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Monday 16 June 2014 • 18 Sha’baan 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6098 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qatar seeks to World Heritage Committee session unify prices of daily items Proposal to cover GCC states

DOHA: Qatar has suggested “Violations of consumer rights that the prices of several con- are growing in number so we sumer items of daily use be need closer cooperation among made uniform across the Gulf our GCC states to jointly fight Cooperation Council (GCC) the menace,” said H E Sultan bin countries. Rahsid Al Khater, Undersecretary If accepted, the proposal could at Qatar’s Ministry of Economy mean a reduction in the rates of and Commerce, who presided many of these items since they over the meeting. are costlier in Qatar. Sheikh Jassim bin Jabor Al The list is to be soon posted Thani, head of Qatar’s Consumer The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani speaking at the 38th session of the World Heritage on a GCC website that is being Protection Department was also Committee at Qatar National Convention Centre yesterday. The Prime Minister underscored the country’s keenness to promote heritage because launched with the aim of rais- present. The Department is part it is one of the main pillars of Qatar’s cultural identity. Chairperson of the 38th World Heritage Committee Session, H E Sheikha Al Mayassa bint ing consumer awareness in of the Economy Ministry. Hamad Al Thani, who is also Chairperson of the Qatar Museums Authority’s Board of Trustees, thanked member-countries of the committee for the region. Qatar’s proposals are to be choosing her to chair the session. See also page 3 The proposed portal would referred to the member-states also display the prices of many for study. commodities and services across Discussions might be held to the region, news items regarding have a common label for all GCC action taken against counterfeit products and ensure that their New stadium design products and replicated brands pricing in the region is uniform. and other such commercial frauds The label would also show ingre- Gulf nations back Qatar to be unveiled in member-states. dients and specifications. Heads and representatives of It has been hinted that GCC DOHA: A new design for one consumer protection departments importers are keen to unite and of the popular 2022 World Cup from GCC states began their rou- build a lobby so they can put pres- stadiums is to be unveiled at an tine meeting here yesterday and sure on overseas exporters to in 2022 World Cup row event open to the public on June approved the proposal to launch ensure quality and reduction in 21. The unveiling will be done at the above website. prices for the benefit of consum- DUBAI: Gulf states rallied “biased media campaign”. Qatar on Saturday defended its Al Dhuhaira Youth Center from Details of the website plans ers in the region. behind Qatar following alle- “The Secretary-General campaign and rejected the cor- 4pm to 9pm. The event would were outlined at the meet by The meeting is also scheduled gations published by Britain’s affirmed the GCC’s ... complete ruption allegations which it said also include entertainment pro- Abdullah bin Juma Al Shibli, from to discuss the pricing and quality Sunday Times newspaper that support in the face of all doubt- were timed to coincide with an grammes and two important the GCC Secretariat-General in of automobile spare parts across a senior Qatari soccer offi- ers and haters and everyone who investigation by FIFA, world soc- personalities discussing their Riyadh. the region and after-sales service cial made payments to win the is attempting to lessen (Qatar’s) cer’s governing body, into the bid- personal success stories. The website will be based in of cars. country’s bid to host the 2022 right to host this historic global ding process for the 2022 World THE PENINSULA Saudi Arabia. It is proposed that to enhance World Cup. sporting event,” the GCC state- Cup and the one before it in Qatar has also proposed that cooperation among consumer Qatar has vehemently denied ment said yesterday. Russia in 2018. the GCC states have a unified rights watchdogs from the GCC the accusations. Qatar won its bid through The GCC statement will pro- Isis killing video consumer protection law so that member-states. The meeting is Secretary-General Abdullatif “honest competition,” he said. vide welcome support for Qatar. violations of consumer rights held four times in a year. Al Zayani of the Gulf Cooperation The World Cup has never been REUTERS stokes sectarian could be fought jointly. THE PENINSULA Council attacked what he called a held in the Middle East before. See also page 27 fury in Iraq

BAGHDAD: The abduction of Fire in Industrial Area 2,000 soldiers by the extremist group Isis and the killing of 30 over the weekend has exploded Israeli forces tensions between Iraq’s Sunni and Shia sects. Photographs and videos released by the Sunni militant group, linked to Al Qaeda, show seal off Hebron some of the prisoners being killed, apparently in the desert near JERUSALEM: The Israeli one of the most serious security Tikrit, where they were seized Prime Minister, Benjamin incidents in recent memory. on Tuesday. Some were lying Netanyahu, has accused the Amid the vast manhunt, face down with their hands tied. Islamic militant group Hamas Israeli soldiers have swamped A separate group were forced to of being behind the kidnapping Palestinian villages around sit up while they were taunted by of three teenagers – including Hebron and in effect closed off their captors, one of whom spoke a US citizen – who went miss- the city. Reinforcements of para- Arabic with an accent common to ing nearly three days ago, as troopers were drafted in to make- Tunisia or Algeria. Israeli troops tightened their shift camps circling the city, and The images have stirred out- grip on the southern West observation balloons launched to rage in Baghdad — where the Bank and rounded up scores of help with the search. Shia militant group Asaib Ahl Palestinians. In the village of Beit Einoun, Al Haq has made forays into While Israel extended its drag- Israeli soldiers searched through Sunni areas — and prompted net around Hebron yesterday, a barn yesterday, kicking through reprisals. Two residents of the sealing off most entrances to the the hay in animal pens watched largely Sunni west Baghdad city, Israel and Hamas traded by the owner. neighbourhood of Ghazaliyah say accusations. The Islamist group In another villager’s home, nine locals were abducted by the Firefighting trucks at the site of a blaze that destroyed a warehouse attached to Khalid Cement Industries denied it was behind the kidnap- soldiers searched balconies and group on Saturday. Another two Complex in Industrial Area yesterday. (SALIM MATRAMKOT) ping, despite some members wel- rooms, as a crowd observed from were reportedly killed. Report on page 3 coming it. a distance. “They let 1,500 go on the first The US secretary of state, John “Why are they doing this?” said day,” said Khaled Al Jabouri, a Kerry, condemned the kidnap- a man named Marwan. A youth in tribal leader from Tikrit. ping of the boys, issuing a state- a Real Madrid football shirt, who THE GUARDIAN ment calling for the release of declined to give his name, added: See also page 7 Qatari helps driver, housemaid marry Gil-ad Sha’er, Eyal Yifrach and “Do they think the missing boys Naftali Frankel and apparently are in this neighbourhood? DOHA: A kind-hearted Qatari family went out of would accept Shuma’s proposal. After she agreed, backing Israeli claims of Hamas “They are only here because a its way to help two workers serving the household Al Yefai sought the permission of her parents in involvement. burned-out car [which it has been tie the knot. Their Bangladeshi driver’s crush on Indonesia. After they agreed, the formalities to sol- Amid rapidly rising tensions in suggested was linked to the kid- Today’s the Indonesian maid led him to summon courage emnise the marriage, including the mandatory pre- the West Bank, the Israeli military napping] was found two kilome- and break the news to his sponsor. marriage medical test, began. The marriage contract flooded the Hebron area with sev- tres away. “They are trying to put matches It took the Al Yefai family almost two months was finally endorsed by the Indonesian Embassy. A eral thousand additional troops, pressure on us and put pressure GROUP G: to complete the formalities for marriage, Al Sharq kind Al Yefai, the daily said, gave money to Shuma deployed extra anti-rocket units on the Palestinian government.” GERMANY VS PORTUGAL (7PM) reported yesterday. so that he could pay the dower amount (meher) to in two southern cities and called The search has been accom- On a fine evening, when the sponsor was in his the bride. up several hundred reservists. panied by widespread arrests – GROUP F: majlis (living room), driver Mohamed Shuma told The newly-married couple lives with the Al Yefai The kidnapping and the scale of about 80 Palestinians were seized IRAN VS NIGERIA (10PM) him of his wish to marry Alees. family at a place provided to them at their home. the operation to recover the boys yesterday. GROUP G: The sponsor, Zaid Al Yefai, asked Alees if she THE PENINSULA and root out those responsible, is THE GUARDIAN GHANA VS USA 1AM (TUESDAY) MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME PM receives South Korean FM Plan to set up centre for personalised medicine Hamad-Duke centre to provide evidence-based care

DOHA: Hamad Medical The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Corporation (HMC), in part- Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met South Korean Foreign Minister Ri-Su-yong and nership with the US-based his delegation and reviewed relations. Duke University, has announced the development of a Hamad-Duke Centre for Personalised and Precision Medicine. Ooredoo firms launch The centre, part of Qatar’s Academic Health System (AHS), will provide evidence- based care grounded in world- initiatives to deliver class research. As a precursor to the joint initiative, HMC and Duke University, with whom HMC has live action from Brazil a research-focused relationship, hosted the first Personalised and DOHA: Ooredoo’s companies yes- SPORTS channel; the Hala Football Precision Medicine Symposium, Dr Ibrahim Janahi, Executive Director of Research, HMC, and Dr Geoffrey Ginsburg, Director, Genomic terday launched initiatives that Club for pre-paid customers to opt attended by senior officials from Medicine, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, and Executive Director, Duke University Health deliver live action from the 2014 in for extra SMS and calling minutes HMC, local AHS partners, AHS System’s Centre for Personalised Medicine, addressing the symposium. FIFA World Cup Brazil straight to keep in touch during the matches; International Advisory Board, to mobile customers across the and community activities encourag- and other stakeholders. characteristics of each individ- across Qatar and new develop- The symposium is the first in Middle East, North Africa, and ing fans to upload short Instagram “Personalised and precision ual, allowing for more accurate ments will support the initiative. a series in Qatar to contribute Southeast Asia. videos under the theme ‘Cheer On medicine has the potential to diagnosis and optimised treat- “Personalised medicine can to the success of the National Ooredoo has launched a special Your Team’. transform the way we prevent, ment and care. help give us tools to deal with Qatar Genome Strategy World Cup mobile portal, called Ooredoo Tunisia has launched ‘El diagnose and treat illness by Professor Edward Hillhouse, pressing local health issues such Project. Ooredoo Football Portal, across its MaracaaF fi Tounès’ campaign, under allowing us to tailor our strate- Chief of Scientific, Faculty and as diabetes, cardiovascular dis- The National Qatar Genome markets in the Middle East, North the tagline ‘With Ooredoo, live the gies to the individual patient,” Academic Affairs, HMC, spoke eases and other lifestyle ail- Committee, chaired by Dr Africa and Southeast Asia, provid- World Cup as if you were there! said Gary Needle, Chief of about the AHS vision to make ments,” he said, adding that in Asmaa Al Thani, Head of Qatar ing exclusive content, social media which provides special offers and Planning and Performance, personalised medicine an essen- addition to optimising care for University’s Health Sciences competitions and promotions for promotions on voice, data, and dig- HMC, in his welcome address. tial component of the health- each patient, personalised medi- Department and Board Vice- customers to share the experience ital content, including SMS, a mobile Personalised medicine ena- care delivery system in Qatar. cine will also help in detecting Chairperson and Consultant for of the matches. app, and TV channel. bles healthcare providers to He said HMC and its AHS disease susceptibility within a Qatar BioBank, recently held a Customers can follow matches live, As the official sponsor of the approach patient care accord- partners are investing in health- population and customising dis- two-day workshop in Doha. watch 3D videos and clips of inter- Algerian national team, Ooredoo ing to the unique genetic care and research facilities ease prevention strategies. THE PENINSULA views and press conferences, view Algeria has announced an exclusive photographs, listen to World Cup sponsorship for National Fund for soundtrack, play World Cup-themed the Promotion of Youth Initiatives games and read descriptions of and Sports Practices, providing DZD matches, teams, players, and history. 100m ($1.26m) for 2,000 young foot- On the portal, customers can follow ball fans to attend the World Cup. the World Cup and receive content Ooredoo Algeria has also launched Creation Generation Project expo opens from leading media companies using the television campaign ‘Maak Yal smartphones or featured phones. Khedra’ to support the national DOHA: Qatar Museums (QM) In Kuwait, Ooredoo has launched team. opened yesterday the touring Creation a special online ‘Football Fantasy’ Nawras in Oman has launched the Generation Project exhibition, an initia- game, the Ooredoo football chal- Sahra Time World Cup Edition, an tive inspired by the concurrent Richard lenge that will run throughout the opt-in monthly service that provides Serra’s exhibitions in the country. World Cup, while Ooredoo’s Indosat Mousbak customers with 1 GB of The exhibition at The Pearl-Qatar runs is offering live streaming though the mobile data per day for one month until June 26 and will open afterwards at Domikado application. to follow latest World Cup news and W Doha Hotel from July 3 to 17. “Passion for sport unites our content, and unlimited browsing of QM followed the creative journey of six customers beyond borders, and Middle East sports website Kooora. passionate and talented local and creative as smartphone take-up increases com. artists who were picked to take part in the across our footprint, we are leverag- Wataniya Palestine has launched a project. ing technology innovation to provide campaign for pre-paid customers to Each week before the exhibition, one of our customers with a fully-immer- win prizes such as World Cup tickets, the selected artists was in the spotlight sive football experience, enabling video game consoles and TV receivers while creating a unique piece of art inspired our millions of customers to share for beIN SPORTS channel, a World by Serra’s work, using a variety of mediums. the experience together. As part of Cup-themed Facebook app and a cus- The exhibition includes photos of Amira our commitment to youth, we aim tomised mobile application. Fareed, Abdulaziz Alajail, Haya Al Thani to inspire young football players to Asiacell in Iraq is partnering with and Mohammed Abdullah Al Dossari along become the football stars of tomor- PepsiCo for a World Cup campaign with sculptures by Abdulaziz Yousef, Khalifa row,” said Dr Nasser Marafih, Group that enables customers to win free Ghaith Al Kuwari. CEO, Ooredoo. additional calling minutes under “We are happy to be engaging community In Qatar, Ooredoo has launched the select Pepsi bottles, along with a members with the Serra exhibitions and Visitors view one of the artworks. #Koora campaign, which includes a mobile contest. giving local creative Qataris the opportunity sports television package with beIN THE PENINSULA to be inspired by international artists and for exhibiting artworks on a vibrant island Al Riwaq Doha exhibition space, and the come up with new innovative ideas. enjoying heavy footfall from visitors and unveiling of Serra’s second public commis- “Through its projects, QM is committed residents. “This will further ensure that art sion in Qatar, East-West/West-East, an to helping and supporting the next gen- will be well appreciated at an iconic location extraordinary standing-plate work spanning eration of arts professionals in Qatar and that embodies the very essence of beauty over a kilometre in length, and crossing the taking arts and museums beyond the four and aesthetics.” peninsula of Brouq Nature Reserve connect- walls,” said Mohammed Ali Kamal, leader Serra, the most comprehensive showcase ing the waters of the Gulf. of the project. of the artist’s work in the Middle East, is Richard Serra at QM Gallery, Katara, and Saeed Al Sulaiti, Director of Operations, open across multiple venues in Qatar. Richard Serra at Al Riwaq Doha run until The Pearl-Qatar, said, “We are expecting The solo show at QM Gallery coincides July 6, East-West/West-East is a permanent to receive a sizable number of art lovers, as with the exhibition of Passage of Time, a addition to Qatar’s public art landscape. The Pearl-Qatar provides the ideal venue striking curved sculpture conceived for THE PENINSULA Travel-related illnesses highlighted DOHA: Travellers to any health consultations, includ- destination face the risk of ing current recommendations falling sick and it’s advisable from the centres for disease to protect themselves from control, International Society of travel-related illnesses, says Travel Medicine and Travax), an expert. recommended and required Pilgrims to Makkah, espe- immunisations, international cially, are advised to take pre- certificates of vaccination, pre- cautions and increase their scriptions and information for immune system in view of prevention of malaria and other the outbreak of Middle East illnesses. It also provides latest Respiratory Syndrome in Saudi health and travel advisories and Arabia. handouts to help increase trav- People travelling abroad may ellers immunisation status. not be aware of diseases preva- Dr Baxarawi said immunisa- lent in certain countries and tion depends on factors, includ- they should take vaccinations ing destination, age, health to protect themselves from Dr A Baxarawi, Assistant Consultant, Al Ahli Hospital, addressing the issues, allergies and overall risk infections caused by viral and symposium yesterday. ABDUL BASIT acceptance. bacterial agents, Dr A Baxarawi, The ‘Travel Doctor’ can help Assistant Consultant, Al Ahli get accurate health vaccines Hospital, told a symposium on about risk faced by travellers to will be hospitalised and one will customised to individuals’ travel ‘Travel Medicine’ organised by destinations from Qatar or the be reported dead. plans and health history. the hospital. region, data from Europe and A ‘Travel Doctor’ at the hos- It’s advisable to seek travel He explained the impor- America suggest five to eight pital’s travel clinic is committed medical advice two months tance of finding out health risks percent of travellers seek medi- to providing its guests with spe- ahead of trip. However, for prevalent in various countries cal advice ahead of trip. cialised counselling and immu- diseases like Hepatitis A, one and planning a medically safe Half of every 100,000 travel- nisations necessary for safe can get vaccinated just before and healthy trip. Although spe- lers fall sick, 8,000 visit a doctor, travel outside Qatar. departure. cific statistics are not available 5,000 are confined to bed, 300 It provides individualised THE PENINSULA MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Foreign Minister Awareness drive begins Qatar to donate $10m attends G77 Plus as summer break for China Summit DOHA: The Foreign Minister to World Heritage Fund H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al workers takes effect Attiyah is leading Qatar’s del- egation to the Group of 77 (G77) DOHA: With temperature Addressing the gathering, Dr Unesco committee begins 38th session in Doha plus China Summit in Santa soaring, the Supreme Council Mohammed Al Thani, Director, Cruz, Bolivia. of Health (SCH) has launched Public Health Department, DOHA: Qatar will donate $10m conflicts and neglect. This is Sheikha Al Mayassa echoed The two-day meeting opened on a campaign to raise aware- SCH, said heat-related injuries to World Heritage fund, the the main purpose of creating a the same sentiment on Qatar’s Saturday under the theme ‘New ness among workers about heat in Qatar had fallen significantly Prime Minister and Interior fund dedicated to Unesco’s her- active involvement “in the pro- World Order for Living Well’ to stress and exhaustion and pre- in 2013, compared to 2011 and Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah itage preparedness and response motion of culture, notably in the discuss poverty eradication, cli- cautionary measures. 2012, due to increased awareness bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani programme.” promotion and conservation of mate change and the post-2015 The SCH and the Ministry among workers and employers. announced yesterday. Stressing that financial support heritage,” and assured the com- sustainable development agenda. of Labour have also intensi- “We now have work sites free “This will be the first contribu- is a main challenge, Sheikha Al mittee of Qatar’s highest support The summit also marks the fied inspections at work sites to of heat-related injuries because tion by a country to the emer- Mayassa urged all member states in implementation of the World 50th anniversary of the establish- ensure that the reduced summer our inspectors have been con- gency fund Unesco is setting up to support the fund. Heritage Convention. ment of the G77, now a coalition working hours for outdoor work- ducting awareness campaigns to preserve world heritage and “In my capacity as chairperson, “This wholehearted involve- of more than 130 developing UN ers, which took effect yesterday, there for several years,” said Al assist in its protection, particu- I call upon the goodwill of all the ment of my country in the pro- member states plus China. are followed by companies. Thani. larly in areas affected by natural states of the big world heritage motion of heritage covers the The summit’s holding and the All employers are required to Work site accidents during disasters or armed conflict,” the family to support Qatar in this full extent of the role of culture high level of participation attests give break for outdoor workers summer may result from fatigue, Prime Minister said as he opened endeavour by contributing to this in people’s identity, knowledge of to the political will of the group from 11.30pm to 3pm. The new weakness and dizziness — major the 38th session of the World newly created fund,” she said. their history and control of their and its belief in the joint action timing is in force until August 31. symptoms of heat stress. Heritage Committee at Qatar The Prime Minister under- destiny.” under the umbrella of the Group The law also mandates compa- A brochure prepared by the National Convention Centre. scored that Qatar has long paid She highlighted the impor- 77 and china, the minister noted. nies to provide potable water and SCH in English and Arabic He called upon states which attention to its heritage. tance of preserving culture and shelters (rest area) at work sites titled ‘Heat stress can be deadly’ are members of the committee “This arises from our convic- urged topics to be discussed in the Cold water, kits during summer. Violation of rules includes guidelines for outdoor to work hard to protect and pre- tion that heritage is an essential 10-day session be taken seriously. will invite hefty fines. workers and employers. serve historical heritage sites in pillar to civilisation of a nation. It “It is great to be able to inscribe for workers Besides monitoring work sites, Precautionary measures the Arab world, particularly in is also a very important part of its more and more sites for the world DOHA: The charitable organi- inspectors from the SCH and the against heat stress include: areas experiencing armed conflict. cultural identity. to protect but it is equally impor- sation, RAF, has launched a ministry have also been interact- Drink cool water; wear light, H E Sheikha Al Mayassa bint “The present is a bridge con- tant to protect sites in danger and campaign to distribute 300,000 ing with workers and distributing loose clothing; schedule more fre- Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, necting the past with the future, establish means to protect them.” bottles of cold water and summer brochures and leaflets to educate quent breaks; eat right, eat light; Chairperson of the 38th session, without our past we have no She also called for credibility kits containing sanitary items, them on how to beat the heat. use sunscreen and keep your said, “Qatar is willing to under- future. Heritage has been handed and transparency in the proc- among other things, to workers The campaign is titled ‘Enjoy head covered outdoors; provide take a major step in safeguarding down to us by our fathers and it ess of implementation of the engaged on construction sites your summer safety’. shaded area for work as much heritage in danger of being lost is our responsibility to transmit convention. this summer. A philanthropist Since the beginning of May, as possible; and avoid soft drinks, forever through catastrophes, it to our children.” THE PENINSULA Qatari has donated a refriger- SCH inspectors have visited 208 tea and coffee. ated van to the charity to carry work sites as part of the aware- Meanwhile, the Meteorology the bottled water and QR162,000 ness drive, a workshop on occu- Department forecast strong dust to support the initiative. pational health and safety was winds and high seas today. told recently. Temperature in Doha would Charity to put up More than 200 representatives hover between 32 and 42 degrees from occupational health and Celsius while Mesaieed and Al 65 Iftar tents safety departments of companies Wakrah are expected to be hot- and organisations attended the ter by noon. DOHA: Sheikh Eid Charity will SCH workshop. THE PENINSULA organise Iftar tents at 65 loca- tions across the country during Ramadan which is expected to begin by June-end. Some 10,500 people would likely Qatar Business Nursery benefit from the initiative every day. The tents would cost the charity QR6m. Donations for 59 to move to Industrial Area of the tents have been collected. Individual donors and com- DOHA: Young Qatari entre- in preparation for the official panies are sponsoring at least a preneurs would soon have launch. dozen of the tents. Donations for another home — a small model About 50 percent of benefi- the remaining six tents are being Industrial City (Qatar Business ciaries from the project will be organised. Individuals can donate Nursery) in the Industrial young Qatari women working up to QR20 to sponsor at least Area, a senior official has said. on women-related businesses one Iftar’ meal pack and QR600 The nursery will be on an area like making perfumes and ladies for Iftar’ meal packs for a month. of 20,000sqm and accommo- clothes such as abayas, among date about 16 warehouses ben- others, said Al Dawood. Warehouse efiting about 75 establishments, He said the nursery started with a plan to expand further, temporarily in a building owned damaged by fire Munther Al Dawood, Director, by Qatar Development Bank in DOHA: A warehouse attached Development Projects and 2011 and has been experiment- to Khalid Cement Industries Investment, Social Development ing the viability of the project and Complex in Industrial Area Centre, told Al Raya newspaper. now it is relocating to a perma- (Street No. 41) was badly It will provide support to young nent home. destroyed in a huge fire yes- entrepreneurs and promote their He said they aimed at trans- terday morning. The Ministry business skills through seminars, forming the system of entre- of Interior said on its Twitter conferences and networking. preneurship and helping small account at 11.35am that the The project is called nursery businesses of young Qatari entre- fire was “completely control- because it will introduce young preneurs expand and grow. led” but didn’t specify if anyone people to the world of entrepre- Among businesses that have was injured. The cause was not neurship the way nursery schools benefited is Sheikha Haya Sewing known yesterday. introduce education to children. factory which is producing 60,000 Bangladeshi Ambassador Syed Masud Mahmood Khundoker with officials at the event. A Civil Defence team contin- After a three-year programme, pieces of garments each year ued fire-fighting until late in the Qataris will gain skills to enter Since its foundation 14 years afternoon. Thick smoke could be the world of business. ago, the centre has been providing seen billowing from the site for “We have accepted applications opportunities for young Qataris Bangla embassy opens extension several hours. Police cordoned off of 37 Qataris to work in the nurs- business people to improve skills the area, causing traffic jams on ery in March and they have been and deal with business-related DOHA: The Bangladeshi embassy recently Khundoker said having a more specious build- surrounding streets during peak put into an enrolment program. problems. opened a new extension to the existing building ing will help provide better and quicker services to hours. The fire was confined to “The management will Al Dawood said they would also to serve the growing number of its nationals in Bangladeshis in Qatar. the warehouse that stored mate- receive further applications in organise an exhibition to show- the country. It was opened by Ambassador Syed He assured that the embassy would introduce new rials and the neighbouring cement September,” said Al Dawood. case works of young entrepre- Masud Mahmood Khundoker. technology and other initiatives in stages to serve plant was not affected, according He said they had started mov- neurs on October 29. The event was attended by hundreds of commu- its national better. to witnesses. ing staff to the industrial site THE PENINSULA nity members and embassy officials. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA/QNA QA welcomes 50 new intern students DOHA: Qatar Airways’ (QA) “Students who intern with us Nationalisation Department gain valuable insights into busi- welcomed 50 new undergradu- ness functions that make QA ates into its internship pro- the world-class organisation it is gramme for the 2014 summer today. When they return to work session, the carrier said in a for us after completing studies, statement yesterday. they are already familiar with QA The students, specialising in and its strong work ethic.” 23 majors, will spend next few QA offers a customised train- months with the airline, gaining ing programme that suits each important first-hand experience in intern, with interns being placed the day-to-day operations across in departments, such as market- the company. ing, commercial, product develop- Akbar Al Baker, CEO, said such ment, engineering, finance, sales, internship programmes have been technical services, customer expe- Officials with interns. successful in the past and were rience, cabin services and informa- conducted regularly to provide tion technology. Every intern has Boeing, Airbus and Rolls Royce, so, supports their growth towards Entertainment and Connectivity. and the QA Nationalisation valuable experience to students. dedicated coach and mentor. no matter what your background professional positions and gives Students are tasked with an Programme team for evaluation. “The airline is highly support- “Qatarisation is a priority for is, we are the kind of organisation our company people that come assigned project which they must Upon graduation, students will ive of learning and development us and we wish to demonstrate that can support you to move on in with interesting, fresh ideas. execute from beginning to end, join a 24-month rotation pro- programmes and as the national this in the programmes we have to bigger and better things,” said Participating in this activity working with coaches. gramme to explore their options airline, we take every necessary developed for our future Qatari Dr Kholode Al Obaidli, Vice- reflects our common value to Upon completion of the project, within QA before choosing the step to nurture Qatari talent to employees. We provide nine pro- President, Nationalisation. help communities and future gen- interns present their project field in which they wish to develop help them build successful careers grammes, support 23 majors, and “We welcome interns for the erations grow,” said Dominique framework, implementation and their careers. in aviation. offer training opportunities with summer term as the initiative Giannoni, CEO, Thales In-Flight findings to their department THE PENINSULA MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Concept of proposed Experts validate manuscripts, farmers’ association not clear: Businessman calligraphy collections DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce has not been able to properly con- Sheikh Faisal Museum’s manuscripts extensively cover core subjects vey the concept of the pro- posed farmers’ association DOHA: Top international motifs. Iranian style manuscripts to prospective members and Islamic manuscript schol- from the Safavid artists in India investors, says a prominent ars recently validated Sheikh in purple, red and gold also fea- businessman. Faisal Museum’s extensive and tured in the visit. Ahmed Al Khalaf (pictured) valuable manuscript and callig- Other exquisite manuscripts said what he understood from raphy collections. that were highlighted included an media reports was that the asso- Among these experts were 18th century Quran from India in ciation of Qatari farmers would Dr Nabil Safwat, Art Historian gold, red and blue ink with opaque be like the lawyers’ or engineers’ from Dubai, Mahmoud Zaki of the pigments and patterns. association that would work to Institute of Arabic Manuscripts The collection on display also help protect the rights of its and ALECSO, Arab League of included a small illuminated members. Nations, Professor Paul Hepworth, 17th century manuscript from When told that it would be Book Conservator from Istanbul, Istanbul that contains a famous basically a farmers’ cooperative Karin Scheper, Book Conservator poem in honour of the Prophet society and not an association, research and development in the at the University of Leiden, Mohammed and is popularly whose main aim is to make profit farming sector. and Dr Nourane Ben Azzuna, known as ‘Qasidat Al Burdah’ (the by encouraging private sector Only farm owners who do not Assistant Professor in Art his- Poem of the Cloak), composed investment in the agricultural have any other businesses can tory at the University of Vienna. by Staraf Al-Din Muhammed sector, Al Khalaf said he didn’t become members by paying a The Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al-Busiri (died 694 HD/ 1294 C have a clear idea. one-off registration fee of QR500. Al Thani collection includes a E).Karin Scheper, Conservator “There is confusion. From The memorandum of associa- number of manuscripts that have at the University of Leiden, said: what you say, it is clear that the tion has 55 articles, and Article been obtained from many Arab “The collection reflects how association is going to be much 10, while suggesting that there and Islamic countries. These Islamic Art decoration focuses like a shareholding company, a would be a capital, says no mem- manuscripts are wide-ranging in on patterns, illumination and cooperative society.” ber would be allowed to own terms of their provenance, subject calligraphy rather than figures. Al Khalaf is an active investor more than 10 percent of capital. matter and form. The prevailing This manuscript included invoca- in the agricultural sector. The society will have a board notion about Arabic manuscripts tions and verses from the Quran Meanwhile, a cursory look by that will approve all member- is that they basically focus on for pilgrims, from Turkey in the this newspaper into the memo- ships except those of the founder- religion and faith-related sub- 19th century, that deal principally randum of association of the pro- members. Board members would jects. This is because these are the with the subject of Islam and the posed organisation suggests that be entitled to payments at the core subjects in much of Islamic One of the manuscripts at the museum. symbolic conception of faith, with it would basically be a coopera- end of the fiscal year subject literature found in national and content including invocations and tive society, with a membership to approval by the annual gen- private libraries including ones illuminations in both Turkish and base. eral meeting of the society’s in mosques, zawiya and religious like the Canon of Medicine by And, of course, it was so inter- Arabic.” Its capital is not yet decided, members/shareholders. schools as well as the great old Avicenna and Tazkirat Ouli esting to see the Sheikh Faisal “A book like this would be used but according to the memoran- Article 20 says the society library of Timbuktu. Al-Albab by Dawoud Al-Antaki Museum with so many different during a pilgrimage, with this dum of association, its shares must set up a social services and Contrary to this notion, a (No. 7445) in pharmacology which types of exhibits and its extensive particular one being written in will each have a nominal value emergency fund so financial help number of the manuscripts in is full of detailed information on manuscript collection.” Naskhi script with coloured ink, of QR10. can be provided to members in the Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al botany classification, diseases and The scholars were shown some and the text framed in gold. On Members, including individuals distress. A huge corpus is also to Thani’s collection cover many treatment. of the highlights of the collection, the top of the page, there is a and companies, will need to sub- be set up so that members could other topics such as science, Professor Paul Hepworth said: all beautifully illustrated in dra- gilded panel with the name of the scribe and buy shares. Payments be given loans for agricultural philosophy as well as spiritual “The participation in the practi- matic colours, with golden floral Surah (chapter) and the number could be made in installments as and related activities. content. Some of these take the cal session at the museum made decorations on the pages and of verses,” she added. well. The financial year of the pro- form of a whole series or a volume a real contribution to the group. margins filled with medals and THE PENINSULA However, only Qatari individu- posed society, requests for whose als and 100 percent Qatari com- membership was to be received panies could be members of the from yesterday, begins from July proposed society. 1 and ends on June 30. While Article 1 of the memo- This time the fiscal year of the randum of association covers society will begin from the date the name of the proposed body, of its official inception. Article 2 talks of its aims, which At the end of each financial Library to launch The Blue Jackal include developing cooperation year, depending on how much among members to help boost profit the society makes, share- DOHA: Qatar national Library most important objectives of the agricultural production in the holders will be distributed cash (QNL) in collaboration with library, which are to encourage country and ensure food security. dividend. Occidental Petroleum of Qatar reading and preserve Qatar’s her- The other aim is to boost THE PENINSULA (Oxy Qatar) will launch The itage for the future generations. Blue Jackal children’s book on “One of the key functions of June 23, 5pm at the Hamad QNL being a national library is bin Khalifa University Student to collect and provide access to Disney show tickets on sale Centre. global knowledge that is relevant QNL is inviting youngsters to Qatar and the region. It also DOHA: Sale of tickets for the the hottest tunes and talent from aged four to 11 to the launch of collects, preserves, and provides much-awaited Disney On Ice across the kingdom. The audi- the book which features tales access to heritage content and presents Rockin’ Ever After ence can jam to a Scottish jig as inspired by cultural heritage in materials about Qatar and the starts today at all Virgin a group of royal contenders from the Muslim world. region,” she added. Megastores and online at www. the latest Disney•Pixar film, The event will include a story “I was inspired to make this virginmegastore.qa, organisers Brave, competes to win the heart reading by the author Frances collection of fables by the ani- announced yesterday. of adventurous, sharp-shooting Gillespie and will feature other mals depicted in the superb Produced by Feld Merida, making her on-ice debut! children’s activities. The story works of art in the collection of Entertainment, presented by They will experience a of the Blue Jackal and 17 other the Museum of Islamic Art in the Qatar Tourism Authority show-stopping performance as fables have been brought to life by Doha. I have also included some and its Events Diary, OnQatar Sebastian breaks out of his shell the author who has lived in Qatar of their photographs in the book. and brought to Qatar by Sport for one night only to make waves for almost 30 years. Canadian artist Charlene Kasdorf & Entertainment Solutions, with Ariel. Gillespie has worked in Qatar also drew on this ancient Islamic this brand-new spectacu- A chorus of harmless hooli- as a teacher, environmental con- artwork as inspiration for her lar featuring scenes from gans from Tangled unleashes sultant and freelance journalist. marvellous and exciting illustra- Disney•Pixar’sBRAVE,Tangled, musical mayhem when they get She began contributing to publi- tions in each of the tales,” said The Little Mermaid, and Beauty a visit from the sassy and spirited cations about Qatar in 2000 and Gillespie. and the Beast, visits Doha from Rapunzel and her charming ally turned to writing her own books Stephen Kelly, President September 24 to 27 for eight per- Flynn. eight years ago. and General Manager of Oxy formances at the Qatar National Tickets are priced in five tiers: Dr Claudia Lux, Project Qatar, commented: “We are very Convention Centre. Bronze QR175, Silver QR275, Gold Director of QNL said: “At QNL, pleased to once again work with time-honoured tales, featuring Free copies of the book will be The show highlights some of QR475, VIP QR1,000 and Royal we are proud to partner with the talented author Frances animals that can speak, impart distributed to the participating the most magical idols of all in QR2,000. Oxy Qatar in organising this Gillespie, this time on a collec- valuable lessons for children and audience at the launch. a musical showcase that features THE PENINSULA event as it will highlight the tion of traditional fables. These adults alike.” THE PENINSULA Call to promote talent and expertise of Qatari workforce DOHA: Qatari workforce play- role in the country’s development and its importance in the glo- ing critical role in the country’s and strengthened the foundations bal economy. The students were rapid growth and development, upon which the economy is built. also addressed by Essa Saud Al and more needs to be done QInvest seeks to encourage the Kawari, Head of Government to promote local talents and building of knowledge, excellence and Community Relations and expertise, said Tamim Hamad and success and allows students Administration Affairs; Bassel Al Kawari, CEO of QInvest, to gain expertise and grow within Hanbali, Head of Marketing, one of Qatar leading Shariah a professional working environ- Corporate Communications and compliant investors, in a press ment,” said Al Kawari. Investor Relations; Pascale Al statement yesterday. He added: “QInvest fully sup- Sabbagh, HR Vice President; and The remarks came on the back- ports Qatar University’s goal Dr Hala Kassem, Legal Assistant drop of the two seminars QInvest to encourage the creation and Vice President. held for over 300 students from growth of Qatar’s future leaders Professor Nitham Hindi, Qatar University, which discussed within the finance and business Dean of College of Business and the dynamics of the finance indus- sectors. We are committed to par- Economics at Qatar University, try ahead of the students deciding ticipating in the preparation of a said: “It was an honour for us to on their College Majors. road map for sustainable growth welcome industry practitioners This year’s seminars of QInvest in Qatar and encouraging the from QInvest and it was a hugely witnessed more than 20 percent [further] diversification of the valuable experience for our stu- increase in the number of stu- country’s economy.” dents. The visit deepened our dents enrolling in finance post, Over 300 female and male stu- students’ understanding of the Officials at the event. compared to 2013. dents attended the event which finance industry and provided “Qatar has experienced sig- was held over two days. Duncan them with an overview of career related to the investment bank- The session topics were devel- with Assistant Professors of nificant growth in recent years. Walker, COO and CFO of QInvest, trends and opportunities in Qatar ing industry including treasury, oped by Bassel Hanbali and Dr Finance, Dr. Mohamed Eissa and We believe that local talent has attended the two-day event and and the region.” operations, marketing, human Rami Zeitun, Chair of Finance Dr Mohammed Elgammal. played an extremely important talked to students about finance The seminar covered topics resources, legal and compliance. and Economics, in cooperation THE PENINSULA MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Second Sudoku contest HMC launches two building projects

Khalid Al Sayed, Editor-in-Chief, The Peninsula (second row, third from right) and Khaled Al Jaber, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Al Sharq (second row, second from right) with some of the participants of the second Sudoku competition organised by Dar Al Sharq. Faten Said Adeeb Yasin won the first place in the contest held over a month with 187 participants. Shazin Mohammad Ali came second and Tennyson Pinheiro third.

Dr Hanan Al Kuwari and Sheikh Abdulla bin Saoud Al Thani launching the projects as other officials look on.

QNB signs deal for online portal DOHA: Two building projects and was presided over by HMC treatment program. It will provide DOHA: Qatar National Bank owners seeking to develop their Assistant General Manager SME of Hamad Medical Corporation Managing Director Dr Hanan an excellent additional treatment (QNB) has signed a two-year operations, while assisting various at QNB Group, said: “QNB is (HMC), backed by Social and Al Kuwari and Daam President option for our patients and con- partnership agreement with governmental administrations, proud to support SMEs through Sports Activities Support Sheikh Abdulla bin Saoud Al solidates further HMC’s mandate ‘Enterprise Qatar’ (EQ), an businessmen and entrepreneurs this innovation and will continue Fund (Daam), were launched Thani. of providing world-class state-of- SME-dedicated company, as a to make informed decisions. to provide leadership in the bank- yesterday. The CyberKnife unit will the-art cancer care to the peo- conventional ‘Funding Partner’ QNB’s objective is to enable ing sector through our partner- The two projects, the deliver improved radio surgery ple of Qatar,” said Dr Noora Al for its new online portal ‘busi- Qatari entrepreneurs and SME ships with EQ, government bodies CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery practice through the use of the Hammadi, Chair of Department nesspulse.qa’, said a press state- owners, the driving force of and leading private sector organi- System unit and the expansion of CyberKnife Robotic Radio sur- of Radiation Oncology at NCCCR. ment yesterday. tomorrow’s economy, to make sations such as Thomson-Reuters. the neonatal intensive care unit gery System, which is the world’s Neonatal Intensive Care This initiative is in partnership important decisions by providing Our support for businesspulse.qa (NICU), are expected to be com- only robotic radio surgery tech- Director Dr Hilal Al Rifai, said with Thomson-Reuters and oper- credible, reliable, timely, acces- further enhances QNB’s strategic pleted by the first quarter of 2015. nique designed to treat tumours the purpose built state-of-the-art ated by Zawya Internet Content sible and relevant data through offerings to the SME market”. The ceremony was held at the non-invasively anywhere in the NICU unit expansion is designed Provider LLC. a coherent eco-system that sup- Ali Al Khulaifi, Executive site of the CyberKnife unit, which body. to meet the best international The agreement, which was ports budding SMEs within the Director of Business Support is adjacent to the National Centre “The addition of the CyberKnife standards for environmental signed at QNB’s head office Qatari market. Services at EQ, said: “As the pre- for Cancer Care and Research’s system will be a definite advance safety and best practice. by Hamad Al Jamali, Acting This agreement further ferred destination for local busi- (NCCCR) PET-CT Center, for our radiation oncology THE PENINSULA Assistant General Manager SME emphasises the significance of ness, EQ promotes and supports at QNB Group, follows QNB’s par- the new online portal as QNB the prosperity of Qatari SMEs, ticipation as the Official Bank at will now offer a comprehensive start-ups and entrepreneurs.” the recently concluded ‘QITCOM range of financial products and Nadim Najjar, Thomson 2014 exhibition’ - Qatar’s largest services including a ‘Financial Reuters’ Managing Director for Information and Communications Health Check’ tool to help SMEs the Middle East, Africa, Russia Technology (ICT) event. and entrepreneurs manage their and the CIS countries, said: “We Businesspulse.qa, a national money better. Other services are pleased to collaborate with EQ portal and semi-government include the ‘Apply Online for for the launch of businesspulse.qa, entity established in support of QNB Funding’ assistant, an ‘Ask in partnership with QNB. entrepreneurs and Small and the Expert’ and ‘Live Chat’ tools. Jean Marc Paufique, COO and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Additionally, all QNB events Head of Product Management at Qatar, provides a comprehen- will also be communicated online Zawya - Thomson Reuters, said: sive set of databases containing through BusinessPulse.qa, while “We are pleased to collaborate valuable information and knowl- SME customers can now find with EQ to launch businesspulse. edge. Its purpose is to facilitate financial and enterprise market qa. This supports our role as a key a well-integrated business envi- ‘Thought Leadership’ articles contributor to the growth of local ronment to serve and support provided by QNB. markets across the Mena region.” entrepreneurs and business Hamad Al Jamali, Acting THE PENINSULA Company opens travel branch at SCH DOHA: Regency Travel and packages transfer, visas and recommendations relevant to Tours has announced the open- insurance. their requirements is key. Moving ing of a fully furnished and The latest travel booking tech- a date, changing the location of a equipped kiosk at Supreme nology is being used to facilitate room/cabin, being open to flight Council of Health. the needs of SCH employees and options, etc all add to customer In the bidding process, the visitors. satisfaction. company was accepted for its The company is committed to Tareq Abdullatif Taha, CEO, outstanding heritage and quality providing SCH with value added said: “It is an honour for Regency of services and opened the travel travel booking capabilities that is Travel and Tours to be working branch at SCH main building in central to the company’s quality with Supreme Council of Health Doha, in the main employee serv- customer service. and providing their staff and visi- ice area. Providing a discernible dif- tors with their travel needs and A team of professional consult- ference in customer experi- requirements with a world-class, ants is providing travel services ence by properly qualifying award-winning travel service.” across flights, hotels, activities, customers upfront and making THE PENINSULA

Babyshop holds drawing contest for kids

Children participating in the competition at Al Arabi Sports Club. SALIM MATRAMKOT

DOHA: Babyshop organised a drawing con- to one of our biggest events, providing a platform test ‘EXPRESSION’ presented and sponsored and encouraging talent among children. by Commercial Bank of Qatar for children from “This year, the response has been overwhelming three to 14 years. with over 4,000 entries. We wish the children and Participants were divided into 3-5, 6-9 and 10-14 their parents the best, combined with a fun-filled age groups and had a choice of selecting time slots and rewarding day during the competition.” such as 9am, noon and 4pm. The themes included In each category, top three winners will be selected ‘Mother’, ‘Water Conservation/Tree Plantation’ and for prizes and other participants will receive certifi- ‘Road Safety’. Santosh Pai, COO, Landmark group, cates. Results will be announced on June 21 at Al Qatar, said: “We are very happy with the response Asmakh Mall. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Iran MPs demand Egypt seizes stronger veil enforcement TEHRAN: Two thirds of Iran’s Brotherhood MPs have written to the presi- dent urging him to take meas- ures to ensure women correctly observe Islamic dress, denounc- ing Western cultural influence leaders’ assets against the veil. The 195 members of the 290-strong parliament who signed the letter in part blamed Cabinet formation delayed satellite television for feeding the trend, Isna news agency reported CAIRO: Egyptian authori- the Muslim Brotherhood from yesterday. ties seized yesterday two retail operating and ordered its assets A defining feature of Iran’s outlets owned by leaders of the seized. It also prohibited any interpretation of Islamic law Muslim Brotherhood, which has institution branching out from since the 1979 revolution, hijab faced a relentless crackdown or belonging to the Islamist obliges women to cover their hair since the ouster of Islamist movement. and much of their body in loose president Mohamed Mursi last Shater, the Brotherhood’s clothing when outside, regardless year. number two who headed its finan- of their religion. The businesses targeted were cial affairs, is behind bars and on A dedicated “morality police” the Seoudi supermarket chain and trial for a range of charges, some has long handed out fines, verbal Zad department store, respec- of them punishable by death. notices or even arrested women it tively owned by Abdel Rahman He was arrested along with A plain-cloth policeman walks with two unidentified Egyptian defendants to the court room for their trial over considers are not properly observ- Seoudi and Khairat Al Shater Brotherhood chief Mohamed charges of allegedly harassing two women, in Cairo, yesterday. At least five cases of sexual assault were reported ing the rules, but lawmakers have — both leaders of the blacklisted Badie following the ouster of on June 8 while thousands were celebrating Al Sisi’s inauguration in central Cairo’s Tahrir Square. in recent months criticised lax Brotherhood. “Security forces are Mursi in July 2013. Seoudi is a enforcement. implementing the law,” Cairo’s wealthy businessman but little killed in street clashes, and its top “They came and ordered us candidates turned down offers In the letter, the MPs wrote: police chief, Brigadier General Ali is known about his role in the leaders including Mursi have been (employees) all out... yes, the of ministerial positions from “One of the main areas of cultural Al Demerdash, said in relation to Muslim Brotherhood. put on trail. Soon after Mursi’s chain is owned by a Muslim Prime Minister Ibrahim Melheb, invasion is in trying to change the the moves. The movement, which swept all ouster, the authorities closed Brotherhood member, but we sell two government sources said way of life of Iranians regarding “A committee formed in elections since the fall of strong- several television stations and food and beverages, not politics,” yesterday. the veil. We ask that you give the accordance with a court ruling man Hosni Mubarak up to the a Brotherhood-run newspaper. said a manager of the store. Melheb is forming a new gov- necessary orders to enforce the decided to seize Zad, which is election of Mursi in June 2012, The two medium-sized super- Demerdash said the two retail ernment following President law.” owned by Khairat Al Shater, and was blacklisted in December as a market chains had operations in outlets would be handed over to Abdel Fattah Al Sisi’s election Iran’s parliament is dominated Seoudi, which is owned by Abdel “terrorist group” by the military- Cairo, selling food and beverages. the government once all legal for- victory last month. He had not by conservative males. However, Rahman Seoudi, because the two installed authorities. Dozens of masked policemen were malities were completed. been expected to make sweeping President Hassan Rowhani, a leaders are financing the Muslim Since Mursi’s ouster it has faced seen stopping customers from Meanwhile, the expected for- changes, and officials had said he self-declared moderate who was Brotherhood,” he told reporters. a brutal police crackdown, with entering a Seoudi outlet in central mation of Egypt’s new cabinet would unveil his new cabinet yes- surprisingly elected last June, A court in September banned more than 1,400 of its supporters Cairo yesterday. has been held up after several terday. AFP has expressed a desire to expand social freedoms — to the disap- proval of hardliners. In October, he asked police to be moderate when enforcing the hijab requirements and recently Syrian forces retake said, “We cannot take people to heaven by using whips,” a remark that was condemned by conserva- tives. Rather than wearing a full strategic border town length traditional “chador” that drapes the head and body, many DAMASCUS: Syria’s army groups, among them Lebanon’s women wear a thinner head scarf, said yesterday it had recaptured powerful Hezbollah, advanced on leggings and shirt. the strategic town of Kasab and the nearby village of Nabaein. the only border crossing with By yesterday, the Britain-based Turkey in Latakia province, Observatory said, pro-regime Gunmen kill seven after it fell to rebels almost forces were back in control of three months ago. Kasab — the first time since army medics in “After crushing many mem- it fell on March 21. Aside from bers of the mercenary terrorist Hezbollah fighters, the govern- south Yemen gangs... units of our armed troops ment forces, led by members of in collaboration with the (para- Syria’s elite Republican Guard, ADEN: Gunmen killed seven military) National Defence Force had been boosted by Iranian army medics riding a bus in returned safety and security to troops, the Observatory said. southern Yemen yesterday, a Kasab this morning,” an army Rebels were short on supplies local security official said. statement said. and experienced Hezbollah fight- The official said the militants Kasab, an Armenian town, is ers and Syrian special forces were opened fire on the bus about 15 important because it is at the only able to advance, its director Rami km north of Aden while it was Israeli soldiers deployed near the West Bank town of Hebron searching for three teenagers believed to be border crossing with Turkey in Abdel Rahman said. en route to the nearby Basaheeb kidnapped by militants. sensitive Latakia province, heart- Under frequent bombardment military hospital. A woman was land of the Alawite sect from by government forces, Kasab was among the dead and 11 people which President Bashar al-Assad important for rebels who used it were wounded, the official said. Kerry says Hamas apparently hails. Yesterday, a state televi- as a staging post to transport “I haven’t seen anything scarier sion reporter broadcast a stand- their wounded to Turkey, which than this. The gunmen came out up from the recaptured border backs the opposition. suddenly and opened fire,” said crossing. The channel accused The Syrian government had Mohammed Saleh, a civilian wit- behind kidnapping of Israelis rebel backers Ankara and Doha accused Ankara of helping rebel ness at the scene. of providing “terrorists” (rebels) groups to seize Kasab. Attacks against Yemen’s secu- WASHINGTON: US Secretary we reiterate our position that Bank, were believed to have been with ambulances to transport The former UN and Arab rity forces have increased since of State John Kerry yesterday Hamas is a terrorist organisation kidnapped on Thursday night their wounded. League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar the army launched an unprec- condemned the kidnapping of known for its attacks on innocent while hitchhiking in an area Activists and the Syrian Brahimi said international com- edented campaign beginning in three Israeli teenagers, and said civilians and which has used kid- between Bethlehem and Hebron. Observatory for Human Rights munity’s neglect of the conflict in late April to dislodge Al Qaeda many indications pointed to the napping in the past.” Their disappearance came 10 say Kasab was retaken a day Syria had precipitated the Iraq militants from strongholds in involvement of Hamas. Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister days after the establishment of after rebels including members crisis. “It is a well-known rule: a southern Yemen. “We are still seeking details Benjamin Netanyahu directly a new Palestinian government of of Syrian Al Qaeda affiliate Al conflict of this kind (in Syria) can- The impoverished Arab coun- on the parties responsible for accused Hamas of the kidnapping technocrats pieced together by Nusra Front withdrew without a not stay confined within the bor- try which borders oil giant Saudi this despicable terrorist act, after Israeli troops arrested 80 Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement fight, leaving only a small number ders of one country,” said Brahimi, Arabia is home to al Qaeda in the although many indications point Palestinians overnight. and Hamas following a unity agree- of men behind. who resigned as UN-Arab League Arabian Peninsula, one of the glo- to Hamas’ involvement,” he said. The teenagers, students at ment between rival leaders in the As they pulled back, Assad’s representative to Syria in May. bal Islamist militant group’s most “As we gather this information, Jewish seminaries in the West West Bank and Gaza. AFP troops backed by other pro-regime AFP active wings. AGENCIES Kuwait urged to end labour sponsorship system

KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwaiti leverage and control over workers, to many abuses, some of which human rights organisation who remain completely depend- could be called slavery, in addi- yesterday urged the Gulf state ent on their sponsor. tion to torture, humiliation and to fulfil pledges to abolish the A few weeks ago, neighbour- rape. The society has monitored sponsorship system for foreign ing Qatar said it was introducing a large number of such violations,” labour and to end the arbitrary measures to abolish the system. the report said. deportation of expatriates. The Kuwaiti group also called On stateless people, known In a report on human rights in for an end to so-called adminis- locally as bidoons, the society the oil-rich emirate, the Kuwait trative deportation which allows urged speedy measures to improve Society for Human Rights also police to deport foreigners with- their humanitarian and legal as a called for measures to end abuse out a court ruling. prelude to “granting them their of thousands of domestic work- However, it noted that the inte- full rights”. ers and for a final resolution to rior ministry has recently regu- Bidoons claim the right to the plight of more than 100,000 lated the procedure by restricting Kuwaiti citizenship because they stateless people. the right to deport to the minis- or their forefathers lived in the The group said that Kuwait try’s undersecretary. country before the 1959 national- pledged several years ago to end Some 2.8 million expatriates ity law. the sponsor system which is lik- work in Kuwait compared with But the government says a ened to slavery and common in 1.25 million nationals. More than majority of them came from Gulf states, but so far nothing has 600,000 expatriates are domestic neighbouring countries after the been done. workers. discovery of oil, and destroyed The current system ties a The society urged the govern- their identification papers. migrant worker’s residency sta- ment to pass a special law on The society said the gov- tus to an individual employer, or domestic workers to stop abuses ernment should adopt a clear sponsor, without whose consent that it said are tantamount to roadmap aimed at resolving the the worker cannot change jobs. slavery. problem in steps. This gives employers unchecked “Domestic helpers are subjected AFP MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Iran warns against intervention in Iraq Baghdad has the capacity and necessary preparations for the fight against terrorism and extremism: Tehran

TEHRAN: Iran warned yesterday Quoted by the official Irna news agency, though they seem to be recovering and that “any foreign military intervention he also denounced the use of “brutal have started to regain ground. in Iraq” would only complicate the cri- extremists to implement the will of the Officers said their forces were now sis, after the United States said it was United States against that of the people starting to repel the militants, and that deploying a warship in the Gulf. in Iraq and Syria”. soldiers had recaptured two towns north “Iraq has the capacity and necessary The deployment of the US aircraft of Baghdad. preparations for the fight against ter- carrier group was ordered by Defence Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki’s secu rorism and extremism,” foreign ministry Secretary Chuck Hagel and comes amid rity spokesman, Lieutenant General spokesman Marzieh Afkham was quoted calls for air strikes to blunt the insur- Qassem Atta, said that Baghdad’s forces as saying by the Isna news agency. gents’ lightning offensive that caught have “regained the initiative” and killed “Any action that complicates the situ- Iraq’s security forces on the hop, with 279 “terrorists” in the past 24 hours. ation in Iraq is not in the interests of many soldiers throwing away their uni- Iraqi officials often announce large the country nor of the region,” Afkham forms and fleeing. militant tolls, with no way of independ- said, adding: “The people and govern- Iraq said yesterday it had “regained the ent verification, and downplay their own ment of Iraq will be able to neutralise initiative” against militants who seized casualties. Officials added that security this conspiracy.” vast swathes of territory, as former UN forces and tribal fighters repelled a mili- Iraq is battling an offensive by Sunni mediator Lakhdar Brahimi blamed the tant assault in the strategic town of Tal militants who advanced to within 80km crisis on global neglect of Syria’s civil war. Afar near the Syrian border. It provides of Baghdad’s city limits after seizing a The militants, spearheaded by the a critical corridor for militants to access swathe of the country’s north. powerful Islamic State of Iraq and the conflict-hit Syria. Responding to the crisis, the Pentagon Levant (ISIL) jihadist group, have over- Newspapers in Sunni-dominated said on Saturday the United States had run all of one province and chunks of Saudi Arabia yesterday blamed Shia ordered an aircraft carrier, the USS three more since launching their offen- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki George H W Bush, into the Gulf. sive on Monday. for unrest sweeping his country, saying Afkham’s comments come a day after Security forces performed poorly at the his “sectarian” polices are taking Iraq to President Hassan Rowhani said he outset, with some abandoning vehicles and a “devastating civil war”. believed the Iraqis have the capacity to positions and discarding their uniforms, AFP “repel terrorism” and that Iran had not been asked for help by its neighbour. But in surprise comments, he added Tribesmen carry their weapons as they gather, volunteering to fight along side the Iraqi that Iran may consider cooperating with security forces against Jihadists who have taken over several northern Iraqi cities, in the its arch-foe the United States to fight the capital Baghdad, yesterday. Sunni extremist militants in Iraq. “If we see that the United States takes Americans taking a decision,” Rowhani official Iraqi request we will be ready to action against terrorist groups in Iraq, added. However, National Supreme study it under the framework of interna- then one can think about it,” he said, Security Council chief Ali Shamkhani tional rules, and this concerns no other despite the lack of diplomatic relations dismissed any US-Iran cooperation over country,” added Shamkhani, a Rowhani between Tehran and Washington for Iraq. “That is part of a psychological war, appointee. more than three decades. and is totally unreal,” Shamkhani said, Shamkhani criticised US policy in the “We have said that all countries must denouncing “information published in the region, saying it had “encouraged the cre- unite in combating terrorism. But right West’s media”. ation of terrorist groups such as ISIL”, now regarding Iraq... we have not seen the “As we have already said, if there is an the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. US lawmakers warn of ‘next 9/11’ WASHINGTON: US what they were able to seize in President Barack Obama came Senator calls for US-Iran talks Mosul, so I’m concerned, and I under fire yesterday from think all Americans should be Republican lawmakers, who WASHINGTON: The US should ‘’sit down and talk’’ with concerned,” he told ABC’s “This warned that a debacle in Iraq Iran over the crisis in Iraq, top Republican senator Lindsey Week.” will give Islamist extremists a Graham said yesterday. Graham, interviewed on staging area for “the next 9/11.” Graham, a leading foreign policy hawk, also attacked President CNN’s “State of the Union,” Senator Lindsey Graham, a Barack Obama for what he said was his ‘’delusional and detached’’ said Washington had to act proponent of US air strikes, also response to the crisis. “because Iraq and Syria com- called for the resignation of Iraqi In Iraq, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) fighters bined are going to be the stag- Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki are now outside Baghdad. On Saturday, while Obama was in ing area for the next 9/11 if we and direct US engagement with California to attend a Democratic fundraiser and deliver a com- don’t do something about it.” Iran on the crisis set off this mencement speech, defence secretary Chuck Hagel ordered an “The people holding ground week by a lightning offensive by aircraft carrier and two missile-carrying ships to the Persian in Iraq also hold ground in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Gulf, raising the possibility of imminent US airstrikes. Syria. Economic instability that Levant (ISIL) jihadist group. Also on Sunday Mike McCaul, the Republican chair of the comes from a collapsed Iraq will Fighters from the group House homeland security committee, told ABC’s This Week: affect gas prices and our eco- routed the much larger Iraqi ‘’Well, this is a crisis. It does call for a response, not going to nomic recovery,” he said. army, seizing the country’s Palm Springs for a fundraiser.’’ THE GUARDIAN Another Republican law- second largest city Mosul and maker, House Homeland sweeping through the Sunni Security chairman Michael heartland towards Baghdad. strikes were a viable near-term an opportunity here, they have McCaul, stopped short of call- The United States moved an option with no US forces on the taken advantage of that oppor- ing for US military action but aircraft carrier and two missile- ground to provide precise tar- tunity, and I think we should pressed for an intensive diplo- guided warships into the Gulf geting data. really, really be concerned.” matic initiative with US allies on Saturday as Obama weighed Retired General Peter “I read someplace yesterday, in the region to find a political his options. Retired military Chiarelli, a former commander where they’re the richest ter- solution involving Iraq’s Sunni, officers questioned whether air in Iraq, said ISIL fighters “have rorist group in the world after Shia and Kurds. AFP

Rebel general launches offensive in east Libya BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI: A renegade Libyan general launched a fresh offensive yesterday against Islamist militants in the eastern city of Benghazi, sparking some of the worst fighting in weeks in which at least four people were killed and power supplies disrupted. Libyan authorities are struggling to restore order across the vast desert nation ahead of a June 25 parlia- mentary election. The situation remains especially chaotic in Benghazi, Libya’s second largest city and cradle of the Nato-backed uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi three years ago. Retired general Khalifa Haftar has declared war against militants in Benghazi and several army units have joined him. The Tripoli government says he has no authority to act but its orders are routinely ignored in much of the country, especially the east, as rival militias and tribal groups vye for control. Haftar’s troops, backed by tanks and rocket launchers, attacked several suspected camps of Islamists in western areas of Benghazi on Sunday, forcing dozens of families to flee. War planes could also be heard circling above the city. Benghazi and much of eastern Libya suffered power outages after rockets hit a power station near the city’s airport, the state electricity firm said. There has been speculation among analysts that Haftar has the support of neighbouring Egypt and of Gulf states such as the United Arab Emirates, which like the West is worried about Islamist militants exploiting the chaos in Libya. Haftar told Saudi-owned Arabiya television that his forces were being supported by Libya’s neighbours to help secure the country’s borders, according to the chan- nel’s website. He did not elaborate and he later issued a denial of any such support. At a news conference held outside Benghazi, Haftar praised Egypt’s new president, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, as the right man for the job. The latest fighting in Libya comes less than two weeks before a parliamentary election that ordinary citizens hope will bring an end to the chronic political infighting that has paralysed decision-making since the last vote in summer 2012. REUTERS MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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ENSION is escalating between Israel and Palestinians after the disappearance of three Israeli teens. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused THamas of kidnapping the teens, and held Palestinian Iraq: Real battle is to persuade President Mahmoud Abbas responsible for the whole incident. Israeli troops have launched a search on a war footing for the three boys, with thousands of troops fanning out. Already, scores of Palestinians have been arrested; troops scouring a Sunnis they can be equal citizens West Bank city for the teens blew down the door of a home with explosives after residents did not admit them, and house- to-house searches were being conducted. Tension will escalate BY NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS the political establishment, identity to field candidates in the parliamentary further; some Palestinians are expected to die as Netanyahu became more important. During the elections. Iraqi politicians started to tries to act tough and condemnations are likely to flow from HE revival of civil war in Iraq Iran-Iraq war, the Ba’athist govern- brand themselves as cross-sectarian world leaders against the alleged kidnapping. is not about ancient sectar- ment feared that Iraqi Shias would nationalists who wanted to build a uni- The disappearance of Israeli teens has dealt another blow to ian hatreds – that is what the sympathise with their co-religionists fied Iraq. peace prospects. It comes at a wrong time – when Hamas and TIslamic State in Iraq and the in Iran and unleashed waves of repres- The parliamentary elections in 2010 Levant – Isis – wants you to think. It is sion against them. represented the apex of hope for a new Fatah are trying to work out the shape of a unity government. a hardcore ideological group exploiting When coalition forces stormed Iraq future in which Iraqis would live and It’s also likely to strain the relationship between Hamas and the political disaffection of one com- in 2003 they found a society devastated prosper together. The prime minis- Fatah. It’s not clear who has kidnapped the Israelis, if at all munity to stoke sectarian war. Iraq’s by decades of war, deprivation and bru- ter Nouri Al Maliki’s Shia-dominated they have been kidnapped, but the finger of blame has already broken political system and the failure tal Ba’athist rule. The war itself deeply State of Law coalition went head to been pointed at Hamas. The Islamist group denied it was of its political elite to prioritise recon- divided Iraqi society, pitting those who head against former prime minister behind the incident, despite some members welcoming it. But ciliation over personal gain has led to a saw it as Iraq’s salvation against others Ayad Allawi’s Sunni-dominated Iraqiya collapse of faith in the political system, who decried it as a neocolonial invasion. coalition. Iraqiya won and Sunnis were if the incident had happened before the unity deal, Hamas leaving Iraqvulnerable to this sectarian The Shia and Kurdish communities, ecstatic. It had seemed impossible that would have taken the entire punishment from Israel, but after propaganda. But if the Iraqi govern- who had suffered most at the hands a largely Sunni coalition could win at the deal, Tel Aviv is likely to punish the Palestinian Authority ment buys the Isis narrative and treats of the Ba’athist regime, tended to cel- the ballot box, and the prospect of a too. And this comes as a golden Sunnis as implacable opponents of ebrate their entry into power, while new government that reflected the pri- The alleged opportunity for Israel to punish Shias, Isis will have succeeded in stok- the Sunnis, who had dominated Iraq’s orities of Iraq’s Sunni community was the PA for refusing to listen to its ing the civil war power structures for generations, mesmerising. It wasn’t to be. Maliki it has so desired. overwhelmingly rejected the new Iraq. outmanoeuvered the winning coalition kidnapping of advice against joining hands with Ever since the Sunnis, and some Shias, fought against and managed to stay prime minister. three Israeli Hamas to form a government. formation of Iraq the presence of coalition troops. But Isis is not the army of Iraq’s Sunnis, The kidnapping of Israeli as a nation-state this violence was quickly exploited by it is an extraordinarily dangerous teens shows citizens cannot be justified and A non-sectarian by European Al Qaida affiliates, some foreign and entity that is exploiting the alienation is against international laws. It powers, it has some Iraqi, who gained a foothold in of Iraq’s Sunni community to provoke been easy to despondent Sunni heartlands. a second civil war in Iraq. Retracing that the safety will backfire if such a crime has Iraq is possible, dismiss it as an These hardcore ideologues began to the terrible path trodden by Al Qaida of Israelis lies been committed by Palestinians. even now – in artificial country target Shias in mass-casualty bomb in 2005 and 2006, Isis is once again It will also adversely impact the that was bound attacks with the explicit desire to inflicting mass-casualty attacks on in the creation support for the Palestinian cause. spite of what Isis to fail. A Sunni stoke civil war. They believed that a Shia civilians and threatening Shia of a Palestinian Israel is already reeling under an wants Iraqis to elite was installed civil war in Iraq would force Sunni shrines. Now thousands of young Shia international fury directed at it due to govern over a Muslim countries around the world men are joining Shia militias and, majority Shia to defend Sunnism, and somehow lead unless dramatic action is taken by the state. to its recalcitrant attitude towards believe. population and a to the revival of the Islamic caliphate. Iraqi government, it is only a matter peace and its reckless settlement restive Kurdish These aims were antithetical to the of time before unfettered sectarian expansion. The international community that beliefs of the vast majority of the bloodletting begins. boycott of Israel is gaining momentum in the West, and even had fought and lost the battle for inde- Sunni population, but as more and Although it is extraordinarily dif- the unity government has won huge support, including from pendence. But throughout Iraqi history, more Shias were violently killed by ficult at a time when Iraqis are under the US, despite warnings by Israel. This goodwill and support the importance of identity has waxed Islamist militants, they began to fight attack, the Iraqi government needs to and waned according to changing polit- back indiscriminately. The cycle of resist the sectarian Isis narrative and which Palestinians currently enjoy are likely to be tarnished by ical realities. revenge led to a horrific civil war in to recognise that Isis is distinct from the latest developments. For example, the US secretary of state, At times, when Iraq’s political battle which countless innocent Iraqis were Iraq’s Sunni community. Iraqi Sunnis John Kerry, has condemned the kidnapping of the boys, issuing lines divided communists from nation- slaughtered. don’t want to be governed by Isis, they a statement calling for their release, apparently backing Israeli alists, and nationalists from Ba’athists, But that civil war ended. Iraqi Sunnis don’t support the massacre of Shia claims of Hamas involvement. “As we gather this information, identity seemed incidental and even realised that Al Qaida in Iraq was an civilians and they don’t want another passe. Many Iraqis grew up in house- abominable entity that, by stoking civil civil war. But they also don’t believe we reiterate our position that Hamas is a terrorist organisation holds where it was rude to refer to conflict, was threatening to bring about there is a place for them in Maliki’s known for its attacks on innocent civilians and which has used people’s sectarian identity, and where the extermination of Iraq’s minority Iraq. Iraq’s politicians must persuade kidnapping in the past,” Kerry said. intermarriage created large families of Sunni community. Together with the them that a future does exist in which Israel too must learn the right lesson from the alleged mixed religious practice. support of coalition forces, local Iraqi Sunnis can participate as equal citizens kidnapping – that the safety of its citizens can only be However, at other times, when the Sunni leaders fought Al Qaida and won, in an Iraqi state, and that this is some- guaranteed through the creation of an independent Palestinian presence of distinct ethnic and religious driving them out of the country or into thing worth fighting for. groups was seen as posing a threat to hiding. Iraqi Sunnis began to vote and THE GUARDIAN state. The other side Quote of North Waziristan operation the day

T LONG last, the operation the would inevitably include taking out local years described most of its actions violently overthrow the Pakistani state. country has needed against militants, and civilians, too. Now, the — full-scale and lesser operations — Until they are dealt with — and military militants in North Waziristan press release has confirmed that the in grand terms, not all operations are approaches alone cannot ensure victory AAgency is under way. According operation is designed to strike against necessarily the same. The present year — Pakistan will remain deeply insecure. to the ISPR, Operation Zarb-i-Azb has both foreign and local militants. At this had seen a number of so-called retalia- If that realisation has at last dawned on commenced and the goal is to “eliminate early moment, there must be hope that tory actions whose efficacy was ques- the civilian and uniformed powers, then Sometimes in this these terrorists regardless of hue and finally the government has accepted that tionable at best and may in fact have this is surely the time for the country to country we can be a colour, along with their sanctuaries”. The dialogue with the outlawed TTP has run compounded the problems that have to unite against a common enemy. military’s press release came yesterday its course and that the army-led security be contended with. North Waziristan in There is another, important aspect bit squeamish about after an intense round of bombing of establishment has abandoned its good particular has been a problem for many to the present operation: as the ISPR our achievements, targets in North Waziristan had been Taliban/bad Taliban dualist policy, years — and has only grown in size and press release itself mentions, there will reported all day. Reportedly, the focus meaning that the country can begin complexity as the state has vacillated be need for “coordination with other even bashful about of the targets were Uzbek and some to move along the long road towards on what needs to be done there and state institutions and law enforcement Uighur militants, though because of the normality and stability once again. how. Ultimately though, indecision only agencies” to ensure that “these ene- our Britishness. We cross-pollination and overlap between Perhaps this may be the time to puts off the inevitable: there are militant mies of the state will be denied space shouldn’t be. the local and foreign militant groups in examine recent history on the secu- groups inside Pakistan whose express anywhere across the country”. David Cameron the Agency, striking against foreigners rity front. While the army has over the purpose and meaning of existence is to DAWN Britain’s Prime Minister MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 GOP tries to pass through political flux

corporate-friendly establishment branch lean into the headwind,” said Ralph Reed, While the of the party from the passionate tea party the veteran strategist who now runs the faction, the stalwart social conservatives Faith and Freedom Coalition, which from the ascendant libertarians. seeks to mobilise conservative Christians. immigration battle No prospective presidential candidate Chocola’s group has spent heavily try- fits comfortably into all of those worlds, ing to beat incumbents who stray from has been raging said Matthew Dowd, who was a top strat- its conservative positions on fiscal issues. egist for George W Bush’s 2004 re-elec- Two years ago, he said Graham was tion campaign. at the top of his group’s target list for for years, there He cited such disparate figures as fire- 2014. But Club for Growth did not end brand tea party champion Sen Ted Cruz up spending money in the race. of Texas, libertarian Sen Rand Paul of “Candidate quality matters,” Chocola are a host of other Kentucky and former Florida Gov Jeb said. “Someone who can talk about their Bush, whom many in the establishment beliefs in an authentic and compelling flash points within are yearning to see run. way. Whether people agree with them “Every one of them has elements of or not, they give them a lot of credit” if it, but nobody has a unifying message,” they make the case for what they believe. the Republican Dowd said. While the immigration battle has been And just because Republicans often raging for years, there are a host of other sound alike doesn’t mean they act alike, flash points within the Republican Party, Party, some of argues Chris Chocola, president of the fis- some of them arising only recently. cally conservative group Club for Growth. The GOP’s national leaders are gener- them arising only “They all say the same thing,” favour- ally close to business interests, for exam- ing limited government and less debt, ple, but both libertarians and tea party Chocola said. “The problem is, only a few activists are suspicious of them. recently. of them actually do that.” “I will fight to end crony capitalist pro- Indeed, many of the biggest fights grammes that benefit the rich and pow- in Congress in recent years have been erful,” said Brat, the Randolph-Macon BY KAREN TUMULTY US Senator and Republican presidential presumptive nominee John McCain with his among Republicans — over agriculture College economics professor who upended and DAN BALZ running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (right) during a rally in Fairborn, Ohio. and highway bills, disaster relief, taxes, the political world on Tuesday by beat- earmarks, export subsidies, trade, auto- ing Cantor. he 2014 primary season, while rapidly that what looks like a safe posi- establishment an affirmation. “This non- matic spending cuts and the debt ceiling. That was not only a shot against the leaving the Republicans in tion today could be a lethal one by the sense going around about how we’ve got What grass-roots activists often see as big Wall Street bailouts that spawned the good shape for the fall elections time the Iowa caucuses roll around. to be apologetic about people having done betrayal, establishment Republicans por- tea party movement, but also a sign of Tagainst the Democrats, has done The dissonance was on display over well is crazy,” he said. tray as the realities of governing. battles ahead on more esoteric questions, little to quiet their internal turmoil or to the weekend at two events where the One thing is becoming clear: Having it All of this is being played out against such as whether the federal government provide a winning formula going forward. party’s potential 2016 contenders were both ways on anything is becoming more the party’s effort to find its footing and should continue to subsidise exporters As Republicans struggle to understand out in force. and more difficult in the Republican its identity in time to prevent the 2016 such as Boeing through the Export- the electoral earthquake that cost House At the GOP state convention in Iowa, Party. “It is going to be very hard to game presidential election from becoming the Import Bank. Majority Leader Eric Cantor his subur- former Sen Rick Santorum, R-Pa, who that out, for a candidate to be safe on third in a row in which the Republicans Also coming to the fore this pri- ban Richmond, Virginia seat on Tuesday, won the 2012 caucuses, was sounding all those issues,” said Lanhee Chen, who fail to win the White House. mary season — and dividing the various the party confronts a paradox: It is domi- the populist theme that has been at the was policy director for Romney, a former So how is the message of Cantor’s Republican factions — are the educa- nated more by conservatives than at any center of his message this year. Massachusetts governor and corporate defeat by a tea party upstart, David Brat, tional standards known as Common Core time in memory and yet riven with divi- “Years ago, when I was growing up, the establishment favourite who had to battle to be reconciled with the ease with which that have been adopted by 43 states and sions, including over issues that barely Republican Party was the country club a series of upstart challengers on his way Sen Lindsey Graham, R-SC, received a the District of Columbia. registered even two years ago. set, it was the corporate set. It was the 1 to the 2012 nomination. total of 56 percent of the vote against six Among Common Core’s champions That presents a tricky challenge to percent,” Santorum told the gathering. “If “They’re all going to have some explain- such challengers? have been a number of current and former those who are seeking the 2016 GOP you look at the surveys right now, those ing to do,” added former Minnesota gov- Immigration played a role in both Republican governors mulling presiden- nomination in a presidential primary folks aren’t voting Republican anymore, ernor Tim Pawlenty, who was an early races, and Cantor and Graham were both tial bids, including New Jersey’s Chris where there will be splits over immi- ladies and gentlemen. The 1 percent are casualty in the battle for the 2012 GOP accused of being an advocate of amnesty Christie and Florida’s Bush. Huckabee gration, trade, the government’s role not Republicans, by and large.” presidential nomination. “We have seen for those who have entered the country was also among the early Common Core in education, and foreign policy, among But, Santorum lamented, “our message that happen every cycle before, and each illegally. backers, though he now says the con- other topics. is all about corporatism and business.” time it gets a little tougher.” But while Graham campaigned aggres- cept has “been hijacked.” Meanwhile, Internal battles have been waged over That this is a problem would have come The party is more consistently to the sively for a comprehensive overhaul of Paul and Cruz have joined efforts to do issues as large as whether to provide a as a surprise in tony Park City, Utah, right today than it has been in modern the immigration system and a path to away with federal funding that supports path to citizenship for people who have where 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney times, certainly more than it was in citizenship for illegal immigrants, Cantor Common Core. And Sen Marco Rubio, entered the country illegally and the was holding a schmoozefest at which his Ronald Reagan’s days. The Gallup poll sent mixed signals, which left neither side R-Fla — whom many Republicans now Common Core standards for schools to biggest donors mingled with at least a has about 70 percent of Republicans iden- convinced he was with them. view with suspicion for his role in pass- smaller, more symbolic ones, such as half-dozen of the figures being talked tifying themselves as conservative. “It’s a matter for candidates of all ideo- ing a comprehensive immigration bill in whether to eliminate the Export-Import about as prospective 2016 candidates. But arising within that broad world- logical stripes and flavours being able to the Senate — has also joined the chorus Bank. The dynamics of the issues and the Former Arkansas Gov Mike view are an increasing number of arrive at an intellectually honest position against Common Core. coalitions around them are shifting so Huckabee offered the well-heeled GOP policy trip wires — separating the that you can articulate and defend and WP-BLOOMBERG Social media boon for PR professionals Imprisoned men’s

BY DR MOHAMED KIRAT officers of major companies are kids find it hard New media have “changed the changing given advances in new ecent research suggests technologies among other things. that public relations pro- rules of the game in every part” of Social media are being utilised Rfessionals are increasingly on an ever-increasing basis by to cope at school adopting online tools. According corporations and other organi- BY ANNA R. HASKINS to a 2007 Public Relations Society strategic communication according sations. More than two-thirds of ways were similarly at risk for of America (PRSA) “Wired for the current Fortune 2000 com- poor educational development, I Change” Survey, the majority to many PR experts. panies are using social network- n Father’s Day, just like compared children whose fathers of public relations professionals ing sites. Advocacy groups are any other day in the did and did not go to prison assert that the use of communi- media by PR practitioners allows indispensable communication advancing their public relations OUnited States, approxi- between ages one and five. Here cation technology has made their them to reach and interact with channel. agendas via Facebook. As men- mately 2.7 million children are is what I found: job easier by expediting the cir- multiple publics and stakeholders, Most social media sites offer tioned earlier, another measure estimated to have a parent in Paternal incarceration does culation of information to reach thus opening the opportunities comments, data, news, informa- of the growth and development prison or jail. Over the past four not have any clear-cut effects on larger audiences. Social media and possibilities for mutually ben- tion, and story ideas that PR of social media in public relations decades, the United States has children’s cognitive readiness for not only allows public relations eficial relationships. The Internet practitioners may use to perform is the level of social media activ- sent high numbers of its citizens school. But it does hurt young practitioners to reach out to and has dramatically changed the their tasks and activities such ity currently displayed by vari- to prison, especially poor minor- children’s emotional and behavio- engage their publics in conversa- media environment, leading to as media relations, communica- ous professional societies active ity men. The price has been paid ral readiness — and the setback is tion, but also provides a channel journalists gathering news infor- tions with various publics and in the field. by young children. Nearly one equivalent to a loss of nearly two to strengthen media relations. mation online. This shifting trend stakeholders, social corporate Annual surveys measuring how of every 10 US residents under months of schooling. Children of Social media have been adopted has also changed the way organi- responsibility, publicity and image social and other emerging media 18 has been affected by parental imprisoned fathers arrive at kin- from its inception by public rela- sations communicate with the building. These changes are also are being used in public relations imprisonment. This has impor- dergarten less able to pay atten- tions, PR practitioners perceive news media. taking place in some trade maga- practice showed that the use of tant consequences for children’s tion or obey teachers and more social media positively with An increasing number of public zines that serve the public rela- these new media has continued educational development. likely than other youngsters to be respect to strategic communica- relations practitioners are using tions industry. to increase every year. This has One measure of early educa- hyperactive, aggressive, or easily tion. Social media are the creation various Internet technologies In 2009, PR Week, considered provided unique opportunities not tional development, “school read- frustrated. of platforms that connect people (email, websites, multimedia news by many to be the most prominent only for those who practice public iness,” suggests how prepared Boys were set back most by together, provide an opportunity releases, online pressrooms, RSS public relations trade publication, relations but also for a wide vari- children are to learn in formal such emotional and behavioral to produce and share content feeds, and social media) to better changed its weekly print edition ety of strategic publics. classrooms. Readiness involves unreadiness — which helps to with others, extract and proc- communicate with journalists and into an online format, although it Public relations practitioners skills such as problem solving, explain why, overall, researchers ess community knowledge and to enhance their media relations. does produce a printed magazine firmly believe that these new word knowledge, and number rec- find that boys are less prepared share it back. Facebook, MySpace, In particular, growing numbers every month. New media have media have enhanced public ognition as well as a child’s ability for school than girls. Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare of corporate/organisational web- “changed the rules of the game relations practice, mainly when to pay attention, follow directions Having a father sent to prison and Flickr are among the most sites provide online press rooms in every part” of strategic com- it concerns external audiences. and control their anger and frus- leads to similar setbacks for popular social network serv- that provide journalists with munication according to many Results also indicate that PR tration. Readiness has been shown white and black children, but of ices. access to essential organisation communication and PR experts practitioners believe social and to affect success in kindergarten course black children are much Social media is reorganising information and media material and researchers, who claim that other emerging media continue and early grades and predict suc- more likely to have their fathers the profession of public relations. such as press releases, fact sheets, over the past decade these new to improve the profession in cess in college and the workplace. imprisoned. Since the advent of Internet, PR backgrounders, newsletters, bro- communication vehicles have not terms of accuracy, credibility, Readiness also affects decisions by The harmful impacts of pater- is becoming more and more online chures, photographs and audio/ only turned on its head everything honesty, trust and truth telling. teachers and school counselors — nal incarceration also matter for and virtual; many of its activities video clips, and many download- people knew about communica- They also think these new media such as whether to assign children the longer run, in part because are performed through the net. able collateral materials. tion but have also dramatically effectively serve as a watchdog to special education classes — that emotionally and behaviour- Modern technology transforms This makes life easier for changed the business of manag- for traditional news media, affect children’s future paths and ally unprepared boys are often the way we send, receive and journalists who can access a ing relationships. impacting corporate and organi- opportunities. assigned to special education process information. Social media wide range of information to Findings of the noted sational transparency and advo- Why might paternal incar- classrooms. I found that boys or online networking sites have write their stories. According to Authentic Enterprise Report of cating a transparent and ethical ceration affect school readiness? whose fathers are incarcerated been heralded as groundbreak- Pettigrew and Reber, 495 Fortune the Arthur W Page Society give culture. Public relations practi- Children can be traumatised by during their preschool years are ing interactions which allow for 500 companies have online news- the new communication media tioners spend between 25 to 35 separation or by social stigma. more likely to be placed in special networked communication to rooms on their websites. More credit for dramatically changing percent of their workday with As a result, they may become education by age nine. occur instantaneously. Social than 95 percent journalists indi- the ways in which stakehold- blogs and other social media more likely to suffer from emo- Special education placement media enable PR practitioners to cated that it is important for a ers are empowered. The Page meaning that the PR profession tional or behavioural problems has been linked to later short- share content, opinions, experi- company or organisation to have Society’s most recent report — is going more and more virtual and setbacks in physical or men- falls in academic achievement ences, insights, views, feedback, an online newsroom available to Building Belief: A New Model for and digital. tal health. My study probed such and research has shown it is and media themselves. Social the press. Activating Corporate Character The writer is a professor of Public possibilities by tracking develop- associated with higher incidence media sites encourage and foster Both journalists and public and Authentic Advocacy (2012) – Relations and Mass Communication ment for a large number of urban of dropping out of school, trouble bi-symmetrical communication relations practitioners believe explains how the roles and func- at the College of Arts and Sciences, US children and their parents. with the law, and unemployment. among participants. Use of social that online newsrooms are an tions of chief communications Qatar University. Looking at children who in other WP-BLOOMBERG MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL

Mandela Day campaign Teach ‘British Ukraine minister values’ in schools, says abuses Putin Cameron LONDON: Extremism is flour- ishing in Britain because the Moscow outraged; remark sparks diplomatic row country has been too bashful in promoting its values, Prime MOSCOW: Ukraine’s foreign Putin is a khuilo, yes.” violence at the Russian embassy Minister David Cameron said minister has become embroiled Seizing on his words, a delighted yesterday, but it will be difficult to yesterday. in an unusual diplomatic row group of protesters then struck do so in future if Russian aggres- Schools should not just respect after he was caught on cam- up a “Putin khuilo” chant, leaving sion continues.” British values but actively pro- era making abusive remarks the minister looking somewhat Since Petro Poroshenko was mote them, Cameron said in an about Vladimir Putin outside bemused. The incident prompted inaugurated a week ago after article in The Mail on Sunday the Russian embassy in Kiev on immediate outrage in Moscow, winning last month’s presiden- newspaper. Saturday evening. already incensed by the attack tial election, there has been some His intervention comes after As the conflict in eastern on the embassy and its property. hope that the two sides might be concerns that conservative Ukraine has deepened in recent The Russian foreign minister, able to find a common language. Muslims in Birmingham had con- months, the chant of “Putin khu- Sergei Lavrov, in a telephone con- Poroshenko and Putin spoke on ducted an organised campaign to ilo” has become ever more popu- versation with his French counter- the sidelines of the D-Day anni- impose faith-based ideology in the lar among angry Ukrainians who part, Laurent Fabius, “expressed versary commemorations in city’s schools. blame Russia for stoking discon- outrage over the inaction of the Normandy, and also on the tel- Those allegations renewed fears tent in the east. Kiev authorities who allowed ephone last week. about the risk to young people in Andriy Deshchytsia, the coun- the rioting outside the Russian But the downing of the plane, Britain of Islamist extremism, try’s acting foreign minister, embassy”, the ministry said. killing 40 soldiers and nine and exposed a rift at the heart arrived at the Russian embassy Top Russian foreign policy crew, has reinvigorated tensions. of the government about how to to reason with crowds who had official Alexei Pushkov called on Poroshenko promised to punish tackle religious radicalism. gathered outside, angered that the Ukrainian president to fire those responsible for bringing Writing about a “muscular” pro-Russia rebels had downed a his foreign minister after the the Il-76 plane down. Yesterday new defence of “British values”, Ukrainian transport plane near outburst. Leonid Kalashnikov, was declared a day of mourning Cameron said he was talking Luhansk early on Saturday, kill- Pushkov’s deputy, told a Russian in Ukraine. about “a belief in freedom, toler- ing 49. The crowds threw rocks and radio station: “I can’t really As well as the ongoing unrest ance of others, accepting personal eggs at the embassy, destroyed dip- imagine how anyone, especially in east Ukraine, which Kiev and social responsibility, respect- lomatic vehicles, and painted swas- a Russian representative, can sit says is indirectly supported by ing and upholding the rule of law. tikas on the gates, chanting “Putin down at the negotiating table with Moscow, the two countries are “To me they’re as British as the is a fascist” and “Putin khuilo”. him after such an outburst.” also attempting to negotiate a Union flag, as football, as fish and Deshchytsia attempted to calm However, Geoff Pyatt, the US price for gas deliveries. chips. They should be promoted in some in the crowd, telling them ambassador to Ukraine, wrote Pushkov claimed that both every school and to every child in Russia should answer for its on Twitter that the minister had Moscow and the EU are looking our country.” He said these values, actions but storming the embassy been “seeking to defuse a dan- to solve the gas dispute between respect for the history that helped was not the correct response. gerous situation”, adding that Russia and Ukraine, but are being deliver them and the institutions When he was shouted down by Deshchytsia is “a skilled diplomat stymied by Washington’s nefari- A volunteer places a blanket knitted in the colours of the South African that uphold them form the “bed- the angry mob, he responded: and credit to Ukraine”. ous plans. “Kiev is blocking any flag at the Nelson Mandela Capture Site in Howick, some 90km away rock of Britishness”. “I am for you protesting. I am Deshchytsia has not com- solution, so that the US has a from Durban, yesterday. The blankets are part of the “67 ways to “Sometimes in this country we ready to be here with you and say mented on the incident, but wrote reason for a cold war,” he wrote. can be a bit squeamish about our change the world” campaign and will be distributed to the poor and ‘Russia, get out of Ukraine’… Yes, on Twitter: “We managed to stop THE GUARDIAN achievements, even bashful about needy on Mandela Day — Mandela’s birthday on July 18. our Britishness. We shouldn’t be,” the prime minister wrote. “In recent years we have been in danger of sending out a worrying message: that if you don’t want to believe in democracy, that’s fine; US hosts talks to save oceans under ‘siege’ that if equality isn’t your bag, don’t worry about it; that if you’re com- pletely intolerant of others, we will WASHINGTON: US Secretary The ocean, which covers some illegally caught, one of the factors “There is a critical need to be vastly expanded. US officials still tolerate you. of State John Kerry will launch 72 percent of the planet’s surface, pushing many species to the edge forge a consensus on behalf of anticipate that the conference, “This has not just led to division, an unprecedented global effort “is the essential ingredient of life of extinction. the world’s nations regarding the hosted at the State Department, it has also allowed extremism — of today to save the world’s oceans itself on Earth,” the top US dip- Some 96 percent of the world’s value of oceans to people, and the will make announcements on both the violent and non-violent under siege from over-fishing, lomat told a handful of reporters, Pacific bluefin tuna stock, for threats we face as a global society establishing more marine pro- kind — to flourish. So I believe we climate change and pollution. adding that the seas are increas- example, is believed to have been if we let the earth’s marine sys- tected areas, as well as rally need to be far more muscular in Heads of government and state ingly under threat. depleted. Vast areas known as tems fall apart,” Pew Charitable around a push to promote sus- promoting British values and the as well as ministers from some “The world’s oceans, as vast as “dead zones,” caused by excessive Trusts executive vice president tainable fishing and set specific institutions that uphold them.” 80 countries will gather with they are, as much as they elicit pollution that has sapped the Joshua Reichert said. targets for reducing nutrient run- He said the approach in schools researchers and experts from the a sense of awe... they are under oxygen levels in the water, are Environmentalists are hoping off from the farming industry. was changing so that teachers fishing, plastics and farming indus- siege,” Kerry warned, highlight- devoid of life. And family trips to to see the US set an example and There are also plans to get the would “actively promote” such tries for the two-day conference ing the dangers of over-fishing, the beach are enough to confirm take some concrete action, such plastics industry to help reduce values rather than merely respect aiming to find ways to protect the acidification caused by rising glo- that plastic and debris are sully- as vastly extending marine parks the amount of waste sloshing them. Concerns about how some planet’s seas and marine life. bal temperatures and pollution. ing once pristine coastal waters. within American waters. around in the oceans, posing a schools in Birmingham, central “The oceans are a passion of The health of the oceans and Kerry and his top environmen- They have already identified direct threat to marine life that England, were being run first mine and always have been, from their unique ecosystems has dra- tal staff hope the meeting will act three areas — the remote north- often confuses bottles and bags emerged last year in a leaked the time I was three years old matically worsened in the 70 years as a catalyst to push governments western Hawaiian islands, the for food or nesting areas. Experts anonymous letter which outlined and dipped my toes into Buzzard’s since Kerry jumped the Atlantic to use tools already at their dis- Marianas and the Pacific atolls will push as well for mandatory how to implement the takeover Bay,” Kerry said, recalling his waves as a child, conservation- posal to begin to clean up our — where existing marine parks, identification numbers on all large of schools by hardline Muslims, childhood on the wild, sweeping ists say. Today, one in five fish, or seas and preserve marine life for some of which date back to the fishing vessels, to aid the crack- dubbed “Operation Trojan Horse”. beaches of Massachusetts. some 26 million tonnes a year, are future generations. turn of the 20th century, could down on “pirate fishers”. AFP AFP

Rail strike in Scottish independence vote France extended closer than ever: Surveys EDINBURGH: The campaign for Scottish independence contin- into sixth day ues to gain ground against its pro-union rival, two surveys showed yesterday, as pollsters near consensus that the race is getting ever- PARIS: A crippling French tighter ahead of the September referendum. A record 43 percent strike against a planned reform back the campaign for independence, according to the latest poll of the rail sector will roll into by Panelbase, up two points from May, with the percentage against next week, union leaders said dropping one point to 46 percent. The Panelbase poll of 1,060 vot- yesterday, with the industrial ers, commissioned by the “Yes” campaign, found that once unde- action now the longest to hit the cideds were excluded, support for secession grew to 48 percent, railways since 2010. with 52 percent against. In ICM’s latest poll, support for separation With the travel plans of mil- improved by 2 points to 36 percent while those rejecting independ- lions of visitors and French citizens ence fell by three points to 43 percent. Scotland votes on September already disrupted just as the tour- 18 on whether to end its 307-year union with England and leave the ist season hits its peak, industrial United Kingdom. Polls have consistently shown the pro-union “No” action is now due to drag into a campaign in the lead, but five of the six major pollsters have found sixth day today. Previous days have the gap between the two sides is narrowing. Earlier this month, seen an average of one in two high- Ipsos-Mori and Survation both found the “Yes” vote closer than speed TGV trains stopped and ever to overtaking the “No” campaign. regional transport degraded. The strike has also affected international links, with high- Six dead in Newark house fire A child casts her mother’s vote in a polling centre during the presidential elections in Bogota yesterday. speed trains to Italy and Spain NEW JERSEY: A fast-moving fire ripped through a single- hit. But Eurostar services that family home in New Jersey’s largest city early yesterday, killing include links to London have been six people, authorities said. The blaze broke out at the three- Colombia votes in presidential polls operating normally. story residence at around 4am in Newark, the Essex County Visitors arriving at Paris’s inter- Prosecutor’s office said. The fire soon spread to another resi- BOGOTA: Colombians went to Colombians still euphoric over to impunity.” But he now says that national airports have also faced dence, and both homes were destroyed. The fire doesn’t appear the polls yesterday in a cliff- their national team’s 3-0 World he would negotiate with the rebels disruption getting into the city, to be suspicious, but the cause remains under investigation, said hanger presidential election Cup victory on Saturday over under stricter conditions. with disruption on a network that Thomas Fennelly, chief assistant prosecutor. Everyone in the that has become a referendum Greece. “On this day that is so After voting, he promised “to across the Paris region carries second home managed to escape safely, he said. on peace talks with FARC important, big things are being work, from the closing of the polls, three million commuters a day. guerrillas. defined for the future of our coun- for a negotiated peace, without The railway workers’ branch of Voters will choose between try,” Santos said. hate or rancor.” the CGT union leading the pro- Mali armed groups agree to talks President Juan Manuel Santos, The bid to end Latin America’s Santos argues that Colombians test told AFP Sunday that “mobi- ALGIERS: Three armed groups from northern Mali announced who is seeking a second term, longest guerrilla war has emerged must choose between “the end of lisation remained strong”, despite in Algiers yesterday that they have agreed to begin talks with and Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, a vehe- as the central issue of the run-off the conflict or an endless con- reports that only around a fifth of the Bamako government aimed at resolving long-standing dis- ment critic of the president’s elections, which descended into flict.” The internal war has left workers are striking. The action putes. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad peace talks with the leftist mudslinging between the two more than 220,000 people dead comes as France’s lower house of (MNLA), the High Council for the Unity of Azawad (HCUA) and Revolutionary Armed Forces of candidates. and forced five million to leave parliament is due to examine pro- the Arab Movement of Azawad (MAA) had signed the “Algiers Colombia (FARC). Zuluaga, 55, has long been their homes over the past half posed reforms aiming to tackle Declaration”, demanding “inclusive” peace and political talks in Santos, 62, cast his ballot opposed to the peace talks and century. the rail sector’s soaring debt their troubled country. AGENCIES shortly after polls opened, with campaigned under the slogan “No AFP tomorrow. AFP MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

Cinema stampede in Thailand Curfew in Lanka China building town after communal clashes COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police clamped a curfew on a coastal school in resort yesterday after Muslims and hardline Buddhists clashed, leaving several wounded and raising religious tensions. Police also poured hundreds of disputed area reinforcements into Alutgama, 60km south of Colombo, after the two groups attacked each other with stones. Sansha facility to be ready in 18 months A police spokesman said trou- ble began when a group led by BEIJING: China is building a Sansha government. Buddhist monks tried to march in school on a remote island in the Now it has an airport, hotel, an area where there is a concentra- South China Sea to serve the library and five main roads, tion of Muslims, who are a minority children of military personnel mobile phone service coverage in the mainly Buddhist country. and others, expanding the rug- and a 24-hour satellite TV sta- “The curfew was declared to ged outpost it created two years tion. It also has its own supply bring the situation under control,” ago to strengthen claims to dis- ship that brings in food, water, a police officer in the area told puted waters and islands. construction materials as well as reporters. There were no immedi- China established the settlement people who live and work on the ate reports of arrests. of Sansha — which Beijing desig- island. Many activists from both sides nates a “city” and has a perma- The Philippine government, as well as bystanders were injured nent population of 1,443 — on tiny on the other hand, brushed aside Security staff clean up broken glass as Thais wait to enter a cinema after a stampede shattered the glass during the evening clashes, Yongxing island to administer hun- fresh statements from Chinese door as the ruling military junta offered free entry into cinemas for the screening of the Thai film ‘The Legend according to witnesses who also dreds of thousands of square kilo- diplomats in the UN criticizing of King Naresuan 5’ in Bangkok, yesterday. reported seeing several vehicles metres of water where China wants the arbitration case filed against smashed. to strengthen its control over the Beijing. potentially oil-rich territory. China’s representative to the Dhaka accuses Vietnam, the Philippines and UN has accused the Philippines the US criticized Beijing for and Vietnam of making “ground- Bangladesh reports first MERS case 17 over garment establishing Sansha, saying it less accusations” in their efforts risked escalating regional ten- to reassert their territorial claims factory collapse sions. The island is about 350km in the South China Sea. DHAKA: Bangladesh yester- coronavirus.” a lung infection, with patients south of China’s southernmost Deputy Permanent day reported its first case of It was the first known MERS suffering coughing, breathing DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Anti- province, in the Paracel chain, Representative Wang Min issued the deadly MERS virus after case in Bangladesh. The coun- difficulties and a temperature. Corruption Commission (ACC) which is also claimed by Vietnam. the statement during a recent a Bangladesh-born US resident try has become the 22nd nation But MERS differs in that it also yesterday filed a case with local The Sansha government said meeting on the UN Convention on was admitted to hospital days to report a case of Middle East causes rapid kidney failure. police accusing 17 people of in a statement on its website that the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in after returning to his homeland Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Muslim pilgrims from around breaching regulations over the construction on the school started New York even as he maintained via Abu Dhabi. according to Rahman. the world are pouring into the construction of a building that on Saturday and was expected to that China will not abide by any The condition of the uni- Other countries including holy city of Makkah in Saudi collapsed last year, killing over take 18 months. arbitration ruling as formally dentified 53-year-old man had Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran, Arabia, undeterred by the spread 1,130 mostly garment workers. It said there were about 40 sought by the Philippines to set- improved but he was still in the Netherlands, the United Arab of the deadly virus. The April 2013 collapse of Rana children of school age on Yongxing tle its claim over islands in the intensive care in a Dhaka clinic, Emirates, the United States and Research has suggested that Plaza, built on swampy ground Island, and the school could also West Philippine Sea. Mahmudur Rahman, the director Algeria have also recorded cases, the virus has been quite common outside Dhaka, ranks amongst the educate the children of police, Wang said the Philippines has of the Institute of Epidemiology, mostly in people who had been to in camels for at least 20 years. world’s worst industrial accidents army personnel and civilians attempted to illegally occupy some Disease Control and Research, Saudi Arabia. Last week, researchers and sparked a global outcry for stationed on the islands, some of of the Nansha islands (Spratly said. MERS has killed 284 people said they had found the first improved safety standards in the whom had to stay with grandpar- Islands). The Department of “He is Bangladesh-born but in Saudi Arabia since it first direct evidence that MERS world’s second-largest exporter of ents in far-off hometowns. Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the lives in the US. He came to the emerged in 2012, and hundreds jumps directly from camels to ready-made garments. When China created Sansha Philippines will continue to fol- country on June 4 and became more have been infected. humans. The accused include the par- in July 2012, the outpost had low the rule of law in asserting its sick two days later. Most prob- It is considered a deadlier Rahman said it was only a mat- ents of Mohammad Sohel Rana — a post office, bank, supermar- claim over the West Philippine Sea. ably he contracted the virus dur- but less transmissible cousin of ter of time before MERS arrived the individual previously cited as ket, hospital and a population DFA spokesman Charles Jose ing the three hours at Abu Dhabi the Severe Acute Respiratory in Bangladesh. Some three million the owner of Rana Plaza - as well of about 1,000. By December, cited several instances of intru- airport or in the plane,” he said. Syndrome virus that appeared in Bangladeshis work in the Middle as a local mayor, engineers and it had a permanent population sions and encroachments done by “After a series of tests we Asia in 2003 and killed hundreds East, more than two-thirds of three owners of garment factories of 1,443, which can sometimes China in the West Philippine Sea. got confirmation yesterday that of people, mostly in China. them in Saudi Arabia. that used the building. swell by 2,000, according to the THE PHILIPPINE STAR he was suffering from MERS Like SARS, it appears to cause AFP AGENCIES MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN

Election workers 80 killed as bombs hit militant hideouts among 11 killed Pakistani fighter jets pound militant bastions in northwest; Karachi attack suspects among killed in Afghan blast

MIRANSHAH: Pakistani terrorists in these hideouts who MAZAR-I-SHARIF: A road- fighter jets launched air strikes were linked to the planning of the side bomb killed 11 people in yesterday against militant Karachi airport attack.” northern Afghanistan, includ- hideouts in the country’s trou- Local security officials in ing election workers, officials bled northwest, killing at least Miranshah, said on the condition said yesterday, as reports of 80 insurgents including those of anonymity, put the death toll violence during the presidential linked to a brazen attack on far higher than the official toll. run-off vote mounted. Karachi airport, the military “Up to 150 people were killed The victims, including three said. during the strikes early Sunday. female election workers and two But local security officials put These strikes were carried out observers from the campaign the death toll far higher, saying based on confirmed reports about team of presidential candidate that about 150 militants died in the presence of Uzbek and other Abdullah Abdullah, were travel- the air strikes, which prima- militants in the area,” an intel- ling a bus after the polls closed on rily targeted Uzbek fighters in ligence official said. Saturday when the blast ripped a remote area of tribal North Another security official said through the vehicle. Waziristan. that “the number of the killed “The attack killed 11 people. Among the dead were insur- people was even more than 150”. The election workers had finished gents linked to last Monday’s The Pakistan military has not their job and were heading home,” all-night siege of Karachi airport confirmed the higher figure. Samangan provincial governor that killed 38 people, including 10 However, the military state- Khairullah Anosh said. attackers, and all but destroyed a ment said “an ammunition dump Akram Begzad, the provincial tentative peace process between had also been destroyed dur- police chief, confirmed the incident. the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) and ing the strikes and that further The attack, in Aybak, the capital the government. details would follow”, suggesting of Samangan, was one of more One official said the alleged the death toll could rise. than 150 incidents on election day, Uzbek mastermind of the Karachi A military official in Miranshah though the Taliban failed to launch attack had been killed in the said the alleged mastermind of strikes in any major Afghan city. strikes. the Karachi attack was among More than 50 people were The military assault targeted the dead. “Abu Abdul Rehman killed in militant attacks during the mountainous Dehgan area, Almani, who was mastermind of the day, including five members of some 25km west of the main attack on Karachi airport, and the same family who died when a town of Miranshah in North several other commanders have Taliban rocket hit a house near a Waziristan, a stronghold for been killed in the strikes,” the polling station. Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked official said. Eleven voters in the western militants on the border with Taliban spokesman Shahidullah A Pakistani tribesman in a shuttered market in Miranshah in North Waziristan, a stronghold of Taliban and Al province of Herat had their fin- Afghanistan. Shahid, in a an e-mail to media Qaeda-linked militants near the border with Afghanistan, during a curfew yesterday. gers cut off by insurgents, Deputy “Today at about 0130 hours vowed to avenge these attacks, Interior Minister Ayoub Salangi (2030 GMT), a number of ter- but was not immediately available mediate with the fighters. “We were an IED attack on a security con- fiery rhetoric of Osama bin Laden said. rorist hideouts in Dehgan, Datta to provide further details. going to organise a meeting of jirga voy in the town of Mir Ali, 25km and the chance to fight “infidel” Khel in North Waziristan were But in a blow to the govern- today (Sunday) to decide the fate of east of Miranshah. Military heli- forces in Afghanistan. targeted by jet aircraft. The ment’s bid to clear militants from Uzbeks but these air strikes have copters responded by shelling sus- But many of them have been Islamabad relying number of terrorists killed in North Waziristan a local tribal spoiled the environment,” jirga chief pected hideouts in the town. slipping away amid long-running early morning strikes has risen jirga chief, who had been given a Sher Mohammed said. Hordes of foreign militants, rumours of a military operation, more on voluntary to 80, mostly Uzbeks,” a military 15-day deadline by the government “Now we are unable to carry on including Chechens, Uzbeks, with official estimates suggesting statement said. to expel foreign militants from the our work in these circumstances.” Turkmen, Tajiks and Uighurs, an exodus of some 60,000 people blood donors “There were confirmed reports troubled region, said the air strikes In a separate incident, three were drawn to North Waziristan from the region since May. of presence of foreign and local had made it impossible for him to security officials were injured in in the early 2000s, lured by the AFP ISLAMABAD: The gov- ernment-run Safe Blood Transfusion Programme project director strongly feels Islamabad will become 100 per- cent reliant on voluntary blood Both Afghan presidential candidates claim they are leading donors before long. “We expect with the support of the Capital Administration KABUL: Rival camps in urged the candidates, former Hamid Karzai. Abdullah, who Ghani declared he would win clear,” said Mahmoud Saikal, who and Development Division and Afghanistan’s presidential race Northern Alliance leader dropped out of the 2009 run-off based on reports from his observ- quit a senior role in the govern- the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto each proclaimed to be leading Abdullah Abdullah and former against the president, has spent ers and others. ment to join Abdullah. “We will Medical University, our programme the contest yesterday, a day finance minister Ashraf Ghani, to five years in the opposition. His “The result is already very never accept the result if based will grow stronger, firmly establish after the run-off was held and honour the election procedures, in opponent, Ghani, is a former clear to everyone because Dr. on fraud and we will certainly dig the culture of voluntary donations as officials were still tallying the tallying of votes. World Bank economist. Ashraf Ghani’s observers were out those who committed fraud among the residents of Islamabad, the hundreds killed or injured “The Secretary-General Both candidates appeared monitoring and at the same time and hang them.” and ensure that the modern in election-related violence. encourages the candidates and to set the stage for refusing to were asking people’s opinion,” Meanwhile, the election com- Regional Blood Transfusion Centre Observers and other officials their supporters to respect the accept defeat in an election, likely said a member of the Ghani team, plaints commission said it had being established in the capital city in Kabul are worried that both electoral process,” the UN said marred by fraud, when the final former candidate Daud Sultanzoy. received 274 complaints of fraud is 100 per cent reliant on the vol- candidates are setting the stage to in a statement. results are announced at the end Abdullah’s camp was equally so far, including 29 against its untary blood donors,” Professor complain about fraud and refuse If successful, the vote will mark of July. categorical about the outcome, staff. Complaints can be lodged up Hasan Abbas Zaheer said ahead of to accept defeat should the out- the country’s first democratic Speaking after the poll closed referring to their near 14 point to 48 hours after the vote closed the World Blood Donor Day was to come of the vote be close. transfer of power in its history. on Saturday, Abdullah questioned lead in the first round. at 4pm on Saturday. be marked yesterday. The United Nations yesterday The winner will succeed President the official turnout figures while “The result is obviously very REUTERS AGENCIES

Woolly business Special desks in Lahore for Luxury houses to security of be taxed in Punjab

Chinese citizens LAHORE: The Punjab govern- courts and got stay against the ment anticipates Rs3bn of rev- government decision. The cases LAHORE: Lahore City police enue from the tax imposed on are still in the court. announced yesterday that it has luxury houses in the province The minister vowed to col- established eight special secu- in the budget 2014-15. lect the luxury tax this year at rity desks around the city for Addressing the post-budget any cost and pursue its case in Chinese citizens in Lahore. press conference, this was claimed courts as well if anybody moves The initiative has been taken to by Punjab Finance Minister the courts. provide security to Chinese citi- Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman. He was About the energy sector initia- zens employed in the government, accompanied by MPA Dr Aysha tives, the minister said a number semi-government and private sec- Pasha, Planning and Development of steps have been taken with the tor as well as for tourists from (P and D) Department Chairman allocation of Rs31bn to meet the China. Irfan Elahi and Finance Secretary energy needs of the province. The CCPO’s office has said Jahanzeb Khan. About non-utilisation of allo- that all foreigners in the coun- The finance minister claimed cated funds in the energy sector, try, especially the Chinese, are on that the government tax initia- Finance Secretary Jahanzeb said the terrorists’ hit list, providing tives would not affect common- the province got $1.6bn foreign security to them is of the utmost ers and lower income groups of funding for the Sahiwal coal- importance. A man shears a sheep for its wool by a roadside in Karachi yesterday. Wool from sheep are traditionally used the province. The minister also power project which is a good Lahore Operations DIG Rana as warm clothing and for use in blankets, carpeting, and insulation. said the revenue, collected from omen. This also proves that trust Abdul Jabbar said apart from luxury houses, would be spent on of foreign investors is reviving in six desks at the divisional level, low-income housing projects in Pakistan, especially in Punjab. two more had been set up at the the province. About not tapping the energy Wagha border and the airport. The government did not generation potential of sugar mill- The desks have been directed Video-link trial begins in KP province include this tax on big houses ing industry, P and D Chairman to stay coordinated with pri- in the property tax in order to Irfan Elahi said the federal govern- vate and semi-private compa- ensure that the tax would be col- ment had launched a special pro- nies where Chinese citizens are PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s Police officials had arrested trials in a terrorism case through lected from the cantonment areas gramme for bagasse-based energy working. They will keep the northwestern Khyber Shoaib on April 20 while he was video link, connecting the accused of the province. generation while the Punjab gov- city police abreast of the trav- Pakhtunkhwa’s first ever trial planting around eight kilogramme from Peshawar jail to the court- For this, the government has ernment also allocated Rs500m for elling and movement details of via video link concluded on the of explosives to destroy a check room with a judge and lawyers classified it as the luxury tax this sector energy generation. foreigners. other day with an anti-terror- post in Safon, in the jurisdiction present. which is not a service tax while However, Jahanzeb and Irfan He said the security of Chinese ism court (ATC) sentencing a of Badhaber police station. One screen with a camera was the property tax is considered to Elahi fail to elaborate how much citizens will be directly supervised man to 14 years in prison for It was decided that the accused fixed on one side of the courtroom be a service tax, thus the canton- power would be added from the by Security SP Ali Salman Khan. attempting to blow up a police would not be brought to the ATC while a similar one was installed ments areas owners get exemp- sugar milling industry and when. The police have been directed check post. from Peshawar Central Prison in the jail superintendent’s office tions from it. About Green Tractor Scheme, to collect the data on all Chinese On Wednesday, ATC Judge due to security concerns and the where the accused was present. The government has included it the minister said it was aban- citizens working in Lahore, Salim Jan Khan heard the trial trial would be conducted through a The accused could see the entire in the finance bill to give it a legal doned after consultation with ensure deployment of person- which saw recording of state- video link. The court, after hearing courtroom including the judge, shape, the minister added. farmer bodies and representa- nel for their security and stay in ments of various people, including arguments from both the prosecu- lawyers and the public prosecutor. However, the government rep- tives. The farmer bodies and contact with focal persons of all the accused, prosecution counsel, tion and defence teams, awarded 14 The reader of the courtroom was resentatives admitted that such MPAs from rural areas sug- companies that employ Chinese judicial magistrate and police offi- years imprisonment to the accused. able to focus the camera on the luxury tax was also introduced gested enhancement of subsidy citizens. cials. He then reserved his judg- For the first time in Khyber- person addressing the accused. in the last budget as well but the for fertilizer. INTERNEWS ment for yesterday. Pakhtunkhwa, an ATC conducted INTERNEWS owners of such houses went to INTERNEWS MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Modi treated to India, Bhutan Gujarati dishes in Thimphu THIMPHU: With visit- ing Indian Prime Minister to ramp up Narendra Modi being a strict vegetarian, the Bhutanese gov- ernment and the hotel he is staying in here are serving more vegetarian dishes as well as some Gujarati dishes. cooperation Modi, who arrived here earlier yesterday to a warm welcome, is staying at the Taj Tashi. Rousing welcome for Modi in Thimphu Around 50 rooms have been booked in the luxury hotel in THIMPHU: Setting out on national flags of India and Bhutan, Thimphu for Modi and the his first overseas trip after while enthusiastic school children, accompanying Indian delegates. becoming India’s prime minis- some of them carrying colourful According to sources, since ter, Narendra Modi yesterday umbrellas, lined up at various the Indian prime minister, the received a stirring welcome spots. Several welcome arches hotel will keep more vegetarian from hundreds of school chil- with cutouts of Modi and Tobgay dishes on the menu as well as dren and others in Bhutan as added to the festive atmosphere. some Gujarati dishes. The official the two neighbours focused on On one arch was written: banquets for the visiting Indian extensive development coopera- “Bhutan takes pleasure wel- dignitary will also have more veg- tion and discussed measures to coming our close friend Indian etarian dishes, said sources. enhance bilateral economic ties. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Large welcome banners were Modi, who flew in to the land- Modi”. Another was dedicated put up outside Taj Tashi and on locked Himalayan nation a little “to Bhutan and India - a shining Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honour during his ceremonial reception at Tashichhodzong the road leading to the hotel, before noon local time (11.10am testimony of bilateral relations”. Palace in Thimphu, yesterday. which read, “Welcome to our close IST), called on Bhutanese External Affairs Minister friend, India’s prime minister King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Sushma Swaraj, National Security Modi emphasised the possibili- rhythm while musicians played described Bhutan as a “natural Narendra Modi”. Another banner Wangchuck and held talks with Advisor Ajit Doval and Foreign ties of greater educational con- traditional instruments like large choice” for his maiden visit abroad by the highway read, “We pray Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Secretary Sujatha Singh accom- tacts and suggested doubling the cymbals. after taking over the reins in New for the health and well-being of besides inaugurating the new panied Modi. scholarships being provided to Modi’s trip comes ahead of a Delhi, and said relations with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi”. Supreme Court building in Hejo, Late in the afternoon, Modi Bhutanese students in India and further round of bilateral dialogue neighbouring nation would be a The imposing Taj Tashi is a constructed with Indian funding. called on the king and the pre- promised assistance in setting up between China and Bhutan, which key foreign policy priority of his blend of Bhutan’s Dzong architec- He rounded off the day by attend- mier and described their close a digital library which will pro- is sandwiched between the two big government. ture and modern design. The hotel ing a banquet given in his honour and friendly ties as “B2B” or vide Bhutanese youth access to neighbours. Modi will today call on former is adorned with classical hand- by Tobgay. “Bharat to Bhutan” relations, two million books and periodicals. India is also involved in building king Jigme Singye Wangchuck, a drawn Buddhist murals. It has 66 In the morning, after being official sources said. Ahead of his meeting with the schools, libraries, drinking water close friend of India, and address guest rooms. The hotel provides a accorded a red carpet wel- Modi expressed satisfaction at king, Modi was extended a cer- projects, and community centres a joint sitting of the third ses- breathtaking view of the mountains come at the picturesque Paro India being considered a privileged emonial welcome. Drummers in Bhutan, a crucial northern sion of the second parliament of that rise above the Thimphu valley. International Airport, where partner of Bhutan, and stressed struck up a rousing tempo as neighbour of just 750,000 peace- Bhutan. The Bhutanese authorities have Tobgay greeted him in the tradi- that his government “would not performers dressed in traditional loving people, with which Chian Later, he will unveil the foun- taken measures to ensure the tional Bhutanese style by draping only nurture these strong bonds, attire rendered ethnic dances shares a 500km border through dation stone of the 600 megawatt highest level of security and unin- a khada around his neck, Modi but would also strengthen them”, during the colourful programme Tibet. Kholongchu hydropower project, terrupted traffic for the Indian was driven in a huge convoy amid the sources said. at the sprawling courtyard of the Beijing is keen to establish a joint venture model between prime minister’s visit. The move- tight security to the capital city, “The primary focus of both the Tashichhoedzong — the secretariat closer ties with Thimphu and has the Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam and ment of foreign labour at Bhutan’s with hundreds of school children meetings was the extensive develop- of the Bhutan government on the been trying to set up an embassy Druk Green Power Corporation. borders and checkpoints has also and others cheering him along the ment cooperation between the two northern edge of the capital city. in the Bhutanese capital. Construction on the project is been stopped during the two days route. countries and measures to enhance Adding to the festive atmos- In his pre-departure state- expected to start later this year. of the visit, informed sources said. Many of them waved the the economic ties,” they said. phere, flag bearers walked in ment on the eve of his trip, Modi IANS IANS

Beas tragedy: BJP to take up Bengal lawlessness with PM; Mamata hits back

High-tech KOLKATA: Expressing con- “Under the Trinamool, there is a similar team to Sandeshkhali order and create communal ten- the chief minister was not tak- cern over political violence in lawlessness and mindless violence in North 24 Parganas where 26 sions in Bengal,” she said. ing steps to prevent the “ram- device fails West Bengal, the BJP yester- in Bengal. Innocent and poor of its activists were injured in an “The Centre should not inter- pant political violence in the day attacked the Trinamool people including those from the attack engineered allegedly by the fere in our work. Our courtesy state”. Congress government over the minority communities are being Trinamool activists. should not be misinterpreted as “When she is admitting that to find bodies issue and said it will apprise targeted just because they are not The team in its report to weakness. violence is taking place, then why Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the ruling party,” Punj said Rajnath Singh has accused the “If the Centre doesn’t want to isn’t she taking action? Instead of MANDI, Himachal Pradesh: about the “lawlessness” in the after the visit. Trinamool of “patronising and cooperate, then we too can do the pointing fingers at us, she should Rescue agencies yesterday state. Claiming that “157 political harbouring” Bangladeshi funda- same. We will take a tit for tat question herself why her party continued their massive oper- Reacting strongly, Chief killings have taken place and 35 mentalists to unleash a reign of approach and send a Trinamool men are snatching away demo- ation to search for the miss- Minister Mamata Banerjee political activists have been com- terror in Bengal. team to the BJP-ruled states cratic rights of the people of sup- ing Hyderabad students and a accused the party which leads the pelled to commit suicide” since Reacting angrily over the BJP whenever there is any issue porting a political party of their tour operator by using a high- central government, of provoca- t-he Banerjee government came team’s visit, Banerjee charged the there,” said Banerjee. own choice,” Azad said. tech echo sounder device that tion and threatened to adopt a to power in 2011, Punj said the central government with interfer- The chief minister also accused “She is not the chief minister scanned the Beas riverbed but “tit for tat” approach. team will submit its report to ence and accused the BJP of join- the BJP and CPM of being of Trinamool, rather the entire failed to locate any bodies. A Bharatiya Janata Party dele- party president Rajnath Singh ing hands with the Communist involved in the Saturday killing state... isn’t it her duty to look Twenty-four students from gation, led by party vice president and also apprise the prime min- Party of India-Marxist (CPM) to of four Trinamool activists in after people belonging to other a Hyderabad engineering col- Balbir Punj and MP Kirti Azad, ister about “the lawlessness in create unrest in Bengal. South 24 Parganas district and parties? We humbly urge her to lege and a tour operator were during the day visited Ilambazar Bengal”. “It seems, the party at the cen- the death of jute mill owner in take action so this mindless vio- washed away in the Beas river last in Birbhum district where one of “Such killings are a blot to tre does not want to cooperate. Hooghly district Sunday who was lence is stopped and people can Sunday. Eight bodies have been its workers was killed earlier in democracy and BJP will no more Joining hands with the CPM, the assaulted by mill workers. come out of the shadow of fear found so far. the month allegedly by Trinamool tolerate such killings,” he added. BJP has been giving provocation Reacting to Banerjee’s and violence,” he added. “We deployed side scan sonar goons. The BJP earlier in May had sent and trying to disturb law and charges, Azad wondered why IANS to capture pictures of the river- bed to locate the bodies. It showed good images (of the riverbed) but no bodies were traced,” Jaideep Protest against power outages Singh, commanding officer of the National Disaster Response Force Talks on within statute (NDRF), said. Almost 10km of the river stretch from the Pandoh dam to the upstream was scanned using the framework: Jaitley echo sounder. In the first four days of the operation, eight bodies were SRINAGAR: Defence Minister yatra. Life must go on peacefully recovered. However, no body has Arun Jaitley yesterday said the here, and there should be overall been traced in the next three days. central government is ready development.” Most of the bodies recovered, for dialogue with anyone who “I visited forward areas in Uri officials said, were either trapped wants to talk, but within the sector of the LoC. I have reviewed under the rocks or buried in the framework of the country’s the overall security at a meeting riverbed silt within a three-km Constitution and its sovereignty. here today,” Jailey said. radius of the accident spot at Addressing a media conference “Where our soldiers are Thalaut on the Chandigarh- here yesterday at the conclusion guarding the borders, there is Manali National Highway No.21. of his two-day visit to Jammu good coordination among them. “We can now go for the pos- and Kashmir, Jaitley said: “We The militants or infiltrators sibility to open the floodgates of are prepared for a dialogue with come here from across the bor- the Pandoh dam so the water level anyone who is ready to talk to der, I have discussed the situa- in the reservoir is reduced drasti- us within the framework of the tion with the army. Our army cally and the bodies, if trapped in Indian Constitution and India’s has sufficient strength to stop boulders or stuck in the slit, come sovereignty. These are two these infiltrations. Ceasefire vio- to the surface,” Telangana Home issues on which there can be no lations happen from across and Minister Nayani Narasimha compromise.” our soldiers are well equipped to Reddy, who is camping here, said. The defence minister said there respond and protect the borders He said some parents of the has been no political objective to of the country.” missing students have apprehen- his present visit to the state. “There have been issues raised sions the bodies might wash away “I came here to review the by the security forces and the further if the water is allowed to go security situation and there has state government, and decisions downstream. “But any decision in been no political objective to this need to be taken to back up this this regard will be taken with the visit.” feedback,” Jaitley said. consent of the parents,” he added. “After all discussions, I am Answering a question about The district administration quite optimistic about the situa- resumption of dialogue with Saturday sought the consent tion in Jammu and Kashmir. The Pakistan and confidence building of about 25 parents and family Lok Sabha election has been held measures (CBMs) between the members of the missing students An acitivist of Congress party throws an earthen pot next to the burning effigies representing Prime Minister peacefully. A very good tourism two countries, the defence min- to allow the administration to Narendra Modi and Delhi’s former chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal during a protest season is going on here,” he noted. ister said: “For the situation to open the dam floodgates so the against power cuts and water problems, in New Delhi, yesterday. Swathes of north India are sweltering under “Towards the end of this normalise, it is absolutely neces- bodies, if stuck in the reservoir, the longest heat wave on record, triggering widespread breakdowns in the supply of electricity and increas- month, the Shri Amarnathji Yatra sary that these ceasefire viola- could be fished out. ingly angry protests over the government’s failure to provide people with basic services. will begin. Assessment is that it tions must stop.” IANS will be a peaceful and successful IANS

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HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER A spectator holds a mini World Cup trophy during the 2014 World Cup Group E soccer match between Switzerland and Ecuador at the Brasilia national stadium in Brasilia, yesterday. MUSCAT 39/32 Clear 42/32 Clear MAKKAH 35/26 Partly cloudy 37/26 Partly cloudy KUWAIT 45/29 Clear 44/28 Clear BAHRAIN 44/30 Clear 44/27 Partly cloudy SANAA 30/16 Clear 31/16 Partly cloudy RIYADH 40/29 Clear 41/29 Partly cloudy DUBAI 38/29 Partly cloudy 38/28 Clear Play football to lower diabetes BAGHDAD 41/27 Clear 42/28 Clear LONDON: Notwithstanding the The study showed that 24 in men with type 2 diabetes sig- need for anti-diabetic and anti- THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW World Cup season, play football weeks of twice-weekly recrea- nificantly reduced abdominal fat hypertensive medication on com- to counter type 2 diabetes and tional football training sessions and improved glycaemic control, pletion of the studies. HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER keep your heart in good shape. lowered blood pressure and which is essential for managing The projects investigated the Football training produces sig- improved heart function in men diabetes and preventing diabetic effects of football training in 21 ATHENS 33/23 Clear 33/24 Partly cloudy nificant changes in body composi- with high blood pressure and men complications,” said Jens Bangsbo, men with type 2 diabetes and 32 WASHINGTON 32/23 Thunderstorm 32/24 Chance of storm SYDNEY 18/10 Partly cloudy 18/11 Partly cloudy tion and glycaemic control in type with type 2 diabetes. professor at the University of men with high blood pressure LONDON 16/09 Chance of rain 20/07 Partly cloudy 2 diabetes patients, according to a Furthermore, men with type 2 Copenhagen who led the project. aged between 30 and 60 years PARIS 22/13 Partly cloudy 20/15 Mostly cloudy study carried out at University of diabetes lost 12 percent of their These effects are likely to with focus on metabolic and car- ISTANBUL 27/20 Partly cloudy 28/20 Partly cloudy Copenhagen in Denmark. abdominal fat and reduced their reduce the risk of developing diovascular changes. MANILA 32/26 Chance of storm 32/26 Chance of storm It also effectively lowers blood blood sugar 20 percent more than heart diseases including heart The study was published in the DHAKA 39/30 Chance of storm 37/29 Chance of storm pressure in men with high blood inactive control subjects. failure and myocardial infarction. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine DELHI 41/31 Chance of storm 40/32 Partly cloudy pressure. “We found that football training The participants had a reduced and Science. IANS ISLAMABAD 40/31 Chance of storm 40/31 Clear Top US radio Inca trails, ancient French cave personality Casey Kasem vie for World Heritage status DOHA: Inca trails spanning Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador Westminster Palace, a World dies, aged 82 six countries and a French cave and Peru—the last of which added Heritage site. with some of the earliest known the routes to its tentative list in The committee warned that WASHINGTON: Casey paintings are among the sites 2001, and was later followed by “there do not seem to be defined Kasem, the US radio personal- expected to get World Heritage the others. settings or overall agreed con- ity who counted down pop music status at a Unesco meeting that Submitted by France, the straints in place to ensure that hits on his popular weekly radio started here yesterday. Chauvet Cave, located in a lime- new tall buildings do not impact show and also lent his distinctive Altogether, at least 30 natural stone plateau of the meander- on important views and other voice to hippie sleuth Shaggy in and cultural sites, including the ing Ardeche River in southern attributes of the property”. the Scooby Doo cartoons, died Erbil Citadel in Iraq’s Kurdistan, France, contains some of the Australia will also be under yesterday. He was 82. are vying to get the United Nations earliest known paintings, drawn scrutiny, with two of its most “Early this Father’s Day morn- cultural body’s prestigious distinc- more than 30,000 years ago. The high-profile protected areas fac- ing, our dad Casey Kasem passed tion and add their names to an grotto has more than 1,000 pic- ing threats to their status as away surrounded by family and already 981-strong list. tures — many of which feature World Heritage sites. friends,” his daughter, Kerri The World Heritage Committee animals such as bison, mammoths The Great Barrier Reef, one of Kasem, said in a statement posted gathering, which runs until June and rhinos. the most biodiverse places on the online. “Even though we know he 25, will also mull whether to put The cave was closed off by planet, is considered in poor health is in a better place and no longer London’s Westminster Palace on a rock fall around 20,000 years and Unesco is mulling whether to suffering, we are heartbroken.” its list of endangered sites. ago and remained sealed until its downgrade its status to “World Kasem, whose final years were And in a first for a developed rediscovery in 1994. More draw- Heritage in Danger” at the meet- marked by dementia, had been country, Australia is asking that ings are expected to be found in ing. It is under growing pressure the focus of a dispute between his large swathes of its Tasmanian remote parts of the grotto. not just from climate change and three children from his first mar- Wilderness — one of the last India, meanwhile, is hoping to the destructive coral-eating crown- riage and his second wife, Jean expanses of temperate rainfor- have its Rani-ki-Vav stepwell on of-thorns starfish, but agricultural Kasem, who they said had pre- est in the world — be delisted to the banks of the Saraswati River runoff and rampant coastal devel- vented them from visiting as he make way for loggers. in western Patan listed. “Designed opment linked to mining. suffered from Lewy body demen- Inclusion on the list has signif- as an inverted temple highlighting Another of Australia’s natu- tia, a malady with symptoms sim- icant economic implications as the sanctity of water,” it is divided ral wonders under threat is the ilar to Parkinson’s disease. a World Heritage site is eligible into seven underground storeys of Tasmanian Wilderness, which As his health deteriorated, a Los for financial assistance towards terraced walls with pavilions and covers nearly 20 percent, or 1.4 Angeles judge sided with the adult preservation and the coveted buttresses, according to its official million hectares, of the southern children and permitted them to status is also a powerful draw nomination document. island state. withhold food, hydration and his for tourists. The committee, which consists Prime Minister Tony Abbott, usual medication as they choose The listing of the Qhapaq Nan of representatives from 21 coun- who favours more access for comfort-oriented, end-of-life care — a huge network of roads once tries elected for six years, will also loggers, has requested Unesco at a Washington state hospital. used by the mighty Inca Empire use the Doha meeting to issue remove its World Heritage sta- “Keep your feet on the ground that snake over perilously high warnings. It has, for instance, tus from 74,000 hectares (183,000 and keep reaching for the stars,” snowy peaks over more than raised concern that there are too acres) of the area, claiming it was Kasem, a Detroit-born Lebanese- A file photo taken on November 21, 2008 shows visitors standing on the edge 30,000km -- would benefit not few restrictions governing the not pristine — but this could be American, told millions of listen- of The Rani-ki-Vav (Queen’s) Stepwell at Patan, 120km from Ahmedabad. one but six countries overall. development of skyscrapers in rejected at the meeting. ers at the end of his invariably The trails go through Argentina, London, which it says could affect AFP cheery weekly radio programme, which ran from 1970 to 2009. On his syndicated show, Kasem counted down the 40 most popular songs of the week in order, finish- ing with the No. 1 song. Before Kids gain weight more quickly during summer break: Study each song, Kasem told an upbeat anecdote about the singer’s road NEW YORK: Any parent or teacher can criticism schools face, something about that more fattening snacks when they leave the the nine months of the school year, and in to success and read letters from tell you that schoolchildren tend to slip environment is actually promoting healthy structured environment that school pro- recent years, federal and state mandates listeners. At its peak, Kasem’s show back a bit academically over the long sum- growth opportunities.” vides each day. Their sleep patterns are have forced improvements in the qual- was heard on more than 1,000 sta- mer break. But now a Harvard University Franckle’s research, which compiled also probably less regular. ity of some of those offerings. Franckle, a tions in about 50 countries. study has come up with troubling indi- and analysed the results of seven studies Especially vulnerable are kids who are doctoral candidate in Harvard’s School of There was an immediate out- cations that they also gain weight more that have delved into this issue and was already overweight or obese and poorer Public Health, said that something in the pouring on Twitter from both quickly during those months when, tradi- released in the Centres for Disease Control minority children. Low-income kids, the schools is promoting access to healthier fans and celebrities: “We’ve lost tionally, we hope they’re outdoors much of and Prevention journal Preventing Chronic study speculates, have less access to sum- foods and/or more exercise. She and her a music industry icon. Chngd the the time, enjoying the summer sun. Disease, has several important limitations. mer camps and other places where they colleagues looked at seven studies of sum- industry w/AT40 Cntdwn. RIP In a statement that will make school But it does provide hints that kids in can get some exercise. mer weight gain among children in the Casey Kasem,” said singer and administrators and lunch ladies across the 5-to-12 age range may be more seden- Many low-income children depend on United States, Canada and Japan, and they actress Marie Osmond. the land a little happier, Rebecca Franckle, tary, spending more time in front of tel- school breakfasts and lunches for a sig- found six that showed it accelerated for at REUTERS who led the research, said: “Despite the evision and computer screens and eating nificant portion of their calories during least some of the kids. WP-BLOOMBERG Monday 16 June 2014 18 Sha’baan 1435 Volume 19 Number 6098 Price: QR2

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MOSCOW: Energy chiefs more than 95 percent of the annual energy market study, has and political titans gather in world’s crude oil production and insisted that it remains commit- Moscow this week for a major consumption. ted to Rosneft, despite the latter’s conference that will highlight While the various scheduled chief executive Igor Sechin being the West’s desire to pursue oil conferences and round tables named among officials facing investments in Russia despite present classic sector issues such punitive measures over Putin’s the Ukraine crisis. as obstacles to financing and com- stance on Ukraine. With oil prices hitting nine- petition from renewable energy BP retains a near-20 percent month peaks on Friday owing to sources, developments linked stake in Rosneft after the British violence in Iraq, the 21st World to current geopolitical strains firm sold its 50 percent holding Petroleum Congress, which occurs look set to grab the attention of in joint venture TNK-BP to the every three years, takes on even markets. Russian company. greater prominence. The Iraqi government is bat- French energy giant Total Moscow, which is locked in tling to regain control of the cit- meanwhile announced in May its worst standoff with the West ies taken by militants from the that it had signed a deal with since the Cold War, is expected Islamic State of Iraq and the Russia’s second biggest oil firm Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk (right), European Union Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger (third to use the week-long event to Levant (ISIL) earlier in the week. Lukoil to explore and develop left) and other officials meet in Kiev yesterday. emphasise its leading presence Iraq is the second biggest shale oil deposits in western on the world energy scene. oil exporter in the 12-nation Siberia. In Moscow, Opec Secretary Organisation of Petroleum While Western energy com- General Abdullah El-Badri will Exporting Countries after kingpin panies are looking to Russia to Ukraine, Russia hold last-ditch be joined by about 5,000 delegates, Saudi Arabia, and Opec pumps help them secure new sources of including the chief executive of about one-third of the world’s oil. oil and gas to meet rising global British energy giant BP Bob In Kiev, meanwhile, an urgent demand, Russian firms are ben- Dudley and bosses at Russia’s round of EU-brokered gas talks efiting from their partners’ tech- gas talks before today’s deadline Gazprom and Rosneft. between Russia and Ukraine nological expertise, especially in The Kremlin held a reception ended Saturday night without an the field of uncovering energy KIEV: Ukraine and Russia one more try. “We are ready Russia initially demanded at yesterday at the congress organ- agreement. from shale rock. made a last-ditch attempt to to seek compromise, but it is the talks that Ukraine should pay ised by the World Petroleum Despite rising tension, Western Saudi Arabia last week said resolve a gas pricing dispute useless to put pressure on us,” $485 per 1,000 cubic metres of gas Council. Russian President energy companies are expected to the oil market was experiencing on Saturday, less than 48 hours Sergei Kupriyanov, spokesman but then offered to remove the Vladimir Putin will make a speech use this week’s event in Moscow a good supply-demand balance as before a Russian deadline for for Russian state gas producer export duty, a move that would today at the event that will bring to reiterate their desire to invest it joined fellow OPEC members Kiev to pay its bills or have its Gazprom, said in Moscow. cut the price to $385 — around public and private companies in exploration projects across in maintaining the cartel’s crude supplies cut off today. Gazprom Chief Executive the average amount paid by together with government agen- Russia. output ceiling. Halting the gas flow to Kiev Andrei Miller made no comment Russia’s European clients. cies from 65 nations representing BP, which today will release its AFP could also disrupt supplies to the as he entered the hotel before the Ukraine had held out for $268.5 European Union, which receives talks. until Friday, when it said it was gas via Ukraine, but the chances The dispute is part a broader ready to pay $326 for an interim of a breakthrough have been hit crisis in which Russia annexed period of 18 months while a long- by tensions over an uprising by Crimea from Ukraine in March term price was worked out. pro-Russian separatists in east following the overthrow of Russian energy authorities said Libya oilfield reopens after protest Ukraine. the country’s Moscow-leaning last week that the price of $385 Representatives of both sides president, and the separatists was final, but Prodan suggested to and the EU’s energy commis- are demanding east Ukraine be reporters Ukraine was not ready TRIPOLI: Libya’s western El million bpd in July when a wave Protesters shut down the field sioner, Guenther Oettinger, absorbed by Russia. to go beyond its offer of $326. Feel oilfield has resumed pro- of protests started. Much of the in late March to the western arrived for the talks at a Kiev Tensions are high following the Russia has extended its dead- duction after security guards remaining output is used to feed Mellitah port as part of a nation- hotel as night fell, with no sign of shooting down of a Ukrainian line twice in the past few weeks ended a protest that lasted the Zawiya refinery which sup- wide disruption to oilfields and a change in their positions. “We military transport plane by the to allow more time to reach a deal more than two months, oil min- plies the west of the country. ports to pressure the govern- keep our fingers crossed and hope rebels in east Ukraine and accu- but has made clear it will not do istry officials said yesterday, but Motorists have been queueing ment over a range of political to resolve our differences in a sations by Kiev and Washington so again. many oilfields and ports remain for more than a week to refill and financial demands. The field civilised manner. Further escala- that Russia is supplying the sep- Even so, Oettinger said there blocked. in the capital Tripoli with some is jointly operated by state-owned tion is clearly not in the interests aratists with weapons. Moscow was still time to reach an agree- The reopening of El Feel is good people sleeping in cars. Acting National Oil Corp and Italy’s ENI of any of the parties involved,” denies this. ment and promised “meetings news for the weak central gov- Oil Minister Omar Shakmak said and was producing around 85,000 Andriy Kobolev, chief executive Gazprom has said Ukraine this evening, maybe tomorrow.” ernment struggling with a budget authorities had reached an agree- bpd before the shutdown. of Ukraine’s state gas company should pay $1.95bn, a part of its Russia meets about a third of crisis as a wave of protests at oil ment with protesters. “The pro- Libya’s eastern Hariga oil Naftogaz, said in an open letter debt for Russian gas supplies, by the EU’s gas needs, and around installations and rebel violence testers agreed to reopen the field export port remained blocked by before the talks started. Monday, or face being switched half of the gas is delivered have dried up oil exports, the which restarted work yesterday state security guards who were But the letter, and comments to a system under which it would via pipelines that go through country’s main source of income. and today,” he said. said they had not been paid for by Energy Minister Yuri Prodan receive only gas it pays for in Ukraine. Three years after a NATO- Production at El Feel, located months. as he arrived for the talks, made advance, and possible gas sup- Supply cuts would not be a big backed revolt toppled leader in the southwest, will reach 80,000 A spokesman for state-oil firm clear there was no advance on ply cuts. After the failure of sev- problem now because it is sum- Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s barrels a day within 24 hours, said AGOCO, which runs the port Ukraine’s latest offer — rejected eral rounds of talks, the last of mer and the EU and Ukraine oil infrastructure remains Ibrahim Al Awami, head of the and connecting oilfields, said the by Moscow on Friday. which were in Brussels last week, have enough gas in storage, but vulnerable. ministry’s inspection and meas- finance ministry had paid out Russia had initially rejected Ukraine’s government ordered the EU suffered serious disrup- Libya’s oil output had fallen urement department. Officials did the salaries but the firm was still the idea of holding another the energy sector, ministers and tions in supplies when Russia to less than 200,000bpd in the not disclose more details about the waiting for the guards to confirm round of talks over the weekend, local authorities to prepare for cut off supplies in a gas war with past few weeks, down from 1.4 agreement with the protesters. their protest was over. REUTERS but agreed in the end to have supply cuts. Kiev in 2009. REUTERS

Mitsubishi eyes Pearl GTL signs service 10pc Alstom stake contracts worth QR1.2bn TOKYO: Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is offering DOHA: Pearl GTL, a joint ven- full-time personnel from the con- to buy a 10 percent stake in ture of Qatar Petroleum and tractor companies to be dedicated Alstom, a report said yesterday, Shell, has signed long-term to supporting the plant onsite. as it seeks to sweeten a joint bid service agreements with five Speaking on behalf of Pearl with Siemens to acquire some of major contractors, worth a com- GTL, Wael Sawan, Managing the French firm’s energy assets. bined value of approximately Director and Chairman of Qatar Mitsubishi’s offer comes as it QR1.2bn, to provide mainte- Shell Companies, said, “Through tries to convince the French gov- nance services to the Pearl GTL a careful tendering process ernment to choose the German- plant. that began last year, we believe Japanese bid for Alstom’s assets Under the terms of the con- we have partnered with quality over a rival offer from General tracts, mechanical maintenance firms that will provide important Electric, the Nikkei daily said. services will be provided by capabilities to help us keep the Mitsubishi and Siemens are Madina and AMEC-Blackcat; Pearl GTL plant running safely, reportedly offering $10bn for electrical and instrument mainte- successfully and efficiently. These Alstom’s gas and steam tur- nance services will be provided by companies stood out for their bine business, while GE has Kentech; and scaffolding, paint- safety performance, the quality of offered $17bn. A source said that ing and insulation services will be their personnel and their record Mitsubishi is now eyeing a minor- provided by Hertel and Cape East. of reliable delivery.” ity stake in Alstom as it looks Madina and Hertel have been The Pearl GTL plant, located to reassure the French govern- existing contractors to Pearl GTL in Ras Laffan, takes natural gas ment of its intentions by forging providing services since 2010. from the North Field and con- a broader industrial alliance with As part of the contracts, Pearl verts it to cleaner burning fuels. the French “national jewel”. AFP Officials at the maintenance contracts signing ceremony in Doha. GTL expects more than 1,000 THE PENINSULA MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS GOIC unveils Qatar stock new website index trips on for GIKC DOHA: The Qatar-based Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) has launched the all new Gulf Industrial regional cues Knowledge Centre (GIKC) web- site during the 97th regular meeting of GOIC’s Board, said a Market capitalisation down QR9bn press statement yesterday. The GIKC website www.knowl- DOHA: Qatar stocks tanked yesterday as investors reacted to edge.goic.org.qa is part of GOIC’s yesterday on regional cues. As insurgent advances in Iraq and efforts aiming at developing and investors reacted to Iraq con- Dubai builder Arabtec Holding expanding its various consultative flicts, the bourse’s market cap plunged again, after a technical and technical services. The mem- tumbled by QR9bn in a single glitch led investors to believe a bers of the board highlighted the day. Total traded value plunged major shareholder was cutting its importance of this website that to QR441m from QR610bn. stake further. will be highly beneficial to the Traded volume dropped to 9 Nevertheless, the news from GCC industrial sector. million shares from the previ- Iraq encouraged some foreign The board meeting was ous session’s 12 million. institutions to take profits — chaired by Ahmed bin Hassan The bourse’s main index something they were already con- GDI Chief Executive Officer Ibrahim J Al Othman (right) and SDS Managing Partner Rodney Verret shaking hands Al Dheeb, Undersecretary of dropped 1.58 percent to 12,773 templating after gains in regional after the signing ceremony. Oman’s Ministry of Commerce points with all the sector indi- markets this year — while further and Industry and Chairman of ces ending in red. Banking sec- dampening the appetite of some GOIC’s Board of Directors. tor was the worst affected with local retail investors to buy for It was attended by undersec- all the stocks edging down yes- now. “For many institutional trad- Superior Derrick Services gets retaries of ministries of industry terday. Bellwether QNB lost 2.59 ers from abroad, it’s a concern,” from various GCC countries, the percent, QIB fell by 2.54 percent. Fouad Darwish, head of broker- representative of the Secretariat- Rayan slipped 1.30 percent and age services at Global Investment General of the Gulf Cooperation International Islamic was down House in Kuwait, said of Iraq. GDI’s QR193m order for land rigs Council and GOIC Secretary by 0.95 percent. Meanwhile, local retail inves- General Abdulaziz bin Hamad Of the sector indices, telecoms tors are “having second thoughts DOHA: Gulf Drilling filled, GDI’s land rig fleet will positively impact GDI’s profitabil- Al Ageel. GOIC’s board discussed dropped the most by 2.40 percent. about buying”, he added. International (GDI), a wholly- total eight rigs, including five ity and long term sustainability.” items on the agenda, notably the As Ooredoo shed 2.37 percent, In Abu Dhabi, Dana Gas, which owned subsidiary of Gulf drilling rigs (one 3000HP rig, one Rodney Verret, Managing 2014 second quarter performance Vodafone slipped 2.49 percent. has operations in Iraqi Kurdistan, International Services (GIS) 2000HP rig and three 1500HP Partner, SDS, said, “SDS is report of GOIC’s strategy that Transportation sector lost 1.64 sank 4.8 percent while the bourse and the largest service group rigs) and three workover rigs (all pleased to have received this sig- includes using Balanced score- percent with the Nakilat slipping index slid 2 percent, although the listed in Qatar Exchange has 1000HP). nificant order from GDI and looks cards (BSCs). Participants also the most by 3.30 percent. company said after the close that placed a QR193m order with All eight rigs are under forward to providing GDI with tackled joint Gulf ventures. Shares in the Gulf companies its facilities in Iraq had not been Superior Derrick Services, long term contracts to Qatar the high quality drilling rigs that Al Ageel said that the GIKC with major exposure to Iraq were affected. LLC (SDS) for the construction Petroleum(QP) for drilling they demand..... SDS is one of the website is available in Arabic and also hit. Ooredoo, one of whose “There are very few corporates of two new land rigs that will operations being conducted the few private companies capable of English. It has been designed as units is Iraq’s second-biggest in the region which have expo- work for Qatar Petroleum (QP) onshore Dukhan field. At 3000HP, delivering complete onshore drill- a portal to all industrial informa- mobile telecommunications oper- sure to Iraq, such as Ooredoo under newly awarded contracts. GDI-8 will be the largest land rig ing systems from design concept tion in the Gulf region. He said: ator Asiacell , which provides a and Zain Kuwait,” said Sebastien The contract was signed by in GDI’s fleet, capable of drilling to the well site. This is our first “The website provides a unique fifth of its total revenue, dropped Henin, head of asset management Chief Executive Officer of GDI extended reach wells and drill to contract in Qatar and we look for- set of GOIC’s outputs from vari- 2.4 percent. It was among the at The National Investor in Abu Ibrahim J Al Othman, and greater depths. ward to building a long term rela- ous industrial studies and indus- main drags on the Doha bourse, Dhabi. “We should expect these the Managing Partner of SDS Al Othman, said: “GDI remains tionship with GDI to be a viable trial investment opportunities, to which fell 1.6 percent. to be under pressure in the com- Rodney Verret. dedicated to delivering world class option to provide further assets new reports about several indus- The Baghdad-listed shares of ing days.” The 1500HP rig that is being drilling rig services for all its cli- to their growing fleet.” trial sectors. In the future, the Asiacell, which made a net profit Even markets with minimal ordered will be known as GDI-7 ents, onshore and offshore. GDI’s In recent years, GDI has made website will be further developed of Dh581bn ($499m) in 2013, have links to Iraq were dampened yes- while the 3000HP rig will be land operations had improved several investments to expand to offer an even wider set of tools plunged 25 percent in June. terday; Saudi Arabia and Egypt known as GDI-8. considerably in recent years as a and upgrade its land operations allowing investors to make the Zain Kuwait, another major fell 1.1 percent each. “The risk These rigs will take 10 and result of the business strategy to in and around Dukhan. right decisions about investing in telecommunications firm with premium for the region has gone 12 months, respectively, to be invest in this important segment In addition to its drilling rigs, different Gulf industrial sectors.” operations in Iraq, was down 1.5 up,” said Henin. delivered at SDS’s factory and of the business. We are looking GDI has a full complement of He added: “The industrial percent while Kuwait’s index fell Dubai’s benchmark tumbled are scheduled to be placed into forward with great anticipation ancillary equipment that are used investment opportunity files aim 1.4 percent. 4.7 percent, its biggest loss in service by GDI, following their to the day when each of these new for transportation, rig moves, at providing Gulf investors and Last year, Zain’s unit in Iraq almost four weeks, as most stocks mobilisation from the USA, in assets is placed into operation in a well site preparation, catering, businessmen with information accounted for 41 percent of its declined. the third and fourth quarters of safe and efficient manner.” communication and the drilling about possible industrial oppor- total revenue. THE PENINSULA/ 2015, respectively. Al Othman said, “the addi- of water wells. tunities and offering guidelines All markets in the Gulf declined REUTERS When these new orders are tion of these two new rigs will THE PENINSULA about profitability and implemen- tation requirements.” The website was completely developed by GOIC’s Information Technology Department to make GOIC’s outputs available to international investors seeking Medtronic nears $45bn-plus deal for Covidien industrial opportunities in GCC countries, in addition to research- NEW YORK: US medical value of about $61bn. Covidien, a transforms its healthcare system surgical procedures, would help popular tax-lowering strategy ers, students and banks. device maker Medtronic Inc is maker of devices used in surgery, under the Affordable Care Act. expand Medtronic’s footprint in known as an inversion. The website allows the surfer in advanced talks to buy rival is valued at about $32bn. In addition, hospitals are look- the marketplace, as the two com- Several smaller transactions to get to know investment oppor- Covidien Plc in a deal valued at In a market that has seen an ing to reduce supply costs in part panies have very little product have succeeded, drawing the tunities in the Gulf region, indus- $45bn to $50bn, people familiar accelerated pace of deal-making, by consolidating vendors amid overlap, Denhoy said. attention of US lawmakers in trial studies and reports based on with the matter said. some aimed at redomiciling major sluggish demand for services as The medical device industry Congress who are targeting leg- intensive professional researches The deal, which would allow US companies overseas, Pfizer Inc patients avoid going to the doc- is seeing more mergers such as islation that would make it much and studies by GOIC experts in Medtronic to be domiciled in recently mounted an abortive tor because of a lack of insurance Zimmer Holdings Inc’s recently more difficult for US companies various industrial sectors, such Ireland, where Covidien is based, takeover bid for British-based or rising out-of-pocket costs for announced $13.4bn takeover of to do profitable inversions. as food, medical supplies, plas- and thus take advantage of lower AstraZeneca in what would have care. smaller rival orthopedic device A Reuters review showed about tics, textiles, leather, chemicals tax rates, could come as soon been a roughly $120bn deal aimed “It makes sense on a lot of lev- maker Biomet Inc as companies 50 such deals had been done in the and petrochemicals, engineering, as today. Minneapolis-based in part at lowering the US drug els, both strategic and financial,” in the sector move to cut costs past 25 years, with half occurring the environment, recycling and Medtronic, the world’s larg- firm’s corporate tax rate. Jefferies analyst Raj Denhoy said and become more efficient. since the 2008-2009 credit crisis other important sectors. est stand-alone medical device Medical device makers in of the potential combination. Pfizer’s bid for AstraZeneca, abated. Officials at Medtronic Moreover, registered users maker, with an array of products recent years have struggled with There are a lot of reasons to which was rejected, was one of and Covidien declined to com- enjoy services from GOIC such ranging from heart defibrillators slowing sales and pricing pressure believe it is going to happen.” a few recently launched major ment on the news, which was as weekly industrial newsletters and stents to insulin pumps and as governments overseas slash Acquiring Covidien, with its deals that have looked to take earlier reported by the Wall Street and news about industrial events. spinal implants, has a market budgets and the United States focus on minimally invasive advantage of an increasingly Journal. REUTERS THE PENINSULA

Malabar Gold opens renovated outlet in UAE

Malabar Gold & Diamonds, the leading jewellery retailer unveiled its renovated outlet at Lulu Hypermarket, Kuwaithath, Al Ain, UAE. The showroom was jointly inaugurated by M P Ahammed, Chairman, Malabar Group of Companies and Dr P A Ibrahim Haji, Co Chairman, in the presence of Shamlal Ahamed MP, Managing Director - International Operations, Abdul Salam K P, Group Executive Director and other well-wishers of Malabar Gold & Diamonds. MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 ArcelorMittal Japan to unshackle huge pension fund taps into Pension programme is supported by world’s largest investment fund worth $1.26 trillion booming TOKYO: Japan’s government — Japanese government bonds. percent of the entire economy. is readying to unfetter its huge Now all that could be about to Bolstering the performance of the public pension fund, freeing change, as Prime Minister Shinzo reserve fund would take pressure China market managers to dump low-yield Abe shuffles into place the next off the public purse. sovereign bonds and go in search piece of his “Abenomics” jigsaw Earlier this month, Abe report- LOUDI: ArcelorMittal, the of higher, but riskier returns, in puzzle. edly instructed his welfare minis- world’s top steelmaker, said yes- a move that could see cash flood The bid to shake up Japan’s ter to review the fund’s operating terday it would use its Chinese global markets. slumbering economy after two portfolio, urging it to make more joint venture to tap into the The nation’s pension pro- decades of drift began in early aggressive investments in foreign country’s fast-growing car mar- gramme, into which almost all 2013 with a huge public spend- and domestic stock markets. ket, helping offset slackening citizens pay, is supported by the ing bonanza and unprecedented The knock-on effect, say ana- steel demand on the back of a world’s largest investment fund, monetary easing from the Bank lysts, could be huge. “Moving just slowing economy. worth a staggering $1.26 trillion of Japan. But, 18 months down 1 percent of the fund onto stock The company’s joint venture — equivalent to one-quarter of the the line, the initial sugar rush markets — there goes more than with China’s Hunan Valin Steel country’s entire economy. is fading, and Abe must now put one trillion yen ($9.8bn) right Co starts operation this month, It towers over its nearest com- in place some of the structural there,” said Tsuyoshi Ueno, a sen- with an annual production capac- petitor — the $700bn belonging reforms he — and most econo- ior economist at NLI Research ity of 1.5 million tonnes, includ- to Norway — and is multiples of mists — say are necessary. Institute. ing hot and cold-rolled coils, and the $173bn holdings of Temasek, Not least of which is getting If, as some observers expect, parts such as chassis and wheels. the Singaporean sovereign wealth more bang for the buck on the GPIF increases the share of assets “Demand for autos in China will fund. But, unlike some other public pension fund to help a in domestic stocks by five per- continue to grow. Today, China more adventurous vehicles, the shrinking number of workers pay centage points, that would inun- produces about 20 million cars Government Pension Investment for a growing number of retirees. date the Tokyo bourses with about per year ... so there is demand for Fund (GPIF) keeps by far the About half of Japan’s social six trillion yen — half the total these kind of niche products, like majority of its cash in super- security budget goes on pen- value of all foreign investment in People strolling in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district yesterday as the the ultra light-weight auto steel,” safe — and super low return sions, a figure equal to around 12 the markets, Ueno said. AFP government is readying to unfetter its huge public pension fund. Lakshmi Mittal, the company’s chief executive, said in an inter- view in central Hunan province. Electric e-cruizer China became the world’s big- gest auto market five years ago, with annual sales growing nearly 14 percent last year to smash Honda expects to through the 20 million mark, thanks to a burgeoning middle- class that is eager to spend. ArcelorMittal, which set up expand recall of the Hunan joint venture in 2010 to produce high-end automotive steels, said it has no further short- term expansion plans in Asia or Takata Corp airbag elsewhere, despite steel demand gradually recovering in the US and Europe. “We don’t need to TOKYO: Honda Motor Co brought to more than 7 mil- grow our capacity in our busi- expects to recall vehicles with lion the total number of cars ness. We will supply more steel to potentially defective airbags, a equipped with Takata air bags Europe and America by increasing move that could expand a mas- to be called back worldwide over our utilisation,” he said. sive, multi-company air-bag the last five years. Toyota’s recall Although China’s steel sec- recall by more than a million, from 2013 was a part of a bigger tor, the world’s largest in terms according to a person with recall by car makers that include of capacity and consumption, is knowledge of the matter. Honda, Nissan Motor Co and already plagued by gross over The recall involves faulty air- Mazda Motor Corp. In total, they capacity, there is still a shortage bag inflators supplied by Takata recalled about 3.6 million vehi- of high-end automotive steel. Corp and would follow a similar cles with air-bag inflators that Imports from Japan and South move last week by Toyota Motor could explode in an accident and Korea hover between 1.5 mil- Corporation. send pieces of shrapnel into the lion to 2 million tonnes per year. The Honda recall should be vehicle. ArcelorMittal previously sup- announced by the end of June, Toyota said it has deter- plied steel produced outside of the according to the person, who mined that the serial numbers country to automotive manufac- declined to be identified. of potentially faulty inflators that turers in China. Honda, while waiting for fur- Takata previously supplied were Mittal said the Hunan venture A passer-by takes a picture of a B4 Bikes electric e-cruizer at the London Motorexpo in Canary Wharf, ther information from Takata incomplete. would supply steel to interna- London. Tesla Motors and Dutch electric bike maker B4 Bikes have been among the busiest stands at on its inflator problems, is also Takata said it supports tional car makers and domestic the nineteenth London Motorexpo — a display of sports cars and premium executive vehicles in the investigating on its own how Toyota’s decision to recall the players such as Geely Automotive Canary Wharf financial district. many vehicles it may need to call vehicles. Holdings and Shanghai Auto. back and where they are, accord- The Japanese Transport China’s huge automotive steel ing to the individual. Ministry has ordered car mak- market is critically important to The number of vehicles it ers including Honda, Nissan foreign companies, which have recalls could exceed the 1.135 and Mazda to determine quickly looked to its rapid growth to Barwa Bank launches Summer Spend promotion million vehicles Honda called whether they need to expand compensate for flagging sales in back globally last year, the their recalls. Europe. But Chinese laws requires DOHA: Barwa Bank yester- participating partners. when topping the spenders’ chart person said. Mazda spokeswoman Misato foreign steel makers to team up day announced the launch of its “This is the second year Barwa within a month for using their Asked whether Honda will Kobayashi declined to say when with local partners. ‘Summer Spend’ promotion giv- Bank launches our “Summer Barwa Bank Credit Card. expand air-bag-related recalls the company would finish its South Korea’s Posco, which ing Gold and Platinum Credit Spend” promotion. The first Barwa Bank’s Shari’ah compli- from last year, company spokes- investigations, while Nissan could reported an 8 percent growth Card holders the opportunity to edition received very positive ant credit cards were introduced woman Akemi Ando said: “We not be reached immediately. in the auto sector in its 2013 double their Barwa Bank loyalty feedback from our clients and in April 2012 as the country’s first are conducting investigations The US auto industry regula- results, has also partnered with points and win grand prizes. we anticipate an even greater Shari’ah compliant credit card quickly and if we decide that tor, the National Highway Traffic Chongqing Iron and Steel Co to The loyalty points can be level of engagement this year,” that enables customers to earn there are vehicles that should be Safety Administration, said it build a 3 million tonnes per year earned when a Barwa Bank cus- said Hussain Al Abdullah, GM, BarwaBank Loyalty Points. called back, we will swiftly file had opened an investigation this auto steel plant in western China. tomer shops with Platinum card Personal Banking & Wealth Those points can then be con- for a recall.” week into an estimated 1,092,000 Despite a buoyant outlook for for a total amount of QR10,000 or Management, Barwa Bank. verted into either Qatar Airways Toyota, the world’s largest vehicles made by not only Toyota, auto steel demand, some analysts more within a month, or QR7,000 In addition to the loyalty points, Privilege Club Qmiles, Nojoom automaker, on Wednesday called but also Honda, Nissan, Mazda have said that any stronger-than- or more using the Gold Card. three lucky Credit Card holders rewards or shopping vouchers to back 1.62 million previously and Fiat SpA’s Chrysler Group expected growth for electric vehi- Loyalty points are convertible will get the chance to win fully be used at any of a range of par- recalled vehicles outside Japan after receiving six reports of air cles, which use more aluminium to Q-miles by Qatar Airways, paid trips to leading tourist desti- ticipating partner outlets which as well as 650,000 more in Japan bags not deploying properly in for car bodies, could take some Nojoom by Ooredoo or shop- nations such as Bangkok, Athens include Landmark Group and not previously recalled. the humid climates of Florida shine out of steel consumption. ping vouchers from many of our and United Arab Emirates (UAE), Carrefour. 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Tractor assembly behemoth Nod for restructuring Burson-Marsteller brings US digital of Batista’s Oleo e Gas and design agency

RIO DE JANEIRO: A judge for about 90 percent of Oleo e Gas approved a restructuring plan stock. Creditors include Newport DOHA: ASDA’A Burson- for Oleo e Gas Participacoes SA, Beach, California-based Pacific Marsteller, the Middle East’s the oil company controlled by Investment Management Co, or leading public relations con- Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista, PIMCO, one of the world’s larg- sultancy, has further strength- according to a statement by the est bond investment companies; ened its service offering with Rio de Janeiro court that heard Batista’s shipbuilding company, the launch of Proof Integrated the bankruptcy proceedings. OSX Brasil SA, and suppliers Communications, the US-based The court’s approval grants a such as oil services company digital and design agency. quick and expected resolution to Schlumberger NV. The approval Headquartered in New York the largest bankruptcy in Latin comes seven months after Oleo with offices in Washington DC, America’s history. e Gas filed for bankruptcy court Chicago, Pittsburg, Los Angeles, Creditors of the company, for- protection. Dallas, Boston, the opening of the merly known as OGX Petroleo e The stake controlled by Batista, Dubai office marks its first out- Gas Participacoes SA, approved at present about 51 percent of Oleo side the US. Proof brings a global the plan on June 3. Holders of 90 e Gas stock, will drop to about 5 dimension to the creative execu- percent of the Rio de Janeiro- percent. Ownership transfer from tion of ideas and content. Proof’s based company’s nearly 12bn Batista and other shareholders to international clients include reais ($5.4bn) in debt agreed to creditors is expected to occur by Intel, Ford, AIG, Travel Nevada, the plan. September or October. Hormel, HP and Telefonica. In the statement released Batista and other shareholders Proof Dubai has already Friday, Judge Gilberto Clovis will get warrants to buy about 15 secured several accounts since Faria Mattos said quick resolu- percent of new Oleo e Gas stock. its inception, including Abu Dhabi Female workers assemble a tractor at the assembly line at Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ) in Minsk, tion to the case was vital because The plan makes Oleo e Gas debt Financial Group, Ithmar Capital, Belarus, yesterday. The OJSC MTZ is a major industrial enterprise in Minsk, that was founded in 1946 thousands of jobs at the company free, easing efforts to increase GEMS, RP Group and Crescent and has turned to one of the largest manufacturers of agricultural machinery in the world. About 30,000 were at stake. Under the terms of output from offshore oil wells Enterprises. people work at the plant. the plan, creditors will swap debts near Rio. REUTERS THE PENINSULA MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Diesel demand China woes in Asia likely to be stagnant Experts see partial recovery this year

SEOUL/SINGAPORE: Asia’s in Asia to grow at 0.45 percent diesel demand is expected to compared to average annual grow this year at the second low- growth for the past five years at est rate since the 1998 financial 3.9 percent. crisis as slowing economies and For the second quarter this subsidy cuts squeeze consump- year, Woodmac estimated Asian tion and help build a surplus for diesel demand 0.7 percent higher which there are few markets. than last year, while forecasting Demand in top regional con- growth in 2015 at 1.7 percent. sumers China, India and Indonesia This slow growth amid increas- is expected to remain stagnant or ing capacity will result in a diesel fall. And as new refining capacity surplus of around 1.2 million bpd is added in Asia and the Middle this year, said Suresh Sivanandam, East, excess diesel is seen hitting an analyst at Woodmac, with an annual average of more than China’s diesel exports averaging a million barrels per day (b/d) in around 90,000 b/d, nearly double 2014, according to one oil and gas from 2013. consultancy. China is bringing on new refin- An employee pushes shopping carts outside a supermarket in Beijing yesterday. China is unlikely to resort to the kind of spending splurge that saw That means regional returns eries even as demand growth it through the 2008 financial crisis to deal with its slowing economy, analysts said. or cracks from processing crude there drops to its slowest in dec- into the fuel — already near ades, forcing Asia’s top consumer three-and-a-half year lows — will to turn exporter and flooding the remain slim, analysts said. Since region with supplies far in excess diesel or gasoil accounts for nearly of demand. 40 percent of the typical Asian oil New plants in India and the China housing slump sparks fears for economy plant’s output, overall processing Middle East are also contributing profits will also be pressured and to diesel’s overhang, analysts said. some regional refiners are already Diesel is Asia’s most widely BEIJING: Six months ago, China’s hous- slowing. Some analysts worry banks might be where prices are going into negative terri- slowing run rates. consumed fuel, used in everything ing market was so red-hot that Feng shaken if developers default on loans. tory,” said economist Brian Jackson of IHS Asia’s surplus diesel would nor- from power generators and facto- Xiaowei, a sales manager at a real estate The slowdown should fit the Communist Economics. “There are stability concerns mally be shipped west but Europe ries to trains and trucks. Given its agency in the eastern city of Hangzhou, Party’s ambition to nurture growth based on related to that on the social side and also on is facing a glut as well, with diesel broad applications, the product rarely took a day off. domestic consumption instead of trade and the financial side.” margins there holding at multi- is often seen as an indicator of a Then lending and sales curbs imposed by credit-fueled investment. But the timing is Nationwide, sales fell 7.7 percent in the year lows. “A partial recovery this country’s economic health. the government to cool soaring housing costs awkward, with demand for China’s exports first quarter from a year earlier to 1.1 tril- year is expected but growth will There is some room but not started to bite and business evaporated. Now and growth in consumer spending both weaker lion yuan ($176bn), according to government probably still fall short of the lev- a lot for Asian products to be Feng and the seven salespeople he supervises than expected. data reported by the official Xinhua News els seen in 2011 or 2012,” said Alex soaked up elsewhere, said Amrita spend the day playing cards. That is forcing the government of President Agency. E-House China R&D Institute, a Yap at energy consultancy FGE. Sen, chief oil market analyst at “There are no buyers,” said Feng, 24. “We Xi Jinping into a politically delicate balancing research firm in Shanghai, said the volume Asia’s diesel demand will grow Energy Aspects. take three days off a week. We go out for bar- act. It wants to discourage speculative invest- of unsold new housing in 35 cities rose in slightly faster this year than in “Asian products have to move becue and play poker.” ment and increase supplies of low-cost hous- May to a five-year high. 2013, when it rose less than 1 out of Asia ... but competition China’s house prices have marched higher ing without allowing prices to fall, which would Some buyers have staged protests after see- percent — the lowest in 15 years, from other players such as the for 15 years, helping to drive an economic alienate prosperous city dwellers, a pillar of rul- ing developers cut prices of similar units in the FGE said. Oil consultancy Wood Middle East, Russia and the U.S. boom but making home ownership unafford- ing party support. Banks were ordered in May same complex by up to 20 percent from what Mackenzie (Woodmac) has lower is rising,” she said. able for many families. Now a slump is drag- to prop up the industry with more lending. they paid months earlier. numbers, forecasting diesel use REUTERS ging down economic growth that already was “They don’t want to get into a situation AP Wal-Mart plans Malaysia to turn oil-palm e-commerce land into airport city marketplace in KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airports Holdings plans to con- India in July vert some oil-palm plantations surrounding Kuala Lumpur’s NEW DELHI: Wal-Mart main air terminal into attrac- Stores Inc will launch its busi- tions such as theme parks, con- ness-to-business e-commerce cert halls and golf courses to platform in the Indian cities lure businesses and visitors. of Lucknow and Hyderabad in A factory outlet venture with the first week of July, its India Mitsui Fudosan, Japan’s biggest boss said. developer, will open in the area The world’s largest retailer next year, and new towns have has 20 wholesale outlets in sprung up near the airport that India, including in Lucknow and will help the zone dubbed KLIA Hyderabad, which will support Aeropolis grow, Chief Financial its e-commerce services, its India Officer Faizal Mansor (pictured) Chief Executive Officer Krish Iyer said. Malaysia Airports has about said. It would look at rolling out 22,000 acres (9,000 hectares) of the service to the remaining 18 land in Sepang, where the inter- outlets as well, Iyer said, but not national airport and a Formula mostly Chinese passengers, van- for another six months at least. One track are located. ished March 8, Hugh Dunleavy, “We will not start rolling out “I don’t think any other airport the airline’s director of commer- to the other 18 stores for the next in the world has got the kind of cial operations, said last month. six months because we will learn land bank that we have,” Faizal The national carrier is speeding from any teething problems and said. As the area gets more devel- up an overhaul of its business as feedback from members,” Iyer said. oped, “the airport then slowly the missing airplane places addi- In April, Wal-Mart said it becomes less and less a desti- tional stress on its operations that planned to open 50 more whole- nation for passengers to take a have lost a total 4.57bn ringgit sale outlets in India over four to flight, more and more a destina- since the start of 2011. Malaysian five years and start online opera- tion by itself.” Air will review all routes, it said. tions to sell to small shopkeepers, Malaysia competes with neigh- Future developments for KLIA several months after it decided bours including Singapore and Aeropolis include more than 300 against opening its own retail Thailand for tourism and foreign acres set aside for a cargo and stores. The e-commerce service direct investment. The country logistics park, more than 500 will be available only to its trader opened the world’s largest ter- acres for a theme park and land members, Iyer said. minal for low-cost carriers last exceeding 100 acres for offices, India restricts global online month to tap rising air travel according to presentation slides retailers from selling their prod- among Asian consumers. Sepang- from the company. ucts directly to consumers. based AirAsia Bhd, which has Malaysia Airports plans to But sources said that India grown into the region’s biggest develop the old budget terminal could allow global online retail- budget airline in the past decade, site into a logistics hub for cargo ers such as Amazon.com Inc to has contributed to a doubling in facilities once main tenant AirAsia sell their own products directly visitors to Malaysia in that period. relocates its headquarters, Faizal to consumers as early as July, The country had 25.7 million said. This will help Malaysia catch removing restrictions that have visitors and collected 65.4bn ring- up with centers in Singapore and held back competition in one of git ($20.4bn) in tourism receipts Bangkok and compete for a larger the world’s biggest retail markets. last year, according to Tourism share of the air cargo market, Wal-Mart does not have any Malaysia. The government tar- Khair Mirza, senior general man- immediate plans to sell directly gets 36 million tourists a year and ager of planning, said. to consumers through its e-com- 168bn ringgit in receipts by 2020. AirAsia will start building its merce service, Iyer said. “We Arrivals this year have been headquarters at the new budget will continue to focus only on dented by the disappearance of a terminal next month with com- business-to-business... but that Malaysian Airline System Bhd. jet pletion targeted for the end of does not mean we will not look three months ago during a flight 2015, Bernama news service at it,” he said. from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. reported citing Chief Executive Iyer said Wal-Mart’s wholesale Tourists from China, the country’s Officer Aireen Omar. Kuala stores currently cater to consum- third-largest source of visitors, Lumpur International Airport ers within a 20km radius and the cancelled their trips while travel might overtake Singapore’s e-commerce business will help the agents there boycotted the airline. Changi Airport in passenger traf- company serve customers from Malaysian Air’s bookings from fic in two to three years at cur- within a 40km radius of its stores. China dropped 50 percent to 60 rent growth rates, Faizal said. REUTERS percent after Flight 370, carrying WP-BLOOMBERG MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Dubai faces moment of truth over looming property bubble New economic order

BY MARTIN DOKOUPIL AND PRAVEEN MENON

Keep calm. There’s no bubble”, proclaimed a giant poster on a 40-storey building overlooking a Dubai highway, advertising a a goal at G77 summit property finding portal late last year. That may have been true “at the time, but the risks are rising. A leap in bank lending to the construction industry indicates BY MARIE SANZ financial institutions have resumed pouring money into real estate America and united around the world, will new commitments to reduce poverty and projects in the last few months, after cutting back sharply in the we be able to make our voice heard and inequality, foster sustainable development, wake of Dubai’s 2008 crash. At the same time, property prices have N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon change an international order that is not protect sovereignty over natural resources been soaring on the back of Dubai’s economic boom, increasing the on Saturday opened a Group of 77 just unfair — it is immoral,” Correa said. and promote fair trade and technology chance of the market rising to unsustainable levels. plus China summit in Bolivia, with Cuban President Raul Castro meanwhile transfers. Surging supply and unsustainable demand are a risky mix — the Udeveloping countries calling for a warned that Havana’s closest ally Venezuela The world is still well short of fulfilling same combination that got Dubai into trouble six years ago, forcing more fair new world economic order. needed support amid fallout from deadly the original eight Millennium goals, which state firms to reschedule tens of billions of dollars of debt and jolting Ban spoke to a vast audience that anti-government protests. include a call to halve the number of people financial markets around the world. included some 30 heads of government and “Venezuela today needs our staunchest living in extreme poverty. This time, authorities say they are aware of the dangers, and they representatives of more than 100 nations, support,” Castro, 83, said in a rare inter- Beijing is represented by Chen Zhu, a have taken regulatory steps to slow demand growth. But the steps about two-thirds of the world’s countries. national speech. vice chairman of China’s National People’s are still modest compared to those by other global cities facing the The destiny of billions of poor people and Cash-strapped Havana still has a cen- Congress. same problem, such as Hong Kong and Singapore. the state of the planet depends on their trally planned economy and cannot get Chen met with Morales ahead of the “It’s too early to be calling top, but credit growth of that pace work, Ban told the group. access to international loans, and Venezuela summit opening, and pledged an $80m tells you that the cycle is accelerating rapidly,” said Simon Williams, Dignitaries at the event include the presi- supplies it with cut-rate oil. loan to modernise Bolivian airline BOA HSBC’s chief economist for the region. dents of Venezuela, Ecuador, Cuba and host and purchase four new aircraft, Bolivia “Such a huge increase in lending is simply not consistent with eco- nation Bolivia. NEW ANTI-POVERTY UN GOALS? said. nomic order and stable asset prices. The time for policy action is now, China, which is not a G77 member, is par- With massive purchases of commodi- before bubbles really get going, not when they are already in place.” ticipating in the summit, partly in a nod to “This summit is not purely commemora- ties and exports of its manufactured goods Dubai house prices posted the fastest year-on-year rise of any of its expanding trade ties in Latin America, tive, it will propose new social policies,” said to the region, China in recent years has the world’s major markets in January-March for the fourth straight although President Xi Jinping will not Bolivian President Evo Morales, a leader of emerged as a main trade partner of many quarter, soaring 27.7 percent, consultants Knight Frank said. Rents attend. Latin America’s hard left and the group’s Latin American countries. rose about 30 percent on average in the same period. Leaders at the summit are pressing a current president. Iran’s Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri The value of real estate deals in Dubai, with a population of 2.3 “fight for fair and sustainable economic The summit closes today with a docu- pledged during a separate meeting million, jumped 38 percent in the first quarter to some Dhs61bn growth, and for a new world economic ment that Bolivia’s Vice President Alvaro with Morales a $200m line of credit for ($16.6bn), the Land Department said. order,” said Venezuelan President Nicolas Garcia described as “the first draft of the “health, the pharmaceutical industry and There are good reasons for property prices to rise, including annual Maduro. post Millennium Development Goals,” a set agriculture.” economic growth around 5 percent and inflows of money from Arab Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa of UN goals that are approaching their 2015 The summit marks the 50th anniversary investors seeking safety in a turbulent region. slammed the current global economic sys- expiration date. of the group’s founding. It has grown from While some prices have almost returned to their pre-crash peaks, tem as morally flawed. Hammered out in previous meetings, 77 developing countries to 133 countries. they are well below some other global business cities. Prime real “Only when we are united across Latin the G77 document sets forth ambitious AFP estate in Dubai costs between $6,200 and $7,500 per square meter ($580-700 per square foot), against $27,600-33,700 in Singapore, according to Knight Frank. The volume of real estate deals has not reached its pre-crash peak but demand is showing signs of slowing. Propsquare Real Estate said sales volumes so far this year were down about 25 percent year-on- year as prices become less affordable. “The gap between what the seller is asking for a property and what the buyer is willing to pay is huge at the moment,” said Parvees Gafur, Propsquare’s chief executive. Yet the Land Department described the first-quarter surge in real estate deals as “impressive” and looked forward to more. “We expect the next three quarters to be similarly active, especially as this period follows the launch of a number of stimulating economic projects in Dubai and the disclosure of some of the preparations for the city’s hosting of Expo 2020,” said the department’s Director General Sultan Butti Bin Merjen. The government fueled the current property boom when it announced plans, in November 2012, for a huge development including the world’s largest shopping mall, over 100 hotels and a park almost a third larger than London’s Hyde Park. Meanwhile, most of the more than 200 man-made islands off Dubai laid out in the shape of a world map that symbolized the 2008 property market crash remain empty after state-owned developer Nakheel’s near debt default in 2009. Authorities have taken some steps against price speculation and “flipping”, in which investors buy and sell properties - many of them unbuilt — in quick succession. Late last year, Dubai doubled the fee charged on property deals to 4 percent, while the UAE central bank imposed caps on mortgage lending. Some real estate developers have taken their own action; partly state-owned Emaar Properties allows resale only after about 40 percent of payment for a property has been made. But these steps are minor compared, for example, to a 15 percent fee imposed on the quick resale of property by Hong Kong and a 30 percent fee introduced by Singapore. Last month, the International Monetary Fund warned that Dubai might need to consider such tools as well. For now, it does not seem that the growth-hungry emirate has the will to act more aggressively. The history of the mortgage loan caps suggests it may not; the central bank watered down stricter curbs after complaints by commercial banks. In a statement on June 9, the Land Department insisted that the property market was broadly healthy, and that rising prices were simply due to a strong economy. REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Sterling rallies as euro continues to drop t was a relatively light week a narrow range between a low of rise this quarter. Additionally, the and non-financial corporations, Kingdom government that rising consumer confidence.” for US economic figures; 1.6735 and a high of 1.6830. The Commerce Department said busi- the Governing Council decided house prices pose the greatest The Bank of Japan maintained however, Retail sales rose Sterling later gained steam and ness sales rose by 0.7 percent in that the Euro system would con- threat to UK’s ongoing economic its monetary policy stance and I0.3 percent ,while that was rallied sharply reaching a high April and wholesale sales increase duct a series of targeted longer- recovery. They said, “Continuous offered a slightly more upbeat well below the 0.6 percent rise 1.6992 after the Bank of England term refinancing operations that rising property values could leave view on overseas growth, signal- expected buy the market, April Governor Carney said inter- will mature in September 2018. households more vulnerable to ing that the Japanese economy Retail sales revised higher to show est rates could rise earlier than Third, In line with both its for- income and interest rate shocks.” is on course to meet its inflation a 0.5 percent increase, helping to the financial markets currently ward guidance and its determi- They also called on the Bank of target next year without addi- keep growth forecasts intact. The expect, the currency closed for nation to maintain a high degree England to enact policy measures tional stimulus. BOJ Governor Job Openings and Labor Turnover the week at 1.6970. of monetary accommodation, the “early and gradually” to avoid a Kuroda said, “The economy Survey released last week, indi- The USD/JPY traded in a Weekly Money Market Review Governing Council decided to housing bubble. While the IMF is moving roughly within our cated that the job openings rate narrow range between a peak continue conducting the MROs praised the Bank of England’s expectations. Household spend- rose to 3.1 percent from 2.9 per- of 102.65 and a trough of 101.57, as fixed rate tender procedures policy of forward guidance, they ing remains solid as a trend. The cent in April, marking the highest the Japanese yen maintained its by 1.3 percent in April. with full allotment for as long as warned that if economic growth positive cycle of the economy is level since September 2007 when overall weakness after the Bank Last week, the European necessary, and at least until the expanded more than current fore- firmly in place, accompanied by the unemployment rate was at 4.7 of Japan said expansion of the Central Bank issued its monthly end of the reserve maintenance casts suggest, interest rates might clear improvements in job condi- percent. monetary base would continue bulletin. The Governing Council period ending in December 2016.” have to rise more quickly in order tions and income.” China’s exports In Summary, early last week at its current level of JPY 60-70 decided at its meeting on a set UK’s house prices had their to control inflation. improved in May due to stronger the Euro currency rallied slightly Trillion per year. of measures to provide additional biggest monthly jump since 2002, Australian Business Confidence global demand, but a slight fall in reaching a high of 1.3668 against US business inventories monetary policy accommodation exerting more pressure on the held steady last month. The imports indicated weaker domes- its US Dollar counterpart, soon increased more than expected, and to support lending to the real Bank of England to safeguard National Australia Bank’s sur- tic demand that could continue after the Euro came under pres- recording their biggest increase economy in order to raise inflation against risky lending. House vey of more than 400 firms to weigh on the world’s second- sure after an ECB member, since Dec 2013. Inventories levels up to 2%.The Main points prices rallied by 3.9 percent well showed its Index of Business largest economy. Exports grew by highlighted the central bank’s improved by 0.6 percent in April of the meeting were as follows. above market expectation of a rise Confidence held at +7 in May, 7 percent in May from a year ear- willingness to deploy additional well above market expectation of “First, The Governing Council of 0.7 percent. Halifax’s mortgages consistent with the long run lier, while imports fell 1.6 percent. stimulus measures, including a 0.4 percent point rise. A sharp decided to lower the interest rate director said, “Housing demand average. The NAB’s chief econ- China’s trade surplus expanded negative interest rate, to prevent slowdown in the rate of inventory on the main refinancing opera- is still strong and continues to be omist said, “That result was sharply to $35.9bn in May from inflation from weakening further accumulation contributed to the tions of the Euro system by 10 supported by a strengthening eco- surprising, with firms still dis- April’s $18.5bn. The Chinese gov- in the economy. The Euro cur- disappointing growth in the first basis points to 0.15 percent and nomic recovery, while low interest counting persistently soft levels ernment is aiming for total trade rency fell to 1.3510 and closed for quarter. the rate on the deposit facility was rates and falling unemployment of business conditions and the to grow 7.5 percent this year. Last the week at 1.3542. The latest improvement in lowered by 10 basis points to -0.10 were boosting consumer morale.” negative sentiment surround- year trade grew by 7.6 percent, The Sterling Pound started the business inventories would help percent. Second, in order to sup- The International Monetary ing the Federal budget includ- below the official target of 8 per- week on a quiet note, trading in the US growth top a 3.0 percent port bank lending to households Fund has warned the United ing the post-budget collapse in cent. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

QE Indices Summary QE Index 12,773.20 1.58 % WORLD STOCK INDICES GOLD & SILVER EXCHANGE QE Total Return Index 19,047.59 1.58 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 4,283.58 1.32 % RATE QE Total Return Index 19,047.59 1.58 % INDEX Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low QE All Share Index 3,234.26 1.44 % GOLD QE All Share Banks & Financial 3,105.25 1.77 % Buying Selling Services All Ordinaries 5432.496 -15.962 -0.29 5533.3 5072.7 QE All Share Industrials 4,256.32 1.08 % QR148.2921 US$ ...... QR 3.6305 QR 3.6500 QE All Share Transportation 2,232.82 1.64 % Cac 40 Index/D 4557.92 -37.08 -0.81 4598.65 4080.6 UK ...... QR 6.0740 QR 6.1590 QE All Share Real Estate 2,683.62 1.95 % SILVER QE All Share Insurance 3,426.65 1.20 % Dj Indu Average 16945.92 2.82 0.02 16970.2 14551.27 QR 2.2616 Euro ...... QR 4.9058 QR 4.9747 QE All Share Telecoms 1,730.79 2.40 % CA$ ...... QR 3.3141 QR 3.3789 QE All Share Consumer Goods & 6,786.26 0.67 % Egypt Cma Gn Idx 1026.29 32.57 3.28 999.95 312.38 Services Swiss Fr ...... QR 4.0285 QR 4.0859 QE Market Summary Comparison Hang Seng Inde/D 23257.29 -58.45 -0.25 23469.33 21137.61 Yen ...... QR 0.0354 QR 0.0361 Today Previous day Aus$ ...... QR 3.3916 QR 3.4592 Iseq Overall/D 4957.03 -58.11 -1.16 5195.97 4522.4 CRUDE OIL 15-06-2014 12-06-2014 Ind Re ...... QR 0.0608 QR 0.0620 Index 12,773.20 12,978.86 Karachi 100 In/D 29783.3 242.58 0.82 29938.93 25273.11 Pak Re ...... QR 0.0366 QR 0.0373 Change 205.66 66.05 BRENT Peso ...... QR 0.0824 QR 0.0840 Nikkei 225 Index 15069.48 74.68 0.5 16164.01 13885.11 % 1.58 0.51 SL Re ...... QR 0.0277 QR 0.0282 YTD% 23.06 25.04 $ 110.03 S&P 500 Index/D 0 0 0 1955.55 1560.33 Taka ...... QR 0.0463 QR 0.0475 Volume 9,656,912 12,769,416 DUBAI Nep Re ...... QR 0.0383 QR 0.0390 Value (QAR) 441,028,469.47 610,917,076.91 Straits Times/D 3290.04 -3.78 -0.11 3311.44 2953.01 Trades 6,378 6,916 $ 105.98 SA Rand ...... QR 0.3351 QR 0.3417 Up 13 | Down 29 | Unchanged 01 Straits Times/D 3274.06 -8.82 -0.27 3291.83 2953.01

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Iraqi tensions raising concerns about another oil spike T HAS been a very busy spike is coming just at a time week across the different where seasonal demand for crude Weekly Commodity Update commodity sectors with the and gasoline is picking up ahead escalating tensions and vio- of the US motoring season and I BY OLE S. HANSEN lence in Iraq by far being the most increased demand from utilities important driver both for energy as cooling demand rises, not least (Head of Commodity and precious metals. in some of the major oil producing Strategy, Saxo Bank) However the DJ-UBS com- countries, such as Saudi Arabia, modity index only managed to where the direct burn of cheap rise by 0.8 percent as strong fuel is favoured over gas. increasing further to 7 million by given Iraq’s importance and the gains in those two sectors were The escalating violence in Iraq 2016. However the current fight- seasonal pick-up in demand sell- offset by losses in industrial met- could potentially threaten sup- ing will make it close to impossi- ers will be outnumbered by buy- als which derived from worries plies from OPEC’s second-largest ble to develop untapped resources ers until we have a clearer picture about the economic impact of producer if it spreads to the south in the northern and eastern parts of developments there. It would rising oil prices and an ongoing of the country. This is happening of the country. The key question require a price reversal back investigation into double count- at a critical time for OPEC as it over the coming days and weeks below $105/barrel on WTI crude ing of copper inventories in China. is already struggling to meet its is whether Baghdad, Karbala and and $111/barrel on Brent crude The agriculture sector were also production target of 30 million the Shiite controlled oil produc- in order to create any second weaker, not least grains where a barrels per day. Not least consid- ing fields and export facilities in thoughts from those speculating 2014/15 season with plenty sup- ering Libya where production is the south can remain calm and on higher prices. plies are looming. down by 90 percent from the peak avoid becoming embroiled in the Precious metals received a rise in the cost of energy could in long ratio trades against gold The DJ UBS Energy index and Iran which could see its sanc- conflict. small boost from this increased hurt demand and stall the still being closed. has risen by 3.6 percent over the tions increase after July following The below chart shows the geopolitical threat and both gold fragile global economic recovery, Gold is looking to consolidate past week thereby reaching the a failure to reach an agreement price impact of previous geopo- and silver managed the first back- just like we saw during the two its gains and only a break back highest level since December 9. with the West over its nuclear litical events since 2011 when the to-back week of gains since April. previous price spikes in 2011 and above trend line and 200-day All of the four major energy con- intentions. Arab Spring led to the Libyan civil Silver is the strongest performer 2012. Furthermore, gold received moving average resistance at tracts sitting at the top of the Iraq has been one of the posi- war. During this time, the price of on the week and it is now threat- a bid from news that the mining 1288 will signal a return back performance table this week and tive stories in terms of increased Brent crude has been averaging ening to break higher through the strike in South Africa, which has above 1300. Silver is trading at the strong gains has resulted in production and from a current 110 USD/barrel and the spikes downtrend from the April 2011 crippled production of platinum its strongest level relative to gold the price of both WTI crude and level of 3.3 million barrels per day are measured as the percentage peak at $50/oz. and palladium since January, may in two months and would look gasoline reaching the seasonally- the government had set itself a move away from the average. The Adding to the safe-haven buy- soon come to an end. Platinum interesting on a break above $20/ highest level for this time of year very ambitious target of four mil- current rally is small relative to ing the market could also begin and especially palladium sold off barrel. in six years. Furthermore, the lion barrels by the end of the year, what we have previously seen but to speculate that the current heavily on this news resulting THE PENINSULA MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Marquez makes it magnificent seven Mutaz Essa Barshim of MONTMELO, Spain: “I’m very happy as we modified Qatar com- Spaniard Marc Marquez won the bike overnight and it worked petes in the his seventh straight race yes- very well in the race,” said Rossi. men’s high terday as he took the honours “I never made a mistake and it jump during in a thrilling Catalunya MotoGP ran really smoothly and I thought the Adidas ahead of Italian Valentino Rossi at one point I would win but then Grand Prix at and Honda teammate and com- the Hondas were too fast in the Icahn Stadium patriot Dani Pedrosa. final laps. on Randalls The runaway championship “However, I battled really well Island in New leader and defending world cham- and so I can be satisfied with York City, pion survived a furious onslaught that,” said the flamboyant nine- yesterday. from Pedrosa over the final two time world champion. laps after seizing the lead from The final laps of the race were Rossi who had led for much of the run under thunder and lightning middle part of the race. although race officials declined He extends his points tally to to halt the race. It was a fasci- a perfect 175 while Rossi stays nating battle between the three second on 117 after going past men with Pedrosa taking the lead Pedrosa on the final lap when from Rossi with four laps remain- QMMF Racing the Spaniard touched wheels with ing before swapping the lead with Marquez. Marquez several times only to let Team’s West Pedrosa is third in the stand- his advantage slip as the riders ings on 112 but will be disap- went wheel to wheel. pointed to have lost second spot “I don’t care whether it was 16 battles to end Qatar’s Barshim, when victory was within his or 25 points today it was more grasp. It was the 62nd podium for about my performance and I am on a high note Marquez and the 100th MotoGP delighted with that as it is my win for Honda. best one of the year,” said Pedrosa. MONTMELO, Spain: QMMF “It’s so nice to win in front of “I was surprised by Valentino’s Racing Team had reasons to my home fans,” Marquez told BT pace. Then on the final lap Marc celebrate to at Grand Prix of Bondarenko shine sport, after kicking several yellow closed the door and we almost Catalunya, with both riders footballs into the crowd. came together but in the end it overcoming most of their dif- “The last laps I made a come- was fine,” added the former 125 ficulties in practice to take the High jumpers clear 2.42m in New York back after nearly clashing with and 250cc world champion. best possible results. Valentino early in the race and The next race is set for June Anthony West (pictured), who felt really strong. It was a great 28 at Assen in the Netherlands. had jumped into the deep end on NEW YORK: Ukrainian on his way to clearing 2.42. Both from a knee injury that sidelined tussle on the final lap first with Esteve Rabat of Spain, on a Saturday when he decided to use Bohdan Bondarenko triumphed Bondarenko and Barshim made him for much of last year remains Valentino then with Dani. This Kalex, won the Moto2 race with a new frame on his Speed Up for in a dazzling high jump duel unsuccessful attempts at 2.46m on course. is special.” another Spanish Katex rider, the first time, started from 27th with Mutaz Essa Barshim of -- Bondarenko taking three stabs The victory, in a modest 1 While Marquez makes it seven Maverick Vinales, coming sec- on the grid, but bounced back Qatar that saw both clear 2.42m at the world record height. minute 44.63 seconds, came from seven, the first time since ond, with France’s Johann Zarco with an incredible first lap, which on Saturday night at the New Although the world mark of two weeks after Rudisha made Rossi in 2002 that a rider has (Caterham Suter) third. he ended in 13th position. York Diamond League athletics 2.45m set by Sotomayor in 1993 his return to competition with achieved that feat, he remains Rabat, who started from pole From there, he thrilled the meeting. was still standing at the end of a seventh-placed finish at the well short of the all time record of position, won for the fourth time audience with a breathtaking The pair became the first high the day, European Bondarenko Diamond League meeting in 20 consecutive victories set by leg- this season and consolidated his battle that continued on until jumpers in two decades to clear equalled the continental record Eugene in 1:44.63 -- far from his endary Italian Giacomo Agostini lead in the world championship. the chequered flag, that he saw in 2.42m, grabbing the spotlight of Sweden’s Patrik Sjoberg, set world record of 1:40.91 but show- between 1968 to 1969. AFP tenth position. West is now look- at the sixth stop on the elite in June 1987, and Barshim estab- ing the progress he desired. ing forward to the upcoming tests Diamond League circuit. lished a new Qatari and Asian Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake, Catalunya Grand Prix Results of the team in Aragón, where he It was the first time in history record. also on the comeback trail after a will continue his work on the set- TMELO, Spain: Catalunya Grand Prix results yesterday, the seventh round of the 2014 motorcycling that two high jumpers flew so high “For me today, this was my hamstring injury prevented him up of his new frame. world championship: in the same competition, and the best competition,” said 2013 world from defending his 100m world Team-mate Ramon Ramos MotoGP last man to clear 2.42 was world champion Bondarenko. “I wanted title last year, was disappointed in showed similar strength at his record-holder Javier Sotomayor to win today. I wanted to jump the 100m, unable to recover from 1. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 42min 56.914sec, 2. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) at 0.512sec, home Grand Prix. Starting from in 1994. high.” a poor start and finishing runner- 3. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 1.834, 4. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 4.540, 5. Stefan Bradl (GER/ 32nd place on the grid, he was in “High jump is in golden Bondarenko remained reluc- up to compatriot Nesta Carter. Honda LCR) 11.148,6. Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Yamaha Forward) 14.213,7. Pol Espargaro (ESP/ 24th position after one lap and days right now,” Barshim said. tant to predict when the world Carter clocked 10.09sec in the Yamaha Tech3) 16.127, 8. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 16.175, 9. Andrea Iannone (ITA/Ducati kept gaining, partially thanks to Pramac) 18.040, 10. Bradley Smith (GBR/Yamaha Tech3) 24.781 “Everyone is watching high jump record might fall, but Barshim race run in a headwind, while his own, much-improved riding and cheering for that and of said it could be soon. Blake finished in 10.21. Moto2 and partially due to the incidents course that is really positive for “The world record takes more Despite the fickle winds in the 1. Esteve Rabat (ESP/Kalex) 41min 23.197sec, 2. Maverick Vinales (ESP/Kalex) at 4.2443sec, 3. in the race. us.” than just preparation. It takes the stadium, Saturday’s action pro- Johann Zarco (FRA/Caterham Suter) 11.157, 4. Mika Kallio (FIN/Kalex) 11.301, 5. Thomas Luthi He made up positions steadily Bondarenko effectively won the perfect day,” Barshim said. “But I duced a string of world leading (SUI/Suter) 11.424, 6. Mattia Pasini (ITA/Kalex) 16.761, 7. Ricard Cardus (ESP/Tech3) 21.275, 8. and finally celebrated 17th place, competition when he cleared 2.42 am more convinced that day can times. Axel Pons (ESP/Kalex) 32.793, 9. Marcel Schrotter (GER/Tech3) 32.932, 10. Anthony West (AUS/ his best result in the Moto2 world on his first attempt. happen this season.” Jamaica’s Warren Weir won the Speed Up) 32.960 championship so far. Ramos will Barshim, who was runner-up to In other events, Kenya’s 800m men’s 200m in a world-leading Moto3 test the new frame in Aragón for Bondarenko at the outdoor worlds Olympic champion and world 19.82sec in a modest headwind of 1. Alex Marquez (ESP/Honda) 41min 11.656sec, 2. Enea Bastianini (ITA/KTM) at 3.236sec, 3. the first time, with the aim of giv- in Moscow and won the indoor record-holder David Rudisha 0.2 meters per second. Compatriot Efren Vazquez (ESP/Honda) 3.512, 4. Jack Miller (AUS/KTM) 3.764, 5. Romano Fenati (ITA/KTM) ing his results a further boost in world title earlier this year, had grabbed a morale-boosting vic- Nickel Ashmeade was second in 3.862, 6. Brad Binder (RSA/Mahindra) 4.048, 7. Isaac Vinales (ESP/KTM) 4.131, 8. Niklas Ajo (FIN/ the races to come. needed three tries to clear 2.35 tory, signalling that his return 19.95. AFP Husqvarna) 9.781, 9. John McPhee (GBR/Honda) 18.578, 10. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/KTM) 18.587 THE PENINSULA

Angels regroup Baseball Results Kansas City 9 Chicago WhiteSox 1 to beat Braves Philadelphia 7 Chicago Cubs 4 World 9-ball Pool championship Baltimore 3 Toronto 2 ATLANTA : As acting man- Cleveland 3 Boston 2 ager for the day, Angels bench Colorado 5 SanFrancisco 4 coach Dino Ebel asked for a Detroit 12 Minnesota 9 close game so he could make lots qualifiers begin today in Doha Houston 7 Tampa Bay 3 of moves. Ebel got his wish with a mara- San Diego 5 NY Mets 0 thon game packed with momen- Pittsburgh 8 Miami 6 DOHA: Twenty players from tum shifts. Milwaukee 4 Cincinnati 2 Qatar will be seen in action in Kole Calhoun ‘s bases-loaded LA Angels 11 Atlanta 6 Stage One - qualifying rounds single in the 13th inning drove St. Louis 4 Washington 1 - of the World 9-ball Pool in the go-ahead run and the Los Championship (W9BC) which Oakland 5 NY Yankees 1 Angeles Angels recovered after will kick off here today at Al blowing a four-run lead in the Texas 4 Seattle 3 Sadd Stadium. ninth to beat the Atlanta Braves LA Dodgers 6 Arizona 4 The Qatari players comprise 11-6 Saturday night. the 128 players who are vying for “That was fun,” Ebel said, grin- who attempted a sliding catch, to a place in Stage Two final phase ning after the game. give Los Angeles the lead. Trout’s of the championship. “It was a roller-coaster ride, two-run double and Pujols’ two- The Qatari players who will seen but it was good.” run single pushed the lead to five action in Stage 1 includes Fahad Al Angels manager Mike Scioscia runs. Saadi, Ali Saeed, Mohammad Al missed the game to attend the “I just can’t walk people like Yazidi, Mohammad Sultan, Ali Al funeral of former Dodgers team- that,” Hale said. Marri, Khamis Al Obaidly, Taher mate Bob Welch in Arizona. “That was the big problem.” Hussain, Tajammual Hussain, Mike Trout and Albert Pujols The teams combined to use 16 Mohammad Al Zahid, Muzzamil each had three hits, including pitchers in a game that lasted Hussain, Paul McKeowan, Madji back-to-back homers in the sixth nearly 5 hours. Bustami, Rachad Mohammad, inning, and drove in four runs. Fernando Salas (4-0) pitched Zaid Al Shuraiti, Wesam Al Evan Gattis homered for two scoreless innings. Ahmadi, Alaa Bata, Osama Atlanta. Josh Hamilton drove in Pujols Hatim, Francisco Felicilda, The Angels won despite blow- with a single off Craig Kimbrel in Robert Brillantes and Jonathan A player practises on the eve of the qualifying rounds of the World 9-ball Pool Championship (W9BC) which ing a 5-1 lead in the ninth and a the 10th inning to give the Angels Hermoso. will kick off today at Al Sadd Stadium. Around 244 players from 29 countries will be taking part in the cham- 6-5 lead in the 10th. a 6-5 lead. The Braves pulled even Twelve places are up for grabs pionship. The event will end on June 27. PICTURE BY: SALIM MATRAMKOT “We never quit and they never on Jason Heyward‘s run-scoring, at the qualifying stage of the quit,” Trout said. broken-bat single off rookie Cam $200,000 prize money event. “Give them props. They scored Bedrosian . The Braves trailed The 12 qualifiers will join 116 Association (WPA) and Asian World 9-ball Pool Championship four runs against us in the ninth. 5-1 before scoring four runs in seeded players who will see action Pocket Billiard Union (APBU). Qatari players competing in Stage One (preliminary round) But we kept battling and put the ninth on five straight hits off in Stage Two beginning from June All the matches on the 14 tables Fahad Al Saadi (QAT), Ali Saeed (QAT), Mohammad Al Yazidi (QAT), Mohammad Sultan (QAT), Ali Al ourselves in position to win the Ernesto Frieri, costing Garrett 20. will be streamed live on the Qatar Marri (QAT), Khamis Al Obaidly (QAT), Taher Hussain (QAT), Tajammual Hussain (QAT), Mohammad game.” Richards a win after he set a career The final will be on June 27. Billiards and Snooker Federation Al Zahid (QAT), Muzzamil Hussain (QAT), Paul McKeowan (GBR-QAT), Madji Bustami (PLE-QAT), Erick Aybar led off the 13th high with 10 strikeouts in six score- Qatar has the rights to host the (QBSF) website www.qbsf.qa. Rachad Mohammad (LIB-QAT), Zaid Al Shuraiti (SYR-QAT), Wesam Al Ahmadi (GBR-QAT), Alaa with his fourth hit, an infield less innings. B.J. Upton had a two- World Pool-Billiard Association The QBSF have signed up Bata (JOR-QAT), Osama Hatim (EGY-QAT), Francisco Felicilda (PHI-QAT), Robert Brillantes (PHI- single, and moved to second on run triple and Freddie Freeman‘s championship consecutively until Kozoom.com to produce the live QAT) and Jonathan Hermoso (PHI-QAT). catcher Gerald Laird‘s passed double drove in the tying run. 2017. stream at this year’s champi- ball. David Hale (2-1) walked Frieri gave up four runs with- The championship is sponsored onship. The QBSF have signed Qatar players in Stage Two pinch-hitter CJ Wilson and hit out recording an out. by Qatar Olympic Committee up Kozoom.com to produce the Bashar Hussain (QAT), Mohd Al Bin Ali (QAT), Meshel Turkey (QAT), Waleed Majed (QAT), Ali Chris Iannetta with a pitch to “Ernie just got the ball up and (QOC), while Simonis (cloth) are live stream The winner of this Obaidly (QAT) and Israel Rota (PHI-QAT) load the bases. they squared it up,” Ebel said. the co-sponsors. year’s championship will receive Venue: Al Sadd Stadium Calhoun’s soft fly ball fell just in “He’ll get the ball again.” The championship is sanc- $30,000. The runner-up will get Time: From 10.00am front of center fielder B.J. Upton, AGENCIES tioned by World Pool-Billiard $15,000. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Talansky stuns Federer retains Halle title favourites to Swiss bags seventh Weber Open trophy with win over Falla in the final win Dauphine COURCHEVEL, France: HALLE: Roger Federer Federer’s class told as he stepped American Andrew Talansky stepped up his preparations up the tempo to reel off five points was the surprise winner of the for Wimbledon by winning the to take the set. That momentum Criterium du Dauphine after he Gerry Weber Open for a sev- continued into the second set with overcame a 39-second deficit to enth time with a 7-6(2), 7-6(3) the Swiss breaking Falla in his Roger Federer beat pre-race favourites Alberto win over Columbia’s Alejandro first service game but he once holds the cup Contador and Chris Froome Falla yesterday. again failed to capitalise and was after winning yesterday. The 32-year-old was forced to immediately broken back. the final The final stage had been work hard to overcome a stub- The players headed into a sec- match against expected to be a showdown born Falla who refused to roll over ond tiebreak and after Federer Colombia’s between Tour de France cham- against his illustrious opponent. romped to a 3-0 lead, his 69th- Alejandro pions Contador and Froome, who “I’ve left a little bit of my heart ranked opponent faded away to Falla at had led the race for the first six there,” Federer said after his sev- suffer his seventh defeat in as the ATP stages before being outclassed enth victory in nine Halle finals. many meetings with the Swiss. by the Spaniard on Saturday tournament “My big goal for the week was “He’s the king of kings of tie- in the overall standings by in Halle, to collect the title, play good ten- breaks,” Falla said. eight-seconds. nis and have fun. I’ve done that.” “Overall I played very well Germany But Talansky surged past the The 17-times grand slam cham- throughout the whole week and yesterday. favourites during the 131.5 km pion served for the first set at 5-3 I want to keep it up,” he added eighth stage from Megeve to only to get broken by Falla, who while expressing content on his Courchevel to finish on top of the was chasing his first ATP title. overall performance in the tour- overall standings by 27 seconds. With the tiebreak locked at 2-2 nament. REUTERS. “Moments like this make the sacrifices worthwhile,” an emo- Den Bosch Open Results tional Talansky told reporters. Results from the Den Bosch Open Round 1 While Contador trailed in more matches yesterday. Ivanovic conquers grass court finally than a minute behind Talansky in the final stage, Froome struggled Men’s Singles: to maintain contact and ended up Dudi Sela (Israel) beat Benoit Paire (France) BIRMINGHAM: Ana Ivanovic That was partly because finishing outside the top 10 in the 6 -4, 7- 6(2) conquered her grass court Strycova’s admirable policy of general classification. Jesse Huta Galung (Netherlands) beat gremlins at last when she won boldness in confronting one of Froome’s fellow Team Sky rider Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Kazakhstan) 6-2, her first-ever tournament the most intimidating attackers Mikel Nieve won yesterday’s stage 1-0 (Nedovyesov retired) on the surface, a 6-3, 6-2 vic- in the game was carried a little in three hours 20 minutes 29 Women Singles tory over Barbora Zahlavova- too far. seconds. 5-Andrea Petkovic (Germany) beat Yanina Strycova earning her the title It led to her too dropping her Talansky produced a stunning Wickmayer (Belgium) 6-2 6-4 at the Birmginham Open. first service game, after a near- late breakaway to cross the line Yvonne Meusburger (Austria) beat Kaia Ana Ivanovic It has taken the 26-year-old brilliant drop-and-lob volley com- in fourth, nine seconds behind Kanepi (Estonia) 6-1 6-2 of Serbia former world number one from bination landed a fraction out, Nieve. REUTERS Serbia almost a decade to achieve, which was followed by a dynamic Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat An- celebrates and the emphasis and consistency serve-volley which also missed by Sophie Mestach (Belgium) 6-4 6-4 her victory Criterium du of her triumph made it appear a narrow margin. over Barbora more surprising it has taken so Ivanovic served better second Dauphine Final Zahlavova long. time around, and a game later Strycova of The top-seeded Ivanovic did made the first decisive break- Classification Czech Republic not drop a set throughout the through. It was two penetrating Final Classification from Criterium du in the final of tournament, the final took only backhand drives, not her biggest Dauphine yesterday the WTA AEGON 73 minutes, and the weight and weapon, her forehand, which did 1 Andrew Talansky (U.S / Garmin) Classic tennis earliness of her hitting - so per- the damage. 31:08:08” tournament fectly suited to the slick, fast top Ivanovic showed few signs of 2 Alberto Contador (Spain / Tinkoff - - proved too forceful for all her uncertainty on a surface she has at Edgbaston Saxo) +27” Priory Club, opponents previously claimed not to like, Strycova, an unseeded Czech holding serve twice more to close 3 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Belgium / Birmingham, Lotto) +35” Central England playing in her first final in a out the first set 4 Wilco Kelderman (Netherlands / yesterday. Premier level event, had her She broke again in the third moments, but was eventually game of the second and acceler- Belkin) +43” overwhelmed. ated towards victory. There were 5 Romain Bardet (France / AG2R) She broke serve at the very just two moments, when Strycova +1:20” Russian tennis player Maria start, almost broke back in the had break-back points in the 6 Adam Yates (Britain / Orica) +2:05” Sharapova, girlfriend of Bulgaria’s fourth and sixth games of the fourth and sixth games, when she 7 Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Astana) +2:12” Grigor Dimitrov attends the final second set and saved two match might have got back into it but 8 Mikel Nieve (Spain / Team Sky) +2:59” of the ATP Aegon Championships points in the eighth, but often she again failed by being a little 9 Daniel Navarro (Spain / Cofidis) +3:04” foundered because she attempted over-bold. tennis tournament yesterday. 10 Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark / Astana) a little too much against such a She did, however, save two +3:17” domineering favourite. match points at 1-5, before Ivanovic’s victory was as Ivanovic served out to love to 11 Leopold Koenig (Czech Republic / NetApp) +4:03” much over herself, and her inner take the grasscourt title which Dimitrov the king of Queen’s doubts, as a valiant but outplayed has taken a decade in coming. 12 Chris Froome (Britain / Team Sky) opponent. Ivanovic will rise two places to +4:25” LONDON: Grigor Dimitrov “It was amazing,” Dimitrov shot into the net to hand the 10th “You’re waiting for such a world number 11, well-positioned 13 Tejay van Garderen (U.S / BMC underlined his burgeoning rep- said during the presentation of seed the first set. result and now it comes and I’m to climb during Wimbledon back Racing) +5:11” utation as the rising force of the trophy - one of the biggest in Dimitrov was on the brink of very happy, but I didn’t expect it,” into the top 10 for the first time 14 Sebastien Reichenbach (Switzerland / men’s tennis by beating Spain’s the sport. defeat in the 10th game of the she said. in five years. IAM Cycling) +6:31” Feliciano Lopez 6-7(8), 7-6 (1), “It’s been amazing coming here second set but he saved a match Asked for how she managed The grasscourt Grand Slam 15 John Gadret (France / Movistar) 7-6(6) in a thrilling Aegon every year and playing that tour- point and held his nerve to stay to win at last on grass, she said: starts in eight days time. Ivanovic +6:33” Championships final at Queen’s nament means a lot to me. I’m in the contest and force a decid- “The biggest challenge for me at will go there knowing she has won 16 Yury Trofimov (Russia / Katusha) Club yesterday. really happy to go through that ing set with a dominant display the moment is to be okay with a trophy, the Maud Watson Cup, +7:02” The 23-year-old Bulgarian match in such a way. in the second set, offered up only not playing a perfect game, not which is the same one given to 17 Tanel Kangert (Estonia / Astana) fourth seed recovered from a set The first set was tense affair one point. playing a perfect shot. the first winner of the Wimbledon +8:37” down and saved a match point in with neither player able to break Again Dimitrov found himself “Even when opponents play women’s singles title, back in 1884. 18 Darwin Atapuma (Colombia / BMC the second to register his fourth serve on the way to a tiebreak. up against it in the third set but well, it’s very important for me Can she win that too? “It is Racing) +8:43” career title, all of them since last Lopez looked to have gained his fighting spirit was evident as not to dwell on it, but just accept good to feel it’s never over and you 19 Daniel Moreno (Spain / Katusha) November. the ascendancy leading 5-2 in the he recovered from a break down, it, move on, and try to do my best always have a chance,” she said. +9:07” Dimitrov, a former Wimbledon breaker but a series of unforced although a double fault from each point.” “I think I do,” the former French junior champion, is now the first errors gifted Dimitrov a route Lopez helped. For the second day in succes- Open winner said. “I have it in 20 Jan Bakelants (Belgium / Omega player this year to win titles on back into the set. Inevitably a third tiebreak sion Ivanovic started indifferently, me, I know. It’s still very hard Pharma - Quick-Step) +9:20” three different surfaces after The Spaniard had four set was required to separate the dropping serve immediately, and work. I know that. So I have to 21 Mickael Cherel (France / AG2R) winning on the hard courts points but it wasn’t until the two players and it was Dimitrov for the second day in succession just prove to myself that I belong +17:01” in Acapulco and the clay of fourth when the Bulgarian slipped who edged it, leaving left-hander she emerged without drifting into back there. Winning titles like 22 Richie Porte (Australia / Team Sky) Bucharest. and hit his attempted passing Lopez disconsolate. REUTERS longer-term trouble. this definitely helps.” AFP +20:15” Squash: Qatar’s Al Tamimi named

Qatar’s squash Asian Junior Player of the Year sensation Abdulla Al DOHA: Abdulla Al Tamimi ranked No 73 worldwide. A test- my sponsors, Aspire Academy “His success also demonstrates Tamimi (right) made Qatar and Aspire ing summer of fixtures begins in Doha, and its many members that the excellent relationship poses with Academy proud when he won in Hong Kong later this month, of staff who have assisted in my shared between the QSF and an official at the Outstanding Asian Junior where Al Tamimi will represent ambitions of becoming a top Aspire Academy is now beginning an event held Player of the Year award for his Qatar at the Asian Team World international squash player.” to bear fruit for Qatar squash in recently. The remarkable run in 2013. Championships. Al-Tamimi was born in Doha general. 19-yeal old has The Asian Squash Federation He will be presented with his and began playing squash at the “I am confident that many been named (ASF) picked the Qatari teenager, ASF award during the tourna- age of six. more young Qatari squash play- as the Asian a graduate of Aspire Academy for ment, becoming the first Qatari He spent six years at Aspire ers will benefit from our strong Junior Player the prestigious title recently. to receive the honour. Academy as a student-athlete, links and cooperation in the near of the Year The talented youngster climbed “I am humbled and delighted and has been a member of the future.” to the top of the World Junior to have my hard work and efforts Qatar Squash Federation (QSF) In recent years Al Tamimi has 2013 for his Circuit rankings and retained recognised by this award from for more than a decade. become a role model for young outstanding his Dutch U-19 Open trophy the Asian Squash Federation,” Nabeel Ali Bin Ali, President of athletes in Qatar, particularly performance in Amsterdam. In addition, he he said. the QSF, said the Federation was those studying at Aspire Academy throughout the claimed fourth spot at the World “I would like to thank my “incredibly proud” of the young- with hopes of pursuing profes- year. Junior Championships in Poland. coaches Geoff Hunt and Stewart ster’s achievements. sional sports careers of their own. The 19-year-old sensation Boswell, the Qatar Squash “Abdulla joined the QSF in In 2013 the Academy awarded is now looking to shine at top Federation and my team-mates December 2002 and since then we Al Tamimi a graduate scholarship level as he moves from the jun- in the Qatar national team for have had the privilege of watching to help him realise his ambition ior leagues into senior tourna- their continued support. “I also him develop into the world-class of becoming one of the top ranked ments, where he is currently wish to express my gratitude to athlete he is today,” he enthused. players. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Upbeat Kiwis Ballance upsets SL balance eye series win Batsman hits maiden ton for England as visitors face record chase over Windies PORT OF SPAIN: A confi- LONDON: Gary Ballance came dent, settled New Zealand team to England’s rescue with a Scoreboard will be chasing a series-clinch- maiden Test hundred after Sri England (I innings) ...... 575-9 decl. 56-1, Root 3-1-7-0 ing win over a rattled West England’s Lanka threatened to seize con- Sri Lanka (I innings) England (II innings) Indies side when the second Gary trol at Lord’s yesterday. D Karunaratne c Prior b Jordan ...... 38 S Robson b Eranga ...... 19 Test begins at the Queen’s Park England were 267 for eight in Ballance K Silva c Prior b Anderson ...... 63 A Cook c Prasanna b Eranga ...... 28 Oval today. their second innings at stumps on celebrates K Sangakkara c Prior b Moeen ...... 147 G Ballance (batting) ...... 104 Unless a seamer-friendly pitch the fourth day of the first Test, a after M Jayawardene lbw b Broad...... 55 I Bell b Eranga ...... 9 is prepared -- a highly unlikely lead of 389 runs. reaching L Thirimanne c Robson b Anderson ...... 2 J Root lbw Herath ...... 15 eventuality given the tradi- The 24-year-old Ballance, his century A Mathews lbw Plunkett ...... 102 Moeen Ali b Herath ...... 4 tion of bare, lifeless surfaces at entrusted with the key number during P Jayawardene c Bell b Plunkett ...... 6 M Prior c Thirimanne b Kulasekara ...... 16 this ground -- the tourists are three position in only his second play on the N Kulasekara c Prior b Jordan ...... 9 C Jordan c Sangakkara b Herath ...... 35 expected to play the same 11 who Test, was 104 not out after going fourth day R Herath b Anderson ...... 2 S Broad c & b Herath ...... 24 trounced the hosts by 186 runs to his century in the last over with a day to spare in the first of the first S Eranga (not out) ...... 5 L Plunkett (batting) ...... 2 of the day with a six off spinner Test in Kingston last week. cricket Test N Pradeep hit wicket b Jordan ...... 4 Extras (B-3, LB-4, NB-2, W-2) ...... 11 Rangana Herath. Extras (B-7, LB-5, W-6, NB-2) ...... 20 Total (for eight wkts, 69 overs) ...... 267 This would mean an even bal- Left-hander Ballance had against ance of pace and spin, offering an Sri Lanka Total (for 10 wkts, 138.4 overs) ...... 453 Fall of wickets: 1-46 2-51 3-69 4-98 5-102 earlier added 78 for the sev- Fall of wickets: 1-54 2-151 3-277 4-289 6-121 7-199 8-256 opportunity for off-spinner Mark enth wicket with debutant Chris at Lord’s Craig to build on a dream Test yesterday. 5-385 6-400 7-413 8-430 9-442 10-453 To bat: J Anderson Jordan after a top-order collapse. Bowling: Anderson 31-7-93-3 (w-1), Broad Bowling: Kulasekara 15-2-65-1, Pradeep 13- debut at Sabina Park when he fin- Sri Lanka now needed to sur- 29-8-67-1 (w-1), Jordan 27.4-4-102-3 (w-1), 3-37-0 (nb-1), Eranga 18-7-63-3 (nb-1, w-2), ished with match figures of eight pass the highest fourth innings Plunkett 32-2-116-2 (nb-2, w-3), Moeen 16-2- Herath 23-2-95-4 for 188 to take the Man of the total to win a Test at Lord’s -- Match award. 344 for one, requiring 342, by the However coach Mike Hesson West Indies against England in witnessed by Kevin Pietersen, Both attacks in this match had being bowled off the inside edge well-deserved century. when he was not taking anything for 1984 -- if they were to go 1-0 up watching from a sponsor’s box been frustrated by a docile Lord’s for 19. Eranga dismissed Bell in cover-drove a James Anderson granted. in this two-match series. at Lord’s, with the South Africa- pitch. similar fashion to leave England full-toss for four. “I’ve heard contrasting views. Things looked very different born batsman, England’s all-time Eranga though defied the slug- 69 for three. But one ball after reaching Some have said it’s going to be for England as they slumped to leading run-scorer across all for- gish surface with a spell of three Sri Lanka resumed the day’s three figures, Mathews was lbw to a dustbowl and others have said 121 for six after Shaminda Eranga mats, ditched after the 5-0 Ashes wickets for three runs in 21 balls. play on 415 for seven, having fast bowler Liam Plunkett for 102. there’s going to be plenty of grass took three quick wickets and left- drubbing in Australia. England captain Alastair Cook avoided the follow-on thanks He batted for just under four on it,” he said. armer Herath followed up with But two more players origi- was caught behind for 28 before mainly to Kumar Sangakkara’s hours and faced 172 ballswith Sri Whatever the appearance of a quick double strike of his own nally from overseas in Ballance Australia-born Robson completed 147 on Saturday. Lanka eventually all out for 453 the pitch on the first morning, the on the way to figures of four for (Zimbabwe) and Jordan an unsuccessful England debut on Captain Angelo Mathews, to give England a first-innings West Indies are poised to ring the 95 in 23 overs. It was a collapse (Barbados) kept Sri Lanka at bay. his Middlesex home ground by 79 not out overnight, went to a lead of 122. AFP changes with the prospect of as many as three alterations from the team that was kept in the field for almost the entire two Rahane, Uthappa shine as days of the first Test but could only manage totals of 262 and 216 in their two innings. Opener Kieran Powell and India win rain-hit first ODI experienced middle-order bats- man Marlon Samuels have been dropped, so Kraigg Brathwaite DHAKA: India defeated Scoreboard is expected to open the batting Bangladesh by seven wickets in alongside Chris Gayle while the rain-curtailed first one-day Bangladesh: 59-1, A Mishra 10-0-55-2 (1w), P Rasool 10-0- 22-year-old Jermaine Blackwood international in Dhaka yester- Tamim Iqbal c Saha b Yadav ...... 0 60-2 (1w), Raina 5-0-24-1 is set for a Test debut in the mid- day powered by confident fifties Anamul Haque c Rayudu b Rasool ...... 44 (Note: Sharma was taken off after bowling four dle order. from openers Ajinkya Rahane Mominul Haque c Saha b Yadav ...... 6 balls of his sixth over Uthappa completed the There is also the possibility and Robin Uthappa. Mushfiqur Rahim c Rahane b Rasool ...... 59 over) that Guyanese left-hander Leon The visitors reached the Shakib Al Hasan c and b Raina ...... 52 India: Johnson could also get his first revised target of 150 runs off 26 Mahmudullah b Mishra ...... 41 R Uthappa lbw b Shakib ...... 50 Test cap at the expense of Kirk overs with seven balls to spare Nasir Hossain c Rahane b Mishra ...... 22 A Rahane c Ziaur Rahman b Mortaza ...... 64 Edwards, who only managed after heavy downpours stopped Ziaur Rahman c Raina b Yadav ...... 2 C Pujara lbw b Shakib ...... 0 scores of 0 and 14 in Jamaica. play for more than two hours in Mashrafe Mortaza b Patel ...... 18 A Rayudu (not out) ...... 16 Returning to the venue where the day-night clash at the Sher- Abdur Razzaq (not out) ...... 16 S Raina (not out) ...... 15 he claimed 10 wickets in the e-Bangla stadium. Al-Amin Hossain (not out) ...... 1 Extras (w8) ...... 8 match the last time a Test was Bangladesh, batting first, made Extras: (LB3, W8) ...... 11 Total (for 3 wkts, 24.5 overs) ...... 153 played here, against Australia in 272-9 off 50 overs with valu- Total: (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) ...... 272 Fall of wickets: 1-99, 2-100, 3-135 2012, fast bowler Kemar Roach is able half-centuries from skip- Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-35, 3-87, 4-134, Bowling: Mortaza 5-0-25-1, Al-Amin Hossain hopeful of recapturing that sort per Mushfiqur Rahim (59) and 5-199, 6-229, 7-234, 8-235, 9-267. 5-0-32--0 (w2), Shakib 6-0-27-2 (w1), Razzak of form. Shakib Al Hasan (52). Bowling: M Sharma 5.4-1-23-0, U Yadav 9-0- 5-0-34-0 (w2), Ziaur 1-0-9-0, Mahmudullah “I’m actually looking to improve India started their chase with 48-3 (6w), R Uthappa 0.2-0-0-0, A Patel 10-0- 2.5-0-26-0 (w3) on that performance,” he said. aplomb as Uthappa (50), mak- That Test two years ago ended ing his one-day comeback after in a rain-affected draw. There nearly six years, and Rahane pun- bowlers also gave away a lot of batting well, and Rahane is one of has been some rain in the coun- ished loose deliveries by scoring at loose balls,” Rahim said after the the cleanest batsmen I have seen,” try over the past week, although more than a run a ball. match. said Indian captain Suresh Raina. India’s Ajinkya Rahane (left) and Robin Uthappa run between the wickets inclement weather is not expected “They batted really well, espe- “I am very pleased with the “I am also very happy with the during first ODI against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket to be a significant disruptive fac- cially in the first 10 overs. Our result. Robin (Uthappa) has been bowlers,” he added. AFP Stadium in Dhaka yesterday. tor in the match. AFP Kaymer remains in command Mickelson can laugh PINEHURST: Martin Kaymer US Open Round 3 off failed US Open bid of Germany battled through adversity to remain in command Martin Kaymer Scores PINEHURST: Phil Mickelson runner-up effort at a US Open of Germany of the US Open, closing with a Scores after yesterday’s third round of the realised his dream of winning came at Pinehurst 15 years ago, birdie to seize a five-stroke lead celebrates 114th US Open golf championship. the US Open at Pinehurst to said will be the first day of the after third round at Pinehurst making a putt 202 Martin Kaymer (GER) 65-65-72 complete a career grand slam rest of his year. on the fourth yesterday. 207 Rickie Fowler (USA) 70-70-67, Erik was over yesterday, but he could “It’s unlikely to just turn on a Kaymer, whose 65-65 start was hole during the Compton (USA) 72-68-67 still laugh about it. dime. You have to take baby steps, a 36-hole US Open record, made The 41-year-old US left- if you will,” Mickelson said. third round of 208 Henrik Stenson (SWE) 69-69-70, bogeys on three of the first six the US Open Dustin Johnson (USA) 69-69-70 hander, a record six-time runner- “So a good step for me is a good holes and two more on the back up at the US Open, lamented his solid round for me tomorrow. I’ll Championship 209 Brandt Snedeker (USA) 69-68-72 nine but eagled the fifth and sank putting woes and admitted how play a good solid round, not really golf tournament 210 Matt Kuchar (USA) 69-70-71, Brooks an eight-foot birdie putt at 18 to unlikely his chances were to win worry about the results and see if in Pinehurst, Koepka (USA) 70-68-72, Kevin Na fire a two-over par 72 and stand today after a two-over par 72 I can finish the year strong.” North Carolina, (USA) 68-69-73 on eight-under 202 for 54 holes. third round to stand on five-over A course that was set up to yesterday. 211 Justin Rose (ENG) 72-69-70, Jordan “It was good. I didn’t play as 215. be difficult ended any chance Kaymer will Spieth (USA) 69-70-72, Chris Kirk good as the first two days but “Just try to go play a good, solid Mickelson might be able to make start the final (USA) 71-68-72, Brendon de Jonge I kept it very well together,” (ZIM) 68-70-73 round,” Mickelson said of his plan a run at leader Martin Kaymer, Kaymer said. “Though I didn’t round of the for the final round. who was 13 strokes ahead of him Championship 212 Victor Dubuisson (FRA) 70-72-70, hit as many great shots, overall Francesco Molinari (ITA) 69-71-72 “If I play well, if I hit it better after 36 holes. it’s a decent round.” with a five- and make some putts, I think I “It was a tough day to try to 213 Garth Mulroy (RSA) 71-72-70, Jimmy Kaymer could become only the stroke lead as can shoot 4- or 5-under par, end go low,” Mickelson said. “Given he attempts to Walker (USA) 70-72-71, Jason Day seventh wire-to-wire US Open (AUS) 73-68-72, Marcel Siem (GER) around even, finish second again.” the way the first two days played, winner, joining Tiger Woods win his first US 70-71-72, JB Holmes (USA) 70-71-72, Reigning British Open cham- I think that you want to have a Rory McIlroy, Walter Hagen, Ben Open. Adam Scott (AUS) 73-67-73, Rory pion Mickelson could joke in the little bit more of a sterner test. Hogan, Tony Jacklin and James McIlroy (NIR) 71-68-74 face of disappointment after a It was hard for me because I was Barnes. 214 Shiv Kapur (IND) 73-70-71, Lucas season of poor putting in which trying to make a move and it was “I’m looking forward to see Bjerregaard (DEN) 70-72-72, Aaron he has yet to crack the top-10 in hard to get birdies,” he said. how I react to certain situations,” what Kaymer’s playing partner each shot 70, shared fourth on 208 Baddeley (AUS) 70-71-73, Steve a US PGA event. “But a lot of that was due to Kaymer said. “Anything can hap- Brendon Todd called “a little with American Brandt Snedeker Stricker (USA) 70-71-73, Hideki But it comes after a week the fact I didn’t hit it very well, pen. I can lead by seven or eight bit of a revenge,” produced only the only other player under par Matsuyama (JPN) 69-71-74, Ian where the three-time Masters either.” shots after nine holes. I can be two players with sub-par rounds for the event on 201. Poulter (ENG) 70-70-74, Keegan champion has been painfully hon- Mickelson is not devastated down to all square. So it will be -- Americans Rickie Fowler and If Snedeker wins, he would Bradley (USA) 69-69-76 est about his hunger to win the about his game, but has been an exciting round. Erik Compton. Each shot 67 to match the greatest last-day 215 Ryan Moore (USA) 76-68-71, Retief only major that has eluded him. unable to find the putting touch “It’ll be interesting how I han- share second on 207. comeback in US Open history, the Goosen (RSA) 73-71-71, Bill Haas (USA) “They are crushing. They are that brought him a Claret Jug last dle it.” “I put myself into contention,” epic seven-stroke rally by Arnold 72-72-71, Phil Mickelson (USA) 70-73- demoralising. They hurt. They year at Muirfield. Not since Mike Brady squan- Fowler said. “It was all about mov- Palmer in 1960 at Cherry Hills. 72, Brendon Todd (USA) 69-67-79 sting,” Mickelson said of his sec- “My results aren’t very good, dered a five-shot edge in 1919 has ing forward. The course played “You come out fresh, new mind- 216 Sergio Garcia (ESP) 73-71-72, Cody ond-place finishes, the latest of but my game doesn’t feel bad. I’m a US Open 54-hole leader had significantly harder. You still have set,” said Snedeker. Gribble (USA) 72-72-72, Ernie Els which was last year at Merion. not discouraged about my game.” such a margin and failed to win to be aggressive even when you “Seven shots is what I’m behind. (RSA) 74-70-72, Billy Horschel (USA) “I didn’t get out of bed for three “I haven’t quite put it together the title. are trying to play safely.” That’s nine holes out here. I know 75-68-73, Webb Simpson (USA) 71- days I was so crushed over that yet, but I’m excited about the fact Tougher pin placements by the Sweden’s Henrik Stenson and a lot can happen,” added the golfer 72-73, Patrick Reed (USA) 71-72-73, loss.” that this year my driving took a US Golf Association (USGA), American Dustin Johnson, who at close of day. AFP Jim Furyk (USA) 73-70-73 Mickelson, whose first whole different turn. AFP MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Germany will have history on their side against Portugal Factbox Lip-smacking contest on offer as two European giants battle it out Germany play Portugal in a Group G match SALVADOR: Germany’s Mueller — top scorer at the 2010 World Cup campaign begins World Cup — to keep Portugal’s with a tough encounter against defence busy. Portugal today, though they With the heat and humid- arrive in Brazil with confi- ity a concern, Loew will likely dence having won their last turn to an abundance of talent three encounters, not to men- on his bench including Bastian tion every opening match of the Schweinsteiger and Mario Goetze tournament since 1990. early in the second half. Where: The Fonte Nova Arena, Salvador A standout first round game, Portugal coach Paulo Bento has the Group G clash at Salvador’s a fit squad after defender Pepe Forte Nova Arena will see and midfielder Raul Meireles also Capacity: 51,708 Germany’s attractive mix of German coach Joachim Loew shook off niggles. Rui Patricio will expert defence and sweeping start in goal, with the fiery Pepe Referee: Milorad Mazic (Serbia) attacks, led by the likes of Mesut years, will start after recovering and Bruno Alves marshalling Probable teams: Ozil and Thomas Mueller, come from a shoulder injury sustained energetic fullbacks Joao Pereira Germany: 1-Manuel Neuer, 20-Jerome up against a Portugal side con- last month, while Phillip Lahm and Fabio Coentrao. Boateng, 5-Mats Hummels, 17-Per taining goal machine Cristiano has overcome an ankle injury and Joao Moutinho will provide the Mertesacker, 4-Benedikt Hoewedes; Ronaldo. will feature in a holding midfield craft in a three-man midfield that 6-Sami Khedira, 16-Philip Lahm; 18-Toni Portugal’s talismanic forward role rather than his traditional will look to use Ronaldo’s pace and raised a collective sigh of relief right back slot. power at every opportunity. Hugo Kroos, 8-Mesut Ozil, 10-Lukas Podolski; in his home country earlier this Bidding to end a 18-year title Almeida and Silvestre Varela will 13-Thomas Mueller. week when he returned to the drought, Germany coach Joachim join Ronaldo in attack. Portugal: 12-Rui Patricio; 21-Joao Pereira, side after a troublesome knee Loew has been slow to offer With the Netherlands thump- 2-Pepe, 3-Bruno Alves, 5-Fabio Coentrao; injury to shine in a 5-1 friendly many other clues as to how his ing Spain 5-1 at the Forte Nova 4-Miguel Veloso, 8-Joao Moutinho, victory over Ireland. side will line up, but right back arena on Friday, goals may well 16-Ricardo Meireles; 7-Cristiano Ronaldo, A thumbs up to journalists on Jerome Boateng is expected to rain down once more in Salvador 9-Hugo Almeida, 18-Silvestre Varela. Thursday confirmed he is fit. play alongside Mats Hummels and today, with Germany having Key Stats: Germany, semi-finalists in Per Mertesacker, with Erik Durm scored at least four times in four - Germany have won their opening match in South Africa four years ago and and Benedikt Hoewedes battling of their last six opening World every World Cup since 1990. favourites to top the group which for the left back spot. Cup matches. also includes the United States Lahm’s presence alongside However, Portugal’s record - In the group round of the last two World and Ghana, have had fitness Sami Khedira in midfield will of just one goal conceded in the Cups, Portugal conceded just once in six Germany’s midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger stretches during a training boosts too. allow Germany’s exciting attack group stage of the last two tour- matches. session at the Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador yesterday. Manuel Neuer, Germany’s force of Toni Kroos, Ozil and naments may prove a spoiler. - Germany striker Miroslav Klose is one number one goalkeeper for four Lukas Podolski to join ranks with REUTERS strike away from equalling a tournament record of 15 goals held by Brazilian striker Ronaldo. With 19 World Cup match appearances, Aim to stop another Ronaldo goal feat Klose could move closer to Lothar Matthaeus’ record of 25, or even pass it if SALVADOR: Germany aim training with the Portuguese even if we have recently always well as the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Germany reach the last four and he plays to prevent Portugal superstar squad. won against Portugal,” Khedira European championships. every game. Cristiano Ronaldo claiming He can claim another goal- told German daily Bild. Ronaldo is looking to match the - This is the 100th World Cup match another goal-scoring feat when scoring feat by scoring at “I know that they (Portugal) feat having already scored at least contested by Germany, who are the first the sides meet in the World Cup six consecutive major tour- want to beat Germany, Cristiano one goal at the European cham- team to reach this milestone. today. naments if he scores against has said to me in the past, ‘this pionships of 2004, 2008 and 2012, Previous meetings: The sides square The 29-year-old Ballon d’Or Germany at Salvador’s Arena time it’s your turn, this time we’ll plus the 2006 and 2010 World Cup up for the 18th time and it is Germany who winner is Portugal’s all-time top Fonte Nova. beat you’.” finals. have fared better historically with nine wins scorer and the first player to score His German Real Madrid The last player to achieve Germany have beaten Portugal to Portugal’s three, the other five matches 40 goals twice in consecutive sea- team-mate, Sami Khedira, says the mark of scoring in six suc- at three of the last four major having ended drawn. sons for Real Madrid. the Portuguese are always a cessive major tournaments was tournaments after claiming vic- Ronaldo has laboured with a threat with Ronaldo in the team Germany’s Jurgen Klinsmann tory at Euro 2008, the 2006 World Last meeting: June 9, 2012, Lviv, Ukraine, knee and thigh problem recently, even if he is not fully fit. who scored at the 1990, 1994 Cup and Euro 2012. European Championship group stage - but took a full part in Saturday’s “This is our most difficult game, and 1998 World Cup finals as REUTERS Cristiano Ronaldo Germany 1 Portugal 0 US face Cup nemesis Ghana Nigeria’s Super Eagles NATAL: Notions of righting ready to soar over Iran wrongs and exacting revenge Factbox will add an extra pinch of spice CURITIBA: Planet Football the African champions and even when Ghana take on the United Ghana play the United States in a Group looked altogether different the if their current squad is unpre- States today in a World Cup G match last time Nigeria or Iran, who dictable and lacking the charisma Group G match that looks like a kick off their Group F adventure and firepower of old, they will still must-win for both teams. Where: The Dunas Arena, Natal at Curitiba’s box-like Baixada start as favourites. With encounters against Capacity: 38,958 Arena today, won a match at a “The 1994 squad was a beauti- Germany and Portugal to come World Cup. ful squad. It is my dream to have for both teams in arguably the Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) Back then, in another millen- that spirit in this present squad. toughest first round group, any- nium, Brazil were the reigning To have the unity, the oneness, the thing less than the full three Probable teams: champions while Spain wondered commitment, the togetherness, points at the Dunas Arena could whether their long record of fail- that would be great,” Keshi said be fatal to their hopes of a spot in Ghana - 12-Adam Kwarasey, 23-Harrison ure would ever end. earlier this month. REUTERS the last 16. Afful, 20-Kwadwo Asamoah, 21-John FIFA President Sepp Blatter Ghana lit up the last World Boye, 19-Jonathan Mensah, 5-Michael was a sprightly 60-something, Cup in South Africa when they Ghana’s forward Kevin-Prince Boateng Essien, 9-Kevin-Prince Boateng, 11-Sulley Neymar only six and Lionel Factbox came within one missed penalty of Muntari, 3-Asamoah Gyan, 13-Jordan Messi a 10-year-old talent in the Iran play Nigeria in a World Cup Group F becoming the first African team Faso in the semi-finals of the last The German equally has no Ayew, 10-Andre Ayew. making. match to reach the last four after Luis two African Cup of Nations, how- time for pessimism, however, Since France 1998, when Suarez’s infamous handball in the ever, are perhaps indicative of a and after wins over Azerbaijan, United States - 1-Tim Howard; Nigeria were a power to be reck- Where: The Baixada Arena quarter-final against Uruguay. team that lets the pressure of the Turkey and Nigeria in warm- 23-Fabian Johnson; 5-Matt Besler; oned with after beating Spain and Capacity: 38,533 With big name players like occasion get to them. ups his team will not lack in 20-Geoff Cameron; 7-DaMarcus Beasley; Bulgaria to top their group, the Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador) Michael Essien, Kevin-Prince Having predicted his team confidence. 15-Kyle Beckerman; 4-Michael Bradley; Super Eagles have struggled to Boateng and Asamoah Gyan back could reach the last four in Brazil “We don’t look at ourselves as get off the ground in the tourna- 13-Jermaine Jones; 11-Alejandro Bedoya; Probable Teams: on board, Ghana have arrived in after an impressive qualifying underdogs,” he said. “We are not. ment proper. 8-Clint Dempsey; 17-Jozy Altidore Brazil confident they can right campaign, coach Kwesi Appiah We are going to take the game to This time, however, they have Iran: 22-Daniel Davari; 20-Steven what they see as the injus- has been trying to pour a little Ghana and they will take it to us Key Stats: every chance of making a flying Beitashour, 4-Jalal Hosseini, 5-Amir tice of their exit on their home cold water on expectations back and it will be an exciting game start. Sadeghi, 23-Mehrdad Pooladi; 6-Javad continent. home. and then we go from there.” - It is the 30th World Cup game for the Today’s is a match both sides Nekounam, 14-Andranik Teymourian, The United States’s last two “The United States are a very, The match is likely to be won United States and Ghana’s 10th. will see as a must-win if they are 11-Ghasem Haddadifa; 7-Masoud World Cup campaigns have both very good team,” Appiah has said. and lost in the heart of midfield to have any chance of progress- Shojaei, 21-Ashkan Dejagah; 16-Reza been ended by the Black Stars so “It’s not going to be easy. We where Essien and Sulley Muntari - The U.S. are facing African opponents for ing from a group that includes Ghoochannejhad. Juergen Klinsmann’s team will have to make sure our players will take on Michael Bradley the third straight match in the World Cup. Messi’s heavily-fancied Argentina also feel they have a record to set are playing their roles well. We and Jermaine Jones and no and exciting debutants Bosnia. Nigeria: 1-Vincent Enyeama; 5-Efe straight. hope to give them a very good quarter should be expected on Previous Meetings: The teams have Coach Stephen ‘Big Boss’ Keshi, Ambrose, 14-Godfrey Oboabona, At their slick best, as they game.” either side. played twice, at the last two World Cups, who captained the 1994 Nigerian 22-Kenneth Omerou, 13-Juwon Oshaniwa; were in South Africa and when Klinsmann, a World Cup win- Exactly how Klinsmann’s team with Ghana winning both matches 2-1. side that reached the second 10-John Obi Mikel, 17-Ogenyi Onazi, they thrashed South Korea 4-0 in ner as a player in 1990, has simi- will line-up is matter of some round as winners of a group that 15-Ramon Azeez, 11-Victor Moses; 8-Peter Miami in their final warm-up last larly tried to add a dose of realism conjecture given the amount of Last Meeting: July 26, 2010, also included former champions Odemwingie, 9-Emmanuel Emenike week, Ghana are an intimidating to American ideas of what his tinkering he has done with both Rustenburg, South Africa (World Cup) - Argentina, is hoping to rekindle Neither side has won a match at the World prospect for any side. team, ranked 13th in the world manpower and formation in the United States 1-2 Ghana some of that magic. Defeats to Zambia and Burkina by FIFA, can do in Brazil. last year. REUTERS Then, as now, Nigeria arrive as Cup finals since 1998 MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.comq 27

World Cup Results 2014 FIFA World Cup results yesterday. Group C Wily Italy outfox England Colombia 3 Greece 0 At the Mineirao stadium, Belo Horizonte. Scorers: Colombia: Pablo Armero 6, Teofilo Gutierez 58, James Rodriguez 90+ Balotelli nets winner; Italy join Costa Rica on three points in Group D Halftime: 1-0 Ivory Coast 2 Japan 1 MANAUS, Brazil: A cool- and Baines, had games to forget. take positives when you have lost,” At the Pernambuco arena, Recife headed Italy proved too clever Baines often looked out of his England manager Roy Hodgson Scorers: Ivory Coast: Wilfried Bony 64, for England on Saturday night, depth with Italy regularly mount- said. Gervinho 66; Japan: Keisuke Honda 17 scoring two well-crafted goals ing dangerous raids down their “But my gut feeling is that we and defending doggedly in the right flank and Prandelli`s team did some very good things on the Halftime: 0-1 Amazon heat to grab a 2-1 win took the lead in the 35th minute pitch but unfortunately we con- Group D in their opening World Cup after a cleverly worked corner. ceded that second goal.” Uruguay 1 Costa Rica 3 Group D game. When the ball was played into England eventually paid the At the Castelao arena, Fortaleza Italy grabbed the winner in Andrea Pirlo the veteran mid- price for their efforts in the heat. Scorers: Uruguay: Cavani 24pen the 50th minute when mid- fielder let it run under his boot Among others, Gerrard and fielder Antonio Candreva out- and Claudio Marchisio had time Sturridge went down with cramp. Costa Rica: Joel Campbell 54, Oscar Duarte foxed England left back Leighton to hammer home a 25-metre “It was a tough night. It was 57, Marco Urena 84 Baines and chipped a cross deep right-foot shot. warm, sticky - it was a tough Red Card: 16-Maximiliano Pereira (Uruguay) into the area for Mario Balotelli “They caused us a lot of prob- pitch - it was dry. But they’re 90+ Halftime: 1-0 to head in from close range at the lems down our left-hand side in excuses. Italy were very good,” England 1 Italy 2 far post. the first half but we made tweaks said Gerrard. At the Amazonia arena, Manaus England otherwise dominated at half-time and dealt with it Pirlo almost made it 3-1 in Scorers: England: Daniel Sturridge 37, the second half but could not better,” England captain Steven second-half stoppage time but find a way past back-up keeper Gerrard said. his swirling 30-metre free kick Italy: 8-Claudio Marchisio 35, 9-Mario Salvatore Sirigu, deputising for England recovered quickly and crashed against the bar. Balotelli 50 Halftime: 1-1 the injured Gianluigi Buffon. two minutes later a lovely pass The players appeared to have Italy are joint top of the group from Sterling sent Rooney har- no problems with the pitch, which with Costa Rica while England ing down the left and his curling had been damaged by humidity Press impressed must beat Uruguay in their next cross was met by a sweet half- in the months running up to the game to retain realistic hopes of volley from Sturridge. tournament and required special despite defeat reaching the last 16. Italy, though, came close to repairs. The result was fair and scoring again in first-half stop- But Prandelli said it was “mad- for England reflected well on both teams, who page time. ness” not have an officially sanc- did not shirk in high humidity and Balotelli chipped the ball over tioned time out in the brutal temperatures that were still 30 goalkeeper Joe Hart, only for Phil conditions. LONDON: Britain’s famously Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) at kickoff. Jagielka to head it off the line, and “We had to lower the rhythm raucous press held off Sunday “We played well. It was a hard seconds later a clever pass found to gather breath, it was impos- from delivering the torrent of fought victory but we kept control Candreva alone in the area but sible to keep up that intensity,” vitriol that usually follows an of the midfield,” Italian manager he crashed his shot against Hart’s he said. England tournament defeat, Cesare Prandelli told reporters. right post. The result was the first World finding optimism in a “thrill- The Italians started with five Sirigu was in good form in the Cup win in four games for Italy, ing” World Cup encounter with men in midfield in a bid to clamp second half, palming away fierce who drew two and lost one of Italy. down on fleet-footed English for- shots from Welbeck and substi- their 2010 matches. Though Roy Hodgson’s side Italy’s Mario Balotelli celebrates after scoring during the FIFA World Cup wards Raheem Sterling, Daniel tute Ross Barkley as well as a free The defeat meant England have lost Saturday’s match in 2-1, 2014 group D preliminary round match against England at the Arena Sturridge and Danny Welbeck. kick from Baines. not beaten a major nation at the the newspapers found England’s Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil, on Saturday night. Italy won 2-1. England began well but some “It is a very disappointing World Cup since a 1-0 win over attacking verve in Manaus a players, including Wayne Rooney result and there is no reason Argentina in 2002. AFP refreshing change and a source of optimism. “For England, this was a Beckenbauer strange kind of World Cup defeat,” wrote Martin Samuel of Drogba fires up Ivory Coast to the Daily Mail. will respond “This time there will be few recriminations, no grand inquest, to allegations little soul-searching, no official or lay examination of what is rotten fighting 2-1 win over Japan in our game. by June 27 “England played well, but lost. RECIFE, Brazil: Didier Went for it, but lost. Had many BERLIN: German football Drogba came off the bench to of the best chances, but lost. That great Franz Beckenbauer, who again show his inspirational happens in football and we’ll live has been suspended for 90 days qualities as the Ivory Coast with it.” by FIFA, said yesterday he will recovered to beat Japan 2-1 on He said the story of England’s co-operate with a probe into Saturday night and boost their World Cup journey in Brazil Qatar’s bid for the 2022 World bid to reach the World Cup might be that they beat the aver- Cup by June 27. knockout stages for the first age teams, but fall short defen- “Franz Beckenbauer on time. sively against the best. Saturday wrote to FIFA and said It had shaped up to be another “One senses that, deep down, he will respond to the inquiry of disappointing occasion for the Hodgson knows it, too,” he wrote. the ethics commission no later African side, who frequently The Sunday Times said England than June 27,” said a statement flatter to deceive, when Keisuke had lost a “battle of age and released by his agent. Honda powered Japan into a first- culture”. Beckenbauer added he would half lead. “Italy were a dish too hot and a respond to the allegations in Yet Drogba’s introduction gang too cool for England,” wrote German having argued that his was swiftly followed by quick- Jonathan Northcroft. initial reluctance to co-operate fire headed goals from Wilfried “England were beaten but was based on his failure to grasp Bony and Gervinho in the space should stay emboldened, for English legal jargon. His agent of three second-half minutes that Hodgson’s decision to start with said that the former German cap- turned the match on its head. youngsters such as Raheem tain, coach and member of FIFA’s The victory at the Pernambuco Sterling and bring Ross Barkley executive committee expected arena moved the Ivorians level on off the bench pushed Italy all the “the sanction imposed against three points at the top of Group C way. him would be immediately lifted”. with Colombia, who beat Greece “This was the most thrill- Beckenbauer cancelled a 3-0 earlier on Saturday. ing, high-quality and engrossing planned trip to the World Cup With coaches so often judged Ivory Coast’s forward Gervinho (left) celebrates with Ivory Coast’s forward and captain Didier Drogba after encounter England have played in Brazil after being banned by on their ability to make brave scoring during a Group C match against Japan at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife during the 2014 FIFA World at a World Cup since their exit FIFA, media reported Saturday. decisions, Ivory Coast’s Sabri Cup, yesterday. to Argentina at the 1998 finals in The 68-year-old said he would Lamouchi put his neck on the France.” not feel welcome in Brazil after line by leaving out Drogba, for so joy when he finished the match... minutes. Collecting a pass across Aurier centre was met this time The Daily Telegraph’s Henry being hit with the 90-day sus- long a talismanic presence in the he is a champion.” the box, he took one touch to by Gervinho who got in front of Winter wrote that England had pension. Beckenbauer, who was lineup, in favour of the in-form At 36 years old, Drogba is near- shift it out of his feet and then his marker to direct a header on taken a step towards a more a member of the FIFA executive Bony. ing the end of a career where drove it powerfully into the top goal that squirmed past Japan sophisticated era. board in 2010 when the votes were He claimed after the match he has made a habit of bully- corner with his left foot, before keeper Eiji Kawashima. “England have been to too cast to award Russia the 2018 it was partly due to the striker’s ing defences into submission. galloping away in celebration as Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni many tournaments and been life- World Cup finals and Qatar the lack of fitness, but he also admit- Nonetheless, he had the look blue hordes of Japanese fans cel- felt his keeper was not the only less, fearful and gone home early,” 2022 edition, had originally planned ted it was a tactical decision. of a man who feels he still has ebrated deliriously. player who could have done better. he wrote. to go to Brazil for the semi-finals. It initially looked a poor call as unfinished business playing for his The Elephants had their “I expected a different perform- “England may be thrown out Beckenbauer refused to coop- Japan had the better of the first country. moments, with midfielder ance and I want to analyse what of this magnificent World Cup erate with Michael Garcia, the half, but the striker’s appearance While he has led them to the Yaya Toure showing occasional I did and I will speak to players party prematurely but at least former US federal prosecutor proved decisive in wrestling the last two World Cups and five glimpses of his destructive pow- tomorrow,” he said. they are having a go, playing who headed an investigation in momentum towards the Africans. straight African Nations Cups, ers, shifting through the gears “The day after that I will with a zest not seen in more the votes for the Qatar vote and Within seconds of coming on his international career has been with trademark bursts of raw know if it is an issue of maturity sterile recent tournaments. another that awarded the 2018 he had driven at the heart of marked by frequent and bitter energy. or something else,” he added. “I England lost a game but gained World Cup to Russia. a swiftly retreating Japanese disappointment, typified by the Yet there was little killer know they can do better because some friends.” In an interview with Bild last back four, inspiring panic in the Ivorians’ failure to emerge from instinct as half chances came and they have done better many times The Observer’s Daniel Taylor week, Beckenbauer said he had massed blue ranks that had been their group in 2006 and 2010. went, with Drogba prowling on before... said England played as if they nothing to hide, but complained previously unthreatened. This campaign had looked in the sidelines before entering the “We have two matches com- wanted to establish an entirely that Garcia had refused to pose “When Didier Drogba came on danger of turning sour as well. fray after 62 minutes. ing up and we have to keep the new reputation in one night. his questions in a language he the pitch everything changed,” Japan started brightly and The change had the desired morale high. What we have done “When the disappointment understood. Frenchman Lamouchi told were sharp and nimble in pos- impact on the Ivory Coast who does not count that much. What is not so raw, Roy Hodgson will “I was ready to answer all per- reporters. “When you have this session, working clever angles as levelled two minutes later when counts is what we need to do.” probably be entitled to take great tinent questions, but they sent calibre of player on the pitch you they picked off their opponents’ Bony leapt to glance a fizzing Japan next face Greece on encouragement from the way his them to me in a legal English that are very lucky. frequently misplaced passes and Serge Aurier cross into the far Thursday when the Ivory Coast new-look team contributed to a I could not understand in such a “Of course, he was frustrated to took the lead with a goal of genu- corner. are up against Colombia. night of vibrant attacking foot- complex case,” he told Bild. AFP be on the bench but if you saw the ine quality from Honda after 16 Two minutes later and a drilled AGENCIES ball,” he wrote. 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TEAMS P W D L GF GA Pts Read as Match played, Won, Draw, Lost, Goals technology makes history for, Goals against and Points GROUP A BRAZIL 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Benzema’s brace helps Les Bleus convincingly defeat Honduras 3-0 MEXICO 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 CROATIA 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 RIO DE JANEIRO: France CAMEROON 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 made World Cup history yester- GROUP B day by defeating Honduras 3-0 SPAIN 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 with the help of the first goal NETHERLANDS 1 1 0 0 1 5 3 awarded in international foot- CHILE 1 1 0 - 3 1 3 ball using video spies. AUSTRALIA 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 Karim Benzema’s strike early GROUP C in the second half cannoned back off the inside of an upright across COLOMBIA 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 the goal at Porto Alegre’s Beira- GREECE 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 Rio Stadium. CÔTE D’IVOIRE ------Hapless Honduras goal- JAPAN ------keeper Noel Valladares’ tried to GROUP D scoop it clear but the German- COSTA RICA 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 manufactured GoalControl sys- ITALY 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 tem signalled the ball had crossed the line prompting Brazilian ref- ENGLAND 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 eree Sandro Riccio to whistle for URUGUAY 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 a score. GROUP E There was a brief delay as FRANCE 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 Ricci consulted his fourth official SWITZERLAND 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 while Honduras manager Luis ECUADOR 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Fernando Suarez angrily pro- tested. But Valladares’s goal stood. HONDURAS 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 Goal-line technology is being GROUP F used for the first time at a World ARGENTINA ------Cup finals in an attempt to eradi- BOSNIA ------cate the type of unwanted con- IRAN ------troversies that saw England’s NIGERIA ------Frank Lampard denied a valid Honduran goalkeeper Noel Valladares fumbles the ball, which resulted in a goal, as team-mate Osman Chavez looks on during their World Cup match GROUP G goal against Germany at the 2010 against France at the Beira Rio Stadium in Porto Alegre yesterday. World Cup in South Africa. GERMANY ------There are seven high-speed PORTUGAL ------cameras, each capable of taking Honduras paid the price early their disastrous 2010 World Cup a bizarre start as the national anthems began. The players then GHANA ------500 pictures a second, trained on on for a rugged approach which campaign, made a winning start. anthems for both sides were not had to wait for several minutes USA ------each goal in the World Cup games. saw Wilson Palacios sent off and They now face European played before kick-off. till the game could start at the GROUP H The 48th-minute milestone concede a penalty for flattening rivals Switzerland in Salvador on Both teams lined up for the scheduled kick-off time. BELGIUM ------was one of the talking points of a Paul Pogba near half-time. Friday, a game which could decide anthems as usual but were then A FIFA spokesman was unable ALGERIA ------comfortable Group E victory for Benzema added a spectacu- who tops the group. instructed by the referee to go to immediately give an explana- France, whose other goals came lar second goal on 72 minutes as Earlier, the game between through the protocol of shak- tion as to why the anthems hadn’t RUSSIA ------from Real Madrid star Benzema. France, bidding to make up for France and Honduras got off to ing hands when no music for the been played. AGENCIES KOREA ------Worldcup Photo of the day Swiss stun Ecuador with last-minute goal

BRASÏLIA: Substitute Haris many thousands of fans missed Seferovic finished off a breath- the kick-off as they negotiated the taking box-to-box stoppage lengthy security queues, but fell time counter-attack to hand behind in the 22nd minute after Switzerland a thrilling 2-1 win pre-match concerns about their over Ecuador in their World soft centre proved true. Cup Group E opener yesterday. Ecuadorian striker Enner A brilliant block tackle by Valencia easily stepped away from Valon Behrami in his own area Johan Djourou to meet Walter instigated the break, which was Ayovi’s free kick from the right allowed to continue by an excel- with Swiss goalkeeper Diego lent decision by Uzbekistan ref- Benaglio stuck on his line as the eree Ravshan Irmatov after the ball fizzed into his six yard box. midfielder was body-checked. The Swiss struggled to break The move continued with down the South Americans and Ricardo Rodriguez crossing for were restricted to long shots for Seferovic to finish in the 93rd the remainder of the half with minute, sending the Swiss fans Swiss coach Ottmar Hitzfeld opt- into raptures and deflating the ing to introduce Admir Mehmedi South Americans, who had played at the break to help find a way their part in another World Cup through. attack fest, albeit lacking the The forward needed just three quality seen in earlier encounters. minutes to make an impact as he “We could have gone 2-1 behind beat Carlos Gruezo to head home but we managed to make a very a corner to level the scores. good save and then scored up the The goal opened up the scrappy other end,” said man of the match contest as the play flowed end Xherdan Shaqiri. to end but both teams lacked “After halftime we played a lot calmness and quality in the final of simpler passes and we let the third. ball do the work and that created The Swiss, who beat Spain in chances their opening match in South Ecuador coach Reinaldo Rueda Africa four years ago but failed lamented “a moment of naivety” to reach the knockout stages, that cost his side the game. thought they had taken the lead “We lost our organisation when Josip Drmic poked home at the end, we were somewhat from close range with 20 minutes betrayed by our emotion and this left but the strike was wrongly provoked the goal which took the ruled out for offside. draw away from us,” he said. Both sides continued to press Haris Seferovic celebrates after scoring a goal in the last minute of injury time to give Switzerland a dramatic 2-1 win over Ecuador in their The Swiss had bossed pos- forward with Swiss goalkeeper Group E game at the World Cup in Brasilia yesterday. session for long periods at the Benaglio showing his best and Brasilia national stadium, where worst form. REUTERS