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FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 • 24 Jumada I 1437 • Volume 20 • Number 6725 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar

Emir meets Denmark Crown Prince and Princess Emir congratulates Winter market Bulgaria President focuses on QNA

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a health of youth cable of congratulations to Bulgar- ian President Rosen Plevneliev on his country’s National Day.

and junk food. It was part of activities being held Iraq urged to Two-day festival in the country to fight the alarmingly opens at Al Mazrouah growing rate of obesity among youth. exert efforts for College students were introduced Yard near Umm Salal to organic vegetables from local farms Qataris’ release to promote healthy for sale at the yard and learnt about ways of cultivating organic food. eating habits. The students were also told about DOHA: The Arab Interior Minis- healthy diet and treated to fresh ters Council has condemned the organic vegetables brought from Qataris’ abduction in Iraq, calling the farms. Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met Crown Prince of Denmark Frederik Andre Henrik, on the Iraqi authorities to exert more By Sanaullah Ataullah The event aimed to raise aware- his wife Princess Mary and their delegation at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Talks dealt with relations efforts to free them and guarantee The Peninsula ness among the community in general between both countries, ways of enhancing them and topics of common interest, especially in the their safety. and youth in particular about healthy investment and economy sector. The council , in the final commu- food and the importance of consum- niqué of its 33rd session that ended ing more vegetables and fruits that on Wednesday, expressed condem- DOHA: Al Mazrouah Yard, the winter provide nutritions required for the nation of all forms and sources of vegetable market near Umm Salal, body, organisers said. terrorism. has emerged as a platform to pro- Dr Abdulla Al Hazaima, Dean Prime Minister and Interior mote healthy eating habits among the of the college, who accompanied beIN Media Group acquires Miramax Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin younger generation in Qatar. the students to the yard, said activ- Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani led a The yard, the biggest of the three ities focused on encouraging youth delegation to the session. across Qatar, has been attracting a to avoid fast food as much as pos- The Peninsula is a successful film and TV company, and The 9th Life of Louis Drax and The ‘Tunisia declaration for large number of visitors to its locally sible, given the high rate of obesity providing a strong and recognisable TV show From Dusk Till Dawn: The combating terrorism’ also decried produced vegetables, fruits and poul- in the country. brand, a unique library and indus- Series heading into its third season. all acts of terrorism, including try products offered at attractive The event was also part activities try expertise that complement the Last year, Mirzmax’s slate included those aimed at sectarian or racial prices. being held under the social responsi- DOHA: beIN Media Group has acquired Group’s plans to grow across the enter- the critically acclaimed Mr. Holmes, minorities, perpetrated by radical The Ministry of Municipality and bility initiative of the college. There Miramax, one of the most distin- tainment industry and develop new one of the year’s most successful inde- organisations or sectarian militias. Environment, in collaboration with are plans to conduct similar events in guished and recognisable brands in content production. pendent films, and the comedy hit The It lambasted all forms of ter- the Community College, has organ- schools to educate children on nutri- entertainment and synonymous with “As part of the Group, we will sup- Wedding Ringer. rorism and its financing, affirming ised a special event at the yard to raise tions and healthy food. award-winning and original content. port Miramax in continuing to build Miramax also continues to thrive rejection of all acts of blackmail, health awareness among youth. Abdul Rahman Al Sulaity, Super- Selling shareholders include Qatar this platform. We very much look for- with its library, which holds over 700 threats and extortion practiced by The two-day event ‘Youth visor General of the winter markets, Investment Authority (QIA) and Col- ward to working with the Miramax titles that collectively have garnered terrorist groups to finance their awareness for better health’ opened said the ministry has given utmost ony Capital. team,” he added. 278 Academy Award nominations and crimes. It called on all states to abide yesterday and features innovative importance to such initiatives to pro- Nasser Al Khelaïfi, Chairman and This year Miramax will invest in 68 Oscars, including Best Picture win- by UN resolutions, and declared the activities to raise awareness about mote healthy food habits. CEO, of beIN Media Group, said: “We and co-distribute upcoming feature ners The English Patient; , Shakespeare council’s member states’ determi- the importance of having fresh and are excited to have achieved this key films, including Bad Santa 2, Bridget in Love; Chicago; and No Country for nation to pursue the fight against healthy food and avoiding fast food → Continued on page 2 milestone within our strategy. Miramax Jones’s Baby, Southside Withy You, Old Men. terrorism

Recalled Omafen Dreher tops Al Shaqab field ‘drug batches ‘Progress in Syria truce but not in Qatar’ success not guaranteed’

The Peninsula AFP said, while acknowledging that “there are still sev- eral places where fighting has continued,” including parts of Damascus and Homs. DOHA: The Ministry of Public But the good thing, he stressed, is that incidents Health has clarified that Qatar is GENEVA: Syria’s ceasefire has shown clear signs of fighting “have been contained”. As a result of the free from the batches of Omafen of progress, the top UN envoy for the war-ravaged relative calm, aid is being delivered in besieged drug recalled from some regional country said yesterday, but warned there was no areas where nearly half a million people are trapped. markers after bits of aluminium guarantee it would succeed. Another four million people are living in hard-to- were found. “The situation... on the ground could be sum- reach areas. He said there was a sharp drop in the The Pharmacy and Drug Con- marised as fragile. Success is not guaranteed, but number of civilians dying every day. trol Department at the ministry said progress has been visible,” Staffan de Mistura told De Mistura’s Special Adviser Jan Egeland hoped yesterday the suspected batches reporters in Geneva as the cessation of hostilities the ceasefire would “lead to a big leap forward... in are not imported to Qatar. entered sixth day. reaching many hundreds of thousands more people.” The ministry has ensured that The truce brokered by the US and Russia took France and Britain said further efforts were the government and private phar- effect on Saturday but does not include territory con- needed, calling on Russia to halt attacks on mod- macies are not selling the drug trolled by the Islamic State (IS) group or Al Nusra. erate rebel groups in Syria as the country suffered manufactured by the National “The level of violence in the country is being greatly an hours-long nationwide blackout, evidence of Pharmaceutical Industries Com- reduced. Ask the Syrian people,” de Mistura said. the damage nearly five years of war has inflicted. pany in Oman. Hans Dieter Dreher of Germany, winner of the feature event on day two of He spoke shortly before a meeting of a UN- World powers have thrown their weight behind The ministry denied reports on CHI Al Shaqab celebrates after the award ceremony. backed global task force co-chaired by Moscow the ceasefire agreement as a way to end the war, social networking sites about Brufen Pic: Salim / The Peninsula → See also page 21 and Washington that is overseeing the truce. starting with renewed peace talks in Geneva set manufactured by the American “In general, the cessation has been holding,” he for Wednesday. Company, Abbott, that it contains bits of aluminium and said the product is safe and no warning has been issued by any interna- tional organisation. Symbols of Latin America and the Caribbean on display at Katara The department said it has measures to prevent use of phar- maceutical products not meeting international standards. The Peninsula Moldavia, Oman, Spain, Argentina, Costa Rica, of the country, the national animal, the national of art, culture and music in Latin America,” said It is also in touch with World Cuba and Mexico, the charge d’affaires at the plant or flower, the national dish and a historical Dr Al Sulaiti. Health Organsiation (WHO) and Venezuelan embassy in Qatar and the Colombian monument. They represent the identity, culture, “We believe that by gaining insight into the other health organisations regarding ambassador to the UAE attended the opening history and the personality of each country. symbols and what they mean to the country, medicines and other pharmaceu- DOHA: The national symbols of 11 countries which of the expo, led by Katara General Manager Dr “The relationship between the Arab and Latin you will more deeply appreciate this element of tical products. are members of Latin American and Caribbean Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti. American cultures dates back to centuries, and cultural heritage, which goes beyond that of a The ministry has advised social Group (GRULAC) are featured at the ‘Symbols of The exhibition presents five symbols from each millions of Arabs live in the South American con- simple image to represent a sign of identity and media users to check any informa- Latin America and the Caribbean’ photography GRULAC member country, including Argentina, tinent, acting as a bridge to link both cultures, and even pride,” said Peru’s ambassador and dean of tion with authorities before posting exhibition at Katara. Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, serving the rich inter-cultural communication Latin America ambassadors in Qatar. it to avoid spreading unnecessary The ambassadors of Panama, Ecuador, Bra- Panama, Peru and Venezuela. between both sides. We hope the exhibition will panic among the public. zil, El Salvador, Peru, Algeria, Poland, Libya, The high-quality photos depict the capital be followed by many more hosting the symbols → Continued on page 2 02 FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 HOME

Greeting cables sent to Bulgaria Emir receives President credentials of QNA

DOHA: Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congrat- four envoys ulations to Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev on his country’s National Day. Prime Minister and Interior QNA They conveyed to the Emir the Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin greetings of their leaders. Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani also The ambassadors also conveyed sent a congratulatory cable to Pres- their leaders’ wishes to the Qatari peo- ident Plevneliev. DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin ple of further progress and prosperity. Hamad Al Thani separately received The Emir welcomed the ambas- the credentials of four new ambassa- sadors and wished them success in QC provides aid dors, at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. their missions. The ambassadors were Nuran The Emir also wished relations for orphans in Niyazaliev (Kyrgyzstan); Muham- between Qatar and their countries mad Basri Sidehabi (Indonesia); further progress and prosperity. Kyrgyzstan Jasminko Pozderac (Serbia); and The ambassadors were earlier Charyev Orazmuhammet Atajanov- accorded official receptions when ich (Turkmenistan). they arrived at the Emiri Diwan. Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Indonesian Ambassador Muhammad Basri Sidehabi. BISHKEK: A ceremony was held yesterday to distribute payments to orphans sponsored by Qatar Char- ity (QC) in Kyrgyzstan. The event was attended by Danish dignitaries visit Qatar Museums and QF Qatari Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Mohammed bin Arar Al Nuaimi. Speaking on the occasion, he praised QC and its efforts in the The Peninsula field of assistance to orphans in Kyrgyzstan and said the charity is sponsoring 700 orphans from different provinces of the country. DOHA: H E Sheikha Al Mayassa Minister of Labour and Social Devel- bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, opment Kudaibergen Bazarbaev. Chairperson, Qatar Museums (QM), received Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik Andre Henrik, and Prin- Qatari artist cess Mary Elizabeth at Museum of Islamic Art (MIA). The dignitaries opens first solo were accompanied by a delegation. They toured MIA, accompanied by H expo at Katara E Sheikh Thani bin Hamad Al Thani and Mansoor bin Ebrahim Al Mah- DOHA: The first solo exhibition moud, Acting CEO, Qatar Museums. by Qatari artist Maryam Al Sulaiti The dignitaries saw the muse- titled ‘A Transparent Look’ opened um’s masterpieces of Islamic art at the Cultural Village Foundation and praised the collections and art (Katara), showcasing 30 paintings. H E Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairperson, Qatar Museums, with Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik and Princess pieces on display at MIA. They depict the artist’s quest Qatar Foundation (QF) also wel- Mary Elizabeth and (Right) H E Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, CEO and Vice-Chairperson, QF, with Princess Mary. to envisage, through transparent comed Princess to Education City. contemplation, global landscapes She toured Qatar Academy and and landmarks that reflect the new QF headquarters, where she including expansion plans. Academy officials presented an together youth teams from the academy were on a five-day business trip to the silent beauty of powerful nature met H E Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al The Danish delegation, including overview of its history and progress in and some of the world’s most success- region, including Saudi Arabia. and architecture. “Katara attaches Thani, CEO and Vice-Chairperson. the Danish Ambassador to the UAE, the fields of sports education and sports ful and well-known clubs, exposing Meanwhile, Danish Health Minister great importance to host the Qatari Princess Elizabeth was given a also visited Aspire Academy. They were science. Both sides discussed oppor- the academy’s teams to different play- Sophie Lohde visited Qatar University artist and to present her experi- presentation on QF’s three pillars welcomed by Ivan Bravo, Director-Gen- tunities for potential collaboration. ing styles, management philosophies and met President Dr Hassan Rashid ence which adds value to the work — education, science and research, eral of the academy, Ali Salem Afifa, The delegation attended a pres- and tactics to complement the devel- Al Derham. She also visited College of of Qatari artists hosted earlier by and community development. Deputy Director-General, Abdullah entation by Danish football star Ebbe opment of their talent and potential. Medicine and met Dr Egon Toft, Vice- Cultural Village-Katara,” Katara Gen- QF’s education cycle, which aims Nasser Al Naimi, Director-General, Sand on the concepts of utilising sport Bravo presented the Crown Prince President for Medicine and Health, eral Manger Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim to engage students at every stage of Aspire Logistics, and other members in the promotion of green energy and and Princess with a plaque. The Crown and senior officials and teaching staff. Al Sulaiti said. “The cultural, artis- their academic lives, was discussed, of senior management. They toured sustainability. They met members the Prince and Princess praised the acad- She was briefed on the college’s tic, and national messages of Katara, with a focus on its endeavour to facilities and learned about educa- Aalborg BK youth football team and emy’s programmes and philosophy programmes and state-of-the-art building on a deeply-rooted tradition, unlock human potential. tional and training programmes for staff, who participated in the latest and thanked the officials for warm technology and laboratories, and met aim to support artistic Qatari talents Princess Elizabeth also learned students, in support of Qatar’s future academy Tri-Series tournament of and generous hospitality. students to discuss their experiences with recognition and appreciation more about QF’s master plan, generation of elite athletes. the 2015-2016 season, which brings Prince Frederick and Princess Mary at the college and plans. and meeting their financial needs. Special festival on meat and dairy items on March 11

Continued from page 1 dairy items on March 11 to showcase fruit of Al Sidra tree and another fes- He said Al Safwa farm has show- meat and fresh milk from local farms. tival to introduce locally cultivated cased fresh organics fruits and Masood Jarallah Al Merri, Direc- strawberries — from farms. Both events vegetables at the yard. tor, Agricultural Department at the were a big hit with visitors. The yard is also promoting locally ministry, honoured Dr Al Hazaima. The yard also organizes honey produced poultry products and will Al Mazrouah recently organised a festivals to promote production at hold a special festival on meat and festival to promote the popular kanar local farms.

Officials tour the exhibition. Arab cultural influence in Latin America huge: Brazilian envoy

Continued from page 1 million citizens in Brazil who come dominated Spain for several centu- from Arab origins. We need to open ries before millions of Arab migrants Brazilian Ambassador Roberto up more to each other’s cultures and reached Latin America during the 18th Abdullah said the exhibition aims to Qatar is taking a leading role in this and 19th centuries. further introduce Qataris to the cul- regard,” he added. “Now we started this expo to bring tural scene of Latin America and the Colombia’s Non-resident Ambas- you a taste of our culture, next move Caribbean. sador Fayhan Al Fayez Shalhoub said: will be to bring the Qatari and Arab “Brazil, for example, is not only “The exhibition is a symbol of our beau- culture to Latin America through sim- about football and Samba as many tiful continent. ilar exhibitions.” Arabs may think. “The Arab cultural influence in The expo runs until March 15 at Visitors at Al Mazrouah Yard in Umm Salal. “There’s much more. We have 16 Latin America is huge. It is old and Katara Building No. 18. GULF / MIDDLE EAST FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 03

Syrian oppn casts doubt Malaysian PM in Riyadh on UN peace talk plan

Russia — do not push all sides to abide “The best possible thing that could by it?” Sabra told Arabic news chan- happen is for the cessation of hostilities The United Nations nel Arabiya Al Hadath on Wednesday. to really take root, and to be sustained, said a new attempt The White House said it had seen for the humanitarian assistance to a reduction in air strikes against the flow and then for the negotiations to at peace talks would opposition and civilians in Syria in start,” he said. begin on March 9 recent days but was concerned by some While residents of some parts of in Geneva, urging reported tank and artillery attacks. Syria are describing an unusually calm Washington was also aware of spell, rebels say government forces warring sides to reports of possible chemical weap- backed by Russian air strikes have ensure the cessation ons use by the Syrian government, the continued offensives in areas of strate- State Department said, adding that it gic importance in northwestern Syria. agreement takes could not confirm them but that they The Syrian government is saying hold to allow them to were being investigated. Israel said very little about military operations in on Tuesday Syrian forces had been those areas, where the Nusra Front is come to the table. dropping chlorine barrels on civil- widely deployed in close proximity to ians over the past few days. groups fighting under the banner of the There was no immediate comment Free Syrian Army that have accepted from Damascus, which has denied the agreement. breaching the terms of the truce. A rebel official and the Britain- Reuters The opposition is pressing for full based Syrian Observatory for Human humanitarian access to rebel-held Rights monitoring group said gov- areas and for detainees to be released ernment forces pressed an offensive - terms set out in a UN Security Coun- against insurgents in Latakia province BEIRUT: Syrian rebels said they were cil resolution passed in December. at the Turkish border on Wednesday. under fierce government attack near Opposition officials say an increase Fadi Ahmad, spokesman for the the Turkish border despite a cessation in aid access has fallen short of what First Coastal Division, an FSA group, The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia with Malaysia’s of hostilities agreement and a rep- is required. said government forces had brought in resentative cast doubt on whether A senior US official said Wash- reinforcements for the battle and that Prime Minister Najib Razak at the Royal Palace in Riyadh, yesterday. UN-backed peace talks would go ington was working with Moscow to fighting was as intense as anything ahead on March 9 as planned. improve access to besieged areas and preceding the cessation of hostilities. The agreement drawn up by the the World Health Organisation said “The battles were today very United States and Russia came into it had delivered medical supplies to fierce,” he said. effect on Saturday and has slowed but the besieged town of Mouadamiya The Syrian government, backed not entirely stopped a conflict that has on Wednesday, after reporting some on the ground by Iranian forces and Palestinian teen sentenced been going on for almost five years. medicines had been removed from a Lebanon’s Hezbollah, has prioritised Both the government and rebels have previous aid delivery. securing the Turkish border through accused each other of violations. President Bashar Al Assad said in which rebel groups are supplied with The agreement does not include an interview broadcast on Tuesday weapons from states seeking Assad’s to 18 months in prison Islamic State (IS) or Al Qaeda’s Nusra that insurgents had breached the deal downfall. Front, which is widely deployed in from day one, and the Syrian army The area being fought over in Lata- opposition areas. The United Nations was refraining from responding to kia overlooks the rebel-held town of Agencies ($1,286) compensation fee to an The girl ran off but was caught and said on Tuesday a new attempt at give a chance for the agreement to Jisr al-Shughour in neighbouring Idlib Israeli settler. arrested by her victim. Israeli police peace talks would begin on March last, warning that there “are limits”. province, and the Ghab Plain, where The boy’s lawyer said he plans to gave her age as 14. Palestinian secu- 9 in Geneva, urging warring sides to Five months of Russian air strikes rebel advances last year were seen as appeal the case in Israeli court. rity sources said she was 16. ensure the cessation agreement take have turned the momentum Assad’s a growing threat to Assad. OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: An Israeli Meanwhile, a teenage Palestinian A wave of violence in Israel and hold to allow them to come to the table. way in the war that has killed more A rebel commander in northern central court sentenced a 14-year-old girl stabbed and lightly wounded an the Palestinian territories since Octo- But opposition official George than 250,000 people and created ref- Syria said: “Battles continue in vital Palestinian teen from Jerusalem to 18 Israeli policeman in the occupied West ber has killed 180 Palestinians as well Sabra said the date for a resumption ugee crises in neighbouring states and areas that the regime wants, and where months in prison for throwing rocks Bank yesterday before being arrested, as 28 Israelis, an American, a Suda- of talks remained “hypothetical” as Europe. Antony Blinken, deputy US there was no truce in the first place. and Molotov cocktails at an illegal Israeli authorities said. nese and an Eritrean. long as the truce did not fulfil human- Secretary of State, said in Geneva that There is bombardment and battles.” Israeli settlement outpost, Ma’an News The policeman was directing traf- Most of the Palestinians who died itarian demands including a release major and regional powers were mon- “We are in the fifth day and there Agency reported yesterday. fic after a tree fell and blocked a road in the violence were killed by Israeli of detainees held by the government. itoring the cessation of hostilities to is no change in these areas,” he said, Muhammad Mahmoud said in the town of Auja, in the Jordan Valley forces while carrying out knife, gun “What is the value of a truce if its “prevent any escalation” but it was a in reference to areas in the provinces 14-year-old Jihad al-Jaabari would north of Jericho, when he was stabbed or car-ramming attacks, according overseers — meaning America and “challenging process”. of Latakia, Homs and Hama. also have to pay a 5,000 shekel in the shoulder, police said. to Israeli authorities.

Somali scribe Dubai Canvas Festival Morocco says militants sentenced planned ‘biological’ attacks to death for murder AFP

AFP RABAT: Morocco said yesterday said that the alleged mem- bers of a jihadist cell it arrested in mid-February, including a French national, were plotting to carry out “biological” attacks MOGADISHU: A Somali journalist in the kingdom. who masterminded the assassi- “Some of the seized substances (from the suspects) are clas- nation of five colleagues for the sified by international organisations which specialise in health Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab was issues as falling within the category of biological weapons danger- sentenced to death yesterday after ous for their capacity to paralyse and destroy the nervous system confessing to their murders, a court and cause death,” the interior ministry said. in the capital ruled. “Members of the terrorist cell had prepared these deadly sub- “Hassan Hanafi is sentenced to stances with a view to using them in their terrorist projects inside death, after the court has found him the kingdom,” it said in a statement. guilty of all charges against him,” On February 18, the ministry announced it had dismantled judge Hassan Ali told the military a “terrorist cell” of 10 people suspected of having links to the court. “All the evidence brought in Islamic State jihadist group and planning attacks in the North support of the case and the witnesses African country. show that he had key roles in the The suspects, including a Frenchman, were arrested in sev- masterminding and execution of eral towns, it said, without giving further details on their identities. the murder of several journalists.” Morocco has been on guard against deadly attacks like those The court said that Hanafi had claimed by IS in Tunisia last year that killed 59 foreign tourists. confessed to the killings and to being Rabat says 152 “terrorist cells” have been busted since 2002, a member of the Shabaab, but that including 31 over the past three years with ties to jihadists in Iraq he may still appeal the sentence. Visitors walk past a 3-D artwork near the Jumeirah Beach Residence in Dubai during the Canvas Festival, a three- and Syria. Death sentences in Somalia are dimensional pavement art event, yesterday. The two-week Dubai Canvas Festival features international artists A study by the US-based Soufan Group said in December that usually carried out by firing squad. creating their 3-D artworks. at least 1,200 Moroccans had travelled to fight alongside IS in Iraq Dozens of former colleagues and Syria in the past 18 months. turned up to court to see Hanafi sentenced. He was arrested in August 2014 in Kenya and extradited to Soma- lia late that year. Somalia is one of the most dan- Two hostages probably killed in Libya attack: Italy gerous countries for journalists to operate, with some attacks believed to be linked to score-settling among Reuters Italy’s Foreign Ministry said the “According to our investigations the said two Serbian nationals who had special forces operatives were set to the multiple factions in power, as men might be two of the four employ- two Italians who were kidnapped in been held hostage since November join them. A security source confirmed well as by the Shabaab. ees of the Italian construction company Libya last year were executed by Islamic were among the dead. the story. Shabaab rebels have carried Bonatti who were kidnapped last July State militants before the confronta- Sabratha is one of several Libyan Italy, the former colonial power out repeated attacks in Somalia ROME: Two Italian civilians held hos- near a compound owned by the oil and tion took place,” Sabri Kshada said. cities where militants loyal to Islamic in Libya, has said it is ready to send a and neighbouring Kenya as part tage in Libya were probably killed this gas group Eni. Local Libyan brigades have been State have established a presence, tak- much larger contingent there to help of their fight to overthrow the week in fighting in the western Libyan It named the possible victims as fighting in Sabratha since last week, ing advantage of the political chaos train local forces as soon as a U.N.- country’s internationally-backed city of Sabratha, the Italian Foreign Fausto Piano and Salvatore Failla but when militants briefly overran the city that has plagued the North African backed unity government is formed. government, as well as the African Ministry said yesterday. said formal verification was difficult centre and beheaded more than 10 country since Muammar Gaddafi was Officials in Rome who did not want Union troops supporting it, which Libyan security forces said they because it did not have access to the brigade members. toppled in 2011. to be identified said these troops would include Kenyan soldiers. attacked Islamic State militants in bodies. That followed a US air strike on Italy’s Il Sole 24 Ore newspaper said not be involved in front-line action. Hanafi was arrested in the Sabratha on Wednesday, and later A spokesman for security forces the outskirts of Sabratha on Febru- on Thursday that Italy had sent some Any direct military action would only Kenyan capital after reportedly trav- released photographs of two West- in Sabratha said the two were proba- ary 19 in which more than 40 people 40 secret service agents to Libya “some be ordered to defend Italian interests, elling there for medical treatment. ern men found dead after their raid. bly shot before Wednesday’s clashes. were killed. The Serbian government weeks ago”, and that an additional 50 such as Eni installations, they said. 04 FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 GULF / MIDDLE EAST

Jordan gets 8 Pulling Boeing 747 US Black Hawk helicopters

to standing with Jordan to face the threat posed by Daesh,” she told sen- Jordan, among a ior Jordanian army officers, using few Arab states that an Arabic acronym for Islamic State. “As you employ these aircraft in have taken part in a the fight against Daesh, know that we will be standing right there next US-led air campaign to you.” against the hardline Jordan is among a few Arab states that have taken part in a US-led air IS group, will get campaign against the hardline militant another eight Black group. In December 2014, a Jorda- nian pilot was captured by IS after his Hawks next year F-16 crashed in territory it controlled in Syria and later burned alive. The under a military military aid deliveries address some deal. concerns King Abdullah expressed last year to the administration of President Barack Obama and top U.S. lawmak- ers about lack of military funding Reuters and responsiveness to one of its key regional allies. Participants of a charity event organised by the Dubai Airports pull a Boeing 747 of the National Airlines on a blocked-off section of one of But Jordan’s request for MG-9 the runways at Al Maktoum International Airport, yesterday. Dubai Airports organised the event for the Prevention of Blindness titled ‘Your Reaper drones was turned down, a Sight Our Happiness’ in collaboration with the international Orbis organization. The event included free eye screening for the participants, AMMAN: The United States deliv- US official who requested anonym- as well as sports activities notably, dragging a giant Boeing 747 plane. ered eight Black Hawk helicopters to ity said, adding this not “an option Jordan yesterday to help its regional right now”. ally defend itself against the threat One senior diplomat said ties of Islamic State (IS) militants, Jorda- between the countries had been nian and US officials said. strained by the king’s enthusiastic They said another eight Black endorsement of Russian intervention Tunisia kills 5 militants near Libyan border Hawks would begin arriving next in Syria, in what some diplomats see year under a military aid deal worth as a shift in policy. about $200m. US Patriot missiles are stationed The helicopters are central to a in the kingdom, however, and the U.S. AFP air strike on an Islamic State group stray bullet, the interior ministry said to the country’s tourism industry, are US-funded “Quick Reaction Force” army has hundreds of trainers in the training camp in Libya on February 18 in a statement. Explosive vests, impro- believed to have been planned from set up by Jordan to counter IS, which country. US officials say aid to Jordan, that targeted a senior Tunisian com- vised grenades and a large quantity Libya. Last month’s US strike on the controls large swathes of territory in one of the largest recipients of its for- mander, the interior ministry said. of munitions were recovered from the IS training camp outside the Libyan neighbouring Iraq and Syria. eign military financing, is expected TUNIS: Tunisian security forces killed The militants were killed after slain militants, it added. city of Sabratha targeted the suspected In a handover ceremony at Marka to rise to $800m in 2016 and grow five militants near the Libyan bor- being surrounded by troops in a house Search operations were continuing mastermind of two of the attacks, military airforce base, US ambas- in future years. der on Wednesday in a gunbattle in in El Aouija, 10km outside the town late Wednesday, the defence ministry Noureddine Chouchane. sador to Jordan Alice G Wells said Since the start of the Syrian con- which one civilian also died and an of Ben Guerdane, the defence min- said. Tunisia has built a 200km bar- Washington has said that Washington had supplied “millions flict in 2011, Washington has spent army commander was wounded, the istry said. rier that stretches about half the length Chouchane was likely killed along of rounds of small arms ammuni- millions of dollars to help Amman government said. The army commander was of its border with Libya in an attempt with dozens of other militants. tion, hundreds of bombs” and other set up an elaborate surveillance sys- Troops had been on alert after wounded in the head during the oper- to prevent militants from infiltrating. Britain announced on Monday equipment to Jordan since Febru- tem known as the Border Security receiving reports that militants had ation but was in a stable condition, A series of deadly attacks by IS that it was sending a team of around ary last year. Programme to stem infiltration by slipped across the border over the ministry spokesman Belhassen Oues- on foreign holidaymakers last year, 20 soldiers to Tunisia to train troops “The United States is committed militants from Syria and Iraq. past three days in response to a US lati said. The civilian was killed by a which have dealt a devastating blow patrolling the border with Libya.

Concern over upsurge Egypt extradites Frenchman in drug case in Darfur fighting

AFP The pair, who maintain their innocence, expected to arrive around midnight after to support Naudin,” a statement said. “Our KHARTOUM: Leaders of the United Nations and were arrested in March 2013 as they were a stopover in New York. embassy in Santo Domingo is following the African Union said more than 90,000 people have about to depart from Punta Cana in a pri- Naudin will make an initial court appear- situation closely and is ready to provide con- been displaced by violence that broke out six weeks CAIRO/SANTO DOMINGO: Egypt extra- vate jet found to be carrying 680 kilos (1,500 ance within 48 hours of arrival, the prosecutor sular assistance.” ago in Sudan’s northern Darfur region and asked dited Frenchman Christophe Naudin to the pounds) of cocaine. told journalists. Fauret and Odos fled back Naudin’s wife Michele said he would not parties to engage in talks. Dominican Republic yesterday for his alleged Convicted of drug trafficking in August, to France vowing to clear their names, but receive a fair trial in Santo Domingo. “The Those displaced are in addition to the 2.6 mil- involvement in the escape of two pilots jailed they were released pending appeal but barred were rearrested in November near the French Dominican Republic has already said he will lion who have already lost their homes due to the in a drugs case dubbed “Air Cocaine.” from leaving the Caribbean nation. city of Lyon. be convicted. We know that there is no jus- conflict, UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon and Naudin, a criminologist and aviation They somehow managed to flee and return On February 11, an appeals court in the tice there, and France knows this, yet it let AU Commission Chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini- security expert who was arrested in Cairo to France — an escape that Dominican pros- Dominican Republic upheld 20-year prison him leave” Egypt, she said. Zuma said in an e-mailed statement. on February 4, is wanted in the Caribbean ecutors allege Naudin facilitated. sentences for the two pilots. Paris has ruled The affair has prompted keen interest in Fighting between government forces and the nation on suspicion of helping pilots Pas- Prosecutor Francisco Dominguez said out extraditing them. But France’s foreign France, after Interpol in November issued Sudanese Liberation Army broke out in Darfur’s cal Fauret and Bruno Odos flee to France in Naudin would be charged with conspir- ministry yesterday confirmed Naudin had arrest warrants for Fauret and Odos, as well Jebel Marra area. Humanitarian organizations October after they had been sentenced to 20 acy and the trafficking of migrants after been extradited. as a far-right member of the European Par- have been unable to verify reports of “significant years in prison for drug trafficking. reaching Santo Domingo, where he was “France has done everything it could liament accused of involvement. numbers” of displaced people in central Darfur.

Garbage woes Move against Hezbollah harms Lebanon: Iran

AFP the military intervention of Hezbollah in neighbouring Syria since 2013 in support of Iran-backed President Bashar Al Assad TEHRAN: Iran said yesterday that its Gulf Arab against Sunni rebels it has invested heav- rivals were jeopardising Lebanon’s stability by ily in backing. blacklisting the leading force behind its govern- Hezbollah was targeted because of “hos- ment, Hezbollah, as a terror group. tile actions of the militia who recruit the young Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdol- people” of the Gulf, GCC chief Abdullatif Al lahian said that the Shia militant group, which Zayani said on Wednesday. is one of Iran’s closest allies, was a bulwark Zayani cited “their terrorist acts and incite- against terrorism in the region. ment in Syria, Yemen and in Iraq”, which he said “We are proud of Lebanon’s Hezbollah as were threatening Arab security. the vanguard of resistance against the Zionist Hezbollah fighters have been active against regime and the champion of the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group and Al Qaeda but they terrorism in the region,” Abdollahian told Iran’s have also battled non-jihadist rebel groups sup- official Irna news agency. ported by the Gulf states and the West. “Those who call Hezbollah terrorists, have In January, Riyadh led several Arab coun- intentionally or unintentionally harmed the unity tries in cutting diplomatic ties with Tehran after and security of Lebanon.” demonstrators burned its embassy and a con- Wednesday’s move against Hezbollah by sulate in protest at its execution of a prominent the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council was Shia cleric. the latest salvo in an intensifying battle for Meanwhile, a member of Tunisia’s Nobel Peace regional influence between Gulf heavyweight Prize winning quartet yesterday condemned the Saudi Arabia and Iran. decision of Arab states in the Gulf to blacklist Riyadh has been alarmed by the international Hezbollah as a “terrorist” organisation. rehabilitation of Tehran since it reached a deal The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), with major powers last year ending a 13-year in a statement, said the Iranian-backed group A man walks near packed garbage bags in Wadi Al Zayneh in Lebanon, yesterday. standoff over its controversial nuclear programme. Hezbollah was a “symbol of the (Lebanese) Saudi Arabia has also been angered by national struggle” against Israel. ISLAM FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 05 Islam and the idea of worship

to this, furthermore, the relevance of having a strong and complete faith in Islam is not a religion of mere words, Islamic worship, which spawns all- Allah and the other required realities encompassing Islamic lifestyles, never from the spiritual and corporeal worlds slogans, or symbols. It is not a religion of fizzles out either. plus performing good deeds under all an abstract philosophy, or a set of sheer Owing to the similar reasons, circumstances. Appropriation of sim- indeed, the early Muslims had been ply one aspect of Islam without the religious rituals. forced to migrate from Makkah to Mad- other is insufficient for attaining sal- inah, the former being the Prophet’s vation. The two must be integrated in birthplace and the place which he loved a whole that we call “Islam”, which, in most on earth, because the application turn, must be interwoven with the life- of Islam’s universal, all-inclusive and force of the notion of comprehensive By Dr Spahic Omer a perfect whole which transcends them dynamic message in Makkah proved excellence or ihsan. In Islam, faith and and aims for a higher metaphysical unfeasible after 13 years of intense and good deeds go hand-in-hand. Neither order of ideas and things where its full futile trying. Thus, other alternatives faith suffices without good deeds, nor potential can only be fully realized. had to be sought and appraised for the good deeds are of value without faith. slam teaches that man has been However, if the two systems are sep- purpose. The best alternative was the A strong relationship between faith created as Allah’s vicegerent on arated, always being at odds and on a town, or the area with a number of and good deeds is the way towards earth. With his honourable vice- collision course with each other, the loosely interconnected settlements, comprehensive excellence. That, too, gerency (khilafah) mission, man religious rituals will then be reduced to called Yathrib whose name the Prophet is the way towards an Islamic qual- signifiesI both the climax and the epi- mere mechanical and spiritless move- (PBUH) immediately after the migra- ity culture. center of Allah’s act of creation and its ments and acts, spawning in turn a tion changed to Madinah (the City). The Holy Quran affirms that in divine purpose. As such, when com- lifestyle deeply rooted in a deaden- Madinah, the city-state of Islam, Islam quality, sincerity, and persever- pletely submitting to the Will and Word ing formalism which is incapable of entailed in its new name several and ance are preferred over sheer quantity, of his Creator and Master — as man’s bringing much good to anyone. thus deliberately publicized mean- irregularity, and pretense. Allah did not ultimate fate ought to be – man ele- As per the same proposition, the ings and messages concerning Islam say in the Quran that man has been vates himself to the highest level in the physical aspects of human existence, and the nascent Muslim community created to perform as many deeds as hierarchy of life’s multifaceted con- once separated from divinity, will which embodied the former. Some of possible, but He did say on more than stituents and beings, including angels. become ephemeral, imprudent, hol- those meanings and messages were: one occasion that man has been cre- Man’s life, then, in its totality becomes low, and, more often than not, perilous. Madinah is a place where Islam as a ated to perform his required good deeds one sweet song of worshipping, glo- The spiritual and physical aspects of complete way of life is practiced; Mad- in the best possible way. For example, rifying and praising Allah, the Lord life need each other for their individ- inah is a place of civilization; Madinah Allah says: of the universe. It becomes a form of ual as well as collective realizations. is a place where the supreme author- “Blessed is He in Whose hand is worship (‘ibadah) where Allah in all Man’s fulfillment of his vicegerency ity of Islam (Allah) is established and the kingdom, and He has power over the life interests and pursuits of man mission completely depends on such adhered to.4 all things, Who created death and life becomes the ultimate object of all his a coalition. Without it, man would not Thus, whatever believers do, they that He may try you – which of you is spiritual cravings and desires. really be a man, his life a life, and his do it for the sake of Allah, i.e., for the best in deeds; and He is the Mighty, the In Islam, life is a perfectly mean- life mission a mission. Islamic worship sake of upholding the truth, as well as Forgiving.” (al-Mulk, 2) ingful, consequential, purposeful, combines the mundane with the spir- for the sake of ensuring that the Word “Surely We have made whatever is beautiful, pure and wholesome affair. itual, the individual with the society, of Allah reigns supreme on Allah’s earth on the earth an embellishment for it, Thus, it is regarded as sacred, and living and the internal soul with the exter- and in the midst of Allah’s animate so that We may try them (as to) which it in accordance with Allah’s guidance, nal body. and inanimate creatures, which is the of them is best in conduct.” (Al Kahf, 7) which is meant for that very purpose, Islam is a religion of actions and only natural, logical and needed thing. “He it is Who created the heav- is synonymous with worship and sub- deeds. Islam is a religion of life accom- Indeed, this is exactly what is expected ens and the earth in six days – and mission to Allah. Allah says that He plishments. Islam is life, and life, the sedentary over the nomad, and for the by the notions of Allah the Creator and from true believers to do. Consequently, His Throne was over the waters – that had created both men and Jinns only way Allah created and predetermined city dweller over the villager.2 Guardian, and man the guided and they are abundantly rewarded for their He might try you, which of you is best that they may worship and serve Him it, echoes the quintessence and ethos of While contending that Islam is taught mortal completely dependent actions in both worlds: in this world by in conduct.” (Hud, 7) (al-Dhariyat, 56). It follows that for a Islam. The word “islam” which implies a “profoundly urban faith”3 , those on Allah, which are enfolded in the living an honorable, consequential and Carrying out those rituals uncon- person to thus live his life is to keep a total submission to Allah through people were implicitly suggesting above mentioned verses. If Prophet truly productive life, and in the Here- sciously and mechanically just for things in a natural order, to remain on one’s acts, words and thoughts, clearly the universalism, comprehensiveness, Muhammad (PBUH) was asked to read after by the eternal bliss of Paradise. the sake of carrying them out, or the right path and to remain faithful and attests to it. Islam is not a religion of pragmatism and dynamism of Islam’s in the narrowest meaning of the word In short, for every act of his, no matter because they became no more than loyal to Allah. It means, furthermore, mere words, slogans, or symbols. Islam teachings and value and belief systems, iqra‘, such would have been a para- how small and insignificant it may be, an unresponsive habit or a cultural that he is bound to remain faithful to is not a religion of an abstract philos- which in no way can be restricted to a dox because Prophet Muhammad a believer is rewarded by Allah, even manifestation, without producing any his inner self and to what he really is ophy, or a set of sheer religious rituals. geographical region, a point of time, a (PBUH) was, and remained, an illit- when he or she spends the most inti- impact whatsoever on one’s contribu- and was always meant to be. Islam knows no distinction between group of people, or a single aspect – or erate man. However, since he was mate moments with his or her spouse, tions towards one’s personal, family Conversely, for a person to alienate the spiritual and material realms of a few aspects – of human existence. asked to read in the widest and most as expounded by Prophet Muhammad and societal development and con- an aspect of his life from the inspira- existence along the ideological and It was because of this underlining comprehensive meaning of the word (PBUH) on many occasions.5 A believer tributions, means that they are done tion and guidance of Allah is to start ontological lines. To assert something character of Islam, surely, that after iqra’, without which even the purest is rewarded for spending his earn- incorrectly and that they at the end moving towards an aberrant order like that is to distort the Islamic mes- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) had religious rites and ceremonies can- ings on his family members too. The might not be accepted by Allah. of things, unfaithfulness, and dis- sage and to live in the wrong. Due to the received in the cave of Khira’ his first not be carried out, such not only was Prophet (PBUH) has said: “You will be loyalty to Allah. The more estranged unity and oneness of Allah, Islam like- revelation, and with it his appointment not a paradox, but also made the most rewarded for whatever you spend for Notes: his life aspects from divine guidance wise propagates the unity and oneness as a messenger of Allah to people, where perfect sense, as Muhammad (PBUH) Allah’s sake even if it were a morsel 1. Aaidh b. Abdullah al-Qarni, Don’t be and inspiration, the more alienated of the truth and of the meaning, pur- heretofore he used to spend long peri- in terms of wisdom, intelligence, per- which you put in your wife’s mouth.”6 Sad, Translated from Arabic into English by from Allah a man becomes, and the pose and providence of life and man. ods contemplating and reflecting on spicacity, spirituality and morals was While promising it to believers in Faisal b. Muhammad Shafeeq, (Riyadh: Interna- more deviant and anomalous the life Moreover, Islam is a religion of cul- the spiritual depression and failure of the most complete man. His sublime the Qur’an, Allah calls this type of life tional Islamic Publishing House, 2003), p. 154. tendencies become, and the more alien- ture and civilization. It is as much a the world around him, he subsequently conduct embodied all the qualities hayatan tayyibah and mata’an has- 2. See: From Madina to Metropolis, edited ated from, and deceitful towards, his matter of a personal spiritual transfor- never returned to the cave. He did so which were expected to rise from the anan, which mean a happy life and by L. Carl Brown, (Princeton: the Darwin Press, intrinsic self and its disposition, a man mation and enrichment, as it is a matter because Islam is not a religion of isola- Islamic “iqra‘” scheme. Though out- a good and true enjoyment respec- 1973), see the editor’s introduction, p. 38. becomes. As poet Allama Muhammad of an all-embracing societal upbring- tion to be practiced by certain ascetic wardly illiterate, Muhammad (PBUH) tively. Allah says: “Whoever does good 3. Joel Kotkin, Islamic Cities: Can the Past Iqbal remarked: ing, reform, and advancement. Islam individuals away from the masses and was a perfectly “literate” man. He per- whether male or female and he is a Be the Key to the Future?, http:/www.islamic- “When faith is lost then so is peace, is a religion of wisdom and erudition the pressing realities of life. It must fectly exemplified the Islamic message. believer, We will most certainly make ity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=GL0306-1991. And there is no life for the one who where revelation and reason are not at be pointed out that the whole process The words “Read (iqra‘) in the name him live a happy life, and We will most 4. Spahic Omer, The Prophet Muham- is not enlivened by religion (Islam), loggerheads with each other. Rather, of the Islamic transformation project of your Lord Who created” perfectly certainly give them their reward for mad (PBUH) and Urbanization of Madinah, Whoever is pleased with a life they cooperate with and support each started right in the cave of Khira’, but exemplifies the Islamic message too. the best of what they did.” (Al Nahl, 97) (Kuala Lumpur: International Islamic Uni- bereft of faith other, each one knowing its respec- not with the words of, for example, Because of him being an excellent Seek the forgiveness of your Lord, versity Malaysia, 2005), p. 6-13. Has made total ruin to be life’s tive intent and scope, while honoring “pray” or “fast” or “perform pilgrim- exemplar, Allah’s chosen one, every and turn to Him in repentance; that 5. Mukhtasar Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Ikhtasa- substance.”1 the intent and scope of the other pole. age”, etc., but rather with the words single Muslim believer extraordinar- He may grant you enjoyment, good rahu al-Sabuni Muhammad ‘Ali, (Beirut: Dar Hence, Islamic pure religious ritu- Islam is a rational religion. “Read (iqra‘) in the name of your Lord ily admires and endeavors to follow (and true), for a term appointed, and al-Qur’an al-Karim, 1981), vol. 1. p. 19, vol. als, which have been prescribed to be Practicing Islam inevitably means Who created. He created man from a Muhammad’s most beautiful pattern bestow His abounding grace on all 3 p. 127. performed at appointed times, are to the creation of a comprehensive culture clot. Read and your Lord is most Hon- of conduct in his daily life. A prominent who abound in merit! But if you turn 6. Al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab be viewed as neither separated from and civilization that carry the imprints orable, Who taught (to write) with the place in that task occupies the appli- away, then I fear for you the penalty al-Iman, Hadith No. 54. nor imposed superfluous actions on of Islamic values, teachings and prin- pen.” (Al Alaq, 1-4) cation of the universal model of iqra’ of a great day.” (Hud, 3) the smooth flow of everyday activi- ciples, in some aspects more and in Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was with all of its dimensions and impli- Islam strikes a fine balance between www.islamicity.org ties. Rather, such religious rituals are to other aspects less. Islam is so much asked – as is anyone who subscribes cations. Due to this, the relevance of the exigencies of the material and spir- be viewed as life’s integral dimension concerned about quenching man’s to Islam and Muhammad’s mission – Muhammad (PBUH), iqra‘ and Islam itual aspects of existence, between the Dr Spahic Omer, a Bosnian currently which inspires, guides, facilitates, and thirst for socializing and interacting to read, study, try to solve and make never fizzles out. “It was Allah Who requirements of one’s well-being in this residing in Malaysia, is an Associate Pro- gives a perfect sense to the rest of life’s with others that some people could not known the problems and maladies of educated me and Who perfected my world and in the Hereafter, and between fessor at the Kulliyyah of Architecture dimensions. The two systems of expres- help observing that Islam, as a mat- his people, as well as of the world and good manners”, were once the words the needs of personal, family as well and Environmental Design, Interna- sion (spiritual and physical), construct ter of fact, have a preference for the life in general. This is strongly suggested of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Due as societal development. Islam means tional Islamic University Malaysia. Islam and the innate beauty of human nature

By William C Chittick God. Notice that these are not proper human case, God formed people “in things in all the languages of all of his of which have been translated into Euro- no doubt, but short-sighted. names — unlike “Frank” or “Jane.” the most beautiful stature” (95:4). All descendants. In contrast, his descend- pean languages — provide an extensive In this way of looking at things, Proper names tell us practically noth- creatures were given beauty, but only ants possess comprehensive knowledge library investigating the human phe- the One Reality — the Good, the True, ing about their objects. In contrast, the human beings were given the super- only as a potential. It is up to them nomenon. Clearly, the approach does and the Beautiful — is the source of slamic texts typically begin talk most beautiful divine names designate lative form of beauty. In other words, to bring this knowledge into actual- not coincide with that of anthropol- a good, true, and beautiful universe, of God’s love by citing the Quranic positive qualities that appear in crea- they alone were created in the form of ity. The quest to know is an inherent ogy, archaeology, biology, psychology, which has appeared and continues verse, “He loves them” (5:54), which tion. Typically numbered at ninety-nine, God himself, who alone is rightly des- human attribute, and people under- or any other modern science, each of to appear because of God’s love to be is to say that God loves human they include alive, knowing, desiring, ignated by the most beautiful names. take this quest precisely because of which isolates a certain aspect of human known. The quality that separates Ibeings. God’s love is enough to show powerful, speaking, generous, just, The Quran says that God created love and desire. They want to know. nature and dissects it without end. human beings from everything else that people are beautiful, for “God is forgiving, compassionate. Adam as his “vicegerent” (2:30), his God, in his love to be known and The Islamic approach (not unlike is the innate quest to know the Center beautiful and He loves beauty.” Human In each case the divine name means representative on earth. In clarifying recognised, created and continues to the Christian and Hindu, among others) and rejoin it. This quest appears in the beauty, however, is of two sorts: innate that God alone is truly designated by the what this implies, it says, “He taught create the universe. Human beings, in addresses human nature as a glo- indefinite diversity of human wants and recovered. It follows that God’s named quality. Created things receive Adam the names, all of them” (2:31). their love to know, attempt to grasp bal totality made in the image of the and desires, which may or may not love is also of two sorts, corresponding no more than dribs and drabs of it. As The stress here —“all of them” — indi- the reality behind the appearances. Ultimate Reality. It builds on the pri- be correctly oriented. “Love” is then to the two sorts of mercy designated for the name “Allah,” it is simply the cates that the issue is not simply the In the last analysis, there is nothing mal unity of all things and observes an appropriate name for the creative in the formula, “In the name of God, Arabic word for God, used by Chris- names of the natural realm, over which truly real but the True Reality. Tawhīd, unity’s endless reverberations as it force that drives both the originating the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.” tians as well as Muslims. Adam was appointed vicegerent, but the assertion of divine unity, provides emerges from indistinction. Every movement and the quest to return to One of God’s most beautiful names In speaking of the activity of God as also the names of the Creator. With- love with its ultimate focus. Love is attempt to determine a thing’s coor- the Beautiful. is “form-giver” (musawwir). The name form-giver, the Quran addresses human out knowing both sides, Adam could then the quest to overcome separation dinates within the infinite sphere of means that all shapes, forms, images, beings with the verse, “He formed you not act as God’s intermediary. between the knower of the names (us) reality must then take into account www.huffingtonpost.com ideas, figures, representations, paint- and made your forms beautiful” (40:64). Adam was given knowledge and and the named reality (the One God). the center point of the sphere. If that is ings and sculptures are created by All created beauty can be nothing but recognition of all that exists as his own I have just summarised countless ignored, people will be talking about William C Chittick Ph.D is Pro- God, directly or indirectly. This, by the signs, forms, shapes, and images actuality. As some of the Quran com- volumes on theology, philosophy, and some things in relation to other things fessor of Religious Studies, State the way, is a typical Quranic “name” of bestowed by the Form-Giver. In the mentators say, he knew the names of all spiritual psychology. These books — few — useful, practical, and fascinating, University of New York, Stony Brook 06 FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 ASIA / PHILIPPINES N Korea fires missiles after UN sanctions

all airports and sea ports. Sri Lanka rows They also ban or restrict exports of All eyes are now on coal, iron and iron ore and other min- back on website China and Russia erals from North Korea, and prohibit the supply of aviation fuel including registration to see if they fully rocket fuel. enact the sweeping But analysts pointed to several Colombo: Sri Lanka rowed possible loopholes, including inter- back on a decision to measures. The pretations of what constitutes a proper force all websites to reg- sanctions require all cargo “inspection” and a provision ister with the government that excludes mineral exports if their yesterday, a day after countries to inspect revenues are not deemed to be des- the announcement trig- cargo destined for tined for military use. gered claims of a return to and coming from North Korea earns about $1 billion media censorship. per year in coal exports -- a third of Sri Lankan media North Korea. all export revenues -- and about $200 reacted angrily to the million annually from iron ore sales, move, saying it appeared US Ambassador Samantha Power told aimed at intimidating the Security Council anti-government sites AFP US President Barack Obama wel- by forcing them to dis- comed the measures as “a firm, united, close details of news and appropriate response” to the Jan- contributors. uary 6 nuclear test and February 7 “We have not taken a SEOUL: North Korea fired six short- rocket launch. final decision,” Parliamen- range projectiles into the sea yesterday “The international community, tary Reforms and Media in a show of defiance just hours after speaking with one voice, has sent Minister Gayantha Karu- the United Nations adopted the toughest Pyongyang a simple message: North naratne said. sanctions to date on Pyongyang over its Korea must abandon these dangerous fourth nuclear test and rocket launch. programs and choose a better path for Limited displays of military fire- its people,” Obama said. Thai cops seize power have become a routine response Banking restrictions will be tight- by North Korea to international pres- ened and governments will be required fake sunglasses sure over anything from its nuclear to ban flights of any plane suspected weapons program to its human rights of carrying contraband destined for A North Korean military’s missile firing drill at an unknown location. and arrest two record. North Korea. South Korea’s defence ministry “These are among the toughest Pyongyang into finally abandoning its and China as key players. Chinese chaos on its border. China’s ambassa- Bangkok: Thai police said the six projectiles -- either rock- measures we have agreed against nuclear weapons program. Ambassador Liu Jieyi said the reso- dor renewed Beijing’s opposition to seized nearly one mil- ets or guided missiles -- fell into the any country in the world, certainly The resolution sends “a strong mes- lution should “be a new starting point plans by South Korea and the United lion pairs of fake designer sea around 100-150km off the North’s the toughest ever against the DPRK,” sage from the international community and a stepping stone” for renewed talks States to deploy a new missile defense sunglasses in a series of eastern coast. said British Ambassador Matthew seeking peace on the Korean penin- on dismantling North Korea’s nuclear system on the Korean peninsula, say- raids against a counter- The launches came after the UN Rycroft, referring to North Korea by sula,” Park said. program. ing it undermines efforts to re-start feiting gang in which two Security Council unanimously passed its official acronym. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Russia echoed that view, with Korea talks. Chinese nationals were a resolution late Wednesday impos- A total of 16 individuals and 12 Abe urged Pyongyang to refrain from Ambassador Vitaly Churkin saying the Andrea Berger, a Korea specialist at arrested, investigators ing new sanctions after seven weeks entities were added to a UN sanctions any fresh provocations, while Tokyo’s resolution is designed to “shut down the London-based Royal United Serv- said yesterday. of arduous negotiations between the blacklist, including North Korea’s NADA ambassador to the UN, Motohide as much as possible the financing” of ices Institute for Defence and Security The two suspects, United States and China, Pyongyang’s space agency and its spy agency. Yoshikawa, stressed that “the heart North Korea’s weapons program to Studies, said China’s enforcement of the a man and a woman, sole major ally. UN member states will be required of the matter now is implementa- push Pyongyang back to the negoti- new sanctions was likely to be piece- were detained at a ware- All eyes are now on China and to expel North Korean diplomats tion” of the sanctions by China, North ating table. meal at best. “It is difficult to foresee house where much of Russia to see if they fully enact the engaged in smuggling or other ille- Korea’s largest trading partner, and During the weeks of negotiations, broad and consistent implementation the huge contraband sweeping measures. The sanctions gal activities. other countries. China had been reluctant to endorse of the new resolution, especially from cache was uncovered in break new ground, requiring all South Korean President Park Power also called for a “robust and harsh sanctions out of concern that players such as China, to create bar- Bangkok’s bustling China- countries to inspect cargo destined Geun-Hye said she hoped the “unprec- unyielding” follow-up to ensure the too much pressure would trigger the riers that North Korea cannot find its town district, Thailand’s for and coming from North Korea, in edentedly tough” sanctions would push sanctions bite and singled out Russia collapse of the pariah regime, creating way around,” Berger said. Department of Special Investigation (DSI) said in a statement. Ray-Ban, Oakley, Louis Vuitton and Dior When quake hit warning were among the labels A failed attempt to assassinate that the gang had faked buoys were not working with the haul worth more than $3.6 million if sold as genuine versions, the AFP tsunami alert quickly sent out to com- Saudi cleric caught on camera statement said. munities across Sumatra, which led A total of 895,897 to sirens sounding and people head- pairs of sunglasses were ing to higher ground. AFP safety covering their heads as the shots Philippine port city that is frequently seized at seven locations JAKARTA: A series of early-warning But without the working buoys, were fired. His companion in the car, targeted by Islamic extremists. across Chinatown. buoys deployed after a 2004 tsunami which can detect changes in water Saudi Arabia’s religious attache to the Qarni was in Zamboanga for a devastated parts of Indonesia’s west- movement and relay the data back Philippines, Sheikh Turki Assaegh, was speaking engagement at a state uni- ern Sumatra island were not working to officials, it took authorities around MANILA: A failed attempt to assas- also wounded in the attack. versity organised by local Muslim Nepal hands out when a huge quake rocked the same three hours to confirm that destruc- sinate a prominent Saudi cleric in the Qarni’s police escorts shot the leaders. Mensahe TV footage showed area yesterday, an official said. tive waves had not been generated Philippines was caught on television, assassin dead. Identification cards him speaking on a table strewn with free SIM cards The 7.8 magnitude, shallow and to call off the alert. showing the hooded assailant firing at found on his body indicated he was red and white flowers before a packed undersea quake hit late yesterday “The tsunami buoys have been the preacher from close range. a 21-year-old student though police and sweltering crowd. to tourists off Sumatra, sending panicked res- damaged by vandalism, and a there The gunman walked toward said they were not ruling out forgery. Islamic State militants who con- idents fleeing for the hills and briefly is a lack of funds for maintenance,” Sheikh Aaidh al-Qarni’s car on Tues- Two other suspects were arrested trol vast swathes of Iraq and Syria Kathmandu: Nepal has triggering a tsunami alert. disaster agency spokesman Sutopo day night as he was leaving a packed at the scene of the shooting. had called on “lone wolves” to attack begun distributing free But a tsunami was not generated Purwo Nugroho told reporters. auditorium in the southern port city Investigators are looking at the Qarni and several other Saudi clerics mobile SIM cards to newly and there have been no reports of “This situation makes it diffi- of Zamboanga, where he had given possibility that the attack was influ- whom they accused of apostasy in the arrived visitors in a bid to casualties or major damage, with cult to confirm whether a tsunami a lecture. The assailant hid behind a enced by IS, but there was no evidence latest issue of Dabiq, their monthly attract tourists and allay life largely returning to normal in has occurred or not,” he added. The crowd seeking selfies with a smiling to show that yet, said Chief Inspec- online magazine. safety fears after last affected areas. buoys were part of a sophisticated, Qarni as his vehicle slowly rolled out tor Helen Galvez, Zamboanga police Saudi media outlets described year’s devastating earth- However, the national disaster multi-million-dollar warning sys- of the venue, footage on local station spokeswoman. “As of now, we don’t Qarni as a senior Islamic scholar and quake and avalanches, an agency said the process of confirm- tem, constructed with help of foreign Mensahe TV showed. have any conclusions on their group he has more than 12 million follow- official said yesterday. ing that a tsunami had not occurred donors following the 2004 tsunami Qarni, who was on an Islamic affiliations,” Galvez said. A special ers on Twitter. Officials on Wednes- was hindered because none of the that occurred when a magnitude 9.1 State hit list, survived the attack with police unit investigating the case has In his book “Awakening Islam,” day started handing country’s 22 early-warning buoys earthquake struck off Sumatra. It sent wounds to his right shoulder, left arm asked for a month to determine the the French academic Stephane Lac- out the pre-activated were working. The early part of the a huge tsunami barrelling into Aceh and chest, according to police. affiliation of the suspects, who live on roix included Qarni in his list of “the SIM cards loaded with warning process ran smoothly, with a province, on Sumatra’s northern tip. A shocked crowd scampered for the outskirts of Zamboanga, a southern most famous” Saudi preachers. 50 rupees to all tourists arriving at Kathmandu’s international airport. “Since the tourism industry has suffered Posing as Superman and Batman Philippine frontrunner’s vow to in the aftermath of the earthquake we need to tell the world that Nepal claim Sawbah angers Malaysia is still a safe destination for visitors,” Nepal Tourism Board spokesman Sharad AFP at the time and the issue has since Pradhan said. “The cards been put on the back burner by the will be helpful in track- two Asian neighbours. “We will pur- ing trekkers and carrying sue our claim to Sabah. Why would out rescue operations MANILA: Malaysia summoned the we give up something that rightfully immediately.” Manila envoy in Kuala Lumpur over belongs to us?” Binay was quoted as The SIM cards are the comments made by the Philippines telling reporters on the campaign trail. latest measures designed presidential frontrunner to pursue “The charge d’affaires had to to jump-start tourism a claim over the state of Sabah, the explain the Philippine position” after after last year’s quake that Philippines’ foreign department said being summoned by the Malaysian sparked a deadly ava- yesterday. Jejomar Binay, vice pres- foreign ministry, Philippine foreign lanche at Everest base ident and the leading contender in affairs spokesman Charles Jose said. camp and destroyed the upcoming May elections, was quoted He said the envoy explained popular Langtang trekking by Manila newspapers last week as that Binay, who has broken with the route. The cards are being saying he would pursue a claim over administration of Philippine President handed out ahead of the the area in the north of Borneo island. Benigno Aquino, was not under the main April-May spring About 200 Filipino followers of a government’s control even though he mountaineering season to self-declared heir of the Philippine remains vice president until his six- help track trekkers trav- sultanate landed on Sabah in Feb- year term ends on June 30. elling to remote areas ruary 2013 to stake their claim on Binay’s spokesmen could not be and aid in any emergency Filipino Herbert Chavez (right) wearing a Superman costume and Roland Teves Junior a Batman the resource-rich state, resulting in contacted for comment. The Sultan rescue operations. The costume, pose for a picture at the ancestral house of National Hero Jose Rizal in Calamba city, Laguna clashes with Malaysian security forces, of the Sulu once ruled over islands impoverished country province, the Philippines, yesterday. leaving over 60 dead. that are now parts of the southern relies heavily on tourism. Aquino condemned the incursion Philippines, as well as Sabah. ASIA / AFRICA FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 07

Wildlife trade Elephant poaching New Zealand increasing on probes into transmission social media of Zika virus WELLINGTON: New Over a 50-hour period last year, it Zealand authorities are monitored 14 Facebook wildlife-trad- investigating whether the Thousands of ivory ing groups catering to customers in Zika virus was transmitted products, 77 whole Malaysia, counting more than 67,500 through sex from a man active members of the groups. Dur- to his partner, the coun- rhino horns and ing the observation period, scores of try’s health ministry said large numbers traders put up more than 200 indi- yesterday. vidual posts offering to sell live wild The New Zealand of endangered animals ranging from rare birds to man had tested pos- birds were found orangutans and sun bears, it said. itive for Zika after he Often, photos of for-sale animals were visited a country, which advertised for sale uploaded to Facebook, Instagram, was not identified to pro- on sites. and other sites, while bargaining took tect the man’s privacy, place over platforms like WhatsApp Ministry of Health spokes- in Malaysia and BlackBerry Messen- man Don Mackie said in a ger in Indonesia. statement. AFP “Trading appears to be very The man’s female relaxed and traders will happily pro- partner, who had not vide their contact details and will recently travelled to the sometimes offer to deliver the ani- Zika-affected country, KUALA LUMPUR: Social media mal to the buyer’s home address,” tested positive for Zika Malaysian customs officers display seized tusks during a press conference in Sepang, outside Kuala sites such as Facebook and Insta- said the report. after he returned. Both gram are increasingly being used Facebook groups can quickly Lumpur. Malaysian authorities confiscated 159kg of ivory smuggled by air passengers. had since recovered and in Asia as platforms for the illegal change their names or shut down experienced only mild trade in threatened species rang- and pop up in another guise, high- symptoms. New Zea- ing from rare birds to orangutan and lighting the challenges facing law land has so far this year sun bears, conservation groups said enforcement. reported 71 confirmed yesterday. A trade in exotic pets also was cases of people infected The trend poses a new and wor- growing, said Elizabeth John, a Traf- MH370 ‘plane debris’ in Mozambique by Zika. rying threat in a tech-savvy region fic spokeswoman. “Having a dog or where products derived from endan- cat isn’t enough for people anymore. gered species are sought for traditional They want unusual and exotic pets Dozens dead medicines and exotic animals are now,” she said, adding that the slow to be sent to Australia for analysis prized as pets, said wildlife-trade loris, an endangered Southeast Asian in Angolan monitor Traffic and conservation primate, was among hot favourites group WWF. in Malaysia. AFP to Australia where it will be exam- television network NBC, which said it “Traders are clearly moving to Traffic said it was working with ined by officials from Australia and was found by an American citizen who flash flood non-conventional methods of sale enforcement agencies in many coun- Malaysia,” he said. He added that the has blogged extensively on MH370. such as utilising online portals and tries on the issue and also was in location of the possible find was con- Citing US, Malaysian and Austral- LUANDA: At least 24 social media in order to evade detec- contact with Facebook. It called for KUALA LUMPUR: A piece of sus- sistent with oceanic drift models used ian investigators who had seen photos people, many of them tion, reach a broader audience and “closer collaboration between law pected plane debris found on the east by Australian authorities overseeing of the object, NBC said the debris could children, died and doz- increase transaction efficiency and enforcement agencies and Facebook”. African coast will be sent to Australia the huge and costly two-year deep- be a horizontal stabiliser -- a part of ens were missing in convenience,” Traffic said in a report Facebook declined to comment where experts will examine whether sea search for signs of MH370. the tail. The fragment was handed Angola after a flash-flood released to coincide with Thurs- on this issue. But Traffic’s report it is the latest piece in the puzzle of The saga has been marked by a over to Mozambican authorities by swept through a mar- day’s World Wildlife Day. Growing quoted a Facebook spokesperson missing flight MH370, officials said. history of false leads, however, and its finder Blaine Gibson, said Joao de ket in the southern city of numbers of traders are using Insta- saying the social media giant does The fragment of suspected aircraft Liow cautioned against “undue spec- Abreu, president of Mozambique’s Civil Lubango, state media said gram, closed groups on Facebook and not allow such activities on its site wreckage was reportedly found on ulation” until experts can have a look. Aviation Institute (IACM). yesterday. password-protected online forums and was “committed to working with the coast of Mozambique, and photos Last July, a wing fragment was He said Gibson reported finding The Angop news to reach Asian customers, it added. Traffic to help tackle” the problem. of it have stirred hope it could pro- found washed ashore on the Indian it earlier this week. MH370’s disap- agency said flood-waters Traffic said in a single month in A spokeswoman for Malaysia’s vide clues into what befell the ill-fated Ocean island of Reunion. Experts later pearance remains one of the greatest from the Capitao river, China last year, thousands of ivory Department of Wildlife and National Malaysia Airlines flight. Malaysian determined it came from MH370, the mysteries in aviation history. swollen by nearly 24 products, 77 whole rhino horns and Parks said the agency was addressing Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said only confirmed evidence of the plane’s Theories of what happened include hours of torrential rain in large numbers of endangered birds the issue. “From 2014, we have con- late Wednesday that initial informa- fate so far. a hijacking, rogue pilot action, or the area, washed through were found advertised for sale on ducted special operations and have tion indicated a “high possibility” it Experts believe MH370 veered sudden mechanical problem that the market, where many sites such as QQ and WeChat, which arrested several masterminds and came from a Boeing 777. far off course to somewhere in the incapacitated the crew, but there is young Angolans congre- are popular in China. rescued wildlife species as well,” she That is the same model of aircraft far-southern Indian Ocean, where no evidence to support any one theory. gated to wash cars and “The wildlife trade network is said, providing no specifics. Traffic as the ill-fated MH370, which myste- it went down. Passengers’ relatives accuse the bicycles. getting smarter and more sophis- said that in one case last year, a wildlife riously vanished on March 8, 2014 on The news of the unconfirmed airline and Malaysian government of More than 30 people ticated,” WWF Malaysia director smuggler was arrested in Indonesia a routine overnight flight from Kuala finding comes just days ahead of the a slow-footed, bungled response, as were believed to be miss- Dionysius Sharma said. “We need after trying to sell a young Sumatran Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers disaster’s two-year anniversary. well as withholding information and ing, Angop said. As with to be one step ahead and come up orangutan, one of the world’s most and crew. Australian Transport Min- Australian officials told AFP it was treating families poorly. Both strongly much of southern Africa, with creative solutions to eradicate endangered primates, using Face- ister Darren Chester said the chunk of not yet clear when the debris would deny the charges. southern Angola has this problem.” Traffic’s report focused book and Black Berry Messenger. He debris was approximately one metre arrive there. They said Boeing experts Families have begun filing a slew been suffering one of its heavily on Malaysia, where Face- had also sold other rare species such (three feet) long. would be among those examining it. of lawsuits against the struggling car- worst droughts in mem- book use is high. as slow lorises and hornbills. “The debris is to be transferred The debris was first reported by US rier and the government. ory caused by a strong El Nino weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean. UN mulls new measures to combat peacekeeper crimes Refugees’ camp to be Reuters Over the past year the world body troop-contributing countries to pros- be a court-martial that is in theater, stages as the United Nations worked has been hit with numerous allega- ecute their soldiers accused of abuse. not back home in a sort of confidential to improve the performance of blue closed down tions of peacekeeper abuse, above all When such prosecutions happen, the context ... (but) publicly in the country helmets in the field. in the Central African Republic (CAR). groups say, they often take place qui- where the actions were perpetrated,” The idea of prosecutions in theater MELBOURNE: Papua New UNITED NATIONS: The United In December an independent etly and it is difficult to follow up on said the official, who spoke on condi- would likely be unpopular among UN Guinea Prime Minister Nations is considering new measures review panel accused the United the results and punishments, if any. tion of anonymity. troop-contributing countries, UN dip- Peter O’Neill said yes- to crack down on abuse by peacekeep- Nations and its agencies of grossly mis- Speaking to a small group of report- He added: “We might think about lomats and officials say, though they terday that Australia’s ers, including local prosecutions and handling allegations of child abuse by ers, a senior UN official said the United DNA registering of peacekeepers when note it is an idea worth pursuing as detention of asylum seek- registering personal details on blue foreign troops in CAR in 2013 and 2014. Nations wanted to tackle that problem. they come to a mission.” a deterrent. Some countries already ers on Papua territory has helmets to make it easier to identify One of the problems, human One idea is that “whenever there He declined to provide details and conduct prosecutions in theater, the severely damaged the perpetrators, a UN official said. rights groups say, is that it is up to UN is a case that is established, that there noted that both ideas were only at early UN official said. archipelago’s reputation and that the camp would have to close eventually. Australia’s coalition government led by the World Wildlife Day Thailand’s ‘popcorn gunman’ conservative Liberal Party came to power in 2013 on a campaign to “Stop the Boats”, adopting tough jailed over protest clashes measures as a deterrent to asylum seekers. Everyone who arrives by boat is detained and AFP government supporters. The clash an election in their quest to take down sent to the tiny island in northern Bangkok was one several then Prime Minister Yingluck Shina- of Nauru or Papua New violent outbreaks during months-long watra’s administration. Guinea’s Manus Island. protests seeking to oust an elected “The court ruled the defendant The government also BANGKOK: A Thai gunman who government that was later toppled guilty of murder and handed down conducts tow-backs, or gained national notoriety for firing in a military coup. life in prison. But because his con- turning a boat back to its an assault rifle concealed inside a At the time, the “popcorn gunman” fession during the investigation was origin. popcorn bag during political clashes was hailed as a hero by anti-gov- useful, the sentence was reduced by O’Neill also said that in 2014 was sentenced to 37 years in ernment supporters, with images of one third to 37 years and four months,” the camp on Manus Island prison yesterday for killing a bystander. his green and yellow popcorn sack a judge said. Thailand has suffered a would have to close even- Wiwat Yodprasit, known as the appearing on t-shirts and other pro- decade of turmoil as pro-democracy tually and that the country “popcorn gunman”, was arrested test memorabilia. activists and rural supporters of the did not have the resources two years ago after police identified Yesterday he was convicted of kill- Shinawatra family vie for power with to resettle detainees, but An African chimpanzee grimaces in a cage at a zoo in Dehiwala him as the masked man seen aiding ing a bystander during the gunfight Bangkok’s arch-royalist elite and their that the decision rested near Colombo on World Wildlife Day, yesterday. anti-government protesters dur- that broke out after anti-government allies in the military. The 2014 pro- with Australia. ing a broad daylight shootout with demonstrators sought to interfere with tests killed 28 people. 08 FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 PAKISTAN

Pakistan admits Treasure in tunnel sheltering top Taliban leaders

the group’s founder Mullah Omar had died in 2013. Most of the group’s The Taliban later confirmed leaders are believed they lied about Omar’s death for two years, sowing divisions among the to be residing in militants and anger at his successor Quetta, Peshawar Mullah Akhtar Mansour for leading the cover-up. and southern Most of the group’s leaders are Karachi. believed to be residing in the south- western city of Quetta, with others in northwest Peshawar and south- ern Karachi. AFP Pakistan, Afghanistan, the United States and China held their fourth round of talks aimed at reviving direct peace talks between Kabul and the ISLAMABAD: A top Pakistani official Taliban late last month. has said for the first time publicly that The four-country group invited A man coming out of a tunnel where ancient copies of the Holy Quran are preserved in Jabl-e-Noor on the outskirts of Quetta. Deep inside the Afghan Taliban’s leadership enjoys Taliban representatives to return a safe haven inside his country, which to negotiations by the first week of the dry, biscuit-coloured mountains surrounding the Pakistan’s southwestern city lies an unexpected treasure: a honeycomb of tunnels Islamabad uses as a “lever” to pres- March, though a spokesman for the bursting with cases of Qurans, hidden safe from desecration. sure the group into talks with Kabul. militants later said they had not yet The admission by Pakistan’s for- received an invitation. eign affairs advisor Sartaj Aziz comes Aziz said Islamabad had used the after years of official denials by Islam- threat of expulsion to force the Tali- abad that it offers shelter or exerts any ban into the first round of talks. 5 nations want UN action on hospital attacks influence over the Taliban, and amid “We already—before the 7th July a fresh push for direct peace talks. meeting last year—we had to use some The Taliban’s 14-year-insurgency of these levers and restricted their against Afghan and Nato forces has movements, restricted their access AFP holds up international law, re-states One of the most devastating France, Russia and the United States - claimed tens of thousands of civil- to hospital and other facilities, and respect for medical workers and sends attacks was the US strike in October are backing parties in the Syria conflict. ian and military lives. threatened them that if you do not a message about health care in armed on a MSF-run hospital in the Afghan “There really is a lack of account- Speaking at the Council on For- come forward and talk, then obviously conflict,” said New Zealand’s UN mis- city of Kunduz that killed 42 people. ability for these attacks,” Cone said. eign Affairs in Washington on Tuesday, we will at least expel you,” he said. UNITED NATIONS: Five countries in sion spokeswoman Nicola Garvey. MSF condemned the airstrike as He pointed to inaction from the Aziz said: “We have some influence Aziz said Pakistan’s role was as the UN Security Council are working The United Nations has raised a war crime and demanded an inves- Bern-based international humani- on them because their leadership is a “facilitator” and it was up to Kabul on a new draft resolution demand- alarm over the targeting of medi- tigation. The US military unveiled the tarian fact-finding commission that in Pakistan and they get some med- to make negotiations fruitful. ing a halt to attacks on hospitals and cal workers and hospitals in conflict results of an internal investigation a is supposed to carry out inquiries of ical facilities, their families are here. “We are not the actual negoti- medical facilities in Syria, Yemen and zones, in particular in Syria, Yemen month later, blaming human error. attacks on health care facilities. “So we can use those levers to ators. So I hope as we go along our other war zones, diplomats said on and Afghanistan. MSF is supporting the initiative The draft resolution could be pre- pressurise them to say: ‘Come to the sincerity in this task will be recog- Wednesday. Last year, there were 94 attacks in by the five council members, which sented to the 15-member council as table’,” he added, according to a tran- nised, and with the hope that Afghan Egypt, Japan, Spain, New Zealand Syria against 63 hospitals and clinics would not break new legal ground but early as next week, diplomats said. script on the think tank’s website. government will play a more active and Uruguay are working on the meas- supported by Doctors Without Borders would highlight the need to respect Cone described hospital attacks The remarks confirm what has role for the success of these talks.” ure which would reaffirm that such (MSF), according to the organization’s existing humanitarian law. “Unless as “an incredibly worrying trend” for become an open secret in diplomatic A Foreign Office spokesman attacks violate international law and executive director Jason Cone. states come together and denounce MSF, which has also seen its clinics circles, particularly since Pakistan said he could not comment on Aziz’s would call for perpetrators to be held Missile strikes have hit at least three these attacks, these kinds of attacks looted and staff threatened in South began brokering direct peace talks remarks at a regular press briefing. accountable. MSF clinics in Yemen, where a Saudi- will somehow become normal, accept- Sudan and Sudan. between Kabul and the Taliban last “Aziz said whatever he had to say All five are non-permanent mem- led coalition has been battling Shiite able by-products of conflict,” Cone said. “We don’t have any illusions that summer. and we do not comment on state- bers of the 15-nation Security Council. Huthi rebels who have seized territory The draft resolution is being nego- this will be the only thing that changes The negotiations faltered after ments made by our leadership,” Nafees “Given the increase of attacks, it from the internationally recognized tiated at a time when four of the five this trend but it is part of the denunci- Afghan intelligence leaked the news Zakaria told reporters in Islamabad. would be timely to have a text that government. permanent council members—Britain, ation of these trends,” he said.

Protest over execution Govt rules out nuclear rollback Seven Baluch militants killed

Internews house on this issue along with others. QUETTA: Pakistani secu- Aziz would brief the house next rity forces killed seven Tuesday but Foreign Office has already separatist rebels in two issued a statement in which Aziz has separate gunbattles in ISLAMABAD: “We will not roll back “impressed upon the United States Baluchistan province, an our nuclear programme even if our not to contribute to strategic imbal- official from a govern- debts swell to $100 trillion dollars,” ance in South Asia by helping India. ment paramilitary unit says Finance Minister Ishaq Dar He emphasised that the conver- said yesterday, a fresh dismissing outright Western media gences in the relationship outweigh security concern in a prov- reports that suggest Islamabad could the irritants.” ince set to see major barter its nuclear arsenal for dollars. On the demand of leader of the Chinese investment. “We did not start this [nuclear] opposition Aitzaz Ahsan, the chair Four of the militants programme to roll it back,” Dar told asked Aziz to brief the house on his were killed during an lawmakers in the upper house of par- Tuesday’s statement in which he said operation by the Frontier liament yesterday. “Pakistan has some influence over Corps (FC) paramilitary “This is a programme of our secu- the Afghan Taliban since their lead- unit in Kohlu district, while rity, and it is a national responsibility ership lives here”. three others were killed in Supporters of the Jamiat Itehad-e-Ulema hold signs to condemn the execution of Mumtaz Qadri during to protect it,” he added. Ahsan also sought a briefing on Kech district on Wednes- a protest rally in Karachi, yesterday. Qadri was hanged for gunning down Punjab governor Salman “All political parties of Pakistan Indian Defence Minister Manohar Par- day night, FC spokesman Taseer over his opposition to blasphemy laws. share the ownership of our nuclear rikar’s allegation that the non-state Khan Wasay said. programme,” he added. actors who carried out the Pathankot The finance minister was briefing airbase assault had support of the 13-year jail over the house on the country’s economy. state of Pakistan. And at the end of his policy state- Earlier, the finance minister Facebook post ment, he referred to a 2008 article in painted a rosy picture of national Wall Street Journal headlined ‘Let’s economy in a detailed presentation Lahore: A Pakistani man ‘Women’s protection law un-Islamic’ Buy Pakistan’s Nukes’ in which the full of stats and comparison with was sentenced to 13 years author asked Western donors to agree the past. in prison yesterday for on a $100bn economic package in “A turnaround [of economy] has allegedly posting reli- exchange for eliminating Pakistan’s taken place today, and our next tar- giously offensive material Reuters But since its passage in the Punjab case is heard. nuclear stockpile. get is growth,” Dar said while inviting on his Facebook page, assembly, many conservative clerics The council’s decision this January “This will never happen,” Dar said the opposition to join hands with the lawyers in the case said. and religious leaders have denounced to block a bill to impose harsher pen- emphatically. He mentioned another government to further improve the Rizwan Haider, 25, the new law as being in conflict with alties for marrying off girls as young article which suggested the ever-bal- economy. was convicted in an anti- ISLAMABAD: A powerful Pakistani the Holy Quran, as well as Pakistan’s as eight or nine has angered human looning debt may lead Pakistan to However, Dar’s hour-long speech terrorism court of three religious body that advises the gov- constitution. rights activists. compromise on its national secu- failed to earn him appreciation from charges including pro- ernment on the compatibility of laws “The whole law is wrong,” Muham- The new law establishes district- rity assets. opposition lawmakers who remained moting sectarian hatred, with Islam yesterday declared a new mad Khan Sherani, the head of the level panels to investigate reports of “Even if our debts swell to $100 skeptical about the numbers cited by after he supposedly pub- law that criminalises violence against Council of Islamic Ideology said at a abuse, and mandates the use of GPS bn or $100 trillion, we will not roll the minister. lished a post referring to women to be “un-Islamic.” news conference, citing verses from bracelets to keep track of offenders. back our nuclear programme.” The opposition leader was poetic Prophet Mohammed. The Women’s Protection Act, the Quran to point out that the law It also sets punishments of up to a Dar’s forceful statement came in his criticism as he read a few cou- “This case... was reg- passed by Pakistan’s largest province was “un-Islamic.” year in jail for violators of court orders after US Secretary of State John Kerry plets of Mirza Ghalib mocking Dar’s istered against Haider, of Punjab last week, gives unprec- The 54-year-old council is known related to domestic violence, with that pressed Pakistan at this week’s stra- opinion that borrowing money who is a Shiite Muslim by edented legal protection to women for its controversial decisions. In the period rising to two years for repeat tegic dialogue to reduce its growing would one day result in an economic faith, in January for post- from domestic, psychological and past it has ruled that DNA cannot be offenders. Fazlur Rehman, the chief nuclear arsenal. turnaround. ing objectionable material sexual violence. It also calls for the used as primary evidence in rape cases, of one of Pakistan’s largest religious Dar did not mention Kerry’s state- He requested the chair provide against the belief of Sunni creation of a toll-free abuse report- and it supported a law that requires parties, the Jamiat-i-Ulema Islam, said ment but Senate Chairman Raza copies of Dar’s speech to lawmakers Muslims,” said Adeel Chat- ing hot line and the establishment of women alleging rape to get four male the law was in conflict with both Islam Rabbani asked Adviser to Prime Min- so that they could cross-check the tah, public prosecutor. women’s shelters. witnesses to testify in court before a and the constitution of Pakistan. ister on Foreign Affairs to brief the figure before a house debate. INDIA FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 09

US naval drill with India and Japan could anger China

Reuters against militarisation of the South China exercise will be held in the northern waters of the Indian Ocean, “ he said. deployment of surface-to-air missiles South China Sea. The two countries Sea, where Beijing is locked in a terri- Philippine Sea and that Japan will take Asked about the drills, Chinese For- and fighter jets in the Paracel Islands. have held talks on joint naval patrols torial dispute with several countries, part. Freedom of the seas was a fun- eign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said: Along with China and the Philip- and last month a US defence official saying there would be consequences. damental right of all nations, he told “We hope the cooperation of relevant pines, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, said that these could include the South NEW DELHI: India, the United States Last year, India and the United a security conference in New Delhi, countries will benefit regional peace Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims China Sea. Both India and the United and Japan will hold naval exercises States expanded their annual naval adding some thinly veiled criticism and security, and not harm the inter- on the waters, through which about States later said these patrols were not in waters off the northern Philippines drills in the Bay of Bengal to include of Beijing. ests of third parties”. $5tn in trade is shipped every year. imminent after Beijing warned that near the South China Sea this year, the Japan after a gap of eight years, in a “While some countries seek to bully Tensions in the South China Sea Harris said the United States wished interference from countries outside the US military has said, a move likely move seen as a response to China’s smaller nations through intimidation have risen recently, with the United to expand the naval exercises it held region threatens peace and stability. to further raise tensions with China. growing assertiveness in the region. and coercion, I note with admiration States and others protesting against with India each year into joint oper- Harris said it was up to the leaders The announcement comes a day Admiral Harry B Harris, head of the India’s example of peaceful resolution Beijing’s land reclamations in the ations across the Asia-Pacific, which of India and the United States to decide after the United States warned China US Pacific Command, said the naval of disputes with your neighbours in the Spratly islands, along with the recent could draw India into the row in the where to hold the joint operations. PM: Opposition Pachauri bail responsible for cancellation plea today

House logjam New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will today pass today an order on a plea spared,” Modi said, winding up the dis- filed by a former woman Modi seeks cussion in the Lok Sabha on the motion research analyst who has of thanks to President Pranab Mukher- accused environmentalist opposition support jee for his Address to Parliament. RK Pachauri of sexual har- to pass crucial “And in doing so, it would be great assment to cancel the bail if we uphold parliamentary traditions” granted to him. legislations, including and let the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Justice SP Garg the Goods and function “peacefully and responsi- had reserved the order Services Tax (GST) bly”, he said. Modi noted this was “not on February 11 after a sermon” but the “words of former hearing arguments bill prime minister Rajiv Gandhi”. of lawyers represent- He also recalled the statements of ing the woman research Nehru, Indira and India’s first presi- analyst, Pachauri, and dent Rajendra Prasad and urged the Delhi Police. Delhi Police opposition for its support to pass cru- chargesheeted Pachuari IANS cial legislations, including the Goods under various sections and Services Tax (GST) bill. Student union leader Kanhaiya Kumar (centre) shouts slogans as he addresses students and activists at of the Indian Penal Code Modi said the opposition was suf- Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi yesterday. dealing with assault or fering from an “inferiority complex”. criminal force to woman NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Naren- “Some people want to oppose for the with intent to outrage her dra Modi yesterday reached out to the sake of it. There are such bright MPs modesty, sexual harass- opposition for its support to run the in the opposition, but they are not Jubilation as Kanhaiya returns to campus ment, stalking, criminal government smoothly and invoked being allowed to speak. Nobody in intimidation and word, late Congress stalwarts and prime the opposition must look stronger gesture or act intended ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira and this is the inferiority complex.” IANS flaming torches and carrying plac- students are safe inside and outside to insult the modesty of a and Rajiv Gandhi for peaceful func- He, then, toned down his aggres- ards and posters hailing the student the campus”. woman. tioning of Parliament. sion and sought the support of the leader. “We are all relaxed that Kan- Added another student, Monika In his over an hour-long speech, Congress and other opposition par- NEW DELHI: JNU student leader Kan- haiya is back but the fight is far from Gupta: “Kanhaiya’s release is an happy Indo-US seminar Modi, however, didn’t speak about ties to run the government. haiya Kumar, arrested for sedition 20 over,” PhD student Priyanka Das said, hour for all the students.” raging issues like crackdown on “Let’s walk shoulder-to-shoulder days ago, was released from the Tihar summing up the general mood in the JNU Assistant Professor Rohit Azad on traditional Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and do something for the country. I am Jail yesterday evening and returned student community. said: “As you can see, the JNU commu- students and death of Dalit scholar new, you are experienced,” he said. to the university campus amid noisy “We will maintain the solidar- nity has gathered here in full support. medicines starts Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad Uni- “We need to make an atmosphere celebrations by hundreds of students ity till Anirban (Bhattacharya) and It is a relief that Kanhaiya is back.” versity that had stalled Parliament of improving trust. If you have sug- and teachers. Umar (Khalid) are back and safe,” she The February 12 arrest of Kan- for two days earlier this week. gestions, please do offer. I would like As the sprawling Jawaharlal Nehru added, referring to the two other stu- haiya Kumar, the first president of New Delhi: Union AYUSH “Parliament is a forum where dif- the government to adopt these habits. University campus was enveloped dent activists who too are in jail on the JNU Students Union from the CPI- Minister Shripad Yesso ferent view points are put forward, The government also needs to improve in darkness after street lights mys- sedition charges. affiliated AISF, was widely denounced, Naik on Thursday inau- where questions are being asked to and this would not happen without teriously went off before Kanhaiya Das, who is with the Centre for more so after he was beaten up in gurated the first Indo-US the government, where government your support. I need your support. I Kuamr’s return, slogan-shouting stu- English Studies, said the JNU com- a Delhi court on two days by some workshop on traditional is made accountable and nobody is need you people, your experience.” dents massed in the open holding munity “must not give up until lawyers. medicines, which aims to encourage bilateral dia- logues on the subject. The two-day work- shop will see the Minister appeals for funds as crunch hits pro-poor schemes participants share with one another current tradi- tional medicine therapies and practices for cancer IANS Gandhi National Rural Employment deadline for the initial phase of nom- have toilets at their home. We have to fund some of the rural development in US and India. Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) give cre- inations ended last month. appealed to the companies and the schemes where the ministry was falling AYUSH stands for dence to the claim. The funds crunch also impacts NGOs to help fund toilets to make our short of money. Lack of funds was the Ayurveda, Yoga and Records with rural development other schemes. Rural Development villages free from open defecation,” primary reason behind the low inter- Naturopathy, Unani, Sid- NEW DELHI: The funds crunch at ministry suggest that only 29 of the Minister Birender Singh has made an Birender Singh said. The minister said est in the village adoption scheme, the dha and Homoeopathy. the Centre seems to have adversely 543 Lok Sabha members have nom- appeal to commercial banks and pri- that each below-poverty-line family source said. “I know the response is not They will review avail- impacted the schemes meant for the inated gram panchayats from their vate micro-investors to disburse money was being given Rs12,000 for build- up to the mark and I will be writing to able evidence for AYUSH rural poor which are managed by the respective constituencies in the sec- to people for building toilets at home, ing a toilet. But the need apparently the MPs for that. The major complaint products and interven- union rural development ministry. ond phase of the scheme. The case is so that any shortfall in funds can be is greater. According to an official in of the MPs is that there should be addi- tions, which could reduce Low interest in Sansad Adarsh even worse with the Rajya Sabha mem- met from other sources. the ministry, who did not wish to be tional funds which should be provided pain/morbidity from Gram Yojana (SAGY) and delayed pay- bers as only five of the 252 members “There are people who are not named, the minister had also made an for the villages they have selected,” the cancer treatments and ments to workers under the Mahatma have identified the target villages. The below the poverty line, but still do not appeal to banks and private investors minister said. improve the quality of life. AMU row: VC to meet PM Farmers protest Panel to review security Aligarh: AMU Vice Chan- on border in Punjab cellor Zameer Uddin Shah said yesterday that he would meet Prime Min- IANS (NSA) Dr Arvind Gupta informed the ister Narendra Modi to state government that Deputy NSA, clarify issues related to Director IIT Delhi/IIT Roorkee, the the controversial off-cam- Surveyor General of India and a pus AMU centres. CHANDIGARH: Centre has set up a representative from the state gov- Shah, a retired Lt Gen- high-level committee identify critical ernment, not below the rank of IG, eral, also denied that he issues and suggest measures to plug would be the members of the com- was insulted by Human loopholes in vigil along the India- mittee, which would identify critical Resource Development Pakistan border in Punjab, a state issues and suggest measures to cease (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani government official said yesterday. any possibility of recurrence of such when he went to her The committee has been set up attacks in future,” a spokesperson of house in New Delhi for a in view of two attacks by suspected the chief minister’s office said. meeting on January 8. Pakistani terrorists in Pathankot, The letter said: “The committee “It would take a lot targeting the Indian Air Force base, has been mandated to physically to humiliate a veteran of in January and Dinanagar town last inspect the condition of border fencing the Longewala Battle of year respectively. To be headed by along Indo-Pakistan Border, identify 1971 who spent the bet- former union home secretary Mad- gaps and their condition and suggest ter part of his 40 years in hukar Gupta, it will suggest measures methods to seal the gaps. The com- the army fighting insur- to cease any possibility of recurrence mittee has been asked to submit its gencies in Punjab and Vehicles are stuck on a road after farmers using their tractors and vehicles blocked a road and caused a of such attacks. Punjab Chief Minis- report within three months. Since North-East and dous- standstill of traffic, in Bangalore, yesterday. Hundreds of farmers protested the current water situation ter Parkash Singh Badal had urged the committee was to be an inde- ing communal passions in and demanded the government to come up with a proper solution. the Centre to ensure strict vigil along pendent body, it has been decided various riots,” he said in a the India-Pakistan border. to form it under National Security statement. “Deputy National Security Advisor Council Secretariat.” 10 FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 OPINION

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EDITORIAL North Korea’s hubris Christie betrays his image orth Korea’s continued violation of United Nations sanctions reached new heights yesterday as Kim Jong-Un’s regime fired a number of projectiles into running the state while Christie fall. The 30 percent approval rat- he dropped out after the second Nthe Sea of Japan, triggering a global outcry. Even shops for a new job. ing ties an all-time low. Further nominating contest, he came Russia, largely seen as an ally, did not mince words Christie, frankly, hasn’t done potential humiliation for Christie home to a state that appears in criticising the misadventure. Moscow’s envoy to the United much to dissuade that perception. came Wednesday, when Politi- largely fed up with him, and he Nations, Vitaly Churkin, hit out at Pyongyang saying it had not At a Monday press conference, he co’s Matt Friedman surveyed 10 quickly became ridiculed on the taken the proper lesson from the latest round of sanctions. refused to answer questions from of the state’s 21 Republican chairs national stage for becoming the local reporters about his support and found just one is going to per- first national GOP figure to throw South Korea didn’t mince words in criticising the regime for Trump, a seemingly mis- sonally endorse Trump alongside his lot in with the GOP front-run- for its actions. The South Korean envoy to the United Nations matched endorsement that some their governor. ner. In fact, since his first few was unusually uninhibited in taking on the regime that has in New Jersey saw as the latest Christie could well reason years as governor, it seems just stoked tensions on the Korean peninsula by testing nuclear example of the governor tending he doesn’t need New Jersey’s about everything that could go weapons, making provocative statements and purging critics. By Amber Phillips to his own future rather than the approval anymore. He’s term-lim- wrong for Christie back home Looking calm but sounding peeved, he questioned North Korea’s The Washington Post state’s. ited and will leave office in 2017 (if has. There is perhaps no better A record-low 29 percent of he doesn’t join the Trump admin- symbolism of that than Christie intentions in firing the projectiles. New Jersey residents think the istration before then). standing awkwardly and almost Tensions across the 38th parallel have been on the rise with state is on the right track, accord- But you could also argue that painfully in Trump’s shadow on Kim’s regime repeatedly violating sanctions and provoking its lowly and yet all at once, ing to Wednesday’s Fairleigh he’s got his legacy to worry about Super Tuesday: neighbour and world powers at large. Sanctions have failed to New Jersey Gov Chris Dickinson University’s PublicMind — and that a tarnished legacy Christie’s demeanour back discourage the reclusive and irresponsible administration of the Christie’s, R, reputation poll. About 54 percent of Republi- is damaging for the New Jersey home comes across as a politi- North from flexing its muscle. as a tough-talking, tal- cans approve of the governor’s job Republicans he will leave behind. cian who just doesn’t care about Sented politician is in a shambles. and 37 percent disapprove, while They’re the ones who will be left any of this. Being strong-willed The North’s recent testing of a purported fusion device And perhaps nowhere is that the 77 percent of Democrats and 61 to deal with the fallout from his is great when you’re riding high; ruffled many feathers. It was widely believed that Pyongyang case more than back home in New percent of independents disap- messy tenure as governor in a blue when you’re struggling, it comes was prevaricating about the nuclear device that is a more Jersey. prove. Voters most often used state, where the deck is already across as not caring. potent threat than a conventional nuclear bomb — a fission But it’s an open question words like “bully,” “arrogant” and stacked against him. He’s come across as indignant, device. whether Christie even cares. “disappointing” to describe Chris- “While they’ve been publicly defiant and perplexing — so much South Korean UN ambassador’s On Tuesday, the editorial tie to pollsters. loyal,” said Brigid Harrison, a so that his awkward behaviour remarks yesterday show the extent boards of six USA Today network After he dropped out of the political science and law professor this week risks being the picture, newspapers in the state simulta- presidential race, reasonable with Montclair State University, for now, of his political career. of resentment against Pyongyang’s neously called for him to resign expectations in the state were “behind closed doors, they will Or, Christie could redeem actions. Lashing out at the latest act of or be recalled. Hours later, he that Christie would turn his atten- tell you they cannot wait for the himself with a Trump win in Firing of the Stalinist state, the envoy wondered became an Internet meme for tion back home to fix the state’s Christie era to be over.” November, become his vice-pres- projectiles by why it needed to test weapons when his awkward embrace of Don- transportation budget and pension Counting the days until Chris- ident or attorney general and play its people were suffering due to lack of ald Trump. His about 30 percent crisis. Instead, Christie jumped tie is out of office is a far cry from a major role in Making America North Korea development and there was so much approval ratings in polls (one that right back into the presidential when the New Jersey governor Great Again. has further that could be done to alleviate its was released Wednesday) are the campaign — to get behind a polar- was the guy Republicans begged Whatever happens, Chris- lowest since Christie became gov- ising figure, no less. And he didn’t to run for president in 2012. tie’s reputation on the national isolated the plight. ernor in 2010, though his ratings just endorse Trump; he travelled Christie ultimately said he stage is likely of little concern to country. The North has maintained that it have been trending that way for to Florida to be with him on Super wasn’t ready to. It’s safe to say the two-thirds or so of New Jer- is the threat from the United States months now. Tuesday. when he decided he was ready to sey residents who it seems have that has forced it not to let its guard It’s conventional wisdom It should be no surprise, then, run, Christie didn’t expect things already written their governor off down and adopt an offensive stance. among some New Jersey residents that according to the Fairleigh to end up like this. Bridgegate — likely after they got the feeling “How do you think the US is a threat that the state’s first-ever lieuten- Dickinson poll, Christie’s sup- haunted him, the state suffered Christie has done the same for ant governor has been the one port back home has continued to a series of credit downgrades, them. for you,” the diplomat said adding that it was hard to believe that the biggest military power in the world can be a threat to a small country on the other side of the Pacific. After taking over power from father Kim Jong Il, the young Kim was expected to bring in reforms in an attempt to More legroom on planes a flight of fancy change the image of the reclusive state. Some of his measures immediately after he became leader gave hints of an attempt at rapprochement with the West. However, this was not to be. that might also have some safety seats into planes, lure custom- seats, along with their associated Kim kept on riling other nations by his irresponsible acts. North benefits. But like so many alleged ers with cheap fares, and then revenue. With oil prices low, per- Korea’s official media has also used unsavoury words for South giveaways for today’s harried trav- nickel-and-dime them for things haps Spirit could manage such a Korean President Park Geun-hye. ellers, this one won’t come free. like checked bags and bottled challenge. But when they bounce The firing of the missiles has not only offended the United Over the past decade, air- water. They’re popular to com- back, that extra legroom will lines have become profitable plain about, but passengers can’t surely be a threat to low fares. Nations and world powers but also further isolated the country. partly by packing more fliers onto resist them: They make up 26 per- In January, the travel website each plane. Although that hasn’t cent of the North American airline Skift attempted to calculate the always been comfortable for the market and play a crucial role in cost of additional legroom and passengers, it works in their inter- holding down prices. According recline on a passenger jet flying est by enabling carriers to offer to Airlines for America, a trade in the competitive North Atlan- By Adam Minter more affordable flights than ever. group, the average airfare in 2011, tic region (for example, London Bloomberg Reconfiguring cabins will threaten including fees, was more than 40 to New York). The conclusion: Quote of the day that model and impose new costs percent below the rate in 1980 in $33 per inch, or $13.33 per degree that will be passed onto custom- constant dollars. of recline. In effect, many econ- ers, who might soon be wishing Thanks to the recent decline omy-class passengers have the I want to appeal to irline passengers are for less legroom. in oil prices, that trend has likely option to make that purchase by being packed into planes There’s no question that econ- continued. upgrading to an “economy-plus” all potential illegal A“like sardines,” says Sena- omy-class passengers have less So if seat size and fares have seat with six inches of extra leg- tor Chuck Schumer. So he wants room these days. Between 1985 shrunk more or less in parallel, room for about 18 percent over the economic migrants the Federal Aviation Adminis- and 2014, for example, the wid- what happens if the FAA starts price of normal economy, the site tration to set minimum seat-size est pitch offered by United Airlines requiring more legroom? Could estimates. wherever you are from: guidelines. The point, Schumer shrunk from 36 inches to 31. Dis- Spirit be as profitable, and offer Notably, Skift’s analysis shows Do not come to Europe. suggested, is to right an injustice: count carriers like Spirit Airlines fares as cheap, if the distance that the passenger load factor — “It’s just plain unfair that a per- have narrowed the space to as lit- between its seats was 31 inches basically, the seats occupied by son gets charged for extra inches tle as 28 inches — an unheard-of rather than 28? Based on the paying customers — in economy- that were once standard.” In other squeeze three decades ago. 26-row configuration posted plus cabins averages 36 percent, Donald Tusk words: Everyone could soon get a What caused the shrinkage? to the website SeatGuru, such a leading it to conclude that “pas- government-mandated upgrade. Competition, and the rise of “low- change would likely force the air- sengers don’t value extra room as EU President It’s a crowd-pleasing proposal cost carriers,” which pack more line to lose at least two rows of much as low fares.”

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Schaeuble France and UK wades into debate on in deal to build UK’s exit advanced drone Bloomberg LONDON: German Finance Min- ister Wolfgang Schaeuble wore his bloc ahead of a June 23 referendum European heart on his sleeve during Neighbours trying to on the issue. a visit to London, where he used an “I am convinced that the UK’s appearance at the British Chambers forge closer police membership of the EU gives us greater of Commerce annual conference and anti-terror ties security and greater capacity to project to urge the UK to stay in the Euro- power globally,” Cameron said in com- pean Union. ments released by his office before Not only is the EU more com- the meeting in Amiens, 120km north petitive with Britain as a member, of Paris. Officials from both sides said but the German government sees Reuters part of the summit’s focus would be it as a better outcome, Schaeuble on forging closer police and coun- told the audience during a ques- ter-terrorism ties. tion and answer session yesterday. France and Britain, both perma- It’s “not a good idea” for Britain to AMIENS, FRANCE: France and Brit- nent veto-wielding members of the leave the 28- nation bloc and, in any ain planned yesterday to announce United Nations Security Council, are case, Germany would be happy if a £1.5 bn ($2.11bn) project to build a engaged in air strikes on Islamic State the UK decides to stay. next-generation drone prototype as militants in Syria and Iraq. Asked what Germany would the two allies seek to increase security Hollande and Cameron are also do if the UK voted to quit the EU in British Prime Minister David Cameron (left) and French President Francois Hollande at a press conference and military ties at a time of conflict backers of the “moderate” Syrian the June 23 referendum, Schaeuble in Syria and Libya. opposition. They are likely to issue at the Musee de Picardie in Amiens, northern France, during the 34th Franco-British summit yesterday. said: “Phhh, we would cry,” breaking President Francois Hollande and a new call for Syrian President Bashar into a laugh and drawing applause Prime Minister David Cameron were Al Assad’s forces and allies including from the audience. “But I hope we meeting in northern France as part of Russia to stop targeting rebel forces said a senior French official. “Defence £750m. The Future Combat Air System £18bn construction of two nuclear will not. Look, it’s a decision of the a bi-annual summit also commem- despite a new cessation of hostilities is more crucial than ever because we project to develop the most advanced reactors at Hinkley Point in western British people, of course.” orating the centenary later this year deal and to allow more aid to reach are facing serious crises on our east- drone of its kind in Europe builds on England. Schaeuble, 73, who helped nego- of the Battle of the Somme in which besieged areas. ern and southern fronts.” a £120m joint feasibility study under- Controversy over the thousands of tiate German reunification after the 600,000 British and French soldiers Britain and France have special To that end, Cameron and Hol- taken agreed in 2014. migrants camped near the northern fall of the Berlin Wall and served in died. forces operating against Islamic State lande will announce a project to build Britain’s BAE Systems and Rolls- French port town of Calais is another the cabinet of Chancellor Helmut Cameron was expected to also in Libya too amid international efforts a prototype of the next generation of Royce, along with Dassault Aviation, theme of the summit. It dominated UK Kohl when the euro was devised, use the visit to argue that contin- to unify two rival governments and unmanned drone aircraft that would Safran and Thales of France, are tak- media coverage of the meeting yester- was making a rare intervention into ued European Union membership loosen militants’ foothold there. be able to conduct surveillance of secu- ing part. day after France’s economy minister a UK political issue that threatens will enhance Britain’s security as he “This summit is the opportunity rity threats and fire missiles at targets. An update is also expected on said a British exit from the EU would to impact all Europe. lobbies for it to stay in the 28-nation to strengthen our close partnership,” Each side is to contribute about French energy group EDF’s planned let migrants into Britain. Appearing alongside Chan- cellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, a key advocate of main- taining Britain’s EU membership, Schaeuble issued a warning on the French minister enters Brexit debate with Calais warning trading prospects of a UK outside the 28-nation bloc. “Of course I think trade would AFP migrants will no longer be in Calais,” treaty, saying it would give a green Campaign spokesman Jack Mont- began dismantling a shantytown known go on,” he told the audience. “But it he said, echoing British government light to people smugglers and would gomery said of Macron’s comments: as the Jungle, where thousands of peo- makes a huge difference whether warnings that a vote to leave the Euro- only boost the numbers trying to cross. “Absolutely nothing has changed, ple live while they try their luck trying you are part of a single market or pean Union in the June 23 referendum “That is the genuine line to take besides the need to scare British voters.” to cross the Channel, many by sneak- not.” LONDON: A French minister’s warn- could result in thousands arriving on from the French government,” Con- The question of what to do with ing onto lorries boarding ferries bound Schaeuble also stressed the ing that Paris would no longer stop England’s southern shores overnight. servative lawmaker Bernard Jenkin the thousands of people camped out for England. geopolitical risk buffeting Europe, migrants from crossing the Channel Under the 2003 Le Touquet bor- from the Vote Leave campaign told in Calais took centre stage in yester- Ahead of the summit, Britain agreed suggesting that a so-called Brexit if Britain votes to leave the EU won a der treaty, Britain is allowed to carry the BBC yesterday. day’s summit between French President to contribute around ¤20m in extra would further burden a continent sceptical response from pro-Brexit out border checks on French soil, stop- “What we are having now is prop- Francois Hollande and British Prime funding to boost security at Calais, on suffering economic uncertainty, campaigners yesterday who dismissed ping many migrants. aganda being produced by other Minister David Cameron in the north- top of ¤60m already pledged, France’s a refugee crisis and Islamist it as scaremongering. But those pushing for Britain to European governments at the request ern French city of Amiens. minister for European affairs Harlem extremism. In an interview with the Finan- leave the bloc reacted with scepticism, of the prime minister to try to scare The number of those trying to Desir said. “I think in British history the cial Times, French Economy Minister however, noting that it contradicted people (out of) voting Leave.” reach Britain from France reached Immigration is a major issue ahead UK has always been interested in Emmanuel Macron said a so-called the official position of the French Another group pushing for a Brexit, a crisis point in recent months, as a of the EU referendum, with campaign- a strong, stable Europe,” he said. Brexit could scupper an agreement government. Leave EU, said the border treaty was huge influx of people fleeing war and ers for a Brexit warning that leaving “Without the UK it will be much that allows Britain to conduct border Last month, French Interior Min- a bilateral agreement that had noth- poverty in the Middle East and Africa the 28-member bloc is the only way more fragile. For a stable continental controls in Calais. ister Bernard Cazeneuve dismissed ing to do with Britain’s membership have arrived in Europe. for Britain to regain control of its Europe I think British involvement, “The day this relationship unravels, the idea of ripping up the Le Touquet of the European Union. French authorities on Monday borders. British engagement is very helpful.”

EU may approve Pleased as punch Ireland govt formation weed-killer ingredient amid talks may go to the wire cancer row AFP Weeks of uncertainty could lie ahead and the first test of whether a government Reuters can be formed will be March 10, when the newly-elected deputies are to meet in par- DUBLIN: Prime Minister Enda Kenny’s out- liament and try to appoint a prime minister. going coalition failed to win a majority in BRUSSELS: The European Union Irish elections, final results showed yester- Established parties ‘under threat’ is expected to extend approval next day, heralding tough talks to form a new Former prime minister Bertie Ahern has week for weed-killer ingredient government that could last for weeks. predicted there is “not a chance in hell” of glyphosate, used in many herbi- Kenny’s Fine Gael party won 50 out of a deal before Easter, at the end of March. cides including Monsanto’s Roundup, 158 parliamentary seats, followed by tradi- “It’s not going to be easy and it’s going to despite a dispute between EU and tional rival Fianna Fail with 44 seats, raising be long,” Ahern told RTE radio earlier. “It’s UN agencies over whether it causes the possibility of an unprecedented coali- a new game, there’s no obvious combina- cancer. tion between the two. tion that can work this out.” Experts from all 28 mem- Sinn Fein, the former political wing of the Exit polls which came out after Friday’s ber states will hold a closed-door IRA in Northern Ireland which campaigned election had already indicated that no party meeting on Monday and Tuesday in against budget cuts, won 23 seats and the had won a majority. Brussels and appear set to endorse Anti-Austerity Alliance-People Before Profit Kenny himself conceded defeat on Sat- a European Commission proposal group won six seats. urday, telling RTE television: “Clearly the to extend authorisation of glypho- Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, both centrist government of Fine Gael and Labour are sate for 15 years until 2031. parties, trace their origins back to oppos- not going to be returned to office. Two EU sources, speaking on ing sides in Ireland’s civil war in the 1920s “Obviously one has to wait now until all condition of anonymity, said they and long-standing allegiances will hamper the counts are in right across the country to expected approval, preventing a any coalition talks. see what the options that must be consid- legal vacuum when the existing An 80-seat majority in the parliament, ered are,” he said. authorisation lapses at the end of or Dail, is required to govern and analysts Analysts have drawn parallels to Spain, June. Another diplomat said at least have warned that another possible scenario where talks to form a government are still one big member state was unde- is a minority government led by Fine Gael ongoing after a vote in December, and Por- cided, but a block on approval was or Fianna Fail supported by smaller parties tugal, where October elections resulted in unlikely. which could prove shaky at best. an unstable minority Socialist government. Ahead of the meeting, the Euro- The other possibility would be new “There is a common pattern to many of pean Food Safety Authority (EFSA), elections. these, which is that the established party which advises European Union pol- The outgoing coalition campaigned systems are under threat,” said Professor icymakers, issued an opinion that on a platform of maintaining a recovery David Farrell, political scientist at Univer- glyphosate was unlikely to cause that has seen Ireland become the fastest- sity College Dublin. cancer. That conclusion was at odds growing country in the European Union, but “There’s no doubt that one immediate with the view of the World Health which many feel has yet to improve things cause is the ongoing experience of auster- Organization’s International Agency for ordinary people squeezed by years of ity and its impact on the wider citizenry.” for Research on Cancer (IARC), and austerity cuts. Farrell called the result in Ireland a the difference between them has The swing to anti-establishment and anti- “wake-up call for the established parties”. Lonnie Ali, the wife of boxing great Muhammad Ali, speaks at the opening of the “I Am stoked a fierce debate. austerity parties echoed recent elections in “There’s a decline in voter turnout that Environmental campaigners The Greatest” exhibition at the O2 in London, yesterday. other eurozone countries like Spain and Por- might suggest that our electorates are becom- want a ban. tugal which also led to political deadlock. ing turned off of politics.” 12 FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 EUROPE Don’t come to Europe, Tusk tells migrants

of a regional tour on the migration cri- sis ahead of a summit Monday between Taking risks to reach the EU and Turkey, the gateway for continent not worth hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees, many from Syria, hop- it, says EU president ing to start new lives in Europe. Tusk was heading to Ankara for talks later yesterday with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, AFP who he will press for more “inten- sive” help in reducing the flow of migrants landing on Greek beaches. The diplomatic blitz comes after ATHENS: EU President Donald Tusk the EU unveiled a ¤700m ($760m) yesterday issued a stark warning to emergency aid plan Wednesday to economic migrants not to come to help Greece and other countries deal Europe, as he castigated countries with Europe’s worst migration crisis for taking unilateral action to tackle since World War II. the crisis. It is the first time the bloc has On a visit to Greece — on the front- responded to a situation within its line of Europe’s worst migration crisis borders in the same way as it treats Children sit on a wheelchair in front of Greek policemen as they wait with other migrants to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near the since World War II — Tusk told eco- humanitarian disasters in develop- nomic migrants it was pointless to ing countries. village of Idomeni, yesterday. apply for asylum in the European The United Nations has warned Union. of a looming humanitarian crisis on “I want to appeal to all potential the Greek-Macedonia border, where illegal economic migrants wherever aid agencies have reported a lack of you are from: Do not come to Europe,” food and tents and warned that the Iranian migrants sew mouths at ‘jungle’ Tusk told a press conference in Athens wintry weather is taking a toll on peo- after talks with Greek Prime Minis- ple’s health. In bleak scenes, refugees ter Alexis Tsipras. have been forced to queue for hours “Do not believe the smugglers. Do for meagre food rations at the mud- AFP of smuggling themselves across the Channel not risk your lives and your money. soaked, overpacked Idomeni camp to England, where they have family or commu- It is all for nothing.” on the border. nity ties, or see greater hope of finding work and And with thousands stuck on the With Macedonia tightly restrict- education. Greece-Macedonia border after Aus- ing passage across the border, only CALAIS: A group of Iranian migrants sewed their French authorities began demolishing the south- tria and Balkan states began tightly around 500 Syrian and Iraqi refu- mouths shut in a disturbing protest at the ongo- ern half of the camp on Monday, and by yesterday restricting migrant entries, Tusk lashed gees have been allowed through since ing demolition of the “Jungle” migrant camp in the they were still razing makeshift shelters under heavy out at “unilateral” actions by EU mem- Tuesday, according to Greek police. French port city of Calais yesterday. police protection, drawing ever closer to one of the bers as “detrimental to the European Austria’s foreign minister yester- AFP journalists said at least nine Iranians had main food distribution centres, which serves around spirit of solidarity”. day urged Greece to stop migrants stitched their mouths shut in the southern half of 1,000 meals a day. The border restrictions have from pursuing their journey to north- the camp, which is being gradually demolished by “I hope I can still come here,” said Wadou, an left Greece with a huge bottleneck ern Europe, saying Athens should French authorities. Eritrean. “I don’t have anything to cook with in my of migrants as Macedonia lets only a hold new arrivals at registration One carried a sign, saying “Will you listen now?” shelter.” trickle through, with the EU estimating “hotspots”. It follows a similar protest by Iranian refugees The camp, built on a former toxic waste dump, the number stranded in miserable “Those who manage to arrive the night before. is a magnet for people hoping to reach Britain and conditions could be as high as 12,000. in Greece should not be allowed to In a statement, Calais town hall said the unset- many have refused to leave, although there has Tsipras said he would like to see continue on their journey,” Sebastian tling protest had aroused “deep emotion”. been no repeat of the violent clashes that erupted sanctions imposed on EU states that Kurz told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung “But at the same time, nothing justifies such on Monday. undermine joint decisions by the newspaper. extremes when the state has done everything to The latest protests came as Britain said it would 28-member bloc. Greece has been the main point take the migrants out of these undignified condi- contribute ¤20m to boost security at the northern “Greece will demand... that there of entry for the 1.13 million migrants tions,” it said. port, adding to the ¤60m it has already provided. A man sews the lips of an Iranian migrant be sanctions to those who do not who have arrived in the EU over the France has offered the evicted migrants places The money will be used to boost “security of the protesting against the dismantling of the respect (European solidarity treaties),” past 14 months, and has asked for in heated containers next to the Jungle, or in one of access zone to the tunnel... and fighting trafficking southern half of the so-called “Jungle” migrant he told a press conference with Tusk. around ¤480m to help shelter 100,000 100 accommodation centres around the country. networks,” France’s minister for European affairs The EU chief was in Athens as part refugees. But many are reluctant to give up their dream Harlem Desir told RFI radio yesterday. camp in Calais, France, yesterday. Ukrainian pilot Nanny who beheaded girl cites revenge for Putin’s Syria strikes arrested in

Russia goes on Reuters Bobokulova from Muslim-majority money to do so. It was not clear when of air strikes in Syria on September head and shouting Islamist slogans. Uzbekistan gave her first detailed the video was filmed, but Boboku- 30 in support of President Bashar One witness told Reuters he heard hunger strike explanation of an incident that state lova wore the same clothes as when Al Assad, an intervention that altered her screaming about the murder of MOSCOW: A woman who brandished TV channels chose not to report. she appeared in court on Wednesday. the course of the conflict there. children in Syria. the severed head of a four-year-old girl “I took revenge against those who A Kremlin spokesman said her Islamic State said it downed a Rus- A police source told the Inter- AFP in her care outside a Moscow metro spilled blood,” Bobokulova told some- remarks should be regarded as those sian passenger plane above Egypt on fax news agency on Wednesday the station has said she beheaded the child one asking her questions off camera. of someone who is mentally unwell. October 31, killing all 224 people on details of two men linked to an “inter- to avenge Muslims killed in the Krem- “Putin spilled blood, planes carried “You need to regard anything that board, in revenge for Russia’s Syria national extremist group” had been DONETSK: Ukrainian pilot Nadiya lin’s campaign of air strikes in Syria. out bombings. Why are Muslims being such a deranged woman says accord- campaign. found among her contacts. However, Savchenko, who is on trial over the In video posted online yesterday killed? They also want to live.” ingly,” Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman, Bobokulova, who was working as a publicly, investigators were quick to killing of two Russian journalists in and circulated by several prominent She also said she had wanted to told reporters. nanny for a Moscow family, wandered raise the possibility that Bobokulova war-torn Ukraine, said yesterday bloggers, 38-year-old Gulchekhra go to live in Syria but did not have the The Kremlin launched its campaign around a street holding up the girl’s was mentally ill. she was going on hunger strike and would refuse both food and water. Savchenko announced the move in court, saying it was in protest at a decision to adjourn the pro- Between the lines Ukraine says rebels ceedings until next week, one of her lawyers said. “The court suddenly announced it would postpone the using heavy weapons hearing until March 9 without letting Savchenko deliver her final word,” said her lawyer Nikolai Polozov. He said Savchenko, who is AFP showing the rebels firing Grad multiple standing trial in the small south- rocket launchers against government ern Russian town of Donetsk on army positions outside the insurgent the border with eastern Ukraine, stronghold of Donetsk. had declared she would refuse both KIEV: Ukraine yesterday accused “The invaders brazenly violated food and water “from today.” pro-Russian insurgents of firing the Minsk Agreements by applying the He said her lawyers would visit large-calibre weapons at its forces massive use of heavy weapons,” the her in detention tomorrow to try to in advance of new peace talks in Paris Ukrainian military said in a statement. persuade her to change her mind aimed at ending the 23-month war. Ukraine uses the term “the invad- because a person can usually sur- The charge came one day after ers” to imply the presence of active vive without food and water for no Kiev and rebel envoys agreed to halt Russian forces in the separatist regions more than five days. live-fire exercises along the 500km of Lugansk and Donetsk. “She simply may not live long front splitting eastern separatist terri- The Kremlin refutes the charges enough to attend the March 9 hear- tories from the rest of the West-leaning and admits only to some off-duty or ing,” Polozov added. former Soviet state. vacationing Russian soldiers fight- “Savchenko is a woman of her Monitors from the Organiza- ing alongside the rebels on their own word and if she promises something tion for Security and Co-operation volition. A truce and political reconcil- then she would keep her promise. in Europe (OSCE) had welcomed that iation pact signed in the Belarussian That is why this decision is very decision and a separate deal to prepare capital Minsk one year ago required sad and lamentable.” for the resumption of some de-mining both sides to pull back from the front Refusing both food and water operations as positive steps “towards large-calibre weapons. is known in Russia as a “dry hun- normalisation”. But the Minsk deal was also ger strike” and was a method of A vendor of home-made products reads a newspaper near a currency exchange office in Kiev, Ukraine, But the press office of Ukraine’s intended to end one of Europe’s blood- last resort for some Soviet dissi- yesterday. self-proclaimed “anti-terrorist oper- iest crises since the Balkans wars of dents under Communism. ation” released footage purportedly the 1990s by the end of 2015. AMERICAS FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 13

‘Mexico Romney calls won’t pay for Trump’s Trump a fraud terrible wall’ and a phony AFP MEXICO CITY: Mexico will under no circumstances pay for the border wall that US presidential candidate the country. Donald Trump has proposed build- But Romney’s strategy risks back- ing to stop illegal immigration, the The Republican elder firing by further energizing Trump’s Mexican finance minister said. statesman urged supporters, who are angry with a “Let me say this emphatically party they see as not representing and categorically: under no cir- Republicans in states their views on illegal immigration, cumstances is Mexico going to that have not yet trade and America’s role in the world. pay for the wall that Mr Trump is held nominating “If you’re Trump, this is like get- proposing,” Finance Minister Luis ting the good kind of Kryptonite,” Videgaray said. contests to back Republican strategist Doug Heye said. “Building a wall between Mexico Trump’s opponents The real estate mogul dismissed and the United States is a terrible Romney in television interviews and idea, based on ignorance, and has to stop his march to posts on Twitter, calling him “a failed no basis in the reality of North the nomination candidate” who had “begged” him American integration,” he said in for an endorsement in 2012 when the interview late on Wednesday. he eventually lost to Obama. Trump, who leads the race for “Mitt Romney is a stiff,” Trump the Republican nomination, has Reuters told NBC’s “Today” programme. railed against immigrants and espe- In a speech he wrote himself, cially immigration from Mexico, Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney greets students after giving a speech at the Hinckley Institute of Romney said Trump’s economic policy accusing the country of sending would sink America “into prolonged Politics on the campus of the University of Utah denouncing Donald Trump, in Salt Lake City, Utah, yesterday. drug dealers and rapists to the DETROIT: Former US presiden- recession” and slammed his business Romney called Republican frontrunner Donald Trump a ‘phony and a fraud’ in his speech. United States. tial candidate Mitt Romney gave a acumen and temperament. blistering rebuke of 2016 Republi- He warned that polls show Trump can front-runner Donald Trump on would likely lose to possible Demo- Thursday, leading an attempt by the cratic presidential candidate Hillary Ryan warns of ‘rhetoric,’ not Trump party establishment to halt the rise of Clinton in November. the outspoken New York billionaire. Earlier, more than 70 Republican Romney, a Republican elder national security leaders signed a statesman and the nominee four years scathing open letter opposing Trump Reuters disfigured, if I see comments that mis- the country,” he said. “These are the ago, urged Republicans in states that and his stance on many foreign pol- lead the people as to who we are as kinds of things that happen in a com- have not yet held nominating con- icy issues. Senator John McCain, the Republicans, I’m going to speak out petitive Republican primary.” tests to back Trump’s opponents to Republican presidential nominee in on those,” said Ryan. Ryan said his role as House speaker stop his march to the nomination for 2008 who has sparred with Trump, WASHINGTON: US House of Repre- The speaker has already admon- and chairman of the Republican pres- the Nov. 8 election to succeed Pres- joined the wave of criticism of the sentatives Speaker Paul Ryan (pictured) ished Trump for failing to disavow idential nominating committee would ident Barack Obama. billionaire who took a step toward vowed yesterday to speak out against support from Ku Klux Klan leader be to provide a bold Republican pol- “Here’s what I know. Donald securing the nomination when he Republican presidential campaign rhet- David Duke. icy platform capable of offering voters Trump is a phony, a fraud,” said Rom- won most of the Republican contests oric that could mislead voters about “I’m going to speak out for who I substance on important issues includ- ney, 68, in a hard-hitting speech. on Super Tuesday this week. the party and its conservative prin- am and what I believe and what we as ing jobs and the economy. “He’s playing the members of the “I would also echo the many con- ciples, but stopped short of criticising House Republicans believe, and what He said he would reach out to each American public for suckers. He gets cerns about Mr. Trump’s uninformed front-runner Donald Trump directly. conservatism is as we understand it,” Republican presidential candidate to a free ride to the White House and all and indeed dangerous statements On a day when his former pres- he told reporters. talk about the agenda. we get is a lousy hat,” he said. on national security issues,” said idential running mate Mitt Romney Ryan, who was Romney’s vice pres- But Ryan said he does not know Trump has made his party’s main- McCain, chairman of the Senate denounced Trump, Ryan said he idential running mate in their failed Trump. stream uneasy with his positions on Armed Services Committee. Rom- “laughed out loud” this week when attempt to unseat President Barack “We’re going to obviously get to trade and immigration, including his ney pointed to Trump’s refusal to Trump warned that the speaker could Obama, said he did not know the con- know each other if he gets the nomi- calls to build a wall between the release his tax returns and initial pay a big price for not getting along with tent of the speech in advance. nation. And we’ll cross those bridges United States and Mexico, deport 11 reluctance to disavow an endorse- him if he becomes the party nominee. “Mitt Romney is one of our party when we get to it,” the speaker said. million illegal immigrants and tem- ment from a former leader of the Ku “Here’s what I can control. If I see leaders. He cares deeply about the “I’m a good-natured guy, so I get porarily bar Muslims from entering Klux Klan white supremacist group. episodes where conservatism is being future of the Republican Party and along with everybody.”

Solar power Cuba sending Americans to Venezuela: beach during Obama visit OAS should mediate to Reuters Varadero from the 19th to 23rd of end crisis March,” he wrote in an e-mail. The Varadero resort, an hour’s drive east of Havana, is Cuba’s most HAVANA: Americans travelling to sought after tourism destination, with AFP Cuba later this month are being moved sandy white beaches, shimmering out of Havana hotels to make room waters and plentiful hotels. for President Barack Obama’s entou- But the beach is off limits to Amer- rage and being sent tantalizingly close icans as US restrictions on travel to CARACAS: Venezuela’s opposition- to a place US law effectively forbids the island expressly forbid tourism controlled legislature will ask the them from visiting: the beach. in Cuba. Americans are limited to Organization of American States to President Obama will make his authorized travel such as educa- mediate in its standoff with Pres- historic trip to the Communist-ruled tional and cultural exchanges. This ident Nicolas Maduro and the Caribbean island on March 21-22 with means most US visitors are concen- judiciary, it said yesterday. hundreds of people in tow, crown- trated in Havana, where there are The National Assembly, where ing 15 months of warming relations lots of cultural sites and activities, a the opposition won a large majority after more than half a century of Cold rocky seafront and scarce hotel rooms. in landmark elections in December, War animosity. “The Cuban government is clear- resolved to ask the OAS to inter- Cuba is already experiencing a ing out Havana hotels and sending vene in its ongoing standoff with tourism boom and March is tradition- visiting US groups to Varadero Beach the Maduro administration and the ally its busiest month. The Obama visit for a long weekend,” said Collin Lav- Supreme Court, which has issued a has put additional strain on hotels that erty, president of Cuban Educational series of rulings hamstringing the have already been booked to capac- Travel. new legislature. ity for much of the high season. “Tourism will be hard to avoid for a The resolution claimed recent Major Havana hotels are being few days as US visitors are surrounded events had “seriously affected cleared, according to the head of a by white sand, turquoise water and democracy” in Venezuela and US travel company. all you can eat and drink bars and invoked article 20 of the Inter- “Just got notice that the Capri, buffets,” he added. “But we will try.” American Democratic Charter, Panorama, Nacional, half of Parque According to sources, Cuban travel which provides for the OAS to The Solar Impulse 2 aeroplane flies off Kapolei, Hawaii, yesterday on a all-day test flight. Central and potentially other hotels agencies were not immediately avail- take measures aimed at restor- have been told to send all guests to able for comment. ing democracy in the event of an “unconstitutional alteration of the constitutional regime” in any mem- ber state. Tension in the recession-racked Encryption row: Tech firms unite behind Apple oil giant has reached the boiling point since the opposition won con- trol of the legislature, the biggest threat yet to the socialist “revolution” Reuters supporting Apple in an amicus brief to Kondoker was injured in the attack, Nations on protection of freedom of Apple to write new software and take launched by Maduro’s late mentor the Riverside, California, federal judge also wrote on Apple’s behalf, saying expression, said he was concerned other measures to disable passcode pro- Hugo Chavez in 1999. who will rule on Apple’s appeal of a he shared the company’s fear that about free speech. tection and allow access to the iPhone Since then, the Supreme Court court order that would force it to create the software the government wants “My concern is that the subject order that was used by San Bernardino gun- has repeatedly stymied the oppo- BOSTON: Alphabet Inc’s Google, Face- software to unlock an iPhone associated Apple to create to unlock the phone implicates the security, and thus the man Rizwan Farook. sition, which has vowed to oust the book Inc, Microsoft Corp and about a with last December’s shootings in San could be used to break into millions freedom of expression, of unknown Apple has pushed back, arguing deeply unpopular Maduro before dozen other Internet companies will Bernardino. Privacy advocacy groups of other phones. “I believe privacy is but likely vast numbers of people,” that such a move would set a danger- the end of his term in 2019. file a joint legal brief yesterday ask- The American Civil Liberties Union, important and Apple should stay firm said Kaye, a professor at the Univer- ous precedent and threaten customer The high court first reduced ing a judge to support Apple Inc in its Access Now and the Wickr Foundation in their decision,” the letter said. “Nei- sity of California Irvine School of Law. security. The clash has intensified a MUD’s powerful two-thirds major- encryption battle with the US gov- filed briefs on Wednesday in support ther I, nor my wife, want to raise our The fight between Apple and the long running debate over how much ity, ruling that three of its lawmakers ernment, sources familiar with the of Apple before Thursday’s deadline children in a world where privacy is government became public last month law enforcement and intelligence offi- could not take their seats because companies’ plans said. set by Judge Sheri Pym. the tradeoff for security.” David Kaye, when the Federal Bureau of Investiga- cials should be able to monitor digital of a pending case over alleged elec- They will outline their rationale for Salihin Kondoker, whose wife Anies a legal expert who advises the United tion obtained a court order requiring communications. toral fraud. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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MEA’s fragrance market value touches QR19bn

estimated $5.8bn (about QR21.12bn) development and production of unique Sheikh Zaman, Eurofragance’s value increase from 2014-2019. compound fragrances, oils, and per- Country Manager, said the Middle Middle East and The lacklustre growth in the West fumes. That includes twelve of the East represents nearly 60 percent of African region is coupled with a slowdown in China and world’s top 18 fragrance creation houses: its global business volume: “We cur- Russia means global fragrance houses Givaudan, Mane, Robertet, CPL Aro- rently have two production centres second only to Latin are training their sights on the Middle mas, Iberchem, Eurofragance, Cosmo and four creative centres in Barcelona, America in the global East and Africa, with 12 of the world’s International Fragrances, Expressions Mexico City, Dubai, and most recently, top 18 ready to line-up at the upcoming Parfumees, Fragrance Resources, Par- in Singapore.” fragrance growth ‘Beautyworld Middle East 2016’ event fex, Technico Flor, and LUZI. “Most of our customers are based market. to be held in Dubai in May. Many of these, including French- here so it’s a very important and stra- The market is led by Saudi Arabia headquartered perfumeries such as tegic market for us. In the Middle East, ($1.7bn) and the UAE ($423m). Abso- Mane, Robertet, Expressions Par- male or females enjoy fragrance lute growth for the entire region from fumees, and Technico Flor, recently because here, more than anywhere The Peninsula 2014-2019 will value $1.8bn, growing set up bases in the UAE to better serve else, fragrances are very much a part at a compound annual growth rate of the insatiable Middle East appetite for of our everyday lives, and essentially 6.5 per cent, according to EMI. fragrances used in a variety of beauty represent an extension of our lifestyles,” Compare that to the tepid pros- and wellness products, from perfumes, added Zaman. DOHA: The combined value of fra- pects in North America and Western soaps and deodorants, to cosmetics, The show’s footprint covers not grance market of the Middle East and Europe, which both have anticipated oils, and shampoos. only the Middle East, but extends across African (MEA) region in 2015 stood annual growth rates of 1 percent over Others went a step further; Span- North and East Africa, the Levant, Cen- at $5.2bn (about QR19bn) in 2015, up 2014-2019, and it’s not surprising the ish company Eurofragance, which is tral Asia, South and Southeast Asia, 7 percent compared to 2014 figure, world’s premier fragrance-related exhibiting at Beautyworld Middle East making it a key networking and sourc- according to a London-based mar- exhibitors are eagerly awaiting the for the seventh time, last year estab- ing platform for the beauty and wellness ket research firm. Dubai trade show. lished an Dh10m 10,000sqft creative industries. In 2015, Beautyworld Middle Analysts from ‘Euromonitor Inter- Taking place from May 15 to May 17, centre in Dubai to create fresh fra- East featured 1,441 exhibitors from 60 national’ (EMI), say that the MEA region at the Dubai International Convention grances that encapsulate the essence countries, and attracted 29,670 trade will be second only to Latin America and Exhibition Centre, the three-day of the Middle East. Earlier this year, the visitors from 120 countries, with more in the global fragrance growth mar- event will host more than 200 com- company also invested in an Dh3m than half of the visitors coming from ket, accounting for 31 percent of the panies specialising in the creation, automatic fragrance compounder. outside of the UAE. Customers at a fragrance shop.

QC team attends Jeddah Economic Forum Ex-CEO got diesel warning 16 months before scam broke: VW

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FRANKFURT: Volkswagen’s former chief executive may have been warned as early as May 2014 of possible anom- alies dogging its diesel engines, 16 months before the scandal erupted worldwide, the company admitted. However, none of its top bosses could have known of the full extent of the scandal until it broke in Sep- tember 2015, the company claimed in a statement late Wednesday. VW has been plunged into its deep- est-ever crisis by revelations that it installed emissions-cheating soft- Martin Winterkorn, then CEO of German carmaker Volkswagen, at the Qatar Chamber (QC) Vice-Chairman Muhammed bin Ahmed bin Towar Al Kuwari (second right, front ware into 11 million diesel engines company’s annual press conference in Berlin. row) at the ‘Jeddah Economic Forum 2016’. He led a delegation of prominent Qatari businessmen, worldwide. including Ali bin Abdullatif Al Misnad and Khalil Ibrahim Abdurrahman, to participate in the Forum. In a bid to identify the masterminds notice of this memo at that time is much earlier because they must have behind the engine-rigging that has not documented,” the statement said. known it would affect the share price. sent shockwaves through the auto- Winterkorn subsequently received But VW said that “after careful mobile sector all around the world, another memo in November 2014 examination by internal and external the embattled German giant is con- that “referred to a cost framework of legal experts, the company confirms ducting an internal investigation, the approximately €20m for the diesel its belief that its management board Dutch firm to buy Pakistani food giant preliminary results of which are to be issue in North America,” it continued. duly fulfilled its disclosure obligation published next month. “According to current knowledge, under German capital markets law.” But in a statement yesterday, VW the diesel matter, as it was treated as While it “deeply regrets the inci- revealed that former chief executive one of many product issues facing the dents related to the diesel issue,” VW AFP said yesterday. The deal would bring would boost Pakistan’s foreign direct Martin Winterkorn — who resigned company, did not initially receive par- dismissed the German shareholder in a minimum investment of $460m investment statistics. shortly after the scandal broke while ticular attention at the management lawsuits as “without merit”, saying based on the Pakistani firm’s present FDI was down by 57 percent to still protesting his innocence — was levels of Volkswagen.” until “the violation of US environmen- stock value. “Yes, it is the largest ever $336 million in Pakistan for the first sent a memo on May 23, 2014 regarding On top of still unquantifiable regu- tal regulations was announced” on KARACHI: A Dutch dairy coopera- deal in the private sector,” analyst seven months of the current financial a study published by the International latory fines in a range of countries, VW September 18, “there were no indi- tive is set to buy out a Pakistani food Faisal Shaji, head of research at Stand- year compared to the corresponding Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) is facing a slew of legal suits, notably cations whatsoever of information giant with an investment of around ard Capital Securities, said. period in the last financial year end- that had highlighted some of the irreg- in the US and Germany, from angry with relevance for the stock price.” $460m, in what would amount to the Citibank Pakistan is the financial ing June 2015. ularities that have subsequently come car owners, as well as from sharehold- VW said it had initially assumed largest private sector takeover by a advisor. Shahji added the deal would Pakistan expects its economy to to light. It was the ICCT that alerted ers seeking damages for the massive that a “manageable” number of vehicles foreign firm in the country’s history. be closely watched by international grow by 4.5 percent for the 2015-16 VW’s cheating practices to the US envi- loss in the value of their shares since — approximately 500,000 — would be FrieslandCampina International investors eyeing the emerging South financial year due to lower oil prices, ronmental agency, the California Air September. affected by the diesel matter and that Holding BV intends to acquire a 51 per- Asian economy. “Pakistan is already planned improvements in the energy Resources Board (CARB), which then They accuse VW of violating capi- fines in a two-digit or lower three-digit cent stake of Engro Foods Limited, one in the radar range of the world corpo- supply, investment related to the China went public with the accusations last tal market disclosure rules, saying the million amount would be imposed, of the largest listed companies at the rate sector and this deal further lifts Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), September. “This memo was included carmaker knew about the irregulari- “as had been the case in the past in benchmark Pakistan Stock Exchange, its image outside,” he said. buoyant construction activity, and in his extensive weekend mail. Whether ties long before the scandal broke and the US in comparable cases involv- a notification on the bourse’s website If finalised the Dutch takeover acceleration of credit growth. and to which extent Winterkorn took should have informed shareholders ing passenger vehicles.” BUSINESS FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 15 QE index gains 289.21 points past week

sector led traded volume during the week with 29.32 percent of the total Market cap surged traded volume. Real Estate sector by 2.60 percent to accounted for 22.11 percent. Indus- tries sector accounted for 17.75 percent reach QR536.93bn and Telecoms sector accounted for compared to 11.58 percent, reported QNA. QR523.34bn. Banking and Financial Services sector led traded number of trans- actions during the week with 29.37 percent of the total. Industries sec- Minister of Economy and Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani with the Saudi Ministry of Commerce and Industry delegation. tor accounted for 21.79 percent. Real The Peninsula Estate sector accounted for 14.49 per- cent and Telecoms sector accounted for 13.82 percent. Minister of Economy meets Saudi delegation Gulf International Services DOHA: Qatar Exchange’s (QE) bench- led trading value during the week mark index gained 289.21 points, or accounted for 11.69 percent of the The Peninsula means of mutual cooperation and for Regulations; Mohamed Al Qassem, from the Ministry of Economy and 2.94 percent, during the past week total. Islamic Group accounted for exchange of expertise between the two Secretary General of the Council of Commerce and the discussion that took when the bourse closed yesterday at 8.33 percent and QNB accounted for countries, particularly in the fields of Competition; Majed Al Bawardi, the place to activate mutual cooperation in 10,136.57 points. 7.65 percent. commerce, consumer protection, for- Minister’s Advisor for Information commerce, consumer protection, for- Trading value during the past The QE benchmark index gained DOHA: Minister of Economy and Com- eign trade and information technology. Technology; and Nawaf Al Harbi, eign trade and information technology. week increased by 13.45 percent to 122.14 points, or 1.22 percent, yester- merce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim The Saudi delegation comprised Development Director of the Com- The visit comes within the frame- reach about QR2.29bn compared to day compared to Wednesday. Al Thani met yesterday with the vis- Tariq Al Naeem, Undersecretary for panies’ Project. work of exchanging expertise and about QR2.02bn registered during The daily turnover jumped to iting official delegation from Saudi Domestic Commerce; Fahad Al Jalajel, The Minister was briefed on the benefiting from the successful experi- the previous week. QR468.42m yesterday with a vol- Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Undersecretary for Consumer Protec- outcome of the meetings that were held ences of the Ministry of Economy and Trading volume increased by 10.40 ume of 15,624,479 shares from 6,081 The meeting reviewed ways and tion; Fahad Abu Himed, Undersecretary over the past two days with officials Commerce in these areas. percent to reach 63,929,443 shares as deals compared to QR412.59m with against 57,906,927 shares, while the a volume of 12,751,995 shares from number of transactions fell by 0.07 5,681 deals compared to previous day. percent, to reach 28,738 transactions From the 43 companies listed on as compared to 28,758 transactions. QSE, shares of 39 saw trading. From Axel Springer banks on online for growth Market cap surged by 2.60 per- these 27 gained, eight closed lower cent to reach QR536.93bn compared and four remained unchanged. to QR523.34bn at the end of the pre- Indices of five sectors ended in vious week. the green and two in the red. Tele- AFP group said. Some 80 percent of its (pictured). The company, which had Banking and Financial Services coms index gained the most, up 2.72 advertising revenues also came from largely divested from print media with sector led traded value past week with percent to 1,052.36 points followed by its online business. the exception of its key newspapers Bild 38.92 percent of the total traded value. real estate, up 2.71 percent to 2,322.22 “Today Axel Springer is one of the and Die Welt, said its 2015 net profits Industries sector accounted for 21.46 points. BERLIN: German media giant Axel world’s largest digital publishers in terms soared 29.2 percent to €304.6m ($331m), percent. QE Total Return Index gained Springer yesterday forecast muted of reach. We see considerable potential although it had been boosted by excep- Real Estate sector accounted for 1.28 percent to 16,065.84 points. QE growth in sales this year, after it for the long-term increase in the value tional financial gains. 13.53 percent and Consumer Goods Al Rayan Islamic Index gained 1.63 accelerated the expansion of its dig- of our digital activities and will focus Revenues rose 8.5 percent to and Services sector accounted for percent to 3,771.95 points and QSE ital business in 2015. in 2016 on successfully developing the €3.3bn. For 2016, the group is fore- 11.22 percent. All Share Index gained 1.05 percent Digital revenues made up 62 percent investments we have made in recent casting small revenue growth “in the Banking and Financial Services to 2,742.15 points. of the total in 2015, the Berlin-based months,” said CEO Mathias Doepfner low single-digit percentage range”. Airbus touts 400-seat ‘A350-8000’ jetliner Adidas sees sales, profits

Reuters rising 10-12% this year

AFP at a rate of between 10 and 12 per- PHOENIX: Airbus is seeking airline cent “to around £800m compared support for a new 400-seat jetliner to the 2015 level of €720m.” provisionally dubbed the A350-8000 While Adidas, like rival Nike, was as competition escalates with Boeing FRANKFURT: Sports giant Adidas expecting to receive a boost from the over the world’s largest two-engined said yesterday that it expects reve- UEFA soccer championships and the jets, airline and aviation industry nues and profits this year to rise by Rio Olympics, purchasing and labour sources said. 10-12 percent as the current consumer costs are also increasing. After talking up the possibility of boom in Germany continues. Like other sports good manufac- a new member of its A350 family, the “Group sales are expected to turers, Adidas has production sites European planemaker has swung into increase at a rate between 10 and in Asia and conduct transactions in an active pre-marketing phase as it 12 percent on a currency-neutral dollars, so they are feeling the pinch responds to a recent upgrade in the basis in 2016,” the German sports- of the rise in the value of the dollar competing Boeing 777 series. wear and equipment manufacturer against the euro. While Boeing has scored successes said in a statement. “The positive sales Last month, Adidas said it per- in the Gulf with its biggest ever twin- development will be supported by ris- formed better than expected in 2015 engined jet, the 406-seat 777-9, Airbus ing consumer spending, providing a with sales rising by 16 percent to is expected to aim its design at airlines positive backdrop for the continued €16.9bn and net profit up 12 percent. that do not always require the per- growth and expansion of the sport- Its current chief executive Her- formance needed for extreme Gulf ing goods industry.” bert Hainer is handing over the reins conditions. “It would have similar The upward sales trend would to Danish-born Kasper Rorsted, cur- capacity and range (as the 777-9) and also be “favourably impacted by the rently head of the consumer chemicals substantially lower seat-mile costs,” positive effects from major sport- giant Henkel. Airbus sales chief John Leahy said in ing events, including the UEFA EURO “2016 will be another success- an interview. “We are showing it to 2016” and the Olympic Games in Rio ful stage in our race to becoming the airlines right now.” Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier sitting in the business class seat of a Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 at de Janeiro. In terms of earnings, net best sports company in the world,” The project is the latest move in Changi Airport in Singapore. Singapore Airlines yesterday received the first of 67 planes ordered from profit was also projected to increase said Hainer. a game of leapfrog played by Airbus Airbus and will use the aircraft on its long haul routes. and Boeing over the past decade in the market for big twinjets, valued at Boeing responded to the all-new compete with the 777-9 on long trips, the A350-1100, continuing a sequence about $1.9 trillion over 20 years. jet by upgrading its existing 777 series engineers are likely to examine design from the 276-seat A350-800 to the It marks a shift in priorities after to include the 777-9, which has outsold tweaks to boost the maximum take- 315-seat A350-900 and 366-seat the collapse in oil prices eased pres- the A350-1000 by about 40 percent off weight to a little more than 319 A350-1000. sure on Airbus to upgrade its larger but has entered a lean period since its tonnes, compared with 308 tonnes Now, sources say it is being pre- four-engined A380, output of which is launch with big Gulf orders in 2014. on the Airbus A350-1000, the person marketed with a surprise new identity, declining because of slow sales. Boeing has disclosed 306 sales of said. However it would sacrifice some the A350-8000, though a final decision Two of the airlines whose feedback 777-9s and a similar variant, while range compared with the 8,000-mile has yet to be taken. An earlier work- could be decisive in whether Airbus Airbus has sold 181 of its A350-1000s. A350-1000. ing title was A350-1000 XL. launches the new jet are Singapore Air- “It is clearly an airplane that is on Airbus says it has not made a final Leahy confirmed that Airbus was lines and British Airways. Singapore its own in the marketplace and the decision on whether to launch the reluctant to ratify the industry’s nick- took delivery of its first smaller A350- airplane is selling very well,” Boeing longer new plane and will provide an name of A350-1100 but declined to give 900 model this week and has long been marketing chief Randy Tinseth told update at the Farnborough Airshow in details. “You don’t want it so close to weighing up the 777-9, while putting the Istat Americas air finance confer- July. Meanwhile, it has been weighing the 1000 that it is an either-or deci- pressure on Airbus to offer it a choice. ence, referring to the latest 777 model. up what to call the new member off the sion. You have the 1000 and another Both airlines declined to comment. The new, bigger A350 would use A350 XWB family, reflecting deeper airplane, with equal gaps of 40 seats Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier was a derivative of the latest Rolls-Royce decisions on market positioning that between the 900 and 1000 (models), in Singapore yesterday for a delivery Trent XWB planned for the A350-1000. can affect billions of dollars in sales. and then whatever this becomes.” ceremony, at which a company spokes- One person briefed on the plans said It needs to strike a balance between Eight is a number widely used by man declined to comment. it would boost thrust from the cur- protecting sales of the A350-1000, planemakers and is seen as a sym- The A350 XWB (Extra Wide Body) rent 97,000 pounds to about 100,000 by emphasising differences without bol of success in a key battleground family was launched after a string of pounds. weakening its long-held mantra of for sales: Asia. “Eight is a very nice Adidas Chief Executive Officer Herbert Hainer (left) and Chief Financial setbacks in 2006 to compete with Boe- A Rolls-Royce representative was commonality between related aircraft. number out in Asia, but we are not ing’s mid-sized 787 Dreamliner and not immediately available for comment. Until now, the possible new model going to comment until we launch the Officer Robin Stalker at the annual news conference in the northern the larger 777. To give it more capacity and was widely known in the industry as programme,” Leahy said. Bavarian town of Herzogenaurach, near Nuremberg, yesterday. 16 FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 BUSINESS

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 10,136.57 1.22 % QE Total Return Index 16,065.84 1.28 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 3,771.95 1.63 % QE All Share Index 2,742.15 1.05 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 2,746.02 0.93 % QE All Share Industrials 3,036.9 0.73 % QE All Share Transportation 2,425.45 0.91 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,322.22 2.71 % QE All Share Insurance 4,221.74 0.56 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,052.36 2.72 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,212.02 1.18 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 03-03-2016 Today 02-03-2016 Previous day Index 10,136.57 10,014.43 Change 122.14 45.18 % 1.22 0.45 YTD% 2.81 3.98 Volume 15,624,479 12,751,995 Value (QAR) 468,424,828.49 412,597,167.24 Trades 6,081 5,681 Up 27 | Down 08 | Unchanged 04

WORLD STOCK INDICES Index Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low All Ordinaries 5142.204 58.752 1.16 5379.6 4762.1 Cac 40 Index/D 4413.54 -11.35 -0.26 4586.11 3892.46 Dj Indu Average 16899.32 34.24 0.2 18351.4 15370.3 Hang Seng Inde/D 19941.76 -61.73 -0.31 21794.84 18278.8 Iseq Overall/D 6394.37 15.59 0.24 6791.68 5611.89 Karachi 100 In/D 32146.58 373.68 1.18 33304.4 29785 Nikkei 225 Index 16960.16 213.61 1.28 18951.12 14865.77 S&P 500 Index/D 1986.45 8.1 0.41 2134.72 1810.1

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Launch slated for Dr. Reddy-A/D 3188.35 173.95 82678 Jct Ltd-B/D 5.22 0.24 333156 Rallis India-A/D 151.7 0.75 45157 Tate & Lyle/D 574.5 -3 178187 The launch, which E I H-B/D 105 -1.4 7062 Jenson&Nich.-B/D 7.95 0.57 37574 Reliance Indus/D 404.1 12.5 204339 Tesco/D 187.05 5.4 7006954 had been slated for March 31 will now E.I.D Parry-A/D 184.4 8.7 129524 Jindal Drill-B/D 125 5.7 6310 Ruchi Soya-B/D 24.95 0.05 29287 Unilever/D 3053.525 -19.5 680356 March 31, will now occur in late 2016 Eicher Motor-A/D 19360 85.35 2225 Jktyre&Ind-A/D 81.8 1.85 178402 S Bk Bikaner-B/D 500.6 14.65 6540 United Util Gr/D 924.5 -3.5 282108 occur in late 2016 Eimco Elecon-T/D 315 7.4 3404 Kabra Extr-B/D 83.25 3.95 1747 Salora Inter-B/D 41.5 -2.5 36411 Vodafone Group/D 222.4 0.7 9139154 or early 2017 due to or early 2017 due Electrosteel-B/D 19.2 0.65 111803 Kajaria Cer-A/D 918.4 -15.85 331608 Saur.Cem-B/D 45.6 2.05 72129 Whitbread/D 3888 -161 712182 “operational fac- to operational Emco-B/D 24.55 0.05 16303 Kakatiya Cem-B/D 127 0.1 2663 Thirumalai-B/D 154 13.6 18492 tors,” the Dubai airline said in a statement factors. released in Panama. Emirates announced in August that it would launch the world’s longest flight, at 17 hours World stocks at two-month peaks as growth fears ease and 35 minutes between the two trading hubs, making Panama the airline’s first destination in Central America. The company had said it would offer a daily flight to Panama’s capital aboard a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft, Reuters have helped restore some calm to meanwhile pointed to a largely US crude inventories and a lack of Copper prices hit their highest which can also carry up to 15 tonnes of cargo. How- global markets after a turbulent unchanged start for Wall Street any fresh action from the world’s in more than three months, boosted ever, the company said that upon extensive review, it start to the year. shares. That followed a strong ses- largest producer to temper sup- by higher equities and some confi- would now postpone the flight after “considering all Growth in Germany’s private sion in Asia, where MSCI’s broadest ply snuffed out some of the bullish dence in global growth prospects. operational factors, including fleet utilisation and com- LONDON: World stock markets sector slid to a five-month low index of Asia-Pacific shares outside sentiment that has built this week. Risk appetite also remained mercial demand.” touched two-month highs yesterday in February but remained solid, Japan added another 1.1 percent to Brent crude prices slipped 0.2 strong in currency markets, with Among the world’s other longest flights are one con- as easing concern about the glo- underpinned by growing services. reach a two-month peak. percent to $36.86 but are still some the Australian dollar hitting a two- necting Dallas to Sydney (almost 17 hours), Johannesburg bal growth outlook and a recovery MSCI’s world equity index rose “For markets to continue to 35 percent above last month’s lows. month high and the safe-haven to Atlanta (16 hours, 40 minutes), and Dubai to Los Ange- in commodities lifted risk appe- to its highest level in two months, move higher, more good data — US crude futures were higher at yen ceding ground to the US dol- les (16 hours 35 minutes). Previously, the longest flight, tite globally. the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 especially out of the US — will be $34.68. They have risen more than a lar and the euro. The dollar was lasting almost 19 hours, linked Singapore and New York Upbeat data from major econ- stock index dipped 0.3 percent but needed,” said Markus Huber, a third since February 11, when prices up 0.5 percent at 114 yen, moving and was operated by Singapore Airlines. But it was sus- omies this week and signs of a held within sight of Wednesday’s trader at City of London Markets. dropped to levels not seen since towards the previous day’s two- pended in 2013 to cut costs. rebound in a range of commodities one-month peak. US stock futures Oil prices eased after ballooning 2003 at just over $26 a barrel. week high of 114.56. CLASSIFIEDS FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 17

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PARIS: Novak Djokovic and Andy Sanchez both hit the bar for Arsenal, Murray can set up a Davis Cup FOOTBALL: ENGLISH Swansea won it when captain Ashley quarter-final blockbuster if they Liverpool claims PREMIER LEAGUE Williams headed in Gylfi Sigurdsson’s successfully pilot Serbia and defend- revenge for their 74th-minute free-kick. ing champions Great Britain through West Ham’s win over Tottenham, Victory took Swansea, whose head the first round. League Cup final courtesy of Michail Antonio’s seventh- coach Francesco Guidolin was absent However, the world’s top two defeat by crushing minute header, left them a point off with a chest infection, six points clear players will go into their home the Champions League places in sixth of the relegation zone. clashes against Kazakhstan and City 3-0 place. Manchester City’s title hopes Japan respectively this weekend Spurs, for whom Dele Alli started were left in a sorry state after they with question marks over their fit- on the bench due to a foot injury, would slumped to defeat at Anfield, three ness and match sharpness. AFP have gone top on goal difference if days on from their 3-1 win on pen- World number one Djokovic saw they had won at Upton Park. alties over Liverpool in the League his streak of 17 successive finals But Mauricio Pochettino’s side Cup final at Wembley. come to an end in Dubai last week never recovered from going behind Two goals in seven first-half min- when an eye infection forced a quar- LONDON: Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester early on, Antonio meeting Dimitri utes put Liverpool in control, Adam ter-final retirement. City remain sitting pretty at the Pre- Payet’s corner with a header that vis- Lallana beating England colleague Joe Murray, meanwhile, hasn’t hit mier League summit after their closest iting goalkeeper Hugo Lloris could Hart from 25 yards with a tame left- a ball in anger since losing to old rivals Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and not keep out. Spurs’ best chance of an footer before James Milner stabbed in rival Djokovic in the Australian Manchester City remarkably all con- equaliser fell to Harry Kane in the sec- from Roberto Firmino’s pass. Open final almost five weeks ago. trived to lose on Wednesday. ond half, but the England striker could Firmino completed victory for Liv- The 28-year-old took February Leicester had dropped points in a not find the target after Toby Alder- erpool in the 57th minute, curling home off after his wife Kim gave birth to 2-2 draw with West Bromwich Albion weireld’s shot was parried by Adrian. from Lallana’s pass, as Jurgen Klopp’s their first child, Sophia. on Tuesday, but they remain in pole Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal com- men climbed to eighth. Djokovic led Serbia to the 2010 position after Spurs lost 1-0 at West pleted a night to forget for the north Louis van Gaal’s Manchester United Davis Cup title. Ham United, Arsenal crashed 2-1 at London clubs by blowing a 1-0 lead seized their opportunity to make “I am optimistic and I hope that home to Swansea City and Liverpool in a home defeat at the hands of rel- ground on the top four as Mata’s late I am going to play,” said the 11-time claimed revenge for their League Cup egation-threatened Swansea. strike gave them a fourth successive major winner. “I was a little scepti- final defeat by crushing City 3-0. It was Arsenal’s third defeat in win in all competitions. cal but now all is going well.” The results kept Leicester three succession in all competitions and Van Gaal paired fit-again Anthony Djokovic and world number points clear of second-place Totten- their seventh of the league campaign, Martial with teenage sensation Marcus 23 Viktor Troicki will play singles ham, with Arsenal, booed off at the prompting a wave of angry boos to roll Rashford up front, but Watford cre- for the Serbs in Belgrade while Emirates Stadium, three points fur- around the ground at the final whistle. ated the better chances before Mata Kazakhstan’s top player is Mikhail ther back and City now 10 points off After earlier hitting the post, Alexis curled in the winner. Kukushkin, the world 79. the pace, albeit with a game in hand. Sanchez neatly teed up Joel Campbell The day’s other game saw Stoke Murray, who led Great Britain Manchester United are now level on to put Arsenal ahead with a scooped City beat Newcastle United 1-0 at the to their first Davis Cup title in 79 English midfielder James Milner celebrates after scoring their second points with City in fifth place, having finish in the 15th minute. Britannia Stadium courtesy of a late years last November, said being played a game more, after Juan Mata’s But Wayne Routledge equalised 25-yard screamer by Xherdan Sha- goal during the English Premier League match against Manchester City a new father has not affected his 83rd-minute free-kick secured a 1-0 from Jack Cork’s pass just after the half qiri, which kept Steve McClaren’s men at Anfield in Liverpool, northwest England on Wednesday night. Liverpool sleep patterns. home win over Watford. hour and although Olivier Giroud and rooted in the bottom three. won the game 3-0. “It was very different to what I expected,” he said. “I still practise hard and do all the same things I was doing before. I will find out if it is different on Friday or not.” Ronaldo gets Madrid back to The key clash in Birmingham could come on Sunday when Mur- ray takes on Japan’s top player, Kei Nishikori, the world number six. winning ways at Levante Murray holds a 5-1 career advantage over Nishikori ahead of the first Davis Cup clash between the two nations since 1931. AFP Keylor Navas to thank for not getting Ruben Garcia’s shot from distance. “Britain have one of the best off to a terrible start as he produced And Isco answered his recent crit- teams with Andy and his brother a brilliant save low to his left to pre- ics with a calm finish from Ronaldo’s (doubles star, Jamie). It’s a great chal- MADRID: Real Madrid bounced back vent Giuseppe Rossi giving the home cut-back in stoppage time to round lenge,” said Nishikori. from defeat to Atletico in the Madrid side a shock lead. off the scoring. Serbia and Britain emerge vic- derby on Saturday to cut the gap on Ronaldo caused controversy with Defeat leaves Levante still rooted torious, they will clash in the UK La Liga leaders Barcelona to nine an outburst claiming Madrid “would to the foot of the table, six points off from July 15-17 for a place in the points with a 3-1 win at Levante on be top” of the league if his teammates safety. semi-finals with Murray already Wednesday. matched his standards after defeat to Villarreal’s hopes of temporarily revealing that he intends to play. Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty and Atletico at the weekend. usurping Real Madrid into third were In Melbourne, former world an own goal from Levante ‘keeper The three-time World Player of dashed in a game of few chances in number one and two-time major Diego Marino put the visitors in com- the Year made amends by opening the Vigo as the visitors registered a sixth winner Lleyton Hewitt could be mand before Deyverson pulled one scoring from the spot on 34 minutes consecutive clean sheet in La Liga. drafted into action as a playing cap- back for Levante before half-time. after Lucas Vazquez had been tripped Sevilla closed the gap on Villar- tain in the clash with the United However, Isco’s late strike from inside the area by Lucas Orban. real to nine points in their quest for States after Nick Kyrgios was ruled Ronaldo’s cut-back secured the points Injuries to Benzema and Bale Champions League football as Fern- out through injury.It’s a match-up in stoppage time. opened the door for 18-year-old Borja ando Llorente’s early strike handed between the tournament’s two most Real trail second-placed Atletico Mayoral to get his first league start and the Europa League holders their 15th successful nations but the US won by four points, but do open up a four- he took his opportunity when his shot straight home win in all competitions, the last of their 32 titles in 2007. point lead of their own on Villarreal from the edge of the box hit the post 1-0 over Eibar. Australia captured their 28th and after they were held 0-0 at Celta Vigo. and cannoned into the net off Mari- Valencia moved up to ninth as most recent crown in 2003. Barcelona can extend their lead no’s back three minutes later. they recovered from Duje Cop’s early In a shock move late Wednes- over Atletico at the top to eight points However, Levante were back in deflected opener to register just Nev- day, Hewitt replaced Kyrgios in the with victory at Rayo Vallecano on the game instantly as the Real defence ille’s third league win. squad despite having retired as a Thursday. were caught flat-footed appealing Kameni punched the ball into his player after the Australian Open. Gary Neville’s Valencia moved into for an offside flag that never arrived own net under pressure from Denis The 35-year-old is now ranked the top half of the table as they ben- and Deyverson slotted into the bot- Cheryshev just before half-time and 301 in the world but boasts a for- efited from spectacular own goal by tom corner. Real Madrid loanee Cheryshev com- midable Davis Cup record of 42-14 Malaga goalkeeper Carlos Kameni to Madrid had much better control pleted the turnaround when he fired in singles. win 2-1 at La Rosaleda. of the game after the break and Ron- into the bottom corner five minutes Bernard Tomic, the world 20, Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane was aldo was desperately unlucky not to after the break. will play singles as will Sam Groth without a host of first team regulars as restore their two-goal lead when he Aritz Aduriz continued his push with Hewitt likely to only feature the suspended Dani Carvajal and Ser- struck the post from James Rodrigu- to be included in Spain’s squad for in Sunday’s doubles on the grass gio Ramos joined the injured Marcelo, ez’s fine through ball. the Euro 2016 with a hat-trick in Ath- courts of Kooyong. Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates a goal Luka Modric, Gareth Bale and Karim However, Zidane’s men needed to letic Bilbao’s 4-1 win over Deportivo Top 30 players John Isner and during the Spanish League match against Levante UD at the Ciutat de Benzema on the sidelines. rely on Navas once more to secure the la Coruna to take his tally for the sea- Jack Sock will lead the United States’ Valencia Stadium in Valencia on Wednesday night. Real had former Levante ‘keeper points as he made a flying save to parry son to 30. hopes. The winner of the tie will take on either last year’s runners- up Belgium or 2005 champions Croatia who meet in Liege. Switzerland, the champions in 2014, go to Pesaro to face Italy with- Bayern must now fight for title, admits Guardiola out Roger Federer, who is recovering from knee surgery, and the resting Stan Wawrinka. AFP An unthinkable second straight “We must fight until the last Cordoba netted only to be mobbed Instead their hopes will be league defeat for Bayern would leave BUNDESLIGA second.” by his team-mates. spearheaded by 34-year-old Marco Dortmund trailing by just two points Mainz sealed only their second ever “We knew how we could win here Chiudinelli whose ranking is a lowly BERLIN: Pep Guardiola admits his with nine games left in Germany’s win in Munich when Colombia striker with a strong defensive display and 146. The winner of that tie will face Bayern Munich face a fight at Borussia top flight. record in 2014 when they secured the Jhon Cordoba came off the bench to a good counter-attack,” said Mainz either Poland or Argentina who are Dortmund on Saturday in their battle But the Spaniard said Bayern simply title with seven games left. hit the 86th-minute winner. coach Martin Schmidt, who praised playing in Gdansk. to win a historic fourth Bundesliga title were not good enough against Mainz But Guardiola says those days are “We had our chances and then let his side’s ‘outstanding display’. “It feels The Poles are in the World Group after Mainz’s upset victory in Bavaria. as they failed to convert their mind- gone. them counter-attack. We shouldn’t have really good.” for the first time while Argentina, Bayern’s shock 2-1 defeat both blowing 78 percent ball possession “No other team has won the Bun- allowed that to happen,” fumed Bay- Dortmund’s 2-0 win at Darmstadt runners-up three times since 2006, trimmed their lead over second- into victory. desliga four times in a row,” he said. ern’s goal-scorer Arjen Robben. on Wednesday cut Bayern’s lead from are in the elite section for a 15th placed Dortmund to just five points “Our performance wasn’t good “This Borussia Dortmund team is Mainz took a shock lead at eight points to five as another Colombia consecutive year. and saw them lose their 100 percent enough, but I am not sad,” said Guardi- completely different to the last three the Allianz Arena when Spanish striker, Adrian Ramos, and defender The South Americans will be home record for this season. ola, who is in his final season in Munich years and we will have to fight until winger Jairo fired home in the first- Erik Durm netted. favourites to progress with two play- Dortmund host Bayern in a top- before coaching Manchester City next the last game. half with the Bayern defence well “We and Bayern both know that ers -- Leonardo Mayer and Guido of-the-table clash in three days and season. “We have to think of the next game beaten. things can now be a bit tight. We want Pella both in the top 50. Poland’s Guardiola admitted his side has a fight Bayern have won the league at a and today was a clear signal that it Robben pulled a goal back for to win the thing,” said Dortmund’s Ger- top singles player is Jerzy Janow- on their hands. canter for the last three years, setting a won’t be easy. the Bavarians on 64 minutes before many defender Durm. icz ranked at 96. 20 FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 SPORT

Athletics: New York Crowe loses battle with cancer quits Diamond Factbox on Martin Crowe New Zealand’s finest AUCKLAND:: Factbox on former New Zealand cricket captain Martin Crowe, who has League batsman and a died of cancer. He was 53. successful leader in * Born Sept. 22, 1962 in Auckland circuit Tests and ODIs dies in * Made first-class debut for Auckland in January 1980 and earned a scholarship to AFP Lord’s as a member of the groundstaff a year later. Auckland surrounded * Made Test debut against Australia in Wellington in February 1982. Scored nine runs by family members and was dropped after the series having scored just 20. PARIS: New York has pulled out of * Recalled for the ODI ‘Bushfire Match’ against Australia at the SGG in February 1983, the elite athletics Diamond League scoring 66 as New Zealand won by 14 runs. Went on the tour of England in 1983, circuit and has been replaced by which included the World Cup. Moroccan capital Rabat, the Inter- * Scored first test century (100) against England at Wellington in 1984, propelling national Association of Athletics Bloomberg him to a superb county season with Somerset where he scored 1,870 first class runs Federations (IAAF) said yesterday. and was named one of Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year in 1985. The director of the New York * Made 188 against Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane in November 1985. meet Mark Wetmore revealed his AUCKLAND: Martin Crowe, the former * Succeeded John Wright as New Zealand captain in 1990. aim was to continue outside the Dia- New Zealand cricket captain widely * Combined with Andrew Jones in a then-world record stand of 467 to save the mond League with an event more regarded as the country’s best-ever first test against Sri Lanka in 1991, scoring 299. Smacked his bat against a door as at grass roots street level. batsman, has died. He was 53. he walked off, having been in sight of the first test triple century by a New Zealand “It’s been a great run on Ran- Crowe revealed in December 2014 batsman. dall’s Island, New York, and now that the blood cancer he was diag- we’re looking ahead to producing a A file photo taken * Persistent knee injury ended his playing days in 1995 after 77 test matches and nosed with in 2012 had returned. He on March 29, 2015, 143 ODIs. new event. We believe that chang- died peacefully yesterday in Auckland ing our focus to a street meet is one shows former New surrounded by family, according to * He finished with 5,444 test runs at 45.36 with a high score of 299 and 17 centu- way to make the event attractive to Zealand captain a family statement reported by New ries, which is still the most by a New Zealand batman. He scored 4704 ODI runs at a younger audience,” Wetmore said. Martin Crowe at the 38.55. Zealand media. IAAF president Sebastian Coe Crowe, a cousin of Hollywood 2015 World Cup final * Invented a shorter form of the game in the late 1990’s, marketed as ‘Max Cricket’, took the loss on the chin. actor Russell Crowe, scored more in Melbourne. New which reduced the match to two innings of 10 overs each and is seen as one of the “We thank New York for con- centuries for New Zealand than any Zealand’s greatest precursors to Twenty20 cricket. tributing to this great project during other batsman. Through his poise and batsman Crowe died * Carved out a successful career in television production. the past six seasons and know that elegance on the pitch, he emerged as yesterday at the age * Mentored Ross Taylor and Martin Guptill, working on the technical issues of their they will continue to support ath- one of the world’s top-rated players of 53 after a long game. letics in the future,” he said. in the 1980s, when he and fast bowler battle with cancer, his * Attempted return to first class cricket at 49 in a bid to achieve the 392 runs Despite the loss of New York the Richard Hadlee were central to the family said. needed to reach 20,000. The bid ended after three balls in a club game when he burgeoning expansion of the Dia- success of the New Zealand team. injured a hamstring. mond League athletics showcase Renowned for his cover drives * Died on March 3, 2016 aged 53. event has included Rabat as the 14th and swivel-hipped pull-shots, Crowe city, thereby adding a fourth conti- went on to captain the national side 45, reaching 100 on 17 occasions. He players than any other New Zealand nent, Africa, to its annual itinerary. from 1990 to 1994, leading the team at played for New Zealand from 1982 school. After making his Test debut “We are pleased to be able to the 1992 World Cup, where he scored to 1995, when a knee injury forced at age 19, he was quickly labelled the Tributes pour in from take our premier athletics series into the most runs and was named Player him to retire prematurely from the finest young batsman in the world, a new continental area,” said Coe of the Tournament. sport, at age 33. according to ESPN. Crowe played dur- “We proudly welcome the inclu- Ranked among the International Crowe was “a thinker” who used ing an era that featured some of the all over the world sion of Rabat.” Cricket Council’s top five batsmen his intelligence to get the most out of best fast bowlers in history, includ- The Moroccan capital is staging from 1987 to 1992, Crowe scored 299 his natural talent, according to former ing Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson of its meet on May 22, the third stop on runs in one innings against Sri Lanka team-mate Martin Snedden. Australia, Wasim Akram of Pakistan, AFP country’s greatest batsman, while the road after Doha and Shanghai. in 1991, setting a New Zealand test “It was his ability to work out how and Joel Garner, Michael Holding and Cricket Australia hailed “a magnif- “This is a proud moment for record that stood until Brendon McCul- best to use that talent to nullify the Malcolm Marshall of the West Indies. icent cricketer and wonderful man our country’s athletics community lum broke it in 2014. opposition,” Snedden wrote in a tes- In his autobiography “Raw” pub- who will be sadly missed”. and for the international reputa- “I never forgave myself for get- timonial on Crowe’s website. lished in 2013, Crowe said that sporting WELLINGTON: Pioneering cricketer Former Black Caps captain Stephen tion of Moroccan sport in general,” ting out for 299 against Sri Lanka,” Martin David Crowe was born on success at a young age stunted his Martin Crowe, widely acknowledged Fleming called Crowe “one of our true said meeting director Abdeslam Crowe wrote in a 2014 article for ESPN Sept. 22, 1962, in Auckland. He had a emotional development and con- as New Zealand’s greatest batsman greats”. Ahizoune. cricinfo. “Not a week would go by when brother, Jeff, who also went on to play tributed to his illness. “I was in the who laid the foundations for Twenty20 “An inspiration to me and so many The competition took over from I wouldn’t be reminded of the one run cricket for New Zealand and become spotlight in a small country, where cricket, was hailed a “hero” yesterday others,” he tweeted. the Europe based Golden League in I craved so much. It tore at me like a captain of the national team. showing emotion isn’t always easily after he died of cancer aged 53. International Cricket Council chief 2010. Broadcast annually in more vulture pecking dead flesh.” From 1976 to 1980, Crowe attended accepted or understood, so I kept it The batsman’s cousin, Hollywood executive David Richardson described than 120 countries, the series pro- In 77 Test matches, Crowe Auckland Grammar School, renowned all within,” he wrote. “That wasn’t star Russell Crowe, who was in fre- him as “a larger than life cricketer”. vides athletics with its next most scored 5,444 runs at an average of for producing more All Black rugby healthy.” quent contact during his cancer fight, “Martin’s passing is very sad news. prominent global shop window after said he had lost a true friend. He was not only one of the finest bats- the Olympic Games and the world “My champion, my hero, my friend. men New Zealand has ever produced championships. I will love you forever. RIP M.D.Crowe,” but also one of the very best the world the New Zealand-born actor tweeted. has ever seen,” he added. The 14 Diamond League In his retirement, Crowe devised Others hailed Crowe’s innovative meetings: a new ultra-short form of the game captaincy, with Australia’s Tom Moody May 6: Doha called Cricket Max for his new employer calling him a “master batsman and May 14: Shanghai Sky Television, which helped lay the one of the great thinkers in our game”. May 22: Rabat foundation for the modern Twenty20 One ex-teammate Dion Nash said May 28: Eugene revolution. “Martin was a truly great “the world is suddenly a lesser place”, June 2: Rome sportsman -- one of our finest-ever while another, Ian Smith, said he was June 5: Birmingham batsmen and sharpest cricketing stunned at the loss of his friend. June 9: Oslo minds,” Prime Minister John Key said. “To realise that he’s gone at just 53, June 16: Stockholm Former Black Cap Craig Cumming quite staggering,” he told Radio Sport. July 15: Monaco said most experts agreed Crowe’s career Former Australian skipper Allan July 22-23: London statistics would have been even more Border caught up with Crowe just last Aug 25: Lausanne imposing but for a string of injuries in week while in New Zealand com- Aug 27: Paris Sept 1: Zurich Finals his career. menting on the touring Baggy Greens, Sept 9: Brussels Finals “He had that freak ability to predict saying his friend was weak but still fir- what length the ball was going to be ing wisecracks about their old rivalry. bowled from the release point,” he said. “On the field, he was one of the “So he was already getting in best ever, it’s as simple as that,” Bor- Adidas closely position based on how the ball was der told Fairfax New Zealand. released and his sixth sense allowed “He was a great competitor, had monitoring IAAF Martin Crowe seated at left is seen with (front row, from left) Allan Border, Graham Gooch Imran Khan, him to do that.” great technique, won a lot of games for David Houghton (back row, left), Kepler Wessels, Mohammad Azharuddin, Richie Richardson and Aravinda New Zealand Cricket said it was New Zealand and is bracketed up there progress over de Silva during a captain’s call at the 1992 World Cup. Photo taken in February 1992. “deeply saddened” at the loss of the with the greats of the game.” doping scandal Martin Crowe, a batting great and T20 pioneer Reuters

BERLIN: German sportswear com- pany Adidas is monitoring how AFP Test average of 45.36 in 77 matches “That the game would be fast and furious, sometimes blacking out at training world athletics is dealing with a still places him among the game’s elite. came as a bit with action to burn.” due to severe nerves. doping scandal while its current When he retired from international of a shock,” Cricket Max ran in New Zealand for It translated into a prickly demean- sponsorship deal still runs, the firm’s WELLINGTON: New Zealand batting cricket in 1995, he held a slew of New he said at the seven years and was pitched to English our that led to Crowe developing a chief executive said yesterday. legend Martin Crowe (pictured), who Zealand batting records, including most time. “I don’t cricket authorities in 1998, eventu- reputation as a “difficult” player. “We have not terminated our died yesterday after a long battle with Test runs (5,444), highest Test score know that I ally emerging in modified form as “Only when the cricket ball was on contract (with the International cancer, once said that the only time he (299), most 50s (35) and most hundreds really feel I Twenty20 in 2003. its way did I feel some sense of clarity Association of Athletics Federa- truly felt content was at the crease with (17) -- the last of which still stands. belong, but “We were definitely the precur- in my life, of being content” he wrote. tions),” Herbert Hainer told a news a ball rocketing towards him. Australian legend Shane Warne it’s nice.” sor but we perhaps a bit ahead of our “At time, I felt a heavenly bliss, such conference to present his compa- The 53-year-old, a cousin of Hol- ranked Crowe in his top 100 Test crick- While time,” Crowe said. as when batting at Lord’s. Only then did ny’s annual results. lywood star Russell Crowe, rewrote eters of all time, saying the Kiwi had a recognised Crowe nominated his 182 runs in I feel worthy, In those pure moments, “The IAAF (the athletic body) the New Zealand record book during full range of shots and handled pace for his achievements as a batsman, an innings victory over Australia in I was living the dream.” knows exactly where we are going a 13-year Test career, then set about and spin equally well. Crowe’s major impact on the game 1985 as a career highlight, along with Crowe blamed the stress of inter- with our policy in terms of dop- reinventing cricket in retirement with “He was such a stylish and elegant arguably came after he retired in 1995 142 scored against England at Lord’s national cricket and the rigours of ing. We are in very close contact an early 20-over version of the game. player, with a touch of grace and the and laid the foundation for cricket’s in 1994 -- when he became the only touring for his later health problems, with the IAAF and will watch very Hailing from a cricketing family -- same skills as the best Indian play- Twenty20 revolution. New Zealander to score two Test cen- saying “travels during my cricket career, closely what they are doing with his father Dave played first grade and ers of picking up a length very early,” An American executive at his new turies at the home of cricket. suffering salmonella and glandular this problem.” brother Jeff also captained the Black Warne wrote. employer Sky Television complained Less fondly remembered was his fever, have compromised me”. In January, the BBC reported that Caps -- Crowe make his Test debut in Crowe also won plaudits for his cricket was too long and should be 299 against Sri Lanka in Wellington He first revealed he had lymphoma Adidas, the biggest sponsor of the 1982 aged 19 against Australia. captaincy in both the Test and one-day more like baseball, prompting Crowe in 1991, when he fell agonisingly short in October 2012, saying eight months IAAF, was ending its deal early after He was soon being hyped as the formats, including innovative attack- to begin looking at the options. of a triple century. later that he was in remission, only for an independent report found Russia best young batsman in the world, with from-the-outset tactics at the 1992 “Jeff, my brother, grabbed the beers “It’s a bit like climbing Everest and the cancer to return in September 2014. had engaged in widespread, state- Wisden naming him cricketer of the World Cup. and I grabbed a large piece of paper pulling an hamstring on the last stride,” Crowe is survived by his second sponsored doping, which former year in 1985. He was inducted into the ICC Hall of to sketch on,” he wrote in his autobi- he later remarked. Despite his control wife, former Miss Universe Lorraine IAAF president Lamine Diack has While injuries arguably prevented Fame in March 2015 during the Cricket ography “Raw”. “We worked off the at the crease, Crowe later revealed he Downes, who he married in 2009, and been accused of covering up in Crowe reaching his full potential, a World Cup co-hosted by New Zealand. premise of three hours maximum... suffered crippling pre-match anxiety, daughter Emma from his first marriage. return for bribes. SPORT FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2016 21

CHI Al Shaqab is one of top Colore produces neat routine events on the calendar, says Ellenbruch as Dreher tops Doha field The Peninsula

DOHA: As President of the Ground Jury, Stephan Ellenbruch plays a The experienced crucial role in the orchestration of CHI Al Shaqab. German rider finishes Together with five other mem- ahead of Gregory bers of the jury, he will preside Wathelet and Luciana over the technical judging of the competitions. Diniz in the feature Alongside a stewards team, competition at Al Ellenbruch will also be responsible for overseeing horse welfare dur- Shaqab Arena ing the competition, and for making sure that all riders and grooms are adhering to the official rules set by the International Equestrian Fed- By Rizwan Rehmat eration (FEI). The Peninsula As a key member of the FEI’s international committee, Stephan has extensive knowledge of the tech- DOHA: German rider Hans-Dieter nical elements of this event, as well Dreher emerged a credible winner as the rules of Equestrian sports. with his ride Colore to clinch the fea- He travels all around the world ture competition on the second day of administering these regulations,so the CH Al Shaqab. is more than qualified to comment Colore produced a flawless rou- on the significance of CHI Al Shaqab tine at Al Shaqab Arena to finish the from an international perspective. 1.50cm class in a time of 65.65 seconds. “This is one of the top events we Dreher picked up the top prize of have on the FEI equestrian calen- €16,000. dar,” Ellenbruch said. Belgian rider Gregory Wathelet “First of all, this is one of the top continued to impress with Oh d’Eole events of the region and it brings to finish in second spot. together the top riders from all over Oh d’Eole clocked 66.99 seconds the world in Jumping especially, and LEFT: German rider Hans-Dieter Dreher clears an obstacle with Colore on day two of CHI as Wathelet got richer by € 12800. also the local riders who are becom- Portuguese star Luciana Diniz, who Al Shaqab in Doha yesterday. RIGHT: Dreher receives the trophy after winning the feature ing better and better. There are a won the Emir’s Sword Meet in Doha competition at Al Shaqab Arena. Pictures by: Salim M/The Peninsula number of Qatari riders among the last week, enjoyed another favoura- world’s top ranking now and it is ble run with Fit For Fun 13 to claim clocked a time of 64.47 as the Italian always good to go to places to bring Britain’s Laura third spot. took home the second prize of €5000. all these riders together,” he said. Fit For Fun 13, who won the Emir’s Saudi Arabia’s Abdullah Alshar- Renwick, astride CHI Al Shaqab is globally Sword Meet, clocked a time of 67.68 batly - a regular visitor to Qatar for Rembrandt Blue, renowned for its facilities, organ- seconds as Dinizh picked up €9600. show jumping events - sealed the third smiles after winning isation and – from the competitors’ “I had a great round. I had picked spot with Wasabi who managed a time the 145cm class at point of view – its challenges. up good momentum and my horse kept of 65.26 seconds. Al Shaqab Arena in “This is really a show at the high- jumping nicely. I am very, very happy,” The third place was worth €3750. Doha yesterday. est possible level,” Ellenbruch said Dreher said. Earlier in the day, Qatari rider Sal- and added: “With the Grand Prix “This horse has one of the biggest man Mohammed A S Al Emadi guided that has an Olympic format, with strides. I could let him go all through Zorro Z to a superb win in the 145cm two rounds and a jump off. So this the course. It was very fast on obsta- class against a top field that included is really challenging for the rid- cles 3 and 4, again fast on 7 and 8. We experienced Ali Al Khorafi and Kha- ers and the horses. They all come had a very good last turn,” the German led Abdulaziz Al Eid. Al Emadi’s win because they enjoy the hospitality said after the competition. came in what was part of the QNB Doha of the place, but also the conditions, “I had a three-week break. Yester- Tour series competition. which are really some of the best day, I rode for the first time after three Zorro Z produced a flawless rou- you can find all over the world.It will weeks and I was good on the course tine in a time of 26.90 seconds as Al be a 1.60 metre competition, and with my horse and overall I feel very Emadi celebrated an impressive out- this is the maximum level of diffi- good,” he said. ing that was worth €6250. culty you can have at horse shows.” In the second last competition Al Khorafi, who runs under the Ellenbruch said that he was very of the day, experienced British rider flag of FEI, also managed a flawless impressed with Al Shaqab’s offer- Laura Renwick showed her liking for routine with Cheril to claim the sec- ing to the world of equestrian sport. Al Shaqab arena as she guided Rem- ond prize worth €5000. “I am travelling all over the brandt Blue to a superb win. Cheril clocked a time of 28.07 in world and this is really one of the Rembrandt Blue clocked a time the two-phased run. most fantastic places I have ever of 59.89 seconds as Renwick picked Saudi Arabia’s Al Eid remained been to,” Ellenbruch said yesterday. up €6250. Second-placed Emanuele calm as ever to see Old Chap Tame “This is a place that has been Gaudiano lost time and the chance to seal the third spot in an impressive made for the future, so it is really win the competition with 4 penalties. time of 28.16. Al Eid picked up €3750 up to date and it has all the tech- Corbanus, ridden by Gaudiano, for his efforts. nical details. “The arena is super big, the Results on day two of CHI Al Shaqab warm up and stable facilities is really perfect, so all the athletes Competition P01 - CPEDI3* Team Ia (Ia Team) CHI Al Shaqab ‘a smash hit’ competing here- the horses as well Dressage as the riders - can be really happy.” Jens Lasse Dokkan, Cypres, 71.739, €300 The Peninsula Al Jahni said. Al Jahni stressed that rid- he is looking forward to welcoming CHI Al Shaqab’s reputation Rihards Snikus, King Of The Dance, 71.014, €250 ers are not the only people who reap hundreds of his compatriots during is clearly well established on an Elke Philipp, Finnbar, 69.275, €200 DOHA: The best horse riders and judges the rewards of Al Shaqab. the competition. international scale, and is vividly Competition P02 - CPEDI3* Team Ib (Ib Team) in the world are always eager to par- “Volunteers also benefit from CHI “We call upon our youth to attend demonstrated by the illustrious roll Dressage ticipate in CHI Al Shaqab, according Al Shaqab as we open our doors for this tournament because we believe call of the world’s leading riders Pepo Puch, Fontainenoir, 74.533, €300 to Khalid Al Jahni, the Sports Direc- numerous people to enlist in many that they will enjoy it, and also benefit who are competing this year. Nicole den Dulk, Faust, 70.667, €250 tor at CHI Al Shaqab, different departments and gain inval- from it on a cultural level,” Al Jahni said. “The entry list is the best you Céline Gerny, Flint, 68.600, €200 Al Shaqab was founded in 1992 by uable experience,” Al Jahni said. “The value of this tournament is can have,” Stephan said. Competition P03 - CPEDI3* Team II (II Team) the Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad “They are assigned to specific represented in its audience. “We have the Longines’ World Dressage bin Khalifa Al Thani. departments based on their educa- “Therefore, we encourage them Number One and a lot of the top Demi Vermeulen, Burberry, 73.480, €300 “Extensive and special care is ten- tional qualifications and skill sets. Here to join us in making CHI Al Shaqab ten riders competing here. The list Caroline Cecilie Nielsen, Leon, 70.245, €250 dered to the horses once they arrive, at Al Shaqab we co-operate and work 2016 one of the most successful and is really something you can show Rixt van der Horst, Caraat, 70.049, €200 and the tournament provides a great together as a team to overcome any prestigious international equestrian to everybody to impress,” Ellen- Competition P04 - CPEDI3* Team III (III Team 20x60) opportunity for all of our national riders challenges that we may face.” competitions in the world,” he said bruch said. Dressage to meet the top 50 riders in the world Al Jahni believes that CHI Al Shaqab yesterday. Ellenbruch is clearly impressed Sanne Voets, Vedet Pb N.O.P., 73.596, €300 and benefit not only from their invalua- is a flagship event for Qatari youth, in The four-day equestrian gala, as well, and as a global traveller Ann Cathrin Lübbe, Porsborggaardens Donatello, 70.789, €250 ble experience, but also from watching terms of educating them on one of the which kicked off on Wednesday, will and equestrian expert, he is bet- Philippa Johnson-Dwyer, Lord Louis, 67.368, €200 their performance in the competition,” country’s long-standing traditions, and end tomorrow at Al Shaqab Arena. ter qualified than most to judge. Competition P05 - CPEDI3* Team IV (IV Team 20x60) Dressage Qatari rider Salman Carolin Schnarre, del Rusch, 67.579, €300 Ali Al Khorafi Mohammed A S Al Emadi, Camilla Christensen, Oestergaardens Deleight, 67.302, €250 guides Ungarian who guided Zorro Z to an James Dwyer, Fleurette van de Kreungel, 66.905, €200 4 on way to impressive win in the 145cm Competition S05 - CSI3* Table A (238.2.1a) 1.30m winning the CSI3* class, celebrates at the Competition S05 - CSI3* Table A (238.2.1a) 1.30cm competition prize distribution ceremony Ali Al Khorafi, Ungarin 4, 54.89 seconds, €3000 on day two of yesterday. Abdelkarim Abbar, Ziezo, 55.46, €2400 the 2016 CHI Al Salman Mohammed A S Al Emadi, Lucky Lady, 56.08, €1800 Shaqab in Doha Competition S06 - CSI3* Two Phases (274.5.3) 1.45m yesterday. Competition S06 - CSI3* Two-Phases (274.5.3) 1.45cm Salman Mohammed A S Al Emadi, Zorro Z, 26.90 seconds, €6250 Ali Al Khorafi, Cheril, 28.07, €5000 Khaled Abdulaziz Al Eid, Old Chap Tame, 28.16, €3750 Competition S07 - CSI5* Table C (263) 1.45m Laura Renwick, Rembrandt Blue, 59.89 seconds, €6250 Emanuele Gaudiano, Corbanus, 64.47, € 5000 Abdullah Alsharbatly, Wasabi, 65.26, €3750 CSI5* Table A (238.2.1a) 1.50m Hans-Dieter Dreher, Colore, 65.65 seconds, € 16000 Gregory Wathelet, Oh d’Eole, 66.99, € 12800 Luciana Diniz, Fit For Fun 13, 67.68, €9600 www.thepeninsulaqatar.comwww.t PAGEPAGE | 19 PAGE | 20 Advantage New Zealand great Leicester as Spurs, Crowe loses battle City lose with cancer

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FOOTBALL sixth-placed Al Arabi - coached by A win or a draw in QATAR STARS LEAGUE Gianfranco Zola - will be looking to pick up points to get back into top four the Round 21 match with just five rounds to go after this will be enough for We have come to Wakrah to try and week’s clash at Al Khor Stadium. Fossati’s side to be move away from this position,” said Al Arabi, with a tally of 30 points, Mauricio during the pre-match press on Saturday take on Al Kharaitiyat who crowned champions conference. are placed 12 with 21 points from 20 Mauricio added that Wakrah had matches. To entertain ideas of sneak- their fate in their own hands. “Some ing back into top-four would require people thought we were going to be Zola’s men to break the two-match The Peninsula higher in the table and some thought losing streak. we were going to be at the bottom. We In the day’s last match, 10th placed A file picture of the Al Rayyan team in action during the Qatar Stars League (QSL). Al Rayyan will take on are in this position now. It all depends Al Ahli will look to pull away from the on us now and we do have many points QSL relegation zone when they face Al Wakrah in the Round 21 match of the QSL and need a win or a draw to clinch the title. DOHA: A win or a draw for runaway to still play for. We have to go match Al Sailiya at Al Ahli Stadium. Al Ahli points leaders Al Rayyan will help them by match and do the best we can,” will be hoping to add to their tally of seal the Qatar Stars League (QSL) title said Mauricio. 22 points, to relieve their relegation Qatar Stars League Fixtures on Saturday when they meet Al Wak- If Al Rayyan win the title on Stur- fears. Whilst for Al Sailiya, they are in Rejuvenated Al Ahli Tomorrow’s Matches rah in a Round 21 clash. day, it will end a 21-year-old long wait 7th spot and have a tally of 28 points. Al Wakrah vs Al Rayyan, 6pm at Al On the other hand, Al Wakrah will could come to an end. It was back Kharaitiyat head coach Amar Osim Wakrah Stadium; Al Kharaitiyat vs have their mind on safety from relega- in 1995 that Rayyan had won their believes improving the confidence of take on Al Sailiya Al Arabi, 6pm at Al Khor Stadium; tion when they take on Al Rayyan on last Falcon Shield. In each of the pre- the players is the key to getting back Al Ahli vs Al Sailiya, 8.15pm at Al Saturday evening at Al Sadd Stadium. match press conferences, Rayyan Head to winning ways. Ahli Stadium Coached by veteran Jorge Fossati, Coach Jorge Fossati has always main- “We will try to improve our con- Sunday’s Matches Al Rayyan have lost just one game in tained that the ‘next match’ is always fidence which is the main thing we The Peninsula believes it’s not each point but each Qatar SC vs Al Khor, 6pm at Qatar entire 2015-16 season and that loss the most important. And yesterday he need in this moment and we are miss- goal that is important in the matches SC Stadium; Mesaimeer vs El came against Al Sadd in December said the same thing, except he added ing it. We have a week before our next to come. “For us, each point is very Jaish, 8.15pm at Al Arabi Stadium; when the two sides clashed at Jassim with a smile that this time the people game and we will work on this aspect DOHA: At the start of the season, Al important. So these five teams are Lekhwiya vs Umm Salal, 8.15pm at Lekhwiya Stadium Bin Hamad Stadium. In between Al would believe it too. during that,” said Osim during the pre- Ahli would have expected to be much fighting for each goal, not just each Rayyan - have posted 19 wins with “I am sure that most of the peo- match press conference. higher up in the standings, than the point. We must be show good disci- no draws. ple will agree with me that this will be Kharaitiyat have had a stag- 10th place they currently find them- pline on the field and I hope that we QSL STANDINGS For a side that was relegated to the most important game of the season. gered performance this season and selves in. They are in that cluster of take something from this match too.” P W D L G/f G/a Pts second division at the end of the 20-14- That has always been our philoso- are not where they should be. But five teams who are currently fight- Moravec believes that Sailiya are Al Rayyan 20 19 1 0 58 14 57 15 season, this has been a remarkable phy and we will continue thinking Osim believes that his team should ing relegation from the Qatar Stars comfortable at 28 points and his team El Jaish 20 12 5 3 40 21 39 journey for Fossati’s men in the last the same,” said Fossati. accept the situation and work hard League. will have to show the hunger to do seven months. With a tally of 57 points “It’s true that this game could give to get out of it. “ Ahli went four matches without a better. Sailiya are far away from the Lekhwiya 20 12 7 1 49 29 37 from 20 matches, Al Rayyan is cur- the title for us. But in case we don’t “We have many people in our club win after QSL restarted from the win- relegation zone but they have aims to Al Sadd 20 10 5 5 42 29 35 rently top of the QSL heap with El Jaish do well, we have to remember that who think that we don’t belong where ter break. However Ahli have been finish in the top 4 and want to take Umm Salal 20 7 3 10 30 25 31 seem distant second with 39 points. the title is won with the points accu- we are in the standings right now. But boosted with their recent victory over maximum points from the remaining Al Arabi 20 9 8 3 28 30 30 Meanwhile Al Wakrah, one of the mulated through the season and not we are where we are. We have to act relegation rivals Al Khor. matches to improve their standing. Al Sailiya 20 9 10 1 31 34 28 team among the cluster of five teams just from one match,” added the Uru- according to where we are and not “We breathe a little bit easier this “We are far away from the rele- at the bottom within three points of guayan. Fossati insisted that winning like we belong somewhere else. We week because we took three points gation zone. But we are not playing Al Gharafa 20 7 8 5 24 30 26 each other, starting from Qatar Sports the title does not mean that his team need to work hard and get out of this from the match against Khor. That against a small team. Ahli have good Al Wakrah 20 7 11 2 28 34 23 Club in 13th place and ending with has done their job this season. situation,” said the Bosnian. was an important step for us,” said players and they will be looking to Al Ahli 20 5 8 7 24 29 22 Wakrah in 9th place. That could add “We have been doing well until “In such situations the best thing Al Ahli Sports Club assistant coach win this match. They will be keen to Al Khor 20 6 10 4 17 25 22 more pressure on the team but Al Wak- now but we have six games left this is to act normal and if you are able to Stanislav Moravec. The five teams are get away from the relegation danger. Al Kharaitiyat 20 6 11 3 30 40 21 rah coach Jose Mauricio says his team season along with the Qatar Cup and do so then that’s 80 per cent of the job currently lined up like this – Wakrah We will try to collect the maximum is used to it. “For two years Wakrah Emir Cup. So there’s still lot of work left done. That’s never easy because eve- 23 points, Ahli 22, Khor 22, Kharaiti- points to improve our position,” said Qatar S.C 20 5 10 5 24 44 20 has always been under this pressure. for us.” In other games on Saturday, rybody changes and acts differently.” yat 21 and Qatar SC 20. And Moravec Al Sailiya coach Sami Trabelsi. Mesaimeer 20 1 18 1 12 53 4 GCC Golf Championship in Doha India warm up for Asia Cup final with crushing victory against UAE

AFP Rohit put on 43 runs in the opening looking for a total of around 120 runs. “When you face top quality stand with Shikhar Dhawan before he “We were playing the favourites bowlers, it is difficult. They have was caught by Mohammad Naveed of of the tournament and it was diffi- got experience and they will come DHAKA: India warmed up for the Asia Qadeer Ahmed in third man area, in cult for us,” he said. back hard.” Cup final against Bangladesh with a what turned out to be the UAE’s only crushing nine-wicket win over min- success in the game. Dhawan, who nows United Arab Emirates in Dhaka scored just three runs in his previous SCOREBOARD yesterday, their last league match in two matches in the tournament, care- UAE Bowling: Kumar 4-2-8-2 (w1), Bumrah 4-0- the competition. fully protected his wicket to remain Rohan Mustafa c Kohli b Pandya 11 23-1(w1), Pandya 3-1-11-1 (w1), Harbhajan 4-1- A disciplined Indian attack 16 not out. 11-1 (w1), Negi 3-0-16-1, Yuvraj 2-0-10-1(w1) restricted the UAE to a meagre 81-9 “I wanted that innings,” he said Swapnil Patil c&b Kumar 1 India before they reached 82-1 in just 10.1 after the match. “I have spent some Mohammad Shahzad c Raina b Bumrah 0 overs to complete the rout, their fourth time in the middle. It was important to Shaiman Anwar run out 43 R Sharma c Naveed b Qadeer 39 victory in as many matches in the tour- get the feel of the wicket for the final.” Mohammad Usman c Harbhajan b Negi 9 S Dhawan (not out) 16 A Qatari player in nament. Opener Rohit Sharma made Shaiman Anwar was the UAE’s top Amjad Javed c Negi b Harbhajan 0 Y Singh (not out) 25 action at the GCC the highest 39 runs with 28 balls, hit- scorer, making 43 runs before he was Extras (w1 nb1) 2 Golf Championship ting seven fours and six, while Yuvraj the last man dismissed. Bhuvneshwar Muhammad Kaleem c Pandya b Yuvraj 2 Total (one wicket; 10.1 overs) 82 at Doha Golf Club Singh made good use of his promo- Kumar claimed 2-8 playing his first Fahad Tariq run out 3 yesterday. The junior tion in one-down position with an match in the series, while all of the Mohammad Naveed c Negi b Kumar 5 Fall of wickets: 1-43 category ends today unbeaten 25. other bowlers used by India skipper MS Ahmed Raza (not out) 0 Did not bat: V. Kohli, S. Raina, H. Pandya, M. “The wickets here have been chal- Dhoni were rewarded with a wicket. Dhoni, P. Negi, H. Singh, B. Kumar, J. Bumrah and the final round of Qadeer Ahmed (not out) 0 the senior section will lenging, not the easiest,” said man of India rested Ravindra Jadeja, Rav- Bowling: Naveed 3-0-17-0 (w1, nb1), Javed the match Rohit. “I am glad we have ichandran Ashwin and Ashish Nehra Extras (LB 2 W5) 7 be held tomorrow. 2-0-18-0, Qadeer 2-0-23-1, Shahzad 1.1-0-14- put up a performance like that. ahead of the March 6 final and brought Total (nine wickets; 20 overs) 81 0, Rohan 1-0-6-0 “Initially, you have to see the con- in uncapped Pawan Negi, Harbhajan Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-2, 3-25, 4-51, 5-53, Result: India won by nine wickets ditions. Once you get a hang of it, you Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. UAE 6-62, 7-66, 8-80, 9-81. can probably play your shots,” he added. captain Amjad Javed said they were

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Italian climber Simone Moro (right) and Pakistani climber Ali Sadpara celebrate after scaling the peak of Nanga Parbat which is known as “Killer Mountain” and is the second highest peak after K2. Conquering Killer Mountain against all odds

AFP sea level, the mountains of northern successful summit in 1953. Climbing it in metres from base to top, presents one Pakistan and India stretched out before winter’s treacherous conditions would of the most difficult -- and tantalising him -- including three more of the 14 remain a feat unattained until Moro and -- challenges in climbing. eight-thousanders. These are the only his team -- Alex Txikon of Spain and Moro said the team, which climbed ISLAMABAD: Simone Moro stood atop mountains on the planet with “death Pakistani climber Ali Sadpara -- made without oxygen, had little time to accli- Pakistan’s “Killer Mountain” last week zones” -- above 8,000 metres, where their historic summit on February 26. matise themselves, spending just one INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY and observed the curve of the Earth -- it is believed that the amount of oxygen One member of their team, Tamara night at 6,200 metres before making a view which had never been seen by in the atmosphere is too low to sustain Lunger from Italy, was forced to aban- the push toward the summit. “When anyone in winter until the climber and human life. The pyramid of K2, the world’s don her attempt just 170 metres from you want to go the altitude of jumbo his team conquered Nanga Parbat. second-highest mountain and now the the peak. She could see Sadpara wav- flight without oxygen you need to accli- The expedition had taken three only eight-thousander unsummited in ing at her from the summit, she said, matised,” he said, admitting that a “big months and came more than six decades winter, was in the distance. but she knew she had pushed her body question mark” hung over their expedi- after the mountain was first summited, “I saw the horizon the line of the to its limit. “My muscles felt very bad... tion as they began the final climb. but 10 minutes was all Moro could allow horizon -- I saw that the line was curved,” I was vomiting the whole day and eve- Gusts buffeted them at 45km an A view of himself to enjoy his achievement. Moro said. “When you see these things... rything I ate or drank came out again.” hour, and with the wind chill temper- cloudy sun- “Now you have to come back... But you you understand how small and at the Hesitating, she asked herself if she atures plummeted to 50 degrees below set seen in are so completely exhausted,” the Italian same time how big you could be.” was sad -- but the choice was clear. “I zero, he said. “We were shaking all day,” Doha. Photo mountaineer explained in an interview, Nanga Parbat, with one of the highest said okay, if you go to the top now you he said. It took more than eight hours by Qassim saying he was afraid of losing concen- death rates in the world, earned its grisly will not go home... and I turned around to cover the final two kilometres, then Rahmatulah tration on the long, dangerous descent. nickname after more than 30 climbers and went down.” Nanga Parbat’s fear- another four and a half to come down From the peak, 8,125 metres above died trying to conquer it before the first some Rupal face, rising more than 4,000 to the camp. Bob Dylan sells archives Moments of Film depicting horrors joy can damage faced by ‘comfort women’ Reuters Dylan, now 74, has mostly kept his The archives handed over to the heart: Study items out of the public eye, resulting University of Tulsa include two note- in high prices when they occasion- books with lyrics from the 1975 album tops S Korea box office ally come up for auction. “Blood on the Tracks,” and Dylan’s LONDON: The emotional stress that LOS ANGELES: Bob Dylan (pictured) A handwritten copy of the song handwritten lyrics to his 1964 song causes chest pains and breathless- has sold his personal archive of notes, “Like a Rolling Stone” sold for a record “Chimes of Freedom” scrawled on ness can occur in moments of joy draft lyrics, poems, artwork and pho- $2m at a New York auction in 2014, hotel notepaper dotted with cigarette as well as anger, grief and fear, a Reuters as 200,000 Korean victims. Of 238 tographs to the University of Tulsa, while the electric guitar he played at burns. There is also correspondence Swiss study suggests. South Korean comfort women who where they will be made available to 1965 Newport Folk Festival sold for between Dylan and the late beat poet Three-quarters of cases of tako- shared their stories, only 44 are still scholars and curated for public exhi- nearly $1 million in 2013. Allen Ginsberg. tsubo cardiomyopathy, a change in alive. In the first week of its Febru- bitions, the school said yesterday. the shape of the heart’s left ventri- SEOUL: A film based on the hor- ary 24 release, “Spirits’ Homecoming” The 6,000 item collection spans cle, which can be fatal, are caused rors experienced by“comfort women” topped sales at the CJ CGV and Mega- nearly the entire length of Dylan’s 55 by stress. in Japanese military brothels during box chains, and drew a total of 1,735,174 year-long career, and many have never The University Hospital Zurich World War Two, whose doubtful com- domestic viewers, the Korean Film been seen before. The collection was study, in the European Heart Jour- mercial appeal meant it took 14 years Council said. The release follows the acquired by the George Kaiser Foun- nal, suggests about one in 20 cases and the contributions of 75,000 indi- landmark December accord between dation and the University of Tulsa in is caused by joy. vidual donors to complete, is top of South Korea and Oklahoma. The condition is normally tem- the box office in South Korea. Japan to “finally and irreversibly The collection also includes mas- porary and people are generally Cho Jung-rae, who directed “Spir- resolve” the matter with a Japanese ter recording tapes of Dylan’s entire fine afterwards. its’ Homecoming”, was inspired in apology to the women and a new fund music catalog, along with hundreds In the study of 1,750 patients, 2002 tomake the film when he saw of about 1 billion yen ($8.75 million) of hours of film video. researchers discovered heart prob- the drawing “Burning Women”, made to help the victims. The Foundation and the univer- lems caused by a birthday party, a during a therapy session at a shelter The issue had long plagued rela- sity did not say how much the Bob son’s wedding, meeting a friend after for elderly former comfort women by tions between the two countries. Many Dylan Archive cost, but the New York 50 years, becoming a grandmother, Kang Il-chul, who said she was taken South Koreans, including some of the Times, which was given an exclusive a favourite rugby team winning a away by Japanese soldiers when she victims, oppose the accord, saying the preview, said it was sold for $15 mil- game, winning a casino jackpot or a was 16. At the time, Cho was a vol- government had no right to accept an lion to $20 million. computerised tomography (CT) scan unteer at the shelter, the House of apology on their behalf. Tulsa is also the home of a museum giving the all-clear from another Sharing. The film has received a mostly dedicated to folk singer Woody Guthrie, condition. “The grandmothers told me that if positive response in South Korea, with one of Dylan’s early influences. The study also suggested most I was going to make a movie, I should an average 9.52 out of 10 viewer rat- “I’m glad that my archives, which cases were in post-menopausal make it well so that their stories could ing on the Naver portal. There have have been collected all these years, women. Dr Jelena Ghadri, one of be told. That was the biggest motiva- also been preview screenings in Japan have finally found a home and are to the researchers, said: tion for me,” Cho said in an interview and the United States. be included with the works of Woody “We have shown that the triggers with Reuters. “I was worried that the Japanese Guthrie... To me, it makes a lot of sense for takotsubo syndrome can be more The term comfort women is a who came with (Korean) friends would and it’s a great honor,” Dylan said in varied than previously thought. “A euphemism for girls and women leave in the middle of the movie, but a statement. takotsubo syndrome patient is no forced to work in wartime Japanese surprisingly, they said they hoped Despite being regarded as “the longer the classic ‘broken-hearted’ military brothels. many people watch the movie, and voice of a generation” for his influ- patient, and the disease can be pre- South Korean activists estimate that they would let others know of ential songs of the 1960s and 1970s, ceded by positive emotions too. that there may have been as many the movie when it screens,” Cho said.