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PM visits Darb Al Saie MERS kills 10 Third batch more in Saudi RIYADH: Ten more people have died in Saudi Arabia from the MERS virus since last week, starts army health ministry data showed yesterday, adding to a surge in cases over the past month. The latest deaths occurred between March 6 and 12, mostly in the capital Riyadh, bringing to service today 17 the number of MERS deaths so far this month, according to the ministry. Trainees to get no break for 50 days Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS- DOHA: The third batch of CoV) killed 30 people last month Qatari recruits will report for in the kingdom. mandatory National Service in Last week, the health ministry Al Shamal early this afternoon, started the latest phase of a public and they will undergo training education campaign aimed at pre- for over 15 hours a day with not venting the virus from spreading. a day off for 50 days. The World Health Organisation The batch consists of university has cited the preliminary results students. They will be reporting of studies indicating that peo- at the National Service Centre ple working with camels are at at Al Shamal Camp (Hamad increased risk of infection. A file photo of the second batch of Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday visited the Mechanised Battalion) at 2pm AFP Qatari National Service trainees at GCC Traffic Week event at Darb Al Saie. He went to the stalls of various departments and organisations and today. spoke to the participants about their experience. Their training will start early the Al Shamal training camp. tomorrow morning after the pre- dawn prayers and will continue like volleyball and basketball. until the cadets have dinner and A large swimming pool will ena- go to bed at 10 pm. ble those interested in taking a dip “That will be their everyday to do so. Those not interested in Gulf allies pledge $12bn to Egypt at summit routine throughout the train- sports can attend lectures. ing period,” said Staff Brigadier Mandatory lecture classes will SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Gulf gas turbines to Egypt as part of a Mohamed Misfir Al Ayyadi, com- begin after the evening prayers. Arab allies pledged a further $1.9bn power project. mander of the training centre. The cadets can retire only at $12bn of investments and cen- Egypt plans $45bn new capital Egypt also expected to sign sev- The training for batches nor- around 10pm after dinner. tral bank deposits for Egypt at SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Egypt plans to build a new administra- eral memoranda of understanding mally lasts three to four months. Qatar’s Red Crescent has been an international summit yes- tive capital east of Cairo within five to seven years at a cost of at the conference. The cadets will be entitled to their roped in to give lectures. National terday, a big boost to President $45bn, housing minister Mostafa Madbouli said yesterday. The conference shaped up as an first weekend off only after 50 days Service is compulsory for all Abdel Fattah Al Sisi as he tries Announcing the project at an international investment conference, important test of Egypt’s reform of continuous training and they Qatari men aged between 18 and to reform the economy after Madbouli said the goal included creating 1.1 million housing units. agenda under Sisi, a former army will be allowed the break individu- 35 years. years of political upheaval. The new capital, planned to be the size of Singapore, will house chief who wants to remove invest- ally from Thursdays to Saturdays. They must train at Al Shamal Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and government buildings, diplomatic missions and residential units in ment barriers to help turn around “For 50 days they will not be Camp for three to four months United Arab Emirates each the area between Cairo, Suez City and Ain Sokhna. the ailing economy of the Arab allowed to leave the camp,” Al as part of the state’s initiative to offered $4bn to Egypt, which is The project will include an airport and 90 square kilometres of world’s most populous country. Ayyadi told Al Sharq. The cadets build an emergency reserve force. grappling with Islamist insurgents solar power fields. REUTERS Sisi’s crackdown on Islamists will then be eligible to request a The young men also acquire physi- as it seeks to improve the invest- and secular opponents has drawn weekend off. cal discipline. ment climate four years after a project an image of stability and $15-$20bn in agreements signed,” fire from human rights groups. Their training will normally On February 15, the sec- popular uprising that touched off improve investor confidence hit by Investment Minister Ashraf But he has won praise from for- start at 5 am, after the morning ond batch of recruits began protracted turmoil. the political upheaval touched off Salman said earlier, adding that eign investors by implementing prayers, and will comprise les- their National Service and they The UAE said it would deposit by the fall of veteran ruler Hosni the deals would cover power reforms. sons in civil defence and physical consisted of secondary school $2bn of its pledge in the Egyptian Mubarak. plants, real estate and agricultural He told the conference that his education. students. central bank, while Saudi Arabia Cairo wants to double foreign projects. vision for Egypt’s economy centred Military training will follow. There are plans to draft Qatari said $1bn of its pledge would go investment in this fiscal year to General Electric said it would on improving state finances and There will be a break for the women as well into the manda- to the bank. Oman said it would $8bn, despite an Islamist insur- invest $200mn in a manufacturing encouraging private sector invest- noon prayers and one for lunch, tory National Service but the give Egypt $500mn in grants and gency in northern Sinai and fre- and training facility which it sees ment through legislative reforms and evenings will be reserved for time frame for that has not been investment over the next five quent militant attacks across the as part of an economic hub being and respecting contracts in order sports activities. The cadets can announced. years. country. built near the Suez Canal. to achieve growth rates of six per- play football or indoor games THE PENINSULA Egypt hopes the conference will “I’m expecting here to see It also said it had delivered 34 cent over five years. REUTERS

Bahrain anniversary UAE to expel Pedestrian crossings on C Ring 70 mostly Shia Road being signalised Lebanese DOHA: The expanded C Ring Road, expected to be fully ready by May-end, will have several signalised pedestrian crossings. BEIRUT: The United Arab Along with the expansion work under way, the existing traffic inter- Emirates will expel 70 Lebanese sections on the road are being renovated. nationals, mostly Shia Muslims, All the signs on the road are being changed and the street lights are within the next 24 hours, being replaced as well. Lebanese officials said yeterday. After the road expansion work is complete the capacity of this major “The ministry of foreign affairs thoroughfare will increase by at least 25 percent. was informed by the Lebanese The road had three lanes on each side, which will be increased to four, embassy in the Emirates that 70 and the roundabouts are being changed into signalised intersections. Lebanese will be deported by the Al Sharq reported quoting unnamed sources that the development authorities in the next 24 hours,” work on the road will not be delayed and will be finished on time, by Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil May-end. said. Service roads are also being improved and smaller roads joining the He was unable to give a reason C Ring Road are being expanded to reduce pressure on the ring road. for the expulsions. THE PENINSULA Sixty-three of those to be deported are Shia, according to another senior Lebanese official who did not want to be named. An official in the UAE, which Bahraini protestors hold a banner which reads in Arabic, “For the liberation of Bahrain, we are all resistance”, hosts more than 100,000 Lebanese during a demonstration yesterday in Daih village, on the outskirts of the capital Manama, to mark the fourth Merkel’s office denies ‘private workers, declined to comment. anniversary of the Saudi-led Gulf intervention that helped government crush an Arab Spring-inspired uprising. In 2009, dozens of Lebanese feud’ between Greece, Germany Shias who had lived in the UAE for years were expelled on suspi- BERLIN: The spokesman of the German chancellor, Angela cion of links with Hezbollah, the Merkel, has denied a “private feud” has broken out between Berlin Lebanese Shia movement sup- Iraqi forces pound beseiged IS in Tikrit and Athens, as the radical Syriza government battles to avoid leav- ported by Iran and opposed by ing the single currency. Sunni-ruled Gulf monarchies. BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces yes- holdouts, pounding their posi- around 50 percent of the city was As Athens rushes to implement economic reforms and convince its In 2013, Qatar deported 18 terday battled Islamic State tions with helicopter and artillery now back in government hands. creditors to extend emergency funding, Steffen Seibert, Merkel’s official Lebanese nationals after the jihadists making what looked strikes but treading carefully to The jihadists are defending spokesman, insisted Greece’s economic future should not be reduced Gulf Cooperation Council decided increasingly like a last stand in avoid the thousands of bombs lit- themselves with a network of to a face-off between the two nations. to impose sanctions against Tikrit, but the group responded tering the city centre. booby traps, roadside bombs and “I neither see a private feud nor do I view the whole issue of Greece Hezbollah for its military inter- by vowing to expand its Two days after units spear- snipers, with suicide attackers and how it solves its problems as a bilateral German-Greek topic”, he vention in war-torn Syria to sup- “caliphate”. heading Baghdad’s biggest anti- occasionally ramming car bombs said, reiterating that Merkel wants Greece to stay inside the single port President Bashar Al Assad. Thousands of fighters sur- IS operation yet pushed deep into into enemy targets. AFP currency. AFP rounded a few hundred IS Tikrit, a police colonel claimed See also page 8 THE GUARDIAN SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Vodafone contest winners receive trophies, cash prizes

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Tel DOHA: Winners of collection category. Usama ensured the initiative’s success. writing which are important Fax Vodafone’s second literary Abdelfatah Al Shazly got the The ceremony witnessed an threads of our Arab culture competition were awarded second place with QR30,000 outstanding performance by and tradition. trophies and cash prizes in and Shamaa Shaheen Al award-winning sand drawing “The annual competition, the presence of Minister of Kuwari in the third place with artist Shaima Al Mughairy and which coincides with National Tel + 974 44298888 Culture and Heritage H E QR20,000. a poem by writer Mohammed Day, is giving citizens and resi- Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al In the short story category, Yacoub Al Yousef inspired by dents a means to express love Fax Kuwari. Hajaj Ramadan Nassar won the competition’s title. for this great nation.” The competition, ‘I treated the first place with QR20,000, Mohammed Al Yami, Vodafone received more than you with honesty, guidance and Mohammed Saif El Dawla in Director, External Affairs, 120 submissions which were Tel integrity’, which comes from the second place with QR15,000 Vodafone Qatar, said, “What assessed by an independent panel a verse in a poem written by and Ahmed Ibrahim Abualala in started out as a humble idea to of judges, headed by Dr Fatima Fax Qatar’s Founder Sheikh Jassim the third place with QR10,000. play a role in reviving and pre- Al Suwaidi, also Assistant Dean bin Mohammed Al Thani, was Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani serving the heritage of Qatar of Outreach & Engagement, launched last December to Al Thani, Chairman, Vodafone which is key to Qatar National College of Arts & Sciences, Qatar Tel coincide with the theme of Qatar, and Kyle Whitehill, Vision 2030, now in its second University. The winning submis- Fax National Day celebrations. CEO of the company, pre- year, the competition has grown sions will be posted on Vodafone’s Alaa Abdelmonem Ibrahim sented trophies and certificates to become a successful means website and social media for the won the first place with a cash to winners and apprecia- of preserving the Arabic lan- public to enjoy reading. prize of QR50,000 in the story tion mementos to those who guage and encouraging creative THE PENINSULA Tel Fax www.doha.hilton.com High prices due to rising shop rents: Retailers Tel 44233333 974+ DOHA: As global oil prices Abdulaziz Al Sulaiti, a citizen, were quite moderate in the Fax 44233000 974+ have been falling for over wondered why commodities are souq. seven to eight months, many still expensive in Qatar when Al Emadi said price differen- people are wondering why oil prices have been falling for tials between Souq Waqif and they are not driving down the more than six months. major commercial complexes prices of goods and services. According to Mohamed Al were quite high. Since transport costs are a Emadi, another citizen, in a “Something available for major component of a com- situation where rents were high QR15 at Souq Waqif, you would modity or service’s pricing, they the consumer rights watchdog get it for at least QR25 at a should actually be dropping due of the ministry (Consumer shopping centre,” he said. to tumbling crude rates. Protection Department) could Some retailers told the daily Tel But that doesn’t seem to be not be expected to control that in areas where shop rents happening at least in Qatar’s inflation. were low, commodities were rel- Fax context, say consumers. He said things were cheaper atively cheaper than in locali- Retailers argue that prices in Souq Waqif than big com- ties where the rents were high. continue to be high here due to mercial centres as shop rents THE PENINSULA rising shop rents. there was the need for more Tel Businessman Ali Hassan Al retailers and wholesalers as well Fax Khalaf (pictured) told local across the country. ‘Raid Baqalas manipulating prices’ Arabic daily Al Arab in com- There are huge opportunities DOHA: A citizen wondered why inspectors from the Consumer ments published recently that for that, and if there are more Protection Department (CPD) did not raid neighbourhood Qatar needed more retail and retailers and wholesalers, that stores and targeted only the bigger outlets and shopping Tel wholesale outlets. would also contribute to price complexes. Fax Also needed are more places reduction. Mohamed Al Yami told local Arabic daily Al Arab in remarks for auctions of fruits, vegeta- A fish trader, Abdulrahman published yesterday that neighbourhood stores, commonly known bles and fish, said Al Khalaf, a Mohamed, said there is always as ‘Baqalas’, are more exploitative and manipulate prices. former bureaucrat. high demand for fish and some- “Well, they may charge 10 to 15 percent extra. That’s acceptable Decentralising auctions (they times the weather doesn’t allow but many tend to overdo when it comes to pricing,” Al Yami said. Tel are carried out only at the cen- fishing in the high seas, which He wondered why CPD inspectors didn’t visit these outlets Fax tral markets) would consider- leads to shortages. that are everywhere. ably help reduce prices, he “Naturally, when there are “Commercial centres are better than the Baqalas.” suggested. shortages amid soaring demand, He said not everyone in Qatar is rich. 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Emir’s message to Cameron delivered PM visits GCC Traffic Week stalls LONDON: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a written mes- Activities end at Darb Al Saie today sage to British Prime Minister David Cameron on relations DOHA: Prime Minister and departments and members of between the two friendly Interior Minister H E Sheikh media. The traffic week has countries. Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa become a highly successful event Qatari Ambassador Yousef Al Thani yesterday visited the due to participation of many gov- bin Ali Al Khater presented it 31st GCC Traffic Week at Darb ernment agencies, institutions, to Nick Perry, special secretary Al Saie. companies, associations and youth to the prime minister, at 10 He toured stalls of various organisations, he said. Downing Street. QNA departments and organisations Brigadier Al Kharji said the and talked to participants about ministry will continue to organise their experience about traffic awareness campaigns and work week. towards increasing community Qatar urges The Premier was received participation to ensure safety of by Brigadier Mohamed Saad people and their properties. Al Kharji, Director, Traffic The population has increased child protection Department, and Vice-Chairman sharply in the past few years of National Committee for which has doubled the work of from violence Traffic Safety, and Lieutenant the Traffic Department, he added. Mohamed Rad Al Hajiri, Director, He praised the participation GENEVA: Qatar has reiter- Media Department and Traffic of the delegations from the GCC ated the necessity of ensuring Awareness, Traffic Department. countries and said it reflected that child protection from vio- The traffic week began on increased cooperation among lence remains in the core of the Sunday and ends today. GCC states. post-2015 development plans as Earlier in the day, Brigadier Al The visit of traffic department a priority and called for looking Kharji said community partici- delegations from these countries at children’s best interests as pation is essential for promoting will increase experience of offi- a common interest in all other traffic safety. cials and other staff members and Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and other officials tour objectives. Speaking at an event to hon- will make traffic much safer by GCC Traffic Week stalls at Darb Al Saie. Noor Al Sada, Second our sponsors of the week, he said reducing accidents in the GCC Secretary, Qatar’s permanent community participation is the countries. play a crucial role in reducing responsibility of society, he added. The GCC delegations also vis- delegation to Geneva, made the main reason for success of the Lieutenant Al Hajiri said media road accidents. Increasing popu- To meet this challenge, the ited the traffic accident section at remarks as she addressed a ses- Ministry of Interior. has played a significant role in lation and the number of vehi- Traffic Department has intensi- Hamad General Hospital. sion on interactive dialogue with He honoured delegations the success of the traffic week by cles has posed a challenge for the fied efforts by conducting more Events during the traffic week United Nations secretary-gen- from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, spreading the message of traffic Traffic Department. programmes to spread awareness included workshop on safety and eral’s special representative, on Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait and safety among the public. Facing the challenge of about traffic rules to help reduce traffic signals and awareness lec- violence against children as part some 24 companies, institutions, He said everyone in Qatar can accidents is the collective accidents and traffic violations. tures. THE PENINSULA of the 28th session of UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Al Sada hailed efforts of the special representative on violence against children and the special representative for children and Empower 2015: More opportunities for youth urged armed conflicts in preparing their annual reports for UNHRC. On challenges related to use of BY RAYNALD C RIVERA optimism that today’s youth can new information technology and be good leaders if they want to. communications by children, Al DOHA: The youth should be “Everybody here is a leader Sada said Qatar took notice of given enough opportunity to because you all want to change the issue and conducted stud- actively participate in deci- the world,” she said, adding “We ies, seminars and workshops to sionmaking towards achieving have a lot of communication tools find the proper ways of enabling peaceful societies, said panel- right now that the past genera- children to attain the maximum lists at Empower 2015 confer- tions did not have.” benefit from technology and help ence yesterday. Moderated by Dr Habbes Al them avoid its risks. “We should find enough space Marri, the discussion focused She said the Ministry of for young people on the decision- on ‘Youth Development for Information and Communications making table. They bring unique Peaceful Societies’, the theme of Technology, in association with ideas and perspectives that this year’s conference anchored the Supreme Education Council, adults don’t have,” said Steve on United Nations Sustainable has launched a cyber safety learn- Culbertson, President and CEO, Development Goals. ing programme (Haseen) to raise Youth Service America (YSA). In particular, goal No. 4 con- awareness of young generations Included in NonProfit Times’ cerned with “inclusive and equi- about definitions and concepts list of 50 most powerful and table quality education and the of cyber safety and security, and influential leaders, Culbertson promotion of lifelong learning create a healthy environment in is the driving force behind YSA, opportunities” and goal No. 16 cyber space in the Qatari society. an international organisation concerned with the promotion On the report of the spe- that partners with thousands of of “peaceful and inclusive socie- cial representative on children organisations that provide vol- ties for sustainable development, and armed conflicts, Al Sada unteer opportunities for youth provide access to justice for all praised the progress made in the around the world. and build effective, accountable ‘Children, Not Soldiers’ campaign, “The youth are not the future and inclusive institutions at all and hoped it will achieve its objec- leaders; they are the leaders of levels”. tives by 2016. today. Young people don’t live The second day of the confer- She also hoped that the cam- in the future; they live in the ence also featured workshops paign will be expanded to cover present,” he told the 450-strong by peace advocates and social non-governmental armed forces young audience at Reach Out To entrepreneurs from Qatar, Saudi to end the use of children in Asia’s (ROTA) annual youth-led Arabia, Sri Lanka and Nigeria. armed conflicts. conference. H E Sheikh Mohammad bin Al Sada stressed Qatar’s inter- He stressed the need for young Abdullah Al Thani, Goodwill est in protecting educational facil- people to take part in solving FROM LEFT: Dr Habbes Al Marri, Moderator; Steve Culbertson, President and CEO, Youth Service America; Lewis Ambassador, ROTA, Foosd ities from any military attacks some of the most pressing prob- Lewis, Deputy Project Manager, Active Qatar Campaign; Farahnaz Yousif, international youth participant, and Sahar Milinda Rajapaksha, Ajarat and said such attacks would have lems that concern and affect Bada and Mohammad Bakhrieba negative impact on children’s Al Ansari, local youth participant, at Empower 2015 panel discussion at HBKU Student Centre yesterday. BAHER AMIN the youth of today by channel- hosted special workshops to equip right to education. ling their “energy, idealism and delegates with skills, knowledge, She highlighted the programme creativity.” something they are passion- of individuals essential in achiev- “I hope you embrace your values and ethics needed to of protecting the right to educa- “You have to find your passion ate about, learn and teach it to ing peace.” dreams and pursue your ambi- move their communities towards tion in insecurity and armed and use it to change the world,” others. Lewis said sport is a school tions regardless of what you’re realising the United Nations conflicts, a global initiative spear- he said. Lewis Lewis, Deputy Project of life which teaches people the going through right now,” he Sustainable Development Goals headed by H H Sheikha Moza bint Farahnaz Yousif, an interna- Manager, Active Qatar Campaign, best skills they need to be lead- exhorted them. related to peaceful societies and Nasser, Unesco special envoy for tional youth participant, said underscored the importance of ers inasmuch as it teaches how to Sahar Al Ansari, a youth par- education. basic and higher education. young people should choose sport in “building the character respect one self and others. ticipant from Qatar, expressed THE PENINSULA QNA QRC signs deals with Tajik, Kyrgyz Red Crescent societies DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent humanitarian action, mainly migra- Al Mohannadi signed five-year (QRC) has signed two memo- tion, refugees, health and disaster MoUs to constitute a legal frame- randums of understanding preparedness. The team visited work for strengthening relations; (MoUs) with Red Crescent humanitarian projects executed embodying the spirit of solidarity Society of Tajikistan (RCST) by RCST, including Children’s within International Red Cross and Red Crescent Society of Cancer Hospital, Disabled and Red Crescent Movement; Kyrgyzstan (RCSK). Children’s Hospital, Psycho-mental improving the quality of services The deals were signed dur- Children’s Shelter, a water and provided by both parties; coordi- ing a QRC delegation’s visits to sanitation project in Dachak, Social nating future activities such as Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to Charitable Fund of Tajikistan, an community-based healthcare and explore cooperation opportuni- elementary school set up under the first aid, disaster preparedness, ties in humanitarian action, diplo- Community-Based Institutional fundraising and resource mobi- macy and capacity building. Development Programme, and lisation, youth and volunteering The delegation comprised Saleh Migration Training Centre. management, capacity building, bin Ali Al Mohannadi, Secretary- In Kyrgyzstan, QRC officials and development initiatives; and General, QRC, Dr Fawzi Oussedik, met RCSK Deputy Director, exchange of visits and experience, Head, International Relations Marat Kachkynbekov, World under the Seville Agreement, the and International Humanitarian Assembly of Muslim Youth in Fundamental Principles of the Law, QRC, and Ahmed Ismail Al Bishkek, the mayor of Bishkek, Movement, and resolutions of Zyara, a QRC volunteer. the deputy speaker of parlia- international conferences. In Tajikistan, the delegation ment, and Minister of Social Both sides will ensure that sup- held meetings with RCST offi- Development, Bazarbaev port provided between the parties cials, the head of mission of the Kudaibergen Bazarbaevich. is mutually beneficial to deliver Office of the United Nations High They visited RCSK projects, the more efficient and effective serv- Commissioner for Refugees, the refugee mobile clinic settlement, ices according to the respective The QRC delegation at Children’s Crisis Centre in Kyrgyzstan. Minister of Health, Salimzoda National Chest Hospital, a project mandates; ensure that projects Nusratullo, and Head of mission of Saudi Red Crescent Authority, and programmes serve the needs relief, rehabilitation, and develop- ensuring sufficient exchange of volunteers and staff to partici- of International Committee of the National Tuberculosis Centre, a of the most vulnerable people and ment are integrated into them; general information on strate- pate in training camps and other Red Cross (ICRC), Andrea Paque. hospice, a retirement home, and that gender, environmental sus- promote understanding and coop- gies, policies, and activities; and events. They discussed common Children’s Crisis Centre. tainability, and linkage between eration between national societies, work to develop possibilities for THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Al Jazeera Forum to launch research Qatar Charity holds eye camp in Yemen contest for youth 4,500 poor patients benefit from DOHA: The ninth session of Al Jazeera Forum will launch new activities, including the QR135,000 humanitarian project first research contest for youth DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC), in of the local council, the director of under 35 from the Arab world partnership with the social and Health Bureau, QC Engineer Rami and beyond. charitable organisation, Subul, Mansoob, Head, Construction The Higher Organising in Yemen, has implemented a Department, and Dr Fahim Al Committee of the forum has week-long medical camp for the Haj, coordinator, Department announced that the deadline benefit of 4,500 eye patients, at a Programmes. for documents for participat- cost of QR135,000. In a statement, Al Haj said this ing in the contest, in Arabic and The camp was held at Al step comes within the frame- English, is the end of business day Moneera Hospital in the rural work of QC’s desire to continue on Tuesday, April 10. province of Hodeidah and super- its humanitarian efforts in Yemen Contest terms include prepara- vised by the local Directorate of to help the poor and needy, noting tion of an unpublished and origi- Health and Population. that these efforts will continue in nal research paper with 2,500 to It involved activities, includ- various humanitarian fields. 3,000 words on the topic ‘Change ing examination of patients, the In light of QC’s efforts in the in the Arab World: Approaches dispensing and distribution of financing of the camp and coop- and Possibilities’ along with a prescription glasses and cataract eration with local authorities, summary of not more than 300 operations, with around 4,500 the Health and Population Office words. The committee has speci- patients examined, including 536 presented QC with a certificate fied that the research paper cataract removals and 800 pairs of appreciation for its consistent along with the completed per- of glasses distributed. Free medi- support for the health sector in sonal information form found on cines were distributed to patients. Yemen. QC plans to implement the website of Al Jazeera Centre The camp witnessed a large eye and medical camps through- for Studies should be sent to the turnout of patients from various out the year. It recently launched email address of the contest: districts of Hodeidah and from a campaign to provide urgent [email protected] in further away in the provinces relief for those affected by the word document format. of Taiz, Mahaweet and Hajja. current events in Yemen, with a Papers sent in any other way Ophthalmologists from Yemen collection target of QR25m for the will not be accepted, nor will and Pakistan ran the camp. The benefit of 50,000 families in the they be accepted if they aren’t opening ceremony of the camp was areas of food, medicine and treat- One of the beneficiaries receives his medication at the camp. sent with an attached copy of the attended by the secretary-general ment. THE PENINSULA author’s passport. The committee has said all papers will be subject to review by a panel external to Al Jazeera Media Network before the results are announced between April 25 and 30. The panel will submit a Works of 21 artists on short list of the five best research papers, and their authors will be invited as special guests to the display at IAD expo forum. Details about the contest can DOHA: The fifth International Allawy, Annette Wendling- be found on the forum website: Artists Doha (IAD) spring Willeke, Ben Barbour, Charlene http://forum.aljazeera.net exhibition at Qatar Foundation Kasdorf, Dorte Meichsner, The forum, ‘Conflict and (QF) Recreation Centre has Dominika Bozic, Elham Razani, Change in the Arab world’ will been attracting large crowds Hannelore Seckel, Jacinthe be held in Doha from May 4 and for the diversity and quality of Lecomte, Jameela Al Shraim, Leila 6 and will present an opportunity works by 21 Doha-based artists B Chaieb Elhaj, Mahesh Kumar, to highlight the network’s role in from 11 countries. Nigel Muter, Sabah Arbilli, media and politics, and display Established five years ago to Salim Abdulla, Shahida Ahmed, its contributions as a pioneer- The Swedish delegation and officials from universities in Qatar attend a roundtable discussion. provide an environment for art- Shihar Hamza, Urvashi Gaekwad ing media organisation in today’s ists from overseas to meet, com- Chauhan, Verity Watkins, Yousef world. It will have a broad partici- municate and exhibit works, IAD Ellis and Willemina Mansell. pation of leading politicians, intel- is unique to Qatar for its diversity They are from Croatia, Tunisia, lectuals, media personalities and of members and their talents. Iraq, Germany, Canada, India, activists from around the world. Sweden’s Lund University may “Having been a member of IAD Iran, the Netherlands, the UK, THE PENINSULA from the start, I have seen the the US and Qatar and their works group grow, not only in numbers cover a wide range of styles from open branch campus in Qatar but also in the quality of works realism to abstract. Nigel Muter, QFC’s pop-up presented, and this year sees a Chair, IAD, said “We are at a range of talent and diversity in stage where sponsorship and per- gallery opens DOHA: A branch campus of a Qatar University, Georgetown The visit follows a visit to Doha the group that has never been manent premises could catapult leading Swedish university is and Brookings to a roundtable on by Lund University in November equalled,” said Annette Wendling- the group forwards significantly.” likely to open in Doha, accord- ‘Qatar: Its Ambitions and Foreign 2014 and the visit to Sweden Willeke, Treasurer, IAD. The The exhibition is open to the today at W Hotel ing to Swedish Ambassador Policy Relations in a Complex in the same month by a QNRF expo is organised by QF which has public until March 26 from 8am DOHA: The Qatar Financial Ewa Polano. Region.’ delegation, headed by Executive worked with IAD for many years. to 8pm daily. Centre (QFC) Authority will Polano said she was hope- Discussion focused on top- Director Dr Abdul Sattar Al Taie. The artists include Ahmad THE PENINSULA open a ‘pop-up’ interactive gal- ful a branch campus of Lund ics relevant to ongoing studies Polano said she is “hopeful to lery, ‘Transformations’, today University will be opened. and research projects in both bring a Lund University branch at W Hotel lobby as part of the Representatives from Centre countries. to Doha and see a country to Art for Tomorrow conference. for Middle Eastern Studies, The Swedish delegation’s visit country relationship prosper The gallery seeks to highlight from Lund University, headed by aimed to establish and deepen with Lund’s presence — one of the transformation Qatar is under- Director Leif Stenberg, Professor research cooperation with uni- leading universities in Europe and going, and the role everyone in in Islamic Studies, visited Doha versities in Qatar and increase the biggest in Scandinavia.” Qatar has in this story, while and met officials from universities. exchange of students and teachers Another delegation from Lund evoking QFC’s role as a facilitator The centre was founded in and the roundtable and meetings is expected to visit Doha before of success for businesses in Qatar. 2007 to support and coordinate offered a welcome opening. the summer. “We are frequently called on to research on the region, at Lund Professor Stenberg praised the The Swedish embassy is talk about Qatar’s economic story, University. Research on the roundtable and said the “debate working with the “triple helix” but we don’t often hear about the Middle East has however existed was intellectually stimulating for approach encouraging partner- people contributing to this nar- since the university was founded all of us and inspired the delega- ships involving universities, gov- rative. However, the economic in 1666. tion to increase exchange and ernment and the private sector. Visitors at the exhibition. growth is also fuelling a creative Polano invited officials from cooperation with Qatar.” THE PENINSULA economy and many young artists working here, from Qatar and elsewhere, are telling through their art personal stories behind the country’s success,” said Yousuf Fakhroo, Director, Marketing and Corporate Communications, QFC. 18 school students complete WCMC-Q programme The gallery is open to the public until Monday. It will fea- DOHA: Eighteen high school be selected, students must have ture photographs by local art- students took a step towards demonstrated academic apti- ist Omar Khalifa, who uses a their dreams of pursuing a tude, a desire to forge a career ‘double-exposure’ technique that career in medicine as they in medicine and dedication to merges two images into one. A completed Qatar Aspiring studies. short film created for the event Doctors Programme at Weill Dr Rachid Bendriss, Assistant will expand on the stories in the Cornell Medical College in Dean, Student Recruitment, imagery. Visitors will be invited Qatar (WCMC-Q). Outreach and Foundation to have their photographs taken The Student Recruitment and Programmes, WCMC-Q, said, and transformed into their unique Outreach Unit at WCMC-Q’s “The students have shown enor- double exposure image which will Pre-Medical Education Division mous motivation to learn and be emailed to them later. designed the programme to help worked hard to master the mate- The forum, sponsored by QFC, talented students reach the aca- rial presented to them. We have will discuss the changing dynam- demic level required to apply to been impressed by their intelli- ics of the arts and architecture study medicine full-time after gence, intellectual curiosity and industry, and their potential to they graduate from high school. work ethic. change people and places. Participation in the pro- “The programme is a testa- THE PENINSULA gramme is based on merit, and to ment to WCMC-Q’s outreach to

The students pose for a group photo.

the school community in Qatar and career goals. Students who completed the and our support for their stu- The course comprises face-to- programme were drawn from Al dents to develop academic skills face instruction, online modules Bayan Secondary High School, and expose them to WCMC-Q’s and hands-on training covering Al Wakra Independent School programmes.” subjects such as maths, biology, for Girls, Debakey High School, The programme, which runs physical sciences and research Omar Bin Khattab School, Al from September to March each skills, based on a customised Jazeera Academy and Al Ieman academic year, is tailored to suit timetable to fit with each stu- School. each student’s academic level dent’s school schedule. THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Netanyahu lags behind in last polls before vote Zionist Union ahead of Likud with at least 4 seats: Survey

JERUSALEM: Final opinion third, with 13 seats. said in a statement. polls yesterday put Israeli Prime The centrist Yesh Atid of “The electorate of the national- Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s former finance minister Yair ist camp do not, this time, have rightwing Likud party four Lapid and the far-right Jewish the privilege to vote for small seats behind its centre-left rival Home were both expected to win rightwing parties.” with four days to go before a at least 11 seats, the polls showed. Even if it does win the most general election. The Zionist Union was created seats, the Zionist Union will not Several polls released yesterday in December by fusing Israel’s necessarily be tasked with form- — the last day opinion surveys can once-dominant Labour party with ing the next government. be released before Tuesday’s vote the centrist HaTnuah led by Tzipi With polls showing Netanyahu’s — showed the Zionist Union pull- Livni, Israel’s former chief peace natural allies on the right likely ing further ahead of Likud after negotiator with the Palestinians. to win the most seats overall, he an intense campaign. Should they form the next gov- has a clear advantage in piec- Netanyahu, who gambled by ernment, the parties have agreed ing together a coalition and may calling the vote nearly two years on a two-year rotation for the instead be tasked by President early after his government coali- premiership, with Herzog taking Reuven Rivlin with forming a tion fell apart late last year, has the first tenure. government. warned Israel’s security will be at Under Israel’s proportional vote Yediot Aharonot analyst Sima risk if his rivals win. system, instead of electing indi- Kadmon said a lot could still But the opposition’s call for vidual members of the Knesset change before polling stations change after nearly six years of voters choose party lists, with open. rule by the divisive Netanyahu seats distributed according to the “As has been proven in previous appears to have been heard by percentage of the vote received. elections, four days is a long time,” many voters. she wrote on Friday, pointing out A poll in the top-selling Yediot ‘FOUR DAYS IS A LONG that over the same period in the Aharonot newspaper showed the TIME’ run-up to the January 2013 elec- Israeli Arab political leader, Ayman Odeh (second right), the leader of the unified Arab list, visits a fast food Zionist Union winning 26 of the Yesterday’s polls left Likud tion Yesh Atid gained four to five restaurant in the old city of Acre during his campaign yesterday. 120 seats in the Israeli parlia- shaken, with spokeswoman Noga seats over what polls had forecast. ment, or Knesset, against 22 for Katz reiterating Netanyahu’s call “The way down is even quicker,” “On Sunday at 7:00 pm there likely that Likud supporters The clashes took place on Likud. on rightwingers to support his she added. “A party with a nega- will be a big rally of the national would attend. the outskirts of Jazalun refugee Other polls for the Jerusalem party over smaller parties on the tive momentum could find itself camp,” he said in a video posted As Israel prepared to go to the camp near Ramallah, amid sim- Post and Maariv dailies, and for right and far-right. on Tuesday night with fewer seats on his Facebook site. polls, Israeli troops opened fire mering tension in the occupied Israeli public radio, also showed “If the gap between Likud and than the last poll predicted.” “I expect everyone to come, with live bullets towards more Palestinian territories. a four-seat gap, with the Zionist Labour does not close, there’s a Naftali Bennett, head of the thousands and thousands will be than 100 stone-throwing protest- Palestinians are keen for a Union taking 25 seats to 21 for real danger that Tzipi and Bougie ultra-nationalist Jewish Home, there,” he said. ers in the northern West Bank, change from Netanyahu, hoping Likud. All the polls showed the (Herzog’s nickname) will become called for a united pre-election A Likud spokesman said the wounding a teenager who was for a more suitable partner for Joint List, a newly formed alliance prime minister by rotation, with rally of the right to be held in Tel event was not being organised shot through the ankle, medics future peace talks. of Israel’s main Arab parties, in the support of the Arab list,” she Aviv. by Netanyahu’s party but it was and a correspondent said. AFP Kerry talks Mideast peace with Abbas, Sisi and Jordan king SHARM AL SHEIKH, peace in the region,” Sisi’s office continuous, ongoing conver- EGYPT: US Secretary of State said in a statement. sation we’re having with the John Kerry held talks yester- During the meeting Sisi critical stakeholders here,” the day with Palestinian President “emphasised that achieving peace official said, asking not to be Mahmoud Abbas and the lead- and stability in the region will named. ers of Egypt and Jordan on the bring stability to all the countries After the conference, Kerry will stalled Middle East peace proc- in the region,” the statement said. fly to Lausanne in Switzerland on ess, officials said. Kerry led a bid last year to try Sunday for fresh negotiations with Kerry was attending an invest- to reach an Israeli-Palestinian Iranian counterpart Mohammad ment conference in Egypt’s Red peace deal, but his efforts col- Javad Zarif. Sea resort town of Sharm Al lapsed amid bitter recriminations Talks with global powers for Sheikh along with hundreds of by both sides. a deal reining in Iran’s uranium prominent figures to jumpstart Last month the United States enrichment programme in return its economy. voiced fears that the Palestinian for sanctions relief are reaching Ahead of the conference Kerry Authority may be teetering on a critical stage as a March 31 met Abbas, Egypt’s President the brink of collapse because of deadline for a political framework Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Jordan’s a lack of funding, as Israel with- accord looms. King Abdullah II to discuss the holds taxes and donor aid stalls. With uncertainty still sur- peace process, a State Department “We continue to be concerned rounding the deal, the State official and Sisi’s office said. about the PA,” a State Department Department has not said how long The four leaders discussed cre- official told reporters travelling Kerry will stay in Lausanne nor ating an environment to “push with Kerry on his plane before when he is expected to return to US Secretary of State John Kerry, Jordanian King Abdullah, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Palestinian forward the peace process to the four leaders met. Washington. President Mahmoud Abbas meeting in the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al Sheikh yesterday. reach a comprehensive and just “It’s really part of the AFP Hamas begins New Iran talks tomorrow Israel officials Twitter campaign recommend barrier

GAZA CITY: Palestinian Islamist on Jordan border as US political storm rages JERUSALEM: group Hamas launched a campaign on Israeli security officials have Twitter yesterday aimed at improv- recommended building a barrier along the bor- ing its image, but was immediately hit GENEVA: Iran nuclear talks enter State Wendy Sherman and Energy trust the United States,” Zarif told top der with Jordan — the Jewish state’s only fron- by a barrage of sarcastic and mocking their critical end-game tomorrow Secretary Ernest Moniz, are sched- clerics. The so-called P5+1 group of tier that does not yet feature a fence. messages. with US Secretary of State John uled to join him in Lausanne, the world powers — the US, Russia, China, “Security officials recommended the construc- The movement, which controls the Gaza Kerry due to meet his Iranian coun- State Department said yesterday. Britain, France and Germany — want tion of a security barrier to protect the new airport Strip and fought a 50-day war with Israel terpart in Switzerland as a March With uncertainty still surround- Iran to shrink its nuclear activities to which will be built at Timna” some 20km north last summer, said its English-language ini- 31 deadline looms and a political ing the deal, remained unclear how extend to at least a year the “break- of resort city Eilat, an army spokeswoman said, tiative #AskHamas was designed so offi- storm rages in Washington. long Kerry will stay in Lausanne out time” Iran would, in theory, need without elaborating. cials could answer questions from social After a decade of crisis, 18 months nor when he is expected to return to to assemble a bomb’s worth of fissile Work has already begun on the new airport near media users. of talks and two missed deadlines, Washington. material. Eilat, which lies across the Jordanian border from The campaign was timed to coincide six world powers aim by the end of Zarif is meanwhile due to take a Iran, which insists its nuclear activ- the port city of Aqaba. with the deadline for a European Union this month to nail down the out- break from the talks with Kerry on ities are purely for peaceful purposes, Newspaper Haaretz reported that the planned appeal against removing the group from line of a deal with Iran that would Monday to meet EU foreign policy meanwhile wants painful UN and 30km (19-mile) barrier was designed both to pro- the EU’s terror list, Hamas said. put making a nuclear bomb out of chief Federica Mogherini and her Western sanctions lifted. tect the airport and to foil attempts by would-be A European court in December ordered Tehran’s reach. French, German and British counter- In November 2013, Iran and the “jihadist infiltrators” from Jordan, which is home the removal of Hamas from the bloc’s ter- The parties hope to reach a full parts, before returning to Switzerland, P5+1 agreed an interim accord involv- to some extremist sympathisers and a number of ror list, but the European Union said it accord by July 1. according to his ministry. ing a partial nuclear freeze by Iran radical clerics. It was unclear whether the govern- would appeal the decision within three But as time runs short tem- On March 9, 47 Republican US sen- and minor sanctions relief. ment would approve construction of the fence. months. “The #AskHamas campaign... pers have been boiling over in the ators wrote an open letter to Iran’s After numerous rounds of talks, Israel has a fence on its southern border with will begin Friday and continue for five United States, putting Kerry and leaders warning that any nuclear negotiators have twice failed to meet Egypt, also near Eilat, that was erected in 2013 to days,” said an Arabic-language statement US President Barack Obama under deal could be modified by Congress two self-imposed deadlines — last July keep out illegal African immigrants. posted on Hamas media official Taher Al immense pressure. or revoked “with the stroke of a pen” and then November — to reach a last- The Jewish state also has a border fence with Nunu’s Facebook page. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali by Obama’s successors. ing deal. the Gaza Strip and barriers on the frontiers with “It is aimed to send a message to the Khamenei, has meanwhile criticised This followed an address to US law- Diplomats say there has been Syria and Lebanon, both countries it is technically European public... which demonstrated the two-step process, saying matters makers — on a Republican invitation progress in some areas, includ- at war with. AFP its solidarity with the Palestinian cause... should be handled in one fell swoop. — by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ing changing the design of the that Hamas is not a terrorist movement, He is due to give a closely watched Netanyahu when he warned that the Arak reactor that could give Iran but a nationalist liberation movement.” Iranian New Year’s address on March mooted deal would leave Iran’s nuclear weapons-grade plutonium once That was a reference to demonstrations 21. programme “largely intact”. operational. in European capitals against Israel’s July- On Thursday Khamenei said the Obama said it was “somewhat ironic But the key issue of the future scale August campaign in Gaza. other side in the talks was “deceitful to see some members of Congress of Iran’s uranium enrichment capaci- The war killed nearly 2,200 Palestinians, and stabs in the back,” according to wanting to make common cause with ties — producing nuclear fuel but also mostly civilians, and 73 on the Israeli side, news agency Isna. hardliners in Iran”. Kerry called the potentially bomb material — remains mostly soldiers. Nunu posted a link to Kerry, currently attending an missive “irresponsible”. unresolved. Twitter account @HamasInfoEn, which investment conference in Egypt, Zarif, who together with reform- Other thorny topics involve the showed pictures of the officials who would will travel to the Swiss city of ist President Hassan Rouhani is also pace at which sanctions would be be answering questions, including the Lausanne Sunday to meet Iranian under pressure from Iranian hard- suspended and eventually lifted and movement’s most senior leader in Gaza, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad liners, was scathing about the letter the duration of the mooted accord. Ismail Haniyah. “Truth from the mouth Zarif. from US “extremists”, saying it had France believes the 10 years suggested of the horse”, it tweeted. The US negotiating team, including “no legal value”. in some quarters is not enough. 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S IRANIAN nuclear talks enter their most critical phase, with US Secretary of State John Kerry due to meet his Iranian counterpart in Switzerland Atomorrow, two major developments have cast a The lights have gone out over shadow over the talks. First, a letter addressed to Iran by 47 US Republican lawmakers warning that any nuclear deal could be modified by Congress or revoked “with the stroke of a pen” by Obama’s successor. The letter followed an Syria, just like our humanity address to US Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he warned that the prospective deal would BY NATALIE NOUGAYRÈDE leave Iran’s nuclear programme ‘largely intact’. allowed them to change the balance of address the deeper underlying reasons forces on the ground. as to why Isis has grown. Assad has been The letter sparked a huge controversy in the US. T ALL started with calls for free- Filiu identifies wasted opportunities, a key factor in making the Middle East Democrats were furious, media were severely critical and dom and peaceful street demon- including President Obama’s August the volcano it now is. Yet the west has finally some of the Republicans admitted it was a bad idea. strations against the Assad regime. 2013 decision to give up on airstrikes all but given up on reducing his ability But the letter is unlikely to have a negative impact on the IFour years on, Syria’s nightmare against Assad’s military after its use of to sow chaos and death. talks. Iran took it as a red herring and found an opportunity continues unabated. We watch from chemical weapons. In early 2014 there Is it too late? Filiu says not – an afar. We dread the jihadi radicalism was another lost chance when Syrian assertion which will certainly be con- to attack its arch foe. The country’s highest spiritual leader, that seeps from the Middle East into rebels expelled Isis from Aleppo, but tested by those who conclude that in Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said it was an indication that Europe. But Islamic State is the mon- still didn’t receive the outside help Syria today, only Assad and Isis forces Washington was disintegrating from within. “All countries, ster we confront. Not the Assad regime. they hoped for. Filiu is convinced that remain. That point of view certainly fits according to the international norms, remain faithful to In March 2011 when the Syrian upris- by creating a vacuum, the west let radi- with Assad’s propaganda. Filiu says the their commitments even after their governments change, ing began, there were no jihadis in the cal Islamic networks based in the Gulf best hope against Isis, as demonstrated but the American senators are officially announcing that country. Four years on, Isis controls a states become enmeshed in the Syrian in Aleppo a year ago, is the anti-Assad third of Syrian and Iraqi territory, and quagmire – thus helping spread the ide- rebel forces. at the end of the term of their current government, their is growing branches in other countries ology Isis thrives on. Giving them what they need would commitments will be considered null and void,” Khamenei of the Arab and Muslim world – most While we bomb Isis, Assad spares it change the bigger picture. Filiu points to said in a statement. The statement was in line with what recently in Nigeria. But the current andprefers to barrel-bomb Syrian civil- what the west did in Afghanistan in the critics of the letter in US had feared – western strategy of bombing Isis on the ians in the pockets of territory still con- 1980s: delivering Stinger missiles to the that it would undercut the president, one hand and appeasingBashar al-Assad trolled by the rebels fighting his rule. mujahideen, which allowed them to win. Whether damage the image of US abroad and on the other is Filiu says Isis is winning because, unlike As for the assertion that anti-tank or not only a los- the west, it has a strategy – and it has anti-aircraft weaponry, if delivered by Iran nuclear give a weapon to the enemy to attack ing strategy – it galvanised many young Sunnis. Isis is the west, would fall into Isis hands, well, talks fail or them. is making things proactive, the west reactive. The actions Filiu responds that this risk fades con- Secondly, there are reports that the worse. of Isis draw us into kneejerk military siderably compared to the huge quantity succeed, it Gulf countries are worried about the The west is This week operations with no political strategy of American military equipment given negative consequences of a nuclear appeasing I listened to a whatsoever. to Isis last year when Mosul fell: the US will have talk given at the The west started a bombing cam- equipped Iraqi army abandoned all its deal with Iran. There have always enormous Assad while London School paign after its citizens were beheaded hardware to the assaillants. been concerns about a nuclear deal, of Economics last year in Iraq – the images of these It is perhaps not surprising that consequences because some countries in the region he massacres byJean-Pierre crimes were intolerable. Yet the west British diplomats and defence offi- for the fear that Iran would acquire nuclear Syrian civilians Filiu, a French failed to do anything decisive after cials who attended Filiu’s conference capabilities despite a deal. But this Arabist, aca- 200,000 people were killed in Syria. If expressed some disagreement: after geopolitical fear has been exacerbated by the and spares the demic, former you dwell on this fact for a minute, it all, they have to defend current west- diplomat and is hardly surprising that many young ern policies. future of our latest developments in the region. butchers of Isis. long-time spe- Muslims – wherever they are – are But as I heard all this, I couldn’t help region. Iran is widening and strengthening its cialist on violent likely to conclude that western policies thinking of how comfortable it is, in a influence, now controlling four Arab jihadi movements. are racist. way, for most of us in the west to look at capitals – Beirut, Baghdad, Damascus He is also a stark and eloquent defender The Isis narrative is what needs to the catastrophe in the Middle East and and Sanaa. Conservatives and of the Syrian revolutionaries who set be fought before they are fought with take the fatalistic view that events have hawks in Iran are already shouting about their increasing out to overthrow Assad back in 2011, hard power. Yet, by letting Assad largely taken on a momentum that is beyond first through civic resistance and later off the hook while his army continues our influence. Yet we still haven’t heard power and the future potential for exporting its revolution. taking up arms to defend themselves to massacre civilians, we are losing the from our political leaders about how The Gulf countries cannot ignore this belligerence and from the onslaught of Assad’s army and narrative battle. Even by the standards they think letting Assad get away with the threats it entails. The US and the Western countries torturers. Unlike many commentators of realpolitik, under which the west only what he is doing will contribute to any involved in talks with Iran must address these concerns. and analysts, he has travelled to Syria acts on the basis of its own security con- decent outcome, or to prevent more ter- Kerry recently met some foreign ministers in our region to during the war. cerns, this is a lose-lose situation. rorist acts taking place in Europe. Filiu believes the west has contrib- By conservative estimates, there are The appeasement of Assad, like other reassure them about US intentions, but such assurances will uted to creating the monster it is fight- 3,000 to 4,000 European jihadis with appeasements in history, will cause more hardly help to assuage hurt feelings when the reality on the ing. Not in the way some proponents of Isis. On current trends, says Filiu, there nightmares. It is more than symbolic ground is showing a different picture. anti-western conspiracy theories like will be 5,000 by the summer and possibly that the lights over Syria have largely The current talks are progressing, but it’s difficult to to suggest (no, Isis is not a creature of 10,000 by the autumn. It is legitimate gone out, as a coalition of international say that a deal is certain before the deadline of March 31. the CIA), but by abandoning the Syrian to worry about how young British or NGOs has just shown. The lights in our Whether the talks fail or succeed, it will have enormous revolutionaries and failing to provide French girls can be indoctrinated and collective thinking are also at risk of them with the support that would have drawn to Syria. But that does nothing to going out. THE GUARDIAN consequences for the geopolitical future of our region. The other side Quote of Make use of grave lessons learned from disaster to minimize damage the day

Y LEARNING lessons earthquake that has claimed so many massive earthquake in the Nankai to evacuate to safer places. from the Great East Japan precious lives and not allow its lessons Trough or centered directly beneath What is most important in minimiz- Earthquake, we should to fade away, but instead pass them the Tokyo metropolitan area could ing disaster damage is to prepare a Breaffirm the importance of on to future generations,” said Yukie occur. Increasing the quake resistance proper emergency response system undertaking measures to reduce the Suzuki, 32, in a speech as a represent- of buildings and reinforcing facilities for during ordinary times. Local govern- risk of disaster damage. ative of bereaved families in Fukushima utilities vital to people’s lives, such as ments should regularly examine hazard The Syrian people On Wednesday, a memorial cer- Prefecture. electricity and water supply, must be maps and evacuation plans for their feel increasingly emony to mark the massive quake’s Prime Minister Abe, in his speech, promoted systematically. communities, while delegating roles to fourth anniversary was held in Tokyo. emphasized, “The government will pro- It is also essential to undertake be assumed by staff in the event of a abandoned by the At the ceremony, the Emperor and ceed with building a strong nation that measures to deal with nonphysical disaster. world as they enter Empress, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is resistant to disasters and make uni- elements. When a nuclear accident Efforts to work out measures to and about 1,120 people, including fied efforts to work out comprehensive occurred at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s assist elderly and disabled people, the fifth year of the representatives of bereaved families, emergency response measures utilizing Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, who may have difficulty in evacuating prayed for the souls of the departed the latest knowledge.” neither the central government nor local by themselves, have been delayed. war that has torn and pledged to reconstruct the disas- Making the nation strong and resist- governments had drawn up any con- The government should back up such their country apart. ter-affected areas. ant to major disasters is an urgent crete evacuation plans, resulting in the endeavors by local governments. Ban Ki-Moon “We must learn from this huge issue for Japan. It is feared that a failure to properly lead local residents The Yomiuri Shimbun UN Secretary-General SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Letter to Iran will hurt the Republicans Congress has perhaps never so openly disrespected the president on a foreign stage as now. Or intervened more actively to disrupt an international negotiation.

BY ELIZABETH COBBS Supreme Court, who held the post HOFFMAN from 1801 to 1835, argued (and was later quoted in the United States v. hat happens when Curtiss-Wright): “The president is US senators and the sole organ of the nation in its congressmen go external relations, and its sole rep- Waround a contro- resentative with foreign nations.” versial president to communicate Partisan restraint began to directly with the enemy? They crumble during the early years undermine the stability of their of the republic, however. During own party — and the integrity of the 22-year conflict between the nation. the European great powers — That’s what happened to the an era marked by the French Federalists, the glorious political Revolution and the Napoleonic party of George Washington, John Wars — Washington and Adams’s Adams and Alexander Hamilton. party advocated closer ties with Could the same thing happen to Britain. Jefferson and James today’s Republican Party? Madison’s party, the Democratic- On Monday, 47 Republican Republicans, strongly preferred senators wrote Iran’s leaders to France. inform them that the president The Federalists handed the of the United States is not to Oval Office to the Democratic- be trusted. Anything President Republicans in 1800, in modern Barack Obama promises, they history’s first democratic trans- explained, can be undone the fer of executive power from one moment he is out and their can- party to another. But the opposi- Senator Tom Cotton, initiator of the letter sent by 47 Republican senators to Iran’s leaders, walks to the Senate Chambers on Capitol Hill in Washington. didate is in. tion savagely attacked Jefferson Organised by freshman Senator once he entered the White House. Tom Cotton, the Republican The author of the Declaration a closed meeting in Hartford, the president’s unique responsibil- defeat the measures of the United negotiators forged a peace treaty Party’s broadside is not a precise of Independence received death Connecticut. The so-called ity to “receive Ambassadors and States, shall be fined under this with Britain, and General Andrew parallel to Federalist sedition dur- threats over his foreign policy. Hartford Convention drew up a other public Ministers.” Boehner’s title or imprisoned not more than Jackson defeated British troops ing the War of 1812. But it’s close. Passions escalated further list of demands. Their ultima- invitation to Netanyahu breached three years, or both. in the epic Battle of New Orleans The American people never after President Madison asked tums were not as important as the the nation’s basic law. It is unlikely, however, that a week later, delegates to the forgave the Federalist Party for Congress for a declaration of war implied threat behind them. New Cotton’s open letter to Iran the nation’s chief law enforcer Hartford Convention looked like flirting with treason during that against Britain in 1812. Two years England might secede if Madison also violates the spirit of the can stop them or even will try. fools and traitors. war. Today, Cotton and other into the unpopular conflict, some didn’t come to heel. Constitution. Whether he and Congress has previously expressed The nation’s first political party Republicans court similar disgust Federalists were proposing seces- The convention appointed three other senators are actually break- itself to foreign governments died swiftly. Reviled by the patri- with their disloyalty toward the sion from the Union. “ambassadors” to present their ing the law is more debatable. against a president’s wishes, such otic electorate, the Federalists nation’s sitting president. New England bankers lent terms to Madison — as if they Though the Logan Act of 1799 as when 88 members of the House never again won the Oval Office. The Federalist Party of George more money to George III than were representatives of already suggests they are: of Representatives sent a cable The United States had a one-party Washington and the Democratic- to Madison. The federal gov- separate nations. As if persons Any citizen of the United States, in 1920 to Prime Minister David system for the next two decades, Republican Party of Thomas ernment trembled on the edge other than the US president were wherever he may be, who, with- Lloyd George protesting British until the Whig Party arose in 1833. Jefferson had been at each other’s of bankruptcy. Connecticut empowered to appoint ambassa- out authority of the United States, policy toward Ireland. Modern Republicans have a throats for two decades. Partisan and Massachusetts withheld dors and direct foreign relations. directly or indirectly commences But Congress has perhaps never much longer history than the passions rose so high that Adams the services of their state mili- House Speaker John Boehner or carries on any correspondence so openly disrespected the presi- Federalists. Cotton’s party is made was burned in effigy while he tias. Governor Caleb Strong of and other members of the House or intercourse with any foreign dent on a foreign stage as now. Or of a sturdier fabric than the party was president. A few years later, Massachusetts sent a secret emis- Republican leadership invited the government or any officer or agent intervened more actively to dis- of Washington. Vice President Aaron Burr shot sary to Britain to broker a sepa- head of a foreign nation to address thereof, with intent to influence rupt an international negotiation. But the junior senator from and killed Hamilton, leader of rate peace with the enemy. them. Israeli Prime Minister the measures or conduct of any Like the Federalists of 1814, Arkansas ought to beware. The the Federalists and a perennial And then things really got Benjamin Netanyahu’s March 3 foreign government or of any today’s Republican leaders are American people have never cot- opponent. rough. speech violated the protocol spelled officer or agent thereof, in rela- wading into deep, swift waters. toned to treason — or the implica- As John Marshall, the most In 1814, 26 delegates from five out in the US Constitution. The tion to any disputes or controver- Whatever happened to the tion of it. illustrious chief justice of the US New England states travelled to founding fathers specified that it is sies with the United States, or to Federalist Party? When Madison’s REUTERS India’s ‘tax terrorism’ a hard habit to kick Iraqi heritage damaged even by US BY UNA GALANI BY PETER VAN BUREN On the edge of Forward Operating There were walls and building founda- old bones in the earthen barriers Base Hammer, where I lived, were tions exposed. protecting the base. The Army used ndia’s latest international tax shambles shows raqi officials are investigating several small hills, raised lumps on The problem was the vacant, flat one ancient tell nearby for artillery that it is easier to say something than to do it. reports that Islamic State militants the otherwise frying-pan-flat desert. area attracted soldiers, who would practice, blowing off most of its top. IThe country’s new government could honour Idestroyed Hatra, an archaeologi- These were “tells” — ancient villages. sometimes drive the SUVs used to get As one soldier said, “If it’s old and last year’s campaign pledge to end “tax terrorism” cal site that dates to the 1st century For thousands of years, people in Iraq, around on base there, doing “donuts” already broken, why does it matter if by scrapping a controversial law that allows it to BC, only two days after the group bull- as throughout the Middle East, used and enjoying kicking up dust plumes. we shoot at it?” That same area was seek payment for past transactions. The political dozed another site nearby, the ancient sun-dried bricks to build homes and No one officially seemed to mind much turned over to the Iraqis, who use fallout at home may be less painful than enduring Assyrian city of Nimrud. There is walls. The bricks lasted about 20 years — kids blowing off steam — until one it today as a live-fire exercise zone. embarrassment overseas by pursuing companies information that an archaeological site before crumbling, at which point the reservist lieutenant colonel, a school Forward Operating Base Hammer is like Britain’s Cairn Energy. near Khorsabad is the latest to be des- people rebuilt on top of the old foun- teacher back home, took it upon him- still open for business, now as a depot The gap between India’s tax rhetoric and real- ecrated. There no doubt will be more. dation. After a couple of rounds, the self to try and preserve what was left for the M1A1 tanks the United States ity has hit the London-listed company hard. The Destruction of historical sites is buildings sat on a small hill. of the site. He set up poles with red is selling to the Iraqis. I’m not sure of authorities have used a retrospective rule intro- indefensible. Like an extinct species, For our archaeological site, there streamers, both as a warning and as the status of what’s left of the on-base duced in 2012 to demand that Cairn pay $1.6bn once they are gone, they are gone for- had been so much erosion over the a way to make driving impossible, and archaeological site. in tax plus interest and penalties on capital gains ever. The casual destruction of the years, along with the digging the Army the donuts stopped. A decent man Sadly, other sites were damaged that arose from an internal reorganisation prior world’s shared heritage is too often a had done, that an area two football with a noble adopted cause, though during the US occupation. Early in to listing its India unit in 2007. The demand has byproduct of war, as well as a symbol fields in size was covered with ancient most soldiers saw him as a pain. the 2003 invasion of Iraq, US Marines wiped 19 percent off the company’s market value of its senselessness. Unfortunately, pottery shards. They were just lying People said that when the US Army built a helicopter pad on the ruins of since March 10. Though Cairn had been under Islamic State’s wanton destruction on the ground; you couldn’t help but first built the forward operating base Babylon. They filled sandbags with investigation since January 2014, and blocked reminded me of another example that I find them. Where holes had been dug, and dug up truckloads of dirt, sol- archaeological fragments, pulverised from selling its remaining 10 percent stake in witnessed in Iraq while embedded with you could see larger pieces — even diers found ancient skulls and long ancient pottery and bricks engraved the Indian business, the new government’s reas- the US Army in 2009. most of a semi-intact large pot or two. bones. You could sometimes still spot with cuneiform characters and chris- surances had led investors to believe the case tened the place Camp Alpha. would be dropped. The scale and intent were obviously Fear of the political fallout may have deterred different from what Islamic State is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government doing, but a loss is a loss, in big bites from scrapping the rule. The new administration or small ones. is already feeling vulnerable after suffering a big Thousands of tells are scattered all defeat in last month’s Delhi state elections. The over Iraq. You could see them in the worry is that voters will punish the Bharatiya desert from the air, especially in late Janata Party further if it gives in to foreign afternoon when the sun was low, as multinationals. they were the only things that cast a Doing nothing could be worse, however. Cairn significant shadow. Some of the pot- has filed a formal complaint under a bilateral tery and bricks on our site were pos- treaty that leads to international arbitration. sibly Sumerian? Assyrian? Babylonian? Telecom operator Vodafone took a similar step None of us knew enough to know. But last year. Arbitrators tend to frown upon retro- we wondered, had the dust we dug out spective taxes. While this approach potentially of our ears been part of some ancient allows India’s authorities to resolve the disputes city wall? without making difficult political decisions, the At night, the tell area was dark, government could end up on the hook for damages and you could imagine how the ear- if it loses. The case could also prompt other com- liest inhabitants of what is Forward panies to seek arbitration for their tax disputes. Operating Base Hammer must have The demands imposed on Cairn suggest that a seen the night sky. It was beautiful long list of companies could be hit with historical — awe inspiring — with stars flash- tax bills as the authorities allow existing investi- ing almost to the horizon. It was a gations to run their course. The negative public- reminder that we were not the first ity and the BJP’s failure to honour its campaign to move into Iraq from afar, and a pledge will damage the country’s efforts to attract promise across time that someone more international investment. The government might sit atop our own ruins one day has to decide whether this is really better than and wonder whatever happened to the making a politically unpopular decision. A file photo of tourists at a Hellenic temple in the historic city of Hatra, 350 km north of Baghdad. Americans. REUTERS REUTERS SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Turkey arrests 3 in Yemen rally calls raids over Erdogan Twitter insults on Saleh’s son to ISTANBUL: Turkish police yesterday detained three people accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and run for president other top officials on Twitter, after raiding their homes. The raids were the latest in a string of actions against critics of Thousands of soldiers attend Houthi drill Erdogan on Twitter, as activists express growing alarm over the SANA’A: Hundreds rallied in Cooperation Council, of which limits on freedom of expression Yemen’s militia-controlled capi- the UAE is a member, had repeat- in Turkey. tal yesterday to call for presi- edly slammed the Houthis’ “coup The three people, two of them dential elections and demand d’etat” in Yemen and voiced sup- women and identified as Veli H the son of ex-strongman port for Hadi. K, Serpil I. and Serap K., were Ali Abdullah Saleh run as a During his father’s rule, Ahmed detained at their homes and are candidate. Ali Abdullah Saleh was com- expected to face court hearings Sana’a has been under the con- mander of the elite Republican in the coming days, the official trol of the Shia militia, known as Guard troops, a body that was Anatolia news agency reported. Houthis, since September, and dissolved by Hadi. However, most According to media reports, President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi of its soldiers remained loyal to two were arrested in Istanbul has fled to the southern city of Ahmed. and one in the resort of Fethiye Aden after escaping house arrest Saleh has long been accused of in the Mugla province on the in the capital last month. attempting to hamper the coun- Mediterranean. Saleh, who stepped down in try’s political transition. In a separate incident, police February 2012 after a year- Meanwhile, in the capital’s in the central Anatolian ciity of long popular uprising, has been north, thousands of pro-Houthi Kayseri also arrested a Turkish accused of backing the Houthis, demonstrators rallied in support student who had been convicted who are from the same Zaidi sect of a “constitutional declaration” of calling Erdogan a “dictator” of Shia as he is. announced on February 6 under during the protests in the sum- Gathered in Sabiin Square in which the Houthis dissolved the Houthi followers shout slogans during a demonstration to show support to the movement, and rejecting foreign mer of 2013 against his rule, the Sanaa’s southern district, near government and parliament and interference in Yemen’s internal affairs, in Sana’a yesterday. Hurriyet daily reported. the residence of Saleh’s son, tightened their grip on power. Aykulatap Avsar, who until now Ahmed, demonstrators chanted Similar rallies have been held belonging to army units based province. The drill aims to in central Yemen, saying its mili- had been at large, was sent to a “The next president is Ahmed” every Friday since the declaration in northern Yemen participated enhance capacity and to “raise the tants had killed “more than 20 prison in Kayseri to begin serving and “Ahmed is our president”. was made. on Thursday afternoon in these readiness” of the militia forces to Houthis”. a one year and two months jail The demonstration passed Yemen, a key US ally in the manoeuvres, the first of this mag- prepare them to face “any inci- “These manoeuvres are a mes- sentence. Erdogan had in a speech without incident, a day after fight against Al Qaeda, has nitude,” Abdulsalam said in a tel- dents that might develop,” he sage of peace for all except those earlier lashed out at the protest- militiamen shot dead two pro- descended into chaos since Saleh’s ephone interview from Baghdad, said, accusing Saudi Arabia of threatening Yemenis by support- ers involved in the 2013 demon- testers taking part in a rally in ouster and the Houthi takeover which he is visiting. providing “Al Qaeda and jihadists ing takfiri (Sunni radical) ele- strations, which began as rallies support of Western- and Gulf- has raised fears of the country Yemen is strategically located with money, arms and logistical ments,” Abdulsalam said. over the planned development of backed Hadi. collapsing into a failed state. next to oil-rich Saudi Arabia and support.” Yemen’s mostly Sunni Gulf Gezi Park in central Istanbul. Vehicles with loudspeak- The Shia Houthi militia that on a key shipping route from the Yemen is home to Al Qaeda in neighbours, led by Saudi Arabia, He said in a speech in Ankara ers urging Yemenis to join the has seized power in Yemen’s capi- Suez Canal to the Gulf. the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) are deeply suspicious of the that the “youth of this country pro-Ahmed rally circulated in tal held military exercises near Abdulsalam said heavy weap- which, along with local Sunni Houthis, fearing they will take were not the vandals you saw in Sana’a for two days before the the border of Sunni heavyweight ons including tanks and artil- tribes, has battled Houthi Yemen into the orbit of Shiite Gezi” nor the “provocateurs in demonstration. Saudi Arabia, their spokesman lery, captured by the Houthis as attempts to expand further south. Iran. The six Gulf Cooperation skirts who set the streets on fire”. Ahmed is Yemen’s ambassador said yesterday. they spread their control across In a statement on Twitter, Council (GCC) states accused the His comments appeared to to the United Arab Emirates, but Mohammed Abdulsalam also parts of Yemen, were used in AQAP yesterday claimed respon- Houthis of a coup when the mili- reaffirm his distaste of a women’s rarely stays in his country’s Gulf launched a verbal salvo against the manoeuvres that took place sibility for an attack on a build- tia dissolved the government and rights march in Istanbul earlier neighbour. Riyadh, accusing it of interfer- in Kitaf, a town in the Houthis’ ing used by Shiite militiamen as parliament on February 6. this year where men wore skirts. The six-nation Gulf ence. “Thousands of soldiers northern stronghold of Saada a headquarters in Rada, a town AFP AFP

US to send $70m in non-lethal aid Video alleges spy aided UK girls en route to Syria ISTANBUL: A Turkish broad- been caught and was a Syrian broadcaster A Haber on its web- at several points. The three girls, an official at Canada’s embassy to Syrian oppn caster yesterday released what national. He gave no details. site, shows a man helping three girls two aged 15 and one 16, flew to in Jordan. “I have no intention of it said was footage of an alleged Islamic State seized large unload luggage from a taxi in south- Istanbul from London on Feb. spying. My aim is to prevent ter- WASHINGTON: The U S spy working for a country in parts of Syria and Iraq last June, eastern city of Gaziantep and then 17 and then onwards to Syria, rorist activity,” Dogan quoted him State Department said yes- the US-led coalition against cementing their rule with a mili- helping them into a silver minivan. where more than 200,000 people as saying. terday it was working with Islamic State helping three tant interpretation of Islamic “Come on sisters ... Don’t for- have been killed in a civil war. A Canadian government source Congress to provide about British school girls enter Syria law, and is drawing sympathisers get anything,” the man, identi- The girls’ families have appealed in Ottawa said on Thursday the $70m in new non-lethal assist- via Turkey. from many countries to support fied as Muhammed Al Rashad by to them to return. nationality of the alleged spy was ance to the Syrian opposition Turkish Foreign Minister their fight. The U.S.-led coalition Turkey’s Dogan news agency, is Dogan said Rashad has been not Canadian and that he was fighting President Bashar Al Mevlut Cavusoglu earlier said is using mostly air power in an heard as saying. “You will be there held in solitary confinement in a not employed by Canadian intel- Assad. a spy who assisted the London attempt to push the Sunni mili- in an hour insh’Allah.” prison in Sanliurfa province since ligence (CSIS). The source did The aid comes as the US school girls, now believed to have tant group back. The man speaks both English being caught. Citing his testimony not respond when asked whether military separately prepares to reached territory inside Syria Footage apparently shot on and Arabic in the four minute- to police, it said he had identified the person had been working for train and equip Syrian rebels controlled by Islamic State, had a mobile phone and released by long video and his face is visible fighters he helped enter Syria to CSIS. RUETERS to fight Islamic State militants in Syria. The non-lethal aid will go toward basic community services, Clash with settlers supporting “vetted units of the armed opposition,” digital secu- IS readies for Tikrit last stand rity training, and documentation of war crimes and other violations by the Syrian regime, the State but ‘expands’ to Nigeria Department said. “As we have long said, Assad ALBU AJIL, IRAQ: Thousands of Iraqi forces have laid siege to must go and be replaced through militants holed up in Tikrit but the Islamic State group shrugged a negotiated political transi- off setbacks by welcoming Nigeria’s Boko Haram group into its tion that is representative of “caliphate”. the Syrian people,” said Alistair After making major gains in and around the city Wednesday, com- Baskey, a spokesman for the manders were confident that Baghdad’s biggest victory yet against IS White House National Security was only a matter of time. Council, in a statement. “Now we are moving to the second phase of our plan,” Defence The non-lethal aid, Minister Khaled Al Obeidi told reporters in Salaheddin province, of announced on the fourth which Tikrit is the capital. anniversary of the revolution “We are very keen for our losses to be as low as possible. Time is against Assad, brings total US on our side, we have the initiative,” he said Thursday, the 11th day of support to the Syrian opposi- the offensive. No one involved has provided casualty figures since the tion to nearly $400m since the start of this latest and largest operation to retake Tikrit, which has start of the revolution, the State been in IS hands since June. Department said. But dozens of bodies are being driven south to Baghdad and the Shia AFP Israeli security forces stand guard during clashes with Palestinian youth from the Jalazoun refugee camp, on city of Najaf almost every day and, while government forces have had the road at the entrance of the Jewish West Bank settlement Beit El, north of Ramallah, yesterday. the upper hand, IS has done damage with suicide car bombs, booby traps and snipers. “We don’t want to be rushed because we want to avoid casualties,” police Staff Major General Bahaa al-Azzawi told AFP in Albu Ajil, a village from which Tikrit can be seen across the Tigris River. Libya crisis talks to resume on Wednesday “Tikrit is sealed off from all sides,” he said. All towns and villages on the river’s eastern bank were under the SKHIRAT, MOROCCO: members of the parliament sub- “Leon holds consultations w/ latest developments. GNC repre- control of anti-IS forces Thursday. UN-mediated talks in Morocco mit their proposals,” he added, # LibyanDialogue participants sentative Mohammed Saleh al- between Libya’s rival parlia- without further details. present in Morocco on substan- Makhzum criticised the delay but ments aimed at forming a The parliament, elected in tive & organizational issues of the said his group would wait to hear Tunisia arrests comedian, TV host national unity government will June, is based in the eastern process,” it said. out Leon. TUNIS: Tunisian authorities arrested a popular comedian and resume Wednesday, a lawmaker city of Tobruk, while the rival Leon did not formally confirm And GNC member Omar a television show host yesterday for offending President Beji Caid for the internationally recog- Islamist-backed General National that talks would be postponed to Hamiddane told reporters the Essebsi, whose office promptly denied it had anything to do with nised legislature said. Congress (GNC) is in the capital. Wednesday but, as he emerged Tripoli-based body had asked the case. Mohammed Sharif Elouafi The two sides are discussing from consultations with Tobruk- Leon “to clarify his position” on “The prosecutor has decided to place in detention” satirist Migalo, spoke after UN envoy Bernardino the form a unity government based parliamentarians he told the nomination last week by the whose real name is Wassim Lahrissi, and television host Moez Ben Leon held a new round of con- would take and the terms of a reporters the “possibility” was Tobruk parliament of anti-Islam- Gharbia, prosecutor’s office spokesman Sofiene Sliti said. sultations with representatives of cessation of hostilities in the there. ist General Khalifa Haftar as new The two “committed an offence against the head of state, a fraud,” both sides. violence-wracked North African “The decision must be taken fol- army chief. by inappropriately representing themselves as someone else, and that Leon “has agreed to a request nation. lowing consultations with all the Haftar’s appointment had they will remain behind bars until they appear in court on March 25. by members of the (elected) par- On Friday the UN mission in participants. It could be a possi- raised fears that it could derail “We will not enter into the details of the case” so as not to undermine liament to postpone the negotia- Libya (UNSMIL) tweeted that bility,” he said, before heading into efforts by Leon to push ahead the investigation, Sliti said. tions to ensure they are solid,” Leon held consultations with talks with GNC representatives. with the political dialogue. But private Mosaique FM radio, where Migalo works as a comedian said Elouafi. the parliamentarians present in Leon said time was needed for He is opposed by the Fajr Libya and impersonator, said he had recently pretended to be the president “We are now waiting for next Morocco, where they had indirect MPs from the parliament still militia alliance which seized in a telephone call he made to a businessman. Wednesday to come so that and then direct talks last week. in Tobruk to be updated on the Tripoli last summer. AFP AFP SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 EUROPE / AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Sweden offers to quiz Playtime Assange in London Alleged crimes to reach statute of limitations in August STOCKHOLM: Swedish prose- “On Monday, Assange will mark Sweden issued an arrest war- cutors offered yesterday to ques- 1,000 days inside our embassy in rant for Assange in 2010 follow- tion WikiLeaks founder Julian London. From the first day we ing allegations from two women Assange in London over rape have offered to let (prosecutors) in Sweden, one who claimed rape allegations, in a U-turn that question him and they didn’t do and another who alleged sexual could provide a breakthrough in it,” he tweeted. assault. the deadlocked case. WikiLeaks itself said the han- A lawyer for one of the women One of Assange’s lawyers wel- dling of the case had left a “black urged Swedish authorities to ques- comed the prosecutors’ proposal, stain” on Sweden’s human rights tion Assange as soon as possible. saying the interview would be a record. “For my client, possible charges first step in clearing his client who Up to now, Swedish prosecu- must come before August,” her took refuge in the Ecuadorean tors have refused to go to London lawyer Claes Borgstrom said, embassy in 2012 to avoid extradi- to question the 43-year-old noting the statute of limitations tion to Sweden and has been there Australian former hacker over in Sweden is five years for sexual ever since. the allegations. assault and 10 years for rape. “He will accept” to be ques- Assange has refused to go to Elizabeth Fritz, a lawyer for the tioned in London, lawyer Per Sweden to be questioned over the other woman, said in an email: Samuelsson said, adding that allegations, which he has vehe- “Assange did not make himself Assange was “happy” about the mently denied, saying the sexual available to be interviewed in development. encounters were consensual. Sweden... That’s why it is neces- “We are cooperating with the But the prosecutor in charge sary to change the location of the A Ukrainian serviceman presents toys to children as they visit a kindergarten in the eastern Ukrainian city of investigation,” he said. of the case, Marianne Ny, said interview.” Mariupol. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko yesterday confirmed a “gradual de-escalation” in fighting Britain’s Foreign Office pledged yesterday she was dropping her Assange fears that Sweden between government forces and pro-Russian separatists, a month after a ceasefire agreement came into effect. its help, saying: “As we have made opposition as some of the alleged would pass him on to the United clear previously, we stand ready offences will reach their statute of States, where an investigation is to assist the Swedish prosecutor, limitations in August. ongoing into WikiLeaks’ release in as required.” Ny’s office said in a statement 2010 of 500,000 classified military Two being probed Ecuador lashed out at the pros- she had always believed that files on the wars in Afghanistan ecutors for their delay in agreeing interrogating Assange at the and Iraq and 250,000 diplo- German court strikes for links to to question Assange at its embassy. Ecuadorean embassy would “lower matic cables which embarrassed “If they had accepted Ecuador’s the quality of the interview, and Washington. Paris killings offer to question him 1,000 days that he would need to be present A former US army intelli- ago, it would have saved us all a in Sweden in any case should there gence analyst, Chelsea Manning, down headscarf ban PARIS: Two suspects have lot of money and trouble,” Foreign be a trial.” is serving a 35-year prison term been placed under formal inves- Minister Ricardo Patino wrote on Ny has also asked to take a for leaking classified documents BERLIN: Muslim women neo-Nazis and extremist Muslim tigation by French magistrates Twitter. DNA sample from Assange. to WikiLeaks. AFP teachers can wear headscarves Salafists. for alleged links to the Paris as long as it does not cause dis- Christine Lueders, head of attacks of January, the Paris ruption in school, Germany’s the federal anti-discrimination prosecutors’ office said in a top court said in a ruling that agency, hailed the ruling for statement yesterday. overturns an earlier ban. “reinforcing religious freedom Named only as Amar R, 33, and The Constitutional Court in Germany”. With education Said M, 25, the two men had been struck down its own 2003 ban on administered by Germany’s 16 detained for questioning since Pope declares jubilee year headscarves for teachers, which states, she called on local author- Monday along with two other had led some German states to ities to review the relevant rules. people, a man and a woman, who VATICA N CIT Y: Pope Francis also the date on which the Vatican followers actually live their lives forbid Muslim headscarves in But the German Teachers’ were released earlier this week, yesterday marked the second II council closed in 1965. in the early 21st Century. schools while permitting the use Association (DL) called the the prosecutors said. anniversary of his election by Speaking in St Peter’s cathedral, Deep divisions over how the of Christian symbols such as cru- ruling “problematic”, saying it In French law, the opening of a declaring a jubilee year that the 78-year-old pontiff described Church should relate to homo- cifixes and nuns’ habits. undermined the principle of formal investigation means that will be interpreted as a power- the year’s start date as being “of sexual, divorced and co-habit- The court in Karlsruhe, ruling political and religious “neutral- magistrates have grounds for ful signal of his commitment to great significance, for it impels ing believers were aired at an on a case brought by a Muslim ity” in schools and public services. suspicion but does not necessar- reforming the Church. the Church to continue the work inconclusive synod of bishops in woman blocked from a teaching “We fear this ruling could lead ily mean that a trial will result. The extraordinary holy year, begun at Vatican II.” October-November 2014. They will job because of her headscarf, said to disruption in certain schools if, Amar R met in prison and dedicated to the theme of mercy, Vatican II is considered to be be revisited when senior clerics religious symbols could only be for example, non-Muslim parents exchanged over 600 text mes- has been called to celebrate the one of the defining moments in re-assemble in Vatican City this banned when they posed “not just do not agree with their children sages with Amedy Coulibaly, one 50th anniversary of a ground- the history of the Catholic church October. an abstract but a concrete risk of being taught by teachers in head- of the perpetrators of the January breaking Vatican council that — the point at which the cleri- The decision to announce the disruption in schools”. scarves,” said Josef Kraus, presi- attacks in which 17 people were transformed how the Church cal hierarchy accepted that some jubilee may reflect Francis’s “This is a good day for reli- dent of the teachers’ body. killed at French satirical news- related to the modern world, most centuries-old ways of thinking and apparent belief that he is not des- gious freedom,” said Volker Beck, Regional AfD leader Alexander paper Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish notably ending the obligation for acting had to be jettisoned if the tined to spend a long time in St a lawmaker from the opposition Gauland said the ruling was “wise supermarket. religious services to be conducted institution was to remain relevant Peter’s. Greens. but only given that the crucifix Said M’s DNA was found on in Latin. as the sixties began to swing. “I have a feeling my pontificate He argued that headgear goes unchallenged and is common a taser electroshock weapon The jubilee year will begin Fifty years later, the Church will be brief,” he told Mexico’s worn by devout Muslim, Jewish in German schools and it’s totally retrieved from the Paris food- on December 8 and run until is facing a similar set of dilem- Televisa channel in an interview and Christian women and men right that a headscarf does not, in store where Coulibaly was killed November 20, 2016. December 8 mas and is beset by divisions over to mark his anniversary. “Four or was less of a threat to German general, pose a concrete enough by French security forces after is one of the holiest dates in the how to respond to them and close five years, I don’t know. Two years society than “opponents of diver- threat for peace at school or the a siege that claimed the lives of Catholic calendar as the Feast of the gap between what it officially have already gone by. sity” such as the right-wing state’s neutrality in Germany”. four hostages. the Immaculate Conception and is preaches and how many of its AFP Alternative for Germany (AfD), REUTERS REUTERS

Suspected jihadists arrested Putin spokesman Labour leader gets denies baby rumours flak over two kitchens

MOSCOW: A spokesman LONDON: British left-wing small plain kitchen drinking mugs for Vladimir Putin yesterday leader Ed Miliband hoped to of tea and wearing casual clothes. denied rumours swirling in the win more votes by inviting a The press initially mocked the European media that a baby TV crew into his home. Instead kitchen for appearing too mod- had been born to the Russian his election rivals have gleefully est. A columnist for the Daily leader. seized on the revelation that the Mail — also the wife of a senior Several news outlets reported would-be “man of the people” Conservative and close Cameron that a woman romantically linked has two kitchens in his £2m ally — said it looked like a commu- to Putin in the past had given home. nist housing project and showed birth, a possible explanation for With around two months to the Milibands were “aliens”. the leader’s unusual absence that go before what’s expected to be That prompted a friend of the has sent the Russian rumour mill an unusually close national poll, couple’s to defend them, saying into overdrive. Miliband is now facing a barrage it was only their second kitchen “Information that a child has of jeers from Britain’s mainly and that the main kitchen was been born to Vladimir Putin is not right-wing press who claim the “lovely” — upon which the press true,” Dmitry Peskov told Forbes face of the main opposition party pounced in earnest. Russia. is a hypocrite for campaigning on Miliband’s perceived sin in “I am planning to appeal to peo- a promise that he understands the eyes of his critics is all the ple who have money to organise a the working class. greater because he has often competition for the best journal- “Exposed: Eddie Two Kitchens,” accused Cameron — a descend- istic hoax,” he added. said a headline in the right- ant of King William IV who is The Russian Twittersphere has leaning Sun newspaper, owned regularly filmed at his luxurious been alive with speculation over Spanish police officers arrest a man suspected of links with Islamist militant activities during a police raid in by Rupert Murdoch, yesterday. Oxfordshire country house — of the whereabouts of the typically Cebreros, central Spain, yesterday. Eight suspected members of a jihadist network who allegedly called for It has long mocked the Labour not empathising with poorer vot- omnipresent 62-year-old, after terrorist attacks in Spain and tried to recruit for the Islamic State group were arrested. leader as a socially awkward left- ers and of presiding over a cost of he cancelled several meetings wing nerd. living crisis. this week. Criticising someone for having “Clearly there’s no cost of liv- Russian state-media aired foot- two kitchens may sound odd to ing crisis for ‘Two Kitchens’ age of Putin meeting at his resi- non-Britons. But in a country still Miliband,” said Nigel Adams, dence outside Moscow with the Russia mall fire death toll rises to 11 obsessed by the remnants of its a lawmaker from Cameron’s head of the country’s supreme class system, by house prices, and Conservatives. court yesterday in a sign that it MOSCOW: The death toll after men on Thursday after the The fire engulfed the centre on by the gap between the rich and “It’s a bit rich lecturing people was business as usual. a massive fire ripped through a blaze destroyed the three-storey Wednesday afternoon, and some poor, it carries a peculiar politi- about poverty from his 2 million Putin was last seen in person shopping mall in Russia rose to building in Kazan, the capital of 500 police officers were deployed cal force. pound mansion.” on March 5 at a press confer- 11 yesterday, as rescue workers Tatarstan some 800 kilometres as panicked shop owners pushed The existence of Miliband’s Miliband denied he had sought ence with Italian Prime Minister combed through the rubble for east of Moscow. past a security cordon into the second kitchen only came to light to buttress his popular image Matteo Renzi and footage of him victims, local officials said. The emergency situations min- burning centre in a bid to save after the Labour leader — whose by being filmed in the smaller released by the Kremlin since “Eleven bodies have been istry said on Thursday up to 25 their merchandise. personal popularity trails that of kitchen. then has been claimed to be dated. found,” Andrei Rodygin, spokes- people were still missing and it A total of 650 shoppers were Prime Minister David Cameron “The house we bought had Speculation earlier this week man for the emergencies ministry could take several days to comb rescued from the centre. Of those — agreed to a BBC interview with a kitchen downstairs when we had focused on the leader’s pos- in Tatarstan told the RIA Novosti through the masses of debris. who had sought medical help 16 his wife Justine, who portrayed bought it. And it is not the one sible ill health, which Peskov news agency. Rodygin said rescue workers remained hospitalised, regional her husband as a victim of vicious we use. We use the small one denied. Officials had announced the had pulled a cat alive from the health authorities said. media attacks. upstairs,” he told The Birmingham AFP deaths of a woman and four debris yesterday. AFP The couple were filmed in a Mail newspaper. REUTERS SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA

Jumbo buffet Zia defiant Suspect in in first appearance Mali nightclub since unrest DHAKA: Bangladesh’s opposi- tion leader Khaleda Zia vowed yesterday to push on with her attack killed campaign to topple the govern- ment as she struck a defiant note in her first public appear- Dozen people arrested: Security forces ance since being effectively con- fined to her office. BAMAKO: Malian special where the raid took place were While Zia remains holed up forces killed a suspect yester- blocked off to traffic and police at her headquarters in Dhaka, day in last week’s deadly jihad- surrounded the neighbourhood. authorities allowed her to address ist attack on a nightclub in the Officers found an identity card the media for the first time since capital, officials said, dramati- on the dead suspect purporting to she called for anti-government cally igniting an investigation belong to a man in his early 20s protests and a transport blockade which had so far shown little born in the village of Moudakane, at the turn of the year, sparking progress. near Gao, northern Mali’s largest a wave of violence that has killed Bamako has been on high alert city, sources said. more than 110 people. since a heavily armed gunman Al Murabitoun, a jihadist group Zia, a two-time former premier, burst into La Terrasse, a popular run by leading Algerian militant used the press conference to lash venue among expatriates, on last Mokhtar Belmokhtar, has claimed out at the current Prime Minister Saturday and killed five people, responsibility for the nightclub Elephants enjoy various kinds of fruits and vegetables during an all-you-can-eat elephant buffet held to mark Sheikh Hasina whom she accused including a French national, a assault. the National Elephant Day at the ancient historical city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, yesterday. of turning the country into a one- Belgian and three locals. The group said it had struck party state by refusing her calls “During an operation launched partly to avenge Ahmed El for new polls. on Friday, one of the perpetra- Tilemsi, one of its commanders “They have effectively cre- tors of the terrorist crime last killed by the French army in Mali ated a one-party system in the Saturday was killed. He did not in December. Philippine police find fault at country,” said the Bangladesh want to surrender,” a senior spe- But it added that the attack Nationalist Party (BNP) leader cial forces commander said. was mainly a response to recent who refused to take part in “We located the individual in a cartoons of the Muslim prophet elections in 2014 over fears they popular district of Bamako. He is Mohammed, “whom the miscre- highest level in bungled mission would be rigged. from the north. He had shaved his ant West insulted and mocked.” “If we don’t fight against it, our head,” said another special forces The group was referring to MANILA: Philippine President ambushed the commandos and Purisma’s lawyer, Kristoffer freedom will be at stake... Our source who said he had taken part images published by Paris satiri- Benigno Aquino approved a killed 44 of them. James Purisima, said his client protests will continue until they in the operation. cal magazine Charlie Hebdo, bungled mission against Muslim The result of the inquiry came would respond to all allegations reach logical conclusion. He added that the suspect which saw 12 people killed at its rebels that led to the deaths of out days after Aquino said he was “at the proper time and before the “This crisis will end only after appeared to be a member of one offices by two Islamist broth- 44 police commandos, police given wrong information about proper forum”. an inclusive election is organised of the region’s light-skinned ers, part of three days of jihadist said in a report yesterday, pil- the mission, blaming the head of Interior Minister Manuel quickly under a neutral and non- minority groups, which includes attacks in Paris that left 17 people ing more pressure on the belea- the Special Action Force, Getulio Roxas said police were consider- party government,” she added. the Tuareg and Arab populations. dead overall. guered leader. Napenas. ing what charges to press. Many of those killed or injured “He is one of Saturday’s attack- Counter-terrorism teams The January 25 clash shattered The police report said Aquino, The inquiry found that the US since January have been victims ers. He was the one who launched from Paris and Belgium have a three-year ceasefire with the Purisima and Napenas had “kept forces had provided intelligence of firebombings of trucks and a grenade from his motorbike into been involved in the investi- country’s biggest Muslim rebel the information to themselves and on the militants and evacuated lorries which the authorities say the street outside the La Terrasse gation, backed by police from group and threw a peace process deliberately failed to inform” the wounded commandos, but had not are a direct consequence of Zia’s restaurant-bar,” he said. MINUSMA, the UN peacekeep- into doubt. national police chief about the taken part in combat. transport blockade. Around a dozen people were ing mission in Mali. Questions surrounding Aqunio’s mission. Al Haj Ebrahim Murad, leader But Zia reiterated claims arrested, security sources said, The focus has been on a dozen handling of the issue have blow The report was based on of the rebels involved in the clash, that the violence was in fact while three special forces person- terrorist groups and individu- up into his biggest political crisis statements from about 300 wit- told Reuters in an interview on the work of the security serv- nel were slightly wounded. als, according to sources close which the police inquiry report nesses, police and military offi- Mindanao island on Thursday his ices as part of a bid to smear The operation marked a dra- to the case, including a Russian looks likely to compound, espe- cials. Aquino, Purisima and the group would complete its investi- the opposition. matic twist almost a week after and Malian dual national who cially as it found that Aquino had armed forces chief of staff were gation next week. She also repeated calls for dia- the attack, in which eight people has not been located, and the authorised his friend, suspended not interviewed. Murad said the clash was “a logue to end the protests saying — two of them Swiss nationals — alleged driver, whom sources say police general Alan Purisima, to The killings outraged politi- clear violation of the ceasefire” she hoped “good sense would pre- were wounded. is disabled. take part in the mission even cians, some Catholic bishops and and their findings would be given vail on the ruling party”. Sources have spoken of a The attack was the first to tar- as he was being investigated for the public and Aquino has faced to a Malaysian-led monitoring number of leads, including clues get Westerners in Bamako, but corruption. calls to step down. team. South Korea copter on the getaway vehicle and its Mali’s vast desert north is riven Police commandos sneaked Aquino said Napenas deviated “The police still considered our driver, but investigators had made by ethnic rivalries and an Islamist into a rebel area in the south from a plan presented to him two group a hostile force not peace crashes into sea no announcements of substantial insurgency, and has seen numer- to capture Zulkifli bin Hir, weeks before the operation. He partners. They attacked our com- progress in the hunt for the kill- ous militant attacks on security alias Marwan, an Al Qaeda- said he was “fooled” by the people munity and we were forced to SEOUL: A coastguard heli- ers before yesterday’s operation. forces. linked bomb-maker with a $5m who knew most about what was defend our people, our territory.” copter transporting an emer- The streets around the building AFP US bounty on his head. Rebels happening. REUTERS gency patient crashed off South Korea’s southwest coast yester- day, local media reported. The helicopter was carrying four people when it crashed into the sea off Gageodo Island as it North Korea attempted to land in thick fog, Suu Kyi party to contest in elections Yonhap news agency reported, fires seven quoting firefighter officials. BANGKOK: The party of we need the majority in parlia- have been in a standoff over the one, he said. It would not back The helicopter was transport- Myanmar opposition leader ment. After that, we will be in a constitution, which reserves a former general Shwe Mann, the ing a patient from the island to surface-to-air Aung San Suu Kyi will contest stronger position and we hope we quarter of parliamentary seats speaker of parliament and chair- a hospital on the mainland when the general election this year can change the constitution.” and key government posts for the man of the ruling Union Solidarity the accident occurred, officials missiles even if there is no change in the The NLD had not previously military and bars Suu Kyi from and Development Party (USDP), said, according to Yonhap. constitution to allow the Nobel committed to competing in the the presidency because her sons to avoid angering the NLD’s rank Search and rescue efforts have SEOUL: North Korea fired laureate to become president, election, prompting speculation are foreign nationals. and file, he said. begun, but the fate of the four seven surface-to-air missiles one of the party’s top leaders Suu Kyi was using participation Barring Suu Kyi from the Party aides said last year the people on board, including the into the sea off its east coast said yesterday. as a bargaining chip in negotia- presidency made no sense, US party might support him due to a helicopter’s two pilots, is still not in an operation supervised by The National League for tions with the government. President Barack Obama said lack of NLD alternatives. “We don’t known. leader Kim Jong-Un at a time Democracy would have more Without Suu Kyi, who spent in November. The US has said it want to see an army man in the Officials fear heavy sea fog of heightened military tensions, power to push for an end to nearly two decades under house wants to see free and fair elec- top post,” Nyan Win said. “We have reported in the area may have South Korea’s Defence Ministry the military’s veto over charter arrest for campaigning for democ- tions in Myanmar this year, but many people in the party qualified.” caused the accident, the agency said yesterday. changes and remove the obstacles racy, the election would have that was impossible without con- The party hoped younger mem- said. A ministry spokesman said to her presidency if it wins the lacked international legitimacy. stitutional change, Nyan Win bers of the armed forces might be A helicopter crashed into a Kim was understood to have been election, NLD Central Executive Foreign governments lifted sanc- said. “The election may be free, more reform minded, he added. It residential district of Gwangju on hand when the rockets were Committee Secretary Nyan Win tions after 49 years of military but it won’t be fair,” he said. would need at least one member city last July as it returned from fired early Thursday evening from said. rule ended in 2011 on condition The NLD is considering alter- of the military in parliament to searching for victims of the Sewol a site near the eastern town of “We are going to compete,” of further democratic reforms. native candidates for the presi- amend the constitution. ferry disaster. All five crew mem- Sondok. he said in an interview. “First, The NLD and the government dency but has yet to decide on REUTERS bers were killed. The exercise came at a time AGENCIES of elevated tensions with North Korea’s condemnation of annual US-South Korea military drills that Pyongyang views as rehears- als for invasion. Bangladesh rescuers “We see this as another show of force by the North related to the exercises,” the spokesman said. One of the joint drills, Key search factory rubble Resolve, wound up yesterday, but the other, Foal Eagle, is set to DHAKA: Rescuers in Cement Factory facility was under continue until April 24. Bangladesh searched through construction in the town, 335km The annual exercises are always the wreckage of a factory ware- southwest of the capital, Dhaka, a particularly testing time for house yesterday, a day after it when the accident happened. relations between the two Koreas, collapsed killing at least seven The Mongla Cement Factory who remain technically at war people, but far fewer people is a subsidiary of the Bangladesh because the 1950-53 Korean con- were trapped than an initial army. The cause was still being flict ended with a ceasefire rather estimate of 100. investigated but one survivor than a peace treaty. Soldiers and sailors in the port told media the building’s roof North Korea signalled its dis- town of Mongla helped emergency had come down first, adding that pleasure when this year’s drills services search through rubble there might have been problems began by firing two short-range of the cement factory warehouse in setting up scaffolding. Scud missiles into the sea off its and pull out nearly 50 survivors as Bangladesh has a poor record east coast. UN resolutions ban any well as two more bodies overnight. for building safety. A complex of ballistic missile test by North Korea. Senior district official shops and small factories collapsed The defence ministry spokes- Mohammad Shah Alam Sardar in 2013 killing more than 1,130 peo- man acknowledged that later told Reuters the search had ple, most of them garment workers. Thursday’s surface-to-air mis- finished. “The rescue operation The collapse of Rana Plaza, sile tests were not a violation of has been called off as no more built on swampy ground outside the resolutions, but added that bodies were found,” Sardar said the capital, Dhaka, ranked among Pyongyang had failed to announce by telephone from the scene. the world’s worst industrial acci- the firing in advance as a caution Thirty people were injured, dents and prompted a global out- to shipping. some critically, officials said. cry for improved safety. AFP R escue workers gather at the partly-built cement factory which collapsed in southern Mongla town in Bangladesh. The warehouse at the Mongla REUTERS SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Court orders release of Mumbai attack suspect Lakhvi could be freed today unless govt appeals to Supreme Court; JuD leader hails court decision

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan The Islamabad High Court sus- said it came as “a shock to all blamed on banned Pakistani mili- days to regain full control of has a very positive impact on the court yesterday cancelled a pended that order, only for the those who believe in humanity”. tant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). the city and New Delhi has long judicial system of Pakistan,” Alvi detention order against the Supreme Court to reinstate it in India yesterday reacted with India has long seethed at Pakistan’s said there is evidence that “offi- said. alleged mastermind of the 2008 January. displeasure to the Pakistani failure either to hand over or pros- cial agencies” in Pakistan were Lakhvi’s bail order came just days Mumbai attacks, potentially Yesterday the high court once court’s decision. ecute those accused of planning involved in plotting the attack. after a Taliban massacre at a school paving the way for his release. again set aside the detention “Pakistani agencies must pro- and organising the violence. Islamabad denies the charge in northwest Pakistan, an outrage It is the latest round in a tus- order, senior government lawyer duce incriminating evidence Lakhvi and six other suspects but LeT’s charitable arm Jamaat- that prompted Prime Minister sle over Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Jehangir Jadoon said. available in the court of law in have been charged in Pakistan but ud-Dawa (JuD), seen as a front Nawaz Sharif to say Pakistan accused over the terror siege that A detailed order handed down Pakistan. And there should be their cases have made virtually no for the militant group, operates would not distinguish between left 166 dead, which has worsened by the court said government law- no discrimination in showing the progress in more than five years. openly in the country. “good Taliban and bad Taliban”. But already strained ties with India. yers had failed to provide evidence character of terrorists. Terrorists Delhi accuses Islamabad of pre- LeT founder Hafiz Saeed Pakistan has long been accused of The latest ruling means Lakhvi to justify Lakhvi’s detention. cannot be bad or good terrorists,” varicating over the trials, while leads a high-profile existence in playing a “double game” with mili- could be released as early as today, Throughout the three-month Junior Home Minister Kiren Pakistan has claimed India failed Pakistan despite a $10 million US tants, supporting groups it thinks it though the government can still back and forth over Lakhvi’s Rijiju told reporters. to hand over crucial evidence. government bounty offered for his can use for its own strategic ends, appeal to the Supreme Court and detention, he has never been “They must ensure that Lakhvi The horror of the Mumbai car- capture, regularly appearing on particularly in disputed Kashmir. for now he remains in jail. let out of Adiyala Prison in doesn’t get out on bail and doesn’t nage played out on live television TV and addressing large public Pakistan and India both control Lakhvi was granted bail by an Rawalpindi. get out of jail. If proper legal around the world, as commandos gatherings of his followers. part of Kashmir but claim the whole anti-terror court in December, The original bail order in measures are taken then I am battled the heavily armed gun- Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi, the of the territory and have fought two infuriating New Delhi, but quickly December prompted an angry sure Lakhvi will not get out of men, who arrived by sea on the head of the Kashmir chapter of of their three wars over it since slapped with a detention order response from Indian Prime jail.” evening of November 26, 2008. JuD, welcomed the court’s deci- independence from Britain in 1947. under public order laws. Minister Narendra Modi, who The Mumbai attacks were It took the authorities three sion. “It is a victory of truth which AFP

MQM detainees Two PML-N MPs may Military tests homemade face disqualification armed drone, ISLAMABAD: At least two of Pakistan” means any service, Pakistan Muslim League- post or office in connection with missile Nawaz (PML-N) women mem- the affairs of the Federation or bers of the National Assembly of a Province and includes an ISLAMABAD: Pakistan success- have landed in thick soup by All Pakistan Service, service in fully tested a homemade armed accepting ‘office of profit in the Armed Forces and any other drone and a laser-guided missile the service of Pakistan’ which service declared to be a service yesterday, the military said, tak- makes them vulnerable to dis- of Pakistan by or under Act of ing it a step closer to acquiring the qualification under Article 63 of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) or technology it has long demanded the Constitution. of a provincial assembly, but does from the United States. Recently, PML-N MNA Marvi not include service as speaker, The United States has run a Memon has been appointed deputy speaker, chairman, dep- controversial drone programme as Benazir Income Support uty chairman, prime minister, against militant hideouts in Programme (BISP) chairperson, federal minister, minister of northwestern tribal areas border- which is an office of profit in the state, chief minister, provincial ing Afghanistan since 2004. service of Pakistan. minister, attorney general, advo- Pakistan publicly opposes the Of late, Leila Khan, another cate-general, parliamentary sec- missile strikes by US drones, PML-MNA, was appointed as Prime retary, chairman or member of terming them a violation of its Minister’s Youth Business Loan a Law Commission, chairman or territorial sovereignty and has Scheme chairperson after Maryam member of the Council of Islamic long asked the US to give them Nawaz Sharif resigned upon pres- Ideology, special assistant to the Blindfolded men, who were detained during Wednesday’s raid on the Muttahida Qaumi Movement head- the technology required to run sure from the Lahore High Court. prime minister, adviser to the quarters, put their hands on each others’ shoulders to board a truck, after they were presented before an their own programme. Legal experts interpret that prime minister, special assist- anti-terrorism court in Karachi yesterday. The tests of the drone, called only those offices that have ant to chief minister, adviser to “Burraq”, which translates as been mentioned in Article 260 a chief minister or member of a “flying horse”, and the mis- of the Constitution do not come house or a provincial assembly.” sile “Barq”, or “lightning”, were under the definition of service of When asked whether BISP watched by Army Chief General Pakistan, rest all do fall in the chairperson and PM Youth Raheel Sharif, military spokes- ambit of service of Pakistan. Business Loan Scheme chairper- Emotional plea for death row man Major General Asim Bajwa The post of BISP chairperson son fall under Service of Pakistan, said on Twitter yesterday. and PM Youth Loan Scheme Barrister Umar Sajjad said Yes. Washington pressed Islamabad chairperson are controlled by both the offices fall within the convict condemned as teen for years to wipe out the Islamist the federal government and do ambit of service of Pakistan and militant hideouts in the North fall under the service of Pakistan; both the MNAs could be disquali- Waziristan tribal area, which therefore, both the MNAs, holding fied under Article 63-1 (d) and (e) MUZAFFARABAD: The fam- justice of this country,” she said, under duress, but the case came has long been a safe haven for these positions, can be disqualified of the Constitution.” ily of a man condemned to death tears rolling down her cheeks. before an anti-terrorism court Al-Qaeda and the homegrown from the National Assembly. He said that an MNA can as a teenager made an emo- “It was my last desire to see which sentenced him to death. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Constitutional and legal expert become minister, special assist- tional appeal for mercy yester- my son but now this hope is also Begum said Hussain, the (TTP) as well as foreign fighters Barrister Umar Sajjad, when con- ant to Prime Minister and adviser day, saying a court order for his dying. Now I am pleading with youngest of seven children, had such as Uzbeks and Uighurs. tacted on this constitutional issue, but cannot hold any office of profit execution next week had “shat- God for my son’s life.” run away from home to escape Pakistan has been battling read out Article 63(1) (d) and (e) in service of Pakistan, and if any tered their hopes”. Hussain was working as a grinding poverty, hoping to make Islamist groups in its semi-auton- of the Constitution, saying what NINA holds any such office he/ An anti-terrorism court watchman in the sprawling, vio- a better life for himself in Karachi, omous tribal belt since 2003, but makes an MNA disqualified. she can be disqualified under in Karachi gave instructions lent metropolis of Karachi in 2004 only for disaster to strike soon stepped up its fight last June when Article 63 (1) (d) and (e) say; ‘a Article 63¬1(d) and (e) of the Thursday to hang Shafqat when a seven-year-old boy went afterwards. “One of our relatives it launched a major military offen- person is disqualified as member Constitution. Hussain, convicted of killing a missing from the neighbourhood. called us from Karachi and let us sive. The US has carried out a of Parliament if he holds an office He said that there is a proper seven-year-old boy in 2004, on A few days later the boy’s fam- know that our son is in Karachi series of drone strikes in the tribal of profit in the service of Pakistan legislation on the office of leader March 19. Hussain’s case has trig- ily received calls from Hussain’s and has been in jail in a murder regions over the last ten months, other than an office declared by of the opposition barring it from gered outrage from rights cam- mobile demanding a ransom case,” she said. raising speculation that the two law not to disqualify its holder; disqualification under Article 63 paigners, who complain he did not of half a million rupees ($8,500 Hussain had been due to face nations’ militaries are working or (e) “he is in the service of any of the Constitution. get a fair trial and was only 15 at at the time), according to legal the noose on January 14 but the together on Pakistani soil. statutory body or anybody which is It is worth mentioning here that the time of the killing. papers. government halted the execution According to the independ- owned or controlled by the govern- former BISP chairperson Farzana His mother Makhni Begum, who Hussain was arrested and dur- amid protests about his age, and ent Bureau of Investigative ment or in which the government Raja was also MNA and retained last saw Hussain in jail in 2005, ing his first interrogation admit- ordered an investigation. Journalism, the CIA has carried has a controlling share or interest.” her post for complete five years insisted he was innocent in an ted kidnapping and killing Umair, Jail officials said Thursday the out 413 drone strikes in Pakistan Barrister Umar Sajjad fur- but no one questioned her quali- emotional interview in Kashmir, whose body was found in a plastic interior ministry had rejected the since 2004, frequently prompting ther mentioned Article 260 of fication/disqualification under where the family are from. bag in a stream. age plea and a fresh death war- public protest from the govern- the Constitution which is repro- Article 63 of the Constitution. “All my hopes are shattered Hussain later withdrew his rant had been issued. ment and civil groups. duced hereunder 260: “Service INTERNEWS today. I have no faith on the confession, saying he had made it AFP AFP

Skill display 2,000 policemen summoned for Two convicted of rape parade security and murder hanged ISLAMABAD: Owing to a short- age of sufficient personnel to man LAHORE: Pakistan hanged the cripplingly slow criminal the security of the armed forces two men convicted of rape and courts. Local prison officials con- contingents participating in the murder yesterday, officials said, firmed the executions. preparations for the Pakistan Day the latest executions since the Reintroducing the death pen- parade, police have sought 2,000 government lifted a morato- alty was part of Pakistan’s move reinforcements from the police rium on the death penalty for to step up the fight against mili- service of Punjab, Azad Kashmir as all capital crimes earlier this tants and criminals following a well as the Frontier Constabulary, week. Taliban massacre at a school in police officials said yesterday. A total of 27 people have been the northwestern city of Peshawar The personnel will form three executed in Pakistan since the in December. security rings during rehearsals government restarted executions Heavily armed gunmen went and on the day of the event, which in December, prompting condem- from room to room at the army- is being held this March 23 after nation from international human run school gunning down 154 peo- a gap of seven years. rights organisations. ple, most of them children, in an The police department made Sajid Ali and Muhammad attack that horrified the world. the request through the capital Akhtar were hanged in a prison The United Nations, the European administration and have sought in the eastern city of Faisalabad, Union, Amnesty International and the assistance of 1,000 Punjab Police prison chief Farooq Nazir said. Human Rights Watch have called personnel, along with 30 Elite Force Akhtar was convicted for the 1999 on Pakistan to re-impose its mor- teams of seven members each. In rape of a woman and murder of atorium on the death penalty. addition, capital city police have also man, while Ali was sentenced to The death penalty moratorium, requested the Azad Kashmir police death for killing a woman in 2000. in force since 2008, was initially force and the Frontier Constabulary A cadet displays his skills through a ring of fire during a passing out parade, upon the completion of his basic Both were convicted under lifted only in terrorism cases, but to arrange 500 personnel each and training with others at the Police Training College, on the outskirts of Karachi, yesterday. Some 510 cadets anti-terrorism legislation, which the government extended it to all place them on standby. completed their basic training at the college. is frequently used in cases unre- capital crimes earlier this week. INTERNEWS lated to terrorism to circumvent AFP SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Modi urges security ties on landmark Lanka trip Prime Minister addresses Sri Lanka’s parliament

COLOMBO: Prime Minister ambition to reassert India’s domi- two Chinese submarines to dock Narendra Modi called for nance in its own backyard since in Colombo. greater security cooperation taking office, and his comments Beijing also bankrolled a major with Sri Lanka yesterday dur- underscored the rivalry between expansion of the island’s infra- ing a landmark visit to the stra- the two neighbours, although he structure under its former presi- tegically located Indian Ocean did not mention China by name. dent Mahinda Rajapakse. island, whose drift towards “A future of prosperity requires But his successor has worked China has raised concerns in a strong foundation of security for to reduce the country’s depend- New Delhi. our countries and peace and sta- ence on Beijing and last month Modi told Sri Lanka’s parlia- bility in the region,” Modi told the ordered a suspension of China’s ment a “strong foundation of 225-member assembly. biggest investment project, a $1.4 security” in the Indian Ocean was “We should expand the mari- bn new city on reclaimed land necessary for regional prosperity, time security cooperation between next to Colombo’s main sea port. as he began the first official visit India, Sri Lanka and Maldives Narendra Modi yesterday said to the island by an Indian premier to include others in the Indian Sri Lanka has the potential to be in 28 years, Ocean area.” India’s strongest economic part- Sri Lanka is a midway point on Modi said he and new President ner and it will have the first claim one of the world’s busiest inter- Maithripala Sirisena had agreed on India in its economic devel- national shipping lanes and lies to set up a task force to focus on opment. “My vision of an ideal just across the water from India, an “ocean economy” that could neighbourhood is one in which but Beijing has asserted growing have strategic interests for both. trade, investment and technol- strategic influence in recent years India has traditionally regarded ogy flow easily across the border, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena shake hands during a meeting at as it seeks to secure its trading Sri Lanka as within its sphere of where partnerships are formed the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo yesterday. routes. influence, and was furious last with ease of routine.” Modi has made clear his year when Rajapakse allowed India, Modi pointed out, was one the fastest growing major Trincomalee, a strategic stag- separatist rebellion in 2009. economies. “I will be happy if India ing post for allied forces during Rajapakse won praise for end- serves as a catalyst in the progress WWII. Modi will become the first ing the 37-year civil war that of our neighbours.” He quickly Indian prime minister to visit had ravaged the island and killed added to loud thumping of desks the northern Tamil stronghold at least 100,000 people, mostly by the MPs: “First claim (among) of Jaffna during his two-day visit. Tamils, but has also faced accu- neighbours will be Sri Lanka.” sations of overseeing widespread He spoke of harnessing the CALL FOR GREATER rights abuses. Sri Lanka’s Tamils potential of the Indian Ocean and AUTONOMY share close cultural and religious increasing cooperation in South He urged the new government ties with those across the Palk Asia and boosting connectivity. to give greater autonomy to the Strait in the Indian state of Tamil He promised India’s commitment region, which was hit hard by Nadu, and New Delhi was closely to development partnership with the country’s 37-year civil war involved in the civil war. Sri Lanka. and remained heavily militarised Modi is the first Indian prime “We see it as the responsibil- after the conflict ended in 2009. minister to visit the island ity of a friend and a neighbour,” Tamils should be able to live “a since Rajiv Gandhi in 1987, and he said, and added that India had life of equality, justice, peace and Sirisena said after their meeting committed $1.6bn to Sri Lanka dignity in a united Sri Lanka,” he wanted to “turn a new page in and today had committed $318m Modi said in Colombo shortly our relations”. to the railway sector. after holding talks with Sirisena. Gandhi had gone to Colombo to Modi pledged Indian financial He called for the “early and full sign a pact that sought to end a aid amounting to $1.81bn dur- implementation” of a 1987 con- guerrilla war by Tamil separatist ing his visit, part of a tour of stitutional provision that envis- rebels who had effectively enjoyed Indian Ocean islands that took aged political autonomy for the a safe haven in India since the in Mauritius and the Seychelles. Tamils, who are concentrated in mid 1980s. The main rebel group, The figure includes a $1.5bn the island’s north. Sirisena has the Tamil Tigers, repudiated currency swap to help stabilise promised to work on reconcilia- the peace accord that set up the Sri Lanka’s currency. tion between the Tamils and the Tamil devolution plan and India Indian national flag flies outside the public library in Jaffna, some 400km north of Colombo, yesterday. Narendra He said India would help Sinhalese majority after oust- ended up fighting the militants Modi, who urged Sri Lanka’s new leaders to give greater autonomy to its Tamil minority after a long ethnic war, develop a regional petroleum hub ing Rajapakse, who oversaw the they had once trained and armed. will become the first Indian premier to visit the northern Tamil stronghold of Jaffna. in the north-eastern port city of brutal military suppression of a IANS

Final chance for Subrata Roy Pakistan envoy summoned over Lakhvi release

NEW DELHI: A Pakistani India had earlier taken strong and the Bharatiya Janata Party Basit told the media later that matter seriously and take steps for release court declared the deten- exception to grant of bail to said Pakistan should take credible Lakhvi’s trial continues and the to ensure that he doesn’t come tion orders of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi last year, days after the action against Lakhvi. judicial process should be allowed out of jail,” he added. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind December 16 terrorist attack on The external affairs ministry to take its own course. Bharatiya Janata Party spokes- Court yesterday gave Sahara of the 2008 Mumbai attack, as Army Public School in Peshawar. spokesperson said: “India today Lakhvi is accused of master- person Nalin Kohli said that Group chief Subrata Roy a illegal and ordered his imme- The Islamabad High Court on conveyed its outrage to Pakistan minding the Mumbai terror Pakistan’s intentions and efforts “final chance” to raise `100bn diate release, triggering strong December 29 last year suspended at the release of Zakiur Rehman attack in November 2008 in which were “consistently in question — `50bn in cash and `50bn in reaction from India which sum- the detention order but this was Lakhvi, one of the key accused in 166 people, many of them foreign- when it comes to justice on the bank guarantee — to make moned the Pakistan envoy in restored later. the Mumbai terror attacks.” ers, were killed and hundreds oth- perpetrators of Mumbai terror part repayment of investors’ New Delhi to convey its outrage. The court, however, on Friday “This goes against Pakistan’s ers wounded. attack”. money raised by the company In a statement, India’s exter- declared Lakhvi’s detention professed commitment to combat Minister of State for Home “In any case, the approach of in 2008 and 2009 — which is nal affairs ministry said that if orders illegal and ordered his terrorism, including its recently Kiren Rijiju told reporters that good terrorist/bad terrorist that also a condition for his and two a person, who is also a desig- immediate release. stated policy of not differentiating India has asked the Pakistani Pakistan practices confirms its other directors’ release from nated international terrorist by There was outrage in India. amongst terrorists.” authorities to ensure that Lakhvi lack of seriousness in eliminat- custody. the United Nations, is released, The issue figured in parlia- The government summoned is not released from jail. ing terrorists,” he said. Noting that earlier two it will pose a threat that cannot ment with Rajya Sabha mem- Pakistan High Commissioner “All documents related to Congress spokesperson Sanjay attempts by Sahara to raise the be ignored. bers expressing their concern Abdul Basit to the external affairs his involvement in the Mumbai Jha said the release of Lakhvi, money got “aborted”, a bench of The Pakistani government had at the development, while the ministry in South Block and attack case have not been pre- the principal mastermind of Justice T S Tkakur, Justice Anil taken Lakhvi and six other sus- government accused Pakistan of Secretary (East) Anil Wadhwa, sented in Pakistani courts. Hence 26/11 attack, “opens up a threat R Dave and Justice A K Sikri pects into custody in February not providing enough evidence who is officiating foreign secre- the (Islamabad) court has ordered for India” and it is “responsibility decided to give a last chance as 2009 over charges of “facilitat- against Lakhvi and demanded tary as S Jaishankar is travelling his release,” he said. of prosecutors to ensure that he senior counsel Kapil Sibal told ing” the Mumbai terror attack steps to ensure that he does not with Prime Minister Narendra “We want that the Pakistan is not released”. the court that they were “hope- and since then they were in jail. come out of jail. The Congress Modi, conveyed India’s outrage. government should take this IANS ful” that their attempt to raise money would succeed and Sahara would be able to comply with the court’s order. Protected under law The court recorded the statement of Sibal appear- Court raps govt for not acting ing for Roy that “earlier two attempts have aborted and a final chance be given to dis- promptly on rape videos charge its obligation”. Roy and two other directors NEW DELHI: The Supreme officer who received the complaint Ravi Shankar Dubey and Ashok Court yesterday took to task on February 10 from advocate Roy Choudhary are currently in the union home ministry for Aparna Bhat and why did he take custody since March 4, 2014, for doing just nothing for 20 days so long to act on it. the failure of group companies on a complaint about the post- Singth told the court that the SIRECL and SHICL to comply ing of two rape videos on social Central Bureau of Investigation with the apex court’s August 31, messaging website WhatsApp has registered eight prelimi- 2012 and December 5, 2012 orders that was brought to its notice nary enquiries and the videos to return the investors’ money on February 10. are being currently examined which in 2012 was `240bn. This “Unless you pounce upon the by the Central Forensic Science amount on account of inter- criminal these offence will be Laboratory. He said that details of est component has increased repeated. It should have been the video clips would be provided substantially. done in February itself,” the social to the concerned states after CBI For Sahara’s “final chance” justice bench of Justice Madan receives report from the CFSL. to raise the money, the court B Lokur and Justice U U Lalit The court’s drubbing of the extended the communication told Additional Solicitor General home ministry came in the course facilities, including a laptop, Maninder Singh taking exception of the hearing in the wake of a to Roy and two other directors to delay in taking action. letter sent by a Hyderabad based from the existing two hours a Asking Singh what the min- NGO Prajwala to the Chief Justice day to five hours. However, it istry was doing for 20 days, the H L Dattu along with two rape declined their plea for extension court said that investigating videos which the court had taken of being shifted to the confer- agency must zero in on the person suo motu cognizance of. Two vid- ence hall of the Tihar Jail court Cattles in the local cow shelter on the outskirts of Mumbai yesterday. Western state Maharashtra had announced who first uploaded the rape video eos in a pen drive showed a man complex. a ban on the sale or possession of beef following demands by the ruling Hindu nationalist party. for the pleasure of somebody. raping a woman and another man IANS It also asked the ASG about the filming it. IANS SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Finance Minister K M Mani presents the budget in the Kerala Assembly amidst chaos yesterday. RIGHT: Policemen clash with opposition activists during a protest against the state government in Thiruvanathapuram. Violence, vandalism in Kerala assembly Ugly clashes mar budget speech, 9 MLAs injured; Left opposition calls for shutdown today

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sakthan and Mani were unable to enter Leader of Opposition V S Despite a pandemonium breaking the floor of the assembly on their first Achuthanandan said all the conven- out in the Kerala assembly yesterday attempt and had to retreat to their cab- tions of presenting the budget were not Deficit budget focuses with the opposition Left legislators ins. Sakthan then gave his clearance to followed. going berserk, breaking the speaker’s present the budget from his office which “The speaker was not on the dais. He chair and computer, the controversy- — the Left pointed out — is against the has to be present on the floor and has embroiled Finance Minister K M Mani rules of the assembly. to give the order to present the budget. on infrastructure presented the state budget with “a lot And so members of the UDF came to Women legislators were attacked by the of pride”. Mani’s rescue and escorted him to this ruling front legislators....,” he told report- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Amid pandemonium in the assembly, Kerala All the Left members as well as Mani seat in the house. After reading a few ers. A police vehicle was set ablaze near Finance Minister K M Mani presented his 13th state budget yesterday — envis- stayed back in the assembly premises for sentences from his printed address, he the assembly complex by the protesters. aging a `84.85bn deficit — with a proposal to raise `250bn crore for investment the night on Thursday. On Friday morn- tabled the budget amid high drama. Leaders of opposition Left Democratic in infrastructure in the next three years. ing, the atmosphere was tense as angry Left legislator V Sivankutty — who was Front (LDF) decided to observe a state- “Funds raised will be tapped on need-basis and would not be allowed to be used Left legislators prevented Mani from seen throwing away the electronic equip- wide dawn-to-dusk protest shutdown for meeting any expenditure other than on major capital projects in the state. I entering the house. ment from the speaker’s podium — and today after nine Left legislators were intend to set apart these funds for major projects like the suburban railway cor- He had to be escorted into the house two women legislators were admitted to injured in the fracas in the assembly ridor, and metros in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode, among other projects,” by the ruling United Democratic Front a hospital here after they were injured during presentation of the state budget. said Mani. (UDF) members and a huge battery of in a scuffle between security guards and The LDF at a meeting also decided to Despite pandemonium breaking out in the assembly which witnessed opposi- security staff so that he could read out the treasury bench legislators. call on state Governor P Sathasivam to tion Left legislators, in a frenzy, breaking the speaker’s chair and computer, Mani the budget, the 13th he has presented Outside the assembly complex, the inform him that all rules and regulations presented the budget with “a lot of pride”. during his political career. Left and the youth wing of the BJP of the budget presentation were not fol- The Left opposition, accusing Mani of taking a bribe of `10m to reopen 418 closed “You all know the troubles I had to continued their protest since Thursday lowed when the budget was presented by down bars in the state and demanding his resignation, had declared they would undergo to fulfil my constitutional obli- evening, pressing for Mani’s resignation. Finance Minister K M Mani. not allow him to present the 2015-16 budget. gation. With a lot of pride I presented Yesterday, police chased them away using Leader of Opposition V S Mani set aside `6bn for the Vizhinjam International Seaport project, `9.4bn for my 13th budget and have proved that 13 lathis, grenades and water cannons. Achuthanandan alleged that more than Kochi Metro Rail Project and `500m crore for land acquisition for Kozhikode and is not an unlucky number,” Mani told CPI-M politburo member Pinarayi 20 of LDF legislators were mauled by Thiruvananthapuram international airports this year. reporters in the assembly complex. Vijayan said that their protest was a the security staff and also the treasury “A budget is not merely a concatenation of figures - it truly embodies aspirations Trouble was brewing since Thursday success. Playing down the ruckus inside bench legislators and had to seek medi- of people. I truly believe that my previous budgets have given a significant impetus afternoon when all the Left legislators the house, Mani said he is not giving any cal attention. to growth. The notable increase in Kerala’s economic growth has come for positive stayed back in the assembly for the importance to what happened on the However, Chief Minister Oommen comments from many sources,” Mani said. night to ensure that Mani is not allowed floor of the house. However, he said he Chandy told reporters that this is going He announced a new insurance scheme for auto-rickshaw drivers wherein the to enter the assembly. They have been was sad that the Left opposition did not according to the plan earlier scripted by state government will meet 90 percent of the premium. He said the state govern- accusing him of taking a bribe of `10m allow him to make his conventional visit the Left opposition. ment will fund the holding of a global education meet in November 2015. IANS to reopen the liquor bars the state closed to the church before his budget speech. “Two weeks ago I knew that they will down, and have demanded his resignation. “Ahead of all the 12 budgets that I organise a shutdown the next day after When the house assembled for the presented before, I used to go to the the budget is presented. Look what all shutdown. The people are seeing every- state-wide shutdown this year. The first day’s proceedings at 9 am yesterday, church here and pray and then come to happened on the floor of the assembly. thing,” said Chandy to reporters after was held on January 27 and was called members of the opposition damaged the assembly. I am sad that this time it And they did everything, and now to hearing about the shutdown. by the BJP for pressing for resignation Speaker N Sakthan’s chair and computer. could not take place,” said Mani. hide that shame, they are organising a Incidentally, this is the second of Mani. IANS

Solidarity with ex-PM India, US researchers 13 killed in Nagaland clash over swine flu bus accident KOHIMA: At least 13 peo- strain mutation ple were killed and 25 others injured in a bus accident in NEW DELHI: India has dis- said the strain analysed by the Nagaland yesterday, an official puted US scientists’ findings U.S. scientists had no relevance here said. that the deadly swine flu virus to the current outbreak. The accident occurred in Phek has acquired more virulent The MIT researchers called for district bordering Manipur. mutations in the South Asian greater surveillance to determine According to a Nagaland country and rejected their con- whether the mutations were cur- transport department official, cerns over how authorities are rently present in India. the Nagaland State Transport monitoring an outbreak of the “There is a real need for Corporation bus, on its way from disease. aggressive surveillance to ensure Phek town, met with the acci- H1N1 influenza, also known as that the anxiety and hysteria dent at Lanyie. “Eleven passen- swine flu, has killed more than are brought down,” said Ram gers died on the spot while two 1,500 people in India this year, Sasisekharan, one of the research succumbed to their injuries in the compared with 218 in 2014. India paper’s authors. hospital,” the official said. says the strain is the same as “When you do real-time sur- “Nineteen wounded people are the one that killed an estimated veillance, get organised ... then being treated at a government 284,000 people in the global pan- you can come up with a better hospital in Phek,” he said, adding demic of 2009-10. strategy to respond to the virus.” that six people were discharged Researchers from the In recent weeks, India has Former prime minister Manmohan Singh greets members of All India Mahila Congress during their visit to from the hospital after first-aid. Massachusetts Institute of placed orders to increase the express their support to him in New Delhi yesterday. Manmohan Singh was summoned by a court investigat- IANS Technology (MIT) said in an arti- stock of diagnostic kits and pro- ing a case linked to a multi-billion-dollar coal scandal, officials said. cle on Wednesday that the genetic cured additional doses of anti- information of two Indian strains, viral drug Oseltamivir. Officials deposited in public databases in are investigating the cause of the the past two years, revealed new steep rise in deaths. mutations that could make the Indian health ministry officials 1962 will be repeated if India and China go to war: Expert virus more deadly. were not immediately available to But India’s National Institute comment on the MIT article. NEW DELHI: If China attacks “The situation will be much like make it work, would be worry- threat from the DF-21D against of Virology said in a statement Some other experts have also India tomorrow, the situation 1962 if a war happened tomor- ing, especially for the US Navy,” US aircraft carriers has report- late on Thursday that the findings contested its findings. would be something similar to row (between India and China). he said. edly caused major changes in US were “incorrect”. “There should be increased the 1962 war, a strategy expert But the chances of a war are very According to reports, China has strategy. “We found that the strain ana- surveillance for influenza in India said yesterday. low,” Roggeveen said at a dialogue inducted the world’s first opera- Asked about Taiwan, while lysed in the said publication and but at the same time we should Sam Roggeveen, a well known organised by think-tank Ananta tional anti-ship ballistic missile, stating that chances of a mili- the sequence data of the original not draw conclusions based on the strategy expert and founding edi- Centre. The expert said develop- known as the DF-21D. tary attack by China were lit- H1N1 virus ... did not show any sequence analysis of two strains,” tor of Australia’s Lowy Institute ment of an anti-ship ballistic mis- In 2010, it was reported that tle, Roggeveen said that in case of these mutations,” the institute said Manish Kakkar of the Public of International Policy’s blog, sile by China was “novel” and can China had inducted the DF-21D it happened there were little said. Health Foundation of India. however, said there were little be a concern to the US.“The anti- into its early operational stage chances that the US will support The government agency also REUTERS chances of this happening. ship ballistic missile, if China can for deployment. The potential Taiwan. IANS SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Oil, stocks fall as dollar gallops to new high

NEW YORK: The dollar con- pan-European index closed up tinued to power higher yes- 0.3 percent. Stocks in Europe terday, pressuring stocks and continued to be supported by the commodities, on expectations of massive bond-buying program at a Federal Reserve interest rate the European Central Bank. hike that stand in contrast to Investors are now looking easing monetary policy actions ahead to the Federal Reserve’s by most other major central policy meeting on Tuesday and Juncker pushes for Greek deal banks. Wednesday, hoping that it will The dollar index was on track yield clues about the timing of a for a back-to-back weekly gain of rate increase. Concern in Brussels after Berlin says Greece may lose euro more than two percent, setting up The divergence in monetary its strongest two-week perform- policy continued to push the euro BRUSSELS: EU chief executive ... This is not a time for divi- Tsipras, trying to satisfy lend- between the novice Greek leader- ance in almost five years. lower against the greenback, hit- Jean-Claude Juncker and Greek sion. This is the time for com- ers while also retaining the sup- ship and the likes of Schaeuble Stocks fell on Wall Street, with ting a 12-year low of $1.0481. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ing together,” he said, praising port of voters who elected him in and the Euro Group’s cur- the S&P 500 set to fall for a third It was last down 1.2 percent at called yesterday for European Tsipras for following a “pro-Euro- January to end years of spending rent Dutch chairman Jeroen straight week. The index is about $1.0509. governments to show solidarity pean track”. cuts, said Greece was doing its bit Dijsselbloem. “The Commission three percent below its record The Mexican peso weakened with Greece and resolve a credit Commission officials say and others must now help ease its wants to be helpful,” he said. “But high set this month. Energy versus the dollar after a two-day crunch that risks dumping it out Juncker, a long-time premier of “humanitarian crisis” and mass the Commission is not a major stocks were among the biggest respite, trading about 1 percent of the eurozone. Luxembourg who took over the youth unemployment. player in this because all the deci- losers, falling along with a steep away from its record low hit on Their comments, as the bloc’s EU executive in November, fears “Greece has already started sions ... will have to be taken by decline in crude oil. Wednesday. German paymaster presses its some leaders may be underes- fulfilling its commitments ... so the Euro Group.” “If the Fed were to raise rates “What we see is a dollar move, demands that Athens’ new left- timating the damage “Grexit” we are doing our part and we Some euro zone officials voiced by say 25 basis points, histori- massive dollar buying from real ist government honour commit- — or “Grexident” — would do to expect our partners to do their irritation during last month’s cally there’s not a precedent for money as well as hedge funds. It’s ments to international creditors, European integration. own,” Tsipras said before his talks negotiations at Juncker’s paral- a horrible (bearish) reaction from being bought all across the board highlighted Juncker’s concern Schaeuble told an Austrian with Juncker. “I’m very optimistic lel dialogue with Tsipras and at the equities market,” said Mark versus all currencies and those over a risk of grave damage to the broadcaster on Thursday there ... we will find a solution because Commission efforts to help draft Spellman, portfolio manager of relying heavily on short-term EU, but may also fuel suspicion in was a risk of Greece losing the I strongly believe that this is our compromise accords. Alpine’s Equity Income Fund in inflows are being hit the hard- Berlin that the EU Commission euro if negotiations failed: “As common interest. I believe that Commission officials have said Purchase, New York. est,” said Bernd Berg, strategist could try to water down any deal. the responsibility, the possibil- there is no Greek problem; there the executive’s role has been “What is different, is the at Societe Generale in London. On the day after German ity to decide what happens only is a European problem.” to offer advice to an inexperi- strength of the dollar is having an The dollar index added 0.6 per- Finance Minister Wolfgang lies with Greece, and because we He added: “Now is the time enced Greek government. When impact. The market doesn’t know cent to 100.06. Schaeuble said publicly that don’t exactly know what those in to give a message of hope to the Juncker first met him five weeks how to react,” he said. US crude fell 3.8 percent to Greece might stumble out of the charge in Greece are doing, we Greek people, not only implement, ago, he demonstratively grabbed The Dow Jones industrial $45.22 per barrel, while Brent euro zone because its leaders had can’t rule it out,” he said. implement, implement and obli- the 40-year-old Tsipras by the average fell 210.8 points, or 1.18 crude fell 2.4 percent to $55.73. failed to negotiate new borrow- While many Greeks resent the gations, obligations, obligations— hand and led him off for what percent, to 17,684.42, the S&P The global oil glut is getting big- ings, Juncker sounded a note of terms under which Europeans the message that the European EU officials said was effectively a 500 lost 19.39 points, or 0.94 per- ger and US production shows no urgency to EU governments. and the International Monetary institutions will give help and tutorial on EU affairs. cent, to 2,046.56, and the Nasdaq sign of slowing, the International “I don’t think we have made Fund bailed them out since 2010, solidarity. On February 20, Tsipras agreed Composite dropped 40.60 points, Energy Agency said. sufficient progress,” he told a majority wants to keep the sin- Juncker, a former chairman to extend a ¤240bn bailout pack- or 0.83 percent, to 4,852.70. The US benchmark 10-year reporters as he welcomed Tsipras gle currency. That would be in of the Euro Group of euro zone age to June but talks started only The MSCI All-Country World Treasury note yield edged up to to the European Commission. “I jeopardy if the government ran finance ministers, said he was on Wednesday in Brussels on how equity index was down 0.8 per- 2.1122 percent from Thursday’s will make certain proposals to my out of credit, prompting Greek trying to help promote an accord Athens will meet conditions to cent, and emerging-markets 2.096 percent, reflecting a price friend Alexis. banks to lose access to euros from after weeks of mounting frustra- unlock new cash. stocks fell 1.2 percent. decrease of 5/32. “I’m totally excluding a failure the European Central Bank. tion and mutual incomprehension REUTERS The FTSEurofirst 300 REUTERS

Helicopter mechanism Weak profit Rate decision shows margins dampen division at top of RBI US producer

MUMBAI: Some top officials then taken unanimously by the inflation in the Reserve Bank of India say governor in close and continuous they were surprised by Governor consultation with the deputy gov- WASHINGTON: US producer Raghuram Rajan’s decision to ernor and the executive director in prices unexpectedly fell in cut rates last week, a rare sign of charge of monetary policy.” February on weak profit mar- divisions that could become much Markets broadly welcomed gins for trade services, point- more public as the bank over- the rate cut, with shares hit- ing to tame inflation that could hauls its decision processes in a ting a record high the day of the argue against an anticipated way that will clip his influence. decision, and analysts saying the June interest rate hike from the According to policymakers with action would help reboot India’s Federal Reserve. knowledge of RBI discussions, sluggish economy. The Labor Department said the move to cut rates by 25 basis The difference of views between yesterday its producer price points — the second cut in two some RBI conservatives and the index for final demand fell 0.5 months outside its normal meet- governor, whose position is more percent after dropping 0.8 per- ing cycle—came despite concern in line with the government’s, cent in January. It was the fourth in the bank’s senior ranks that comes as the bank prepares to straight monthly decline in the there is no clear picture on the introduce a monetary policy com- PPI. state of the economy or on infla- mittee. The MPC structure, closer In the 12 months through tionary pressures. to that embraced by most global February, producer prices fell And since the bank will now be central banks, will reduce Rajan’s AugustaWestland employees work on a helicopter at their headquarters in Vergiate, northern Italy, yesterday. 0.6 percent, the first drop since judged by its ability to hit a formal power to ultimately act alone. AgustaWestland represents the Finmeccanica Group in the global helicopter market. the series was revamped in 2009, inflation target, officials were also The change in bank structure is after being unchanged in January. worried that a cut just days after supported by Rajan, and at least Economists polled by Reuters the government’s budget placed one RBI report has welcomed had forecast the PPI rising 0.3 too much faith in New Delhi’s the increased transparency. But percent last month and remain- promises of fiscal responsibility. a committee will nonetheless put Norway funds doubles in three years ing unchanged from a year ago. “Now that inflation is being the onus on him to convince other “The underlying message squarely laid at the door of RBI, members of his views, and divi- appears to be that pipeline infla- this caution is warranted,” said sions are likely to become public, OSLO: Norway’s sovereign kroner (¤745.1bn , $788bn). At the all of the huge revenue from its tionary pressures remain quite one policymaker. as MPCs typically release minutes wealth fund, the biggest in the end of 2011, the fund was worth public oil company and is author- weak, even as energy prices have The RBI, in a statement, denied or voting patterns. world, has nearly doubled in 3.312bn kroner. ised to use only up to four per- stabilized and gasoline prices have Rajan had taken the rate decision In its current top-down deci- three years, the central bank The fund’s increase of 544bn cent to balance the country’s drifted modestly higher,” said without consulting senior policy- sion-making structure, the RBI said yesterday, which would kroner from 2013 was attrib- budget. Millan Mulraine, deputy chief makers. “All the monetary policy provides limited visibility on dis- make all 5.2 million Norwegians uted in particular to earnings in “We must be ready for earnings economist at TD Securities in decisions are made after due and in sent, releasing only a short state- millionaires — at least on paper. last year’s bullish stock markets that are not as high in the future,” New York. depth analysis of all incoming infor- ment on the votes of external The fund comprised of stock, as more than 60 percent of the said Oeystein Olsen, governor of US Treasury prices turned up, mation and data and consideration technical advisers after scheduled bonds and property from around fund’s portfolio is in stocks. the Bank of Norway which man- with yields on the 30-year and of all aspects of the issues involved,” meetings. the world returned 7.6 percent in To pay for future expenses ages the fund. 10-year bonds touching session the bank said. “The decisions are REUTERS 2014, ending the year at 6.431bn Norway traditionally puts aside AFP lows after the data. The dollar pared its gains against a basket of currencies, while US stock index futures were pointing to a weaker Porsche assembly line open. Services accounted for 70 per- Russia cuts rates as cent of the decline in the PPI last month. The volatile trade services component, which mostly reflects profit margins, fell a record 1.5 economy struggles percent in February, after rising 0.5 percent in January. MOSCOW: The Russian cen- Moscow’s role in the Ukraine It was pulled down by a 13.4 tral bank cut its main lending conflict. The rouble has stabilised percent drop in margins at gaso- rate yesterday, sending a strong since a panicky collapse late last line service stations. Profit mar- signal that it now sees the rap- year, giving the bank breathing gins also fell for apparel, footwear idly declining economy as a room to continue easing. and jewelry retailers, as well as more serious worry than high Data over the past few weeks for food and alcohol. inflation. showed that consumer spend- There also were declines in The bank reduced its one-week ing, investment, real wages and machinery, equipment, parts and minimum auction repo rate by gross domestic product are all supplies wholesale margins, signs one percentage point to 14 per- sinking even faster than many that a strong dollar was helping cent, continuing an easing cycle had expected, indicating that to keep a lid on inflation. that began in January when it the economy is heading into a A 1.5 percent drop in transpor- unexpectedly cut the rate by two steep recession. Shortly before tation and warehousing services points. the central bank announcement, also weighed on producer prices This time economists had Russia’s second-largest bank, last month. broadly expected Friday’s move VTB, reported almost zero profit Energy prices, which had been as the downturn gains pace due for 2014 and said it would suf- a drag on producer inflation in A worker assembles a new Porsche 918 Spyder e-hybrid sports car at the Porsche factory in Stuttgart- to the low international price fer “significant losses” if official recent months, were unchanged Zuffenhausen. Porsche announced its 2014 results yesterday during its annual news conference in Stuttgart. of oil, Russia’s main export, and interest rates were not cut. in February. Western sanctions imposed over REUTERS REUTERS SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Ukraine receives Kurdish oil deal with Baghdad unravels first $5bn tranche of IMF loan Arbil threatens to sue buyers as payments from Baghdad dry up KIEV: Ukraine yesterday received the first $5bn tranche ARBIL/LONDON: A four- month to Kurdistan in 2015. to us.” In the past few months, other KRG new fields. continue receiving this little, what of the International Monetary month-old oil deal between The agreement was hailed as SOMO sold Kurdish crude to buy- The preliminary deal in will happen to this relationship?” Fund’s bailout for its troubled Iraq and the semi-autono- a breakthrough that would help ers including Turkey’s Tupras, December also did not address Both tried to end on a conciliatory economy, the finance ministry mous Kurdistan region is Iraq increase oil exports at a time Swiss-based trader Litasco, debts owed to listed oil companies note saying they would make the said. close to unravelling after pay- when revenues are strained by Spain’s Repsol, Italy’s Eni and BP. like Genel which helped Kurdistan deal work. “The money is arriving on the ments from Baghdad dried up, low global prices and the cost of Last year, SOMO threatened develop its fields. Baghdad sees Kurdistan has seen an inflow of National Bank’s accounts, the prompting Arbil to threaten to financing a war against Islamic to sue direct buyers of Kurdish those contracts as illegal even over a million refugees from Iraq entire sum will arrive by the end sue buyers and ramp up inde- State insurgents in the north and oil and has successfully stopped though SOMO is currently sell- and Syria and had to raise billions of the day,” the ministry said in pendent oil exports. west. some sales. ing crude from those deposits to of dollars via loans and oil export a statement. It added that $2.2 The dispute highlights funda- But so far this year, Baghdad The Kurd’s latest threat to do buyers in Europe and beyond. pre-payment deals with oil firms, billion will go to government cof- mental differences between the has paid only a fraction of the the same may pose legal chal- Tensions spilled into the open trading houses, banks and Turkey fers while $2.8bn would go to the two sides over who controls oil money, arguing that the oil lenges for companies who have this week at a forum in the to cover its budget shortfalls. account of the central bank. resources and revenues and will handed over to SOMO does not bought oil through SOMO because Kurdish city of Suleimaniyah, If the oil deal between Baghdad Finance Minister Natalie reinforce the views of many Iraqi match the expected volumes. the deal between Baghdad and where Iraq oil minister Adel and Arbil collapses, the chances Jaresko said on Thursday that the watchers that Kurdistan would For its part, Kurdistan insists it Arbil was preliminary and did not Abdel Mehdi said Kurdistan are high the KRG, which under second $5bn tranche would arrive seek bigger if not full independ- has supplied almost 97 percent of give clarity over who owns the oil. had handed only some of the the December deal currently sells later this year. ence from Baghdad one day. the agreed volumes and is working According to shipping docu- oil it pumped to Ceyhan over to 80,000-100,000bpd independently The total loan from the IMF Baghdad cut budget payments to raise volumes further despite ments seen by Reuters, oil trans- SOMO and was exporting the from SOMO, will be moving back will amount to $17.5bn, part of to the Kurds in January 2014 as receiving no payments. Sources ferred to SOMO still belongs rest independently. to ramping up independent sales. an international rescue package punishment for their attempts to in Arbil are saying they will use to the Kurdistan Regional Kurdish minister Ashti “After April, the KRG would for Ukraine, whose economy has export oil independently, plunging all possible means to recoup the Government (KRG). Hawrami said the region was be technically able to export been struggling for years but is the semi-autonomous region into money. Another potential legal pitfall committed to the deal, but since 825,000bpd via its own pipeline now also hit by the war with pro- economic crisis and forcing it to “We are not being treated as is that oil sold by SOMO from the Baghdad was not sending enough system,” a source in the KRG Russian rebels. seek loans at home and abroad. part of the country but as a com- Turkish port of Ceyhan is being money, the heavily indebted said. “We would be able to fully The conflict has ravaged Under a new deal, the Kurds mercial oil producer,” said a high- marketed as Kirkuk under the region was forced to sell some oil cover our budget needs with those Ukraine’s eastern industrial base. committed to export an average of level Kurdish oil source. “In case name of the same field in north- to repay creditors. exports by tightening our spend- As part of the IMF programme, 550,000 barrels per day in 2015, in we don’t get the payments, we ern Iraq. However, only a third of “Can somebody please explain ing and providing our fighting the government is launching exchange for Baghdad resuming will have to go after the buyers oil in the pipeline is Kirkuk while to me why we are still being pun- forces their salaries on time.” Friday consultations with credi- budget payments of over $1bn a because this crude still belongs the rest is different grades from ished?” Hawrami asked. “If we REUTERS tors in an effort to restructure its debt to save $15bn over the next two years. It has until June to find a com- China industrial consolidation mon ground with creditors, which include arch-foe Moscow. Adnoc sells Ukraine’s economy is headed for a 5.5 percent contraction this naphtha below year. The national currency has lost over two-thirds of its value market price over the past year. SINGAPORE: Abu Dhabi Turkish central National Oil Co (Adnoc) has sold about 125,000 tonnes of bank may leave naphtha to Vitol at premiums that are at least 50 percent rates on hold below the current market rate, traders said on Friday. ISTANBUL: The Turkish The naphtha shipment, the Central Bank is expected to firm’s largest single spot tender in leave its policy rate, the one- terms of volume, is scheduled for week repo rate, unchanged at mid-April loading from Ruwais, 7.50 percent at its monetary they said. policy committee (MPC) meet- This was Adnoc’s first naphtha ing on March 17, according to a spot sale after the expansion of Reuters poll of economists. its Ruwais refinery, where capac- One economist out of 21 fore- ity has been more than doubled cast a 25 basis-point rate cut next to over 800,000 barrels-per-day Tuesday, with the central bank (bpd), they added. shying away from a cut over fears Traders said refiners usually that a slide in the lira to record need time to fine-tune their oil lows was endangering an expected products specifications when downward trend in inflation. new units come onstream, and Along with a surging dollar, it was common for them to sell President Tayyip Erdogan’s pres- their first batch of cargoes at low sure on the central bank to cut prices to attract buyers. “It is also interest rates and boost growth not easy to load 125,000 tonnes of ahead of a June general election naphtha at one go,” said a trader. has hit the lira hard and investors Long-range vessels typically load will be closely watching the MPC 50,000 tonnes to 75,000 tonnes. A worker stands among CRH (China Railway High-speed) Harmony bullet trains at a high-speed train maintenance base in Wuhan, Hubei. China decision. The news of the sale, how- is poised to embark on a fresh round of industrial consolidation, as part of a sweeping plan to reinvigorate the country’s inefficient state-owned AGENCIES ever, could not be confirmed as enterprises and raise the global competitiveness of domestic industry. ADNOC and its buyers do not usually comment on their deals. Four traders estimated that Adnoc may have fetched a pre- mium of $12 to $14 a tonne above Middle East quotes on a free- British pension industry braces for ‘Freedom Day’ on-board basis for the naphtha, below the $28 benchmark set by EDINBURGH: Weeks before for the sector. The shock industry pension fund assets and provide told the conference the indus- investors would make poor finan- India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corp Britons get free rein over how reforms, announced a year ago, more flexible products. try was moving into “the great cial choices. and its unit Mangalore Refinery to spend their pension pots, mean from April 6, more than Speakers and delegates at a unknown”, with the risk of an M25 A survey of more than 10,000 Petroleum Ltd (MRPL) at sales industry players say it is unclear six million pension-holders will National Association of Pension motorway or Heathrow Airport people last year by British over- this week. how many will choose to leave no longer need to buy a fixed-rate Funds (NAPF) conference this Terminal 5 moment - large 50s travel and insurance company ADNOC’s Ruwais refinery the safe harbour of an income- annuity with “defined contribution” week said that “Pension Freedom projects which looked good on Saga showed 8 percent of those expansion and expectations that, bearing annuity. pension savings. Such savings total Day”, as it has become known, paper but had disastrous launches. planning to switch from an annu- as a result, its naphtha exports Some retirees are expected around £300bn ($445bn) in Britain. could herald months of confusion. The Association of British ity would spend some of it on a would climb to over 10 million to ditch plans to buy those pre- The likely losers are firms “It has the potential to be a com- Insurers has been critical of gov- holiday. tonnes a year from about 7.5 viously obligatory annuities in whose life insurance business plete mess,” said Andrew Scott, ernment and regulators’ lack of And even if people are very million tonnes in 2014, has kept favour of more flexible pensions, has traditionally relied on selling principal in the Edinburgh office readiness for the changes, while prudent, they could still fall vic- naphtha prices in check over the while others could pay off debts or annuities, and the likely winners of consultants Punter Southall. Royal London, Britain’s largest tim to scams, Wheatley told con- last few weeks. even splash out on treats such as a those insurers and fund manag- Financial Conduct Authority mutually owned life and pensions ference delegates. REUTERS luxury cruise, in a huge shake-up ers who are able to both manage Chief Executive Martin Wheatley company, said it was concerned REUTERS

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LONDON: Gold firmed yester- Gold has taken a beating since interest such as bullion. day after nine straight sessions a stronger-than-expected US jobs Gold could see some more of losses, its worst losing streak report last week stoked specula- gains but will face resistance at in more than 40 years, as equi- tion the Federal Reserve would $1,166, said Phillip Futures ana- ties fell and the dollar nursed raise interest rates soon. The next lyst Howie Lee. losses following its extended focus will be the Fed’s policy-set- In a reflection of bearish sen- rally. ting committee meets on March timent, holdings in SPDR Gold Spot gold rose 0.4 percent to 17 and 18. Trust, the world’s largest gold- $1,157.90 an ounce by 1301 GMT. “The softer dollar is helping backed exchange-traded fund, Gold’s losing run up to Thursday gold but that’s only temporary,” fell 0.28 percent on Thursday to was the worst since August 1973, Societe Generale analyst Robin 750.95 tonnes, the lowest since when prices fell 10 days in a row. Bhar said. “The key event now is January. It has been three weeks US gold for April delivery rose going to be the Fed meeting next since the fund had any inflows. $5.50 an ounce to $1,157.30. Wednesday, so more clarity on the Other precious metals have also The metal was, however, interest rates hike timing.” taken hits. Silver, which was on headed for its sixth weekly loss in The dollar, which hit its high- track for a second straight weekly the past seven, down 0.7 percent est in nearly 12 years this week, fall, was unchanged at $15.58 an so far and having hit its lowest is widely expected to reach par- ounce on Friday, while palladium level in more than three months ity with the euro, due to the gap was heading for its worst week at $1,147.10 on Wednesday. between US and European mar- since mid-January even though On Friday, gold was benefit- ket interest rates. prices were up 0.3 percent at $790 ing from lower European shares, A stronger dollar would con- an ounce on Friday. while the dollar was up slightly tinue to cloud the outlook for Platinum was up 0.6 percent Taxis wait for customers near Union Square in San Francisco, California, yesterday. A veteran city taxi driver against a basket of leading cur- gold, making it more expensive for at $1,1117.99 an ounce, having said that his business has decreased by as much as 80 percent due to mobile-app based transportation rencies after the greenback holders of other currencies, while fallen to its lowest since 2009 at options like Uber. posted its biggest one-day fall in higher interest rates usually dent $1,108.50 on Thursday. a month on Thursday. demand for assets that do not pay REUTERS SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS VIEWS

Nerves set in as ECB Rupee readies for Fed with unbottles policy genie BY PAUL CARREL world-beating returns OR the first time in years, the European Central Bank is BY KARTIK GOYAL embarking on a policy course with a following wind. But global peers. The current-account deficit to safeguard against strong external shocks, Falready some officials are fretting that the gale they are narrowed to $8.2bn in the three months economist Tushar Poddar wrote in a March unleashing may turn into a hurricane. ESS than two years after sinking ended December from $10.1bn in the previ- 11 research note. The concern is that the bond-buying plan launched on Monday to an all- time low, India’s rupee is ous quarter, the central bank said on March “India will come under pressure when the to pump more than a trillion euros into the 19-country economy delivering the world’s best returns 10. The RBI predicts the gap in the broad- Fed starts raising rates due to the fact that will send stronger members such as Germany that could arguably as the central bank builds record est measure of trade will be 1.3 percent of it’s still running current- account and fiscal do without the support into overdrive, while fostering complacency reserves. gross domestic product in the year ending deficits,” Dariusz Kowalczyk, a strategist among laggards. LDollar-based investors earned two per- March 31, the lowest since 2007-2008, as a at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong, said The plan is aimed at lifting euro zone inflation from below zero cent, including interest, on the rupee in the 46 percent drop in the price of Brent crude by phone Thursday. “If India has reserves back up towards the ECB’s target of just under two percent. But year to March 11, the highest of 44 exchange over the past year cuts costs for the nation of $500bn it would be perfectly safe. With the risk is that it inflates real estate and share price bubbles and rates tracked by Bloomberg. Foreign that imports about 80 percent of its oil. $400bn it would be better than now, which might cause Europe’s biggest economy, which already has record reserves reached $338bn on February 27 The rupee has surged 10 percent from a is sort of borderline.” low unemployment of 6.5 percent, to overheat. as the Reserve Bank of India bought dol- record low of 68.8450 in August 2013, when Credit Agricole predicts the rupee will Such a scenario could widen the gap between rich and poor lars to curb the rupee’s advance at a time Morgan Stanley dubbed currencies of India, decline to 65 a dollar by the year-end. That’s member states, further stretching the already strained fabric when seven out of 11 major Asian currencies South Africa, Brazil, Indonesia and Turkey three percent weaker than the median fore- of European integration, tested again this week when Greece’s weakened against the greenback on signs the “fragile five,” because of difficulties in cast of 63 in a Bloomberg survey of analysts. finance minister accused the ECB of “asphyxiating” Athens. the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates. drawing capital to finance trade deficits. One-month implied volatility in the rupee, On the face of it, the ECB is upbeat. Global funds have pumped $11.4bn into “India is much better positioned now than a measure of exchange-rate swings used The central bank projects its plan to print money to buy sov- Indian bonds and stocks in 2015 on optimism before,” RBI’s Deputy Governor H R Khan to price option has dropped by 160 basis ereign bonds — so-called quantitative easing (QE) — will turbo- monetary easing and government efforts said in a February 23 speech. “Reserves are points from an eight-month high reached in charge a frail eurozone recovery that is already being helped by to spur investment will enable growth in held essentially to instil confidence in the January to 6.98 percent on Friday, data com- lower oil prices and a revival in bank lending. Asia’s third-largest economy to overtake markets and investors, act as an insurance piled by Bloomberg show. Sovereign bonds This is crucial. Had the ECB launched the plan last year when China’s. Governor Raghuram Rajan cut during periods of crisis and provide pool have rallied this year, with the 10-year yield growth was stagnant and banks were reining in credit, the new interest rates twice this year as falling oil of resources for meeting the intervention falling nine basis points to 7.77 percent as money would have had a harder time finding its way into the prices cooled inflation and helped shrink the needs during periods of extreme volatility.” the central bank cut its main interest rate economy — and the stimulus might have fallen flat. current-account deficit. The central bank’s net currency buying in by 50 basis points to 7.50 percent. “We did it just at the turning point,” one senior euro zone central “With the RBI strengthening its reserve the spot market reached a seven-year high The government estimates India’s $1.8 tril- banker said of the QE launch, confident the plan can help buoy buffers and the current-account gap nar- of $12.1bn in January, according to RBI data lion economy will grow 7.4 percent in the year the economy and lift inflation. rowing, India is less susceptible to any compiled by Bloomberg, and the author- through March and 8.5 percent in the next The ECB and its constituent national central banks plan to negative consequences of higher US rates,” ity has added reserves faster than its peers 12 months. The fiscal deficit is predicted at spend ¤60bn ($63.66bn) a month, mainly on sovereign bonds, until Mitul Kotecha, head of Asia-Pacific cur- in the largest emerging markets. India’s 4.1 percent of GDP, the lowest in seven years. at least September 2016. rency strategy at Barclays in Singapore, foreign-exchange reserves rose 17 percent Chinese Premier Li Keqiang last week set the Buying sovereign bonds will hold down governments’ borrowing said in a March 11 phone interview. “The in the past 12 months, while Brazil’s hold- 2015 growth target at about 7 percent, which costs and keep market interest rates low, encouraging investors to rupee will outperform others in the Asian ings declined 1.9 percent to $370bn. Russia’s would be the slowest expansion since 1990. move into riskier assets that will spur growth, while also pushing and emerging-market pack if we look at the stockpile fell 28 percent to $339bn in 2014 “The rupee will be more resilient than down the euro currency. risk and carry-adjusted returns.” and China’s rose 0.6 percent to $3.8 trillion. many other currencies in Asia due to its However, the speed and the extent of the euro’s fall it has tum- Borrowing in dollars to invest in rupees The South Asian nation needs to tar- reserves, higher growth, falling inflation bled 12.5 percent against the dollar so far this year, well on track has returned 2.2 percent this year, the high- get reserves of $750bn to $1 trillion in improved external balances and ongoing for the biggest quarterly loss since its launch in 1999 — has taken est among 12 Asian carry trades tracked the long run, the finance ministry said on policy reform,” Dominic Bunning, senior many at the ECB by surprise. by Bloomberg. The Indian currency has February 27 in its annual economic sur- currency strategist in Hong Kong at HSBC Some ECB policymakers are concerned about the effects of the advanced 0.6 percent to 62.6575 a dollar in vey. Goldman Sachs Group Inc estimates Holdings Plc, said in a March 11 interview. policy genie they have unbottled, particularly the risks attached 2015 and strengthened against most of its India can increase its reserves to $400bn WP-BLOOMBERG to pinning market interest rates below zero. “I’m a bit nervous about this — that there might be something like too much success,” Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said this week. “I have the feeling we do not understand the full effect of negative interest rates in many instances.” Updated forecasts by ECB staff this month projected the QE programme will raise growth rates in the eurozone and lift infla- tion from below zero up to 1.8 percent in 2017 — in line with the ECB’s goal of just under two percent. The ECB was conservative, predicting growth accelerating from 1.5 percent this year to 2.1 percent in 2017. In December, it pre- dicted growth of just 1.0 percent this year. Private economists say further falls in the euro mean growth and inflation could outpace the upgraded ECB estimates. The risk is that QE will, as Nowotny says, bring too much success — particularly in those countries that need it least. The dynamics of the programme will pin down borrowing costs in Germany just as a consumer-led boom is taking off. Under the plan, the overall volume of central bank bond pur- chases will be constant in a given country even if yields on some maturities hit the -0.20 percent level the ECB has set as a floor for purchases — equivalent to its overnight deposit rate. The national central bank in the country concerned - such as Germany — would have to redirect its firepower to buy other maturities to keep the total volume of the plan steady. With yields on German sovereign bonds with maturities of up to 3 years around or below -0.20 percent, the lower limit for ECB purchases, a disproportionate amount of money will be thrown at longer-dated German securities compared to other countries. The bottom line: borrowing costs will stay particularly low for Germans - just as inflation-beating wage deals and a little more government investment point to a robust rebound this year. Some economists acknowledge that QE may not be appropriate for Germany but are resigned to the plan given the one-size-fits-all nature of monetary policy in the single currency area. “In Germany, you have a situation where we’re moving towards over-potential,” an adviser to the Berlin government said. “But we’re in the monetary union, so there is one (monetary) policy.” Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann told Reuters on Thursday the German economy’s “very robust shape” meant the national central bank would raise its growth forecast for this year to around 1.5 percent from 1.0 percent seen in December. REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Venezuela’s oil giant embraces pragmatism BY ALEXANDRA ULMER headquarters request employees poised to tap the most favour- PDVSA and the oil ministry of millions of dollars, people famil- Venezuela’s crude production has and MARIANNA PARRAGA don normal office wear, visitors able exchange rate of Venezuela’s did not respond to requests for iar with the matter say. fallen to 2.899 million bpd from say, a telltale sign of what could complex three-tiered currency comments about changes in the PDVSA holds 60 percent stakes around 3.1 million, according to SUBTLE change be the most sweeping changes system. sector’s management. in joint ventures, and minority annual company reports. in office attire may in over a decade at a firm that Some of the firm’s roughly The first sign that PDVSA partners have long complained of “There are more arrests and be the most telling controls the world’s largest crude 150,000 employees have been laid might be in for a revamp came last delays in dividend payouts as well layoffs coming. That’s what symbol of a quiet reserves and generated some $78 off, particularly those with overt September when Ramirez, a former as complicated operations, in part we hear in all the offices,” said revolution taking billion in exports in 2013 - 96 per- political roles, and hundreds of confidant of Chavez, was demoted due to lack of dollars for imports. Ivan Freites, a leader of the oil Aplace inside Venezuela’s troubled cent of Venezuela’s hard currency oil ministry staffers have also from his triple role as head of The company is now offering workers’ union and a govern- economic engine, giant oil firm revenue. been let go, according to a union PDVSA and the Oil Ministry, and some partners an increase in own- ment critic. For example, there PDVSA. The sartorial shift symbolizes leader and a source close to the vice-president for the economy. ership, which could attract more had been layoffs of people tech- For years, PDVSA employees the new management’s effort government. Asdrubal Chavez, the former much-needed capital. PDVSA nically employed at the massive were encouraged to wear red to regain focus at a firm that “They’re trying to find mecha- president’s cousin and oil industry holds majority stakes in joint ven- Paraguana refinery, but who actu- shirts in support of late President has become a haven for political nisms to give people confidence veteran, took over the oil port- tures with energy majors includ- ally performed political duties, Hugo Chavez’s socialist move- friends and operatives, accord- in investing, and also trying to folio, but Ramirez remain the ing Chevron, Repsol, Eni, Rosneft, Freites said. ment. Rafael Ramirez, the former ing to people familiar with the increase production,” said one head of Venezuela’s Opec delega- Total, ONGC, Statoil, and China Hundreds of employees close to oil czar famously vowed the state- strategy. foreigner close to joint ventures. tion until late December when National Petroleum Co (CNPC). Ramirez are also being shown the owned firm would be “redder than It marks a sharp pivot after a To be sure, success is by no President Nicolas Maduro sent The government says produc- door at the Oil Ministry and the red” and sent workers to state decade under the helm of Ramirez means guaranteed, given that him off to New York as UN envoy. tion has already risen in the oil giant, according to a former rallies. as shoring up the nation’s main oil prices have halved in the past Away from the limelight, Del heavy-crude Orinoco region, ministry employee and other peo- Over the past few months, how- cash cow trumps ideology in the year, currency controls compli- Pino, until September in charge where the joint ventures operate, ple familiar with the matter. ever, the company’s new manage- face of the collapse in global crude cate even the most basic opera- of PDVSA’s exploration and pro- and forecasts output to reach 1.37 The most striking case of what ment — led by president Eulogio prices. tions and the nation is stuck in duction, has been revamping joint million barrels per day (bpd) by some call a witch hunt is the del Pino, a low-profile Stanford- The changes go well beyond the an economic crisis. ventures’ and refineries’ opera- the end of the year compared with arrest of PDVSA’s regional pro- educated engineer — has eased symbolic: PDVSA is granting its Del Pino walks a tightrope tions, sources say. 1.25 million in 2014. duction boss Jose Luis Parada and up on revolutionary garb and minority partners more financial between managing government Minority partners are to garner The new management has also his sister Gladys Nubia Parada, attendance at militant gatherings, and operational sway in joint ven- involvement and ploughing on more control over their oil fields, started trimming PDVSA’s work- a senior oil ministry official, for according to sources within and tures, according to sources close with his business plans, and some including hiring rigs themselves force, which, including contrac- alleged corruption in distribution outside the company. to the company. A dozen of those industry analysts fear his hands instead of relying on a PDVSA tors, tripled between 2001 and of highly-subsidised petrol. New posters inside its Caracas foreign oil companies are also may ultimately be tied. service unit, possibly saving tens 2013 to nearly 157,000 even as REUTERS SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 CLASSIFIEDS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17

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 SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Qatar squad Loew extends Germany contract till 2018 to camp at St BERLIN: Joachim Loew has “expertise, determination and Loew added that the win in role as project manager of the George’s Park extended his contract as coach confident manner”. Brazil remained key to his stay- DFB Academy, in addition to his of world champions Germany “The shared goal is to stay at ing in the post. role as first team caretaker”. DOHA: The Qatar Football until the 2018 World Cup in the summit of world football, we’ll “I have already said several The academy project was “an Association (QFA) yesterday Russia, the German football do everything to achieve that,” times that proving why we won attractive and challenging task announced that the national federation (DFB) announced Niersbach said. the title in Brazil remains an for which I have great respect”, side will base its camp at St yesterday. Loew, who began as assistant to incredible challenge and motiva- Bierhoff said. George’s Park in England for The 55-year-old Loew’s previ- Jurgen Klinsmann in 2004 before tion,” he said. “We need the resources and the the first phase of training ahead ous contract took him through to taking over the top job after the “Our young team is not at the know-how of the entire DFB for of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Euro 2016, but he said the chance World Cup in Germany in 2006, end of its development and the this centennial project. qualifiers. to extend the deal was not one he led the Germans to World Cup same is true for the majority of “It’s incredibly rewarding to be The training camp will also be was going to allow to get away. glory in Brazil last year. our players. I have accepted this able to implement new structures. part of the preparation for the “I said yes with my heart and Loew’s first tournament in offer because we take great pleas- It’s pioneering, just like projects 2019 Asian Cup, QFA said. my head,” Loew said. “We feel charge was Euro 2008, where ure from working with the players involving the national team.” The camp incredibly good working together his charges made it to the final and all the supporting team. We Persident Niersbach added: will be run from and we have shared goals. but lost 1-0 to Spain. At the 2010 want to continue along this path “All of us at the DFB will do eve- May 26 to June “We were crowned world cham- World Cup in South Africa Spain together and have a lot of plans rything we can to give the best 4. pions and we want to experience again beat Germany 1-0, this time for the future.” footballers in the country the best The 2019 that feeling again.” in the semi-finals. In a further development, possible conditions. FIFA World Joachim Loew signs the new Federation President Wolfgang Before the impressive triumph former Germany captain Oliver “That should also be imple- Cup will be held contract at DFB Headquarters in Niersbach added that it was evi- in Brazil, Germany fell in the last- Bierhoff has also signed a new mented in the DFB Academy, in Russia while Frankfurt yesterday. dent how much the ‘Mannschaft’ four of Euro 2012 in a 2-1 defeat contract through until 2020. which will be the future of the 2019 Asian had benefited from Loew’s by Italy. Bierhoff “will take on a new German football.” AFP Cup will be hosted by the United Arab Emirates. Qatar, coached by Djamel Belmadi (pictured), will be play- ing two friendly matches also dur- Mourinho fiercely ing the summer camp. St George’s Park is the English Football Association’s national football centre on a 330 acre site at Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire. defends Chelsea The centre was officially opened by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on October 9, 2012. Team will win Premier League: Coach The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying games begin on June 11 while the AFC Asian Cup quali- LONDON: Jose Mourinho my players get after a defeat. I fying draw will be announced in (pictured) launched a passion- went to my dressing room, I put Kuala Lumpur on April 14. ate defence of his Chelsea team everybody together — not just THE PENINSULA yesterday, two days after elimi- the players — and because I am nation from the Champions normally very calm and deserve League in acrimonious circum- to go home and reflect and think Qatar ranked stances by Paris Saint-Germain. and speak without any doubt or Sevilla’s Vitolo (left) celebrates with his team-mate Vicente Iborra after The Premier League leaders, emotion, this is what we did. scoring a goal against Villarreal at the El Madrigal Stadium in Villarreal 109 in FIFA who play Southampton at home “We also spoke in that moment yesterday. tomorrow, were knocked out about our future: to try and win rankings on away goals after extra-time the Premier League and, if we despite the fact that PSG striker do that, a season with a Premier ZURICH: Qatar are ranked 109 Zlatan Ibrahimovic had been sent League and a Capital One Cup is in the world, according to the off as early as the 31st minute. a brilliant season. Sevilla, Everton, on latest FIFA rankings announced Ibrahimovic accused Chelsea “This is the way I am, the way in the Swiss city yesterday. players of behaving like “babies” I work. I’m not like people want Qatar, coached by Djamel by crowding around the ref- me to be, or like people like to Belmadi, was ranked at the same eree once the Swede had fouled describe me. Jamie stopped play- top, Inter struggle spot in February also. Macedonia Brazilian play-maker Oscar. The ing a couple of years ago and, in are ranked above Qatar at 108 inference was that they had tried two years, he forgets everything PARIS: Holders Sevilla, with a the 82nd minute. Referee Carlos with 308 points. Al Annabi have to influence the official, a tactic “The people that were out of the he did on the pitch. Mr Souness record-breaking 13-second goal, Velasco Carballo awarded a spot- 300 points. captain John Terry insisted after- Champions League on Wednesday also, but he stopped playing a long Everton and Wolfsburg were all kick for handball by Danilo Silva Sudan are ranked a notch wards was perfectly legitimate are the same people that won the times ago. I coached Benfica, I on top after Thursday’s Europa and Lukaku converted, making below Qatar with 288 points. and that had also been employed League Cup and the same people know a lot about him, so much League last 16 first round ties. him Everton’s all-time record Meanwhile, European cham- by the opposition. that are going to win the Premier about him. But I prefer to laugh. Sevilla ran off with their all- European scorer with seven goals. pion Spain has fallen out of the Mourinho, who claimed League. It is the same people.” Envy is the biggest tribute that Spanish clash at Villarreal 3-1, Martinez’s men will head to top 10 in FIFA’s rankings for the after the reverse fixture with Mourinho also rounded on tel- the shadows do to the man. It’s Victor Machin ‘Vitolo’ creat- the Ukraine for next week’s sec- first time since 2007. Southampton, a 1-1 draw on evision pundits Jamie Carragher about life.” ing competition history with his ond leg in Kiev knowing they are World Cup winner Germany December 28 last year, that and Graeme Souness after the ex- Mourinho’s faith that Chelsea grease-lightning opener. still in with a chance of reach- is still number one, ahead of there was a conspiracy amongst Liverpool players had been highly will go on to win the league is At Everton’s Goodison Park, ing the quarter-finals as the only Argentina, Colombia, Belgium domestic referees to punish his critical of Chelsea’s performance based on the fact they possess a Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku remaining British side in the and the Netherlands. side unfairly, was adamant that and behaviour. five-point lead over Manchester gave his Premier League club competition. The only change in the top 10 Chelsea were no more guilty of “Maybe because of diet and City and also have a game in a slender advantage against “We learned that when we have was Italy leapfrogging Spain into that than any other Premier maybe the quality of the prod- hand. But he also insisted he Dynamo Kiev, his late penalty got that tempo in our play and the 10th spot. League club. ucts we are eating, memories are would be happy if City, who trail securing a 2-1 win. when we use the character we None of the elite teams played “If my players surround the getting shorter,” said. “Because 2-1 to Barcelona, progressed in Roberto Martinez’s team fell have we are a very strong team,” in the last month but games referee, we are charged,” he said. when Jamie Carragher and the Champions League, or if they behind in the 14th minute to Martinez said. played earlier in the four-year “We have to pay a fine and if we Graeme Souness speak about it, could not then Arsenal, who lost an Oleg Gusev strike, but they In Naples, Gonzalo Higuain’s cycle of results lost ranking value. do that, the players pay the fine. it’s because they are having a their last 16 first leg 3-1 at home equalised six minutes before hat-trick inspired Rafael Benitez’s Romania rose two places to At this moment we have eight problem for sure. to Monaco, should survive instead. half time when Lukaku’s power Napoli to a 3-1 win over Dinamo number 14 and could be seeded months of competition, we have “Just to close the chapter on the “I wish Manchester City and and poise helped him lay on a Moscow. when European qualifying been charged once and we paid for Champions League, the game fin- Arsenal do better than us,” he goal for Scottish forward Steven The all Serie A affair between groups for the 2018 World Cup that. It’s as simple as that. ished and I was in the tunnel. One said. “I wish England goes to the Naismith. Fiorentina and Roma ended 1-1. are drawn in July. Costa Rica “Go to the Premier League by one, not just the players but quarter-final with both teams or The Toffees, who once again Two other Italian clubs suffered remained at number 13 to lead the and see how many teams are the coaches and everybody from at least one of them. The only gave a better showing in Europe travel sickness, three-time cham- CONCACAF nations. The United charged. The only thing I know PSG, I shook their hands. I told thing we could do for English than they have managed for most pions Inter Milan coming away States fell one spot to number 32. is Chelsea were charged once. It them they deserved it. I wished football this season was 16 points of a disappointing domestic cam- from their visit to Vfl Wolfsburg Algeria, at number 18 lead the is my responsibility to train the them good luck for the future. to support the coefficient. We paign, pushed hard for a second 3-1 losers, and Torino going down African nations and Iran is Asia’s players and help them cope with “This was the way we behave couldn’t do more than that,” the half winner and finally broke 2-0 at Zenit St Petersburg. best at number 42. the pressure. after a defeat. This is the example Chelsea manager said. AFP down the Dynamo defence in AFP THE PENINSULA Djokovic’s new tactic Serena ends her Indian Wells boycott

INDIAN WELLS, California: and father Richard Williams for French Open Serena Williams said on when the pair arrived to watch Thursday her decision to end the match. INDIAN WELLS: The French “I have played a couple of times a 14-year boycott of the BNP Richard Williams alleged he Open is the only Grand Slam the finals and got always a step Paribas Open after suffering had heard racist taunts, and title to have eluded Novak closer. I use these losses as a racist abuse in the 2001 final Serena said she was “nervous” Djokovic and the steely-eyed way to grow mentally, physically came down to “timing.” when speaking to her father Serb has adopted a philosophy and emotionally and as a player Williams had skipped the about her possible return. of reverse psychology in a bid in general to understand what I showpiece event at the desert “He’s been through some things to claim the coveted crown at need to do better the next year.” resort after winning her second when he was growing up,” said Roland Garros. Djokovic, who last month won title here by beating Kim Clijsters the 19-times grand slam singles World number one Djokovic a record fifth Australian Open in a final marred by the behaviour champion. “It was a really emo- has twice been beaten in the title in the professional era to of some spectators who booed and tional time for me when I was French Open final and believes increase his career tally to eight heckled the American and her talking to him. he can end his barren run on the grand slam crowns, feels he can family. “I was like, ‘I think I should go clay surface by reining back any only benefit from competing at The reaction was in apparent back, but I’m not going to go back hint of self-imposed pressure or the French Open with more per- response to Serena’s sister Venus if you don’t want me to.’ He said it specific goal-setting. sonal freedom. having withdrawn from their would be a big mistake if I didn’t “The difference in my approach “This kind of approach allows semi-final that year just minutes go back. I thought that was really to my goals and priorities between me to enjoy my time there instead before the match. admirable.” now and a couple of years ago is of going to the clay in Paris “The whole point of me coming Serena, who plays her opening that I don’t put too much pres- thinking, ‘Will I make it this time back was not to necessarily focus match at Indian Wells on Friday, sure on myself,” Djokovic said or not?’,” the 27-year-old Serb on what happened 14 years ago,” also succumbed to nerves when on Thursday at Indian Wells told reporters in the interview world number one Williams, 33, she told her mother about her where he is seeking a fourth BNP room at the Indian Wells Tennis told a packed news conference at plans to return to the venue. Paribas Open title. Garden. the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. “When I was done with my “I don’t want to take away too “Of course, the season starts “It was more or less to focus USA’s Serena Williams addresses a news conference in Indian Wells, whole story, she said, ‘I’ll be there much energy by spending time on much better for you if you win on how I felt, if it was the right California, during the 2015 BNP Paribas Open yesterday. for you. Whatever you need, I’m thinking, ‘Will I make it or not?’ a Grand Slam in Australia opportunity for me to come back going to be there for you.’ I was The French Open is the Grand and that was the case for me now and for me to be at this tour- come back in 2015. I just felt like Spectators vented their dis- a little shocked,” said Serena. “I Slam that I have never won but this year,” Djokovic said, prompt- nament. I just felt like it was time. it was the right time for me to pleasure with the withdrawal of don’t know why because she has I have had a lot of good tourna- ing loud roars of laughter. “There’s not one thing that says come back here and try to do the Venus during the 2001 final, boo- always been so supportive.” ments there. REUTERS I should come back, that I should best that I could.” ing Serena and jeering her sister REUTERS SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Windy Qatar’s Al Attiyah, Baumel conditions force officials to in cruise control in Kuwait reschedule Kuwait International Rally: Local hero Al Thafiri leads Group N drivers time trials DOHA: Team Abu Dhabi’s Alex KUWAIT CITY: Qatar’s Carella and team rookie David Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah and Del Pin will have to wait until French co-driver Matthieu A today morning to take part in Baumel were firmly in control of A: Qatar’s Nasser the time trials to qualify for the the Kuwait International Rally Saleh Al Attiyah afternoon’s Grand Prix of Qatar after seven desert special stages and co-driver on Doha Bay. yesterday. Matthieu Baumel Blustery conditions and haz- The defending champion’s Ford in action during ardous waves were blowing in Fiesta RRC never missed a beat day one of from the Gulf throughout yes- all day and the Qatari will take a the Kuwait terday and race officials deemed lead of 1min 14.9sec over Khalid International it unwise to let competitors out on Al Qassimi into the final six timed Rally yesterday. to the water for qualifying. tests on Saturday. B: Al Attiyah Sixteen of the fastest rac- He was quickest on every and Baumel ers on the planet will line up at stage and remains on course for exchange the start of the opening round a fourth successive victory in 2015 notes ahead of the 2015 UIM F1 H2O World and a fourth win in Kuwait since Championship and Del Pin, of the start of 2009. from Mariano Lagunare in Italy, yesterday’s “No problems for us today, a replaced established Team Abu good clean run and a good lead,” action: Dhabi star Thani Al-Qamzi at said Al Attiyah. “I am very happy. C: Qatar’s the last minute in Qatar after Now I need to manage my pace, Abdulaziz Al the Emirati withdrew for per- keep it clean and stay out of Kuwari takes sonal reasons. trouble.” control in his The team’s 24-year-old third Abu Dhabi Racing’s Al Qassimi Ford Fiesta driver was the 2008, 2010 and clawed back some of the time yesterday. 2012 F-1000 World Champion and he lost after taking the wrong formerly drove for the Team 800 route after a third-stage jump Doctor operation in F4. in the dust and managed to stay “It’s obviously disappoint- ahead of Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al ing not to be able to qualify and Rajhi to hold second overall in his spend more time at race speed Citroën DS3 RRC. in the boat today, but we had a Al Rajhi was a comfortable good chance to drive the boat in third after four punctures, a the morning’s free practice and missed junction and a flock of I was quite happy with my per- sheep on a stage gave fourth- formance,” said three-time World placed Qatari driver Abdulaziz Champion Carella. Al Kuwari plenty to talk about at The two Italians settled in the overnight halt. Former event quickly with their new team and winner Khalid Al Suwaidi held both Carella and Del Pin were fifth overall and fellow Qatari posting competitive times in the Abdullah Al Kuwari was sixth. delayed practice session in blus- When Salah bin Eidan lost a tery conditions on Doha Bay. chunk of time on the first loop All 16 boats took to the water and Rashid Al Naimi retired on and Team Qatar’s Shaun Torrente the third stage, Kuwait’s seventh- posted the quickest lap of the ses- placed Meshari Al Thafiri was left sion with a time of 46.77 seconds. in complete control of the Group B C Carella and Del Pin carded best N Trophy category at the wheel of laps of 48.78 seconds and 49.35 his Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution seconds and were classified in X. But he also sustained a flat tyre second and third. on the sixth stage and reached the Abdulaziz Al Kuwari was who slipped to third. “So I did a Rashed Al-Remeithi replaced end of the leg with a lead of 1min delayed by a flock of around 200 U-turn to come back to the right 2015 Kuwait International Rally – Rashed Al-Qemzi in the Team 36.2sec over Bin Eidan. sheep and then a puncture rubbed way and lost a lot of time.” Abu Dhabi F-4S Trophy boat, but Mohammed Al Sahlawi was the salt in the Qatari’s wounds. He Mohammed Al Thafiri retired Positions After SS7 race officials were forced to cancel only Abu Dhabi Racing junior to lost 21 seconds, but the curse of with a broken turbo pipe, Abu 1. Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah (QAT)/Matthieu Baumel (FRA) Ford both the morning’s F-4S time tri- Fiesta RRC 1hr 25min 06.2sec complete the first leg and also led Friday the 13th struck Khalifa Al Dhabi Racing’s Saeed Bin Towq als and the afternoon’s opening the two-wheel drive category in Attiyah, who retired three kilo- damaged a wheel after leaving 2. Khalid Al Qassimi (ARE)/Chris Patterson (GBR) Citroën DS3 race because of the wind. eighth overall. Bin Eidan was a metres into the stage with engine the road and landing in a ditch RRC 1hr 26min 21.1sec The Qatar Team’s Mohammed close ninth and Germany’s Edith issues. Sixteen cars finished the and his Citroën DS3 colleague 3. Yazeed Al Rajhi (SAU)/Michael Orr (GBR) Ford Fiesta RRC 1hr Al-Obaidly had been quickest in Weiss rounded off the top 10 after special. Mohammed Al Mutawaa also 27min 04.0sec practice in a session that was cut a solid drive in her Mitsubishi. Al Attiyah was again quickest retired. Fourteen cars reached 4. Abdulaziz Al Kuwari (QAT)/Marshall Clarke (GBR) Ford Fiesta short when Italian rookie Elisa The second round of the FIA in the 22.62km Kheiran stage and the midday service, although RRC 1hr 27min 54.1sec Leidi flipped her boat. Middle East Rally Championship extended his lead over Al-Qassimi Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari complained 5. Khalid Al-Suwaidi (QAT)/John Higgins (IRL) Ford Fiesta RRC Team Abu Dhabi is supported is being organised by the Basil to 4.7 seconds. Bin Eidan’s chances that he had missed a hairpin on 1hr 28min 41.7sec by Etihad Airways as the offi- Salem Al-Sabah Motor Racing of winning Group N suffered a the second stage and Al Suwaidi 6. Abdullah Al Kuwari (QAT)/Killian Duffy (IRL) Ford Fiesta R5 cial carrier and sponsor and Club (BMRC) in conjunction crippling blow when he lost seven lost time when his seat belt 1hr 30min 43.2sec runs under the patronage of His with the Kuwait International minutes in the special. Meshari unbuckled in Al-Zour. Al Naimi 7. Meshari Al-Thafiri (KUW)/Mubarak Al-Thafiri (KUW) Mitsubishi Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Automobile Club (KIAC) and Al Thafiri retained a tiny lead of retired and gifted seventh-placed Lancer Evo X 1hr 37min 51.8sec Khalifa Al-Nahyan, advisor to is running under the patronage 0.8 seconds over Rashid Al Naimi Meshari Al Thafiri a commanding the Head of State and chairman 8. Mohammed Al Sahlawi (ARE)/Craig Parry (GBR) Citroën DS3 of Sheikh Athbi Nayef Jaber Al in the showroom category battle. lead in Group N. 1hr 39min 21.8sec of the board of directors of the Ahmad Al Sabah. Al Attiyah set a storming pace “All is well. I set the fastest Abu Dhabi International Marine 9. Salah bin Eidan (KUW)/Vili Oslaj (SLO) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Chasing a 56th MERC career in Al-Zour and arrived at service time on all three stages, but it Sports Club (ADIMSC). IX 1hr 39min 28.0sec win and a fourth successive vic- with a lead over Al-Rajhi of 43.6 was difficult to find the right After the time trials have tory of 2015, Al Attiyah led his seconds. braking points during the first 10. Edith Weiss (GER)/Vicky Psarakis (GRE) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo been rescheduled for yesterday rivals into the 13.86km of the “I got confused after a big two stages,” said Al Attiyah. “I IX 1hr 48min 56.5sec morning, the second F-4S race is opening Nuwaiseeb stage and jump because of the dust and I know the third stage well from 11. Saleh Al Aly (KUW)Saffah Al-Dhafeeri (KUW) Mitsubishi Lancer scheduled for 2pm today after- edged into a 1.1-second lead over wrongly went right instead of left previous years and I am always Evo VIII 1hr 49min 18.7sec noon and the 2015 Grand Prix of Al Qassimi, with Al Rajhi seven and that put me on another road,” fast through there.” 12. Elie Chachati (KUW)/Naji Sfeir (LEB) Subaru Impreza 2hr 06min Qatar is pencilled in for 3.45pm. seconds behind the Qatari. said a disgruntled Al Qassimi, THE PENINSULA 28.6sec THE PENINSULA Last round of Qatar International Endurocross

DOHA: The final round of Al Musallam is leading with 125 the 2015 season of Qatar points. British rider Jake Qatar’s Mohammad International Endurocross, Qatari rider Mohammed Preston in action Abuissa will feature organized by Qatar Motor Abuissa couldn’t take part in during one of the in today’s last and Motorcycle Federation all the rounds, missing the first rounds of the 2015 round of the 2015 (QMMF), will take place today round because of the Dakar Rally. Qatar International at Sealine Beach Resort area He is in sixth position with a tally Qatar International with titles in all the three cat- of with 84 points. Endurocross. Endurocross. egories up for grabs. “For this final round I will try In the MX1 class, the Kuwait’s to do my best to win both races,” Meshari Abou Shaibah has a lot top quad rider Abuissa said of chances to bag the E1 title after yesterday. winning all the previous rounds. “I have been training hard Shaibah is currently leading the to ensure I am ready for the championship with an impressive tough competition from other tally of 150 points. competitors. Compatriot Moath Al Ansari is “I am really looking forward to second with 130 points. represent Qatar once again,” he Emirati rider Saeed Al added. Shenquiti, with 118 points, is in Action will start at 10:30am third place. with the free practice session. British rider Jake Preston is The first race for bikes starts top of the standings in the E2 at 12:15pm. category with 145 points. The session for the quads starts Mohammed Jaffar from Kuwait at 1:10pm. is second with 131 points while The second races are scheduled Mohammed Al Balooshi is third to start at 2:05pm and at 3:00pm, with 119 points. organisers confirmed yesterday. In the quads category, Fahad THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 MotoGP giants set for final tune-up Pre-season testing at Losail Circuit

DOHA: The final MotoGP preseason test gets under way from today under floodlights at Losail International Circuit, the Spanish region’s . MotoGP rider With teams having had time to digest and interpret all of the Jorge Lorenzo data they had recorded at the of the Movistar last Sepang test in February, the Yamaha team MotoGP paddock heads to Losail poses for for 3 days/nights before the sea- photographers son kicks off in earnest at the during a same circuit on 29 March. promotional German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG GP in action during the second practice session at The Repsol Honda Team will event in Madrid, the Albert Park Circuit for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia, yesterday. The 2015 hope to repeat their domination Spain, in this Grand Prix of Australia will take place tomorrow. of the previous two tests during March 10 file which Marc Marquez managed to photo. Lorenzo finish fastest overall. addressed The reigning MotoGP cham- a press pion said he had found the set up conference he was looking for on his RC213V prior to at Sepang 2 and without any Mercedes quickest travelling to major new upgrades in Qatar, he Qatar in order will mostly be focusing on race prep and running simulations. to take part in Dani Pedrosa was happy with the last series his performance at the last of pre-season test after finishing 7th overall, testing. The in Melbourne heat although he has admitted that pre-season they have number of things to testing starts MELBOURNE: Nico Rosberg work on during the three days at today at Losail and Lewis Hamilton put on Losail. International an ominous show of force The factory Ducati Team Circuit at for Mercedes yesterday as seemed happy with the debut 4:00pm. Australian Grand Prix free of the all new GP15 bike at the practice was overshadowed by a Sepang 2 test after it immedi- legal row engulfing Sauber. ately seemed to solve the under- The Silver Arrows picked up steer issues caused by the old where they left off last season, machine with Andrea Iannone knocking Sebastien Vettel and and Andrea Dovizioso manag- close the gap to the Honda’s, and for Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferraris off the ing to finish in 4th and 9th place would be looking for even more Vinales to continue to develop top in the second session as they overall respectively. improvements in Qatar. during this test. led both practices. Iannone seemed to adapt to the Cal Crutchlow will want to The Monster Tech 3 Yamaha But events off the track domi- physically smaller machine more build on his impressive showing Team will continue to work on nated as the extraordinary dis- easily than his teammate as they last time out in Sepang where he individual rider setups after pute over Sauber’s driver line-up rode the new bike “back to back” finished 3rd ahead of a number of Bradley Smith finished 6th over- headed into a sixth day with with the old GP14.3 version. factory riders, as he continued to all at Sepang 2, just two tenth’s threats of fines, jail and seizures Team Manager Luigi Dall’Igna adapt his riding style to get the behind the top satellite rider of assets. has said they will use the time in most out of his CWM LCR Honda Crutchlow, as he made his return Giedo van der Garde’s lawyers Ferrari Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany drives during Qatar to develop the GP15 fur- RC213V. from an ankle injury. His team- argued Sauber was in contempt the second practice session of the Australian F1 Grand Prix at the Albert ther in an effort to settle on the The British rider will also hope mate Pol Espargaro was left a lit- of court by not complying with an Park Circuit in Melbourne yesterday. best bike and set up for each rider to have sorted out the brake tle frustrated after a crash and order to honour a contract with before the start of the season. issues that ruined his race simu- various other issues meant he the Dutchman and let him drive Movistar Yamaha introduced lation during the previous test, finished the previous test down in the season-opener. last year’s race-winner, led Four-time world champion their new ‘evolved” seamless shift while for his team-mate Miller it in 11th overall, although he has As the case unfolded, van der Hamilton in the first two practice Vettel had an encouraging start gearbox at Sepang 2 after having is a case of just trying to spend stated that his team has lots of Garde walked the paddock in sessions of the new season. with Ferrari when he finished six- announced they will use it during as much time as possible on his ideas about how they can improve Sauber overalls and drivers Felipe Rosberg hailed a “great start hundredths off the two Mercedes the 2015 season, with Valentino open class RC213V-RS before his on that performance in Qatar. Nasr and Marcus Ericsson sat for the team” and said it was in the second run, closely followed Rossi stating that while it wasn’t MotoGP™ debut. Drive M7 Aspar’s Nicky Hayden garaged in stationary cars dur- again be a close-run thing with by Raikkonen. the huge breakthrough he had Suzuki Ecstar Racing, as the feels they are “on the right track” ing opening practice. Hamilton, who sealed last year’s “I can’t think of such a trouble- hoped for it was definitely an factory team will now be known as they head out to the final test, But Nasr and Ericsson both title in the final race. free Friday session in a long time,” improvement. after their official launch, have and he and his team-mate Eugene drove in the second session, as the “It seems again that it’s very said Vettel, who shifted from Red Rossi finished 7 tenths behind been working hard on the data Laverty will be focusing on devel- contempt hearing was adjourned close between Lewis and me and Bull in the close season. Marquez and after the two tests obtained from the previous test oping their electronic packages, until today and the judge urged he is a great driver, so I need to And Vettel’s former team-mate in Malaysia is looking forward to as they continue to develop the while the Honda of AB Racings the two sides to pursue “sensible” nail the set-up every time to come Daniel Ricciardo had a frustrat- trying out his YZF-M1 at a differ- new GSX-RR bike. Karel Abraham, Alex de Angelis’ discussions. out on top,” Rosberg said. ing day when he missed the sec- ent track to see how it performs. Having seemingly managed to Octo Ioda Racing Ducati, and the Sauber team principal Monisha Hamilton said he was still ond practice session after his Red Team-mate Jorge Lorenzo fin- close the power-gap to the other Athiná Forward Racing Team of Kaltenborn was forced to defend working on set-up issues and Bull needed a change of Renault ished the last test just 3 tenths manufacturers that was so evi- Stefan Bradl and Loris Baz com- her position with the Swiss out- warned that Mercedes would not engine. behind Marquez in 2nd overall dent earlier in the season with plete the line up for the final pre fit in disarray, after apparently be the only fast cars in qualifying “I’ve got to get these ants out and while he feels the bike is still an engine upgrade, the team season test, with action due to get signing up three drivers for their today. of my pants now -- I’m hanging “a little bit slow”, he is happy with have stated that they will have a underway at 4:00pm today. two cars. “Today seemed to confirm that out to drive!” said the Australian. how far his team have managed to number of new updates and parts THE PENINSULA Kaltenborn, who should be we have pretty good pace. But The second session was fined or jailed according to van there are still other quick cars stopped when McLaren’s Kevin der Garde’s lawyers, insisted she out there and we can’t go into Magnussen, deputising for had not considered resigning. But tomorrow’s sessions not thinking Fernando Alonso after his crash she admitted the row had affected that they will be close,” Hamilton in testing, came off into the gravel Kawasaki set to launch the team. said yesterday. at Turn 6. “It’s definitely a very negative Rosberg clocked 1min 27.697sec Three-time race winner Jenson impact on the team,” she said, as in the second session, one-tenth Button reported understeer prob- she fended off a barrage of ques- faster than Hamilton, after shad- lems with the other McLaren and tions at a press conference. ing his team-mate and fierce rival Felipe Massa missed the second ‘iconic’ Ninja H2 in Qatar On the track, it was business by three-hundredths in the first session due to a water leak in his as usual for Mercedes as Rosberg, run-out. Williams. REUTERS DOHA: Losail International With intense motorcycle and journalist reviews have been Circuit has just played host to automotive media interest in highly enthusiastic. Japanese motorcycle manufac- the two 1000cc supercharged Billed as the fastest accelerat- Australian Grand Prix turer Kawasaki for the launch machines, journalists from across ing mass production land machine of two supercharged machines Europe and as far afield as Brazil in the world, the Ninja H2R is Practice Times which will head their famous and America enjoyed perfect rated at over 300 horsepower and FP2 Ninja range of motorcycles in conditions at the 5.38 kilometre retails at QR225,000, while the 2015. circuit. Ninja H2 version that is highway Sauber 1. Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1:27.697 F1 Team’s Already familiar with the Riding in daylight and under friendly will cost QR115,200. 2. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 1:27.797 world famous Losail International the unique conditions of numer- Shigemi Tanaka for Kawasaki Brazilian Circuit, Kawasaki chose to return ous night-time floodlights, the Motors Europe, said. “Landing driver Felipe 3. Sebastian Vettel (GER) Scuderia Ferrari 1:28.412 to a venue that has played host to chance to compare the high- at the recently opened Hamad Nasr sits by 4. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Scuderia Ferrari 1:28.842 the leading motorcycle manufac- way focussed Ninja H2 and the International airport is the first his car as a 5. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Williams 1:29.265 turer on two previous occasions. track-only Ninja H2R, the early indication that Qatar is a country court order 6. Daniil Kvyat (RUS) Red Bull Racing 1:30.016 with a strong vision of its identity. prevents As a venue to unveil two of the the team 7. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Toro Rosso 1:30.071 most iconic machines in the his- from 8. Pastor Maldonado (VEN) Lotus 1:30.104 tory of our company, Kawasaki participating 9. Romain Grosjean (FRA) Lotus 1:30.205 could ask no better than be here the first in Qatar at such a famous state- practice 10. Nico Hulkenberg (GER) Force India 1:30.473 of-the-art circuit.” session at FP1 Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah, the Formula QMMF President, expressed 1. Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1:29.557 One his happiness for the fact that 2. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 1:29.586 Australian Kawasaki has chosen Qatar and 3. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Williams 1:30.748 the LIC to launch a new product Grand for third time. Prix in 4. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Toro Rosso 1:31.014 “I am very happy to welcome Melbourne 5. Sebastian Vettel (GER) Scuderia Ferrari 1:31.029 again Kawasaki to the Losail yesterday. 6. Max Verstappen (NED) Toro Rosso 1:31.067 International Circuit to unveil a new motorbike and this inter- 7. Felipe Massa (BRA) Williams 1:31.188 national launch is not only good 8. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Scuderia Ferrari 1:31.310 for the circuit but also to project 9. Pastor Maldonado (VEN) Lotus 1:31.451 Qatar worldwide,” Al Attiyah said. THE PENINSULA 10. 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HAMILTON: New Zealand completed an unbeaten run in the cricket World Cup group stages yesterday by defeating Bangladesh by three wickets at England’s James Taylor (right) and Ian Bell shake hands after the match Seddon Park. against Afghanistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday. A third-wicket partnership of 131 between Martin Guptill and Ross Taylor rescued the New Zealanders after their leading batsmen Brendon McCullum and England end Cup Kane Williamson had departed in the space of an over while chasing 289 to win their sixth consecutive tournament match. campaign with win Grant Elliott and Corey Anderson both scored 39 with a SYDNEY: England brought an Morgan had won the toss and flurry of strokes and Tim Southee end to their miserable World chose to field. struck a huge six followed by a Cup campaign with a nine- Chris Jordan (2-13) was the four to give his team victory with wicket victory over Afghanistan pick of the England bowlers — seven balls to spare. Both teams under the Duckworth-Lewis dismissing Afsar Zazai (six) and had already qualified for the quar- method in a rain-disrupted final dangerman Samiullah Shenwari ter finals. Pool A match at the Sydney (seven) — and he would have fan- Guptil, who was struck by Cricket Ground yesterday. cied taking out a couple of tailend- cramp in his left leg on 99, scored Set 101 to win from 25 overs ers if the weather had allowed. his first World Cup hundred and after the wet weather had cur- Shenwari was only able to take his team’s first of the tournament tailed the Afghan innings at his tournament tally to 254 runs before he was caught for 105 from 111 for seven from 36.2 overs, before an attempted drive took 100 balls. Taylor compiled 56 after New Zealand’s Martin Guptill acknowledges the crowd after reaching his century in Hamilton yesterday. England romped to their target a thick edge and flew to a diving struggling for runs in the earlier with 41 balls to spare. Morgan at point. REUTERS games. Mahmudullah, who scored a sensible mix of caution and Daniel Vettori bowled yet Openers Ian Bell and Alex Bangladesh, on a roll after Bangladesh’s first World Cup aggression, taking advantage of another subtle, probing spell of Hales put on 83 for the first defeating England on Monday, hundred against England, was McCullum’s aggressive field plac- flighted left-arm spin, conced- wicket before the latter departed Scoreboard became the first team to bat granted a huge slice of luck on ings and marshalling the lower ing only 42 runs and picking up a for 37 and James Taylor came in AFGHANISTAN through their 50 overs against the one when an edge off Tim Southee order skilfully. wicket while Anderson was also to hit an unbeaten eight to help Nawroz Mangal c Root b Anderson ...... 4 co-hosts, reaching 288 for seven went through Corey Anderson’s New Zealand made their first economical and was rewarded usher England over the line. Javed Ahmadi c Root b Broad ...... 7 with Mahmudullah scoring an hands at first slip. team change of the tournament with two wickets when Shakib The win ensured England Afsar Zazai c Buttler b Jordan ...... 6 unbeaten 128. Thereafter he batted with when Mitchell McClenaghan Al Hasan (23) and Mushfiqur would at least match their previ- Nasir Jamal c Buttler b Bopara ...... 17 came in for the injured Adam Raham (15) edged catches to ous worst World Cup record with Samiullah Shenwari c Morgan b Jordan...... 7 Milne. McCullum then won a wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi. two victories. Scoreboard Shafiqullah Shafiq c Bopara b Tredwell .....30 rare toss and asked Bangladesh New Zealand appeared to have With both sides already elimi- Mohammad Nabi c Tredwell b Bopara ...... 16 BANGLADESH NEW ZEALAND to bat on a hot, steamy afternoon the game under control at that nated from contention for the Najibullah Zadran (not out)...... 12 T Iqbal c Anderson b Boult ...... 13 M Guptill c R Hossain b Al Hasan...... 105 after steady rain fell for much of stage but runs came freely off knockout stage, the match was Hamid Hassan (not out) ...... 0 I Kayes b Boult ...... 2 B McCullum c Sarkar b Al Hasan ...... 8 Thursday. McClenaghan, who was unable played out in front of a sparse Extras (LB-6, W-6) ...... 12 S Sarkar c Anderson b Vettori...... 51 K Williamson c T Islam b Al Hasan ...... 1 Southee and Trent Boult swung to extract any bounce from the crowd with only pride at stake. Total (for 7 wkts in 36.2 overs) ...... 111 M Mahmudullah (not out) ...... 128 R Taylor lbw Nas Hossain ...... 56 the ball late and only four runs pitch. Hales, bumped up the batting Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-20, 3-25, 4-34, S Al Hasan c Ronchi b Anderson ...... 23 G Elliott c Ahmed b R Hossain ...... 39 came off the first five overs as the Sabbir Rahman (40) cracked order to open, was dropped off the 5-65, 6-93, 7-101. M Rahim c Ronchi b Anderson ...... 15 C Anderson b Nas Hossain ...... 39 batsmen played and missed. two sixes and five fours and third ball of the innings and again Bowling: Anderson 7-0-18-1 (2w); Broad Sa Rahman c B McCullum b Elliott ...... 40 L Ronchi c Nas Hossain b Al Hasan ...... 9 Boult then struck, bowl- Mahmudullah paced his innings when he was on 12, both times 8-1-18-1 (2w); Jordan 6.2-2-13-2 (1w); Nas Hossain c Taylor b Elliott ...... 11 D Vettori (not out) ...... 16 ing Imrul Kayes for two with admirably to reach his century Najibullah Zadran at point fail- Bopara 8-1-31-2 (1w); Tredwell 7-0-25-1. R Hossain (not out) ...... 0 T Southee (not out) ...... 12 a magnificent delivery which off 111 balls after a subdued start. ing to give Shapoor Zadran the ENGLAND Extras (LB-1, W-4) ...... 5 Extras (LB-1, W-4) ...... 5 moved away late from the right Al Hasan, captaining wicket. A Hales c Zazai b Hassan...... 37 Total (for 7 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 288 Total (for 7 wkts in 48.5 overs) ...... 290 hander and capturing the wicket Bangladesh in the absence of Paceman Hamid Hassan finally I Bell (not out) ...... 52 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-27, 3-117, 4-151, Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-33, 3-164, 4-210, of Tamim Iqbal (13), caught by Mashrafe Mortaza, who has been had him caught behind but by J Taylor (not out) ...... 8 5-182, 6-260, 7-287. 5-219, 6-247, 7-269. Anderson. battling injury and a sore throat, then England were already well Extras (LB-3, W-1) ...... 4 Did not bat: T Islam, T Ahmed. Bowling: S Al Hasan 8.5-1-55-4; T Islam 10- Then came Anderson’s costly then opened the bowling with his on their way to the target. Total (for 1 wkt in 18.1 overs) ...... 101 Bowling: T Southee 10-1-51-0; T Boult 10-3- 0-58-0; R Hossain 8-1-40-1; T Ahmed 8-0-49- drop and enterprising batting slow left-arm spin. Shafiqullah Shafiq (30) top- Fall of wicket: 1-83. 56-2(w-1); M McClenaghan 8-0-68-0; D Vet- 0(w-2); S Sarkar 4-0-19-0(w-1); Sa Rahman by Mahmudullah and Soumya He dismissed McCullum caught scored for Afghanistan but a Bowling: Shapoor 4-0-25-0; Dawlat 3-0- tori 10-0-42-1; C Anderson 10-0-43-2(w-2); G 2-0-14-0; M Mahmudullah 3-0-22-0(w-1); Sarkar (51), who scored his at long-off while Williamson second win in their maiden 23-0; Hassan 5-0-17-1 (1w); Nabi 4.1-0-14- Elliott 2-0-27-2(w-1). Nas Hossain 5-0-32-2. maiden one-day international sliced a delivery to cover. tournament always looked a tall 0; Shenwari 2-0-19-0. half-century. REUTERS order after England skipper Eoin Mushtaq sees spirit Shami hails Clarke shrugs off FACTBOX Australia smooth vs Scotland operator Dhoni Factbox on today’s World Cup of 1992 in Pakistan fitness fears Pool A match between Australia AUCKLAND: Fast-improving and Scotland at Bellerive Oval ADELAIDE: Pakistan can win facing the amateurs of the United paceman Mohammad Shami HOBART: Australia captain in Hobart. the World Cup because of the Arab Emirates in Napier also on hailed India captain Mahendra Michael Clarke (pictured) AUSTRALIA confidence and self-belief in the Sunday. Singh Dhoni yesterday, claiming shrugged off fears over his fit- Captain: Michael Clarke team that yesterday reminded “The momentum is with us the world champions’ skipper ness yesterday, claiming he was Coach: Darren Lehmann spin bowling coach Mushtaq and the team has a lot of confi- never gets angry. more concerned about time in Squad: Clarke, Aaron Finch, David Warner, (pictured) Ahmed of the vic- dence and self-belief,” Mushtaq India have romped through the middle as the World Cup Shane Watson, George Bailey, Pat Cummins, tory under Imran Khan in 1992. told reporters on Friday. “This the first round of the World Cup, heads towards the knockout Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Brad Leg-spinner Mushtaq, now reminds me so much of 1992. winning five from five and com- rounds. Haddin, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson, 44, was part of Imran’s team “Imran instilled in us a sense fortably wrapping up their place Clarke only had a gentle prac- Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, that came back from the brink of self-belief that nothing was in the quarter-finals ahead of tice session at the Bellerive Oval Mitchell Starc. in the preliminary league to impossible. And Waqar (coach today’s last Pool B game against on Thursday as his team-mates beat England in the final at the Waqar Younis) has said the same Zimbabwe at Eden Park. sprinted, prompting suggestions Results so far at 2015 World Cup: Beat Melbourne Cricket Ground to win thing to these boys also. “I am lucky that all my debuts that he was still struggling with England by 111 runs; match abandoned their only World Cup title so far “He keeps telling them that — Tests, one-dayers, Twenty20s his long-standing hamstring against Bangladesh; lost to New Zealand by 23 years ago. if you don’t have — all have come under Dhoni and injury. one wicket; beat Afghanistan by 275 runs; This time too, self-belief, you can’t the way he handles things looks “I certainly am fit,” Clarke beat Sri Lanka by 64 runs. Pakistan have bounced achieve anything.” good to me,” said Shami. insisted on the eve of Australia’s replace spinner Xavier Doherty Top performers: Maxwell (257 runs), back from morale-sap- Mushtaq revealed “He keeps me tension-free and concluding Pool A match against for today’s match. Warner (243 runs); Starc (12 wickets) ping defeats in the first that captain Misbah- never says anything about mis- Scotland. Doherty played in the 64-run SCOTLAND two matches against ul-Haq had sent a text takes, he never gets angry and “It was more just part of my victory over Sri Lanka at the Captain: Preston Mommsen old foes India and the message to the entire gives me peace. He talks in a recovery. Since coming back Sydney Cricket Ground on Coach: Grant Bradburn West Indies to win the team on Friday morn- smooth manner and it is good for from my hamstring surgery Sunday but went wicketless in Squad: Mommsen, Richie Berrington, next three games in a ing to encourage them a bowler that the captain backs we’ve looked at my schedule seven overs, conceding 60 runs Kyle Coetzer, Freddie Coleman, Matthew row. for Sunday’s must-win him and that’s the biggest plus going forward and Thursday was on a pitch generally sympathetic Cross, Josh Davey, Alasdair Evans, Hamish It included a bril- match. for me. another opportunity to make to spinners. Gardiner, Michael Leask, Matt Machan, liant victory in the “We are fighting “I feel it’s better than domestic sure I recover as well as I can, Now Cummins, who played in Calum MacLeod, Safyaan Sharif, Rob Taylor, previous game against for the nation, we are matches and that has given gave not only for this game but for the the one-wicket defeat to New Iain Wardlaw. mighty South Africa in Auckland going to win for the nation. We me a lot of confidence.” quarter-final.” Zealand in Auckland two weeks when they bowled the Proteas out will give 100 percent. Leave the Shami, who turned 25 on With Australia already assured ago, gets a second chance to make Results so far at 2015 World Cup: Lost for 202 after being restricted to rest to God,” the captain wrote, Monday, is India’s leading wicket- of a place in the quarter-finals, an impression at the Bellerive to New Zealand by three wickets; lost to 222. according to Mushtaq. taker at the World Cup with 12 Clarke said he may opt to juggle Oval ahead of a March 20 quar- England by 119 runs; lost to Afghanistan Pakistan will battle Ireland at Mushtaq, who last played for wickets, including a best of 4-35 the batting order to allow more ter-final date against Pakistan or by one wicket; lost to Bangladesh by six the Adelaide Oval tomorrow for Pakistan in 2003, claimed 185 in the opening victory over arch- players time in the middle today. Ireland in Adelaide. wickets; lost to Sri Lanka by 148 runs. a place in the quarter-finals with Test wickets in 52 matches and rivals Pakistan in Adelaide last “I think the order will be a little “I like the fact the selectors are Best performers: Kyle Coetzer (253 runs); both teams on three wins from 161 wickets in 144 one-day inter- month. bit different to try and give guys picking players for conditions and Josh Davey (14 wickets) five matches. nationals during a 14-year career. “Look the motivation is to win a hit ahead of our quarter-final,” opposition,” Clarke said yesterday. Australia vs Scotland head-to-head The last league match in the He joined the Pakistan team the World Cup,” said Shami. Clarke said. “I think we’d be silly to pick Played: Four month-long group stage will steer management last year on the “Everyone back home expects Along with Shane Watson and our team today for the World Cup Australia won all four matches the winner into the knock-out recommendation of Waqar after us to win, whether they are fans James Faulkner, Clarke said he quarter-final,” Clarke said. round and leave the loser fac- serving as England’s spin bowling in India or elsewhere and our needed to spend some more time Scotland go into the game hav- Last match ing a tricky run-rate countback coach from 2008 to 2014. focus is also on that,” said Shami. at the crease. ing lost all five matches so far. Sept. 3, 2013: Australia won by 200 runs against the West Indies who are AFP AFP Fast bowler Pat Cummins will AFP in Edinburgh. SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

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LONDON 08/05 Cloudy 08/04 Chance of showers WASHINGTON: Four identi- formation. They later eased away Earth. Scientists hope to gain NEW YORK: Social net- PARIS 12/06 Partly cloudy 09/03 Chance of showers cal satellites which will study from each other successfully. a greater understanding of the working site Facebook is ISTANBUL 12/07 Partly cloudy 09/06 Chance of rain the interactions between solar “Spacecraft separation is com- phenomenon, known as magnetic up against a class-action MANILA 33/22 Clear 32/22 Partly cloudy winds and the Earth’s magnetic plete!,” Nasa said later in a state- reconnection. lawsuit over kids making DHAKA 36/23 Clear 35/23 Clear fields blasted off into Space and ment two hours later. “Magnetic reconnection is purchases without parental DELHI 28/18 Mostly cloudy 23/17 Thunderstorm settled into orbit begin a two- “All four of Nasa’s one of the most important driv- permission. ISLAMABAD 23/12 Partly cloudy 15/10 Rain year study, Nasa said. Magnetospheric Multiscale ers of space weather events,” The site faced the lawsuit The Delta V rocket of the observatories have been released said Jeff Newmark, interim over its refusal to provide United Launch Alliance lifted in orbit, where they’ll soon director of the Heliophysics refunds when children spend off from its launchpad from embark on an ambitious mission Division at Nasa Headquarters money on the site without the Cape Canaveral in Florida at to unlock the secrets of magnetic in Washington. permission of their parents, British author Terry 22:44 local time (2:44 GMT reconnection,” it added. “Space weather events can CNET reported. Friday) as planned at the begin- They will obtain three-dimen- affect modern technological sys- Facebook will find itself ning a 30-minute window of sional images and collect data as tems such as communications in the court later this year opportunity. they monitor collisions from the networks, GPS navigation, and defending itself. Pratchett dies aged 66 The quartet of spacecraft Earth’s magnetosphere and solar electrical power grids.” US District Judge Beth LONDON: British author Terry weighing 1.2 tonnes known as particles arriving at high speed The $1.1bn mission is expected Labson Freeman in San Jose, Pratchett, whose science-fantasy “Magnetospheric Multiscale” and forming their own magnetic to last last two years. California, ruled that the com- Discworld novels are some of the best- or MMS, will fly in a pyramid field about 60,000 miles from AFP pany must face a nationwide selling works in English fiction around class-action lawsuit that aims the world, died on Thursday aged 66 to force it to provide refunds after a long battle with Alzheimer’s when kids spend money on disease. Artist’s creation the site without their parents Pratchett, who sold more than 85 mil- permission. lion books worldwide, “passed away in his Estimated to number home with his cat sleeping on his bed, in hundreds of thousands, surrounded by his family”, said Larry the plaintiffs contend that Finlay, managing director at Transworld Facebook violated California Publishers. law by citing its “all sales are “The world has lost one of its brightest, final” policy in denying the sharpest minds,” Finlay said, adding: “Terry enriched the planet like refunds. few before him... his legacy will endure for decades to come.” This issue of children buy- After being diagnosed in 2007 with a rare form of early-onset ing stuff online without the Alzheimer’s, which he called an “embuggerance”, Pratchett campaigned permission of their parents is to raise awareness and reduce the stigma related to the disease. a dicey one that has cost other Pratchett won worldwide fame and a cult following with his Discworld tech companies a fair amount novels about a flat world balanced on the back of four elephants which of money. themselves stand on the shell of a giant turtle. In January 2014, Apple He wrote the first book in the series, “The Colour of Magic”, in the was forced to refund at late 1960s although it was not published until 1983. The 41st book was least $32.5m in a settle- completed last summer, before he succumbed to the final stages of ment with the Federal Trade his disease. A fan of science fiction and conventions from his youth, Commission over the ability Pratchett wrote his first Discworld novel to make fun of the rival fan- of children to make in-app tasy genre —but the target of his satire would come to define his work. purchases without parental “As all who read him know, Discworld was his vehicle to satirise consent. this world: he did so brilliantly, with great skill, enormous humour Last September, Google was and constant invention,” Finlay said. ordered to shell out $19m in Comedian Ricky Gervais also quoted Pratchett’s own words in tweet- refunds over the same issue, ing: “’It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would while in July, the FTC sued much rather you weren’t doing it.’ RIP the brilliant Terry Pratchett.” Visitors pass next to the art installation ‘THEY are coming to Hong Kong, 2015’ by Chinese artist Yang Maoyuan Amazon over unauthorized in- Fellow writers paid tribute to Pratchett’s work, which amounted to displayed on a gallery booth on the first day of Art Basel 2015 in Hong Kong yesterday. Art Basel 2015 features app charges made by children. more than 70 books over the course of his career, with Booker Prize- IANS 233 galleries from 37 countries and territories which runs until Tuesday. winning Canadian author Margaret Atwood praising his novels as “playful, smart”. AFP

Ricky Martin in Colombia Satnav orbiter nudged into better spot PARIS: The second of two base at Kourou in French Guiana. of the planet, said ESA. After ground tracks with the rest of the navigation satellites sent astray They should have been slotted 14 manoeuvres, the orbit is now constellation.” by a rocket mislaunch last year into a circular orbit at an alti- more circular, and the lowest Sat-6 will undergo testing has been nudged into a bet- tude of 23,500km, inclined at 56 point has been raised by more until the end of the month, the ter, potentially useful orbit, the degrees to the equator. than 3,500km. agency said. Once the results are European Space Agency said Instead, they were placed in “The exposure of the two to the in, it will be up to the European yesterday. an elliptical orbit that saw them harmful Van Allen Belt radiation Commission, which owns the sys- Testing will be done to assess travelling as high as 25,900 km has been greatly reduced, helping tem, to decide whether or not to the performance of the satel- above Earth and to a low point to ensure future reliability,” said incorporate the misplaced twins lite’s navigation instruments, of 13,713 km, not useful for an ESA statement. in Galileo’s navigation and search- and whether it can still be used navigation. Such belts are zones of charged and-rescue capabilities. as part of the system, the agency Last November, Sat-5 was particles around planets with a The multi-billion-euro Galileo said in a statement. manoeuvred into a slightly bet- magnetic field, like Earth. project has encountered a long ESA’s Galileo satnav pro- ter position, and managed to send “Significantly, the corrected series of technical hitches, delays gramme is being developed as a a signal home. orbit means they will overfly the and budget questions. rival to America’s GPS. And thanks to a six-week sal- same location on the ground every The hitch of August 22 last On August 22, Galileo satellites vage operation that started mid- 20 days,” said ESA. year was blamed on frozen fuel Puerto Rican pop singer Ricky Martin poses as he arrives for a press Sat-5 and Sat-6 were placed in January, Sat-6 is now in the same “This compares with a standard pipes aboard the Russian Soyuz conference in Bogota, Colombia, yesterday. the wrong orbit by a Soyuz rocket orbit as its companion, mirror- Galileo repeat pattern of every 10 rocket’s fourth stage. launched from Europe’s space ing its path on the opposite side days, helping to synchronise their AFP