ing arrests and harassment of A number of countries, includ- Abdolali Sarbandi, which he insisting: “All nationals of Iran Abdullah Saleh in 2012 after a trying to impose “specific life- journalists, forced confessions and ing Switzerland, pointed to the insisted was in self-defence and are equal before the law.” year of unrest, with rivals, includ- styles on others”. lack of access to fair trials. case of 26-year-old Reyhaneh with no intention to kill, if the Such claims were brushed aside ing Shia rebels and Al Qaeda, bat- Mohammad Javad Larijani, Many raised the issue of the Jabbari as a distressing example victim had not been a former by a range of NGOs, who blasted tling each other. Al Qaeda in the Secretary-general of Iran’s High rising numbers of executions, of Iran’s execution policy. intelligence officer from an influ- a lack of progress since Iran’s last Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, a Council for Human Rights, told highlighted by the UN’s spe- In a move that drew interna- ential family. review in 2010 and condemned merger of the jihadist network’s the United Nations Human cial rapporteur on Iran, Ahmed tional condemnation, Jabbari Larijani said he had asked discriminatory laws and practices Yemeni and Saudi branches, is Rights Council in Geneva that his Shahhed, who maintains the was hanged last Saturday for Sarbandi’s family to pardon infringing on the rights of women, seen by the United States as Al country had made great strides country has executed at least 850 murdering a former intelligence Jabbari, in a move that would and religious and ethnic minori- Qaeda’s deadliest offshoot. in the field of human rights since people in the past 15 months. officer to ward off what she have saved her life, and that the ties among others. AFP AGENCIES NOVEMBER 1, 2014 ON SATURDAY 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com International Army chief takes over power in Burkina Faso President Campaore quits bowing to protests

OUAGADOUGOU: The head to be carrying Compaore was seen There was no immediate reac- of Burkina Faso’s armed forces travelling on Friday towards the tion from opposition leaders to took power yesterday after southern town of Po, near the bor- Traore’s announcement. President Blaise Compaore der with Ghana, two diplomatic Many protesters said they resigned amid mass demon- sources and local media said. wanted a transition led by retired strations against an attempt to Crowds danced and cheered in General Kouame Lougue, a popu- extend his 27-year rule in the Ougadougou’s dusty streets, blow- lar former defence minister who West African country. ing on whistles after Compaore’s was accused of trying to topple Compaore, who seized power statement was broadcast. The Compaore in 2004. in a 1987 coup, had attempted to mood cooled, however, as it Long a bastion of stability defy popular pressure for him to became plain that military chief in the turbulent Sahel region, step down after a day of violent General Honore Traore had taken Burkina Faso’s crisis is being protests on Thursday in which over the reins of power. closely watched by military allies demonstrators stormed parlia- Under Burkina Faso’s constitu- France and the United States, ment and state television. tion, when the president resigns and by governments in the region However, with hundreds of the head of the National Assembly where several long-standing rul- thousands of protesters pack- should take office, but parliament ers are approaching the end of ing the streets of the capital had already been dissolved by the their mandates amid rumbling Ouagadougou for a second day Traore on Thursday under short- of popular discontent. yesterday and no sign of inter- lived martial law. “This is a sub-Saharan Spring Anti-government protesters chant slogans in front of army headquarters in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina national support for him stay- “Considering the urgency of sav- and it must continue against all Faso, yesterday. ing on, Compaore announced his ing the nation, I have decided that the presidents who are trying resignation. I will assume from this day the to hang on to power in Africa,” next year, welcomed the former Al Qaeda-linked groups in West apparent suggestion of dip- “I declare a vacancy of power responsibility of the head of state,” said law student Lucien Trinnou, president’s resignation in a state- Africa and one of the last African lomatic pressure to leave with a view to allowing a transi- Traore told a news conference. referring to the Arab Spring that ment and called for quick elec- states to retain diplomatic rela- Compaore in place. tion that should end with free and “I undertake a solemn engage- toppled several long-term leaders. tions to be held. tions with Taiwan. A delegation from the African transparent elections in a maxi- ment to proceed without delay French President Francois Burkina Faso is one of the Regional West African bloc Union, the United Nations and mum period of 90 days,” Compaore with consultations with all parties Hollande, who had discretely world’s poorest nations but has ECOWAS said on Thursday ECOWAS was due in Burkina said in a written statement read in the country so as to start the sought ways to usher Compaore positioned itself as a mediator it would not accept any party Faso on Friday to hold talks with on local radio and television. process of returning to the consti- into an international role when in regional crises. It is also a key seizing power through non- all parties. A heavily armed convoy believed tutional order as soon as possible.” his term was due to have ended ally in Western operations against constitutional means in an REUTERS

Fire ravages UK child abuse inquiry in chaos as second head quits French radio LONDON: A major public qualifications for the role and was in July in response to a growing has been dogged by criticism and advised several governments and inquiry into the British state’s too close to a former government clamour from victims that the accusations from victims that it the World Bank on privatisa- building failure to stop decades of child minister likely to be an important authorities had failed to act over would not examine claims poli- tion and energy reforms, as her sex abuse, and whether politi- witness at the inquiry for victims child abuse allegations for years. ticians and public figures were replacement. PARIS: A fire broke out yester- cal figures tried to cover it up, to have any confidence in her. It also followed a number of involved in cover-ups, and that But her position came into day at the “Maison de la Radio” was in chaos yesterday after the “Sadly, it’s become clear that high-profile cases such as those of some were even involved in the question when it was disclosed (“Radio house”), a vast and second head of the investigation the inquiry as chaired by me BBC presenter Jimmy Savile, who abuse themselves. she had social links to Leon iconic circular building in Paris quit before it has even started will not have widespread victim abused hundreds of victims for In July, judge Baroness Brittan who was home secretary housing several media opera- work. support — and I am particularly decades, and accusations about Elizabeth Butler-Sloss stood in the government of Margaret tions, but was quickly brought The decision by Fiona Woolf, sensitive to the views of victims,” Cyril Smith, a former lawmaker down as head of the inquiry just Thatcher in the 1980s. under control. the Lord Mayor of the City Woolf said in a statement. in northwest England, both of days after her appointment by As a minister, Brittan was Employees were evacuated and of London, to step down is a “As their needs must be para- whom are now dead. May because her late brother handed a dossier about an alleged there were no reports of injuries major embarrassment for Prime mount, I have decided to stand The wide-ranging investiga- was Attorney-General, the gov- paedophile ring in establishment from the fire which began on the Minister David Cameron’s gov- aside so that this important work tion will look at whether minis- ernment’s chief legal adviser, in circles, which he says he dealt upper floors of the building, where ernment which has promised the can proceed without the obsta- ters, parliament, police, councils, the 1980s when some of the abuse with correctly. But the Home extensive renovation work is tak- inquiry would leave “no stone cle of negative speculation and churches and schools among oth- cases are alleged to have taken Office’s top civil servant said in ing place. unturned” to find the truth about comment.” ers failed to identify and protect place. July that more than 100 “poten- “The fire is out,” fire service widespread claims of organised Home Secretary (interior min- child children from child abuse Two months later May tially relevant” files had gone chief Gabriel Plus told reporters sex abuse. ister) Theresa May ordered the from 1970 up to the present day. selected Woolf, 66, a lawyer and missing. around three hours after it broke Critics had said Woolf had no inquiry, expected to last for years, But since its launch, the inquiry energy market expert who has REUTERS out. Thick black smoke was seen billowing from several windows on the upper floors of the building Eiffel fashion and the Paris fire service deployed 16 fire engines and 60 firefighters Judge enforces Ebola to the scene. Plus said the thickness of the smoke was likely due to the incin- eration of construction materials isolation of US nurse used for the building’s renovation. Two radio stations, France FORT KENT, Maine: A bodily fluids from an infected Info and France Inter, stopped judge yesterday ordered an person and is not transmitted by transmission due to the blaze but American nurse who treated asymptomatic people. Ebola is restarted shortly afterwards. Ebola patients in Sierra Leone not airborne. “I heard a big noise, like an for the disease to obey a state- The Maine order permits explosion,” said Faouzi Zenassi, imposed quarantine after she Hickox to engage in what the head of a team of construction defied Maine officials and went judge called “non-congregate pub- workers on the site. for a bike ride. lic activities” like walking or jog- Firefighters put the explosions The temporary order from ging in a park, but instructs her down to the windows blowing out Charles LaVerdiere, chief judge of to maintain a three-foot distance under the force of the inferno. the Maine District Court, turned from other people. “We don’t yet know how bad the up the heat in the confrontation Outside her two-story home damage is, but it seems consider- over the quarantine between the on Friday, there were numerous able,” French President Francois New England state’s officials and journalists and television news Hollande told reporters at a joint nurse Kaci Hickox. trucks, as well as a state trooper news conference with Turkish LaVerdiere instructed Hickox parked across the street to keep President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. to submit to “direct active moni- an eye on the house. The local The fire is an “extremely trau- toring” and “not to be present police chief entered the home but matic event” in central Paris, in public places” like shopping afterward declined to tell report- Hollande said, adding that it was centres, movie theatres or work- ers what was discussed, saying it a “symbolic” building. places, except to receive necessary was a “good morning conversa- “I am watching this very care- health care. tion.” Hickox did not appear in A model presents a creation during a fashion show created by Vietnamese-born model and global fashion fully,” he added. Hickox, 33, has tested negative public. show organiser Jessica Minh Anh on a catwalk set up on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris yesterday. AFP for Ebola after returning from Judge LaVerdiere wrote that Over 120 pieces from designers from Asia, Europe and America were presented during the show. working for Doctors Without his order came in response to Borders in Sierra Leone, one of the state’s request “regarding the three impoverished West the public health threat allegedly African countries at the heart posed” by the nurse. of the outbreak that has killed The order, dated on Thursday about 5,000 people there. Saying but made public on Friday, said Car bomb kills 10 at Nigeria bus stop she is completely healthy, she has Hickox’s attorney agreed that the challenged quarantines imposed nurse would not leave her home ABUJA: A car bomb exploded Reuters he saw emergency work- 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the to flee, witnesses said. on her in both New Jersey, where for the time being. LaVerdiere at a crowded bus stop in the ers pull eight people from the group in April. The government has said she arrived, and her home state wrote that a full hearing on the northeast Nigerian city of wreckage, all of whom appeared But violence has soared since, criminal groups caught up in the of Maine. matter must be held not less than Gombe, killing at least 10 to be dead. further denting public confidence insurgency are behind some of The confrontation between three days and not more than 10 people and wounding several “I am not sure what the death in the government’s efforts to end the recent violence. Since Boko Hickox and Maine has become days from when the state sought others near the end of the toll will be at the end but it will the conflict . Haram itself is highly frag- the focal point of a dispute pit- to enforce its quarantine. morning rush hour yester- shoot up very high because the Boko Haram has killed thou- mented it is impossible to guar- ting several US states opting On Thursday, Hickox defied day, a source in the emergency bus stop was very full of commut- sands of people and abducted antee all factions will respect the for stringent measures to guard Maine officials and left her home services said. ers,” Anebo said. hundreds since launching its ceasefire. against Ebola against the federal in the small town of Fort Kent, No one immediately claimed The emergency services official uprising in Africa’s largest oil Suspected insurgents killed government, which has expressed along the Canadian border, tak- responsibility for the blast, but at the scene said at least 10 peo- producer in 2009. at least 17 people and abducted concern that such measures could ing a bicycle ride with her boy- Islamist group Boko Haram has ple had died. The military did not The militants, who want an dozens in a series of attacks in discourage potential medical vol- friend. Hickox had given Maine been blamed for a string of bomb immediately respond to a request Islamic state in the region, seized the centre of Borno state last unteers from fighting the out- a deadline of Thursday to lift an attacks in the region this year. for comment. control of the northeast Nigerian weekend, officials said. At least break in West Africa. order that she remain at home Gombe is close to Nigeria’s north- The government announced a town of Mubi on Wednesday and 25 girls were kidnapped from a Medical professionals say Ebola until Nov. 10. The state did not east Borno state, the epicentre of ceasefire with Boko Haram nearly Thursday, robbing banks, burn- remote northeastern town a few is difficult to catch and is spread lift the quarantine. the insurgency. two weeks ago as part of efforts to ing down houses, killing dozens days earlier. through direct contact with REUTERS Witness Godfrey Anebo told negotiate the release of more than of people and forcing thousands REUTERS NOVEMBER 1, 2014 11 Asia / Philippines www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ON SATURDAY

Year after Haiyan Rains slow Sri Myanmar may Lankan landslide search; 150 amend statute feared dead COLOMBO: Heavy rains ham- pered search operations yester- day at the site of a landslide in in key move Sri Lanka where more than 100 people were buried under tons of mud and rubble two days ago. Fears of further landslips in the Ban on Suu Kyi may go rain-sodden hills around the tea- plantation village of Haldummulla NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s citizens from leading the country. also slowed efforts to recover the parliament will consider The Nobel laureate’s late husband dead. amending the country’s consti- was British, as are her two sons. Officials had originally put tution — which currently bars To alter the constitution there the death toll from Wednesday’s opposition leader Aung San Suu needs to be support from a 75 landslide at more than 300, but Kyi from becoming president — percent majority in parliament, reduced it after it emerged that ahead of crucial elections next and as unelected soldiers make up many schoolchildren and planta- year, an official said yesterday. a quarter of the legislature they tion workers had been at a safe Suu Kyi is trying to change have the last say on any changes. distance when the avalanche key sections of Myanmar’s char- Ye Htut did not elaborate on engulfed their homes. ter ahead of 2015 polls that are which elements of the constitu- Latest data from Sri Lanka’s widely expected to be won by her tion were up for debate but said Disaster Management Center National League for Democracy the talks had a “good result”. showed that 183 people had sur- (NLD), if they are free and fair, Suu Kyi, however, downplayed Filipino survivors and relatives of victims of last year’s Typhoon Haiyan offer prayers, candles and flowers vived out of a total of 330 who after decades of military rule. the outcome of the meeting in following a mass along the shores of Tacloban City, which was devastated by Haiyan, yesterday. lived in the area in south-central The move to moot constitu- comments to reporters. Sri Lanka. tional reform was discussed dur- “I do not know how they stated As soldiers and police worked ing unprecedented talks between the meeting was a success,” she to clear mounds of earth, survi- President Thein Sein and his said, adding the NLD would like vors were housed in two tempo- political rivals, including Suu to see a more focussed discussion rary camps set up nearby. Kyi, as well as top army brass and with a smaller group of people. HSBC official’s remarks on Hong Disaster Management Minister election officials. The talks yesterday saw Thein Mahinda Amaraweera told parlia- “They agreed to discuss the Sein and Suu Kyi walk into the ment the cabinet had decided to issue of amending the constitu- meeting together. help them build new homes in a tion in parliament, according to The discussions came a day Kong protests denounced safe location. the law,” presidential spokesman after the White House said US A local resident said around 150 Ye Htut told reporters after the President Barack Obama spoke to HONG KONG: Thousands that she meant every country’s The petition is addressed to clay and cement houses had been meeting in the capital Naypyidaw. Thein Sein and Suu Kyi about the have signed an online petition path to democracy was evolved the HSBC board of directors and buried in the landslide, which was The NLD has focused on alter- elections, which are seen as a key denouncing reported comments in its own historical context. She is signed “The People of Hong 3 km long and was triggered by ing a provision in the constitution test of democratic reforms under by an HSBC Holdings board added she did not mean any dis- Kong”. days of heavy monsoon rains. that ensures the military in the the quasi-civilian government. member in which she likened respect and was sorry her com- China has ruled Hong Kong Ravichandran Gajini, 14, said former junta-ruled nation has a Obama “underscored the need Hong Kong protesters’ demands ments had caused concern. since 1997 through a “one coun- her parents had left their house veto on any amendment to the for an inclusive and credible proc- for democracy to the emancipa- HSBC’s Asia-Pacific chief try, two systems” formula which before the landslide but hurried charter. ess for conducting the 2015 elec- tion of slaves. Peter Wong said he had noticed allows wide-ranging autonomy back in to retrieve documents. It believes revising the clause tions” during telephone talks with Laura Cha, who is also a mem- the speech from Cha but that he and freedoms not enjoyed on the “Both mother and father asked will open the way for further the Myanmar president, said the ber of Hong Kong’s policy-making would stick to the bank’s principle mainland and specifies universal me to run with my brother and changes to other constitutional White House in a statement. Executive Council, chairwoman and “refrain from commenting on suffrage as an eventual goal. went to get their important provisions, including the ring- The US leader also spoke to of the city’s Financial Services political items and issues”. But Beijing said in August it documents. But when I turned fenced proportion of soldiers in Suu Kyi about how Washington Development Council and a mem- The Financial Services would screen candidates who back, I saw the earth covering parliament and the effective bar can help promote “a more inclu- ber of China’s parliament, was Development Council did not want to run for the city’s election both of them,” Gajini, who was on Suu Kyi becoming president. sive political environment”, less quoted as making the comments immediately respond to a request for a chief executive in 2017, which with her 12-year-old brother, said As it stands, she is ineligible than a fortnight before he visits at an event in Paris. for comment. democracy activists said rendered weeping. because of a clause in the 2008 the once pariah nation for a major “American slaves were liber- The comments triggered out- the notion of universal suffrage K Krishnamoorthy, a 58-year- charter blocking anyone whose regional conference. ated in 1861 but did not get vot- rage on social media and nearly meaningless. old plantation worker, said there spouse or children are overseas AFP ing rights until 107 years later. So 6,000 people had signed the peti- For more than a month, had been warnings of landslides why can’t Hong Kong wait for a tion by Friday evening. The web key roads leading into three of since 2002 and residents had been while?” the Standard newspaper site of the petition said it had Hong Kong’s most economically advised to leave but not offered US blacklists Myanmar lawmaker on Thursday quoted Cha as say- been launched by Jeffrey Chan and politically important dis- anywhere else to settle. WASHINGTON: The United States placed influential Myanmar ing, referring to demands for free from Hong Kong. It only appeared tricts have been barricaded with “We are still in the same house lawmaker and businessman Aung Thaung on its sanctions black- elections in the former British to be in English. wood and steel by thousands of because we don’t have any alter- list yesterday, accusing him of blocking key reforms. colony. “We, the Hong Kong public, protesters. native,” he said. The member of parliament and former industry minister, 73, is Cha said democracy could not will not stand these remarks lik- The protests drew well over Many people in the hilly area said to be one of the more hardline members of the Union Solidarity be reached in just one step and ening our rights to slavery, nor 100,000 at their peak. Hundreds some 190 km from the capital and Development Party founded by former military strongman warned that investors’ confidence will we stand the kind of voter of demonstrators remained at the Colombo are Indian-origin Tamils, General Than Shwe and now led by President Thein Sein. in Hong Kong was at a critical disenfranchisement her and her main protest site in Admiralty descendants of workers brought The US Treasury sanctions freeze any US-based assets he might point, the newspaper added. associates attempt to perpetrate district close to government to Sri Lanka under British rule have and ban Americans from doing business with him. Cha, who is also a member on the Hong Kong public,” said buildings last night, some dressed as cheap labour to work on tea, AFP of HSBC’s Conduct and Values the petition to HSBC, that sought in Halloween costumes. rubber and coffee plantations. Committee, said in a statement an apology from Cha. REUTERS REUTERS

First lawsuit China to send elite army unit to help fight Ebola in Liberia filed in Malaysia BEIJING: China will dispatch of Severe Acute Respiratory The centre will be open for China is Africa’s biggest trade countries and international organ- an elite unit of the People’s Syndrome (SARS), will build operation in a month’s time, he partner, tapping the continent’s isations to combat Ebola, accord- over MH370 Liberation Army to help Ebola- a 100-bed treatment centre in told a briefing in Beijing. China rich vein of resources to fuel its ing to the government. hit Liberia, the Foreign Ministry Liberia, the first such facility in will also dispatch 480 PLA medi- own economic growth over the Sihuan Pharmaceutical KUALA LUMPUR: A said yesterday, responding to the three countries most impacted cal staff to treat Ebola patients, past couple of decades. Some crit- Holdings Group Ltd., a Chinese Malaysian family yesterday UN calls for a greater global by Ebola to be constructed and he said. ics have rounded on Beijing for drug maker, has sent several sued the government and belea- effort to fight the deadly virus run by a foreign country, said Lin It’s the first time China has not helping more in Africa’s hour thousand doses of an experimental guered national carrier for in West Africa. Songtian, director general of the deployed a whole unit of epidemic of need. Ebola drug to Africa and is plan- negligence in the mysterious The PLA squad, which has ministry’s Department of African prevention forces and military China has so far donated 750 ning clinical trials there. disappearance of flight MH370, experience from a 2002 outbreak Affairs. medical staff abroad, Lin said. million yuan ($123m) to 13 African REUTERS in what is believed to be the first lawsuit filed over the disaster. The suit was filed by lawyers on behalf of the two underage Halloween sons of Jee Jing Hang, who was on board the ill-fated Malaysia Endangered dwarf buffalo Airlines flight. Gary Chong, a lawyer for Jee’s relatives, said the suit was filed in a Malaysian court yesterday. thriving in Philippines The family is suing Malaysia MANILA: The population of commitment to preserve them,” Airlines for breach of contract, the Philippines’ dwarf buffalo, forest ranger Rodel Boyles, who saying the deeply troubled car- one of the world’s rarest ani- heads a joint government and pri- rier failed in its contractual mals, has grown to its largest vate sector conservation effort, responsibility to deliver Jee to his since efforts to save them from said. destination. extinction began, conservation- “If they are not protected, the The family is also suing ists said yesterday. species might get wiped out in five Malaysia’s government, civil avi- An annual survey counted 382 years,” he said. ation authorities, immigration tamaraws in a protected mountain The tamaraw is considered department and air force for area this year, an increase from “critically endangered” — two negligence. 345 in 2013, according to data from steps away from extinction — “Our clients are after the truth. the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). by the International Union for We have confidence in our judi- The tamaraw, famed for its dis- Conservation of Nature. ciary system that this suit will tinct v-shaped horns, can be found Hunting and the destruction be heard and dealt with fairly,” only in the mountains of Mindoro, of their habitat to make way for a statement by the family’s legal a farming island in the central grazing areas for cattle led to their team said. Philippines. near decimation, as the popula- Chong said the family would The stocky tamaraw, with its tion fell from 10,000 in the 1900s seek damages but declined to chocolate brown coat, runs wild in to just 154 by 2000, according to specify a figure. the forest and weighs half as much the WWF. MH370 disappeared on March as the more common carabao, The government and private 8 with 239 people aboard en route which is used by farmers in the sector’s Tamaraw Conservation from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in Philippines to plough rice fields. Programme aims to double the what remains one of history’s Revellers wearing make-up and costumes pose during Halloween night in Tokyo’s Shibuya district yesterday. “The tamaraw is the flagship dwarf buffalo’s population from great aviation mysteries. Celebrating Halloween has in recent years become an incredibly popular Japanese pastime. species of the Philippines. It is our 300 in the mid-2000s to 600 by AFP moral obligation and international 2020. AFP 12 NOVEMBER 1, 2014 ON SATURDAY www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Pakistan / Afghanistan

Taliban free PMO puts curbs Russian pilot after 18 months on ministers’ in captivity

KABUL: The Afghan Taliban said yesterday it had freed a foreign trips Russian helicopter pilot cap- tured in eastern Logar province in April 2013 because he had fallen seriously ill. Sharif adopts austerity measures Pavel Petrinko was seized along with at least one Afghan citizen ISLAMABAD: As a measure Assembly last month where he and eight Turkish engineers of austerity and bringing an raised the issue of Kashmir force- working for a construction com- improvement in the function- fully took the smallest delegation pany after the helicopter made an ing of the government, Prime of Pakistan’s history. He lived in emergency landing in the prov- Minister Nawaz Sharif has a hotel that was listed by the UN ince, which is partly controlled by imposed a ban on the super- officials from the security point the militant group. fluous foreign visits of federal of view. The Turkish passengers were ministers/ministers of state/ Certain quarters made hue and freed soon after the incident. advisers and special assistants cry over the hotel charges but “Petrinko, who had recently forthwith. prime minister cutting short his become seriously ill, was released Highly-placed sources in the stay in New York for one night, by the Islamic Emirate due to Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) left the hotel after two nights. health reasons and after reaching said yesterday that bureaucrats The sources reminded that an understanding with the con- were already under a strict the total expenditures of prime cerned country,” Taliban spokes- embargo on this count. minister’s stay in New York were man Zabihullah Mujahid said in A general view of the opening ceremony of the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Istanbul Process on Afghanistan He issued directives last year less than the expenditures of the a statement on Friday. in this regard. Any such official previous government’s heads of at the Diaoyutai Guesthouse in Beijing, yesterday. “(He was released) after tak- who is required to proceed abroad state/government even of one ing an oath that he shall never will have to inform the PMO well night stay in that city. They used work with the Kabul regime in before the time pertaining to his to stay there for several nights China meeting pledges development Afghanistan under any pretext sojourn, including the purpose, unnecessarily. but shall immediately leave for expenditures, duration, size of The hotel where the prime his country.” delegation, and possible outcome minister was staying, besides US Mujahid said a similar promise of such a trip. President Barack Hussain Obama programmes for Afghanistan not to fight the Taliban had been The officials will be able to seven heads of the government/ made by the Afghan prisoner, travel abroad after formal and states of other countries including BEIJING: China yesterday President Ashraf Ghani’s four- importance, Ghani chose as his who was also released with the black and white permission of Niger, Sri Lanka and Iraq were hailed an international conference day visit to Beijing. first destination for a state visit Russian pilot on Wednesday. the PMO. also staying. Among them Nawaz on Afghanistan that it said agreed Afghanistan is at a turn- the resource-hungry economic The PM’s Office will have to be Sharif’s stay was the shortest, the to launch dozens of programmes ing point as all Nato combat giant that is seeking greater informed about the unavoidability sources reminded. to boost development and help the troops will depart the country by investment opportunities in Fresh offensive of the visit and the circumstances In the meanwhile, it has been country maintain peace as foreign December, leaving Afghan troops Afghanistan. in which the ambassadors/high officially stated that the prime forces draw down. and police to battle Taliban insur- “We look at China as a stra- in tribal areas commissioners posted in the host minister has expressed his desire Chinese foreign minister Wang gents on their own. A residual tegic partner, in the short term, country wouldn’t be able to rep- that ministers and ministers of Yi said that under a “Beijing force of around 12,000 soldiers will medium term, long term and very displaces resent Pakistan. state should concentrate on the Declaration” the meeting agreed remain, focusing on counter-ter- long term,” Ghani told President Once the permission is work of their respective min- to start 64 programmes covering rorism and training local forces. Xi Jinping at Beijing’s Great Hall granted, the official will have to istries and avoid unwarranted issues such as trade, investment, Afghan Foreign Minister Zarar of the People on Tuesday. thousands travel by the national flag carrier absences. infrastructure, disaster manage- Ahmad Osmani said that his China shares a narrow 76 PESHAWAR: More than and immediate upon returning He has directed that only oblig- ment and education. country’s 350,000-member army kilometre (47 mile) border with 150,000 people have fled from home, she/he will have to inti- atory foreign visits be undertaken The projects would help was poised to take control of the Afghanistan’s remote far north- northwest Pakistan’s law- mate the PMO about his or her and non-obligatory meetings/ Afghanistan to develop and keep the entire country. east, but has a keen interest in less tribal areas as the mili- return. conferences may be attended by peace without outside assistance, he “Now 90 percent of Afghan ter- its neighbour’s mineral resources. tary launched a fresh offensive Interestingly, Prime Minister our ambassadors to represent the added. “The ministerial conference ritory is under the protection of It has already secured major oil against Taliban militants, offi- Nawaz Sharif ever since he has respective ministries. was a success,” Wang told reporters the army,” he said told reporters. and copper-mining concessions in cials said yesterday. assumed the exalted office, he The prime minister is likely at the end of the Fourth Ministerial “Next, it will take control of 100 the country, which is believed to Pakistan launched an opera- has curtailed his foreign trips to issue guidelines for punctu- Conference of the Istanbul Process percent of all regions.” have more than $1 trillion worth tion in Khyber agency in October expenses drastically. He is the ality and better working ambi- on Afghanistan. China earlier this week pledged of mineral resources, according against militants who had taken first prime minister in the recent ance in the government offices The Istanbul Process — a key 1.5bn yuan ($245m) in aid to to studies by the US Geological a sanctuary there after fleeing history of the country that travels shortly. A comprehensive plan of annual meeting on Afghanistan Afghanistan over the next three Survey. China’s state-run media Taliban strongholds in North by a small plane and doesn’t per- action is being worked out by the by high-level representatives from years, as well as greater support have highlighted both Beijing’s Waziristan where military started mit the number of his entourage officials concerned, the source more than three-dozen countries for Kabul in the struggle against stepped-up involvement and the a large-scale operation against exceed what is required. added. and organisations — coincides “terrorist forces”. pitfalls that come with it. them in mid-June. His visit to the UN General INTERNEWS with the end of new Afghan Symbolising China’s AFP “Since October 13, 171,559 peo- ple have moved from Khyber to Peshawar and Kohat,” tribal dis- aster management department spokesman Haseeb Khan said, referring to two cities that border the tribal region. Protests shrink, but still no peace for PM on political front Khan said that a few of the dis- placed people had chosen to stay ISLAMABAD: With the fiery getting polarised. That, to some has lost in Punjab. Last Wednesday, the PPP leader JUI-F, a coalition partner of at government-run camps while cleric Dr Tahirul Qadri gone, pundits, foretells serious ramifica- Its fortunes confined to Sindh, of opposition in the National the PML-N, is also found itchy most of them were staying with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tions for “the project democracy”. the MQM poses no political Assembly, Syed Khursheed Shah, these days. If not panicky, Prime relatives. looks breathing easy. Yes, Imran They point out that at a time threat to anyone in Punjab, which blasted the Nawaz government’s Minister Nawaz Sharif must At least 800,000 people fled Khan is still roaring out there when his gutsy brother Shahbaz PPP’s founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto privatisation plans as “over ambi- be finding it hard to steer the flighting in North Waziristan but to Sharif loyalists his daily Sharif has been acting extra gra- had famously called the country’s tious” and said the government ship of the state in the face of when the army began their offen- challenges sound nothing more cious to the people of southern “bastion of power”. was not out of woods yet. It was the ill winds blowing at home sive against militants in June. than bluster. Punjab to wean them away from Still the ethnic MQM’s urban in a “weak position” against the and abroad, agree many in the The displaced poured into Political pundits, however, don’t the demand for provincial status base makes it the same potential forces of Imran Khan’s PTI and PML-N ranks. nearby towns where they faced think the game is over. They read for the region, the prime minis- threat that the PML-N leadership Dr Tahirul Qadri’s PAT, he added. “It’s only a matter of a major polit- overcrowding, a lack of food signs of brewing trouble in the air. ter supported the Sindh-based sees in Imran Khan’s popularity Indirectly addressing Nawaz ical party joining hands with Imran rations and high rents. Nawaz Sharif did weather the MQM’s call for creating more among the country’s disgruntled Sharif he said: “The government Khan and our government will be Separately, Governor of Khyber storm whipped up to sweep his provinces in the country - but and restless youths. thinks the crisis is over. Let me virtually on its knees. So far all the Pakhtunkhwa province Mehtab PML-N government out but the only on “administrative grounds”. Since the MQM quit the Sindh remind you that dark clouds parties sitting in the parliament have Ahmed Khan said that some political parties which, uncharac- Obviously, the prime minister government, the PPP has been still hang all around. Take the supported the government but we 36,000 families who had fled to teristically, came to his help “to knew the idea was anathema to engaged in verbal clashes with it. opposition along if you want our will have to pay some price for that,” Afghanistan during the army save the democratic parliamen- the PPP which rules Sindh and Now its barbs are directed also at the help.” said an official of the PML-N. operation, had return to Pakistan. tary system” are increasingly is trying to regain the ground it PML-N leaders and its government. Maulana Fazlur Rehman of INTERNEWS AGENCIES

On alert Woman on death row losing hope

LAHORE: A Pakistani Christian “She was distraught, weeping women she was working with. woman condemned to death four for most of the time I had with She was asked to fetch water, years ago for blasphemy is los- her, appealing to the Supreme but the Muslim women objected, ing hope that she will be freed Court and president to use their saying that as a non-Muslim she or pardoned, her husband, forced powers to give her justice.” was unfit to touch the water bowl. into hiding by his wife’s convic- Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive A few days later the women tion, said yesterday. issue in the majority Muslim coun- went to a local cleric and put for- Asia Bibi has been on death try, with even unproven allegations ward the blasphemy allegations. row since November 2010 after often prompting mob violence. Amnesty International has she was found guilty of mak- Masih, 50, lives in hiding with raised “serious concerns” about ing derogatory remarks about two of his five children and has the fairness of her trial and has Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be to keep his identity secret as he called for her release. Upon Him) during an argument scrapes together a living as a daily The family insist the case with a Muslim woman. labourer. He visits his wife once a against her was fabricated, the A high court in the eastern city month, making a five and a half allegations invented to settle the of Lahore confirmed the death hour journey to her jail in Multan personal dispute—an abuse of the sentence two weeks ago, dashing in southern Punjab. blasphemy law that campaigners hopes it might be commuted to Reaching the condemned cell, say is all too common. a jail term. Speaking after visit- where Bibi lives in her white “We were surprised by the ing Bibi for the first time since prison uniform, clutching a Bible order of the high court confirming the Lahore court’s ruling, her for blessings despite being illit- her death sentence,” Masih said. husband Ashiq Masih said it had erate, involves yet more hours of Three of Masih’s children are come as a crushing blow. checks and screening. married and he lives with daugh- Pakistani police check people on a roadside in restive Karachi yesterday. Security has been intensified across “Asia was hopeful that her The allegations against Bibi ters Esha, 14, who has prob- the country during Muharram, in which Shias stage huge mourning processions all over the country, making appeal would be admitted and she date back to June 2009, when lems walking and speaking, and them vulnerable to militant attacks. would be freed, but now she has she was labouring in a field and a Esham, 13. lost hope,” Masih said. row broke out with some Muslim AFP NOVEMBER 1, 2014 13 India www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ON SATURDAY Pirates free Modi lauds Patel, targets Congress over ’84 riots

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister by two of her Sikh bodyguards, Indian sailors Narendra Modi asked peo- triggering a wave of anti-Sikh ple to build on the legacy of violence. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel for a Modi said the riots that left shresth (great) India at a “Run some 3,000 Sikhs dead, mainly in for Unity” yesterday, using Delhi, was “like a dagger pierced after 4 years the occasion to denounce the through India’s chest”. Congress over the 1984 anti- “Our own people were mur- Sikh riots. dered. The attack was not on a Ransom paid for release of 7 sailors Just before thousands jogged particular community but on the down the Rajpath up to the entire nation. It was like a dag- MOGADISHU/NEW DELHI: maritime activity on the Indian India Gate monument nearly two ger pierced through India’s chest. Somali pirates have freed seven Ocean, confirmed the sailors’ kilometres away, Modi lavished “It is unfortunate that on the Indian sailors detained for close release. praise on Sardar Patel — “Iron birth anniversary of a man who to four years in exchange for “The remaining seven hos- Man of India” — on his birth dedicated his life in uniting the an undisclosed ransom, Somali tages... were finally freed by their anniversary, and incidentally country, a tragic incident took officials and a maritime moni- captors against a ransom and the death anniversary of former place 30 years ago that shook toring group said yesterday. arrived in Mogadishu, the capi- prime minister Indira Gandhi. the country and left it deeply At one time the pirates made tal of Somalia, from where they Sardar Patel “gave us one scarred,” Modi said, without millions of dollars in ransoms will be flown directly to India,” India” which people need to naming the Congress party but from seizing ships sailing the Ecoterra said in a statement. “turn into a shresht Bharat”, leaving no one in doubt who his Horn of Africa nation’s waters, Regional government officials Modi said before walking down target was. but increased patrols by inter- were involved in the release of the the boulevard in the heart of the Dressed in a white kurta national navies on the Indian sailors from their captivity in the capital along with thousands of pyjama with a red coloured Ocean have reduced incidences town of Haradheere in central mainly young people who virtu- shawl draped on his left shoulder, of piracy. Somalia, officials said. ally mobbed him, creating a scare Modi said India was a country of The sailors, held since the The last successful hijacking for the outnumbered security diversity, a “guldasta” (bunch of pirates hijacked the Panama- was in May 2012, when Somali personnel. flowers). flagged ship MT Asphalt Venture pirates seized a Greek-owned oil Modi referred to Sardar Patel’s Speaking on the occasion, in September 2010, were freed tanker carrying close to a million key role in integrating princely Urban Development Minister on Thursday. Eight of their col- barrels of crude oil while in the states after the 1947 independ- M Venkaiah Naidu said India’s leagues were freed by the pirates Arabian Sea. ence to build the modern India. destiny would have been differ- along with the ship in April 2011 In January, a merchant ship Patel, born October 31, 1875, was ent had Sardar Patel become the for a ransom. was boarded by Eritrean forces India’s first home minister and, first prime minister. Their captors said at the time in the Red Sea, an incident which like Modi, from Gujarat. Naidu said the government’s that they would only release the was initially reported as a pirate The prime minister adminis- objective in observing Patel’s seven sailors when their fellow attack. At the height of Somali tered a pledge to the gathering, anniversary was “to give a bal- Somali pirates held by Indian pirate attacks in 2011, up to a and asked them to embrace the anced account of history to post- authorities were freed. dozen or more merchant ships mantra of national unity. independence generation” and It was not clear if their demand were being held captive at any Modi said October 31 also not intended to belittle contribu- had been met. one time, often for multi million- marked the death anniversary of tion of other leaders. Modi said Kenyan-based Ecoterra dollar ransoms. Indira Gandhi, who was prime Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar International, which monitors REUTERS minister for 16 years and who Patel formed an “unbreakable Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves a flag for the start of ‘Run for Unity’ was shot dead on this day in 1984 pair”. IANS in New Delhi yesterday. Bhopal fugitive India to appeal death Anderson dies

WASHINGTON: Warren sentence to fishermen Anderson, the former CEO of Union Carbide Corp, has died NEW DELHI: India yesterday authenticated or final copy of the at 92 after living for 30 years indicated there may have been court judgment in order to pro- under the shadow of the 1984 “miscarriage of justice” in the ceed on the next course of action, Bhopal gas tragedy that killed death sentence handed down to which would be to appeal against thousands. five Indian fishermen for alleged the judgement. The death of the man under drug trafficking in Colombo and Akbaruddin said the govern- whose watch the tragedy that said it will appeal. ment’s concern against the judg- still haunts India took place was New Delhi also said that under ment has been conveyed to the Sri reported by the New York Times a bilateral “legal architecture”, a Lankan authorities “at the high- yesterday, more than a month after similar death sentence for two est level” in their mission here he died on September 29 at a nurs- Indians was commuted to life and in Sri Lanka to the foreign ing home in Vero Beach, Florida. imprisonment after a Sri Lankan minister and defence secretary The family did not announce presidential pardon. External among other officials. the death. The Times said it had affairs ministry spokesperson The spokesperson cited a “legal confirmed from public records Syed Akbaruddin, answering architecture” between the two after an article appeared in Vero a query on the matter, said the countries using which the death Beach 32963, the weekly news- Indian government’s concern in sentences on two Indian nationals paper of the Vero Beach barrier the matter has been conveyed to were commuted to life sentence island. Rights activists in Bhopal the Sri Lankan authorities. by the executive authority, i.e the said it was a pity Anderson died He said the Indian government president. He said the two served without facing trial for the hor- through its lawyer will contest some period of their sentence in rific gas disaster. Activists also the death sentence handed down Sri Lanka, and under a pact by denounced the Indian and US to five Indians — Emerson, P which a sentenced prisoner can governments for not taking steps Children of surviving gas victims look to defaced poster of Warren Anderson hanging on the wall of abandoned Augustus, R Wilson, K Prasath serve sentence in their respective to have him extradited to India. Union Carbide Plant after the news of Anderson’s death in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, yesterday. and J Langlet — who were appre- countries, the two were trans- Anderson flew to Bhopal four hended on November 28, 2011 by ferred to India in 2013. days after the world’s worst indus- he was declared an absconder. A since poisonous gas leaked from after coming into contact with the Sri Lankan Navy on charges While one has completed his trial disaster and was arrested. 130-year-old white wooden frame his company’s pesticide plant in methyl iso cyanate (MIC). of narcotics smuggling. sentence and been set free the But after paying bail he left India house ringed by a white picket Bhopal on the night of Dec 2-3, In 1989, Union Carbide paid He said the Indian High other is still serving sentence. and never returned to face trial. fence and shaded by tall maples 1984. The gas killed over 3,000 $470m to the Indian government Commission had a detailed dis- “There is a legal architecture The Daily Beast had earlier and a garden in Bridgehampton people instantly and thousands to settle litigation stemming from cussion with its lawyer on the available in India and Sri Lanka reported how Anderson lived the in New York was his shelter. others over the years. Thousands the disaster. The settlement was matter and “Their assessment to address such matters,” the life of “an international fugitive” That’s where the son of a were injured and maimed, many denounced by rights activists as is there has been miscarriage of spokesperson said, indicating the — after an Indian court issued Brooklyn carpenter who ascended suffering lung cancer, kidney fail- peanuts in view of the tragedy. justice and would like to appeal”. possible way the case of the five an arrest warrant for him and to the top of Union Carbide lived ure, liver disease and eye disorders IANS India is waiting for the Indians could head. IANS

No plans for Modi-Sharif Fadnavis sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister MUMBAI: Devendra Fadnavis (pic- The Shiv Sena, which sulked till the last Hailing from Nagpur where he created meeting at Saarc tured), was sworn in yesterday as chief minute and threatened to boycott the cer- history in 1997 by becoming the state’s minister of Maharashtra’s first BJP emony, turned around at the last minute youngest mayor at 27, Fadnavis is the 18th NEW DELHI: India yesterday government along with nine ministers, after a phone call from BJP president chief minister and the second Brahmin and denied any plans for a meet- cheered by some 30,000 supporters at Amit Shah. Eventually, Sena chief Uddhav the fourth from Vidarbha region to hold ing between Prime Minister the Wankhede stadium and watched by Thackery came to the venue but looked the post. Handpicked by Modi and Shah Narendra Modi and his Prime Minister Narendra Modi, VIPs sullen. But it is not yet clear if the Sena over several other contenders, the lawyer- Pakistani counterpart Nawaz and celebrities. will join the government. turned-politician was cheered loudly by Sharif during the Saarc summit Governor C V Rao administered the After taking oath, the minority govern- the army of BJP activists that had packed in Kathmandu. oath of office and secrecy to Fadnavis, 44, ment got down to business. The ‘Mr Clean’ the stadium. The BJP won 122 of the 288 External affairs ministry and the ministers, including two women, moved into his office and presided over the seats. But one legislator died later, reducing spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin, at a glittering ceremony, 12 days after first cabinet meeting at Mantralaya, the its strength to 121. The Rashtriya Samaj in answer to a query at a briefing, Maharashtra threw up a hung assembly government headquarters. Besides Modi Paksha’s sole member is with the BJP. said there is “no such proposal at with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fin- and Shah, BJP chief ministers from other While the Shiv Sena with 63 legislators hand” and that the issue is not ishing on top. states, business tycoons, Bollywood person- is undecided on joining the government, under discussion. The minority government has to prove alities, sportspersons and celebrities were the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) He added that no request has its legislative majority within 15 days. among those who witnessed the ceremony. with 41 legislators has announced it will been received from Pakistan for The cabinet ministers include Eknath The BJP’s road to emergence as the sin- abstain from the confidence vote, ensuring such a meeting and that “there is Khadse, a former leader of the opposi- gle largest party came after it ended its Fadnavis a smooth sailing during the floor no request that we intend to give”. tion, Vinod S. Tawde, an aggressive youth 25-year-long alliance with the Shiv Sena, test. Fadnavis’ cabinet includes a blend “That is where we are,” he said, leader, former state BJP president Sudhir followed by 10 days of uncertainty over of senior experienced leaders along with adding that there is still a month S. Mungantiwar, former Mumbai BJP government formation till Fadnavis was youth leaders. Nearly half of them were before the South Asian Association chief Prakash M. Mehta, Pankaja Munde- unanimously elected the BJP Legislature strong contenders for the post of chief min- for Regional Cooperation summit Palwe, daughter of the late union minister Party leader two days ago. ister. But Modi’s and Shah’s will prevailed in Kathmandu where the heads of Gopinath Munde, Chandrakant Patil and This is only the second non-Congress -- and Fadnavis got the top job in one of the eight member states would be Vishnu R. Savra, the party’s tribal face. former woman deputy mayor of Mumbai, government in Maharashtra. A Shiv Sena- India’s biggest and most important states. present. IANS Dilip Kamble and Vidya Thakur, the first were sworn in as ministers of state. BJP coalition was in power in 1995-99. IANS 14 NOVEMBER 1, 2014 ON SATURDAY www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business

British gas Gazprom to prices fall on Russia deal LONDON: British whole- resume gas sale gas prices for the rest of this year fell yesterday after Ukraine and Russia signed a deal that will see Moscow supply to Kiev resume gas supplies to Kiev this winter, while warm UK weather and high storage levels added to the bearish tone. Europe heaves a sigh of relief Russia is Europe’s biggest supplier of gas and provides MOSCOW: Russia may restart to Europe”. Russia provides about around a third of the continent’s gas supply to Ukraine as soon a third of the European Union’s needs, pumping roughly half of as next week if Kiev pays gas supplies, pumping half of that that via Ukraine. Some of this $2.2bn worth of debt and pre- amount through pipelines that reaches Britain from continental payments, gas export monopoly traverse Ukraine. European storage sites. Gazprom said yesterday, under Speaking in Kiev, Prime Failure to reach an agreement a deal that is also vital to ensure Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said would have raised fears of disrup- deliveries to Europe. he was determined to ensure tions to European gas supply via Moscow, Kiev and the European safe transit to the EU, a crucial Ukraine this winter, but prices of Union clinched an agreement on partner for Kiev in dealing with wholesale natural gas had already Thursday to resume supplies of Russia over the rebellion in the been declining on Thursday after- Russian gas to Ukraine over the east and a creditor of Ukraine’s noon in anticipation of a deal. winter and secure transit of gas bankrupt economy. The UK gas contract for deliv- via Ukraine to Europe, despite “Ukraine will safeguard the ery in November was trading at tensions over a pro-Russian sepa- transit and ... won’t give Russia a 52.20 pence per therm at 0915 ratist rebellion in east Ukraine. chance to blackmail Ukraine and GMT on Friday, down 1.5 percent Gazprom halted supplies to Europe,” Yatseniuk said, adding from the previous settlement. It Ukraine in June amid a bitter that supplies should start within earlier touched 52.00 pence, its dispute over debts and pricing 36 hours from payments. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak (front left) reaches out to greet Ukraine’s Energy Minister Yuri Prodan lowest since the contract began between Moscow and the former Under the gas agreement, (front right) after gas talks between the European Union, Russia and Ukraine at the European Commission trading. Soviet republic, which is now which covers November to end- headquarters in Brussels. The December contract was at seeking to foster closer ties with March 2015, Ukraine must pay 54.60 pence per therm, down 1.7 the West rather than Russia. $1.45bn toward its gas debt and The deal allows Ukraine to rest of 2014 at $378 per 1,000 promise of support from Brussels percent, having touched its lowest Miller said Gazprom would pay up front for November sup- use resources from existing cubic metres and at $365 in the for increasing reverse gas flows ever level of 54.40 pence in earlier restart the flow of gas within two plies. Miller put the pre-payment financial aid schemes provided first quarter of next year, which to Ukraine from EU member trade. days after Kiev covers part of its at $760m. by the European Union and the is lower because of a drop in oil states. However, traders said the falls debt for past gas deliveries and Kiev must also pay a total of International Monetary Fund to prices. Ties between Kiev and Moscow were not that substantial. provides a pre-payment for gas $3.1bn in debts for past deliveries cover the pre-payment. Kiev says Russia says both levels are are now also badly strained over “Everyone was expecting deliveries in November. by the end of the year, or supplies it has resources put aside to cover discounted by $100 from prices Russia’s annexation of Crimea this (deal) to happen so it’s not “Everything depends on when will cease from 2015, according the past debts to Gazprom. under previous agreements in March and the pro-Russian going to have a massive impact Ukraine makes this payment. We to the protocol from Thursday’s Miller said Kiev would need with Ukraine. Miller added he separatist rebellion in Ukraine’s on prices, although the near understand this can happen by talks in Brussels published by the to make another advance pay- expected the Russian govern- eastern regions. months have come off a bit,” one the end of next week,” Miller told Ukrainian government yesterday. ment of $760m to receive gas ment to approve it formally on The agreement also leaves up to gas trader said. state TV broadcaster Rossiya 24, Gazprom, in turn, will refrain in December and that maxi- Saturday. an arbitration court in Stockholm “There are no real bullish when asked about possible timing from using a contractual “take- mum daily supplies amounted Kiev said documents signed to rule on whether Ukraine’s indicators out there. The long- for resuming supplies. or-pay” clause until end-March. to 114 million cubic metres in Brussels included the guar- total gas debt should be $3.1bn, term forecast for November and The Kremlin yesterday wel- The clause requires Ukraine under the deal to supply 2 bil- antees by the EU executive an amount Kiev has already put December is warm; storage is very comed the deal as “an important to pay fines if it takes less gas lion cubic metres a month in both arm of financial support to in escrow, or $5.3bn sought by high right across the continent,” step in the context of ensuring than specified in the long-term November and December. Ukraine should Russia renege Gazprom. he added. further uninterrupted gas transit contract. Ukraine will buy gas for the on the agreed price as well as a REUTERS REUTERS

EU takes Russia Gold, silver tumble to to WTO over Opec output slips in October LONDON: Opec’s oil supply in information from sources at oil Libya, kept output below OPEC’s paper, palm oil October has fallen by 120,000 companies, Opec and consultants. nominal 30 million bpd target in four-year low on dollar barrels per day (bpd) due to Opec pumps a third of the earlier months of the year. lower production in Angola and world’s oil and meets in November Lower exports scheduling from LONDON: Gold and silver data on Thursday dulled gold’s and fridges Nigeria, a Reuters survey found, to set output policy for early 2015. Angola and Nigeria reduced sup- slumped to their lowest since appeal as a hedge against risk. although recovery in Libya and Despite oil’s drop below $100, the plies by a combined 100,000 bpd, 2010 yesterday as the dollar and The dollar rose to its highest GENEVA: The European Union growth in Iraq kept output close price many Opec members had while Saudi output was assessed a stock markets soared follow- since June 2010 against a basket launched a trade dispute at the to September’s two-year high. endorsed, the group appears marginal 50,000 bpd lower due to ing a new round of quantitative of currencies, boosted as well by World Trade Organisation yes- The survey also indicates Saudi unwilling to forego market share a reduced need for crude to fuel easing by the Bank of Japan the Bank of Japan’s surprise move terday to challenge Russia’s Arabia and heavyweight Gulf by cutting supplies. domestic power plants. and data showing a robust US to expand its massive monetary treatment of European exports producers are showing no sign “The big question for me is “Exports are flat, refinery runs economy. easing, which weakened the yen of paper products, refrigerators of deliberately cutting exports to will Opec be willing to reduce its are not much changed and direct Spot gold slid three percent to near seven-year lows. and palm oil, the EU and the address oversupply and support supply sufficiently to rebalance burn lower, so overall supply is to its lowest since July 2010 at A stronger US currency makes WTO said. prices that slipped to a four-year the market next year,” Carsten down,” said one of the sources $1,161.25 an ounce in earlier dollar-denominated assets such as The EU accuses Russia of low below $83 a barrel this month. Fritsch, analyst at Commerzbank who monitors Saudi output. trade and was down 2.8 percent gold more expensive for holders of levying higher than permitted Supply from the Organization in Frankfurt, said in the Reuters The shutdown of the Khafji at $1,164.64 by 1344 GMT. other currencies. tariffs on several types of goods, of the Petroleum Exporting Global Oil Forum. “I have doubts.” oilfield slightly curbed Kuwaiti The metal breached impor- “We hold a bearish view on including paper and paper- Countries has averaged 30.72 mil- September’s output was Opec’s output but has not affected Saudi tant support levels at $1,200 and gold, considering a recovering board, palm oil and its fractions, lion bpd in October, down from highest since November 2012, production as Riyadh holds a vast $1,180, where stop losses — auto- US economy and expectations of refrigerators and combined a revised 30.84 million bpd in when it pumped 31.06 million bpd, amount of capacity in reserve, matic sale orders — were placed higher rates,” said Chen Min, a refrigerators-freezers. September, according to the sur- according to Reuters surveys. sources in the survey said. and was on track for a 4.7 percent precious metals analyst at Jinrui Under WTO rules, Russia will vey based on shipping data and Involuntary outages, such as in REUTERS drop this week, the biggest weekly Futures in Shenzhen, China. have 60 days to settle the issue in decline since June 2013. “In the long term, we believe direct talks with the EU. After US gold futures were down gold is likely to break closer to that the EU could escalate the $34.00 an ounce at $1,164.70. $1,000.” dispute by asking the WTO to ExxonMobil profit rises “Spot gold is at its lowest for Reflecting bearish investment adjudicate. four years ... and it could fall fur- sentiment, holdings in the SPDR This is the latest in a series ther towards the $1,120 level if the Gold Trust, the world’s largest of EU complaints lodged since dollar strengthened even more gold-backed exchange-traded Russia joined the WTO in 2012. significantly,” ActivTrades ana- fund, fell 0.16 percent to 741.20 They include a recyling fee on lyst Carlo Alberto De Casa said. tonnes on Thursday, a six-year foreign cars andduties on light “More stop losses could be trig- low. Gold failed to get any sup- commercial vehicles. gered if we consistently broke port from the Asian physical mar- The European Commission below $1,170, but the downside kets, a factor that could push it said in a statement that the seems limited by the fact that we to further lows. Physical demand higher duties had a clearly nega- are close to cost of production usually provides a floor to drop- tive impact on European exports above $1,000.” ping prices. of the products that were worth Spot silver fell 4 percent to its Buyers in top consumer China some ¤600m ($754.8m) per year. lowest since February 2010 at failed to emerge even after the “The EU has raised this issue $15.76 an ounce and was poised drop below $1,200. with Russia both in bilateral talks for a fourth monthly drop in a Premiums on the Shanghai and in WTO committees but to no row. It was down 3.1 percent at Gold Exchange, the main platform avail,” the Commission said. $15.92. for physical trades in the country, European Commission spokes- Gold and silver were already slipped on Friday to less than $1 man Wojtek Talko said the case was facing some heat after the US an ounce, occasionally dropping not related to Moscow’s decision in Federal Reserve earlier in the to a discount against the global August to ban most Western food week largely dismissed financial benchmark represented by the imports in response to US and EU market volatility, a slowdown London spot price. sanctions against Russia over its in Europe and a weak inflation Premiums had ranged between role in the Ukraine crisis. Russia is outlook as factors that might $1 and $2 on Thursday. The lower the European Union’s third most undercut progress towards its premiums underscore the soft important trading partner, with An Exxon gas station in Arlington, Virginia, in the United States. ExxonMobil Corp, the world’s largest publicly unemployment and inflation goals. appetite for gold in China after ¤120bn of exports per year. traded oil company, reported a better-than-expected three percent increase in quarterly profit. The hawkish comments and record consumption last year. REUTERS strong US gross domestic product REUTERS NOVEMBER 1, 2014 15 Business www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ON SATURDAY Asia-focused BoJ expands monetary easing plan ANZ reports Move sends yen plunging, stocks soaring; economy at a critical moment, says bank chief record profit TOKYO: The Bank of Japan bringing it to an eye-popping 80 economies after the Federal technically put the country in progressing steadily, might be (BoJ) ramped up its vast mone- trillion yen annually. Reserve on Wednesday brought recession. delayed.” of $6.5bn tary easing programme yester- The BoJ also slashed its eco- an end to six years of bond-buying A BoJ statement said the deci- While falling prices may sound day — sending the yen plunging nomic growth forecast by half, and considers an interest rate hike. sion on Friday passed by a narrow like a good thing, they create an SYDNEYL: The Australia and and stocks soaring — in a sur- and trimmed consumer price “Just when the Fed takes the 5-4 majority vote. incentive for consumers to put New Zealand Banking Group prise move aimed at reviving expectations as a much-touted punch bowl off the table, the BoJ The bank acknowledged that off buying goods in the hopes of (ANZ) yesterday posted record growth just as the Federal inflation target looked increas- arrives with a case of sake,” said the levy hike had put its target of getting them cheaper down the annual net profit of A$7.3bn Reserve winds down its own ingly out of reach while Tokyo’s Jonathan Sudaria, a broker at 2.0 percent inflation by sometime road, which in turn hurts produc- ($6.5bn) — up 15 percent — pur- stimulus spree. bid to kickstart the economy London Capital Group. UK-based next year in trouble, and said that ers and their expansion plans. suing an Asia-focused growth Speaking after the central bank stalls. CMC Markets added that the had prompted yesterday’s deci- The BoJ’s easing move came strategy. wrapped up its latest policy meet- The yen dived below 111 against BoJ’s move was “filling the void sion. “Japan’s economy has con- after official data earlier Friday Cash profit, which strips out ing, BoJ chief Haruhiko Kuroda the dollar, levels not seen since left by the US central bank”. tinued to recover moderately as a showed September inflation non-core items and is favoured said the fresh measures were cru- January 2008, following the On Thursday the Commerce trend and is expected to continue slowed and household spending by analysts, was up 10 percent to cial to keeping Japan on track in announcement while Tokyo’s Department said the US economy growing at a pace above its poten- slumped as consumers tighten A$7.10bn on last year. its war on deflation, and hinted Nikkei 225 stock index soared expanded an annualised 3.5 per- tial,” the BoJ said in a statement. their belts. The results for ANZ, one of more policy moves could follow. more than five percent to a seven- cent in July-September, beating “However, on the price front, “It always looked likely that the Australia’s four major banks, were “The Japanese economy is now year high. expectations of 3.0 percent. somewhat weak developments in Bank of Japan would be forced to roughly in line with guidance and at a critical moment in the proc- The move is the first since Japan’s economy, on the other demand following the consump- step up its pace of easing but the boosted by a 17 percent cut to bad ess of getting out of deflation,” he Japan’s central bank launched hand, contracted 7.1 percent on tion tax hike and a substantial change of tack has come sooner debt provisions of A$989m. told reporters in Tokyo, adding its huge bond-buying scheme in an annualised basis in the second decline in crude oil prices have than the market (or we) had “This is another good per- that the BoJ would “not hesitate” April last year as a cornerstone quarter — its steepest quarterly been exerting downward pressure expected,” Marcel Thieliant from formance that demonstrates to pull the trigger on more easing of Tokyo’s wider plan to jump- drop since the 2011 quake-tsu- recently. Capital Economics said in a note. consistent execution of our super if necessary. start the world’s number three nami disaster — as it was hit by “If the current downward pres- “Given the recent downward regional strategy which is posi- Policymakers said they would economy. a sales tax hike in April. sure on prices remains, albeit in trend in inflation, the Bank could tioning ANZ well in a more con- inflate the central bank’s asset- Friday’s decision throws into That has stoked fears about the short term, there is a risk well end up increasing its asset strained operating environment,” buying stimulus plan by as much focus the sharp contrast of for- another downturn in July- that conversion of deflationary purchases again next year.” said chief executive Mike Smith. as 20 trillion yen ($182bn), tunes for the US and Japanese September, which would mindset, which has so far been AFP “We made progress in all our key markets.” The company’s Australian operations still generate well India infrastructure output grows over half its profit and remain core, with Smith reporting that Turkey raises inflation the domestic division “maintained momentum” with cash profit ris- ing seven percent and revenue five percent. forecasts for 2014, ’15 New Zealand recorded 10 per- cent growth in cash profit but ISTANBUL: Turkey’s inflation above their levels of a year ago. had revenue growth of only two will be higher than previously The central bank left its key rates percent. forecast this year and in 2015, unchanged at its latest policy ANZ’s lucrative international although falling oil prices could meeting last week. and institutional banking (IIB) temper its rise, the central bank “With the continued decline in unit performed strongly. said yesterday, pledging to keep cumulative exchange rate effects, “The result also saw contin- policy tight until the inflation the return of food inflation to ued momentum from our inter- outlook improves. the average level of previous national business in Asia Pacific, Presenting the bank’s quar- years and the fall in commodity, Europe and America which now terly inflation report, Governor especially oil, prices, inflation is accounts for 24 percent of group Erdem Basci said inflation was forecasted to record a notable revenues,” Smith said. now expected to be around 8.9 decrease in the upcoming year,” “This provides ANZ with percent at the end of 2014, an Basci said. meaningful and differentiated upwards revision from a mid- A measured rate cut could growth options without the need point forecast of 7.6 percent in be on the agenda in the coming to take on more risk.” its July report. period if global conditions allow Cash profit from Asia increased Basci cited higher food prices a significant decline in long-term 25 percent and revenue rose 10 as a result of bad weather and interest rates and in inflation, he percent. Revenue has grown lagged effects of currency depre- added. strongly over the past five years ciation as the main reasons for “Monetary policy stance with a compound annual growth the change in this year’s forecast. should remain tight in order to rate of 23 percent. The bank sees food prices rising bring inflation outlook in line Labourers work at the construction site of a monorail project in Mumbai yesterday. India’s annual infrastructure AFP 12.5 percent this year, more than with medium term target,” said output grew by four percent between April and September, government data showed yesterday . the 9 percent it had previously Finansbank economist Gokce expected. Celik in a note. The inflation forecast for 2015 “Consequently, inflation out- was increased to 6.1 percent from look is still far from justify- five percent previously, while the ing an interest rate easing, in Strong Dubai, weak oil price put Saudi in dilemma bank’s medium-term inflation our view. Having said that, we forecast remained at 5 percent, cannot rule out an attempt by Basci said. central bank to cut rates going SINGAPORE: A strong Dubai on securing market share.” third month Dubai cash prices said, as the producer could take The new projections were lower forward, especially if global price in a weak oil market has Members of the Organisation and refining margins for oil prod- into account weak spot demand in than the inflation forecasts of 9.4 conditions ensure lower global created a dilemma for top oil of Petroleum Exporting Countries ucts. “It’s a special situation. If Asia, especially after the strength percent for 2014 and 6.3 percent interest rates.” exporter Saudi Arabia as it (Opec) — in no hurry to cut output you just call it, there should be a in Dubai snubbed out refining for 2015 included in the medium- Governor Basci also said that works out official monthly sell- despite global benchmarks at multi- big jump,” a trader said. margin gains seen in September. term programme, unveiled by he does not believe the lira is ing prices for December. year lows — have been competing Cash Dubai flipped into what A slump in naphtha cracks Deputy Prime Minister Ali over-valued at current lev- The largest Opec producer is on their official selling prices as traders called an “artificial back- could also cap price hikes for light Babacan on October 8. els, after the currency’s real expected to raise the December they fight for market share, ana- wardation” supported solely by grades such as Arab Super Light The bank revised downwards effective exchange rate rose in prices for most of the crude lysts said. Saudi Arabia slashed strong demand from Chinaoil in and Arab Extra Light, traders its oil price forecasts, to $102 per September. grades it sells to Asia when it November prices last month, spark- a market assessment process in said. “Refiners hope Saudi will barrel for 2014 from $108 previ- The lira firmed slightly to notifies customers early next ing talk of an emerging price war. Singapore, even as Brent was in consider not to reflect the dis- ously and to $92 per barrel for 2.1967 against the dollar by 0847 week. A hike would be in line For December, the kingdom contango and has lost a quarter torted window market,” a trader 2015 from $106, and said cheaper GMT as Basci spoke, from 2.2020 with a strong Dubai market, but could raise official selling prices of its value since June. with a North Asian refiner said, oil would limit upward pressure on Thursday. It traded at 2.1995 traders said that benchmark is (OSPs) across the board by at Prompt prices are higher referring to deals revealed dur- on inflation for this year and by 0950 GMT. not reflecting weak demand and least $1 a barrel if it adheres to an than those in future months in a ing pricing agency Platts’ market next. The main share index was up poor refining margins in Asia. informal formula typically used as backwardated market, indicating assessment process. Turkey imports almost all its 1.32 percent at 80,962.10 points. “It’s a tricky one this month,” a guide, a survey of five refiners strong spot demand. The reverse Saudi crude OSPs are usu- energy. The 10-year benchmark bond said a trader with a Western and traders in Asia showed. is true in a contango market. ally released by the fifth of each Turkish inflation has remained yield fell to 8.62 percent from 8.75 firm. “They will go up, but by how The formula is loosely based on But Saudi Arabia may raise month, and set the trend for stubbornly high even though percent on Thursday. much, I’m not sure, particularly the average monthly changes in prices by a smaller than expected Iranian, Kuwaiti and Iraqi prices. interest rates are considerably REUTERS as they have been very aggressive the spread between the first and margin for December, traders REUTERS

Japan steelmakers’ earnings rise Russia ups rates as rouble slides

MOSCOW: Russia’s central “This represents a pretty bold before this was hardly the result bank raised its main interest move by the CBR to regain the ini- of interest rates being too low,” rate much more than expected tiative, having been faced with a said VTB Capital economist yesterday, trying to tackle a collapse of their currency,” said Neil Vladimir Kolychev. “I very much sliding rouble and climbing Shearing, chief emerging markets want to believe that this (rate inflation as plunging global oil economist at Capital Economics. rise) will help the rouble. If not, prices and Western sanctions “The question is will it work?” then the central bank will have to hurt the economy. “I expect the market will keep change its exchange rate policy.” However, the bank said that testing the central bank. A con- The central bank has been it had not changed its rouble sequence of this will be continued under pressure to raise rates exchange rate intervention pol- rouble weakness.” to defend the rouble, which has icy, confounding speculation that In a separate statement, the bank shed around 20 percent against it might use Friday’s meeting to said it had not changed its exchange the dollar since mid-year due to announce changes that would rate intervention policy, which falling prices of oil, a major export have enabled a stronger defence involves keeping the currency within earner, and the sanctions imposed of the rouble. a nine-rouble-wide band against a over Russia’s actions in Ukraine. The 1.5 percentage point dollar-euro basket. The bank plans The move appeared to do little increase, which takes the one- to scrap the band at the end of this to buttress the Russian currency, week minimum auction repo rate year when it floats the rouble. even though higher rates should to 9.5 percent, compares with There had been speculation make it more attractive to hold analysts’ forecasts of a half-point that the bank might use Friday’s deposits and other instruments in rise in a Reuters poll this week. meeting to scrap the band ahead roubles. At 1232 GMT the rouble The decision of the central of schedule, or bring in a more was down 3.1 percent on the day Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp’s Kimitsu steel plant in Kimitsu, east of Tokyo. Japan’s top steelmakers Bank of Russia (CBR) brings the discretionary policy that would against the dollar at 42.92, dou- reported higher first-half earnings this week, but slowing demand and bloated stockpiles could push them cumulative increase this year to enable bigger interventions. bling its loss compared with at the to sell more overseas. four percentage points, despite “My concern is that the pres- time of the rate decision. the economy’s weakness. sure on the rouble that we saw REUTERS NOVEMBER 1, 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Classifieds ON SATURDAY 16

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[email protected], [email protected] NOVEMBER 1, 2014 ON SATURDAY 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport Westwood hits hole in one Front-nine blitz puts Hurley on top

KUALA LUMPUR: Lee Westwood the United States Navy for five years, said conjured the shot of the day with a hole- he had to maintain his focus as there were in-one on a 225-yard par 3 to jump into “still 36 of holes of golf left”. contention at the halfway stage of the “You know, two-shot lead is better than CIMB Classic in Malaysia yesterday. a one-shot lead, but it’s not quite as good Westwood’s seven-under-par 65 brought as a four-shot lead. You always want to the former world number one to within have more,” he said. just three shots of leader Billy Hurley III. “If I can keep hitting it in the fairway The Englishman is one of seven play- and keep putting like I have, then I think ers tied for third at seven-under, including I’ll be right there on Sunday.” Spanish star Sergio Garcia and defending Garcia, who is looking to maintain a champion Ryan Moore. solid run of form this year that has him Westwood, who had shot a level-par 72 ranked fourth in the world, managed a 68 in round one, pulled a rescue club for the to lie at seven-under, level with Westwood. Lee Westwood of England watches his shot during the Round One of 11th hole at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour and the CIMB Classic golf tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, yesterday. Country Club. Asian Tour, the CIMB Classic offers the He promptly knocked the tee shot in, winner $1.26m and 500 FedExCup points. and with five birdies the lowest day-two AFP score in the field. BMW Masters Scores “That was obviously the highlight of the SHANGHAI: Leading scores yesterday after the second round of the European Tour’s $7 million CIMB Classic Second-round Results BMW Masters at Lake Malaren Golf Club in Shanghai (par 72): round, the great shot at 11,” said Westwood, KUALA LUMPUR: Leading second-round scores yesterday in the $7m CIMB 41, who won on the same course in the Classic at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club: 130 Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 66-64 Malaysian Open in April. Par 72 131 Alexander Levy (FRA) 65-66 “You need a bit of luck, but at the same 134 Billy Hurley III (USA) 67-67 133 Romain Wattel (FRA) 66-67 time you got to hit it well and straight, so it 136 Kevin Streelman (USA) 68-68 134 Marcel Siem (GER) 68-66, Branden Grace (RSA) 68-66, Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 66-68 happens now and again. I am pleased with 137 Noh Seung-yul (KOR) 68-69, Jeff Overton (USA) 68-69, Kevin Chappell my finish, and 65 has got me right into the 135 Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 68-67 tournament.” (USA) 69-68, Ryan Moore (USA) 68-69, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 69-68, 136 Shane Lowry (IRL) 70-66, Graeme McDowell (NIR) 67-69, Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 68-68, The unheralded Hurley carded his sec- Kevin Na (69-68), Lee Westwood (ENG) 72-65. Mikko Ilonen (FIN) 70-66 ond straight round of 67 to take the lead at 138 Jonas Blixt (SWE) 69-69, Danny Lee (NZL) 69-69 137 Ross Fisher (ENG) 70-67, Ryan Palmer (USA) 70-67, Darren Fichardt (RSA) 69-68, Ernie an overall 10-under, with American com- 139 Brian Stuard (USA) 67-72, Cameron Smith (AUS) 70-69, Davis Love Els (RSA) 69-68, Justin Rose (ENG) 72-65. patriot Kevin Streelman two strokes back III (USA) 68-71, Bae Sang-moon (KOR) 71-68, Prom Meesawat 138 George Coetzee (RSA) 71-67, Michael Hoey (NIR) 70-68, Ouyang Zheng (CHN) 72-66, in sole second place. Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR) 70-68, Richie Ramsay (SCO) 70-68, Richard Sterne (RSA) 68-70 The 196th-ranked Hurley, who served in (THA) 68-71, Angelo Que (PHI) 67-72 Colsaerts takes Park claims halfway Shanghai lead

SHANGHAI: Big-hitting lead at Taiwan LPGA Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts fired a superb eight-under 64 yester- TAIPEI: World number one she pared in after the 15th to fin- day to take a one-shot lead after Park In-bee of South Korea ish with a 62 for the $2m tourna- the second round of the BMW pulled off a 10-under-par to ment at the par-72 Miramar Golf Masters in Shanghai. claim the sole lead after the sec- Country Club. However, she fell Colsaerts used his booming ond round of the Fubon LPGA short of recording the second 59 length to great effect, grabbing four Taiwan Championship in Taipei in LPGA history or matching her of the nine birdies on his card at yesterday. personal-best round of 2014. each of the par-fives on the 7,607- Park held a three-shot advan- “Everything was working really yard rain-softened Lake Malaren tage over China’s Feng Shanshan good out there today. I probably layout. Colsaerts leads by one to with a two-day total of 126 when didn’t hit as close as yesterday but France’s long-hitter Alexander I holed a lot of putts today,” said Levy with compatriot Romain Fubon LPGA Taiwan Park, who scored nine birdies and Wattel -- no slouch off the tee him- an eagle but had one bogey. self -- a further shot back. Championship scores “I had a score this year, 61, The 2012 Ryder Cup winner TAIPEI: Leading scores after round two of which was my best round and I has enjoyed a resurgence in form the Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship in really wanted to beat that one. of late, shooting a rare round of Taipei yesterday (par 72). But yeah, just came one short.” 60 at the Portugal Masters three 126 Park In-bee (KOR) 64-62 Also at the centre of spotlight weeks ago. And only last month 129 Feng Shanshan (CHN) 64-65 was American Danielle Kang, he destroyed the European Tour’s 134 Mirim Lee (KOR) 72-62, Lydia Ko who won her second new car with all-time long-driving record with (NZL) 69-65, Azahara Munoz (ESP) a hole-in-one in two consecutive a monstrous 447-yard blast at 68-66, Line Vedel (DNK) 66-68 weeks thanks to a 7-iron which Celtic Manor at the Wales Open. found the bottom of the cup on Colsaerts also blasted three 135 Stacy Lewis (USA) 67-68 the 158-yard 17th hole. “It’s pretty birdies and an eagle on the par 136 Ayako Uehara (JPN) 70-66, awesome. I was standing there fives in his opening round 66 on Chella Choi (KOR) 70-66, Moriya and we all screamed,” Kang said. Thursday. He acknowledged that Jutanugarn (THA) 69-67, Choi Na- Park In-bee of South Korea hitting a shot during “Everyone was saying: ‘Are you kid- the soft course and heavy condi- Yeon (KOR) 68-68, Cheng Ssu-Chia ding me? Again? Another car? And tions were playing into the hands the Fubon LPGA at Miramar Golf Country Club at (TPE) 66-70, Ryu So-Yeon (KOR) Linko district in New Taipei City yesterday. everyone is saying they wanted the of the men with the big guns off 66-70 car.” AFP the tee. AFP

NFL: Saints take QVA officials attend FIVB Congress in Italy divisional lead

NEW YORK: The New Orleans Saints cracked open a scrappy game late in the first half to forge to a 28-10 win over the Carolina Panthers yes- teray, wrestling top spot in the NFC South from their opponents in the process. Running back Mark Ingram claimed two touch- downs and 100 yards in the win for New Orleans while quarterback Drew Brees added 297 yards passing and a touchdown. With both sides failing to fire offensively for the opening 26 minutes, two Saints touchdowns in the last three NBA Results minutes of the Results from the NBA games yesterday first half produced the gap needed to Washington 105 Orlando 98 secure the win over Minnesota 97 Detroit 91 their divisional NY Knicks 95 Cleveland 90 opponents. Dallas 120 Utah 102 New Orleans LA Clippers 93 Oklahoma City 90 improved to 4-4 on the season, snap- NHL Results ping a seven-game Boston 3 Buffalo 2 road losing streak, New Jersey 2 Winnipeg 1 to push ahead of Pittsburgh 3 Los Angeles 0 the 3-5-1 Panthers. Chicago 5 Ottawa 4 After the Panthers Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) President Khalid Ali Al Mawlawi (left) and Board Member Ali Ghanem Al Tampa Bay 4 Philadelphia 3 had failed to get Kuwari taking part in the 34th FIVB World Congress in Sardinia, Italy, yesterday. A one-day workshop for Florida 2 Arizona 1 points out of two national federations opening proceedings in Cagliari, Italy, on Thursday. The biennial meeting will welcome forced turnovers St Louis 2 Anaheim 0 200 national federations to the Sardinian city. This year’s Congress is expected to focus on the dynamic and the Saints Minnesota 4 San Jose 3 modernisation of global volleyball over the past two years and how that success can be built upon for the had also squan- Colorado 5 NY Islanders 0 dered a chance. continued betterment of the sport. The two-day Congress ends today. Vancouver 3 Montreal 2 REUTERS NOVEMBER 1, 2014 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 ON SATURDAY Rea heads first-ever WSBK night session at Losail

DOHA: The first session of Four-time time Qatar free practice at the Losail SuperBike Champion and WSBK Cudlin International Circuit was debutant Alex Cudlin finished his headed by Pata Honda World first ever session for Pedercini Superbike Team rider Jonathan Kawasaki in 14th overall. leads QSBK Rea after an enthralling There was positive news from 45-minute session, held under the Team Hero EBR pit as Geoff the circuit’s impressive flood- May edged his team-mate Aaron qualifying light system for the first time in Yates, the pair finishing in 20th World Superbike Championship and 21st overall with Geoff cur- DOHA: The second round of the (WSBK) history yesterday. rently holding the final Superpole Qatar SuperBike Championship The session, used by many as a position. (QSBK) is also being held this familiarisation exercise, saw lap In the second free practice weekend, as a support race to times tumble throughout with session, Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia the WSBK round, at Losail riders less than two seconds from Racing Team) applied pressure International Circuit. the outright circuit best lap of on reigning WSBK champion In the qualifying session yes- 1.57.280 set in 2009 by Ben Spies. Tom Sykes and the Frenchman terday, Alex Cudlin set the best Rea, who moved back to the finished third on combined times, time of 2.03.220. top spot in the final 90 seconds almost a second ahead of the “In the QSBK I didn’t make a of the session held of Loris Baz reigning champion. lot of laps as I had to be fresh (Kawasaki Racing Team) and Guintoli, who was at the sharp because I was riding in both fellow circuit rookie Alex Lowes end in the first free practice ear- championships. I didn’t want (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) who lier, displaced early pace-setter to spend a lot of time losing my completed the top three. Rea in the first part of the second energy. But so far in the QSBK, The session started with all 45-minute session shortly before I am in the first position in the riders keen to make the most of the Honda rider stopped with a qualifying session and I know that the track time available as both technical problem at Turn 1. Mishal will be fast in the race. Rea and Davide Giugliano (Ducati The number 65 rider was able For WSBK, the first session was Superbike Team) each took a turn to return to the track for the final really nice at the beginning. I was to head the times. 16 minutes after some swift work in the top 10 for a lot of the ses- Alex Lowes took over proceed- by his crew, immediately lapping sion and ended in the 14th spot. ings after 10 minutes, the British faster and ending the session But for me the most important rider looking comfortable and fourth overall. thing is the position in the EVO fast aboard his Voltcom Crescent It was, however, outgoing where I finished in third place. So Suzuki. Voltcom Crescent Suzuki rider Pata Honda World Superbike we can fight for the win in the By half distance, champion- Eugene Laverty that saved his Team rider Jonathan Rea in EVO. The bike is really good but ship rivals Tom Sykes (Kawasaki best for last with the fastest lap action during the first session it is completely different to the Racing Team) and Sylvain of the weekend so far of 1.58.449, of WSBK free practice at Losail bike in the Qatari championship, Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) moving the Irishman to the top of International Circuit in Doha so it is like riding completely dif- had moved into contention, as the standings. yesterday. RIGHT: Alex Cudlin ferent bikes, but so far so good all had Toni Elias (Red Devils Roma Chaz Davies (Ducati Superbike races during qualifying for the is ok.” Cudlin said after the QSBK Aprilia) before almost all of the Team) was clearly happy with the qualifying. second round of the Qatar riders improved in the final min- between-session changes made to Mishal Al Naimi was second SuperBike Championship utes, as was expected. his Panigale as he leapt to sec- in qualifying and Nina Prinz was Behind the top three, Sylvain ond overall ahead of Guintoli, yesterday. PICTURES: BAHER AMIN third. Guintoli was fourth ahead of Rea, Leon Haslam (Pata Honda than happy with things on his “Firstly, I want to thank Ten Eugene Laverty, making his final World Superbike Team) and Loris Aprilia Racing Team machine. Kate team for their support in appearance for Voltcom Crescent Baz who was once again the top Davide Giugliano (Ducati this round, they helped me a lot. Suzuki, and Marco Melandri Kawasaki Racing Team rider. Superbike Team) failed to set a I was first in the free practice, (Aprilia Racing Team). Toni Elias Niccolo Canepa was once again time after suffering a technical second in the qualifying and I am dropped to seventh while reigning the best classified EVO rider in problem, the Italian was hoping doing some changes in the set up champ and current championship eighth, the Italian looking confi- for better luck in the day’s final so that I can help us make a good leader Tom Sykes could only man- dent in what will be his last racing free practice, as he was 16th over- result and take the win in this age ninth at the flag. weekend for the Althea Racing all on the timesheet. round,” Al Naimi said after the In the EVO category, the acco- Ducati Team. Cudlin (Team Pedercini) session. lade of being the best classified Defending champion Tom Sykes crashed at turn seven without Today, the first QSBK race will rider went to Italian Niccolo (Kawasaki Racing Team) was injury, the Australian making his be held at Losail International Canepa (Althea Racing Ducati) 1.393s behind Laverty and could WSBK debut, sits 14th overall Circuit at 4pm and the second who ended the first free practice only manage ninth spot, ahead of despite the mishap. race will be at 8.30pm. in a credible eight overall. Marco Melandri who looked less THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Pakistan names women’s Aussies fight to save Test tournament after Malala

KARACHI: Pakistan’s cricket authorities have named their after Younus’ epic 213 under-21 women’s tournament after Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai (pictured) in an effort to encourage girls to Pakistani captain Misbah registers sixth Test ton, Ali also hits century take up the game. Malala, an ardent advocate ABU DHABI: Australia were a sharp chance at point from of children’s education with spe- left with a daunting task to save Younis’s push off paceman cial emphasis on the right of the the second Test and series after Mitchell Johnson in the third over girl child to education, on October Younus Khan hit an epic double of the day. Younis was then bat- 10 this year became the young- hundred to put Pakistan in com- ting on 112. est individual to win the Nobel mand yesterday. Nine runs later Younus edged a Prize, sharing the honour with Younus notched a memorable Siddle delivery which fell short of India’s Kailash Satyarthi, who 213 for his fifth double hundred to Brad Haddin, who hurt his right campaigns steer Pakistan to 570-6 declared shoulder in an attempt to hold against child in their first innings on a flat the catch. trafficking Sheik Zayed Stadium pitch in Haddin had to walk off the and child Abu Dhabi. field and Warner, who replaced labour. At the close on day two him behind the stumps, spurned The Australia were 22-1 with David a stumping chance off spinner Pakistan Warner on 16 and nightwatchman Lyon as Younis was well out of Cricket Nathan Lyon on one, still trail- his crease on 125. AFP Board ing by 548 runs with nine wick- (PCB) said ets intact on a day when Pakistan the Under- skipper Misbah-ul Haq (101) and Scoreboard 21 women’s Azhar Ali (109) also enjoyed the Pakistan (I innings): event to run feast. Ahmed Shehzad lbw Lyon ...... 35 be held in Opener Chris Rogers fell Mohd Hafeez c Haddin b Johnson ...... 45 December caught behind to paceman Imran Azhar Ali c Warner b Starc ...... 109 this year would be dedicated to Khan for five, putting Pakistan in Younis Khan b Siddle ...... 213 Malala. a strong position to press for their Misbah-ul Haq c&b Smith ...... 101 “PCB has decided to hon- first series win over Australia Asad Shafiq b Starc ...... 21 our Malala, Pakistan’s young since 1994. Sarfraz Ahmed (not out) ...... 19 Nobel laureate for peace 2014, by It was Younus, who hit twin Yasir Shah (not out) ...... 1 naming its inaugural Under-21 hundreds in the first Test, Pakistani batsmen Younus Khan (left) and Misbah-ul Haq run between the wickets during the second day of the Extras (B-10, LB-11, NB-4, W-1) ...... 26 national women cricket champi- who once again dominated second Test match against Australia at Zayed International Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi yesterday. Total (for 6 wkts decl) ...... 570 onship 2014-2015 after her,” said Australia’s hapless bowling dur- Fall of wickets: 1-57, 2-96, 3-332, 4-513, a PCB release. ing his eight-and-half-hour stay, batsmen to reach the milestone off Maxwell, taking 166 balls for in the morning session to get only 5-537, 6-561. PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan hitting 15 boundaries and two behind Javed Miandad (8832) and the mark before he gave a return one wicket, that of Ali. Bowling: Johnson 25-7-59-1 (2nb); Starc said he hoped the move would give sixes. Inzamam-ul Haq (8829). catch to Steve Smith. Pakistan added 101 in an 27-3-86-2 (1w); Siddle 31-8-75-1 (1nb); female cricketers “inspiration and Younus hit Glenn Maxwell for In all, 28 batsmen in the world Misbah hit 10 boundaries and extended two-and-a-half-hour Lyon 37-1-154-1; Marsh 12-2-32-0; Max- stimulus to excel”. a towering six and, in the spin- have scored 8,000 or more Test a six and added 181 runs with session due to Friday prayers well 16-2-78-0; Clarke 6-0-24-0; Smith 10- Khan said PCB has been focus- ner’s next over, took a single to runs. Younis to further hit Australia after resuming at 304-2. 0-41-1 (1nb). ing on women’s cricket. complete 200. Younus said he was delighted badly. Younus added 236 with Ali to Australia (I innings): “Our women cricketers have He was finally bowled while with his performance. At 63 Misbah also became the erase the previous highest third- D Warner (batting) ...... 16 gradually picked up and only last playing Peter Siddle across the “I feel very happy and proud,” highest scorer as Pakistan cap- wicket stand against Australia of C Rogers c Ahmed b Khan ...... 5 month the women’s team has line and was given a standing ova- said Younus. “Now it’s my wish tain, beating Imran Khan’s 2,408 223 held by Javed Miandad and N Lyon (batting) ...... 1 retained the Asian Games gold tion by a 12,000 holiday crowd and that we whitewash Australia but runs in 48 Tests. This is Misbah’s Taslim Arif from a 1980 match in Total (for one wkt) ...... 22 at Incheon,” he said. his team-mates. it won’t be easy because they are 31st match. Faisalabad, Pakistan. Fall of wicket: 1-21. The tournament is scheduled When on 181, Younus com- a tough team.” The Younus-Misbah stand Australia had another unu- Bowling: Khan 3-0-18-1; Hafeez 2-0-4-0; to be held in December with 12 pleted 8,000 runs in his 93rd Test, Misbah also completed his flourished in the afternoon after sually sloppy day in the field Babar 0.2-0-0-0. regional teams taking part from becoming the third Pakistani hundred with a reverse sweep the Australian bowlers toiled hard as David Warner failed to hold all over Pakistan. AFP 20 NOVEMBER 1, 2014 ON SATURDAY www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport

Weekly Fixtures (All times in GMT) ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE ‘Paulinho’ stuns Lekhwiya Today Newcastle United vs Liverpool (1245); Arsenal vs Burnley (1500); Chelsea vs Queens Park Rangers (1500); Everton vs Swansea City (1500); Hull City vs Southampton (1500); Leicester City vs West Bromwich Albion (1500); Stoke City vs West Ham United (1500) with brilliant hat-trick Tomorrow Manchester City vs Manchester United (1330); Aston Villa vs Tottenham Hotspur (1600) Striker helps Al Arabi snatch a 3-3 draw, El Jaish trounce Al Shahaniya 4-0 November 3 Crystal Palace vs Sunderland (2000) DOHA: Paulo Sergio scored a LIGUE 1 brilliant hat-trick as Al Arabi Today SC snatched a point from FC Lorient vs Paris St Germain (1600); En Lekhwiya with a 3-3 draw at the Avant Guingamp vs Bastia (1900); Metz vs Qatar Stars League, yesterday Caen (1900); Lille vs St Etienne (1900); at the Lekhwiya Stadium. Montpellier HSC vs Evian Thonon Gaillard FC With his side trailing 3-1 (1900); Nice vs Olympique Lyon (1900) till 83rd minute, the Brazilian Tomorrow striker scored back-to-back goals Nantes vs Stade Rennes (1300); Girondins in the next two minutes to seal Bordeaux vs Toulouse (1600); Olympique a 3-3 draw against the Michael Marseille vs Racing Lens (2000) Laudrup’s side. Chico Flores LA LIGA opened up scoring for Lekhwiya in Today the 15th minute before ‘Paulinho’ Granada CF vs Real Madrid (1500); Atletico scored the first of his three goals Madrid vs Cordoba (1700); Barcelona vs to level, two minutes later. Celta Vigo (1900); Real Sociedad vs Malaga Lekhwiya regained the lead in (2100) the 31st minute through Korean Tomorrow Nam Tae-hee and went into Athletic Club vs Sevilla (1100); Villarreal vs the breather with 2-1 lead. The Valencia (1600); Levante vs Almeria (1800); defending champions looked set Elche vs Espanyol (2000) to take the winning points after November 3 Nam Tai completed his brace with a goal in 81st minute before Rayo Vallecano vs Eibar (1945) ‘Paulinho’ shattered their hopes. SERIE A Meanwhile, El Jaish handed Al Today Shahaniya a 4-0 drubbing while Napoli vs AS Roma (1400); Empoli vs Juven- the Al Shamal Stadium saw Al tus (1700); Parma vs Inter Milan (1945) Gharafa edging out Al Shamal Tomorrow 3-2. Elsewhere, Ahmed Fathi Chievo Verona vs Sassuolo (1400); Sampdo- Ahmed scored the decisive goal ria vs Fiorentina (1400) in 1-0 win for Umm Salal over Al Torino vs Atalanta Bergamo (1400) Ahli. THE PENINSULA Udinese vs Genoa (1400) AC Milan vs Palermo (1945) QSL Results November 3 Lekhwiya draw with Al Arabi 3-3 Cesena vs Verona (1800); Lazio vs Cagliari El Jaish bt Al Shahaniya 4-0 (2000) Al Gharafa bt Al Shamal 3-2 Al Arabi striker Paulo Sergio (right) is congratulated by his team-mate Ahmed Fathi Abdulla after he scored against Lekhwiya during their Qatar Stars DUTCH CHAMPIONSHIP Umm Salal bt Al Ahli 1-0 League (QSL) match.The striker scored a hat-trick against Lekhwiya yesterday. RIGHT: Umm Salal’s players celebrate their goal against Al Ahli yesterday. Today Ajax Amsterdam vs FC Dordrecht (1730); Twente Enschede vs Heerenveen (1845); Fey- enoord vs PEC Zwolle (1845); PSV Eindhoven PSG bid to increase pressure Sydney eye historic win vs ADO Den Haag (1945) Tomorrow Utrecht vs Vitesse Arnhem (1130); AZ Alk- over Al Hilal in AFC final maar vs Excelsior (1330); Go Ahead Eagles on stuttering Marseille Deventer vs Heracles Almelo (1330); Willem II RIYADH: Western Sydney we still got a result out of it, so I Tilburg vs SC Cambuur (1330); Groningen vs PARIS: NAC Breda (1545) As their meeting PSG’s Wanderers can complete a run think in the second game we can BUNDESLIGA with bitter rivals Marseille defender that will go down in Asian foot- expect even more,” said midfielder approaches, Paris Saint- ball lore when they take a 1-0 Mateo Poljak. Today Marquinhos Germain will look to further lead into the AFC Champions “I think we can be more posi- (right) Mainz vs Werder Bremen (1430); Hamburg increase the pressure on the League final second leg today. tive and be more organised, and SV vs Bayer Leverkusen (1430); Hanover 96 heads Ligue 1 leaders with a win at Just two years after their for- maybe dangerous, in the oppo- vs Eintracht Frankfurt (1430); VfB Stuttgart vs struggling Lorient today. the ball mation, the tournament debu- nents’ half.” While the Wanderers VfL Wolfsburg (1430); Bayern Munich vs PSG are the only side in during the tants from Sydney’s unfashionable topped the regular season table Borussia Dortmund (1730) France’s top flight to still boast an the UEFA west stand on the brink of becom- and reached the grand final in Tomorrow unbeaten record after Marseille Champions ing Australia’s first ever Asian their inaugural A-League sea- Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Hoffenheim went down 1-0 at Lyon last week- League club champions. son in 2012/13, few would have (1430); Cologne vs Freiburg (1630); SC Pad- end, a result that means the two match Victory over Saudi giants Al expected them to go so far in their erborn vs Hertha Berlin (1630) clubs are now separated by just against Hilal would be another shot in maiden AFC Champions League ASIAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL four points at the top of the table. Barcelona the arm for Australia’s A-League, campaign. Final, second leg The clubs clash in the French and a timely boost as the country One Al Hilal player will be in this Today game’s biggest grudge match at September prepares to host the Asian Cup trying to make his own piece of the Parc des Princes on November in January. history. Midfielder Saud Khariri Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) vs Western Sydney 31, 2014 Wanderers FC (Australia) (1730) 9, and Paris would love to go into file photo. Substitute Tomi Juric’s 64th can become the first player to win ‘Le Classique’ with a chance of minute strike took the Wanderers three AFC Champions League SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP seizing first place from OM. halfway to heaven, although there winner’s medals after helping PRELIMINARY ROUND A win at Lorient would leave to stay alongside Marseille,” cap- league wins before coming is much work to do in what will be Saudi rivals Al Ittihad to back-to- Today just one point between the sides tain Thiago Silva told PSG TV. unstuck at Lyon, and Marcelo a cauldron atmosphere in Riyadh. back victories in 2004 and 2005. Celtic vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle (1500); and turn up the heat on Marseille, “We are playing them in our Bielsa’s men were then eliminated “We’re very confident. I think “This is my fourth final as I Dundee United vs St. Mirren (1500); Hamilton who host Lens at the Stade next game so this is a chance to from the League cup at Rennes on maybe our performance in the have already won two and lost Academical vs Partick Thistle (1500); Kilmar- Velodrome tomorrow night. close the gap. Artificial pitches Wednesday, going down 2-1. first game wasn’t the best but one,” said the 34-year-old.” AFP nock vs Dundee (1500); Regular - Preliminary Laurent Blanc’s PSG, who are very different. The ball goes “Losing makes me sad. We are Round host APOEL of Cyprus in the very fast, so we will need to be very disappointed to exit the com- November 3 Champions League next midweek, fully focused.” petition so quickly,” said Bielsa Western Ross County vs Aberdeen (1945) welcome back Edinson Cavani Lorient may have won at Evian after seeing OM take the lead Sydney GREEK CHAMPIONSHIP after suspension for the trip to in the League Cup in midweek but only to be hauled back on level Wanderers’ Today Brittany while Marquinhos is their miserable league form – six terms before conceding the win- players Platanias vs PAS Giannina (1300); Veria vs set to return, but they will miss defeats in their last seven outings ner in the last minute. take part in banned Gregory Van der Wiel. – suggests that their chances of Against Lens, Bielsa will wel- Panionios (1515); Asteras Tripolis vs Olympia- a training kos Piraeus (1730) Zlatan Ibrahimovic is still on causing an upset are slim. come back a host of players session at Tomorrow the sidelines with a heel prob- “They are not unbeatable. We who were rested in the League the King lem that refuses to go away, yet will do everything to try and get Cup, including goalkeeper Steve Ergotelis vs PAOK Salonika (1300); Niki Volos Fahad the capital side should still have a result,” declared their former Mandanda and leading scorer vs Kerkyra (1515); Panaitolikos Agrinion vs Stadium enough firepower to take three Marseille striker Jordan Ayew Andre-Pierre Gignac, although Xanthi (1515); Panthrakikos vs OFI Crete points from the artificial pitch at optimistically. full-back Brice Dja Djedje is in Riyadh, (1515); Panathinaikos vs Atromitos Athinon the Stade du Moustoir. “It is very Ayew’s old side had equalled banned after his red card at yesterday. (1730) important for us to win at Lorient the club record of eight successive Rennes. AFP November 3 Kalloni vs Levadiakos (1730) BELGIAN CHAMPIONSHIP Today United, City gear up for Manchester derby Anderlecht vs Lokeren (1330); Standard Liege vs Mechelen (1700); Cercle Bruges vs Kortrijk (1900); Waasland-Beveren vs Oost- LONDON: Scarred by a run manager Manuel Pellegrini field- won the league. “We’ve got to look Robin van Persie earned Louis recorded a timely 2-0 win at home ende (1900) of three games without vic- ing a strong team, and goalkeeper to things like that, but the main van Gaal’s United a morale-boost- to Aston Villa on Monday, cen- Tomorrow tory, misfiring Premier League Joe Hart has called on his team- thing is to get it right on Sunday.” ing 1-1 draw at home to Chelsea tre-back Gary Cahill says his side Lierse vs Ghent (1330); Charleroi vs Club champions Manchester City mates to raise their game against David Silva is a doubt for City last weekend. cannot afford to be complacent. Bruges (1700); Westerlo vs Mouscron-Peru- will attempt to reassert their United on Sunday. after going off against Newcastle United lost 4-1 and 3-0 to City Second-place Southampton, welz (1900) authority when they host derby “Not everyone’s exactly at with a knee injury, but Yaya Toure last season, but victory at the four points below Chelsea, visit PORTUGUESE CHAMPIONSHIP rivals Manchester United this their peak at the moment, but is expected to feature despite Etihad would take them to within Hull City today, having won 3-2 weekend. we just need a few players, myself being substituted in the second a point of the champions. at Stoke City in the League Cup Today Having blown a two-goal lead included, to step up,” the England half as a precaution over a groin After edging fourth-tier on Wednesday. Penafiel vs Estoril (1600); Vitoria Guimaraes to draw at CSKA Moscow in goalkeeper, who was rested complaint. Shrewsbury Town 2-1 in the Southampton have belied vs Sporting (1800); Porto vs Nacional Madeira the Champions League, City fell against Newcastle, told Sky Sports Wayne Rooney, the leading League Cup in mid-week, Chelsea expectations after losing a glut of (2015) six points behind league leaders News. scorer in Manchester derbies will look to return to winning key players during the close sea- Tomorrow Chelsea after losing at West Ham “It will come back. It’s just one with 11 goals, has completed a ways in the league when they host son and manager Ronald Koeman Maritimo vs Moreirense (1600); FC Pacos de United and were then knocked out of those difficult patches that three-match suspension and is west London rivals Queens Park says he is not concerned about Ferreira vs Vitoria Setubal (1600); Gil Vicente of the League Cup by Newcastle we’ve gone through many a time. set to return to the United attack Rangers on Saturday. fatigue ahead of the trip. vs Arouca (1600); Academica vs Braga United. Last season, we had less points despite reports he has sustained Chelsea have taken 23 points “If you’re a real football player, (1915) Wednesday’s 2-0 loss at home and were in a worse position (at a foot injury. from a possible 27 to date this you’d like to play every three November 3 to Newcastle came despite City this stage of the season), and we A 94th-minute equaliser by season, but with QPR having days,” said the Dutchman. 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PROTHOM ALO WEEKLY NOVEMBER 1, 2014 Published every Thursday 21 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ON SATURDAY Available in all leading stores in Qatar       Tel: 4465 0600 Email: [email protected] IAAF team ends two-day Doha visit We are looking for a city that understands why it wants to host those Games: Coe

BY ARMSTRONG VAS one that the IAAF have accepted, most of the world championship so our (evaluation) report will be have been held in the past.” DOHA: Lord Sebastian Coe based on the championship that “Our goal was to give the most Chairman of the IAAF’s is offered to us at that stage of accurate representation of this Evaluation Commission for the season,” said Coe, the double vibrant city, which needs no the 2019 World Athletics Olympic 1500 metres champion, embellishment. Doha’s sporting Championships said the pro- who is also Vice-President of infrastructure has grown tremen- posed September-October dates the International Association of dously in a relatively short period ‘offered’ by the Doha Bid File Athletics Federations. of time and its world-class sport- suits the athletic family. The former London 2012 ing facilities and institutions have “The window (September- Olympics Games Chairman was continued to gather international October) that has been offered is speaking to reporters after con- praise,” he added. cluding a busy two-day visit to “This city has hosted many Doha. outstanding sporting events and • Doha aims to combine “We are looking for a city that has hosted the IAAF Diamond understands why it wants to League annually since 1997. It is experience, new opportunities host those Games. And listening this experience and knowledge and sporting innovation to the athletes (Mutaz Barshim that guarantees its success in to connect world of and Mariam Farid) today it was the future. The 2019 IAAF World athletics in 2019 very clear what they think these Championships has the potential Games can do for athletics – not to be a historic event that con- • Doha’s experience of hosting just in Qatar but in this region ,” nects the world of athletics to a world-class events and existing added the 58-year-old former new region full of lively young fans state-of-the-art facilities make middle distance runner. and athletes. It can be a turning it a prepared and proven global The Commission was inspecting point and the start of a new epoch Essar Gabriel, (left) IAAF General Secretary, Lord Sebastian Coe, (third left) IAAF Vice-President and Chairman sporting hub. Doha’s bid to host the 2019 IAAF in athletics.” of the IAAF Evaluation Commission, Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, (third right) Secretary General World Championships ahead of The final day of the IAAF of Qatar Olympic Committee and Chairman of Candidature Committee Doha 2019, Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad, • Hosting the World voting for the host city of the Commission’s visit included in- (right) Vice-Chairman of Candidature Committee Doha 2019 and Qatar Athletics Federation President, and other Championships in the Middle prestigious athletics champion- depth presentations regard- officials pose for a group picture at the end of a press conference during the IAAF Evaluation Commission visit ships at the IAAF Council meet- ing Doha’s bid and a tour of East for the first time ever will to the Qatar Olympic Committee Headquarters in Doha yesterday. PICTURE BY: KAMMUTTY VP ing on November 18 in Monaco. the renowned Qatar National connect the world of athletics Doha officially submitted its Convention Centre (QNCC) to an untapped market. candidature file to host the flag- – which would host the IAAF National Athletics team as they and I will make my country proud. ship athletics event on September Congress alongside the games. were taking part in an athletics It would mean so much to win the •Doha offers first ever 25 and is competing against The Congress is held every master class with Russian hur- World Championships in front of a ‘Athletics City’. bids from Barcelona, Spain and two years with the World dler and Doha 2019 Ambassador, home crowd. •Khalifa International Stadium Eugene, USA; both of which the Championships and consists of Sergey Shubenkov. Doha 2019 would really inspire Commission visited earlier this the IAAF Council members, Sixteen year-old Farid, a mem- people in the GCC and Arab coun- will be upgraded to make it the month. honorary members as well as a ber of the Qatar National Track tries, especially when they see most state-of-the-art purpose- The Qatar Olympic Committee maximum of three delegates from and Field team, said: “As a Qatari girls competing. It would really built athletics venue in the (QOC) has offered to host the each National Athletic Federation female athlete, it is very impor- encourage them to take up athlet- world. 2019 Worlds in the September- – which the QNCC’s existing out- tant for us to host the 2019 World ics and represent their countries. October window Secretary standing facilities are more than Championships. We want to show I want them to come and join us • Khalifa Stadium will General of the QOC Sheikh Soud capable of accommodating. the world that there are females and discover athletics for girls.” feature a world-first 100 metre Abdulrahman Al Thani said: “The During their two-day visit, the playing sport in this country. We President of the Qatar Athletics long video wall-screen date we put in the bidding file is Commission visited the Aspire exist. Especially because I am a girl Federation, Dahlan Al Hamad that will revolutionise end of September beginning of Zone’s facilities which would be who wears a veil - I want to show said: “Doha is a city passionate spectator viewing. October and that period is actu- used for the World Championships. that it is possible to play sport and about sport, but especially pas- ally that time when temperature The Evaluation Commission represent my country. I want to sionate about athletics. in Qatar is the same as where also met members of the Qatar be here in 2019 representing Qatar THE PENINSULA Murray, Berdych reach Tour Finals

PARIS: Tomas Berdych guar- he added. Berdych, who also anteed his place at the season- reached the semi-finals of the ending World Tour finals for Miami Masters where he with- the fifth straight year yesterday drew with a stomach bug before as he defeated South African facing Rafael Nadal, is chasing an Kevin Anderson to reach the 11th ATP title and third this year semi-finals of the Paris Masters. after victories at Rotterdam and The Czech number one, who Stockholm. won the Bercy tournament on his Raonic, who is the only player debut in 2005, his only Masters who can break into the top eight win to date, came through a tight in the Race to London, needs to contest 6-7, (4/7), 6-4, 6-4 in just defeat Federer and go on to win under three hours. the tournament to guarantee his He will now play either world spot in the British capital. The podium winners at the 26th Arab Squash Championship pose for a picture with officials of Qatar Squash Federation and other dignitaries during number two Roger Federer or Meanwhile, Andy Murray’s the closing ceremony at Katara in Doha yesterday. The championship ended yesterday. PICTURES BY: IBRAHIM KUTTY Canadian Milos Raonic for a place recent resurgence continued when in Sunday’s final. the Briton qualified for the ATP It was the 12th victory for World Tour Finals by reaching the Berdych over Anderson in 12 Paris Masters quarter-finals with meetings. a 6-3, 6-3 win against Bulgarian Arab Squash Championship: Kuwait win “We’ve had some very close Grigor Dimitrov on Thursday. matches and some five-setters After dropping outside the but I think the statistics do not world top 10 following his US tell the real story,” he said. Open quarter-final exit, Murray Men’s team title, Egypt U-13 and U-17 “It’s always tough against Kevin began a late push for a spot in the and today we played nearly three London showpiece event, which DOHA: Kuwait won the Men’s hours but I think it was a great features eight of the best play- team title while Egypt emerged match. ers this season. The eighth seed on top in the Under-13 and “I’m so happy and feel lucky to showed he was up to the task by Under-17 at the 26th Arab have made it through so now it’s seeing off ninth-seeded Dimitrov, Squash Championship. another semi-final and it’s been a who is now eliminated from the Yesterday, at the Khalifa great tournament for me so far,” race for the November 10-16 event International Tennis and Squash added the Czech who had a 15 and at London’s O2. Murray will take Complex, Kuwait defeated hosts 4 record in Slams this season, get- on world number one Novak Qatar 2-1 to top the round-robin ting to the Australian Open semi- Djokovic for a semi-final spot league. finals as well as the last eight at after the Serbian beat Frenchman Iraq, who chose to skip both the French and US Opens. Gael Monfils 6-3 7-6(2) after 92 the junior events, came second “I hope I can keep it going minutes in Thursday’s late match. followed by Qatar. and keep playing good tennis,” AGENCIES In the Under-17 and Under-13 categories, it was Egypt all the Andy Murray way. In both the age groups Qatar of Britain finished third, while Kuwait took returns the the runner-up spot. ball to Grigor Earlier on Wednesday, Incheon Dimitrov Asian Games gold medallist of Bulgaria Abdullah Al Muzayen of Kuwait during his won the Men’s title defeating round of six- Qatar’s Abdulla Al Tamimi. teen match Four countries Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar’s Abdulla Al Tamimi, runner-up in the Men’s at the BNP Iraq and hosts Qatar took part in championship, poses with his trophy along with an Paribas 2014 the championship which was con- official of Qatar Squash Federation. RIGHT: Abdullah tested in the Under-13, Under-17 Masters in Al Muzayen of Kuwait winner in the Men’s section Paris, France, and Men’s individual and team receives his winner’s trophy. categories. THE PENINSULA yesterday. 22 NOVEMBER 1, 2014 ON SATURDAY www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Break Time

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THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW A hippopotamus catches a pumpkin during Halloween celebrations in the Tiergarten Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna yesterday. Once a year the animals HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER in the zoo are fed with pumpkins to celebrate Halloween.

MUSCAT 29/25 Clear 31/27 Clear MAKKAH 36/23 Clear 38/23 Clear KUWAIT 30/17 Clear 29/18 Clear BAHRAIN 35/26 Celar 30/21 Clear SANAA 25/09 Partly cloudy 24/09 Clear RIYADH 33/18 Clear 32/18 Clear Virgin spaceship crashes DUBAI 34/24 Clear 34/26 Clear BAGHDAD 25/15 Chance of storm 24/14 Partly cloudy THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW in US desert, pilot dead HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER LOS ANGELES: ATHENS 17/12 Partly cloudy 17/12 Clear Virgin WASHINGTON 13/06 Showers 12/07 Partly cloudy Galactic’s first commercial spacecraft crashed yester- SYDNEY 34/14 Partly cloudy 23/13 Clear day during a test flight over LONDON 17/12 Partly cloudy 15/10 Chance of rain California, scattering debris PARIS 20/13 Clear 16/13 Chance of rain over the desert and leaving at ISTANBUL 13/09 Partly cloudy 13/08 Partly cloudy least one pilot dead, officials MANILA 30/24 Chance of storm 33/25 Mostly cloudy said. DHAKA 30/21 Partly cloudy 31/21 Partly cloudy Television images showed the DELHI 28/18 Partly cloudy 29/17 Clear wreckage of SpaceShipTwo, a test ISLAMABAD 24/14 Clear 23/14 Clear vehicle that flies to the edge of space, amid brush in the desert east of Mojave, a few hours’ drive northeast of Los Angeles. The incident is second disas- Best actress award ter involving a US spacecraft this week, after an unmanned Orbital Science rocket carrying supplie to the International Space Station exploded after launch on Tuesday. It is also a huge blow to British tycoon Richard Branson’s long- held dream of offering the first commercial space flights. The Virgin chief made no Wreckage of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo in the desert east of Mojave Mojave, California, yesterday. immediate comment on the accident. “During the test, the vehicle press conference at 2pm (2100 “anomaly”, followed by the series to fill the gap left by NASA, which suffered a serious anomaly result- GMT) to release more details confirming the crash. The com- ended its 30-year shuttle pro- ing in the loss of SpaceShipTwo. of the accident, according to the pany added that WhiteKnightTwo gramme in July with the comple- Our first concern is the status KGET local TV station. had landed safely after the tion of the final Atlantis mission of the pilots,” the firm said in a The spaceship had been carried accident. to the International Space Station tweet. aloft on a bigger aircraft known More than 500 people have (ISS). Virgin Galactic said the fate of as WhiteKnightTwo and then already reserved seats — and paid Yesterday’s incident is the sec- the pilots was unknown but the released for a test of its rocket a deposit on the $200,000 ticket ond involving a space craft this California Highway Patrol con- engine above the Mojave desert, price — for a minutes-long sub- week, after the Orbital Science firmed reports that one pilot had in what was the 35th such flight. orbital flight on SpaceShipTwo, rocket exploded six seconds after died another was serious injured, “SpaceShipTwo has been which can carry six passengers. launch on a resupply mission to and taken to hospital. released by WhiteKnightTwo, It is the commercial version of the ISS. “We will work closely with rele- and is now flying freely,” the firm SpaceShipOne, the first private Initial investigations into that vant authorities to determine the wrote in a blow-by-blow account spacecraft to reach the edge of explosion centered on the pair cause of this accident and provide of the flight, adding: “Ignition! space in 2004, and which is now of rocket engines providing its updates as soon as we are able to SpaceShipTwo is flying under on display at the National Air and thrust, which were made during Japanese actress Rie Miyazawa (right) receives the best actress award do so,” Virgin said. rocket power again.” Space Museum in Washington. the Soviet era and refurbished. from Tokyo International Film Festival jury and South Korean film director Officials were due to give a The next tweet announced the Private companies are rushing AFP John Lee during the closing ceremony in Tokyo yesterday.

‘Ghost’ appears in selfie Gourmets get taste of ‘raw’ chocolate LONDON: A selfie of two Newcastle-based girls clicked in London has gone viral on social media for there was a PARIS: “Want to taste? Come on! not very good. It was consumed for More expensive than other types people who love dark chocolate but “ghost” standing behind the girls. It’s a bit like the sushi of choco- nutritional reasons, so there was less of chocolate, raw chocolate costs now more and more people who The “ghostly” figure is of an elderly woman, media reports late,” calls out raw chocolate care taken in its manufacture,” he around five euros ($6.30) for a before would have chosen a milky said. The phenomenon was caught on camera by two women maker Frederic Marr, beckoning said. 45-gramme bar. chocolate are chosing dark chocolate. — Victoria Greeves, 22, and Kayley Atkinson, 23 — as they the curious to his stall at Paris’s “But quality raw chocolate is now But Kris McGowan, of the “Now people are even asking us were enjoying a girls’ night out in Newcastle. After strik- annual chocolate extravaganza, starting to be successful in countries UK-based Raw Chocolate Company, for 100 percent cocoa -- which is ing their best self-portrait together, the two noticed there the Salon du Chocolat. that also care about taste, including said consumers were willing to pay really bitter,” she said. was a third person in the photo —appears to be an elderly Touted as a “super food” by some, France,” he added. extra for food if they had confidence Whatever the claims made for lady in Victorian outfit. The girls first uploaded the picture raw chocolate is the latest trend in Lauren Bandy, nutrition analyst in how it was made and what had raw chocolate, French nutrition con- on Snapchat. the world of chocolate. at consumer market researchers gone into it. sultant Laurent Chevallier, warned Terrified later, they deleted the photo from their phones Proponents say it has health ben- Euromonitor International, said “Probably over the last 10 years against relying on it as a source of but the photo is doing rounds on the social media. efits because the cocoa beans used to raw chocolate was still a niche there’s been a real shift amongst nutrients. make it are heated to much lower product but had seen a steady rise consumers; they are taking much “The nutritional benefits of choco- temperatures than for standard in popularity over the past few more care of what they buy,” he late are only worth anything in very chocolate. years. said. large quantities,” he said adding that No holiday without smartphones As a result, they say, raw choco- Sales of standard dark chocolate “They want to know more about from a health point of view levels WASHINGTON: If you are planning your next holiday, late has more nutrients such as iron, have risen by $1.4 billion globally where things come from and after of antioxidants in chocolate were apart from your passport and travel money, do not forget zinc, magnesium and copper as well over the past five years, with an various food scandals people no “infinitesimal”. to carry your smartphone with you. as higher levels of antioxidants. annual growth rate of seven percent, longer trust the big companies to “Chocolate does not have nutri- A research shows that 69 percent of Britons are unable According to Marr, who is based she said. do things cleanly,” he added. tional value when you consume it in to go on holiday without their smartphones. at Montreuil, near Paris, recent “Many consumers buy raw choco- For Nefeli Bouzalas, of import reasonable quantities and if you eat Moreover, a third of those surveyed actually used their refinements in the raw chocolate late for the same reasons they buy company Hacienda del Cacao, the it in unreasonable quantities you will smartphones more when they travel than they do at home. making process mean that in addi- dark chocolate (so) if dark chocolate emergence of raw chocolate high- get fat,” he said. “Ninety percent say that they feel that keeping devices with tion to being a good health option, sales are to be used as an indicator lights a trend for chocolate that is The Salon du Chocolat runs until them on holiday actually enhances their travel experience,” it also tastes good. for raw chocolate’s potential, then less sweet. tomorrow in Paris. said a survey by global travel firm Expedia and market “Historically raw chocolate was raw chocolate has a lot of promise.” “There have always been some AFP research firm Egencia Mobile Index. IANS