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Argentina, Netherlands win Jihadist caliphate Patients can violates Shariah: Qaradawi DOHA: Prominent Sunni Muslim scholar Yousuf Al file complaints Qaradawi yesterday said that the declaration of an Islamic caliphate by jihadists fighting the governments in Syria and Iraq violated Shariah law. online soon “We look forward to the com- ing, as soon as possible, of the caliphate,” Qaradawi said, of the form of pan-Muslim government Mobile apps will also offer service last seen under the Ottoman Empire. DOHA: Patients in Qatar will Safety Alert to give urgent patient The influential cleric said the soon be able to lodge online com- safety alerts to hospitals, clinics declaration and nomination of plaints about healthcare practi- and other healthcare providers in Baghdadi by a jihadist group tioners and facilities in both, the the country. “known for its atrocities and radi- private and public sectors. “This alert system will help in cal views” fail to meet strict con- The Supreme Council of Health faster transfer of patient safety ditions dictated by Shariah. (SCH) has invited tenders from alerts once a risk is identified in The title of caliph, he said, local, regional and international the country. It is not enough to can “only be given by the entire companies to set up a National pass a message but we should also Muslim nation”, not by a single e-Complaint system that will know how the facilities respond to group. be instrumental in investigating it. The online system will help in Goalkeeper Tim Krul saves a shot by Costa Rica’s Bryan Ruiz during a penalty shoot-out in their 2014 World AFP medical errors. monitoring the facilities in this Cup quarter-finals at the Fonte Nova arena in Salvador to take the Netherlands into the semi-finals. In another See also page 10 A senior SCH official yesterday respect,” said Al Khanji. game, Argentina beat Belgium 1-0 to reach the semis. See also pages 34 & 35 said that the proposed electronic He said the proposed online system would make procedures service could be accessed for receiving and investigating through the Internet and mobile complaints related to health serv- applications. ices faster and easier. The project complements a “The system will be based on a series of other initiatives recently Arabs shocked by self-styled caliph’s video special software that can accept announced by the SCH to ensure all types of complaints related to patient safety and protect their DOHA: A 21-minute video show- known as Islamic State of Iraq is the fact. You will see it. Muslim like Iraq and Libya. You are killing health services, covering all areas rights. These include plans to ing a man purported to be Abu and the Levant. brothers, please do not be cheated hundreds of Muslims and asking of healthcare. It will also enable issue a “patients’ bill of rights” Bakr Al Baghdadi, the reclusive The Iraqi government denied by the false media propaganda others to migrate to Islamic coun- quick response and effective fol- that will define the rights and leader of the militant Islamic that the video, which carried by ISIS to carry out a sabotage. tries,” read the comment. low up on the complaints,” Dr responsibilities of patients. This State, delivering A Friday ser- Friday’s date, was credible, Please listen to Islamic scholars Another wrote, addressing Al Jamal Rashid Al Khanji, Director document will serve as a refer- mon in a mosque in Mosul went Reuters reported yesterday. and groups who are known to Baghdadi, “If you have decided of the Healthcare Quality and ence point in investigation of viral on social media all over the The recording showed a you,” read a comment posted on to restore the rights of Muslims, Patient Safety Department and complaints related to medical Arab world yesterday. bearded man in a black robe and alarabia.net. wage war against infidels and get acting CEO of Qatar Council for treatment and medical errors. Though the credibility of the black turban slowly ascending the Another commentator back the rights of Palestinians Healthcare Practitioners (QCHP) The SCH has also announced video remained suspect, the pulpit below the black flag of the described Al Baghdadi as a “bark- whose territories are being occu- at SCH told this daily yesterday. plans to set up an advocacy body surprise public appearance of Islamic State, before delivering a ing dog” that is not going to bite. pied by Israel. Try to get back the All complaints related to with members from the civil soci- Al Baghdadi has shocked many sermon and leading prayers. “If you are a supporter of rights of people in Myanmar and health practitioners are investi- ety to help patients get their com- in the Arab world, who have “Beware of ISIS, it is a hostile Muslims and Islam, why don’t you Africa. Stop killing innocent peo- gated by the Fitness to Practice plaints addressed. expressed doubts and fears about movement. They want to gather come out openly. These are all gim- ple every day.” Department at QCHP. Continued on page 8 the intentions of the militant all Sunnis in place to kill them micks to destroy the Islamic coun- Continued on page 8 The portal will also have a THE PENINSULA movement, which was previously together. If you believe or not, this tries, especially oil-rich countries THE PENINSULA

Two militants blow Palestinian teenager themselves up in was ‘burned alive’ Saudi Arabia DUBAI: Two suspected Al RAMALLAH: A Palestinian post-mortem indicated the pres- Qaeda militants blew themselves teenager whose abduction and ence of smoke in the boy’s lungs, up yesterday after being trapped murder caused violent pro- meaning he was still alive while inside a government building tests was burned alive, autopsy being burned. in southern Saudi Arabia, the reports show, as clashes over Abu Khudair also suffered a Interior Ministry said. the killing spread yesterday head wound, but that was not the The pair were part of a group from east Jerusalem to Arab cause of death, Aluweiwi added. of six Al Qaeda militants who Israeli towns. Israeli police said they still could attacked the Wadia border post on Mohammed Abu Khudair, 16, not confirm the motive for Abu Friday from Yemen. Three of the was abducted from his Shuafat Khudair’s murder. militants were killed on Friday. neighbourhood in occupied east A spokeswoman said police were REUTERS Jerusalem early on Wednesday, investigating “all possibilities”, and See also page 10 and his charred body found that there was a gag order on all not long afterwards in a west details of the investigation. Jerusalem forest. The teenager’s funeral on Friday Palestinians said Jewish was accompanied by clashes extremists killed him in revenge across Israeli-annexed Arab east for the kidnapping and murder Jerusalem. Disturbances that had in the West Bank last month of spread to the Arab towns of Taibe three Israeli teenagers. in northeastern Israel and Jaljulia Palestinian news agency Maan and Qalansuwa in the centre broke Palestinian protesters throw fireworks at Israeli border police during clashes in the Israeli Arab city of Ar’Ara in yesterday quoted Attorney out again yesterday. AFP northern Israel yesterday. General Mohammed Aluweiwi as saying the initial findings of a See also page 14 >>Page 15 Ramadan traditions vanishing from Qatari community

DOHA: Ramadan traditions that pre- together, according to Al Sharq. because they knew it has a very important traditional food is of little importance to served and strengthened social and fam- Some observers noted that while people impact on society. But the new generation the younger generation. ily ties in the past have changed with the now claim to have busy lives, they spend focuses more on electronic devices and “Some don’t know their extended family... passage of time and the advent of com- more time than ever on shopping and trav- communication, ignoring the family and they claim to be busy. Many find time to munications technology. elling abroad. traditional responsibilities,” she said. travel abroad and go shopping, but not to The tradition of visiting relatives and The young generation is largely ignorant “They don’t know the values we followed visit relatives and neighbours. At least dur- Ramadan Timing neighbours to exchange greetings and good- about old traditions, which can now be seen during Ramadan. Electronic devices have ing the month of Ramadan or during special ies has mostly vanished from the Qatari only in less busy places like Al Shamal, said destroyed social life. Most families distrib- days like Eid people should spend time for Todays Iftar: community, say observers. Asma Al Fadhala, a Qatari social activist. ute food and goodies to strangers than to preserving traditions, or the bonds will be 06:30pm They blame the social media, mobile “Socialising and interaction among neighbours because some even feel shy car- destroyed,” said Moza Rashid Al Badher, Tomorrow’s phones and television for hijacking family members was very important dur- rying them door to door,” she added. a researcher in heritage and social issues. Imsak: the time that family members, rela- ing Ramadan in the old days. Our forefa- Visiting neighbours and relatives, gath- Continued on page 8 03:10am tives and neighbours used to spend thers carried out all social responsibilities, ering at a ‘majlis’ and conversing over THE PENINSULA

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A display of fireworks at Katara marked the 40th anniversary celebrations of Qatar Petroleum yesterday. KAMMUTTY V P Report on page 25 Road show to focus on benefits of Seha Nationwide campaign to reach out to citizens

DOHA: National Health Legtaifiya (July 12-14); and Abu “We have deployed a range Insurance Company (NHIC) Nakhla (July 15-17). of communications channels to is launching a nationwide The booths will be operational achieve this and the road show road show to increase aware- from 7pm to 1am to tie in with the allows people in towns to find out ness about Seha — the national Holy Month of Ramadan. all information about Seha they health insurance scheme — to “As a national initiative, it is need.” ensure Qataris everywhere are important for Seha to reach out to Qataris can also access infor- familiar with its benefits. all Qataris wherever they live and mation and updates on the Targeted at areas outside the ensure the public not only knows scheme and the Seha provider City, the road show aims at giving about the scheme but also how to network at www.seha.qa and people an opportunity to interact use it,” said Dr Faleh Mohamed through social media at facebook. with Seha teams and learn more Hussain Ali, Acting CEO, NHIC. com/SehaQatar and twitter.com/ about how to access healthcare “Whether a person is active SehaQatar. services under the scheme. on social media or someone who Members can also contact the An information booth has been prefers to read newspapers, or Seha call centre on 4020 8444 or set up at Al Meera Supermarket they are in Doha or Dukhan, our visit the customer contact centre in Gharafat Al Rayan until July duty is to reach people of all ages, on the sixth floor of Amwal Tower 8 and more will be set up at its all backgrounds and all localities in West Bay, Doha. outlet in Azghwaya (July 9-11); across the country. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Ramadan: QA offers QU honours top 164 students

DOHA: Qatar University Saleh Al Fehadi (CAS) for lead- discounts on fares (QU) honoured 164 distin- ership; Emad Abo Deiah and DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) has office, your preferred travel agent guished students in a cer- Saif Adel Khudeer (CENG), launched a special promotion for or visit qatarairways.com/ramadan. emony at the Ritz-Carlton Khaled Mohammad Al Shebli Ramadan ‘Sharing the World QA CEO, Akbar Al Baker, said: Doha recently. and Randa Shaikh (CBE), With You’, offering savings on “We would like to wish our pas- Students were presented with Eiman Saleh Al Shemmari and fares from the airline’s Doha hub sengers a joyous and spirited time awards for academic and non- Ouhoud Taher Abdulrab (CAS) to cities in the Middle East and during Ramadan with family and academic achievements during for services to the university; around the world. friends. With the holiday period 2013-2014. The ceremony was and Mohammad Jasim Al Passengers can save up to 25 per- approaching soon, the special pro- led by President, Prof Sheikha Hardan (LAWC) for athletics. cent off ticket prices if flying from motion offers an opportunity to Abdulla Al Misnad, and included Prof Al Misnad said: “We are Qatar to a range of select destina- travel to several destinations at Vice-President for Student proud of all of you -- our excel- tions. Terms and conditions apply. attractive fares. Affairs, Dr Omar Al Ansari, lent students -- who have given The promotion enables customers “We thank our customers for loy- vice-presidents and associate so much back to the university to book travel up to July 19, with a alty and appreciation of our award- vice-presidents, deans, assistant through your hard work, dedi- travel validity period from June 30 winning five-star in-flight product deans, heads of department, and cation, commitment and volun- to July 23. and on board service. We continue students’ families. teering spirit”. Discount is applied on the base to strive for excellence in all we do, Of the 155 students achieving She said QU is committed to fare excluding taxes and surcharges. to ensure our customers receive the GPA 3.5 and above, 13 were rec- offering an encouraging envi- Privilege Club members of QA’s best service in the air and on the ognized for the highest achieve- ronment for all students in Frequent Flyer Programme can also ground and we look forward to see- ment of 3.92 and above. which they can unlock their take advantage of additional bene- ing them take advantage of this sale They were Ahmed Walid Al potential, acquire invaluable fits as they will earn Double Qmiles over the next few days.” Sirr, Nayef Matar Al Shemmari, QU President Prof Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad honouring one of the knowledge and build well- when flying in Premium Class and 50 QA has seen rapid growth in 17 Aisha Mohammed Al Haidous, students. rounded personalities. percent Bonus Qmiles in Economy years of operation, flying a mod- Nadia Ibrahim Fakhro, Basma “We stand with your fami- Class. ern fleet of 134 aircraft to 144 key Yahya Mismar, Tahniyat Fatima, and Loulwa Abdulrahman Al from College of Law (LAWC). lies in our pride in your dis- Those not yet members of business and leisure destinations and Sara Ahmed Bo-Madin from Obaidan from College of Arts & Nine students were recognized tinguished achievements. Privilege Club can enrol online at in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, College of Business & Economics Sciences (CAS); Ahmed Saeed in the Non-Academic Awards Congratulations to all of you, I qmiles.com Asia Pacific, North America and (CBE); Jana Al Khair Almisri, Abdulfattah Mohammed from category for accomplishments. extend very best wishes for your To take advantage of the offer South America. Maymona Rahman, Mohammed College of Engineering (CENG); They were Ahmad Yousef future life and career endeav- and book tickets, visit any QA sales THE PENINSULA Thou Al Fakar Rahimat, and Lama Jamal Abu Okour Fraidon (LAWC) and Tahani ours.” THE PENINSULA

Aspire hosts Kids Art! Qatar to attend UN council meeting DOHA: Qatar will partici- pate in meetings of the UN Economic and Social Council which begin on Monday at the UN headquarters in New York. The Minister of Development Planning and Statistics H E Dr Saleh Mohamed Salim Al Nabit will lead Qatar’s delega- tion and give a presentation on the country’s achievements in human development, sustain- able development, and social wel- fare, according to goals of Qatar National Vision 2030 and National Development Strategy 2011- 2016. Qatar’s participation in national voluntary presentations at the council follows outstand- ing achievements in Millennium Aspire Dome invited children of all ages for Kids Art! They were given crayons, glitter and pencils to Development Goals. QNA draw artworks. Parents can join them or make use of the dome’s facilities to practise physical activities. Kids Art continues on July 11 and 12 from 8.30pm to 10.30pm. Ooredoo offers double Nojoom points chance DOHA: Ooredoo has while Gold members will earn normal Nojoom earning process Nojoom Points.” This Ramadan, announced a special Ramadan four points. by taking their receipts to the Ooredoo brings #DaysOfJoy to offer, allowing Nojoom mem- Al Nahdi Group and customer service desk, along many through special offers and bers to earn double points Applebee’s customers will with their ID. Nojoom Points community and charity events with selected partners. receive double points for every will be added to their accounts that will take place across the Members who shop at Géant QR1 spent, with Starlink offer- during August. country. Hypermarket or Starlink, use ing two Nojoom Points for every Ahmed Ali Al Mohannadi, Customers can follow services of Al Nahdi Group or QR2 spent on non-Ooredoo Director, Customer Experience Ooredoo’s Ramadan campaign dine at Applebee’s will earn dou- services, including handsets, and Segmentation, Ooredoo, via website at www.ooredoo.qa, ble Nojoom Points. tablets and accessories, among said: “In keeping with the Ooredoo’s Facebook, Instagram For every QR5 spent at others. spirit of giving during the holy or Twitter page and the hashtag Géant, Red and Silver Nojoom To take part in the promo- month, we’re pleased to double #DaysOfJoy. members will earn two points, tion, members need to follow the the happiness through double THE PENINSULA Hospitality sector sees bullish trend

DOHA: The current year tourists and its occupancy has started on a positive was 80 percent. note for Qatar’s hospital- A campaign by Qatar ity sector. Tourism Authority (QTA) Hotels have seen strong to attract tourists also inflow of tourists in the wooed transit passengers. first half, taking occupancy Hoteliers say major- level to up to 85 percent. ity of tourists, around 30 Industry experts say percent, were from GCC the opening of Hamad countries. International Airport has Mashoor Al Rafai, played a crucial role in General Manager, Concord bringing cheers to hotels. Hotel, said the first half of “First half the year has the year was better than been very good for the the six months last year sector as the occupancy as occupancy rates were rate was 70 percent. The higher this year. The sec- main reason for the strong tor benefitted from QTA inflow of tourists was the initiatives, he added. opening of the airport. Copthorn Hotel benefit- “Hotels also offered ted the most because of its discounts of up to 5 per- vicinity to the airport and cent,” said Mustafa Hanini, its occupancy rate was 85 General Manager, Fraser percent. Majority of tour- Suites Doha. ists came during weekends He said Fraser Suites and public holidays. mostly attracts European THE PENINSULA

Qatar-Thai ties reviewed BANGKOK: The Vice- Al Dosari and reviewed Chairman of Thailand ways to strengthen rela- National Council for tions, particularly in Peace and Order, Air energy, air transpor- Chief Marshal Prachin tation and investment Chantong met Qatari fields. Ambassador Jabor bin Ali QNA

SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME M o r e t h a n 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 Injaz Qatar unveils ‘Start-Up’ of Qatar’s adult Programme for young Qataris population smoke Boeing-sponsored initiative offers seed funding, mentorship DOHA: The ‘Kulluna for a Healthy ashtrays, drinking water or sucking Heart’ campaign has urged people on ice instead of smoking, chewing DOHA: As part of its commit- to quit smoking which is a major sugarless gum or eating piece of ment to empower the country’s cause of preventable deaths and fruits instead of smoking and keep youth, Injaz Qatar, a non- diseases. moving such as taking a walk to help profit organisation and mem- According to a 2013 World Health the urge pass. ber of Junior Achievement Organisation study, some 10 percent They are also advised to stay away Worldwide, has launched its or more than 200,000 of Qatar’s from cigarettes by avoiding places latest entrepreneurial pro- adult population are smokers. that make them smoke, trying to gramme in partnership with Cigarettes are the most popular be with people who don’t smoke Boeing, the world’s largest medium of tobacco use among smok- and refusing if someone offers a aerospace company. ers, followed by shisha and sweika. cigarette. Marking the third year, Smoking is more difficult to quit Statistics suggest that smoking Injaz and Boeing have part- than other types of tobacco addiction causes more than 87 percent of all nered to promote business and use, according to reports. lung cancers, more than one mil- acumen among young Qatari “As we focus on prevention, we lion people worldwide die because entrepreneurs through a new urge people not to smoke,” said Dr of smoking, passive or second hand ‘Start-Up’ Programme, which Khalid Abdulnoor Saifeldeen, Head smoking kills around 56,000 people aims at inspiring a culture of of Kulluna campaign. every year while smoking during entrepreneurship and business “We guide those who are willing pregnancy increases the risk of mis- innovation. to quit smoking,” he said. carriage and fetal abnormalities, and The Boeing-sponsored pro- People who intend to quit smok- babies of smoking parents are seven gramme offers selected teams, ing could contact the Smoking times more prone to die than others. each with three to six members, Cessation Clinic at Hamad Medical Health professionals at ‘Kulluna seed funding and professional Injaz Qatar and Boeing officials at the press conference. ABDUL BASIT Corporation (HMC) and seek for a Healthy Heart, held under the mentorship. appointments by calling 44391177. theme ‘Know your number’, will also Supported by Qatar Business our corporate partners, schools, stage. By preparing these tal- supported more than 14,000 Around 27 to 70 percent of smok- examine visitors for risk factors like Incubation Centre (QBIC), the universities and volunteers. ented individuals with all tools students, with the help of 550 ers wish they could quit and within high levels of blood pressure, choles- ongoing programme runs for “The Start-Up Programme needed to grow a success- corporate volunteers. Thirty- five years after quitting, a smoker’s terol and blood sugar. two years, helping viable ideas will offer university winners ful business, the programme eight schools and seven univer- risk of developing heart diseases The campaign is part of come to fruition and contribute of our Mubadara competition removes tough entry barriers sities have been involved with and lung cancer returns of that of a Kulluna health and safety initia- to Qatar’s economic develop- a chance to develop business and enables unrestricted crea- Injaz’s three pillars of work: non-smoker. tive led by HMC and sponsored by ment. One team taking part in ideas with seed funding and tivity that will contribute to the Readiness, entrepreneurship People who intend to quit smok- ConocoPhillips. Launched in 2012, the programme are winners of hopefully attract new donors country’s economic prosperity and financial literacy. ing are advised to break the habit by Kulluna is a five-year national cam- this year’s Mubadara the Injaz to be part of our initiative that and competitiveness.” During the launch, a short picking a day not to smoke, throw- paign to improve health and safety Qatar Young Enterprise of the will elevate local entrepreneurs Through its initiatives to film, entitled METFAME, was ing away the cigarettes, lighters and in Qatar. THE PENINSULA Year Competition. and bring new start-ups to the uncover talent among youth screened to showcase the win- Injaz Chairwoman, Sheikha global arena.” and provide support to their ners of the competition held Hanadi, said: “Incubation and Jeffrey Johnson, President, projects, Injaz is equipping earlier this year. It video also funding are central to trans- Boeing Middle East, said dur- companies in their infancy highlighted key strengths of forming ideas into full-fledged ing the launch: “Together with with right tools and knowledge the winning team’s company, Starwood marks fifth businesses. We are grateful for Injaz, Boeing is helping propel to prosper. and the winners’ journey and the support of Boeing and all of Qatari start-ups to the global Since its initiation, it has success. THE PENINSULA ‘Iftar for Cabs’ initiative

DOHA: As part of its ongoing Director, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, commitment to the Holy Month Middle East. of Ramadan, Starwood Hotels “The initiative is our way of appre- QNB honours 29 long-serving employees & Resorts is celebrating its fifth ciating cab drivers who support our annual ‘Iftar for Cabs’ initiative hotels throughout the year by pro- at over 40 participating Starwood viding transportation to our guests.” hotels in the Middle East. Catering teams at each hotel During Iftar on July 16, all cab will prepare Iftar packs, which will drivers who pass through the main include a diverse selection of food and entrance of any of the participating beverage. Starwood hotels will receive Iftar Associates from various depart- packs to break fast. ments within hotels, including The initiative, ideated by Starwood catering, administration and guest Hotels & Resorts, has been running services, will take part. since 2010 and has become an annual Starwood’s initiative has been tradition for many cab drivers in the appreciated by its hotel owners, Officials and employees at the ceremony. region. the community and local transport Last year, Starwood delivered over authorities. 3,000 Iftar packs across the region. The group operates eight of its DOHA: Qatar National Bank with branches, subsidiaries and total years of service amount- which adds special significance to “‘Iftar for Cabs’ represents the nine renowned international brands (QNB) honoured 29 staff who associates in 26 countries and ing to 832 years. “We are proud this celebration.” QNB awarded spirit of Ramadan and we are proud in the Middle East — St. Regis, The have serviced 25 and more nearly 600 sites around the of being one big family based on the staff with certificates of of our hotels’ teams who come Luxury Collection, W, Westin, Le years in various departments. globe, employing around 14,000 loyalty, commitment, and pride. appreciation. The bank set up in together for the initiative every year Méridien, Sheraton, Four Points by The honouring ceremony personnel in three continents. No doubt that each one of those 1964 is the country’s first Qatari- and go that extra step to give back to Sheraton, and Aloft. All will be rep- coincided with the 50th anni- QNB Group’s Acting CEO, who are being honoured is a liv- owned commercial bank. It has the community,” said Guido de Wilde, resented in the initiative this year. versary of the country’s first Ali Ahmed Al Kuwari said, “We ing example of the values cher- an ownership structure equally Senior Vice-President & Regional THE PENINSULA national bank. hold this celebration in honour ished by the group and at the split between Qatar Investment QNB has expanded into a of our employees who have spent same time is proud of being a Authority and the private sector. leading financial institution between 25 and 44 years, with member of this human capital THE PENINSULA 300 join Fast-a-thon charity event DOHA: More than 300 people came forward to participate a unique charity event organised by Hyatt Plaza shopping mall in cooperation with the Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Al Thani Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF). Fast-a-thon took place in the mall’s food court and proceeds will be donated to needy African people. The event was for non- Muslims and every person who experienced fasting. Hyatt Plaza and RAF will donate QR200 each on their behalf to the poor people of Africa. Iftar was also hosted at Hyatt Plaza food court yesterday. “It was a little hard to spend a day without food and water. In fact, harder than I thought. But I am happy that I succeeded in completing the fast. I did it for Participants attending Iftar as part of the charity event. a noble cause and that’s gratify- ing,” said Maria, a Filipino who participated in Fast-a-thon. in various parts of the world,” demonstrating that the private Somalia (2011), Niger (2012) Participants shared experi- said Feroz Moideen, General sector can play an important and Syrian refugees (2013). ences about fasting for a day. Manager, Hyatt Plaza. role in helping society and giv- Moideen thanked RAF and The evening also offered fam- “The main purpose of Fast- ing back to the needy,” said Dr PHCC for supporting Fast-a- ily surprises, including free a-thon is not just to help oth- Mohammed Salah Ibrahim, thon 2014. “We will continue henna painting, face painting ers, but also to sense ourselves Executive Manager, RAF to make every possible effort to for kids and free health check- what it feels like when a child or The charity event was organ- fulfil our social obligations,” he ups by Primary Health Care mother is hungry and thirsty,” ised by Hyatt Plaza for the fifth said. Moideen and Dr Ibrahim Corporation (PHCC). he added. consecutive year, and every year also presented certificates of “For the past four years, “On behalf of RAF, I would proceeds have been donated appreciation to participants for Fast-a-thon has provided relief like to Thank Hyatt Plaza to a country — flood victims supporting the event. to thousands of deprived people for organising the event and in Pakistan (2010), people in THE PENINSULA

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Emir leaves for Erdogan pledges to Kuwait today DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani leaves today for Kuwait for a enhance presidency one-day brotherly visit. Greetings sent Turkish Premier begins presidential campaign to presidents ANKARA: Turkish Prime rallies across the country. The Minister Recep Tayyip largest is expected in Istanbul DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Erdogan (pictured) kicked on July 11. But as the campaign Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani off his presidential cam- gets underway, the opposition yesterday sent cables of con- paign yesterday, promising to called for Erdogan to resign to gratulations to Presidents transform the largely ceremo- allow candidates to race under Jorge Carlos Fonseca (Cape nial post into a more powerful equal terms. Verde), Nicolás Maduro position if he wins the August “As Erdogan declared his (Venezuela) and Abdelaziz polls. candidacy, he must show the Bouteflika (Algeria) on their “We are taking the first step virtue of stepping down as countries’ Independence Day. of a new beginning,” he told prime minister without caus- The Prime Minister and thousands of supporters in rally ing an unfair competition and Interior Minister H E Sheikh www.swiss-belhotel.com in the northern city of Samsun, wasting the state means. This Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa just days after announcing his is a requirement of respect Al Thani sent similar cables to Tel candidacy. and obedience to democracy,” the presidents. QNA Fax A boisterous crowd of sup- interrupted by supporters said Devlet Bahceli, leader of porters from his ruling Justice shouting slogans like “Turkey Nationalist Movement Party and Development Party (AKP) is proud of you!” (MHP). SCH to launch cheered, called Erdogan’s name He symbolically chose the “The prime minister who Tel and waved Turkish and party city of Samsun to start his holds a presidential campaign smartphone app Fax flags under the pouring rain. campaign. It was there Mustafa through virtual inaugura- Erdogan declared his candi- Kemal Ataturk, the founder of tion ceremonies must rally in Continued from page 1 dacy on Tuesday to become the the modern Turkish Republic, squares under equal terms,” Meanwhile, the SCH is all set country’s first democratically started the war of independ- he said, accusing Erdogan of to launch a smartphone applica- elected president and is widely ence in 1919. “Ninety-five years being driven by “authoritarian tion that will help users locate Tel expected to sweep to an out- later, we are starting presiden- motives and a desire for a one- all public and private healthcare Fax right victory in the first round tial campaign from Samsun, a man rule”. facilities in the country. of polls on August 10. new step for a new Turkey,” he The vote is shaping up as “We are preparing to launch The 60-year-old made clear said. a two-horse race between this service by the end of this yesterday that he would trans- Erdogan, who has dominated Erdogan and opposition can- month,” said Al Khanji. Tollfree form the post held by Abdullah politics for over a decade, has didate Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, In the first phase, the SCH Gul into a more powerful posi- steered his AKP government to a devout intellectual who has had published a map showing Fax tion. “Is it possible to be head successive election wins, notch- none of the charisma of the the location of hospitals, clinics of the state and sit back?” ing up a bigger share of the vote combative Erdogan. and primary health centres in Erdogan asked, pledging to use each time. Referring to Erdogan as a the country. The app can be used Tel any extra powers granted to But crises over the past year polarising figure, Ihsanoglu said by all smartphones, including the him as president to push ahead ranging from mass street pro- an understanding that pits peo- iPhone, Android-based phones Fax with new airport and road con- tests to a vast corruption scan- ple against each other should and BlackBerry devices. struction projects. dal have bruised his stature in not ascend to the presidency. “I am not leaving you. I am Turkey and abroad. “The top of the state is not a Social links Tel not stopping to serve. I am not Hailed by supporters as the place for frustration, partisan- Fax having a break in our journey. man who brought stability to ship, or alineation,” he said. disrupted I am not retiring for rest,” he Turkey, Erdogan has also faced Another candidate, said. criticism from secular segments Selahattin Demirtas, was put Continued from page 1 “On the contrary I am nomi- for his uncompromising stance forward by pro-Kurdish HDP Social links have been dis- Tel nated to a higher post to serve and heavy-handed tactics used party and is expected to strug- rupted because members of one Fax you, my glorious nation, and to crush protests. gle to break into double figures tribe or extended family live in country better.” He is bracing for a gruelling as many Kurds are likely to different places, according to Esa www.doha.hilton.com His address was often campaign schedule packed with vote for Erdogan. AFP Al Mullah, a Qatari researcher. “Now, many social and cul- Tel +974 44233333 tural values don’t remain as before. In the early days, family Fax +974 44233000 Kuwait protest ties were strong as they lived in the same area, and it helped keep traditions. “But now, members of one family are scattered and living in different places. But electronic devices are creating distance even among people living in the same neighbourhood,” he added.

Tel ISIS ‘a conspiracy’ Fax Continued from page 1 Most commentators said the ISIS was the outcome of a con- spiracy to destroy the Arab and Tel Islamic world. Fax “ISIS for sure is conspiracy. A movement committing such crimes does not deserve an exist- ence in the 21st century. Are you Tel going to conquer Rome? This is Fax ridiculous,” read a comment. Another said the people behind ISIS were once fighting against Syrian rebels. “The US is provid- Kuwaiti security arrive at the scene as supporters of Kuwaiti opposition leader and former MP Mussallam ing weapons to Al Maliki regime, Tel Al Barrak burn tyres during a protest in Kuwait City yesterday. The public prosecutor ordered Al Barrak which is handing them over to detained for 10 days for alleged slander and insults to the supreme judicial council. At a rally on June ISIS,” read the comment. Fax 10, Al Barrak claimed that former senior officials, including members of the ruling family, had stolen tens of billions of dollars from public funds and engaged in money laundering.

Tel Fax Our ‘tortured sons will not be broken’ KHARTOUM: The moth- “His face has completely situation, as he is detained at a Al Bashir announced in January Tel ers of two detained Sudanese changed from the beatings, and different location. his dialogue aimed at solving Fax political activists vowed yes- it’s difficult to see his eyes.” From late 2011 to early 2012, the war-ravaged, impoverished terday that their sons “will A security source said last Jaafar spent almost two months country’s multiple crises. not be broken” despite alleged week that if the family had such in custody without charge But the arrest of opposition torture and detention without a complaint, it should be taken after helping lead a University political figures and others charge having been extended. to a prosecutor rather than of Khartoum protest, he said has raised questions about the A UN rights expert raised being raised in the media. after his release. He said he regime’s commitment to reform. concern about the condition of Salah’s mother Zaenab was beaten, an allegation NISS The guarantee of press free- Tajalsir Jaafar, 28, Mohammed Badraldeen said at the same denied. Jaafar said he had ear- dom is also essential to mean- Salah and a third activist, conference: “They want them to lier been detained for short ingful dialogue, Baderin said, Tel Moamer Musa Mohammed, change their opinion; they want periods while campaigning for but newspapers continue to be Fax during a visit to Khartoum to break them.” Girifna. subjected to censorship before in late June. The three were Both mothers wept during Mashood Adebayo Baderin, and after publication, and detained outside University of their presentation in front of the UN independent expert on journalists are forbidden from Khartoum on May 12, accord- a banner reading ‘Freedom for human rights in Sudan, told crossing certain “red lines.” Tel ing to Girifna, a non-violent Tajalsir’. They said they had reporters in late June he was In the latest case, Imam Fax movement seeking an end to only been allowed two visits concerned about the cases of Mohammed Imam, Chief President Omar Al Bashir’s with their sons. all three youth. Editor of Al Tagheer newspa- government. Salah has not wavered from At the end of his latest mis- per, said NISS stopped the daily www.renaissancedoha.com The campus had been in his position “to overthrow this sion to Sudan, Baderin said he from publishing last Tuesday, turmoil, with clashes between regime,” his mother said. “had information from various Wednesday and Thursday. Tel +974 44195000 pro-government youth and their After National Intelligence sources” that Salah “was being They cited vague “violations” Fax +974 44195100 opponents, after a student was and Security Service (NISS) tortured.” He said freedom from for the suspension, he said. He killed during a campus rally for renewed their detention without arbitrary arrest and detention suspects the seizure is because peace in Darfur. charge for three months, both is among the essential civil lib- the newspaper carried com- “He is very strong and will youth began a hunger strike on erties needed to ensure that a ments by rebel chief Malik Agar, not be broken by their torture Friday, Badraldeen said. national dialogue proposed by who expressed condolences over or beatings,” Jaafar’s mother Salah and Jaafar’s mother said Al Bashir is meaningful. the death of another rebel, Ali Sabah Osman Mohammed told they did not have much infor- The government hinted at Karbino, killed in the Darfur a news conference. mation about the third youth’s political liberties in Sudan after region. AFP

SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST ‘Caliph’ makes public video appearance Addresses worshippers at a Mosul mosque

BAGHDAD: Self-proclaimed Text superimposed on the video Baghdadi subsequently cut all caliph Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi identified the man as “Caliph ties to Al Qaeda, and his influence made an unprecedented appear- Ibrahim,” the name Baghdadi now rivals that of that group’s ance in the Iraqi city of Mosul, took when the group declared global chief, Ayman Al Zawahiri. which his forces captured last on June 29 a “caliphate,” a pan- IS is known for its brutality, month, ordering Muslims to Islamic state last seen in Ottoman executing and crucifying oppo- obey him, according to a video times in which the leader is both nents, and photographs emerged posted yesterday. political and religious. yesterday showing its militants That marks a significant The video is the first ever offi- demolishing Sunni and Shi change for the shadowy jihadist cial appearance by Baghdadi, says mosques and shrines in Mosul and whose Islamic State (IS) group Aymenn Al Tamimi, an expert on surrounding Nineveh province. led a lighting offensive that has Islamist movements, though the Iraqi security forces wilted overrun swathes of five provinces jihadist leader may have appeared when faced with the initial IS-led north and west of Baghdad. in a 2008 video under a different onslaught, and while they have The onslaught has alarmed name. since performed more capably, world leaders, displaced hundreds Baghdadi is believed to have they have struggled to retake ter- of thousands and piled pressure been born in the Iraqi city of ritory from insurgents. on Prime Minister Nouri Al Samarra in 1971, and joined the An assault on Saddam’s home- Maliki as he seeks a third term insurgency against the US mili- town of Tikrit has gone on for in office following April elections. tary following the 2003 invasion more than a week without retak- The video showed a portly man that ousted dictator Saddam ing the city, while a suicide car An image grab taken from a propaganda video released by Al Furqan Media allegedly shows the leader of the clad in a long black robe and a Hussein. bomb killed 15 people on Friday Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi addressing worshippers at a mosque in the militant-held black turban with a long greying He spent time in a US military near the sensitive shrine city of northern Iraqi city of Mosul. beard addressing worshippers at prison and eventually took over Samarra. weekly prayers at Al Nur mosque leadership of a group, then affili- Maliki’s security spokesman new government following April His remarks came after a far- autonomous Kurds has called in central Mosul. ated with Al Qaeda and known as said that ground forces com- elections. cical parliamentary session in on their lawmakers to work “I am the wali (leader) who the Islamic State of Iraq, in 2010. mander Ali Ghaidan and federal Maliki, labelled at home and which Iraq’s various factions — toward holding a referendum on presides over you, though I am At the time, the group was police chief Mohsen Al Kaabi have abroad as authoritarian and sec- many of which strongly oppose independence. not the best of you. So if you see believed to be on the ropes, both been sacked, the most senior tarian, insisted on Friday that he him staying — failed to unite and The Kurds’ long-held dream of that I am right, assist me,” said but Baghdadi led it back to officers to be dismissed since the would not give up on his quest choose a speaker. statehood has been advanced by the man, purportedly Baghdadi. prominence. militant offensive began. for a third term. He pointed to That sparked criticism from the latest crisis, with their forces “If you see that I am wrong, Last year, the organisation The crisis has polarised his strong electoral mandate, in abroad and from the country’s having moved into to take control advise me and put me on the right expanded into Syria, becoming a Iraq’s Shia Arab, Sunni Arab which his bloc won nearly three top Shiite religious leader. of disputed territory they want track, and obey me as long as I major player in the war to oust and Kurdish communities, just times more seats than its closest Further highlighting Iraqi dis- to incorporate over Baghdad’s obey God.” President Bashar Al Assad. as their leaders look to form a challenger. unity, the leader of the country’s strong objections. AFP Allawi warns of dismemberment unless Maliki goes ISTANBUL: Former Iraqi country and a lot of troubles. I extends a political deadlock made added. The leaders of the vari- and aircraft to hit at provinces prime minister Iyad Allawi believe that Iraq would go the all the more dangerous by the ous political factions needed to cannot distinguish between (pictured), called on incum- route of dismemberment, ulti- pressing threat to Iraq’s territo- create a government of national civilian groups and military bent Nouri Al Maliki yesterday mately, if this happens. rial integrity. unity committed to such a road or terrorist groups; this can to give up his bid for a third “Definitely there will be more Allawi said Iraq needed a road map, he said. be very dangerous and back- term in power or risk the dis- violence, the security situation map that prioritised reconcilia- Allawi, who met Turkish offi- fire on the political situation,” memberment of Iraq. will deteriorate,” added Allawi, tion and the building of institu- cials during his visit, also called he said. Maliki on Friday rejected a a secular Shia who took 21 seats tions, and that this was more for a meeting of Iraq’s neighbours Allawi said he believed there chorus of such calls since mili- in April’s national election with important than the issue of who with the aim of preserving its was “still hope” for Iraq to sur- tants of a group now calling his secular bloc. During his will be the next prime minister. unity and preventing the conflict vive as a unified state. itself the Islamic State ram- political career Allawi has “It is not a matter of changing spreading to other places. “It’s not too late,” he said. “I paged through swathes of Iraq drawn support heavily from faces. It is a matter of agreeing He also criticised the govern- believe we should reverse the sit- and declared a mediaeval- disaffected Sunnis, who have on a road map, to get Iraq from ment’s response to the insur- uation, otherwise the country will style caliphate in land they felt excluded from power dur- where it is now to a brighter gency, saying more stress should drift into being dismembered, one control in Iraq and neighbour- ing Maliki’s rule. future. I think this road map be put on intelligence work and way or another.” ing Syria. Maliki’s statement on Friday should incorporate two impor- political engagement with Iraq’s For years Allawi has been “I think it is time for Mr will complicate efforts to form tant areas. other communities, and that an outspoken critic of Maliki, Maliki to leave the scene,” Allawi a new government to unite the “One is the issue of reconcili- military activity should focused whom he has accused of acting said in an interview in Istanbul. ethnically and religiously divided ation. The second is starting to on “surgical attacks” by special like Saddam Hussein in trying to “If he stays on, I think there country, something parliament lay down the ground to build forces. silence opposition. will be significant problems in the failed to achieve this week. It the institutions of the state,” he “The element of using army REUTERS Five killed in attacks 10 dead in Yemen-Saudi in Somali capital border post

MOGADISHU: Five soldiers said Nur Ahmed, a colonel in and police were killed in the the police service. Police said attack Somali capital yesterday and two soldiers were killed and four RIYADH: An attempt by Al a dozen others were wounded wounded. Qaeda militants to infiltrate in bomb and gun attacks by The Al Qaeda-affiliated al Saudi Arabia from Yemen left Islamist militants, police and Shabaab militants killed a law- five security officers dead on the witnesses said. maker and his bodyguard in two sides of the border, along Al Shabaab fighters, who have an attack on Thursday, accus- with five assailants, officials threatened to step up attacks ing them of collaborating with said yesterday. during the Muslim fasting month Christians — a reference to The Saudi interior ministry of Ramadan, said they detonated backing Mogadishu gets from said six assailants attacked the a car bomb that killed two sol- Western powers and the African Wadia border post in the south diers guarding the Somali parlia- Union. of the kingdom on Friday. ment, a few hundred metres from “A car bomb occurred near the After an initial clash on the presidential compound. parliament house but we are all Yemen’s side of the border that “This is our second attack safe,” Dahir Amin Jesow, a legisla- left a Yemeni soldier dead, accord- against the parliament building tor, said, referring to lawmakers ing to a security official in Sanaa, and we shall continue it,” said inside the building. the infiltrators in a four-wheel- Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, Al The militants struck again a drive attacked a Saudi border Shabaab’s spokesman for military few hours later, shooting dead patrol vehicle, killing the driver. operations. three traffic officers in the Waberi They seized the car, sparking a Police said soldiers guarding district of Mogadishu, abu Musab chase in which two Saudi police the parliament building had pre- said. were killed along with three of the vented it reaching its target. The third attack of the day, assailants, the interior ministry “The suicide car bomb was tar- which al Shabaab did not take said. geting the parliament entrance responsibility for immediately, It said one of them was but it was fired on from all sides was a mortar launched into the Somali soldiers gather near the wreckage after a suicide car explosion near the parliament building in Mogadishu wounded and arrested, while the as it approached the main gate,” Shibis district. REUTERS yesterday. two others fled to the nearby Sharura district with the seized vehicle. They took over an intelligence building where they killed a fourth member of the Saudi secu- rity services. 70 killed as Yemeni forces bomb Shia rebels Pinned down and encircled by security forces for several hours, they refused to surrender and SANA’A: The Yemeni air force al-Jouf province. clashes on Friday. impoverished country of 25 mil- wars with government forces blew themselves up early yester- bombed Shia fighters north of A Yemeni government offi- The fighting later expanded lion that shares a long border with since 2004, are getting weapons day, a ministry spokesman said in Sana’a yesterday in fighting cial said the army’s advance to the adjacent Omran province, the world’s top oil exporter Saudi from Iran. The Houthis deny this, a statement carried by state news that killed at least 70 people, on the town of al-Safra in the where the Yemeni air force flew Arabia, has been in turmoil since saying they seek autonomy and agency SPA. local officials said, after a truce province north east of Sanaa sorties and bombed Houthi posi- 2011 when mass protests forced less U.S. interference in Yemen’s The Yemeni security source reached last month between was prompted by the failure of tions around the provincial capital veteran President Ali Abdullah affairs. said the assailants were armed the insurgents and government Houthi fighters to vacate posi- early yesterday. Saleh to step down. The fighting in northern with machineguns and rocket- forces collapsed. tions in the area in compliance Local officials gave no precise At least 200 people have been Yemen, which has taken on a sec- propelled grenades. Houthi Shia fighters, officially with the ceasefire. figures for the number of casual- killed this year in battles pitting tarian tone, has further unsettled The crossing is in Yemen’s known as Ansarullah, blamed Tribal sources in al-Jouf ties from the air strikes and fight- the Houthis — named after the a country struggling to overcome southeastern province of army units linked to the rival province, which is partly con- ing. Despite appearing to falter tribe of their leader — against many problems, including a seces- Hadramawt, whose rugged ter- Sunni-Muslim Islah party for trolled by the Shia Houthi after it took effect, the ceasefire the government and Sunni tribal sionist movement in its restive rain provides hideouts for mili- breaking the June 23 ceasefire rebels, said at least 18 people — had largely held with few reports allies. south and the nationwide spread tants of Al Qaeda in the Arabian on Friday when government 10 Houthis, five tribesmen and of violations. Officials say the Houthis, who of Al Qaeda insurgency. Peninsula. troops advanced on an area in three soldiers — were killed in US-allied Yemen, an have fought short but devastating REUTERS AFP

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he tension and turmoil spreading in Palestinian territories and Israel after the killing of three Israeli teens and a Palestinian by rival groups have Isolated and xenophobic: Tbegun to trigger worries about the start of a third intifada. There are calls for restraint from all sides; but the atmosphere is so charged that sanity is in short supply and emotions are setting the agenda. If Israelis were appalled, and rightly so, at the tragedy that befell three teenagers, Britain after a Tory victory resulting in a national outpouring of grief spearheaded by BY POLLY TOYNBEE the government, Palestinians were equally justified in their reform on immigration and other key issue where Labour stands for economic expression of anger and grief at the killing of a Palestinian demands — he will indeed lead an Out sanity against reckless Little Englanders. attle lines for the next elec- campaign in Britain’s 2017 referendum. Never mind tax titbits to woo business, teenager. According to reports, the Palestinian, Mohammed tion have emerged with Since he is unlikely to wring those con- Labour’s challenge to every industrialist Abu Khudair, met a more inhuman end. The Palestinian starker clarity in the past cessions out of a bruised and vengeful or financier is to support them as the attorney general said that the boy was burnt alive after week. What a Conservative Juncker, the clock on Britain’s member- only party taking this political risk to suffering a head injury. His statement is based on initial win would mean for Britain ship is already ticking.” Murdoch’s “hum- protect business interests: Ed Balls made Bis becoming alarmingly clear. Some blest day” was short-lived. a good pitch on Sunday. postmortem findings that discovered soot deposits in his plans will be in their manifesto but, as Look back at the AV referendum: Europe may not be the decider for lungs suggesting he was still breathing when he was set on in 2010, many will be obscured. Will vot- the power of the Tory press and a well- many voters, but it is the totemic fire. The shocking details, if confirmed, would seem likely ers be more wary after David Cameron’s financed No campaign managed to per- example of how extreme a victorious to exacerbate already toxic tensions. The Israeli authorities remarkable charade of moderation last suade an electorate deeply disenchanted Conservative party would be after 2015. have failed to arrest the culprits in this case, and the revenge time — all that green, family-friendly, with existing parties that they didn’t Not since Labour’s 1983 “longest suicide killing has shown the government of Benjamin Netanyahu in all-in-it-togetherness? really want a little more electoral choice. note in history” manifesto has a party poor light. Moreover,, the government failed to control the A Conservative win looks almost cer- Instead, people were eager to give Nick planned such a radical prospectus. Then, tain to propel us out of the EU. Cameron Clegg a kicking. Cameron’s EU refer- Labour proposed leaving Nato, unilateral public rage; several Palestinians have been attacked by right- presents himself as a renegotiator, but endum would come at his government’s nuclear disarmament, renationalising wing Israelis who are meting out their own punishment, he is heading — through incompetence, mid-term low point. In referendums, British Telecom and shipbuilding, abol- while Netanyahu has unleashed his military on Palestinian indifference or his own gut instinct — say the pollsters, people rarely vote on ishing the second chamber — and leaving territories, ratcheting up tension. toward the exit. The chance of achieving the issue but on governments. Cameron Europe. The latest spate of violence reforms that appease his party for an will negotiate pointing a gun at his own From Cameron mark 2, expect the and revenge killings is the result “In” campaign looks vanishingly small. head, and in the end, quite reasonably, effective dismantling of much of the BBC The latest A majority of his MPs are either “Outs” Europe will say “Shoot!” So a vote for and marketisation of the rest of the NHS. of Netanyahu’s hawkish policies or else “no fear” — negotiate-with-a-gun. the Conservatives next year amounts to Gove plans chains of for-profit schools. turmoil is and his support for right-wing Michael Gove, Philip Hammond and an Out vote. If Scotland narrowly stays National pay rates will be broken, paying groups. He has been comfortable Owen Paterson already say they’d quit in the UK this time, they will certainly public servants in already poor places the result of with his thinking that suppression rather than keep the status quo. demand another vote and swing to leave less. Beecroft’s “fire at will” deregula- of Palestinians and denial of The dangerously complacent view is a non-EU England; Wales might follow. tions will be back. The juggernaut of the hawkish that common sense will prevail. The com- Britain loses its UN security council seat cuts to come, still only half done, will hit their rights would bring peace, bined force of the CBI, TUC, Cameron and US presidents forget “special rela- even harder, says the Institute of Fiscal policies of and status quo is an alternative and his sensibles, Labour and Lib tionship” politesse. Studies, since tax rises and capital cuts for peace, which is not true. But Dems can win a referendum. Wolfgang Labour has taken a stout stand in are already banked, leaving deeper serv- Israeli premier ironically, this hawkish, right-wing Schäuble, Angela Merkel’s right-hand refusing a referendum, coming under ice and staff cuts. Netanyahu. prime minister has been forced to man, this week said: “Historically, polit- fierce attack for denying the people a All this adds up to an isolated England do exactly the opposite of what his ically, democratically, culturally, Great right to choose. A referendum on their with a denuded state, irrelevant abroad Britain is entirely indispensable for watch would be even more certainly lost, and increasingly unequal at home. The image suggests: restrain the right- Europe.” But not indispensable enough against what would be a Euro-obsessed EU referendum campaign will encourage wingers. The level of hatred and to make 27 countries concede big changes Tory party led by an Out. So Labour has xenophobia. Benefit cuts will urge mean- outrage among the Israeli public requiring a treaty that triggers a host of no choice but to stand and fight. There spiritedness that despises those below, to is reprehensible, which is not suitable for a state like Israel referendums. Free movement of labour is no middle way on this one. Its stand distract from a swelling plutocracy above. which prides itself on its law and order. A prominent rabbi will never be amended by poor nations must be: “This is the moment to choose: The Tories and their press denounce declared that “the disgrace will be paid for with the blood of that rely on it. Vote Ukip or Tory if you want Out; vote Labour policies as extreme, a throwback A Tory party newly triumphant would Labour (or Lib Dem) for In to save to the 1970s, anti-business, economically the enemy, not with our tears”. not be emollient: Cameron might well join British jobs.” Immigration drives much unsound — and so on. Compared to the There will be no winners in the current chaos. Netanyahu the Outs. The drumbeat of Murdoch, the popular anti-Europeanism, so Labour next Cameron agenda, Labour’s modest will strive to inflict more pain on Palestinians, and punish Telegraph, Mail and Express would over- has no choice but to say immigration is mansion tax, return to the 50p rate, jobs them for the unity between Hamas and Fatah, but that whelm rational argument. Look at their the price for prosperity. Time for gloves guarantee and 200,000 homes a year, all will only serve to harden positions. There is pressure on jubilation already: the Sunday Times leader off with Ukip voters. Stop pretend- cemented into current spending and ben- this week denied Treasury figures showing ing a Ukip vote is respectable and call efit caps, are remarkably prudent — too him from the public to avenge the killings of the teens, but 3.3m British jobs were linked to EU mem- Faragists out as job-destroying racists tame, Jon Cruddas and others complain. doing so would weaken his position before the international bership and said Juncker’s appointment and xenophobes. Explaining the decision With next year’s result more unpre- community which has been calling for restraint. had “indeed pushed us close to the exit”. to deny a referendum requires a bolder dictable than any election for decades, Both Israelis and Palestinians, especially the former, must The Sun’s Trevor Kavanagh, who pro-EU message, and a more abrasive Labour’s task is to convey to voters the step back from the brink to avoid an escalation of crisis. The speaks his master’s voice through a fog- anti-Ukip and anti-Tory warning. full enormity of what the Conservatives law must take its course to bring the culprits before justice• horn, writes: “I am told Mr Cameron will Labour lags alarmingly on economic have in store. signal shortly that — without real EU credibility, but Europe is one unassailable THE GUARDIAN The other side Quote of A Facebook to unlike the day HEN THE outrage begins now clear. A study was conducted, of the study titled, in Orwellian fashion, a more sinister background to why to fade — very slowly, to unknown to the millions of Facebook ‘Experimental evidence of massive- this experiment was done in the first be sure, for the millions users and to the many directly affected, scale emotional contagion through place, which in the light of the rev- Wwho use Facebook do by researchers from Facebook and social networks’. Unsurprisingly and elations about global spying by the not like being spied upon just as much from two American universities — correctly, this was immediately seen National Security Agency (NSA) of the as they dislike being cheated online — Cornell University and the University by Facebook users and social media USA force us to re-examine the factors only then will the tale start to emerge. of California. To carry out this hidden as evidence of contemptible thought that have made the major social media I have been saying For now, we have the startling evi- manipulation, Facebook altered the policing. In response, Facebook Inc platforms so ubiquitous and how they dence, presented via a paper in a sci- content that appeared on certain users’ issued a barrage of saccharine and are accomplices to global surveillance for three matches entific journal, that Facebook secretly news feeds to control the number of wholly unconvincing apologies. structures. manipulated posts being seen by posts that contained words with posi- In the foreground of this outrage are New reportage on the outrage that Neymar has nearly 700,000 users in 2012 in order tively or negatively charged emotions. matters of ethics, of the utter absence confirms these suspicions, for one of been hunted, but all to allow researchers to study how That Facebook and its academic of informed consent (the lack of which the researchers of the condemned emotional states are transmitted over conspirators did this was unknown to should have invalidated the methodol- Facebook emotions study is alleged the other countries the immensely popular social media Facebook subscribers and social media ogy from the outset), national law and to also be a recipient of funds from the platform. users until the publication, in the June human rights. The company and the US Department of Defence as part of say it is not true. The bare essentials of what hap- 2014 edition of the journal ‘Proceedings researchers wilfully bent and ignored research on civil unrest. Luiz Felipe Scolari pened over a week in 2012 are of the National Academy of Scientists’ these considerations. But there is KHALEEJ TIMES Brazil football coach SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Why Iraq crisis is a chance for Kurds

and unpleasant Sunni Arab militant Along with forces. That misses the bigger picture. The Sunni insurgency is occupied with the broader powerful Shia enemies to the south; their resources are limited; they are divided among themselves and they lack international the capacity to fight the experienced Peshmerga. community, regional Furthermore, Baghdad was never really in control of the Sunni Arab heart- lands that border Kurdistan. Long before players should recent events, those heartlands consti- tuted a safe haven for militants and jihad- support the Kurds ist groups. The threat is real, but nothing new for the Kurds. Although today Isis and its allies enjoy through enhanced greater autonomy and resources, there is no reason why the Kurds cannot match military hardware their emboldened status by investing in their armed forces and security services. and equipment, as Kurdistan is no longer an isolated nation. It shares economic and geos- trategic interests with powerful neigh- well as political and bours like Turkey and Iran. Ankara and Tehran both fear the rise of jihadists and diplomatic backing. Sunni extremists; both can find common ground with the Kurds. They would pre- fer a rich, tried and trusted partner on BY RANJ ALAALDIN their borders that possesses the capac- ity to confront a common enemy that ith crisis comes oppor- significantly threatens their interests. A tunity: Iraq’s Kurdistan weaker Kurdistan only emboldens this region could hold a ref- Armed Iraqi Shia tribal fighters hold up a portrait of their top cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani, during a rally against the Islamic State common enemy. erendum for independ- of Iraq and the Levant in Sadr City last month. With the support of regional pow- ence within months, ers, the Kurds could become powerful Waccording to its president, Massoud objectives aimed at protecting the Regional Government. Over the past 10 turning Baghdad and the Shia south into regional actors. Along with the broader Barzani. The rise of the Islamic State Kurdish people from external threats years, the federal government in Baghdad a fortress. international community, regional play- of Iraq and Syria (Isis) and its takeover and, further down the line, establishing has either withdrawn or reduced the Its preoccupation with Isis and the ers should support the Kurds through of Iraq’s Sunni Arab heartlands means an independent Kurdish state. Kurds’ entitlement to the Iraqi national broader Sunni Arab insurgency means enhanced military hardware and equip- the Kurds now have the opportunity to Turmoil in Arab Iraq means Kurdistan budget, but Kirkuk is an opportunity to that, at best, Arab Iraq can hope the ment, as well as political and diplomatic maximise on turmoil in Arab Iraq and is unlikely to have to deal with a militarily eliminate Baghdad’s capacity to shackle Kurds will still settle the status of Kirkuk support. achieve what almost every Kurd has ever confrontational Baghdad government, at the Kurds through punitive measures. through Article 140 of the Iraqi constitu- The Kurds have vast energy resources dreamed of: a state of their own. least not any time soon. Baghdad’s armed Kurdistan may have won a historic tion, which provides for a referendum on that they need help in exporting, and the Historically, the Kurds have suffered forces have been pushed to the south and battle for what has been described as the status of the province. That would region needs a strategic and capable par- massacres and genocide at the hands of their capacity dramatically reduced, as both the crown jewel and Jerusalem of be wishful, as well as futile, thinking. ticipant in the expanding battle against successive Iraqi regimes. They have been portrayed by their reliance on Shia mili- Kurdistan. It can now secure its inde- Baghdad not only has a weakened hand, extremism. Helping the Kurds fulfil the oppressed by their neighbours and, after tias. Those militias operate independently pendence from Baghdad. Control of but the demographics in the province opportunity presented by Iraq’s crisis – the first world war, had statehood taken of the state and lack the capacity to deal Kirkuk also means the Kurds have the and realities on the ground considerably aimed at protecting Kurdistan’s borders away from them. Isis’s takeover of Iraq’s with both the revitalised Sunni insur- economic lynchpin for an independent favour the Kurds. – bringing them into the battle against Sunni north means the Kurds can now gency as well as Kurdistan’s effective state, should that be a desired option in Some might argue that the Kurds no Sunni militants in the longer run and go for it. armed forces, known as the Peshmerga. the future. longer share a border with an interna- creating a stable regional partner means They have the chance to remedy past The future of Kirkuk and its vast oil Arab Iraq may still try to retake tionally recognised sovereign state but the crisis in Iraq can become an oppor- mistakes as well as fulfil long-standing reserves lies in the hands of the Kurdistan the province, but it is too focused on with a dangerous coalition of jihadists tunity. THE GUARDIAN Can Putin give Ukraine peace a chance? Another reason Democrats may be in trouble this fall

If the Russian president continues BY BILL SCHNEIDER to fight the westward drift, he’s emocrats are apprehensive about this year’s midterm elections. likely to provoke, or even actually They should be. Every indicator points to Republican gains Din Congress. Two reasons are well known: President Barack Obama’s unpopularity and the historical record of midterm elections, take part in, conflicts that will when the president’s party almost always loses seats. The third major reason is the two-four-six rule. Those are the different base years for different offices: two years for the House of become increasingly widespread Representatives, four years for most governors, six years for the Senate. These base years dictate how vulnerable each party is. civil wars. Here’s how it works: House members last faced the voters two years ago, in 2012, when Obama won re-election. With Obama’s strong voter turn-out, Democrats gained eight House seats. In the 2014 midterms, BY JOHN LLOYD against Kiev’s rule. however, with their expected older and whiter electorate and Obama’s The weaponry and some of low poll numbers, Democrats are facing a tough November. Turning to hat would it take the insurgents taking part in Russian President Vladimir Putin the Senate, 33 of the 36 seats being fought over in November were last for Russia to walk the revolt are from Russia, but up in 2008 — when Obama first took the White House in a stunning a way from violence are deniable. Ambiguity is the victory. Democrats picked up eight Senate seats. Wand seek peaceful Kremlin’s friend. To be open is What’s his alternative? To take ancestry, religion, origins, lan- When a party picks up seats, as Democrats did in the Senate in coexistence with its neighbours? to court harsher sanctions, as a game-changing course not just guage are not enough. Once the 2008 and the House in 2012, the gains tend to occur in swing states It’s certainly hard to see a way the German finance minister, for Russia but for the world. desire for, and an apparatus of, and districts. The party has difficulty defending those seats the next out right now. Wolfgang Schauble, made clear Putin could renounce all plans a new state emerges, the old time they are on the ballot. That may be particularly true now since The dogs of war in the east have earlier this week. for a reconstitution of even a part empire’s best course is to grace- the president’s popularity has dropped to 41 percent and shows no been let slip again. On Monday, But Putin is being pushed by of the Russian, or Soviet, empire. fully withdraw. signs of recovering. Petro Poroshenko, the recently events beyond his control. His He could declare that Russia, While that certainly didn’t The vast majority of House districts are safe for one party or the elected Ukrainian president, said strategy for strengthening a within its present (vast) borders, happen in 1776, eventually an other. They were designed to be safe. So far this year, according to five a 10-day unilateral truce with the “Eurasian Union” in competition wants only good relations with alliance grew, which meant that leading ratings sources, only 42 of 435 House seats look competitive. separatist, pro-Russian forces in with the European Union is now its many neighbours, and that when the United States over- Democrats are defending 25 of the competitive seats, Republicans the eastern part of his country gravely compromised. the only power it would project took the United Kingdom as the 17. Which means that Democrats are likely to lose more House seats had ended: Force would now be The former Soviet states of would be of the soft kind. world’s economic powerhouse in than Republicans. required to “free our lands.” Georgia on the Black Sea and This couldn’t come all at once the late 19th century, there was As for the Senate, Republicans need to gain six seats to take over. Ukrainian units were moved in Moldova, whose western bor- (most observers of Putin would grumbling and regret on one side Thirteen Senate races are rated as competitive. Eleven of those seats to try to bring the cities and areas der is with the European Union say that it couldn’t come at and pride on the other, but no are currently held by Democrats, and two by Republicans. Seven of controlled by the heavily armed member state Romania, joined all). Rather, it would be a grad- return to enmity. the 11 competitive Democratic Senate seats are in states that the separatists under control. By with Ukraine last week to sign ual weaning away of Russians Is that pie in the sky for Russia? Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney carried in 2012. Those Tuesday morning, the Ukrainian partnership agreements with the from beliefs that are widely Yes, for the moment; not, we must states are not friendly territory for Democrats. Neither are Georgia military was reporting air and EU. In all these states, Russia has and often deeply held, though hope, for the future. Georgia, and Kentucky, the two competitive Republican seats. artillery strikes. sponsored or grabbed breaka- self-destructive. Moldova and Ukraine are far Democrats are right to be worried. Governors are the one bright “Jaw jaw,” said Winston way territories – Transdnestr These beliefs include one that from ideal states. The latter two spot for Democrats this year. Almost all governors are elected for Churchill, “is always better than in Moldova, Abkhazia and South says Ukrainians, whether ethni- have had governments that were four-year terms, most in midterm years. The base year for governors war war.” “Jaw” – including a Ossetia in Georgia, Crimea in cally Russian or not, are really a byword for corruption. is 2010, a Republican landslide. phone call in which Poroshenko Ukraine, all now garrisoned by the same as Russians – and that Georgia’s independence 25 The GOP picked up six statehouses. There are 36 governors up this took part with the leaders of Russian troops. Ukraine, whose capital, Kiev, years ago was accompanied by year. Fourteen governors’ races are rated as competitive — of which France, Germany and Russia over The pacts the three countries was the birthplace of Russian threats to its minorities, which nine currently have Republican governors. Six of those GOP governors the weekend, aimed at prolong- have made will mean that their Orthodox Christianity – is “our pushed them into the arms of are in Obama states: Florida, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania ing the truce — has again given trade, economies and ultimately (common) land.” It is genuinely Russia. Ukraine has had a suc- and Wisconsin. way to war. Poroshenko justifies politics will lean to the European hard for most Russians to see cession of terrible leaders. Several of those states are presidential battlegrounds. Having gover- it on existential grounds: Armed west, not to the Russian east. Ukraine, and the neighbouring But as sovereign states, they nors in office will boost Democratic prospects in 2016. Moreover, if, as men are seeking to take con- It’s the most radical of chal- Slav state of Belarus, as separate must now find their own place is likely, Washington remains gridlocked, more and more policy initia- trol of parts of a sovereign state, lenges: Putin has blasted the EU national entities — as difficult, in the world. For the present, tives will shift to the states. If Obama is stymied during the last two fundamentally challenging the for forcing a choice — between perhaps, as it was for most British that place, or at least that des- years of his term by a hostile Republican Congress, you can expect to monopoly of force any state must Russia and Europe — on Ukraine.. (and certainly the British monar- tination, is the European Union, see Democratic governors increasingly take the initiative on Medicaid strive to maintain. His position, if But what he means is that chy) to see the American colonies, which, in spite of its many prob- expansion, minimum wage hikes, same-gender marriage, voting rights difficult, is clear. Ukraine should stick by the deci- in the 1770s, as the basis of a new lems and deficiencies, offers and climate change. But what will President sion of its ousted government and state, independent of the country a prospect not just of relative The tables will turn in 2016, though. Senate seats up in 2016 were last Vladimir Putin of Russia choose? choose Russia. that had founded them. wealth (which must be earned) up in 2010 — a banner Republican year. Republicans will be defending Peace or war? If the Russian president con- Ukraine is not again going to be but of clean government, stabil- 24 Senate seats in 2016, Democrats just 10. Six of the Republican seats Presently, he’s committed to the tinues to fight the westward drift, part of Russia – any more than ity and the rule of law. are in states Obama carried in 2012. All the 2016 Democratic Senate latter path. After the easy taking he’s likely to provoke, or even the embryonic American states Russia’s challenge is to offer seats are in Obama states. of Crimea in March, Putin first actually take part in, conflicts were (in spite of many loyalists the same. Its present preference If Republicans take the Senate this year, they’re going to have encouraged and then discouraged that will become increasingly who remained pro-British) to be for threat does great harm, most a tough time keeping it in 2016. The two-four-six rule that dooms the pro-Russian forces rebelling widespread civil wars. part again of Britain. Common deeply to itself. REUTERS Democrats in 2014 may just save them in 2016. REUTERS SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Violent protests spread to Israel Israeli-Palestinians call for new Intifada

RAMALLAH: Violent pro- the edge of the city. centre and north of the country tests sparked by the abduction Saber Al Aloul, the direc- where protesters threw stones and killing of a Palestinian tor of the Palestinian forensic and firebombs at passing cars. teenager spread to Arab vil- institute, attended the autopsy, Dozens were arrested in these lages in Israel yesterday, pre- which was carried out by Israeli clashes, a police spokeswoman senting a new challenge to the doctors. Al A’wewy said Al Aloul said. government of Prime Minister had reported soot had been found A Jewish driver was forced from Benjamin Netanyahu. in Khudair’s respiratory canal, his vehicle and told to flee before Israel has stayed silent on the which meant that “the boy had his car was burned at one loca- investigation into the death of inhaled this material while he was tion while at another, a woman an East Jerusalem youth who burnt alive”. suffered light injuries from rocks Palestinians believe was kid- Burns covered 90 percent of thrown at her car. napped and killed by far-right the body and there was a cut to Palestinian officials trying to Jews, but the Palestinian attor- the head. Samples such as fluids calm tensions have said they ney-general was reported as say- and tissue were taken for more would prevent any intifada, or ing he had been burned alive. lab examinations to complete the uprising, and seek a solution to the “The direct cause of death was legal medical report. crisis that began when the three burns as a result of fire and its At Khudair’s funeral on Friday, Israeli teens were kidnapped. complications,” Mohammed Al furious Palestinians chanted The discovery of the bodies of A’wewy was quoted as saying “Intifada! Intifada”, calling for the three Jewish seminary stu- by the official Palestinian news a new uprising against Israel. dents on Monday prompted an agency Wa fa late on Friday. Stones thrown at Israeli police outpouring of national grief in Israeli-Palestinian tensions were met by tear gas, stun gre- Israel. Many Palestinians, includ- have risen sharply since three nades and rubber bullets in one of ing President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli teens were kidnapped on the most highly charged displays assert that Khudair was the vic- Israeli riot police secure a street during clashes with Palestinian protesters in the Arab Israeli city of Ar’Ara, north June 12 and later found dead in of enmity in Jerusalem in years. tim of far-right Jews incensed at of Israel, yesterday. the occupied West Bank. At least one Palestinian was the Israeli deaths. This was followed on hurt in confrontations in the city Netanyahu has called Abu of a hate crime. rocket fire at Israel. frontier in a threat to invade if Wednesday by the kidnapping of Nablus overnight, medical staff Khudair’s killing “loathsome” and Tensions also persisted yester- There were no reported casual- rocket fire from the enclave did of Mohammed Abu Khudair, 16, said. ordered a swift police investiga- day along the frontier with the ties in the air raids or from the 14 not stop. Egypt, a bordering coun- in his neighbourhood in East The protests spread yesterday tion. Israeli authorities said they Gaza Strip, where Israeli war- rockets fired at Israel. try, has tried to mediate a truce Jerusalem. His charred body was to normally calm Israeli Arab did not yet know whether Abu planes bombed three Hamas tar- Israel mobilised ground forces to prevent an escalation of these found hours later in a forest on areas, mainly along roads in the Khudair was indeed the victim gets in response to mortar and on Thursday along the Gaza hostilities. REUTERS Iranian pilot ‘killed American’s beating in Israeli custody troubles Washington fighting in Iraq’ TEHRAN: An Iranian pilot WASHINGTON: A “pro- concern about the increasing has been killed while fighting in foundly troubled” United States violent incidents, and call on Iraq, state media reported yes- condemned reports yesterday all sides to take steps to restore terday, in what is thought to be that an American teenager calm and prevent harm to inno- Tehran’s first military casualty detained in Israel was “severely cents,” Psaki said. during battles against Islamic beaten” while in police custody, A video circulating on social State jihadists. amid heightened tensions with media (www.youtube.com/ Iran’s official Irna news agency Palestinians. watch?v=HDENWwEDGr4) did not say whether the pilot died The parents of Tariq Abu shows what appears to be Israeli while flying sorties or fighting on Khder, a 15-year-old cousin of border police beating and kick- the ground. a Palestinian youth murdered ing a handcuffed semi-conscious It said Colonel Shoja’at earlier this week, have said that figure -- believed to be Tariq -- Alamdari Mourjani was killed their son was arrested in Shuafat before dragging him away. while “defending” Shia holy sites after being beaten by police on The parents, who saw their in the city of Samarra, north of Thursday during his holiday stay son in an Israeli hospital, said Baghdad. in the area. they were told Tariq had been His death comes after Iran’s State Department spokes- arrested for being masked. declarations that it will provide woman Jen Psaki said the United Police spokeswoman Luba its western neighbour with what- States “strongly condemn(s) any Samri could not confirm it was ever it needs to counter the Sunni excessive use of force,” referring Tariq in the video, but said the militants who are laying siege to to the alleged beating. footage was from the arrest of a the Shia-led government of Prime Clashes have erupted in recent group of six Palestinians, includ- Minister Nouri Al Maliki. days, sparked by the abduction ing Tariq. Samarra is a major flashpoint and murder of Tariq’s cousin The justice ministry, mean- in the fighting and is home to the Mohammed Abu Khder, 16, as while, said it was investigating Shiite Al-Askari shrine which was autopsy reports showed he was the video. bombed by Al-Qaeda in February burned alive. The mother of Tariq Abu Khder (portrait), the 15-year-old cousin of the murdered Palestinian youth Mohammed, Samri said police found a sling 2006, sparking a bloody Sunni- Palestinians said Jewish shows an old picture of her son, before he was assaulted by Israeli border police in East Jerusalem yesterday. on Tariq, who had attacked police Shia sectarian war that killed extremists killed him in revenge and resisted arrest, while oth- tens of thousands. for the kidnapping and murder ers were throwing stones and The reports of the pilot’s death in the West Bank last month of visited him Saturday. “We are calling for a speedy, from Gaza has also increased, Molotov cocktails, wounding six came as Iranian officials insist three Israeli teenagers. “We are profoundly troubled transparent and credible investi- raising fears of an escalation with police. their assistance is not in the form Tariq was still in Israeli cus- by reports that he was severely gation and full accountability for the Islamist movement Hamas, Tariq is due to appear before a of troops, but rather of weapons tody, Psaki confirmed, adding beaten while in police custody,” any excessive use of force.” which controls the Palestinian Jerusalem court today. and equipment if Iraq asks for that a US consulate official had Psaki said in a statement. Rocket fire targeting Israel enclave. “We reiterate our grave AFP them. AFP

Sisi slashes fuel subsidies in risky move Muslim Brotherhood leader sentenced to life in prison CAIRO: Egypt drastically opposition decimated, Sisi appears owners, before the poor,” said one, The government has also signed raised fuel prices overnight to set on leveraging his popularity Mostafa Ibrahim. off on a capital gains tax and said CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood tackle a bloated subsidy system, to ram through politically risky Taxis, which have cheap fares it would gradually raise electric- leader Mohamed Badie to life in prison yesterday, the court’s in a potentially unpopular move measures that foreign donors compared with other countries, ity prices over the next five years. judge said, for inciting violence that erupted after the army that could blow back on newly say are crucial to reforming a are commonly used in Egypt for Sisi won the May election by deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi last year. elected President Abdel Fattah decrepit subsidy system. everyday transport. about 97 percent of the vote Badie, convicted along with about 36 other Brotherhood leaders Al Sisi. The government raised the Prime Minister Ibrahim against a weak leftist candi- and supporters for the same crime, is facing the death sentence With the economy battered by price of 92 octane gasoline from Mahlab said the cuts would help date, and many view him as a in two separate cases. All 37 defendants were also charged with three years of unrest, successive 1.85 Egyptian pounds ($0.36/27 those in need, rather than wast- strong leader who can kickstart blocking a major road north of Cairo during protests that followed governments have said the sub- euro cents) a litre to 2.60 pounds, ing state money on the well off. a recovery. Mursi’s ouster on July 3, 2013. sidies that allowed Egyptians to and 80 octane gas from 0.90 “How can we have social jus- But Mursi’s Muslim The court also upheld death sentences for 10 other Brotherhood buy petrol at some of the world’s pounds to 1.6 pounds a litre, tice as I spend on the rich at the Brotherhood movement still holds leaders and supporters, of whom 8 were charged in absentia, on cheapest prices must be lifted. the official MENA news agency expense of the poor?” he said at near daily protests it hopes will the same crimes. The cuts appeared to shock reported. a news conference. grow with increasing economic Among the Brotherhood leaders sentenced to death in absentia taxi drivers and other transport The price of diesel was raised Mahlab said the state would discontent. is Abdul Rahman Al Barr, a Muslim scholar and member of the workers. Police fired tear gas to from 1.1 pounds to 1.8 pounds. inject 51 billion pounds in serv- The group has been battered by Brotherhood’s Guidance Council. disperse taxi drivers who blocked The government had factored ices — almost half on health and a crackdown that killed at least Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud, a Salafi preacher and a Brotherhood roads in the Suez Canal city of in a cut of about 44 billion pounds education — and to cushion a 1,400 people, mostly Islamists, in supporter, was also sentenced to death in absentia. He fled to Ismailiya after the hikes came in fuel subsidies in a recently minimum wage. street clashes and imprisoned Qatar after Mursi was toppled. into effect overnight Friday. approved budget for the cur- Sisi has preached a message more than 16,000. Senior Brotherhood member Mohamed El Beltagy and some Ex-army chief Sisi, elected by rent fiscal year, bringing spend- of self-sacrifice to restore the More than 200 Islamists and former ministers from Mursi’s administration were among those a landslide in May, has advocated ing on fuel to 100 billion pounds, economy. alleged supporters have been sen- sentenced to life in prison. austerity to narrow the budget Egyptian media reported. He has launched a donation tenced to death in mass trials. The Egyptian authorities have launched a crackdown on deficit, and a severe law and The state spends more than 30 drive and announced he would The unrest, and militant Mursi’s Brotherhood, jailing thousands and killing hundreds of order platform to rein in Islamist percent of its budget on fuel and give away part of his salary and attacks that have killed scores street protesters. The state accuses the Brotherhood of turning supporters of ousted president food subsidies, in a country were personal wealth, while urging of policemen and soldiers, have to violence, an accusation the group denies. Mohamed Mursi. nearly 40 percent of the popula- Egyptians to bike and walk more. roiled the economy. Badie and around 200 Brotherhood supporters were sentenced Mursi himself had balked at tion of 86 million hovers around The economy has been propped The 2011 uprising that ousted to death in a mass trial last month over violence that killed one implementing the cuts to avoid the poverty line. up by billions of dollars in Gulf veteran dictator Hosni Mubarak police officer. The sentences caused outrage among western gov- stoking unrest, but the military In Cairo, enraged taxi drivers Arab state aid since the over- sent the economy into a down- ernments and rights groups. ousted the divisive leader anyway queued at petrol stations after the throw of the Mursi, who was ward spiral, with the tumult Mursi was ousted by President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, the former after millions took to the streets prices went up. viewed with suspicion by regional scaring away tourists and foreign army chief, following mass protests against his rule. AFP demanding his resignation. “I wanted Sisi to lift subsi- powerhouses such as Saudi Arabia investors. With the main Islamist dies for businessmen and factory and the United Arab Emirates. AFP

SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL

Three trapped Ukraine forces Honduran miners rescued, retake key rebel 8 still missing

TEGUGIGALPA, HONDURAZ: Rescuers freed stronghold three miners who had been trapped by a landslide at an illegal gold mine in south- ern Honduras, but eight more Insurgents flee Slavyansk city remained unaccounted for as the search moved into its sec- DONETSK, UKRAINE: a May 25 election thanks to his ond day. The workers were Resurgent government forces vow to quickly resolve the coun- trapped when the entrance to yesterday hoisted the Ukrainian try’s worst crisis since independ- the mine in San Juan Arriba col- flag over pro-Russian rebels’ ence in 1991. lapsed on Wednesday. Officials main stronghold after a dev- Most analysts think the said the mine, 110km south of the astating shelling onslaught 48-year-old chocolate baron des- Central American nation’s capi- levelled much of the city but perately needed an early battle- tal Tegucigalpa, had been ordered delivered Kiev its biggest suc- field victory to secure the trust to close a few months ago because cess of the campaign. of Ukrainians frustrated by their it was unsafe. The self-proclaimed mayor of underfunded army’s inability “We’ve rescued three of the Slavyansk confirmed that insur- to stand up to what they see as miners, thank God, and we’re gents had abandoned the rustbelt Russian aggression. Poroshenko going to keep looking for the city of 120,000. A local resident immediately vowed to press on other eight,” Moises Alvarado, a said by phone that barricades with his offensive and flush out senior emergency services official, once manned by the camouflage- “terrorists who are entrenching A US Coast Guard handout aerial photo showing flooding caused by Hurricane Arthur on the Outer Banks of told reporters. The three miners clad gunmen stood abandoned themselves in large cities”. North Carolina, USA. were whisked away in ambulances. since the early morning. “This is not a full victory and no Oscar Cruz, a spokesman for El Images posted on YouTube time for fireworks,” the Western- Salvador’s Green Cross, which showed helmeted troops carry- backed leader said in a statement. came to help with the search effort, ing dozens of grenade launchers “I am nowhere near euphoric. Weakened Tropical Storm said the men were dehydrated and out of the barricaded Slavyansk The situation is very difficult,” he one had a broken right leg. city hall building as the blue-and- cautioned. “A lot of challenges lie Hopes of a major breakthrough yellow national banner streamed ahead.” had surged on Wednesday night under a blazing blue sky. Strelkov himself had told the Arthur heads to Canada when Honduran President Juan Kiev’s ability to win back pro-Kremlin LifeNews channel Hernandez sent a tweet from the Slavyansk — home to one of the on Friday that his units “will be scene, saying that eight of the country’s biggest weapons stor- destroyed... within a week, two MIAMI: Tropical Storm of July fireworks displays to be during the next day or so,” the miners had been freed. However, age facilities that fell to the insur- weeks at the latest” unless Russia Arthur rapidly lost strength postponed and some vacation- NHC bulletin read. shortly afterwards he deleted the gents in early April — marks a moved in its troops. Saturday as it headed off the far ers to abandon beaches, but in North Carolina’s Governor Pat tweet and apologized for reporting key turning point in three months The militia commander tweeted north-eastern US coast towards the end the fast-moving system McCrory reported Friday that false news. of low-scale warfare that has on Saturday that President Canada, causing little damage caused minimal damage. other than some flooding, beach threatened the very survival of Vladimir Putin’s repeated vow to in its wake. On the forecasted track, Arthur, erosion and power outages, his the ex-Soviet state. use “all available means” to pro- Arthur, downgraded from a or the remains of the storm, will state had been spared the storm’s Probe into LA Ukrainian Interior Minister tect his compatriots in Ukraine category one hurricane at 0900 strike near western Nova Scotia worst possible effects. Arsen Avakov said the withdrawal — a neighbour he referred to as GMT, lashed New England and and head over the Gulf of St. “North Carolina beaches are traffic officer was led by senior militia com- “New Russia” — now looked like the Canadian provinces of Nova Laurence by late Saturday, the open for business,” McCrory said, mander Igor Strelkov -- alleged an empty promise. Scotia and Halifax as it marched Miami-based National Hurricane beckoning visitors who might beating woman by Kiev to be a colonel in Russia’s “They filled us with hope and in a north-easterly direction off Center reported. have scuttled travel plans during GRU military intelligence unit. abandoned us. Those were fine the coast of Massachusetts. “Maximum sustained winds the holiday weekend -- the most WASHINGTON: The Both Strelkov and Moscow words by Putin about protect- Arthur made landfall on the have decreased to near 70 miles lucrative for his state’s flourish- California Highway Patrol deny any GRU link, despite ing the Russian people, defend- coast of North Carolina late (110km) per hour. Some addi- ing tourist industry. The Atlantic (CHP) is investigating footage Western claims that the Kremlin ing New Russia. But only words,” Thursday as a category two hur- tional weakening is forecast, and hurricane season began June 1 that shows one of its officers is covertly funding and arming the Strelkov wrote. ricane, on a scale in which five Arthur is expected to become a and runs through November 30. straddling a woman and repeat- uprising to destabilise Kiev’s new Slavyansk is the symbolic heart is the highest. Forecasters had post-tropical depression later The NHC said the first hurri- edly punching her in the head pro-European leaders and retain of an uprising sparked by the feared that the storm could trig- (Saturday),” the NHC said. cane of the season carried dam- as she lies on the hard shoulder control over Russian-speaking February ouster of a pro-Kremlin ger serious flooding and disrupt the The storm, which was moving aging waves and powerful tidal of a Los Angeles highway. eastern regions of Ukraine. administration in Kiev and fuelled Independence Day weekend along at near 22 miles (35 kilometers) surges, and left behind up to a Chris O’Quinn, CHP assist- Ukrainian President Petro by Russia’s subsequent seizure of the heavily populated US east coast. per hour, “is expected to continue half-foot (15 centimeters) in rain- ant chief, said on Friday that Poroshenko stormed to victory in Crimea. AFP The storm forced some Fouth with a decrease in forward speed fall. AFP the woman had been walking on Interstate 10, west of central Los Angeles, endangering herself and people in traffic, and the officer was trying to restrain her. David Diaz, a passing driver, Suicide bomber kills five recorded the incident on Tuesday and provided it to media outlets. The officer is on administrative outside Nigeria mosque leave while the patrol investigates. He has not been named. O’Quinn said the video only shows a small MAIDUGURI: A suicide part of what transpired. bomber targeting worshippers 53 Boko Haram Diaz, a Los Angeles native, told at a mosque in a remote village the Associated Press news agency in northeast Nigeria killed five fighters killed in a phone interview on Friday that people and wounded dozens, a he arrived when the woman was security source said yesterday, ABUJA: Nigeria’s mili- walking off the highway. He said in an area where Islamist insur- tary said yesterday that it she turned around only after the gents are mounting attacks had killed 53 Boko Haram officer shouted something to her. almost daily. Islamist fighters when it The source, who declined to be repelled an attack on a mili- named, said Muslims in the vil- tary base in the northeast Bulgaria’s Socialist lage of Konduga were observing Nigerian town of Damboa. Friday prayers when the pick-up A statement from defence leader to step down truck approached. spokesman Major-General A local vigilante group stopped Chris Olukolade added that SOFIA: The leader of Bulgaria’s the truck to inspect it and the five soldiers and a senior ruling Socialists (BSP), Sergei The site of the crash of the Piper PA-31 Navajo plane in Topolow near Czestochowa in Poland yesterday. bomber then detonated the bomb military officer had also been Stanishev, announced yesterday a few metres away from the killed in an exchange of fire on his intention to resign as party mosque, he said. Friday night. leader after a poor showing in Witness Mohammadu Sheriff The military often reports May’s European elections. 11 feared killed in Polish plane crash said he had seen the vigilantes high casualty figures for the The Socialists have bowed to conducting checks on a pick-up rebels and relatively low ones pressure from their coalition WARSAW: Eleven people city of Czestochowa in serious was a Piper PA-31 Navajo. “The van carrying firewood. on its own side. It is usually partner, the ethnic Turkish MRF were feared killed yester- condition, 207km south-west of plane caught fire after it hit the “Suddenly it exploded,” he said not possible to independently party, and the main opposition day after a plane taking them Warsaw. “From what we know 11 ground,” Fratczak said. on phone. “It would have been verify these reports. GERB party to hold an early elec- on a parachute jump crashed in people were killed,” said Justyna The Piper PA-31 Navajo plane more devastating if the bomber REUTERS tion on October 5 after gaining southern Poland shortly after Sochacka, spokeswoman for the is produced by US firm Piper had succeeded in driving near the less than a fifth of the vote at the take off, spokespeople for emer- Air Rescue said. “There were 12 Aircraft. The plane, which had been mosque, which had over a thou- European poll. Stanishev, who has gency medical services and fire people onboard the plane.” operated by a private parachuting sand people in it.” 2009, and several hundred in the been the subject of mounting crit- services said. A spokesman for the head- school, took off from the Rudniki The Islamist militant group past two months, as it has stepped icism within the BSP, told a party One man in his forties survived quarters of fire services, Pawel airfield just outside Czestochowa, Boko Haram has killed hundreds up a campaign against civilians in meeting yesterday a congress on and was taken to hospital in the Fratczak, said the crashed plane Fratczak added. AFP since launching an uprising in the northeast. REUTERS July 27 would “adopt the election campaign platform and elect a new chairperson of the party”. “I will stay firm to the next leader,” said Stanishev, who is also the leader of the European Greece orders electricity workers back to work Socialists (PES). ATHENS: Greece ordered elec- at midnight on Wednesday, then be respected by everyone.” PPC’s the biggest earner for the Greek week-long walkouts. Privatising Malawi pardons tricity workers back to their jobs started a second action at mid- biggest trade unions will hold economy, accounting for about PPC is part of efforts by Greece yesterday, threatening them night Friday. Unions say the sale a meeting later on Saturday to 17 percent of its output and 20 to liberalise its energy market at 403 prisoners with arrest if they continue with will push up electricity prices and decide how to continue their percent of jobs. So far, parts of the behest of its European Union strikes that have caused power impose an extra burden on house- action. Communist-affiliated the country have been affected by and International Monetary BLANTYRE: Malawi’s new cuts across the country in the holds struggling through years of PAME said it planned a rally in hour-long power outages. Fund lenders and is one of the President Peter Mutharika par- middle of its tourism season. recession. But the government Athens later on Saturday in soli- Under Greek law, striking conditions for its next aid tranche doned 403 prisoners yesterday The move came after work- defended its policy. darity with the workers. workers can be ordered in writ- worth 1 billion euros. ahead of celebrations to mark 50 ers at Public Power Corp (PPC), “Since day one, the gov- “The government cannot give ing to return to work where there The leftist main opposition years since the country gained Greece’s biggest power producer, ernment’s intention was and away PPC ... for free,” George is a danger of civil disorder, natu- Syriza party, which wants PPC to independence from Britain. defied a court ruling issued late on remains to protect the public Avramidis, head of Spartakos, ral disaster or health risks to the remain in state hands, has backed “The pardon of the prisoners Friday deeming their strike action interest,” government spokes- one of PPC’s most powerful public. Prime Minister Antonis the workers and said it will not is a symbol of forgiveness as illegal. Protesting against govern- woman Sofia Voultepsi said in a unions in northern Greece, told Samaras’s government last vote for the bill allowing the sale the country commemorates its ment plans to sell part of PPC in statement announcing the back- Reuters. Athens is eager to avoid invoked the measure in 2013 to of 30 percent of PPC to a private golden jubilee of independence” 2015, workers had initiated the to-work order. “In a democracy, major power disruption this sum- force seamen and subway workers competitor, when it is voted on in today, the home affairs ministry first of a series of 48-hour strikes the law and court rulings must mer as it could impact tourism, back to their jobs after disruptive parliament. REUTERS said in a statement. AGENCIES SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 ASIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 China claims no off limits in graft probe Army officer to be court-martialed BEIJING: No part of China’s well as lowly “flies”. ruling Communist Party is off Xu is the most senior person to limits for its crackdown on cor- date to have been felled. ruption, the country’s top graft However, a potentially far juic- buster was quoted as saying, ier scandal is brewing – the case sounding a warning a few days of the powerful former domestic after the one of the country’s security chief, Zhou Yongkang. most senior former soldiers was Sources have said that Zhou purged. is under virtual house arrest, The party this week announced and while the party made no that Xu Caihou, who retired as announcement about his case, vice chairman of the powerful many of his allies have been pub- A Muslim man shows a damaged building at a cemetery after riots on the outskirts of Mandalay, central Myanmar, yesterday. Central Military Commission last licly taken down. year, had been expelled from the On the same day Xu’s fate was party and will be court-martialed announced, three other former after being accused of corruption. senior officials were also expelled President Xi Jinping, who heads from the party, all closely con- the Central Military Commission, nected with Zhou, including the Angry mourners protest in riot-hit Mandalay which controls the 2.3 million- one-time head of the state assets strong armed forces, has launched regulator and a former deputy MANDALAY: Thousands of plagued the former junta-run precaution in other cities, includ- understand why the father of her a drive against pervasive graft public security minister. people, some wielding sticks, nation for two years, prompting ing the commercial hub Yangon three children was targeted. since assuming office. The party has sent numerous flooded Myanmar’s second- warnings that the country’s frag- which has a diverse population of A friend of the dead man, who Speaking during a visit to teams into the provinces and gov- largest city on Friday as ten- ile transition to democracy could religious and ethnic minorities. was with him at the time of the the northern region of Inner ernment departments to expose sions spiked during the funeral be imperilled. Social media users were unable attack, showed injuries on his Mongolia, Wang Qishan, who corruption. of a victim of Buddhist-Muslim Earlier Friday, scores of motor- to access Facebook for the second hand that he said were slash heads the party’s efforts to com- Problems discovered during clashes that have raised fears of cycles took part in a procession straight evening, amid specula- marks from a “sword” used by bat corruption, warned that every this process show that the party spreading violence. carrying the coffin of the 36-year- tion that Myanmar had blocked a group of Muslims to kill his part of the party would be liable is “absolutely correct” in its judge- Mandalay was on edge as old Buddhist man through the the site to curb the spread of friend. for inspection. ment that corruption remains a darkness fell with police block- heart of the city. inflammatory comment online. “I will hold a grudge for the rest “Inspection work is a ‘health serious and complex problem, ing access to some Muslim neigh- While Mandalay has a sizeable No one from the authorities was of my life. If anything happens check’ for the party. There are no Wang added. bourhoods in a tightening of Muslim minority and also plays able to comment on the issue and like this again I will not hesitate off limits for oversight within in “It warns us that we must take security for the central Myanmar host to a group of nationalist the official spokesman, who posts to be involved,” said Htwe. the party, and there are no excep- the arresting of the spread of cor- city’s second night under curfew, Buddhist monks accused of stok- his official updates via Facebook, A funeral for the dead Muslim tions,” the party’s graft watchdog ruption as our aim and mission, as anger grew following unrest ing tension, it has not suffered did not respond to requests for man, a popular local bicycle shop cited Wang as saying, in a state- and that these inspections are that left one Buddhist and one religious unrest on this scale in information. owner, was held Thursday, hours ment issued late on Friday. absolutely something we cannot Muslim dead. recent years. The wife of the Buddhist victim, after he was killed while on his President Xi has vowed to do without,” he said. It was the latest in a string of Police sources said they were who was attacked on Wednesday way to attend early morning pra take down powerful “tigers” as REUTERS deadly religious clashes that have boosting security measures as a evening, said that she could not yers. AFP Stop killing Uighurs Myanmar oppn for young leaders

YANGON: Aung San Suu Kyi’s whole country faces a generation these elders have struggled for a Myanmar opposition party gap,” he said. long time to ensure the survival faced calls to inject new blood Young activists were often at of the NLD,” she added. into its ageing top ranks as it the vanguard of Myanmar’s dec- Younger members have urged opened a landmark conference ades-old resistance to military the NLD to rejuvenate its senior yesterday for its youth wing. rule, which ended in 2011 with ranks, traditionally dominated The Nobel Peace Prize winner’s the creation of a nominally civil- by activists in their 60s or older National League for Democracy ian government. known as “the uncles”, but so far (NLD), founded after a bloody But they have struggled to the party has refrained from a crackdown on a failed popular penetrate a fledgling post-junta substantial revamp. uprising in 1988, is preparing for parliamentary system in a coun- “The voice of the youth in the key parliamentary elections next try that highly values respect for party is still weak,” said NLD year that could sweep it to power. elders. “I can guess that some member Yazar, 37. “I’m not satis- Maung Maung Oo, one of the youths might have in their mind fied with the current structure organisers of the meeting of about that it’s their turn to take their which lacks a proper central exec- 150 opposition party members places, wondering whether the utive committee,” he said. aged 16 to 35 - the first of its kind elders will give up their posi- “Everything depends on Daw -- said the aim was “to promote a tions,” Suu Kyi said in an opening Aung San Suu Kyi. I don’t think new generation of leaders”. address to the conference. it’s a good sign,” he said. “Not only our party, but the “You need to consider how AFP Uighurs in Turkey rally outside the Chinese embassy in Ankara to protest the killings of compatriots allegedly by China in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, yesterday. Xi focuses Australia in row over Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka on Japan’s SYDNEY/COLOMBO: The be transferred to the Sri Lankan West for alleged human rights Sovereign Borders” programme. Sri Lankan officials have United Nations has expressed navy, Australian media said. violations during the final phase The UNHCR said it did not given conflicting accounts about “profound concern” about An Australian source with of the war against Tamil separa- have official confirmation of the whether their navy has been militarist past Australia’s handling of asy- knowledge of the operation said tists which ended in 2009. incidents but said it had followed involved, while the Foreign SEOUL: China and South lum seekers amid reports that the intention was to carry out the It says many asylum seek- “with profound concern recent Ministry and Immigration and Korea share a common past scores of Sri Lankans will be transfer Friday, but the situation ers are economic migrants, but reports in the media and from Emigration department have both and concern related to Japan’s handed over to their country’s was fluid. rights groups say Tamils seek the community” about intercep- claimed the other was responsible colonialism and invasion in the navy after only a brief assess- The prospect of a risky mid- asylum to prevent torture, rape tions and assessment of claims for for the return of illegal migrants. early 20th century and must ment by Australian authorities. ocean transfer of Tamil asylum and other violence at the hands asylum. Government spokesman work together to establish a Two boats carrying more than seekers and their return to Sri of the military. “International law prescribes Keheliya Rambukwella said on correct view on history, Chinese 200 Tamil asylum seekers from Lanka has sparked criticism of Australia’s government has that no individual can be returned Thursday that the navy had President Xi Jinping said on Sri Lanka were intercepted by Australia’s tough immigration not confirmed any details of the involuntarily to a country in which agreed to accept the asylum seek- Friday. Australian border security forces policy. incident and refuses to comment he or she has a well-founded fear ers but changed his response after The comments came as he met in the Indian Ocean in recent Sri Lanka is facing heavy pres- on what it calls operational mat- of persecution,” UNHCR said in a questioning from reporters. with the speaker of South Korean days and either have been or will sure from rights groups and the ters regarding its “Operation statement late on Thursday. REUTERS parliament, as the two countries’ ties with Japan are tested by what they see as Tokyo’s failure Giant paella to atone for its occupation of the two countries before the end of World War Two. China to try foreign probers linked to GSK “China and South Korea have similar experience in history and shared interest on the issue of SHANGHAI: China will next of a sex tape of the former boss of A court has barred their son, history related to Japan,” Xi said, month put on trial two foreign its China division, which emerged 19, from attending the trial which adding their two assemblies have investigators linked to drug- just before Beijing launched a brib- was originally planned for July 29 worked effectively seeking a sin- maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), ery probe into the British company. but changed for unknown reasons. cere apology from Japan. which is facing allegations of In May, Chinese authorities “I’m shocked and upset, and I “In China, there is a saying, bribery, in a closed trial shut to accused Mark Reilly, shown in appeal to the authorities to let me ‘Past experience, if not forgot- relatives and diplomats, people the tape with his girlfriend, of attend. I haven’t seen my parents ten, is a guide for the future,’” Xi familiar with the case said. ordering employees to commit for a year,” Harvey Humphrey said while meeting with Speaker British national Peter bribery, following a 10-month said in a statement. The pair were Chung Ui-hwa of South Korea. Humphrey and his wife Yu probe. Reilly is believed to be in detained in Shanghai last July. Chinese media reported Xi Yingzeng, an American citizen, China after returning to assist in A spokesman for the US proposed to hold joint anniver- will on August 7 face charges of the investigation. Embassy in Beijing, Nolan sary events with South Korea illegally obtaining personal infor- Humphrey, a veteran fraud Barkhouse, confirmed an August next year to mark its victory over mation, a family friend who asked investigator and former journal- trial and that US government Japan and then-united Korea’s not to be identified said. ist for the news agency Reuters, is representatives were barred liberation in 1945, when he met Britain’s Sunday Times newspa- the founder of Shanghai-based risk from attending, despite a bilat- Cooks in a Spanish restaurant in Tokyo make paella for 2,000 people in a South Korean President Park per has reported that GSK hired advisory firm ChinaWhys, while Yu eral agreement allowing them to pan two metres in diameter to promote Spanish dishes yesterday. Geun-hye in Seoul. Humphrey to investigate the origin worked as its general manager. do so. AFP REUTERS SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PHILIPPINES Enrile released from custody for eye test 90-year-old senator turns self in for plunder hearing MANILA: Senator Juan Ponce medical check-up. anti-graft court has yet to release Enrile was allowed to tempo- The PNP hospital has not its commitment order on where rarily leave Camp Crame to issued any medical bulletin since he would be detained. undergo an eye check-up at a Enrile’s stay there Friday night. The senator was taken to the private hospital in Makati City Enrile told reporters that his PNP Hospital after his blood yesterday morning. right eye was treated for macular pressure shot up to 200/90 dur- Enrile, escorted by a police con- degeneration, which could lead to ing his booking procedure. voy, left the Philippine National blindness if not given proper medi- A dzBB report quoted Enrile’s Police (PNP) General Hospital on cal attention. He thanked the PNP staff as saying that his blood pres- an ambulance at around 7am. for treating him kindly during the sure slightly improved yesterday. PNP officials said the 90-year- first night of his stay at the PNP Malacañang will not oppose old senator was treated for mac- hospital after he turned himself in any special consideration to be ular degeneration, a condition to the Criminal Investigation and given to Enrile, citing his age and wherein a person’s eyes weaken Detection Group. “This (treat- health condition, deputy presi- due to old age, at the Asian Eye ment) is done whenever there is dential spokesperson Abigal Valte Institute at Rockwell Center. a need for it. Otherwise I will go said yesterday. Enrile was not in handcuffs blind. I am thanking the police for Valte reiterated President Ex-senate president Juan Ponce Enrile (centre) is escorted to an ambulance after he surrendered to police at when he was brought back to the treating me kindly,” he said. Aquino’s stand that Enrile should Camp Crame in Quezon City, Metro Manila, on Friday. PNP hospital at past 7.40am. No relative accompanied the be accorded more leniency for He was given an intravitreal senator during his visit to the humanitarian reasons. Aquino be placed in ordinary detention enemies in the past and we have his health,” he said. aflibercept injection on his right Makati eye clinic. had earlier approved of house or facilities for security reasons. to make sure nothing happens to Senate Majority Leader Alan eye, said Chief Superintendent Enrile and his former chief of hospital arrest for the senator. In a radio interview, Osmeña them,” he said. Peter Cayetano said he has no Reuben Theodore Sindac, spokes- staff Jessica Lucila “Gigi” Reyes “Better treatment is not the said it is highly possible that the Senators Ramon Revilla Jr and problem with Enrile being placed man for the PNP. Sindac said surrendered to authorities one proper phrase… but his age and senators and their co-accused Jinggoy Estrada are detained at under hospital arrest. “I am OK Enrile’s visit to the eye clinic was after the other Friday after the health condition are only being could come into contact with the PNP Custodial Center. with hospital arrest if he needs earlier requested by his family. Sandiganbayan issued warrants considered,” Valte told radio people who have a grudge against Osmeña believes that Enrile it, if his medical condition calls “There was a prior request for for their arrest for plunder in dzRB. For his part, Senator them and this could pose a threat should be placed under hospital for it. But if his condition does it,” he said. connection with the multibillion- Sergio Osmeña III said Enrile on their safety. “They have not arrest while awaiting the resolu- not require it, then he should be Sindac said the senator’s fam- peso pork barrel scam. and the other senators charged been found guilty. They should tion of his case. treated just like anyone else. But ily also requested the PNP not Sindac said Enrile is still not with plunder in connection with be secured. They have to be sepa- “This is just the trial stage so treat him humanely,” he said. to make public the result of his considered a detainee as the the pork barrel scam should not rated because they have created we have to help him take care of THE PHILIPPINE STAR

Hunt continues Justice Department again for Bukidnon ‘I want to see my son’s killers’ objects to death penalty MANILA: If restaurateur De La Salle University (DLSU) Tamaring, Trex Garcia, Stephen mayor’s killers Aurelio Servando had a choice, College of Saint Benilde (CSB), Peñano, and two others known MANILA: The Department of anti-drug initiatives. It cited the he would like to see and talk succumbed to multiple injuries only as Vic and Emeng, who CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Justice (DOJ) yesterday reit- need for a new system of exchange to the members of Tau Gamma he sustained during the initia- allegedly acted as the master Pursuit operations against the erated its opposition to the re- of information, aggressive drug Phi fraternity responsible for tion rites in Makati last week. initiator. communist rebels who killed imposition of the death penalty, law enforcement activities and the death of his 18-year-old Although Aurelio has accepted The Makati police said five of the mayor of Impasug-ong, saying it would not lower crime socio-economic programmes. son. his son’s death, it was difficult for the suspects in the hazing have Bukidnon last Wednesday are statistics. The DOJ said it recognizes the “I would like to see them. I him to concede that it was from sent feelers to surrender. going on without let-up, the “Justice that kills is not justice. importance of bringing a human won’t take the law into my own hazing he called “senseless.” Makati police chief Senior military said. The imposition of capital punish- rights perspective to the national hands and do anything bad to “And it’s in the hands of a Superintendent Manuel Lukban Major Christian Uy, spokes- ment has no positive impact on drug control regime. them but I would like to see bunch of animals who did not said he met the parents sepa- man of the Army’s 4th Infantry crime prevention or security and The Catholic Bishops’ them,” a calm Aurelio said even deserve to have control of my rately and they gave assurance Division, said government troops does not in any way repair the Conference of the Philippines while the remains of his son son’s life,” Aurelio said. on the surrender of the suspects. are backed up by two military harm done to the victims and (CBCP) also stood firm on its Guillo was being cremated last “It makes it much more diffi- “They assured me that they helicopters in scouring the for- their families. position “for life and against Wednesday. cult. I’d rather see him die some want to apologize to the family of ested area of Bukidnon where “The department believes that death” amid calls for the resto- Aurelio said he has several other way. This is so instant. the victims and that they would the New People’s Army (NPA) it cannot and should not exist ration of the death penalty. questions for them and the most Plus, it’s so useless,” he added. be surrendering their children guerrillas behind the killing where the conditions for deter- CBCP president Lingayen- important of which is why they The Manila Police District has who were present during the of Mayor Mario Okinlay are mining guilt or innocence is so Dagupan Archbishop Socrates never brought his son to the identified two of the suspects as hazing rites. They also told me believed to be hiding. imperfect,” the DOJ said in a Villegas said death penalty is hospital. Cody Errol Morales and Pope that they would also convince the Uy confirmed an earlier police recent statement. cruel and inhumane in view of the “I would like to ask them: Bautista, both from DLSU. parents of the other suspects to statement that Okinlay had “There is no quick or instant “terrible anxiety and psychologi- ‘Why did you have to inflict so Morales was identified as the do the same. They realized that received death threats from the solution to this problem,” it cal distress” of a person awaiting much pain on my son? Did you supposed “Grand Triskelion” of if their sons face jail time then NPA. added. execution. ever control it? Did you ever stop Tau Gamma Phi while Bautista they might as well bring along Okinlay was driving his big As far as drug trafficking is “It has been rightly said that and realize that instead of bring- is the fraternity’s secretary and the others who were there,” bike as he led a convoy of munic- concerned, the DOJ assured the anticipation of impending ing him back to the condo, if you acted as the medic who tried to Lukban said. ipal employees and Army and the public they are one with the death is more terrible a torture brought him to the hospital, he revive Servando. Lukban said he discussed the police escorts from an outreach Philippine Drug Enforcement than suffering death itself,” he might be still alive today? I would The other suspects were iden- consequences of their plan to mission in remote Barangay Agency and the Dangerous said. like to ask them why,” he said. tified as Anton Santiago, Don surrender their children. Bontongan when the attack took Drugs Board in pushing for bold THE PHILIPPINE STAR Guillo, a sophomore student of Castillo, Carl Loresca, Hans THE PHILIPPINE STAR place. “He was the main target and since he was leading the Protest over US deal convoy, he was an easy target of the three rebel ambushers strategically positioned on the Massacre trial judge roadside,” said Major General Ricardo Visaya, commander of the Cagayan de Oro City-based 4th ID. admits huge evidence, Okinlay was hit in the abdomen and back, and died three hours after the ambush while being bail plea by 40 cops treated at the Polymedic Hospital in Malaybalay City. Citing field reports, Visaya said MANILA: The Quezon PO1 Bersedick Alfonso, SPO1 residents of Impasug-ong, a first- City judge handling the Alimola Guianon, PO1 Ebara class municipality, are staging an Maguindanao massacre trial Bebot, SPO1 Elizer Rendaje, PO3 indignation rally tomorrow. has admitted over 300 sets of Ricky Balanueco, PO2 Rexson “The people of Impasug-ong evidence submitted in opposi- Guiama, PO1 Amir Solaiman, are now organizing themselves to tion to the bail petition of 40 PO1 Tamano Sahibal Hadi, PO1 denounce the killing on Monday police officers tagged in the Mohamad Balading, PO1 Michael of their beloved mayor,” he said. multiple murder case. Macarongon and PO1 Pendatun Uy said the NPA killed Okinlay In a 38-page order, Regional Dima. for bringing government service Trial Court Branch 221 Judge Included in the 150th group are to Bontongan village, eroding the Jocelyn Solis-Reyes resolved the PO1 Herich Amaba, PO3 Rasid NPA’s influence in the area. prosecution panel’s formal offer Anton, PO3 Felix Enate, PO1 Members of the NPA’s Front of evidence against the bail peti- Esprielito Lejarso, PO1 Narnouk 89 are believed to be behind the tions of police officers currently Mascud, SPO1 Eduardo Ong, ambush. detained for the November 23, PO2 Saudi Pasutan, PO1 Arnulfo THE PHILIPPINE STAR 2009 incident. Soriano, PO3 Abibudin Abdulgani, Police block protesters during a rally against the Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement on a street heading The suspects included in the PO2 Hamad Nana, PO1 Esmael to the US embassy in Manila on Philippine-American Friendship Day on Friday. latest orders were members of Guialal, SPO2 Oscar Donato and the Solano group, Labayan group, PO1 Abdula Baguadatu. 150th group, Police Officer 1 Pia In her order, Solis-Reyes Kamidon and Police Officer 2 admitted the various complaints Saudiar Ulah. and affidavits, including that of Customs officials find illegal drug in stuffed toy Members of the Solano group former Buluan vice mayor and includes Senior Police Officer 1 now Maguindanao Governor MANILA: At least 200 pieces Service (CIIS) chief Joel Pinawin. The tag on the package showed discover illegal drugs inside a toy. Ali Mluk Solano, PO2 Kendatu Esmael Mangudadatu. His wife, of suspected methampheta- The illegal substance was discov- the teddy bear was sent by a cer- “We would be more vigilant Rakim, PO1 Jimmy Kadlong, Genalyn, and relatives were mine tablets were discovered ered when a package containing tain Jason Thomas of Puerto now that we know that even PO1 Abdulrahman Batarasa, among the 58 people – 32 of inside a stuffed toy during an the stuffed toy passed through the Galera, Oriental Mindoro through toys are being used to transport PO3 Felix Daquilos, PO1 Datu whom media practitioners – who inspection at the Ninoy Aquino X-ray machine manned by per- the LBC Express, but which was drugs,” Pinawin said. Jerry Utto, PO1 Abdulbayan died in the massacre. International Airport (NAIA) sonnel of the Bureau of Customs transferred to the DHL. It was He said they have previous Mundas, PO1 Marjul Julkadi, Also admitted as evidence were on Wednesday. at the DHL warehouse. supposed to be delivered to a cer- cases of contrabands concealed PO1 Abdulanan Saavedra, SPO1 sworn statements of various wit- The tablets were found stuffed Authorities, however, were only tain Miss H Thompson in South in books. Samad Maguindra, PO3 Gibrael nesses, as well as the medico- in the hands, legs and head of a able to open the package the next Africa. Attached in the pack- Indications that the stitches of Alano, PO1 Marsman Nilong and legal reports, autopsy pictures, teddy bear that was sent through a day when agents of the Philippine age was a note marked “Happy the teddy bear were opened so the PO1 Badjun Panegas. and anatomical sketches of the courier firm, said NAIA-Customs Drug Enforcement Agency Birthday Sweetie.” contraband could be placed inside. The Labayan group, meanwhile, cadavers of the witnesses. Intelligence and Investigation (PDEA) arrived to inspect it. “This is the first time for us to THE PHILIPPINE STAR includes SPO2 George Labayan, THE PHILIPPINE STAR SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Taliban torch Nato trucks 200 oil tankers set ablaze near Kabul

KABUL: Taliban insurgents burnt," the interior ministry said set fire yesterday to about 200 in a statement. oil tanker trucks supplying fuel The attack happened as for Nato forces in an attack Afghanistan prepares to announce just outside the Afghan capital preliminary results of the final Kabul, police said. round of a presidential election Television footage showed black tomorrow in a tense atmosphere. smoke billowing above the site Each of the two candidates of the attack, with the charred vying to succeed President Hamid wreckage of dozens of trucks scat- Karzai accuses the other of mass tered around a vast parking space. fraud. The Taliban have vowed to The Taliban claimed responsi- disrupt the election process. On bility for the attack, saying the Thursday, militants fired rockets trucks carried fuel intended for into Kabul's international airport, US-led Nato forces. destroying a helicopter. It was unclear how the fire The Nato is an intergovern- was started. Some Afghan media mental military alliance based on reported that insurgents had fired the North Atlantic Treaty which rockets at the tankers late on was signed on 4 April 1949. Friday. There were no immedi- The organisation constitutes ate reports of casualties. a system of collective defence "The number of tankers on whereby its member states agree fire is not yet clear, but based on to mutual defence in response to preliminary reports from police an attack by any external party. Smoke and flames rise from fuel tankers after an attack by the Taliban on the outskirts of Kabul yesterday. around 200 tankers have been REUTERS Poll panel asks Ghani rules out coalition deal IMF allows govt to modify parties to submit budget deficit targets asset details KABUL: Afghan presidential answer is clear: we have not made complexity to an already tense candidate Ashraf Ghani ruled any deal. We assure the people situation, Taliban insurgents ISLAMABAD: The Election out a coalition government with that we will not betray their have vowed to disrupt the elec- ISLAMABAD: The budget deficit target of 5.8 per- Commission of Pakistan (ECP) his rival Abdullah Abdullah votes,” Ghani said. tion process. Yesterday, militants International Monetary Fund cent of GDP for the fiscal year has asked all political parties to yesterday, quashing hopes for “Our commitment is to defend set fire to 200 oil tanker trucks (IMF) has approved modifica- 2013-14. He said that the official file details of their assets before a power-sharing deal to defuse national interests, not personal supplying fuel for Nato forces tions in the targets on inter- figures were still coming so the August 29. tensions that have threatened interests.” near Kabul. national reserves and budget matching of overall revenues and It said under Article 13 of the to split Afghanistan along eth- The protracted dispute over Ghani’s aides, citing election deficit for the end of June by expenditures will be carried out Political Parties Order, 2002, every nic lines. the election has all but destroyed observers, say he is in the lead in allowing Islamabad to utilise after a couple of weeks. party is bound to submit to the Ghani and Abdullah have Western hopes for a smooth tran- the run-off by at least one mil- Eurobond worth $2bn instead In the wake of the FBR’s efforts commission within 60 days from locked horns since the June 14 sition of power in Afghanistan, lion votes. of Fund’s earlier projection of to inch towards its desired target, the close of each financial year a second round run-off, accusing where the atmosphere is already Abdullah, for his part, has $500m on this account, official better expenditures management consolidated statement of accounts each other of trying to manipu- nervous as most US-led troops accused Karzai, an ethnic sources said yesterday. and improved performance on non- audited by a chartered accountant. late the vote and declaring victory prepare to pull out this year. Pashtun, of playing a role in the This approval of the IMF’s tax revenue collection enabled the The statement of accounts of the in the contest to succeed Hamid Abdullah, a former anti-Tali- alleged rigging in Ghani’s favour, Executive Board finally paved government to achieve the desired party was required to be accompa- Karzai as president. ban resistance fighter, draws his and last week thousands of the way for the release of fourth budget deficit target for the last fis- nied by a certificate signed by the Prompting speculation that a support from the Tajik minor- Abdullah’s supporters marched tranche of $555m for Pakistan. cal year that ended June 30. party leader stating that no funds back-room power-sharing deal ity in northern Afghanistan on the presidential palace in a “Yes, the IMF has allowed On the revenue collection side, from any source prohibited under was in the making, officials have while Ghani, a former World peaceful protest. Pakistan to adjust $2bn gener- the FBR has collected Rs2,266bn the Political Parties Order, 2002, delayed the announcement of Bank economist, represents the “The uncertainty has resulted ated through Eurobond, which in the last financial year against had been received by the party and preliminary election results until Pashtun majority. in the loss of hundreds of millions was earlier envisaged at $500m. the revised tax collection target the statement should contain an tomorrow, potentially giving both As their standoff intensified, of dollar in investment...Deals are It helped Islamabad at restricting of Rs2,275bn till June 30. accurate financial position of the candidates more time to find ways Afghanistan has become awash suspended because the future is its budget deficit at 5.8 percent of “We expect that the FBR’s party, the election commission said. to end the impasse. But speak- with speculation about a broader uncertain,” Ghani said. GDP for the last fiscal year ended collection will cross to Rs2,270bn The statement of accounts is to ing to reporters yesterday, Ghani rift along ethnic lines or more vio- In response to allegations of June 30,” the officials said. till finalising the revenue figures be submitted on Form-I as pre- explicitly denied he sought a coa- lence unless they agree to accept mass fraud, the Independent When contacted, Adviser to provided the reconciliation with scribed under rules. Printed forms lition government. the outcome of the vote or agree Election Commission is now the Finance Ministry Rana Assad the SBP and AGPR data,” FBR’s are available free of cost at the “People are concerned and the on a compromise power-sharing recounting votes from 1,930 poll- Amin, who is also the official Member IRS and Spokesman Election Commission Secretariat. question they have been asking arrangement. ing stations and will announce its spokesman, said that the govern- Shahid Hussain Asad said. INTERNEWS is if we have made any deal. Our Adding another layer of findings tomorrow. REUTERS ment has achieved its envisaged INTERNEWS Flash flood in Pakistan Govt resists bid to involve Govt orders filing of returns online army in Musharraf case KARACHI: The Securities and Exchange Commission of ISLAMABAD: The federal Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui also Pakistan has made it manda- government of Pakistan will endorses the federal govern- tory for certain new categories resist, legally and in the court of ment’s right to proceed against of companies to file documents, law, the accused former General Musharraf alone. returns, accounts, and applica- Pervez Musharraf’s bid to drag “It is only the federal gov- tions with it or the registrar the institution of Pakistan ernment that has the exclusive through SECP’s eServices filing Army in his high treason case. constitutional and legal right to facility. The recent move of the former decide whom to prosecute under The SECP issued a notification dictator to get several retired gen- Article 6 of the Constitution,” which shall come into effect on erals, including former army chief Justice Siddiqui said. September 1, 2014. General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Akram Sheikh says that merely On the issuance of this noti- involved in the high treason case on the wishes and whims of fication, the mandatory online as alleged “abettors” is seen as a Musharraf and his defence team, filing regime now encompasses desperate effort by Musharraf to the retired generals, including all public companies, private/ escape the trial by scandalising General Kayani, could not be single member companies having the case and giving it hype. summoned to stand in the wit- a paid-up capital of Rs50m or The federal government’s ness box. above, all companies not for profit prosecutor in Musharraf’s high Musharraf will have to produce licensed under section 42 of the treason case and senior SC law- concrete evidence about those 1984 Companies Ordinance, trade yer, Akram Sheikh, insists that whom he accuses as his “abet- bodies, and companies which it is the discretion of the federal tors”. Or someone should come have been incorporated through government to book one or more forward and say that he had eServices online filing facility or persons under the Article 6 of the advised Musharraf to abrogate have filed last return/document Constitution. the Constitution. through eServices. Former Chief Justice INTERNEWS INTERNEWS People flee flooded areas in Chitral, Pakistan, yesterday. At least 14 houses collapsed due to flash floods caused by heavy monsoon rains. Sharif approves army deployment to aid civil authorities ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister “Under Article 245, which is the functions of the armed forces “(3) A high court shall not acting in aid of civil power. the formal notification would be Nawaz Sharif has decided in already implemented in North states: “650 (1) the armed forces exercise any jurisdiction under “(4) Any proceedings in rela- issued, sources said. principle to approve the deploy- Waziristan Agency, the army shall, under the directions of Article 199 in relation to any tion to an area referred to in Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ment of the armed forces in aid will be called to assist the civil- the federal government, defend area in which the armed forces Clause (3) instituted on or after directed the finance ministry to of the civil administration to ian administration to heighten Pakistan against external aggres- of Pakistan are, for the time the day the armed forces start leave no stone unturned in facili- enhance security at sensitive security arrangements at sensi- sion or threat of war, and, subject being, acting in aid of civil acting in aid of civil power and tating tens of thousands of inter- installations across the coun- tive installations in major cities to law, act in aid of civil power power in pursuance of Article pending in any high court shall nally displaced persons (IDPs) try under Article 245 of the and wherever they are. when called upon to do so. 245: Provided that this clause remain suspended for the period during and after Operation Constitution. A notification will be issued “651 (2) The validity of any shall not be deemed to affect the during which the armed forces Zarb-e-Azb. Nawaz Sharif took the decision within a couple of days,” direction issued by the federal jurisdiction of the high court in are so acting.” “Our priority is to help our peo- after consulting his close aides Information Minister Pervaiz government under Clause (1) respect of any proceeding pend- The prime minister also sought ple displaced by fighting and we during a high-level meeting in Rashid said. shall not be called into question ing immediately before the day a detailed report from Law will do our best to help them,” Islamabad yesterday. Article 245 which deals with in any court. on which the armed forces start Secretary Barrister Zafar before INTERNEWS SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

Cong may move Opposition to target govt on price rise court for leader Ruling coalition ready to discuss all issues during budget session of parliament: Minister of oppn status

NEW DELHI: Opposition par- “We will be taking up the gen- yet, discussions on demands of NEW DELHI: The Congress ties would seek to pin down the eral budget, the rail budget, Delhi grants of ministries will be held is considering the option of NDA government on the issue budget. Also, we are willing to dis- in the house. She said the session, going to court if its leader in of price rise during the budget cuss any issue of national impor- which ends on August 14, will the Lok Sabha is not recognised session of parliament beginning tance,” he said. have 168 hours for work. as leader of opposition in the tomorrow, as the ruling coali- With the opposition parties The speaker steered clear of house, party sources said. tion said that it was prepared to making a strong pitch to raise questions on the issue of grant- “Knocking the court’s door is discuss all issues. the issues of price rise and the ing leader of opposition status to one of the options, but we will At a meeting of leaders of par- railway fare hike, Naidu suggested the Congress and said that the wait and watch for now,” said a ties in the Lok Sabha yester- that these issues could be raised meeting she had convened was Congress leader who did not wish day, called by Speaker Sumitra during discussion on the rail and to discuss the business before the to be named. Mahajan ahead of the budget ses- general budgets. Some parties house. The Congress leader in the The source, however, added sion, opposition parties, however, also said that they would raise Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, that the issue was being discussed said they would cooperate in the the issue of Sri Lanka arresting also indicated the issue was not in party fora and a final decision smooth running of the house. Indian fishermen. raised at the meeting. had not been taken. Parliamentary Affairs Minister The railway budget will be pre- Mahajan also said that Lok The Congress, with 44 mem- M Venkaiah Naidu told media sented on July 8 and the general Sabha proceedings will have a bers, is the second largest party persons that External Affairs budget on July 10. new feature and the picture of the in the Lok Sabha. However, it Minister Sushma Swaraj will Naidu said Prime Minister member who is speaking will be falls short of the 10 percent mark make a statement on the situa- Narendra Modi had told him the shown on a screen for all members — 55 members in the 545-mem- tion of Indians in Iraq in the two government was prepared to dis- to see him or her clearly. “This ber house — which the ruling houses of parliament. cuss any issue permitted by the was the desire of many members Bharatiya Janata Party has cited The National Democratic chair. as they had to turn back and see,” as mandatory as per rules for its Alliance (NDA) government will “We assured the speaker of our she said. leader to become the leader of bring bills to replace ordinances full cooperation in conducting Trinamool Congress leader opposition in the house. concerning the Polavaram project the house in a dignified manner. Kalyan Banerjee said the party Congress leaders have said that and the Telecom Regulatory I appeal to the opposition that was keen that issues of price hike their leader in the Lok Sabha Authority of India (amendment) decorum of the house is main- and increase in rail fares before should be recognised as the leader ordinance which paved the way tained,” he said. the rail budget were taken up of opposition. Congress leader in for appointment of Nripendra Mahajan said that her meeting early. He also attacked the govern- Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, Misra as principal secretary to with the leaders of various par- ment on the issue of federalism, and chief whip Jyotiraditya the prime minister. ties was “very good” and they had saying though the government Scindia have met Speaker Naidu said he had told various assured her of their cooperation. said that it had great respect for Sumitra Mahajan, who has to ministries to come up with lists of She said there were various sug- federalism, “in essence we don’t take a decision on the issue. bills pending in Rajya Sabha and gestions for discussions and the see the signs of such federalism”. A union minister, however, those which had lapsed in the Lok government said “they wanted to Modi did not attend the meet- said the Congress had not for- Sabha and these will be taken up give full time for discussions”. ing but was present at the lunch Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets media persons after an all-party mally broached the issue with the after their timing is decided in She said that as standing com- later. meeting ahead of the budget session, at Parliament House in New Delhi. speaker so far. the business advisory council. mittees had not been constituted IANS IANS

Security forces combat malaria in Tripura College student killed AGARTALA: Central para- 20,300 men, women and children.” independent international medi- admitted to government hospitals. military and state forces, along The minister said of the 61 vic- cal humanitarian organisation, The state health minister has with health workers, have tims, 32 had died in government are now on a visit to the malaria- sent an urgent letter to union for protesting crime fanned out in Tripura, and a hospitals and the remaining in hit areas. Health and Family Welfare helicopter has also been pressed their homes. “The MSF has extended its Minister Harsh Vardhan to send KOLKATA: A college stu- second year student. A state BJP into service to control malaria. Choudhury said troopers of the help by providing medicines and medicines and experts to deal dent’s body, chopped to pieces, team led by its chief Rahul Sinha Over 61 people have died due Border Security Force (BSF) and expertise to deal with the out- with the situation. was found beside railway tracks will visit the area today. to the disease and over 100,000 Tripura State Rifles (TSR) had break of malaria in Tripura,” “Though there is no shortage in West Bengal’s North 24 The victim’s brother said have fallen ill, a minister said here fanned out in remote and tribal- Choudhury said. of medicines, we need medicines Parganas district yesterday, Sourav, who had protested against yesterday. inhabited operational areas to He said the MSF has also for critical patients suffer- police said, with his family and anti-social activities in the “At least 61 people, includ- help the sick. assured the state government to ing from malaria in Tripura,” local residents alleging he was Bamangachi area, was abducted ing 43 children, have died due A helicopter has been pressed supply more medicines to help Choudhury said. murdered for protesting crimi- from near his residence by some to malaria since the first week into service to ferry doctors and the state authorities in control- A team of experts from the nal activities in the area. people late on Friday night. of June,” Tripura Health and patients to and from inaccessible ling the incidence of the disease. National Vector Borne Disease The crime evoked disgust “From the balcony, I saw a Family Welfare Minister Badal areas in any emergency. The outbreak of malaria and Control Programme (NVBDCP), across the state and opposi- group of people around 11 pm. Choudhury told reporters. “We have brought a large fever have been reported from led by its special director Awadesh tion parties attacked the rul- When they passed by our house, He said: “Over 120,000 peo- number of patients to the hospi- tribal-dominated mountain- Kumar, recently visited malaria- ing Trinamool Congress for not I saw they were beating up and ple, mostly tribals, have fallen tals from remote areas and sent ous areas of 11 sub-divisions affected areas in the state. checking crime. dragging my brother. I informed ill with malaria and fever after them back home after treat- under five districts — Dhalai, Meanwhile, leave for all doc- Sourav Chowdhury was missing my father. We informed the local the outbreak of the disease. Of ment,” the minister said. Gomti, Khowai, North Tripura tors, nurses and health workers since Friday night, said his fam- panchayat member, but nobody the sick people, malaria germ Experts from Medecins and South Tripura. All the has been cancelled. ily. An empty cartridge was also came,” said Sourav’s brother. was found in the blood of over Sans Frontieres (MSF), an affected people have been IANS found at the spot. An eyewitness gave more “We have filed a murder case. details about the ordeal the youth We are investigating the mat- had to undergo. ter. I can’t say anything more “I was returning after attend- now,” said North 24 Parganas’ ing a marriage when I saw him Maharashtra warns striking doctors of action Superintendent of Police, Tanmay being beaten up. They told me to Roy Chowdhury. get lost. I fell at their feet pleading MUMBAI: The Maharashtra specialists, gynaecologists, sur- Besides, they want the retire- hitting the urban poor and villag- The body parts, lying scat- that they release him. Seven of government has threatened to geons and orthopaedics, have been ment age to be raised from 58 to ers in remote parts particularly tered along the tracks between them were there. But in the dark- invoke provisions of the strin- agitating since July 1 in support 62 years, regularisation of promo- hard. Duttapukur and Bamangachi ness I could not recognise their gent Maharashtra Essential of various demands and have held tion procedures, optional non- As many as 37 district hospi- stations, were discovered early faces. They also beat me up, and Services Maintenance Act several meetings with state gov- practising allowance for medical tals, 80 sub-district hospitals and yesterday. I had to leave.” (MESMA) against striking ernment functionaries to resolve officers pursuing post-graduate 363 rural hospitals have virtu- Angry local residents blocked Locals alleged Sourav had to doctors if they failed to resume their long-standing issues. studies, and fixed working hours. ally downed shutters to patients rail tracks and roads from time to pay with his life for protesting work by today. The doctors’ organisation has Principal Secretary (Health) the past five days because of the time through the day demanding against illegal liquor dens and Chief Minister Prithviraj demanded implementation of the Sujata Saunik warned last strike. the arrest of the culprits. Police gambling rackets operating in Chavan has also issued an appeal Sixth Pay Commission’s recom- evening that those who failed to As estimated half a million chased the protestors with batons the area. to the 12,000 striking doctors mendations for all state medi- report to work by this morning patients across the state have when the busy Jessore Road was State Education and affiliated to the Maharashtra cal officers in the public health could face action under MESMA. been deprived of OPD services blockaded. Parliamentary Affairs minister Association of Gazetted Medical department with effect from So far, barely three percent of and another 100,000 patients The Bharatiya Janata Party Partha Chatterjee said he was Officers, to return to work in the January 1, 2006, which would the striking doctors have resumed neglected during regular ongoing (BJP) has called for a 12-hour trying to make enquiries to ascer- interest of patients. nearly double their salaries, and duties even as chaos reigned in treatment. shutdown at Bamangachi area in tain what had happened. The doctors, including a pay hike. medical facilities across the state, IANS protest against the killing of the IANS

Simmering anger Judge hearing Governance goes digital in UP Abdullah case LUCKNOW: In a significant development, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav yesterday launched “paperless” func- gets death threat tioning in the state government by clearing an IT and electronics LUCKNOW: A judge in department file with a digital signature. Allahabad has received a let- On the occasion, he also used the “e-office” application developed by ter saying he would be blown the National Informatics Centre. up if he does not dismiss a case Akhilesh told divisional commissioners and district magistrates to against Jammu and Kashmir periodically review the progress of this interface with regard to various Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, schemes and projects undertaken by the state government. police said yesterday. He said it should be ensured that unnecessary and cumbersome The letter, received by the procedures faced by people were cut short and redress of their prob- office of the judicial magistrate lems was expedited. in the district court, Gyanendra Further, he said there should be no roadblock to providing impor- Tripathi, is signed under the tant services and information like issuing of certificates, etc to people name of Lashkar-e-Taiba. through the new system. A worried Tripathi handed Rakesh Garg, principal secretary to the chief minister, said Uttar over the letter to district police Pradesh had become the first state in the country where the said chief Manjil Saini, who in turn digital system had been developed and implemented in record time. ordered a probe into the matter. Jeevesh Nandan, principal secretary, IT and Electronics, said age- Security around the office of old problems like files getting lost or getting torn will be a thing of the judicial magistrate has been the past. He said all files will now be stored safely in the “state data beefed up, an official said. centre”. A case was filed in June against Nandan also said the “state data centre” had been developed on Omar Abdullah in the district the virtualisation concept and established on an ultra-modern cloud court after he made some state- computing system. ments on Article 370, which Back-ups of all files will be routinely done. With a disaster recovery grants special autonomous status Leftist activists burn an effigy of Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul in Kolkata yesterday, as a storm over site, the state will have no worries about losing data in the event of to the state. the lawmaker’s comments threatening rape of his rivals’ relatives refused to subside despite an apology. an emergency. IANS IANS SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 Nurses, other workers return home safe More Indians set to arrive from Iraq in coming days KOCHI/HYDERABAD/ In the next 48 hours, approxi- Some nurses shed tears of joy, NEW DELHI: A group of 183 mately 400 more Indians would and others were seen clutching Indians stranded in strife-torn be returning to various des- the hands of toddlers, most of Iraq, including 122 nurses, tinations, including Mumbai, them the children of the nurses. arrived home yesterday while Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai Sandra Sebastian, one of the 200 more were on their way. and Hyderabad, by commercial nurses, told the media at Kochi A special Air India flight from flights, said ministry spokesman airport that she was very scared Arbil, capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Syed Akbaruddin. when they were taken away by region, carrying the Indians About 1,200 Indians would be the insurgents. landed in Kochi close to noon, returning to India at the gov- “... very afraid... will not go with Chief Minister Oommen ernment’s cost by tomorrow. back,” she said in broken English. Chandy and his cabinet col- The Indian mission in Baghdad Chandy earlier said that he leagues, legislators, Lok Sabha has persuaded Iraqi companies had lost all hope when initially members and state government to send back approximately 600 the plane did not get permission officials waiting to receive 46 other Indian nationals, and it to land in Arbil because of strong nurses from Kerala freed by Iraqi is processing the papers of 400 winds. insurgents. others. He thanked External Affairs Seventy-eight people hailing Welcoming the return of the Minister Sushma Swaraj for One of the Indian nurses freed by Sunni insurgents in Iraq meets her relatives after arriving at Kochi airport yesterday. from Telangana and Andhra nurses from Iraq, Congress her efforts to secure the nurses’ Pradesh, including 76 nurses, leader Amarinder Singh yes- release. later reached Hyderabad by terday urged the government to Earlier reports said many pack our things and all they gave these people surprised all of us,” The Kerala government made the special flight and officials intensify its efforts to secure the nurses had protested at Arbil air- us was 15 minutes. adding they stopped at many arrangements for the nurses to were making arrangements to release of 39 Indians, mostly from port, saying they would not board “We were told to enter one of places and gave the nurses water, travel in hired vehicles, while send them to their respective Punjab, Haryana and Himachal the plane unless they were paid the four buses parked outside... biscuits and food. a lone nurse from Tuticorin in hometowns. Pradesh, being held hostage in four months’ wage arrears, but and in a few minutes, we saw the Another nurse could not hide Tamil Nadu was provided with a The evacuated Indians Mosul. they relented after Indian offi- first and third floor of our build- her happiness at being back with railway ticket to her hometown. included 15 from Navsari in At Kochi, three family mem- cials spoke to them. ing go up in flames,” she said. her family. Recounting her story, Meanwhile, UAE-based Indian Gujarat who landed in Delhi and bers of each nurse were allowed Seena, a nurse from Kannur, Another nurse said, “never in she said: “Once in Mosul, they put businessman B R Shetty has boarded a flight to Mumbai on to go inside the airport to receive said for 23 days they had lived our dreams we thought that these us in a big room and we were given offered the 46 nurses jobs in their way home. them. A special immigration desk in isolation in Tikrit, where they armed men would be our saviours”. beds and food. We feel that the hospitals he owns across the The external affairs ministry was set up for them. were working. “We had no clue... whether new government there helped us Gulf country, Nepal, Bhutan said that another 200 Indians There was a mad scramble “Our patience was running they were going to kill us or they reach here safely. We thank each and India. In advertisements in were to return to Delhi last night when the nurses arrived, with out... gun-toting men came to our would be our saviours. and everyone who prayed for our Kerala newspapers, he asked the by an Iraqi Airways chartered anxious family members hugging building in the hospital campus “On our eight-hour drive to return and also all the authorities nurses to contact his office. flight from Najaf. and kissing their loved ones. on Thursday. They asked us to Mosul, the kind behaviour of who helped us,” she said. IANS India should change its crisis-based approach in the Gulf ndia’s “enormous efforts”, as Indian workers have been lan- lasting labour migration policy. How can serious issues such One would expect a migration described by an official of the THE NR EYE guishing in jail for more than a In the current crisis, for exam- as the ‘kafala’ system be handled policy, if there was one, to fac- IMinistry of External Affairs, year in Saudi Arabia for alleg- ple, India is unable to plan effec- and bilateral labour agreements tor in the leverage India enjoys in getting a group of nurses out of Moiz Mannan edly protesting against the death tively because we just do not be truly effected unless we stem owing to its close trade ties with war-torn Iraq, need to be praised. of a co-worker due to electrocu- know how many of our people the tide of illegal migrants who the GCC countries. Most foreign Considering the delicate nature External Affairs and the Ministry tion while working in a private are affected. Reports suggest that basically are extremely poor and affairs experts feel that in this of the whole affair and the diffi- for Overseas Indians Affairs company. official records put the number of gullible people exploited by unscru- area India has never really been culties involved in a crisis where (MOIA) — this was baptism by Swaraj has assured their fami- Indians in Iraq at around 10,000, pulous agents and employers? It assertive enough. usual diplomacy can hardly work, fire. For her this dual responsi- lies of “swift action” to get them but 15,000 to 20,000 more are sus- has been reported that hundreds What Sushma Swaraj should be we do appreciate the officials’ hesi- bility is a challenge as well as an out. What did she do? According pected to be living illegally in the of trapped Indian workers have looking to do once the dust settles tation to divulge all the details of opportunity. A challenge because to media reports, she directed the war-torn country. been unable to leave Iraq because on the current crisis is lobby for the operation. it doubles her responsibility; an officials to “take immediate steps During the Saudi Arabian their passports have been confis- a SAARC-level labour agreement The Indian government has opportunity because, like her for release of the workers.” ‘Nitaqat’ crisis of last year, it was cated by employers and they have with the GCC. She also needs to assured its people it would “redou- predecessor Vayalar Ravi in the We have to say once again, discovered that out of 2.8 million not been paid for months. streamline coordination between ble” efforts to evacuate other cap- MOIA, she would not have to deal and rather sadly so, that these Indian workers, almost 1.4 million The Indian missions have the two ministries under her to tives in the conflict zone, which with an external affairs minister are fire-fighting measures. Why did not have legal documents. Our proved incapable, for a plethora smoothen consular processes and includes 39 people in Mosul. to get things working. do our people have to face such emigration system seems just not of reasons including understaffing develop a better migrant protec- For Sushma Swaraj, who heads Meanwhile, another crisis hardships each time a crisis equipped to tackle the menace of and lack of training, to keep track tion mechanism than Vayalar Ravi both the ministries concerned with involving Indian workers in the erupts, particularly in West Asia? illegal migration which rears its of and develop feedback mecha- was able to achieve. foreign matters — the Ministry of Gulf remains unresolved. Forty Once again, we have to call for a head each time there’s a crisis. nisms for migrant workers. THE PENINSULA Modi’s sweeping changes at government offices NEW DELHI: The vast quad- especially useless paper files and the sloth and the lack of disci- have a good proposal that is Guerrilla killed in rangle at the centre of a sprawl- broken furniture. pline. He found one office filled blocked by their own minister, ing complex of ministerial “All ministries are supposed with cigarette smoke, despite they can pitch it directly to him. offices in Delhi has become a to review and reorganise their “no smoking” signs everywhere. “The top, secretary-level offic- rubbish dump for broken fur- offices every four years, but In another, he saw dirty tea cups ers are feeling empowered for Kashmir gunfight niture, discarded water coolers, nobody bothered, and old files lying around. “He just mentioned the first time and are hoping broken air conditioners, aban- and broken furniture just piled them and walked out, but it was Modi succeeds in putting the SRINAGAR: A separatist heavy gunfire from the militants, doned telephones and large bags up everywhere,” said a clerk. enough for us to get the message,” new system in place,” said Soma guerrilla was killed and a soldier resulting in injuries to a Rashtriya of discarded paper. “But now that Narendra Modi a bureaucrat told a reporter. Chakravarthy, deputy editor of injured in a gunfight yesterday Rifles personnel. Nearby, two clerks from India’s has ordered it, ministers and top Clean, well-ordered offices Bureaucracy Today. in Pulwama district of Jammu The security forces retaliated ministry of women and child wel- officers do the rounds at 9am is not the only thing Modi is After Modi ordered a clean- and Kashmir, following which and killed a militant belonging to fare wheel piles of brown, bedrag- every day, personally supervis- demanding from Delhi’s bureau- up, the home ministry discov- a protest erupted and an angry the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) gled office files on swivel chairs ing the cleanup and reorganisa- crats. He also wants them to come ered 150,000 unwanted files in mob torched two police vehicles, outfit in the gun battle. toward a waiting van bound for tion drive.” to work on time at 9am sharp, its cupboards. One of these was officials said. Following the killing, protests the central records office. Inside, With his obsession for order rely more on computers, abjure from 1948, the year after Indian “Security forces including erupted in Aaripal village and a another keys into a computer the and cleanliness, Modi has been extended lunch and tea breaks independence, and related to police, Rashtriya Rifles and the mob torched two police vehicles. details of several more files before able to energise bureaucrats to to play cards in nearby parks or Lord Louis Mountbatten, the CRPF surrounded Aaripal (Tral) “Miscreants torched two police they too are sent for storage. take ownership of their working golf at the club, say no to foreign last Viceroy of British India. The village in Pulwama district fol- vehicles in Aaripal where a for- On orders from the new prime space to make it more present- junkets, be more responsive to the document records the sanction of lowing specific information that eign terrorist was killed by secu- minister, bureaucrats are busy able — and potentially more pro- public and resist political inter- “Rs 64,000” as travel allowance to a group of militants was hiding rity forces today. Police showed clearing rooms, corridors and ductive. Like a stern housekeeper, ference by ministers and MPs. Mountbatten for his final return there,” a police officer said. restraint while handling the mob staircases of the rubbish accu- he has roamed from floor to floor The new prime minister has to Britain. The file went straight When security forces zeroed in and nobody was injured in the mulated by previous adminis- in government buildings, casting made it clear to the top bureau- to the National Archives. on a house where the militants incident,” a police officer said. trations over the last 67 years, disapproving glances at the litter, crats in government that if they THE GUARDIAN were hiding, they came under IANS

Village tense after clashes Football shower Senior British ministers LUCKNOW: The situation in and police had assured them that Kanth village in Moradabad there was adequate patrolling district continued to be tense along that rail route. yesterday following Friday’s Police said extensive patrolling to visit India, meet Modi clashes between BJP workers, was on in the violence-hit areas villagers and police in which the and urged people to report any NEW DELHI: British min- “Both sides will discuss bilat- district magistrate and some problems they faced. isters William Hague and eral, regional and global issues of police officials were injured, the Meanwhile, four Bharatiya George Osborne will meet mutual interest,” the statement authorities said. Janata Party leaders — Amroha Prime Minister Narendra Modi added. Moradabad Divisional MP Kanwar Singh Tanwar, and External Affairs Minister Osborne will also hold talks with Commissioner Shiv Shankar Rampur MP Nepal Singh and Sushma Swaraj during their Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Singh said the situation was Sambhal MP Satyal Saini, and two-day visit to India starting They are also scheduled to visit “tense but under control”. Sardhana legislator Sangeet Som tomorrow. Mumbai. Rail traffic, which was dis- — who were detained on Friday Secretary of State for Foreign The two British ministers will rupted, was partially restored yes- have been released. and Commonwealth Affairs be accompanied by an official del- terday. A lone train engine, then a BJP state president Laxmikant William Hague and Chancellor of egation comprising Minister for goods train and then a passenger Bajpayi has constituted a five- the Exchequer George Osborne Business Engagement with India train left amid tight security from member team to look into the will jointly call on Prime Minister and Minister of State for Climate the Kanth railway station, where Kanth incident. Narendra Modi on July 8, a min- Change and Energy Gregory villagers on Friday fought with There had been tension in istry of external affairs statement Barker, Minister for Government police and pelted stones. Kanth for the past one week after said yesterday. Policy in the Cabinet Office Additional divisional railway loudspeakers were removed from Youth play football during monsoon rain in Allahabad yesterday. The The two ministers will hold del- Oliver Letwin and Cabinet Office manager Hitendra Malhotra said a temple in the village. southwest monsoon has reached national capital Delhi, too. egation-level talks with Swaraj at Minister Joseph Edmund Johnson. that for now things were normal IANS Hyderabad House the same day.. IANS

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 At 40, QP aims bigger as assets soar 85 times Al Sada re-affirms QP’s commitment

DOHA: The combined assets of H E Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Qatar Petroleum (QP) soared Al Khulaifi, the Minister of by 85 times over the past four Labour and Social Affairs, H E decades. The total revenues Ahmed bin Amer Al Humaidi, of QP increased by 40 folds the Minister of Environment, and net profits surged by 300 and H E Jassim Saif Al Sulaiti, times during the period, H E the Minister of Transport, were Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada, present. the Minister of Energy and This year also marks the 75th Industry and Chairman of QP anniversary of the discovery of said on Friday. oil in Qatar…. Qatar Petroleum The minister was addressing has contributed in building the a gathering attended by minis- national economy and forming ters, top government officials, one of the fastest growing econo- diplomats and energy industry mies in the world, and that the captains in Qatar, to mark cel- contribution of the oil sector in ebration of the 40th anniversary the GDP last year exceeded 54 of the issuance of Emiri Decree percent, Dr Al Sada noted. July 4, 1974, establishing what “Qatar Petroleum has never was then known as the “Qatar merely been an oil and gas com- General Petroleum Corporation.” pany, but it has served since its The event was held under the establishment as a factory for patronage of H E Sheikh Abdullah building capabilities, as a catalyst H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada (centre), the Minister of Energy and Industry, with Qatar Petroleum employees on the occasion of the 40th anniversary bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, for progress and development, celebrations at Katara. KAMMUTTY VP the Prime Minister and Minister and as a partner in all devel- of the Interior at Katara. H E Dr opment fields, mainly human many of them now serving as dip- of H H the Father Emir. H H the Today, Qatar is recognised as oil and gas industry and its ongo- Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, development. Therefore, the cor- lomats, army officers, business- Emir himself has acknowledged the world’s No. 1 exporter of liq- ing projects and future ven- the Minister of Culture, Arts and poration has always considered men, high officials and ministers,” the efforts of H H the Father uefied natural gas (LNG) with its tures are guided by its recently Heritage, H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Qatari human resources as a true he said. Emir in this respect when he said: production capacity of 77 million launched corporate vision, which Jassim bin Mohamed Al Thani, national wealth. It has sought to Dr Al Sada added: “During the “Without such courage, Qatar tons per annum, and it is also is ‘to be a world-class oil and gas the Minister of Economy and educate and train Qatari youths last two decades, Qatar oil produc- would not have been able to make known as the global capital of corporation, with its roots in Trade, H E Dr Issa Saad Al and develop their skills, thus ena- tion has doubled, and the real value all these achievements which have gas-to-liquids (GTL) products. Qatar, and a strong international Jafali Al Nuaimi, the Minister bling them to reach top positions of the North Field was proven by laid the infrastructure of the oil QP is committed to the contin- presence. of Administrative Development, and achieve great success, with the direct support and guidance and gas industry.” ued development of the country’s THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Bitcoin pioneer QFBA, MOF work for skills development calls for EU Three-day programme provides tools to develop skills regulatory

DOHA: Nine participants from environment. I would like to con- perspective of risk, new trends guidance the Qatar Ministry of Finance gratulate all nine graduates for in the field of audit and internal (MOF) have successfully grad- successfully completing the pro- control, the crucial role played by BRUSSELS: Europe should uated from a programme on gramme and I hope they can use internal audit in institutional sys- update its laws to reflect the rise Leadership Skills for High the skills and knowledge they have tems and tips to set up internal of digital currencies, the head of Performance managers organ- gained from the course modules in audit plans and audit reports, as a bitcoin start-up said, after a ised by the Qatar Finance and their careers.” laid down by the methods of risk successful US auction of bitcoins Business Academy (QFBA) . The programme was carefully assessment. was seen as a sign of their broad- The objective of the three- constructed for senior managers, Other courses include the art of ening appeal. day programme was to provide new directors and those looking negotiation and persuasion, which The virtual currency has come MOF employees with the tools to for leadership development and targeted fresh and mid-career under the scrutiny of regulators in develop their leadership potential covered several fundamental areas level employees to enhance their both the United States and Europe and encourage sustained high per- of leadership training — including negotiation skills with external following a series of high-profile formance in their careers. tips on international practices for stakeholders. scandals such as the bankruptcy Dr Abdulaziz Alhorr, CEO - successful leadership and boosting The Academy also ran a pro- of Tokyo-based exchange Mt Gox. QFBA, expressed his delight at the self-confidence. gramme on Strategic Planning But authorities such as the graduation of a class of employees The programme also covered and Management for Leaders, US Securities and Exchange of the MOF who received theo- training in other key areas — which focused on the stages of Commission have not yet taken retical and practical lessons in communication skills, human strategic planning and setting up a uniform approach to regulating cultivating the art of effective resources planning, creative solu- a mechanism for strategic plans the nascent digital currency, and leadership under the supervision tions to problem solving and deci- and management. have limited themselves to issu- of elite coaches. sion-making skills, accounting, QFBA aims to aid in the devel- ing warnings about its risks for He said: “The Qatar Finance financial reporting and finance opment of a generation of finan- investors. “One of the challenges and Business Academy has always management. cial specialists in the coming is that without clear guidance strived to keep up with develop- The Academy had previously years. This is in line with Qatar’s from the EU, from the UK, it will ments in the fields of finance organised a range of specialised National Vision 2030 which aims limit industry development,” said and business and the courses courses for the staff of the MOF, to contribute to the development Jeremy Allaire, head of Circle, a they offer are highly effective including understanding recent of a knowledge-based economy. bitcoin consumer finance company and well-suited to today’s work trends in internal audit from the THE PENINSULA The officials at the programme. that allows people to use and store bitcoins online. “Unless they have a clear view of where does this (bit- coin) fit, how do we know what the rules are?” he said. Sharp mulls Launched in 2009, bitcoin offers Total calls for Airbus unsure of A330neo’s a way for people to conduct trans- actions over the Internet. Its back- bigger euro role exiting European ers say its anonymity - users do not need to reveal any card or financial launch at Farnborough airshow home appliances details when making payments - in oil payments protects people from fraud. Critics say this also makes it easier to AIX-EN-PROVENCE: Oil AIX-EN-PROVENCE: Airbus There will be two versions — of more than 1,000 potential sales TOKYO: Sharp Corp is in talks commit crimes like buying illegal major Total’s chief executive Group has not decided whether upgrades of both types of A330, for the A330neo. Lahoud said he over licensing Taiwanese and drugs online. said yesterday the euro should it will launch its proposed the 253-seat A330-200 and the was optimistic about the overall Turkish firms to make and sell Last October US authorities have a bigger role in interna- A330neo jet at this month’s 295-seat A330-300. outlook for aircraft deals at the its home appliances in Europe, seized 144,000 bitcoins online in tional trade although it was not Farnborough Airshow but is The board could discuss the Farnborough Airshow. a source with knowledge of the a raid on Silk Road, an Internet possible to do without the US confident about the outlook for issue before the airshow or at its Asked how many orders he discussions said, as it tries to black-market bazaar that authori- dollar. plane orders at the gala event, next regular meeting tied to July expected, he said: “We believe we’ll cut costs to counter stagnant ties said had been used for illegal Christophe de Margerie was its strategy chief Marwan 30 half-year results. have a good business dynamic ... sales on the continent. drug transactions. Some of those responding to questions about Lahoud said yesterday. The project has already led to a we are pretty confident.” Airbus The Japanese electronics maker bitcoins were auctioned off last calls by French policymakers to Airbus has drawn up plans to war of words between Airbus and ended the first half of the year is talking to Taiwanese firm TPV week. Allaire said bitcoins could find ways at EU level to bolster revamp its biggest-selling wide- Boeing that is expected to spill behind its US rival in orders and Technology Ltd over the rights be regulated in the same way as the use of the euro in interna- body passenger jet to preserve over to the world’s largest avia- deliveries, but is widely expected to manufacture and sell its LCD other payment services such as tional business following a record a second front in its competi- tion event, held each summer in to unveil hundreds of new orders TVs in Europe, the source said. PayPal, with strict consumer pro- US fine for BNP. tion with the delayed Boeing 787 the English town of Farnborough in Farnborough. The discussions have touched tection safeguards so people would “Doing without the dollar, Dreamliner in addition to the new or in Paris — in alternate years. Boeing, however, looks set to upon a sale of Sharp’s TV factory feel safer using them. that wouldn’t be realistic, but it A350-800. The two companies are involved strike a blow against Airbus in in Poland. The EU’s law regulating pay- would be good if the euro was used Lahoud said “the jury is still in a strategic chess game at the its European home territory by Sharp is also talking to Vestel ment services should be updated to more,” he told reporters. “There is out” on whether the A330neo, lower end of the market for long- convincing UK-based Monarch Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, reflect the use of bitcoins, he added. no reason to pay for oil in dollars,” a more efficient version of the haul jets, with tens of billions of Airlines to switch suppliers as a group company of Turkish elec- Bitcoin supporters maintain that he said. He said the fact that oil 20-year-old A330 jet, would be dollars’ worth of business at stake. the two planemakers wage a glo- tronics firm Vestel, about a licence digital currencies are set to expand prices are quoted in dollars per launched at the July 14-20 air- However there are concerns that bal battle for market share for to sell its white goods in Europe. further and that as they become barrel did not mean that pay- show. “The subject is still being the arrival of the A330neo could single-aisle jets like the Boeing The source, who declined to be more mainstream the price vola- ments actually had to be made in discussed,” he told reporters on spark aggressive price competi- 737 and Airbus A320. identified because of the sensi- tility and scams that have so far that currency. the sidelines of an economic con- tion for new orders. Lahoud said Airbus Group tivity of the discussions, said the bedevilled them will decrease. In French Finance Minister ference in southern France. Airbus has said the A330neo would continue boosting the talks were at an early stage and June online travel agency Expedia Michel Sapin said on Thursday People familiar with the matter would have the same “cash oper- amount of raw materials and nothing had been decided. began accepting bitcoins as a form that eurozone finance ministers say technical work on the project, ating costs” and cost much less components it buys in dollars to In response to earlier media of payment. “As bigger exchanges would discuss ways of boosting based on a Rolls-Royce engine to buy than the Boeing 787-9, offset the currency’s weakness. reports on the plan, Sharp said in get built and you see it move from use of the euro in international and new wingtips, is complete and Boeing’s latest model due to make It has offered some customers a statement that it is considering retail and speculative investors trade in their next monthly meet- that barring surprises, the $2bn its debut at Farnborough. the chance to pay for aircraft in various options to restructure its to more traditional institutional ing tomorrow. “It would be a way revamp will go ahead soon, subject Boeing disputes these asser- euros. “It is their decision,” he European business but that noth- investors ... you’ll see greater price to protect businesses when, out- to board approval. tions as well as Airbus’s forecasts added. REUTERS ing had been decided. REUTERS stability,” said Allaire. REUTERS side of US territory, they carry out transactions that are per- fectly legal in the country they belong to,” he said. REUTERS Ottawa trade Ethiopia expanding zones talks key to TPP to become industrial hub plans: Japan ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia will and the Kilinto Industrial Zone start setting up a new indus- would start in September. OTTAWA: Current trade talks trial park in September and will A third of the 156-hectare Bole in Ottawa between Japan, the expand another at a total cost of Lemi site was developed at a cost United States and 10 other $250m, an official said, part of of 2.5bn birr ($127.5m), financed Pacific rim countries are key to efforts to shift away from farm- by the state, in the first phase advancing the planned Trans- ing and become a hub for tex- and has attracted Korean gar- Pacific Partnership (TPP) to its tiles and other industries. ment-maker Myungsung Textile final stage by year-end, Japan’s The Horn of Africa nation aims Company and Taiwan’s George chief negotiator said yesterday. to attract investors who are mov- Shoe Corporation. The Kilinto US President Barack Obama ing some manufacturing from zone will cover 243 hectares. said on June 20 his aim was to China and other Asian markets, Both the expansion work and have a free-trade draft he could where costs are rising. Ethiopia new site would be financed by a take to meetings with other lead- offers cheap labour and fast $250m World Bank loan, Yaregal ers in November, and Japanese improving power supply, trans- said. The industrial parks are negotiator Koji Tsuruoka also port and other infrastructure. central to Ethiopia’s plans to build referred to a late-2014 goal. Luring new industry is seen as an industrial base, with textiles The Lulu Hypermarket Group team with the HACCP certification. “I understand that this meeting vital to maintaining high growth and garments seen as a key sec- in Ottawa will be a very impor- rates in Ethiopia’s still largely tor, in part because the country tant step to bring the TPP to the agrarian economy. The economy benefits from the US AGOA trade final stage towards the end of the has expanded annually by double pact allowing duty-free exports LuLu Hypermarket Group achieves HACCP year,” Tsuruoka told reporters in digits in the past decade and is to the US market. The industrial Japanese in Ottawa. forecast to grow by 8 percent or zones offer land for factories at DOHA: Lulu Hypermarket Althaf said, “Gaining HACCP physical hazards even during the Frustrated by the lack of more this year. $1 per square metre a month, Group has successfully achieved certification demonstrates our food production and its correction progress in global talks at the Yaregal Meskir, deputy director tax holidays for up to seven years certification to the HACCP commitment to production and by appropriate measures. World Trade Organisation, the general of the Ethiopian Industrial and customs and other services Standard for their Qatar distribution of safe food products. The origins of the HACCP 12 Pacific countries involved are Development Zones Corporation, on site for those investing in the Region. Lulu Hypermarket This certification confirms our concept can be found in 1959 in a trying to come up with a regional said plans were being finalised to nation of about 90 million people, chain is the first retail chain to efforts to provide safe products project that implemented by the pact, one which nonetheless could expand the existing Bole Lemi officials say. get the prestigious international to our consumers in Qatar and in NASA along with the Pillsbury still get bogged down over issues Industrial Zone, on the southern “Ethiopia has developed a certification for HACCP from other regions.” Company in the United States. like Japanese farm tariffs. outskirts of the capital, while a strategy that gives priority to cer- Quality Austria, in Qatar. Sunil Zachariah said, At that time the goal was to pro- Tsuruoka said the US and new industrial hub was planned tain industries,” Taddese Haile, The certificate was handed “Successful certification in Hazard duce space-qualified foods where Japan made “huge progress” on at Kilinto, 30km further south. State Minister of Industry, said. over to Mohamed Althaf, Group Analysis and Critical Control with hundred percent certainty auto and agricultural trade issues “We have witnessed many “The aim is to see Ethiopia as a Director of Lulu Hypermarket Points Certification is an impor- the risk of biological, chemical when Obama visited Tokyo in investors have come to acquire globally-known cluster for textiles chain by Sunil Zachariah, General tant step for Lulu Hypermarket and physical hazards could be April, and they would continue sheds and land and there is a and garment products.” Another Manager for Quality Austria for Group as an organisation. Quality excluded. According to the pub- negotiations after the multilateral long queue,” he said. “We prefer three manufacturing hubs are Middle East operations at Lulu Austria acts as a strong part- lication jointly released by the TPP session in Ottawa wraps up labour-based industries like gar- planned across the country in the Hypermarket, Al-Gharrafa. The ner to help Lulu Hypermarkets WHO and FAO, and especially on July 12. He said it was “a lit- ment manufacturing and shoe next decade, including a Special assessment and certification of achieve these goals.” since existence, in this regard tle too high a goal” to hope the manufacturing for exports.” Economic Zone in the eastern Lulu was done by Quality Austria. The HACCP is a systematic legal requirements forms the Ottawa talks would solve all the After selecting a designer, he town of Dire Dawa of 3,000 to On the occasion of this cer- approach that is used to identify basis of all HACCP food safety TPP issues remaining. REUTERS said building Bole Lemi phase two 20,000 hectares. REUTERS tificate presentation, Mohamed microbiological, chemical and systems. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Qatar’s growth momentum to pick up further: QNB Owing to the ongoing implementation of major projects, growth expected to rise to an average 7.7 percent

DOHA: Qatar’s real GDP percent owing to rapid progress “In 2015-16, we expect momen- employed in Qatar, pushing up Looking forward, the con- directly through higher invest- growth will continue to pick with the implementation of tum to continue to gather steam population growth to 11.6 per- tinued implementation of ment spending, and indirectly as up during 2014 and in 2015- major projects. The pickup in owing to the ongoing implemen- cent in the year to end-March infrastructure projects should an increasing number of workers 16, the growth is expected to growth came despite a 1.2 per- tation of major projects, with 2014. In turn, this has helped maintain high non-hydrocarbon are attracted to work in Qatar. rise to an average 7.7 percent, cent contraction in hydrocarbon growth rising to an average of boost growth in services sectors. growth. Based on planned projects, QNB Group analysis noted real GDP as a result of falling 7.7 percent,” the study said. Services contributed 4.2 percent A number of major projects are QNB Group expects population yesterday. crude oil production and flat pro- Strong growth in the non- to total real growth, with sec- well underway, notably the new growth to average 10.1 percent in Qatar’s economy accelerated in duction at LNG facilities, QNB hydrocarbon sector has been tors such as financial services metro in Doha, major real estate 2014 and we expect it to remain the first quarter of 2014, driven said in its weekly research note. driven by a pickup in major and trade, restaurants and hotels projects in and around Doha, strong going forward to support by strong growth in construc- QNB Group expects real infrastructure investment fairing particularly well. such as Musheireb in the center infrastructure development. tion, financial services and trade, GDP growth to continue to pick projects since the middle of 2013. The data confirm the contin- of old Doha and Lusail to the Such high levels of job growth restaurants and hotels, accord- up during 2014 as hydrocarbon This has led to rapid growth in ued process of diversification in North, and new roads, highways should boost domestic consump- ing to figures released last week production stabilizes and non- construction, which expanded by Qatar away from hydrocarbons. as well as a further expansion tion, supporting the services by the Ministry of Development hydrocarbon growth remains 19.6 percent in real terms in the With hydrocarbon production of the new airport. Completion sector and providing further Planning and Statistics (MDPS). high. Overall, the new GDP year to Q1, 2014 and contributed expected to continue plateauing of most of these major projects impetus to non-hydrocarbon Qatar real GDP growth accel- data are in line with the QNB 2.3 percent to overall growth. in the medium term, the non- is scheduled from around 2018. GDP growth. We expect growth erated to 6.2 percent in the year Group’s expectations for real Rising project activity has hydrocarbon sector is projected The implementation of these in the non-hydrocarbon sector to to Q1, 2014 with the non-hydro- GDP growth of around 6.8 per- also led to a rapid increase in to play a more significant part in projects is, therefore, likely average 11.5 percent in 2014-16. carbon sector expanding by 11.5 cent in 2014. the number of workers being driving growth in the economy. to continue to drive growth, THE PENINSULA

BMW reveals $1bn Mexican plant investment Italy attacks Bundesbank over risks to eurozone

LONDON: Matteo Renzi, the to interpret “flexibility” as applied German government, but he criti- Italian prime minister, launched to the stability and growth pact, cised Weidmann, accusing him of a scathing attack on Germany’s with the Germans insisting that political interference. powerful central bank yes- budget deficit and government “The Bundesbank does not terday, telling it to stop med- debt ceilings cannot be diluted have to take part in Italian politi- dling in Italy’s affairs after the and also maintaining that Renzi cal debates,” said Renzi. “I don’t head of the Bundesbank, Jens must deliver on his promises of expect the Bundesbank to talk Weidmann, criticised Rome for structural reforms of the ossified about Italian politics. Europe allegedly imperilling recovery Italian economy before he can be belongs to its citizens, not to its from the eurozone crisis. offered any sweeteners. bankers, and not to Italian or Launching Italy’s six-month Amid a resurgence of tension German bankers.” rotating presidency of the EU, between the north and the south of Italy has one of the highest while also pledging 1,000 days of the eurozone, Jens Weidmann, the national debt levels in the EU, radical reform in Italy after the head of Germany’s Bundesbank at 130 percent of gross domestic summer break, Renzi stepped up and Angela Merkel’s former eco- product, more than double the what appears will be the signature nomics adviser, accused Renzi of 60 percent ceiling stipulated by campaign of his tenure at the top talking about long overdue eco- the eurozone regime. Attempts to of the EU — the attempt to get nomic reforms in Italy but failing reduce it have confounded succes- Berlin to relax austerity and give to deliver them. He claimed that sive governments. A BMW car is seen inside a BMW car dealership in Mexico City. The luxury car maker revealed a $1bn him scope to try to kickstart the Italy was attempting to interpret Renzi is riding a wave of Mexican plant investment, to take advantage of the country’s growing industrial base and tariff-free Italian economy. the rules “too generously”. popularity at home, despite his access to the US market. BMW outlined plans to build a factory near San Luis Potosi, central Mexico, in Berlin and Rome are locked in a Renzi emphasised that there declared mission of radical eco- a move that will reduce the German company’s dependence on higher-cost plants at home. worsening war of words over how was no dispute with Merkel or the nomic reform. THE GUARDIAN US firm signs Apple poaches another $1.18bn Iran energy deal luxury executive for iWatch

TEHRAN: A US company has PARIS: Apple has poached a executives from the luxury sector signed a preliminary agreement senior executive from Swiss in recent months. Burberry ex- to invest $1.18bn (€864m) in luxury watch brand Tag Heuer, Chief Executive Angela Ahrendts Iran, in a rare joint commer- which could be to help it with the started as its new head of retail cial project to turn rubbish and launch of its iWatch expected and online sales in May, and human waste into electricity. this year. former head of French fashion California-based World Eco Tag Heuer, part of luxury goods brand Yves Saint Laurent Paul Energy said it plans to produce group LVMH, said on Friday its Deneve was hired last year to 250 megawatts daily by burning vice president for sales, Patrick work on special projects. “I think trash and by processing algae and Pruniaux, who had been with the he was probably head-hunted,” a salt and waste water into power. brand for seven years, was leaving Tag Heuer spokeswoman said of Iran will match the US investment. tomorrow to join Apple. It did not Pruniaux, adding a replacement A company spokesman said the say what his new job would be. had already been found. project, in the southwestern prov- Apple declined to comment. Analysts and industry execu- ince of Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, The iWatch will be the closest tives say the jury is still out on would create 600-700 jobs, 80 per- the US company has come to sell- whether smart watches will dis- cent of which would go to locals. ing a fashion accessory and marks rupt the luxury Swiss watch It is scheduled to start in its first foray into the personal industry. “I don’t believe that an September 2014 and is an early luxury goods market. iWatch will be a threat to luxury indication of the foreign business It is in a race against Samsung Swiss watches,” said Jon Cox, that may flow back to Iran if US, Electronics and Google to turn analyst at Kepler Cheuvreux in European and UN sanctions are computers into wearable fashion Zurich. “But where I do see some lifted. Iran is in the final phase and must-have items as smart- potential impact is at lower, for of negotiating with world powers phones, increasingly becoming example below $1,000, price points about a conclusive deal to resolve commoditised items, start loos- where there could be a temporary international concern about its ing their appeal. dislocation if there is super high nuclear programme. AFP Apple has plucked several demand for iWatches.” REUTERS

Japan is second largest car exporter to US

C ars and other vehicles ready for export on the docks at a port in Yokohama city in Japan yesterday. Japan is the second largest car exporter to the United States after Mexico. SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Argentina gets Call for capital markets union in EU set for debt Political support to boost market-based funding of economy; EC, ECB are key players talks by calling LONDON: The European Union a capital markets union may companies and infrastructure whether those in the European to fully emulate the United States US judge biased may seek to tighten its grip over also form a key strand of broad projects that would help drive Commission see it that way or as but find a “middle way” with a financial markets to help find reforms aimed at generating growth, said Graham Bishop, a bonanza for more regulation, I more equal balance between banks funds to boost economic growth, growth and jobs to be undertaken who advises the EU on financial don’t know.” and markets for funding. BUENOS AIRES: Argentina a move that could stoke anti-EU by the new European Commission. services. EU policymakers look enviously The ECB is also a key player accused a US judge of being sentiment in Britain, the EU’s The Commission declined to com- The Commission is looking across the Atlantic, where up to in the markets union debate as it biased in favour of hedge funds largest financial centre. ment and has made no statements at ways to improve liquidity in 70 percent of funding for the US tries to revive securitisation, or that have sued the South Bankers and policymakers say on the topic. German bankers corporate bond markets, boost economy is from markets, with the bundling of loans into bonds to American country for full capital markets union is seen as have said a top official mentioned private placements and securiti- the rest from banks — almost the raise cash for companies to invest. repayment of defaulted bonds, a logical step after the eurozone it privately to them, however, say- sations and encourage company exact opposite to Europe. The central bank said in an cementing the tough stance it completes banking union. ing that unlike the banking union, listings. “This is still a twinkle Less reliance on banks helped April report that becoming the has taken ahead of debt talks set From November the European capital markets union refers to but it needs to be watched,” said the US economy bounce back eurozone’s main banking supervi- for New York next week. Central Bank will be the single all 28 EU states. “It’s taking the Sharon Bowles, the former head of faster from the 2007-09 financial sor was a significant move towards A series of rulings by US supervisor for top lenders, raising single market to the next step,” a the European Parliament’s influ- crisis, while banks in Europe have common supervision in markets, District Court Judge Thomas questions about how fragmenta- European banker in Brussels said. ential economic affairs committee. cut lending to focus on building up where banks are key players. That Griesa leave Argentina just three tion in equity and bond markets So far, the term is just a catchy “To work it will need to be ena- capital buffers. statement raised regulatory eye- weeks to clinch a deal with the could also be reduced. title for multiple plans to secure bling not disabling, taking down An official at a leading EU insti- brows in Britain. funds before falling into another Talk in Brussels suggests more financing from markets for barriers not erecting them, but tution said Europe may not want REUTERS default, which would heap finan- cial stress on its already shrinking economy. The government of President Christina Fernandez denounces the funds as vultures bent on crip- Mexico moves closer pling Argentina, Latin America’s third largest economy, for the sake of profit. “A lot of officials in the United States say its judicial to new telecoms laws branch is independent,” Argentine cabinet chief Jorge Capitanich MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s the free-to-air TV market as well said. “But it is not independent of Senate gave its general approval as being the biggest player in the the vulture funds because its deci- to legislation needed to imple- pay TV market, if its cable and sions show clear partiality.” ment a reform of the phone and satellite business are combined. The legal fight stems from TV markets that seeks to rein Televisa was declared dominant Argentina’s 2002 default on about in telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim in broadcast TV, but not in the $100bn in bonds. The financial cri- and broadcaster Televisa. pay TV market. sis thrust millions of middle-class The Senate voted 80 to 37 to The so-called secondary legisla- Argentines into poverty. The econ- approve the bill in its general tion was supposed to be approved omy snapped back from 2003 to terms, but opposition senators months ago and clarify the scope 2008 before being weighed down by reserved dozens of articles for of the IFT’s new powers to pro- high inflation and heavy-handed further debate that was expected mote competition and regulate trade and currency controls. to stretch into the night. the phone, TV and data markets. More than 92 percent of the Lawmakers from the rul- Critics of the proposed legis- country’s investors agreed to ing Institutional Revolutionary lation said lawmakers aligned receive less than 30 cents on the Party (PRI) appeared to have with Televisa are trying to make dollar in bond restructurings car- enough votes with their allies to dominance dependent on a firm’s ried out in 2005 and 2010. overcome objections from opposi- market share in the whole of the A group of funds rebuffed those Jeffrey Singer (left), CEO of DIFC Authority and Khalid Al Subeai, Acting CEO of Barwa Bank , announcing the tion senators. Once through the telecoms or broadcasting sector terms after buying bonds at deep opening of the bank. Senate, the bill will pass to the rather than particular services, discounts and sued in US federal lower house for final approval such as pay TV. court demanding 100 cents on the next week. Senator Javier Corral, from dollar. They won a judgment from Barwa Bank opens office in Dubai The legislation fleshes out a the conservative National Action Griesa in 2012 for $1.3bn, and constitutional reform that was Party (PAN) said the law would Argentina’s appeals have failed. proposed by President Enrique allow Televisa to continue to The government is sending a DOHA: Barwa Bank yester- next step as we seek to deepen the wider region,” said Jeffrey Pena Nieto and approved by gain market share in the pay TV team to New York tomorrow to day announced the opening of a existing relationships and enhance Singer, CEO of DIFC Authority. Congress last year. The law estab- market without facing regula- set conditions for talks by way of Representative Office in Dubai the level of service we can pro- Barwa Bank is well established lished a new regulator, the Federal tion. “The only real dilemma is a court-appointed mediator aimed International Financial Centre vide,” said Keith Bradley, Group to play a major role in the develop- Institute of Telecommunications if Televisa will be subjected, once at settling the case. If the negotia- (DIFC). “This is the first time Chief Operating Officer and GM ment of the banking and financial (IFT). In March, the IFT declared and for all, to competition,” he tions fail, Argentina would enter Barwa Bank has opened an office International at Barwa Bank. services sector in Qatar in the years Carlos Slim’s America Movil and said. default, extending its 12-year overseas and is testament to “We are delighted to wel- to come, enjoying strong relations broadcaster Televisa dominant Televisa has been accused by absence from international capi- our commitment to developing come Barwa Bank to DIFC. with major corporates, an increas- on the basis of their market critics of using its media machine tal markets. the Shariah-compliant financial In line with the vision of H H ingly growing SME portfolio and share, subjecting them to tougher to help Pena Nieto win the presi- Lack of foreign bond financ- market outside as well as within Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid one of the fastest growing retail regulation. dency, although it has denied the ing has pressured central bank Qatar,” said Khalid Al Subeai, Al Maktoum, Dubai is well- banking activities in the country. America Movil controls about accusations. reserves to eight-year lows of Acting CEO at Barwa Bank. positioned to become a hub for This momentum is expected to 70 percent of Mexico’s mobile Both America Movil and $29.5bn and stymied investment “Barwa Bank has been provid- Islamic finance, and we look for- increase in 2014, as it continues to market and 80 percent of the Televisa have used legal maneu- in roads and ports needed to ing facilities to public and private ward to supporting the growth of build up activities, and cement its fixed-line business. vers to beat back efforts to regu- keep shipments of soybeans and sector companies in the UAE businesses such as Barwa Bank, position as a major Shari’ah com- Televisa, the world’s biggest late them in the past, though the corn flowing from Argentina, the for three years now. Opening a who are looking to expand their pliant banking group in Qatar and provider of Spanish-language reform aims to curb their ability world’s No. 3 exporter of the two Representative Office is a logical Shari’ah compliant offering across the region. THE PENINSULA content, has over 60 percent of to do so. REUTERS crops. REUTERS

Deflation risk South African strike hits GM, business as usual at Toyota has been JOHANNESBURG/CAPE further blow to an economy dam- Port Elizabeth showed the esca- than $28m a day in lost output. Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp said TOWN: General Motors sus- aged by a five-month walkout in lating impact of the walkout, after SEIFSA said it offered wage it was “business as usual” despite pended production at its main the platinum industry that only NUMSA rejected an increased increases of up to 10 percent late the strike. “We still have full pro- South African plant after a ended last week. wage offer from the Steel and on Thursday, revised from 8 per- duction capacity,” spokeswoman avoided: ECB strike hit parts supplies, the About 2,000 workers affili- Engineering Industry Federation cent. The union wants hikes of 12 Mary Willemse said. US automaker said on Friday, ated with the National Union of of Southern Africa (SEIFSA). to 15 percent, more than double The local unit of Mercedes AIX-EN-PROVENCE: becoming the latest victim Mineworkers went on strike at “The plant has been shut since the inflation rate. Benz said it did not expect an European Central Bank (ECB) of relentless labour unrest Impala Platinum’s IMPJ.J Marula yesterday because of the parts Credit ratings agency Moody’s immediate impact. policymaker Christian Noyer in Africa’s most advanced mine on Friday demanding higher supplier issues,” spokeswoman said this week the labour unrest Police on Thursday said offic- said yesterday it seemed that economy. wages, in apparent response to Denise van Huyssteen said. would consign South Africa to ers had fired rubber bullets to the risk of deflation had been Violence erupted on some picket the deal secured by rival union NUMSA’s more than 200,000 a third consecutive year of sub- disperse workers blocking the avoided in euro currency zone, lines, as the wage strike by the AMCU last week. members went on strike on par growth and posed risks for entrance to the construction site even if inflation remained too National Union of Metalworkers GM’s suspension of output at Tuesday, a move employers say its rating. Some automakers said of state power utility Eskom’s low. of South Africa (NUMSA) dealt a its plant in the coastal city of will cost the economy more they had not yet been affected. Medupi power station. REUTERS The eurozone inflation rate held at a rate of 0.5 percent last month, well below the European Primark opens in Berlin Central Bank’s target of close to, but below, 2 percent and within what European Central Bank Dubai plans to build President Mario Draghi has called the “danger zone”. Noyer said it was a paradox that inflation remained weak world’s biggest mall despite very accommodative mon- etary polices, adding: “Even if the DUBAI: Dubai is launching a gradual growth of family tour- risk of deflation seems to have project to build an entertain- ism in Dubai,” said Mohammed been avoided, we have ... price ment and hotel district that Abdullah al-Gergawi, chairman increases that are too low.” will include the world’s largest of Dubai Holding, which is Sheikh Draghi had said on Thursday shopping mall, the emirate’s Mohammed’s personal invest- that a raft of policy measures ruler, H H Sheikh Mohammed ment vehicle and will develop the introduced last month would help bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said project. lift inflation and support bank yesterday. The latest version of the plans lending but the European Central Plans for the “Mall of the includes construction of an 8 mil- Bank stood ready to create money World” project were originally lion square foot mall, connected to if required. revealed 18 months ago, helping a theme park, theatres, medical The European Central Bank to trigger a strong rally in Dubai’s tourism facilities and 100 hotels policymaker, who was speaking real estate and stock markets. and serviced apartment buildings at an economic conference in The announcement appeared with 20,000 rooms. the southern France city of Aix- to indicate that substantial work The complex would be able to en-Provence, also said questions on the project would now begin, host 180 million visitors annually. remained on growth in China. though the statement did not say Seven kilometres of prom- US “dynamism” had so far not when construction would be com- enades connecting the facilities been as high as expected, while pleted, how much it would cost or would be opened to the air during A Primark staff member at a store of clothing retailer Primark before its opening in Berlin. Thousands of bargain Europe “struggles to take off,” how it would be financed. the winter but covered and air- hunters flocked to a new Primark store in the heart of Berlin on Thursday despite a protest by campaigners ECB policymaker said. “The project will be built in conditioned during the hot Gulf demanding the Irish chain improve conditions in the factories that produce its budget tops and jeans. REUTERS phases in alignment with the summer. REUTERS SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 29

Why we need to hike gas George Osborne’s pension tax and then get rid of it BY EMILY BADGER reform is really a bad deal

he federal Highway Trust Fund, which helps pay for BY JOHN MCTERNAN are notoriously complex, but the growing Finally, Osborne’s changes have delivered transportation projects all over the country — nonhigh- problems with Osborne’s changes are easily a huge blow against equality. For years cam- ways included — now looks as if it will run out of money eorge Osborne has a fatal sketched. paigners fought for equal annuities for men Tin August. That timeline sets up another last-minute, flaw. He’s too clever by half. First, contrary to Steve Webb’s flippancy and women. high-stakes confrontation in Washington over how to replenish Remember the “pasty tax” about Lamborghinis we know that the big- This has been achieved. Previously women an essential programme that supports construction jobs, local that became the emblem of his gest risk in retirement is over-saving not got a lower income from the same pension economies and basic repairs. omnishambles budget? That has over-consumption. pot – the financial services industry pun- We’ve been careening toward this moment since about 1993, Gfaded from memory. Not so the “bedroom Most pensioners continue to save after ished them for greater life expectancy. when Congress last raised the gas tax that provides the fund’s tax”. Remember how popular that was retirement, though there is little economic At a stroke this hard-earned gain has revenue. For a variety of reasons, though — Congress’ inaction is with Tory backbenchers when announced? sense in that. If they cash out their pen- been erased. The end of the current annu- a big one — today’s 18.4 cent per gallon tax does a terrible job of It now dogs them. But surely Osborne has sion pots, as Osborne expects, very many ity market is the end of that. covering our transportation needs. Now the fund needs a short- one unalloyed triumph from his four budgets pensioners will put their money into a basic Women are already disadvantaged hugely term patch, a sustainable solution for the next several years and – pension reform. interest-bearing account which gives them in the current system with half as many then probably a radically different approach to funding. His announcement of the abolition of the a very poor return. women as men being auto-enrolled into Nine-term Rep Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore, who sits on both the requirement to turn your personal pen- In a cruel twist, retirees will lose even if pensions. House budget and ways and means committees, has been advo- sion pot into an annuity at age 65 gained they try to do the right thing. In his budget For many it will be the new flat-rate state cating for all three. He introduced a bill in December to raise near-universal acclaim. A handful of critics speech, the chancellor promised they would pension that they will rely on in retirement. the gas tax by 15 cents (that’s less than a plan currently on the pointed out that pension reforms rely on get pensions “advice”. This is the far-from-princely sum of £7,700 table). But his long-term vision — shared by many transportation consensus, evidence and consultation. This has been weakened to “guidance” a year. wonks — looks dramatically different: “I am working very hard And then everything fell silent. The chan- but will still cost money. Where will that Not only is that as nugatory as it looks, for Oregon, which gave you the first gas tax, to pioneer getting cellor probably thought that he had won the come from? It will be charged to their pen- it is much less than people expect to live on rid of it,” he told me. argument. sion pots and eat into their already modest in retirement. I sat down with him recently to talk about why people hate the But, as in the classic westerns, he should savings. And that, remember, is what pensioners gas tax so much, what Congress is likely to do about it this sum- have been worrying that it was “quiet, too Poorer twice over. But the Treasury will will live on for more than 20 years – nearer mer and how we might fund transportation in entirely new ways quiet”. be fine – the budget papers anticipate bil- 30 if they are women. in the future. Below is an edited transcription of our conversation. There is a storm brewing. At a recent lions of extra revenue as retirees take cash In the end, that is what the pensions As you read it, be sure to picture Blumenauer in a bow tie. event held by the Fabian Society and not an annuity. policy should be all about. Not freedom Q) Why has the gas tax been such a uniquely difficult thing to Just Retirement, pensions experts from Second, those pensioners who want a safe and choice but a guaranteed income in deal with? Congress has tackled any number of big problems in academia, politics, the industry and NGOs place for their savings to grow and return retirement that provides dignity and the last 21 years. But repeatedly, this has not been one of them. all expressed concerns – at times anger – an income to them will be drawn to “buy independence. Why is that? that the Osborne changes are going to lead to let”. We will get back there – either quickly if A) For the first 80 or so years of the fund, the receipts increased to poorer pensioners, more pressure on the This will create more demand and drive politicians come to their senses, or slowly because the American population grew, and we were driving more housing market, a bad deal for women and house prices and rents higher – which will, as the painful and unequal consequences of and more and more and more. It started running into trouble a windfall for Treasury. perversely, reinforce the choice of property Osborne’s changes are felt. in the last 20 years for two reasons: One is that gasoline is the Not such a triumph after all. Pensions as a savings vehicle. THE GUARDIAN only product that we price in real time. The typical American sees the price of gasoline about five to 20 times a day, if they pay attention at all. Q) That implies that the gas tax no longer functions as what it used to — as a user fee. We have to make a transition into something that is use-based. The gas tax used to be a very good approximation for road use. And that relationship between road use and the gas tax has been shattered. Q) Last December, you introduced a bill modelled off a Simpson- Bowles recommendation that would increase the gas tax 15 cents, over three years, and then index it to inflation. But part of your proposal included expanding a pilot programme Oregon has been running for the last decade to replace the gas tax altogether with a “vehicle miles travelled” tax that functions much more like a user fee — a tax motorists would pay based on how many miles they actually drive, not how much gas they consume. Can you explain how Oregon’s pilot works? A) We started in Oregon with a monitoring process. People are interested, it’s technically possible, and it changes driving behav- iour. When people were aware that they were being charged per mile — and they were aware of the miles that they drove — they drove less. But one of the elements that came out of the first pilot study was that people were a little uncomfortable with monitoring where they went. It’s ironic that people are self-conscious about that, because with a smartphone, The Man knows where they are. When people were given those choices, it really smoothed things out, and it let them tailor it to what they wanted. What we’ve proposed is that this pilot project be extended to every state on a voluntary basis. According to GM and Verizon, the technology is there to make this transition. It could be done in months. They’re ready to go. The public’s not yet ready to go. So we need to have a fuel tax increase to be able to have a robust six-year re-authorisation, and we need another year or two or three of experimenting, raising the comfort level, giving people choices. The other thing that is so powerful about the VMT technology is that we’ll be able to help drivers do a lot more than just conven- iently pay for their road use. The same technological platform will enable people to get real-time traffic information. The seamless payment that’s debited to an account to pay for road use could also be used to pay for a transit ticket, or an Amtrak ticket, or an application they can use to pay for parking. WP-BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Stealth bombs? Killer plagues? Don’t panic, just follow the money

BY SIMON JENKINS European presidency debacle with – from “Xmas shopping bomb a large sum of money then global billion pounds splurged on stock- a 1918-scale flu catastrophe. antibiotics. Banging the drum for threat” to “Olympics missile warming or a storm, a bomb or a piles of Tamiflu and Relenza, there Two years ago GSK, which ow it is planes fall- Britain, he trumped Jean-Claude menace” – we can see the whites pandemic “may … might … could was widespread scepticism over made some $3.5bn during the ing from the sky. On Juncker with superbugs posing of their eyes. Terrorism is the kill perhaps, possibly millions”. both the pandemic itself and the pandemics, was fined £1.9bn for Tuesday it was “super- “a very serious threat. He spoke bread and butter of the post- No one deploys this construc- efficacy of the drugs. Yet the two bribing doctors and misselling Nbugs threaten return to of “tens of thousands dying”, of cold war army, police, the intel- tion to its own gain so freely as leading companies with most to child medicines. Had it been jour- dark ages”. At the weekend it was “unbelievable scenarios” and of ligence services and their friends big science, be it through profes- gain, Roche and GlaxoSmithKline, nalists bribing policemen, there internet thought-control menace. a time when “minor scratches in the security industry. I am sional bodies, research institutes, refused to release trial material to would have been pandemonium. Last week we had killer fruit could become fatal if nothing is told that airlines and their pas- quangos or pharmaceutical com- monitors from the science NGO, Not a week passes without juice. The edifice of fear knows done” – that is, done by him. He sengers are getting seriously fed panies. They profess to be models Cochrane Collaboration. Only last some new lunacy from food sci- no limits, its apparatchiks know said Britain had saved “billions of up with idiot-scanning queues. of intellectual rectitude, but we all year was full disclosure achieved, ence. Fruit is good or bad, choles- no shame. lives round the world” by invent- They need putting in their place. have to make a living. and Cochrane’s scepticism proved terol is good or bad, fats are good Had the Guardian leaked yes- ing penicillin, and would do so Hence the “new terror threat to After following the pandemic wholly justified. or bad. In every case “science” is terday’s story from the US about again.” He appointed a committee. air travel”. If the threat really is sagas of recent years I remain When, in 2010, the Council cited in evidence. This week in the a “stealth bomb alert” at world How to respond to this daily newly detected, the last thing to amazed at the lack of any post- of Europe held an emergency Times, Dr Michael Mosley con- airports, it would have been output from the fear factory? do is reveal it. mortem, any “truth and reconcili- session on the World Health cluded his clean bill of health for accused of traitorously warning At the drop of a headline, prime Cameron’s deployment of a ation” by big science to so many Organisation’s 2009 “pandemic” saturated fats by remarking “it is terrorists that the authorities ministers disappear into “Cobra health scare is more dangerous. false, and immensely costly, pre- declaration – crucial to releasing time to apologise to my family for were on to their new weapons. bunkers”, to return telling of Many people still believe in doc- dictions. In 2001 scientists warned vast sums to drugs companies – all the useless advice I have been Unnamed officials were assert- blood-curdling threats. These are tors and scientists, and associate of “up to 136,000 deaths” from its health committee chairman, giving them”. ing “a global threat environment” always backed by “hard evidence” them with reason and probability, mad cow disease. They did not Wolfgang Wodag, declared the Every profession has its bad related to plastic explosives hid- from the government’s two most not emotion and alarmism. When occur. In 2005, the chief medical pandemic “one of the great medi- apples, but most try to discipline den in body cavities and tested in trusty allies, the security-indus- they say antibiotic resistance is officer, Liam Donaldson, warned cal scandals of the century”. them. The Royal Society pur- Syria. Details of the cells respon- trial complex and big science and/ growing, I am inclined to believe that bird flu “could lead” to Journalists investigating the ports to oversee British science, sible were traced by the BBC to or big pharma. them, and agree we should keep 50,000, even 750,000 deaths. Bird WHO and national drug regimes but where is it when its mem- the right-wing American Cato There is no better maxim in medical research abreast of the flu is estimated to have infected found stockpiling decisions in bers clearly cross the boundary Institute and David Cameron’s politics than that of Watergate’s risk. just 550 people worldwide. both Britain and American were between dispassionate research office confirmed “there are ter- Deep Throat, offered in the dark Yet what is the risk? Who In 2009 an unrepentant corrupted by drug company and commercial interest? The ror organisations that seek to do of a Washington car park. “Follow knows, when they use emotive Donaldson predicted 65,000 more involvement. truth is that the one disease to the UK, its citizens and its allies the money: just follow the money.” words such as threat, danger, deaths from swine flu. At the Medical writer Helen Epstein which there is no known antidote harm”. I am sure – but why tell Whenever I see a scare story, read menace, thousands dead. These height of this (unjustified) scare, reported that the British govern- is panic. It is a disease that politi- us now? a letter to the press or hear an are used in conjunction with what ministers famously declared: ment adviser, Sir Roy Anderson, cians and professionals (including A day earlier Cameron was interview, I crave to know where is virtually a new grammatical “We are not telling women not received £116,000 a year from journalists) have a vested interest double-barrelling. He held a is the money. I am rarely told. tense, the “future conditional hor- to conceive” but to “plan their GSK while declaring that only in propagating. press conference to smother his In the case of security scares rific”. Unless the subject is given pregnancy carefully”. With half a Tamiflu and Relenza would avert THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 30 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GECM & TENDERS

GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS MAP (GECM) Every Sunday German unemployment China shares slip despite rate down to 6.5 percent property gains, Hong Kong flat BERLIN: Germany’s unemployment BEIJING: China shares slipped US jobs report: 288,000 French debt reaches 93.6pc rate edged downward to 6.5 from two-week highs early Friday Japan shares fall from five- of GDP in first quarter percent in June but remained as investors took profit on recent month high before US jobs positions added steady when adjusted for seasonal outperformers, though a stronger TOKYO: Japanese shares fell, WASHINGTON: US employers added PARIS: France’s public debt rose factors, according to official property sector helped limited losses. with the Topix index dropping jobs at a robust clip in June and 45.5 billion euros ($61.0bn) in figures released Tuesday. About At midday, the Hang Seng Index was from yesterday’s five-month high, the unemployment rate fell, signs the first quarter of 2014 bringing 31,900 fewer people were without flat at 23,535.84 points. The China ahead of official data today on US of labour-market strength as the the country’s total public debt work compared with May, when Enterprises Index of the top Chinese payrolls. Toyota Motor Corp., the economic recovery heads into its to 93.6pc of economic output, the unemployment rate was 6.6 listings in Hong Kong rose 0.4 percent world’s biggest carmaker, lost 0.7 sixth year. Nonfarm employment statistics agency Insee said on percent, the Federal Labor Office said. Overall, there were 2.83 and might have its fourth straight percent as exporters retreated. advanced at a seasonally adjusted Monday. million jobless people in June. daily gain. 288,000 last month, the Labor Department said Thursday. The combined gains for the prior two months were revised up 29,000. April’s 304,000 increase was the India’s high fiscal deficit, inflation strongest since January 2012. main challenges: Arun Jaitley NEW DELHI: High fiscal deficit and South Africa’s rand largely flat inflation are major challenges for India, in thin trade, strikes a concern Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s Tuesday. He, however, said improving Brazil’s May industry output rand was slightly weaker against current account deficit was the only falls for third straight month the dollar on Friday as ongoing sliver lining for the economy. BRASILIA: Brazil’s industrial strikes dented investor appetite for India’s fiscal deficit in the first two production in May dropped local assets, although losses were months of the 2014/15 financial year for the third straight month, capped by a holiday in the United hit 2,408.37 billion rupees ($40.05 bln), Australia’s trade deficit blew States. The rand treaded a narrow as the government strives to or 45.6 per cent of the full-year target, out to $1.9 billion in May sustain output amid above- four-cent band during the session latest government data showed. target inflation and declining and was just 0.14 percent softer at SYDNEY: The biggest deficit since January 2013 -- to continue a fairly confidence. Production fell 10.7640 compared with Thursday’s ordinary quarter for trade. The 0.6 percent from the previous close. result missed expectations for a month after contracting a modest deficit of $200 million. revised 0.5 percent in April, the national statistics agency said today in Rio de Janeiro.

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NEW YORK: Clayton Kershaw provided another dominant performance, holding Colorado to two singles in eight innings as LA Dodgers claimed a 9-0 stars in Lord’s bicentenary victory. Kershaw extended his career- high scoreless streak to 36 Australia’s batsman hits an unbeaten 181 as MCC beat Rest of the World innings, the third longest in Los Angeles history, but well behind Orel Hershiser (59 innings in LONDON: Australia’s Aaron public for their support but said Afridi representing Rest of the 1988) and Don Drysdale (58 in Finch seized his chance to shine it had been tough going out in the was dismissed by compatriot 1968). among some of cricket’s great- middle. Ajmal for nought. The spinner Kershaw (10-2) matched the est players with a commanding “Forty-four runs, a little more was the most successful bowler Rockies’ output with two singles innings of 181 not out as MCC than how old I am,” the 41-year- for MCC as he took a tally of four and had one RBI. He walked one beat the Rest of the World in old Tendulkar said. wickets after conceding 45 runs with eight strikeouts as he low- the Lord’s bicentenary match “It shows on me, doesn’t it? I from his ten overs. AFP ered his ERA to 1.85. yesterday. have been enjoying my retire- Yasiel Puig and Scott Van Slyke Set 294 to win a one-day match ment, doing the things I didn’t Scoreboard homered for the Los Angeles marking the 200th anniversary get to do for 24 years.” offense. of the ‘home of cricket’, MCC Tendulkar fell when he bot- REST OF THE WORLD XI Mike Trout hit a solo home run finished on 296 for three with 25 tom edged an intended cut off A C Gilchrist st Read b Saeed Ajmal ...... 29 in the bottom of the ninth inning balls to spare against an equally Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah V Sehwag b Lee ...... 22 to give the Los Angeles Angels a star-studded Rest of the World Muralitharan, Test cricket’s most Tamim Iqbal lbw Saeed Ajmal ...... 1 victory over the Houston Astros. team. successful bowler. K P Pietersen st Read b Saeed Ajmal ...... 10 The Angels (49-36) used their Finch, already in England play- Left-hander Lara also showed Y Singh c (sub-Renshaw) b Tendulkar .... 132 third win in four games to stay ing for Yorkshire, was involved his enduring class with a cracking Shahid Afridi b Saeed Ajmal ...... 0 within 3 1/2 games of the first- in partnerships with three of the MCC’s captain Sachin Tendulkar (fourth left) and Rest of the World’s drive behind point off West Indies P D Collingwood c Dravid b Lee ...... 40 place Oakland Athletics in the best batsmen cricket has known captain Shane Warne (fourth right) line up with team-mates for pictures paceman Tino Best and a boom- P M Siddle (not out)...... 33 American League’s Western to cap a memorable Lord’s debut before a match to celebrate 200 years of Lord’s at Lord’s Cricket Ground ing drive off medium-pacer Paul S K Warne (not out) ...... 3 Division while extending the for the 27-year-old Victoria Collingwood. Astros’ losing streak to five in London yesterday. Extras (B-4, LB-2, W-16, NB-1) ...... 23 right-hander. But Durham captain and Total (for 7 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 293 games. He put on 107 for the first former England all-rounder Did not bat: T L Best, M Muralitharan. Centre fielder Trout, the leadoff wicket with Indian hero Sachin and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (37 “We were.” As for Finch, his Collingwood proved an unlikely Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-54, 3-59, 4-68, hitter in the bottom of the ninth, Tendulkar, cricket’s leading run- not out) respectively. fellow Victorian, Warne said: bowling hero with two wickets 5-68, 6-199, 7-283. propelled an 0-2 pitch from left- scorer in both Tests and one-day Tendulkar said it would not “He’s a fantastic player, I would in two balls as Lara was caught Bowling: B Lee 10-0-55-2 (1nb, 3w); Umar hander Tony Sipp (1-1) over the internationals. be long before Finch, who made love to see him in Australian col- behind and India star Rahul Gul 2-0-16-0; S W Tait 10-0-58-0 (5w); left-field fence for his 20th home REUTERS Finch then added 67 and 122 a Twenty20 world-record 156 ours in Test matches.” Dravid bowled off the inside edge Saeed Ajmal 10-0-45-4 (1w); D L Vettori 10- run of the season. with two contrasting West Indies against England at Southampton Earlier, Yuvraj Singh’s blis- for a golden duck. 0-47-0 (2w); A J Finch 4-0-33-0 (1w); S R left-handers in Brian Lara (23) last year, made his Test debut. tering 132 off 134 balls took the Chanderpaul survived the hat- Tendulkar 4-0-33-1. Baseball Results “It was a special innings, I was Rest of the World to 293 for seven trick ball. MARYLEBONE CRICKET CRICKET CLUB Chicago Cubs 7 Washington 2 telling him ‘it was a joy to watch after they had collapsed to 68 for Opening batsman Finch was A J Finch (not out) ...... 181 you play’,” Tendulkar said. five following four cheap wickets quickly into his stride with pulled S R Tendulkar b Muralitharan ...... 44 NY Yankees 6 Minnesota 5 “I’m sure we’ll see him in the -- Adam Gilchrist, Tamim Iqbal, boundaries off Best and Siddle. B C Lara c Gilchrist b Collingwood ...... 23 Oakland 1 Toronto 0 long form of the game as well.” Kevin Pietersen and Shahid He also hammered leg-spinner R Dravid b Collingwood ...... 0 Pittsburgh 8 Philadelphia 2 However, one sadness for a Afridi -- for Pakistan off-spinner Afridi for six over deep square leg S Chanderpaul (not out) ...... 37 San Diego 2 San Francisco 0 capacity crowd was that Rest of Saeed Ajmal. and lofted Yuvraj’s left-arm spin Extras (LB-4, W-6, NB-1) ...... 11 Kansas City 7 Cleveland 1 the World captain Shane Warne Tendulkar, who only retired in high over the long-on boundary. Total (for 3 wkts in 45.5 overs) ...... 296 Tampa Bay 6 Detroit 3 was unable to bowl after his first November, gave his adoring fans A single off Collingwood saw Did not bat: B Lee, C M W Read, Saeed Aj- ball batting saw the leg-spin leg- in a capacity Lord’s crowd plenty the 27-year-old Finch to a 96-ball mal, S W Tait, Umar Gul, D L Vettori. Chicago White Sox 7 Seattle 1 end suffer a broken right hand to remember him by with the century. Fall of wickets: 1-107, 2-174, 3-174. Cincinnati 4 Milwaukee 2 when he was struck by an acci- pick of his seven fours a straight He eventually ended the match Bowling: P M Siddle 8-2-45-0; T L Best 8-0- NY Mets 6 Texas 5 dental beamer from fast bowler drive down the ground off current with a six off Yuvraj. 63-0 (5w); P D Collingwood 7-0-25-2; M St Louis 3 Miami 2 Brett Lee. Australia fast bowler Peter Siddle. In all, Finch faced 145 balls Legendary batsmen Sachin Muralitharan 10-0-55-1 (1nb, 1w); Shahid Atlanta 5 Arizona 2 Asked if he and his former ‘The Little Master’, cheered to including 23 fours and six sixes Tendulkar (left) and Brian Lara at Afridi 5-1-29-0; Yuvraj Singh 5.5-0-46-0; K P LA Dodgers 9 Colorado 0 the presentation after the game. Australia team-mate were still the echo throughout the match in his dazzling knock for the win- Pietersen 2-0-29-0. friends, Warne jokingly said: by his adoring fans, thanked the ning team. Pakistan star, Shahid LA Angels 7 Houston 6

Tour de France 1st Stage Result Result of the first stage of the Tour de France, the 190.5km ride from Leeds to Harrogate, yesterday. Agony for Cavendish, joy for 1. Marcel Kittel (GER/GIA) 4hr 44min 07sec, 2. Peter Sagan (SVK/ CAN) same time, 3. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU/GRM), s.t., 4. Bryan Coquard (FRA/EUC), 5. Michael Rogers (AUS/TIN), 6. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY), 7. Alexander Kristoff (NOR/KAT), 8. Kittel as Tour de France begins Sep Vanmarcke (BEL/BKN), 9. Jose Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV), 10. Michael Albasini (SWI/ORI), 11. Fabian Cancellara (SWI/TRE), 12. Paul Voss (GER/APP), 13. Greg Van Avermaet (BEL/BMC), 14. HARROGATE, ENGLAND: The Manx Missile, was per- three minutes 37 seconds after Navardauskas. Defending cham- Martin Elmiger (SWI/IAM), 15. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/ALM), 16. Mark Cavendish was supposed fectly placed to seize the yellow Kittel, he was whisked straight pion Chris Froome was sixth. Simon Clarke (AUS/ORI), 17. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY), 18. Andre to blast to victory on the first jersey for the first time in his to the team bus and later taken Kittel was presented with the Greipel (GER/LTB), 19. Koen de Kort (NED/GIA), 20. Jurgen Van den stage of the Tour de France in illustrious career after his Omega to hospital for scans. race leader’s yellow jersey by the Broeck (BEL/LTB) all same time ; 21. Bauke Mollema (NED/BKN) his mum’s home town but a hor- Pharma-Quick Step team led The Tour’s medical service Duchess of Cambridge who also s.t., 22. Alberto Contador (ESP/TIN), 23. Tiago Machado (POR/APP), ror crash put him in hospital him out along Harrogate’s sunlit described the injury as a right cut the tape at the ceremonial 24. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV, 25. Janier Acavedo (COL/GRM), and left German Marcel Kittel Parliament Street. shoulder trauma and a “disloca- start at the 18th Century. 26. Leopold König (CZE/APP), 27. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/IAM), 28. celebrating yesterday. With huge crowds cheering him tion between the collarbone and “It was so hard,” said the Giant Richie Porte (AUS/SKY), 29. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/AST), The 29-year-old Briton on, he tangled with Australia’s the acromion”. Shimano rider. 30. Anthony Delaplace (FRA/BSE), 31. Rui Costa (POR/LAM), 32. slammed into the tarmac within Simon Gerrans and the two rid- Kittel, who also won the “The hill in the last kilome- Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC), 33. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/TRE), sight of the finish and, although ers crashed spectacularly to the first stage last year as well as tre made it very difficult to win. 34. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST), 35. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ he limped over the line, a medi- ground - leaving Cavendish winc- three others, avoided the may- There were so many people that ALM), 36. Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM), 37. Armindo Fonseca (FRA/ cal bulletin said he dislocated his ing in pain and clutching his right hem to snatch victory, easily we rode the finale like in a tun- BSE), 38. Tanel Kangert (EST/AST), 39. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/ right shoulder, putting his further shoulder. outsprinting Slovakian Peter nel with a terrible noise,” added BKN), 40. Bram Tankink (NED/BKN) all same time participation in the race in doubt. After finally crossing the line Sagan and Lithuanian Ramunas Kittel. REUTERS

Langdon fourth, AlBalooshi Al Attiyah congratulates Glas, ninth in Norwalk qualifying

NORWALK, Ohio: The Anabi cars side-by-side for first evening of qualifying in the second round, Langdon sees stronger Asia-Europe bond Norwalk, Ohio was a story and AlBalooshi both launched mixed fortunes for the Qatar brilliantly. DOHA: The Qatar Motor of Krakow. “Asia is the second Al Anabi Racing Top Fuel team But as has often been the case and Motorcycle Federation’s largest FIM body after Europe. as Shawn Langdon stood fourth recently, that’s when the trouble (QMMF) President, Nasser bin More than 40 countries make up and Khalid AlBalooshi ended began. Khalifa Al Attiyah has congrat- the European FIM. There are 25 on ninth position in the stage at At nearly the same spot, both ulated Wolfgang Glas after the member countries in FIM Asia. the 8th annual Summit Racing cars went into tire shake because German was elected President We know there are so many areas Equipment NHRA Nationals. they were not set up aggressively A photo of of European Motorcycling we can work together to take The ongoing event is the 13th enough, and the tires were una- Germany’s Union (FIM Europe) yesterday. bike racing forward,” Al Attiyah of 24 events that make up the ble to stay connected to the race Wolfgang Glas Al Attiyah attended the FIM added. United States’ 2014 NHRA Mello track causing the cars to shake taken ahead Europe Congress that took place “We supported Mr Wolfgang Yello Drag Racing Series season. violently. of FIM Europe in the Polish city of Krakow. Glas as he is our friend. We know Qualifying resumed yesterday Both drivers aborted the runs Congress that The FIM meetings as well as he is a motor sport fan and has with two more night attempts fol- and coasted to the finish line. concluded in the General Assembly was held been involved with the sport for lowed by eliminations today. Langdon is fourth, and at the Sheraton Krakow Hotel. many years. He helped us with Langdon made a dazzling pass AlBalooshi is ninth at the mid- Krakow, Poland Al Attiyah, who is also a Vice our motocross set-up at Losail in the first round of qualifying way point of qualifying. yesterday. Glas President at FIM, the world gov- International Circuit,” he noted. with a clean 3.809-second run at “The Al Anabi team opened has been elected erning body in bike racing, said In March last year, QMMF nearly 323 mph and was second up with a great lap which really as the President he was looking forward to fruit- welcomed the motocross fam- after the first round. showed good promise because of of FIM Europe ful collaboration between Europe ily for the first time at a spe- AlBalooshi also made a strong everything we changed on the car during the and Asian continents. cially designed dirt track built opening run in his gold Al Anabi coming into this weekend,” said congress. “I had a series of meetings in a record time. “During one of dragster, and his 3.845-second Langdon after the first qualify- with top FIM officials including my meetings in Krakow, I also effort at almost 317 mph was sixth ing stage. Mr Wolfgang Glas at this week’s met Polish motor sport federa- quickest of the first round. “We made a good run in the European Congress. We look tion president Andreaj Witkoski. With the strong opening runs, first round, but it shook the forward to holding more discus- Our discussions centered around the Qatar Al Anabi Racing cars tires in the second,” AlBalooshi sions in future,” Al Attiyah said taking bike racing forward,” Al were paired together for the night said while expressing his views. over phone from the Polish city Attiyah said. THE PENINSULA run in the second-to-last pair. “Everybody tried his hardest,” he With the silver and gold Al added. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 32 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Kvitova makes short work of Bouchard for Wimbledon title Dominant Czech crushes Canadian 6-3, 6-0 in shortest women’s final since 1983

LONDON: Petra Kvitova stormed to her second Who is Petra Wimbledon title in the short- est women’s final since 1983 as Kvitova the Czech sixth seed crushed Born: March 8, 1990 in Bilovec, Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, Czech Republic. 6-0 yesterday. Kvitova, who first won GROWING UP Wimbledon in 2011, took just 55 #Introduced to tennis by her minutes to end her three-year father, Jiri. wait for a second Grand Slam #Admired nine-times crown, leaving shell-shocked Wimbledon champion Martina world number 13 Bouchard help- Navratilova growing up and less to repel a brutal barrage of 28 would watch videos of her play- winners and four aces on Centre ing at the All England Club. Court. EARLY CAREER Playing in her first Grand Slam #After turning professional in final since her maiden triumph 2006, Kvitova won four ITF sin- at Wimbledon, the 24-year-old gles titles a year later and her Kvitova produced a brilliant dis- ranking rose from 773 to 157 in play of power-hitting to secure Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard serves to Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova the world. the 12th career title. during their women’s singles final match at the All England Tennis Club #Achieved direct entry into her Fittingly, Kvitova’s breathtak- first grand slam event at the ing performance came in front in Wimbledon yesterday. French Open in 2008, reaching of her childhood hero Martina the last 16 and finishing the year Navratilova, whose 54-minute win after Princess Eugenie by her her sixth Grand Slam tourna- ranked 44 in the world. against Andrea Jaeger 31 years royalty-obsessed mother, has ment, was wilting under the ago was the last Wimbledon final been widely compared to Maria relentless barrage and the Czech, #Won her first WTA title at to take less time than this ruth- Sharapova and this was supposed hitting with an unstoppable com- Hobart in 2009. less demolition. to be her coronation as the queen bination of aggression and accu- WIMBLEDON “I had great tactics from my of Wimbledon. racy, broke again for a 5-2 lead. #Reached her first grand slam coach, he always knows how I But instead, with her regal Kvitova’s onslaught left the semi-final at Wimbledon in 2010 need to play,” Kvitova said. namesake watching from the bewildered Bouchard, who had having not won a match on grass “All my team helped me a lot Royal Box, the 20-year-old was grown used to bullying opponents before the tournament. throughout the years to come swept away and now shares with into submission herself over the #Defeated Maria Sharapova 6-3 back here and win the trophy Sharapova the unwanted distinc- last fortnight, shaking her head 6-4 in the 2011 Wimbledon final, again. tion of being thrashed by Kvitova in frustration. becoming the first Czech to win “I can’t say it’s more special but in a Wimbledon final. The Canadian briefly stemmed the title since Jana Novotna in after three years to be back here “It was really tough for me the tide with a break of her own in 1998. with the trophy is so special.” today but I am proud of how I in the next game, but Kvitova #Her maiden Wimbledon vic- After struggling to cope with have played for these two weeks,” answered emphatically with tory made her the first player the fame and increased expec- Bouchard said. “I feel like it’s a another sequence of sledgeham- born in the 1990s - male or tations that came with her first step in the right direction. I’m not mer winners to break again and female - to win a grand slam Wimbledon triumph, Kvitova sure I deserve all your love today seal the set. title. has finally recaptured the thrill- but I certainly appreciate it.” There was no sign of Kvitova #Claimed her second grand ing form that brought her that Kvitova was unloading some letting up in the second set and a slam and Wimbledon title breakthrough success. searing groundstrokes and crushing overhead left Bouchard with a 55-minute victory over The left-hander dropped just Bouchard, no slouch in the power almost ducking for cover as it Bouchard, the second fastest in one set in her seven matches stakes herself, was unable to fizzed over her head. Wimbledon history. en route to lifting the Venus respond as a flashing forehand As statements of intent go, it Rosewater Dish for the second winner from the Czech secured was a resounding success and time and will rise to fourth in the the first break in the third game. Bouchard, rapidly losing her Today’s Order of world rankings next week. Bouchard, bidding to become stomach for the fight, tamely sur- While Kvitova celebrated, the youngest Grand Slam win- rendered her serve in the second Play Bouchard, the youngest finalist at ner since Sharapova in 2006 at game. a major since Caroline Wozniacki the US Open, responded by add- Kvitova had a vice-like grip on Men’s singles final: 1-Novak Djokovic in 2009, was left to lick her ing even more bite to her returns, the trophy now and she sprinted (Serbia) vs 4-Roger Federer (Switzerland). wounds after a chastening defeat but Kvitova had the answer to to the finish line with two more Mixed doubles final: 14-Max Mirnyi Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova poses with the women’s championship in her first Grand Slam final. everything the youngster could breaks to complete the most clini- (Belarus)/Chan Hao-Ching (Taiwan) vs 15-Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia)/Samantha Stosur trophy at the All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon yesterday. The photogenic and fiercely throw at her. cal final victory Wimbledon had competitive Bouchard, named The Canadian, playing in only seen for decades. AFP (Australia). First time Italian duo completes career Grand Slam lucky for LONDON: Italian duo Sara Frenchwoman Mladenovic, who French Open and US Open. They Errani and Roberta Vinci com- ousted top seeds Su-Wei Hsieh added the Australian Open title pleted a career Grand Slam and Peng Shuai en route to the last year and made a successful Pospisil after beating Timea Babos and title match, offered more resist- defence in January. Kristina Mladenovic 6-1, 6-3 ance in the second set but suf- Yesterday’s Wimbledon vic- in the women’s doubles final at fered a decisive break in the sixth tory makes them the fifth wom- and Sock Wimbledon yesterday. game. en’s team to complete the career Playing in their first final at the Vinci fired down a service win- Grand Slam LONDON: Unseeded Vasek All England Club, the No. 2 seeds ner to clinch it, prompting Errani Martina Navratilova and Pam Pospisil and Jack Sock claimed became the first pair to win all to fall to the turf in celebration. Shriver remain the only com- a Grand Slam title at the first four Grand Slams since Venus and Vinci embraced her before the bination to have carried off the attempt after beating American Serena Williams in 2001. pair raced up to the players’ box women’s doubles Grand Slam in brothers Bob and Mike Bryan With the rain pouring down to embrace friends and family. a single year, dominating at the 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 6-4 3-6 7-5 in an in southwest London, the roof on “I don’t think I ever was as four majors in 1984. enthralling men’s doubles final Centre Court was closed and the tense as I was today,” said Errani. The other teams to have won at Wimbledon yesterday. four-time Grand Slam winners Errani and Vinci have been all four are Gigi Fernandez and The athletic duo looked dominated the opening set, wrap- the dominant doubles team in Natasha Zvereva, and Kathy Italy’s Sara Errani (right) and Roberta Vinci hold the women’s doubles undaunted against the 15-times ping it up in 27 minutes. the women’s game since 2012, Jordan and Anne Smith. winners’ trophies at the All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon yesterday. Grand Slam champions and con- Hungarian Babos and the year in which they won the AGENCIES verted their fifth championship point to take the match in three hours and six minutes. Canadian Pospisil and American Sock become the first Djokovic, Federer to settle old scores today pair to claim a major tournament at the first time of asking since LONDON: Old rivalries will be including Wimbledon last year to “But ever since he’s won Grand Lleyton Hewitt and Max Mirnyi renewed on and off the court in Andy Murray. Slams and became world No.1, it’s took the US Open title in 2000. the men’s Wimbledon final today Federer has an 18-16 advantage been a cool rivalry, in my opinion.” The 21-year-old Sock has when Roger Federer, bidding for in matches against Djokovic but Djokovic is itching to claim his already captured a mixed dou- a record eighth title, takes on Sunday’s showpiece will be only seventh Grand Slam title. bles title at the US Open, with top seed Novak Djokovic. the second meeting the duo have “It’s a good chance for me to try Melanie Oudin in 2011. While two of the game’s contested on grass. to win against him on his favour- “To be my second Grand most recognisable figures meet Federer won the previous bat- ite surface, on his favourite court,” Slam title and to do it here at on Centre Court, their “super tle in the semi-final en route to said the 27-year-old who will play Wimbledon is unbelievable,” Sock coaches” will be pitted against his seventh Wimbledon crown in in his third All England Club final said. each other once again in south- 2012 and the 32-year-old also beat in four years. “Our games just clicked per- west London. Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer Djokovic in the 2007 U.S Open “This is where he has had the fectly together,” Pospisil, 24, said. Former champions Boris final - the only Grand Slam final most success in his career, win- “We were complementing each Becker and Stefan Edberg were suit. for me to wake up every morning the pair have contested. ning many titles but I know that other the whole tournament. We embroiled in one of the All “It’s going really well,” 17-times motivated, healthy, fit and eager “I must say I’ve enjoyed the I can win. were a dangerous team.” England Club’s fiercest rivalries Grand Slam champion Federer to play.” matches against him,” said “I should have won a few The 36-year-old identical from 1988 to 1990, competing said of his relationship with The Swiss has not reached a Federer who will surpass Pete matches that I lost in finals of Bryan twins, who have won a in three successive finals with Swede Edberg. “My game’s back Grand Slam final since clinching Sampras and William Renshaw Grand Slams over the last couple major tournament every year Edberg winning two of them. where I hoped it would be from the Wimbledon title in 2012. as the only man with eight of years. since 2005, had been hoping to Since then the pair have turned one year ago. Serbian Djokovic won Wimbledon singles titles if he “But it’s an experience. It’s a claim a 99th tour victory and a their attention to coaching with “Stefan is clearly a piece of Wimbledon in 2011, and last cap- beats the Serb. learning process. It’s understand- 16th Grand Slam title. Djokovic and Becker joining the puzzle, so is my fitness coach, tured a Grand Slam title at the “We didn’t come through the ing, identifying where the prob- “These losses are tough,” Bob forces in December last year and Severin (Luthi), and everybody Australian Open in 2013, but he rankings together; I was estab- lem is, pushing for it and working Bryan said. REUTERS Federer and Edberg following around me. They make it possible has lost his last three major finals, lished while he was coming up. on it.” REUTERS SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 33 Rosberg on pole at Silverstone Hamilton blows his chance by aborting last lap; Vettel back on front row for Red Bull

SILVERSTONE, England: good for pole in wet conditions, Formula One championship Rosberg kept on pushing and Perez apologises leader Nico Rosberg made the found the final sector of the right call to take pole posi- circuit had dried enough to go for joke about tion while Mercedes team- faster. mate Lewis Hamilton got it all “It was Lewis’ decision because women drivers wrong at the British Grand Prix he thought he cannot go quicker yesterday. but Nico proved you can go As Hamilton aborted his quicker and he was proved right,” SILVERSTONE, England: last lap, assuming he could not said Mercedes’ non-executive Mexican Formula One driver improve on a time that looked chairman Niki Lauda. Sergio Perez has apologised to Hamilton, who needs to win Williams test driver Susie Wolff his home race today to reduce after a joke about women racers British Grand Prix Grid the 29 point gap between the backfired on him. two title rivals with 11 races Wolff, who in Friday practice SILVERSTONE, Great remaining, found himself sud- with Williams at the British Britain: The starting grid for denly down in sixth place on the Grand Prix became the first today’s British Grand Prix fol- starting grid. woman in 22 years to take part lowing the final qualifying ses- “I don’t have much of an in a Formula One weekend, made sions at Silverstone yesterday. answer,” the downcast Briton told clear there were no hard feelings. 1st row the BBC when asked why he had Interviewed by Spanish televi- Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes); Sebastian Vettel not completed his final lap. “I just sion, Perez had hailed Wolff as a (GER/Red Bull-Renault) decided not to do the lap.” great driver but than added jok- 2nd row Hamilton was not the only ingly that he would not want to Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes); Nico one to make a major error of be beaten by a female team mate Hülkenberg (GER/Force India-Mercedes) judgement on a changeable day and felt they would be better off 3rd row at Silverstone that caught out in the kitchen. Kevin Magnussen (DEN/McLaren-Mercedes); some of the biggest names in The remarks flared up on social Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) the sport and rewarded some of media and Perez subsequently put those more used to lining up at Mercedes-AMG’s German driver Nico Rosberg drives during the qualifying session at the Silverstone Circuit a message on Instagram apolo- 4th row the back. in Silverstone ahead of the British Formula One Grand Prix today. BOTTOM: Rosberg celebrates in the parc gising “with all my heart” to all Sergio Perez (MEX/Force India-Mercedes); Ferrari and Williams com- ferme at the Silverstone Circuit. women and Wolff in particular. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Red Bull-Renault) pletely misjudged the weather and “It was never my intention to 5th row failed to get any of their drivers “It was quite wet...I told the smiled the German. Red Bull’s offend anyone,” he said. Daniil Kvyat (RUS/Toro Rosso-Renault); Jean- through the first phase when rain guys ‘that’s it.’ And then we were quadruple world champion The Mexican also explained Eric Vergne (FRA/Toro Rosso-Renault) started to fall before they had set sitting in the box (garage) and we Sebastian Vettel qualified along- to his Twitter followers that 6th row quick enough times. just came to a general conclusion side Rosberg on an all-German “I never at any moment spoke Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus-Renault); Jules Fernando Alonso and Kimi that we might as well go out and front row with McLaren’s Jenson badly of Susie. On the contrary, Bianchi (FRA/Marussia-Ferrari) Raikkonen qualified 19th and 20th have a look at the track. Button - who has never appeared I have a very good relationship 7th row respectively for Ferrari. Brazilian “Then it seemed like we should on the podium at his home race with her and admire her for Felipe Massa, who took pole at give it a go, but even then I still - in third. being here.” Max Chilton (GBR/Marussia-Ferrari); Esteban the previous race in Austria, was didn’t really believe that the track The weekend is an emotional Wolff, an experienced racer and Gutierrez (MEX/Sauber-Ferrari) 18th with Williams team mate would be better. But what made one for the Briton, his first the wife of Mercedes motorsport 8th row Valtteri Bottas 17th. it was the last sector...it was a lot home grand prix without his late head Toto, defended the Force Pastor Maldonado (VEN/Lotus-Renault); Adrian “It was a perfect storm,” drier.” father John in whose memory he India driver - even if she could not Sutil (GER/Sauber-Ferrari) said Alonso. “It’s a narrow line Rosberg said he crossed the line is wearing a special pink helmet resist a little dig in his direction. 9th row between becoming a hero and a to start his final lap a blink of an while fans have been urged to “Saw some comments made by Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams-Mercedes); Felipe big mistake and we became a big eye before the chequered flag and wear ‘Pink for Papa’ as part of a @SChecoPerez as I was making Massa (BRA/Williams-Mercedes) mistake today.” so close to Hamilton he was prac- charity appeal. dinner in the kitchen last night... 10th row Rosberg, as so often this sea- tically in his gearbox. “I know it’s only a third in Please give him a break...,” she Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari); Kimi Raikkonen son, got it right when it mattered “With regards to the cham- qualifying but for us after the last Tweeted on Saturday. (FIN/Ferrari) - even if he was almost denied his pionship it’s good for me that 18 months, we had no chance of “His comments were taken 11th row chance by Hamilton going slow in Lewis is down in sixth. It will getting this result,” said the 2009 completely out of context. front of him. take him some time to fight champion, who was urged last Anyway, as my family will tell you, Marcus Ericsson (SWE/Caterham-Renault); “It was a quite crazy qualify- through, although I expect him week to try harder by McLaren I drive better than I cook!” Kamui Kobayashi (JPN/Caterham-Renault) ing,” the German told reporters. to come through quite quickly,” boss Ron Dennis. REUTERS REUTERS

Stadler leads French Open Matteson sizzles with a by four shots 61 at Greenbrier Classic VERSAILLES, France: American Kevin Stadler will WEST VIRGINIA: Troy carry a healthy four shot lead Matteson briefly eyed a 59 as into final day of the French he snapped a season-long slump Open after a solid round of one to match his lowest ever score Troy Matteson over 72 at Le Golf National on the PGA Tour with a 61 for tees off on the yesterday. fourth place after the second second hole The 34-year-old Reno, Nevada round of the Greenbrier Classic during the sec- native, saw French playing part- yesterday. ond round of ner Victor Riu pull within one American Matteson enjoyed a Kevin Stadler drives from the fourth tee during the third round of the the Greenbrier shot with three birdies on the magnificent day on the greens, Classic at the front nine before disaster struck France Open at Le Golf National in Paris yesterday. using his putter just 19 times Old White for the 29-year-old local favourite. as he racked up nine birdies to TPC in White Six bogeys down the stretch which made it tricky.“I tweaked weather that was sprinkled with trail leader Billy Hurley III by for Riu saw him slip into a tie for my back a while back and it hasn’t sunny spells at the venue for the two strokes on Greenbrier’s Old Sulphur second with Thailand’s Thongchai been great for a couple of months 2018 Ryder Cup. White course in White Sulphur Springs, Jaidee on five under. but it wasn’t too too painful, I’ll The right hander from just Springs, West Virginia . West Virginia, “I’m satisfied to finish these 18 get some treatment on it now. down the road at Saint-Nom- “This was unlike any day I’ve yesterday. holes, the score was pretty aver- “It will probably be more of the la-Breteche, is on the verge of had this year but I’ve always age today but nothing too terri- same tomorrow (Sunday), try to qualifying for his first major tour- been a streaky putter. When I ble,” said Stadler. make a lot of pars.” nament at the Open and can do get hot, it usually falls in from “I wasn’t striking the ball as Jaidee moved into contention so by finishing in the top ten on just about anywhere,” Matteson good as I have, but I picked up a with a fine round of two under Sunday. told PGATour.com after posting lot of pars. par 69 that leaves him four back “I’m a bit disappointed with a seven-under 133 total. “It was difficult today with of Stadler while US Open cham- my finish after a good start. I the wind, there were cross winds pion Martin Kaymer carded 70 to was a bit tired at the end but I’m stand alone in fourth, a further happy to finish the 18 holes,” said US PGA Tour two shots back. a slightly dejected Riu. French Open “The good thing today was my “I missed a couple of puts by Greenbrier Classic putting, except for the last hole just a few centimetres.” Scores from the US PGA Tour Scores where I made bogey,” said Jaidee. Riu is set to start his final Greenbrier Classic at the par- Scores from the European Tour French Open “It’s going to be a very chal- round in the company of Kaymer 70 course yesterday in White at the par-71 course yesterday in Paris lenging day tomorrow (Sunday), in the penultimate group with Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Hurley shot a blemish-free 63 60, Matteson took dead aim with 204 Kevin Stadler (US) 64 68 72 it was windy today and raining at Stadler and Jaidee going out last The cut was set at 140. to finish on nine-under, a shot a pitching wedge from 163 yards 208 Victor Riu (France) 68 67 73 times, sometimes the wind was at 12h45 local time (1045 GMT). 131 Billy Hurley III (US) 68 63 better than Kevin Chappell (65) but could only find a bunker. blowing in different directions “To play with Martin Kaymer and Chris Stroud (66) on an all- “I was like, I’ve just got to take Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 70 69 69 132 Chris Stroud (US) 66 66; Kevin and it was gusty which made it will put a bit of pressure on me Chappell (US) 67 65 American leaderboard on the a shot at it,” the 34-year-old said. 210 Martin Kaymer (Germany) 72 68 70 difficult,” added Jaidee. and I’m sure there will be a lot of country’s Independence Day. “How many shots are you going 133 Troy Matteson (US) 72 61 211 Bernd Wiesberger (Austria) 70 70 71 Stadler, the son of former people tomorrow but I’m looking Eight-time major champion to get? I just pushed it, just very Matthew Baldwin (Britain) 70 71 70 Masters’ winner Craig ‘the forward to it,” added Riu. 134 Steve Stricker (US) 66 68; Chris Kirk Tom Watson, 64, came within slightly.” (US) 65 69; Brice Garnett (US) 68 66 212 Graeme McDowell (Britain) 70 69 73 Walrus’ Stadler is making his Englishman Matthew Baldwin four strokes of matching his age Matteson is enduring a dismal 135 David Lingmerth (Sweden) 67 68; Jim Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 73 69 70 first appearance at the Albatross and Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger and made the cut, eight strokes season - ranking 162nd on the Renner (US) 65 70; Bubba Watson Michael Hoey (Britain) 73 66 73 layout near Versailles as he chases are tied for fifth on two under, behind. PGA Tour money list and 565th in a third career victory. while a group of five players (US) 68 67; Pat Perez (US) 66 69; Matteson had missed the cut the world - and has not recorded Mark Foster (Britain) 69 70 73 After winning the Johnnie including defending champion Camilo Villegas (Colombia) 68 67 in his previous four starts but a top-40 finish since November. Damien McGrane (Ireland) 71 69 72 Walker Classic in 2006, he Graeme McDowell of Northern 136 Keegan Bradley (US) 67 69; J.B. after a birdie at his penultimate He has always been a player to 213 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand) 77 returned to winning ways in Ireland are a further shot adrift. Holmes (US) 68 68; Luke Guthrie hole stood on the final tee with ride a hot streak, though, as he 66 70 February at the Phoenix Open and Sweden’s Robert Karlsson, (US) 67 69; Johnson Wagner (US) 68 thoughts of matching the 59 fired demonstrated when he carded Stephen Gallacher (Britain) 66 73 74 is now set to play at the British Irishman Damien McGrane, 68; Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 68 68; by Australian Stuart Appleby, successive rounds of 61 en route Alexander Levy (France) 69 72 72 Open on July 17 at Hoylake for the Michael Hoey of Northern Ireland David Hearn (Canada) 68 68; Danny who shot the rare number at the to his second PGA Tour victory at Jamie Donaldson (Britain) 67 72 74 first time since 2008. and Englishman Mark Foster are Lee (New Zealand) 65 71; Bronson same venue four years ago to win the 2009 Frys.com Open. “You’re Riu, meanwhile, is having the all part of this group, chasing the La’Cassie (Australia) 70 66; Charlie the title. going to have some rough spots Julien Quesne (France) 74 71 68 best tournament of his career three top ten places that will book Beljan (US) 67 69; Kevin Na (US) 66 Needing a hole-in-one at the in your career at some point,” he Scott Jamieson (Britain) 69 70 74 as the two men were followed by a ticket to the British Open. 70; Patrick Reed (US) 67 69; Joe par-three 18th to become only the said. “I’ve been working on some Matthew Nixon (Britain) 71 72 70 huge crowds despite chilly, wet AFP Durant (US) 65 71 seventh player on tour to break new swing stuff. 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Brazil shocked as Neymar ruled out of Cup with broken vertebra Colombia’s Zuniga whose challenge resulted in injury to striker denies foul play

FORTALEZA: Brazil forward Neymar has been ruled out of the World Cup after fractur- ing a vertebra in his back in the closing stages of the 2-1 quar- ter-final win over Colombia on Friday in a major blow to the Neymar (left) Brazil’s Marcelo host nation. of Brazil is gestures Neymar, who has scored four fouled by after Neymar goals in the tournament, will miss Juan Zuniga was fouled by the semi-final against Germany in of Colombia Colombia’s Belo Horizonte on Tuesday and during their Camilo Zuniga the final should they progress. He FIFA World (not pictured) is expected to be out for several Cup 2014 during their FIFA weeks. quarter-final “Unfortunately, he’s not going World Cup 2014 match at the to be able to play,” said Brazil quarter-finals Castelao team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar. at the Castelao Arena in “It’s not serious in the sense Arena in Fortaleza Fortaleza, on that it doesn’t need surgery, on Friday. but he’ll need to immobilise it Friday. to recover,” Lasmar said after the player was taken straight to hospital from the stadium in Fortaleza. Neymar, Brazil’s poster boy and one of the world’s most market- able players, has been driving his country’s bid for a sixth world expect him to fracture a vertebra. the attacking midfielder said. Brazil players to come closer title with his goals and creative He is a great talent for Brazil and The 22-year-old, who plays for together and show even more Neymar hunted, says talent. for the world,” Zuniga said. Spanish club Barcelona, had to be solidarity on the pitch. He went down after a chal- Neymar was taken straight carried off on a stretcher and was “In those times it is when the lenge by Colombia’s Juan Zuniga to hospital as Brazilians across replaced by defender Henrique for team shows its strength,” he said. in the 88th minute and looked to the country cheered their team’s the final minutes of the game. “Neymar is a very important dejected Brazil coach be in considerable pain after what success on home soil before the Brazil captain Thiago Silva, guy for our group, we depend a turned out to be a cracked third news of his injury put a damper who will also miss the semi-final lot on him. But potentially, this FORTALEZA: Neymar has Brazil appeared to have had vertebra. on celebrations. after being booked on Friday, situation can mark a revolution been “hunted” throughout the the game won when David Luiz’s “It’s a normal action, I tried to “We’ll miss him,” team-mate refused to blame Zuniga for the for us, like ‘let’s win the Cup for World Cup, Brazil’s coach Luiz sensational free-kick doubled his shadow him,” defender Zuniga Oscar said. “Whoever comes in injury. Neymar.” Felipe Scolari said as his super- side’s advantage midway through told reporters. “I was not thinking in his place has to play as part of “Zuniga is not a bad guy. But Many fans had gathered out- star striker was ruled out of the the second-half after Silva’s early of hurting him. I was defending the team and beat Germany. at that moment he wasn’t very side the Fortaleza hospital, shout- rest of the tournament with a opener. my country’s colours.” “The best thing we do is play prudent, he could have held up a ing “Forca Neymar” (be strong fractured vertebrae. However, James Rodriguez’s “On the pitch I’m defending as a team and I just hope that bit, fouled in a different way.” Neymar) as he was wheeled into Neymar was carried off in agony penalty 10 minutes from time cut my shirt, my country, but I didn’t whoever comes in plays well,” He said now was the time for the building. REUTERS after a heavy challenge from Juan the deficit with his sixth goal in Camillo Zuniga towards the end five World Cup games. of Brazil’s 2-1 quarter-final win The nervy finish frustrated over Colombia in Fortaleza. Scolari. Zuniga receives death threats Brazil play Germany in the “I don’t think it was tiredness semi-final on Tuesday and will from the match against Chile SAO PAULO: Colombia’s mean to hurt Neymar in the chal- Meanwhile, FIFA’s discipli- also be without captain Thiago because everyone was able to Juan Zuniga received a flood of lenge, which came towards the nary committee could take action Silva who is suspended after get- recover. death threats and racist abuse end of a combative match which against Colombia’s Juan Zuniga ting a second yellow card of the “So much so that in the first- on social media yesterday as saw 54 fouls. for the challenge. competition. half if we had finished the chances Brazilians reacted angrily to his “I never wanted to hurt the “The FIFA Disciplinary “I have been saying for three we had we should have scored the tournament-ending foul on star player. When I’m on the pitch, Committee is analysing all the matches that Neymar has been second goal and we would have forward Neymar. I do everything to defend my elements provided, the videos and hunted, but all the other countries felt slightly better. “Zuniga” was trending on country and the shirt I wear, but the match reports and will decide say it is not true and it is only “We then conceded the goal Twitter and messages included always without intent to injure whether or not to take action,” their players that are hunted,” from a situation where we had a torrent of abusive comment anybody,” he told Globo TV. FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer said Scolari. the ball and lost possession and aimed at the Napoli defender “It was a match both teams told a briefing. The coach fumed that Silva had that caused a momentary lack of after he kneed Neymar in the wanted to win. It got a bit heated. Four-time world footballer of been booked for impeding a clear- calm,” he added. back, fracturing a vertebrae. There were strong tackles but the the year Lionel Messi wished his ance from Colombian goalkeeper Scolari refused to rule out Among the less offensive posts, Brazilians were doing the same. Barcelona team-mate Neymar a David Ospina without any injury more changes than just Silva and contributors called the 28-year- It’s normal. I didn’t make that quick recovery after the star suf- when Zungia went unpunished. Neymar for the meeting with the old a “monster” and the “biggest challenge trying to break his fered a fractured vertebrae. “There was not even a yellow Germans. villain in the history of football”. spine. I was defending my country. “Neymar, I hope that you Argentina’s fan holds a sign “Go card and Thiago got a yellow card “It depends on how people The abuse was tempered by “It’s a very sad thing. I hope, recover very quickly,” wrote the Neymar” before a quarter-final for nothing,” he said. recover in the next two or three other posts which called for with the help of God that it’s Argentinian on his Facebook page between Argentina and Belgium The Barcelona superstar has days. The last 20 or 25 minutes calm and said racist abuse was not too serious because every- alongside a photgraph of the two at the Mane Garrincha National been integral to Brazil’s World were much more difficult than unacceptable. one knows he’s a great talent for stars in their Barcelona shirts. Stadium in Brasilia, yesterday. Cup campaign so far, scoring four expected so I will look at players Zuniga earlier said he did not Brazil.” AFP goals en route to the last four. and see how they recover. AFP Mertesacker misses Pride, sorrow for tearful Rodriguez Germany training drills FORTALEZA: Colombia were Brazil keeper Julio Cesar brought not helped by the decision-mak- down Carlos Bacca. SANTO ANDRE: on Friday. “It’s a slight ing of referee Carlos Velasco Rodriguez took the responsibil- Germany’s Per flu and nothing serious. Carballo, tearful playmaker ity for the spot kick, netting his Mertesacker, suffering Otherwise all the play- James Rodriguez said after sixth goal of the World Cup, but with a slight bout of ers are fit and out here their World Cup quarter-final there will be no more at this tour- flu, was the only player training,” he said, point- defeat by Brazil on Friday. nament after Brazil clung on for Brazil’s David in the squad who did ing to the sun-baked “I’m crying because we gave a 2-1 victory. Luiz (right) and not take part in a light pitch near the Atlantic everything. Unfortunately, the Many observers felt Rodriguez Dani Alves training session yester- ocean beaches where referee didn’t help much. Brazil was not given sufficient protec- (left) console day at their World Cup Germany are preparing is a good team but we gave every- tion after he was fouled repeat- Colombia’s base in northeastern Brazil. for Tuesday’s semi-final against thing so we are calm. We wanted edly, and questioned the Spanish James Bastian Schweinsteiger (pic- hosts Brazil. to carry on, but we hold our heads referee’s decision to brandish a Rodriguez tured), who coach Joachim Loew Loew had said before Friday’s high. Thank you Colombia,” said yellow card, not a red, at Cesar after their FIFA had indicated might be exhausted match that seven players had been Rodriguez, the tournament’s lead- for the foul. World Cup 2014 after playing the last three suffering from sore throats and ing scorer with six goals. Veteran Colombia captain quarter-final matches, was not involved in drills a slight fever but did not name “We fulfilled all the dreams we Mario Yepes also had a goal dis- match at the on the pitch with his team-mates them. Mertesacker, 29, did not had ... It’s a shame we have to go.” allowed for offside in the 66th and instead worked out on an play against France after start- Brazil, leading 2-0 after minute, and Rodriguez was shown Castelao Arena exercise bike in the shade. ing Germany’s first four matches defender David Luiz’s stunning a yellow card shortly afterwards. in Fortaleza on “It’s a precautionary measure at the World Cup. 69th minute free kick, appeared Rodriguez, the poster boy of Friday. with Per,” said Germany spokes- After the game, Loew said mid- to be cruising into the semi-finals. the World Cup who has eclipsed man Jens Grittner of the centre fielder Schweinsteiger, who had But Colombia, who have even home favourite Neymar, was back after the team reached the returned from injury just before charmed the neutrals with their inconsolable after the game. semi-finals for the fourth straight the finals began, might need a attacking football and carefree But once he had calmed down, World Cup with a 1-0 victory break after playing most of three attitude, came roaring back and he paid tribute to the support over France in Rio de Janeiro previous matches. 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Higuain hits home as Argentina do just enough to beat Belgium Eighth-minute goal secures 1-0 win, South Americans in last four after 24 years

BRASILIA: Argentina’s himself when his effort was Gonzalo Higuain upstaged talis- blocked and was replaced by Enzo manic team-mate Lionel Messi Perez a few minutes later. with a superb goal to clinch Belgium were starting to enjoy a nervy 1-0 win over Belgium more possession without really that put them in the World Cup looking likely to score before semi-finals for the first time in Messi flashed a free-kick nar- 24 years yesterday. rowly wide five minutes before Higuain buried a shot into the the break. corner of the net in the eighth With Argentina content to sit minute at the National Stadium on their lead, Belgium pushed for- to set up a last-four clash ward and Kevin De Bruyne let fly against 2010 runners-up the from 25 metres midway through Netherlands. the half forcing a save by Sergio Higuain reacted brilliantly Romero before Kevin Mirallas’ when an Angel Di Maria pass was diving header went wide from deflected towards him off Belgium Vertonghen’s centre. defender Jan Vertonghen, swivel- Ten minutes after the break ling and striking the ball first time Higuain, who was in fine form, past keeper Thibaut Courtois, as raced through the centre but, Argentina ended a run of being with Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut eliminated in the quarter-finals Courtois beaten, his shot clipped at the previous two World Cup the top of the crossbar and the tournaments. ball flew into the crowd. They last appeared in the Marouane Fellaini sent a 61st- semi-finals in 1990, when a minute header just over the bar in team inspired by captain Diego another good chance for Belgium Maradona eliminated hosts Italy and there was some desperate on penalties before losing 1-0 to defending from the Argentines West Germany in the final. in the closing minutes. “I knew the goal was going to But they held on and cap- come and it came at an impor- tain Messi could even afford to tant time,” Man-of-the-Match squander a late one-on-one with Higuain, who had not scored for Courtois as his side progressed his nation in six games, said in a along with hosts Brazil and Gonzalo Higuain of Argentina (centre) celebrates with team-mates Lionel Messi (right) and Angel di Maria after scoring a goal during their World Cup television interview. Germany, who went through to “We were able to reach a semi- quarter-final match against Belgium at the National Stadium in Brasilia yesterday. the semi-finals on the other side final which we haven’t achieved of the draw on Friday. for many years,” the 26-year-old thousands of Argentines throng- who were crying in the changing, 70,000-capacity stadium in the ambitious in the early stages and “I’m very happy for the players added. ing the giant arena jangling. room, we had one or two chances Brazilian capital and were in Higuain’s beautifully executed who played an excellent game,” “We gave our all, it’s a World The Europeans’ best World and you have to score at this fine voice while, predictably, there goal gave them a deserved lead. Argentina coach Alejandro Cup, it doesn’t happen every day. Cup result was in 1986 when they level,” he added. was only a smattering of the They came close to a second Sabella told a news conference. Now we need to play well and try were knocked out by Maradona’s “We’ve learned a lot today, red and yellow of Belgium on in the 28th minute when Messi, “I’m very happy for them and and reach the final. There are two Argentina in the semi-finals. we’re incredibly sorry we lost but display. who was a constant threat to the Argentines who have waited matches left to achieve this beau- “We were not impressed by the we are very proud of the boys. There was also a sizeable con- the Belgium defence having set 24 years for us to be among the tiful dream.” Argentines, absolutely not, it’s “They shouldn’t regret any- tingent of Brazilians in the crowd the tournament alight in the best four in the world.” Belgium had a couple of chances just an ordinary team,” dejected thing, we were the youngest team who cheered every Belgian touch group stages, threaded a superb Argentina’s semi-final is in Sao but otherwise offered little in Belgium coach Marc Wilmots said among the last eight.” and roundly jeered their arch ball through for the galloping Di Paulo on Wednesday, a day after attack despite sustained late pres- at a news conference. The light blue and white-clad rivals. Maria. Brazil meet Germany in Belo sure that set nerves among the “There were people in my staff Argentina fans swamped the Argentina looked the more However, the winger injured Horizonte. REUTERS World Cup Photo of the day Krul shoot-out saves send Dutch through

SALVADOR: Substitute goal- keeper Tim Krul saved two pen- alties in a dramatic shoot-out yesterday as the Netherlands edged Costa Rica 4-3 to reach the World Cup semi-finals. After a goalless 120 minutes, the towering Newcastle United custodian came on at the end of extra time and he saved shots from Bryan Ruiz and Michael Netherlands’ goalkeeper Tim Krul Umana to win the quarter-final celebrates after saving a penalty for the Dutch. at the Fonte Nova Arena yesterday. It was another masterstroke from Manchester United-bound coach Louis van Gaal, who despite his ingenuity was unable to engi- Yesterday’s Results neer a breakthrough in normal Argentina 1 (Higuain 8th) Belgium 0 and extra time. Netherlands 0 Costa Rica 0 at full time. Costa Rica rarely threatened and appeared content to play for Netherlands beat Costa Rica 4-3 on penalties, their strong suit after penalties. goalkeeper Keylor Navas kept LEADING GOAL SCORERS out Greece in a shoot-out in the 6 goals last 16. But their bluff was called James Rodriguez (Colombia) and after Robin van Persie, Arjen 4 goals Robben, Wesley Sneijder and Dirk Lionel Messi (Argentina) Kuyt all buried their kicks, the Thomas Muller (Germany) outstretched Krul denied Umana Neymar (Brazil) to seal the win. 3 goals The thrilling shoot-out came after a match in which goalkeep- Karim Benzema (France) ing also featured strongly when Arjen Robben (Netherlands) Netherlands’ forward Arjen Robben takes a tumble during a World Cup quarter-final match against Costa Rica at the Fonte Nova Arena in the Dutch hit the woodwork three Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) Salvador yesterday. Netherlands beat Costa Rica 4-3 on penalties. times and were repeatedly denied Enner Valencia (Ecuador) by Navas. AFP Robin van Persie (Netherlands)