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Filipino paramedic dies of MERS in UAE

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates yesterday announced that one of six Filipino paramedics in the UAE who have been infected by the MERS coronavirus had died from the respiratory disease. The UAE interior ministry said the six staff members worked at the Al Ain Rescue and Ambulance Section in Abu Dhabi. The ministry “has taken all necessary pre- ventive health measures by placing the patients under quarantine,” it said in a statement, with- out specifying when the paramedic died. It also urged people who have been transferred lately to hospitals to check on their condition, as a precautionary move. US will not give visa to Iran pick for UN post WASHINGTON: The United States denied a visa to Iran’s proposed UN ambassador yes- terday, citing the envoy’s links to the 1979- 1981 Iranian hostage crisis. President Barack Obama had come under strong pressure not to allow Hamid Abutalebi into the country to take up his position in New York. White House spokesman Jay Carney said the United Nations and Iran had been told “that we will not issue a visa to Mr. Abutalebi.” US law allows the government to bar UN diplomats who are considered national security threats, but Obama’s step could open the United States to criticism that it is using its position as host nation improperly. Three Brotherhood men ONLINE killed in Egypt violence CAIRO: Two members of the Muslim Brotherhood were killed in an exchange of gunfire with Egyptian security forces in the Nile Delta yesterday, the Interior Ministry said, and the Islamist group said another of its supporters was shot dead in Alexandria. Egypt’s Interior Ministry said the Nile Delta shootout began when Brotherhood activists on motorbikes were spotted attempting to set BATTLE alight a police checkpoint on a road between the cities of Tanta and Al Mahalla Al Kubra north of Cairo. THE ISSUE They opened fire on police as they tried to flee, it said. “The forces encircled them and took the necessary security measures and exchanged The recall of their ambassadors tried to discredit the history of those from misused by using foul language. fire. That led to the death of two of them,” the in Qatar by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain another by claiming that they are the original Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other such ministry said in a statement. Three others were inhabitants of this land while the others are websites have been flooded with comments arrested, it added. and the United Arab Emirates has migrants. Netizens have also attacked rulers on the issue by people from around the Arab See also page 8 sparked a row in social media, and officials of each other’s country. world. Some have gone so far as to suggest that While some people have discussed the Design: Abraham Augusthy Bayern, Real to clash in with some people using foul and free movement of citizens within the GCC implications of the dispute on unity among threatening language. Citizens of countries should be stopped. They say that GCC countries and engaged in a healthy League semis the GCC states have traded insults citizens of a particular country should not be debate on its various aspects, some others allowed to move freely in other countries as are unnecessarily whipping up passions by NYON: Holders Bayern Munich and nine- and rhetoric not seen in recent they may pose a security threat. posting inciting comments. times winners Real Madrid will face each times in the Arab world. This has Some people have created fake accounts One comment which infuriated netizens other in a Champions League semi-final worried some officials as it can and posted fabricated stories and comments was a tweet by Dahi Khalfan, vice chair of this month, with Atletico Madrid up against to create misunderstanding. Some social Dubai Police and Public Security, in which he Chelsea. have an adverse impact on the media accounts have also been hacked. called Qatar the “eighth emirate” of the UAE. Yesterday’s draw not only paired powerhouses social fabric in these countries. Experts are of the view that ordinary citi- Noted Qatari woman journalist Dr Elham Bayern and Real together but also kept alive the zens should not engage in such heated debates Bader Al Sada has filed a complaint with intriguing possibility of an all-Madrid final in because the issue is one between governments Qatar’s Public Prosecution against Khalfan Lisbon next month. he sharp exchanges have stooped and will be solved sooner or later through for his provocative remarks against Qatar and The draw also puts Atletico’s goalkeeper so low that social media users are diplomatic means. Once the differences are its people. Thibaut Courtois up against his parent club hurling abuse at each other. Some ironed out, people will have to leave behind Many people say they are surprised to see Chelsea after UEFA said in a statement yes- Tcomments have got personal, while their bitterness, they say. senior officials using such language because terday that the on-loan Belgian is eligible to others question the origin of the people of a Social media channels have provided people they are expected to create harmony in play against the Londoners. particular country. platforms to discuss the issue freely, but they society. Atletico and Real will be at home in the first Commentators from one country have need to remember that these should not be See also page 2 legs taking place on April 22-23, with the second legs the week after. See also page 20 AGENCIES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 APRIL 12, 2014 ON SATURDAY 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home GCC row sparks outrage on social media Many in the community shocked at vitriol being unleashed after withdrawal of ambassadors from Doha

said Dr Al Sada, adding that many among these countries before. politically mature. When the ambas- people commenting in social media Therefore, journalists and intellec- sadors return to their posts in Qatar, were using fake names. tuals should play a positive role and it would be as if nothing had hap- To many, the spat has come as a not be influenced by the provocative pened. In doing this, we are giving shock because this is the first time language used in social media. They a bad image of our relations as GCC since the establishment of the GCC should have an intellectual dialogue, citizens.” that tension between member states using proper language, to address the She also warned GCC netizens to has reached a point where they have issue, because creating more tension be cautious when using social media withdrawn ambassadors. Some is not in the interest of anyone, and as there were outsiders provoking tweeted that this was virtually the we have our ways of solving prob- and heightening misunderstandings end of the GCC. lems,” Al Ishaq told The Peninsula. among GCC citizens. Qatari writer and social media The negative comments made “We should be open-minded and activist Faisal Al Marzooki said there online apart, there are also many should not react emotionally,” she had been instances in the past when who look at the bright side of the said. political relations among GCC states issue. With some people using the issue had deteriorated, but they had not “We should not justify what our to attack and insult others in social sunk to this level. No ambassadors government is doing, and instead of media, some netizens are asking why were withdrawn as the leaders had fighting each other we should ask the GCC states don’t shut down these managed to bridge their differences for transparency because none of us platforms, while others say that is over specific issues. knows the real reason for the with- not the answer to the problem. The “The reason why people have been drawal of ambassadors,” a tweeter solution, they say, is to teach the new very much involved in social media said. generation how to use media plat- is that this is the first time ambas- “The recall of ambassadors will forms properly. sadors have been recalled. It was only benefit the enemies of GCC “Social media should not be judged shocking and no one expected it. countries,” read another reaction, by its misuse by a few people, because BY RAYNALD C RIVERA Qatar involving officials. The second reason is the existence adding that it should not cause divi- the majority is using it properly,” said “This campaign on social media was of social media; earlier it was not sions among GCC citizens. a posting on an Arabic news website. he recall of their ambassa- started two to three years ago by offi- available but now people are using it The withdrawal of ambassadors is The solution, the poster said, was dors in Qatar by Bahrain, cials like Dahi Khalfan. He started it widely. Another reason is that some political anger which will disappear to have policies in place to regulate Saudi Arabia and the against Egypt and some influential fig- entities in and out of the GCC use after some time. When their anger use of social media. United Arab Emirates has ures, and recently against Qatar,” she social media to take advantage of the ignited an online row involv- told The Peninsula. situation, to set citizens against each Ting citizens of these countries, who are “Political issues are matters for other. Lack of diplomatic solutions exchanging provocative remarks, at politicians, who have their own way of also contributes to the involvement times using foul language, on Twitter addressing them. But with the involve- of the people,” Al Marzooki told The and other social media. ment of officials in provoking ordinary Peninsula. The three Gulf Arab states last people through social media by using He said he never expected that month took the unprecedented step of foul language, what do you expect ordi- the political misunderstanding would withdrawing their ambassadors from nary people to do?” she asked. lead to attacks and insults. “But this Qatar in protest at what they see as A netizen posted a reaction on shows that there are people who have Doha’s political meddling and support Twitter, saying: “It is surprising to a hidden agenda in provoking GCC for Islamist groups. see scholars and clerics taking part in citizens to clash, disintegrate and The move led to discussions in social this provocative campaign when their intensify disputes among them. media not only in the GCC countries role should be to prevent people from “But the role of those people, who but also in the wider Arab world. Many increasing tensions. People should not have a hidden agenda behind creat- say the issue shows the weakness of the concentrate on negative aspects. As ing hatred, will end when the issue Gulf Cooperation Council, while others GCC citizens we should look at the is solved. We have high hopes of GCC expressed the hope that these coun- positive side of our relations and ties.” intellectuals bringing the situation tries would work towards unity and Many users of social media, Dr Al back to normal and solving this prob- integration. Sada observed, had appreciated the lem, especially what is going on in the Thousands of comments related to stand of Qatar and how Qatari offi- social media. the issue have been made on Facebook, cials were handling the issue, because “We need our people to learn the Twitter and YouTube, including by cler- no Qatari official had brought up this ethics of social media; they should ics and officials. One such comment issue in social media or got involved in use social media not to breed hatred dies down, people will realise that Social media is “like a knife in a recently prompted a Qatari journalist the discussions, because they believe it but to keep people in touch.” what they are saying and the lan- child’s hand; he can hurt others and to lodge a formal complaint against a is a political issue that can be solved He noted that in the GCC and guage they are using is not correct, himself,” said a netizen. Dubai official. through diplomatic channels. other Arab countries many people said a Twitter user. Another commenter said: “A prob- Noted Qatari woman journalist Dr A Qatari tweeter said the recall of air their views on such issues in “Policies are continuously chang- lem with social media is immature Elham Bader Al Sada filed a complaint the ambassadors and the foul language social media “because we lack polit- ing, so are rulers, but the people of teenagers addicted to these plat- with the Public Prosecution against used against Qatar had elicited sympa- ical participation and people don’t the GCC will remain, and our social forms; otherwise it is good for serious Dahi Khalfan, vice chair of Dubai Police thy from other Arab citizens, particu- have enough means to express their and cultural fabric will stay intact discussion, sharing breaking news and Public Security, for his allegedly larly since Qatar had not withdrawn its opinions.” and this provocative media discus- and exchanging useful information.” provocative remarks against Qatar and ambassadors from the three countries. Mozah Abdulaziz Al Ishaq, a sion will not affect our relations, He added that some people used its people. “Those who use social media to create Qatari columnist, said the spat had therefore people should not spend bogus accounts on social media to Dr Al Sada alleged that Khalfan had hate and insult others don’t represent shocked Qataris, who see themselves time on these nonsense discussions,” spread rumours and confuse people, been “threatening and terrorising” GCC citizens; they are just a few who as a part of the GCC family. said another tweeter. and “for such users we should find the Qatari people with offensive com- don’t represent the opinion of GCC citi- “We are the same family at differ- A female Twitter user said, “I feel a legal solution, and technology can ments on his Twitter account, calling zens and their genuine attitude towards ent levels, whatever the differences of sad to see the relationship among make it easy to control such misuse.” her country the “eighth emirate” of the each other. In the end, the majority of opinion we have, and these should not GCC citizens being affected by this The issue, some say, has trans- UAE. GCC citizens believe they are brothers affect our individual and social rela- issue, giving others the impres- formed social media from a means Dr Al Sada believes there is some who belong to the same family and their tions. The current problem will also sion that GCC citizens’ relations to connect people into a political kindkinnd ofof socialsoocic aal mediamedia campaigncampaign againstagagaia nst relationsrelations willwill notnoto bebe affectedaffected byby this,”this,” passpass likelike otherother misunderstandingsmisunderstandings are ffragileragile andand thatthat wewe areare nonott yetyet platform. THE PENINSULA

ItIt iis surprising to see scscholars and clerics taking pparta in this provocative ccampaigna when their rroleo should be to prevent ppeoplee from increasing ttensions.en People should nonot concentrate on nnegativee aspects. As GCC ccitizensit we should look aatt the positive side of our rrelationse and ties. — A tweeter Home APRIL 12, 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 ON SATURDAY QC world’s top charity for Syria: UN

DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) leader among humanitarian and education, with over $31m spent has been named the world’s non-governmental organisations between April 2011 and March leading charity in support of the across the world, confirm the 2014. Its efforts continue with the Syrian people, in a report by the good reputation of the people of launch of a new campaign ‘Have UN Office for Coordination of Qatar in philanthropy and relief Mercy on Syria Our Dear Syria’, Humanitarian Affairs. work, particularly for the Syrian which focuses on children aged The report refers to work until people, whose suffering has been above three, who are worst-hit. 2013 and covers UN, government compounded by the ongoing crisis. The campaign follows the and non-governmental organisa- “We thank all organisations ‘Winter the size of their suf- tions that have implemented aid that have supported us by help- fering’ which provided relief to and relief projects for Syrians. ing finance relief projects for ease suffering caused by the cold, QC has allocated almost $30m those affected in Syria and Syrian including fuel and winter cloth- since the outbreak of the conflict, refugees in neighbouring Jordan, ing for 40,000 displaced and ref- higher than allocations by many Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq.” ugee Syrians at a cost of about European countries, including Al Kuwari also thanked Qatar’s QR2.5m. You can donate to ‘Have France and Italy. leadership for being always ready Mercy on Syria Our Dear Syria’ The amount has benefitted over to support those affected by natu- campaign via Barwa Bank IBAN 1m people: food for 535,000 people, ral disasters and wars across the QA60BRWA0000000001000000- shelter, essential equipment and world, and residents and citizens -15652. You can also donate by Eid clothing for 174,000, health of Qatar for their donations. Ooredoo SMS by texting ‘Syria’ projects for the benefit of 250,000 He stressed the importance of to 92429 to donate QR1000, 92428 and educational projects, includ- continuing support in the com- to donate QR500, 92642 to donate ing Quran centres for the benefit ing period due to the increasing QR100 and 92632 to donate QR50. of 58,000 people. humanitarian needs of displaced You can also donate at the QC CEO Yousef bin Ahmed Al and refugee Syrians. headquarters, at branches across Kuwari said: “The high interna- QC’s ‘Syria, Pain and Hope’ the state, via collectors in com- tional standing achieved by QC campaign has involved implemen- mercial complexes, or the web- in support of the Syrian people, tation of dozens of projects in the site http://donations.qcharity.net/ Clothes collected for displaced Syrians. and the assumption of the role of areas of shelter, food, health and donate THE PENINSULA Petrol station behind Landmark Mall opens partially after blast

DOHA: The petrol station in The newspaper said citi- Some citizens also suggested Gharafa, behind Landmark zens were demanding that Civil that people working at gas sta- Mall, has partially opened to Defence and concerned authori- tions and nearby facilities should serve customers after remain- ties take stricter measures to be trained about how to respond ing closed for nearly six weeks, ensure better safety and security in emergency at such places. Al Sharq reported yesterday. to avoid any untoward incident The daily said petrol stations It was closed immediately after in future. built in residential areas with- a blast at Istanbul Restaurant in Some stressed constant inspec- out long-term planning should the petrol station complex. tion for the maintenance of petrol be relocated and more stations Eleven people were killed and stations and other facilities at the should be built at strategic 35 injured, including a woman complex. locations. and a child, in the explosion on Others said ban on the sale of Some citizens complained about February 27. LPG cylinders at petrol stations higher prices charged by a few The petrol station ... back in business People have started to come and ordering food outlets at gas food outlets ordered to use elec- and fill their cars as the situation stations and commercial centres tricity in their kitchens. in the area is returning to normal. to use electricity in place of LPG They said electricity was cost- But some outlets are still closed are not sufficient unless they are lier than gas and its use had as they are still carrying the constantly monitored and pun- raised their overheads. maintenance and repair work. ished for violations. THE PENINSULA

FROM LEFT: Philippine Ambassador Crescente R Relacion, Comelec Commissioner and Chairman of Overseas Voting Lucenito N Tagle, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary and Chairman of DFA Overseas Voting Secretariat, Rafael E Seguis, and Comelec Commissioner Elias R Yusoph at the press conference yesterday. Poll panel targets 300,000 new Filipino voters in Middle East DOHA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Ambassador Crescente R Relacion. of the Philippines targets 300,000 new Filipino “The problem is there are really Filipinos here voters in the Middle East, including 16,000 in who would not exercise their right to suffrage Qatar, for the 2016 national elections. within the one-month voting period. So we have “We are targeting 300,000 new voters from the to encourage them, in fact we are also planning to Middle East to register, which is 10 percent of the have field voting if that is possible because I learned population,” said Rafael E Seguis, Foreign Affairs from our counterparts like those in Thailand where Undersecretary and Chairman of DFA Overseas the embassy was allowed to have voting outside the Voting Secretariat. premises. We can also do that in Qatar,” he said. While the Middle East is home to 3,051,430 “In the last election, only 2,800 cast votes. There Filipinos, the number of registered voters is 281,200 are 200,000 Filipinos here so that’s a small figure, or 9.03 percent of the population, Seguis said, adding that’s why we have to really go out and encourage in Qatar there were only 23,260 registered voters them to register,” he said. or 10 percent of the population of overseas Filipinos The Philippine embassy conducted field registra- here which is around 200,000. tion during the last elections but not in a very sus- “Only 32,382 voted in the Middle East in the 2013 tained manner, said the ambassador, “but with the midterm elections. This is a dismal figure in terms support promised to us of more voting registration of the number of overseas Filipinos exercising their machines there would be no excuse not to reach right to suffrage,” Seguis told a press conference at out to OFWs at their worksites. “We will schedule Grand Hyatt Doha. that every weekend during the registration period, He, along with Comelec Commissioner and because our target here is 16,000 new voters.” Chairman of Overseas Voting Lucenito N Tagle and Registration for overseas absentee voting is sched- Comelec Commissioner Elias R Yusoph, was in Doha uled from May 6, 2014 to October 15, 2015. for a three-day overseas voting registration training On the possibility of field voting, he said, “we will which saw 56 participants from 19 Philippine foreign coordinate with the committee on overseas voting service posts in the Middle East and Africa region. for field voting subject to the approval of the host Filipinos in the Middle East make up 28.91 per- country.” To increase the number of overseas Filipino cent of the overseas Filipinos population across the voters, Tagle said Comelec is mulling to implement world or 10.5m and are a significant factor during registration and voting via the Internet. elections, especially senatorial elections when the “There are plans to have Internet registration and lead is minimal, according to Tagle. voting. We are discussing that in Comelec and we Asked about the reason for the low turnout of hope before 2016 it would be approved to increase overseas Filipino voters, Tagle said, “The main rea- the number of registrants,” he said. son is the post is quite far from their residence and He said overseas voters who failed to vote in previ- their employers don’t permit them to go out during ous two elections would not be de-listed and would elections.” be allowed to vote in the 2016 elections. In the case of Qatar, accessibility is not a problem, THE PENINSULA APRIL 12, 2014 ON SATURDAY 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home Morocco ties reviewed Over 5,000 attend medical camp, health awareness programmes Free medicines, check-ups provided for 2,000 low-income Asian expats

DOHA: Thousands of low- income Asian expats yester- day benefitted from medical services, including free consul- tation, diagnoses, medicines, opticals and health awareness programmes, organised as part The Minister of Transport H E Jassim Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti met Moroccan of the 13th free medical camp Minister of Equipment, Transportation and Logistics Aziz Rabbah in at Tariq Bin Ziyad Independent Doha and discussed establishing committees to follow up issues of School for Boys in Salata mutual interest in the fields of air transport, ports and railways. Rabbah Jadeed. also visited Qatar Rail, Mowasalat and Hamad International Airport. The camp, by Indian Islamic Association Qatar (IIAQ), Indian Doctors Club (IDC) and Indian Medical Association’s Qatar Chapter (IMA), was attended by Contract awarded for Doha more than 5,000 people, including 2,000 pre-registered expats. Most beneficiaries were from India, Metro design, technical tests Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal who were screened for blood pressure, blood sugar and glaucoma, among others. Other services included dis- Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora inaugurating the camp in the presence of Dr Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim tribution of free health cards bin Hamad Al Thani (fourth left), Director, Public Health, SCH, Hamad Mohammed Al Mannai (third left), Director, and specs to deserving patients, clinical follow-up and periodi- Tariq Bin Ziyad Independent School for Boys, Dr Sameer Mooppan (second right), Vice-President, IDA and IMA, cal check-ups and assistance for Marriam Yaseen Al Hammadi (third right), Executive Director, Communications and Public Relations, PHCC, K C deserving chronic patients. Abdullatheef (fourth right), President, IIA, and other officials at the school. KAMMUTTY V P The camp under the aus- pices of Supreme Council of relations between both countries. ‘Continuous support of gov- Forum Qatar, among others, Health (SCH), Hamad Medical He presented books on India to ernment and non-governmen- took part, along with more than Corporation (HMC) and Primary Hamad Mohammed Al Mannai, tal organisations such as SCH, 200 paramedics. Healthcare Corporation (PHCC) Director of the school, in appre- PHCC, HMC and Ooredoo is the Nasser Abdulla Al Obaidan, was sponsored by Ooredoo . ciation of support by the school. main factor behind the success Executive Director, MD’s Office, DOHA: One French and one overseeing construction of the Inaugurating the camp, Indian Dr Sheikh Mohammed bin of this annual event. PHCC, Abdulla Ali Al Khalaf, US companies have won a con- Doha Metro project and an inte- Ambassador Sanjiv Arora praised Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, “Thousands of workers coming Director, Public Relations, tract for conducting design and grated railway network (pas- organisers’ efforts in the service Director, Public Health, SCH, to Qatar every year are not aware HMC, Fahad Al Ruwaili, Head of technical tests for the operation senger and freight corridor), of the needy. said authorities were pleased of free health facilities here and Community Affairs, the Ministry of the Phase 1 of Doha Metro has awarded contracts worth “The camp provides a chance with the Indian community for repeated camps provide a chance of Islamic Affairs, Marriam project, Al Sharq reported over QR30bn, including ‘design to create health awareness, espe- taking care of the health of their to create this awareness.” Yaseen Al Hammadi, Executive yesterday. & build’ contracts for Phase 1 of cially among workers who rep- people. On the camp’s activities, Director, Public Relations & The contract worth €170m Doha Metro. resent a large and important K C Abdullatheef, President, Dr Sameer Mooppan, Vice- Communications, PHCC, Major (QR860.29m) was bagged by The first phase of the Metro sector of the expat community” IIAQ, said the camp was a noble President, IDC and IMAQ, said Ibrahim Mohd Al Sameeh, SYSTRA, French railway trans- project includes 85km network he added. example of excellent relations more than 150 doctors from Secretary-General, Drugs and port engineering consultancy, with 37 stations and 55 tunnels. Arora also praised Qatari between the Indian community, HMC, the private sector, IDC, Alcohol Protection Permanent and California-based Parsons The network will be connecting authorities’ support and strong Qatari authorities and people. Qatar Petroleum, Physiotherapy Committee, and Dr Jassim Jabor Corporation, one of the world’s all major projects, which are part Alkhuwaithir also spoke. largest engineering and construc- of preparations for 2022 FIFA Eight lectures were deliv- tion organisations specialising in World Cup. ered by officials from PHCC, QP transportation and infrastructure The metro lines — Red Line Clinic, HMC, Aster and Al Safa, planning. North, Red Line South, and among others. Both will be responsible for all Green Line South — will connect Hamad Training Centre operational tests required before Al Wakra, Al Khor and Al Rayan gave a presentation on basic commissioning Phase 1 of the as well as the three cities and life support while the Traffic Metro project to be completed by Doha, intersecting at Msheireb Department organised an aware- 2017. Main Station. ness programme. The final operation — for pro- Qatar Rail has engaged Qatari Over 100 people donated blood viding services to people — is contracting companies in all at Mobile Blood Bank Unit of schedule to begin by October 2019. consortiums of the awarded con- HMC and more than 120 signed According to the contract, both tracts. There are over 20 con- agreements to donate organs. firms will design and supervise sultancy companies working on Children from Indian schools implementation of technical tests these projects under the supervi- participated in an exhibition- for the final operations of trains, sion of Qatar Rail. competition on vector borne which include signals, control The Metro project has brought diseases spread by insects, a room for automatic switching of together over 100 opportunities theme selected by World Health tracks and signal, and other tech- within the framework of the rail- Organisation this year. nical modalities. way urban infrastructure projects Referrals will be provided Qatar Railways (Qatar Rail), managed by Qatar Rail. A section of the participants. to HMC or walk-in clinics if the government-owned company THE PENINSULA required. THE PENINSULA League SERIE A joins ‘Save the Dream’ DOHA: ‘Save the Dream’, and the role and work of the swimming champion, and Before kick-off, audio mes- a global campaign run by ‘Save the Dream’ project. Giusy Versace, para-athlete and sages and video clips will be International Centre for Sport The project is supported by Italian champion, are among played in the stadiums to pro- Security (ICSS) and Qatar an Athletes Integrity Panel, cap- other ambassadors supporting mote the ‘Save the Dream – for Olympic Committee (QOC), tained by Alessandro Del Piero, the project. ethical sport’ campaign. has launched a new collabora- a champion much-loved around The programme will feature Children will enter the field, tion with the League SERIE the world, thanks to a hugely in matches in Reggio Emilia, wearing bibs and carrying a A to promote sport integrity successful career founded on Rome, Bologna, Verona, Livorno, dedicated banner. Coaches will among young people in Italy. determination, professionalism Naples, Genoa, Turin, Milan, express support by wearing The aim is to raise awareness and respect for rules and oppo- Udine cities on match day 14 of ‘Save the Dream’ badges, the about the need to educate youth nents on and off the field . League SERIE A from April 12 symbol of the campaign. on ethics and values of sport Penny Heyns, Olympic to 14. THE PENINSULA Screening of German films begins DOHA: Doha Film Institute (DFI) has opened Perspektive Kino, a series of German film screenings. The opening event featured Barbara (Germany, 2012) by Christian Petzold, win- ner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2012 Berlinale. The event at Katara Drama Theatre on Thursday was attended by German Ambassador Angelika Storz-Chakarji, Austrian Chargé d’Affaires Sieglinde Fedele di Catrano, Swiss Chargé d’Affaires Urs Schnider and Fatma Al Remaihi, Director of Ajyal Youth Film Festival and Programmes at DFI. Austrian-German film The Wall (2011) by Julian Pölsler, was screened yesterday. FROM LEFT: Fatma Al Remaihi, Director, Ajyal Youth Film Festival & Programmes at DFI, German The Beekeeper (2013) by Mano Khalil Ambassador Angelika Storz-Chakarji, Austrian Chargé d’Affaires Sieglinde Fedele di Catrano, and The Little Ghost (2013), a family-ori- Swiss Chargé d’Affaires Urs Schnider, and Dr Dennis Kumetat, First Secretary, Cultural, Political ented film by Alain Gsponer will be shown and Press Affairs, German embassy at the event. tonight. The screening of The Little Ghost will fea- Gsponer today at 4pm at the theatre. partnership with the Austrian, German ture a special Q&A with Director Alain Perspektive Kino is being held in and Swiss embassies. THE PENINSULA APRIL 12, 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 ON SATURDAY

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The first ever Turkish Festival hosted by Katara presents visitors a glimpse into the country. On the first three days of the festival, which ends today, thousands of visitors enjoyed folk, ballet and modern dances from the seven regions of Turkey, as well as musical performances by the State Mehter Ensemble and Turkish World Music Ensemble. Today, visitors can enjoy a contemporary art expo, “Sliding Doors on a Hidden Threshold”, a food and spices bazaar, and workshops on calligraphy, percussion instruments, food, glass blowing and water marbling.

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T’S TIME for Egypt’s current rulers to stop killing their opponents and instead focus on governance. The regime of General Abdel Fattah Al Sisi has been Ipursuing Brotherhood members with such virulence and mercilessness that even his backers abroad are worried. But Indonesia’s ‘Obama Moment’ the el-Sissi and his men seem to be not worried. Decimating opposition is their first priority and everything else is secondary, though Egypt’s economy is in such dire straits that looking all too familiar it is literally gasping for money. Two members of the Muslim Brotherhood were killed yesterday in an exchange of gunfire with security forces in the Nile Delta, and the Islamist group BY WILLIAM PESEK third-biggest democracy after India For all the excitement about mov- said another of its supporters was shot dead in Alexandria. and the United States, but the coun- ing beyond the cronyism of the past, The Brotherhood too is retaliating. Attacks on the security try is really only 15 years into this dangerous remnants of the system forces have become commonplace since the army deposed ROWDS can’t get enough one-person-one-vote thing. Prior to Suharto built over 32 years in power Mohamed Mursi last July after mass protests against his rule. of the wiry, fresh-faced and 1998, when strongman Suharto was remain. Though foreign backers of Sisi are alarmed at the general’s charismatic political newbie. ousted, the archipelago of 17,000 Take Hanura, a party led by an Young voters who’ve never islands was a shameless kleptocracy. ex-army general, which offered its excesses, there has been no serious effort to rein him in. C cast a ballot before lurch forward Outgoing President Susilo Bambang supporters 5 million rupiah ($443) For example, US Secretary of State John F Kerry has made to catch a glimpse of the outsider Yudhoyono has tried to root out graft small-businesses loans and gave new it clear that he is eager to see Sisi “taking steps to govern who embodies the new generation since 2004, only to see his Democratic members one year of free life insur- democratically” before US military aid to Egypt can be of leader they crave — smart, incor- Party get ensnared by it. Hence the ance. Other parties doled out every- fully resumed. But the US can do much more than issue a ruptible and in appeal of an outsider who can shake thing from medical checkups to seeds statement to bring order in Egypt. The Obama administration touch with their up the political system without fear for farmers to freezers and prize aspirations for or favor. drawings for trips to Saudi Arabia can exert pressure on the rulers in Cairo in a way that will change. But this week, a funny thing hap- for the Hajj. It’s safe to assume lots force them to listen. On the issue of crackdown on opposition The news media This charged pened on the way to Indonesia’s of cash changed hands, too. in Cairo, the US and Egypt’s Arab allies are caught in a atmosphere will Obama moment: The voters Widodo Indonesia doesn’t have a monopoly dilemma: on the one hand, they have been sound familiar to is supposed to be electrifying didn’t on ill-gotten votes, but old-school would like to see Islamists crippled quick to dub Americans who show up in Wednesday’s parlia- politics have complicated Widodo’s in a way they don’t come back to embraced Barack mentary elections, which precede task. In addition, many of the 12 General Al presidential Obama in 2008. July’s presidential vote. A surpris- parties who contested the election reclaim power, and on the other It’s playing out ingly poor showing by his Indonesian created a circus-like environment by Sisi’s relentless hand, they don’t want to be seen as front-runner anew in Indonesia. Democratic Party of Struggle has recruiting a bevy of beauty queens, crackdown on working against democratic norms. Joko Widodo, 52, The news media scrambled the electoral calculus once models and Formula One race girls But it’s not the Islamic have been quick again. That’s bad news for Southeast to run for office based on their looks, opposition will opposition alone which is the target the Indonesian to dub presiden- Asia’s biggest economy. not ability. All this means that, at a tial front-runner If he’s to be the change Indonesians minimum, Widodo will have to work of Sissi. The general’s intolerance only destroy Obama. As Joko Widodo, 52, desire, Widodo needs a clear and much harder to translate his popu- and suppression of freedom of Jakarta governor the Indonesian strong mandate. Instead, his party larity into actual power. Egypt’s social expression are reaching new highs Obama, and not appears to have won less than 20 Between now and July, Widodo and democratic with each passing day, breaking since October just because the percent of the votes. Because of must articulate a clearer, more force- his own record. Journalists are 2012, Widodo US leader spent Indonesian law, he may need to ful vision for how he intends to han- fabric. being targeted. Al Jazeera has been part of his child- form alliances just to stand in July’s dle these challenges and others. He has carried out hood in the presidential election. Instead of a has yet to detail how he’ll end graft, the biggest victim. Its reporters, Southeast Asian small government geared for reform, raise Indonesia’s competitiveness, of several nationalities, have been his duties like nation. As Jakarta Widodo is looking at having to form and beef up education and health languishing in Egyptian prisons, governor since a fragmented, multiparty coalition care without exacerbating national their only crime being that they reported what was happening a community October 2012, akin to India’s. Get ready for months debt. When he showed up at cam- in Egypt. In the beginning, the arrest of some Al Jazeera organiser, Widodo has car- of compromise, doling out ministe- paign stops in 2012, often on bicycle, journalists was seen as a stunt to intimidate the media and it ried out his duties rial posts to rivals and horse-trading all Widodo had to do was wave and visiting slums like a community galore. smile. Now, he must offer specific and was expected that the authorities would release them soon. organizer, visit- Pundits argue Widodo’s party nuanced proposals. But the government had a sinister agenda and the scribes were unannounced, ing slums unan- would have needed 35 to 40 per- Widodo is only going to face more denied justice and were physically assaulted. without huge nounced, without cent of the vote to really shake up resistance between now and July, The government has also been targeting pro-democracy huge entourages. the political system. The way things not less. On Wednesday, he cast his activists. On Monday, a court upheld three-year sentences for entourages. He wades into are shaping up, it’s hard to see a vote just down the road from where floods, sits down President Widodo boldly attacking Obama went to school in a colonial- three of the country’s best-known political prisoners. Ahmed with local shopkeepers and settles corruption, cutting red tape and effi- era district of Jakarta. It’s perhaps Maher and Mohammed Adel are founding members of the disputes on-site with neighborhood ciently carrying out the huge, multi- the ultimate irony that Indonesia’s group that led the demonstrations against Hosni Mubarak in leaders. billion-dollar infrastructure projects Obama may, too, get Obama-ed by 2011; Ahmed Douma is another young pro-democracy activist. Widodo’s common-man per- needed to keep pace with China and political forces that aren’t as ready All three were convicted of protesting a law that bans public sona is buttressed by his clean the Philippines. for change as the people are. demonstrations not sanctioned by the government. reputation. Indonesia is the world’s What happened? Jakarta politics. WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of UAE link with DC hospital helps everyone the day T FIRST blush, the $150 share its wealth with those less fortu- mortality rates in the UAE to the point The topics being taught go beyond million (Dh 550.5m) nate. Just this week, the country was where a child is now more likely to just paediatrics and include innovative donation to create the lauded for being the world’s biggest survive if born in the Emirates than management. ASheikh Zayed Institute aid donor per head of population. in the US. In consultation with the The result for the UAE will be a The most significant for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at However the 2009 donation that hospital, Abu Dhabi began to test all more highly skilled medical sphere, Children’s National Medical Center set up the institute differed from other newborns in the emirate for congeni- aiding the country’s goal to become revelation is the in Washington DC might seem like such acts by having a greater degree tal heart defects, a move identified as a destination for medical tourism by just another act of international of reciprocal benefit. As one of the having saved 23 babies’ lives out of establishing it as the region’s centre ambition of the US philanthropy commemorating the world’s premier paediatric care facili- more than 50,000 tested. of excellence. For parents of sick name and, more importantly, the ties, hundreds of young Emiratis have Potentially one of the most ben- children, it means they can obtain government and philosophy of the UAE’s founding been sent to Children’s National in the eficial aspects of this close working world-class care while staying where its four English- father. last 20 years because it represents relationship is the internship pro- they ought to be – close to home, Sheikh Zayed’s name, after all, the highest standards of care. gramme in which young Emirati doc- with the support of their wider fami- speaking allies to can be found all around the world on Closer relations between the hos- tors will be mentored by some of the lies around them and making what schools, bridges, hospitals, lecture pital and the Health Authority – Abu best physicians and surgeons in the for anyone is a scary process just a literally eliminate Glenn Greenwald halls, airports, streets and mosques Dhabi have been credited for helping world, raising the prospect of bring- little less intimidating. Sheikh Zayed privacy worldwide. US journalist, who broke as part of the UAE’s commitment to improve what were then high infant ing that knowledge back to the UAE. would approve. The National the Edward Snowden story APRIL 12, 2014 Views www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 ON SATURDAY Protests in defence of the privileged domination, taking back resources Street action is now from corporate control and redistrib- uting wealth and power. Despite its regularly used with current economic problems, revolu- tionary Venezuela’s achievements are indisputable. Western backing Since regaining control of its oil, Venezuela has used it to slash pov- to target elected erty by half and extreme poverty by 70 percent, massively expanded public health, housing, education and wom- governments in the en’s rights, boosted pensions and the minimum wage, established tens of interests of elites. thousands of co-ops and public enter- prises, put resources in the hands of a grassroots participatory democracy, BY SEUMAS MILNE and funded health and development programmes across Latin American f we didn’t know it before, the and the Caribbean. upsurge in global protest in the So it’s not surprising that Maduro’s past couple of years has driven Chavistas still have majority support. To home the lesson that mass dem- maintain that, the government will have onstrations can have entirely dif- to get a grip on shortages and inflation Iferent social and political meanings. Just – which it has the means to do. Prices because they wear bandannas and build spiked after it cut the supply of dollars barricades – and have genuine grievances to the private sector, which dominates – doesn’t automatically mean protest- food imports and supply, while a large ers are fighting for democracy or social proportion of price-controlled goods are justice. smuggled into Colombia to sell at far From Ukraine to Thailand and Egypt higher prices. to Venezuela, large-scale protests have A recent easing of currency controls aimed at, or succeeded in, ousting elected has already had an impact. For all its governments in the past year. In some Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (left) greets opposition leader Henrique Capriles (right) before a meeting with opposition leaders problems, the economy has continued countries, mass protests have been led to grow and unemployment and poverty and Latin American foreign affairs ministers at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on Thursday. by working class organisations, targeting fall. Venezuela is very far from being the austerity and corporate power. In others, basket case of its enemies’ hopes. But the predominantly middle class unrest has the past two months has been racked there was plenty to fuel the campaign – Support for the government, mean- risk is that as the protests run out of been the lever to restore ousted elites. by anti-government protests aimed at and protesters responded, literally. while, remains solid in working class steam, sections of the opposition turn to Sometimes, in the absence of political overthrowing the socialist government For eight weeks, they have burned uni- areas. As Anacauna Marin, a local activ- greater violence to compensate for their organisation, they can straddle the two. of Nicolas Maduro, elected president last versities, public buildings and bus sta- ist in the 23 January barrio in Caracas failure at the ballot box. But whoever they represent, they tend year to succeed Hugo Chávez. tions, while up to 39 people have died. puts it: “Historically protests are a way Venezuela and its progressive allies in to look similar on TV. The right-wing Venezuelan opposition Despite claims by the US secretary of for the poor to demand an improvement Latin America matter to the rest of the And so effective have street demon- has long had a problem with the democ- state, John Kerry, that the government in their conditions. But here the rich are world – not because they offer a ready- strations been in changing governments racy business, having lost 18 out of 19 is waging a “terror campaign” against its protesting and the poor are working.” made political and economic model, but over the past 25 years that global powers elections or referendums since Chávez citizens, the evidence suggests a majority It’s hardly surprising in the circum- because they have demonstrated that have piled into the protest business in a was first elected in 1998 – in an electoral have been killed by opposition supporters, stances that Maduro regards what’s been there are multiple social and economic major way. process described by former US president including eight members of the security going on as Ukraine-style US-backed alternatives to the failed neo-liberal sys- From the overthrow of the elected Jimmy Carter as “the best in the world.” forces and three motorcyclists garrotted destabilisation, as he told me. The US tem that still has the west and its allies Mossadegh government in Iran in the Their hopes were raised last April when by wire strung across street barricades. claim that this is an unfounded “excuse” in its grip. 1950s, when the CIA and MI6 paid anti- the opposition candidate lost to Maduro Four opposition supporters have been is absurd. Evidence for the US subver- Their opponents hope that the impetus government demonstrators, the US and by only 1.5 percent. But in December, killed by police, for which several offic- sion of Venezuela – from the 2002 coup for regional change has exhausted itself its allies have led the field: sponsoring nationwide elections gave the Chavista ers have been arrested. through WikiLeaks-revealed cables out- with Chávez’s death. The recent election “colour revolutions,” funding client NGOs coalition a 10-point lead. What are portrayed as peaceful pro- lining US plans to “penetrate,” “isolate” of the left-leaning Michelle Bachelet in and training student activists, fuelling So the following month, US-linked tests have all the hallmarks of an anti- and “divide” the Venezuelan government, Chile and the former left-wing rebel social media protest and denouncing – or opposition leaders – several of whom democratic rebellion, shot through with to continuing large-scale funding of oppo- leader Sánchez Cerén in El Salvador sug- ignoring – violent police crackdowns as were involved in the failed US-backed class privilege and racism. sition groups – is voluminous. gests the tide is still flowing. But powerful it suits them. coup against Chávez in 2002 – launched Overwhelmingly middle class and con- That’s not only because Venezuela sits interests at home and abroad are deter- And after a period when they preened a campaign to oust Maduro, calling on fined to wealthy white areas, the protests on the world’s largest oil reserves, but mined that it fails – which means there themselves on promoting democracy, their supporters to “light up the streets have now shrunk to fire bombings and because it has spearheaded the progres- will be more Venezuela-style protests to they are reverting to their anti-demo- with struggle.” With high inflation, vio- ritual fights with the police, while parts of sive tide that has swept Latin America come. cratic ways. Take Venezuela, which for lent crime and shortages of basic goods, the opposition have agreed to peace talks. over the past decade: challenging US THE GUARDIAN Indian women want to be heard in politics For the millennial women, what’s a gender pay gap?

More and more women are voting BY ZARA KESSLER in elections, yet they remain n an ideal world, Tuesday’s Equal Pay Day — which symbolises how long into the year women have to work to earn the same amount as under-represented in public life. men did the prior year — would be no days and every day at once. I For some of us, that may be close to a reality. It seems that a pay gap basically doesn’t exist for millennial women, of which I am one. BY NILANJANA S ROY statistics on malnutrition, the Pew Research Center analysis of census data, published in December, struggle over basic rights to edu- “shows that today’s young women are the first in modern history to n 1952, a decade after the cation and the constant attri- start their work lives at near parity with men.” Indian independence activist tion caused by crimes of violence The White House uses the disputed data point that, according to Aruna Asaf Ali hoisted the against women take up much of US Census statistics, full-time working women earn on average only Iflag of the Indian National the headlines, with some justice. 77 cents to their male counterpart’s dollar. Pew’s analysis looks at Congress at the Gowalia Tank But the statistics on women’s median hourly earnings of full- and part-time workers (men tend to maidan, India held its first gen- voting patterns in India tell a work more hours, and women are more likely to work part-time) to find eral elections. Women had come more subtle story: the determi- that in 2012 women ages 16 and older made 84 percent of the earnings out in massive numbers to take nation of the Indian woman to of their male counterparts. According to Pew, women’s median hourly part in the marches and rallies exercise some of her rights has earnings for those ages 25-34 — which, yes, doesn’t encompass all mil- of the Indian freedom movement, been constant over the years. It lennials and includes some Gen Xers (according to Pew’s definition of and had filled the prisons of the shows in the photographs of the Indian women’s determination to exercise some of their rights has been millennials being born after 1980) — were 93 percent of men’s in 2012. British Raj alongside the men. long lines of women in saris, jeans, constant over the years. Millennial women are also about as likely to ask for raises or promo- Now they thronged in equally veiled or burkha-clad or with tions as millennial men — 42 percent versus 48 percent (a statistically large numbers to see for them- their heads uncovered, queuing insignificant difference according to Pew). That’s great for “leaning in” selves the new ballot boxes, and at the polls in colourful variety in constitute only 11 percent of Its research analysed the impact but leads to the question of whether young workers should be asking to cast their votes. order to vote for one or another both Indian houses of parliament, of reservations for women at the for raises and promotions at all because … well you know all of that India’s first chief election com- of the symbols that represent which is a small rise from 10 per- village council level, and con- stuff about being lazy and entitled. missioner, Sukumar Sen, faced political parties on the ballot cent in the previously elected cluded that just the presence Sadly for those of us who are millennial women, we’re not in the an unexpected problem. In many papers. According to the parlia- house. While female candidates and visibility of female leaders clear. For starters, 93 percent is not 100 percent. Moreover, the shrink- parts of north India the women ment of India female voter turn- are, according to data provided had a significant impact on vil- ing gap between earnings of young men and women was aided by the refused to register themselves out increased from 38.8 percent by PRS legislative research, more lages across many regions of fact that the median hourly wage (in 2012 dollars) for young men under their own names, ask- in the 1950s to almost 60 percent successful than men at winning India. Villages where women decreased about 20 percent between 1980 and 2012. ing to go by the custom of being in the 1990s, while the increase in elections (10 percent of all the had a presence on local councils So too, the pay gap will almost certainly grow as female millennials called so-and-so’s mother or X’s the male turnout during the same women who stand for elections “clearly showed that men and age — get married, have kids and dance recitals and unkempt houses. wife. The historian Ramachandra period was only 4 percent. win their seats, while it’s only women have different prefer- Looking at historical data, Pew notes that as women grow older, “They Guha has told the story of how In a key paper published in the 6 percent for male candidates), ences over public goods.” To put fail to keep pace with the overall narrowing of the earnings gap. As Sen refused to give in to this Economic and Political Weekly political parties are reluctant it bluntly, women invested more a result, within 10 to 15 years of entering the labour force, the newer “curious senseless relic of the this year, researchers Mudit to field women in the elections. in infrastructure that had a direct workers slip behind the ratio for women overall, and in many cases past” – he was obdurate, and 2.8 Kapoor and Shamika Ravi point India’s chiefly male political impact on improving the lot of the lose ground compared with their younger selves.” million women voters had to be to “a steady and sharp decline parties have also consistently average woman, whether their Still, young women are increasingly more educated than young men, struck off the rolls. Sen argued in the gender bias in voting over opposed and blocked the passage priorities were for better water and their higher levels of learning aren’t going to disappear during that the outrage over the omis- time.” The gender ratio of vot- of the women’s reservation bill, supplies or more investment in childbirth. And even when looking at historical data, millennial women sion would result in women reg- ers – the number of female vot- which would have ensured that education. The visibility of women today are starting the race with an even narrower gap. istering under their own names ers to every 1,000 male voters all parties had to keep 33 percent in leadership roles also appears The real challenge is how not to let the gap widen for millennials. in the next election, and he was – “increased very impressively of seats for women. Opponents of to have an impact in encouraging We’re starting from the right place. Encourage us to go into male- proved right in time. from 715 in the 1960s to 883 in women’s reservation argue that girls and women to continue with dominated fields if we so desire. Find a way to keep us nipping at the The practice of tradition might the 2000s.” One of their more female politicians can be just as their education and to consider financial heels of our male counterparts, even as we get older and our have briefly prevented Indian startling findings was that this conservative as their male coun- future career options differently. families grow. women from exercising the very held true across all Indian states, terparts, and that their mere When we see the steady swell The executive order and presidential memorandum that President modern right to universal fran- including those considered to be presence in the houses of parlia- in women coming out to vote, the Barack Obama signed on Tuesday only apply to federal contractors, chise, but over the next few dec- lagging socially or economically. ment might not bring about any message is clear: women want to and the political underpinnings in advance of the midterm elections ades they would prove that they What are Indian women voting kind of real change for women. have a say in public life, even if the are unmistakable. But the actions are crucial if only for the way that were unabashedly enthusiastic for, when they come out in such Several years ago, the Poverty male Indian politician isn’t willing they underline a cultural issue with an executive pen. Because in 20 voters. Being a woman in mod- numbers? Not, sadly, for more Action Lab conducted a fascinat- to listen just yet. years, I hope be celebrating equal pay, and not just on Tuesdays in April. ern India is hardly easy – the women in parliament. Women ing study on women and power. THE GUARDIAN WP-BLOOMBERG APRIL 12, 2014 ON SATURDAY 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Middle East

Switzerland Egypt’s forces kill three Algerian poll campaign to give Ben Ali money Brotherhood members to Tunisia Ansar Bayt Al Maqdis names suicide attacker GENEVA: Switzerland said yesterday it will hand CAIRO: Two members of the said he had been shot by security It also shows two men, their over to Tunisia $40m Muslim Brotherhood were forces and “militias” as they tried heads covered with scarves, wir- stashed in Swiss bank killed in an exchange of gunfire to break up a protest. ing together what appear to be accounts by the family of with Egyptian security forces The increased political violence barrels of explosives ahead of the ousted dictator Zine El in the Nile Delta yesterday, the in the Arab world’s most populous attack, in which at least 16 people Abidine Ben Ali. Swiss Interior Ministry said, and the country poses a big challenge to were killed. authorities had frozen the Islamist group said another of former army chief Abdel Fattah “The path to establishing reli- funds as part of a probe its supporters was shot dead in Al Sisi, who toppled Mursi last gion is not by preaching alone, launched following the Alexandria. July and is expected to become as people claim, but by preach- revolution that forced the Attacks on the security forces Egypt’s next president after a ing and jihad,” the bomber says, longstanding Tunisian have become commonplace since May election. flanked by two semi-automatic leader from power in 2011. the army deposed president Nearly 500 people, the bulk rifles. Speaking on Swiss pub- Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim of them soldiers and policemen, The group emerged in 2011 in lic radio, chief prosecutor Brotherhood last July after mass have been killed in militant North Sinai, where the army is Michael Lauber said the protests against his rule. attacks since last June, the gov- waging a campaign to reassert transfer of the funds had The state has declared the ernment said last month. government control. been made possible thanks Brotherhood a terrorist group, but On Thursday, a radical Islamist By contrast, the Muslim to the cooperation of its leaders say it remains commit- group, Ansar Bayt Al Maqdis, Brotherhood insists it remains Tunisia’s new authorities. ted to peaceful activism. released a video identifying the committed to peaceful change, The Swiss launched their Egypt’s Interior Ministry said bomber behind a December 24 a message reiterated this week investigation after Tunisia the Nile Delta shootout began suicide attack on a police com- by a statement from abroad by filed a request for legal when Brotherhood activists on pound in the Nile Delta as some- its secretary-general Mahmoud assistance alleging that ill- motorbikes were spotted attempt- one who was shot during Cairo Hussein, one of the few leaders of gotten gains had been hid- ing to set alight a police check- protests against Mursi’s over- the group not now in jail. den in the Alpine country. point on a road between the cities throw last year. Some analysts question how The Ben Ali family still of Tanta and Al Mahalla Al Kubra It is the first time the group has much control the Brotherhood’s has the option of contest- north of Cairo. identified one of its bombers as leadership now wield over the ing the money’s handover by They opened fire on police as someone who took part in those youth base of a movement that filing an appeal at the Swiss they tried to flee, it said. pro-Mursi protests. has been outlawed and driven supreme court. “The forces encircled them and Ansar Bayt Al Maqdis, or underground. Ben Ali’s January 2011 took the necessary security meas- Supporters of Jerusalem, has The security forces killed hun- ouster after a groundswell ures and exchanged fire. That claimed responsibility for some dreds of Mursi supporters in the of demonstrations marked led to the death of two of them,” of the most devastating attacks, weeks after his removal from the start of the Arab Spring. the ministry said in a statement. including suicide bombings. power, culminating in the violent He has since gained asy- Three others were arrested, it The United States this week dispersal of two pro-Mursi sit-ins lum in Saudi Arabia while added. The Brotherhood had designated it as a terrorist in Cairo on August 14. his son-in-law Sakher El no immediate comment on the organisation. In a separate incident yes- Materi, once considered a incident. The video names the December terday, the army said its spe- potential successor, has fled The death in Alexandria was 24 bomber as Abu Maryam Imam cial forces had killed a top Sinai to the Seychelles. confirmed by senior ambulance Marai and says he was shot during militant, naming him as Nour A World Bank report last service official Omar Nasr. Cairo protests last year. A young Al Hamdeen. A brief statement month detailed the family’s The website of the Brotherhood’s man with a tightly cropped beard, posted on the army’s Facebook Women stand with their children near campaign posters for Algerian grip on the economy dur- Freedom and Justice party iden- he goes on to say that members page did not say to which group president Abdelaziz Bouteflika in a street of the “Goutte d’Or” dis- ing Ben Ali’s 23-year reign. tified the man killed as 50-year of the security forces who kill he belonged. trict of Paris, yesterday. Algerian businessmen are pouring cash into It found 220 companies old Abdel Hakim Al Zamzami. It Muslims should be killed. REUTERS President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s re-election campaign, hoping to owned by family members, benefit from an expected fourth term for the incumbent. accounting for 21 percent of net private sector profits in Tunisia, with regulations often tailored to benefit their businesses. In the wake of Ben Ali’s Darfur peacekeepers turning blind eye to violence overthrow, Switzerland blocked the equivalent of PARIS: A veteran rebel leader improvements in the joint UN/ but attacking civilians,” said of carrying out atrocities. UN and the accord, but later returned to $68.5m in accounts held in from Sudan’s Darfur region African Union peacekeeping force Minnawi, the leader of a faction African Union officials last month the battlefield. the country. accused international peace- there, and urged Khartoum to of the rebel Sudan Liberation said violence had worsened again “My experience was bitter. With $40m set to be keepers yesterday of turning improve cooperation with the Movement that has also carried in Darfur, displacing hundreds of That’s why I’m fighting now,” he handed over, investiga- a blind eye to what he called mission. out large-scale attacks. thousands of people this year. said. tions into the origin of a renewed campaign of eth- “UNAMID (the peacekeeping Janjaweed is a name used for “The situation is getting “The problem will worsen. the remaining $28.5m are nic cleansing by government- force) is there to protect civilians militias drawn mainly from the worse. From the Blue Nile to There will be chaos in the whole continuing. Lauber said he backed Arab militias. and monitor peace, but it is not areas’ s nomadic Arab tribes of the South Kordofan and Darfur, region and it will cost the inter- hoped to be able to transfer International efforts have doing its job. It is covering up the area, that rebels and campaign- the humanitarian situation is national community a high price,” those remaining funds in largely failed to end violence in crimes of the Sudanese govern- ers blame for much of the killing terrible and the government is he said. Darfur insurgents took the near future. the arid western territory, more ment and legalising genocide,” since 2003. No one was immedi- creating this situation,” Minnawi up arms accusing the govern- “There are still several than 10 years after Khartoum Minni Minnawi said during a visit ately available to comment from said, referring to two southern ment of neglecting the area and million dollars frozen in unleashed militias to try and to Paris. UNAMID or Sudan’s government. regions where the government discriminating against its eth- Switzerland. We’re try- crush a rebellion by mostly non- “There is a military escalation Washington and rights campaign- is also battling insurgents. nic groups. But the conflict has ing to make progress on Arab insurgents. in Darfur. Each day Janjaweed ers have called Khartoum’s crack- Minnawi was the only major since descended into a free-for-all this issue,” he said, without Frustrated with the lack armed militias are targeting civil- down in the region “genocide” — a rebel leader to sign a failed 2006 involving bandits, rival tribes and offering a likely timeframe. of progress, the UN Security ians and burning villages. They charge dismissed by Khartoum. peace deal with Khartoum. He rebel splinter groups. AFP Council last week demanded are not fighting rebel movements, Analysts have also accused rebels was a presidential assistant after REUTERS

Tunisia police use Chemical weapons tear gas to break inspectors not to up Salafist demo SILIANA, TUNISIA: Police in northern Tunisia yesterday handle new claims used tear gas to disperse dem- onstrators protesting against the arrest of a group of Salafists, DAMASCUS: The interna- were not caused by sarin or the interior ministry said. tional body tasked with destroy- mustard gas. It said an indus- Around 100 Salafist Islamists ing Syria’s chemical weapons trial-strength substance, such gathered in front of a police sta- arsenal says it has not been as a pesticide, could have been to tion in Rouhia in the northern asked to investigate new oppo- blame. Britain has also said it is province of Siliana to demand the sition claims that regime troops investigating the claims. release of 16 men from the town’s have used banned chemicals on The Syrian opposition leader- mosque who were arrested on rebel groups in at least three ship yesterday repeated a demand Monday, a security source said. attacks since January. that the claims be examined, but Interior ministry spokesman The Organisation for the as a non-state actor has no sway Mohamed Ali Aroui said the 16 Prevention of Chemical Weapons over the OPCW, which has so far “radicals” arrested included “three (OPCW) said it would need a supervised the surrender of 53 self-declared imams, one of whom referral from a state signatory to percent of Syria’s arsenal. had come back from Syria”. a treaty banning the use of such Monzer Akbik, a senior oppo- Tunisia has seen a rise in weapons before looking at the new sition official, said: “The regime jihadist activity since the ouster allegations, which come amid a repeatedly uses chemical weap- of long-time dictator Zine El protracted withdrawal of Syria’s ons on Syrian civilians, so many Abidine Ben Ali in a 2011 popu- 1,200 tonnes of sarin, mustard gas can testify to this. And with the lar uprising, and the government and the precursors used to make regime way behind on resolu- recently vowed to take control of them. tion 2118 on chemical weapons mosques run by radical Islamists. A senior Israeli defence official removal, and constantly violat- A Syrian refugee child receives a vaccination against Polio at a refugee camp near the Lebanese village of Zahle Demonstrators in Rouhia yes- said earlier this week that new ing humanitarian resolution 2139 in the Bekaa Valley, yesterday. Lebanon joined the regional polio vaccination campaign launched in the past week terday chanted “Rouhia needs chemical attacks had taken place with its barrel bombs and starva- in Iraq, Syria and Egypt after health officials found a suspected case of the virus in a young boy near Baghdad. development, not police,” before in the Damascus countryside. The tion campaigns, it is time for the security forces dispersed the pro- claim supported complaints by international community to start August left up to 1,300 people surrender chemical weapons, the to ships with specialised facilities test with tear gas. rebel groups in Harasta that at taking seriously their responsibil- dead and pushed the US close a existence of which had until then that will render them safe for A 1988 law in the North least three people had been killed ity to protect Syrian civilians.” military strike against the Assad been a closely guarded secret. The disposal. African country effectively pro- in late March, with several dozen The use of chemical weapons regime, which was strongly sus- OPCW was then tasked with han- UN officials said the chemical hibits sermons, meetings or more taken ill, after shells land- has been one of the most con- pected of being responsible. dling the transfer of the chemicals compound of the sarin used in the the distribution of literature in ing near them discharged noxious tentious aspects of the Syrian The strike was averted after to ships now moored in the port mass attack matched that of the mosques by those who have not fumes. war. A devastating attack in Russia brokered a deal for Bashar of Latakia in Syria’s northwest. supply held by the Syrian regime. been approved by the prime min- Israel concluded the effects the Damascus countryside last Al Assad, the Syrian leader, to The chemicals will be transferred GUARDIAN NEWS ister. AFP APRIL 12, 2014 Middle East www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ON SATURDAY Turkey court annuls part of judiciary law Fresh blow to Prime Minister Erdogan ANKARA: Turkey’s consti- prosecutors tutional court dealt another and police blow to Prime Minister Recep of spying Tayyip Erdogan (pictured), for another yesterday by annulling sections country. of a controversial law tighten- The ing the government’s control phone- over the judiciary. tapping The decision came a week scandal, par- after the court overturned a ban ticularly the on Twitter and piled more bad Syria leak, news on Erdogan’s graft-tainted prompted government hours after Moody’s him last to downgraded its outlook on Turkey ban Twitter to “negative”. and YouTube The court said the most con- — the outlets troversial clause of the law, giv- where explo- ing the justice ministry greater sive record- control over the appointment ings have of prosecutors and judges, was appeared — Turkish President Abdullah Gul (centre) rides a bicycle before the start of the Presidential Bicycle Tour of Turkey, unconstitutional. and sparked in Ankara yesterday. The ruling was the result of widespread an appeal by a lawmaker from would be overturned. condemnation the main opposition Republican The contentious bill, which from Turkey’s Nato allies. People’s Party (CHP) who said sparked fistfights among law- Although the Twitter ban Turkey condemns ‘Armenian it violated the principles of the makers debating it in parlia- has since been lifted, YouTube separation of powers and the ment, was signed into law by remains blocked despite two lower independence of courts. Turkish President Abdullah Gul court orders. The video-sharing CHP Deputy Chairman Sezgin in February despite opposition site has also filed an appeal with genocide’ resolution in US Senate Tanrikulu hailed the court’s deci- and rights groups arguing it was the top court. sion and said: “With its recent an attack on democracy. Erdogan said he had no ANKARA: Turkey condemned the full acknowledgment by ... at strengthening our historic decisions, the Constitutional It was one of the retalia- “respect” for the court decision yesterday a US Senate commit- Turkey of the facts about the alliance ... instead of damaging Court has turned into a body tory measures taken by Prime against the Twitter ban and that tee resolution branding the mas- Armenian Genocide,” the text of Turkish-American bilateral ties,” championing freedoms, which Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan “insults to a country’s prime sacre of Armenians by Ottoman the resolution said. it added. Last December, Foreign unsettles the regime.” in the wake of a graft scandal minister and ministers are all forces during World War One as The Turkish Foreign Ministry Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made “This law includes so many which erupted in mid-December around”. genocide and warned Congress said the committee had acted Turkey’s first high-level visit to unconstitutional elements that it implicating his key allies. Erdogan’s AKP scored sweep- against taking steps that would beyond its position, competence Armenia in nearly five years, rais- would be strange if (the court) The premier has accused ing wins in the nationwide munic- harm Turkish-American ties. and responsibility by adopting a ing the prospect of a revival in gave another decision,” Tanrikulu Fethullah Gulen, a US-based ipal polls last months but the The nature and scale of the “hastily and ineptly prepared” peace efforts between the histori- said. But Justice Minister Bekir Muslim cleric, and his loyalists political turmoil has also affected killings remain highly conten- draft resolution. cal rivals which stalled in 2010. Bozdag said he disagreed with in the Turkish police and justice the economy. tious nearly a century after they “We reject this attempt at The legacy of the killings has ruling. system, of being behind the cor- The Moody’s rating agency yes- took place. political exploitation that distorts remained a major obstacle to “The legislation was constitu- ruption probe. terday re-affirmed Turkey’s cur- Turkey accepts that many history and law and we condemn reviving frozen relations between tional. The court’s decision has The wide-ranging investiga- rent bond rating of Baa3, just one Armenians died in partisan fight- those who led this prejudiced Turkey and its small former not changed my opinion in that tion posed the biggest challenge step above a so-called ‘junk’ level, ing beginning in 1915, but denies initiative,” the ministry said in a Soviet eastern neighbour. regard. But we will of course to Erdogan’s 11-year rule and the which is out of bounds for many that up to 1.5 million were killed statement. Armenia accuses the Ottoman abide by the ruling,” he said. government reacted by embark- pension and savings funds seeking and that this constituted an act It said Turks and Armenians authorities at the time of sys- The court also overturned parts ing on a mass purge of police and safer investments. of genocide - a term used by many could reach a “just memory of the tematically massacring large of the law that give the justice prosecutors believed to be close to It also downgraded the outlook Western historians and foreign tragic 1915 events” and that an numbers of Armenians, then minister the authority to inves- Gulen’s Hizmet movement. to negative due to the prospect parliaments. earlier proposal from Ankara to deporting many more, including tigate prosecutors of the Supreme The now-stalled probe impli- of continued political wrangling. The resolution, adopted by the set up a joint historical commis- women, children and the elderly Board of Judges and Prosecutors cated Erdogan directly in “The combination of chal- Senate Committee on Foreign sion remained on the agenda. and infirm in terrible conditions (HSYK), an independent body February after the publication lenges facing the country today Relations on Thursday, called Armenia did not take up the on so-called death marches. responsible for appointing mem- of audio recordings allegedly — heightened political turbulence, “to remember and observe the Turkish offer because it regards The issue has long been a bers of the judiciary. showing him interfering in court pressures on its external financ- anniversary of the Armenian the genocide as an established source of tension between Turkey The ruling raised questions cases, business deals and media ing and the prospect of weaker Genocide on April 24, 2014”. historic fact and believes Turkey and several Western countries, over the fate of key board mem- coverage. growth in the medium term, shift “The President should work would use such a commission to especially the United States and bers installed by the justice min- Erdogan has dismissed the the balance of credit risks to the toward an equitable, constructive, press its own version of events. France, both home to large ethnic ister since the law was passed recordings as a “vile montage” downside,” it said. stable, and durable Armenian- “It is essential that the US Armenian diasporas. but Bozdag insisted no decisions by his rivals and accused both AFP Turkish relationship that includes Congress engages in efforts aimed REUTERS

Policeman hurt in Bahrain bomb blast MANAMA: A policeman was wounded when a homemade bomb exploded in a village in Bahrain yesterday, the Interior Ministry said, in the latest of a series of attacks by suspected Shia militants on security forces. No one claimed responsibility for the blast in the village of al- Daih, west of the capital Manama. “A terrorist act targeted the lives of policemen who were on duty in the village of Al Daih, using a homemade bomb that injured one security man,” An Iraqi man inspects destruction in the street following an explosion the previous day in Sadr City, the ministry said in a brief Baghdad’s northern Shia-majority district, yesterday. statement. Bahrain has for three years been grappling with unrest by its Shia community demanding Gunmen attack Iraq deputy political reform and an end to perceived discrimination in the Sunni Muslim-ruled country. Bahrain denies discrimination. PM’s convoy, guard killed The Western-allied kingdom is the base for the US Fifth Fleet BAGHDAD: Gunmen not immediately clear. UN Iraq envoy Nickolay and a bulwark against Shi’ite attacked Iraqi Deputy Prime While an interior ministry Mladenov has warned that giant Iran across the Gulf. Minister Saleh Al Mutlak’s official said only that gunmen campaigning for the election In the most serious attack in convoy in the Abu Ghraib attacked the convoy, Mutlak’s “will be highly divisive”. recent months, three policemen area west of Baghdad yes- assistant specifically blamed “Everyone is ratcheting it were killed in a bomb attack on terday, killing a guard and the army. up to the maximum, and you March 3 in Daih while security wounding at least five, offi- “We were the target of an could see this even before offi- forces were trying to disperse a cials said. assassination attempt by the cially the campaign started,” group who were blocking roads in The attack on one of the army who opened fire on us, Mladenov said. “I would hope the village after a funeral. country’s most senior Sunni and the bodyguards responded that it would be more about Since then, several explosions, Arab politicians comes less in the same way,” the assistant issues, and how the country mostly of homemade bombs, have than three weeks before a con- said, without elaborating. deals with its challenges, but at injured at least three policemen tentious parliamentary elec- There is widespread anger this point it’s a lot about per- in Shia villages around Manama. tion, the first since American among Iraq’s Sunni Arab sonality attacks,” he said. A bomb exploded in a car in troops left, which will be a minority, which complains of Political analyst and parlia- Manama on Sunday as the king- major test for security forces. being marginalised and mis- mentary candidate Tareq Al dom hosted a Formula One motor “Mr Mutlak is safe and was treated by the Shiite-led gov- Maamuri has said that “vio- racing Grand Prix. No one was not hurt,” an assistant to the ernment and security forces. lence will increase during the hurt and the Grand Prix was deputy premier, who was trav- The attack comes ahead of an election campaign, as well as unaffected. elling in the convoy, said. The April 30 general election, which the settling of accounts”. REUTERS identity of the attackers was Mutlak’s list is contesting. AFP APRIL 12, 2014 ON SATURDAY 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com International

Five students Court remands among 10 killed in California suspect in road accident

LOS ANGELES: Ten peo- ple died, many of them high Omagh bombing school students, when a trac- tor-trailer slammed into a tour bus with college hopefuls head- ing to a campus tour in north- First criminal conviction in the case ern California on Thursday, California police said. BELFAST, United Kingdom: was refused bail on the grounds A California Highway Patrol A man accused of carrying out that he might try to flee across (CHP) spokeswoman confirmed the single worst atrocity of the the border to the Republic of early yesterday that the 10th death Troubles in Northern Ireland, Ireland. was a chaperone on the tour bus. the killing of 29 people in the A detective told the court Daly Five students, three chaper- 1998 Omagh bombing, was was arrested as he accompa- ones and the drivers of the FedEx remanded in custody yesterday. nied his heavily-pregnant wife truck and tour bus were killed, Seamus Daly, 43, a prominent to a hospital maternity unit on CHP and the university said. supporter of the Irish republican Monday. More than 30 others were hurt cause, was denied bail by a judge Daly claimed to be his brother after the driver of a FedEx truck at Dungannon Magistrates’ Court when stopped by police but was lost control, jumped a divider on as police kept guard outside. identified through fingerprint Interstate 5, side-swiped a car No-one has ever been con- analysis. and smashed head-on into the victed in a criminal court over He has been charged with 29 tour bus at around 5:30 p.m. PDT the bombing, which tore through counts of murder, two additional Thursday, CHP spokeswoman the market town only months offences linked to the Omagh Michael Gallagher, whose son Aidan was killed during the Omagh bombing, arrives with his daughter Kat for a Tracy Hoover said. after the signing of peace accords explosion and two linked to an hearing at the Dungannon Magistrates Court in Dungannon, Northern Ireland, yesterday. “They are traumatised, abso- which largely ended three decades attempted explosion in Lisburn lutely,” Hoover said of those of sectarian violence in Northern in April 1998. struggle,” he told BBC radio. year ruled out holding a public itself as the successor to the Irish injured. “Most of them have Ireland. The prosecution case is based “We have put the police, and inquiry. “We need the truth,” he Republican Army paramilitaries — scratches, cuts, burns, contusions However, relatives of some of on phone, forensic and witness both the British and Irish govern- said. claimed responsibility for the attack. and lacerations — a magnitude of the victims brought a civil action evidence, the unidentified detec- ments, under tremendous pres- Acting on conflicting bomb Daly appeared in court as Irish injuries.” against five men they claimed tive told the court. sure and we continue to do that warnings, police had moved shop- President Michael D. Higgins Apart from the driver, the bus were responsible, including Daly. Daly’s lawyer Dermot Fee said and we don’t apologise for it. pers and shop workers into a part completed a groundbreaking was carrying between 44 and 48 In 2009, the Belfast High Court there were “significant weak- “We think of the people that of Omagh where a car packed with state visit to Britain, the first students and several chaperones found that Daly and three other nesses” in the case. we lost — in our case our only 500 pounds (225 kilogrammes) by an Irish head of state since to Humboldt State University men were liable and they were Daly was remanded in custody son Aiden — and that gives us the of explosives was parked, unwit- independence. (HSU) for a campus tour, CHP later ordered to pay more than until May. strength to carry on.” tingly putting them in close prox- Northern Ireland’s Deputy spokeswoman Lacey Heitman £1.6m ($2.7m) in damages to the Michael Gallagher, whose Gallagher said the arrest of imity to the huge blast. First Minister Martin said. The crash took place near relatives — money they are still 21-year-old son Aiden was killed Daly would not side-track the A fireball swept from the epi- McGuinness, a former IRA com- the city of Orland, 150km north pursuing. at Omagh, was in court for Daly’s families’ campaign for a cross- centre of the explosion and shop mander, attended a banquet and a of Sacramento. Daly has always denied involve- appearance. border Irish public inquiry into fronts were blown back on to reception at Windsor Castle dur- ment in the bombing. He said earlier that the victims’ alleged failings by the security shoppers inside. The blast was so ing the president’s visit, sparking No progress in Unshaven and dressed in jeans families had never given up their services in the lead-up and after- powerful that some of the victims’ protests from relatives of victims and a dark grey hooded top in the fight for justice. math of the attack. bodies were never found. of the Northern Ireland conflict. Venezuela meeting half-hour hearing yesterday, he “It has been a long, difficult The British government last The Real IRA—which sees AFP to end protests

CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leaders traded barbs for six hours on national TV late on Thursday Obama shuffles deck to cement health law gains over two months of nationwide anti-government protests but WASHINGTON: President effectively paying the price for citizen of these United States of no earlier president was successful who face a buzzsaw of opposition found no common ground. Barack Obama yesterday nomi- the chaotic rollout of Obamacare America,” Obama said. in passing health reform despite from Republicans. Opposition leaders demanded nated budget director Sylvia last year, which forced the admin- The president praised Sebelius decades of attempts,” she said. Mathews, who has a reputation among other things amnesty for Mathews Burwell as his new istration to launch an emergency for sticking with her job “when it Obama’s success in passing the inside the White House for quiet people arrested in the protests in health secretary, seeking to effort to fix a malfunctioning got rough. She’s got bumps. I’ve Affordable Care Act (ACA) was managerial competence, faces a this oil-rich but troubled coun- capitalize on an enrollment enrolment website. got bumps, bruises,” he said. undeniably a historic achievement challenge in smoothing out imple- try. But Maduro refused these surge to cement his signature The hurried triage paid off, Sebelius, an original member as it is the most sweeping social mentation in time for the next demands in the first such meeting health law. after 7.5 million people eventu- of Obama’s cabinet, said that she reform legislation to come into enrollment period later this year. since the unrest erupted. Obama paid tribute to outgo- ally signed up through federal and had known all along that her job force in 50 years. Republicans are also certain The protests have left 40 dead ing Health and Human Services state exchanges to the health care would be tough. But he has been deprived of to use her Senate confirmation and 600 wounded and prompted Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, say- plan by an end-of-March deadline. “We are on the front lines of a a political payoff from the law, process to revive controversy over accusations of human rights vio- ing she had pulled off a “historic “Kathleen will go down in long overdue national change, fix- as its popularity is still in ques- Obamacare, which they insist lations by police. Protesters are accomplishment” by securing history for serving ... when the ing a broken health system,” she tion, there have been repeated must be repealed, arguing it costs denouncing rampant street crime, health insurance for millions of United States of America finally said in an event with the president glitches in implementing it and jobs and represents an unaccepta- soaring inflation, poor job pros- Americans for the first time. declared that quality affordable surrounded by pink cherry blos- Obamacare is a millstone for ble overreach by government into pects and shortages of such essen- Despite Obama’s warm health care is not a privilege soms in the White House Rose Democratic candidates seeking the private lives of Americans. tial goods as toilet paper. endorsement, Sebelius is but it is a right for every single Garden. “There is a reason that re-election in conservative states, AFP AGENCIES

Tracing the Bard’s footsteps Powerful cyclone nears Australia’s Ukraine PM offers more Barrier Reef coast powers to regions SYDNEY: A cyclone pack- ing winds of up to 270km an DONETSK/LUHANSK: powers would devolve away from hour swept towards Australia’s Ukraine’s prime minister the Kiev government to Ukraine’s Great Barrier Reef coast yes- offered yesterday to boost local regions. terday, forcing tens of thou- powers in the regions in an effort These would allowing regions sands of people to hunker down to undercut pro-Russia separa- to plough back a portion of state as authorities warned of poten- tists who have occupied official taxes into the local economy and tial devastation. buildings in Russian-speaking infrastructure. Cyclone Ita, while downgraded cities in eastern Europe. These ‘de-centralisation’ pro- from a maximum level five to a But separatists still occu- posals appeared in part designed category four storm, was expected pied the main regional offices in to meet separatists demands for to bring fierce gales when it hits Donetsk, while in Luhansk armed self-rule, though they differ for north of Cooktown, some 1,600 rebels were refusing an offer of calls by Russia for Ukraine to kilometres from Brisbane, late non-prosecution by the Kiev adopt a “federalised” model. Friday. authorities in exchange for them Kiev see federalisation, as pro- “It’s still a destructive cyclone laying down their weapons and posed by Moscow, as part of a which has very strong winds,” quitting the regional offices of the deeper Kremlin plan which would Queensland Premier Campbell state security service. be manipulated by Russia in vul- Newman said, adding some 9,000 Irish President Michael D Higgins (centre) and his wife Sabina (third right) meet actors during a visit to The new pro-Europe leadership nerable Russian-speaking areas people in and around Cooktown Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon, southern England yesterday. The Irish dignitaries left in Kiev says the separatists are like Donetsk and Luhansk to bring were “staring down quite a Britain after a four-day state visit. acting out a plan drawn up by the about the break-up of Ukraine. destructive cyclonic event”. Kremlin to dismember Ukraine Yatseniuk made new appeals to A total of 30,000 further and follows the scenario under separatists to lay down their arms. south were reportedly urged to which Russia annexed Crimea. The authorities have already let evacuate. The protesters in Luhansk, one ultimatum pass without using Ita sat some 90km northeast French lawyer convicted of murder who like Moscow are critical of force to end the separatists’ occu- of Cooktown, a coastal commu- the Euromaidan revolution that pations, but Yatseniuk suggested nity of 2,400 people, at 0900 GMT, ousted the Kremlin-backed Viktor patience was not boundless. but a warning zone extends to the RENNES: A former Riviera court in the northwestern town had killed Le Roux in her sleep Yanukovich as president, have taken “There is a limit for everybody. Great Barrier Reef tourist hubs of lawyer was convicted yesterday of Rennes. Agnelet was initially during a camping trip in Italy guns from an armoury inside the So everything to be done so that Port Douglas and Cairns. of killing a glamorous casino acquitted of the murder but con- and then dumped the body by the building and are pressing for a ref- those who have seized buildings Newman warned that homes heiress 36 years ago, after a victed on appeal in 2007 to serve side of the road. He said his father erendum on the future of the region. and are holding weapons, come built prior to 1985 when new legal battle that has gripped 20 years—a verdict that was later had also confessed in the 1980s to The separatists in Donetsk out of the buildings before force building regulations were enacted France. overturned by the European knowing the location of the corpse. appear to be still sticking to is used. And today we have that may not withstand the impact of Maurice Agnelet, 76, was sen- Court of Human Rights. Italian police launched their demands for some form of self-rule ability,” Yatseniuk said. the storm, and urged residents in tenced to 20 years in prison in his His retrial in Rennes has seen a own probe after the accusation. despite negotiations with local offi- “We are leading active negotia- the path of the menacing storm third trial for the killing of his number of shocking new revelations, Agnelet’s ex-wife and the cials and Ukraine’s richest man, tions with these terrorists, sepa- to head to local cyclone shelters. then mistress, Agnes Le Roux. including testimony from Agnelet’s mother of Guillaume, Annie Litas, multi-billionaire Rinat Akhmetov. ratists, as we call them and we “Anything over 80 kilometres She disappeared in October 1977, own son who said he believes his rejected the accusations during Touring Donetsk and the east- hope to solve this issue by peace- (per hour) is dangerous,” Cook aged 29. Her body has never been father committed the crime. her own tearful testimony, accus- ern city of Dnipropetrovsk, Prime ful means,” first deputy prime Shire mayor Peter Scott told the found. Guillaume Agnelet, 45, told the ing her son of suffering from psy- Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said minister Vitaly Yarema, who was Australian Broadcasting Corp. Agnelet showed no emotion court on Monday that his mother chological problems. under a blueprint for a new con- accompanying Yatseniuk, said. AFP as the verdict was read in the had confided to him that his father AFP stitution “a significant number” of REUTERS APRIL 12, 2014 Asia / Philippines www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 ON SATURDAY Signals are from missing jet: Abbott Blackbox battery expected to die out in coming days

PERTH: Australian Prime The Australian-led search for submersible sonar device “could Minister Tony Abbott said yes- the Boeing 777, which disappeared be some days away,” he said. terday he is “very confident” en route from Kuala Lumpur to The JACC said the steadily that signals detected in the Beijing, is racing to gather as dwindling search area had been search for Flight MH370 are many signals as possible to deter- further reduced yesterday to two from the aircraft’s black box, mine an exact resting place before zones totalling 46,700 square kil- whose batteries are waning fast a submersible is sent down to find ometres, about 2,300 kilometres more than a month after the wreckage. northwest of Perth. plane vanished. “We are confident that we No floating debris from the “We have very much narrowed know the position of the black plane has yet been found, the down the search area and we are box flight recorder to within some JACC said, despite three weeks very confident the signals are kilometres,” Abbott said. of searching in the area by ships from the black box,” Abbott said, But he warned much remained and planes from several countries. while warning that the transmis- to be done in “recovering wreck- Houston has stressed the sions were “starting to fade.” age from almost 4.5 kilometres need to find the wreckage to be Crew members of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3 Orion operate radar and sensor systems while taking part Abbott was speaking in beneath the sea, or finally deter- absolutely certain of the plane’s in the search for the missing Malaysia Airways Flight MH370 over the southern Indian Ocean yesterday. Shanghai before meeting Chinese mining all that happened on that fate, and has repeatedly warned President Xi Jinping at the Great flight.” against unduly inflating hopes Hall of the People in Beijing, state The cause of the plane’s diver- for the sake of victims’ relatives, news agency Xinhua said. sion remains unknown. whose month-long nightmare has Two-thirds of the 239 on board The Ocean Shield is dragging been punctuated by false leads. MH370 freezes ‘panda diplomacy’ the Malaysian jet were Chinese. a US Navy “towed pinger loca- Frustrated Chinese relatives Xi later thanked Abbott for tor” to listen for emissions from have accused the Malaysian flag KUALA LUMPUR: China “They might send in late May.” trading partner and Kuala Lumpur Australia’s efforts to search for black boxes. carrier and authorities of bun- has postponed plans to send a In a separate public statement, had declared 2014 as “China- the missing Malaysia Airlines Striking a more cautious note gling the response to the plane’s pair of pandas to Malaysia next Palanivel said China and Malaysia Malaysia Friendship Year.” flight, and Abbott expressed than his prime minister, search disappearance and withholding week, a minister said yesterday, have agreed that the giant pandas Malaysian Prime Minister Najib appreciation for China’s involve- chief Angus Houston said “there information, which Malaysia’s as bilateral relations remain should arrive “at a more signifi- Razak had requested the pandas ment, Xinhua reported. has been no major breakthrough government denies. uneasy over the disappearance cant date” in May. May 31 marks from former Chinese premier Wen Four signals linked to aircraft in the search for MH370.” The JACC has said the next of flight MH370. the 40th anniversary of diplo- Jiabao, who left office last year. The beacons have been detected by the He said the Ocean Shield would step in the search, once the pinger The two countries agreed in matic relations between the two pandas -- Feng Yi (“Phoenix”) and Australian vessel Ocean Shield continue to trawl for pings. locator had done all it could to 2012 that China would send the countries. Fu Wa (“Lucky”) -- have already using US equipment, with the “It is vital to glean as much narrow the area, would be to giant pandas for a 10-year stay in Palanivel did not elaborate on caused controversy in Malaysia first two analysed as being con- information as possible while the send down a US-made autono- Malaysia, in Beijing’s latest use of the reasons for the delay, but the over plans to house them in special sistent with those from aircraft batteries on the underwater loca- mous underwater vehicle called “panda diplomacy” to cement ties circumstances of the animals’ $7.7m facility in the national zoo in flight recorders. tor beacons may still be active,” a Bluefin-21 to investigate. with other countries. planned arrival appeared likely to Kuala Lumpur. The beacons on the plane’s said Houston, head of the Perth- But officials have warned the But Malaysia’s environment cause embarrassment for China’s Environmentalists have said flight data and cockpit voice based Joint Agency Coordination submersible would be operating minister G Palanivel said: “They government -- they were due the money would have been bet- recorders have a normal battery Centre (JACC) that is organising at the very limits of its capability (China) are waiting for the results arrive on April 16 on a Malaysia ter spent on conservation efforts life span of around 30 days. The the challenging search. given the vast depths involved. of MH370.“They will delay the Airlines flight. for threatened Malaysian wildlife. plane vanished March 8. A decision to deploy a AFP arrival,” he said in a text message. China is Malaysia’s largest AFP

China’s bird Five killed, 29 hurt in Philippine gunbattle with rebels

flu toll 100 in ZAMBOANGA: Three Muslim military spokesman Lieutenant around 900 kilometres south of Philippines over the years and is workers building a vital road on rebels and two soldiers were Colonel Ramon Zagala said in the Philippine capital Manila. notorious for beheading and muti- the strife-torn southern island, three months killed yesterday in a day-long a brief statement, and sporadic Basilan town official Alton lating victims. Zagala said. gunbattle between troops and gunfire continued into the night. Angeles said he saw two helicop- The rebel chief gained promi- Abu Sayyaf is a self-styled BEIJING: Almost 100 people Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf “As of this time, 29 WIA (sol- ter gunships heading to the scene nence when he helped lead an Islamic militant group which was in China died from the H7N9 extremists blamed for behead- diers wounded in action) and two of the fighting but the military attack on a military convoy in set up in the 1990s with seed money bird flu strain in the first three ing and kidnapping incidents in KIA (soldiers killed in action). would not confirm this. 2007, killing 14 soldiers, behead- from the late Osama bin Laden’s months of the year, but the the southern Philippines. Enemy, three killed,” Zagala said. Indama, who has a bounty of ing many of them. Al Qaeda network, and has been number of fatalities and infec- The fighting began as part of an The gunbattle with Indama’s $74,500 on his head, has been The military launched the blamed for the worst terror attacks tions declined in March, gov- operation to capture Abu Sayyaf band of about 20 fighters is cen- blamed for holding foreign- attack in response to Indama’s in the country’s history including ernment figures showed. commander Puruji Indama, tred in a rural area of Basilan, ers for ransom in the southern recent extortion demands on bombings. AFP Twenty-four died in March, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said in Convicted monthly figures for infectious dis- ease, down from 41 in February and 31 in January. The total number of deaths for the period was 96. The number of new infections reported in March fell to 24 from 99 in February and 127 in January, the data showed earlier this week, giving 250 cases. Last year China recorded 46 deaths and 144 cases in the H7N9 outbreak, which started early in 2013 and returned in the autumn. The virus ignited fears that it could possibly mutate to become easily transmissible between peo- ple, which might threaten to trig- ger a global pandemic. But officials and World Health Organisation say there is no evidence of sustained human- to-human transmission, despite sporadic cases of apparent infec- tion between family relatives. Experts have pointed to a sea- sonal rise in cases so far this year, thought to be linked to cold weather. AFP Cambodian police escort seven of 13 people convicted yesterday of plotting to overthrow the govern- ment, a case seen by rights groups as politically motivated to discredit opposition to long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen. Rights group decries jailing of Myanmar reporter

YANGON: Reporters student who accompanied him equally everywhere.” Eleven Newspaper said it was Without Borders said yester- during a visit to the local educa- Myanmar ranked 145th out of “denouncing the unfair arrest, day it was “outraged” by the tion department about a story 180 countries in the latest RSF investigation and jailing of imprisonment of a Myanmar on a scholarship programme in press freedom index, reflecting journalists.” journalist for trying to inter- 2012. “substantial” improvements Both men are planning to view an education official, as “It is unacceptable that local under the country’s quasi- appeal their sentences, accord- local newspapers ran black officials can obstruct a journal- civilian regime. But the media ing to their lawyer Thein Tun. front pages in protest. ist’s work and have him sen- watchdog warned that the DVB was a prominent source Zaw Pe, a journalist for the tenced to imprisonment just reform process was beginning of independent information Democratic Voice of Burma because they feel he disturbed to “flag.” during Myanmar’s long years news website, was convicted by them,” Reporters Without Myanmar journalists have of junta rule, when it operated a court in the central town of Borders, Asia-Pacific head staged rallies against the sen- from Norway and Thailand. Magway on Monday for “dis- Benjamin Ismail said. tencing this week, while several At that time several of its turbing a civil servant” and “We call on the local authori- newspapers yesterday ran black journalists were given lengthy trespassing. ties to release Zaw Pe and we sections across their front pages prison sentences for covertly He was jailed along with Win ask the government to ensure to register their dismay. reporting within the country. Myint Hlaing, the father of a that media freedom is respected The outspoken Daily AFP APRIL 12, 2014 ON SATURDAY 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Pakistan / Afghanistan Pakistan Taliban plot to assault capital Two well-known institutions could support attacks in Islamabad and Rawalpindi if peace talks break: Police

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani impose a strict version of Islam government and the Taliban fail provides “brain washing courses fighters who come to carry out Police and government spokes- Taliban will coordinate with on the nuclear-armed nation of ... like-minded religious seminar- and lessons on sacrificing oneself attacks and help with “all last men declined to comment on the Islamist activists at major sem- 180 million people. ies and mosques have been given for jihad”, police said in the report. minute preparations”, they said. report but security officials who inaries in or near the capital, They called a ceasefire begin- the target of fully contributing in The other is run by Fazlur Militant fighters have set requested not to be identified said Islamabad, to launch attacks ning on March 1 to facilitate carrying out attacks,” police said Rehman Khalil, who is on a US themselves up with activists at the information was correct. One if peace talks with the govern- the talks but it officially ended in the report, which was prepared terror watch-list and signed a hardline mosques in Islamabad police officer said 20 seminaries ment fail, police said in a report. on Thursday. It is unclear if the last month. 1996 fatwa or decree from Osama before. in Rawalpindi were being inves- Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ceasefire will be extended. Police identified two well-known bin Laden in which he declared In 2007, more than 100 peo- tigated for similar Taliban links. took power last year promising to Police said in the report that seminaries, or madrasas, on the war on the United States. ple were killed when security Khalil denied any connection end Pakistan’s insurgency through two well-known seminaries would outskirts of Islamabad. They said At Khalil’s seminary, com- forces assaulted the Red Mosque with the Taliban and said his negotiations. Talks got going in support attacks in the capital and the two had already helped launch manders provide “jihadi weapons in the heart of the capital after seminary was being threatened February but have achieved little. its twin city of Rawalpindi if the several attacks, including a 2009 training classes” to students from well-armed fighters from the by insurgents for being pro-gov- The Pakistani Taliban, allied talks break down and the mili- assault on the army’s headquar- the ethnic Pashtun tribal areas tribal areas and followers of the ernment. “We openly believe that with but separate from the tary moves against Taliban bases ters in Rawalpindi. which have long been militant mosque’s radical clerics running any attacks against Pakistan are Afghan Taliban, are fighting to in areas bordering Afghanistan. One is led by a cleric called recruiting grounds, police said. a Taliban-style movement refused against Islam,” Khalil said. overthrow the government and “If talks between the Azizur Rehman Hazarvi. It The two seminaries also host to surrender. REUTERS Sikh pilgrims in Islamabad Sharif to visit Iran in May 13 Pakistani militants ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will undertake a three-day die in fresh infighting visit to Iran in the second week of May, sources said yesterday. MIRANSHAH: At least 13 intelligence official said. The foreign offices of both militants were killed in a bomb- Militant sources confirmed the countries have finalised the ing and a gunfight in Pakistan’s clash and casualties. schedule, which would be restive tribal areas yesterday, The feud began after Sajna, a announced by Islamabad and the latest clashes in almost a senior commander, was rejected Tehran simultaneously. The week of infighting between rival for the TTP leadership following visit may start on May 10. Taliban factions. the killing of then-leader Mehsud The sources said the visit A total of 56 people have been last November, militants say. will open new vistas of cooper- killed in the violence which The TTP has long been riven by ation and help dispelling mis- erupted on Sunday between sup- infighting. Sajna had been seen as perceptions created by certain porters of commander Khan a strong candidate to become TTP quarters. Said Sajna and followers of the chief following Mehsud’s death. Sharif has been invited by late Hakimullah Mehsud group in But the movement’s ruling Iran’s President Dr Hasan troubled North Waziristan. council at the last minute elected Rowhani, who took over last Both factions are part of the Mullah Fazlullah, who hails from year. AGENCIES Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Swat and is believed to be hiding (TTP) umbrella group, which has in Afghanistan. been waging a bloody seven-year Separately, Sher Amanullah, a insurgency against the state. commander of the Haqqani mili- Ten insurgents were killed in tant network, was killed along Govt facing clashes that began when mem- with two others when a roadside bers of the Sajna group came bomb hit their vehicle near the under rocket attack in their car town of Datta Khel, intelligence Sikh pilgrims attend a religious ceremony at Gurudwara Panja Sahib in Hassan Abdal, some 55km from Islamabad battle over in the town of Shawal, a local and militant sources said. AFP yesterday. The gurudwara is one of the holiest Sikh sites. anti-terror bill ISLAMABAD: The govern- Pakistan’s public debt ment is facing a battle to enact a tough anti-terror law rights activists and opposition parties have attacked as repressive. may increase in 2014 The Protection of Pakistan Ordinance allows security forces ISLAMABAD: The cap on specified by the act 2005 Act. to detain suspects for up to 90 Pakistan’s public debt - cur- “Large fiscal deficits and their days without disclosing their rently at 60 percent of GDP - monetary financing coupled with whereabouts or allegations will be breached again by end negligible foreign debt-creating against them. of 2014, a World Bank (WB) flows fuelled this trend as well as Anyone arrested under the report revealed yesterday. the increasing share of domes- law must prove their innocence, “In line with the expectations tic debt over the years” the WB reversing the usual legal bur- of accelerating though moderate states. den of proof, and satisfy courts growth, near-double-digit infla- During the first half of FY14, they are not engaged in terror tion, and a lower but still large the public debt-to-GDP ratio activities. fiscal deficit for the ongoing fis- stood at about 58.9 percent. This The government introduced the cal year, the public debt-to-GDP is almost the same level as of legislation to curb violence and ratio looks likely to be breached December 2012. instability blighting the nuclear- again in fiscal year 2014,” the WB Domestic debt creation has armed state. predicted. become increasingly skewed Pakistan has been in the grip of According to Pakistan towards short-term instruments, a homegrown Taliban insurgency Development Update report for primarily MRTBs. It increased to since 2007 and faces a violent 2014 released by the WB, pub- Rs10.2tr by end-December 2013, separatist movement in south- lic debt continues to exceed the up by almost Rs1.9tr from Rs9.5tr western Baluchistan province and cap of 60 percent GDP set by at end-December 2012. rising sectarian violence, much of the Fiscal Responsibility and Floating debt constituted more it orchestrated by banned groups Debt Limitation Act for security than two-third of this addition. such as Laskhar-e-Jhangvi. reasons. Within this category, central bank Law enforcement agencies and Over the last two years, the borrowing gained prominence the sclerotic courts system have report says, the public debt to despite the SBP Amendment Act struggled to make any impact on GDP ratio remained well above 2012 being in place. violence. the threshold of 60 percent limit INTERNEWS The lower house of parliament, controlled by the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), Vendors protest approved the bill earlier this week. But the main opposition Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) says it will fight to block it in the upper house, where it holds sway. “Pakistan will become a police state,” senior PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar said yesterday. He warned the law legitimises enforced disappearances, an issue on which rights groups routinely criticise Pakistan. Campaigners say up to 2,000 people have disappeared from custody of security services, many from Baluchistan. “It also legitimises extrajudicial killings, because the law author- ises police and the military to shoot anybody on the basis of reasonable suspicion, without evidence,” Babar said. Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Senate to reject the law and send it back to the National Assembly for amendments. “The ordinance as drafted runs roughshod over rights provided Businessmen and labourers hold placards carrying slogans "People will under international law and be dying until when?" during a protest over a bomb blast at a fruits and Pakistan’s constitution,” HRW’s vegetables market in Islamabad on Thursday. Brad Adams said in a statement. AFP APRIL 12, 2014 India www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 ON SATURDAY Rahul mocks rival Modi over marriage confession NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi, vice reaches his affidavit,” Gandhi said. the Election Commission, saying Modi president of the ruling Congress party, In the column of the affidavit men- had violated the law by keeping his yesterday accused opposition election tioning spouses, Modi wrote the name marital status a secret. “An aspirant for frontrunner Narendra Modi of hypoc- “Jashodaben”. But he stated elsewhere in prime minister must have forthrightness risy over his belated disclosure that the filing he had “no information” about and integrity,” he told reporters after he is married. Bharatiya Janata Party her. Modi’s brother said in a statement meeting poll officials in New Delhi. (BJP) premier candidate Modi, 63, is on Thursday that Modi was betrothed But the BJP leadership sprang to routinely described as a bachelor and is as a child to the now 62-year-old retired Modi’s defence and accused Congress of thought to have lived alone in his adult schoolteacher, who gave an interview in raking up personal issues. life, having risen through the ranks of February in which she said she didn’t “Congress has no right to question a grassroots Hindu nationalist organi- “feel bad” about not being part of her Modi about his personal life. Modi has sation in which celibacy is expected. husband’s life. “I know he is doing so due sacrificed his personal life and comfort But on Wednesday, Modi acknowl- to destiny,” Modi’s wife told The Indian in the service of the nation,” said BJP edged he had a wife in an affidavit while Narendra Modi (left), and Rahul Gandhi. Express in February. The marriage, which spokesman Prakash Javadekar. filing papers to run for the national par- some say was formalised when Modi was India’s mammoth national election, liament in western Gujarat state. security for women while on the cam- northern state of Jammu and Kashmir. 17, is never believed to have been con- which kicked off on Monday, has been Gandhi, the 43-year-old scion of paign trail but never acknowledges his Modi, chief minister of Gujarat, has summated. Modi went on to rise through described as a “battle of the bachelors” India’s famous political dynasty and own wife. contested seats four times in the state’s the ranks of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak pitting Gandhi against Modi. Results are unwed himself, is leading the campaign “I don’t know how many elections regional assembly but never previously Sangh, a Hindu group which frowns on due on May 16. Last month, Rahul Gandhi for Congress, which is tipped to lose he (Modi) has fought before but this is revealed his marital status on affidavits. marriage for its senior cadres. said he would wed “when I find the right to the BJP in elections that began this the first time he’s mentioned he’s mar- “In Delhi, posters read ‘respect Meanwhile, senior Congress leader and girl”. In the past, he has been linked to week. He said Modi promises respect and ried,” Gandhi told an election rally in the for women’ but his wife’s name never Law Minister Kapil Sibal complained to several foreign girlfriends. AFP

Modi as PM NRI voters will have will bode ill for India: to wait for future polls Academicians

LONDON: A number of Voting via Internet now may open pandora’s box: Court respected academicians including writer Salman NEW DELHI: NRIs who are mandates the presence of the overseas locations, the Election Rushdie have signed an open registered voters in India will listed voter at the polling station Commission said even for permit- letter in The Guardian saying not be able to vote from their to cast his vote. ting that amendment will have be “it would bode ill” for India if foreign locations as Supreme He had contended that any made to electoral laws to expand BJP prime ministerial can- Court yesterday accepted that distinction between those physi- the special category voters. didate Narendra Modi were the Election Commission faced cally present at polling booth and Under the acts, defence person- to be elected to the top post. statutory and logistic impedi- those overseas would be violative nel, central government staff and In the midst of the gen- ments in extending overseas of article 19(1) as well as article staff at the diplomatic missions eral elections, the letter pub- voting facilities to them. 21 of the constitution. abroad come under special cat- lished on Thursday brings up Noting that election for some The court noted that the egory of voters. the 2002 Gujarat riots under phases has already been com- Election Commission has already Senior counsel Meenakshi Modi’s watch as chief minis- pleted, a bench of Justice K decided to constitute a committee Arora who appeared for the ter and states it is “crucial to S Radhakrishnan and Justice to examine the feasibility of differ- Election Commission said that remember the role played by Vikramajit Sen said that per- ent options that can be considered under the circumstances it would the Modi government in the mitting the NRIs to vote in the for facilitating voting by overseas not be possible for the commission horrifying events that took remaining six phases would open NRI electors as it adjourned the to make any “interim/time gap place in Gujarat in 2002”. a “Pandora box” that in some hearing till August end for the arrangements to enable the NRI “If Modi is elected, it will cases, some NRIs have been committee to complete its work voters to vote through proxy or bode ill for India’s future,” allowed and not the others. and report to the court. through ballot papers, more par- reads the headline. Taking note of the practical Allowing the application by ticularly when the election proc- The open letter, which refers problems that confronted the poll Shamsheer to amend his peti- ess is already ongoing” and some to Modi refusing to “accept panel even though it was in the tion, the court in its order said: phases of the election are already any responsibility or to render favour of extending voting facili- “The respondents (Union of India over. an apology”, has been signed ties to NRIs from their overseas and the Election Commission) are Seeking recognition of the right by a host of internationally locations, Justice Radhakrishnsan permitted to file a comprehensive to external voting, the PIL says known names such as artist told petitioner Shamsheer V P counter affidavit within a period that existing provisions creates Anish Kapoor, Prof Homi K that the “point you have raised of two months.” distinct two categories of haves Bhabha and film-maker Deepa is favoured by them (Election “Report of the Committee be and have nots amongst 1,00,37,761 Mehta. It talks of the Muslim Commission) but they have some also filed before the court,” the NRIs (as on May, 2012 as per Independent political candidate Gaurav Sharma, wearing a ‘spiderman’ minority being the “victims practical difficulties”. order said. the Ministry of Overseas Indian costume, greets residents while climbing up a residential building as he of pillage, murder and terror, Shamsheer V P has sought the Pointing to the paucity of time Affairs) residing abroad as only campaigns for the Lok Sabha elections in Mumbai yesterday. Sharma, a resulting in the deaths of more reading down of Section 20A of in putting in place arrange- 11,000 have enrolled themselves as former martial arts trainer for the Mumbai city police, has been nicknamed than 2,000 men, women and the Representation of the People ments for facilitating the NRIs voters in the electoral rolls. “The Indian Spiderman” for his penchant for scaling almost all the tall children” during the riots. (Amendment) Act 2010 that to exercise their votes from their IANS buildings in the city. The letter also talks of the condition of women during the riots and states they were “sub- jected to brutal acts of violence and were left largely unpro- Sonia weakened PM, created parallel power structure tected by the security forces”. Regarding the possibil- NEW DELHI: In a book that was Manmohan Singh that he time I felt, like many, that this Baru said in the book. Manmohan Singh’s second term. ity of Modi becoming India’s has sent ripples across the polit- also failed to defend his (Baru’s) might be his strategy for politi- The BJP promptly reacted with Pankaj Pachauri, who is pres- next PM, it says, “Were he ical establishment for its tim- promised reappointment after the cal survival. “Was it just unques- a I-told-you-so, with party leader ently the communication adviser to be elected prime minister, ing, Sanjaya Baru, media adviser 2009 election victory as Secretary tioned loyalty to the leader of a M Venkaiah Naidu saying that “I in the Prime Minister’s Office, put it would bode ill for India’s to Prime Minister Manmohan in the PMO and tamely surren- survival instinct that prompted have been saying from day one, out a statement saying: “It is an future as a country that cher- Singh in his first term, has said dered to the party’s veto. him to remain? Whatever the PM presides, Madam decides.” attempt to misuse a privileged ishes the ideals of inclusion that Congress President Sonia “To tell the truth, I was dis- motive, his image took a fatal The Congress, battling coun- position and access to high office and protection for all its peo- Gandhi slowly chipped away mayed by the PM’s display of blow,” Baru said in the book trywide negative perceptions to gain credibility and to appar- ples and communities.” The at the authority of the Prime spinelessness,” Baru said of The Accidental Prime Minister: about the government and widely ently exploit it for commercial gain. open letter comes days after Minister’s Office, created a par- his former boss. Giving several The Making and Unmaking of expected to do badly in these “The commentary smacks The Economist infuriated the allel power structure and left a instances of Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh. polls, was left red-faced. of fiction and coloured views of BJP by calling Modi “divisive”. weakened prime minister who capitulating to the extra-con- “So I, like millions of his mid- Baru, during whose tenure in a former adviser. The question “allowed himself to become an stitutional authority of Sonia dle-class supporters, feel tragi- the first term of Manmohan Singh about comments of the former object of such ridicule in his sec- Gandhi and refusing to assert cally cheated that he has allowed (2004-2009) enjoyed a positive media adviser was raised by sen- Amit Shah, Azam ond term in office.” himself, Baru stated: himself to become an object of media, was always uncomfortable ior editors when they met the In a book that hit the stands “Initially, I saw his subservi- such ridicule in his second term with the Congress establishment prime minister in October last Khan banned from yesterday, Baru, who now works ence as an aspect of his shy and in office, in the process devaluing who made no secret of the fact year. His answer was “Do not with a think tank, said so weak self-effacing personality, but over the office of the prime minister,” that they wanted him replaced in believe all he is saying”. IANS holding rallies NEW DELHI: BJP’s Amit Shah and Samajwadi Party’s Azam Khan have been banned from holding any public meetings or road Supreme Court puts on hold shows in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission said yesterday. nursery admissions in Delhi The poll panel also asked the state government to lodge NEW DELHI: The nursery respondents. Following the res- a first information report admissions in the national capi- ignation of Arvind Kejriwal-led (FIR) against the two leaders tal will have to wait for some Aam Aadmi Party government for making hate speeches dur- more time as Supreme Court in February, Delhi is under ing the election campaign. yesterday put on hold Delhi President’s rule and Lt Governor “Necessary FIRs should High Court’s nod to the schools Najeeb Jung is the administrator. be immediately filed and the to go ahead with the admission Senior counsel Nidhesh Gupta, criminal proceeding initiated process except interstate trans- who appeared for the aggrieved against the two leaders.” fer admission cases. parents, said the parents of the While Shah, a close aide A bench of Justice H L Dattu children coming under the inter- of Bharatiya Janata Party’s and Justice S A Bobde stayed the state transfer category were prime ministerial candidate nursery admissions on the plea aggrieved at their being excluded Narendra Modi, asked the of the parents who are aggrieved in the interim order permitting voters to cast their ballot for by the high court’s order exclud- nursery admission. revenge for the Muzaffarnagar ing interstate transfer cases from Gupta argued that by implica- riots, Khan, a minister in the the admission process that was tion all the admissions that have Alkhilesh Yadav government, set rolling by the interim order already taken place would be sub- said Muslims soldiers were to on April 3. ject to the outcome of the hearing be credited for India’s victory A voter holds a child as she casts her ballot at a polling station at Bungthuam, some 190km on the outskirts of The court issued notice to before the apex court. in the Kargil war. AGENCIES Aizwal, the capital of Mizoram, yesterday. the Delhi government and other IANS APRIL 12, 2014 ON SATURDAY 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business

US crude rallies Shell drops Norway subsea gas project as consumer Rising costs and complexity cited for shelving Oslo’s most innovative industrial project confidence

OSLO: Royal Dutch Shell has past decade, and oil firms are can- no longer economically feasible.” similar delays now, so this would at Ormen Lange, but we can’t give hits high dropped one of Norway’s big- celling or delaying major develop- Shell said it would not build a not come as a shock to anyone. any timeline (for how long the gest and most innovative indus- ments to save on costs and earn platform either given the costs and This is a gas project with new postponement could last).” NEW YORK: US crude oil trial projects due to rising costs more cash for dividends. its new analysis shows that com- technology and production many Norwegian oil services firm rose yesterday, lifted by a posi- and complexity, dealing a blow Although Shell gave no cost pression was not time-critical to years away, sometime in the Aker Solution designed and built tive consumer confidence report to a technology that some hope estimate, a subsea compression the ultimate recovery of the field. future, so it is obviously vulner- the compression pilot project for that indicated strength in the could revolutionise offshore project by Statoil at the Aasgard Petoro, the government’s hold- able to high costs,” he added. the field, hoping Shell and its part- US economy, while Brent was production. field is estimated to cost 15bn ing firm and the biggest share- Statoil has already delayed its ners would use the technology. pulled higher by traders cov- Shell said yesterday it would crowns ($2.5bn). Ormen Lange holder in the licence, objected $15.5bn Arctic Johan Castberg Subsea pumps could have ering short positions before postpone a project to provide is more complex because waters to the postponement, saying the projects and pushed back by one squeezed more from the field and the weekend in case ties with subsea compression at the North are deeper and there would be no project had already cost “several year the start-up date of Johan eliminate the need to keep work- Russia worsened. Sea’s Ormen Lange, the second- platform nearby to supply power billions of Norwegian crowns”. Sverdrup, Norway’s biggest oil ers offshore, but it is a new and The International Energy biggest Norwegian gas field, and other equipment. “The oil The move shows that “the find in decades. still untested technology. Agency had set a bearish tone for despite the objections of a key and gas industry has a cost chal- major oil companies now are Ormen Lange produces an Shell is the operator of Ormen the market earlier in the session licence partner. The decision will lenge,” Odin Estensen, chairman going meticulously through equivalent of a fifth of Britain’s gas Lange with a 17.8 percent stake, after it lowered its global demand not be re-evaluated for several of the Ormen Lange Management their portfolios and cutting the needs, and will eventually lose its while Norway’s state-owned forecast for 2014 due to expecta- years, until new technology and Committee, said in a statement. most marginal projects to limit natural pressure. Subsea compres- Petoro has 36.5 percent, Statoil tions that more Libyan crude reservoir information become “This, in combination with the their investment level”, Haakon sion was seen as a cheaper alterna- 25.4 percent, Dong Energy 14 will reach the market next week, available, Shell said. maturity and complexity of the Amundsen, an analyst at ABG tive to building a platform. A Shell percent and ExxonMobil 6.3 pushing Brent lower. Costs have soared in Norway’s concepts and the production vol- Sundal Collier, said. spokeswoman said: “We are not percent. But by mid-morning trade vast offshore oil sector over the ume uncertainty, makes the project “There have been six to seven giving up on offshore compression REUTERS both the American and European benchmarks rose and were on track to end the week higher. Brent was supported by the simmering tensions between the West and Russia that threat- Ukraine to get gas from ened to interrupt gas supplies to Europe. Brent crude rose 24 cents at $107.70 a barrel by 11.19am EDT EU as Russia ups curbs (1519 GMT) after settling 52 cents lower on Thursday. KIEV: Ukraine said yesterday Prodan said Ukraine needed US oil rose 75 cents at $104.15 it would turn to Europe for gas European gas to build up its a barrel and was set to end the and won a promise of help from reserves as Russian gas was no week nearly three percent higher. Brussels after Russia warned it longer being pumped into stor- The Brent-US crude oil spread could cut supplies over Kiev’s age, adding Ukraine had unused was last trading at $3.59. refusal to pay Moscow’s “politi- capacity of 15 billion cubic metres. cal, uneconomic price” for Kiev has around 7 bcm in stor- UAE minister hopes supplies. age and says it needs 14-15 bcm Presenting a united front a day to be able to guarantee transit Western firms keep after President Vladimir Putin to European consumers. Russia wrote to the European Union meets 30 percent of Europe’s nat- oilfield roles warning that its supplies could ural gas demand, and half of this be disrupted if Ukraine failed to goes through Ukraine. PARIS: The energy minister of cover its bills, European officials Russia has nearly doubled the the United Arab Emirates said said they had little to fear and gas price it charges Ukraine, pun- yesterday he hoped Western oil would help Ukraine pay. ishing an economy that for years companies historically in charge With Russia increasing the pres- was mismanaged by pro-Moscow of Abu Dhabi’s biggest oilfields sure on Ukraine’s faltering econ- President Viktor Yanukovich and would keep a role, but that no one omy, Ukrainian Energy Minister has been in freefall since he was was assured of keeping their seat Yuri Prodan told parliament the toppled in violent protests. when concessions are renewed. EU would stand in solidarity with Kiev’s new leaders accuse “There is a process. (...) What’s Kiev if Russia reduced supplies, Moscow of using gas as a way A general view of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, controlled by Gazprom, on Sakhalin island near the town of important is that it’s fair to the making sure Moscow could not of punishing them for pursuing Korsakov. Russia is charting a course away from the West and towards Asia. With the EU and Ukraine discussing newcomers as it is to the previ- increase flows through alternative closer ties with the EU, and the ways to cut their reliance on Russian gas, Moscow has courted its Asian partners more aggressively. ous shareholders. This is a life- pipelines to bypass its neighbour. standoff has deepened the worst time exercise and we have to do “Ukraine cannot pay such a East-West crisis since the end of European Energy Commissioner energy and foreign ministers on Ukraine’s search for alternative it right,” Suhail bin Mohamed Al political, uneconomic price, so the Cold war in 1991. Guenther Oettinger advised Monday. supplies has prompted Gazprom Mazrouei told reporters on the now we are negotiating with the Washington accused Moscow against taking the threat of gas Russian state gas company to question the legality of revers- sidelines of a conference in Paris. European Union about reverse on Thursday of using energy as cuts at face value, saying Russia Gazprom says Ukraine owes $2.2bn ing flows to export gas from The Opec member country has deliveries into Ukraine,” Prodan “a tool of coercion”. needed the revenue from gas and Putin’s warning has rekindled Europe to Ukraine. held a 60 percent stake in Abu said. “We will make gas purchases But yesterday, Kremlin spokes- deliveries.He told Austria’s ORF fears of the “gas wars” of 2006 Prodan said Ukraine could get Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil from reverse flows urgently. man Dmitry Peskov stepped up radio he was working on a plan and 2009, when Russia stopped small amounts of gas from Poland Operations since acquiring an On the conditions offered by the pressure on Ukraine, reiterat- to help Ukraine pay its gas bills to supplies to Ukraine, disrupting and Hungary and a bigger volume interest in fields that produce over European gas companies. We plan ing that its gas debt was mount- ensure its debts do not rise. onward supplies to Europe. from Slovakia, but there were half the United Arab Emirates’ oil. that they will be Germany’s RWE ing and Kiev was failing to meet “I am preparing a solution that The European Commission, the “political questions” to be solved. ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch and a French gas company.” its payment obligations - a word- is part of the aid package that the EU executive, called on Russia to Slovakia has called for talks Shell, Total and BP - have each The ministry’s spokeswoman ing that could trigger the reduc- IMF, the European Union and the respect its gas commitments and with Ukraine, Russia and the held 9.5 percent equity stakes in confirmed the French company tion of supplies. World Bank is giving to Ukraine urged Ukraine to respect its tran- European Commission to ensure the ADCO concession since the was GDF Suez, adding no agree- He also criticised the EU for and from which payment for open sit commitments. Germany said it can export gas to Ukraine with- 1970s and would be keen to pro- ment had been signed as yet. not responding to Putin’s letter bills will be possible,” he said, it saw no reason to fear an inter- out violating existing contracts. long their involvement. GDF Suez declined to comment. on the situation. adding he would meet Ukraine’s ruption in gas supplies. REUTERS AGENCIES

Ford Mustang turns 50 Fitch upgrades Greek bond yields rise as Portugal outlook to ‘positive’ market euphoria fades LISBON: Fitch yester- LONDON: Greek bond yields access, there is still a very long day switched the outlook on rose yesterday as investors road to recovery for Greece.” Portugal’s BB+ rating from booked profits on the rally Yields on the new Greek bond “negative” to “positive”, a month that preceded Greece’s return traded above five percent yester- before the eurozone nation exits to debt markets, with even its day, compared with the 4.95 per- its international bailout, raising sought-after new five-year bond cent level at which it was issued. the prospect it may soon rejoin succumbing to selling pressure. It had traded at lower yield lev- investment-grade ranks. Athens, which had been locked els earlier in the day, but that Fitch said the upgrade to the out of capital markets for four prompted immediate profit taking ratings outlook is justified by years and was bailed out to the from Thursday’s buyers. Yields Lisbon’s progress in repairing tune of ¤240bn ($333bn) as its rise as the value of the bond falls. public finances as well as the over- economy faltered, received bids Although its economy looks to all recovery of the economy three seven times the amount in its first have turned a corner, Greece is years after its EU-IMF bailout. sale of a new bond since before its still seen by many as a weak link “Portugal is making good progress bailout in 2010. within the euro zone. The gov- in reducing its budget deficit,” the The transaction had buoyed ernment holds only a two-seat ratings agency said in a statement. other eurozone government bond majority in parliament, and early The economy took a big step markets on Thursday, but the elections are a constant risk, with towards emerging from its debt new bonds faced a difficult birth the anti-bailout Syriza party lead- bailout and regaining investor con- as trading started yesterday, with ing in opinion polls. fidence late last month by beating investors losing their stomach for Many investors still fear social its budget target by a wide margin. riskier assets. “The euphoria is unrest as unemployment, though Portugal to pull away from reces- fading after yesterday’s deal,” said falling, remains more than twice sion and overcome public anger at A 1965 Ford Mustang GT350 is shown in the Ford Pavilion at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York. The car’s Owen Callan, a senior analyst at the euro zone average at almost tough austerity measures, turned styling strikingly captured the exuberant youth culture of America in the early 1960s — and its $2,368 price Danske Bank. 27 percent. On Thursday, a car in a budget overshoot equivalent tag made it affordable to the horde of baby boomers that were just reaching driving age or heading off to “People are taking stock of the bomb exploded outside the cen- to 4.9 percent of output last year. college. Next week Ford Mustang marks its 50th anniversary. fact (that) while its great that tral bank. AFP Greece regained some sort of REUTERS APRIL 12, 2014 Business www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 ON SATURDAY

GM woes persist Moody’s India economic downgrades Turkey outlook gloom deepens to ‘negative’

PARIS: Moody’s rating agency yesterday downgraded its out- as exports fall look on Turkey to “negative”, putting the country’s invest- ment-grade rating at risk, say- ing political uncertainty was Shock slowdown in industry output affecting investor confidence and casting doubt over further NEW DELHI: India’s economic Industry showed yesterday. reforms. gloom deepened yesterday with Overseas sales of Indian goods fell The agency re-affirmed the a surprise contraction in indus- 3.15 percent from a year earlier to country’s current bond rating trial output, a fall in exports $29.58bn in March. of Baa3, just one step above a and a jump in the trade deficit, Merchandise exports for the so-called ‘junk’ level, which is underscoring the enormity of 2013/14 fiscal year, however, grew out of bounds for many pension challenges awaiting a new gov- 3.98 percent on year to $312.36bn. and savings funds seeking safer ernment that takes over in May. Together with an 8.11 percent investments. Economic growth in Asia’s decline in annual imports, that The move piles more pressure third largest economy has almost helped sharply narrow the coun- on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip halved to below five percent in the try’s full-year trade shortfall to Erdogan, who has made a turna- past two years on weak invest- $138.59bn from $190.34bn a year round in Turkey’s economic for- ments and consumer demand, in ago. tunes a keystone of his 11-year the worst slowdown for the south The ruling Congress party’s Members of the press view the new 2003 Saturn ION quad coup at its debut at the New York International rule. Asian nation since the 1980s. failure to revive the economy has Auto Show in New York. The 2003 Saturn ION was supposed to be a watershed car for General Motors Co. Turkey’s strongman has faced Yesterday’s government data, turned the opposition Bharatiya Instead, it came to represent the compromises and corner cutting that almost destroyed GM and now find increasing pressure for nearly a which measures production at Janata Party’s pro-business the company facing a global recall of some of its most popular models. year, after huge demonstrations mines, utilities and factories, pro- leader Narendra Modi into the against his rule, which critics say vided no relief. overwhelming favourite to head has grown increasingly authori- A continuing slump in capi- a new government after national tarian, erupted in the country in tal and consumer goods sectors elections which began this week. June 2013, sparked by re-devel- resulted in a surprise 1.9 percent Thanks to his success in expe- India car sales shrink for second year opment plans for a green space annual contraction in industrial diting investment projects in the in Istanbul. production in February, which western Indian state of Gujarat, Months later, the government compares with analysts’ median Indians hope the BJP leader will NEW DELHI: Sales of India’s Kirloskar, but gave no precise passenger car sales growth was found itself embroiled in a major forecast of 0.9 percent growth. be able to reverse the slowdown once-booming passenger car forecast except to say growth in the double digits and foreign graft probe targeting the prime Manufacturing fell 3.7 per- in jobs and investment growth in segment shrank for a second should be “more than zero carmakers made a beeline for the minister’s inner circle. cent year-on-year in February. a country with a rapidly growing year, hit by a sharp economic percent”. country, hoping to offset satu- Nevertheless, Erdogan emerged Industrial output has fallen in young workforce. slowdown and high borrowing “We hope it’s the end of our rated developed markets. triumphant in March 30 local four of the last five months. Ratings agency Fitch, which costs that kept customers away winter of discontent. This has Kirloskar added the tight con- polls, with his ruling Islamic- “Both consumer demand and affirmed India’s sovereign credit from showrooms, data showed been one of the most difficult sumer market has prevented rooted Justice and Development investment conditions seem to ratings at ‘BBB-’ with a stable yesterday. years for the industry. We’ve had manufacturers passing on rising Party (AKP) sweeping the be weakening, thereby further outlook on Friday, reckons its eco- The Society of Indian continuous decline over the last commodity input costs. election. dampening the outlook for man- nomic fortunes will remain uncer- Automobile Manufacturers two years,” he told reporters. Traditionally in April, The turmoil put pressure on ufacturing,” said Arbind Prasad, tain until the elections are over. (SIAM) said it hoped for a “mod- The industry body had ini- Kirloskar noted, carmakers would the national currency, with the Director General of FICCI, one of “A policy push that includes erate improvement” this year tially forecast passenger car sales be hiking prices. lira losing over 10 percent in India’s industry chambers. structural and governance reforms, with a new government due to growth of three-to-five percent in But this year no vehicle man- two months before the central “Revival of manufacturing fiscal consolidation and efforts take power after marathon elec- 2013-14 but saw its hopes dashed. ufacturer is raising its sticker bank hiked interest rates in late growth requires some bold reforms to rein in inflationary pressures tions in the country of 1.2 billion India’s passenger car market price, reflecting the subdued mar- January to stem the pressure. in the area of the business regu- would likely require a coherent that began this week. was last in negative growth terri- ket. “Carmakers are facing a tight In reaction to Moody’s latory environment which should coalition with a strong electoral Passenger car sales contracted tory a decade ago. New launches squeeze,” he said. announcement, the lira dipped be the focus and priority for the mandate,” it said in a note. by 4.59 percent in the last finan- and discounts failed to woo cus- The SIAM president said he to 0.4727 against the dollar com- (new) government,” he added. Investment malaise lies at the cial year to March 2014 over the tomers in the face of weak con- hoped the nine-phase polls due pared to 0.4768 late Thursday. In other data yesterday, mer- heart of India’s prolonged eco- previous year to 2.3 million units. sumer confidence, high interest to wind up May 12 elects a gov- The Istanbul stock exchange chandise exports fell for a second nomic slowdown. Capital invest- Total commercial vehicles such rates due to stubborn inflation ernment that will unlock the was also down by 0.83 percent at straight month in March, wid- ment contributes nearly 35 as trucks and goods carriers slid and rising fuel prices. “structural bottlenecks and get 72,540.19 points. ening the trade deficit to a five- percent to the economy, but it by 16 percent, mirroring eco- Kirloskar said economic growth infrastructure projects going”. Turkey’s economy grew by 4.0 month high. barely grew in the fiscal year that nomic growth at a decade-low of “is still not encouraging. We need “That’s the key to getting percent in 2013, but analysts warn The trade gap in March wid- ended in March as delays in clear- 5.0 percent. more than seven-to-eight percent growth to pick up,” he said, but of a slowdown after months of ened to $10.51bn, its highest ances and funding issues grounded “We’re hoping for moder- growth to see good growth in auto expressed no preference for any turmoil and ahead of presidential since October 2013, data from many infrastructure projects. ate improvement this year,” sales”. party. elections in August. the Ministry of Commerce and REUTERS said SIAM President Vikram During India’s boom years, AFP AFP

QATARI MARKET Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Africa fast growth transforming commodity flows Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 100.13 -38.81% Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.63 1.07% Aa2 AA DAKAR/JOHANNESBURG: Miners, bankers and trading other way,” said Venkatramani the continent, the secret is know- Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 119.88 2.32% Aa2 AA For centuries, colonial era mer- houses are seeking to position Srivathsan, head of Africa and ing how to adapt to the tastes and Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 113.88 2.64% Aa2 AA chants tussled for access to themselves to take advantage of the Middle East for Singapore- changing consumption patterns of Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 108.75 3.22% Aa2 AA Africa’s raw materials, and huge emerging trade routes within listed commodities trader each individual market in Africa. Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 155.50 4.78% Aa2 AA swathes of Africa’s geography Africa at a time when demand Olam. Olam, which invests in plan- Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 118.00 5.13% Aa2 AA became synonymous with the growth from China, the world’s “For businesses like ours look- tations, food processing and Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 108.75 5.15% Aa2 AA main commodity they exported: biggest commodity consumer, ing into Africa as a market, as the packaged food business, has Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, the begins to tail off. a destination, countries like introduced subtle differences in Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 103.56 0.71% Aa2 AA Spice Island of Zanzibar. Management consultancy Nigeria and Mozambique are its West African tomato paste Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 111.25 3.02% Aa2 AA But the continent’s booming McKinsey estimates that African very, very interesting,” he said to suit different palates and is Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 102.38 1.07% A1 A- economic growth and swelling consumer spending will be $1.4 in a telephone interview during adapting to Nigerian demand for Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.50 1.83% A1 A- population give it an opportunity trillion by 2020 and forecasts a the Reuters summit on African more sophisticated biscuits. QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.13 1.07% NR NR to shift away from the tradi- more than doubling of the work- business, held in several African “You have to keep innovating. QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.25 1.07% Aa3 A+ tional raw material export model ing age population to 1.1 billion cities. Even if you acquire brands you QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.25 1.85% Aa3 A+ towards consuming and trans- people by 2040. For Srivathsan, whose employer need to keep adapting to chang- forming its own commodities and “Any statistics you take are sources a quarter of its sales ing tastes and changing levels of Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.38 1.96% A2 A- selling them to its own expanding uni-directional so I don’t see revenues from Africa and has income,” he said. Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.63 1.49% A2 A- local markets. why demand should look the invested S$1.66bn ($1.33bn) on REUTERS Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 124.38 2.78% A2 A- Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 107.25 3.55% A2 A- Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 104.00 4.55% A2 A- Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 102.25 0.75% Aa3 A Samsung training Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.50 3.08% Aa3 A IMF hopes new Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 108.00 3.89% Aa3 A SOVEREIGNS Indonesian leaders Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P keep up reforms Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 100.13 -38.40% Aa2 AA Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 121.75 2.14% Aa2 AA WASHINGTON: The IMF yesterday praised Indonesia Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 107.75 1.42% NR NR for taking decisive measures Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 108.13 2.15% NR NR to avert a meltdown last year Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 125.75 3.31% NR NR and voiced hope that the next Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 118.75 3.74% NR NR government will follow suit on Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 102.63 0.62% Aa2 AA reforms. Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 114.38 2.92% NR BBB Changyong Rhee, Director Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 108.00 3.98% NR BBB of the International Monetary Fund’s Asia and Pacific Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 103.75 5.02% Caa1 B- Department, said that Southeast Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 105.88 3.47% NR BBB- Asia’s biggest economy was “right

*Periodic Distribution Amount on track” after last year’s mini- IMPORTANT NOTE: crisis with projected 5.4 percent Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which growth this year. is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services Faced with a slide of its rupiah Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary last year, the country notched data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not up interest rates and took up take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds broader reforms. Rhee credited can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant Jakarta with sending “a signal liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not that this time is different from a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. 1997” — the Asian financial. “What is important is whether the new government will con- tinue this reform agenda. The A mother holds onto her child during a Samsung Galaxy S5 workshop in Jakarta, yesterday. Samsung Indonesian government actually Electronics Co Ltd estimated that its January-March operating profit fell by 4.3 percent to 8.4 trillion won made big progress,” Rhee said. ($7.96bn) as easing smartphone sales growth continued to weigh earnings down. AFP APRIL 12, 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Classifieds ON SATURDAY 16

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World Championship MotoGP: Marquez seeks to Standings AUSTIN: World motorcycling championship standings ahead of Sunday’s Grand Prix of the Americas, the second round of the 2014 season: build on his win in Qatar MotoGP 1. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 25 points, Marc Marquez delighted to be competing at his ‘favourite’ racetrack 2. Valentino Rossi (ITA/ Yamaha) 20, AUSTIN: World champion thriller in Doha on March 23. Repsol Honda Team rider Marc Marquez of Spain 3. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) Marc Marquez returns to the After almost three weeks’ more navigates turn 20 during the MotoGP free practice 1 at 16, scene of his first MotoGP tri- recovery time, the 21-year-old the US Grand Prix of the Americas at the Circuit of the 4. Aleix Espargaro (ESP/ umph tomorrow and looks to Spaniard expects to be even Americas in Austin, Texas. Yamaha FTR) 13, be in even more formidable stronger in Austin, where his form for the Grand Prix of the historic victory last year made 5. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/ Americas. him the youngest rider to win a Ducati) 11, Marquez was just a month MotoGP race and launched him 6. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Ducati) removed from breaking his right on his remarkable run to a preco- 10, leg in a dirt-bike accident when cious world title. 7. Scott Redding (GBR/Honda he won a 2014 season-opening “Since round one I’ve been Gresini) 9, focusing on getting my leg stronger 8. Nicky Hayden (USA/Honda and my body fit- Aspar) 8, ter in preparation 9. Colin Edwards (USA/Yamaha for the Austin race FTR) 7, this weekend,” 10. Andrea Iannone (ITA/Ducati Marquez said. Pramac) 6 “This track is one of my favour- Moto2 ites. I had a good 1. Esteve Rabat (ESP Kalex) race here last year 25 points, 2. Takaaki Nakagami where I have good (JPN/Kalex) 20, 3. Mika Kallio memories of tak- (FIN/Kalex) 16, 4. Thomas Luthi ing my first win in Qatar, will be looking to turn the finish. “Last year I made one of Losail,” said Lorenzo, who was (SUI/Suter) 13, 5. Maverick the MotoGP class.” tables on Marquez, after leading the worst races of the season third in Austin in 2013. Vinales (ESP/Kalex) 11, 6. There’s a practi- the first 12 laps of this race last in Texas, and this year I want The good news for Lorenzo, the Simone Corsi (ITA/Forward cal advantage for year before settling for second to see if we can be competitive 2010 and 2012 world champion, KLX) 10, 7. Sam Lowes (GBR/ him in Austin as behind Marquez in the inaugu- everywhere,” said Rossi, whose was that his Qatar crash didn’t Speed Up) 9, 8. Sandro Cortese well. ral Grand Prix of the Americas, runner-up finish last month set bring any new injury woes for a (GER/Kalex) 8, 9. Jordi Torres “Thankfully now one of two MotoGP stops a record for point-scoring finishes rider who broke his collarbone (ESP/Suter) 7, 10. Anthony the majority of in the United States along with in Grand Prix racing with 262. twice in 2013. West (AUS/Speed Up) 6 hard turns are Indianapolis in August. Rossi surpassed the previous “I feel almost perfect, physi- Moto3 left-handers at In the season-opener in Qatar, record of 261 point-scoring fin- cally at 100 percent and that is Yamaha Factory this track which Marquez fought off a thrilling, ishes held by Loris Capirossi. so important to try to fight for 1. Jack Miller (AUS/KTM) 25 points, 2. Alex Marquez (ESP/ Racing rider is easier on my wheel-to-wheel challenge from Rossi’s team-mate Jorge the victory,” Lorenzo said. Honda) 20, 3. Efren Vazquez Valentino Rossi of leg as I’m still not nine-time champion Valentino Lorenzo will be trying to get his The Grand Prix of the Americas (ESP/Honda) 16, 4. Miguel Italy takes a break 100 percent fit,” Rossi on a Yamaha to win by just season on track after crashing out is the second of 18 races in the Oliveira (POR/Mahindra) 13, 5. Marquez said. 0.259sec. Rossi wants to improve of the first lap in Qatar. 2014 season, and from Texas the during the MotoGP Alex Rins (ESP/Honda) 11, 6. His Honda on that finish in the second race of “I look forward to racing at series will head to Argentina for free practice. Jakub Kornfeil (CZE/KTM) 10, team-mate Dani the season, and erase the memory Austin to try to get a good result the first time for the Grand Prix 7. Alexis Masbou (FRA/Honda) Pedrosa, who took of a dismal weekend in Austin last and forget as soon as possible of Argentina on April 27. 9, 8. Isaac Vinales (ESP/KTM) 8 third place in year that ended in a sixth-placed all the things that happened in REUTERS QMMF get nod to become Regional Training Provider

DOHA: The Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) has been awarded the top level of accreditation in the FIA Institute’s Officials Safety Training programme. Following a thorough review process, the QMMF gained the Achievement of Excellence level Gerard Saillant, and will now become a Regional FIA Institute Training Provider (RTP) for President, is officials. When it does so it will seen presenting be the ninth National Sporting Authority (ASN) to become an a certificate RTP for officials’ training, joining to Nasser bin the ASNs of Australia, Germany, Khalifa Al Attiyah, Japan, Mexico, Spain, South QMMF President, Africa, United Arab Emirates and after QMMF United Kingdom. was awarded Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah, the top level of QMMF President, said: “As an accreditation in ASN, we have encouraged the the FIA Institute’s highest standards of marshalling Officials in our own country and we look Safety Training forward to helping other ASNs to programme. achieve this in the Middle East region and beyond.” Gerard Saillant, FIA Institute President, praised QMMF for its professional approach “It is fantastic to see so many ASNs engage with the officials programme. We now have a strong network of RTPs that will only continue to grow and help improve marshalling across the globe,” Saillant said. the Officials Safety Training standards and those who most Raising the standards of motor Programme. The accreditation closely align to these standards sport marshalling has been a key scheme enables ASNs to meas- can then apply to become an RTP. aim for the FIA Institute, through ure themselves against highest AGENCIES Veteran Edwards set to retire

AUSTIN: Former world superbike champion and The Houston-born rider was team-mate to Italian MotoGP veteran Colin Edwards announced yes- great Valentino Rossi at Yamaha from 2005-07 terday he would be retiring from racing at the end before making way for Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo, now of the 2014 season. a double world champion. The 40-year-old Texan was a double world cham- “I am very sad about the news of Colin’s retire- pion in superbikes but never had the same success ment, as he is one of my best friends in the paddock. in MotoGP, where he has raced since 2003 without He is a great guy and a great rider,” said the nine winning. times world champion Rossi. “I don’t even know how to say it, I rehearsed it MotoGP’s 21-year-old world champion from Spain, so many times - 2014 will be my last year racing Marc Marquez, told reporters yesterday: “Colin motorcycles,” the ‘Texas Tornado’ said ahead of this started riding at the top when I was just two years weekend’s Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, old. I hope I can ride for as long as he has.” Texas. REUTERS APRIL 12, 2014 ON SATURDAY 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport Bayern drawn to play Real in semi-finals Champions League: Chelsea take on Atletico Madrid

NYON, SWITZERLAND: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, Najam Sethi speaks during a Titleholders Bayern Munich press conference in Lahore yesterday. Sethi said his country will get will face nine-time winners eight years of series, including with arch-rivals India, earning $30m after Real Madrid in a dramatic Valencia CF club agreeing to the revamp of the game’s governing body. Champions League semi-final, ambassador which was drawn yesterday. Francisco Rufete Surprise packages Atletico (left) speaks with Madrid must take on 2012 win- Big Three’s ICC deal ners Chelsea in the second semi- Sevilla FC club final with goalkeeper Thibaut ambassador Courtois at the centre of a con- Francisco Lopez benefits Pakistan: Sethi tractual intrigue between the two Alfaro during sides. the draw of the LAHORE: Pakistan cricket chief Najam Sethi said yesterday his Bayern, who knocked semi-finals of country will get eight years of series, including with arch-rivals out Manchester United on UEFA Europa India, earning $30m, after agreeing to the revamp of the game’s Wednesday, are aiming to become League 2013/14 governing body. the first club to successfully at the UEFA Pakistan had opposed changes to the International Cricket Council defend the trophy in the 22-sea- Headquarters in (ICC) which hand the majority of powers and revenues to the “big son Champions League era. Nyon, Switzerland, three” of international cricket, India, Australia and England. Bayern captain Philipp Lahm yesterday. The suggested reforms were approved by majority (eight out of 10 said the two leg clash should be countries in favour) at the ICC Board meeting in February, during the tournament final. which Pakistan and Sri Lanka abstained from voting. “The top two teams will play After an ICC meeting in Dubai on Thursday, the Pakistan Cricket each other. These games are wor- Board (PCB) announced it would conditionally support the reforms thy of being the final. You only -- to be officially signed in June this year -- which Sethi said will bring have one goal when you are in the While Bayern, seeking their the competition’s rules. “Both the years. Atletico president Enrique major benefits to cash-strapped Pakistan. semi-final - to reach the final at sixth European trophy, are try- UEFA Champions League and the Cerezo told Spanish radio sta- “We were left isolated in world cricket, we could have gone bankrupt all costs,” said Lahm. ing to reach their fourth final in UEFA Disciplinary Regulations tion Onda Cero after the match but we agreed to the revamp after getting written assurances of eight Real coach Carlo Ancelotti five years Atletico are aiming to contain clear provisions which however that his side would have years cricket with all member countries including India which will forecast “a very difficult tie for make it to their second, having strictly forbid any club to exert, to pay “a lot of money” for the benefit us to the tune of three billion rupees,” he told a press conference. us, but also for Bayern Munich”. been beaten by Bayern in the 1974 or attempt to exert, any influ- Belgian international to face India have not played a full series with Pakistan since the 2008 ter- The Italian added: “I think climax. ence whatsoever over the players Chelsea due to a provision in his ror attacks on Mumbai, which New Dehli blamed on militants based Bayern Munich are a great team. The La Liga leaders’ reward that another club may (or may contract. Spanish media reports across the border. They have individual and collec- for their stunning victory over not) field in a match,” European estimated the fee to be 3m euros Pakistan did play a short limited over series in India in December tive quality and have had a great Barcelona in the quarter-finals football’s governing body said in ($4.17m) per match. 2012 but a full tour has yet be finalised. season. Pep Guardiola is one of is a match up against Jose a statement. Courtois faced Chelsea once as Pakistan have not hosted any international cricket since attacks on the best coaches in the world and Mourinho’s Chelsea. “It follows that any provision in an Atletico player in the European the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore five years ago. has a lot of experience. Bayern The pair last met in the 2012 a private contract between clubs Supercup last season when the Sethi also said banned Pakistan paceman Mohammad Aamer could Munich could be the favourites, Super Cup with Atletico beating which might function in such a Spaniards ran out 4-1 victors. get a one-year relaxation in his five-year ban for spot-fixing. but our objective is to win the Chelsea 4-1. way as to influence who a club The Champions League first “The ICC has promised us to consider our request of relaxing of the Champions league and if we want Mourinho is trying to win the fields in a match is null, void and legs are on April 22/23 with the ban on Aamer and a decision is expected in a meeting in June,” said to win it we have to beat Bayern coveted title for a third time with unenforceable so far as UEFA is return legs on April 29/30. Sethi. “Aamer can get a one year relaxation during which he can play Munich.” different clubs after Porto and concerned.” The final is in Lisbon on May first-class cricket.” Guardiola’s German champi- Inter Milan. Chelsea chief executive Ron 24. Aamer along with former captain Salman Butt and Mohammad ons met Real in the semi-finals Before the draw, UEFA made Gourlay said there was no dispute, Europea League semi-final Asif was banned from all cricket for a minimum of five years over a in 2011/12. They won that match a veiled warning to Chelsea that however, and Atletico are free to draw pitted Spanish duo Sevilla spot-fixing scandal in 2010. on penalties in Madrid before los- they must not stop Atletico using use Courtois in the games. and Valencia against each other. The trio agreed to bowl deliberate no-balls in return for money dur- ing to Chelsea in the final. goalkeeper Courtois. Courtois has been a key player The other semi-final sees ing the Lord’s Test against England in August 2010, a scandal broken The continental superpowers European football’s govern- in Atletico’s spectacular sea- Benfica of Portugal play Juventus by the now defunct British tabloid News of the World. have met five times in the semi- ing body said any provision in son. Atletico beat Barcelona on of Italy with the semi-finals to be Last year the ICC had agreed to form a committee to consider relax- finals in all, with Bayern winning Courtois’ loan agreement pre- Wednesday to qualify for the be played on April 24 and May 1. ing certain conditions of the ban on Aamer, regarded as one of the best four. venting his participation is against semi-finals for the first time in 40 REUTERS young bowlers in international cricket at the time of his suspension. REUTERS Champions League US beat China Semi-final Draw 3-0 in friendly ‘England flops have NYON, Switzerland: Draw for the semi-finals of the Los Angeles SAN DIEGO: Carli Lloyd Champions League made Lakers’s scored two goals less than three yesterday: minutes apart in the first half to take charge’ Kobe Bryant Real Madrid vs Bayern stands on the as the US defeated China 3-0 Munich in a women’s soccer friendly at LONDON: England pace bowler successful team has a group of sideline with Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea Qualcomm Stadium. It was the James Anderson (pictured) leaders within the team. We will his daughter Matches to be played on first game since Tom Sermanni admits he and his team-mates need a nucleus of four or five lead- April 22/23 and April 29/30 Gianna was fired as coach of the United must take more responsibility as ers who can drive the team in the Maria-Onore States women’s team. they look to bounce back from right direction.” Europa League Bryant on his The victory extended the a woeful Ashes defeat against England descended into chaos shoulders United States’ unbeaten streak Australia. during the long tour to Australia, Semi-final Fixtures prior to the on home turf to 82 games (72-0- Anderson and company will which prompted Andy Flower to Semi-finals 1st leg start of the 10) as Jill Ellis marked the start of be led by a new coach this sea- step down as team director before April 24 friendly her second stint as interim coach. son, with the star batsman between Ellis is now 6-0-2 with the new man set to Kevin Pietersen’s Sevilla (ESP) vs Valencia interim tag with the women’s be appointed controversial (ESP) the US and team. She took over for Pia next month axing. Benfica (POR) vs Juventus China at (ITA) Qualcomm Sundhage in 2012 when Sundhage and charged The England stepped down. with revamp- and Wales Semi-finals 2nd leg Stadium in “I thought there were some ing a squad Cricket Board May 1 San Diego, California. really good moments tonight,’’ that slumped (ECB) are due Valencia (ESP) vs Sevilla said Ellis. to a dismal 5-0 to announce (ESP) “They’ve been through a lot this whitewash in Flower’s replace- Juventus (ITA) vs Benfica week. They’ve got great resilience the Test series ment in the next (POR) and professionalism that was on in Australia month, with lim- Final display tonight,” she said yester- before crashing ited-overs boss May 14 in Turin day. AP out of the World Ashley Giles and Twenty20 at the Lancashire coach group stage. Peter Moores However, tipped as the men Anderson, one of most likely to get ‘It must be hard to be Messi’ the team’s senior the job. figures, believes Anderson has BARCELONA: Barcelona coach Gerardo Barca will need winning La Liga and the Cup would not dispel the onus should worked under Martino (pictured) has defended Lionel Messi to make a the sense of failure. “I will be happy if we win be on the players both and is confi- Messi following sharp criticism of the swift return to any other tournament but for me being the rather than the dent either would four-time World Player of the Year’s limp top form if they new one playing in Europe and the expecta- coach to ensure be a suitable fit to performance in Wednesday’s Champions are to rescue their tions I had for the Champions League this was England return help reinvigor- League defeat at Atletico Madrid. season following a failure and will remain a failure no matter to the form that ate the national Messi, who has excelled in so many past Wednesday’s fail- what happens,” he told reporters. saw them win team. appearances in Europe’s elite club competi- ure to reach the “After what we went through a team cannot the Ashes on “Ashley Giles tion, was strangely subdued during the 1-0 Champions League be on top emotionally speaking, but we under- home soil last year. and Peter Moores have been reverse at the Calderon, which sent Atletico semi-finals for what stand there is no time for grieving. What hap- “As important as a head coach named in the shortlist of candi- through to the last four 2-1 on aggregate. would have been a pened, happened and now we must focus on is, I feel it’s the players that have dates and, having worked under “It is so hard to be Leo Messi in this life and record-extending what comes next.” to try and turn things round,” both, I think they are each well playing football,” Martino, who comes from seventh consecutive Martino will need to reshuffle his defence Anderson wrote on his personal equipped for the job,” he said. Messi’s home town of Rosario in Argentina, edition. for the trip to Granada after Marc Bartra blog, www.jamesanderson613.com. “Peter Moores has played a said at a news conference previewing today’s They are a point picked up an injury in training yesterday and “I honestly believe the group of big part in my career and I have La Liga match at Granada. behind La Liga leaders Atletico, who play at joined fellow centre back Gerard Pique in the players that are selected have to always enjoyed his enthusiasm “Basically because everything is so unfair. Getafe tomorrow, with six games left and play treatment room. take responsibility to try and get and skill for coaching. Likewise, I When he doesn’t play as well as people expect arch rivals Real Madrid in Wednesday’s King’s Alex Song or Sergio Busquets may be drafted the team out of the trough we find have enjoyed working with Ashley him to he ends up being criticised very Cup final in Valencia. in to play alongside Javier Mascherano, who is ourselves in. Giles, particularly during last strongly,” he added. Martino, in his first season in charge of a also a converted midfielder, as captain Carles “A successful team is not year’s Champions Trophy (when “I think it must be very hard to be him,” European club, said Barca’s Champions League Puyol has yet to make his return after injury. led by one man. The captain is England reached the final).” he added. exit had been a painful experience and even REUTERS also important, of course, but a REUTERS APRIL 12, 2014 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 ON SATURDAY

Action from Lekhwiya’s QSL match against hosts Qatar SC at Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha yester- day. Qatar SC beat QSL champions Lekhwiya 5-0 in the incon- Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Secretary-General Sheikh Saoud bin sequential Abdulrahman Al Thani and his Turkish counterpart after signing an MoU tie. in Antalya, Turkey. QOC signs MoU with Turkish Olympic Committee

ANKARA: Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has signed a memo- randum of understanding (MoU) and cooperation agreement with its Turkish counterpart in the sports sector aims to achieve excel- lence in the world of sport at all levels through the exchange of Qatar SC crush Lekhwiya knowledge and management and training expertise. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the Sport Accord confer- ence, currently being held in the coastal city of Antalya, Turkey, with the participation of a large number of representatives of regional and international sports organizations. 5-0 as QSL season closes The agreement was signed by the Secretary General of QOC Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and his Turkish counterpart. The MoU covers exchange of administrative and technical exper- tise between sports federations and Olympic committees of the two Football giants Al Rayyan relegated to Second Division countries as well as the exchange of visits between them in addition to the coordination of positions in various continental and international forums in the field of sports. DOHA: Al Rayyan became the Sheikh Saoud said the signing of the agreement would boost sports second relegated club to Qatar’s QSL Standings partnership between the two sides and increase the bilateral coopera- Second Division despite beat- DOHA: Final Qatar Stars tion. QNA ing bottom side Muaither 4-2 League (QSL) standings in the final game of the season after final round of matches Al Sadd’s yesterday. yesterday Abdelkerem Qatar jump to 95 in FIFA The win took the seven-time P W D L Pts Hassan vies for champions’ tally to 29 points the ball against 1 Lekhwiya 26 16 5 5 53 but with their relegation rivals Al Kharaitiyat world rankings 2 El Jaish 26 14 6 6 48 Qatar SC and Al Wakra winning Yahia Kebe (left) their respective games and Al 3 Al Sadd 26 13 5 8 47 during their QSL DOHA: Qatar has jumped to 95 in FIFA world rankings, their high- Kharaitiyat SC having a superior 4 Al Sailiyah 26 11 6 9 42 match at Lekhwiya est ever climb in recent years. goal difference, Al Rayyan still Ranked 101 at the end of last FIFA rankings issued a month ago, 5 Al Arabi 26 11 9 6 39 Stadium yester- accompanied already-relegated Qatar are now a notch above Asian giants China at 95. 6 Umm Salal 26 9 10 7 34 day. Al Sadd won Muaither to the lower division. Qatar, who are now coached by Djamel Belmadi, have accumulated Had Qatar SC or Al Wakra 7 Al Ahli 26 9 10 7 34 3-0. PICTURES: 336 points. failed to win their games, Al 8 Al Gharafa 26 8 10 8 32 KAMMUTTY VP Angola are at 94 with 347 points. Rayyan would have survived. 9 Al Wakra 26 8 10 8 32 Iran, who will appear in the 2014 World Cup, are the top Asian side Qatar SC secured their Qatar 10 Qatar SC 26 8 11 7 31 in FIFA rankings with 715 points. Iran have jumped 5 spots in the last Stars League (QSL) status with a 11 Al Khor 26 5 6 15 30 one month. Japan (613) are second in Asia followed by Uzbekistan comprehensive 5-0 win over title (577), Korea (551) and Australia (545). 12 Al Kharaitiyat 26 7 11 8 29 holders Lekhwiya who retained Jordan (510) are in 6th spot followed by the UAE (499), Saudi Arabia the title by beating Umm Salal in 13 Al Rayyan 26 7 11 8 29 (455), Oman (418) and late March. 14 Muaither 26 4 20 2 14 Qatar (336). Al Wakra’s 2-1 narrow win over The top-10 in Asia Al Gharrafa was enough to save The world top-10 QSL Results Action (world ranking in brackets) them from relegation. in FIFA rankings: 1 Iran (37) Meanwhile, Al Kharaitiyat’s DOHA: Results from round of 26 matches from the 1. Spain 2 Japan (47) 3-0 loss to Al Sadd meant they in the Qatar Stars League (QSL) 2013-14 same Al 2. Germany were strongly embroiled in the season: Sadd-Al 3. Portugal 3 Uzbekistan (53) relegation battle but their supe- Al Wakra 2 Al Gharrafa 1 Kharaitiyat 4. Colombia 4 Korea Republic (56) rior goal difference to that of Al Muaither 2 Al Rayyan 4 clash 5. Uruguay 5 Australia (59) Rayyan meant they escaped the Al Ahli 2 Al Siliya 2 yesterday. 6= Argentina 6 Jordan (64) latter’s fate. Al Khor 0 El Jaish 0 6= Brazil 7 United Arab Emirates (67) Al Rayyan are relegated for 8. Switzerland Al Khraitiyat 0 Al Sadd 3 8 Saudi Arabia (75) the second time in their history, 9. Italy 9 Oman (81) the first happening over quarter Qatar SC 5 Lekhwiya 0 10. Greece 10 Qatar (95) a century ago in 1987. QNA Umm Salal 2 Al Arabi 3 THE PENINSULA

Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar and ex-Sri Lankan paceman Nuwan Zoysa are seen receiving Qatar SC jerseys by a football official at Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha yesterday. Akhtar, one of the game’s fastest bowlers, joined Zoysa to promote a six-a-side cricket tournament organised by Qsports. Cricketers Akhtar and Zoysa later hit the Shuhaim Bin Hamad Stadium pitch and bowled a few deliveries much to the delight of cricket fans in Doha. Tuskers (centre, above) won the tournament. PICTURES: ABDUL BASIT APRIL 12, 2014 ON SATURDAY 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport

Masters First Round Scores Haas leads way at sunny AUGUSTA, United States: Collated first round scores in the Masters Tournament at Augusta National on Thursday: (USA unless stated, par 72): 68 Bill Haas 69 Adam Scott (AUS), Bubba Watson , Louis Masters, deja vu for Scott Oosthuizen (RSA) 70 Kevin Stadler, Marc Leishman (AUS), K J Choi (KOR), Jimmy Walker, Gary American Haas looking to emulate his great uncle at the Augusta Woodland, Brandt Snedeker, Jonas Blixt (SWE) AUGUSTA, Georgia: Former 71 Francesco Molinari (ITA), Rory McIlroy FedExCup champion Bill (NIR), Stephen Gallacher (SCO), Miguel Haas tied his lowest score in Angel Jimenez (ESP), Matteo Manassero a major to snatch the lead at (ITA), Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth, Fred the Masters on Thursday while Couples holder Adam Scott experienced 72 Bernhard Langer (GER), Nick Watney, a real sense of deja vu in the Steve Stricker , Graeme McDowell (NIR), opening round. Sang-moon Bae (KOR), John Senden American Haas, whose great (AUS), Kevin Streelman uncle Bob Goalby landed the 73 Charl Schwartzel (RSA), Matt Kuchar, coveted Green Jacket in 1968, Stewart Cink , Thongchai Jaidee (THA), recovered from a bogey five at Russell Henley, Mike Weir (CAN), the opening hole to set the pace Thomas Bjorn (DEN), Boo Weekley, on four-under 68. Jamie Donaldson (WAL), Lee Westwood Scott, bidding to become only (ENG), Henrik Stenson (SWE), Patrick the fourth player to win back-to- Reed back Masters, missed only four 74 Brendon De Jonge, Steven Bowditch fairways but failed to make the (AUS), Darren Clarke (NIR), Harris most of his birdie opportunities English, Matthew Jones (AUS), Webb on the greens as he returned a Simpson, Victor Dubuisson (FRA), Hunter 69 to match his effort at the same Mahan, Jose-Maria Olazabal (ESP), Jim stage last year. Furyk, Sergio Garcia (ESP), Thorbjorn Bubba Watson shared second Olesen (DEN), Roberto Castro , Larry place on 69 along with Scott and Mize the player the American left- 75 Chris Kirk, Scott Stallings , Joost Luiten hander defeated in a play-off (NED), Lucas Glover , Martin Kaymer here in 2012, South African Louis Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki chats with her boyfriend Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland near the clubhouse during the first round of the 2014 Masters (GER), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano Oosthuizen. at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on Thursday. RIGHT: Miguel Angel Jimenez (left) of Spain shakes hands with Bill Haas of the US on (ESP), Jason Day (AUS), Keegan Bradley, Rory McIlroy, the 12-1 pre- 18th green during the first round of the 78th Masters. Vijay Singh (FIJ), Mark O’Meara, Ernie tournament favourite along with Els (RSA), Ken Duke, John Huh, Billy Australian Scott, launched his Horschel campaign with a 71. that can certainly make a differ- experienced Scott Gneiser did not notorious Amen Corner stretch - champion Jason Day (75) and US World number one Tiger Woods ence. Today there was a bunch of rebound on him. holes 11, 12 and 13. PGA winner Jason Dufner (80) 76 Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose (ENG), Oliver may be missing from this year’s tough pins and I think sometimes “My brother has been on the “At the 12th I received the most also struggled. Goss (AUS), (x) Garrick Porteous (ENG), Ian Poulter (ENG), Sandy Lyle (SCO), lineup following back surgery but you’ve just got to say ... you either bag for a few years and I think I incredible ovation I’ve ever had Former world number one Derek Ernst, (x) Matthew Fitzpatrick there was no shortage of thrills go at it or you’re going to have 50 needed a change,” said the tour- but I struck my worst shot of the Luke Donald was unable to turn (ENG) on a sun-kissed day at Augusta feet left because it’s going to roll nament leader. “I certainly con- day,” said Scott after he dumped around his recent poor form, National. on the slopes.” fide in Scott just like I would have his nine-iron into Rae’s Creek and slumping to a 79 highlighted by 77 Dustin Johnson, Matthew Every, Ian The 31-year-old Haas hit the Haas, the son of former US with my brother. took a double-bogey five. a quadruple-bogey eight at the Woosnam (WAL), Luke Donald (ENG), front after bagging three bird- Ryder Cup player Jay senior, “Scott has been under the gun “It was the only weak shot I hit. ninth that featured a two-shot Ryan Moore, Y.E. Yang (KOR) ies on each nine, including a six- refused to get too carried away a bunch of times with David Toms I think the par-fives are a big key penalty for grounding his club in 78 Peter Hanson (SWE), D.A. Points , Zach footer at the last that gave him with his performance. and played in Ryder Cups and for me here, I didn’t take advan- a bunker. Johnson , Tom Watson , Michael McCoy, his first three at the 18th at the “I was leading last week after Presidents Cups. He’s seen a lot tage of them and shot 69 so that’s Triple Masters winner Phil Angel Cabrera (ARG), David Lynn (ENG) 17th career attempt. The pin at the first round and finished 37th,” more pressure-packed situations a good indication of the quality of Mickelson veered from the sub- 79 Trevor Immelman (RSA), Tim Clark (RSA) the final hole was typical of the he said of the Houston Open, “so than most caddies so I certainly my play today.” lime to the ridiculous as he bal- 80 Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), Jason Dufner, tricky flag positions on day one, I know there’s tons of golf left. feel comfortable with that out Argentina’s Angel Cabrera, the looned to a 76, matching his Chang-woo Lee (KOR), Graham Delaet tucked in on the corner of the “I can’t expect too much. You’ve there.” player beaten by Scott in a play- previous worst opening round (CAN) putting surface. just got to go out there and keep Scott felt less than comfortable off last year, had a day to forget as at the championship in 1997 and “Birdying 18 was a huge bonus,” playing golf, try to hit that fair- with the shortest club in the bag, he plunged to a 78 that contained 2007. The left-handed American 81 Jordan Niebrugge the 2011 FedExCup winner told way on number one tomorrow.” as evidenced by his three-putts a triple-bogey seven at the 11th. suffered two sevens in his round 82 Craig Stadler reporters at the opening major of Haas was relieved the decision for par on the long 13th and 15th. US Open champion Justin Rose but also curled in a snaking 83 Ben Crenshaw the year. “I made some nice putts to jettison his brother Jay junior The world number two was (76), 2007 Masters winner Zach 60-foot putt for an unlikely birdie today, a couple of 20-footers, and as caddie in favour of the more also one of several victims of the Johnson (78), WGC-Match Play three at the 10th. REUTERS 84 Branden Grace (RSA)

Athletics: Powell blasts Pacquiao eager for decisive ‘unfair, unjust’ doping ban

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell (pictured), the former 100m world record holder, slammed the 18-month dop- victory in Bradley re-match ing ban meted out to him on Thursday calling it “unfair” and “unjust”. LAS VEGAS: Manny Pacquiao “Manny can punch -- he does “This ruling is not only unfair, it is pat- wants a decisive victory over have knockout power,” Roach ently unjust. Panels such as these, I under- Timothy Bradley in their eagerly insisted yesterday as the fight at stood, were assembled to allow athletes anticipated welterweight world the MGM Grand Garden Arena who, consciously or unconsciously come into title re-match tonight in Las drew near. conflict with the rules of sport, a chance Vegas as he bids to avenge a con- If Pacquiao has held back out at equitable redemption,” Powell said in a troversial loss two years ago. of compassion for his foes, Roach statement posted on his website. America’s Bradley, renowned said he’d likely learned his lesson “Unfortunately, this was not the case.” for his amazing durability, in his most recent defeats. Powell’s lawyer had already vowed to snapped the Philippine icon’s In the 2012 loss to Marquez, appeal the decision handed down by a three- 15-fight unbeaten streak with a Pacquiao had the Mexican star member panel of the Jamaica Anti-Doping debatable split decision triumph on the canvas in the fifth round Commission Disciplinary Panel, which unan- in their first showdown on June and in trouble in the sixth before imously ruled that Powell, who blamed his 9, 2012. Marquez connected for a stunning positive result for a banned stimulant on a nutritional supplement, The 30-year-old Bradley is one-punch knockout. Pacquiao, was negligent. out to prove he was deserving of who owns a record 55-5 with two Panel chairman Lennox Gayle announced the suspension, which is the World Boxing Organisation drawn and 38 knockouts, puts that due to end on December 20 of this year. (QBO) belt he seized that night defeat down to “carelessness.” Powell and training partner Sherone Simpson tested positive for and has since defended twice. However, it’s given Bradley banned stimulant oxilofrine after the 100m finals at the Jamaican For Pacquiao, 35, whose loss to Boxer Manny Pacquiao (left) of the Philippines and undefeated WBO some boasting rights since national championships on June 21, 2013. Bradley was followed by a sixth- welterweight champion Timothy Bradley of the US pose at the MGM the American has since edged “Having reviewed and listened, and bisected all evidence in this mat- round knockout defeat to Juan Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, yesterday. Pacquiao will Marquez in a duel between the ter, and reading the submissions of both councils, the panel arrived at Manuel Marquez, it’s imperative challenge Bradley at the MGM Grand Garden Arena tonight. The fight is last two men to beat Pacquiao. a unanimous decision and it is a decision that Mr Powell was found he prove his unanimous decision a re-match of a June 9, 2012 fight that Bradley won. That win over Marquez fol- to be negligent and that he was at fault, especially since he is an elite victory over Brandon Rios in his lowed Bradley’s 12-round deci- athlete, so the period of ineligibility will be 18 moths, starting from only fight of 2013 marked a real sion over Ruslan Provodnikov, in the date of the positive test,” Gayle said. rebirth of his ring career. knockout,” the Filipino said. “My He went on to stop Oscar de la which the American absorbed a Powell’s lawyer Kwame Gordon said the athlete would appeal. Powell “This is a ‘must-win’ situation focus is to throw a lot of punches. Hoya in a 2008 welterweight bout, massive amount of punishment insisted that oxilofrine was not listed on the contents of his supplement. for us,” Pacquiao’s Hall of Fame I’m going to be aggressive. If the and delivered a spectacular sec- before emerging triumphant. “As an athlete, I took a legal supplement-Ephiphany D1. As it turns trainer Freddie Roach said. Even knockout comes, it’s a bonus.” ond-round knockout of Britain’s Bradley’s durability -- on display out, that supplement was contaminated with oxilofrine. My team com- though Roach and “Pacman” want Added Roach: “We’re looking to Ricky Hatton in 2009. against Provodnikov -- is one missioned two private laboratories that confirmed that oxilofrine was a clear-cut victory, both said win every round, one at a time.” Later that year, he punished reason not to seek a knock-out, present in the supplements, despite it not being listed as an ingredient Pacquiao -- who has had to fend Southpaw Pacquiao, the only Miguel Cotto en route to a 12th- Roach said. on the bottle nor on its website,” added the 31-year-old. off talk of retirement -- can’t go man to win world titles in eight round technical knockout in “He’s a very resilient, tough, “I would also like to share that upon realising that the supplement in aiming for a knockout. weight divisions, staked his claim another welterweight bout -- tough guy,” Roach said. contained oxilofrine my team made contact with both the World Anti- Instead, they say he must press to boxing’s pound-for-pound but Pacquiao hasn’t finished off But Roach believes that Doping Agency (WADA) and the United States Anti-Doping Agency his attack consistently, avoiding crown with a spate of impres- an opponent inside the distance Pacquiao has the skill to cope (USADA) who not only ordered samples of the supplement from the the fallow minutes that appar- sive knockout victories in 2008 since. with Bradley’s slick movement, manufacturer, but also tested and confirmed our findings. ently cost him the decision in the and 2009. That included a ninth- Debate has raged as to whether and showed against Rios that “USADA has also since issued a warning on their website for athletes first Bradley fight, even though round stoppage of David Diaz that he has lost his knockout power, he can still put together long to avoid the product as it contains banned substances.” Pacquiao landed more punches proved Pacquiao could step up to or perhaps become too “compas- combinations that will make the Powell, who held the 100m world record between June 2005 and May and more power punches overall. lightweight and retain his fear- sionate” towards opponents after difference against the counter- 2008, said he believes the punishment is too severe for the level and “I’m not thinking about a some power. a deepening of his Catholic faith. punching Bradley. REUTERS nature of the offence. REUTERS APRIL 12, 2014 Break Time www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 ON SATURDAY

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