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Ministry of Economy Britain votes to leave bans minimum charge EU; Cameron resigns at hotels and eateries The Peninsula states a minimum charge. The decision is part of many initia- tives the ministry is implementing to regulate the market and con- In an emotional statement DOHA: Customers going to trol prices. outside Downing Street, restaurants, coffee shops and The Ministry has asked the hotels will no longer have to concerned eateries to inform Prime Minister David Cameron worry about minimum charges their staff about the no minimum said he would resign to make or minimum order. The Ministry charge policy. The new move by of Economy and Trade yesterday the Ministry is in line with law no. way for a new leader by early announced that it has decided to 6 of 2016. October after the failure of ban restaurants, coffee shops It has given coffee shops, res- and hotels from using a mini- taurants and hotels 30 days to his “Remain” campaign. mum charge. carry out the changes necessary The new diktat will allow to end minimum charge or any customers to place even smaller other method that controls con- orders at restaurants, cof- sumption levels. AFP fee shops and hotels. Presently After the end of grace period, many restaurants, coffee shops the Minister will carry out inspec- and hotels force its customers to tions to ascertain that the new place a minimum order. rule is being implemented by LONDON: Britain has voted to pull out of the The Ministry said that the the restaurants, coffee shops European Union in a seismic blow to the bloc that charge forces people to have a and hotels. triggered the resignation of Prime Minister David minimum consumption level Legal actions will be taken Cameron and sent world financial markets into that could exceed their needs. against erring outlets. The Min- freefall yesterday. This in turn, violates article 10 of istry has urged customers not The shock outcome of Thursday’s historic ref- law No. 8 of 2008 on consumer to accept any minimum charge erendum threatens to lead to the break-up of the protection. requirement. United Kingdom after Scotland raised the pros- In addition to incurring If customers come across any pect of another independence vote, and could have financial loss to consumers, the incident of these outlets forcing a knock-on effect on other eurosceptic member British Prime Minister David Cameron makes ministry said that minimum them to pay minimum charge, states. Britons, many worried by immigration and his resignation speech at 10 Downing Street charges promote bad habits, customers call Ministry’s hot- what they saw as interference in the running of their particularly overspending. That line-16001 or email at info@mec. in London, yesterday. country by bureaucrats in Brussels, voted by 52 to quality is in contrast to Islam gov.qa 48 percent to abandon the bloc after four decades which calls for rationalising The new decision is a part of of often troubled membership. anti-establishment rhetoric of the Brexit campaign Francois Hollande said it was a “grave test”. consumption. Ministry’s Ramadan initiatives In an emotional statement outside Downing that highlights growing populism across the globe. US President Barack Obama, who publicly Another bad habit the Min- that aims to regulate and mon- Street, Cameron said he would resign to make way “We’ve done it! We’ve won!” anti-EU campaign- threw his weight behind British EU membership istry said was overconsumption itor the markets and business for a new leader by early October after the failure ers shouted at a party in London, popping open during a visit to London in April, insisted the “spe- of food and drinks that consum- activities in the country in a bid of his “Remain” campaign. champagne bottles as “Leave” victories flowed in. cial relationship” between the two countries was ers are forced to take to meet to check the prices and protect “I do not think it would be right for me to try “Out! Out! Out!”, they chanted as dawn broke. “enduring”. The vote, the culmination of an often the charge, which could result in consumer rights. to be the captain that steers our country to its next European Commission chief Jean-Claude poisonous campaign, exposed deep divides across health hazards. The Ministry has a launched a destination,” he said as sterling, global stocks and Juncker denied it was the beginning of the end for British society and what the Independent news- Such measures include revis- campaign with the theme #Aqal_ oil prices plummeted. the EU, already troubled by economic and migration paper said was “the chasm between the political ing prices on the menus, ads, bills Min_Al_Wajeb,” the Arabic for Britain will be the first country to leave the EU crises and growing euroscepticism across the con- class and the voters”. as well as removing any sign that “#the_least_we_can_do”. after decades of suspicion over its aims of ever- tinent. But German Chancellor Angela Merkel called closer political union -- a shock victory for the the result a “blow” to Europe while French President → See also pages 9,10,11&17

33 dead in clashes across Yemen Labourers feel the generosity of citizens in Ramadan

AFP By Sanaullah Ataullah No. 22 everyday in the evening at children to instill them with lesson workers in front of the Mosque of Al added. Another old citizen distrib- The Peninsula around 5pm in a big GMC car carry- of generosity. Attiyya Market. utes meat in large quantities in a ing big refrigerators in his car full of “Two teenage boys were accom- “When I came out from the labour camp at street No. 5, said fruits and milk. He has been distrib- panying the generous father. The mosque after Asr prayers by 4pm, I a worker. Many citizens are doing ADEN: Clashes in several areas DOHA: Following true spirit of Ram- uting edible items to workers since boys help father in disbursing edibles. was surprised to see a van parked at charity by funding the Iftar tents across Yemen yesterday killed adan, many Qatari citizens are doing the beginning of Ramadan,” said a A boy was taking out the materials the main entrance of the mosque dis- which are offering meals to thousands 22 Shia rebels and 11 members of charity on their own. The noble souls worker living a labour camp near from the refrigerators, opening the tributing foodstuffs to workers,” said of workers on daily basis in the Indus- pro-government forces, military make it a point to visit Industrial Area the market. packet and passing it to his brother another worker. trial Area. Parcel foods are also being officials said, after peace talks hit every day to spread smiles on the “People who want to take their sitting at back of the car. The boy at “I rushed to the van and lined up distributed at places by 5pm. a new barrier. faces of limited income workers. shares from the largesse begin to rear handed over a banana, a packet in the queue. I received a big basket It is not new for the generous citi- Fierce battles erupted in the The workers line up every day line up before he reaches the spot,” of milk and laban to the workers full of food items enough for a per- zens. They do not miss opportunities northern Jawf province when during Ramadan at Al Atiyyah he added. The Qatari citizen, who standing in long queue,” said a worker son’s need for a month. The basket for humanitarian and charity workers. Houthi rebels attacked loyalists mosque, Industrial Area to collect likes to hide his identity, distrib- who comes everyday to benefit from included a packet of rice weighing five They were often spotted distribut- in Al Motoon district, triggering some fruits and dairy products free. utes banana, milk, laban and among the charity. kilogramme, a two kg packet of sugar, ing cold water, beverages and foods a counter attack by government “A citizen, aged around 45 years, other edible items to workers. Some Another citizen distributes food a bottle of 1.5 litres edible oil, one kil- at open worksites especially during forces backed by warplanes from comes at Al Attiyyah Market, Street of the benefactors come with their baskets in large quantities to the ogramme lentils and some sweets,” he summer. the Saudi-led coalition, a mili- tary official said. The fighting left 13 rebels dead, while eight loyal- ists were killed by mistake in an air strike that missed its target, the Cooling off official added. Further south, three Houthi rebels were killed in clashes in Bayhan, Shabwa province, another military official said. And in the southwestern flashpoint city of Taez, TODAY’S Switzerland vs Poland 4pm six rebels and three loyalists were GROUP Wales vs N Ireland 7pm killed in renewed fighting when STAGE insurgents attacked government Croatia vs Portugal 10pm troops on the southwestern outskirts MATCHES of the city, a military official said.

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Today’s Iftar 6 : 31 pm A man sprays water to cool down children gathering in front of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem’s Tomorrow’s Imsak 3 : 06 am Al Aqsa Mosque compound prior to the third Friday prayers of the fasting month of Ramadan. 02 SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016 HOME

Qatar welcomes Al Rayyan abattoirs lack basic facilities Colombia peace agreement

According to municipality inspec- QNA tors, all abattoirs need to meet health Al Rayyan is the second standards as well as the technical largest in terms of standards and requirements. DOHA: Qatar has welcomed the population after the Both abattoirs are located in res- announcement by the Colombian idential area, and the space is very government and the Revolutionary Doha Municipality. But small compared to the number of ani- Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) residents complain that mals being slaughtered daily. This of reaching a peace agreement in the two abattoirs in the means the customers have to wait the country. In a statement, the for long to get their work done. Foreign Ministry said the peace municipality are unable According to a source at Al Rayan agreement between the Colombian to the meet their Municipality, every abattoir receives government and FARC is a historic daily about 80 to 100 animals for step towards achieving peace and requirements. slaughter, and sometimes more espe- ending the conflict in Colombia. cially on Thursdays and Fridays. In The statement stressed Qatar’s the Al Rayyan abattoir, located behind support for the Colombian govern- Al Maadeed market, the slaughter ment and friendly people in all that By Sidi Mohamed area is about 42 metres square, while promotes security and stability in The Peninsula the other one in Muaither area has a the country. slightly bigger space. According to the source, in the beginning of Ramadan, the customers had to wait for five to DOHA: Several citizens and residents six hours, and currently they have to Cyprus President have criticised the lack of adequate wait about one hour for the slaugh- People wait inside the slaughtering room at Al Rayyan abattoir. facilities and services at the two abat- tered animal to be ready. meets Qatari Envoy toirs in Al Rayyan Municipality and A visit to the Al Rayyan abattoir The abattoirs are very old and do situation there and urged Widam like old houses, sometimes I have to have asked concerned authorities to showed that it lacks basic facilities. not meet people’s needs. They are not company, which is responsible for the wait many hours, especially on Fri- NICOSIA: President of Cyprus take action. The facility functions in a portacabin equipped with new cutting machines abattoirs, to improve their condition. day. I end up waiting inside my car as Nicos Anastasiades met yesterday Al Rayyan Municipality is the and there is no waiting area for vis- and the air conditioners are not prop- Mubarak, a customer, said: “How there are no waiting area for visitors.” with Qatar’s Ambassador Hussein second largest in terms of popula- itors. Customers have to wait in the erly maintained, said the source. The many years will we wait for Widam Widam, this year, has introduced Ahmed Mohamed Al-Humaid, who tion after the Doha Municipality but same room where the animals are facility also lacks enough ventila- to change the situation at these abat- new health standards at the Doha is ending his term. The Cypriot there are only two abattoirs in the slaughtered and they have to queue tion, despite meet the large number toirs? There is no waiting area for abattoirs and the walls have been President wished further success municipality. Residents say that they up in open area to pay the charges. of slaughters every day. people to wait, how can people wait covered with ceramic tiles. in the future for the envoy. are unable to the meet the require- There are three veterinarians at Many customers The Peninsula inside slaughters room.” The abattoirs are also equipped ments, especially on occasions like Al Rayyan abattoir but the number of met at Al Rayyan Abattoir expressed Mohamed, another customer, said with new cutting machines and Ramadan and Eid. workers are only four, it is learned. their disappointment over the that “these are not abattoirs they are hangers. Sri Lankan mission names council to Dr Al Marri in Dakar coordinate social HMC’s annual clinic in Sealine services reports mild & moderate cases The Peninsula

By Fazeena Saleem and medication to treat simple inju- fractures. But if the patient has com- DOHA: The Sri Lankan embassy in The Peninsula ries and emergency cases, while pound fractures, or fractures with Doha has appointed a ten member critical trauma cases were referred internal bleeding we send them to ‘Supreme Council’ to coordinate to hospital by ambulance or LifeFlight Hamad General Hospital for further and conducted community ori- helicopters. It was staffed with a phy- treatment,” said Dr Gharib, who is ented social activities, the mission DOHA: Majority of patients at Hamad sician and nurse 24 hours a day. The also a Consultant at HMC’s Medical said in a statement. Ambassador Medical Corporation (HMC)’s annual Ambulance Service also ensured Administration Department. Prof (Dr) W M Karunadasa, has clinic in Sealine held during the 2015- 24-hour coverage of the area by pro- “We also received patients with appointed a ten member ‘Supreme 2016 camping season, were treated viding ambulances and paramedics mild heart attacks. In such cases Council’ for community/embassy for mild and moderate illnesses, said throughout. we stabilize the patient and send to oriented social activities, for a a senior official. A helipad had been built next to the hospital. Such nine percent of period of one year commencing The sixth annual clinic has the clinic to facilitate transportation patients were transported either to with effect from June 20. The letter provided clinical and emergency of seriously injured patients to hos- Hamad General Hospital or to the Al of credence had been handed over services for 25 weekends during the pital on helicopters. Wakra Hospital,” he added. to the members of the ‘Supreme camping season between September More than 600 patients treated The total number of cases treated Council’ at a ceremony held at the 2015 and April 2016, treating a total at the clinic were adult males while at the annual clinic in Sealine during embassy premises recently. of 734 patients. Among them a total there were 42 females and 77 chil- the 2015- 2016 camping season had Tennison De Silva, while con- of 572 patients, including 483 Qatari dren. Most of the cases received full seen a slight increase by 25 patients. currently holding his incumbent and 251 expatriates, were treated for treatment at the clinic while 67 cases It was 719 during the previous season. Presidency of the Sri Lankan Coor- mild and moderate illnesses such as were transported to one of HMC’s During the camping season every dinating Committee (SLCC)has been fever and stomach aches, diarrhea, hospitals for further treatment. Thursday and Friday, six ambulances appointed as the first President of cough, wounds, burns, asthma while “We got plenty of cases with and four (4x4) vehicles were provid- this newly established ‘Supreme six percent of severe cases treated fractures because many ride buggy ing emergency services in the area. Public Prosecutor H E Dr Ali bin Fetais Al Marri with Senegalese Council’. Members include Nimal included bone fractures and heart scooters during the camping season On Saturdays, three ambulances and Minister of Justice Sidiki Kaba in Dakar, yesterday. Dr Al Marri Thudewatta, Ameerudeen Moulana, attacks, said Dr Hamed Ahmed and get injured. Minor fractures, we three (4x4) vehicles were on service. and his delegation reviewed a set of issues related to promoting Mahesh Abhayapala, Lakmal Ehe- Gharib, Emergency Physician at HMC. manage to fix, because all doctors at Also a Critical Care Paramedic judicial cooperation. Qatar’s Ambassador Saree bin Ali Al Qahtani lamalpe, Roshan Balasuriya, Lenny The clinic was equipped with the clinic are emergency consultants were available at all times from attended the meeting. Cramer, Dhammika Jayasena, A R M state-of-the-art medical equipment and they know how to treat simple Thursday to Saturday. Musthak and Pantalion Perera. WISH collaborates with Carter Center to support journalists

The Peninsula stigma exists in Qatar and that shame WISH hosted a policy briefing with and fear of stigmatisation often deters local stakeholders at Weill-Cornell individuals and their families from Medicine - Qatar (WCM-Q) to explore acknowledging mental health issues, issues of mental health. Local media, DOHA: The World Innovation Sum- and seeking treatment and support, medical professionals, allied health- mit for Health (WISH) has partnered leading to unnecessary hospitalisa- care workers, medical students and with Atlanta-based The Carter Center tion and prolonged illness. other stakeholders expressed a to develop and implement the Ros- Schillings continued: “The media shared desire to work together to alynn Carter Fellowships for Mental was identified in the strategy as a key improve mental health reporting. Health Journalism (RCJF) in Qatar. vehicle for combating negative views Enhancing journalists’ abilities to The prestigious global fellowship of mental illness, by helping to raise cover mental health was identified as supportsjournalistswho are commit- the profile of mental health in Qatar. key to achieving this goal. The Carter ted to accurately reporting on mental Our mission at WISH is to support Center subsequentlyinvited WISH to health issues in their community, and the national health agenda and we select a number of journalists to take toraising awareness and challeng- are delighted to be working with The part in its fellowship. ing stigma and discrimination. WISH Carter Center to help highlight mental Jason Carter, Chairman of the will manage the programme in Qatar, health issues accurately in the media, Carter Center’s Board of Trustees and selecting journalists to take part in reinforcing key health messages and grandson of former President Carter Labourers at the Al Jaber Company in Al Khor attending the Iftar organised by Malabar Gold & Diamonds. the fellowship, facilitating media providing appropriate information on said: “We are proud to give journal- training and adapting the programme available services and resources.” ists in Qatar the opportunity to benefit to meet the needs of local media. The partnership underscores from training and access to experts Malabar Gold & Diamonds hosts Iftar The Carter Center will provide the WISH’s longstanding commit- provided by the Rosalynn Carter journalists with training in Atlanta, ment to raising awareness of issues Journalist Fellowship Program.This with educational materials, mentor- around mental health and devel- important partnership with WISH will DOHA: Malabar Gold & Diamonds, towards improving the life of the The group, which currently has ship, evaluation tools and technical oping evidence-based research to equip qualified journalists with tools the leading jewellery retailer is taking needy do the best in conducting CSR showrooms operating across GCC, expertise, ensuringa sustainable and address related policy challenges, and best practices to increase the qual- strong initiatives towards conducting activities in all the regions of their India, Malaysia and Singapore is con- tailored programme for Qatar. such as dementia and autism. WISH’s ity and quantity of reporting on mental charity events across all regions in the presence. ducting several welfare activities Egbert Schillings, CEO of WISH, involvement with The Carter Center health issues and ultimately reduce the spiritual month of Ramadan. The group The group has been a well- with the support of like-mindedor- said: “Under the guidance of Her was first discussed in March 2015, stigma and discrimination against recently organised an Iftar camp, dis- grounded supporter of charitable ganizations in the respective regions. Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, when former US President Jimmy those with mental illnesses in Qatar.” tributing food kits to 1,200 labourers activities and is always ready to take The organization ensures that a fixed Qatar became one of the first nations Carter and former first lady Rosalynn For nearly two decades, the centrehas at the Al Jaber Company in Al Khor. initiatives to help the underprivi- percentage of its net profit is used in the region to create a national Carter travelled to Doha to meet with awarded a one-year fellowships to Simple deeds of giving are the leged. The key areas of focus in CSR for CSR activities every year. Indeed mental health strategy. At its core WISH to explore areas of potential 165 journalists, connecting them with very foundations of the world. Believ- initiatives of Malabar Group are that these initiatives taken by the group stands evidence-based research collaboration to achieve shared goals resources and expertise to enhance ing in the same stream of thought, of health, education, women empow- have touched the life of several peo- on the impact of mental health in of advancing mental health policy. their ability to cover mental health the group promises to be committed erment, housing and environment. ple in need in different ways. the local community. It showed that In December of that same year, issues around the world. Ramadan Thoughts

SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016 03 Virtues of the last 10 nights he Prophet (peace be upon him) Therein descend the angels and the used to strive hard (in worship) Ruh [Jibril] by Allah’s Permission with all during the last ten days of Ram- Decrees, (All that night), there is peace adan in a way that he did not (and goodness from Allah to His believ- strive at any other times. (Mus- ing slaves) until the appearance of dawn.” Tlim, 1175, from ‘A’ishah) [Noble Quran 97:1-5] Among the things he did were seclud- The phrase And what will make you ing himself in I’tikaf and seeking Laylat Al know what the Night of Al-Qadr (Decree) Qadr during this time. (Al Bukhari, 1913; is? serves to draw attention to the impor- Muslim, 1169) tance and great significance of this night. It is reported from the hadith of ‘A’ishah The Night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is better that when the last ten days of Ramadan than a thousand months means, it is bet- came, the Prophet (peace be upon him) ter than over eighty three years, as we have would stay up at night, wake his family and already mentioned. This is a great virtue, gird his loins. (Bukhari, 1920; Muslim, 1174) the value of which no one can fully under- Muslim added: he strove hard and girded stand except the Lord of the Worlds, may his loins. Her phrase “girded his loins” is a He be blessed and exalted. This encour- metaphor for his preparing himself to wor- ages the Muslim to spend this night in ship and strive prayer and to seek the Face of Allah by hard in worship, doing so. The Prophet (peace be upon more than usual. him) used to seek this night, hoping to The Muslim It has the mean- gain some good from it, and he is the ing of “rolling up example for this Ummah. should follow one’s sleeves” It is mustahabb to seek it during Ram- to worship (i.e. adan, especially in the last ten nights of the the example getting ready month. It was reported in Sahih Muslim that of the Prophet to make a great Abu Sa’id al-Khudri said: the Messenger of deal of effort). Allah (peace be upon him) did I’tikaf dur- (PBUH) for It was also said ing the first ten days of Ramadan, then he that it was a did I’tikaf during the middle ten days in a he is the best metaphor for Turkish tent [the word qubbah, translated keeping away here as “tent”, refers to a tent or any circular example, and from women treasure has come down tonight! Who will a thousand months, as He said (interpreta- already known to Allah before it is even structure] in which a mat was placed. He he should and abstain- wake up the dwellers of the apartments? tion of the meaning): “The night of al-Qadr written down, but He makes known to said: so he took the mat in his hand and put ing from sexual There may be women who are clothed is better than a thousand months” (Noble the angels what is to happen, and com- it at the side of the tent, then he raised his strive hard in relations. in this world and naked in the Hereaf- Quran 97:3) mands them to do whatever they are head to speak to the people, so they came The phrase ter.” (Bukhari, 1074) It was also reported Allah described it as being blessed, as enjoined to do. [Sharh Sahih Muslim li’l- closer to him. He said: “I did I’tikaf dur- worshipping “stay up at (in Sahih Bukhari) that he (peace be upon He said (interpretation of the meaning): Nawawi, 8/57] . ing the first ten days, seeking this night, Allah. He night” means him) used to wake ‘A’ishah when he wanted “We sent it (this Quran) down on a blessed Allah forgives the previous sins of the then I did I’tikaf during the middle ten that he would to pray Witr. [al-Bukhari, 952] But when he night” [Noble Quran 44:3] one who stays up and prays during this days. Then someone came to me and told should not stay awake, woke his wives during the last ten nights of On this night, the angels and the night out of faith and in hope of earning me that it is in the last ten days, so whoever spending Ramadan, this was more persistent than at Spirit [al-Ruh] descend, “i.e., many angels the reward from Him. It was reported in the among you wants to do I’tikaf, let him do waste the the night in other times of the year. descend of this night because it is so hadith of Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet so.” So the people did I’tikaf with him. He prayer, etc. It The fact that the Prophet (PBUH) did blessed, and the angels come down when (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever fasts said: “I was shown an odd-numbered night, hours of these was reported this indicates the importance he attached to Allah’s blessing and mercy come down, the month of Ramadan out of faith and in in the morning of which I was prostrating days and in another worshipping his Lord and making the most just as they come down when Quran is the hope of earning reward, all his pre- in mud and water”. Then in the morning hadith that of this special time. The Muslim should fol- recited, and they surround the circles of vious sins will be forgiven, and whoever of the twenty-first, he got up to pray Subh nights. ‘A’ishah said: “I low the example of the Prophet (PBUH) for dhikr (gatherings where Allah is remem- stays up during Laylat al-Qadr out of faith and it was raining; the roof of the mosque never saw the he is the best example, and he should strive bered), and they beat their wings for the and in the hope of earning reward, all his leaked, and there was mud and water. He Prophet (PBUH) hard in worshipping Allah. He should not one who sincerely seeks knowledge, out previous sins will be forgiven.” [Agreed came out when he had finished praying, recite the entire waste the hours of these days and nights. of respect for him.” [See Tafsir Ibn Kathir, upon] . The phrase “out of faith and in the and there was mud and water on his fore- Quran in one For we do not know, perhaps this time will 4/531] . The Spirit (Al Ruh) is Jibril (peace be hope of earning reward” means, believing head and nose. That was the morning of night, or spend a whole night in prayer until never come again, for the spoiler of pleas- upon him) who is specifically mentioned in Allah’s promise of reward for this, and the twenty-first, one of the last ten days. the morning, or fast an entire month, except ures, i.e., death, which must come to all in this manner as a sign of respect for him. seeking the reward, with no other aim or (Sahih Muslim, 1167) . in Ramadan.” (Sunan Al Nasa’i, 1641) The men, may come and snatch him and his life This night is described as peace, i.e., it purpose, such as showing off etc.” [Fath al- In a report, Abu Sa’id said: “It rained on words “stay up at night” may mean that will end; then he will feel regret at the time is safe, for the Shaytan cannot do any evil Bari, 4/251] . the night of the twenty-first, and the roof he spent most of the night in worship, or when regret will be of no avail. or cause any harm on this night, as Mujahid Allah has revealed a surah concerning of the mosque leaked over the place where that he did not stay up for the entire night, Among the unique virtues of these spe- said. [See Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 4/531] . On this this night which will be recited until the the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) but he did that at the times of ‘Isha’ and cial nights is that Laylat Al Qadr is among night, many people are saved from punish- Day of Resurrection, in which He mentions was praying. I looked at him, when he had Suhoor, and other times, in which case it them. Allah has given this night special ment because of what they do to worship the honor and great value of this night. This finished praying Salat al-Subh, and his face would mean that he stayed up for most of characteristics which make it unique: Allah, may He be glorified. is the surah in which He says (interpreta- was wet with mud and water.” the night. It is the night on which the Quran was “Therein (that night) is decreed every tion of the meaning): Muslim narrated a hadith from ‘Abd- The phrase “and wake his family” sent down, as we have stated above. Ibn matter of ordainments” (Dukhan 44:4), “Verily, We have sent it (this Quran) Allah ibn Unays that was similar to the means that he would wake his wives to ‘Abbas and others said: “Allah sent down i.e., the affairs of that year are dispatched down in the Night of Al-Qadr (Decree). hadith of Abu Sa’id, except that he said, “it pray qiyam. It is known that he (peace be the Quran at one time from al-Lawh Al from Al Lawh Al Mahfooz to the angels who And what will make you know what rained on the night of the twenty-third.” upon him) used to wake his wives all year Mahfooz to Bayt al-’Izzah in the first record the decrees: who will live, who will the Night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is? According to a hadith narrated by Ibn round, but he used to wake them to spend heaven, then it was revealed to the Mes- die, what provision people will be given, The Night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is better ‘Abbas, the Prophet (peace be upon him) part of the night in qiyam. In Sahih Bukhari senger of Allah (peace be upon him) in what will happen until the end of that year, than a thousand months (i.e. worshipping said: “Seek it in the last ten days of Ram- it is reported that the Prophet (PBUH) woke stages according to events over twenty- every matter of ordainments is decreed, Allah in that night is better than worship- adan, when there are nine days left, and up one night and said, “Subhan Allah! What three years.” [Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 4/529] and it cannot be altered or changed. [See ping Him a thousand months, i.e. 83 years seven days left, and five days left.” (Nar- tribulations have come down tonight! What Allah described it as being better than Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 4/137, 138] . All of this is and 4 months). rated by Bukhari, 4/260) . Be merciful to the poor

By DR Hazem Said & Maha Ezzeddine you would have found its reward with Me.’ strong that it is impossible to ignore. Instead, (Bukhari) many of us have desensitised ourselves to Just as the Prophet (PBUH) was sent as a suffering because it is out of sync with the bu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased mercy to mankind, so should we be a mercy lifestyles we choose. with him) reported that the Prophet to everyone whose lives we touch. In serv- At most, we may be persuaded to donate, (peace be upon him) said: Allah will ing others and giving to others, we find our but usually not more. Yet in the feeding of the say on the Day of Judgment, “Son of Lord. In His mercy, the path to Him is one poor, relieving the thirst and suffering, and AAdam, I was sick but you did not visit Me.” of peace and improving the world around comforting the sick lies an incredible close- ‘My Lord, how could I visit You when You us. Only by helping others can we help our- ness to Almighty Allah, so much that He says are the Lord of the Worlds?’ selves. We cannot live a life of consumption that He is there Himself, Glory to Him. ‘Did you not know that one of My servants and selfishness and expect to win the pleas- Maybe we can rethink our priorities so was sick and you didn’t visit him? If you had ure of Allah along the way. that we jump at the chance to be there in the visited him you would have found Me there.’ It is out of the mercy and wisdom of Allah places and opportunities where the pleasure Then Allah will say, ‘Son of Adam, I needed that He made serving others and creating of Allah can be found. Maybe we can foster a food but you did not feed Me.’ ‘My Lord, how a peaceful, compassionate earth one of the high level of alertness so that we are always driveway do not need to be a chance to Messenger of Allah said: ‘Two will not be could I feed You when You are the Lord of landmarks in the journey to Him. We can- on the lookout for ways to please Allah spread Islam or in order to prove ourselves rejected, Supplication when the Adhan (call the Worlds?’ ‘Did you not know that one not afford to ignore the suffering around us, through comforting the suffering people in as worthy citizens — sometimes it can just of prayer) is being called, and at the time of of My servants was hungry but you did not because in those pleas for help is a call to get- our communities and neighboorhoods. This be about Allah. the rain’. [Al-Hakim 2: 114, and Abu Dawud feed him? If you had fed him you would have ting closer to our Creator. hadith also assures us that serving people Even when our efforts and programs are #2540, ibn Majah] ‘Seek the response to your found its reward with Me.’ In this Hadith, the Prophet (PBUH) tells does not need any other motive than seeking criticized or targeted, if the motivation is pure du’as when the armies meet, and the prayer ‘Son of Adam, I was thirsty, but you did not us that if you ever hoped for a direct route Allah. Our communities do not need a con- we should not be deterred by the ill will of is called, and when rain falls’ [reported give Me something to drink.’ ‘My Lord, how to the pleasure of Allah, here it is. Therefore, crete gain in order to dedicate their time and some people. In our dedication to peace as by Imam al-Shafi’ in al-Umm, al-Sahihah could I give a drink when You are the Lord we have to revive our sensitivity to the sim- resources to easing the hardship of others. individuals and communities, we must insist #1469]. The time of the rain is a time of mercy of the Worlds?’ ‘Did you not know that one of ple acts of service we can do everyday. When We must truly seek Allah only in what we that our presence be a blessing and mercy to from Allah so, one should take advantage My servants was thirsty but you did not give we hear of someone who is sick or in need, do for others. Feeding the hungry, cooking every neighborhood and city that we are in. of this time when Allah is having mercy on him a drink? If you had given him a drink, the impulse that we feel to help should be so for a new mom, or shoveling our neighbour’s Narrated Sahel Ibn Sa’ad : that the His slaves. 04 SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016 MIDDLE EAST Hezbollah to send more fighters to Aleppo

live on the group’s Al Manar TV. “The Israeli forces defence of Aleppo is the defence of We are facing a new the rest of Syria, it is the defence of shoot dead a wave of projects of Damascus, it is also the defence of Lebanon, and of Iraq,” he said. Palestinian war against Syria “We will increase our presence which are being in Aleppo,” he said. “Retreat is not RAMALLAH: A Pales- permissible.” tinian woman was shot waged in northern Shia, Iranian-backed Hezbol- dead yesterday by Israeli Syria, particularly in lah has long supported President forces near the West Bank Bashar Al Assad against mostly city of Hebron (Al-Kha- the Aleppo region, Sunni insurgents. Aleppo has been lil) after allegedly carrying says Nasrallah a focus of intensified fighting in the out a vehicular attack, the months since peace talks in Geneva Israeli army and the Pal- broke down and a ceasefire deal estinian Health Ministry brokered by Washington and Mos- have said. Reuters cow unravelled. Russia intervened in The Israeli army said the five-year-old conflict in Septem- in a statement that a Pal- ber with an air campaign to support estinian assailant had Assad. “It was necessary for us to driven her car into a vehi- BEIRUT: The leader of Lebanon’s be in Aleppo ... and we will stay in cle near the entrance Hezbollah movement said yester- Aleppo,” Nasrallah said. of the Jewish-only Kir- day that it will send more fighters Aleppo city is split between gov- yat Arba settlement to Syria’s Aleppo area, a battle- ernment and rebel control. Russian (located on Hebron’s out- ground where it has suffered heavy and Syrian warplanes have pounded skirts), slightly injuring losses fighting alongside Syrian gov- a road leading from the rebel-held two Israelis. Israeli forces ernment forces against insurgent areas north towards the Turkish responded by opening Fighters from the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) walk inside a house near Manbij in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. groups. border. That major rebel supply fire on the attacker, which Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said line from Turkey to Aleppo city led to her death, the army thousands of Hezbollah’s Sunni mil- was effectively cut by government Russia’s intervention has helped Iranians and Hezbollah members was in imminent fiscal trouble as statement asserted. itant foes had recently entered Syria advances earlier this year. government forces and their allies south of Aleppo. a result of a US law targeting the via the Turkish border with the aim A pro-Damascus source recently advance against insurgents, and sep- Nasrallah said that 26 Hezbollah group’s finances. The law, passed in of taking over Aleppo and its sur- said government forces and their arately against Islamic State, in some fighters had been killed in June alone, December, threatens to bar from the Saudi cop shot rounding countryside. allies are trying to encircle rebels in areas. But some of those battles have a rare acknowledgment of the toll their American financial market any bank “We are facing a new wave...of the Aleppo area. Assad, for whom the been costly, including around Aleppo. involvement is taking. Several of its that knowingly engages with Hezbol- dead in Qatif projects of war against Syria which recapture of Aleppo would be a stra- Islamist insurgents including the senior military commanders have died lah. It has ignited a standoff between are being waged in northern Syria, tegic prize, has vowed to take back Al Qaeda-linked Al Nusra Front in in the Syrian conflict, alongside hun- Hezbollah, a dominant political force RIYADH: Gunfire yes- particularly in the Aleppo region,” “every inch” of Syria from what he May inflicted heavy losses on a coali- dreds of fighters. in Lebanon, and the Lebanese cen- terday killed a Saudi Nasrallah said in a speech broadcast calls terrorists. tion of foreign Shia fighters including Nasrallah also denied Hezbollah tral bank. policeman in the king- dom’s east, where most minority Shias live, the interior ministry said. It called the shooting a 80% of Fallujah retaken: Army Morocco dismantles “terrorist act” which killed the driver of a police car. The attack happened suspected militant cell at 1:45am in the Saihat Anatolia He went on to note, however, that least 19 Iraqi troops were killed and area of Qatif, a Shia-dom- running street battles continued to another 23 injured over the last four- inated district on the Gulf rage between the two warring camps day period. The Iraqi army hopes coast, the ministry said. in several parts of the city. “Iraqi to retake Fallujah and surrounding Reuters Oujda to fund their attacks across BAGHDAD: The Iraqi army has man- forces are now trying to push into areas before staging a major attack the kingdom. aged to recapture some 80 percent of Daesh-held areas amid stiff resist- on the Daesh-held city of Mosul The group includes an Algerian Refugee status to the city of Fallujah from the Daesh ance by the militants,” Al Saadi said. (located roughly 400km north of RABAT: Morocco said yesterday national living in Morocco illegally, terrorist group, Army General Abdel- Earlier this week, Iraqi Prime the capital) from the south, east and that it had dismantled a suspected according to the statement carried Sudan national Wahab Al Saadi said yesterday. Minister Haidar Al Abadi had north. Iraqi army operations to retake militant cell inspired by the radical by state news agency MAP said. “Counter-terrorism forces, local declared victory in Fallujah after Fallujah from Daesh first began on group Islamic State and that it had Morocco’s Central Bureau of JERUSALEM: Israel has and federal police units, and Iraqi army troops seized control of a main May 23. Located along the Euphra- arrested 10 men who were planning Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), the judi- granted refugee sta- army troops have established control government complex in the city cen- tes River about 50km west of capital attacks in the North African king- cial part of the Moroccan domestic tus to a Sudanese asylum over 80 percent of the city centre,” Al tre. Walid Al Duleimi, another army Baghdad, Fallujah is believed to be dom. intelligence service, has actively seeker from Darfur for Saadi, who is leading the campaign commander taking part in the cam- home to some 90,000 residents. The interior ministry said in a tracked suspected militants since the first time. Population to retake Fallujah, said. paign to retake Fallujah, said, for the Iraq has suffered a devastating statement that the cell was operat- Islamic State seized large parts of and Immigration Author- “Daesh now only remains in con- last four days, Iraqi security forces security vacuum since mid-2014, ing in the eastern city of Oujda, and Syria and Iraq in 2014-15. ity spokeswoman Sabine trol of the Al Muallimeen and Al Julan had faced stiff resistance in Fallujah’s when Daesh captured the north- the town of Tendrara in the same Hundreds of fighters from Haddad says Darfur- neighbourhoods, along with Al Thir- Al Julan district -- considered one of ern city of Mosul and overran large region bordering Algeria. This was Morocco and other Maghreb states born Mutasim Ali is the thar Street north of the city centre,” Daesh’s last strongholds in the city. swathes of territory in the northern the latest in a series of radical Islam- like Tunisia and Algeria have joined first national of Sudan to he added. According to Al Duleimi, at and western parts of the country. ist groups that Morocco has said it Islamist militant forces in Syria. gain temporary residency has broken up. Some are threatening to return and according to the 1951 It said 10 members of the group create new jihadist wings in their United Nations Refugee were meeting in a safe house and home countries, security experts Convention. planning to rob a mall in the city of have said. Senegal ex-president’s son freed

AFP left Dakar for Qatar. According to the Senegalese media and the opposition, he left in a private jet. The presidency later released a statement saying that DAKAR: Senegalese President Macky the financial sanctions against him Sall yesterday pardoned Karim Wade remained in place. (pictured), the divisive son of his Wade was fined the equivalent predecessor, letting the former min- of more than ¤210m and his assets ister go free after serving half of a were confiscated after his conviction. six-year sentence for graft. Justice Minister Sidiki Kaba said the In detention since his 2013 arrest, decision “does not erase the convic- Wade was found guilty in March 2015 tion which will remain on his file.” of illicitly amassing a fortune worth Sall had raised the possibility of a at least $198m. pardon in an interview with French Wade, 47, who held several gov- broadcaster RFI on June 2, and had ernment portfolios during his father’s also hinted at a release before the end Members of the Iraqi counter-terrorism forces inspect documents in a building formerly used as a home- 2000-2012 rule, was freed in the said Soro Diop, press officer for the of Ramadan -- due to finish around made bomb-making factory by Islamic State (IS) group fighters in Fallujah yesterday. early hours of yesterday morning, justice ministry. Diop said Wade had July 6. IS snipers & car bombs await US-backed fighters in Manbij

AFP -- an alliance of Kurdish and Arab through the city’s western districts, on Manbij on May 31, crossing the “There are fierce street battles in to CENTCOM, the coalition has car- fighters -- broke into western dis- clearing out the last IS snipers before Euphrates River from the east and western neighbourhoods between ried out at least 230 strikes since tricts of Manbij on Thursday. attempting to push further towards encircling the city less than two weeks our forces and Daesh,” he said, using the offensive began last month.SDF A unit of SDF fighters piled into a the centre. Blown-out apartment later. At least 200 US special opera- the Arabic acronym for IS. field commander Ali Kobane said the SYRIA: As a knot of US-backed Syr- camouflaged, armoured vehicle they blocks stood empty, as thousands of tions forces, as well as French special In a small village less than a growing number of car bombs driven ian fighters advanced gingerly into the nicknamed Scorpion and drove past a civilians had already fled. forces, are supporting the operation kilometre (mile) away, SDF field com- by suicide attackers showed the jihad- Islamic State group bastion of Man- blue English-language sign at city lim- Wrecked cars blocked off side- in an advisory capacity. manders met in a damaged building ists’ desperation. bij, the crack of a jihadist sniper round its announcing: “Welcome to Manbij”. streets, probably booby-traps planted On the western edge of the city, to plan their next steps. In the nearby village of Um al- forced them to take cover behind a Nearby, a large stone plaque by the jihadists to slow down the SDF’s SDF fighter Mervan Rojava stood out- Laying out a map of the city, they Safa, dozens of residents displaced bullet-riddled wall. erected by IS after its capture of the advance. Several bodies lay aban- side an apartment block that had been identified IS positions inside Manbij from the city are living in tents, await- One crouching fighter identified city in 2014 promised residents: “In doned on the street, unidentifiable as partly destroyed by an IS car bomb. and prepared to send the coordinates ing an SDF victory so they can return the source and shouted directions into the land of the Islamic State, you, your they began to decompose in the sum- “The first phase -- surrounding to coalition warplanes circling above. home. A small child ran through the a walkie-talkie. Immediately, his col- money, your religion and your hon- mer heat. As dusk began to fall, SDF Manbij -- is over, and now we are One SDF fighter in the meet- streets, waving a flyer that had been leagues fired a barrage of bullets at our are safe.” commanders ordered AFP’s journal- gradually entering the city itself,” he ing told AFP that IS had planted car dropped by coalition warplanes hours the shooter from behind the wall. Accompanied by a team of AFP ists to pull back beyond city limits in told AFP. The lanky, bearded fighter bombs across the city. Air support earlier. “The will of the Syrian people Backed by US-led coalition war- journalists who were given exclusive anticipation of an IS counter-attack. wears a green bandana emblasoned from coalition warplanes has been will break the shackles of terrorism,” planes, the Syrian Democratic Forces access, the SDF fighters rolled slowly SDF forces began their drive with a reddish-pink floral pattern. crucial to the SDF advance. According it said. ASIA SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016 05 China tornado toll rises to 98; 846 injured

AFP hardest-hit areas, residents shifted through the fallen bricks and pillars President Xi Jinping of their destroyed homes, many with ordered “all-out their roofs torn off, and rubble spilled YANCHENG: Survivors scrabbled rescue efforts” after into a river. Wu, the official, said that through the rubble of their homes yes- 28,104 houses in the county had been terday after hurricane-force winds what Xinhua said affected. and a tornado left at least 98 dead in was one of the worst Funing resident Sun Yazhou was China, with hundreds more injured. driving a concrete mixer truck when a Whole villages were levelled and disasters ever to hit tornado passed him, tearing the glass huge trees felled when winds of up Jiangsu, including out of his vehicle windows. to 125km (77 miles) per hour struck Zhou Xiang, head of the provincial around Yancheng city in the eastern the worst tornado fire corps, said the search for survi- province of Jiangsu on Thursday, the to hit China in half a vors in the debris had been completed, official Xinhua news agency said. In according to Xinhua, and the clean-up Shizhuang, scores gathered beside a century. was now underway. More than 1,300 large fishing pond where a male corpse police officers had been mobilised to floated in the water, as workers cleared help. The wards of a hospital in Fun- up fallen electricity poles nearby. deputy mayor Wu Xiaodan told a brief- ing county were all full, with extra A distraught woman who thought ing, according to the city’s verified beds crowding the hallways. Sitting he was her missing husband was held microblog. on a gurney in the hospital corridor, up by relatives, as another bystander President Xi Jinping ordered “all- Chen Shaoxi nursed a head injury and asked: “How come no one is pulling out rescue efforts” after what Xinhua broken leg that he sustained while him out yet?” said was one of the worst disasters saving his elderly neighbours from So far 98 people have been con- ever to hit Jiangsu, including the worst the storm. “If it weren’t for my dad, Residents walk in the rubble of destroyed houses after a tornado in Funing, in Yancheng, in China’s Jiangsu firmed dead in the storm and 846 tornado to hit China in half a century. those two would have been dead,” hospitalised with injuries, Yancheng’s In Funing County, one of the his son Wang Minming said. province, yesterday. Court rules Zuma can be charged over graft

AFP Prosecuting Authority (NPA) should told the High Court in Pretoria. tapes”, were kept secret until they a date by which he is to appear in court.” reinstate the charges that were dropped “The applications for leave to were released in 2014 after a legal The presidency and the NPA were not Airline strike in 2009. The president has battled sev- appeal... are dismissed.” In 2009, state battle fought by the main opposition immediately to comment. eral corruption scandals while in office, prosecutors justified dropping the 783 party, the Democratic Alliance (DA). Pressure on the president to resign leaves 20,000 JOHANNESBURG: A South African as well as enduring growing criticism charges by saying that tapped phone The DA hailed the court decision would increase if some or all of the court yesterday threw out President focused on South Africa’s record unem- calls between officials in then-pres- as a victory, and claimed that the charges were reinstated. Zuma how- stranded Jacob Zuma’s attempt to appeal a ruling ployment and poor growth rate. ident Thabo Mbeki’s administration charges were automatically rein- ever can still go to the Constitutional that he should face almost 800 cor- “We seriously considered whether showed undue interference in the case. stated by the ruling. “The prosecution Court, the highest in the land, and its TAIPEI: A strike by staff ruption charges dating back to before the appeal would have reasonable The move cleared the way for Zuma to against President Jacob must proceed decision will be final and binding. “The from Taiwan’s largest car- he took office. prospects of success and came to the be elected president just weeks later. and he must have his day in court,” it question now will be the role of NPA. rier China Airlines left Zuma had sought to overturn a conclusion that there are no merits in The tapped phone recordings, said in a statement. Will they protect Zuma?” independ- 20,000 passengers with- court order in April that the National the arguments,” Judge Aubrey Ledwaba which became known as the “spy “The NPA must give President Zuma ent political analyst Daniel Silke said. out flights yesterday in the first industrial action by cabin crew in the island’s aviation history. The airline was forced Festive costume Myanmar Buddhists to cancel all flights out of the two main airports in the capital Taipei, with the only exception a char- ransack mosque tered service for President Tsai Ing-wen who left for a state visit to Panama as violence flares and Paraguay yesterday morning. Crowds of pas- sengers queued up at AFP and peace had been restored. But CAL counters in Taipei’s one Muslim resident said his com- Songshan and Taoyuan munity of around 150 people is now airports as the airline tried living in fear. to get them onto different BAGO: Scores of Buddhists ransacked “We had to hide as some peo- flights. a mosque in central Myanmar forcing ple were threatening to kill Muslims. Muslims to seek refuge in a police sta- The situation has never been like this tion overnight, officials and residents before,” Tin Shwe OO, 29, told AFP, Court issues said yesterday, as tensions between adding his family stayed at the small People with face covered with mud and wearing costume made of banana leaves as part of a religious the two groups continues to plague police station overnight. arrest warrant festival in Aliaga town, Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, yesterday. the Southeast Asian nation. “I do not dare to stay at my house. Bouts of anti-Muslim violence For the safety of my family, I want to for VW official have left scores dead across Myanmar stay somewhere else for about a week since 2012 and the febrile atmosphere or so.” Police confirmed the damage, SEOUL: A South Korean has seen Aung San Suu Kyi’s new while the mosque’s secretary, Win court yesterday issued the government come under pressure Shwe, said it is now “impossible” for first warrant for the arrest to address the country’s secretar- the Muslims to worship. of a Volkswagen AG exec- Tanzania aircraft debris to ian divides. Outbreaks of deadly violence have utive in connection with The most recent violence erupted roiled the country in recent years its cheating of vehicle on Thursday afternoon as a mob of threatening to unpick democratic emissions tests, in another around 200 Buddhists rampaged gains. The worst violence struck cen- blow to the German auto- be checked for MH370 link maker’s efforts to move through a Muslim area of a village tral Myanmar and western Rakhine in Bago province following an argu- State which is home to the stateless on from the scandal. ment between neighbours over the Rohingya Muslim minority, tens of The warrant is the first AFP the latest in a string of pieces being piece to be examined. The final loca- building of a Muslim school. thousands of whom still languish in to be levelled against a examined for links to the aircraft lost tion of MH370, which was on a routine “It started when a Muslim man displacement camps after rioting. Volkswagen executive more than two years ago with 239 flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and Buddhist women started to argue Buddhist nationalists vigor- anywhere in the world people onboard. when it vanished in March 2014, has and then people came to fight him,” ously oppose moves to recognise after the firm in Septem- SYDNEY: A piece of aircraft debris “The Australian Transport Safety never been found despite an exten- Hla Tint, the village administrator, the Rohingya as an official minority ber admitted to using found off the coast of Tanzania will be Bureau is seeking further information sive search. told AFP. “Parts of the mosque were group, instead labelling them “Ben- software to falsify pollu- examined to see whether it could be on the debris to ascertain whether it But pieces of debris thought destroyed... they also destroyed the gali” -- shorthand for illegal migrants tion tests on some diesel from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight was from the Malaysia Airlines Boeing almost certainly to have come from fence of the Muslim cemetery,” he from the border with Bangladesh. cars, spurring legal action MH370, Australian officials said yes- 777, MH370,” Chester said in a state- the plane have washed up on the Indian added. Around 70 Muslims, includ- Democracy champion Suu Kyi, who is in the United States, Ger- terday. Australia’s Transport Minister ment. The bureau said Malaysian Ocean islands of Reunion and Mau- ing children, sought shelter in a police currently visiting Thailand, has come many, South Korea and Darren Chester gave no description of officials were in contact with Tan- ritius as well as in South Africa and station overnight on Thursday, he said, under fire for failing to speak up for elsewhere. the fragment found on Pemba Island, zanian authorities to arrange for the Mozambique. adding there were no serious injuries the Rohingya. Truck driver jailed for Indonesia demands security for ships in Philippines blocking Mugabe HAZARE: A Zimba- bwean truck driver has Reuters In April, the Indonesian Navy Indonesian data shows stood at about Philippine department of energy. Mar- tugboats because they can no longer been jailed for two years instructed all commercial vessels to 15m tonnes, worth around $800m, sudi said earlier that seven Indonesians penetrate resorts and coastal towns for failing to make way avoid piracy-prone waters around the last year. Alarmed at the frequency had been kidnapped by two different in Malaysia’s eastern Sabah state due for President Robert southern Philippines. of attacks, port authorities in some armed groups in attacks on a tugboat to increased security. Mugabe’s motorcade. JAKARTA: Indonesia’s foreign minister Analysts say $40bn worth of areas of Indonesia, particularly Kali- towing a coal-carrying barge. The rise of sea hijackings prompted Joseph Chakanetsa said yesterday a halt on coal shipments cargo passes through those waters mantan on the island of Borneo, have “The government will try all options Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia was also banned from to the Philippines will continue until a year, including supertankers from stopped issuing permits to ships tak- to free the hostages,” she said. Author- to agree last month to carry out coor- driving trucks for life by a Manila guarantees security in its waters the Indian Ocean that cannot use the ing coal to the southern Philippines. ities were working to verify whether dinated patrols to secure the region’s court. after seven Indonesian sailors were crowded Malacca Strait. “The Indo- Philippine officials said the gov- the kidnappers belonged to Philippine busy waterways. However, coordi- He was charged with taken hostage, the latest in a string nesian government has decided that ernment had been working to address militant group Abu Sayyaf. nated patrols are yet to get underway. negligent driving after of abductions. the moratorium on coal exports to piracy in the south and that coal import- Up to 18 Indonesians and Malay- Abu Sayyaf, known for amassing ignoring the presidential Indonesian authorities are con- the Philippines will be extended until ers could tap other suppliers. “There sians were kidnapped in three attacks tens of millions of dollars from kid- convoy when the vet- cerned that piracy in the Sulu Sea there is a guarantee for security from will be additional transportation costs on tugboats earlier this year in Phil- nappings, has beheaded two Canadian eran ruler was travelling area, a major sea traffic corridor for the Philippines government,” foreign if the coal will come from Australia or ippine waters by groups suspected of nationals in recent weeks after ran- to his home in the upmar- the world’s top thermal coal exporter, minister Retno Marsudi told reporters. Russia so that means additional costs ties to Abu Sayyaf. The Philippine mil- som deadlines passed. It is still holding ket Harare suburb of could reach levels previously seen in Indonesia supplies 70 percent of the ... will have to be passed on to power itary has said the militants have been Malaysian seamen and Japanese, Dutch, Borrowdale. Somalia. Philippines’ coal import needs, which consumers,” said Rino Abad from the targeting foreign crew of slow-moving Norwegian, and Philippine citizens. 06 SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016 PAKISTAN

Call to revise UN resolution Explosion in Quetta in bid to curb WMD spread

hands on radiological materials or accounting, security and export con- chemical weapons,” Masood Khan, a trol measures. The IS must not be former Pakistan UN Ambassador and Industry, civil society and allowed to lay its now Director-General of the Insti- academia were now key partners in tute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, promoting the 1540 process and pre- hands on radiological said at formal open consultations at venting non-state actors’ access to materials or chemical UN Headquarters in New York on the dual use technologies. 2016 Comprehensive Review of the “They should therefore be weapons, said implementation of the resolution. brought out of the margins and Masood Khan, a Resolution 1540, an integral part shadows and integrated into the of non-proliferation regime, “needs mainstream.” Since 2004, he said, former Pakistan UN rejuvenation and renovation,” he Pakistan has implemented a compre- Ambassador and said, noting that the threat posed by hensive export control regime, and its now Director-General non-state actors was evolving; the legislative, regulatory, administrative nexus between terrorists and violent and enforcement measures are at par of the Institute of extremists was becoming stronger with the standards followed by the Strategic Studies, and there was growing evidence of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the terrorists’ attempts to acquire weap- Missile Technology Control Regime Islamabad. ons of mass destruction. (MTCR), the Australia Group and the Moreover, Masood Khan said that European Union. Security officials inspect the site of bomb explosion in Quetta, yesterday. The explosion killed three the breakthroughs in science and The emphasis all along has been people and wounded 32 others, the police said. technology would make it easier to on robust laws, comprehensive Internews acquire drones and multiple devices scope, catch all control, barriers of 3D printing and use of cyberspace. against diversion, preparedness and He called for commissioning response, and international coop- of an authentic study to assess the eration. “What is more, Pakistan’s Imran Khan hints at ties with PPP ISLAMABAD: The head of a Paki- severity and immediacy of the threat Strategic Export Control Division is stani think-tank called for revamping of nuclear and radiological terrorism. fully involving industry, academia UN Security Council Resolution 1540 To deal with the full spectrum and civil society to garner support Internews ari in drive against the corruption. Emphasising on accountability that aims to prevent proliferation of of threats, the 1540 regime must for the implementation of its export In an interview with Geo News of PM Nawaz Sharif, Imran said eve- weapons of mass destruction to non- work closely with other entities and control regime,” Masood Khan said. programme ‘Capital Talk’, Imran ryone could be held accountable if State actors, saying there was need regimes, especially the Nuclear Secu- “Our commitment to the success Khan said, “I will stand by anyone the process started from the Premier to take into account emerging threats rity Summit process, he said, adding of Resolution 1540 is second to none. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e- including Bilawal Bhutto Zardari who himself. He said the government that were destabilising large chunks the resolution cannot do it all nor do Let me add that these credentials, Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan said comes out against corruption.” Khan would not survive anymore, however, of the globe. it alone. among others, make Pakistan emi- that he could stand along with said he had been saying for the past there was no threat of martial law. He “ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Masood Khan also called nently eligible to become a member Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) 20 years that corruption is the biggest added that democracy is endangered Syria) must not be allowed to lay its for streamlining the resolution’s of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.” Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zard- issue that concerns Pakistan. by PM Nawaz Sharif himself.

Cybercrime bill Salvaging tyres US drone strikes disrupt relegated to yet another Senate Afghan peace process committee Internews about whether the international community was ready to invest in Internews war instead of peace in Afghanistan. She said the use of force over the ISLAMABAD: At the United Nations, last 15 years had not led to peace, she ISLAMABAD: The controversial Pakistan said US drone strike has said, advising against the continua- cybercrime bill of Pakistan, which disrupted the Afghan peace process tion of such a strategy. was passed by the National Assem- and further complicated the situa- At the outset, Ambassador bly in April, has been handed to a tion in the region. According to the Lodhi took exception to remarks by subcommittee of the Senate Com- Radio Pakistan Maleeha Lodhi, the Afghanistan’s UN Ambassador Mah- mittee on Information Technology permanent Ambassador at the inter- moud Saikal accusing Pakistani of and Telecommunications, which national body, told the UN Security interference in his country’s inter- will conduct a public hearing and Council that United States drone nal affairs and allowing anti-Afghan hold consultations with journalists attack that killed Taliban leader Mul- terrorist groups to operate from safe and other key stakeholders before lah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour on havens inside the Pakistani terri- finalising its recommendations on the Pakistani territory was a viola- tory. She termed the comments of the proposed law. tion of Pakistan’s sovereignty and Afghan representative as unjustified But there was very little in territorial integrity. and untrue and gratuitous on Paki- committee meeting to inspire “It is also a blatant breach of the stani institutions. confidence among Internet users, principles of the UN Charter and Ambassador Lodhi went on to as most of the discussion focused international law,” she said. Taking ask the Government of Afghani- on commercial lobbies and the part in a debate on Afghanistan situ- stan not to externalise its internal government‘s interests, while the Workers move tyres from a warehouse after a fire broke out at an industrial zone in Karachi, yesterday. ation, Ambassador Lodhi said the US problems and blame others for its rights of individuals were hardly attack has raised serious questions own failures. discussed at all. Even though most senators admitted that they did not have the technical capacity to hold an intelligent discussion on the bill without inviting input from experts Pakistan urged to engage with Afghanistan and stakeholders, the civil society and industry representatives who were invited got very little chance Internews the Taliban ideology on both sides of Afghanistan?‘ He said Mansour‘s mutual consultation. It should not be with Pakistan in the context of to speak. ‘No one is against reg- Durand Line is to destroy modern state successors are less likely to be found seen as punishing Afghanistan for progress on the Taliban. ulation [of cyberspace], but there structures,‘ he said. in refugee camps and more likely to refusing to be subservient. The Afghan government expected are several different concerns “We also pretend that while the be found in well-protected luxury Meanwhile, analyst Rauf Hassan Pakistan to either act against the involved in this issue,‘ observed ISLAMABAD: Speakers at an event Afghan Taliban is motivated to drive compounds in Quetta and elsewhere suggested there is no Afghanistan pol- irreconcilable Taliban or bring the Senator Farhatullah Babar. He called for civilian control over the out foreign forces, the Pakistani Tal- holding Pakistani identity and travel icy, and policy makers are guided by reconcilable ones to the table. asked that the committee go over Afghanistan policy, and asked Paki- iban is seeking to destroy the state documents. perceived threat from India. He said It states that publicly, there is the bill clause-by-clause in con- stan to alter its mindset and engage itself. It is this dichotomy in state ‘In utter frustration and in a exaggerated Indian threat had deter- nothing the two countries talk about sultation with stakeholders and with Afghanistan instead of trying to policy that had led the two close kneejerk reaction we have resorted mined relations with Afghanistan. other than the status of the Taliban, technical experts, warning that control it. They were speaking at the neighbours on the path of a danger- to unilateral border controls and are Former foreign minister Inamul and a multi-layered engagement is legislators would be held responsi- launch of a report on ‘Pak-Afghan ous collision.” demanding repatriation of Afghan Haq said that if India wishes to have clearly missing. ble if the government were allowed Relations Under Evolving Regional He said Mansour‘s possession of refugees. It is neither feasible nor good relations with Afghanistan, it It argues that the Afghan Taliban free rein over the Internet. Former Scenario‘, published by the Pakistan Pakistani identity documents raised advisable to throw out the refugees should not offend anyone. ‘Our aim currently appear uninterested, even interior minister Rehman Malik Institute of Policy Studies. serious questions about who has pro- overnight. We have not been able to should be to ensure that India does cautious, in joining the differentiated ‘cybercrime‘ from Pakistan Peoples Party’s Sena- vided sanctuary and protection to the register all the refugees as yet-a task not use the soil of Afghanistan to peace talks largely because of a ‘cyber-security‘, and advocated tor Farhatullah Babar said that the Afghan Taliban in Pakistan, and dealt that must have been completed long destabilise Pakistan for work in other lack of an internal agreement. It says the need for a comprehensive dichotomy in the state‘s policy towards a blow to the narrative of sovereignty. ago,‘ he argued. ways against our national interests,‘ that while Pakistan admitted to data protection law before the Pre- militants has brought Afghanistan and ‘Where is sovereignty when He said border management is he said. having influence over the Taliban, it vention of Electronic Crimes Bill Pakistan close to a dangerous colli- the likes of Mansour are freely a long term process requiring a long According to the report, Afghan- cautioned that this doesn‘t necessar- (PECB) 2016 was passed. sion. ‘Pakistan refuses to acknowledge using out land to launch attacks in term and patient resolution with istan sees progress in its relations ily equate to control over the group. Pop icon Cher aims to free lonely & chained elephant

Reuters pictures of the elephant in chains HIM,” Cher tweeted after Cowne caretaker, Muhammad Jalal, as with only a dilapidated shed for visited the zoo. another caretaker sprayed the shelter and a small, dirty pond to Cowne told Pakistan’s Dawn animal with a high-pressure hose play in spread on social media. newspaper that Cher would soon while he bathed in a pond of muddy ISLAMABAD: The plight of a lonely Cher sent her representative, launch an international campaign water. Zoo management did not elephant in a Pakistani zoo has Mark Cowne, to Islamabad to check to help elephants in captivity. respond to calls seeking comment inspired help from pop icon Cher, up on Kavaan, who has been kept Kavaan’s caretakers last week but told reporters last month that who has sent a representative to chained for 27 of his 29 years at the said they had never heard of Cher they were trying to get a new mate oversee improvements in his liv- Maraghazar Zoo in Islamabad. or her music but were grateful for for Kavaan from Sri Lanka. ing conditions. “Mark got Kaavan Water, her help. Kavaan was given to Pakistan Cher first became aware of Shade & Unchained. MARK IS “We hope this will change by Sri Lanka in the 1980s. His only 29-year-old Kavaan’s plight when TRYING EVERYTHING TO FREE things for him,” said Kavaan’s companion died in 2012. A worker bathes Kavaan, in his inclosure at a zoo in Islamabad. INDIA SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016 07 India edges closer to joining SCO security bloc

AFP in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent of the Moscow and New Delhi, the website and Tajikistan -- is mainly focused Silk Road trade route. Russia, in turn, bloc known as the Shanghai Cooper- said. on security. has focused on broadening its pro- PM Narendra Modi ation Organisation (SCO). Putin told Chinese state news Although critics say it has done little tectionist Eurasian Economic Union thanked Putin for his Putin added it was time to “work agency Xinhua ahead of the sum- to prepare the region’s weaker states integration project involving four of MOSCOW: India and Pakistan inched closely” on ensuring India and Pakistan mit that the accession of India and for potential fallout from instability its former Soviet allies. constructive role in his closer yesterday to joining a regional are integrated into the organisation’s Pakistan would increase the organi- in Afghanistan on the bloc’s south- Putin also said at the Friday summit bid to join SCO, after security and economic bloc led by Rus- cooperation mechanisms, which sation’s “relevance, both in the region ern border. that there were “no obstacles” left for sia and China, a move seen to boost include regular meetings between and worldwide”. Commentators have come to view Iran -- currently an SCO observer -- to Putin had said India’s the importance of the organisation. member states’ foreign ministers and Uzbek president Islam Karim told the bloc as a vehicle for managing Rus- join the organisation now that sanc- accession would allow “We expect that our partners will heads of government. local media yesterday that the acces- sia and Chinese interests in Central tions connected to Tehran’s nuclear be able to accede as quickly as possible, Indian Prime Minister Narendra sion negotiations for Pakistan and India Asia, which often appear to be at odds. programme have been lifted. for closer cooperation by our next meeting in Kazakhstan” Modi thanked Putin for his “constructive had been “difficult” but that organisa- China is currently championing Turkey had also expressed a desire between Moscow and next year, Russian President Vladimir role” in his country’s bid to join SCO, tion members had managed to reach an ambitious plan to complete trade- to join the SCO before its relations with Putin said after the two countries signed It was after Putin had said to the a compromise. boosting infrastructure projects. Moscow soured over Ankara’s downing New Delhi memorandums on joining, the Kremlin media that India’s accession would The SCO -- whose members also The projects including land and sea of a Russian fighter jet used in Moscow’s website said. Putin spoke at the summit allow for closer cooperation between include Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan links touted as a revival of the ancient military operations in Syria last year.

Monsoon session of Faded dreams 1 House from July 18 18 dead in IANS He said now BJP alone has 54 Dhule truck-bus members in the Rajya Sabha, while total number of the NDA members in accident the house has gone up to 62. NEW DELHI: Parliament’s monsoon Ten other Independent members DHULE: Eighteen peo- session is likely to begin from July 18, have also expressed their support ple were killed when a and GST and some other important to the Narendra Modi government, seven-axle container bills will be passed during it, Minis- informed sources. truck collided with a mini ter of State for Parliamentary Affairs “As far as the GST is concerned, bus on the Surat-Nagpur Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said yesterday. most of the Congress members also highway here yesterday “Earlier, number (of the Bharatiya are in favour of it,” he added. evening, police said. Janata Party and its allies MPs) was a The minister said that the ses- The incident occurred problem in the (upper) house.” sion may begin from July 18. when one of the wheels However, since we have improved “Cabinet Committee on Parlia- of the truck, which was our tally in the house considerably mentary Affairs (CCPA) is yet to decide bound for Parola in after the recent Rajya Sabha elec- the exact dates (for the monsoon ses- adjoining Jalgaon district, tions, all important bills, including sion of Parliament)”, he said. broke loose. The driver the GST, should be passed this time It was also added that the com- then lost control of the A homeless girl asks for alms outside a coffee shop in Mumbai, yesterday. around,” Naqvi told said reporters mittee will meet on June 29 to finalise truck near Kasvihir village. during an interaction. the dates. It rammed into the packed oncoming mini bus from Parola and crushed it by its sheer weight, said police officer Centre returns 14 bills to Delhi Govt showed unnecessary S.P. Patil of Dhule. Two people were injured and were in critical condition. IANS Kejriwal lost no time in attacking the have been sent back, a source in the anguish over NSG: Congress Central government and also targeted Union Home Ministry said: “The Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi. government has been asked to clarify BJP unhappy “Modi’s slogan -- Na kaam on certain issues in the bills.” IANS India-specific IAEA (International NEW DELHI: The Central government karoonga, na karne doonga (Nei- The returned bills reportedly Atomic Energy Agency) agreement with Swamy’s has returned to the Delhi government ther will I work, nor will I let others include the Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill 2015 allowed India to also trade with NSG 14 bills passed by the Delhi assembly, work),” Kejriwal tweeted. which the AAP had described as the countries. remarks triggering a fresh row between the He also said the central govern- “strongest” anti-corruption legisla- DELHI: As India’s bid for member- “NSG countries can sell reactors BJP-led NDA and the AAP regime in ment had no intention of clearing tion in the country. ship of the Nuclear Suppliers Group to India and India can do the same. NEW DELHI: The BJP has the national capital. the bills. “They are interfering in Supporting the Central government (NSG) came a cropper, the Congress So there was no need of this desper- taken a serious view of its “Centre rejects 14 bills passed everything.” decision, the leader of the opposition yesterday said the Narendra Modi-led ation on the NSG issue,” Sharma said. Rajya Sabha member Sub- by Delhi Assembly. Shouldn’t Delhi “Should the central government in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta of government had shown “unnecessary The Congress also expressed ramanian Swamy’s implicit Assembly have the power to make its have the right to block every work Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the desperation” to become a member of shock at the statement given by attack on Finance Minister own laws,” the Aam Aadmi Party said done by the Delhi government? Is the bills passed by Delhi Assembly had the bloc and embarrassed the coun- Indian External Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley and is likely to on its twitter handle as news about the Centre the headmaster of the Delhi “legal loopholes” and alleged that the try in the process. Sushma Swaraj where she had said strongly convey to him to Central government decision went viral government,” he asked. Kejriwal government has not been fol- “Diplomacy is always done by wis- that India would have no objection be restrained in his com- on social networking and television Confirming that some draft legis- lowing the established procedures in dom and silence. We have never seen to the entry of Pakistan into the NSG ments pertaining to party channels. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind lations passed by the Delhi Assembly the matters. diplomacy being conducted in this based on merit. leaders and government manner, making it very clear whom “Such a statement is absolutely officials, party sources you are lobbying with and whom you shocking. It is a huge diplomatic said. are petitioning with,” senior Congress letdown of the country after raising A party office bearer leader and Deputy Leader of Oppo- expectations to such a great height,” said the leadership Friday prayers sition in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma senior party spokesperson Prithviraj has taken dim view of told reporters at the party headquar- Chavan said talking to reporters here. Swamy’s remarks per- ters here. “The Prime Minister must explain taining to Jaitley and “It is an embarrassment for India as to what went wrong and what is government officials to do what was not required. This kind the Prime Minister’s stand on Paki- and regards these as of intense lobbying by Prime Minis- stan, particularly about Pakistan’s “indiscipline.” ter Modi and his government, we can standards of behaviour on Non Pro- understand, should have been done liferation, about Dr. A.Q. Khan’s work, for UN Security Council member- giving nuclear technology in an unau- Mob attacks ship,” Sharma said, thorised manner and in view of that He also insisted there was no need how can India welcome Pakistan’s police post in to show desperation that led India membership of the NPT, whatever to be equated with Pakistan in the the merit, you all know that there Kupwara NSG case. are some friendly countries who are “Why did the Prime Minister and supporting Pakistan’s case,” Chavan SRINAGAR: Eighteen this government make so much of added. policemen including two noise about it, and the kind of hectic He also said that the country was officers were injured campaigning and lobbying for it? In looking forward to a positive outcome yesterday in Jammu 2008, NSG had given India specific because that would have been the and Kashmir’s Kupwara waiver which allowed India’s inte- culmination of the work started by town after an irate mob gration with the nuclear mainstream the Congress-led United Progressive attacked a police post after decades of isolation,” he added. Alliance In July 2005 a joint statement with stones. That agreement, Sharma said, of President Bush and Dr. Manmohan “Eighteen police- paved the way for India to enter Singh had opened up the possibility men including the station People offer Friday prayers on a street outside a mosque in Mumbai. into an agreement with the United of nuclear cooperation with global house officer (SHO) of States of America. He added that an powers and the US in particular. Kupwara police station and an assistant sub- inspector were injured when an unruly mob resorted to he avy stone pelting at the police post Northeast’s international borders will be fenced: Official in Kupwara town after the Friday prayers,” a senior police officer said. IANS India’s borders with Bangladesh and topography, requirement and approach Meghalaya and West Bengal, held a “As per international norms, the “The incident hap- Myanmar. We have concrete action to manage the 1,640-km unfenced bor- meeting with Tripura Chief Secre- barbed wire fencing is being erected pened after a separatist plan for the management of the bor- der with Myanmar are completely tary Yashpal Singh, senior officials 150 yards from the zero line of the bor- leader made an inflamma- ders with Bangladesh and Myanmar,” different from the Bangladesh border. of the Border Security Force, District ders. Where there are problems, the tory speech at the local AGARTALA: International borders of Union Home Ministry’s Border Man- Four northeastern states of Tripura, Magistrates and Collectors of differ- fencing is being erected at the Zero mosque,” he said, adding the northeastern states would either be agement Secretary Susheel Kumar Meghalaya, Mizoram and Assam share ent bordering districts besides senior Line after taking cognisance of the police exercised utmost fenced or sealed to check trans-bor- told reporters. a 1,880-km border with Bangladesh, state government officials. Bangladesh government,” he added. restraint to ensure that no der movement of militants and prevent “Government has already decided while Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland “By December next year, Tripu- The official, who will visit a few civilian casualty occurs. infiltration and cross-border crimes, a to seal Assam’s border with Bangladesh and Arunachal Pradesh share a 1,640- ra’s 856-km border with Bangladesh bordering areas, said that wherever the Stone-pelting have top Union Home Ministry official said within two years. Most parts of Assam’s km unfenced border with Myanmar. would be completely fenced to check people’s perception is different about also occurred in the town here yesterday. 263-km-long border with Bangladesh Susheel Kumar, who came here trans-border movement of terrorists, erecting the fencing, the concerned of Sopore in Baramulla “Government has different are riverine,” he said. on yesterday on a three-day visit hostile elements, prevent infiltration District Magistrate and Collectors have after the Friday prayers. approach depending upon the northeast To a question the official said that to Tripura after meeting officials in and check border crimes,” he said. been asked to talk to the people. 08 SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL adiEU! With refugees here to stay, hosts n the end, Britain has spoken. The country wants to leave the European Union and reclaim, recover, and re-establish all that it has surrendered, willingly or unwillingly, at the doors get help to make them an asset of Brussels to make Britain great again and beLEAVE in itself. For all those outside or inside Britain, for laymen or Iexperts, it’s excruciatingly difficult not to look at the results yesterday without succumbing to one of the two emotions – joy or they can often help themselves into reality, she said. “The majority development specialist with the grief – depending on which side you are. This was such a divisive, and their communities.” of young refugee girls we talk to World Bank. Ethiopia hosts the Betts had worked with Oxford want to go back to their countries, largest number of refugees in high-adrenaline and venomous debate that few could afford to economics professor Paul Collier and they want to go to school so Africa - some 736,000 who have sit on the fence. So much was at stake for so many that everybody on a proposal for Syrian refugees they can become something that fled conflict and drought in nearby who was somebody weighed in. Many Britons cried at the results, in Jordan to receive work permits will help rebuild their country - an countries including Somalia, Eri- others gyrated in joy. But the reaction from global markets and to do manufacturing jobs in spe- architect or a journalist,” said Lei. trea and Sudan. businessmen all over the world was as expected – heart-rending cial economic zones. The UN refugee agency Ethiopia’s economy is grow- pain. Global stocks bled, shedding value worth trillions of dollars; The idea proved popular (UNHCR) said this week that, as ing at around 11 percent annually, with Jordan, the World Bank and of the end of 2015, nearly 6.7 mil- but parts of the country remain sterling got whacked mercilessly, and central bankers and global donors like Britain, and is now lion refugees out of a total of 21.3 impoverished - often places where executives panicked and puzzled over what lay ahead. By Megan Rowling being rolled out with a target of million, were in a “protracted situ- refugees have lived for years. Since the Brexit decision is a reality Reuters 150,000 permits for Syrians to ation” - meaning they had been in Governments in the region and irreversible, it will be in the best work in five zones. exile for at least five years. are realising they need to “look It will be interest of Britain, the EU and the world The scheme is due to start soon, The world’s 32 long-term at this refugee presence differ- in the best to let this divorce happen peacefully Betts said, although challenges refugee situations have lasted ently” to develop stressed areas and harmoniously. How far Britain ITH hundreds remain in securing trade conces- 26 years on average, the agency that could otherwise put a brake interest of of thousands sions for Jordanian exports to the said. Overall, it said, the refugee on their growth, said Vemuru. will be diminished and discredited by Britain, the of Syrian ref- EU, persuading multinational com- burden falls mainly on develop- The World Bank met the gov- this decision, or what it stands to gain ugees risking panies to invest in the zones, and ing countries, which host nearly ernments of Ethiopia, Uganda EU and the by retaking control of its borders and their lives working out how best to run them. 14 million refugees, excluding and Djibouti and proposed they world to let sovereignty will be proven by time. trying to For Betts, an approach like this Palestinians, the highest figure act before the worsening circum- Sometimes divorce leads to happiness Wreach Europe in the last couple of is “a second-best solution” for sit- in over two decades. stances for communities hosting this divorce and peace, and sometimes to nostalgia years, wealthy governments have uations where host governments The Horn of Africa, for exam- refugees provoked even bigger woken up to the need to do more are unwilling to let refugees work ple, has some 2.2 million refugees problems, including social ten- happen about those ‘better days’. It can lead to than simply provide food, tents and freely, as they can in Uganda. and more than 6.5 million people sions. In May, the World Bank peacefully implosion too, if Scotland chooses to emergency medical care. “The ideal is that you have uprooted within their own coun- approved $175m for a five-year and secede. The European Union project And a growing number of full economic participation by tries, many of whom have been programme to improve conditions harmoniously. has suffered a crushing blow that would organisations, including the refugees until they are able to displaced for more than 20 years, for refugees and their hosts alike. make its architects writhe in agony. One United Nations and World Bank, go home,” he said. “The practical according to a 2015 World Bank De Berry, who now heads immediate result has been that far- are shifting their approach to offer reality is that you have to look at report. When the bank’s research- up another World Bank project right, anti-immigrant parties across the longer-term help for refugees to the political constraints in differ- ers spoke to refugees in Djibouti, in Africa’s Great Lakes region to become more self-sufficient. ent countries.” Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda, support displaced people and host continent have gained new energy and are likely to demand or The majority of Syria’s nearly The London conference also they were told conditions for the communities, said the bank real- accelerate their countries’ exit from the EU. Donald Trump is happy. 5 million refugees are hosted saw a pledge to put 1.7 million communities they were living in ises that to end poverty, it must So is Marine Le Pen of France’s Front National whose presidential outside the European Union, but young Syrian refugees and vul- had deteriorated in the past two concentrate efforts on hard-to- bid has received an unexpected, free boost. A dam of goodwill and the crisis on Europe’s doorstep nerable host-community children decades, threatening initial hos- reach populations like these. unity has been bombed whose waters will destroy the prevailing has brought to a head a predic- into quality education by the end pitality towards them. The aim in Zambia, Dem- oases of order and harmony. ament that many poorer nations of the 2016/17 school year. Refugees housed in camps run ocratic Republic of Congo and have struggled with for decades, Philippa Lei, director of policy by aid agencies had better access Tanzania is to work with gov- In the broader sense, the world has paid the biggest price for experts say. for the Malala Fund, which advo- than local people to education, ernments to include refugees ignoring the conflict in Syria. Millions of Syrians fleeing war and “Governments are having to cates for every girl to receive 12 healthcare, water supplies and and migrants in wider develop- destruction flocked to Europe, upending its long-established order grapple with a whole set of dif- years of education, said the dead- opportunities for a decent living. ment plans - such as integrating and igniting an immigration debate unprecedented in history, and ferent issues — like in Turkey, line would be hard to meet - not Where the displaced had set- them better into local economies finally forcing Britain to slam its door shut. Some countries are competition in the labour market; least because donors have been tled in villages and towns, basic by building new roads so they can choosing to insulate themselves from the surrounding chaos rather like in Lebanon, vastly over-sub- slow to deliver billions of dollars services, infrastructure and the reach markets. “With the right set than contribute to make the world a better place by addressing its scribed schools,” said Joanna de in aid promises. environment could not cope with of opportunities and tools, there is Berry, who led the World Bank’s Meanwhile, refugee children the additional strain. ample evidence to show that dis- problems. response for Syrian refugees in are missing out on the education “It was a downward spiral placed people can be an economic Finally, who said the print media is dead? The most powerful Turkey until January. they need - particularly at sec- for development in these areas,” asset to their hosting countries,” of British newspapers in terms of circulation had backed Brexit – As war in Syria approached its ondary level - to turn their hopes said Varalakshmi Vemuru, a social De Berry said. incessantly drilling into their readers’ brains that their future was a sixth year, donor governments and dark tunnel if they didn’t say adiEU! international institutions met in London in February, recognising that a sticking-plaster response to assist Syrians fleeing to over- whelmed neighbouring states was insufficient. At that con- Quote of the day ference, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey agreed to act to open up We take note of the their labour markets to refugees. British people’s decision Donors pledged funding and expertise to help create up to 1.1 with regret. There is million jobs for refugees and host- no doubt that this is a country citizens by 2018, aided by blow to Europe and to private-sector investment. the European unification “We tend to look at refugees either as humanitarian victims process. or as an inevitable burden when they are often people with skills, talents, capacities,” said Alexan- Angela Merkel der Betts, director of the Refugee Young Syrian refugees perform during a play as part of a theatre project touring Lebanon at an German Chancellor Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. “If we empower them, unofficial refugee camp in the Lebanese village of Bar Elias.

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The British vote is a far more dramatic blow and will prompt soul searching and conflicting reflexes about the way ahead. “This is a bad day for the European dream,” said former European commis- sioner Pascal Lamy, the Frenchman who was right-hand man to Delors in the 1980s and 1990s. Britain had always been the most semi-detached of EU members. It acceded belatedly in 1973 after shunning the foun- dation of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic By Paul Taylor Community in the 1950s. And it never Reuters joined the euro or the Schengen zone of passport-free travel. Yet it has wielded strong influence as the most free-market country and RITAIN’S shock vote to leave the bloc’s main financial centre, and the European Union — the its departure is bound to sap the EU’s first time a member state self-confidence and change the power has chosen to pull out — dynamics among remaining members. sends the post-World War For four decades, Europe has been Two unification process that steered by a balance among German Bhas underpinned peace and prosperity on political federalism, France’s tradition of the continent into reverse. a state-led economy, and Britain’s eco- The loss of Europe’s second biggest nomic liberalism and free-trading. economy and one of its two main military With Britain gone, Berlin faces a much powers triggered a scramble to shore up more difficult life as the bloc’s reluctant the remaining 27-nation bloc, amid a ris- hegemon, with an economically weak ing tide of eurosceptic populism, rather French partner and a group of southern than any radical move towards closer countries that want it to underwrite their union. Britain’s vote plunges the EU into debts and their banks’ deposits. its third major crisis of the decade after There are several potential areas the eurozone debt turmoil that began in An arrangement of newspapers pictured in London yesterday, as an illustration, shows the front page of the Evening for battles among the remaining EU Greece and last year’s influx of a million Standard newpaper reporting the resignation of British Prime Minister David Cameron following the result of the UK’s countries: what terms to give a depart- migrants and refugees. vote to leave the EU in the Thursday’s referendum. Cameron is pictured holding hands with his wife Samantha as they ing Britain, whether to deepen euro area Despite months of seesawing opinion come out from 10 Downing Street. integration and how to respond to the polls, few in the top echelons in Brussels, widespread loss of public confidence. Berlin or Paris had believed voters would Britain has been the strongest sup- ultimately risk a so-called Brexit. Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault tweeted in a vote will be strongest, but they see no control Europe’s external borders and porter of a free trade and investment British exit negotiations could be long first reaction. “It’s urgent.” chain reaction of other countries voting manage migration to address citizens’ partnership under negotiation with the and divisive, with Germany and north- While financial markets react to secede. concerns. United States, which could become a ern allies keen to keep London as close instantly to shocks such as Brexit, the Continental governments are likely to Yet migration policy is deeply divi- collateral casualty of Brexit, given pub- as possible to the EU market while others, deeper impact on economies takes time reject calls for plebiscites, but they all face sive. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor lic opposition in Germany and Austria as notably France, may seek a tough line to to show. The International Monetary a similar angry public mood, fuelled by Orban, who defied Brussels by shut- well as France. discourage further fragmentation. Fund has said Brexit could leave Brit- fear of globalisation, falling living stand- ting out migrants, plans a referendum The eight other countries outside the So the priority for the governments ain’s economy more than five percent ards for many poorer workers and anxiety in October to reject EU policy of sharing euro zone - including Sweden, Denmark and institutions at the heart of the EU smaller by 2019 than if it stayed in the over immigration. out quotas of asylum seekers stranded and Poland - have lost their strongest ally will be to negotiate a smooth divorce and bloc. The vote has added to uncertainty Those same forces have propelled in Greece and Italy. in London and will be a weaker minor- prevent contagion. “Europe will continue over the global economy. outspoken billionaire Donald Trump to Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Inde- ity in the EU. but it must react and rediscover the con- The exit process is also unclear. Article the brink of the Republican nomination pendence Party whose rise prompted “Brexit will oblige some countries to fidence of its peoples,” French Foreign 50 of the EU treaty, which sets out how a for the US presidential election. Trump Prime Minister David Cameron to call take a decision. They can’t stay one foot state can leave the bloc, offers little detail. applauded the result, saying Britons “took the plebiscite, gloated that the EU was in and one foot out,” former Italian Prime Although it provides for a two-year with- back control of their country”. Most other now “dying” and said he hoped this was Minister Enrico Letta told Reuters, citing drawal, many say it will take longer and US leaders had warned Brexit would “the first step towards a Europe of sover- the four central European countries that some fear the process will become bit- weaken Europe and undermine Wash- eign nations”. form the so-called Visegrad group, as well ter, disrupting European affairs across ington’s interests in the region. EU leaders set out to rebut such as Denmark and Sweden. the board. Calls for the European Union to do notions. European Council President Don- Letta said the 19-nation euro zone British exit negotiations could be Anti-EU nationalists around Europe, less, and to focus on essentials, have ald Tusk, the man who chairs the bloc’s must move forward as the core of “ever long and divisive, with Germany energised by the British Leave campaign already begun. But there is little agree- summits, declared: “On behalf of the 27 closer union”. That vision sends a chill and northern allies keen to keep that took on and defeated the political ment on what those essentials should be. leaders I can say that we are determined through Warsaw and Prague. and business establishment, are already Since its inception, and especially to keep our unity as 27.” For now, differences between Ger- London as close as possible to the demanding their own referendums on EU since France rejected a European defence Quoting the German philosopher many and France, which both hold EU market while others, notably membership or on whether to abandon community in 1954, European unity has Friedrich Nietzsche, he added: “What elections next year, are too wide to permit the euro. been a political project promoted through doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” an early initiative to deepen the mone- France, may seek a tough line to Poland’s Europe minister, Konrad economic interdependence. But they are also aware of plung- tary union. discourage further fragmentation. So Szymanski, a member of a eurosceptic “Europe advances in disguise,” Jacques ing public support for the EU in most But European Commission President nationalist government that has clashed Delors, the architect of the EU’s single member countries. Jean-Claude Juncker insisted Brexit was the priority for the governments and with Brussels over the rule of law since it market and common currency, famously An anti-immigration euroscep- not the beginning of the end for the bloc. institutions at the heart of the EU will was elected last year, said the EU risked said. tic came within a whisker of winning Answering that question from a reporter losing more members if it did not reform. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Austria’s presidency last month, and euro- in Brussels, Juncker replied simply, “No.” be to negotiate a smooth divorce and EU diplomats point to Denmark, the said the EU should be reformed to concen- sceptics in the Netherlands and Denmark This drew applause from EU officials in prevent contagion. Netherlands and possibly France as states trate on the economy. Others in France have won referendums against aspects of the room as Juncker left after taking just where political pressure for a British-style and Germany want to see it do more to EU policy in recent months. two questions. How will ‘Brexit’ affect aid agencies and charities?

by globalisation and believed they Leaving the EU must not mean turn- barriers. Many of those living among Government and UK civil society to saw no benefits from Britain’s ethnic ing our backs on the world, especially us and alongside us as neighbours, make sure that the UK retains its posi- diversity and free-market econ- those in our world struggling to free friends and work colleagues come tion as a world leader in supporting omy. Here are some reactions from themselves from poverty. The UK has from overseas and some will feel a children internationally, in emergen- aid agencies, charities and religious long been a leader of global progress deep sense of insecurity. We must cies, and in the UK. organisations about the decision to towards a world free from pov- respond by offering reassurance, by Whether it be tackling poverty, leave the EU: erty and there is no reason why that cherishing our wonderfully diverse or our role in helping vulnerable ref- KATE ALLEN, DIRECTOR OF should change now that it has voted society, and by affirming the unique ugees in Europe and the world; we AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UK: to leave the EU.” contribution of each and every one.” must not falter in our commitment “Even as it negotiates its exit, the ACTION AID UK: “Britain has VICKIE HAWKINS, EXECU- to helping vulnerable children wher- UK government should be looking taken the momentous decision to TIVE DIRECTOR, MÉDECINS SANS ever they may be.” to preserve the strong rights pro- leave the EU. ActionAid will con- FRONTIÈRES/ DOCTORS WITH- TIM PILKINGTON, CHIEF EXEC- By Lin Taylor tections that originated in EU law tinue to push for greater international OUT BORDERS UK: “Regardless of UTIVE OF WORLD VISION UK: Reuters - particularly in areas such as non- cooperation to eradicate the poverty whether the UK is in the EU or not, “Following a divisive campaign, we discrimination, the right to privacy and injustice that impacts the world’s the Government must not forget that need to return to a unified and confi- and workers’ rights. The Brexit poorest women and children.” it still has a moral and legal respon- dent government that stays influential Regardless of debate was sadly contaminated SAVE THE CHILDREN UK: “Save sibility to ensure people fleeing war on the world stage and continues whether the UK is RITAIN has voted to leave by unpleasant xenophobic under- the Children is a global movement, and violence can find safety. The to push for reforms which benefit in the EU or not, the the European Union deal- tones: wherever it is that the UK is focused on helping the most vulner- UK, as well as all European Govern- children in the world’s toughest coun- ing the biggest blow to now heading, these sentiments and able and marginalised children in the ments, must urgently increase the tries. There are many unanswered Government must the European project of this kind of politics should have no UK and around the world. The Brit- proper management of refugee claims questions about Brexit but, in the not forget that it greater unity since World place. The challenge now, is to focus ish government has a proud history of in Europe. This is the only solution meantime, we’ll continue working BWar Two. The four-month campaign on what unites us rather than what supporting international development that will not leave to an unaccepta- alongside the UK Government to still has a moral and was among the divisive ever waged in divides us and universal human and we will continue to work closely ble level of suffering and Brexit has champion the rights of children and legal responsibility Britain, with accusations of lying and rights are central to that.” with them to uphold the interests of not changed this. If anything, today’s to shape policies that achieve this. The scare-mongering on both sides and LORETTA MINGHELLA, CHIEF every last child, wherever they are.” decision puts a greater responsibility Prime Minister spoke in his resigna- to ensure people rows on immigration which critics EXECUTIVE OF CHRISTIAN AID ARCHIBISHOPS, CHURCH OF on the British Government’s shoul- tion speech about keeping promises to fleeing war and said at times unleashed overt racism. UK: “After a bruising campaign which ENGLAND: “As citizens of the United ders and they must now use their own the world’s poorest people. We believe violence can find It revealed deep splits in Brit- has split the country down the middle Kingdom, whatever our views dur- agency to take action.” this is a proud UK tradition and part of ish society, with the pro-Brexit it is now vital that we come together ing the referendum campaign, we MIKE PENROSE, EXECUTIVE the very fabric of British society - not safety. side drawing support from mil- as a nation and recognise we are must remain hospitable and compas- DIRECTOR OF UNICEF UK: “Unicef a sentiment that will change because lions of voters who felt left behind all part of a global human family. sionate, builders of bridges and not UK will continue to work with the of a referendum.”

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Donald Trump Brexit: Londoners sign petition to stay in EU hails vote and we want to remain at the heart of Europe,” the petition said. on Brexit More than 40,000 “Let’s face it—the rest of the coun- people signed a try disagrees. So rather than passive aggressively vote against each other AFP petition on the at every election, let’s make the change.org website divorce official and move in with our friends on the continent. “This peti- TURNBERRY, UNITED KING- saying: “Declare tion is calling on Mayor Sadiq Khan DOM: Donald Trump hailed London independent to declare London independent, and Britain’s vote to leave the EU as apply to join the EU,” it said. “fantastic” on a trip to Scotland from the UK and Khan himself issued a state- yesterday, saying the campaign apply to join the EU”. ment on the negotiations for Britain’s had parallels with his own mis- departure from the EU. sion to become the president of the “It is crucial that London has a voice United States. at the table during those renegotiations, “I think it’s a great thing. I think AFP alongside Scotland and Northern Ire- it’s a fantastic thing,” he told report- land,” the pro-EU mayor said. ers after stepping off a helicopter “Although we will be outside the with the word “Trump” emblazoned EU, it is crucial that we remain part on its side at the golf resort he owns LONDON: Tens of thousands of Lon- of the single market,” he said. in southwest Scotland. doners signed a petition for their “Leaving the single market of 500 A break-up of the European metropolis to stay in the European million people—with its free-trade Union “looks like it’s on its way,” Union on yesterday, as Mayor Sadiq benefits—would be a mistake. I will he added later. “I think you’re Khan said the city must have a say in be pushing the government to ensure going to have this happen more Britain’s exit negotiations. this is the cornerstone of the negoti- and more.” More than 40,000 people signed ations with the EU,” he said. Two bagpipers in kilts played a petition on the change.org website Another petition entitled “Lon- as Trump landed and staff at the saying: “Declare London independent don to remain part of the European Leave supporters cheer results at a Leave.eu party in London, yesterday. newly-renovated resort cheered from the UK and apply to join the EU”. Union” garnered over 9,000 signa- as he arrived on his first inter- While Britain voted 52 percent in tures on change.org, saying the vote people tweeted under the hashtag longer British but a Londoner”. Besides London, Scotland and national trip since becoming the favour of leaving the EU in Thursday’s to leave the EU was “a vital decision #londonstays in the wake of the vote. “I am now officially all for Scot- Northern Ireland were the only other presumptive Republican presiden- referendum, 60 percent of Londoners that we don’t agree with”. “Really hoping we’re just out, not tish independence, a united Ireland parts of the UK where a majority tial nominee. voted for Britain to stay. A Twitter account @London_Stays out out,” said Katy Ball. Another user and the City-State of London,” Clare voted in favour of Britain staying in There was a “real parallel” “London is an international city, was also quickly set up and many tweeting as @ldn_republic wrote: “No Fenwick tweeted. the EU. between the anti-EU vote and his own campaign, he told journalists, surrounded by golf balls embla- zoned with Nazi swastikas which a protester had tossed onto the grass Anti-EU before being ushered away. Scotland referendum most likely: Sturgeon “People want to take their campaigner country back, they want inde- pendence,” Trump said, explaining Farage urges Reuters referendum is now highly likely.” Sturgeon said many Scots who The SNP holds massive sway, how- that unhappiness with immigrants A vote for independence would had voted against independence for ever. It won all but three of Scotland’s “flowing” across borders was the end the 300-year-old union between that reason were now re-assessing 59 seats in national parliament in Lon- common cause for discontent in ‘Brexit govt’ Scotland and England, its far bigger their decision. “I intend to take all don in a general election last year, and Britain and the US. EDINBURGH: A second Scottish southern neighbour, dealing a body possible steps and explore all options holds 63 seats in the devolved parlia- “There were great similarities independence referendum is “highly blow to the United Kingdom at a time to give effect to how people in Scotland ment in Edinburgh. with what happened here and my AFP likely”, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon when it is likely to still be dealing with voted (on Thursday), in other words to Calling a new independence vote campaign,” he said. At the resort, a said yesterday , raising the prospect the complex fallout from Brexit. secure our continuing place in the EU would not be straightforward and large Scottish flag flew in front of that the United Kingdom could tear It would also transform the polit- and in the single market,” she said. the SNP, tempered by caution since the picturesque seafront, as pro- LONDON: Nigel Farage, leader itself apart after voting to leave the ical landscape in the rump of the Ruth Davidson, leader of the Sturgeon took over as leader from testers gathered nearby. of the anti-EU UK Independence European Union. United Kingdom by making it much Scottish Conservatives, the main firebrand Alex Salmond, would want Two groups, Scotland Against Party, said Friday Britain should Scotland, a nation of five million harder for Labour, the main opposi- opposition force in Edinburgh poli- to first be sure that it would win. Trump and Stand Up To Racism now have a “Brexit government” people, voted decisively to stay in the tion to the ruling Conservatives, to tics, said she did not believe a second Where the last independence Scotland, bused protesters to the after it voted to leave the Euro- EU by 62 to 38 percent in a referen- win power in London, as the party has independence referendum would help campaign fell down is widely con- golf resort to picket the property pean Union. dum on Thursday. relied on Scottish votes in the past. Scotland achieve stability or be in the sidered to be economic argument. An mogul. “We now need a Brexit govern- “As things stand, Scotland faces Scots rejected independence best interests of its people. independent Scotland would, it was “Scotland is a progressive, ment,” he told reporters outside prospect of being taken out of the EU by 55 to 45 percent in a 2014 refer- “The 1.6 million votes cast in this projected at the time, stick with its tolerant and multicultural coun- parliament. “We’ve left behind a against her will. I regard that as dem- endum, but since then Sturgeon’s (EU) referendum in favour of ‘remain’ old currency, Britain’s pound, with try and we oppose the bigotry failing political union.” ocratically unacceptable,” Sturgeon pro-independence Scottish National do not wipe away the 2 million votes national finances underpinned by oil that Donald Trump represents,” His remarks came shortly told a news conference in Edinburgh. Party (SNP) has become much more that we cast less than two years ago price then over $100 but now roughly Keir McKechnie of the anti-rac- before Prime Minister David Cam- “I think an independence powerful. (to stay in the UK),” she said. half that level. ism group told reporters. eron, who led the failed Remain campaign, announced he would resign, saying a new leader should be installed by early October. “There is still a massive dis- Spain says ‘closer connect between Westminster, SW1 and real communities,” EU leaders search for answers Farage said, reiterating a cen- tral message of his referendum to’ control Gibraltar campaign. “The election was won in my as Britain votes to leave view in the Midlands and the North AFP 2011 and is expected to win elections and it was the old Labour vote that tomorrow has been particularly came to us and we, particularly as Reuters simple of the union. Now is the time effect to this decision of the Brit- vocal about its desire to see Gibral- a party, campaigned as hard as we to invent another Europe.” ish people.” tar come back into its fold. could in those areas,” he said. Norwegian Prime Minister Swedish EU Minister Ann MADRID: Spain said yesterday it was The Rock is now worried that it “The EU is failing, the EU is Erna Solberg: The vote a “signal Linde: “We must show people why closer to asserting control over Gibral- will be at the mercy of Madrid with- dying, I hope we’ve got the first LONDON: Leaders from European from both the British voters and we believe the EU is important, tar after Britain voted to leave the out the protection of the EU, which brick out of the wall,” he said. countries voiced their comments many other voters around Europe why we need to remain. We have European Union, prompting London has had to intervene in the past to As results were still coming yesterday after Britain’s referendum who feel that the EU is not provid- to look at the things that matter in to jump to the defence of its overseas ease rows between the two, par- in earlier yesterday, Farage told a vote to leave the European Union : ing good enough answers to today’s people’s everyday lives, perhaps territory. ticularly over the flashpoint border jubilant Leave party in central Lon- European Council President challenges”. where there have been ambigui- The tiny rocky outcrop on Spain’s crossing. don: “This will be a victory for real Donald Tusk: “We are deter- Hungarian Prime Minister ties, where there’s been arrogance southern tip has long been subject It is also concerned about its people, a victory for ordinary peo- mined to keep our unity as 27 ... I Viktor Orban: “Brussels must hear and where people have felt it’s been of an acrimonious sovereignty row flourishing economy, which depends ple, a victory for decent people.” will propose that we start a period the voice of the people, this is the an elite project.” between London and Madrid, which in large part on its access to the EU’s “We have fought against the of wider reflection on the future of biggest lesson from this decision ... Greek Prime Minister Alexis wants Gibraltar back after it was single market. multinationals, we have fought our union.” “Europe is strong only if it can Tsipras: “We urgently need a new ceded to Britain in 1713. Margallo said the issue of Gibral- against the big merchant banks, Boris Johnson, leading figure give answers to major issues such as vision and beginning for a united “Our formula... is British-Span- tar was no longer within the remit we have fought against big politics, in “leave” campaign: immigration that would strengthen Europe - for a better Europe, more ish co-sovereignty for a determined of the European Union, after Brit- we have fought against lies, cor- “We can find our voice in the Europe itself and not weaken it. The social and democratic.” period of time, which after that time ons voted to leave the bloc. ruption and deceit,” he said. world again, a voice that is commen- EU has failed to give these answers.” US President Barack Obama: has elapsed, will head towards “It is now a bilateral issue that surate with the fifth-biggest economy Polish President Andrzej Duda “The people of United Kingdom restitution of Gibraltar to Span- will be negotiated exclusively on Earth ... We now have a glorious “Everything must be done to have spoken, and we respect their ish sovereignty,” Spain’s acting between the United Kingdom and opportunity: we can pass our laws prevent other countries leaving.” decision. The UK and the European Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Gar- Spain,” he said. Czech PM urges and set our taxes entirely according Italian Prime Minister Mat- Union will remain indispensable cia-Margallo told Spanish radio. The idea of joint-sovereignty is to the needs of UK economy ... teo Renzi: “We have to change (the partners of the United States even as “The Spanish flag is much closer to not new, and such a proposal was more flexible EU British Prime Minister David EU) to make it more human and more they begin negotiating their ongo- the Rock.” etched out between Britain and Cameron : “I do not think it would just, but Europe is our home, it’s our ing relationship.” But Britain’s Minister for Europe Spain in 2001 and 2002. But it was be right for me to try to be the cap- future.” Russian President Vladimir David Lidington sought to ease con- binned after Gibraltarians rejected tain that steers our country to Acting Spanish Prime Minis- Putin: “I think it is understanda- cerns in the 33,000-strong territory, it in a November 2002 referen- AFP its next destination ... it is in the ter Mariano Rajoy: “In little more ble why this happened: first, no one which awoke to news of Brexit with dum. Gibraltarians also turned out national interest to have a period than half a century, Europeans have wants to feed and subsidise weaker quiet shock. en masse to vote in the EU referen- of stability and then the new lead- built the greatest space for peace, economies ... “People are apparently “I want to be absolutely clear. dum, and 96 percent of those who PRAGUE: The Czech prime min- ership required.” freedom and prosperity in all of dissatisfied with resolution of secu- The United Kingdom will continue to cast their ballot chose to remain in ister said yesterday that Britain’s German Chancellor Angela humanity’s history. And, despite rity issues, which has become more stand beside Gibraltar,” he said. “We the European Union. departure from the EU was not the Merkel: “We have to recognise the serious setbacks like the one acute against the background of will never enter into arrangements Alfredo Vasquez of the Gibraltar end of the bloc but called for a “more the decision of majority of Brit- we face today, nobody should doubt powerful migration processes.” under which the people of Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses said flexible, less bureaucratic EU”. ish people with deep regret today,” that we are going to continue work- Croatian Foreign Minister would pass under the sovereignty of people in the Rock were still trying “Despite the disappointment she said. “There is no point beating ing to build tomorrow.” Miro Kovac: another state against your wishes.” to digest the news. many of us feel... we must realise about the bush: today is a watershed JOINT statement by EU leaders “I’m afraid that there will be In a speech to Gibraltar’s parlia- “There is a bit of shock. We knew that this is not the end of the world for Europe, it is a watershed for the “We will stand strong and an effect on (the EU enlargement) ment, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo it was going to be close but gener- and it’s absolutely not the end of European unification process.” uphold the EU’s core values of process and that it may slow down scorned Margallo’s comments. “Let ally the indications seemed to point the EU,” Bohuslav Sobotka said on French President Francois promoting peace and the wellbe- a bit.” others make irrelevant noises about towards a Remain result. It’s a little Facebook. Hollande: Negotiations on Britain’s ing of its peoples ... together we will Acting Spanish Foreign Minis- flying flags over our Rock if they bit surprising.” “The EU must change fast, exit must be swift. “The British vote address our common challenge to ter Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo: want to waste their breath,” he said. They were not the only ones to not because Britain has left but is a tough test for Europe.” generate growth, increase prosper- “It’s a complete change of out- “Such ideas will never prosper.... wake up in shock. Spanish workers because the European project French Prime Minister Manuel ity and ensure a safe and secure look that opens up new possibilities Gibraltar will never be Spanish in on the other side of the border, many needs much stronger support from Valls: “It’s an explosive shock. At environment for our citizens ... We on Gibraltar not seen for a very long whole, in part or at all.” of whom depend on jobs in Gibral- citizens,” he added after Britain stake is the break-up pure and now expect UK government to give time.” Spain’s conservative govern- tar for their livelihood, reacted with voted to leave EU in a referendum. ment, which has been in place since “a lot of concern and fear.” EUROPE SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016 11

Former London mayor and “Vote Leave” campaigner Boris Johnson (centre) and British Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Michael Gove (right) listen as fellow Brexit campaigners Labour’s Gisela Stuart speaks during a press conference in central London, yesterday. RIGHT: British Education Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities Nicky Morgan reacts after speaking to the media near the Houses of Parliament in central London. US-UK ties to endure in wake of Brexit: Obama

Reuters Britain’s decision to leave the EU Brexit. He had travelled to London at November 8 election, had also said who he said “took back control of their was met with watchful acceptance by the request of Cameron, whom he she hoped the UK would stay in the country” by voting to leave the Euro- The United Kingdom US officials even as it rattled Wall Street calls a friend, exhorting Britons to EU. pean Union. and the European and other markets around the world. stay in the EU. The unusual interven- In response to Britain’s decision to In Congress, Republican lawmak- WASHINGTON: US President Barack US Vice President Joe Biden, trav- tion was denounced as meddling by leave, Clinton said the United States ers, who control both the US House Obama yesterday said the United Union will remain elling in Ireland, said the United States those campaigning for the country to must first safeguard against any eco- of Representatives and the Senate, States’ relationship with both the indispensable would have preferred that Britain leave the EU. nomic fallout at home at “this time of vowed US-Britain ties would remain United Kingdom and the European had voted to remain in the European Obama has said his involvement uncertainty” and underscore its com- close. Union would endure in the wake of partners of the Union, but respected the result. was justified because of the two mitment to both Britain and Europe. “The UK is an indispensable ally Britain’s decision to leave the Brexit United States, said “I must say we had looked for a countries’ longstanding special rela- The presumptive Republican of the United States, and that special referendum. different outcome. We would have tionship. He also had warned that nominee - real estate magnate Don- relationship is unaffected by this “The people of the United King- the President. preferred a different outcome ... but leaving the European Union would ald Trump - had taken the opposite vote,” said House Speaker Paul Ryan, dom have spoken, and we respect the US has a long-standing friend- put Britain at the “back of the queue” stance. the top elected US Republican. their decision,” Obama said in a state- ship with the UK and that very special for a trade deal with the United States. Trump, who was in Scotland yes- Senate Foreign Relations Com- ment. “The United Kingdom and the bond will endure,” he said. His former Secretary of State terday to reopen a golf resort, said mittee Chairman Bob Corker said European Union will remain indis- even as they begin negotiating their Obama, during a visit to London in Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Dem- Obama was partly to blame for the lawmakers would continue to work pensable partners of the United States ongoing relationship,” Obama added. April, had argued passionately against ocratic presidential candidate in the British outcome. He praised Britons with Britain on trade and security. Catalan separatists call for independence Poland urges ‘new Putin blames EU result on European treaty’ AFP resulted in a vote to remain in the New anti-austerity party London’s ‘overconfidence’ United Kingdom. Podemos backs a referendum, which The head of pro-independence is fiercely opposed by the Socialist AFP government of Catalonia, Carles party, as well as the two other main AFP the United Kingdom, for all of Europe MADRID: yesterday intensified their Puigdemont—one of the few Span- parties, the conservative Popular and for us, of course,” he added. calls for a referendum on breaking ish politicians to be critical of the Party (PP) and upstart Ciudadanos. WARSAW: Poland said yester- Many observers have said that away from Spain after Britain voted “Remain” campaign in Britain— Catalonia in November 2014 held day that Britain’s vote to leave the Brexit would play into the Putin’s to leave the European Union and praised the British referendum. a symbolic independence vote after EU meant it was time for a “new MOSCOW: Russian President hands as he has been accused of driv- Scotland said another independence “Democracy won, because Brit- Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s PP European treaty” to overhaul the Vladimir Putin yesterday said the ing a wedge between EU members. vote was likely. ish people were able to vote,” he said government blocked it from holding federalist model of closer Euro- British government was “overcon- But Putin yesterday said that “While Scotland prepares to dis- after the results of Brexit vote. an official referendum. pean political integration. fident” and “superficial” in the EU Russia had never “interferred, never cuss a second referendum with the Spain is going to the polls tomor- Over 80 percent voted in favour Rightwing leader Jaroslaw referendum, and denied taking a expressed our opinion on the matter” EU, we should say without fear that row in a repeat election following an of independence—but just 2.3 million Kaczynski urged a “positive position on Brexit. and dismissed attempts to associ- the time for OUR referendum has also inconclusive December vote in which people out of a total of 6.3 million eli- response” to Britain’s choice to quit The organisation of referendum ate Moscow with the UK vote to split arrived,” Jordi Sanchez, president of no party gained a majority. gible voters took part in the ballot. by reforming the EU in order to was “nothing more than overcon- from the European bloc. the Catalan National Assembly, a pro- The issue of whether to allow Gabriel Rufian, a left-wing Cat- forestall other “events like Brexit, fidence and a superficial approach “Of course we closely followed independence organisation, tweeted. Catalonia to hold a referendum on alan separatist lawmaker, praised and a general crisis in the future.” to solving fateful decisions for one’s what is happening but did not influ- Separatists in Spanish region of independence was one of the stum- British Prime Minister David Cam- “The conclusion is obvious; we country, and Europe as a whole, on ence the process and didn’t even try Catalonia have for years lobbied for bling blocks preventing parties eron for allowing Scotland to hold an need a new European treaty,” the the part of British leadership,” Putin to,” he said. Kremlin spokesman an independence referendum like the from forming a subsequent coali- independence referendum and call- eurosceptic leader told reporters said,in comments broadcast on Rus- Dmitry Peskov also stressed there one held in Scotland in 2014, which tion government. ing the subsequent EU vote. in Warsaw. sian state television. was no indication that Moscow was Kaczynski insisted that “we “It will have consequences for pleased with the result of the vote. must find a model for Europe that reflects Europe as it really is. “It’s still a Europe of nations, of nation states,” he said, while rul- ing out any talk of a referendum on Nato says UK will Poland’s EU membership. Poles are overwhelmingly pro-EU, with a February survey remain ‘strong ally’ showing that 81 percent favoured continued membership, known to the public as a source of economic growth thanks to generous subsi- AFP “Today, as we face more insta- dies from Brussels. bility and uncertainty, Nato is more Although Kaczynski holds no important than ever as a platform cabinet post, as leader of the gov- for cooperation among European erning populist Law and Justice BRUSSELS: Britain will remain a allies, and between Europe and (PiS) party he is widely regarded strong ally and continue to play a North America,” he said. as the real powerbroker in the leading role in Nato despite its vote to Some 22 of the 28 EU nations are government. leave the European Union, alliance also Nato member states. PiS Prime Minister Beata Szy- head Jens Stoltenberg said yesterday. 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French woman who left baby to drown gets 20 years’ imprisonment

AFP judgement. the English Channel with the aim Described by her lawyer as highly “with the attitude of someone who found no references to witchcraft The court in Saint-Omer, near of drowning Adelaide, who was 13 intelligent, she told the court she had has just gone shopping”. on her computer. Calais, also ordered Kabou to months old. no other explanation for her acts but She said she had spent some A court psychiatrist, Paul Ben- undergo psychological treatment as Kabou said she checked local tide witchcraft. “Nothing makes sense in €40,000 ($45,000) consulting var- sussan, said her act was possibly SAINT-OMER, FRANCE: A woman it wrapped up her headline-grab- chart before abandoning the baby on this story. What interest could I have ious “witchdoctors and healers” triggered by a deep depression who claimed that witchcraft caused bing trial. the beach as the tide was coming in. in tormenting myself, lying, killing my before carrying out the murder, and related to having the child. her to leave her baby to drown on a Her lawyer, Fabienne Roy-Nan- Prawn fishermen found daughter?” she asked. “I spoke of sor- that she had suffered hallucinations. “Infanticide committed by the beach in northern France was yes- sion, expressed dismay over an Adelaide’s lifeless body the next cery and I am not joking. Even a stupid However, a lawyer for a chil- mother is often underpinned by a terday sentenced to 20 years in jail. “extremely heavy” verdict and said morning. person would not do what I did.” dren’s group that was a civil party psychiatric pathology,” he said. “In Fabienne Kabou, 39, had faced Kabou planned to appeal. Kabou left Senegal to study phi- Kabou said she carried out the to the case has accused Kabou of cit- most cases the mother is deeply life imprisonment for November 19, The woman of Senegalese ori- losophy and architecture in Paris, murder “perfectly mechanically, as ing witchcraft and her native culture depressed” and sees her act as a kind 2013, murder, but the court deemed gin confessed to travelling from where she fell in love with Michel if a part of me was anaesthetised” as a defence strategy. of “altruistic suicide”, saving her child that she suffered from impaired her home near Paris to Berck on Lafon, a sculptor 30 years her senior. and returned home the next day An IT expert testified that he from suffering. 12 SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016 AMERICAS OAS chief blames Maduro govt for Venezuela crisis

argued that Maduro’s government had Venezuela today is the direct result violated basic democratic principles, of actions of those currently in power. Luis Almagro which had altered the constitutional “Venezuela should be one of the said Maduro’s order of the country. most prosperous and influential coun- Despite strong opposition from tries in the region. Instead, it is a state government violated Venezuela and allies like Ecuador and mired in corruption, poverty and vio- basic democratic Bolivia, a majority of member states lence. It is the population who suffers voted in favour of Almagro presenting the consequences,” he added. principles, which his report on Venezuela to the coun- Almagro cited Venezuela’s had altered the cil. The move technically invoked the “unprecedented and unnecessary” organisation’s democratic charter, humanitarian crisis, jailing of oppo- constitutional order which could eventually lead to Ven- sition members and reports of torture of the country. ezuela’s suspension. as examples of abuses by the govern- But with little support for sus- ment. He called on member states to pending Venezuela from the Oas, support calls by Venezuelans for a ref- it is unclear when or whether the erendum to recall Maduro. Reuters Oascould take up the matter again. “Fundamental freedoms, human The meeting came as Washing- rights and democracy don’t exist just ton opened new talks with Maduro’s when it’s convenient. We are com- government this week to ease ten- pelled to indicate problems wherever WASHINGTON: The head of the OAS sions between the ideological foes. they may exist, especially so in a dif- regional bloc, Luis Almagro, yesterday The State Department described ficult context,” Almagro said. “It is in blamed President Nicolas Maduro’s talks between veteran US diplomat keeping with these standards that we government for Venezuela’s crisis, Tom Shannon and Venezuelan offi- believe constitutional order in Ven- saying the South American oil-rich cials in Caracas as positive. ezuela has been altered,” he added. nation was now mired in poverty, cor- Almagro said Venezuela’s crisis In a blistering attack on Almagro, ruption and violence. had reached breaking point. which at times got personal, Venezue- Addressing the permanent coun- “These challenges cannot be la’s Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez People gather outside a validation centre during Venezuela’s CNE second phase of verifying signatures for cil of the 34-nation Organisation of blamed on external forces,” he told accused him of trying to overthrow American States (OAS), Almagro the council, “The situation facing Maduro through the Oas actions. a recall referendum against President Maduro, in Caracas, yesterday. Ivanka Trump accused of ripping off Italian shoe design Sanders says to vote for

AFP trade practices, the company said. is not subject to intellectual property as damages not yet specified. The Italian company said Ivanka law protection and there are similar Aquazzura added in the com- Hillary to stop Trump Trump “copied nearly every detail” of styles made by several major brands.” plaint that this is not the first time the brand’s “well-known and coveted Aquazzura’s Wild Thing ’ shoe was Ivanka Trump has ripped off the NEW YORK: Donald Trump’s Wild Thing Shoe from the shape and an immediate success, becoming the company’s styles, citing the Belgra- Reuters A spokeswoman for Sanders said daughter Ivanka has come under silhouette to the fringe covering the signature stiletto of stars including via model as an additional example. his comments on MSNBC did not fire for allegedly lifting the shoe toes, to the tassel on the heel.” actress Jamie Chung, singer Solange A first hearing that could precede amount to an endorsement of Clin- designs for her clothing and acces- Her manufacturer however, flatly Knowles—Beyonce’s sister—and a trial is scheduled for August 30 in ton, adding that “Senator Sanders is sories line from a celebrated Italian rejected charges that Trump’s shoe model Kendall Jenner, selling state- New York. WASHINGTON: US Democratic also still an active candidate.” shoemaker. designs were copied. side for $785. Ivanka Trump is the 34-year- presidential hopeful Bernie Sand- Trump has angered minor- The luxury brand Aquazzura “This is a baseless lawsuit aimed Ivanka Trump’s “Hettie” style, old daughter and among the closest ers said yesterday he would vote for ity groups with his hard line on filed a federal complaint in Manhat- at generating publicity,” said Matthew which the Italian brand said mirrors advisors to presumptive Republican Hillary Clinton to stop Republican immigration, including calls to tem- tan against Ivanka Trump and her Burris, CFO of Marc Fisher Footwear, their shoe, costs $145. presidential nominee Donald Trump. Donald Trump from winning the porarily ban Muslims from entering manufacturer, Marc Fisher Foot- in a statement. The Italian company requested She also acts as vice president of White House, a lukewarm show of the country, deport millions of wear, for trade dress infringement, “The shoe in question is repre- an injunction prohibiting the sale and talent and acquisitions for her father’s support that his campaign said was undocumented immigrants, and unfair competition and deceptive sentative of a trending fashion style, distribution of the Hettie shoe as well company, the Trump Organisation. not a formal endorsement. build a wall along the US-Mexican Sanders’ comments come after border if he is elected. weeks of pressure from Democratic Trump has also called climate party officials to throw his weight change a hoax by the Chinese to hurt behind Clinton, the presumptive business in the United States. Auctioneer gets Demanding rights nominee. She locked up the required Sanders, a self-described Demo- number of delegates this month with cratic socialist, managed to turn his one year jail for a string of wins in state-by-state pri- long-shot run into a mass movement mary contests. with proposals to combat wealth ivory & rhino Clinton, the former US sena- inequality, increase access to health tor, first lady and secretary of state, care and education, and defend the needs Sanders’ supporters to boost environment. horn smuggling her chances against Trump in the His challenge to Clinton, one November 8 election. Only 40 per- of the best known figures in US cent of them say they would vote politics, lasted far longer than Reuters for her, with the rest undecided or expected, running for four months divided between Trump, a third- and across 50 states and yielding party candidate and staying home, record numbers of small donations NEW YORK: An executive with a according to Reuters/Ipsos polling. to his campaign. Beverly Hills gallery and auction Asked if he would vote for Clin- Sanders has said he will continue house was sentenced to one year ton in November, Sanders, the US to push for a liberal agenda heading and one day in prison after admit- senator from Vermont, told MSNBC into the Democratic National Con- ting that he conspired to smuggle television: “Yes. The issue right here vention July 25-28, when Clinton’s at least $1m in animal products is I’m going to do everything I can to nomination is expected to become that included rhino horn and ele- defeat Donald Trump. I think Trump official. He has also made clear he phant ivory. in so many ways would be a disas- doesn’t want his presence to hurt Joseph Chait, 38, a sen- ter for this country if he were elected the party’s chances of keeping the ior auction administrator for his president.” White House. family’s business, I M Chait Gal- “We do not need a president More than three-quarters of lery/Auctioneers, was sentenced whose cornerstone of his cam- Democrats say Sanders should have by US District Judge Paul Oetken Immigrant rights advocates, workers’ unions and allied organisations join immigrant families on the paign is bigotry, who is insulting a “major role” in shaping the par- in Manhattan. steps of the Freedom Tower to speak to the media, in Miami, Florida. Advocates and allied organisations Mexicans and Latinos and Muslims ty’s positions, according to a Reuters/ His attorney, Judith Germano, joined to show their displeasure with the Supreme Court’s split decision that denies the implementation and women, who does not believe Ipsos poll earlier this month. Nearly had asked the judge for a sen- of President Barack Obama’s immigration relief programmes. in the reality of climate change,” he two-thirds also said that Sanders tence of community service. She continued. should endorse Clinton. said that Chait risked being cut off from his family, which raised him in the Church of Scientology, by cooperating with prosecutors. “My actions were wrong and Firefighters injured; dozens of homes destroyed in California I regret them every single day,” Chait said before being sentenced. He also said that in a “weird Reuters firefighters and fire trucks to put in way,” he was grateful for the crim- front of every structure.” inal case because it “has allowed The fast-moving fire 241 km me to break the chains of my north of Los Angeles has destroyed upbringing.” LOS ANGELES: A fast-moving cen- 100 structures, including homes, out- Prosecutors said that Chait tral California wildfire has scorched buildings and detached garages, said falsified customs forms by stating 8,000 acres of parched and rugged Michael Nicholas, a spokesman for ivory and rhino horn were made terrain in less than a day, destroying the multi-agency team handling the of bone, wood or plastic. 100 structures and injuring three fire- blaze. Los Angeles television station After a rhino carving sold at fighters, fire officials said yesterday. KNBC showed footage of burned-out auction for $230,000, Chait made Authorities told residents of 1,500 lots covered in gray ash, with only false documents putting the value at homes to evacuate and the number of metal frames of benches and virtu- $108.75, and saying the object was threatened homes is likely to grow, ally unrecognisable appliances not made of plastic, prosecutors said. Kern County Fire Department Brian consumed by flames. He and others also sold ivory Marshall said at a news conference. It was not known if any residents carvings to a Chinese dealer and The so-called Erskine Fire broke might have died in the fire, Nicholas provided them to that dealer’s cou- out on Thursday at about 4pm PDT said. More than 100 evacuees were rier, even after learning the buyer (2300 GMT) in the foothills of Kern sheltered at an elementary school in had been arrested in China for County, about 68 km northeast of Kernville, on other side of a water res- smuggling ivory purchased from Bakersfield, drawing in hundreds ervoir from the blaze, officials said. Chait’s auction house, prosecu- of firefighters to battle the entirely The number of firefighters bat- tors said. unconfined blaze. The three fire- tling the blaze is expected to grow to The case comes as conser- fighters were hospitalised for smoke as many as 700 throughout the day. vationists and law enforcement inhalation, officials said. Fire crews will bulldoze con- officials in the United States and “Our firefighters have been tainment lines while air tankers A firefighting helicopter drops water near some 700 evacuated homes to protect against wind shift at the globally have been trying to crack engaged in a firefight of epic propor- drop water and fire retardant to stop San Gabriel Complex Fire in Angeles National Forest, in Duarte, California. down on the illegal trade in prod- tions, trying to save every structure flames from consuming more homes. ucts from the two threatened possible,” Marshall said. “In a sit- The extreme heat and dry land Marshall said, adding he was hoping To the south, firefighters still in the foothills of Los Angeles County, species. uation like this, there’s not enough are expected to make the fire worse, for mild and cooperative winds. were struggling to manage two fires dubbed the San Gabriel Complex. CLASSIFIEDS SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016 13

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Research on what makes IANS 1 dates healthy Britain’s financial industry on edge 2 as referendum result nears NEW YORK: Seismic quiet- ness occurs immediately before After the insanity, Euro 2016 turns volcanoes erupt and can, thus, be used 3 to revenge and giant slaying to forecast an impending eruption for restless volcanoes, say researchers. The findings showed that the duration of the silence could indicate the level of TWEET OF THE DAY energy that will be released when erup- tion occurs. Further, the longer the quiet phase preceding an explosion, the more energy was released in the ensuing explosion. "Our work has now quantified that quiet periods can be used for eruption A man watches the sunrise from the peak of the Kaiser Mountains in Ellmau, Austria, yesterday. forecasts and that longer quiet periods at recently active volcanoes could indi- cate a higher risk of energetic eruptions," said Diana Roman, Volcanologist at Carn- egie Institution For Science, a US-based research organisation. The quiet periods ranged from six min- Nasa discovers mineral on Mars utes before an explosion to over 10 hours (619 minutes) for the largest explosion, said the paper published in the journal Earth IANS “Buckskin", Nasa found in a study. “On Earth, tridymite is formed and Planetary Science Letters. Scientists in the Astromaterials at high temperatures in an explo- The correlation between duration Research and Exploration Science sive process called silicic volcanism. of quiet periods and amount of energy (ARES) Division at Nasa's Johnson Mount St. Helens, the active volcano released is tied to the duration of the gas NEW YORK: Scientists at the US Space Centre in Houston led the study in Washington State and the Sat- INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY pathways being blocked. space agency Nasa have discov- and the paper on the team's findings suma-Iwojima volcano in Japan are The longer the blockage, the more ered tridymite -- an unexpected was published in the Proceedings of examples of such volcanoes," said pressure builds up resulting in more silica mineral in a rock sample at the National Academy of Sciences. Richard Morris, Nasa planetary sci- energy released, the researchers said. Gale Crater on Mars that may alter The detection was a surprise to entist at Johnson. "It is the proverbial calm before the our understanding of how the Red the scientists because tridymite is The discovery of tridymite might storm. We can use these quiet periods to Planet evolved. generally associated with silicic vol- force scientists to rethink the volcanic forecast the amount of energy released," Nasa’s Mars Science Laboratory canism, which is known on Earth but history of Mars, suggesting that the Roman added. rover, Curiosity, has been explor- was not thought to be important or planet once had explosive volcanoes For the study, the team monitored a ing sedimentary rocks within Gale even present on Mars. that led to the presence of the min- A cloudy sequence of eruptions at the Telica Vol- Crater since landing on Mars sur- Tridymite requires high temper- eral. “I always tell fellow planetary Doha sky. cano in Nicaragua between 2009-2011. face in August 2012. On sol 1060 atures and high silica concentrations scientists to expect the unexpected Photo by @ Out of the 50 explosions that occurred, (the number of Martian days since to form, conditions which most typ- on Mars,” said Doug Ming, ARES chief basitqu 35 had preceding quiet periods lasting 30 landing), the rover collected powder ically are found in association with scientist at Johnson and co-author of minutes or longer. drilled from rock at a location named silicic volcanism. the paper. New orchid species found in Philippines Spend time with nature

AFP "These areas are very isolated. to shun depression The terrain is treacherous, accessi- ble only by foot and occasionally, a motorcycle or horse," he added. IANS benefit developmentally and have a MANILA: Five new orchid species The finds, first published in the heightened environmental aware- have been discovered in remote Phil- German OrchideenJournal this year, ness as adults than those who don't," ippine mountains, protected from include a dazzling yellow bloom SYDNEY: A 30-minute walk in said lead researcher Danielle Shana- poaching because of an insurgency flecked with brown spots. the woods each week can help han from University of Queensland in the region, conservationists said "It is one of the most attractive reduce depression and high blood in Australia. yesterday. among members of the genus," said pressure while enhancing mental Visiting parks has been long The species are found only in a De Leon. "(The) other species are red health, a study has found. The find- known to be good for our health, mountain range on the rebellion- or purple but this really stands out ings showed that people who made but there has been almost no guid- torn Mindanao area in the southern because it's the brightest shade of long visits to green spaces had lower ance on how much or how frequently Philippines and have eluded those yellow." De Leon, Australian taxono- rates of depression and high blood people need to engage with nature, cataloguing plant life for 200 years, mist Jim Cootes and Filipino research pressure and those who visited more and what types or characteristics of expert Miguel David de Leon told AFP. associate Mark Arcebal Naive named frequently had greater social cohe- nature need to be incorporated in Poaching of wild orchids mostly their most vivid find Epicrianthes sion. cities for the best health outcomes. by locals is rampant in the Phil- aquinoi, to honour outgoing Philip- Visits to outdoor green spaces More support and encourage- ippines, with some communities pine President Benigno Aquino whose of 30 minutes or more during the ment of community activities in illegally harvesting them without per- A view of one of the five new orchid species discovered in increasingly family uses the colour yellow in polit- course of a week could reduce the natural spaces would encourage mits for export or to sell them along denuded Philippine mountains yesterday. ical rallies. prevalence of depression by up to 7 people to spend more time in green roads. But Mindanao region is among Other species they discovered per cent and high blood pressure by space, the paper suggested. The the country's areas wracked by one of and mountainous communities. "The Leon, a plant and wildlife conserva- include a pure white and a red-lipped 9 per cent. Further, spending more study examines the associations Asia's longest-running insurgencies, insurgency problem helps prevent tionist who found the species while white Dendrobium, a dark red Epic- time outdoors may especially benefit between the duration, frequency whereby Maoist guerrillas retain sup- poachers or would-be orchid-hunt- trekking the mountains of Bukidnon rianthes, and a green slipper orchid children. "Kids who grow up expe- and intensity of exposure to nature port among the poor in the farming ers from entering the forests," said De province in Mindanao. with red stripes. riencing natural environments may and health in an urban population. Collaborative robots open new fronts in automation

Reuters manufacturing and ever-shortening by 2025, capital goods analysts at Bar- The world’s top industrial robot Ostergaard said. Ostergaard and his larger players. US competitor Rethink product cycles. clays estimate. That would be roughly makers - Japan’s Fanuc and Yaskawa, co-founders were already working on Robotics - another pure-play cobot Cobots can typically lift loads equal to the size of the entire indus- Swiss ABB and Kuka - all have collab- robotics at university together when maker, whose investors include Ama- of up 10kg (22 lb) and can be small trial robotics market today. orative robots on the market, although the Danish ministry of food launched zon founder Jeff Bezos - announced MUNICH: Robots that work as assist- enough to put on top of a workbench. “By 2020 it will be a game- sales are not yet significant for them. an initiative to get more robots into this week that logistics giant DHL ants alongside people are set to upend They can help with repetitive tasks changer,” said Stefan Lampa, head But the market leader and pio- the Danish food industry to be more had ordered several of its Baxter and the world of industrial robotics by like picking and placing, packaging of robotics of Germany’s Kuka, dur- neer is Denmark’s Universal Robots, competitive. They realised that exist- Sawyer smart cobots for testing in its putting automation within reach of or glueing and welding. ing a panel discussion organised by a start-up that sold its first cobot in ing robots were not suitable for the warehouses on tasks such as packing many small and medium-sized com- Some can repeat a task after being the International Federation of Robot- 2009 and was acquired by US auto- industry’s frequent seasonal product and assembly. panies for the first time, industry guided once through the process by ics (IFR) at the Automatica trade fair matic test equipment maker Teradyne changes. “They could not readjust the These smaller, leaner companies players said this week. a worker and recording it. The price in Munich. for $285m last year. robots. The whole machine weighed typically do not rely on the expensive Collaborative robots, or “cobots”, of a cobot can be as little as $10,000, Growth in industrial robot unit “We are approximately doubling 500kg. It was very expensive. And maintenance contracts that earn fat tend to be inexpensive, easy to use although typically they cost two to sales slowed to 12 percent last year every year, in terms of units. That’s most of all it was impossible to teach margins for more established play- and safe to be around. They can eas- three times that. from 29 percent in 2014, the IFR said our ambition and we have almost them how to programme it,” Oster- ers - partly because the cobots tend ily be adapted to new tasks, making The global cobot market is set to on Wednesday, weighed by a sharp hit our ambition every year for six gaard said. to be simple and pay back their costs them well-suited to small-batch grow from $116m last year to $11.5bn fall in top buyer China. straight years,” co-founder Esben Interest is also growing from within months. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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LONDON: Oil prices slumped by off global stocks more than 6 percent yesterday after Britain voted to leave the European Union, raising fears of a broader economic slowdown that Britain’s big banks took a $100 could reduce demand. British pound dived bn battering, with Lloyds, Barclays Financial markets have been and RBS plunging as much as 30 per- worried for months about what by 18 US cents at cent at one point. Brexit, or a British exit from the one point, easily the The British pound dived by 18 US European Union, would mean for biggest fall in living cents at one point, easily the biggest Europe’s future, but were clearly fall in living memory, to hit its low- not fully factoring in the risk of a memory, to hit its est since 1985. The euro in turn slid 3 leave vote. lowest since 1985. percent to $1.1050 as investors feared Brent crude was down 4.85 for its very future. percent or $2.47 at $48.44 a barrel Having campaigned to keep the at 1140 GMT. US crude was down country in the EU, British Prime Min- 4.6 percent or $2.31 at $47.80 a Reuters ister David Cameron announced he barrel. would step down. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) following news that Britain has voted Earlier in the day, both con- Results showed a 51.9/48.1 per- to leave the European Union yesterday. tracts were down by more than $3, LONDON: World stocks saw more cent split for leaving, setting the UK or over 6 percent, the biggest intra- than $2trn wiped off their value on an uncertain path and dealing the day declines for both since April yesterday as Britain’s vote to leave largest setback to European efforts 18, when a meeting of top global the European Union triggered 5-10 to forge greater unity since World oil producers failed to agree on an percent falls across Europe’s big- War Two. More angst came as Scot- World business leaders in shock output freeze. gest bourses and a record plunge land’s first minister said the option of “The global uncertainly that for sterling. another vote for her country to split (the vote) is likely to unleash is Such a body blow to global con- from the UK -- rejected by Scottish Reuters The president of Japan’s Nippon Britain and Europe,” said Airbus CEO likely to have a potentially negative fidence could prevent the Federal voters two years ago -- was now Steel & Sumitomo Metal, the world’s Thomas Enders. “We will review our effect on GDP growth, not only in Reserve from raising interest rates firmly on the table. second-largest steelmaker, said the UK investment strategy, like every- the UK, but potentially in Europe,” as planned this year, and might even Sterling sank a staggering 10 vote was extremely disappointing. body else will.” said Michael Hewson, chief mar- provoke a new round of emergency percent at one point and was last LONDON: Chief executives from “We are greatly concerned for the Volkmar Denner, CEO of Bosch, ket analyst CMC markets. policy easing from all the major cen- down 8 percent at $1.3667, hav- Tokyo to Denver woke up yesterday negative impact this will have, not only said its investment plans would not “Obviously we don’t know that tral banks. ing carved out a range of $1.3228 to currency turmoil, plunging share on Britain and the EU but also on the change, for now, but it was prepar- yet, but certainly in the context of Risk assets were scorched as to $1.5022. The fall was even larger prices and tough decisions after global economy,” said Kosei Shindo. ing for a weaker British currency: “We where we were 24 hours ago, the investors fled to the traditional safe- than during the global financial cri- Britain’s vote to leave the European Those who campaigned for Brit- have significantly raised our hedging knee-jerk reaction is to sell on the harbours of top-rated government sis and the currency was moving two Union raised widespread fears over ain to leave had said a weaker pound ratios in order to counteract a possi- reality,” he added. debt, Japanese yen and gold. or three cents in the blink of an eye. economic growth. could help UK exports, but it will also ble depreciation of the British pound. Some analysts said oil could Almost $1trn had been lost from “It’s an extraordinary move In Britain itself, businesses reduce the value of foreign companies’ We currently do not have any plans face further downward pressure. European share prices ahead of what for financial markets and also for including aerospace, pharmaceu- UK earnings and raise questions about to scale back our capital expenditure “Our view is that we have not is expected to be a nearly 4 percent democracy,” said co-head of port- ticals and manufacturers predicted access to the EU market. “This decision in the United Kingdom.” yet seen the low oil price of the day fall on Wall Street when it opens folio investments of London-based long term disruption as the pound will create tremendous uncertainty, Some investors warned of a com- with Brent likely to trade down later. currency specialist Millennium Glo- plunged to its lowest level since 1985. which will slow economic activity and ing British or even global recession towards $45 or lower before we London’s FTSE dropped almost bal Richard Benson. British Airways owner IAG decision making,” said Martin Sorrell, as sterling collapsed to hit its lowest have seen the worst of it,” Bjarne 5 percent while Frankfurt and Paris “The market is pricing interest warned that it would not meet its the boss of the world’s biggest adver- since 1985, while the FTSE 100 index Schieldrop, chief commodity ana- fell 6 to 8 percent. Italian, Span- rate cuts from the big central banks annual profit target and car man- tising group WPP. fell 5 percent. lyst at SEB, said in note to clients. ish and European bank stocks all and we assume there will be a global ufacturers including Ford, which Jaguar Land Rover, Britain’s Bank shares such as Barclays and “Higher risk aversion is likely headed for their sharpest one-day liquidity add from them,” he added. employs around 14,000 people in biggest carmaker, has estimated its Credit Suisse also tumbled, as well as to make it hard for prices to regain drops ever. That message was being broad- the United Kingdom, indicated that annual profit could shrink by $1.4bn domestic retailers like Sports Direct the $50 per barrel mark in any- Worries that other EU states cast loud and clear. The Bank of it could ultimately lead to job cuts. by 2020 if Britain returns to World and Marks & Spencers. Meanwhile thing like the near future,” said could hold their own referendums England, European Central Bank and “Ford will take whatever action Trade Organization rules for trade safer-haven sectors, like gold miners Commerzbank analyst Carsten were compounded by the fact that the People’s Bank of China all said is needed to ensure that our Euro- with Europe. and tobacco outperformed. Fritsch. markets had rallied on Thursday, they were ready to provide liquidity pean business remains competitive,” Shares in the company’s owner, Big swings in sterling will be a BP said yesterday its head- seemingly convinced the UK would if needed to ensure global market the company said, adding that it had India’s Tata Motors, fell 8 percent. headache for some international quarters would remain in the vote to stay in. stability. not changed its investment plans yet. “This is a lose-lose result for both companies. United Kingdom, despite the vote. Biggest central banks move to calm jittery markets

Reuters with central banks, “as necessary, to The outcome also raised ques- Carney has previously warned that it fall in sterling would prove to be a address pressures in global funding tions about the future of the European could go into recession in the event of one-off adjustment that buys the Bank markets, which could have adverse Union itself and European shares a vote to leave the EU. some time to consider an interest rate implications for the US economy”. tumbled almost 10 percent before Ratings agency Fitch said Britain cut or other measures to cushion the LONDON/ZURICH: Some of the “The Federal Reserve is carefully recovering some ground. faces weaker growth and investment economy. world’s biggest central banks offered monitoring developments in global With memories of the 2007-09 prospects while its status as a major “What could happen is that it financial backstops to soothe plunging financial markets, in cooperation financial crisis still fresh, central international banking hub could be doesn’t stabilise and actually we get markets yesterday after Britain voted with other central banks,” it added banks are concerned that market damaged as some businesses shift to a real loss of confidence, big move- to leave the EU, and some intervened in a statement. The European Central liquidity could quickly dry up, depriv- the EU. ments in funds despite the reassuring in currency markets as they worried Bank said it could provide additional ing the real economy of access to cash ECB Governing Council member voices and the bank liquidity,” John that the volatility could hit growth. liquidity and would protect euro zone and financial instruments. Ewald Nowotny said markets were Gieve said. “At that point, they have The Bank of England offered to financial stability, while the People’s “The Bank (of England) will not already stabilising after the ini- to look at other things like sterling provide more than $347bn plus “sub- Bank of China pledged to keep the hesitate to take additional measures tial surprise, and that panic was not support by using their reserves and stantial” access to foreign currency yuan basically stable and said it would as required as those markets adjust justified. buying sterling or some new kind of to ease any squeeze in markets and maintain ample liquidity. and the UK economy moves forward,” Ten-year bond yields in Spain QE mechanism.” Governor Mark Carney said it would The shock referendum result Carney said, warning that economic and Italy, up around 40 basis points Officials from the Group of Seven consider more measures if needed. dented Britain’s economic growth volatility can be expected as Britain in early trade, recovered most of their rich economies held a conference call Bank of England Governor Mark The US Federal Reserve said it prospects and sent the value of the adjusts. losses by midday. and issued a statement to underscore was ready to provide dollar liquid- pound down by as much as 10 percent The British economy was already But a former deputy governor of their confidence in Britain’s economy Carney speaking at the Bank of ity through its existing swap lines to a 31-year low against the dollar. slowing ahead of the referendum and the BoE said it was not clear that the and banks. England in London, yesterday. 18 SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016 BUSINESS Major German companies embrace glitzy offices

fashion site Zalando are also invest- each other. Germany is ing hundreds of millions of euros in “Our new headquarters is a place competing in a new offices in Germany. where encounters occur,” Siemens Investors have questioned how CEO Kaeser said this week. global race for top much glitzy buildings can really help A Massachusetts Institute of Tech- talent, particularly improve performance. Apple’s new nology study found that 35 percent of a “spaceship” campus is now well behind team’s performance can be predicted in technology and schedule and over budget at $5bn. by the number and quality of face-to- design. After the near collapse of Royal face interactions its members have. Bank of Scotland in 2008, its new In contrast to the massive, closed, $518m headquarters was dubbed out-of-town campuses Apple and “Fred’s Folly” after disgraced former Facebook are working on, the Sie- Reuters CEO Fred Goodwin. mens building in central Munich will Shareholders have also complained allow the public to walk through new about an upgrade of PepsiCo’s head- inner courtyards and exhibition spaces MUNICH/HERZOGENAURACH, Ger- quarters, set amid lakes and fountains. and use the ground-floor cafe. many,: Major German companies are Siemens says it is investing a fig- “The new headquarters will make investing in ambitious new build- ure in the “low triple- digit millions” Siemens itself more accessible and ings designed to attract top staff and of euros in its building, which collects open,” said Zsolt Sluitner, chief exec- encourage innovation, seeking to cre- rainwater to flush toilets and will use utive of Siemens Real Estate. ate a more dynamic corporate culture 90 percent less electricity and 75 per- The office has 1,100 desks for 1,200 Joe Kaeser, CEO of the German engineering giant Siemens, Ilse Aigner, Bavarian Minister for Economy, and keep pace with US rivals despite cent less water than its predecessor. staff and will introduce a “clean desk” investor concerns about the cost. “I remain to be convinced whether policy, with staff required to use a stor- Gerhard Cromme, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siemens and Dieter Reiter, mayor of Munich, Germany is competing in a glo- this is the best use of shareholders’ age space for their personal items when cuts the red ribbon during the opening ceremony of the new Siemens headquarters in Munich, southern bal race for top talent, particularly in money. At least Siemens are deploying they head home. Germany, yesterday. technology and design, as firms such the most energy-efficient technol- Adidas has already had some as Apple and Facebook work on futur- ogies,” said Barclays analyst James experience with the approach. It is relationships,” said the 33-year-old Nike, which is also expanding its cam- campus in the heart of Berlin for 5,000 istic campuses with gardens, fitness Stettler. building a new office for more than from London. pus in Beaverton, Oregon. staff costing 140 million euros, the facilities and gourmet restaurants. All three German office projects 2,000 employees but decided to test The fact that Kohli’s boss no longer “You’re losing your one fixed challenge is to retain the start-up vibe Siemens opened new headquar- are introducing open-plan, shared new workplace designs on about 300 has his own office is an added bonus: working place but gaining 10 new that companies like Siemens and Adi- ters in downtown Munich yesterday, desks, a big change given the coun- staff in the meantime and also roll them “If you are sat beside him, it is com- places,” said Christian Dzieia, Adi- das want to promote. a move it hopes will help Chief Exec- try’s hierarchical corporate culture in out to other offices globally. pletely different than if you have to das property development director. “The advantage at Zalando is that utive Joe Kaeser’s drive to open up which most managers sit separately Priya Kohli, a soccer market- knock.” “Successful buildings provide great we already have a lot in our culture the engineering giant founded in 1847 from their teams in closed offices. ing expert, has been part of the pilot Adidas has spent more than €500m places for communication and spon- that will define the future of work but to new ideas, loosen hierarchies and The firms say they are not only project. on its headquarters outside Herzo- taneous interaction.” we need to maintain it,” said Frauke increase staff engagement. trying to save space, but also encour- “You get to speak to different genaurach in rural southern Germany At Zalando, Europe’s biggest online von Polier, Zalando’s human resources Sportswear firm Adidas and age employees to interact more with colleagues. It helps massively with as it competes with bigger US rival fashion firm currently building a new chief.

German officials Asian car makers may slow investments in UK after Brexit oppose London base for merged Reuters new challenges for an industry that of them for export inside the European Toyota produced about 190,000 India has made several futile attempts employs some 800,000 people in Brit- Union and beyond. cars in Britain last year. Of that, 75 to enter into a free trade agreement stock exchanges ain. Even so, Sunderland in northern According to sources familiar with percent went to the European Union. with the European Union. BEIJING: Executives at Asian automak- England, where Nissan has its oper- the company, JLR has estimated its Only 10 percent was shipped and sold But others raised the prospect of Reuters ers with factories in Britain, largely set ations, was among the constituencies annual profit could be cut by €1bn within Britain. moving Britain-based manufactur- up to export to the European Union, say that surprised pundits by the extent to ($1.47bn) by the end of the decade as South Korea’s auto association said ing capacity to Europe. they could slow investments in Brit- which voters supported an exit. a result of Brexit. it was worried a departure could revive Toyota said in a statement that it FRANKFURT: Regulators and a ain or even put them on ice for now, Shares in all Asian automakers It said yesterday it remained com- a 10-percent tariff on exports of pas- would analyse the impact of the vote senior conservative politician in after the country voted to leave the tumbled. mitted to Europe. senger vehicles to UK, unless a separate on its UK operations. Nissan did not Germany yesterday contested plans 28-nation bloc. “We don’t have any choice but to But the carmaker also warned deal is negotiated. comment, though chief executive Car- for a merged Deutsche Boerse-Lon- Automakers, including Toyota and be more cautious with our invest- yesterday of a “significant negotiat- “This could inevitably undermine los Ghosn said last week the company don Stock Exchange to be based Nissan, had been among the manufac- ment decisions, including moves like ing period” to follow the vote. the price competitiveness of South would question its UK position in the in London, raising doubts about turers that have warned that a period whether to produce a new or signifi- “The big question for automakers Korean automakers in UK, as opposed event of Brexit. whether the deal can be com- of uncertainty would follow a Brexit cantly redesigned vehicle model in the . . . is what kind of trade deals with the to Japanese and German rivals which “No one is going to rush out and pleted following Britain’s vote to vote, as trade and labour deals with UK,” said one official at a global auto- EU would be negotiated. That is the have production bases there,” said Kim do anything tomorrow, but rather than leave the EU. Europe are renegotiated. Most yes- maker with manufacturing capacity big unknown,” a second executive at Tae-nyen, vice president at the Korea revamp a plant in the UK to produce a Deutsche Boerse and LSE agreed terday estimated it could take around in Britain, speaking on condition of a global automaker said. Automobile Manufacturers Associa- new model, they might revamp a plant in March to combine in a $30bn deal two years. anonymity. Exports from Britain to the Euro- tion (KAMA). somewhere else,” CLSA analyst Chris to create a European trading pow- Toyota and Nissan had said in Tata Motors’ Jaguar Land Rover pean Union are free of tariffs and At least one country saw a silver Richter said. “Down the line, it could erhouse that would be domiciled in the run-up to the vote that contin- (JLR) is Britain’s largest carmaker, fol- duties. Toyota has said duties under lining in Brexit. India’s auto industry lead to job losses.” Britain with headquarters in both ued membership of the European lowed by Nissan, which has been in new trading deals could be as much body, the Society of Indian Automobile Aside from Toyota, Tata and Nis- London and Frankfurt. Union was preferable for their oper- Britain for three decades and makes as 10 percent, hitting either prices or Manufacturers, said it could presage a san, others manufacturing in Britain Two German regulatory sources ations: a vote to leave would create 475,000 cars a year in the country, most margins, and denting sales. better trade deal for India with Britain. include BMW, GM and Honda. said yesterday there was increasing scepticism about a London base for the holding company of the com- bined group. “There is rising irritation and Britain’s EU exit a increasing concern that London as a base poses a problem,” one of the sources said. The exchange regulator in the possible boon for German state of Hesse, where Deut- sche Boerse is based and which has the power to block the merger, declined to comment. China: Analysts Michael Fuchs, a leading politi- cian in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party, demanded the German government work to ensure the com- AFP a surplus of more than $40 billion. bined company’s seat be outside A falling pound will of itself make the United Kingdom. Chinese exports more expensive in “Out is out,” Fuchs told Reu- Britain. ters. “There cannot be a London BEIJING: Britain’s decision to quit the But since entering the European base for the merged company after world’s largest single market presents Union in the 1970s Britain has had no the Brexit.” China with a golden opportunity to seek trade negotiators, said de Jonquieres, Earlier yesterday, the LSE and better business terms with a more iso- noting that London’s eagerness to court Deutsche Boerse vowed to press lated UK, analysts said Friday, pointing China would give it “no leverage” with ahead with the merger despite out that London has not had its own Beijing. “The British government has Britain’s vote to leave, saying the trade negotiators for 40 years. acted in a way that suggests it is pre- outcome of the referendum did not “Now that the referendum has hap- pared to a large extent to woo China change the strategic rationale of pened, I would imagine that China will hard if not indeed to dance to China’s their plans. A woman walks past a Marks and Spencer store in Beijing yesterday. be quick to seize the opportunities,” tune,” he added. They have stressed that vast Guy de Jonquieres, senior fellow at the “The idea that Britain on its own trading activity in London and a European Centre for International Polit- could negotiate a deal that gives it better International Studies, told AFP. an editor for Chinese state broadcaster China Daily newspaper estimated it post-trade hub in Frankfurt are ical Economy, said. access to China’s market is implausible.” But Chinese investors are very CCTV, wrote on its website: “An exit would take 500 British officials 10 highly complementary. If a departing Britain fails to secure Geo-strategically, he said, it was “acquisition oriented” and will be from the EU would likely jeopardise years to negotiate a new trade deal They say the merger’s “liquid- good trade terms with the European “an extraordinary opportunity to peel looking out for bargains, said Chris- that status.” with China. ity bridge” would connect the Union or other potential partners, he off a very close US ally, in fact the clos- topher Balding, professor of political London had the largest pool of While the two countries have knit- investment community in Lon- said, it would be “very vulnerable” est US ally in Europe”. economics at Peking University HSBC yuan deposits in Europe, he said, “but ted closer economic ties there have don with companies that are the negotiating with China. Many foreign firms setting up in Business School. the strength of the city as a financial been bumps in the relationship, and last biggest users of capital on the London and Beijing have both pro- Britain in recent decades have done British finance minister George hub outside the European Union is month Queen Elizabeth II was caught continent, even if the UK is out- claimed a new “golden era” of relations so partly to gain access to European Osborne -- a prominent Remain cam- uncertain”. on camera saying some Chinese offi- side the EU. between the former imperial power markets, a benefit which could come paigner whose political future is now Beijing respects the referendum cials were “very rude” during a state Analysts said the exchanges -- whose forces repeatedly invaded under threat following Brexit, with in doubt -- has long sought to promote result and was looking to the “strategic visit last year by President Xi Jinping were trying to put a brave face on China in the 19th century -- and the clouds of uncertainty hanging over London as a hub for international trad- long-term perspective” in its relation- that drummed up billions in Chinese the setback delivered by UK voters. rising Asian giant, now the world’s sec- their future relationship. ing of China’s yuan currency. ship with Britain and the EU, foreign investment. “It is now less likely that the deal ond-largest economy. “It will be hard for (China), as an Britain was the first Western ministry spokeswoman Hua Chuny- Britain’s departure from the EU will go through,” Equinet analyst Last year two-way trade between investor, to consider and make strate- country to issue yuan-denominated ing said Friday, adding: “A prosperous should prompt “more cooperation” Philipp Haessler said, adding that them reached $78.54 billion according gies for the EU and Britain as a whole sovereign debt and China’s central bank and stable Europe serves the inter- with China, Liang Haiming, chief econ- shareholders and regulators would to Chinese Customs -- almost 14 per- in future like how it did before,” Cui issued its first offshore yuan denomi- ests of all.” omist of a Chinese investment company, need to refresh their view of the cent of China’s total business with the Hongjian, director of department for nated note in London in 2015. But hours after the vote a commen- wrote in the state-run Global Times merger plans now, with the LSE EU -- with the Asian country enjoying European Studies at China Institute of But ahead of the vote John Goodrich, tary on the website of the state-run days before the vote. outside the EU. BUSINESS SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016 19 Gold races to two-year high Weak US core capital goods orders point to Gold priced in sterling was last at £945.94 subdued spending an ounce, up almost 13 percent, having Reuters manufacturing as it struggles with the peaked at £1,019.03 lingering effects of the dollar’s surge between June 2014 and December overnight. 2015, and sluggish global demand, WASHINGTON: New orders for US which have eroded export growth. manufactured capital goods unex- The sector, which accounts for pectedly fell in May as demand about 12 percent of the US economy, Reuters declined broadly, suggesting business has also been undermined by lower spending will remain a drag on eco- oil prices, which have hurt profits of nomic growth in the second quarter. energy companies and forced deep The Commerce Department said cuts in capital spending budgets. A LONDON: Gold soared as much as yesterday that non-defence capital report last week showed a decline in 8 percent to its highest in more than goods orders excluding aircraft, a industrial production in May amid two years yesterday after Britain closely watched proxy for business weakness in automobiles output. delivered a shock vote to leave the spending plans, decreased 0.7 per- Business spending on equipment European Union, leaving investors to cent last month after a revised 0.4 has declined over the last two quar- scurry for protection in the precious percent drop in April. ters. It dropped in the first quarter at metal and other assets perceived as These so-called core capi- its quickest pace since the second less risky. tal goods orders were previously quarter of 2009. Last month, there In sterling terms, gold delivered Wealth Management in Geneva. move from the bottom to the high trading after Britain voted to quit the reported to have declined 0.6 per- were declines in orders for machin- double-digit percentage gains to top “Now that the UK has voted just in a few hours, and that’s quite EU, boosting expectations the Fed- cent in April and had been forecast ery, primary metals, computers and 1,000 pounds an ounce for the first to leave, we think there’s a higher unprecedented.” eral Reserve may cut interest rates rising 0.3 percent last month. Core electronic products as well as trans- time in more than three years, while probability that the $1,350-1,360 Britain has voted to leave the to help shield the economy from any capital goods orders have increased portation equipment. euro-priced gold rose as much as 13 per ounce level can be breached, European Union, forcing the resigna- global fallout. in only six of the last 17 months. With core capital goods orders percent. and we’re therefore looking for an tion of Prime Minister David Cameron “This isn’t necessarily about “Business investment is slow- falling for a second straight month Bullion pulled back from early extended target in the 1,400s,” she and dealing the biggest blow to the Britain, it’s about uncertainty in ing and this makes us question the in May, spending on equipment will highs however as the dollar, in which said. European project of greater unity the world’s largest economy,” said outlook going forward. What do likely remain a drag on economic it is priced, headed for its biggest daily Gold priced in sterling was last since World War Two Amanda van Dyke, fund manager at companies see that we don’t?” said growth in the second quarter. gain since 1978 against a currency at £945.94 an ounce, up almost 13 The Bank of England said yester- Peterhouse Asset Management. Chris Rupkey, chief economist at Shipments of core capital goods, basket, but remained elevated. percent, having peaked at £1,019.03 day that it would take all necessary “The general commentators are MUFG Union Bank in New York. which are used to calculate equip- Spot gold peaked at $1,358.20 overnight. Euro-denominated gold steps to shield Britain’s economy suggesting that the Fed is no longer Overall orders for durable goods, ment spending in the government’s per ounce and was up 4.5 percent at was up 8.4 percent at €1,182.61 an from the shock decision, having going to raise rates because the dol- items ranging from toasters to air- gross domestic product measure- $1,313 an ounce at 0958 GMT, while ounce, off a high of €1,244.34. “undertaken extensive contingency lar is soaring, and they can no longer craft that are meant to last three ment, slipped 0.5 percent last month U.S. gold futures for August delivery Spot prices, already boosted by planning” for the vote. afford for the dollar to keep going as years or more, declined 2.2 percent after an upwardly revised 0.6 per- were up $54.80 an ounce at $1,317.50, fading expectations for a US rate hike, The single currency was under fast as it is.” in May after surging 3.3 percent in cent rise in April. off an early high of $1,362.60 an are now up 25 percent this year. “All pressure against most other cur- “Realistically, the ability of the April. US financial markets were lit- Core capital goods shipments ounce. we needed was Brexit to get this next rencies as investors worried that European market to speak with a tle moved by the report as investors were previously reported to have “It (Brexit) benefits gold leg up for gold,” Willem Middelkoop, the Brexit vote could spark anti- common voice I think has been per- weighed the implications of Britain’s increased 0.4 percent in April. Econ- because in a general risk-off mode, founder of Netherlands-based Com- establishment movements in other manently severed, and that’s going to vote to leave the European Union. omists say uncertainty over the it’s a natural safe haven for every- modity Discovery Fund, said. European countries. be a solid 5 percent (price increase) Despite factory surveys suggest- global economy and the upcoming body,” said Marie Owens Thomson, “Overnight all this energy has US short-term interest rates in gold for at least the next couple of ing some stabilization, so-called hard US presidential elections are making chief economist at Indosuez made gold explode. It was a $100 futures hit contract highs in early US years.” data show no sign of reprieve for businesses cautious about spending.

Fiat Chrysler accused German bond yields EDF inaugurates onshore wind farm of concealing drop to record lows defect in Jeep Grand Cherokee

Reuters German yields across all Reuters maturities plumbed record lows, with the 10-year benchmark fall- ing as low as minus 0.17 percent , LONDON: Investors ran for the on track for its biggest drop since LOS ANGELES: Jeep Grand Chero- safety of top-rated German debt the height of the euro zone crisis kee owners on Thursday filed suit and ditched bonds in riskier south- in August 2012. in California against Fiat Chrysler, ern Europe as Britain’s vote to leave The fallout from Brexit was felt accusing the carmaker of conceal- the European Union created the big- most keenly in southern Europe, ing a shifter design defect linked gest shock to the euro zone’s markets with Spain set to return to the polls to driverless rollaway accidents, since its 2012 crisis. this weekend for the second time in including this week’s death of “Star German bond yields — an indi- six months and Italy witnessing a Trek” actor Anton Yelchin. cation of government borrowing surge in popularity for its own euro- The class-action complaint, costs — dropped to record lows sceptic 5-Star Movement. filed in U.S. District Court in Riv- while equivalents in the likes of Ten-year yields in Spain and erside, California, east of Los Spain, Italy and Portugal shot to Italy rose as much as 40 basis points Angeles, also alleges the auto- multi-month highs. in early trades to hit 1.92 percent and maker tried to cover up hundreds Britain’s vote, which defied the 1.76 percent, respectively, but eased of related accidents that caused expectations of financial markets back slightly with traders saying the injuries and property damage and and forced the resignation of Prime European Central Bank’s asset pur- has dragged its feet in furnishing Minister David Cameron, deals a chases had helped calm markets. a remedy for the issue. blow to the European project of The cost of insuring Spanish debt The plaintiffs are seeking res- greater unity and could embolden against default — as measured by titution for the diminished resale breakaway movements elsewhere. credit default swaps — rose to its value of their Grand Cherokees EDF Chairman Jean-Bernard Levy (fourth left) cuts the ribbon during the inauguration with local “Brexit is not just a UK issue. It highest since late 2013. Money mar- stemming from the “raft of negative is an issue for Europe and I think ket rates implied that the European authorities of the onshore wind farm “Ensemble Eolien Catalan” in Baixas, near Perpignan, France, publicity” surrounding the recent it is just the start of Europe hav- Central Bank will cut interest rates yesterday. EDF Energies Nouvelles put in operation in the Pyrenees-Orientales department, its largest disclosure of the rollaway problem. ing to figure out where the future by September, with around a 60 per- wind farm in France, with a capacity of 96 megawatts, with 35 wind turbines equipped with a new “In light of the stigma lies,” Mizuho strategist Peter Chat- cent chance seen for a cut at its next technology in the territory, aiming at reducing blade noise. attached to those vehicles by (Fiat well said. meeting in July. Chrysler’s) conduct, they are now worth significantly less than they otherwise would be,” the lawsuit states. Company spokesman Michael Palese said the car- maker has not yet been served Nigeria’s Dangote shifts focus from cement to oil & gas with the lawsuit and it would be inappropriate to comment before reviewing the case. Reuters A slump in commodity prices has gas reserves, at 187 trillion cubic feet unable to access dollars due to central million dollars is my six weeks’ need,” Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV hammered Nigeria’s economy - along (tcf), but loses half of it to flaring and bank foreign exchange restrictions he said. Dangote’s sugar refinery in issued a recall in April for 1.1 mil- with many others on the continent - re-injection. imposed to prop up the naira. Nigeria had reduced capacity by 15 lion cars and SUVs worldwide, and raised the cost of borrowing but Despite the new focus on oil and The worst-affected have gone percent as a result of the dollar crisis. most of them in the United States, LAGOS: Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, whose business empire gas, the business magnate said he to the wall or shed large numbers “We ended up owing a lot of dollars,” because the vehicles could roll Dangote, plans to launch Nigeria’s stretches from cement to flour and planned to build cement plants in of staff, but a study by Reuters of he said. away after drivers exit them. first private crude oil refinery by 2019 pasta, is pushing hard into oil and gas. Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, an 11-week period in March to May This week, the central bank The recall applies to 811,000 while almost doubling his cement “It will be ready in the first quar- Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Zambia showed that Dangote firms managed removed the peg that has held the vehicles in the United States, cov- production on the continent by adding ter of 2019,” the billionaire founder by 2018. Another plant will open in to secure a healthy share of dollars at naira at the official rate of 197 for the ering 2014-2015 model years of plants in eight countries as he shrugs of Dangote Cement said of the refin- Congo Republic by September, he the cheap official rate. last 16 months, leading to a 30 percent the Jeep Grand Cherokee sport off a regional economic downturn. ery. “Mechanical completion will be added. Dangote said the $161m bought devaluation as the currency traded utility vehicle, and 2012-2014 Dangote told Reuters the $12bn end of 2018 but we will start produc- A cement plant in Ivory Coast during that period from the central freely on the interbank market. Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 refinery would have a capacity of ing in 2019.” would triple output to 3 million bank merely reflected the size of his Dangote said the decline had sedans. 650,000 barrels a day, cornering the Dangote said the plant, which will tonnes, up from an initial target of 1 business and did not represent pref- pushed up costs. “This devaluation The lawsuit came as the com- market in Africa’s most populous include a $2bn fertilizer unit, was million, he said, while two new plants erential treatment. alone, we have lost over 50bn naira pany announced that software country, where fuel shortages are a being funded through “loans, export in Nigeria would add 6 million tonnes “We have been badly affected like ($176m),” he said. “The gas, which is upgrades for all 1.1 million recalled perennial problem. credit agencies and our own equity”. annually. any other company,” he said, argu- our main source of power, is priced in vehicles would be available by the Until recently, Nigeria was Afri- Some $3.25bn had come from “As at now, what we have in ing that operational costs totalled dollars. If there is 40 percent deval- end of this month. ca’s biggest crude oil producer but it local and foreign banks, while the operation is almost about 45 million $100m each month due to recur- uation, your price will go up by 40 While not acknowledging a imports 80 percent of its fuel because central bank had also chipped in. tonnes, so we have just another 40 ring expenses such as the purchase percent. Every single aspect of the design flaw in its transmission gear poor maintenance means its four The IFC, the private sector arm of the million tonnes to go,” he said, affirm- of parts for cement production and production will go up by that per- selectors, the company has said refineries never reach full output. Its World Bank, has lent $150m. ing an Africa-wide production target running a fleet of 9,000 trucks. centage,” he said. rollaways have occurred because current daily consumption is 260,000 Dangote also has plans for a gas of 85 million tonnes a year by 2018. “When you are talking about Dangote also said he was eyeing a drivers mistakenly believe they barrels, according to the International pipeline through West Africa. Nigeria The collapse in oil prices has hit $20bn worth of projects, what is listing on the London stock exchange had placed the vehicles in park Energy Agency. has the world’s ninth largest proven Nigerian companies hard, with many $161m? One-hundred-and-sixty-one “within the next year or two”. before getting out. BUSINESS VIEWS 20 SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016

Dealmakers feel Brexit Brexit brings short-lived pain blues after ‘biggest demerger in history’ for India’s top IT exporters

By Ruth David, Aaron sale of its business after a £10.3bn Kirchfeld and Dinesh Nair ($14.1bn) deal to combine O2 with Bloomberg CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd’s Three fell apart. Britain leaving the EU could reduce O2’s value by 20 per- cent, said Javier Borrachero, head UROPEAN dealmakers hop- of telecommunications services ing today would open the at Kepler Cheuvreux, in a note floodgates for mergers and yesterday. share sales are bracing for UK discount fitness center Pure Ea longer drought. Britain’s deci- Gym Ltd had also planned to file for sion to leave the European Union a listing as early as next week, in the “will be the biggest demerger in event of a remain vote, that would history,” Richard Cranfield, a cor- have valued the company at about porate partner at Allen & Overy £700m including debt, according LLP, said. “A healthy M&A market to people familiar with the mat- is strongly driven by confidence. ter. A representative for Pure Gym Given the period of uncertainty declined to comment. we’ve just entered following the As much as $25bn in potential leave vote, it is likely we will see share sales for European companies a significant slowdown in M&A.” may also be on ice, according to a Takeovers of European com- survey of advisers, who asked not panies declined 27 percent to to be named because the numbers $251bn through the Thursday aren’t public. That figure includes vote, according to data compiled shareholders who have held off by Bloomberg. The drop-off was selling in the weeks leading up to echoed by a decline in fundraising, the vote and those whose lock-up with the value of share sales and periods expire through September, initial public offerings in Europe the people said. less than half what they were this Companies in the UK aren’t time last year. Both mergers and the only ones that will feel the share sales are at the lowest level impact of the vote. In a survey By Saritha Rai to its lowest levels since 1985 -- will erode he was monitoring the historic vote. since 2012, according to the data. of M&A professionals earlier this Bloomberg earnings while corporations are expected The UKis the industry’s largest mar- The first signs are already month, Intralinks Holdings Inc. said to postpone spending on computing serv- ket after the US, accounting for about 17 appearing. Telefonica SA is weigh- a Brexit would lead to “chaos” in ices while they plot their next moves. percent of total IT export revenues, accord- ing a delay of IPOs in its infrastructure the industry. About two-thirds of “Discretionary spends will take a hit and ing to Nasscom estimates. Many large and unit Telxius, as well as UK mobile M&A professionals expected the NDIA’S largest technology companies those companies with a higher exposure mid-sized Indian companies have set up operator O2 after the vote, people value of European assets to dete- may have to grapple with delays in IT to those services and the deals they will operations and made acquisitions in the familiar with the matter said. Tel- riorate, the survey showed. That spending and weaker earnings from be pursuing will be impacted,” Roy said. UK to serve that market as well as Europe. xius had planned to file for a listing could have wider implications on a crumbling currency after the UK “In the longer-term, Brexit could emerge The country is also a vital destination for to raise as much as €1.5bn ($1.7bn) the European economy, particu- voted to leave the European Union, as an opportunity as regulatory changes talent as about 800 Indian companies as early as next week while O2 had larly in countries such as Germany, a historic move that convulsed glo- and compliance will yield more systems employ 110,000 workers there. considered an IPO as soon as the which rely heavily on cross-bor- Ibal markets. integration work.” Wipro Ltd, which employs 4,000 workers fourth quarter, people said. der deals from China, the firm said. Once the dust settles, companies from Those with a larger roster of financial in the UK, said it’s monitoring the potential The UK voted to quit the EU Banks were some of the worst Tata Consultancy Services Ltd to Infosys Ltd clients — such as TCS and closest rival Info- impact on mobility of labor, the financial sys- after more than four decades, send- losers in the stock market rout yes- could play a pivotal role in helping banks and sys — could benefit from the work a ‘Brexit’ tem and the currency. India’s fourth largest ing the pound to its lowest level terday. Deutsche Bank AG fell as corporations re-tool their entails for financial systems and currency IT services company is optimistic that new in more than 30 years and Euro- much as 18 percent in Frankfurt systems in a newly config- markets across the European Union and the opportunities will open up for it in the coun- pean shares toward the biggest drop trading. London-based Barclays Plc ured European market, said UK. The two companies, who both get more try, the company said in a statement. since 2008. Economists’ and world plummeted as much as 30 percent. Arup Roy, a research direc- than a fifth of their revenue from the region, The UK will now have about two years leaders’ warnings of dire economic Still, the vote hasn’t stopped all tor at Gartner. declined to comment on the outcome of the to negotiate the terms of its exit, with talks and political consequences lost M&A. Germany’s Henkel AG said it India’s $110bn IT serv- vote. Infosys Chief Executive Officer Vishal to unwind agreements in areas as diverse out to arguments that membership agreed to buy Wilton, Connecticut- ices export industry is Sikka told shareholders last week he would as fishing quotas and financial-services in the bloc prevented the country based laundry-detergent maker scrambling to assess the keep a close eye on potential currency and legislation. It will also have to start nego- from fully controlling its borders, Sun Products Corp for $3.6bn in fallout as global markets business impact. tiating its own trade deals with the rest laws and finances. the hours leading up to the Brexit tank in the wake of one of “There is going to be significant amount of the world. Companies had been holding result. Deutsche Boerse AG and The UK and Europe the most dramatic 24-hours of uncertainty due to exchange rate fluc- “Longer term, the exit will necessitate off on share sales and IPOs in the London Stock Exchange Group Plc, together account for in modern British history. tuation,” said R Chandrasekhar, president that the UK look for other trading partners weeks leading up to the vote in the European exchanges whose The UK and Europe together of India’s IT industry body, Nasscom. With to compensate for the loss of privileged case the UK opted to leave. Now planned combination is among the 28.5% of the country’s account for 28.5 percent of the pound already slumping, “there is tur- access to the European market,” Chan- that it has, billions of dollars in biggest pending deals right now, IT services exports, the country’s IT services bulence ahead.” “The terms of exit are not drasekhar said. transactions are in limbo. Tele- reiterated that they will proceed worth an estimated exports, worth an estimated clear and there may not be clarity for months “India could figure very high if not at fonica was considering an IPO or with their tie up. $30.7bn in 2016. and even years. After terms become crys- the very top of that list. The possibility of $30.7bn in 2016. A crumbling pound — tallized, only then the precise impact can greater linkages with India in terms of trade the sterling plummeted be quantified,” he said from London, where is a positive for the IT industry.” Big US banks flex capital muscle in annual stress test

By Lisa Lambert and David Henry has improved, with bad loans rolling off the of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. It relies on They have until Saturday to do so. Reuters books. The Fed creates new inputs for market standardized assumptions about capital levels Of the 33 banks that took part in DFAST, and economic chaos each year, and shocked and distributions for the tested banks, allow- Huntington Bancshares Inc produced the low- investors in January when it included nega- ing for a consistent view across the industry. est minimum Tier 1 common equity ratio, of tive interest rates in the worst-case scenario. Next week, the Fed will release results of 5 percent, under a severely adverse scenario. IG US banks are proving them- “Today’s results are particularly notable a more nuanced examination known as the Morgan Stanley and BMO Financial Corp pro- selves to be stronger and sounder given the more stringent test assumptions Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review, duced the weakest Tier 1 leverage ratio - another in an annual regulatory stress test, above last year’s test,” said Richard Foster, or CCAR. That test evaluates banks’ individu- measure of capital strength relative to assets even as the Federal Reserve changes senior counsel for regulatory and legal affairs ally tailored plans for surviving a crisis. The - of 4.9 percent, under that scenario. doomsday scenarios to keep them at the industry trade group Financial Serv- Fed gives each bank a pass or fail grade for Banks also released their own stress test Bon their toes. ices Roundtable. “Banks now hold extremely CCAR, based not only on hard numbers, but results, based on inputs set by the Fed. The fig- On Thursday, the Fed said each of the 33 high levels of capital and liquid assets as com- also on qualitative measures. That means the ures did not necessarily match up. For instance, US banks that underwent its standardized pared with historical averages.” Fed can fail a bank because it did not approve Morgan Stanley’s own capital ratios under stress test were able to stay above minimum Analyst Steven Chubak of Nomura Secu- of how management went about the capital severe stress were higher than the U.S Fed- required capital levels in severe economic and rities said, “For the big banks, the results were planning process. eral Reserve test result, as were Wells Fargo market conditions. Banks that participated just incredibly robust.” Capital levels surged Thirteen banks have failed CCAR since & Co’s and BMO’s. Banks that look marginal last year also passed, but their capital levels from last year’s results as the Fed gave the big the Fed began disclosing results, according in DFAST may well have submitted capital have largely improved since then. banks credit for more revenue at the end of to research firm Trepp. In an analysis carried plans that include the issuance of securities Overall, the 33 banks would suffer $385bn test period than some of the banks themselves out before DFAST results were released, Trepp that would dramatically affect their capital Overall, the 33 banks in loan losses over nine quarters under the most expected, Chubak said. However, Thursday’s analysts predicted two-thirds of the banks will scores. And, banks with strong numbers can would suffer $385bn in severe scenario, the Fed said. In aggregate, results are just one part of the Fed’s annual likely be allowed to increase their dividends. still fail CCAR because the Fed considered a key ratio measuring high-quality capital stress test process, and do not even offer a The percentage approved for dividends has the quality of their capital planning faulty. loan losses over nine against risk-weighted assets, known as the glimpse at what many investors really want been ticking down from 72 percent in 2013 Citigroup Inc, for example, has had sur- quarters under the most Tier 1 common equity ratio, would drop to a to know: Will banks be able to use more cap- to 67 percent in 2014, and 61 percent in 2015. prising results for both reasons in the past. severe scenario, the Fed low of 8.4 percent. That is well above the 4.5 ital for dividends and stock buybacks? The Fed will announce CCAR results on June This year, Citi racked up big gains, with its Tier percent minimum set by regulators. This first test - called the Dodd-Frank Act 29. Failures are embarrassing, and the Fed allows 1 common equity ratio rising to 9.2 percent said. Since the Fed started stress testing banks in Stress Test, or DFAST - is part of the sweep- banks to resubmit capital plans based on DFAST from 6.8 percent and its Tier 1 leverage ratio 2009, capital levels have risen and credit quality ing financial reform law passed in the wake results to give them a second chance to pass. improving to 6.9 percent from 4.6 percent. SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016 21

Ramadan Open Chess Tournament MotoGP: Iannone pips Rossi at Dutch practice

AFP third quickest. “The first impres- sions were very good for me and my team, but the situation is not easy,” said Iannone. ASSEN: Ducati rider Andrea Ian- “It was difficult to change none dominated the first two free direction on the bike and we tried practice sessions yesterday for this to improve this, but we couldn’t weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix where improve it that much. “But for sure he starts from the back of the grid. tomorrow we will try and improve Italy’s Iannone, who starts Sun- this situation, improve our limit and day’s race from the back of the grid hopefully then we can go faster, but after his clash with Spaniard Jorge it is not so bad to finish top in both Lorenzo in Barcelona, clocked a fast- practice sessions.” est lap of 1min 33.591sec in overcast Rossi is bidding for an eighth vic- conditions on the Assen circuit with tory around the Assen track, to go just minutes to go. with his triumph in Barcelona last Italy’s Valentino Rossi, last year’s time out. “It was a good day and I’m winner, set a second fastest time quite satisfied,” said Rossi. Boidiya Sidi receives his trophy after winning the blitz competition at the Ramadan Open Chess Tournament held recently in Doha. RIGHT: of 01:33.595 just 0.004sec behind In Moto2, Thomas Luthi of Kalex Rolenson Loyola of Philippines poses with his winner’s trophy for the rapid event. Over 120 participants took part in the competition. on his Yamaha, with champion- set the pace with 16-year-old Span- ship leader Marc Marquez of Honda iard Aron Canet fastest in Moto3.

Cibulkova on Slovakia’s Dominika Messi primed to end double duty to Cibulkova in action during make final the quarter- final at the WTA AFP Eastbourne drought in Copa final against Monica Puig at Devonshire Park, EASTBOURNE, UK: Dominika Eastbourne, Cibulkova is one victory away from yesterday. Argentina to take her first grass-court title after she powered through two matches in a on Chile tomorrow matter of hours to reach the final as Barca superstar of the WTA Eastbourne event yes- terday. looks for a major The Slovak began her day international title by turning around a deficit of a set and a break from a rainy on Thursday night to beat top seed Agnieszka Radwanska 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 in the quarter-finals. Reuters She then had just a few hours for an ice bath and lunch before warming up again for her semi- The Slovak, who had an Achilles Sunshine and a stiff wind pre- NEW YORK: Chile face Argentina in final, where she hammered Puerto tendon operation last year and almost sented fresh challenges as Cibulkova tomorrow’s Copa America final for Rican qualifier Monica Puig 6-2, fell out of the top 50, is playing East- advanced on Friday. the right to call themselves South 6-1 in 72 minutes. bourne -- a traditional Wimbledon “Conditions made it difficult but I America’s dominant team but per- In today’s final Cibulkova will tune-up -- for only the second time. found myself playing better and better haps an even bigger question for face Czech 10th seed Karolina “This is my best day ever on a with each game. I came back strong football fans the world over regards Pliskova, who fired a dozen aces grass court. I’m extremely happy,” today -- that’s why I won,” Cibulk- whether Lionel Messi can finally win for a 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-3 win over said Cibulkova, a former Australian ova said. a major international title. British 11th seed Johanna Konta. Open runner-up. Radwanska refused to be down- The Barcelona forward has won Konta, a source of attention “I’m playing really well and got hearted and said she was fully every trophy possible with the Span- all week for the local media, ran confidence from beating Aga in the focused on the Monday start of Wim- Argentina midfielder Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring during the ish club but he has lost three finals out of puff and did not benefit first match. The match with Monica bledon, where she was runner-up in with Argentina, including in 2014 first half against the United States in the semi-finals of the 2016 Copa from a pair of sliding falls on the was completely different, another 2012. World Cup Final in 2014 and the Copa America Centenario in Houston on Tuesday. grass which may have shaken her style. “I’m healthy. I’m good. Ready for America last year. confidence. “But I was able to win and I’m Wimbledon. Of course it’s always Tomorrow’s game against Chile Cibulkova will be playing her happy. We will see about the final, disappointing when you lose, and in New Jersey gives Messi a chance warm-up game. His sublime free kick “It’s a group of winners, I can see fourth final of the season and bid- This will be my first final on grass so especially that type of long match. to end both his personal hoodoo and in the 4-0 win over the United States that just talking with them. That’s not ding for a second title of 2016 after I’m really satisfied. I couldn’t wish for Well, what can you do?” she said. that of Argentina, who have not won took him on to 55 goals and above because they win games because winning in Katowice in April. She a better week.” Cibulkova trailed 6-4, “Maybe I have a maximum three a major title since lifting the Copa Gabriel Batistuta as Argentina’s all- we don’t win every time but in their beat Pliskova in a 2014 semi-final 3-2 to Radwanska when their quar- days of practice at Wimbledon. It’s not America in Ecuador in 1993. time leading goalscorer. heads they are convinced they are in Kuala Lumpur. ter-final was forced off court. much, but I’m in the match rhythm.” “Getting to three finals in a row is Messi called the performance going to win. That mentality allows impressive,” said Messi, whose first against the US “perfect” and he will them to grow stronger and gives them decider was a 3-0 loss to Brazil in not have forgotten that Argentina the confidence to keep going.” the 2007 Copa America. “I hope we beat Chile 2-1 in their opening match Chile will have the dynamic Artur WIMBLEDON TOP SEEDS RIVALS’ GUIDE can win the Cup that we so desire.” on June 6. Vidal back after suspension and Pizzi Novak Djokovic vs James Ward ray’s $46,700,000. The left-hander hasn’t played on the main- Argentina lost to Chile on pen- However, the Chileans have hopes central midfielder Marcelo (First meeting) tour this year, making his living instead on the Challenger and alties in the final last year and Messi improved since, beating Bolivia and Diaz will recover from the muscle Futures circuits in venues ranging from Bangkok to Shrews- said the squad were better prepared Panama before hammering Mexico injury that kept him out the 2-0 win British 29-year-old Ward is ranked 177 in the world, after a bury. Has won just one match on the main tour in his career this time around. 7-0 in what was undoubtedly the per- over Colombia in the semi-final. career high of 89 three years ago, and who has not won a and that was at last year’s Wimbledon. However, his five-set “You learn all the time,” said formance of the tournament. They are on a high and confident match on the main tour in 2016. Reached the third round win over Marinko Matosevic was overshadowed by questions at Wimbledon in 2015, losing in five sets to Canada’s Vasek Messi, who turned 29 yesterday. Coach Juan Antonio Pizzi, who that they will do the double over their over a feud with his father. Sister Naomi plays on women’s tour. Pospisil. The son of a London taxi driver, Ward’s determina- “We have been working together replaced Jorge Sampaoli in January, neighbours. tion cannot be faulted -- in 2009, he took part in a play-off Roger Federer vs Guido Pella for another year, we are stronger as is now settled in the job and he has But they will not have their home to earn a place in the British Davis Cup team in a match that (First meeting) a group and we’ve really grown in a Chile playing the same high-paced fans behind them this time and there lasted six hours, 40 minutes. lot of ways.” pressing and super-fast counter is one other detail. The last time Messi Pella is a 26-year-old left-hander from Argentina who is ranked The five-times world player of the attacks that make them such an played at the MetLife stadium was Andy Murray vs Liam Broady at 51 in the world. He grew up admiring Federer. More at home year has been outstanding at the Cen- exciting team to watch. also in June and also against a South (First meeting) on clay, he made the final in Rio this year. Pella was forced to tenary Copa America, even though “This team has created an iden- American side. Argentina beat Brazil Broady, 22, is ranked 234 in the world and whose career prize retire from his first round match on his Wimbledon debut in he played the first three games as a tity,” the Argentine-born Pizzi said 4-3 in a friendly in 2012. Messi scored money of $217,000 pales in comparison to compatriot Mur- 2013 while he fell in qualifying last year. substitute after injuring his back in a after the semi-final. a hat-trick. Wiggins, Froome headline powerful British Olympic line-up

AFP Froome will lead the road race “I have great memories of London programme in Rio, is desperate to win championships victory yesterday to team whilst Wiggins, the time-trial and winning bronze in the time trial. some form of medal in what is likely to send out an Olympic warning six champion from four years ago, is tar- “I will be giving it everything I can be his last realistic tilt to do so. weeks ahead of the Rio Games. geting an eighth Olympic medal, this in Rio to try and win another medal “Olympic gold is one thing left - The German time-trial special- LONDON: Britain’s Tour de France time with the team pursuit on the for Great Britain.” I’ve tried it twice and I was in superb ist is a triple world champion but was champions past and present Bradley track. Cavendish, 31, who is down for form on both days and they just eluded edged out at the 2012 London Olympic Wiggins and Chris Froome headline a Kenya-born Froome is hoping he competing like Wiggins on the track me,” said Cavendish, who finished Games around the streets of London star-studded British cycling team for heads to the Games -- in which he has in the omnium and is a backup for ninth with Wiggins in Beijing in 2008 by local hero Bradley Wiggins. But this year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, spoken of going for the double of the the team pursuit, also has ambitions in the Madison on the track and then the 31-year-old Martin has shown his which was unveiled yesterday. time-trial in which he took bronze to finish the Tour de France prior to under-performed badly in the road pre-Games form with an impressive The 26 rider team also includes behind Wiggins in London and the Rio and attempt to add to his 26 stage race in London. 49.97km/h average speed run over double gold medalist from the 2012 road race -- by securing a third Tour wins in the world’s most famous “I’ve made no secret that my aim 41km around the streets of Streufdorf. Games in London Laura Trott and de France title. cycling race. is to win an Olympic medal and I’m “I’m highly satisfied with this vic- sprint great Mark Cavendish, who “The Olympics are special for any However, the Isle of Man-born so pleased to have been given this tory, which I see as a good test ahead despite his many achievements has athlete lucky enough to be given the rider, who would have an 18 day opportunity. the Tour de France and Olympic yet to win an Olympic medal and aims chance to compete at a Games,” the gap between the climax to the Tour Meanwhile, Tony Martin stormed Games. And finally breaking the ice Chris Froome to change that at his third Games. 31-year-old said. de France and the start of the track to his fifth straight German time-trial in 2016 was very important,” he said. 22 SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016 SPORT

Hales, Roy Futsal : Movistar Inter pip spirited record stand helps England thrash Sri Lanka

Al Rayyan for a winning start Agencies

BIRMINGHAM: Openers Alex The Spanish club Hales and Jason Roy put on an unbeaten and record-breaking wins 2-1 while FC 256-run partnership to take Eng- Dynamo overcome land to a thumping 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second one- Carlos Barbosa 3-2 day international yesterday. on the opening day of Both made centuries, with Hales 133 not out and Roy 112 not Intercontinental Cup out as England stormed past Sri Lanka’s 254-7 in 34.1 overs at Edg- baston. The convincing win took The Peninsula England into a 1-0 lead in the five- match series after the first game was tied. Finishing on 256-0, Hales DOHA: Movistar Inter overcame a late and Roy put together the high- fightback from Al Rayyan to start their est partnership for England in campaign at the 2016 Futsal Intercon- Action during the ODIs and the fifth highest open- tinental Cup with a 2-1 victory over Al match between ing stand by any team in a 50-over Rayyan at the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Al Rayyan and international. Stadium in Doha, yesterday. Movistar Inter at England had earlier bowled The Spanish club rode on a goal Ali Bin Hamed well and was slick in the field to each from two periods to overcome the Al Attiyah Indoor restrict Sri Lanka to a mediocre hosts though despite the loss the spir- Stadium in Doha total on a very good batting pitch. ited Qatari side, displayed the plenty of yesterday. Hales and man-of-the-match skills for a possible positive outcome in Picture by Kammutty Roy were completely in com- the event. VP/The Peninsula mand against a toothless Sri Lanka After exchange of attacks from both attack. the sides, Movistar Inter broke the dead- Hales smashed six sixes and 10 lock, two minutes before the halftime a scare when Thiago Grippi scored in in a nail-biting finish. The June 24 to 29 fours while Roy went to his sec- through Borja who scored from a close the penultimate minute that prompted event brings together eight of the world’s ond one-day international century range. The home side made various a couple of more attacks from the home best futsal teams who will do battle for with his fourth six before driving attempts to equalise the score in the side. But, Movistar did well to contain top honours at two venues – the Aspire Seekkuge Prasanna to the cover second period with an attacking show the score-line and walk away with the Ladies Sports Hall and the Ali bin Hamad boundary to seal victory. but that paved the way for Movistar’s winning points. Al Attiyah Arena. Other teams in the Action during the 2016 Futsal Intercontinental Cup match between Darlan to score second goal for his team The other match at Aspire’s Ladies competition include FC Barcelona Lassa, in the 32nd minute of the match. Sport Hall saw FC Dynamo (Ukraine) Magnus Futsal, Tasisat Daryaei and SL FC Dynamo and Carlos Barbosa, played at Aspire’s Ladies Sport Hall SCOREBOARD Al Rayyan gave the Spanish club overcoming Carlos Barbosa (Brazil) 3-2 Benfica. yesterday. Picture by Baher Amin/The Peninsula SRI LANKA K Perera (run out) 37 D Gunathilaka c Buttler b Plunkett22 K Mendis lbw Plunkett 0 D Chandimal (run out) 52 A Mathews c Plunkett b Rashid 44 S Prasanna c Willey b Rashid 2 U Tharanga (not out) 53 F Maharoof b Willey 2 S Randiv (not out) 26 Extras (B-1, LB-13, W-2) 16

Total (for 7 wkts in 50 overs) 254 Fall of wickets: 1-39, 2-47, 3-77, 4-159, 5-163, 6-188, 7-191. Bowling: D Willey 10-0-65-1; C Woakes 8-0-36-0 (w-1) ; L Plunkett 10-0-49-2 (w-1); M Ali 9-0-41-0; A Rashid 10-0-34- 2; J Root 3-0-15-0. ENGLAND J Roy (not out) 112 A Hales (not out) 133 Extras (LB-3, W-8) 11 Total (for no loss in 34.1 overs) 256 Bowling: F Maharoof 7-1-47-0 (w-4); S Lakmal 5-0-21-0 (w-2); S Randiv 8-0-62- 0; N Pradeep 4-0-31-0 (w-1); S Prasanna 8.1-0-78-0 (w-1); D Gunathilaka 2-0-14-0. Team Blasters victorious at AZF’s Ramadan Sports Festival

The Peninsula and referee, commended this new initiative, saying it had expanded the horizon of sports tournaments offered in Qatar, and draws new DOHA: The Ramadan Sports Festi- fans and enthusiasts into the sport val (RSF), conducted by the Aspire of cricket. Zone Foundation’s (AZF) witnessed She added AZF’s organisation of the conclusion of action filled the tournament helped elevate its Cricket Tournament and Table Ten- value in Qatar, making it possible nis Tournament for persons with for cricket enthusiasts to take part special needs in front of enthusi- in their favourite sport and opening astic crowds. the door for the sport to grow further The Cricket and Table Tennis in Qatar and change the industry’s Tournaments were introduced in line landscape.” with AZF’s commitment to offer the “Unique evening for table ten- local community new and exciting nis enthusiasts with special needs sports with every edition of the RSF. in Aspire Dome Team Blasters emerged inau- The fourth annual Table Tennis gural champions of AZF’s Cricket Tournament for Persons with Special tournament amidst unprecedented Needs also took place on Wednes- The finalists of the Aspire Zone Foundation’s Cricket Tournament pose for a photograph with the special guests after the presentation ceremony. spectatorship and enthusiasm day, which was organised at Aspire AZF’s first Cricket Tournament Dome in collaboration with the Qatar concluded late on Wednesday night Paralympic Committee. Forty of the Commenting on his fourth win hopefully helps open the door for even more unique with the newly San Siro with a score of 7-2, while following two days of exciting com- sport’s enthusiasts competed across in the tournament, Khalid Al Yafei organising more tournaments of added category of visual disability, Backstreet Boys played a one-sided petition which saw six teams from four categories including physical said: “I am happy with my fourth win this kind”. and we look forward to organising match against Samba that ended in a the South Asian expat community in disability, mental disability, hear- in the Aspire Ramadan Table Tennis Hussain Al Haddad, member of new tournaments in collaboration 6-0 win for the former. In the match Qatar battle it out for glory. ing disability and visual disability. Tournament.” the Qatar Paralympic Committee with AZF in the near future.” between Black Star and Legend, the Team Blasters eventually over- At the end of the one-day tour- “The tournament has improved and Chairman of the Aspire Ram- Crunch matches await the Ladies’ teams tied with a score of 2-2, while came the other five teams to take nament, Khalid Al Yafei earned first year after year in terms of organisa- adan Table Tennis Tournament, Volleyball and Junior Futsal compet- Bayern trumped Immortal with an home the title following an intense place in the physical disability cat- tion and quality of competition, and commented on the tournament, say- itors. Some high-stakes matches, 11-1 victory. final match that was marked by a egory, while Hamad Al Marri took I wish everyone could see how much ing: “AZF deployed all its efforts and including semi-finals and finals in In the Ladies’ Volleyball Tour- fine battling display, with the Blaster home first place in the visual disa- care AZF gives to athletes with spe- logistical expertise in support of the the Ladies’ Volleyball and Junior Fut- nament, competition favourites reaching a score that made a run- bility category. Mohammad Mousa cial needs,” he sais. tournament, which brought together sal tournaments took take place on Hyper Spikers reached the quar- rate rebuttal seemingly impossible finished first in the mental disability “The initiative to organise this people with different kinds of disa- Thursday and yesterday. ter-finals where they will compete for their opponents. category, and Abdullah Taleb first in tournament helps shed light on bility under one roof.” In the latest round of the Junior against QVIB, while TWS faces off Shivani Mishra, a cricket coach the hearing disability category. this niche category of athletes and “This year’s edition was made Futsal Tournament, Al Aziziya beat with Aktor. SPORT SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016 23

Italy’s Candreva England can win Euro doubtful for Spain game

PARIS: Italy winger Antonio Can- 2016, says Rooney dreva is in a race against time to be fit for Monday’s Euro 2016 last 16 showdown with defedning cham- pion Spain. had said before the tournament that inspired Iceland in the round of 16 The Lazio player started the We’re not going to making the semi-finals or being elim- game on Monday. They could face opening two games in the tourna- inated at the quarter-final stage by “a France for a spot in the last four. ment but injured his right adductor say that getting to the good team” would be considered a Hodgson took six strikers to muscle in the 1-0 triumph over quarter-finals will be success, but Rooney has set his sights France, but his team have struggled Sweden and sat out Wednesday’s considerably higher. to turn dominance into goals, scor- 1-0 loss to Ireland. a sign of progress, I “We are here and we want to win ing three times in three group games Candreva joined his team- believe we are better it,” England’s all-time leading goals- and winning only one. mates for the warm-up in corer told reporters. Despite the team’s struggles in morning’s practice yesterday than that: Captain “Whether it happens remains to the final third, Rooney, who has been before training separately. be seen, but we’re not going to say that pulling the strings from a deeper mid- Striker Federico Bernarde- getting to the quarter-finals will be a field position, said the talent in the side schi, who started against Ireland, Reuters sign of progress. “ meant he felt less pressure to deliver. trained alone on Thursday due to England have not got past the “I have always gone into a tour- a knee problem but joined the rest quarter-finals in their last three Euro- nament thinking if I don’t play at my of the squad yesterday. PARIS: England captain Wayne pean Championships and failed to best I cannot see us winning it,” said Meanwhile, AC Milan have Rooney has set his sights on winning make it out of the group stage at the the player who burst on to the inter- agreed to make Pescara striker the European Championship, buoyed World Cup in 2014, but Rooney sees national stage as an 18-year old with Gianluca Lapadula their first sign- by the belief that the gap between cause for optimism this time round. four goals at Euro 2004. ing of the latest transfer window, his team and Europe’s continental “If this was four years ago and you Rooney has since failed to make a with last season’s Serie B top scorer footballing elite has narrowed con- were saying you have to play France, telling impact at the continental cham- having a medical yesterday. siderably in the past few years. Spain and Germany you would have pionship and though he is yet to open The 26-year-old scored 27 Monday’s 0-0 draw with Slovakia been worried,” he added. his account in France, he is pleased goals in 40 league games last term ensured that England finished second “I think the gap has changed, and that the England squad have the tal- to help Pescara win promoted to in Group B behind Wales, potentially not just with ourselves, but with the ent to ease the burden of expectation Serie A via the play-offs. complicating their route to the final as likes of Wales. The gap to get to those on his shoulders. Media reports said several they are now in the same side of the teams is not as big.” “I have come into this tournament Italian top-flight clubs, includ- draw as World Cup winners Germany, Manager Roy Hodgson’s men are and we have several players capable ing Napoli and Juventus, as well England’s forward Wayne Rooney (foreground) runs with his team- defending European champions Spain aiming for their first major interna- of doing magical things. We have five as English Premier League cham- and hosts France. tional title since the 1966 World Cup, or six match winners in our team and mates during a training session in Chantilly on Thursday during the pions Leicester City had been English FA chairman Greg Dyke but will have to find a way past an I cannot say we have always had that.” Euro 2016 football tournament. interested in Lapadula.

Dangerous to dream Nani backs Ronaldo to too much: Coleman lead Portugal to glory

AFP find themselves in a position where they’ve earned respect and attention. Reuters “It’ll be who can handle the game. I am 100 percent sure spotlight best and who’s capable of he will go on and score more PARIS: Chris Coleman said it would performing under the tension and goals now,” Nani told report- be dangerous for Wales to look pressure. PARIS: Portugal’s Nani has ers in France. beyond today’s last-16 clash with “That pressure is one we’ve been backed his team-mate Cris- “No one can say anything Northern Ireland despite the open screaming for years that we want, tiano Ronaldo to increase against him. He is a fantas- nature of their half of the Euro 2016 so there are no complaints now that his goal tally in the European tic player. He showed it again draw. we’re here.” Should Wales advance Championship and to guide his against Hungary when every- With title-holders Spain, world to the quarter-finals they could face side to the latter stages of the one was talking about him - he champions Germany and hosts second-ranked Belgium, a team competition in France. has shut them all up now,” he France on a collision course with Coleman’s side took four points from Ronaldo, 31, rediscovered added. each other, the stage is set for an out- during qualifying, or Hungary. his form against Hungary on “I think Cristiano (Ron- sider to potentially clinch a place in But when asked whether the Wednesday after a slow start aldo) has always been there, the July 10 final. Welsh could draw impetus from to the tournament, his two always playing well for us But Coleman, whose side fin- Leicester City’s improbable Premier goals saving his side from a throughout the tournament. ished top of Group B above England, League title success, Coleman said surprising group-stage exit Portugal have laboured insisted the only thing on his players’ such thoughts would simply expe- in a thrilling 3-3 draw. into a round of 16 clash minds was this weekend’s game at dite their return home. Away from football, Ron- against Croatia on Saturday, the Parc des Princes in Paris. “Such is the quality of company aldo, who became the first and despite being winless in “We can’t afford to look past the we’re in at this tournament, if we player to score at four separate the tournament, Nani said next game, nor can Northern Ire- ever dared to think the next game European Championships, has the belief in the squad was land. It’s all or nothing this game,” is a stepping stone to something, it’s also been embroiled in contro- still high. Coleman said a press conference all gone, we’re done, we’ll be on the versy, being caught on camera “It will be difficult against yesterday. next plane home,” he said. throwing a reporter’s micro- Croatia. They have one day “We have a lot of confidence “There’s not a team in this tour- phone into a lake. more than us to rest but we from our last performance which nament that can think like that, not “Everyone knows Cris- are professional, so we will was outstanding, but our focus is on Spain, not Germany...nine times out tiano and what he can do at get a quick rest and prepare Cristiano Ronaldo tomorrow and we can’t talk about of 10 you look at games that are very, any time, in any minute in a for the game.” anything else. “The next (game) is very close such is the quality that’s always the biggest one. Both teams here.” Hungary’s Dzsudzsak enjoys redemption in France

AFP with thousands bringing traffic to a talisman, their most valuable player, arch-rivals Ajax, nicking five goals standstill. and the nearest the Magyars have and three goal passes against the After the Portugal match, with come since the 1980s to producing Amsterdam side in seven games. replays of Dzsudzsak’s two goals a star. After 55 goals in three and a half LYON: Hungary’s rollercoaster 3-3 in the background, Hungary’s most A baby-faced village boy from seasons in the Netherlands, Dzsudz- draw with Portugal was not just the famous football commentator even remote eastern Hungary, his break- sak was drawing comparisons with most entertaining match of Euro 2016 recited an ode in his honour on through came in 2007. Dutch legend Arjen Robben, and the in France so far, but also the game of national television. His speed, pinpoint crossing and attention of clubs including Juventus, Balazs Dzsudzsak’s life. “His left leg swings, our hope stays goalscoring threat, particularly from Liverpool and Villarreal. The Hungary captain’s two-goal alive,” the poem read. dead-ball situations, made him a key Aged 24, he seemed poised for a haul matched that of Portuguese ith Dzsudzsak beating his chest figure for Hungarian club Debreceni leap into the big time, but he dismayed superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and while singing Hungary’s national VSC in the third season of a three-in- fans at home yearning to see a Hun- helped propel the unfancied Magyars anthem together with the fans after row title-winning run. garian at the very top when he opted into dreamland with a last-16 show- each game, Euro 2016 has been His performances caught the for a move to the ambitious and cash- down with Belgium in Toulouse on cathartic for both the player and the attention of a scout from Dutch giants rich Russian Premier League side Sunday. success-starved country. PSV Eindhoven, and Dzsudzsak made Anzhi Makhachkala. “My time came at last in this To put Hungary’s achievement into his Eredivisie debut in 2008 to the “It’s true I didn’t go to a top club as game, I had to wait a long time for perspective, the 29-year-old was not delight of Magyar fans who watched many were expecting of me,” Dzsudz- it but patience finally paid off,” said even born the last time his nation took his games broadcast live on Hungar- sak said at the time. Hungary’s midfielder Balazs Dzsudzsak celebrates after scoring Dzsudzsak. part in its last major tournament, the ian TV. “But this club has a bright future, a goal during the Euro 2016 group F match against Portugal in The displays of one of the pre- 1986 World Cup. He was top scorer for PSV in the within four years it will be doing well Decines-Charpieu on Wednesday. tournament rank outsiders have For almost a decade though the 2010 and 2011 seasons and their in the Champions League,” said the sparked wild celebrations in Budapest blond winger has been Hungary’s fans loved the way he tormented player. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 21 PAGE | 23 Messi primed Nani backs Ronaldoonaldo to end Argentina to lead Portugalgal drought in final to glory

SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2016 • 20 RAMADAN 1437 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Expensive Bale takes on ageing Lewandowski and McGovern in all-British affair Shaqiri still to shine Reuters

Wales and Northern TOULOUSE: Poland for- Ireland in battle ward Robert Lewandowski to book Euro 2016 and Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri, who have yet to quarter-final clash shine at Euro 2016, will have another chance to brighten up the tourna- ment when their teams Reuters clash in St Etienne in the last 16 today. Although neither player has had an especially bad PARIS: The world’s most expensive tournament, they have yet player, Gareth Bale of Wales, will face to produce performances an ageing goalkeeper looking for a that match their billing club in today’s intriguing all-British as their teams’ most cre- showdown against fellow debutants ative players, and get on Northern Ireland for a place in the the scoresheet for the first quarter-finals of Euro 2016. time. Bale, who has scored a goal in Lewandowski made it each game so far to help Wales top six international matches their group ahead of England, was without scoring when he missed an There are no clear favourites expected to shine on the pitches of early chance in their 1-0 win over between two technically gifted sides France. Ukraine. who have both progressed beyond It is a different story for Michael However, he still worked hard the group stage of the competition McGovern, whose heroics in the in attack and was always getting in for the first time. Northern Ireland goal have earned position to receive the ball so there Both have struggled for goals, him a comparison to the great Pat Jen- are no real concerns about his form. however, scoring only twice each nings by coach Martin O’Neill. “He has a lot of influence on the in three matches. While Bale, 26, features promi- way we play,” said coach Adam Naw- Switzerland have got better as nently in the star-studded Real Madrid alka. “He is an incredibly important the tournament has gone on and outfit, the 31-year-old McGovern is player for us. He is our engine, like a dominated possession when they a free agent whose contract with Gareth Bale of Wales. Northern Ireland’s goalkeeper Michael McGovern locomotive and he provides us with held hosts France to a 0-0 draw in struggling Scottish side Hamilton Aca- power.” their final group game on Sunday to demical has just expired. Similarly, Switzerland coach qualify. The two now hold the key to moment in the sun. world record £85m pounds ($121.21 to rely on their trademark, counter- Vladimir Petkovic is unconcerned Poland went through their group Saturday’s battle of the European They enjoyed that moment, show- m) forward having scored seven of attacking tactics. that Shaqiri, who scored a hat-trick without conceding a goal, coming championship first-timers at Parc ing plenty of fighting spirit, helped by their 11 goals in qualifying before hit- The winners will go on to meet against Honduras in the World Cup second behind Germany, and gave des Princes, which Wales will start a string of fine saves from McGovern, ting three more in the opening phase Hungary or Belgium in Lille. two years ago, has not shown off the impression that they had an extra with an advantage after their con- who was instrumental in limiting of the tournament to top the scorers’ Whatever happens on Saturday, his dribbling or long-range shoot- gear to move into. vincing displays in the group stages the damage in a 1-0 defeat by world table alongside Spain’s Alvaro Morata. both teams know they can rely on ing skills. “We want to stick to our tried showcased Bale’s pace, skills and set- champions Germany. “At times, Bale has won games some of the most passionate fans in “Individualists are having a and tested philosophy and prepare piece expertise. “A few people didn’t give us a extraordinarily,” said Wales coach the tournament and there should be tough time at his tournament,” said for the game as normal,” said Swit- Northern Ireland, making their chance of getting a point when the Chris Coleman. “I can understand the plenty of colour and noise in the Parc Petkovic, “I’m satisfied that Xherdan zerland captain Stephan Lichtsteiner. first appearance at a major tour- draw was made,” said defender Gareth one-man team tag if you have a player des Princes stands. is not an individualist at the moment, “We’ve looked at Poland and nament since the 1982 World Cup, McAuley. “But that’s what Northern like him who plays for Real Madrid. He “Geographically, we’re small, but but a team player. analysed them, but we want to advanced as one of the best third- Ireland are all about -- proving peo- fits our style of play and he enjoys it.” if you judge it on passion, we’re a con- “He gives everything for the focus on our own qualities. If we placed teams, taking full advantage of ple wrong.” Wales are likely to take the initia- tinent”, Coleman said in a statement team and that’s what he should keep play to our potential on Saturday the expanded 24-team format which It cannot be argued that Wales tive in Saturday’s game with Northern that his Northern Ireland counterpart doing. When the team goes well, we’ll be a very difficult opponent helped the less-fancied sides win a are not highly dependent on Bale, the Ireland shutting up shop at the back could also make his own. everyone profits.” for Poland.” Euro Round of 16 fixtures Portugal braced for knockout stage TODAY

Reuters of finals” on the road to what would be their maiden title. “Ronaldo is a scorer and a winner, he plays up front and LYON: Having squeezed feeds on goals,” Santos said into the Euro 2016 knockout after the Real Madrid hitman stages after three contrasting was voted man of the match group stage draws, Portugal against the Hungarians. are ready to move up a gear “I am sure this performance when they face Croatia in their will boost his confidence in our mouth-watering last-16 clash bid to win the competition. TOMORROW in Lens today, coach Fernando “Everything is different Santos said. now because every game that While the Croatians follows is like a final, there is romped into the tournament’s no room for error. We want to business end with a 2-1 win come out on top in all of them over holders Spain, the Portu- and go all the way.” guese came from behind three “We have to strike the right times in Wednesday’s rip-roar- balance between defence and ing 3-3 draw against Hungary attack because when we come at Parc OL. forward we leave too many Their talismanic forward gaps at the back, as our group Cristiano Ronaldo, subdued in stage results show.” the 1-1 tie with Iceland and a The Croatians, who came goalless stalemate against Aus- from behind to beat Spain with Croatia’s players warm up during a training session in Deauville, on the eve of their Euro MONDAY tria, rediscovered his scoring a makeshift team, left their Round of 16 match against Portugal. touch with two fine second- coach Ante Cacic spoilt for half goals which saved Portugal choice after reserve striker from an early exit. Nikola Kalinic and several before Ivan Perisic netted a late we have a great chance of pro- wins the battle in the centre of Santos was confident that other fringe players shone. winner. gressing,” Kalinic told a news the pitch, we should win.” Ronaldo, who became the first Kalinic enjoyed a rare start “We could have done with conference at Croatia’s Deau- “This is the present gener- player to score in four European instead of the towering Mario easier opposition than Portu- ville base. ation’s chance of a lifetime and championships, would thrive as Mandzukic and repaid the gal in the last 16 but if we play “We are one of the best we will only be remembered Portugal aim to win “a series faith with a sublime equaliser like we did in the group stage, teams here and if our midfield if we do something big here.”