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Desert Foxes in last-16 stage Five-hour working Longer days day for govt staff during holy month

DOHA: Government employ- of fasting ees will have a five-hour work schedule on weekdays (Sundays through Thursdays) during the fasting month of Ramadan which is expected to begin tomorrow. this Ramadan Qatar News Agency reported yesterday that during Ramadan (for the current Hijri year 1435), 2,500 mosques gear up for holy month working hours for civil employ- ees will be five hours, from 9am DOHA: Muslims in Qatar will but during the first three weeks of until 2pm. According to a circular fast for more than 15 hours a Ramadan, the late night prayers issued by the Council of Ministers, day during Ramadan, which (Taraweeh) are held at most working hours will apply to all coincides with the peak of sum- mosques. ministries, government depart- mer season this year and likely From the 20th of Ramadan ments, public authorities and to begin tomorrow or Sunday. onwards, according to imams, corporations. If the crescent is sighted this mosques are open most of the Algeria’s Saphir Taider, teammates Nabil Ghilas and Madjid Bougherra celebrate at the end of their Group H THE PENINSULA/QNA evening, people will need to fast time of the day and close only match against Russia at Baixada Arena in Curitiba during the 2014 FIFA World Cup yesterday. The match ended from early next morning (3.16am for a few hours after the early- in 1-1 draw. Algeria finished second in the group, behind group leaders Belgium, to qualify for the last-16 stage on June 28) until 6.30pm — 15 morning prayer. Suarez banned of the tournament. See pages 20, 21 hours and 14 minutes. As a result, electricity and Not only eating but taking water consumption goes up mas- for four months water and liquid of any kind and sively in a mosque during the holy MONTEVIDEO: The smoking are also forbidden for the month. Uruguayan Football Association devout, who is fasting. Ramadan, according to an Independent schools to have (AUF) yesterday said it would The last time Ramadan fell imam, is also the busiest month appeal against a four-month around this time of the year in for them as it entails them to lead global ban on star striker Luis this region was 32 years ago — the additional ‘Taraweeh’ prayers, Suarez for biting an Italian in 1982. Fasting hours are much aside from occasionally deliver- new curriculum in 2016-17 opponent at the World Cup. shorter during the peak winter ing religious lectures during late AUF President Wilmar Valdez months when the day is shorter. afternoon (Asr) and late evening DOHA: The Supreme Education the unveiling of the first batch of and academics at Hilton Hotel called the FIFA punishment, On the last day of Ramadan, (Isha) prayers. Council (SEC) is framing a new Independent schools. The syllabus on Wednesday. including a nine-match interna- fasting hours will shrink to 14 According to sources, the curriculum for the state-backed was framed with the support of She said a new curriculum and tional ban, “totally exaggerated”. hours and 51 minutes. In view of Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Independent schools to better the US-based Rand Corporation. education plan have become nec- “We feel the decision is totally the extreme weather, worshippers Affairs has this year not issued meet job market requirements Since the establishment of essary as authorities are seeking over the top because for us there are calling for erecting tempo- any circular to imams ahead of while preserving values and Independent schools there have to implement Qatar National was no incontrovertible proof to rary shades outside mosques to Ramadan. Sometimes the minis- traditions of the Qatari society. been criticism from various cir- Vision 2030 that has put human warrant such a tough punish- accommodate increasing number try does, as it directs them to give A senior SEC official said the cles about the curriculum, espe- development as top priority. ment,” Valdez said in Rio. of people. lectures on topical subjects mostly framework would be ready by the cially in terms of preserving and She said the initial draft “Uruguay does not seek There are an estimated 2,500 related to social problems. 2015-2016 academic year for use promoting Arabic language and would be in use in some schools privileges or exceptions. What big, medium and small mosques “We keep getting ministry cir- in some schools on an experimen- the Qatari culture. for trial for one year to get feed- Uruguay does ask is that the law in Qatar, all of which have geared culars on what kind of subjects to tal basis. The first draft will be “We are in the first phase of the back, assess contents and make be applied equally to all and FIFA up for the fasting month. focus on during Friday sermons unveiled in November and the project which will include prepar- required amendments before it is should ensure that is the case. Normally, a mosque is open on and lectures during Ramadan,” new curriculum will be officially ing the general framework. The officially implemented. And we have seen more or simi- average for 10 hours a day at dif- said a source. implemented in the 2016-2017 final draft will be made after its “SEC is keen to get feedback larly aggressive incidents than ferent times for the five prayers, Topics vary from creating academic year. revision following feedback from from all people concerned because that involving Suarez and yet (in but during Ramadan, the dura- awareness about drug abuse, The current curriculum was different segments of society,” everyone is a partner in the edu- those cases FIFA’s) disciplinary tion almost doubles. smoking and terrorism. prepared during the launch of Fauziya Al Khater, Director, cation process,” said Al Khater. commission did not act as it is A mosque normally closes after THE PENINSULA the education reform initiative Education Institute, SEC, told THE PENINSULA doing,” he said. REUTERS the late evening prayer of ‘Isha’ Continued on page 5 about 13 years ago, which also saw a meeting of education experts Continued on page 5 See also page 20

Shia volunteer fighters parade in Iraq Private investment urged to ensure Kahramaa set to meet food security Ramadan demand DOHA: The GCC businessmen’s body has called on the region’s DOHA: Utility distributor Water will be pumped 24 private sector to come together Kahramaa will keep its emer- hours to ensure stable supplies, and jointly invest in agriculture, gency teams ready for 24 hours Kahramaa said in a statement fishing and livestock breeding during Ramadan to attend to yesterday. locally as well as overseas to complaints regarding disrup- Water tanker filling stations ensure food security and help tions in electricity and water will be open seven days a week to lower the prices of food items. supplies across the country. meet customer needs. The Federation of GCC Its call centre will be open In Al Wakra, Al Khor and Al Chambers of Commerce said yes- round-the-clock during the fast- Shahaniya, water tanker filling terday the regional private sector ing month. stations will work from 6am until is looking for investment opportu- One can call Kahramaa’s emer- 4pm. nities in these sectors in Morocco, gency number 991 (call centre) In Al Shamal, Mesaieed and Uganda, Sudan, Egypt, Tanzania for help. Jemiliyah, tanker filling stations and Ethiopia. Since electricity consumption will work in one shift from 6am The federation’s Secretary- increases massively in mosques to 11am. General, Abdul Raheem Naqi, during the fasting month, In Al Sailiya and Umm Salal, said demand for food items goes Kahramaa has made arrange- they will be working from 6pm up substantially in the GCC dur- Shia volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against Sunni militants from the Islamic State of Iraq ments for surplus power to attend until 4pm and 7pm until midnight. ing Ramadan. So the only way to and the Levant (ISIL), take part in a parade on a street in Kanaan, Diyala province, in Iraq yesterday. to sudden supply disruptions. THE PENINSULA control their prices and ensure Report on page 5 stable supplies is by investing in food production, he added. He was quoted as saying by Qatar News Agency that in the short- and medium-term the solution to rising food prices is Majority fear price rise will continue over 12 months that all GCC states come together and jointly import and unify the DOHA: People expect prices to continue of Censuses, Household Surveys, and of households. CCI rose marginally (0.4 had improved attributed it to economic pricing of food items. to rise over the next 12 months, shows a Statistical Methods between January and points) compared to 184.4 in the fourth development in Qatar that included pri- Naqi praised African countries survey by the Ministry of Development March. quarter of 2013. vate sector participation in development and said they were keen to woo Planning and Statistics. Fewer people had talked of their fear Nearly half the households (46.7 percent) projects. GCC investments in these sectors. About 85.4 percent of respondents said of mounting inflation in the coming year, said they felt their financial situation had Consequently, job opportunities increased “The leaders of these countries they expected prices to escalate, while 55.2 in a survey last December. The ministry improved over the past 12 months, com- with better income and housing allowances. are extending all facilities to GCC percent said they anticipated the increase cautioned that this feeling (expectations pared to 47.4 percent last December. Household income and living standards investors,” said Naqi. He said GCC to be more than 10 percent. of higher inflation) would reflect heavily Some 45.7 percent families said their improved. Many households said the rea- businessmen should not compete And about 23.2 percent felt the rise on household expenditure plans and may financial situation was the same as it was son behind their hardships was a lack of with one another to maximise would be one to five percent, while 21.6 contribute to traders raising prices of goods a year ago. However, 6.7 percent households market price monitoring that resulted in profits and should rather inte- percent said they expected it to be between and services — known as expected inflation. said their situation was worse in the first increased cost of living, worsening their grate their businesses for the ben- five and 10 percent. Rising prices in general, and hous- quarter of 2014 than it was 12 months ago financial situation. efit of consumers in the region. The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) ing rents in particular, resulted in pes- compared to 14.1 percent last December. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA survey was conducted by the Department simism regarding the financial situation Those who said their financial situation Continued on page 5 FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Emir receives Economic partnership with France strong and solid: Minister phone call from PARIS: Qatar’s Minister of sustainable economic relations. great importance to the success contracts we have just con- challenges. The opportunity to Khaled Meshaal Economy and Commerce H “It’s a pride for us as Qataris to of French SMEs that we support cluded, including Alstom, Vinci, discuss openly all political and E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim achieve in France long-term invest- via a mutual fund with the Caisse and Systra constitute an immense diplomatic issues is a unique one DOHA: The Emir H H bin Mohammed Al Thani has ment, not turned to the immediate des Depots, which has been opera- satisfaction, thanks to the French which we welcome. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad expressed desire to continue benefit but carry a genuine economic tional since February 2014. Qatar expertise through which we can “This is a constant and con- Al Thani received yester- building and structuring a priv- and industrial vision, to support plans to continue and strengthen equip the city of Lusail with an structive dialogue with the gov- day a telephone call from ileged partnership with France businesses and their future plans”, such significant investments in advanced tram, which will greatly ernment and French economic Hamas’ political bureau on the solid foundation laid the minister noted. France”, the Minister said. improve the conditions of the pub- actors that we will guarantee the chief Khaled Meshaal. together for several years. “It is in this sense that we In addition to investments in lic transportation , and would cre- success and sustainability of our They discussed the latest The Minister cited the state- regularly invest in the pioneer- France, Qatar has also chosen ate jobs opportunities . This is one partnership. Through exchange developments in Palestine. ment of the Emir H H Sheikh ing French industry of jewels such to trust the French excellence of the main objectives of Qatar in and dialogue, we create significant Meshaal briefed the Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani dur- as Lagardere, Vinci, or Veolia, to design and deliver advanced its relations with France . opportunities for our two coun- on the collective punish- ing his meeting with President which create job opportunities equipment in infrastructure, par- “The friendship that binds tries, and we want them to grow ment being exerted by Israeli Francois Hollande that France across the French territory. It is ticularly transport. us to France, is mutually and multiply in the coming years”, occupying forces against the and Qatar maintain strong and also in this context that we attach The Minister said that the rewarding, but it’s not without the minister said. QNA Palestinian people. QNA CME accreditation to be made mandatory in 2016 All healthcare practitioners will come under the system

DOHA: Continuing Medical was held recently on CME/ the mandatory CME/CPD par- Education and Continuing CPD Accreditation Systems. It ticipation policy. Professional Development was conducted by Accreditation The participants were told (CME/CPD) will be made man- Department of QCHP, in part- about the role of continuing datory for all healthcare practi- nership with the Royal College professional development for tioners in Qatar in early 2016 to Canada International (RCCI) healthcare practitioners in qual- ensure that they continuously under the patronage of the ity improvement, keeping abreast upgrade their skills. Supreme Council of Health. on current technology and career Once this is implemented, A Dr Jamal Al Khanji, Acting path. CME/CPD accreditation would CEO of QCHP addressed the par- A task force was formed at be required for issuance and ticipants. Dr Samar Aboulsoud, the summit, the members of renewal of licences to healthcare Manager, Accreditation which will act as champions in Kahramaa President Eng Essa bin Hilal Al Kuwari (centre) receiving the award from Dr Ibrahim Al Ibrahim, Economic practitioners. Department, QCHP and Dr Craig their respective organisations by Adviser to H H the Emir, in the presence of the Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada. The Accreditation Department Campbell, Director for CPD, RCCI delivering the key messages and at the Qatar Council for led the interactive discussion. nurturing development of posi- Healthcare Practitioners (QCHP) The event highlighted the urgent tive adaptation of practitioners to is currently developing a frame- need to understand the guiding CME/CPD. Kahramaa receives accolades work for CME/CPD accreditation principles for the new CME/ The members will also play for the health system in Qatar. CPD accreditation criteria that a key role in the development “The mandatory CME/CPD to be implemented in early 2016, of CME/CPD framework along for Sustainability Report participation policy will be imple- as well as increasingly complex with the QCHP Accreditation mented for all healthcare practi- implementation phase and related Department, ensuring all prac- tioners in early 2016 for licensing challenges and opportunities. tices are based on best practice DOHA: Qatar General conferred upon are Innovation and services provided and hon- and renewal (of licenses). This The participants comprised of and be culturally suitable for the Electricity & Water Corporation Award for ongoing National est reporting with stakeholders output will ensure that the train- healthcare leaders from govern- region. The day’s discussion will (Kahramaa) yesterday said that Programme for Conservation & for exhibiting ways and means to ing and professional development mental and private healthcare act a launch pad for more wide- it has achieved two significant Energy Efficiency (Tarsheed) and improve upon further. for healthcare professionals in facilities as well as academic insti- spread communication, collabora- awards recently for its first ever best “Strong & Good Quality” The annual report on sustain- Qatar is of the highest level,” said tutions. They will be instrumental tion, dialogue and action, QCHP produced Sustainability Report sustainability report for first ability is a key component of the QCHP. in creating a learning culture and said. 2013 titled “Changing mindsets, time participation at Ministry of sector sustainability program, An Accreditation Summit help the QCHP in implementing THE PENINSULA Inspiring the future”. Energy & Industry programme which aims to enhance the man- The prestigious honours for for sustainability development. Total agement of economic, environ- Kahramaa were received by 36 organisations participated in sus- mental and social impacts within Eng Essa bin Hilal Al Kuwari, tainability reporting for year 2013. the energy and industry sector, Kahramaa’s President, from Dr The maiden report was pro- optimising its contribution to the Ibrahim Al Ibrahim, Economic duced by the Conservation & development of Qatar. MOI wins Arab Social Responsibility Award Adviser to the Emir H H Sheikh Energy Efficiency department It constitutes a commitment by Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in (Tarsheed) of Kahramaa with the sector towards the implemen- DOHA: The Ministry of Interior of Passports and Expatriates the presence of H E Dr Mohammed the contributions of all other tation of economic, human, social, (MOI) Qatar won the Arab Social Affairs, Traffic Department, bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister of departments. and environmental sustainable Responsibility Organisation’s General Directorate of Civil Energy and Industry, during a cer- During the technical session development as envisaged in the Excellence Award in recognition Defence and other depart- emony organised for launching of which was organised at the end Qatar National Vision 2030, and to the ministry’s distinctive serv- ments are now available 2013 Reports on Sustainability in of the ceremony, Kahramaa’s the Qatar National Development ices in all aspects especially the online. Metrash2 is another Qatar Energy and Industry Sector. report was presented as a model Strategy 2011-2016. electronic services accessible on unique achievement that has The awards which have been of clarity, link between the result THE PENINSULA its website and services provided been enhanced with 30 more for individuals with special needs. services in addition to the The Excellence gold shield was existing services, he added. received by the Director of Public The Arab Organisation Qatar 2022 Relations Department in the annual for Social Responsibility is ceremony of the Organisation held an established organisation at Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai on in the Arab region to pro- observers learn 24 June 2014. mote social service initiatives Colonel Abdullah Khalifa al across the region and honour experiences Muftah expressed his pleasure on the activist groups and estab- winning the excellence award in lishments in private and pub- in Brazil appreciation to the grand services lic sectors, which contribute provided by the Ministry to all sec- to social responsibility. The RIO DE JANIERO: At the tors of the society, be it citizens or AOSR aims to encourage half-way mark of the world’s residents. He affirmed that the stra- civil society to engage in social greatest football tournament, tegic move of the Ministry is relied responsibilities and work to the Supreme Committee for on its National Vision 2030. The develop principles accorded to Delivery & Legacy (SC) and award is the result of joint efforts the improvement and devel- its stakeholders have made by all departments of the Ministry opment of social responsibil- the most of their 2014 FIFA especially presented by the Information System ity and support programs in achieving sustainable World Cup Brazil Observation Department that does their best for the customers development in the Arab region in strategy forma- Programmes. to ease the procedures and transactions through tion to get to the international quality standards in Working across five host cities, The Qatari delegation in Rio De Janiero. online without visiting the concerned departments. the areas of social responsibility. all participants are on track to All services provided by the General Directorate THE PENINSULA translate those learning experi- Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Porto plans for the 2022 FIFA World ences into an equally memorable Alegre, São Paulo and Rio de Cup Qatar. Four representa- 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. Janeiro. All of these experiences tives from Match also spoke to The SC and its stakeholders have brought inspiration to the members of the delegation Graduation ceremony from the Ministry of Interior, Qatari delegation. on ticketing sales, hospitality, the Ministry of Municipality “I’m getting goose-bumps accommodations and IT services. and Urban Planning, Ashghal, attending the match, imagin- In Rio de Janeiro they Ministry of Transport, Aspetar, ing what it will be like eight were taken on a tour of the Kahramaa, Qatar Rail, Qatar years from now in Doha, when International Broadcast Centre Tourism Authority, Qatar the FIFA World Cup comes to (IBC) by FIFA, which included Football Association, Qatar Stars Qatar,” said one of the SC observ- exploring the control rooms and League and Lusail Real Estate ers, Fatma Al Nuaimi, Social and learning more about the differ- and Development Company Human Legacy Manager. ent functions between the media have been taking detailed notes At the National Command and tribunes in the stadiums and the and reporting back an array Control Centre in Brasilia the IBC. The group also had the privi- of vital hosting experiences. team, including representatives lege to visit the beIN Sports studio Each observer will transmit from the Ministry of Interior, and see the different broadcasters the knowledge gained back to observed the functioning of all hosted in the centre. Qatar after the tournament as security and monitoring aspects Upon their return to Qatar, the country continues to make related to the hosting of the 2014 the observers will present their progress with its preparations. FIFA World Cup Brazil. findings and share their expe- The intense schedule has From an organisational per- riences with the rest of the SC included attending matches, spective, the observers have also and its stakeholders so that touring stadiums and FIFA Fan been sitting in on detailed pres- Qatar may learn from Brazil’s Fests, finding out the organi- entations by FIFA, the Local preparations,as part of the sational aspects of putting on Organising Committee and Host SC’sstrategic objective to create the best possible show for fans City representatives, including a best-in-class transfer of knowl- and visiting the International meeting with FIFA’s Head of edge programme on the hosting Students at the International School of London–Qatar tossing caps in the air after their graduation at a function Broadcast Centre, as well as Host Operational Planning and dis- of major events. at the School yesterday. SALIM MATRAMKOT City Observation Programmes in cussing Brazil operations and THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Road safety drives cut accidents down by 45pc Ministry, Qatargas to launch 8th road safety campaign

DOHA: There had been a signif- behaviour — Drive safely’. The socially responsible company, we icant decline in the number of fatal consequences of reckless see this as an excellent opportu- road accidents during Ramadan driving and how it impacts the nity to support the efforts of the since the Ministry of Interior lives of family members and loved Traffic Department in spreading and Qatargas launched the ones forms the core theme of the the message of road safety in our annual Ramadan Road Safety campaign. community.” Campaign several years ago. “Our safety and the safety of As part of the campaign, Road accidents have gone those around us depend on the Qatargas will launch a road safety down by 45 percent with the decisions that we make. It takes TV commercial titled ‘Precious launch of the campaign, Brigadier only a second for a serious acci- moments – don’t waste them — Mohammed Saad Al Kharji, dent to happen and most acci- drive safely’ to be aired on Rayyan Director of Traffic Department, dents can be avoided by simply TV throughout the month of said yesterday. making the right decisions and Ramadan and in cinemas during He was responding to a query following the rules. The simple the Eid holidays. The TV com- at a press conference at the decisions that people make while mercial focuses on the painful Qatargas headquarters yester- driving, like wearing seat belts, effects of fatal accidents on loved day to announce the launch of using mobile phones, speeding, ones. the eighth year of the road safety buckling in children properly etc. Iftar packs will be distrib- campaign. can mean the difference between uted to motorists on key roads “Road safety is our joint respon- life and death,” he added. and traffic intersections in Doha sibility and it is only through joint, Ghanim Al Kuwari, and surrounding areas every day Brigadier Mohammed Saad Al Kharji (left), Director of Traffic Department, and Ghanim Al Kuwari, Chief Operating coordinated efforts by the govern- Chief Operating Officer— during Ramadan. In addition to Officer — Administration, Qatargas, at the press conference held at the Qatargas headquarters yesterday. ment authorities, the corporate Administration, Qatargas said: dates and water, the packs will sector and the general public that “Promoting road safety aware- also contain a booklet, car sticker, performances, games and quizzes. communicate directly with be distributed to parents of new- we will be able to effectively raise ness is a key element of Qatargas’ and other informative material on Goodies and gifts will be distrib- the public through live shows, born babies at Hamad Hospital. public awareness regarding road Corporate Social Responsibility safe driving. uted to children. videos, games and pop quizzes Gifts will also be distributed to safety and safe driving,” said Brig Program. We are proud to con- In the middle of Ramadan, a Road safety booths will be related to road safety for the children who have been hos- Al Kharji. tinue our partnership with the ‘Garangao’ festival will be held set up at major shopping malls audience in addition to activi- pitalised as a result of traffic The slogan for this year’s cam- Traffic Department for the eighth for families and kids, during such as Hyatt Plaza, Landmark, ties for children. accidents and other patients at paign is ‘Precious moments…don’t consecutive year in the Ramadan which safe driving messages will Villaggio, and The Mall on each During the final week of the Hamad Hospital. waste them through reckless Road Safety Campaign. As a be highlighted through various weekend during Ramadan to campaign, infant car seats will THE PENINSULA

Al Attiyah meets Marginal rise in number of potential car buyers outgoing US DOHA: There is a marginal that the time is suitable for a new get. About 55 percent of consum- The CCI for the month of compared with December at 189.8 Ambassador 1.5 percent rise in the number vehicle purchase over the next 12 ers surveyed in March expressed March reached 116.9, an increase points. of households in Qatar who are months with 13.5 percent com- that the time is not suitable, of 2.6 percent compared to the Prices witnessed a rise in all DOHA: The Chairman of expecting to buy a new vehicle in pared to 12 percent in December. compared with 47.2 percent in same month in 2013. sections of the consumer bas- the Administrative Control the future, according to the lat- A large percentage of respond- December, given the high prices of According to data issued by the ket except for the Miscellaneous and Transparency Authority est Consumer Confidence Index ents expressed their desire to buy cars in Qatar compared to other Central Bank of Qatar real estate Goods and Services section. The H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al (CCI, March, 2014), released by new cars because their families GCC countries. prices index increased during the rent, fuel and energy section Attiyah met yesterday with the Ministry of Development either need more than one car or Others indicated that they first quarter of 2014 compared to showed the largest increase at 5.7 US Ambassador Susan Laila Planning and Statistics. they need to replace old cars with have a new vehicle, or at least the fourth quarter of 2013 and percent, followed by furniture and Ziadeh on the occasion of end- The results of the survey con- newer cars. their vehicle meets the household the data indicate that the value textiles section at 3.8 percent and ing her tenure in Doha. ducted in March indicate a small They expect salary increases requirements. Therefore, there is of the index reached 209.4 points then by clothing and footwear at Al Attiyah wished the outgoing increase in consumers who think and feel bank loans are easy to no need for them to buy a vehicle. in March, a rise of 19.6 points 3.5 percent. THE PENINSULA ambassador success. QNA

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amadan is the ninth month of intercourse, lying, arguing, and back- the Muslim calendar. Fasting biting. While fasting, Muslims must be is a universal custom and is careful to restrain their tongues, temper, Radvocated by all the religions and even their gaze. Ramadan is the time of the world, with more restrictions in for Muslims to learn to control them- some than in others. Lest it be under- selves and to develop their spiritual side. stood as mere starvation or as an act of Basically, Muslims try to have a pre- self-denial and asceticism, and therefore, dawn meal, known as sahur, before they a renunciation of the world. begin fasting. The fast lasts from dawn It is not entirely accurate to trans- to sunset. As soon as the sun has set, late the Arabic word siyam to “fasting”. Muslims break their fast without delay. For the purpose of this article, it will be Generally, Muslims may break their fast referred to as the “Islamic fast”. with a small amount of food — the sun- Sawm or Siyam is a special kind of nah is to do so with an odd number of service to God by able-bodied and sane dates — and then perform the Maghrib persons, by observing a particular kind of (Sunset) Prayer before eating a full meal. abstinence from food, drink, and marital For more information on the rules of relationship for a specified period from fasting, including who is exempted, see dawn to sunset, being compulsory in a The Meaning and Rules of Fasting. specific lunar month called Ramadan , the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. CHARITY IN RAMADAN The word Ramadan is derived from the Ramadan is also the month of charity. Arabic root r-m-d which means “to burn Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: “… away”. This is the month in which God Whoever draws nearer to Allah by per- grants amnesty to all the believers, to all forming any of the optional good deeds fasting Muslim men and Muslim women. in this month, shall receive the same In Islam, the following categories of reward as performing an obligatory deed persons need not fast: at any other time; and whoever performs - The very young, the elderly, the an obligatory deed in this month, shall infirm, the insane. receive the reward of performing sev- - Menstruating women, pregnant and enty obligations at any other time. It is nursing mothers, however they must the month of patience, and the reward of make up for the days not fasted later in patience is Paradise. It is the month of the following months as soon as they are charity, and a month in which a believer’s able to keep the fast. sustenance is increased. Whoever gives - Travelers also can postpone the fast food to a fasting person to break his fast if they wish to. shall have his sins forgiven, and he will -Persons suffering from some diseases be saved from the Hell-Fire, and he shall that cause low blood sugar. Fasting is an institution for the improvement of the moral have the same reward as the fasting per- During the Islamic fast (and indeed at son, without his reward being diminished all times), the person must refrain from and spiritual character of a Muslim. The purpose of at all.” (Reported by Ibn Khuzaymah) indecent talk, slander, lies and backbiting. Ibn Abbas, one of Prophet Muhammad’s Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon fasting is to help develop self-restraint, self-purification, (PBUH) companions, narrated: “The him) said: “If one does not abandon false- Prophet was the most generous amongst hood and other actions like it, God has not God-consciousness, compassion, the spirit of caring and the people, and he used to be more so in need that one should abandon one’s food the month of Ramadan when Jibreel visited and drink” (Bukhari). sharing, to love humanity and to love God. him, and Jibreel used to meet him on every There is a big difference between the night of Ramadan till the end of the month. Islamic fast and mere starvation. The The Prophet used to recite the Holy Quran to Ramadan fast is an exercise of self-disci- Jibreel, and when Jibreel met him, he used pline involving food intake, use of tongue, within the person which makes him able Allah is diminished. Prophet Muhammad Many others read or recite the Quran to be more generous than a fast wind (which hands, eyes, ears, thoughts and sex. to accept human differences. (PBUH) said: “When the month of during Tarawih Prayers, which are held causes rain and welfare).” (Bukhari) Many of the undesirable habits and The month of Ramadan suffuses Ramadan starts, the gates of the heaven only during Ramadan, or in private late Thus Muslims should try to give gener- traits of the previous months are auto- the whole environment with a spirit of are opened and the gates of Hell are closed night Prayers called Tahajjud. ously in Ramadan, both sadaqah (optional matically corrected in this month. Some righteousness, virtue and piety. Just as and the devils are chained.” (Bukhari) Muslims who cannot yet read Arabic charity) and Zakat Al Maal (obligatory Muslims might have been habituated to a plants have their season of flowering , so well, spend some time each day listen- charity). Sadaqah does not only have to particular type of wrong doing like gam- is Ramadan, it is the time of the year for MONTH OF THE QURAN ing to a tape or CD of the Quran being be money. It can also be a good deed—such bling, smoking, drinking, backbiting, fraud, the growth and flourishing of goodness The first verses of the Quran (Surat Al recited. Muslims consider Ramadan to as helping another person—done for the hot temper, domestic violence, and so on. and righteousness. Alaq 96:1-5) were revealed in the month be a good time to get into the habit of sake of Allah and without expecting any Fasting breaks these habits either The month of Ramadan is earmarked of Ramadan while Prophet Muhammad reading at least some of the Quran or reward from the person. Most Muslims gradually for some or immediately for as a time for all Muslims to fast together (PBUH) was in spiritual retreat in the its translation every day, and if they pay their zakah during Ramadan because those with a stronger will-power, espe- and ensure similar results. Collective cave of Hira outside of Makkah. Years haven’t read either of them cover to the reward is so much greater in that cially if supported by constant sup- aspects of fasting manifest themselves later when the fast of Ramadan was cover, Ramadan is the time to do it. month. It is obligatory for every Muslim plications. To do so, it needs faith and in the fact that it takes place in the same made compulsory, the Angel Jibreel used In addition to reading the Quran, to pay a small amount of Zakat Al Fitr determination. lunar month for the faithful all over the to sit with the Prophet (PBUH) every Muslims try to spend more time in dhikr before the end of Ramadan. This money Fasting is an institution for the world. day during Ramadan so that the latter (remembrance of Allah) during this is collected and given to the poorest of improvement of the moral and spiritual Fasting the lunar month of Ramadan could recite all that had been revealed month and make an effort to perform the poor so that they may also enjoy the character of a Muslim. The purpose of is such an important Pillar of Islam so far of the Quran. In his final year, the Tarawih Prayer, preferably in congrega- festivities on Eid Al Fitr. fasting is to help develop self-restraint, that if one dies without having made up Prophet recited the entire Quran twice tion. Muslims also perform the late night And because of the great reward for self-purification, God-consciousness, the missed fasts, the guardian (or heir) in Ramadan. Prayer called Tahajud. They may do this feeding a fasting person, in many places compassion, the spirit of caring and shar- must make them up, for they are a debt Muslims continue the tradition of before or after eating the pre-dawn meal, iftar (the break-fast meal at sunset) is ing, to love humanity and to love God. owed to Allah. The Prophet Muhammad reading the entire Quran at least once just before the Fajr (Dawn) Prayer. served in mosques, with the food donated The aim of this spiritual exercise is (PBUH) said: “Whoever observes fasts dur- during Ramadan. In Muslim countries, Ramadan is also a favourite time for or brought by individuals to share pot- to enable man to achieve proximity to ing the month of Ramadan out of sincere it is not at all unusual in this month to Umrah — a visit to the Ka’bah in Makkah. luck style. In some Muslim countries, God and obtain His pleasure. Fasting is faith, and hoping to attain Allah’s rewards, see many people reading the Quran while When performed in Ramadan, Umrah tables are set up on the sidewalks or out- the most rigorous of all spiritual disci- then all his past sins will be forgiven.” riding the bus or metro to and from work. takes the same reward as Haj (but it does side of mosques to serve iftar to the poor plines imposed on every adult Muslim (reported by Bukhari) Others find time early in the morning, not replace the obligatory Haj. and others. Such traditions also build a man and woman, it frees oneself from Muslims believe that the influence late at night, or at intervals throughout Fasting means abstaining not only sense of brotherhood and community. egoism, replacing it with incredible peace of the devils on the believers who obey the day. from food and drink, but also from sexual www.onislam.net 15 Hadiths on Ramadan BY MUHAMMAD FATHI Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Every action a son of Adam does shall be multi- s the blessed month of plied—a good action by ten times its value, Ramadan approaches, it is up to 700 times. Allah says: With the excep- time to warm up and get tion of fasting, which belongs to Me, and I Aready. Reading the Hadiths reward it accordingly. For, one abandons about Ramadan and its blessings cleans his desire and food for My sake. prayers, and from one Friday prayer to the Prophet (PBUH) said: Anyone who fasts Prophet (PBUH) was the most generous the believers’ souls and makes them There are two occasions of joy for a fast- next, and from Ramadan to Ramadan are for one day for Allah’s sake, Allah will of all people, and he used to become more more eager to enjoy the exceptionally ing person: one when he breaks his fast, expiation for sins committed in between keep his face away from the Hellfire for (a generous in Ramadan when Gabriel met spiritual, soul-nourishing experience of and the other when he meets his Lord, and provided one stays away from the major distance covered by a journey of) seventy him. Gabriel used to meet him every night Ramadan. the (bad) breath (of a fasting person) is sins. (Bukhari) years. (Bukhari and Muslim) during Ramadan to revise the Quran with Following is a collection of hadiths better in the sight of Allah than the fra- Abu Hurayrah reported that the Uthman ibn Abi Al Aas reported that him. Allah’s Messenger then used to be that reveal the status of the blessed grance of musk. (Bukhari) Prophet (PBUH) said: Whoever observes the Prophet (PBUH) said: Fasting serves more generous than the fast wind.” month, its merits, rewards and special Abu Ayub (may Allah be pleased with fasts during the month of Ramadan out of as a shield from Hellfire. (Bukhari) offers, as well as the Prophet’s example him) reported that the Prophet (PBUH) sincere faith, and hoping to attain Allah’s (Annasa’i and authenticated by Al A’ishah (May Allah be pleased with in Ramadan. Abu Hurayrah (may Allah said: Whosoever fasts in Ramadan and rewards, then all his past sins will be for- Albani) her) reported: The Messenger of Allah be pleased with him) reported that the then follows it with fasting six days of given. (Bukhari and Muslim) Abdullah ibn Amr reported that the (PBUH) used to strive more in worship Prophet (peace and blessings be upon Shawwal, it is as if he fasts forever. Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet (PBUH) said: Fasting and the during Ramadan than he strove in any him) said: When Ramadan enters, the (Muslim) Prophet (PBUH) said: Whoever stands Qur’an will intercede on behalf of Allah’s other time of the year; and he would gates of Paradise are opened, the gates Abu Hurayrah reported that the (in the voluntary night prayer of) Ramadan servant on the Day of Judgment: Fasting devote himself more (in the worship of of Hellfire are closed and the devils are Prophet (PBUH) said: Fasting is a shield; out of faith and in hope of reward, his pre- will say, “O my Lord! I prevented him from Allah) in the last ten nights of Ramadan chained. (Bukhari and Muslim) so when one of you is fasting he should vious sins will be forgiven. food and desires during the day, so accept than he did in earlier part of the month. Umm Saleem (may Allah be pleased neither indulge in obscene language nor (Bukhari and Muslim) my intercession for him.” (Muslim). with her) reported that the Prophet should he raise his voice in anger. If some- Abu Hurayrah reported that the And the Quran will say, “O my Lord! I Abu Hurayrah (May Allah be pleased (PBUH) said: The performance of Umrah one attacks him or insults him, let him say: Prophet (PBUH) said: Whoever stands prevented him from sleeping by night, so with him) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) during Ramadan is equal (in reward) to “I am fasting!” (Muslim) (in the voluntary night prayer) in Laylat accept my intercession for him.” used to observe i`tikaf (spiritual retreat in performing Haj with me. Al Qadr out of faith and in hope of reward, The intercession of both will thus be a mosque) every Ramadan for ten days; (Authenticated by Al Albani) CHANCES FOR FORGIVENESS his previous sins will be forgiven. (Bukhari) accepted. (Ahmad and authenticated in the year in which he passed away, he Abu Hurayrah reported that the Abu Sa’id Al Khudri (May Allah be by Al Albani). Ibn Abbas (may Allah observed i`tikaf for twenty days. (Bukhari) Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet (PBUH) said: The five (daily) pleased with him) reported that the be pleased with him) narrated: “The www.onislam.net FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

Saudi King orders Iraqi forces launch airborne assault steps against Fighting rages in rebel-held Tikrit ‘terrorist threats’ RIYADH: The Custodian of BAGHDAD/ARBIL: Iraqi helicopters arrived. “I saw one of the Two Holy Mosques King forces launched an airborne the helicopters land opposite the Abdullah bin Abdulaziz ordered assault on rebel-held Tikrit yes- university with my own eyes and all necessary measures to terday with commandos flown I saw clashes between dozens of protect Saudi Arabia against into a stadium in helicopters, at militants and government forces,” potential “terrorist threats” least one of which crashed after he said. after chairing a security meet- taking fire from insurgents who Jubbour said one helicopter ing to discuss the fallout from have seized northern cities. crash-landed in the stadium. Iraq, the state news agency SPA Eyewitnesses said battles were Another left after dropping off said yesterday. raging in the city, hometown of troops and a third remained on the The world’s top oil exporter former dictator Saddam Hussein, ground. Army snipers were posi- shares an 800-km border with which fell to Sunni Islamist fight- tioning themselves on tall build- Iraq, where the militant Islamic ers two weeks ago on the third day ings in the university complex. State in Iraq and the Levant of a lightning offensive that has In the capital, the president’s (ISIL) and other Sunni Muslim given them control of most major- office confirmed that a new par- groups have seized towns and ity Sunni regions. liament elected two months ago cities in a lightning advance this The helicopters were shot at would meet on Tuesday, the dead- month. as they flew low over the city and line demanded by the constitution, Riyadh has long expressed fears landed in a stadium at the city’s to begin the process of forming a of being targeted by jihadists, university, a security source at the government. including some of its own citizens, scene said. Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki, who have taken part in conflicts The source, speaking on con- whose Shia-led State of Law coa- in Iraq and Syria, and earlier this dition of anonymity, said fierce lition won the most seats in the year decreed long jail terms for clashes ensued, centred around April election but needs allies to those who travel overseas to fight. the university compound. form a cabinet, is under strong “Concerned for the national Ahmed Al Jubbour, profes- pressure from the United States security of the kingdom of Saudi sor at the university’s college and other countries to swiftly Arabia against any measures of agriculture, described fight- build a more inclusive govern- that terrorist organisations or Members of the Al Abbas Brigades, who volunteered to protect Shia holy sites in Karbala against Sunni militants ing in the colleges of agriculture ment to undermine support for any other groups might resort and sports education after three the insurgency. fighting the Baghdad government, parade in the streets of the shrine city yesteray. to ..., (the king) has ordered all necessary measures to protect Maliki confirmed this week groups who share their view that Shia northern district of the gains of the homeland and its Iraq PM pushes political solution that he would support the con- Sunnis have been persecuted Kadhimiya killed eight people yes- stability, and the security of the stitutional deadlines to set up a under Maliki. terday, police and hospital sources Saudi people,” SPA said. BAGHDAD: Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki yesterday con- new government, after pressure Washington hopes that armed said. King Abdullah acted a day ceded that political measures were needed alongside military from US Secretary of State John Sunni tribal groups, which turned Locals in the Iraqi border town before he was due to meet US action to repel a Sunni insurgent offensive that is threatening Kerry, who flew to Baghdad for against Al Qaeda during the US of Al Qaim, captured by ISIL sev- Secretary of State John Kerry to tear Iraq apart. emergency crisis talks to urge “surge” offensive of 2006-2007, can eral days ago, said Syrian jets car- in Jeddah to discuss the crisis in He spoke as visiting British Foreign Secretary William Hague him to act. again be persuaded to switch sides ried out strikes against militants Iraq and Syria, and a day after urged Iraqi leaders to unite in the face of the onslaught. Sunni, Kurdish and rival and back the government, pro- on the Iraqi side of the frontier two Saudi men were involved in “We should proceed in two parallel tracks,” Maliki’s office said Shia groups have demanded the vided that a new cabinet is more this week, marking the first time a suicide blast in Lebanon. he told Hague, on a surprise visit to Iraq. 64-year-old Maliki leave office, and inclusive. Assad’s air forces have come to The Saudi ambassador in Along with military operations, the authorities must continue some ruling party members have Last morning, ISIL fighters Baghdad’s aid. Lebanon yesterday said he was “following up on the political process and holding a meeting of suggested he could be replaced staged an assault on the town of Publicly, Baghdad, which oper- not able to rule out that the Saudi the parliament (on time) and electing a head of parliament and a with a less polarising figure, Mansouriyat Al Jabal, home to ates helicopters but no jets, said men were targeting the embassy, president and forming the government.” although close allies say he has no inactive gas fields where foreign its own forces carried out the air located nearby. Under the official schedule, the newly elected parliament will have plan to step aside. firms operate, in northeastern strike. But a senior Iraqi govern- Saudi Arabia’s envoy in 30 days from when it first meets on Tuesday to name a president Fighters from Islamic State of Diyala province. An Iraqi oil min- ment official confirmed on condi- Lebanon, Ali Awad Asiri, said it and 15 days after that to name a prime minister. Iraq and the Levant have been istry official denied fighters had tion of anonymity that the strike was important to find out who AFP assisted in their advance by other, taken the field. was mounted by Assad’s air force. was behind Wednesday’s blast more moderate Sunni armed A roadside bomb in Baghdad’s REUTERS in Beirut, in which local security forces said the Saudi bomber was killed and another Saudi wounded and then arrested at the scene. Kerry asks Gulf states to help Iraq Israel offers to help Arab nations over crisis “We want to know why a Saudi PARIS: The United States urged Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates PARIS: Israel yesterday offered to help moderate Arab nations threatened by a citizen was involved in such a yesterday to do what they can to encourage Iraq to form an inclusive government to lightning offensive by Islamic militants in Iraq, as the country’s top diplomat met US criminal act,” Asiri told television tackle Islamist militant forces threatening to tear apart the country. Secretary of State John Kerry. channel Al Hadath. In a frenetic round of meetings in Paris, Secretary of State John Kerry briefed his Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Kerry at a meeting in Paris that “the His comment that the attack counterparts about US intelligence-gathering on potential targets in Iraq aimed at beat- extremists currently operating in Iraq will try to challenge the stability in the entire may have been directed at the ing back the insurgency, according to senior State Department officials. Gulf region, first of all in Kuwait,” a statement from his office said. Saudi embassy came in a later He made clear Washington had not decided whether to launch air strikes “but reserves “Israel could provide effective and reliable assistance to moderate Arab states who are interview broadcast on the Al the right to do so,” the officials told reporters. dealing with extremists,” it added, without going into specific details. Arabiya channel. “We need to The foreign ministers of the three Arab states expressed concerns with the current Just a few days after visiting Iraq, Kerry said it was “important that countries in the know how they were lured into Shia Muslim-dominated leadership in Iraq, the officials said. Prime Minister Nouri Al region stand together against the threat,” according to a senior US official. this, who finances them, why they Maliki has long had chilly relations with Sunni Muslim-led Gulf states, which view him Lieberman said Israeli interests were converging with moderate Arab nations “with were in that place to carry out as too close to Shia Iran. “We share concerns and we are as focused as they are on mak- both sides dealing with the threat of Iran, world jihad and Al Qaeda, as well as the this criminal act. We have spe- ing sure the next Iraqi government is inclusive and is formed in the near future,” a US spillover of conflicts in Syria and in Iraq to neighbouring countries.” cial ties with the security forces official said. “While there is no silver lining in a process like that, we do hope it infuses “Today, there is a basis for the creation of a new diplomatic-political structure in the in Lebanon and the Lebanese gov- a sense of urgency into the process.” Middle East,” his office said in the statement. ernment,” he said. REUTERS AFP REUTERS

Kuwaitis vote in by-polls to replace MPs who quit ‘Time right to buy durable goods’ KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaitis GMT and results are expected a election in protest at amendments A few days later, Ali al-Rashed, Continued from page 1 were voting yesterday in by- few hours later. to the electoral law. a former parliament speaker, and About 26 percent of respondents said the time was right to buy elections called to replace five The results are not expected Opposition MPs Riyadh al- Safa al-Hashem, the only female durable goods because of favourable prices. MPs who resigned after parlia- to change the composition of the Adasani, Abdulkarim al-Kundari member, resigned, saying the Job security in line with economic expansion and the launch of huge ment rejected a request to grill 50-seat parliament, elected last and Hussein al-Mutairi quit situation in the Gulf state had projects has directly impacted households’ purchase plans. the prime minister over alleged July, which is overwhelmingly about two months ago after par- reached a “deadlock”. However, 38.5 percent respondents said the time is not suitable for graft. loyal to the government of the liament rejected their demand to The by-elections are being held buying durable goods since prices are high and salaries stagnant. Seventy-two candidates, oil-rich emirate. question Prime Minister Sheikh amid a new political crisis over THE PENINSULA including five women, are in the Like they did in the previous Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah, a senior allegations that two former senior race for the seats that are being two general polls, in December member of the ruling family, over officials plotted a coup and were contested in three of the five elec- 2012 and last July, most opposi- allegations he gave cash handouts engaged in a corruption scam. toral districts. Voting ends at 1700 tion groups are boycotting the to lawmakers. AFP Imams’ advice sought during Ramadan Continued from page 1 with their problems, looking for “We are asked to urge people to answers in the light of Islamic respect others’ faith and rights,” laws,” said an imam. “People Saudi Arabia will expel said the source. “Keeping a fam- mainly seek religious opinion ily united is also one of the main about divorce, employers owing non-Muslims who themes of our lectures.” them money and bank loans,” the As an increasing number of imam said. disrespect Ramadan Muslims frequent mosques during This is also the month when Ramadan, an imam’s interaction Muslims give away zakat for the RIYADH: Saudi authorities yesterday with them increases. benefit of poorer Muslims. threatened to expel non-Muslim for- “More people come to us THE PENINSULA eigners who eat, drink or smoke in pub- lic during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which begins this weekend. The interior ministry urged non-Mus- lims to “respect the feelings of Muslims by refraining from eating, drinking or smoking SEC wants to apply global standards in public places, streets and at work.” “They are not excused for being non-Mus- Continued from page 1 a new national curriculum, SEC lim,” said the statement carried by SPA state She said the new curriculum wants to apply international news agency, adding that “labour contracts has been prepared with support standards to provide quality edu- stipulate respect for Muslim rites.” of experts and taking lessons from cation in line with QNV 2030. “Those who violate (that)... will face the the history of curriculum develop- ‘The teaching and training necessary measures, including terminating ment in Qatar. programmes will be based on the work contracts and being deported,” the “The new curriculum will labour market requirements and statement added. require training of teachers and taking to account the values and Saudi Arabia, which applies a strict ver- we will cooperate with higher edu- traditions of the society,” said Al sion of sharia Islamic law, hosts more than cational institutions, particularly Muhannadi. nine million foreigners, mostly Asians. Qatar University and universities She said, work on the new cur- During Ramadan, Muslims fast from food in Education City. This will help riculum started in December 2012 from dawn to dusk and strive to be more us implement the new curriculum with a review of the current syllabi pious and charitable. They are also required more effectively,” said Al Khater. in all subjects and assessment of A man shops at a date market ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in the Utaiqah neighbourhood, to abstain from drinking liquids and smoking. Iman Al Muhannadi, education the students’ needs. south of Riyadh, yesterday. AFP expert at SEC, said by introducing THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2014 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE search for MH370 has shifted some 800 kilometres further south in the southern Indian Ocean, adding to the mystery of the most difficult aircraft search Toperation in aviation history. Australian authorities, who have been leading the search off the island nation’s coast, The Roberts Court in US is less will now focus on an arc of water 650 km long and 93 km broad. Known as the ‘7th arc’ this sliver in the giant ocean will be scoured by submarines which will resume the search in August. conservative than you think The Malaysia Airlines aircraft disappeared one hour into flight after take off from Kuala Lumpur airport for Beijing on March BY DOUG KENDALL and provided by the Bill of Rights — to state laws are also unconstitutional. 8. Most of the 239 people on board were Chinese citizens and BRIANNE GOROD craft a majority in favour of a liber- So now courts across the country are the incident sparked a war of words between the two countries. tarian-liberal outcome. Consider, for fielding those questions and, so far, say- Chinese relatives of the passengers pressured their government HE Roberts Court certainly example, Safford vs Redding, a 2009 ing that they are unconstitutional. As to tell Malaysia to expedite the search which, even after a seems like a conservative case in which liberal and libertarian these district court decisions are now week, was nowhere close to a result. The disappearance of juggernaut. And, yes, from organisations successfully argued that being appealed, liberals and libertar- the Boeing 777-200ER attracted global attention and was to Tcampaign finance to race to the strip search of a schoolgirl violated ians are coming together to explain why religion, it has moved the law dra- the Fourth Amendment. Or United the Constitution’s sweeping guarantee soon become a subject of speculation. From pilot suicide to a matically to the right. But this week’s States vs Jones, a 2012 case in which of equality unambiguously applies to botched hijack were being blamed for the incident. Meanwhile, Supreme Court decision on cell-phone the same coalition convinced the court all persons and prohibits discrimina- relatives of passengers kept up the pressure on the Malaysian privacy shows that this isn’t the entire that attaching a GPS tracking device to tory marriage laws. Cato and CAC, for government, which was being blamed for not doing enough to story. In a number of significant areas of a car to monitor its location violates the example, have jointly filed briefs in six locate the plane. law, a majority of the Roberts Court will Fourth Amendment. cases challenging different states’ ban The misguided search operation reached the southern Indian line up behind rulings that are not so The court’s libertarian-liberal on queer marriages. much conservative as libertarian, often decisions are not limited to tradi- Another case that may end up at Ocean after a number of attempts by countries as far removed with a surprisingly progressive bent. tional search cases. For example, in the court is ACLU vs Clapper, which from the original route of the plane as Pakistan and India, to That is certainly true of Riley vs Boumediene vs Bush in 2008, a five- challenges the constitutionality of locate it. By this time, the search mission had become complex California, in which Chief Justice John justice majority held that the consti- the National Security Agency’s col- with Britain-based International Roberts, on behalf of his unanimous col- tutional protection of habeas corpus lection of Americans’ phone records. Maritime Satellite (Inmarsat) leagues, concluded this week that police extended to the detainees held at Libertarians will definitely join liberals The latest finding that the plane diverted from may generally not Guantanamo, reaching a result urged by to urge the court in fighting this inva- search an arres- both liberals and libertarians. Last year sion of Americans’ privacy. Meanwhile, discovery in the its flight path and kept flying for tee’s cell phone in United States vs Windsor, the court voter ID laws offer another area for hours after last contact with air without due proc- held 5-4 that Section 3 of the Defense of cooperation. Liberals and libertarians investigation traffic controllers. The court’s ess. “Our answer Marriage Act, which defined marriage disagree about the constitutionality of into missing After more than 100 days and libertarian-liberal to the question of to be solely between a man and a woman the Voting Rights Act. But Cato has millions of dollars, the search has what police must for purposes of federal law, violated the expressed general opposition to voter decisions are not do before search- basic constitutional requirement of ID laws, suggesting that this is another flight MH370 shifted yet again, this time further limited to traditional ing a cell phone equality under the law. The decision at area in which common ground may be may generate south. But authorities and self- search cases. seized incident once struck a blow against government forged, first among advocates and ulti- proclaimed experts seem more to an arrest is regulation of people’s private lives (a tri- mately among the justices if Frank vs some hope for convincing than ever this time. The For example, in accordingly sim- umph for libertarians) and against dis- Walker — in which a Wisconsin district locating the latest theory says that MH370 was Boumediene vs Bush ple — get a war- crimination and inequality (a triumph judge struck down that state’s voter ID on auto pilot before it crashed as in 2008, a five-justice rant,” wrote the for liberals). In another case, Agency for law — gets that far. The court upheld a aircraft. chief justice. This International Development vs Alliance different voter ID law (one in Indiana) it was following an orderly path. majority held that finding echoes for Open Society International Inc, lib- in 2008, but the Wisconsin judge con- Investigators have zeroed in on the the constitutional arguments about eral and libertarian groups urged the cluded that that the 6-3 ruling didn’t “highly likely” presumption that the protection of habeas the Constitution’s court to hold that the government could prevent him from striking down the crew suffered from hypoxia or lack of oxygen, which happens text and history not require nongovernmental organi- Wisconsin law. at high altitudes. This, they say, could have rendered the pilots corpus extended made by both sations that wanted to receive federal This collaboration across a broad unresponsive so that the aircraft kept flying for hours after it to Guantanamo liberal organisa- funding for HIV and AIDS programmes range of issues illustrates that while lib- tions, such as the overseas to adopt a policy explicitly ertarians and liberals differ sharply in veered off course. This implies that the Boeing 777, which is detainees. American Civil opposing vice trade. The court agreed areas such as the powers of the federal a huge aircraft generally used for long-haul flights, ran out of Liberties Union in a 6-2 decision. government, these groups often agree fuel before crashing when its engines flamed out. Investigators and the Constitutional Accountability So if the reliably conservative on questions of individual rights. Often have come out with this theory with more certainty than ever. Center, and the libertarian Cato Roberts Court isn’t so reliable across these individual rights are more fully Based on the premise that the communication system tried Institute. an important range of issues, what embraced by the left (such as the right And it’s only the latest case in which might we expect in the years ahead? to marry), but not always. Because they to log back into the satellite network once the plane lost all the court’s relatively liberal justices Three major issues working their way approached the issue as a legal rather power because of lack of fuel, investigators say it generated an have peeled off one of the court’s con- through the lower courts could pro- than a political matter, CAC and Cato “electronic handshake” picked up by the satellite. servatives — most often Justice Anthony duce more liberal-libertarian results sided together in McDonald vs City of The search, it is hoped, will resume on a better note after Kennedy, who leans libertarian on many when the justices hear them. The first Chicago, a case holding that the Second the ocean floor has been mapped during the three-month issues, or Justice Antonin Scalia, whose is queer marriage. Last year when the Amendment, like other provisions of the hiatus. Till then, families of the victims and their loved ones originalism sometimes leads him to Court struck down DOMA’s Section 3, Bill of Rights, applies against state laws. expansive readings of the protections it declined to decide whether similar WP-BLOOMBERG will keep hoping against hope. The other side Quote of An abusive relationship the day

AVING embraced Egypt’s protest, as if the sentences were in any Maher, now staging a hunger strike, The next day the three Al Jazeera new autocrats, Secretary of way out of character for the regime he is reportedly facing charges of trea- journalists were sentenced for alleg- State John F. Kerry ought at had just congratulated. son for writing a commentary in The edly aiding terrorists: Peter Greste, Hleast to stop acting surprised Sissi, until recently the general in Washington Post criticizing Kerry’s an Australian, and Mohamed Fadel when they behave like autocrats. charge of Egypt’s armed forces, came whitewashing of the regime’s record. Fahmy, a dual Egyptian-Canadian Kerry paid a fawning visit to Egypt’s to power in a coup last year, over- The secretary’s response has been to citizen, to seven years and Egyptian military strongman on Sunday, labe- throwing an elected government led express confidence repeatedly, against Baher Mohamed to 10 years because I am innocent of the ling President Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi’s by Mohammed Mursi. Since then, the all obvious evidence, that the regime is he was found in possession of a single farcical election “historic” and promis- regime has killed more than 2,000 of moving in a democratic direction. When bullet casing he had kept in his home crimes that I was ing a full restoration of US aid. (The its own citizens and ordered death sen- asked about the death sentences of as a souvenir. Three years ago, as the Apache helicopters are coming “very, tences for hundreds more, at times in more than 100 Muslim Brotherhood Arab Spring began, President Obama charged with. I feel very soon,” he assured his hosts.) Mr. mass trials that make a mockery of the supporters, Mr. Kerry replied, “I think it’s was emphatic. “What we will oppose,” vindicated by the Kerry’s jet had barely cleared Egyptian judicial system. It has silenced media more appropriate for President El-Sissi he said then, “is an attempt by any airspace when the regime humiliated and raided civil society, charging both to speak to those at such time as he group to restrict the rights of others, unanimous verdicts. him and the United States by sen- Egyptians and Americans. Tens of deems fit. . . . But I will say to you that and to hold power through coercion tencing three journalists to long prison thousands of political dissidents are he gave me a very strong sense of his and not consent.” Rebekah Brooks sentences. Kerry issued an indignant imprisoned. One of them, Ahmed commitment” to human rights. The Washington Post UK journalist FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Russians have no appetite for war If there is a silver lining in the current Ukraine crisis, it is that the public on all sides are not enthusiastic for a new Cold War.

BY MATTHEW ROJANSKY and revolutions” throughout the post-Soviet KENNETH YALOWITZ periphery all heightened Russians’ sense that the West was taking advantage of ussia and the West are their weakness. again at odds, eying each Popular support for translating this other with suspicion over anti-Western resentment into a sustained Moscow’s annexation of confrontation, however, appears shallow Crimea and support of at best. Though another Russian poll- Rarmed separatists in Eastern Ukraine. ing agency, the Levada Centre, reports Basic rules of the game for security, negative attitudes toward the United stability and prosperity in Europe and States at a 20-year high, both Levada and beyond are at stake. Some commentators VCIOM confirm that nearly two-thirds are calling this a “new Cold War.” of Russians view isolation from the West But the crucial fact is that the public as unlikely or impossible. on each side does not have any appetite In addition, despite strong opposition for a sustained conflict. to the new Western-backed government Attention has focused on the key lead- in Ukraine, most Russians oppose further ers — President Barack Obama, Russian military intervention there, even while President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian they support diplomatic and economic President Petro Poroshenko and German assistance for Russian speakers in the Chancellor Angela Merkel. Putin has used region. his acts of aggression to build public sup- Russian troops are still present near port. Yet the focus should be on whether Ukraine’s eastern border, but Putin has the Russian people want renewed con- clearly backed off from a full-scale inva- frontation — or would even countenance sion — likely calculating that the Russian something like a “new Cold War.” public would not tolerate the high costs Russia may not be a democracy, but it of a prolonged and bloody conflict in is also not the totalitarian Soviet Union. Ukraine. Pro-Russia protesters gather at a barricade at the occupied regional administration building in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk in April 2014. The flip side of Putin’s brand of authori- If the current ceasefire fails and leads tarian populism is his reliance on public to greater bloodshed, Russian pub- also little appetite on the Western side nuclear negotiations with Iran. and education. Public diplomacy outreach opinion to maintain legitimacy. lic opinion could still shift in favour of for deepening the conflict. Putin and Russia provide fodder for needs to be increased but conducted with Putin’s popularity ratings have soared intervention. Europeans are largely interested campaign trail bombast or cable news sensitivity to Russians’ distinct narrative. from roughly 50 percent to more than 80 For now, however, Russians expect in preventing the unravelling of their talk shows, but neo-containment is not a Finally, broader bilateral dialogue percent since the annexation of Crimea, more from their leaders to sustain main accomplishment since World War high priority for either the United States must continue in all dimensions, includ- and his domestic opposition has been health, pension and education invest- II — the economic growth, stability, and public or their elected leaders. ing security, trade relations and human effectively muted. ments, deliver concrete progress on the democratisation brought about through If there is a silver lining in the current rights. The less educated, more conservative economic modernisation agenda and stem European Union integration. Ukraine crisis, it is that the public on all A Bilateral Presidential Commission and nationalistic segments of the Russian the brain drain and capital flight that are Though the annexation of Crimea sides are not enthusiastic for a new Cold was formed by the two governments in public have enthusiastic. weighing down economic growth. has restored enthusiasm for a robust War. This does not provide a blueprint for 2009 but is now dormant — and it should More than half of all Russians, accord- Additional punitive sanctions from Nato alliance, in the last EU parliamen- starting to restore relations but it means involve not only government officials but ing to the polling agency VCIOM, now the West, especially on Russia’s revenue- tary elections voters rejected calls for there may be a ceiling to the mutual hos- also think tanks, universities, civic groups agree that relations with the West “can generating energy and natural resource increased military spending. European tility and distrust. and businesses. only be tense and be based on distrust.” exports, would make these tasks far businesses are also not ready to sever For now, the West would be well All these steps would sustain the hopes Nor is this a new phenomenon — east- harder. So Putin has strong incentives extensive economic ties with Russia. advised to keep doors of communica- of the many Russians who still value ties ward expansion of the North Atlantic to quit escalating confrontation and focus For their part, Americans are con- tion open to Russians. The most effec- with the West and oppose a path toward Treaty Organisation, Western support on consolidating his early gains. fronting a bevy of difficult foreign-policy tive means is to keep cooperative efforts deeper conflict and isolation. for Kosovo independence and the “colour Fortunately for the Kremlin, there is issues — chaos in Iraq, China’s rise and and exchanges alive in science, culture REUTERS Obama’s drone memo shows contempt Jean-Claude Juncker should be given a chance The reason isn’t that the memo is BY JOHN BRUTON benign, but is crucially incomplete. ean-Claude Juncker is a man of strong convictions but, having led a very small country for many years, he has learned the art BY NOAH FELDMAN who made his public reputation of compromise within Europe. He will be more than willing to as a critic of the George W Bush Jcompromise with Britain, if Britain meets him halfway. inally, after intense administration’s overreaching I saw his capacity to forge compromise at first hand when, as presi- negotiation between the invocations of executive power dent of the European council, I was chairing the Dublin summit of Obama administration through a pair of articles co-writ- heads of government in 1996. Fand senators includ- ten with Georgetown Law School There was a standoff between France and Germany on the terms ing drone-strike stalwart Rand scholar Martin Lederman. for the launch of the euro. Germany wanted a strict anti-inflationary Paul, the government released (Disclosure: I know and like line. France wanted more accommodating monetary and fiscal poli- the much discussed memo jus- both.) Once in Washington, at the cies. Finance ministers had not been able to bridge the gap at their tifying the killing of Anwar Al Office of Legal Counsel, the pair meeting the day before. My own efforts to find common ground in a Awlaki, which was written by collaborated on the development roundtable discussion did not get us much further. David Barron when he was the of a legal strategy that preserved The council secretariat suggested that we take a coffee break and acting head of the Office of Legal much of the Bush administra- allow Juncker, who is fluent in German and French, as well as English, Counsel. And the revelation is … tion’s programmes and policies to get into a private huddle with Jacques Chirac and Helmut Kohl. As I nothing, or near enough to it. under better-reasoned legal sipped my coffee, I remember looking across the table at the animated Drone is an unmanned aerial justifications. Drone attacks by the US have triggered anger in Yemen. talk between the trio, with their anxious officials listening in. There vehicle (UAV) that is usually The secret memos that justi- was much gesticulation, and shaking of heads. armed. Aircraft of this type have fied the Awlaki killing arguably After half an hour, word came to me that there was a form of words no on board human pilot. extended beyond the Bush admin- Some senators, including Paul, antidemocratic. The administra- on which both Kohl and Chirac could agree. I was able to restart the Drones are usually under real- istration’s memos with respect to cared. When Barron was nomi- tion now appears to have reneged meeting and get an agreement. I announced the success to the media time human control, with “the the due process of law. nated to the Court of Appeals, on the deal. and got the credit, but knew that without Juncker’s intervention we human’s role in UCAV system According to a leaked “white they called on the administra- I hope this interpretation is might have had a very different, and more dispiriting, outcome. [varying] according to levels of paper” that purports to sum- tion to release the memos. They wrong, and that the administra- The key here was Juncker’s combination of diplomacy and convic- autonomy of UCAV and data com- marise the still-secret Barron wanted to avoid what happened to tion will still release the other tion. If Kohl and Chirac had thought that Juncker was just a diplomat munication requirement[s]” memo, the OLC took the posi- former OLC chief Jay Bybee, who Barron memo. who would settle for any compromise, they might not have gone the The reason isn’t that the memo tion that Awlaki was entitled to signed the famous torture memos Unfortunately, the redactions in extra distance. is benign. It’s that it’s crucially due process of law. But it went written by John Yoo. the memo that has been released It was only because they knew that he, like them, was committed to incomplete. on to reason, supposedly, that The memos were later made seem to suggest otherwise. the ideal of building a structure of peace in Europe – that rested on The administration redacted due process could be satisfied public and also retracted in part It is, I suppose, possible that in real emotional commitment rather than mere rational calculation – the important passages of the by a secret process within the by the OLC under the leadership secret, the senators never actu- that they were prepared to make the extra effort for him. memo referring to Awlaki’s due executive branch — even though of Jack Goldsmith. But by the ally demanded that the relevant I also attended the European People’s party convention in April when process rights as a US citizen. the accused would not have the time the memos became pub- memo become public. delegates from up to 70 member parties voted, by a 60/40 margin, to And it referred to another memo, opportunity to be heard by a neu- lic, Bybee had been confirmed If this is so, then the cynicism select Juncker as the EPP’s “lead candidate” for the presidency of the also by Barron, that dealt with the tral decision maker. to the US Court of Appeals for isn’t just the president’s but the commission, to be put to voters in the European elections last month. constitutional issues. The nature of the internal the Ninth Circuit. Bybee has life Senate’s, too. So much the worse. This was no walkover for Juncker. He had to defeat a spirited canvass That memo is — you guessed executive branch procedure tenure during good behaviour, The parts of the memo that by Michel Barnier, a vice president of the existing commission and a it — still secret. As for Barron, remains secret. same as Barron — and no one can have been disclosed reward care- former French government minister. once my colleague at Harvard In practice, as far as we know, impugn his good behaviour while ful attention, and I expect to teach Meanwhile, the European Social Democrat, Liberal, Green and left Law School, he’s now my former the president is judge, jury and on the bench. their contents in my courses, as I parties also held public selection processes for their “lead candidates”. colleague because the Senate executioner. This is not due proc- It wasn’t certain that enough teach the torture memos. Virtually every head of government participated, directly or indirectly. confirmed him to the US Court ess as it has existed since the senators would care enough There is some fancy footwork If they objected or felt this was a power grab by the parliament, they of Appeals for the First Circuit Magna Carta in 1215. It is a trav- to demand the drone memos’ in them, such as the too-clever- had the power to block the whole process, months before it got going. after the administration agreed esty of due process. release. But once the demand by-half claim that the civilian They did not do so. Timing is all in politics. Cameron ought to have to release the memo. At a bare minimum, the had been made and agreed to by Central Intelligence Agency may done all his lobbying late last year if he had really wanted to stop this This astounding result can only accused must be able to defend the administration, it certainly conduct drone strikes without process. He might have got a hearing then. But trying to stop it now be described as the administra- himself and have his case decided seemed logical that the deal violating the laws of war. after Juncker and others have campaigned throughout Europe, and tion sticking its tongue out at the by someone who isn’t actively would be kept. Yet if the due process reasoning after the people have voted, is just too late. Senate, not to mention showing interested in the case as a party This was, or appeared to be, is going to remain secret, this will Juncker helped his own country attain the highest income per head its contempt for those in the pub- to it. a victory for the principle that be a serious loss to the rule of law in Europe and near full employment, surely evidence that he is a good lic who still care about making Put another way, due process the law must not be kept secret. as a democratic institution. manager. Cameron is entitled to put the Luxembourger’s nomination public constitutional justifica- demands that no one may be a Secret government programmes And it should be a reminder to to a vote; that is provided for in the EU treaties. It’s not a drama. tions for extraordinary executive judge in his own case — which the are fine when truly necessary for senators that they shouldn’t trust But once the vote is over, Cameron should work with Juncker. He power. president would be if adjudicat- security. administration promises before will find him to be a modest and unpretentious leader, with a sense of Barron is a highly intelligent ing whether to kill an American But secret legal justifi- they vote life tenure to judges. humour – a quality he has no doubt had to deploy to the full in read- and politically skilled lawyer abroad. cations are fundamentally WP-BLOOMBERG ing the British press over recent weeks. THE GUARDIAN FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2014 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Israel names Hamas suspects in abduction Troops seek two militants for kidnapping of teenagers

JERUSALEM: Israel yes- Israel’s Shin Bet Security Kawasme once served a terday named two Hamas Agency said in a statement 10-month prison term and trained Islamists as leading suspects in both men had been wanted for military action in the Hebron the June 12 kidnapping of three and at large since the kidnap- area, in addition to being involved Israeli teenagers, in the most pings, adding that several other with Hamas recruitment efforts concrete report yet of results Palestinians suspected of involve- there, the officials said. after weeks of searches in the ment in the abductions were Prime Minister Benjamin occupied West Bank. being questioned. Netanyahu said the suspects were An Israeli military spokes- Aysha was jailed without trial only part of the group behind the woman confirmed reports that under so-called administra- kidnapping. troops were seeking Marwan tive detention for six months in After the teens disappeared Kawasme and Amar Abu Aysha, 2005, about the time his brother June 12 while hitchhiking in the militants in their 30s from the was killed by Israeli forces as he West Bank, the army launched a Hebron area of the occupied West attempted to throw explosives at vast hunt for them focusing on Bank, both of whom have served soldiers, Israeli security officials the Hebron area, detaining hun- time in Israeli prisons in the past. said. dreds of Palestinians. There has been no claim of Israeli soldiers patrol and search the West Bank village of Beit Kahel, near Hebron, as a search continued for responsibility for their sus- three missing Israeli teenagers. Hawkish new Israeli president pected abduction, which Israel has insisted was carried out by Hamas. ready to meet Abbas In remarks on Tuesday, Hamas JERUSALEM: Israel’s hawkish president-elect Reuven Rivlin, chief Khaled Meshaal said “we do who opposes the creation of a Palestinian state, has said he not have information about what Hamas-hired workers go on strike is willing to meet Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas, a happened.” GAZA: Some 40,000 public salaries — a process that could as employees of the Palestinian newspaper reported yesterday. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime servants hired by Hamas went take months. Authority and merged into the “I met with Abu Mazen (Abbas) in the past on a number of Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on strike in Gaza yesterday in a Earlier this month, Gaza’s pub- main salary list. If there was no occasions and I will also meet with him in the future,” the Yediot called anew on Palestinian pay dispute that could test the lic sector union suspended pro- response from the unity govern- Aharonot newspaper quoted Rivlin as saying. President Mahmud Abbas to resilience of a Palestinian gov- tests that lasted nearly a week, ment we will escalate our pro- “We both realise that direct dialogue is the condition for our rescind a reconciliation deal he ernment formed recently under saying it would resume its action tests,” he said. Middle East to be a safe place,” he said on Wednesday at a three- struck with Hamas in April. the Islamist group’s unity pact if its members were not promptly Hamas-hired workers on strike day conference in Jerusalem for Jewish media. The deal paved the way for with President Mahmoud Abbas. paid. are especially resentful because Rivlin said he received a letter from Abbas after he was elected the creation of a Hamas-backed All government offices in the Hamas hired the employees Abbas’s Palestinian Authority in on June 10 to succeed elder statesman Shimon Peres, whose term Palestinian unity government. Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip were after seizing the Gaza Strip from Ramallah has been paying its own ends in late July. More than 380 Palestinians, closed as a result of the one-day forces loyal to the Western-backed 70,000-strong workforce in Gaza. Yediot published what it said was an image of the letter, in Arabic, two-thirds of them Hamas mem- strike, but hospital emergency Abbas in 2007, a year after win- Hamas itself has struggled to which congratulated Rivlin and called for a peace agreement and bers, have been arrested by the rooms remained open and police ning a Palestinian election. pay its staff in recent months due an independent Palestine. army in a fortnight of searches. continued to patrol the streets. “This strike is a first step and partly to a continued rigid block- The incoming president is a staunch backer of Jewish settlements Troops have also killed five The new government, based in an initial warning to the unity gov- ade imposed on Gaza by both in the occupied West Bank and has never hidden his opposition to Palestinians and wounded doz- the West Bank city of Ramallah, ernment,” said Mohammed Seyam, Israel and Egypt — one of the the creation of a Palestinian state. ens more during what is known infuriated public workers on the chairman of the Hamas-hired reasons why the group decided to AFP as Operation Brother’s Keeper. Hamas’s payroll by saying it workers’ union in the Gaza Strip. sign the accord with Abbas. AGENCIES would vet them before paying out “We want to be recognised REUTERS

Islamists attack Yemen airport Sudan frees Christian convert but she can’t leave ADEN: Six suspected Al Qaeda fighters, six soldiers and a civil- ian woman were killed in a series of militant attacks in the east- KHARTOUM: A Sudanese Christian American husband. station where she had been held majority Christian population, ern Yemeni city of Seiyun yesterday, local officials said. woman who was spared the Her lawyer Mohaned Mostafa for questioning and while she became independent from the A suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into the entrance death penalty for converting said Ibrahim, her husband and two found a guarantor to ensure she mostly Muslim north after a ref- of an army base, killing four soldiers in the city in Hadramawt prov- to Christianity but was then children had all gone to the US did not flee Sudan. erendum in 2011. ince — a territory with some of the country’s dwindling oil reserves. detained as she tried to leave the embassy after the release. Despite lifting her death sen- A US spokeswoman yesterday Another militant was killed in clashes that followed. country was released from cus- Ibrahim was detained on tence after huge international said that Ibrahim had all the docu- At around the same time, four militants and two soldiers were tody yesterday, on the condition Tuesday for trying to use docu- pressure, Sudan still does not rec- ments she needed to travel to the killed in a raid on the city’s airport before forces regained control of that she remain in Sudan. ments issued by the embassy ognise Ibrahim as a Christian and United States. “We are in com- the facility. The assault took place as a Yemen Airways plane landed, Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, 27, of South Sudan to fly out of therefore does not recognise her munication with the Sudanese a military official said. Troops scrambled armoured vehicles to con- was detained at Khartoum air- Khartoum with her American- marriage, as Muslim women are Foreign Ministry to ensure that front the militants and evacuate the flight’s passengers in army buses port on Tuesday, one day after an South Sudanese husband and their not permitted to marry Christian she and her family will be free through the northern gate of the airport, the official said. A civilian appeals court overturned a death two children. men under the Islamic laws to travel as quickly as possible,” woman was also killed in an attack at a nearby agricultural plant. sentence imposed for having con- Ibrahim waved at reporters as applied in the African country. spokeswoman Marie Harf said. verted from Islam to marry her she and her family left the police South Sudan, which has a REUTERS Jordan court acquits radical cleric

AMMAN: A Jordanian court yesterday acquitted radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada, who was extradited from Britain last year, of charges of conspiring to commit acts of terrorism. Shebab fighters But authorities will continue to detain the preacher because of Libya vote count clouded by attacks separate charges related to a plot to attack tourists during Jordan’s New Year celebrations in 2000. TRIPOLI: Vote counting was “Mrs Bugaighis was stabbed in attack on their convoy by Islamist attack AU base Abu Qatada had previously been sentenced in absentia by a under way yesterday after a several parts of her body but the militia. Jordanian court to life imprisonment for conspiracy to carry out Al Libyan general election marred cause of death was a bullet wound There was polling day violence in Somalia Qaeda-style attacks against US and other targets in US ally Jordan. by the murder of a leading to the head,” said a spokesman for in western Libya too, with gun- Yesterday’s session was a retrial in which the prosecution had women’s rights activist and poor the Benghazi Medical Centre. men seizing ballot boxes from MOGADISHU: Al Qaeda- argued Abu Qatada was a mentor to militant cells in Jordan while turnout yet applauded by US US Ambassador Deborah Jones five polling stations in Al Jemil, linked Shebab gunmen killed he was in Britain. But the court quashed the conspiracy charges President Barack Obama as a called the killing “heartbreaking” forcing voting in the town to be “several” African Union soldiers and postponed another hearing on the New Year plot charges until democratic milestone. on Twitter, denouncing “a cow- abandoned. in an attack on a base in central September 7. The first results were expected ardly, despicable, shameful act There was no election in the Somalia, the extremists and late yesterday from an election against a courageous woman and eastern city of Derna — a jihadist witnesses said yesterday. Beirut suicide bomber was a Saudi the authorities hope will pave a true Libyan patriot.” stronghold — and in swathes of Shebab commandos, dressed in way out of the turmoil that has British Ambassador Michael the southern Kufra region. stolen government army uniforms, RIYADH: A suicide bomber who blew himself when police raided gripped the country since the Aron also condemned the killing Polling for the 16 of the 200 stormed the compound of a hotel his hotel room in Beirut was a Saudi wanted by authorities in 2011 ouster of dictator Muammar of Bugaighis, a lawyer and a femi- seats in parliament that those where Djiboutian troops with the the kingdom, an informed source in Riyadh said yesterday. An Gaddafi. nist who served on the National areas provide will be reorganised AU force were based in the town of accomplice who survived the blast was also a Saudi, according to Masked men broke into the Transitional Council, the political on a later date, the electoral com- Bulla Burde, some 200 kilometres Lebanese authorities. home of liberal activist Salwa wing of the rebellion. mission said. north of the capital Mogadishu, “His name is Abdul Rahman Nasser Al Shenifi, 20, and he was Bugaighis in Benghazi, an Islamist Seven soldiers who had been Just 42 percent of the 1.5 million their spokesman Abdulaziz Abu wanted by the interior ministry,” the source said. But the bomber did bastion, just hours after polls deployed to provide polling day registered voters turned out on Musab said. not figure on the kingdom’s list of most-wanted militants, the source closed on Wednesday evening in security in Benghazi were also Wednesday, according to the com- “The area command head- close to security authorities added. an attack that drew international killed, and 53 wounded, in what mission’s preliminary estimates. quarters (of the AU force) was The raid followed the arrest on Friday in a hotel in the nearby condemnation. security officials said was an AFP attacked, these attacks will con- Hamra district of the capital of a Frenchman of Comoran origin on tinue,” Musab said, boasting to suspicion of plotting to carry out suicide bombings in Lebanon on have killed six AU troops, claims behalf of the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. that could not be immediately verified. Jailed Jazeera reporter’s gesture Residents reported a heavy blast followed by fierce gunfire CAIRO: An Al Jazeera journalist whose jailing triggered global and explosions for about an hour, outrage has donated 15,000 Egyptian pounds to a fund initiated beginning around dawn. by the president to boost Egypt’s ailing economy, his brother said “There was a loud explosion yesterday. before a firefight broke out,” said Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, who was sentenced Ahmed Abdirisak, a local resident. to seven years in jail along with two other Al Jazeera journalists “There was heavy exchange for allegedly aiding the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood, made the of gunfire, it continued about an donation to Tahya Misr (Long Live Egypt), an initiative of President hour... there are several dead bod- Abdel Fattah Al Sisi. ies strewn around,” said resident “When we visited the prison yesterday (Wednesday), Mohamed Hassan Mohamed. told us to donate 15,000 pounds (about $2,000) to this fund,” Adel There was no immediate Fadel Fahmy said as he made the donation at a bank. response from the UN-backed AU “Mohamed has always been patriotic and feels that the Egyptian mission in Somalia. economy needs support.” The attack is the latest by the When asked whether the donation was aimed at securing a pardon Shebab, in retaliation for the AU from the president for his brother, Adel said: “It is not linked... He offensive to root them out of areas (Mohamed) wants to distinguish between his love for Egypt and his of the war-torn country still under disappointment and anger over the verdict.” their control. “As a family, we don’t expect this small donation to secure a par- People stand next to the wreckage of a car, which exploded outside the parliament building, where members were The town was seized from the don for him. These are two separate issues.” drafting the new Libyan constitution, in Al Bayda yesterday. There were no casualties. Shebab in March. AGENCIES AFP FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 EU leaders seek to defuse row with Cameron Crucial vote on Juncker today

YPRES, BELGIUM: Europe’s Van Rompuy said as Europe’s leaders sought to defuse a bit- leaders stood in a memorial gar- ter quarrel with Britain’s David den built on the city’s fortifica- Cameron as they gathered for tions to remember the war dead. an emotionally-charged remem- “It is about how it could start, brance ceremony in Ypres, the about the mindless march to the scene of horrific carnage in abyss, about the sleepwalking. World War 1. Above all about the millions who As Europe recalled what hap- were killed on all sides, on all pens when leaders fail to preserve fronts.” The 60-year EU project peace on the conflict’s centenary, is currently under severe strain Germany’s Angela Merkel urged with many, such as Cameron, call- her peers to compromise with ing for reforms. Cameron as he heads for defeat in a Cameron sees Juncker, who row over who will be the European until last year was Europe’s Union’s next chief executive. longest-serving leader, as a tired “I think we can find com- face and a federalist unlikely to promises here and make a step promote reforms which could towards Great Britain,” Merkel convince British voters to remain said. “I repeatedly spoke of a inside the EU in a referendum European spirit which is needed which could be held in 2017. He and which will help us to find good has asked Van Rompuy to call solutions,” she added. a vote by EU leaders today over Cameron’s vocal campaign Juncker’s nomination, rather than against naming ex Luxembourg take a decision by consensus in premier Jean-Claude Juncker line with previous practice. to head the powerful European Cameron might retaliate by Commission goes to the wire refusing to sign summit docu- today when the bloc’s 28 leaders ments at the close, the EU Observer put it to an unprecedented vote newspaper said yesterday. The at his demand. Commission, or EU executive, is FROM LEFT: British Prime Minister David Cameron, Austrian Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Swedish Prime Cameron has been abandoned the only Brussels institution able Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, by key allies in the fight against to propose legislation. It also polices French President Francois Hollande, Romanian President Traian Basescu, and Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite stand around the “Peace Bench” Juncker including Sweden and the the rules of the single market and in Ypres yesterday. Netherlands, triggering fears his recently won the power to oversee isolation could reinforce a grow- national budgets. government and heads of state the anti-EU parties, including please Britain, though not France. creation over the next five years. ing push in Britain to exit the EU. The British leader told Van on the European Council. That is victories in Britain and France, The remaining appointments Italy’s popular young premier Keen to avoid public signs of Rompuy this week that he also the right approach and it is wrong against the traditional centre- may be discussed at yet another Matteo Renzi, who increasingly friction at the Ypres ceremony, opposed the fact that Juncker to sign up to this power grab by right, centre-left parties. summit to be held, probably on is taking the lead on the left European Council president was put forward by the European the parties of Europe and the Van Rompuy is to step down July 17. Cameron could be offered from French President Francois Herman Van Rompuy has urged Parliament’s conservative group European Parliament,” Cameron in November and diplomats and as a concession a vital portfolio Hollande, made his support for leaders keep the Juncker dispute — the EPP — which lost seats but said Wednesday. analysts say his replacement by on the 28-member Commission. Juncker conditional on a soften- off the table at commemorations still emerged as the largest single Juncker’s appointment is part Denmark’s young premier Helle Centre-left powers France and ing in the German-inspired aus- of the 1914-1918 war in the small group after May elections. of a package of top job changes as Thorning-Schmidt — who made Italy, which are also supporting terity policies that Brussels has Belgian town. “I believe that the European the EU moves into a new term headlines with a selfie with Juncker, are meanwhile calling adopted in recent years to tame “This is not about the end of Commission president should be following the May 25 elections Cameron and Barack Obama at on Brussels to boost efforts to the eurozone debt crisis. the war, or any battle or victory,” chosen by the elected heads of that saw humiliating gains for Nelson Mandela’s funeral — might pump up economic growth and job AFP

UK spy master Kiev rebels agree to John Sawers fresh peace talks to step down KIEV: Ukrainian separatists contact group talks. “It (Friday) LONDON: Britain’s foreign spy agreed yesterday to resume is a very important day: if our master, who at times quoted peace talks to end the conflict conditions for the peace plan are Machiavelli and fought off in the east, but President Petro not accepted, then we will make demands to ease secrecy around Poroshenko warned he might a very important decision,” online his MI6 intelligence agency, will not extend a ceasefire beyond newspaper Ukrainska Pravda step down in November after tonight if their gesture was quoted him as telling the Council five years, the Foreign Office aimed only at buying time. of Europe in Strasbourg, France. said yesterday. The move by the pro-Russian Poroshenko, installed as presi- John Sawers, an ex-career dip- rebels, who have been fighting dent only on June 7 and under lomat, became the first outsider government forces since April, pressure from his electorate not to head the Secret Intelligence came after German Chancellor to bow to the separatists, has Service (SIS) in 41 years when Angela Merkel spoke to Russian warned that government forces he took over in November 2009 President Vladimir Putin for the would switch to a “detailed Plan under then-prime minister second time in two days to discuss B” if the rebels use the ceasefire Gordon Brown. how to end the crisis. to re-arm and regroup. MI6, cast by novelists as the In Berlin, a government source Numerous breaches of the employer of some of the most said the aim of the phone call, ceasefire have increased pres- memorable fictional spies from which Moscow said took place at sure on him to call the truce off. John le Carré’s George Smiley Merkel’s initiative, was to find a In Strasbourg, he said almost 150 to Ian Fleming’s James Bond, NIgeria’s Vice-President Mohammed Namadi Sambo visits the scene of the bomb blast in Abuja yesterday. way of prolonging Kiev’s ceasefire Ukrainian servicemen had been operates overseas and is tasked which is due to expire at 10pm killed by rebels, including 18 in with defending Britain and its (1900 GMT) today. the past week since the ceasefire interests. More than 420 people, includ- was declared. Sawers, who argued that Al Fear grips Abuja after attack ing Ukrainian servicemen, rebels He again criticised Russia for Qaeda and its affiliates posed and civilians, are estimated to failing to give fuller support to the biggest threat to Britain, is ABUJA: A bombing blamed Obasi, Nigeria researcher at the “I saw a large crowd of people have been killed in the fight- his peace plan and for failing to believed to have wanted to relin- on Boko Haram in the heart International Crisis Group. “The there. The bomb exploded before ing, the United Nations said in a halt arms supplies to rebels and quish his sensitive role before a of Nigeria’s capital raised message is that everywhere in the I got back to the shop.” statement dated June 24. stop “mercenaries” crossing into national election next year. MI6 fears yesterday of a worsening city is vulnerable.” Police and the country’s Poroshenko said he had heard Ukraine. Moscow denies arming chiefs normally serve about five Islamist insurgency, with secu- Dozens of soldiers and police National Information Centre of the rebels’ readiness to hold a the rebels. years. Sawer’s is the only name in rity forces struggling to prevent guarded the Emab Plaza yesterday, said on Wednesday that one second meeting on Friday with “It is clear that this peace plan the SIS that is not secret. attacks in remote villages and with the main road in front closed suspect had been arrested after the so-called “contact group” can work only with the support REUTERS near the seat of government. off, traders denied access to their the explosion, while another was which includes former Ukrainian of Russia. Unfortunately, the sup- Wednesday’s blast, which killed shops and the burnt out shells of shot dead by troops as he tried President Leonid Kuchma, port of the Russian Federation is at least 21 people, shook the cars littering the blast zone. Shell- to escape on a motorbike. The Moscow’s envoy to Kiev and a high- completely inadequate. Instead Stabbing rampage crowded Emab Plaza as shoppers shocked shopkeepers and witnesses area, sandwiched between two ranking official from the OSCE of them calling back their mer- at Bolivia’s La Paz were buying groceries an hour swapped stories of near misses as other shopping centres and one security and rights watchdog. cenaries, even more new, well- ahead of the country’s World Cup they returned to the scene. of the busiest in central Abuja, But, despite Western pressure equipped and motivated fighters airport injures 11 match against Argentina. “I ran after a customer who was was littered with body parts in on him, Poroshenko hinted heav- are arriving from the Russian The explosions struck “a very at that gate to give him his phone the immediate aftermath and ily that there might be no exten- Federation,” Poroshenko told the LA PAZ: Eleven people were prominent street and it sends a which he forgot in our shop,” said soaked in pools of congealed blood. sion of the ceasefire unless Kiev Council of Europe session. hurt — nine seriously — when a very loud message”, said Nnamdi trader Suleiman Mohammed. AFP was satisfied with the results of REUTERS man with suspected mental prob- lems went on a frenzied stabbing spree at the international airport in the Bolivian city of La Paz yes- terday, police said. Jorge Perez, deputy interior minister, said the incident was US top court limits presidential appointment powers sparked when the 40-year-old suspect was denied his request to WASHINGTON: The US Supreme outcome, the nine justices were divided 5-4 in between Senate sessions or recesses dur- president’s executive authority, and he will buy a plane ticket to Chile on a Court reined in presidential power yes- on the legal reasoning. Justice Antonin Scalia ing a legislative session. not hesitate to use it”. Bolivian airline at El Alto airport. terday, ruling that President Barack wrote a fiery opinion, joined by his conserva- Its narrow ruling said only there is no The ruling has little immediate impact He ran several metres, stab- Obama went too far when he filled senior tive colleagues, saying he would have gone recess when the Senate holds so-called pro- because Democrats, who currently control bing people who crossed his path, government posts without seeking US further in limiting the recess appointment forma sessions during which no business is the Senate, pushed through a rule change including a police sergeant who Senate approval, but the justices stopped power. Justice Anthony Kennedy joined lib- conducted but the Senate is not formally in November 2013 that made it harder for arrested him. short of a more sweeping decision limit- eral colleagues in the majority. adjourned. Yesterday’s majority decision, Republicans to block the president’s nomi- The police officer was among ing executive authority. The ruling comes at a time of parti- written by Justice Stephen Breyer, could nees. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the seven women and two men In a ruling that will constrain future presi- san political fighting in Congress between especially hamper the Obama administration a Democrat from Nevada, said the ruling badly injured in the mass stab- dents, the court held on a 9-0 vote that the Republicans and Obama. Republicans have if Republicans win control of the Senate in “underscores the importance” of the Senate bing, according to Colonel Adolfo three appointments Obama made to the US fought virtually every major Obama initia- November 4 elections. They already control rule change last year. “Without that reform Cardenas, of special forces. Perez National Labour Relations Board in 2012 tive since he took office in 2009 and they the House of Representatives. and with today’s ruling, a small but vocal said the suspect — who has been were unlawful. The decision limits the abil- have accused the Democratic president of White House spokesman Josh Earnest minority would have more power than ever charged with attempted mur- ity of presidents to make so-called recess overstepping his constitutional authority. said Obama was “deeply disappointed” by to block qualified nominees from getting a der — “will undergo psychiatric appointments without Senate approval. The Supreme Court upheld the presi- the ruling but noted that the decision “does simple up-or-down vote,” he said. evaluation”. Although the court was unanimous on the dent’s power to make recess appointments preserve some important elements of the REUTERS AFP FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES Thai junta to crack down on criticism Rights groups, journalists oppose curbs on media

BANGKOK: Thailand’s mili- disobedience this week, almost The Thai Journalists tary authorities are setting up certainly based in a neighbour- Association, in a statement on its a network of panels to closely ing country. website on Wednesday, said it was monitor domestic and interna- Officials have made little com- worried about the action against tional media and crack down ment on the group, saying only the media. “It could impact the on criticism of what the junta that there is only one legitimate information the public receives sees as its efforts to right the government. and be an obstacle to our work,” country, a senior officer said Junta spokesman Winthai it added. yesterday. Suvaree said the panels were not Hundreds of political figures, Rights groups and journalists intended to restrict Thais’ access activists, academics and business have criticised curbs imposed to information. people have been detained. Most on the press since the May 22 Instead, he said, they would were promptly released and told bloodless coup the military says help the state make the truth to steer clear of politics and public was aimed at ending six months known faster. “We won’t close statements. of street protests and political or obstruct the public’s right to Opponents have staged a few paralysis. know truthful news,” he added. minor protests, quickly broken up A Philippine flag overlooking US warship USS John S McCain flutters during the opening ceremony of Cooperation Adul Saengsingkaew, deputy “We ask for cooperation to write by security forces. Some largely Afloat Readiness and Training Philippines 2014, a US-Philippines military exercise at Subic Bay yesterday. head of the National Council of balanced and appropriate news.” uncoordinated “silent protesters” Peace and Order, said the military The military has shut hundreds were briefly rounded up. would monitor reports that were of “inappropriate websites,” radio Most of those detained had false or posed a threat to national stations and television channels links to the ousted government US, Philippines start drills near disputed sea security. Offenders who refused since the coup. of Yingluck Shinawatra and her to cooperate could face charges. It has promised to install a gov- exiled brother Thaksin, who SUBIC BAY: The United China Sea, which Beijing claims decommissioned US coastguard “There will be five committees ernment by September and stage handed out social benefits to States and the Philippines almost in its entirety. cutters that were reconfigured set up to monitor local and inter- elections in a little more than a disadvantaged northern regions kicked off joint naval exercises China has increasingly asserted into frigates. national media that will report year, but says it must first ensure during more than five years as yesterday in the South China its claims to the sea, which are “We committed two of our rela- to the military daily,” Adul, a stability. The United States and premier. He was deposed in a Sea near waters claimed by believed to harbour vast oil and tively new ships to participate in former national police chief, said European Union denounced the 2006 coup. Beijing, amid tense territorial gas deposits, and parts of which this exercise because we really by telephone. takeover and halted cooperation Yingluck was ordered by a rows between China and its are also claimed by Vietnam, wanted these ships to become “Police will not pursue legal programmes. court on May 7 to step down for neighbours. Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan. proficient in what they do,” fleet action against media so long as Data released yesterday abuse of power. The rump cabinet Filipino military officials said Beijing placed an oil rig in dis- commander Jaime Bernardino journalists are cooperative and showed exports and factory out- that remained was removed in the the week-long manoeuvres, puted waters last month, spark- told reporters. help share news that is construc- put fell more than expected in military takeover. involving three US warships and ing deadly anti-China riots in He added that the Philippines’ tive and true. Those that spread May, showing that the economy Protesters opposed to the more than a thousand service- Vietnam. territorial waters are “very inappropriate content may face remains weak and underscoring Shinawatras and linked to the men, would address Manila’s Philippine officers said the porous” to foreign vessels. “These criminal charges.” the tough task the military faces. royalist elite in Bangkok led six “capability gaps” as well as testing annual war games, involving more are the gaps that we would like to He expressed particular con- Further battered by lower months of protests to topple its newest military vessels. than a thousand US personnel address -- make sure we detect cern about reporting on the tourist arrivals, the economy Yingluck’s government. At least The Philippines is engaged in and about 400 Filipino counter- (foreign vessels) properly, we activities of a government-in-exile shrank 2.1 percent in January- 30 people died in periodic out- a bitter territorial dispute with parts, would test the Philippines’ intercept them and we neutral- that launched a campaign of civil March over the previous quarter. bursts of violence. REUTERS China over parts of the South two newest warships -- a pair of ise them if necessary.” AFP

Koreas resume Kaesong talks Philippine senator Aquino meets Milf chief in Japan pleads not SEOUL: North and South Korea resumed talks yesterday on man- aging their Kaesong joint industrial zone after a six-month hiatus MANILA: Philippine President Lacierda said. A rebel spokesman Philippines. “It is safe to assume guilty to graft caused by rising cross-border tensions, but appeared to make little Benigno Aquino held a sur- said the MILF sought the meeting that the draft Bangsamoro Basic headway. prise meeting in Japan with the to raise concerns over delays in Law was discussed,” Lacierda said. MANILA: A popular Philippine Both set up a joint committee to run Kaesong after the zone shut country’s top Muslim rebel to implementing an accord signed Muslim rebels have been battling action movie hero-turned sena- down in April for five months as military tensions on the peninsula address growing concerns over in March, after a draft law that for independence or autonomy in tor pleaded not guilty to plunder surged to dangerous levels. delays in implementing a peace is crucial for a final peace was not the southern islands of the mainly yesterday in a case seen as land- After it reopened, both sides agreed that the new panel should meet deal, their aides said yesterday. passed by Congress this month as Catholic Philippines since the mark test of the government’s at least once every quarter, irrespective of the current state of tensions. The meeting took place on planned. 1970s, with the conflict claiming ability to tackle entrenched Since its meeting on December 19, however, the committee has sat Tuesday on the sidelines of a Lacierda divulged few details tens of thousands of lives. corruption. idle as tensions rose again with North Korea’s angry protests over the peace conference in Hiroshima of the meeting, other than it was The MILF, with 10,000 armed Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla, known South’s annual military exercises with the US. where Aquino and Moro Islamic a 15-minute encounter and that followers, is the biggest rebel for possessing amulets to defeat Yesterday, Seoul urged Pyongyang to speed up the creation of a proper Liberation Front (Milf) Chairman they talked about the planned law group and its signing of the enemies in film, stood quietly with Internet connection and free up movement in and out of Kaesong, 10km Murad Ebrahim were guests, that would create an autonomous accord has raised hopes of peace. about 20 co-accused during the over the border in North Korea. AFP presidential spokesman Edwin Muslim region in the southern AFP arraignment hearing. “Not guilty” one of the three judges said when they did not hear him enter a plea. The opposition senator faces Protest over death penalty life imprisonment if found guilty of pocketing 224m pesos ($5.11m) from 2007 to 2010 from congres- sional funds. He is being held at a police camp. The trial is central to President Benigno Aquino’s effort to shed the country’s image as one of the most corrupt in Asia. The court set Revilla’s first hearing for July 10. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada, son of former president and Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, will be arraigned next week, while Juan Ponce Enrile, 90-year-old former senate president and hero of People Power revolt against the dictatorship in 1986, is appealing to avoid detention due to his age and poor health. Park retains Chung as Premier SEOUL: After two failed Members of civic groups hold banners denouncing the death penalty during a demonstration outside the attempts to appoint a new Justice Ministry in Tokyo as Japan carries out its first execution for the year yesterday. prime minister, South Korean President Park Geun-Hye announced yesterday her “ago- nised” decision to retain the MH370 ‘on autopilot during crash’ incumbent who resigned over April’s ferry disaster. Chung Hong-Won resigned 10 SYDNEY: Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 leading the search, agreed. days after the Sewol passenger was almost certainly on autopilot when it ran “Certainly for its path across the Indian Ocean ferry sank on April 16 with the out of fuel and crashed, with the crew likely we are confident that the aircraft was operating loss of 300 lives. “unresponsive,” Australian officials said yes- on autopilot until it went out of fuel,” he said. Park accepted his resignation, terday, announcing the search for wreckage He quantified this by saying the experts but Chung was asked to remain would shift further south. assessed that the plane flew in a straight line, in the job until a successor was Investigators have been grappling with the according to the electronic “handshakes” it peri- found, a task that turned into an mystery of the Boeing 777’s disappearance on odically exchanged with satellites. embarrassing debacle for Park. March 8 with 239 people on board, spending “If you look at our detailed report, you will see Her first nominee, a retired months scouring the Indian Ocean in vain. there are seven arcs that we are looking at and justice, was forced to withdraw An expert group has reviewed all the exist- we’re saying the path the aircraft took to inter- because of criticism over the ing information and Australian Deputy Prime cept each of those arcs was a straight path,” he large income he earned in private Minister Warren Truss said it was now “highly, said. The plane was flying from Kuala Lumpur to practice after leaving the bench. highly likely that the aircraft was on autopilot” Beijing when it veered off course and vanished, The second, former journalist when it went down. shattering families of those aboard, who still have Moon Chang-Keuk, withdrew “Otherwise it could not have followed the no idea what happened to their loved ones. on Tuesday over comments he orderly path that has been identified through No trace of the plane has been found despite made suggesting Japan’s repres- the satellite sightings,” he told reporters. an extensive Australian-led search deep in the sive colonial rule on the Korean Martin Dolan, commissioner of the Australian Indian Ocean, where Malaysia believes it crashed. peninsula was “Deity’s will.” Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), which is AFP AGENCIES FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Pakistan army shells Drugs destroyed Two pilots die in helicopter crash Miranshah town MULTAN: Two pilots were killed on Wednesday when an BANNU: Pakistan’s military A full assault by ground troops army helicopter crashed in the shelled a strategic town with has been expected for some days central Pakistani city of Multan tanks and artillery yester- and the intensification of the while carrying out a training day in the latest round of its shelling could indicate that it is exercise, military officials said. offensive against Taliban mili- now imminent. "Two army aviation pilots tants in the country’s restive Almost half a million people embraced martyrdom when their northwest. have fled North Waziristan in helicopter crashed during a night The heavy bombardment of anticipation of a ground offen- flying training mission due to a Miranshah, the main town of sive, with many flooding into technical fault at Multan tonight," North Waziristan tribal district, the nearby town of Bannu and the military said in a statement. began at 6am, according to local tens of thousands crossing into A senior military official said intelligence and military sources. Afghanistan. that a dust storm that hit the It comes after nearly two weeks The military says 361 mili- aviation base as the helicopter of air raids on militant targets as tants have been killed in the was taking off could have been a part of an operation aimed at wip- offensive, dubbed “Zarb-e-Azb” factor in the crash. ing out long-standing militant after a sword used in battle by The official and the statement strongholds in the area, which the Prophet Mohammad [PBUH], did not give the type of helicop- borders Afghanistan. although the number and identity ter, but army has Russian and “The army has started using of the victims are impossible to American helicopters in its fleet. artillery since 6am today and has verify. The accident comes as the bombarded Miranshah bazaar Resistance from the insurgents Pakistani military carries out a and Zafar town areas through has been relatively light, leading major offensive in the dangerous cannon and tanks,” an intelligence to fears that many of them may tribal district of North Waziristan official in Miranshah said. have escaped across the rug- along the Afghan border, where Another intelligence official ged, mountainous border into Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked mili- and a senior military official con- Afghanistan. Pakistani paramilitary soldiers move beside a burning pile of seized drugs during a ceremony to mark International tants have taken refuge. firmed the information. AFP AFP Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on the outskirts of Peshawar yesterday. Pakistan's war-torn neigh- bour Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium, the raw material for heroin. Afghan forces fight back Taliban onslaught Militants’ drive into Helmand is biggest test for security forces so far in summer ‘fighting season’

KANDAHAR: Afghan troops Nato’s combat mission winds their attacks,” interior ministry soldiers had died, as well as more measures against the Taliban’s politics is stuck in a stalemate have launched a counter-offen- down by the end of this year, and spokesman Sediq Sediqqi told than 50 civilians. spring offensive, but they were over the ongoing election vote sive to beat back a five-day Afghanistan’s army and police reporters in Kabul. Sediqqi added the Afghan not prepared for the presence count, with presidential candi- Taliban attack that targeted are fighting against the Taliban “We are currently trying to forces had not requested Nato of Pakistani soldiers and the ISI date Abdullah Abdullah alleging several southern districts pre- with decreasing support from the clear those areas which the assistance, but Nato said that its (Inter-Services Intelligence),” said massive fraud by his rival Ashraf viously protected by depart- US-led military coalition. Taliban attacked five days ago. forces had provided close air sup- Helmand governor Mohammad Ghani. ing Nato forces, officials said At least 800 Taliban fighters “We are going to intensify our port as well as intelligence, sur- Naeem. The UN’s Afghanistan mis- yesterday. launched the offensive centred on offensives. We will use massive veillance and reconnaissance help. The last US troops pulled out sion chief Jan Kubis warned on The Taliban’s drive into Sangin district, a hotbed of opium support, and air support as well. Several Afghan officials alleged of Sangin only last month, hand- Wednesday of “rising tensions fol- Helmand province is the biggest production and intense fighting There is (already) a clear sign of that Pakistani soldiers and intel- ing over their remaining bases to lowing the second round , includ- test of Afghan security forces so during the 13-year insurgency. a setback (for the Taliban).” ligence officers were fighting with the Afghan forces who have now ing increasing ethnic overtones”. far in the current summer “fight- “We have been reinforcing our Sediqqi said that about 150 the Taliban -- a common claim, as taken on full responsibility for A contested election result ing season” and comes as the gov- forces in Sangin in the past 72 Taliban fighters had been killed Kabul believes Pakistan provides fighting the militants nationwide. “might lead to protracted con- ernment is locked in a stalemate hours especially in those areas so far, while local officials in covert support for the insurgency. The clashes in Helmand raised frontation with a danger of a slide over the presidential election. where the Taliban launched Helmand said 20 police and 13 “Afghan forces had taken fears of instability as Afghan into violence,” he added. AFP Protest over poll fraud

Members of Students Movement Against Electoral Fraud rally outside the United Nations Office against alleged fraud in the presidential run-off in Herat, Afghanistan, yesterday. Islamist group Civilian exodus triggers condemns ‘terror’ label polio spread fears LAHORE: The leader of a BANNU: Pakistani health offi- “We are vaccinating both local Pakistani Islamist organisation cials are rushing to vaccinate and displaced children, the target that was labelled a terror group hundreds of thousands of chil- is to vaccinate more than 200,000 and slapped with economic dren against polio amid fears children,” doctor Akbar Jan, a sanctions by the United States that a civilian exodus from a senior health official in Bannu, denied having any links to mili- tribal area where the virus is said. tancy yesterday and vowed to rampant could spread the dis- The campaign in areas adjoin- hold protests. ease around the country. ing North Waziristan began -- Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Nearly half a million people unannounced -- on Monday. who is chief of Jamat-ud-Dawa have fled a military operation “Displaced persons were a (Organisation for Preaching), against Taliban strongholds in threat to the host communities, insisted his group was a charity North Waziristan, a hotspot for now we have the opportunity to and not a front for the Lashkar-e- the crippling disease in Pakistan. vaccinate both host community Taiba (LeT) militant outfit which Children in the tribal district and displaced families,” Jan said. carried out the 2008 Mumbai have not been vaccinated since More than 50 cases of polio attacks. Taliban and local warlords banned have been detected so far this “Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) has no health teams from giving out year in militant-infested North link whatsoever with Lashkar-e- drops in June 2012. Waziristan, out of 82 cases across Taiba, which is a resistance wing Tens of thousands of families the country -- and 103 worldwide. in Kashmir,” he said. have fled to the town of Bannu, A World Health Organisation “It is an independent Pakistani close to North Waziristan, while (WHO) official in Bannu said the organisation taking part in the hundreds more have moved fur- campaign would continue one day promotion of education and relief ther afield to Lakki Marwat, a week during the fasting month operations. It is only serving the Karak and Dera Ismail Khan of Ramadan, which begins at the Pakistani people,” added Saeed. towns, since the offensive began weekend. JuD is listed as an alias of LeT in mid-June. Pakistan is one of only three by the United Nations, which has Officials have begun a vaccina- countries, along with Afghanistan also labelled Saeed an abettor of tion campaign in Bannu and three and Nigeria, where polio remains Al Qaeda and brought sanctions other districts adjacent to North endemic, and efforts to eradicate on him, though he has never Waziristan, vaccinating both resi- it have been badly hit by rumours been convicted of a crime inside dent families and newcomers flee- about the vaccine. Pakistan. AFP ing the offensive. AFP FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA All decisions taken in national interest: Modi No honeymoon period luxury, says Prime Minister

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister change then,” he wrote. Narendra Modi (pictured), Referring to the so-called marking his one month in office, “honeymoon period” of his gov- said in a blog post yesterday that ernment, Modi wrote: “Previous every decision taken by his gov- governments had the luxury of ernment has been guided “solely extending this ‘honeymoon period’ by national interest” and his up to a 100 days and even beyond. numerous meetings with minis- Not unexpectedly I don’t have any ters and officials have led to the such luxury. Forget 100 days, the regime coming up with “excellent series of allegations began in less roadmaps” for moving ahead. than a hundred hours. But when Modi, who was sworn in on one is working with the sole aim May 26 after the BJP’s stunning of serving the nation determi- victory in the elections, said he nately, these things do not matter. does not have the luxury of a That is why I keep working and “honeymoon period”. that is most satisfying.” “In the last month, our entire In a reference to the team has devoted every single Emergency, and in an oblique moment for the welfare of the attack at the Congress, Modi said people. Every decision we took that June 26 is an important date has been guided solely by national which have “enabled a wonderful in many ways. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (left) with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina before a meeting in interest,” he wrote. exchange of thoughts and ideas “It marks the completion of Dhaka yesterday. Modi said at the time of tak- and we have come up with excel- one month of our journey to ful- ing over, he was assailed with the lent roadmaps for the various fil the aspirations of the people. thought that he was new to the ministries and departments”. This day is also another landmark Visa rules for Bangladesh eased place and “some people believed Modi said that several chief day, when in 1975 I witnessed an that I would take at least a year ministers have met him in the past important phase that taught or even two to learn the intrica- month and extended their good me the significance of a vibrant DHAKA: India yesterday eased “We are convinced that India’s External affairs ministry cies of the working of the central wishes and spoken about issues democracy. 26th June was the visa norms and agreed to sup- development cannot be complete spokesman Syed Akbaruddin government”. concerning their states. “I look for- day when the Emergency started, ply more power to Bangladesh and sustainable unless we succeed also said that India had agreed “Fortunately, a month later ward to working closely with them having been imposed an evening as part of decisions to scale up in building productive partner- to supply an additional 100 MW of that thought does not exist any in the times to come,” he said. earlier. As a youngster, I have bilateral ties, with External ships with our immediate neigh- power from the Palatana project longer in my mind. My confidence “I feel there are areas where several memories of those test- Affairs Minister Sushma bours,” she said. in Tripura to Bangladesh. and determination has increased surely we need to improve. A big ing times.” Swaraj saying only an equitable Sushma Swaraj was speak- Sushma Swaraj also confirmed tremendously and I credit a sub- challenge I am facing in Delhi is Terming the Emergency as partnership with Dhaka could ing at the Bangladesh Institute India’s willingness to increase the stantial part of this to the col- to convey to a select group of peo- “one of the darkest periods in our ensure a prosperous South Asia. of International and Strategic frequency of the Maitree Express lective experience and wisdom of ple about our intentions and sin- history” and “a grim reminder of In measures aimed at firming Studies following her meetings train service and the number of my ministerial colleagues and also cerity to bring a positive change the dangers associated with sub- up relations, Sushma Swaraj held with President Md Abdul Hamid, air-conditioned coaches between to my experiences as a four time in this country. These are people verting freedom of speech, press, comprehensive discussions with Prime Minister Hasina and the two countries. chief minister. who are both within and outside expression and silencing oppo- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Foreign Minister Abul Hassan She also proposed that India “The affection of the people the government system. sition”, Modi said that Indian and her Bangladeshi counterpart Mahmood Ali. Only “a compre- and Bangladesh should work and support from officials has “There have been some democracy will not sustain if we which an official said were “con- hensive and equitable partnership on a possible Dhaka-Shillong- also added to this confidence in instances in the last month with can’t guarantee freedom of speech structive and productive, fruitful with Bangladesh” could ensure Guwahati bus service. Sushma large measure,” he said in his blog which our Government had noth- and expression. and successful”. “a secure and prosperous South Swaraj promised to build better post, whose link was posted on his ing to do yet these controversies “Today is also a day to reaffirm On the second and penultimate Asia”, she said. ties with Bangladesh on all fields Twitter handle. have persisted. I don’t blame any- our pledge to safeguard these val- day of her visit, the Indian min- Sushma Swaraj told Dhaka including trade, investment, The prime minister said that body but I surely feel that we need ues and at the same time create ister told a think-tank here that that Bangladeshi nationals below transport, capacity building, envi- he has been meeting ministers to strengthen systems whereby strong institutions through good Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 13 and above 65 years of age would ronment-friendly practices and and officials from various depart- the right things are communi- governance so that we never ever new government was focused on be eligible for five-year multiple means that promote equitable ments over the past few days and cated to the right people at the see those dark days again.” “productive partnerships” with its entry visas as against the current development in the region. listening to their presentations, right time. Hopefully things will IANS immediate neighbours. period of one year. IANS CBI registers Ferris Wheel, 500-room floatel soon for Mumbai 47th case in MUMBAI: A world-class cruise chairperson of the Mumbai Port handing it over to private realtors. over to the Maharashtra govern- option, as the cost has come down ship terminal, a Ferris Wheel Trust, and comprising urban “Port land is public property and ment for implementation. drastically with advancement in Saradha chit on the lines of the London Eye, planners, landscape artists and none of it will be given to private He said a similar study for his technology,” Gadkari said. a 500-room floatel and float- transportation experts to sug- builders. Mumbai is the financial hometown Nagpur had greatly Earlier, attending the 142nd ing restaurants are some of the gest ways and means to utilise capital of India and needs to have contributed towards scientific Foundation Day of the port trust, fund scam mega projects planned to aug- around 1,800 acres of land under world-class infrastructure. It gen- traffic management and reduced Gadkari handed over the papers ment infrastructure in Mumbai, the Trust for these projects. erates large amounts of revenue… accidents. To a query on the pro- transferring a sea-facing berth NEW DELHI: The CBI yesteday Shipping, Road Transport “The committee will submit It must gets due,” Gadkari said. posed Mumbai ring road, Gadkari in the Indira Docks to the Indian registered a 47th case in connec- and Highways Minister Nitin its report in three months after He added that the centre will said that unlike many other Coast Guard, which was its long- tion with its probe in the Rs10,000 Gadkari said here yesterday. holding public consultation before support all projects to improve Indian cities, this was beyond pending demand. crore Saradha chit fund scam While the floatel will be arriving at conclusions. We shall Mumbai’s physical infrastructure. the jurisdiction of the National He also handed over sea naming Trinamool Congress’s anchored off the Raj Bhavan near then float international compe- Gadkari said his ministry Highways Authority of India. space at Girgaum Chowpatty sitting Rajya Sabha M P Kunal Malabar Hill in south Mumbai, tition and award the projects on would soon commission a study “The ring road solution for to the Maharashtra Tourism Ghosh as one of the accused. marinas and jetties to promote Build, Operate, Transfer (BOT) by the Indian Roads Research Mumbai should be a combina- Development Corporation to The Central Bureau of intra-city water transport shall basis,” Gadkari said. Organisation to understand, ana- tion of coastal roads, sea links, launch its amphibian seaplane Investigation (CBI) registered also be taken up. The minister said the estimated lyse and suggest remedies to rid surface roads and trans-harbour services in the city, which was the case against a Bhubaneshwar- Gadkari has set up a committee land value is around Rs75,000 traffic bottlenecks in Mumbai. link. The state government should announced a few months ago. based private firm and others in headed by Rani Jadhav, former crore, but categorically ruled out The report would be handed seriously explore the tunnelling IANS the case on the direction of the Supreme Court. The firm is one of the 44 companies mentioned in the May 9 order of the apex court Anti-Narcotics Day on a civil writ petition filed in 2013. The agency had earlier regis- tered 46 cases, including three in Court summons Sonia, Rahul West Bengal and 43 in Odisha in the alleged chit fund scam. NEW DELHI: A court here 38 percent share each to take response will be given after we CBI sources said role of reg- yesterday issued summons control of Rs2,000 crore worth receive the papers,” Singhvi said. ulatory bodies like Securities to Congress president Sonia of assets of Associated Journals He said the offence was made Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Gandhi and her son and party Ltd (AJL), which published the possible because of the Gandhis’ RBI and the ministry of corporate vice president Rahul Gandhi National Herald. The National “crony control over the Congress affairs will be examined as per on charges of misappropriat- Herald was started in 1938 by party and AJL”. He alleged that the orders of the Supreme Court ing funds of a company that Jawaharlal Nehru. Over the dec- they closed AJL in 2008 due to which had directed the agency to used to publish the now-defunct ades, it lost circulation and ran financial crisis and stopped print- probe the case. National Herald newspaper. into major financial losses, leading ing the National Herald and sister The agency has registered the In response to a private to its closure in 2008. publications Navjivan (Hindi) and cases for alleged criminal breach complaint filed by BJP leader The summons were also served Qaumi Awaz (Urdu), which were of trust, cheating and criminal Subramanian Swamy, Metropolitan on Young India. “The chain of cir- saddled with huge debts. conspiracy among others. Magistrate Gomati Manocha said: cumstance appears to give rise to To resolve the financial crisis, In 46 FIRs registered in Odisha, “I have found prima facie evidence a conclusive or irresistible infer- AJL transferred the share equity to CBI has accused Pradeep Sethi, against all the accused.” The court ence of an agreement between the Young India by payment of a mere MD of Arthsatwa group and directed them to appear before it accused to commit the offences as Rs50 lakh without taking any refer- Prashant Das of Sea Shore group on August 7. alleged in a pre-planned manner,” ence from the shareholders. Young besides MDs and other officials of The Congress called it “a moti- the court observed. India thus acquired the complete Rose Valley micro finance, Saradha vated complaint”. “The allegations Speaking to reporters, Swamy ownership of AJL real estate assets Group, Astha International among are baseless,” said party spokes- said: “This is a fraud, criminal of at least Rs2,000 crore, including others, CBI sources said. person Abhishek Manu Singhvi. breach of trust as they have man- a multi-storeyed building in a prime “In Orissa, CBI has registered A party statement added: “All aged to misappropriate the fund location in Delhi. 43 cases against 43 companies the people named in the National of Rs2,000 crore. “It is important The court observed that the and the then MDs; then direc- Herald matter will seek legal for the court to take away the office bearers of Congress by tors and others on allegations of advice and do the needful.” passports of Sonia Gandhi and advancing interest-free loan to cheating, criminal breach of trust, Apart from the Gandhis, the Rahul Gandhi so that they do not the AJL, a public limited company conspiracy etc. Scrutiny of more court also summoned Congress run away from the country.” involved in commercial activi- documents is being carried out leaders Motilal Vora and Oscar Rebutting the charges, Singhvi ties, appeared to have defrauded for future course of action,” said Fernandes, Sam Pitroda, who was accused Swamy of running a a large number of persons who a CBI official. an advisor to former prime minis- “motivated campaign” against the contributed to the political party The Supreme court had last ter Manmohan Singh, and former Congress. “This is a stale complaint by way of donation. The court month handed over the Saradha A newly-painted mural to mark Anti-Narcotics Day is seen on a building journalist Suman Dubey, who is made some time in 2013. About a observed that the revenue gen- chit fund scam to CBI and asked in Mumbai yesterday. June 26 is International Day against Drug Abuse close to the Gandhi family. year later, we heard in the press erated by the properties belong- the state governments to provide and Illicit Trafficking, established by the UN General Assembly in 1987. The complaint alleged that that a summons is being issued. ing to AJL is being dishonestly all logistical help to the CBI team the Gandhis formed a com- We have not even received it yet. misappropriated by the directors probing the matter. IANS pany, Young India, in 2010 with You can rest assured that a fitting of Young India. IANS FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Qatar’s office QE index plunges, closes below 12,000 rental market Market extends bear run for fourth straight week, down 5.12pc past week QE’s Ramadan BY SATISH KANADY sees uptick investors in stock market from fourth straight weeks and drop- the most. The banking sector hours announced taxes has triggered the sell-off”, ping the market cap by 5.54 per- tumbled 6.24 percent. The real DOHA: Qatar’s office rentals DOHA: Qatar stocks closed local analysts said. cent or QR38bn compared to the estate plunged 4.89 percent and DOHA: Qatar Exchange yes- witnessed higher rates across sharply lower yesterday as the Traditionally, the market used end of the previous week. the telecoms dropped 4.80 per- terday announced that the locations during the first quar- main index fell 2.35 percent, to witness a slowdown ahead of Yesterday, the total traded value cent. While transportation shed trading hours of the bourse ter of 2014. Within the residen- edging down the psychological Ramadan due to lower activity of declined to QR531m from the pre- 4.06 percent, industrials edged will remain unchanged from tial market, the rental rates 12,000 mark for the first time local retail investors. But this time vious session’s QR579m and traded 4.03 percent down. Trading value 9.30am to 1.15pm during the increased 2-4 percent quarter- in four months to finish at the sell-off is largely triggered by volume decreased to 8.8 million during the week decreased by month of Ramadan, with the on-quarter (QoQ); sales market 11,816 points. foreign investors, he said. shares from 11.3 million shares. 28.31 percent to reach QR2.25bn pre-opening session starting performed well and mortgage The bourse’s power houses were The All Share Index and seven The value of banking stocks compared to QR3.15bn. Trading at 9am and ending at 9.30am. inquires rose considerably dur- mostly in red, as QNB dropped sectoral indices dropped and total fell to QR270m from QR286m. volume decreased by 32.43 per- For all other business and ing the period, a GCC real estate 2.70 percent, Rayan tumbled 4.76 capitalisation lost about QR14bn Value of industrials dropped to cent to reach 45 million shares as services, official working quarterly report yesterday noted. percent. The developer UDC edged to QR643bn. “The market seems QR111m from QR109m, while real against 66 million shares, while hours will be from 8.30am to The Global Investment House 3.09 percent down as Vodafone to be little bit risky. The blue chips estate dropped to QR52m from the number of transactions fell by 1.30pm. THE PENINSULA (GIH) report said the office rental and Ooredoo lost 4.83 percent and may continue to break new low,” QR58m. The telecoms fell to 33.59 percent . market expanded in Q4, 2013, with 3.39 percent, respectively. said another analyst. QR31m from QR45m. The banks and financial serv- rental rates rising 6 percent QoQ “The situation in Iraq is rat- The QE’s weekly data showed The week saw the entire sec- ices led the trading value and followed by QNB. Of the 43 listed across major areas. New leasing tling the investors. The Advisory the index lost 637.26 points, or tor indices dropping sharply, volume during the past week. companies seven ended higher in deals for more than 1,000 square Council’s decision to shoot down 5.12 percent, during the past week, with the banking sector, real Maraf Al Rayan led the value the past week, while 36 fell. metre were few. However, demand the proposal to exempt foreign extending the bear run for the estate and the telecoms losing accounting for 16.87 percent, THE PENINSULA for 200-500 sqm office space coun- ties to remain strong, but supply has been restricted. Demand for high quality proper- South Korea to fine Hyundai ties continued to increase during the quarter. Secondary and low High-risk assets top quality space continued to face pressure with high vacancy rates. The private sector, particularly new and overseas companies, is on investment mix expected to drive demand. The residential rental market posted relatively slower growth DOHA: With limited volumes of The report also highlighted that during the quarter, with rents ris- traditional investment options the real estate is one of the key ing 2-4 percent on QoQ basis due such as fixed-income bonds and investment asset classes for insur- to increased supply of good qual- sukuk, insurers in the GCC ers of the region, but valuations ity properties. However, demand economies, including Qatar, are volatile. However, it noted that for one-bedroom apartments, and continue to face investment risk significant spending on real estate four and five-bedroom villas at pre- given the dominance of high- by GCC governments for example ferred locations remained higher. risk assets in their investment in advance of the upcoming Expo Quality properties continued to mix, says Moody’s Investors 2020 in the UAE and FIFA 2022 in remain in demand, while pressure Service in a new report pub- Qatar have resulted in wider and on apartment rents in The Pearl- lished yesterday. more attractive real estate invest- Qatar reduced due to the addition There are limited traditional ment options for insurers. of a number of apartment build- investment options available. The Real estate, a key investment ings. Going forward, rental rates region’s investment mix continues class, accounted for over 20 per- are expected to improve due to to be dominated by equity and real cent of total invested assets in limited new additions. estate, accounting for roughly 65 2013. The main risks of real-estate In contrast to the residential percent of the total invested assets assets stem from their valuation Hyundai Motor’s Santa Fe vehicles in Incheon, west of Seoul. South Korea’s transport ministry yester- rental market, the sales market in 2013, as opposed to 13 percent and liquidity. Specifically, real- day said it plans to fine Hyundai Motor an estimated 1bn won ($1m) for overstating the fuel economy of performed well, with the overall in Western Europe. estate assets are often recorded its Santa Fe sport utility vehicle (SUV). value of sales rising 19 percent QoQ “Equity and real estate account in insurers’ financial statements and mortgage inquiries increas- for a material portion of GCC at market value, exposing the ing considerably from the previ- insurers’ total invested assets,” balance sheet to volatility. In ous year. However, the number of said Mohammed Ali Londe, a addition, liquidity of real estate transactions fell in Q1, 2014, as buy- Moody’s Analyst. “Because of low is frequently low, with a surplus GM’s Cruze faces air bag problem ers became more price conscious. interest rates in the GCC region, of completed properties further The sale price of apartments in traditional investment options limiting the ability to liquidate The Pearl-Qatar eased during the offer low returns compared with real-estate assets quickly at bal- DETROIT: General Motors Co dealer hands, most of them in the For model year 2013, GM quarter with new supply coming those of equity and real estate, ance-sheet values. told its North American dealers United States and Canada. The introduced a new Takata “smart” into the market. weakening the appeal of tradi- “The current regulatory frame- not to sell an inventory of about automaker has not recalled the driver-side air bag on the Cruze On the outlook for Office rentals, tional investments.” work for GCC insurers does not 33,000 new and used Chevrolet 2013-2014 Cruze sedans in con- which the automaker said helps the report noted the private sector, Equities remain the key asset fully reflect the risk posed by Cruze sedans from model years sumer hands and said it does not reduce the risk of injury in crashes. especially new and overseas compa- class for GCC insurers, account- material investments in high- 2013 and 2014 because of a yet know whether there have been On Wednesday, GM said, “Certain nies would drive demand. Demand ing for over 40 percent of total risk assets,” added Harshani potential problem with air bags any crashes, injuries or deaths vehicles may be equipped with a for smaller spaces and quality investments in 2013. Middle Kotuwegedara. “However, regu- made by troubled Japanese sup- related to this issue. suspect driver’s air bag inflator properties continue to remain high, Eastern equities have historically latory frameworks are gradu- plier Takata Corp. GM said late on Wednesday module that may have been assem- while that for low quality proper- provided volatile returns given the ally evolving in many countries, Potentially faulty air bags sup- that Chevrolet dealers will be bled with an incorrect part.” ties has been dull. market’s relatively small size and including limitations on invest- plied by Takata have led to the able to start selling “most Cruzes” Production of Cruze sedans con- On the residential rental out- the recent turbulence in the global ment in high-risk assets.” recall of about 10.5 million vehi- again yesterday, outside the 33,000 tinues at GM’s plant in Lordstown, look, the report forecast a limited financial markets. Furthermore, Middle Eastern equities have cles worldwide, many of them with the potentially faulty part. Ohio. GM in May expanded an supply of good quality four-and- the Middle East lacks extensive historically yielded volatile returns made by Toyota Motor Corp and The Cruze is GM’s top-selling earlier recall of the 2012 Cruze and five-bedroom villas at desirable use of risk mitigation strategies because of the market’s relatively Honda Motor Co. car in North America. GM has several other models because air locations would remain the key such as hedging, and a significant smaller size and the recent tur- GM said about 33,000 Cruze built about half a million 2013- bags might not deploy in crashes driver for demand, thereby lead- rise in the use of such techniques bulence in the global financial sedans “built with the suspect 2014 model year Cruze sedans because of an electrical problem. ing to higher rental rates. is unlikely in the medium term. markets. THE PENINSULA part supplied by Takata” are in since October 2012. REUTERS THE PENINSULA

IKEA moves closer to cities Sanofi unit buys stake from Dubai Gazprom in talks Investments to buy OMV stake DUBAI: French drugmaker Sanofi is leading an investor ABU DHABI/VIENNA: said the company could not com- group buying a 66 percent stake Russia’s Gazprom is in talks to ment, referring the question to in the Globalpharma unit of buy Abu Dhabi’s 24.9 percent the OIAG and IPIC. Dubai Investments, the Gulf- stake in Austrian oil and gas Gazprom and IPIC declined based diversified investment firm OMV, a source familiar to comment, but a Russian gas group said yesterday. with the talks said yesterday. industry source dismissed as Under the agreement, “Talks were held but they “rubbish” prospects that a deal Globalpharma will be managed as have yet to decide on pricing,” would actually come about. a Sanofi company and will become the source said, confirming com- Veteran MP Peter Pilz said the platform to manufacture and ments from an Austrian member he had indications from sources promote its generic drugs portfo- of parliament, who told Kurier that IPIC and Gazprom had held lio in the Middle East. newspaper that he had “concrete talks on the issue in Abu Dhabi. No purchase price was given indications” that Abu Dhabi fund Not adverse to publicity, Pilz is in the bourse filing in Dubai, but IPIC and Gazprom had held dis- a muckraker who has exposed Dubai Investments — which will cussions on the issue. cases of corruption in the past. He retain the remaining 34 percent Austrian state holding company was instrumental, for instance, of the firm — said the deal had OIAG, which holds 32 percent in publicising investigations of generated an internal rate of of OMV in a shareholder pact Eurofighter purchasing deals, return of 26 percent over a ten- with International Petroleum and has been a leading critic of year period. Investment Co (IPIC) and coor- covert US eavesdropping opera- “We believe that the new part- dinates any shareholding changes, tions in Europe. IPIC owns stakes nership being forged with Sanofi said it had seen no sign that IPIC in a number of European compa- An employee in IKEA’s first city centre store in German port city of Hamburg yesterday. Sweden’s IKEA, will propel Globalpharma to the wanted to exit. nies, including Spain’s Cepsa. It the world’s biggest furniture chain known for its sprawling out-of-town showrooms, is opening its first next level of its growth,” said A spokesman for OMV, which also owns part of Italian lender city centre store as it responds to a shift in shopping habits to smaller local stores and the Internet. Khalid bin Kalban, CEO of Dubai signed a controversial pipeline UniCredit through its Aabar Investments. REUTERS deal with Gazprom this week, Investments unit. REUTERS FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Airbus, IDB for BoE to act tough, caps some home loans LONDON: The Bank of England sought to put the brakes on Britain’s surging housing market yesterday by Islamic aircraft announcing a cap on home loans and tougher checks on whether borrowers can repay their mortgages. leasing fund The Bank’s Financial Policy Committee said that from October, it would only allow 15 percent of new mortgages to be Fund to have target size of $5bn at multiples higher than 4.5 times a borrowers’ income. LONDON: Airbus Group to the conclusion that Asset-based Britain’s housing market has and the Jeddah-based Islamic finance is very attractive under seen a stellar recovery thanks to Development Bank (IDB) are Islamic finance principles.” record-low interest rates, falling seeding a Shariah-compliant The fund will use a 4-to-1 mix unemployment and government- aircraft leasing fund to cater to of sharia-compliant debt and sponsored schemes. But policy- growing demand for commercial equity, with the first tranche makers have become increasingly financing from airlines in the expected to close by the end of concerned about momentum in Middle East, Asia and Africa. September, Ballet said, adding the the housing market, with prices The fund, which will exclusively fund already had existing investor growing at around 10 percent FROM LEFT: Bank of England officials Spencer Dale, Governor Mark Carney, Jon Cunliffe and Andrew Bailey arrive finance Airbus aircraft, has a tar- commitments and several trans- annually in Britain and at nearly to deliver the Bank of England Financial Stability Report to reporters in London yesterday. get size of $5bn and could help actions in the pipeline. double that rate in London where boost the European planemaker’s Use of lease financing has cash buyers from abroad are also edge against rival Boeing in the expanded among commercial air- fuelling demand. “(These meas- Share prices in British house monetary policy which currently where the cap would affect less fast growing commercial airline lines. Large carriers, which tend ures) will prevent lending getting building companies rose by more anticipates limited and gradual than 10 percent of loans. market in the Gulf region. to secure lower lease rates, reduce too far ahead of income growth than 5 percent after markets rate rises over the forecast hori- “Additional housing supply The European planemaker the risk of a fall in the value of and they’ll prevent a slide into judged the measures were less zon,” he said. to help correct the imbalance developed the fund together with their fleets, while smaller rivals riskier lending and higher indebt- harsh than feared, and British The Council of Mortgage between supply and demand is the Dubai-based Quantum Investment gain aircraft they could not buy edness that could undermine the government bond prices hit a Lenders said the steps were more main way of relieving affordability Bank and Palma Capital, and will outright. Commercial aircraft economic expansion over the day’s low as Carney said the likely to affect lending in London pressure and household indebt- seed it together with the IDB. financing surpassed the $100bn medium term,” BoE Governor measures would not affect rates. — where almost a fifth of loans are edness attributable to mortgage Cayman-based International mark for the first time last year Mark Carney said at a news con- “They’re less likely to have at loan-to-income ratios above 4.5 borrowing over the long term,” Airfinance Corporation will serve and this figure is set to be higher ference to present the measures. implications for the path of — than in the rest of the country, the CML said. REUTERS as fund manager. this year, a report by consultancy Gulf airlines such as Etihad Flightglobal said. Airways, Emirates and Qatar Lease financing currently rep- Airways have transformed the resent a third of aircraft deliver- aviation industry over the last ies and this could reach half of all decade through aggressive expan- new aircraft deliveries by the mid- China to set up US consumer spending Saab to buy sion, while Islamic finance is a dle of the next decade. growing element to win business Gulf-based carriers are promi- in the region. nent in Airbus’ order book, but yuan clearing ThyssenKrupp “Our main goal is to attract new the fund’s geographical mandate up, jobless claims fall sources of capital to our industry covers all of the IDB’s 56 mem- bank in Sydney shipyard for the benefit of our customers. ber-countries, which could see it WASHINGTON: US con- US Treasury debt prices rose on Our market has become a lot more extending financing well beyond SHANGHAI: China will desig- sumer spending rose less the data while the dollar trimmed STOCKHOLM: Swedish international, in particular in the the region. In May, Indonesian nate a clearing bank in Sydney than expected in May, likely gains. Reports on employment to defence and aeronautics group financial market,” Yann Ballet, airline Garuda Indonesia secured for overseas trading of its yuan held back by weak healthcare manufacturing and the services Saab said yesterday it was head of project and structured $100m in financing from a unit of currency, a top Australian offi- spending, which could prompt industries suggest the economy heading towards the acquisi- finance at Airbus Group, said. Malaysia’s Maybank to fund its cial said yesterday as Beijing economists to temper their sec- has rebounded after sinking in tion of a submarine shipyard With an order book that is operations and expansion. seeks to make the tightly-con- ond-quarter growth estimates. the January-March period, but in Sweden owned by German heavily weighted towards Middle In 2012, Sri Lankan completed trolled unit more international. The Commerce Department the spending data indicated that ThyssenKrupp. East and Asia, Airbus was keen to a $175m Shariah-compliant loan The Australian financial capi- said yesterday consumer spend- growth would probably fall short Saab, which announced in April develop an Islamic finance solution facility from a syndicate of five tal would follow London and ing increased 0.2 percent after of expectations. “The consumer it had a memorandum of under- to cater to that part of the world, Gulf-based Islamic banks. Frankfurt as a location for a being flat in April. Spending, which spending number is not enough standing on buying the subsidiary he added. “We came very quickly REUTERS Chinese bank to clear transactions accounts for more than two-thirds of an acceleration to give con- ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, in yuan, also known as the ren- of US economic activity, had been fidence to large second-quarter said in a statement that “the dis- minbi. “I am confident that we will forecast rising 0.4 percent. GDP rebound numbers,” said Alan cussions are at a final stage but China’s plane demand surges have, before the end of the year, a When adjusted for inflation, Ruskin, global head of G10 foreign still ongoing”. designated clearing bank for ren- consumer spending fell for a second exchange strategy at Deutsche The financial details of a pos- SHANGHAI: Already Asia’s biggest aircraft buyer, China is minbi trading in Australia with straight month, suggesting spend- Bank in New York. sible deal were not disclosed by developing its own passenger planes and building scores of air- the opportunity for an Australian ing this quarter could struggle to In a separate report, the Labour the group. ports but its aviation expansion faces turbulence from slowing bank to be a market maker,” regain momentum after growing Department said new applica- The subsidiary, formerly growth and inadequate infrastructure. Australia’s Treasurer Joe Hockey at its slowest pace in nearly five tions for state unemployment known as Kockums, operates in Three of the mainland’s airports are among the world’s 20 busiest, told the Australian Chamber of years in the first quarter. benefits slipped 2,000 to a season- the southern Swedish ports of with Beijing in global second place on 78 million passengers a year, Commerce in Shanghai. Spending in May was probably ally adjusted 312,000 for the week Malmoe, Karlskrona and Muskoe behind only Atlanta in the United States. China Eastern agreed to Beijing announced this month constrained by weak healthcare ended June 21. The declining claims and has about 1,000 employees. buy 80 of Boeing’s 737 jets, valued at more than $8bn, earlier this that the Bank of China would be spending as outlays on services suggest a recent streak of payroll Saab’s shares were down by month after Europe’s Airbus won a similar-sized order from China the clearing bank for yuan deal- barely rose for a second month. job gains above 200,000, is likely to 0.24 percent on the Stockholm Southern. Regional outfit Shandong Airlines and yet-to-be-launched ings in Frankfurt while China Spending on automobiles surged, be sustained, lending the economy stock market in morning trading. budget operator 9 Air took 50 Boeing 737s each. AFP Construction Bank won the bid accounting for more than half of enough momentum for inflation to The overall market was down 0.30 for London. AFP the rise in durable goods outlays. start perking up. REUTERS percent. AFP

GoPro enters Nasdaq LSE set to New York sues Barclays buy Russell for ‘dark pool’ trading for $2.7bn NEW YORK: New York up paying more than the quoted prosecutors sued British amount after the high-frequency LONDON: London Stock bank Barclays for fraud on firm pushes up the price through Exchange (LSE) Group has Wednesday, saying it ran a a series of lightening-quick agreed to buy US asset man- “dark pool” securities trad- transactions. ager Russell for $2.7bn in order ing operation to the benefit of Such aggressive maneuvers are to diversify and grow its busi- “predatory” high-frequency often characterised as predator” ness in the United States, it said traders. behaviour. yesterday. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Barclays The deal, worth the equivalent Schneiderman said Barclays heavily promoted to its clients a of €1.98bn, also involves LSEG promised clients that it would “liquidity profiling” surveillance buying Russell’s index business protect them from aggressive service it said would identify and from parent NorthWestern high-speed trading firms in the hold accountable traders who Mutual. The British group said dark pools but at the same time engaged in predatory practices. it would raise $1.6bn from the sale took steps that benefited these But Barclays has not prohibited of new shares to help fund the firms. “The facts alleged in our any traders from participating in deal. “With this acquisition we are complaint show that Barclays its dark pool, regardless of how strongly positioned for the chang- demonstrated a disturbing disre- predatory they were. ing dynamics in the global indices gard for its investors in a system- Schneiderman said Barclays market,” LSEG Chief Executive atic pattern of fraud and deceit,” gave high-frequency traders “sys- Xavier Rolet said in a company said Schneiderman. tematic advantages” over others statement. GoPro Inc Founder and CEO Nick Woodman celebrates the company’s IPO as he rings the opening bell at the “Barclays grew its dark pool by in the pool and falsely underre- The deal “sits squarely with Nasdaq Market Site in New York City, yesterday. The wearable sports camera maker’s initial public offering telling investors they were div- ported the number of aggressive our diversification strategy ... was priced at $24 per share, valuing the company at up to $2.96bn. ing into safe waters. According high-frequency traders in the and provides another key driver to the lawsuit, Barclays’ dark pool dark pool. of growth by growing our pres- was full of predators — there at Transactions on “dark pools” ence in the US, the largest glo- Barclays’ invitation.” take place on a private stock trad- bal financial services market”, he A Barclays spokesman said the ing platform where there is little added. Russell chief executive Len Egypt to pay $1.5bn oil debt this year British banking giant was cooper- pre-trade pricing transparency. Brennan said in the statement ating with Schneiderman, the top Mary Jo White, who chairs that the tie-up “creates a truly prosecutor for New York state. the US Securities and Exchange global index leader, with a highly CAIRO: Egypt will pay $1.5bn even as the government pays off Egypt’s natural gas production “We take these allegations very Commission, signaled in an early complementary fit of products of the money it owes to foreign what it owes now. The govern- would rise by 550 million cubic seriously,” he added. “Barclays has June speech plans to stiffen scru- and distribution capabilities”. energy companies by the end of ment has promised to pay com- feet per day this year, up from been cooperating with the New tiny on both high-frequency trad- LSEG is the operator of the 2014, its oil minister said yes- panies including BG Group BG.L the 500 million announced earlier York attorney general and the ers and dark pools. London stock exchange and Italy’s terday, as the government tries and BP $3bn by the end of 2017 as this month. Egypt has cut into SEC and has been examining this White acknowledged concerns Borsa Italiana. to stave off a worsening power it tries to lure back investors to exports of liquefied natural gas matter internally.” that high-frequency traders have “The directors believe the crisis. tap its reserves and boost produc- (LNG) promised to foreign firms, The spokesman stressed that attained an unfair advantage over acquisition is a rare opportunity The latest government figures tion to meet soaring demand. In another cause for strain between “the integrity of the markets is a rank-and-file investors, saying to acquire a high quality US busi- put Egypt’s debts to foreign oil April, Ismail said Egypt would pay the government and investors, top priority of Barclays.” she was worried “dark pool” trad- ness with a leading global brand companies operating there at about $1bn “within two months” although Algeria’s Sonatrach has The suit comes amid criticism ing volumes have become large providing index and investment $5.7bn, but officials including Oil but the government has not yet agreed to ship five cargoes of LNG that high-frequency traders skim enough to threaten the viability management services,” LSE Minister Sherif Ismail acknowl- announced that it has paid. to Egypt before the year-end. profits from clients who order a of “lit” venues like the New York it said. AGENCIES edge that debts are mounting Ismail told reporters that REUTERS stock at one price, only to end Stock Exchange. AFP

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AFP the feel for it.” AFP FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 F1 to use Nadal digs deep to exact standing race restarts from grid in 2015 revenge; Federer advances LONDON: Safety car periods will be followed by standing race restarts from the grid next sea- Spaniard avenges 2012 Wimbledon loss to Rosol; Sharapova ahead son, Formula One’s governing body announced yesterday. The measure, which replaces LONDON: Rafael Nadal “It doesn’t matter if it’s Rosol Wimbledon Results rolling restarts, is aimed at mak- avenged his shock 2012 or any other player, the goal is to ing grands prix more exciting LONDON: Wimbledon resultsyesrterday, the Wimbledon defeat to Lukas play as well as possible. Now I feel but has been criticised by some fourth day of the 2014 championships at the Rosol yesterday with a tense a little tired, there was a lot of All England Club (x denotes seeded player): drivers. “I understand the start and hard-fought 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), tension but I played great towards is one of the most exciting times Men 2nd round 6-4, 6-4 win over the big-hitting the end.” for the fans but it sounds very Czech. Seven-time champion Roger Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x14) bt Sam Querrey extreme and I hope it’s not going (USA) 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 14-12; World number one Nadal did Federer breezed into the third to be done. It’s going too far with Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x5) bt Lu Yen-Hsun it the hard way, however, drop- round with a 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 win things,” Mercedes’ championship (TPE) 7-6 (8/6), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5; Denis Istomin ping the first set and then trail- over Luxembourg qualifier Gilles (UZB) bt Julian Reister (GER) 7-6 (9/7), 6-4, leader Nico Rosberg said at last ing 2-4 in the second before then Muller and next faces either 6-4; Tommy Robredo (ESP x23) bt Adrian weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix. having to save a set point in the 30th-seeded Marcel Granollers Mannarino (FRA) 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (7/5); Roger The International Automobile tiebreaker. of Spain or Santiago Giraldo of Federer (SUI x4) bt Gilles Muller (LUX) 6-3, Federation (FIA) said in a state- But the 2008 and 2010 cham- Colombia. 7-5, 6-3; Milos Raonic (CAN x8) bt Jack Sock ment that its World Motor Sport pion, who lost in the first round Federer, seeded fourth, com- (USA) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; Lukasz Kubot (POL) Council had agreed the change to to Steve Darcis in 2013, wrapped pleted his match under the Centre bt Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/4), the 2015 sporting regulations. up a place in the third round for Court roof after rain brought an 6-3, 7-6 (7/3); Simone Bolelli (ITA) bt Philipp “Safety Car restarts will now be the first time since 2011 on a third early halt to play on the outside Kohlschreiber (GER x22) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, a standing start from the grid,” match point. courts. 7-5; Kei Nishikori (JPN x10) bt Denis Kudla it said. His mighty roar and extrava- “It was only my second match (USA) 6-3, 6-2, 6-1; Nick Kyrgios (AUS) bt “Standing starts will not be gant fist pump at the moment and a totally different opponent to Richard Gasquet (FRA x13) 3-6, 6-7 (4/7), carried out if the safety car is of victory, which shook Centre the first one -- big lefty, coming 6-4, 7-5, 10-8; Jirí Veselý (CZE) bt Gael used within two laps of the start Court to the core, spoke volumes to the net, keeping the ball short,” Monfils (FRA x24) 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), (or restart) of a race or if there as the hurt and humiliation of two the Swiss said. 6-7 (3/7), 6-4; Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) bt are less than five laps of the race Frank Dancevic (CAN) 6-3, 6-3, 6-2; Rafael years ago was finally vanquished. “It was really a serving con- Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates beating Czech Republic’s Lukas Rosol remaining.” “I tried to keep fighting and test out there, I thought, and I’m Nadal (ESP x2) bt Lukás Rosol (CZE) 4-6, Australian driver Daniel during their men’s singles second round match on day four of the 7-6 (8/6), 6-4, 6-4 waited for my moment,” said happy I made it because the sec- Ricciardo of Red Bull was another 2014 Wimbledon Championship at The All England Tennis Club in Women 2nd round Nadal, after dropping the first ond set was tough with the rain Wimbledon, southwest London, yesterday. Nadal won 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-4. unimpressed by the ‘artificial’ set for the second time in two delay and I wasn’t having many Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Chanelle proposal which was put forward matches at this year’s Wimbledon. looks on his serve.” Scheepers (RSA) 6-1, 6-1; Alize Cornet by the Formula One Strategy “I saved a set point in the tie- Canadian eighth seed Milos Czech 20-year-old Jiri Vesely also went into the last 32, beat- (FRA x25) bt Petra Cetkovská (CZE) 6-4, Group that brings together lead- breaker which was very impor- Raonic reached the third round stunned France’s Gael Monfils 7-6 ing 2010 quarter-finalist Lu 5-7, 6-3; Andrea Petkovic (GER x20) bt ing teams including his own. Irina Begu (ROM) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; Eugénie tant because to be two sets down for the first time with a 6-3, 6-4, (7/3), 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 6-7 (3/7), 6-4 Yen-Hsun of Taiwan, 7-6 (8/6), “If it goes to a standing start Bouchard (CAN) bt Silvia Soler (ESP) 7-5, to a big server like Rosol would 6-4 win over Jack Sock of the and now faces Australian teen- 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Five-time wom- the chance of not having a great 6-1; Angelique Kerber (GER x9) bt Heather have been very dangerous.” United States and goes on to ager Nick Kyrgios who saved nine en’s champion Serena Williams Watson (GBR) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1; Kirsten start is pretty high so you could Nadal, who next faces Mikhail face 2013 quarter-finalist Lukasz match points in a 3-6, 6-7 (4/7), handed South Africa’s Chanelle Flipkens (BEL x24) bt Lourdes Domínguez go from first to fourth. It’s just Kukushkin of Kazakhstan, fin- Kubot of Poland. 6-4, 7-5, 10-8 win over French Scheepers a 49-minute thrashing (ESP) 6-2, 6-1; Alison Riske (USA) bt Camila a bit too much of a disadvantage ished with 35 winners to Rosol’s Japanese 10th seed Kei 13th seed Richard Gasquet, a 2007 to race into the third round with Giorgi (ITA) 7-5, 6-2; Maria Sharapova for someone who earned the lead carefree hammering of 50, but Nishikori also moved into the semi-finalist. a 6-1, 6-1 victory and next meets (RUS x5) bt Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 6-2, in the first place,” Ricciardo told crucially the Spanish winner of third round with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rescued French 25th seed Alize Cornet. 6-1; Vera Zvonareva (RUS) bt Donna Vekic Sky Sports. 14 Grand Slam titles gave up just thrashing of American quali- French pride by defeating Sam The 2004 champion Maria (CRO) 6-4, 6-4; Zarina Diyas (KAZ) bt Carla Other changes include meas- nine unforced errors in the 2hr fier Denis Kudla courtesy of 40 Querrey 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-7 (4/7), Sharapova booked her place in the Suárez (ESP x15) 7-6 (14/12), 5-7, 6-2; Ana ures to reduce costs in areas such 44min encounter. winners. 6-3, 14-12 in a match held over third round with a crushing 6-2, Ivanovic (SRB x11) bt Zheng Jie (CHN) 6-4, as testing and design and to make “I don’t think in terms of The 24-year-old will next play from Wednesday when the 6-1 win against Swiss qualifier 6-0; Sabine Lisicki (GER x19) bt Karolína cars more attractive than the revenge,” insisted Nadal. “All Italian lucky loser Simone Bolelli, American had squandered a Timea Bacsinszky. The 27-year- Plísková (CZE) 6-3, 7-5; Madison Keys current ‘ugly-nosed’ ones. Three matches are different. When I who put out German 22nd seed match point. old will face Alison Riske, the (USA) bt Klara Koukalova (CZE x31) 7-5, pre-season tests of four days each lost in 2012 it was because the Philipp Kohlschreiber 4-6, 6-4, Swiss fifth seed and Australian American world number 44, for 6-7 (3/7), 6-2; Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) bt will be scheduled in 2015 and opponent played better. 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. Open champion Stan Wawrinka a place in the last 16. AFP Kaia Kanepi (EST) 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-2 restricted to Europe. REUTERS Williams upbeat India batsman for British GP Shikhar Dhawan Srinivasan appointed leaves the field after LONDON: Claire Williams is being injured during confident her team is on the the first day of the way back to being a major force tour match against in Formula One after a recent Leicestershire at return to form. new ICC chairman Williams’ drivers Valtteri Grace Road in Leicester, central Bottas and Felipe Massa finished MELBOURNE: Suspended and foundations of our sport, both England, yesterday. third and fourth respectively Indian cricket chief N Srinivasan on and off the field. Pakistan and India reached 333 in the Austrian Grand Prix on was yesterday appointed as the “I want to ensure that cricket for four at stumps Sunday after a front-row lock-out new ICC chairman at the world retains and grows its popularity, India agree on the first day of in qualifying, giving the British body’s annual conference. and that the ICC plays a leading the opening match outfit its best points return (33) The powerful 69-year-old role in this global growth.” from a single race since a new of their tour of industrialist was elected despite He added: “I want to see more scoring system was introduced England. India will being suspended by India’s strong teams in international future tours in 2010. Supreme Court as the country’s cricket. For this to be achieved, we play a five-match It was all very different last cricket chief after being named in all need to work hard to develop programme Test series against year when Williams, a team with a damning report into corruption local talent in our countries.” England. The first nine Formula One constructors’ allegations in the Indian Premier Srinivasan was among 13 peo- match of the series championships and seven driv- League. ple named in a report into corrup- KARACHI: Arch-rivals will begin on July ers’ titles to its credit, could only Srinivasan was nominated by tion claims in the Indian Premier Pakistan and India will play 9 at Nottingham’s manage just five points with a the Board of Control for Cricket League Twenty20 competition, six bilateral series in cricket’s Trent Bridge. ninth-place finish confirming in India (BCCI) for global crick- which has been embroiled in future tours program after N. their worst-ever season. et’s top position and will take allegations of illegal betting and Srinivasan was elected chair- That campaign came after sev- charge following the ICC Annual spot-fixing, including against his man of the International Cricket eral years of struggle for a team Conference in Melbourne this son-in-law. Srinivasan said that Council (ICC) yesterday. founded by Frank Williams, Claire’s weekend. rather than being suspended, he Pakistan did not oppose the Benn stars as West father, that has been a fixture on “It is an honour to be con- had voluntarily stepped aside as election of India’s Srinivasan and the Grand Prix circuit since 1977 firmed as the chairman of the BCCI chairman. has been rewarded with a six- and competed in more than 600 International Cricket Council,” “I’ve done nothing wrong, my series agreement between 2015 races.But March saw Williams Srinivasan said. conscience is very clear and there and 2023 “After N Srinivasan’s Indies take control impress at pre-season testing in “I will leave no stone unturned is no taint on me,” Srinivasan said. election as the first ICC chairman Bahrain, having brought on board in trying to strengthen the pillars REUTERS in a landslide, India has officially BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Resuming after lunch at 95 for the likes of Pat Symonds as chief turned the MOUs (memorandum Sulieman Benn starred in an two, the Black Caps were undone technical officer, Rob Smedley as of understanding) signed earlier action-packed afternoon session by the left-arm spinner’s excel- head of vehicle development and this year with regard to six rub- as the West Indies wrested the lence as he snared four wickets Jakob Andreasen as head of engi- Narayanaswami bers between the two nations into initiative from New Zealand by and also took a brilliant catch at neering operations. Srinivasan binding agreements straightaway,” reducing the visitors to 217 for gully that accounted for the dan- Claire Williams, now dep- (left) the first the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) seven at tea on the first day of gerous Ross Taylor. uty principal in a team where appointed said in a statement yesterday. the third Test at Kensington Taylor and Kane Williamson her father remains in overall Chairman of “Four of these series will be Oval in Barbados yesterday. extended their third-wicket part- charge, said it wasn’t just a case hosted by the PCB in the United nership to 74 and looked set for of the newcomers transforming the ICC and Arab Emirates or Pakistan with more lengthy occupation of the Williams’ fortunes. the current mutual consent. The six tours Scoreboard crease when Williamson fell for “It’s been a combination of fac- CEO David are now part of the Future Tours 43 to a catch at slip by Darren tors. We had a great team before New Zealand (I Innings) Richardson Program and are to be played Bravo in the third over of the those guys came in, but it was T Latham lbw Roach ...... 14 during a from 2015 to 2023.” session. Taylor, on 45, then got a a case of augmenting that with press confer- H Rutherford c Chanderpaul b Roach ...... 4 The Asian nations have not K Williamson c Bravo b Benn ...... 43 delivery from Kemar Roach that more support at a senior level. ence after the played each other in a full test R Taylor c Benn b Roach ...... 44 took the shoulder of the bat and “Having Pat, Rob, Jakob and a annual confer- programme since 2007, although B McCullum c Bravo b Benn ...... 31 Benn flung himself to his right at number of other guys behind the ence for the India hosted Pakistan in a hast- J Neesham (batting) ...... 56 gully to come up with the catch scenes as well who we brought in, International ily arranged limited-overs series B.J Watling c Gayle b Benn ...... 1 and give the fast bowler his third supporting the talent we have, Cricket Council in 2013.The PCB had initially T Southee b Benn ...... 6 wicket of the innings. has been a game-changer for us,” held at the opposed constitutional changes M Craig (batting) ...... 10 New Zealand captain Brendon added Williams, whose team last Melbourne and a new financial model backed Extras (B-4, LB-2, NB-1) ...... 7 McCullum and all-rounder Jimmy won a world title in 1997 courtesy Total (54 overs, 7 wkts) ...... 217 Cricket Ground, by India, Australia and England. Neesham counter-attacked with of Jacques Villeneuve. “The third big recognition is, Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-28, 3-102, 4-114, a succession of boundaries in a “It’s all about momentum as Melbourne, 5-168, 6-172, 7-194 Australia, the ICC confirming Pakistan 54-run fifth-wicket partnership well, and with team morale at a to get the position of the global To bat: N. Wagner, T. Boult before Benn removed McCullum really high level now, it all goes yesterday. Bowling: Taylor 11-2-55-0 (1nb), Roach 13- body’s president for one year with for 31 via a top-edge that was to build to your position, and that 1-53-3, Holder 6-3-13-0, Benn 18-1-68-4, effect from June 2015,” the state- 6-0-22-0 comfortably held by Darren Bravo is where we are as a team,” she ment added. REUTERS at slip. AFP explained AFP FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Algeria draw with Russia to make history and enter last 16 Slimani heads equaliser for Africans; 10-man Belgium send South Korea packing

CURITIBA: Islam Slimani headed an ecstatic Algeria into 2014 FIFA World Cup the last 16 of the World Cup for Yesterday’s results the first time with a 1-1 draw Group G against Russia yesterday that Germany 1 (Mueller 55) USA 0 dumped Fabio Capello’s team Portugal 2 (John boye own goal 31, Ronaldo out of the tournament. 80) Ghana 1 (Asamoah Gyan 57) On a momentous night for Group H the North Africans, who were Algeria 1 (Slimani 60) Russia 1 (Kokorin); the last team through to the Belgium 1 (Vertonghen 78) Korea 0 knockout rounds with Belgium already qualified as Group H Teams which have leaders, Algeria recovered from an early Alexander Kokorin goal qualified so far to advance. The point, in a tense Group A: Brazil, Mexico match at the Baixada Arena with Group B: Netherlands, Chile everything still at stake and 2018 Group C: Columbia, Greece hosts Russia needing a win to go through at Algeria’s expense, was Group D: Costa Rica, Uruguay all the ‘Desert Foxes’ needed to Group E: France, Switzerland make history. Group F: Argentina, Nigeria With Belgium finishing on nine Group G: Germany, USA points, Algeria, who face Germany Group H: Belgium, Algeria for a place in the quarter-finals, Top goal scorers so far ended with four to Russia’s two Four: Lionel Messi (Argentina), Neymar and South Korea’s one. (Brazil), Thomas Mueller (Germany) The draw was all they deserved but it came after an early setback, Three: Karim Benzema (France), Thomas Mueller (Germany), Arjen with Kokorin meeting a beauti- Algeria’s Islam Slimani celebrates after scoring a goal during their World Cup match against Russia at the Baixada Arena in Curitiba. Algeria and Robben (Netherlands), Robin Van Persie fully-flighted Dmitry Kombarov Russia drew 1-1. RIGHT: Belgium’s Jan Vertonghen celebrates after scoring during their match against South Korea at the Corinthians Arena in Sao (Netherlands), Enner Valencia (Ecuador), cross to nod in a perfectly-exe- Paulo yesterday. Belgium beat South Korea 1-0. Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) cuted header in the sixth minute. Algeria, whose Bosnian-born over the bar by goalkeeper Igor far sharper before the goal and goal saw 10-man Belgium beat exit. The European side had studs-up challenge on Kim Shin- coach Vahid Halilhodzic had Akinfeev in the 30th minute but then resisting the pressure. South Korea 1-0, despite having already qualified for the next wook, the game opened up for the called the match the most impor- the linesman had already flagged Slimani seized his chance in Steven Defour sent off just before round, having beaten Algeria and Koreans after the break. tant in the country’s soccer his- for offside and Algeria’s other the 60th minute with a power- halftime for a nasty challenge. Russia in their first two games, But although they had plenty tory, rarely threatened in the first tame attempts had Halilhodzic ful header at the near post from The win made it a maximum and even a draw would have been of possession and a series of clear half and looked a shadow of the gesticulating furiously from the a Yacine Brahimi free kick that nine points for the Belgians, who enough to claim first place and chances, they were caught on the side who thumped four goals past touchline. Akinfeev failed to reach. will meet the United States in the avoid Germany in the next round. break when Belgim’s excellent the Koreans. It all changed in the second In the other Group H match last 16 in Salvador on Tuesday When Defour was given a substitute Divock Origi struck Slimani had an effort tipped half, though, with Algeria looking yesterday, Jan Vertonghen’s late while South Korea head for the straight red for a needless, from distance. AGENCIES Suarez gets sternest sentence Klinsmann letter seeks

RIO DE JANEIRO: Uruguay Suarez’s guilt in accordance with World Cup day off star Luis Suarez was hit with a the relevant provisions of the global four-month ban for biting Code,” Sulser said in a statement. WASHINGTON: Team USA World Cup game vs. Germany and an opponent yesterday as World Uruguay football officials had have gone to unusual lengths to we will need the full support of Cup chiefs imposed the heaviest argued against a ban, insisting get the soccer-skeptical coun- the nation if we are to advance sanction against a player in the Suarez had not bitten anyone and try behind their World Cup to the next round. tournament’s history. claiming the player was the victim campaign. “By the way, you should act like Suarez, who bit Italian defender of a media witch-hunt. Ahead of the United States’ a good leader and take the day off Giorgio Chiellini during his team’s Uruguayan President Jose make-or-break clash with mighty as well. Go USA!” Group D win on Tuesday, was Mujica had led the defence of the Germany in Brazil yesterday, the It is signed: “Jurgen Klinsmann, kicked out of the tournament 27-year-old, telling reporters on official US Soccer Twitter feed Head Coach, US Men’s National with immediate effect and fined Wednesday: “I did not see him sent out to its more than 1m fol- Team.” 100,000 Swiss francs ($112,000). bite anyone.” lowers a letter ostensibly from US Soccer also encourages fans “Such behaviour cannot be But the speed and severity of coach Jurgen Klinsmann for fans to take pictures of their bosses tolerated on any football pitch, FIFA’s punishment reflected the to fill in and give to their bosses. signing the letter granting the and in particular not at a FIFA widespread revulsion throughout The letter, complete with the time off for the Germany show- World Cup when the eyes of mil- the football world at an incident US Soccer letterhead, reads: “To down, which will see the US into lions of people are on the stars which was captured clearly on whom it may concern: Please the knockout round of the World on the field,” FIFA Disciplinary television footage. excuse (insert name) from work Cup with a win or draw. Committee chief Claudio Sulser There was also photographic on Thursday, June 26th. The Governor of New York said. evidence of Chiellini’s bite mark “I understand that this absence State, Andrew Cuomo, responded Football’s governing body that he tried to show the referee may reduce the productivity of to Klinsmann’s appeal. In an imposed a four-month ban on all immediately following the inci- your workplace, but I can assure open letter on his official Twitter football activities, a nine game dent. Chiellini himself told Italian you that it is for an important account, he said he was extending international ban and the fine. television: “He bit me, it’s clear, I cause. the lunch hour of all New York The punishment took immediate still have the mark.” “The #USMNT has a critical State employees. AGENCIES effect, meaning Suarez misses Suarez sought to play down Uruguay’s second round match the incident in comments to against Colombia on Saturday in Uruguayan television, claiming Rio de Janeiro. Chiellini had barged him. The ban from football activity “There are things that happen prevents him from entering the on the pitch and you should not Luis Suarez at a news conference on Monday. stadium for Saturday’s game. It make such a big deal out of them,” will also hit his club career with Suarez said. Liverpool in England’s Premier FIFA had faced mounting calls FACTBOX League as he cannot play until to issue a heavy sanction given Suarez has been banned for nine competitive international games and from all football activity the end of October. Suarez’s previous disciplinary for four months. He was also fined 100,000 Swiss francs ($111,000) The sanction was the toughest history. ever handed down for foul play Suarez’s sponsor Adidas Suarez will not play again in the current World Cup in Brazil. If Uruguay reach the final of the at a World Cup, surpassing the responded to the punishment tournament that would count for four of his nine-game ban. eight-match ban against Italy’s by saying it “fully backs” FIFA’s The forward would then miss the next five competitive games - which would be the 2015 Copa Mauro Tassotti in 1994 for an decision. America in Chile. In theory, if Uruguay reach the final of that tournament as well he could return elbowing which broke the nose of The company said it was drop- for that game. Spain’s Luis Enrique. ping Suarez for all campaigns More realistically, unless Uruguay reach the final of the World Cup and the Copa America, It is the third time Liverpool during the World Cup. Suarez is likely to also be banned for part of the 2016 Copa America centenary tournament in star Suarez has been banned for “We do not accept the recent the United States. biting players following incidents behaviour of Luis Suarez and shall in 2010 in the Dutch league and remind him of the high standards A four-month ban from all football activity means Suarez will not be able to play for his club FROM LEFT: Former England international Emile Heskey, retired Liverpool until October 26. Unless there are changes to Liverpool’s fixture schedule he would 2013 in England. we expect of our players,” an professional football referee Mark Halsey, British football managers miss nine Premier League games and the first match he would be eligible for would be at He also received a long ban Adidas spokeswoman said. Newcastle United on Nov. 1. in 2011 for racially abusing The Uruguayan Football David Pleat and David Moyes (extreme right) with Aspire Academy’s Director of Football Development and Science Professor Valter Di Salvo Suarez would also miss Liverpool’s Champions League group games until Oct. 26. While the Manchester United’s French Association said it would appeal in Doha yesterday. Di Salvo took his popular visitors on a guided tour draw for the tournament has not yet been made, that would likely rule him out of three games. international Patrice Evra. against the ban while Suarez’s “The Disciplinary Committee club Liverpool conveyed that it of the different facilities of the academy and explained the vision and According to FIFA, Suarez can play in friendly internationals after his four-month ban is served took into account all the factors would take no immediate decision mission of Aspire Academy. on Oct. 26. of the case and the degree of Mr on the star striker. 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USA advance to last 16 Standings TEAMS P W D L GF GA Pts Read as Match played, Won, Draw, Lost, Goals for, Goals against and Points GROUP A despite loss to Germany BRAZIL 3 2 1 0 7 2 7 MEXICO 3 2 1 0 4 1 7 CROATIA 3 1 0 2 6 6 3 Striker Thomas Mueller surpasses Maradona’s tally of Cup goals CAMEROON 3 0 0 3 1 9 0 GROUP B RECIFE: Thomas Mueller’s second-half goal saw Germany NETHERLANDS 3 3 0 0 10 3 9 sail to a 1-0 victory over the CHILE 3 2 0 1 5 3 6 United States in a World Cup SPAIN 3 1 0 2 4 7 3 Group G match yesterday, a result that saw both teams AUSTRALIA 3 0 0 3 3 9 0 progress to the knockout stage GROUP C of the tournament. Germany top the group and COLOMBIA 3 3 0 0 9 2 9 will now face the runner-up in GREECE 3 1 1 1 2 4 4 Group H while the United States finish second and will face Group CÔTE D’IVOIRE 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 H’s winner. Portugal who beat JAPAN 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 Ghana 2-1 are eliminated with GROUP D the Africans. The Germans dominated the COSTA RICA 3 2 1 0 4 1 7 game with Juergen Klinsmann’s URUGUAY 3 2 0 1 4 4 6 team, with their backs against the wall, creating very few ITALY 3 1 0 2 2 3 3 chances. ENGLAND 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 The breakthrough came after GROUP E 55 minutes when Tim Howard parried out a Per Mertesacker FRANCE 3 2 1 0 8 2 7 header but Mueller collected the SWITZERLAND 3 2 0 1 7 6 6 loose ball on the edge of the area and superbly side-footed into the ECUADOR 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 bottom corner. HONDURAS 3 0 0 3 1 8 0 “For once I scored a beauti- ful goal. If I don’t watch out I’ll GROUP F become a legend? OK, I won’t ARGENTINA 3 3 0 0 6 3 9 watch out,” Mueller told ZDF NIGERIA 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 Television after being told he had A US fan watches the match at a park in Chicago. RIGHT: Germany’s Thomas Mueller (left) celebrates his goal against the USA with his team-mates BOSNIA 3 1 0 2 4 4 3 outscored Diego Maradona in during their World Cup match at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife yesterday. Germany beat the United States 1-0. World Cups. IRAN 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 “We are ready for the knockout going close early on from Lukas their superior technique and ball created more chances but maybe dominated the match in the stage. We keep working hard and Podolski’s low cross. movement, the Germans were we are saving that for the next washed-out Pernambuco Arena. GROUP G we are full of team spirit.” Both sides flew into challenges always a threat. one. It is a huge, huge step and “We knew it would be a dif- GERMANY 3 2 1 0 7 2 7 The game had been threatened in the battle for supremacy in The Americans had several now we can’t wait for the round ficult match today and we were USA 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 by a torrential downpour in the midfield, and US coach Juergen chances of their own but lacked of 16.” ready for that,” said Loew. north-eastern city of Recife yes- Klinsmann and his German coun- the pace and guile necessary to The lead-up to this match had Germany showed three dif- PORTUGAL 3 1 1 1 4 7 4 terday morning but the heavy rain terpart Joachim Loew will be glad unduly worry German goalkeeper focused on suspicions that the ferent faces in their three group GHANA 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 that hampered the preparations the referee didn’t wave the yellow Manuel Neuer. Germans and Americans would matches: attacking flair against of fans and players alike eased to card more often as they head for “Everyone said we had no be happy with a draw that would Portugal, unimaginative and GROUP H a drizzle as kick-off approached. the knockout stages. chance, but we took the chance give both sides an easy path careless play against Ghana and BELGIUM 3 3 0 0 4 1 9 Despite the fact that both Content to concede possession and we move on and now we through to the next round. finally a cautious but pragmatic sides only needed a draw to for long periods, the Americans really want to prove a point,” US Klinsmann’s friendship with his approach against the United ALGERIA 3 1 1 1 6 5 4 qualify there was no shortage put in a blue-collar defensive per- coach Klinsmann said. former assistant German coach States. One must wonder which RUSSIA 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 of attacking intent in the lively formance, breaking forward when “The commitment was great, I Joachim Loew had reinforced the face Loew’s enigmatic Germany KOREA 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 opening exchanges, with Mueller the opportunity arose, but with wish we had more possession and conspiracy theories. But Germany will show next. AGENCIES Worldcup Photo of the day Portugal beat Ghana 2-1 but both exit

BRASILIA: Cristiano Ronaldo who went up field and scored. scored his first goal of the tour- The Ghanaians improved nament but missed a glut of after the break and striker Gyan other chances as Portugal’s 2-1 headed them level at the back win over incident-hit Ghana post after a brilliant cross from yesterday was not enough to Kwadwo Asamoah in the 57th make the second round as both minute. sides exited the World Cup. Gyan then turned provider, Portugal finished level on four putting in another ball from points with the United States the left for an unmarked Abdul in Group G but the Americans Majeed Waris moments later but advanced to the last 16 courtesy the striker could only steer his of a better goal difference despite header wide from six yards out. their 1-0 loss to group winners The wasted effort proved costly Germany in Recife. as Portugal skipper and World “We are very disappointed. Player-of-the-Year Ronaldo We have to go home and come smashed his side ahead in the back stronger,” Ghana’s goals- 80th minute after Ghana goal- corer Asamoah Gyan said after keeper Fatawu Dauda flapped at they finished at the bottom of the a high ball, sending it straight to group with one point. the Real Madrid forward. Both sides need victories — Ronaldo should have had Portugal by a large margin — to another goal minutes later but have any chance of advancing. Dauda was on hand to parry the Ghana defender John Boye’s forward’s side-footed effort from first-half own goal summed up a close range, with the keeper also match that disappointed for long blocking an effort from the skip- spells. The defender swiped at a per in the dying stages as the 31st minute cross from Portuguese game finally burst to life. full-back Miguel Veloso which hit “It was a very exciting match his knee and then the crossbar with many chances on both sides,” before nestling in the back of the Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah said. net. “Unfortunately we didn’t take The goal came after a Ghana ours and they took theirs.” break ended when Bahrain offi- The exit completed a miser- Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo sprays water on his face during their World Cup match against Ghana at the National Stadium in Brasilia cial Nawaf Shukralla accidentally able two days for the Africans yesterday. Portugal beat Ghana 2-1. blocked an attempted pass, hand- who were embroiled in a pay row ing possession to the Portuguese before the match. REUTERS FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BREAK TIME

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THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW WASHINGTON: The old- what kinds of foods our long- is made when plants are broken the University of La Laguna who HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER est known Neanderthal poo, extinct kin were eating. down in the digestive process. performed the research while uncovered in Spain, shows that Researchers dug into the sedi- That means Neanderthals ate studying at MIT.

ATHENS 36/25 Partly cloudy 32/25 Clear cavemen ate not only meat but ment and ground the samples to mostly meat, as experts have Previous studies have suggested vegetables too, according to a a powder for analysis at a sophis- believed for some time, but that that Neanderthals probably ate WASHINGTON 29/21 Partly cloudy 29/21 Chance of storm study published on Wednesday. ticated Massachusetts Institute of there was also evidence of a con- nuts and plants, based on residue SYDNEY 22/09 Partly cloudy 17/07 Partly cloudy The discovery was made at the Technology (MIT) lab. siderable amount of plants in found in their teeth. LONDON 20/10 Thunderstorm 19/09 Chance of storm archeological site of El Salt, where They discovered biomarkers their diet, including tubers, ber- However, these studies were PARIS 23/16 Chance of rain 20/14 Chance of rain researchers have found signs that in the poo that showed coprosta- ries and nuts. not definite because Neanderthals ISTANBUL 32/19 Partly cloudy 25/19 Clear Neanderthals lived some 45,000- nol, a lipid formed when the gut “We believe Neanderthals often used their teeth as tools, 60,000 years ago. metabolises cholesterol, particu- probably ate what was avail- and could have been chewing or MANILA 31/25 Chance of storm 30/25 Chance of storm The study in the journal PLOS larly from eating animals. able in different situations, sea- grasping plant matter but not DHAKA 32/26 Chance of storm 33/26 Chance of storm ONE is the first to analyse faeces They also found sons and climates,” said Ainara eating it. DELHI 41/29 Partly cloudy 40/25 Partly cloudy in an attempt to show precisely 5B-stigmastanol, a substance that Sistiaga, a graduate student at AFP ISLAMABAD 37/24 Clear 38/27 Partly cloudy Three new Japan’s manga comics rake up Fukushima mammals TOKYO: Japanese farmers still remain in temporary housing in Fukushima try to convince and may never go home again. discovered in sceptical visitors that their “Movies take a lot of money crops are safe from radiation. and backers tend to flinch away Blood trickles from the nose of from this topic ... Manga are a remote forest a reporter who visits the area. lot more independent and can These are just two of the tales go where even news programmes CANBERRA: An Australian- from the aftermath of the world’s might hesitate,” said Kenichiro led expedition says it has dis- worst nuclear disaster in 25 years Shinohara, an editor at the pop- covered three new mammal - as told by manga, Japan’s ubiqui- ular “Morning” manga weekly species in Papua New Guinea, tous comics for adults and teens, where “Ichi Efu” is also published. releasing for the first time a which have taken up Fukushima There are several hundred picture of one of the animals on an unprecedented scale even manga published in Japan each — a diminutive wallaby — to as Japanese film largely avoids year, ranging from cute to violent Guardian Australia. the topic. and sleazy, in magazine and book More than 40 camera traps “Ichi Efu”, which centres on form. Most are pure entertain- were set up in two little-stud- workers at the Fukushima Daiichi ment, but others take up samurai- ied mountains in the remote nuclear plant, has sold 170,000 era history, business strategy or Torricelli range, in north-east copies in book form in nearly two World War Two — most notably Papua New Guinea, during the months, rare for a debut manga. “Barefoot Gen”, a manga about four-month study. Another manga set off a furore the Hiroshima bombing that The Docopsulus wallaby, a that sparked angry responses stirred controversy last year. small marsupial, was captured from the government, including The popular media form — on camera, as well as a “Dumbo” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. more than 10 million copies of mouse with giant ears, and an As Fukushima fades from manga magazines are sold annu- antechinus, a sort of shrew-like the public spotlight, publishers ally — is afforded unrivaled free- marsupial. say they hope manga will spark dom in Japan. Euan Ritchie, an ecologist at debate about uncomfortable top- Fukushima manga run the Deakin University in Melbourne, ics such as the health impact gamut from “Sobamon”, which A Japanese Manga “Ichi Efu” (second right), which centres on workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, partnered with the Tenkile of the accident, which released promotes the safety of Fukushima on a bookshelf as a staff adjusts manga comics at a bookstore in Tokyo. Conservation Alliance, a group radiation over a wide swathe of produce, to the overtly anti-nuclear headed by Australians Jim and northeastern Japan. “Fighting the Nuclear Demon”. At the subject on a different level.” said the Fukushima area would The editor of the manga apol- Jean Thomas which is dedicated In contrast to the more than 30 least one is set in the future. Though manga began trickling be unlivable for years. ogised for some word choices to protecting tree kangaroos, for manga published since the disaster, “Manga are easier to fol- out shortly after the disaster took This unleashed a flood of angry but remained unrepentant the project. The study resulted in there has been only one mass-mar- low than serious journalism or place, it wasn’t until April that comments from Fukushima resi- about running it, citing fad- several rare tree kangaroos being ket film to date on Fukushima — reportage, and of course there is most of the nation became aware dents to Abe and other cabinet ing interest in Fukushima and photographed, as well as the three “Homeland”, released in March. Its some entertainment value, which of them, thanks to a food manga ministers, who called for people to the need for more discussion species which appear to be new director was careful to emphasise makes them easier to pick up,” called “Oishinbo” — The Gourmet use “correct” information, in turn about the issue. to science. the human story over any political said Kazuma Yoshimura, head of — and a Fukushima food safety setting off discussions about free “In addition, people still aren’t Ritchie said the wallaby is statements during publicity tours. the Manga Research Centre at series. speech and government cover- really settled in what they think about the size of a domesticated The nuclear disaster, set off Kyoto’s Seika University. In it, several characters suf- ups. “Of course manga are writ- about Fukushima,” said Kaoru cat. “There are not that many by a tsunami that tore through “Most disasters have an end fered nosebleeds they blamed on ten so they’re easy to understand Endo, a sociology professor at truly small macropods, so it’s the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear point, but the nuclear problem radiation exposure - a situation in one glance, which does make Tokyo’s Gakushuin University. quite unusual,” he said. “But we plant and touched off meltdowns, is ongoing. The special aspects of that medical experts say is highly it possible for things to be taken “They remain uneasy because don’t know much about their diet remains a sensitive subject in manga, like looking towards the unlikely but something they have wrong and rumours to be born,” they feel that ... a lot hasn’t yet or behaviour, or how many they Japan, especially since thousands future and fiction, allow tackling not ruled out. The manga also Yoshimura said. been revealed.” REUTERS are. This is all very much frontier stuff.” Ritchie said a further expe- dition will look to capture the new species and take DNA samples to verify the findings. THE GUARDIAN British actor apologises for remark on Jews in Hollywood

LOS ANGELES: British actor Gary he has “an enormous personal affinity for of his interview with a men’s magazine. him for drink driving. Oldman was locked in a bitter row with a the Jewish people.” “Upon reading my comments in print, I “Mel Gibson is in a town that’s run by Jewish lobby group on Wednesday after But the ADL dismissed his “insufficient” see how insensitive they may be, and how Jews and he said the wrong thing, because claiming that Hollywood is “run by Jews” apology — a comment rejected by Oldman’s they may indeed contribute to the further- he’s actually bitten the hand that I guess and defending Mel Gibson over a notori- manager, who hailed the “downright ele- ance of a false stereotype.” has fed him — and doesn’t need to feed him ous anti-Semitic rant. gant” apology. The “Dark Knight” star made the con- anymore because he’s got enough dough,” The 56-year-old apologised to the Anti- “I am deeply remorseful that comments I troversial comments when talking about Oldman told the men’s magazine. Defamation League and Jewish rights recently made in the interview were offen- Gibson’s notorious 2006 anti-Semitic rant “I just think political correctness is crap.” group the Simon Wiesenthal Center, saying sive to many Jewish people,” Oldman said at a US sheriff’s deputy who had arrested AFP