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Emir, Brahimi discuss Syria Sheikha Moza announces library Civil Defence project, gets award DOHA: A new project by the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and clueless about Community Development to build Qatar National Library was officially launched yester- day by H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. causes of fires The Arab Federation for Libraries and Information Person of the Year Award 2012 was also 1,026 blazes reported last year presented to Sheikha Moza dur- ing the event held at the Student Centre of Hamad bin Khalifa DOHA: Civil Defence authori- more prone to catching fire than University in the presence of ties remain clueless about the offices and shops, QSA figures H E Dr Hamad bin Abdelaziz Al cause of most incidents of fires reflect. Of the 1,026 incidents Kuwari, Minister, Culture, Arts in the country, official figures reported in 2011, as many as 454 and Heritage, Prince Andrew, released for the last three years affected homes. Duke of York and several other at least suggest. The number of vehicles that distinguished guests. More than a 1,000 (1,026) inci- caught fire was 194. The Library which will house dents of fire were reported last Some 416 and 467 homes wit- over one million books, a rich year and the authorities failed nessed fire in 2010 and 2009, online database and multimedia to discover the cause of a vast respectively. The number of production studios, will officially majority of them (906). automobiles that caught fire in open in 2014. Last year’s fires claimed at least these years totalled 187 and 166, See also page 7 seven lives and left no less than respectively. a hundred people injured, nine of Most fires erupt during the EU says Syria rebel them quite seriously. sizzling summer months, and at Figures released by the least last year, a maximum of 124 bloc legitimate national office of statistics, Qatar were reported in a single month — The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with the Joint UN-Arab League Envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Statistics Authority (QSA), May. The figures were above 100 Brahimi, at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Talks at the meeting dealt with the latest developments in Syria. BRUSSELS: EU foreign minis- reflect that the authorities could for June and July as well. ters said yesterday they consid- not pinpoint the cause of 734 of Most deaths (three of the ered the new Syrian opposition a total of 819 fires that were seven) were reported in the to be “legitimate representa- reported in 2010. month of June of last year, accord- tives” of the Syrian people, but The same is true of 2009 ing to QSA figures for 2011. Syria and Gaza situations different: PM stopped just short of accord- when 848 incidents of fire were In the last three years, figures ing the full recognition granted reported and it was not clear for which are available, no fire DOHA: The Prime Minister away from the Syrian crisis. being examined. However, he by France. what caused a vast majority (636) was caused by live cigarette butts and Foreign Minister H E The Prime Minister added that stressed that it is more impor- The European Union has long of them. or due to children messing up in Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Syrians made the decision to go tant at this stage to develop the called for unification of the frac- Electrical short-circuit was a homes or anywhere else. Jabor Al Thani yesterday said for regime-change and Qatar sup- coalition. tious movement trying to top- major cause of fire in the case of Educational facilities, govern- that the situations in Syria ports the decision. “Some think Meanwhile, Qatar yesterday ple President Bashar Al Assad. incidents that were successfully ment offices, industrial plants, and Gaza are totally differ- that what is happening in Gaza agreed to invest as much as ¤1bn France last week became the first probed and their causes were ships and boats, farmhouses and ent, pointing out that Assad’s will divert attention from what is ($1.3bn) in Italian companies, European power to recognise the discovered. public parks are not immune to regime has killed around 50,000 happening in Syria, but I do not aiding efforts by Italy’s Prime Syrian National Coalition as the While short-circuit triggered fire as some of them were also Syrians, besides wounding and expect that,” he said. Minister Mario Monti to breathe sole representative of the Syrian at least 87 incidents of blaze, at involved in the incidents last taking many as prisoners. He On whether Doha would accept life into a weak economy. people. But other Western states least three were caused by leaking year as also the previous two was answering a question on an ambassador of the Syrian Monti was on a visit of Doha are wary over the presence of rad- cooking gas. years. whether the situation in Gaza National Coalition, the Prime during which the deal was signed. ical Islamists among the rebels. Homes and automobiles are THE PENINSULA would shift the world’s attention Minister said that the issue is QNA REUTERS

TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Violence against women on the rise

DOHA: Husbands are The way women are married off of violence against women, said the the biggest perpetra- by their fathers and family elders in expert. tors of violence against the Arab world was in itself a form THE PENINSULA women in the country, figures released by a local women and chil- dren’s rights watchdog suggest. And not only home, but workplace also figures on the list of venues where women are subjected to violence, reflect the statistics. Violence against women rose a stagger- ing 54 percent in 2011, and 86 percent of com- plaints received by the Qatar Foundation for the Protection of Women and Children’s Rights talked of physical assault. At least six percent related to sexual violence while three percent of the complaints talked of being subjected to mental torture. As for the source of vio- lence, a majority 59 per- cent of the complainants said they were targets of husbands’ fury, while 11 percent pertained to vio- lence at workplace. The statistics were released at an event held by the Foundation as part of a drive to raise public awareness about women’s rights and help combat violence against them. It was pointed out at the event that based on a 2010 study at least 46 percent of marriages in Qatar break up in the first year. This is the highest rate of marital breakup in the entire Middle East. An expert pointed out that traditional ways of match-making were to mainly blame for marital woes and discords in the entire Arab world. TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Qtel offers new QMA instals sculpture by Mozaic TV Asia UK artist at Aspire Park Plus Package DOHA: Qtel yesterday launched its latest Mozaic TV package, Asia Plus, offering an Sarah Lucas’ Perceval on display incredible range of programmes for audiences from the Indian DOHA: “Perceval”, a pub- Paul Engelen, QMA’s Director with us on this project.” Subcontinent. This exclusive lic art made by British of Public Art, said: Luca’s sculpture is a replica new TV content package is artist Sarah Lucas, has “The installation of this of a popular ornament that available on Mozaic TV and the been recently installed by sculpture is part of the Public adorns many mantelpieces Next Generation Mozaic TV Qatar Museums Authority’s Art Department’s endeav- in the UK, while its name, over Fibre service. Public Art Department at ours to install artwork by “Perceval”, is the name of a Asia Plus includes 10 Indian the Aspire Park. renowned artists in the pub- knight in King Arthur’s court channels that cover a diverse “Perceval” is a life-sized lic realm in Qatar. In addition in the late 12th century who array of television programmes bronze sculpture of a Shire to organising and managing was considered as well one of in Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi as well horse pulling a cart with two exhibitions at the AL RIWAQ his legendary Knights of the as English, and also offers some oversized squash. The sub- DOHA exhibition space and Round Table. channels in high-definition. ject matter reflects Lucas’ the QMA Gallery at Katara, English artist Sarah To introduce the service, fondness for reexamining the Public Art department is Lucas was born in Holloway, Mozaic TV customers can enjoy everyday objects in unusual responsible for creating an London, in 1962. She is part the package for free on their contexts. The giant marrows artist residency programme of the generation of Young existing subscription until the end are cast in cement, one of for young local artists and British Artists who emerged of November. From music videos Lucas’ favoured materials, to help them develop their during the 1990s. Her works to movies and reality TV, custom- providing a striking con- skills and horizons. We are frequently employ visual ers can enjoy entertainment from trast to the high finish of the delighted to have this sculp- puns and bawdy humour, and a wide range of channels, includ- painted bronze sculpture. ture installed in this public include photography, collage ing UTV Bindaas; Music India; 9X Commenting on the instal- place and we thank the Aspire and found objects. Perceval, a life-sized bronze sculpture of a Shire horse pulling a cart with two oversized Music; 9X Tashan; 9x Jhakaas; 9X lation of this sculpture, Jean Park team for cooperating THE PENINSULA squash. Jalwa; The FOODFOOD Channel and Get Punjabi TV. Customers on the Next Generation Mozaic TV service Scattered rains likely today will have access to Travel XP and UTV Stars channels in High Definition (HD). Additional HD channels on this package will be available soon. After November, the Asia Plus package will be available for QR30 a month. As an added bonus, customers who subscribe for a year can enjoy two extra months’ access to the chan- nel absolutely free. Vodafone launches new website

DOHA: To deliver a global brand experience that meets the needs of an expanding tech-savvy population, Vodafone Qatar has launched a new web site design with the addition of postpaid sales and online bill payment. The new website aligns with the Vodafone global brand while deliv- ering an unmatched customer Labourers working on a road divider near the Rainbow Roundabout in West Bay yesterday afternoon, experience tailored to the needs under an overcast sky. The Meteorology Department has forecast strong winds and scattered rains of the Qatari market. While the today. SALIM MATRAMKOT design has been updated, users can still search for star numbers, buy new plans or recharge pre- paid plans. In addition users can research the latest smartphones Qatar looks for East European maids or access customer care informa- tion anytime of day. Simple, iconic and human, the DOHA: Qatar is taking a markets that supply maids and Asia, and Tanzania, Mauritius new site features a logical, user- closer look at the possibility of other domestic helpers to Qatar and Kenya in Africa. friendly design that let’s users find recruiting housemaids from and break the monopoly of The daily hinted that other information quickly and easily. s o m e E a s t E u r o p e a n c o u n t r i e s some major manpower export- GCC countries are also think- This leading edge design and lay- such as Macedonia, Armenia ing countries, the daily said. ing of exploring the above mar- out features intuitive navigation, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, Al Other new countries that are kets. “We want the manpower an easy step-by-step flow when Sharq reported yesterday on the shortlist of the labour export markets to be highly buying online, large bright images quoting unnamed sources at ministry to explore recruitment competitive,” a ministry source and advanced accessibility fea- the Ministry of Labour. of household helpers include was cited as saying. tures for people with disabilities. The idea is to diversify the Cambodia and Bangladesh in THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Britain’s Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey, during his visit at the QSTP yesterday. UK minister visits Williams Technology Centre

DOHA: Ed Vaizey MP, the UK Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, visited the Williams Technology Centre (WTCQ) in Qatar’s Science and Technology Park (QSTP) yesterday as part of the recently announced Qatar-UK 2013 Year of Culture. Ed Vaizey chose to visit the Qatari home of Williams Advanced Engineering to highlight the already strong ties between Qatar and British organisations such as Williams. Williams established the WTCQ in 2009 and has been engaged in a number of research and develop- ment projects that have the potential to make a signifi- cant difference to Qatar’s infrastructure and way of life. This includes the development of hybrid flywheel technol- ogy for public transport applications such as trams and metros, and road safety simulators to help tackle Qatar’s well known road safety issues. Both projects have seen Williams partner with Qatari companies to bring Formula One based technology to market. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

Emir meets Lakhdar Brahimi Qatari elected as DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani met here yesterday at the Emiri Diwan with the Joint UN-Arab League Governor of World Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi. Water Council DOHA: Fahad bin Mohammed Emir sends letter to Jordan King Al Attiya, Executive Chairman of the Qatar National Food AMMAN: H M King Abdullah II of Jordan has received a let- Security Programme has been ter from the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, elected Governor of the World dealing with bilateral ties. The letter was handed over by Qatar’s Water Council (WWC) to a Ambassador Zayed bin Saeed bin Zayed Al Khayareen. three-year term. The elections were held in Marseille (France) during the first day of WWC’s Heir Apparent sends condolences sixth General Assembly. Al Attiya will serve on the DOHA: The Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Board along with 35 other gov- The Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani during the seminar at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel yesterday. Thani sent a cable of condolences to the President of Bangladesh ernors and represent College 2 Mohamed Zillur Rahman on the victims of the fire tragedy. (Governments and Governmental authorities). He will be the first Prime Minister receives message individual coming from a Gulf Heir Apparent holds talks country to serve in this institu- tion. The World Water Council DOHA: The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh is an independent, international Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani received yesterday a mes- organisation incorporated as a sage from Prime Minister of Saint Lucia Kenny Anthony, who is French not-for-profit association. with defence ministers also the Chairman of the Caribbean Community Development Fund It was founded in 1996 and cur- (Caricom). The message dealt with bilateral relations. rently has over 400 members from DOHA: The Heir Apparent H of the operations conducted by the Abdeltif Loudiyi, Tunisian The Prime Minister also met here yesterday with the Governor of over 60 different countries, includ- H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Qatari Armed Forces and those Defence Minister Abdul Karim Italian autonomous region of Sardinia Ugo Cappellacci on the side lines ing civil society organisations, Al Thani attended yesterday from the participating countries Al Zubeidi, Sudanese Defence of the Italian Premier’s visit to Qatar. financial institutions, national gov- the Senior Leaders and COSs during the exercise which was Minister Abdurrahim Mohamed ernments, scientific organisations, Seminar for Exercise Ferocious held from November 6-9. Hussein and Comoros Defence Qatar, Tunisia ink military cooperation deals United Nations agencies, interna- Falcon (3), carried out by the The Heir Apparent received a Minister Ahmed Madi,. Pakistani tional organisations, multilateral Qatari Armed Forces with a number of defence ministers on Defence Minister Nadi Kamar, DOHA: Qatar and Tunisia have signed two military protocol and banks, professional associations, number of friendly countries’ the sidelines of the conference. Azerbaijani Defence Minister cooperation agreements to enhance bilateral military relations private companies, user associa- forces. Morocco’s Minister Delegate to Safar Abyev and Eritrean between the two countries. The agreements were signed by Qatar tions, public companies, universi- The seminar, held at the Ritz- the Prime Minister in Charge of Defence Minister Sabhat Afreim Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah and ties and research centres. Carlton Hotel, included a review National Defence Administration were among them. QNA Tunisian Defence Minister Abdul Karim Al Zubeidi. QNA THE PENINSULA

Gulf English School holds fund raising for cancer

DOHA: The Gulf English School’s Charity Action Team (CHAT), led by supervisor Ulrike Jones and President Haya Al Waleed Al Thani, launched a fund- raising bake sale in the Primary and Secondary school to help raise awareness for cancer. Established in 2009 by caring students, who are deter- mined to make a change towards the lives of the less- fortunate, CHAT is a non-profit charity team that has had many successes in fundraising for global and local charities. This year CHAT decided to host weekly fun- draising events throughout the whole month of October. Starting off with a ‘non-uniform day’ throughout the infant unit to high school, students were highly encour- aged to wear pink or blue. Assemblies in all sections of the school were aimed at teaching the students all about the illness and the success doctors and scientists are now achieving in the battle against cancer. The event reached new limits and was an enormous success for the school. CHAT ended the month with the sale of all and every- thing that is pink! Bracelets, teddy bears, T-Shirts and a fashion show for the girls and a football tournament for the boys; raising a total of QR27,990.

QF to host seminar on climate meet

DOHA: Qatar Foundation is hosting a one-day sem- inar on the forthcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP18/CMP8) on November 22. It is a joint project by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and COP18/CMP8. The project includes a one-day educational session, a ‘Master Class’ seminar, on COP18/CMP8 given by a report-writer from IISD’s Earth Negotiations Bulletin. The class will give a full background on COP conferences. Topics include: The science behind the climate change negotiations, the background to the process, the impor- tant meetings and agreements, the composition and func- tions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the participating bodies, important collaborations, the current status of the nego- tiating process, potential challenges for Doha, expected outcomes, the historic significance of COP18. The session will take place at 9am in HBKU Student Centre cinema at Education City, and it will be open to all those who are interested in environmental issues and global policy discussions. This event is also an opportu- nity to potentially meet members of local organisations focused on environmental issues and to learn how to get involved with the environmental movement. Participation is free. Those interested have been asked to confirm their participation by email at [email protected] Gulf Helicopters signs deal with QP

DOHA: Gulf Helicopters Company (GHC) , subsidiary of gulf international services, has signed a contract with Qatar Petroleum to provide air ambulance serv- ice. The five-year contract by QP is mainly meant for providing helicopters for emergency medical services (HEMS) coverage in support of the offshore oil and gas industry in Qatar, a Qatar Exchange statement said. Operating under the call sign “QP MED” the serv- ice has similarities with GHC’s successful LifeFlight (onshore) HEMS program, which is currently entering its fifth year of service and has already recorded over 1900 mission launched to date. On 15 June 2012, GHC has entered into service two upgraded Bell 412 aircraft, which are equipped to “Advance Life Support” standards and are manned by emergency medical personnel from QP’s Medical Service Department. The Bell 412 EP type was selected due to its ruggedness reliability and capability to operate in more restrictive decks. The two aircrafts are equipped with multi-patient medical interiors and they are fitted with the Rescue Hoist. Mohamed Al Mohannadi, Chief Executive of Gulf Helicopters Company, said: “This new air ambulance service is a vital safeguard to our offshore community, and the new contract provides for significant upgrades in response time and overall capabilities, ensuring that we can provide the highest quality and service standards to meet all emergency medical requirements, with signifi- cant enhancement to patient care in transport”. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Arab films among top contenders at DTFF 27 films in competition in various categories; winners will be announced on Thursday BY RAYNALD C RIVERA

DOHA: A mosaic of Arab films on rediscovering one’s past and looking towards a better future comprises some of the top con- tenders for honours at the ongo- ing fourth Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF). A total of 27 films are under competition in various categories including 13 in Arab Shorts and 14 in Arab Feature further divided into Narrative and Documentary, four of which were presented to the media yesterday. ‘Embers’ is a touching docu- mentary dedicated to the memory of the filmmaker’s grandmother through conversations with the elederly circle of friends, in which the filmmaker uncovers significant facts of the history of Armenia. “The film is a journey driven by missing my grandmother and my childhood having to leave Armenia at age 11, but then in the process I rediscovered my own The cast of film ‘Asham: A Man Called Hope’ with its director Maggie Morgan (fourth left), during the Arab Film press conference at Al Mirqab Hotel yesterday. RIGHT: Director of Lebanese country. The journey started with film ‘Embers’, Tamara Stepanyan (right) and Co-Producer Michele Tyan make their way for the press conference. SHAIVAL DALAL my grandmother and ended up with a much wider path,” explains can provoke search for remnants street peddler Asham optimistic according to Director Mahmoud government is put in jeopardy reasons not because of the con- director Tamara Stepanyan. of a forgotten history and revive of a better future reflecting the Ben Mahmoud is an important when his student whom he is hav- flict, said Ben Mahmoud, adding The film teems with much style interest in such. hopes of Egypt. film for Tunisian cinema as not ing extramarital affair is jailed for the DFI helped financially towards and technique to put the feelings, Set at the backdrop of Cairo The film’s director Maggie M many movies venture into politi- her political views. the realisation of the movie. tempo and language together to turmoil leading up to the January Morgan said the film is a collec- cal themes like the film. The movie, which was funded Winners of the Arab Film com- come up with the film as a fit- 25 Revolution, ‘Asham: A Man tive story of people from different The film, an examination of the by the Ministry of Culture of petition will be revealed at an ting personal tribute to the film- Called Hope’ tells of stories of backgrounds with commom hopes state of human rights in Tunisia the previous regime, started six awards ceremony on Thursday at maker’s grandmother whom she six couples at different stages of and dreams and that it was apo- in the 70’s, traces how the life months before the revolution Al Rayyan Theatre in Souq Waqif. admired so much, according to romantic involvement linked by a litical. Tunisian film ‘Professor’, of a professor working for the and was delayed due to economic THE PENINSULA Co-Producer Michele Tyan. “It was not meant to be a popu- lar film but a personal one, but I would be very happy if it reaches a wider audience,” said Stepanyan. Arab Spring marks renaissance of Egyptian cinema ‘The Lebanese Rocket Society’ on the other hand treads another path of revisiting a country’s DOHA: Arab Spring was about underlined their focus on cre- came down dramatically. industry, including the reduc- the industry, concluding that the proud moment in the past virtu- integration and the wave of ating a new cinema culture in Hend Sabry, jury chairperson tion in corporate support for key focus now must be to promote ally buried deep in the recesses socio-political change marked the country. Yosra, the leading of DTFF’s Arab Film Competition filmmaking. the industry by creating movies of the people’s memory. The film by freedom of expression and Egyptian actress, set the tone Feature Narrative, who has over The panelists were unanimous that cater to the masses as well as involved a daunting challenge of the emergence of new talent for the discussion by pointing a decade of acting association in their observation that the film for international glory. They said researching about the Society to the fore will mark the ren- out that compared with the 1960s with Egyptian cinema, pointed industry is poised for renais- that there will be challenges – as is key for Lebanon being the first aissance of Egyptian cinema, and 1970s, when over 120 films out that the key concern is not sance with new talent coming to the norm in any country – but the to launch a rocket in the Middle observed leading film talent were made every year, now Egypt relating to quality of the films the fore, and so much optimism optimism that is now pervading East back in the 60’s. from the country at a panel produces hardly 20 films. produced, but the reduction in abounding among the filmmak- will fuel the growth of the industry Khalil Joreige, co-director of discussion at the fourth Doha Internationally acclaimed volume of production. ers. They also underlined the in the coming days. the film said the idea of the film Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF), writer and producer, Mohamed Actress Nelly Kareem said need to promote the mainstream With an expanded Festival sparked when he saw a stamp the annual cultural event of Hefzy, whose film Asham: A Man that Egyptian film talent must film industry too, without losing format this year, DTFF 2012 reminding him of the historic Doha Film Institute (DFI). Called Hope, is competing in take more interest in creating a focus on developing independent will showcase over 87 films moment. With Egyptian cinema repre- DTFF’s Arab Film Competition, film production culture by taking films that reflect the creative from across the globe under dis- “We started researching but senting a strong contingent of and won rave reviews for his more ownership, while Khaled aspirations of the Egyptian film tinct themed sections including surprisingly no one remembered DTFF’s film repertoire this year, film Tahrir 2011, added that Abol Naga, actor and producer of professionals. Arab Film Competition, Made though it was a significant period the panel discussion on ‘Where is the crisis in the Egyptian film acclaimed films like Microphone, The panelists also discussed the in Qatar, Contemporary World in our history, and we ended up Egyptian cinema heading to,’ wit- industry started alongside the presented a strong overview of impact of the January 25 revolu- Cinema, Special Screenings and finding the people involved in the nessed intense moments as film- global financial crisis in 2009, the various reasons that led to tion, and the current state of pol- Tribute to Algerian Cinema. project,” relates Joreige, stress- makers and talent passionately and the number of productions the crisis in the Egyptian film itics and its potential impact on THE PENINSULA ing in any country art and cinema

Dr Aisha Al Mannai, Dean of the Shariah College at Qatar University, speaking at a seminar organised by the National Human Rights Committee, yesterday. ABDUL BASIT Traditions hindering women’s empowerment: Seminar

DOHA: Social customs and utilise their creative potential. rights in the workplace and Samar Al Tarauna, a woman traditions, not the Shariah “Despite efforts being made making them politically disad- legal activist presented a paper laws have been hindering internationally and regionally, vantaged,” said Al Mannai. on the role of media and civil empowerment of women in particularly in the Arab coun- She said the international society organisations in empow- the Arab world, a seminar on tries, women face legal and convention- CEDAW- includes ering women. women’s rights here was told social discrimination which some articles that contradict “Still there is a yawning gap yesterday. deny them even those rights directly or indirectly with between men and women in The seminar titled ‘Shariah that are given by religion,” said Shariah such as the right to this region, in terms of social and the Convention on the Al Attiyah. illicit sexual relations and legal- and economic rights. Efforts for Elimination of All Forms of Undeveloped societies give ising abortion. empowering women in economic Discrimination Against Women’ women a limited role in educa- “The UN is putting pressure life have faced set back despite (CEDAW) at La Cigale Hotel tion and workplace as well as on some Arab and Islamic coun- their active role in the Arab was organised by the National limited political and social rep- tries to bury their reservations revolutions,” said Al Tarauna. Human Rights Committee resentation. She stressed that and sign the Convention,” said She said many of the leg- (NHRC). women need to be empowered Al Mannai. islative systems in the Arab Speakers also said that Qatar by law and social change. Muataz Abu Shaeer, legal countries include articles that had not ratified the Convention Dr Aisha Al Mannai, Dean consultant at the Supreme enhance discrimination against until now because it has res- of the Shariah College at Council for Family Affairs, women. ervations over some articles Qatar University said that speaking at a session said Qatar “Civil society organizations that are not in conformity with Shariah laws are not guilty wanted to implement the provi- have a big role to play. They Islamic Shariah. of what has been wrongly sions of the international con- can push the governments to Addressing the opening attributed to it, with regard vention in line with Vision 2030 sign the international conven- session, Mariam Al Attiyah, to human rights. which aims to achieve human tion, mobilize public opinion in NHRC’s secretary-general said “The problem is with social and social development. favour of this agreement and that there is a need to develop traditions which is responsible “Qatar has identified the arti- review policies related to wom- a new culture in the Arab world for delayed marriages, unjusti- cles very precisely about which en’s rights,” said Al Tarauna. that empowers women and fied divorces, denial of women’s it has reservations,” he said. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 HMC holds public lecture on eating disorders

DOHA: Cases of ano- with a rexia, a psychiatric dis- ratio of 10 order characterised by to 1 com- abnormal eating behaviour pared to are increasing worldwide males,” because young women said struggle to maintain a Ghuloum. slim body to satisfy ideals Another of beauty. This may lead to type of nutritional disorders that eating dis- can adversely affect their order is health, warns a Senior bulimia, where a person Consultant Psychiatrist binges on food or has regular at the Hamad Medical episodes of overeating, and Corporation (HMC). feels a loss of control. This and other related “The person then uses issues will be discussed in different methods, such as a public lecture on eating vomiting or abusing laxa- disorders being organised by tives, to prevent weight gain. the Psychiatric Department Bulimia most commonly H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser with HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and other dignitaries at the Qatar National Library announcement ceremony held at the at HMC tomorrow. affects women, with a ratio Education City yesterday. AISHA AL MUSALLAM The half-hour lecture will of 4 to 1 compared to males. be delivered by Dr Suhaila A person with bulimia will Ghuloum (pictured), Senior have binge-purge episodes, Consultant Psychiatrist at Ghuloum explained. Qatar National Library to open in 2014 HMC at 05:30pm at HMC’s The third type of eating Psychiatric Department, disorder is obesity, which located near The Center may lead to depression, roundabout. According to social isolation and loss of Sheikha Moza announces launch of one-million book library Ghuloum, eating disorders self-confidence. It is also usually manifest during a risk factor for diseases BY FAZEENA SALEEM Sheikha Moza during the event held Qatar. As an ‘eHub’ the library will proud to announce the development early adolescence, particu- such as diabetes, hyperten- at the Student Centre of Hamad bin make millions of electronic books of a project of globally unique scope larly among teenage girls. sion and heart disease,” she DOHA: A new project by the Qatar Khalifa University in the presence of and documents accessible at the and breadth in its field to bridge the There are three types of added. Foundation for Education, Science Dr Hamad bin Abdel Aziz Al Kuwari, touch of a fingertip, and it will not gap between past and future and eating disorders: anorexia, The lecture will explain and Community Development to Minister, Culture, Arts and Heritage, even be necessary to visit the library enable a true modern renaissance bulimia and obesity. the symptoms of these build Qatar National Library was Prince Andrew, Duke of York and sev- in person, as the archive will be acces- of Arab culture, education and sci- “Anorexia is a psychiat- eating disorders, methods officially launched yesterday by H eral other distinguished guests. sible remotely through a mobile phone entific discovery,” said Lux. ric disorder characterized of diagnosis and various H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. The The launch of Qatar National or other handheld device. “The Qatar National Library of by abnormal eating behav- ways of prevention and Library which will house over one Library coincides with the 50th “Libraries in the modern world tomorrow will be created to be a ior and severe self-induced treatment. million books, a rich online data- anniversary of ‘Dar Al Kutub’, first are not as they used to be in the place between home and work. A weight loss. People with Ghuloum said many base and multi media production national library in the Gulf Region, past. Reader is not there only to get strong digital library and a virtual anorexia have an extreme patients with eating dis- studios will officially open in 2014. which opened in Doha in 1962. As knowledge but also to interact. In reference desk are key services the fear of gaining weight, orders seek treatment “We are pleased to embrace the a founding partner of the World today’s world a library has to be vital, Qatar National Library will provide which causes them to try to and psychiatric counseling promise of new, world class Qatar Digital Library, QNL will provide active and cater everyone’s needs in before the new building officially maintain a weight far less at HMC’s Psychiatric National Library. The Library’s innovative facilities for exploring the society,” said Sheikha Moza to a opens,” she further said. than normal. They will do Department. vision of bridging with knowledge interaction between technology panel which discussed on ‘In the age In addition to providing access to almost anything to avoid The lecture on eating Qatar’s heritage and future dem- and people to promote new ways of of Ipads, Do we need Libraries?’ the significant digital heritage col- gaining weight, including disorders is the latest in a onstrates the significant role Qatar learning. She was joined by Baroness lection about Qatar, Qatar National starving themselves, exer- series of monthly educa- National Library will play in unlock- Besides housing 1.2 million books, Blackstone, Chairperson, British Library will also introduce the Gulf cising too much, or overus- tional lectures held by HMC ing human potentials as Qatar builds the Qatar National Library will Library, Professor Hassan Al and Arab Science online portal, which ing diet pills.” as part of a public aware- a knowledge- based economy. A operate ‘Qatar Reference Service’ Alsereihy, President, Arab Federation is being developed in co-operation “People with anorexia ness program on different modern dynamic National Library and provide access to over 60 online for Libraries and Information Person with prestigious international part- have a distorted body image. psychiatric issues. for the Country is essential in reach- databases and websites and will have and Dr Claudia Lux, Project Director, ners. The platform will be launched They think they are fat even The lecture will be fol- ing this goal,” said Sheikha Moza. over 300 public computers, wifi and Qatar National Library at the panel using digitised material from the when they are extremely lowed by an open discussion The Arab Federation for Libraries multi-media production studios. It with Ghida Fakhry Khane, News British Library’s Indian Office thin. This disorder most where Ghuloum will answer and Information Person of the Year will partner with British Library to and Programme presenter, at the Al Archive, as well as its famous orien- commonly affects women, questions from the audience. Award 2012 was also presented to digitise 500, 000 records relating to Jazeera as the moderator. “We are tal manuscripts. THE PENINSULA particularly teenage girls, THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Gaza death toll crosses 100; truce efforts build 24 Palestinians killed as Ban joins ceasefire efforts

GAZA CITY: Israeli strikes The violence, which comes Ban was to meet Egypt’s killed 24 Palestinians yesterday, as Israel gears up for a general Foreign Minister Mohammed taking the Gaza death toll past election on January 22, raised Kamel Amr on Monday night, 100 as UN chief Ban Ki-moon the spectre of a broader Israeli and President Mohamed Morsi joined efforts to broker a truce military campaign like its 22-day and Arab League chief Nabil Al to end the worst violence in four Operation Cast Lead, launched at Arabi today, Nesirky said. years. the end of December 2008. He would then go to Jerusalem As the violence raged for a Analysts say Israel’s leadership to see Israeli leaders but had no sixth day, an Israeli missile killed appears satisfied with the success plan to go to Gaza, Nesirky added. a senior Islamic Jihad militant of Operation Pillar of Defence The Arab League’s Arabi is due in a Gaza City tower housing and that could it be ready for a in Gaza on Tuesday, accompanied Palestinian and international ceasefire. by Turkish Foreign Minister media, the second time in as But the Jewish state has sig- Ahmet Davutoglu, in the latest many days the building has been nalled a readiness to expand the in a series of visits that have eased targeted. operation. the long diplomatic isolation of As Ban arrived in Cairo to And Gaza’s Hamas rulers have the territory’s Hamas rulers. push for a ceasefire, Hamas chief been emboldened after secur- Israel was also seeking a cease- Khaled Meshaal said his move- ing the support of the recently fire, with Prime Minister Benjamin ment was committed to efforts installed Islamist governments Netanyahu himself having “called to secure a truce with Israel, but of Egypt and Tunisia. the US, Europe and Egypt asking A Palestinian youth fights Israeli forces with stones at the Qalandia checkpoint, in the Israeli occupied West Bank, insisted the Jewish state must lift The overall death toll from the for a truce,” said Meshaal. yesterday. its six-year blockade of the Gaza Israeli raids on the Palestinian “We are not against a calming, Strip. territory hit 101, with another 24 but we want our demands... to end Terrified and desperate, many people killed yesterday. the thuggery, to end the aggres- Israel probes attacks that killed 11 Gaza families have fled their The Israeli army said that 42 sion and to lift the blockade,” he homes, some seeking haven in the rockets had struck yesterday and said. south which has seen fewer strikes. another 19 been intercepted by An Egyptian official who spoke JERUSALEM: The Israeli provide any details at this stage. nothing of Yihia Abayah. Hatem Al But they know nowhere is safe. the Iron Dome defence system. to AFP before Meshaal’s state- military yesterday said it could The Israeli newspapers Haaretz Dalu, a relative of the family, said: “My son Mohammed refuses To date, the military has struck ment reported “encouraging not yet provide an explanation and Maariv said the army had “I have never heard such a name to eat. He follows me everywhere more than 1,350 targets in Gaza, signs.” about an air strike on Gaza that fired at the wrong house, while (Yihia Abayah). This is nonsense.” because he’s so scared and asks and 640 rockets have crashed into “I hope, that maybe by the end killed 11 Palestinian civilians, Israel’s top-selling daily, Yedioth Some Israeli media speculated me every 10 minutes when we’re southern Israel while another 324 of the day, we receive a final signal including nine members of a Ahronoth, reported the Al Dalu the target of the attack was a going to die,” said Umm Jihad, 37. have been intercepted. of what may be achieved to stop single family. home was indeed the target and different militant, a Hamas- “He says he won’t go back to Israel yesterday said that while hostilities,” he said. The attack brought a three- that it housed a Hamas militant. affiliated engineer thought to be school because he’s scared he’ll it was prepared to step up its “Both sides are saying a cease- storey home crashing down on the Around the time of the attack, in the house. be martyred or that he’ll come offensive by sending in troops, it fire is important and that there Al Dalu family inside and killed the military said it had hit the Sources in Gaza reject that the- back from school and find that I preferred a diplomatic solution should be guarantees, but these two of their neighbours. It was the commander of Hamas’s rocket- ory flat out. People who know the or his brothers have been killed,” that would end Palestinian rocket guarantees are different.” highest number of deaths in a sin- launching operations. They family said its father is a grocery- she said. fire from the enclave. Hamas is also understood to gle incident since an Israeli offen- named him as Yihia Abayah. shop owner and that he was not Mourners flocked to the funeral The latest negotiations aimed be seeking guarantees Israel will sive began on Wednesday with the Soon after, reports began com- at home when the dwelling was of nine members of one family at ending the conflict, conducted stop its targeted killings, like declared aim of ending years of ing in that a family was killed in hit. On Monday, rescue workers killed in a weekend strike on a behind closed doors in Cairo, the one which killed a top mili- sporadic cross-border rocket fire. the strike. continued to search for another Gaza City home, the tiny bodies of ended without agreement. But all tary commander on Wednesday, A day after Sunday’s strike, Several hours later, the Israeli son and daughter who could be the five children carried through sides have expressed a willingness sparking the current hostilities. whose victims spanned four gen- army’s chief spokesman, Yoav buried in the rubble. the streets wrapped in Palestinian to engage in more talks. Israel has its own demands, erations, it was still not clear Mordechai, said on television the Brigadier-General Asaf Agmon, flags. The UN chief flew to Egypt “to with Foreign Minister Avigdor from Israeli comments why the military tried to attack Abayah. a retired senior commander in the “Do children fire rockets?” add his diplomatic weight to these Lieberman insisting “the first and building had been hit. “Although I don’t know the out- Israeli air force, said that tragic shouted a man through a loud- efforts, which are considerable absolute condition for a truce is A military spokeswoman said come, there were civilians harmed mistakes can happen if intelligence hailer as the crowd roared back: and extremely important,” his stopping all fire from Gaza.” the circumstances were still under by this”.But around the Al Dalu’s is wrong or if aircraft misfire. “No!” spokesman Martin Nesirky said. AGENCIES investigation and she could not home, people say they know REUTERS Police used Yemen president says ‘excessive’ force polls in ’14 as Ban visits on Shia man: Bahrain govt SANA’A: Yemeni President factions to join the critical talks, Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi including Zaidi Shia rebels, who have DUBAI: Bahrain’s interior pledged yesterday to see mounted repeated uprisings in the ministry found police used through the UN-backed tran- far north since 2004, and activists “excessive force” during efforts sition from veteran strongman of the Southern Movement, who to stop Shia Muslims attend a Ali Abdullah Saleh’s rule at a have campaigned for autonomy or prayer gathering earlier this ceremony attended by UN chief outright secession for the formerly month, it said yesterday. Ban Ki-moon. independent south. On November 9, police fired Hadi vowed that parliamen- Early last month, the Southern tear gas and blocked roads to stop tary elections would go ahead in Movement announced it would thousands of Shias joining prayers February 2014 as planned under boycott the national dialogue in led by one of their spiritual lead- the transition agreement signed protest at its grievances not being ers - an event which appeared to by Saleh a year ago that paved the heard. But Hadi, who is himself a flout a ban on rallies imposed a way for his succession. southerner, gave the movement few weeks before. Hadi called on political factions little encouragement for a change The interior ministry said its own in Yemen to overcome their dif- of heart. investigation had found that a group ferences and demonstrate the “Everything will take place of policemen had physically attacked “cohesion and understanding” within the framework of Yemen’s one man, Hassan Mohammed necessary for the national dia- security and its unity,” he said. Abdullah, who was trying to attend logue envisaged by the transi- The UN chief, whose special the meeting in Bani Jamra, a village tion deal that ended 11 months envoy Jamal Benomar has made west of Manama. of deadly violence. repeated visits to Yemen to sup- The ministry referred the case The dialogue had been due to port the transition agreement, to the public prosecutor and the start in the middle of this month said the world body stood ready police officers will have a court but it has yet to get under way to provide “technical and logis- hearing on November 21, it said. and no new date has been set nor tical” assistance for the national “The Interior Ministry is com- reason given for the delay. dialogue. mitted to the proper treatment Hadi told reporters after Ban urged Yemeni leaders to of all Bahraini citizens according Monday’s anniversary ceremony remove all obstacles to the par- to international human rights that a preparatory committee ticipation of the Zaidi rebels. standards and best practices,” the for the national dialogue, which The UN chief held talks not only statement said. will have the job of drawing up with Hadi but also with members It gave no details on Abdullah’s a new constitution and electoral of the military committee that is injuries or how he was attacked. law, had completed 95 percent of charged with restructuring the The protests led by Shias last its work. armed forces, which were split year were initially put down by “The remaining five percent down the middle by last year’s the Sunni Muslim monarchy, with will be completed in the coming bloody uprising against Saleh, the martial law and military help few weeks,” he said. state Saba news agency said. from its Gulf neighbours. Hadi has repeatedly urged all AFP REUTERS

Turkey to hold talks with Kurd militants ANKARA: Turkey opened and when deemed necessary in pressure to stem the violence, which the door to talks with Kurdish the past, and will be held in the has included bomb attacks in major militants it brands terrorists future,” Ergin told reporters in cities such as Istanbul, Ankara and yesterday, raising hopes of a Ankara. He did not elaborate. Izmir as well as clashes with the push to end a conflict which has Talks between the Turkish military in the southeast. killed tens of thousands of peo- state and the PKK were unthink- Ergin’s comments followed the ple and stunted development in able until only a few years ago end of a 68-day hunger strike by its mainly Kurdish southeast. and more recent contacts have hundreds of PKK militants in Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin proved highly controversial, with prisons across Turkey on Sunday, said talks would be held with the parts of the nationalist opposition after an appeal from their jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) strongly condemning any sugges- leader Abdullah Ocalan. militant group, Turkey’s main tion of negotiations. Ocalan has significant support domestic security threat, which Turkey, the United States and the among Kurds but is widely reviled took up arms almost three decades European Union designate the PKK by Turks who hold him responsi- ago and seeks Kurdish autonomy. a terrorist organisation and Prime ble for the violence. “These talks have been held as Minister Tayyip Erdogan is under REUTERS TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Islamists reject Syria opposition Turkey to ask Nato for Six rebels killed in clashes with Kurd fighters; General killed in Nabak air defence missiles BRUSSELS: Turkey is expected appropriate Patriot missile system BEIRUT: The main Islamist to formally request yesterday that available. rebel groups in Aleppo, a key advanced Nato Patriot missiles Nato Secretary General Anders front line in Syria’s civil war, be placed on its border to defend Fogh Rasmussen said that Turkey yesterday rejected the newly against Syrian attacks, Western could count on “allied solidarity” but formed opposition bloc, saying officials said. said that the missiles would be purely they want an Islamic state, as Syrian rebels fighting President for defence and not for creating a no- clashes raged countrywide. Bashar Al Assad have been able to fly zone in Syria. “We, the fighting squads of take large swathes of land but are In Damascus, opposition activists Aleppo city and province, unani- almost defenceless against Syria’s air said that Assad’s forces had started mously reject the conspirato- force. The rebels have called for an the heaviest bombardment in 40 days rial project called the National internationally enforced no-fly zone, of air strikes and artillery shelling Coalition and announce our con- a measure that helped Libyan rebels aimed at limiting gains by rebels sensus to establish an Islamic overthrow their long-term leader last operating on the edge of the capital. state” in Syria, a spokesman year. “Multiple rockets launchers are announced in an Internet video. German Defence Minister Thomas just making huge, random destruc- “We reject any external coali- de Maiziere said Germany expected tion,” said Rami al-Sayyed of the tions or councils imposed on us at Turkey to make the request to Nato Syrian Media Centre, an opposition home from any party whatsoever,” for Patriot deployment on Monday activists’ organisation monitoring he said. and would study such a request “with Assad’s crackdown on the 20-month The unidentified speaker sat at solidarity”. revolt. the head of a long table with at “But if we have a deployment of The civil war, which activists say least 30 other men and a black Patriots on the Turkish border then has killed 38,000 people, has dragged Islamist flag on the wall. this will happen with German sol- Syria’s neighbours and world pow- He listed 14 armed groups as diers,” he told reporters in Brussels, ers into the conflict. Iran, Russia and signatories to the statement, on the sidelines of a meeting of EU China have stood by Assad as France, including the Al Nusra Front, defence ministers. Britain and the United States have Ahrar Al Sham and Liwa Al Only the United States, the called for his overthrow. Tawhid. Netherlands and Germany have the REUTERS Abdel Jabbar Al Okaidi, the head of the mainstream rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the embattled northern city of Members of the Free Syrian Army carry an injured comrade during clashes near the town of Atareb yesterday. Aleppo, said that the statement did not represent the opinion of province of Aleppo that had Union Party and the Kurds in a rebel attack on the town all rebel groups in the province. been besieged for weeks. reacted by burning the FSA of Nabak, north of Damascus, “These groups represent a Six rebels were killed in flag,” an activist said. along with four policemen number of military factions on the clashes with Kurdish fight- Rebels accuse Kurdish accompanying him. The official ground and reflect their position, ers and the head of the local groups of negotiating directly Sana news agency blamed “ter- but not all military forces in Aleppo Kurdish People’s Assembly was with Assad’s regime, while rorists” for the killings. agree with this,” the defected shot dead in the town of Ras Al Kurds question why the rebels Fighting also erupted at a former army colonel said by phone. Ain, the Britain-based Syrian entered a safe area. border post near the town of “The military council has Observatory for Human Rights “The Kurdish regions pro- Kasab in Latakia province, the announced its support for the reported. The clashes erupted vide safe havens to thousands of Observatory said. National Coalition and is collabo- after a Kurdish demonstration refugees from Damascus, Hama In the mountainous region of rating with them,” Okaidi added. demanding that all rebels not and Homs,” PYD leader Saleh Jabal Al Turkman, eight rebels The new National Coalition from Ras Al Ain leave after Muslim saidP by phone. and four soldiers were killed aims to present a united front to they took the town last week. “We are not looking for a after insurgents attacked an the international community and The Kurdish fighters belonged confrontation with the FSA, army convoy en route to Kasab. is lobbying for weapons supplies to to the People’s Defence Units, the but its members who provoked The Observatory, which help topple President Bashar Al armed wing of the Democratic the incident today in Ras al- relies on a network of activists Assad’s regime. Union Party (PYD) which is Ain receive their orders from and medics, said at least 50 On the ground, fighting flared linked to Turkey’s rebel Kurdistan Turkey,” he said. people were killed nationwide along the Turkish border after Workers’ Party (PKK). Elsewhere, the Observatory yesterday — 25 rebels, 16 civil- rebels took control of the large “The rebels burned a flag said a general it named as ians and nine soldiers. army Base 46 in the northern of the (Kurdish) Democratic Abdullah Darawi was killed AFP 200 Tunisians risk death in hunger strike TUNIS: Around 200 Islamists detained in Tunisia are on hunger strike and some are now in grave danger, their lawyers said yesterday, days after two Islamists who had refused food for nearly two months died. “The situation is cata- strophic,” Mehdi Zagrouba said, saying that around 200 detainees were involved in the action. Three hunger strikers were hospitalised at the weekend, one of whom needed to have his stomach operated on, before being returned to prison. “Other people will die: the situation of the detain- ees is really catastrophic,” said another lawyer, Seif Eddine Makhlouf, speak- ing on radio Mosaique FM. The justice ministry could not immediately be reached for comment on the latest information, after confirm- ing on Saturday that 56 Tunisian prisoners were on hunger strike, with some having gone without food for more than a month. It had said three prison- ers were in a “worrying” condition. Activists are demanding their release, but the justice ministry has said it cannot free them, with any such decision to be taken by those judges responsible for their each individual case. Zagrouba said the detainees on hunger strike had all been arrested in 2011 and 2012 over a wave of attacks blamed on Tunisia’s hardline Salafists that has rocked the country since last year’s revolution. He said the targets of those attacks included the Nessma TV channel, an art exhibition in a Tunis sub- urb and the US embassy, which was stormed by Islamists on September 14. AFP TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 10 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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The other side Whoever started the war must end it. Quote of For regional prosperity Khaled Meshaal the day Hamas Leader HE series of important meetings the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is holding in the Cambodian capital of Phnom TPenh over the next few days present a good opportunity for the regional bloc to deepen understanding and forge cooperation with its partners from inside and outside the region, China included. With the world economic recovery dragging its feet and facing greater uncertainties, ASEAN-led initiatives could play a vital role in coordinating regional efforts to drive economic development and maintain peace and stability in the region. The 10-member grouping has vowed to realize an ASEAN economic community in 2015, and it is mulling over a new economic partner- ship with six of its dialogue partners that would establish the world’s largest economic bloc. There is every reason for the countries concerned to focus their attention on these agendas, and ASEAN’s partners from inside and outside the region should also make due contributions in this regard, as they too have a stake in the development of South East Asia. China will again demonstrate its commitment to the regional bloc’s prosperity with concrete actions, and it is looking forward to enhanc- ing its cooperation with ASEAN countries in areas such as finance, energy, education, public health, disaster control and connectivity during this week’s meetings. Premier Wen Jiabao is scheduled to join his ASEAN counterparts, along with US President Barack Obama, for the two-day East Asia Summit starting on Monday. China will also participate in the 10+1 (ASEAN plus China) and 10+3 (ASEAN plus China, Japan and Republic of Korea) meetings. Prior to the meetings in Phnom Penh, Beijing again made it clear that it takes an open attitude to the formulation of a code of conduct in the South China Sea. But for a complicated issue like the South China Sea, it is common sense that consensus should be reached before claimant parties sit down at the negotiating table to draw up the code of conduct, and that requires time and patience. And as the disputes are only between a few ASEAN members and China, China is fully justified in insisting on the issue being solved within the China-ASEAN framework. Those gathering in Phnom Penh should show wisdom and not let the issue cloud their discussions. Otherwise, it will be all too easy to damage the positive momentum of regional development and cooperation, which is the real goal of these meetings. CHINA DAILY Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate We in the Gaza Strip will not die in silence

BY MUSA ABUMARZUQ Israel had another agenda. By The western position has becomes terrorism and for this the rights of its people with a targeting Ahmed Al Jabari, given political cover to the they must be persecuted. measure of deterrence against HE latest Israeli aggres- leader of the Al Qassam Brigade, Israeli aggression and encour- The Israeli military attacks on one of the most well-equipped sion on the Gaza Strip it sabotaged Egyptian efforts to aged its leadership to continue Gaza did not stop after the last (and western-funded) armies. Thas prompted several conclude a truce between all their attacks. Thus, in the eyes Gaza war. As the world refuses to defend European countries and the US to Palestinian factions and the of our people and those of the Since 2009, 271 Palestinians Palestinians, we will defend our- reaffirm their position of unwa- Israelis. This was confirmed by entire region, western countries have been killed, compared selves. Our people have the right If the world vering support for the aggressor. Egypt’s president on Saturday. are complicit. European gov- to three Israeli deaths. In the to self-defence and we will not William Hague, Britain’s foreign With the approach of the ernments, in contrast to their last few days more than 700 die in silence anymore. secretary, Cathy Ashton, the EU Israeli elections, the Israeli prime peoples whose majority support Palestinians have been killed or Hamas may not be able to will not high representative for foreign minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, Palestinian rights, have demon- injured – more than half of them defeat Israel but we can stand affairs, and Barack Obama, have wanted to trade with the blood strated their double standards women or children. Yesterday 12 firm against it, and paralyse life defend the all claimed that Hamas’s rock- of the Palestinians, especially and hypocrisy again. people from same family were in a significant part of the coun- ets were responsible for the crisis after his alliance with the ultra- The human rights that Europe massacred. try. This is the right of any free Palestinians and that it is the right of Israel extremist Avigdor Lieberman claims to defend all over the world But Israeli aggression is not people. Gaza and Hamas are not to defend its citizens. Had they failed to boost his popularity in are denied to the Palestinian peo- just against Gaza. It has contin- alone, and the enemies of Israel against checked the facts, they would the polls as he’d expected. This ple. European governments have ued its confiscation of Palestinian are increasing. The Arab world have realised Israel started the is not the first time the Israelis done nothing while 1.7 million land, and expulsions in Jerusalem is changing. The Palestinian peo- Israel, we attacks. The escalation started have launched a war for elec- Gazans have been subjected for and the West Bank, despite the ple today see in Hamas hope and when an Israeli military incur- toral gain. Shimon Peres did the past five years to an Israeli efforts of PLO leaders to achieve leadership. have the right sion into Gaza on November 8 it to Lebanon in 1996 and the blockade – denying them food, peace agreements. It has multi- Israel has embarked on an killed a Palestinian child. That Olmert-Livni-Barak alliance water, medicine and even deter- plied the number of settlements adventure it has not calculated was followed by other Israeli did it to Gaza in 2008. What is mining how many calories they since the 1993 Oslo accords ten- properly. It must now bear the to defend incursions and attacks, provok- important here is the immoral should be allowed each day. fold. Even after they got rid of consequences. A truce will be on ing a response by Palestinian and short-sighted stance of the The right of people to resist Arafat, Israel has given nothing. Hamas’s terms, not Israel’s. The ourselves. factions. European and US governments; occupation and confront aggres- Now Lieberman wants to get rid first of these will be to lift the Despite that, there were seri- they have misconstrued the facts sion is guaranteed to all peoples; of Abu Mazen, president of the oppressive blockade on the Gaza ous efforts to calm the situation and displayed complete partiality but if Palestinians seek to exer- Palestinian Authority. Strip. and reach a truce. But clearly in favour of the aggressor. cise this right it immediately Hamas has decided to defend THE GUARDIAN TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Hamas finds cause to smile under assault

Many Facebook pages express Hamas turns the undisguised glee at Israelis scut- tling for cover, and two singers page with new from the West Bank have made a YouTube hit, “Strike Tel Aviv”, praising Hamas and others for weapons and firing rockets that can threaten Tel Aviv and Jerusalem for the support as first time. Hamas also scored a diplomatic hit, with solidarity visits last week long-range by the foreign ministers of Egypt and Tunisia while its positions rockets shock were under attack. Both countries were ruled by Western-backed autocrats last Tel Aviv. time Gaza was invaded, but pop- ular uprisings have since swept BY NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI them aside, and Islamists now dominate in Cairo and Tunis, s Israel bombed representing masses who back Palestinian militant their fellow Sunni Islamists, targets in the Gaza Hamas. Strip for a fifth “Today we raise our hats to day, Ali Al-Ahmed Hamas,” said Talal Okal, a Gaza Atook to the streets of Gaza city political analyst normally criti- in his pyjamas on Sunday to buy cal of the movement. “They look eggs and chocolate for his three organised, aware of what they’re children. doing and ready to pay the price “Terrifying, that’s how it feels,” to achieve their agenda. Ordinary he said. people can only admire them “But they are also terrorised today.” on the other side of the border,” “Israel is no longer able to he added approvingly. “To be hon- predict what Arab leaders might est, I thought Hamas had forgot- do if a ground offensive takes ten about fighting Israel. I was place, certainly not what Egypt’s wrong.” President Mohammed Mursi That will be music to the ears could do under pressure from the of the Islamist movement that Muslim Brotherhood and other A Palestinian woman inspects the rubble of her destroyed house after Israeli air strike in the east of Gaza city, yesterday. rules the blockaded sliver of land Islamist and secular parties. where 1.7 million people have been “Maybe Israel does not care cooped up since 2007 when the much, but its American and This is still asymmetric war- Mahmoud Abbas - a figure of ridi- be heading to Tel Aviv. performance which surprised the Hamas government, hostile to European allies do. They care for fare with asymmetric rules and cule for Hamas because he rec- “If we endured 22 days in the enemy and struck deep”. Israel, took charge. their own interests in the Middle results. Since it erupted last ognises Israel and has renounced past war, we are today more Still ahead, however, is the In an earlier clash, the three- East, the new Middle East,” Okal Wednesday, three Israelis have violence - has called its leaders to ready to keep up for longer, threat of another Israeli invasion, week winter war of 2008-2009, said. been killed, but 65 Palestinians express his solidarity and readi- and their soldiers will not,” said as in early January 2009. Hamas many Palestinian rivals blamed Though the long-range rock- are dead, most of them civilians. ness to do his utmost to bring an Abu Ubaida, spokesman of the has no armour, no tanks. But it Hamas’s rocket-firing bravado for ets fired at Tel Aviv have not Yet the Islamists believe they end to Israeli military action. Hamas armed wing Izz el-Deen does now have some modern anti- bringing Israel’s military might caused any casualties or damage are winning an important round Abbas is the leader of the Al-Qassam Brigades. tank missiles, and Hamas says it down on Gaza. - thanks largely to Israel’s Iron in the battle for world public Palestinian national movement “This round of confrontation will surprise the Israeli army if That war ended with over 1,400 Dome interceptor shield - Hamas opinion. and, for now, the embodiment of will not be the last against the it enters. Palestinians in early graves and is content to see Israelis running Israel says its goal is to defang its aspirations of statehood. Zionist enemy,” he said. Israeli And even if the ground invasion a territory scarred by bombing, for cover in a city that was once the militants by destroying their But he is put squarely in the claims to have badly damaged the comes, Palestinians sense that it shelling and invasion. Israel lost immune to such attack. rocket stockpile. It accuses shade by the Hamas spectacular military capability of the Qassam will achieve nothing lasting for 13 lives in the lopsided battle, and They claim to have shot down Hamas of hiding behind civilians, in Gaza. Brigades were “lies, propaganda the Israelis. “Hundreds of civil- Hamas licked its wounds. an Israeli F-16 fighter, and mock implanting weapons in schools Shops and schools remain and have no grain of truth”. ians may be killed if the Israelis This time is different. The Arab Israel’s “Paper Dome” as a fail- and apartment blocks. closed, but the few who are on Hamas spokesman Sami Abu invade,” says Ali Al-Ahmed. “But Spring has changed the Middle ure. Both claims are outlandish, the streets celebrate every time Zuhri said the movement’s mem- once they leave, rockets will follow East, and Hamas has more pow- but they go down well with those ABBAS IN SHADE they hear the distinctive roar of bers were “proud of our resistance them home, so they would fail.” erful weapons. eager to believe them. Even Palestinian President the long-range rockets that could and high-profile capability and a REUTERS Is this the death of Republican party? UMP must sort out The Republican over-arching political philosophy The trend is not just demo- certain demographic groups. He Sarkozy’s successor but the product of crude majori- graphic but cultural. Take reli- was blaming the voters for being tarian calculations crafted to win gion. Obama won those who say insufficiently selfless to elect him. courting of elections. they have “no religion” by 70 The Republican challenge is BY BRUNO BERNARD domineering political force in That’s why reports of the par- percent to 26 percent. In 1944 to come up with better “gifts” France, it has been “reduced to ty’s imminent death due to demo- that group comprised one in 20 for more people. It doesn’t take t was supposed to a shin- the size of an overcooked pâté” white people graphic changes have been greatly Americans; on election day they a great leap of imagination to see ing example of democracy: as former finance minister Hervé exaggerated. Since its defeat this made up 12 percent of the elector- how it could do that. Immigration on Sunday the 300,000 Gaymard mildly put it. Losing was based on month, it’s been suggested the ate; by 2024 they are projected to reform allowing cheap labour for Iparty members of Nicolas one election after another for increase in the proportion of be 20 percent. farms and industry, attracting Sarkozy’s UMP party were asked the past five years, the UMP has non-white voters (particularly Clearly the Republican party is foreign talent, and decriminalis- to elect a new leader, in the par- narrowed its electoral perim- strategy, not Latinos), growing secularisation in desperate need of realignment. ing long-time residents would sit ty’s first step to rebuilding itself eter to issues like immigration, and cultural tolerance present But this is not unprecedented. far easier with the party’s free- after presidential election defeat national identity or the place of principle. an existential challenge that can Until the mid-60s, the Democrats market values than an expensive, earlier this year. Islam in France, reaching out only be met by a fundamental were the party of both segrega- ineffective big government project But Rome was not built in a only to fringe voters. The UMP reassessment of the party’s core tion and integration – depending to build a wall along the border day. Instead, despite the high faces the threat of extinction or BY GARY YOUNGE values. Not so. on where you were in the country. and more bureaucracy within the turnout, the democratic exercise even worse: becoming the party The Republican party primarily Anti-Catholic prejudice used to immigration service. quickly turned to farce. Amid of “angry old white men” cutting exists to represent the interests be a mainstay of American elec- Similarly, Republican campaigns accusations of voting irregulari- itself off ever more from France’s n 1969, the Republican of business elites in the political toral culture. When Democrats against gay marriage and abortion ties, trickery and bitter in-fight- changing society. Congressman and future sphere and redistribute power nominated Al Smith in 1928, a are an awkward fit with its hos- ing, a little before midnight both In a very strategic campaign, president George HW and resources to the wealthy. Its survey of 8,500 southern meth- tility to government intervention. candidates François Fillon and Copé, the party’s last secretary IBush told the House of enduring values beyond that end odist ministers found only four A party that stands for personal Jean-François Copé claimed vic- general, chose to address the core Representatives: “We need to take have always been up for grabs. It who would back him. Today six liberty is less convincing when it tory, causing havoc in the party. of the party, presenting himself the sensationalism out of [fam- has been anti-slavery and anti- of the nine supreme court justices also insists on forcing women who This has already massively as the number one opponent, ily planning] so it can no longer Catholic, interventionist and iso- are Catholic (the other three are want to terminate pregnancies to damaged the party because in pledging he would even take to be used by militants who have lationist. Its most recent devotion Jewish) and the Republican nomi- have a transvaginal ultrasound. the eyes of the French public, the the streets to protest against the no knowledge of the voluntary to xenophobia, nativism, Christian nation was a contest between a That won’t persuade those who UMP is messy, disorganised and government’s policies. nature of the programme, but fundamentalism and racism is the Catholic (Rick Santorum) and a think abortion is murder. But the riddled with personal ambitions. In a more traditional manner, rather are using it as a political means by which it has cohered a Mormon (Romney). The Catholic truth is nothing will, and the party France watched aghast as key fig- the former prime minister Fillon stepping stone.” coalition to win elections. Issues won the evangelicals; the Mormon needn’t stake its electoral future ures on the French right tore each played his statesmanship card, A couple of years later, adviser of gay marriage and abortion may won the Catholics. on them. Republicans could treat other apart live on TV. It allowed addressing the French people Patrick Buchanan wrote a memo be genuinely important to much The point here is not that the Christian right with the same the right to be compared to the before the UMP’s core elector- to then president Richard Nixon of its base, and prejudice may America has an innate genius disdain that Democrats treat trade once bitterly divided Socialists. ate, appearing as more moderate suggesting precisely the oppo- guide some of its supporters. But for eroding discrimination over unions – offering them platitudes, Voters will not be happy at this than Copé. site stance on abortion. “If the while they have been central to time, but that demography is not taking their votes and delivering spectacle and rightwing rivals Some saw this election as president should publicly take the party’s message, they are not destiny and social identities are them nothing because they have such as Marine Le Pen and Jean- the first step towards the UMP his stand against abortion, as essential to its meaning. not endowed with electoral inev- nowhere else to go. Louis Borloo (leader of the cen- reclaiming power in 2017. But with offensive to his own moral prin- For half a century this worked. itability. The country’s whitest Abortion and gay marriage are trist UDI party) will soon start this election turning sour it looks ciples … then we can force [his Its southern strategy of making a state (Maine) and whitest county only election issues because the preying on the wounded beast. unlikely, and just serves to high- potential Democratic challenger] clear but deniable pitch for white (Mitchell, Iowa) both voted for Republicans have made them so. This morning, there is still no light the immense task of over- to make the choice between his votes in the post-civil rights era Obama. One in three Latinos Until the late 80s Republicans result. Judging by the level of hauling the party. tens of millions of Catholic sup- delivered a stronghold in the in Virginia voted for Romney; were more likely to be pro- hatred witnessed between to the As the former agriculture min- porters and his liberal friends south and a foothold in the north- in New York it was just 1 in 10. choice than Democrats; this year two sides, rest assure that whoever ister Bruno Le Maire put it, the at the New York Times and the ern suburbs. When white voters While the Republican base has Democrats won the Catholic vote. gets elected leader of the party UMP needs to “reinvent its doc- Washington Post.” A week after made up 90 percent of the elec- become more monoracial, its lead- Ultimately, the billionaires will be weakened from the get-go. trine” and come up with new ideas. that, Jill LePore points out in the torate, that was as morally repul- ership has become more multi- bankrolling the Republican party As predicted, Sarkozy’s defeat by The party also needs to rejuvenate New Yorker, Nixon shared his sive as it was strategically smart. ethnic. The party now boasts want a return on their invest- François Hollande last May has itself with new people from much “personal belief in the sanctity of In the six presidential elections more Latino senators (both ment. That will make the party’s unleashed a battle at the conserva- more diverse backgrounds. It will human life – including the life of prior to 1988 Republicans won the backed by the Tea Party) than political instincts for survival far tive heart of French politics. But it have to focus on winning back the yet unborn”. White House five times, averag- the Democrats, and four of the stronger than indulging prejudi- wasn’t expected to be this messy. local power in the 2014 local elec- The path that the Republican ing 52.5 percent of the vote. This five non-white governors. People’s cial impulses and religious con- As we wait for the result, it’s tions before even thinking about party has taken over the last election shows it doesn’t work any electoral allegiances are fluid, viction. The party’s problem is worth looking at the enormous the 2017 presidential election. Not 40 years owes nothing to politi- more. White voters now make up dynamic and contingent on their not one of principle but strategy. challenge facing the party – least because the 2017 nominee cal principle and everything to closer to 70 percent of the elec- perceived interests. That is what It made a calculation that no which will only get harder after will have to go through an open electoral strategy. Its pander- torate and will fall by roughly 3 lay behind Romney’s claim that longer holds, because the num- this fiasco. primary like the one Hollande had ing to the religious right, like its percent every cycle. In the last six Obama won because he promised bers changed. Now it has to do its The UMP has no experi- to endure to become the Socialist courting of the white vote, was presidential elections Republicans “gifts” like healthcare, amnesty sums again. ence of being in opposition since candidate. not the ineluctable outcome of an only won a majority once. and student debt forgiveness to THE GUARDIAN its launch in 2002. Once the THE GUARDIAN TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Farc calls truce Royal dinner as peace talks start in Cuba Bogota won’t cease military offensive

HAVANA: Colombia’s Farc rebels end. A crush of journalists surrounded said yesterday they would call a the bespectacled Marquez who stood two-month unilateral ceasefire, the with other Farc delegates including first truce in more than a decade, Dutch national Tanja Nijmeijer in as peace negotiators met in Cuba in Havana’s plushest neighbourhood. the latest attempt to end the five- Some Farc delegates wore remind- decade war. ers on caps and T-shirts of Simon President Juan Manuel Santos’ Trinidad, an official guerrilla nego- government, however, has so far tiator who is in prison in the United rejected any stoppage of military States. Others shouted “Long Live operations until a final peace deal was the Army of the People.” signed with the Revolutionary Armed The head of the government’s del- Forces of Colombia, or Farc, and even egation, Humberto de la Calle, smiled vowed to step up the offensive. and waved as he entered but gave no The Farc said it would halt all declaration. Officials want the talks offensive military operations and held in the strictest possible secrecy, acts of sabotage against infrastruc- which is likely one reason they are ture beginning at midnight yes- in communist Cuba, where the gov- terday night and running through ernment is expert at controlling January 20. information. “This decision by the Farc is a Colombia’s war has dragged on for decisive contribution to strengthen nearly half a century, taking thou- the climate of understanding needed sands of lives, displacing millions so the parties ... can achieve the pur- more and causing damage to infra- Spain’s King Juan Carlos shakes hands with Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (right) next to (from right) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, pose desired by all Colombians,” lead structure in Latin America’s longest Spain’s Queen Sofia, Spain’s Crown Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia before a lunch at the Royal Palace in Madrid, yesterday. Farc negotiator Ivan Marquez said, running insurgency. standing outside a convention centre Failure of the peace process would for the start of talks in Havana. mean years of more fighting and The gesture is a sign that the rebels further blight on the reputation of are keen to push talks forward to a a country eager for more foreign successful end, something that was investment and regional clout, yet Monitors say Sierra Leone polls peaceful thrown into doubt by long, drawn-out which has been unable to resolve its speeches by its leadership calling for most serious domestic problem. FREETOWN: Sierra Leone’s battleground for rebels and contest between Koroma and Electoral Commission (NEC) major changes to Colombia’s political Residents in western Cauca prov- elections were generally well child soldiers. his ruling All People’s Congress was behaving with independence system. The warring sides arrived in ince, one of the nation’s most war- conducted, saw a large turn- After a decade of recovery (APC) and main challenger and impartiality and that the black luxury cars at the site where they ravaged areas, celebrated the Farc out, and will help consolidate from the conflict, Sierra Leone’s Julius Maada Bio, a former integrity of the election process will meet almost daily until the talks ceasefire. REUTERS democracy in the West African leaders and aid donors hope that junta leader who represents so far was being protected. state if the eventual results new iron ore mining projects the Sierra Leone People’s Party To win outright, a candidate are accepted peacefully by the and oil discoveries can propel (SLPP). “We describe this elec- must gain 55 percent of the contenders, European and US the war-scarred country — still tion as being well-conducted ... a vote and the race may well go observers said yesterday. one of the poorest in the world contribution to democratic con- to a second round. With rivalry While praising Saturday’s — into a new era of growth with solidation,” EU chief observer between the APC and the SLPP voting as largely calm and increased prosperity for its 5.5 Richard Howitt told a news running high, there are con- peaceful, the 100-strong million people. conference in Freetown. cerns a close result could ignite European Union observer mis- Since polls closed, fever- A smaller observer mis- violence. sion said however it noted “some ish expectation has gripped sion from the Atlanta-based “If the election continues to shortcomings”, including an the steamy coastal capital Carter Center gave a similar be well conducted and if there “unequal playing field” during Freetown. In homes, offices and assessment. continues to be integrity, I hope pre-election campaigning that roadside markets, citizens were “The process was conducted there will be peaceful accept- favoured the ruling party of keeping portable radios glued with a high degree of trans- ance of the results,” Howitt President Ernest Bai Koroma. to their ears as they listened parency ... I was extremely said, adding that this was the Votes were still being tal- to partial results from polling impressed,” the Carter Center’s message he had conveyed to the lied from the presidential and stations. mission chief, former Zambian main party leaders. parliamentary polls, the third Electoral officials said full President Rupiah Banda, told The vote is expected to be national vote held since 1991- results could be announced reporters. He too cited “limited close. Former insurance execu- Colombian members of Farc-EP leftist guerrillas delegation, commanders Ivan 2002 civil war that earned the either as early as today or shortcomings”. tive Koroma is considered the Marquez (centre) and Rodrigo Granda (left) arrive at Convention Palace in Havana country international noto- tomorrow. The EU mission said it narrow favourite above Bio. for peace talks with the Colombian government, yesterday. riety as a “blood diamonds” Many predict a close-fought believed Sierra Leone’s National REUTERS

Pope John Paul II’s Chaos at vote to succeed statue revamped

Sarkozy as rivals claim win ROME: A new version of the controversial statue of Pope PARIS: The battle to succeed airwaves to insist their man French edition of Twitter, where John Paul II, which had to be Nicolas Sarkozy at the helm had triumphed in the vote that the candidates were the targets revamped following a public out- of France’s right-wing oppo- came six months after Sarkozy of a deluge of mockery. cry over its ugliness last year, sition UMP party turned into lost the presidential election to UMP party heavyweight was unveiled in front of Rome’s a shambles yesterday, with the Socialist Francois Hollande. Alain Juppe, who was Sarkozy’s central station yesterday. both candidates claiming vic- Both camps claimed there foreign minister, pleaded with The five-metre (16-foot) high tory and trading accusations were irregularities — and the pair to put a stop to their bronze statue, designed by the of electoral fraud. cheating — in voting in several supporters’ “invectives” and Italian artist Oliviero Rainaldi, Jean-Francois Cope, the areas, and the party’s electoral warned that “the very exist- was unveiled in May last year, just party’s firebrand secretary- commission was yesterday ence of the UMP is in question”. weeks after the late pope was put general, declared to cheering recounting ballots and aiming “The movement has emerged on the path to sainthood — but supporters after voting closed to declare the official winner divided and thus weakened by immediately sparked controversy. late on Sunday that he was the later in the day. this excessive confrontation. John Paul, who died in 2005, victor, but ex-prime minister The public slanging match, Throughout the campaign, it smiles benignly down on passers- Francois Fillon announced just reminiscent of the bitter has been less a question of the by, his bronze head supported by minutes later that he had won. infighting that for years dogged future of the UMP and more a structure with no body, but a Cope repeated his claim on the Socialist party, reached such about the two candidates’ large cloak ready to embrace breakfast television yesterday, a pitch that #UMP became the obsession with 2017,” he wrote those in need. as Fillon supporters took to the top trending hashtag on the on his blog. AFP AFP

Democrats claim victory in House ballot

WASHINGTON: Democrats too close to call more than a on 100 percent of their own House contest, Tea Party- claimed victory yesterday in week after the November 6 vote caucus on anything, to work backed Republican incum- the final undecided House but they eventually went to the across the aisle and find com- bent Allen West of Florida races of the 2012 election, as Democratic candidates, push- mon ground with Democrats has refused to concede against President Barack Obama’s ing their tally to 201 seats, party on some of the country’s most Democrat Patrick Murphy, party picked up a total of officials said. important issues.” even as election officials missed eight seats to narrow the Republicans will still Congress has been sunk in a Sunday deadline to report Republican majority. retain control of the House of gridlock for much of the past results of a two-day recount in Two closely watched races Representatives, beginning the two years, amid partisan bicker- the race. in California saw Republicans 113th Congress in January with ing that has left many observers Unofficial results had Murphy Dan Lungren and Brian Bilbray 234 seats. alarmed at lawmakers’ inability ahead by some 1,900 votes, and concede defeat to Democratic “It was beyond our expecta- to reach compromise. local media reported that lead challengers at the weekend, tions,” Jesse Ferguson of the Democrats tightened their increasing by 242 votes after the while Arizona’s Ron Barber, an Democratic Congressional grip in the Senate in the partial recount. ex-aide to Democrat Gabrielle Campaign Committee said of November 6 election, picking The missed deadline will lead Giffords who resigned this the elections. up an additional two seats to to certification of the unoffi- year after being wounded in a “It puts a real burden on expand their majority to 55-45, cial results today, barring an shooting, claimed victory to hold (House) Speaker John Boehner including two independents who unlikely emergency exemption his seat. and the Republican leadership, caucus with Democrats. granted by the state. A handful of other races were knowing that they can’t count In one particularly divisive AFP TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Southeast Asian countries feud over China Leaders of Asean agree not to ‘internationalise’ rows and would confine talks directly to rival countries

PHNOM PENH: Southeast fellow leaders no such consensus Asian leaders feuded yesterday had been reached and he would over how to handle tense mari- continue to speak out on the glo- time territorial disputes with bal stage. China, overshadowing talks at “The Philippines... has the a regional summit meant to inherent right to defend its strengthen trade and political national interests when deemed ties. necessary,” Philippine Foreign The leaders of the 10-member Secretary Albert del Rosario told Association of Southeast Asian reporters, quoting Aquino’s com- Nations had hoped to present a ments to his fellow leaders yes- united front on the South China terday morning. Sea row as they host Chinese The feud echoed unprecedented Premier Wen Jiabao and US infighting at an Asean foreign President Barack Obama for ministers’ meeting in Phnom annual talks. Penh in July, which ended for the But that effort broke down first time in the bloc’s 45-year his- just before Southeast Asian lead- tory without a joint communique. ers were scheduled to meet Wen, The Philippines and Vietnam amid divisions between Chinese had wanted the communique ally Cambodia and the Philippines. to make specific reference to Cambodia, this year’s Asean their disputes with China. But chair, said on Sunday that Cambodia, the hosts of the talks Southeast Asian leaders had and a close China ally, blocked the agreed not to “internationalise” moves. the disputes and would confine Asean members Vietnam, the negotiations to those between the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei, bloc and China. as well as Taiwan, have claims to The apparent deal would have parts of the sea, which is home to (From left) Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Vietnam’s been a victory for China, which some of the world’s most impor- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, Japan’s has long insisted that it should tant shipping lanes and believed Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesia’s President Susilo BambangYudhoyono, Laos Prime Minister Thongsing only negotiate directly with rival to be rich in fossil fuels. Thammavong, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and an unidentified Myanmar official join hands at the Asean plus three commemorative countries and that the Philippines But China insists it has sover- summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, yesterday. should not seek support from the eign rights to virtually all of the United States. sea. However Philippine President Tensions have risen steadily diplomatic tactics to stake its arrives in Phnom Penh to join Zealand and Australia. claimants to agree on a legally Benigno Aquino yesterday pub- over the past two years, with the claims. the East Asia Summit, a two-day Obama has previously angered binding code of conduct to govern licly rebuked Cambodian Prime Philippines and Vietnam accusing Temperatures could rise again event also involving the leaders of China, and emboldened the their actions over the sea. Minister Hun Sen, telling his China of increasingly aggressive late yesterday when Obama Japan, South Korea, India, New Philippines, by calling for the rival AFP

Nepal president Main opposition in top spot ahead of Japan vote China replaces intervenes as cash top police and crisis deepens TOKYO: Opinion polls pub- Noda’s surprise move last week Voters in all 300 constituen- parties possibly playing a dispro- lished yesterday showed Japan’s to call an election could be behind cies will cast two ballots in next portionately large role. security chief KATHMANDU: Nepal’s pres- main opposition party out in the bump in his popularity, the month’s poll: one for a named Two of those parties -- Japan ident yesterday gave warring front, days after Prime Minister paper said. candidate to be their parliamen- Restoration Party and the Party BEIJING: China yesterday political factions three days to Yoshihiko Noda set the country Noda is Japan’s sixth prime tary representative and one for of the Sun, led by two of Japan’s appointed a new chief for its top avert a budget crisis that could on the path to a general election. minister in as many years and a party. most outspoken politicians -- have police and judicial body, which leave 500,000 public workers Twenty-five percent said the third since the DPJ came to These party votes are tallied enjoyed intense local media cover- tackles crime and security unpaid, and also to agree a date they would vote for the Liberal power in 2009. He had been under across 11 regional blocs, with seats age and have now united. issues such as subversion, politi- for elections. Democratic Party in the pressure for months to call elec- being awarded to each grouping Acerbic former Tokyo governor cal dissent and social unrest. Nepal has not had a parliament December 16 ballot, while Noda’s tions amid tensions with China, a according to the percentage of Shintaro Ishihara and the feisty Police minister Meng Jianzhu or fully functioning government ruling Democratic Party of Japan slow post-tsunami recovery and a ballots they receive. mayor of Osaka, Toru Hashimoto, has replaced Zhou Yongkang as since June and the Maoist care- was endorsed by 16 percent, a poll plodding economy. The latest polls reaffirm the agreed on Saturday to combine head of the ruling Communist taker administration has failed published by the Nikkei business Another poll by the liberal view that while the LDP is far- their parties in a bid to forge a Party’s Politics and Law to fulfil a pledge to arrange polls daily showed. Asahi Shimbun newspaper said ing better in voter support under “third force”. Commission, Xinhua news agency which were due this week. Asked who would make the 22 percent of voters would choose Abe’s recycled leadership, it is not The Nikkei poll said 11 percent said in a short dispatch. The Himalayan country’s oppo- best prime minister, 37 percent the LDP in the proportional rep- likely to garner enough seats to of voters support Hashimoto’s The move follows last week’s sition parties have said they will said LDP leader Shinzo Abe, down resentation part of the ballot govern alone. Japan Restoration Party and four party congress which saw not agree on a new election date three points from last month’s -- which accounts for 180 of the Commentators expect some percent support Ishihara’s Party President Hu Jintao stepping or support the budget without poll, with Noda up seven points total 480 seats in the lower house form of coalition after the vote, of the Sun. down from his top party post to the resignation of Maoist Prime at 25 percent. -- against 15 percent for the DPJ. with narrowly-focused small AFP make way for Xi Jinping. Minister Baburam Bhattarai. Zhou had been set to retire fol- Nepal has been surviving on lowing two five-year terms in the emergency funds but they ran post and Meng had long been seen out last week. Teachers, police as his successor. and soldiers face the prospect of But the move has resulted in missing out on their pay packets Obama pushes change on a downgrading of the commis- in mid-December if the crisis is sion. Zhou ran it as one of nine unresolved. members of the party’s Politburo President Ram Baran Yadav landmark Myanmar visit Standing Committee, the top has insisted he will not sign off decision-making body, while on the 450 billion-rupee ($5.2bn) YANGON: President Barack a dramatic transition has begun, Meng is a mere member of the budget unless it can be agreed Obama urged Myanmar yester- as a dictatorship of five decades 25-member Politburo. upon by all parties. day to hasten its “remarkable” has loosened its grip,” Obama said The Communist Party, which Yadav -- whose duties are reforms on a historic visit dur- afterwards in a major address at has ruled for more than 60 years, normally ceremonial -- said he ing which he was feted by huge Yangon University during his controls all aspects of the state would “step in” and formally crowds and met Aung San Suu whirlwind visit. and government. request a national unity govern- Kyi at the home where she was “This remarkable journey has The Politics and Law ment if no agreement is reached long locked up. just begun, and has much further Commission is in charge of the by Thursday. The trip, the first to Myanmar to go,” he said. “The flickers of police force, internal security “The parties should not take by a serving US president, came progress that we have seen must system and the judiciary. It over- the country towards a vacuum by as the regime freed dozens more not be extinguished. They must sees a “stability maintenance” prolonging a state of indecision,” political prisoners to burnish be strengthened.” budget that amounted this year Yadav said in comments reported its reform credentials and after Over the past few decades, “our to $111bn, more than the nation’s by his spokesman. the United States joined other two countries became strangers”, declared defence spending. Yadav does not have the power Western powers in relaxing its added Obama, who is on his for- Besides greatly empowering the to disband the Maoist administra- sanctions. eign trip since winning re-elec- police during his leadership of the tion. But his latest move is seen as After a red-carpet welcome tion this month. commission, Zhou also oversaw an attempt to apply pressure for for Air Force One, Obama met “But today, I can tell you that crackdowns on political dissent political consensus by intervening Myanmar’s reformist President we always remained hopeful about as well as on ethnic separatism in directly for the first time. Thein Sein and called on the the people of this country. About the far-west Xinjiang region and Bhattarai’s caretaker adminis- US President Barack Obama (right) and Myanmar pro-democracy leader former general to speed up the you. You gave us hope. And we in Tibet. tration was unable to win support Aung San Suu Kyi hold a brief joint press conference at her residence in country’s march out of decades of bore witness to your courage,” the Social unrest has also risen for its budget in July. Yangon, yesterday. iron-fisted military rule. US president said. markedly in recent years. AFP “Over the last year and a half, AFP AFP

South Korean opposition far Philippine police to ask rebels to catch massacre group

MANILA: Philippine police with its top leadership before strife-torn southern province of refuge in the areas of the Milf, so apart on presidential deal said yesterday they would ask deciding. Maguindanao. we will try to coordinate with the Muslim separatist rebels cur- “We will have to meet in the Many key Ampatuan members peace process panel if they can SEOUL: With a week until a candidate, but the talks have been rently holding peace talks with central committee. We are an are now being tried over the mur- help us track these suspects,” he deadline to finalise nominations bedevilled by infighting and leaks, the government to help catch 92 organisation, we decide collec- ders but other suspects remain told reporters. for South Korea’s December 19 with neither side appearing will- suspects in the country’s worst tively,” he said. at large. Mangudadatu, who was elected presidential election, neither of ing to give way. political massacre. Members of the Ampatuans, a The Ampatuans were allowed governor of Maguindanao after two main opposition challengers “If I yield arbitrarily, it would They said they would request powerful Muslim clan, allegedly by the government to amass a the massacre, said sources told appears willing to step aside, be equivalent of breach of trust that government peace nego- carried out the massacre in the private army to act as a bulwark him some suspects were being which will likely mean the con- (for my party)” Moon said. tiators ask the Moro Islamic southern Philippines to prevent against anti-government forces protected by relatives in the Milf. servatives retain the country’s Ahn declined to be drawn on Liberation Front, the country’s a rival, Esmael Mangudadatu, like the Milf. Last month, the government most powerful office. whether the two sides could agree largest Muslim armed group, from running against one of their Maguindanao police chief and the 12,000-strong Milf signed Moon Jae-in, who has been on a single candidate. for help in tracking down the members in upcoming elections. Senior Superintendent Keith a “framework agreement” to pave nominated by the main left- Opinion polls show that either remaining suspects in the 2009 The Ampatuans and their Singian said suspects are believed a way for a final peace accord, of-centre opposition party, has Moon or Ahn would stand a massacre of 58 people. armed followers gunned down 58 to have fled to Milf-controlled ending decades of fighting for held talks with independent chance of beating conservative However Milf vice-chairman people including Mangudadatu’s areas in the south. an Islamic state in the southern Ahn Cheol-soo over a joint plat- Park Geun-hye in a straight fight. Ghadzali Jaafar said his group wife and sisters, their lawyers and “We have confirmed that some Philippines. form that could lead to a single REUTERS would have to take up the request accompanying journalists in the of these at-large suspects sought AFP TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Karzai accuses US of Street protest breaching prison pact More people captured by American forces in Kabul

KABUL: President Hamid by American forces against the authorities on September 10, but Karzai has accused the United provisions of the agreement, a disagreements remained over the States of breaching an agree- statement from the president’s fate of hundreds of inmates. ment to transfer more than office said yesterday. Under the agreement, Afghan 3,000 detainees at a controver- The president condemned what authorities will need to advise the sial prison north of Kabul to he called “a serious breach of the US of plans to release any pris- Afghan control. memorandum of understanding” oners and “consider favourably” Kabul had hailed the trans- with the United States after the objections if the Americans con- fer of Bagram prison, some- completion of a two-month time- sider such inmates could engage times called the Guantanamo line agreed for the full transfer of in “terrorist activity”. Bay of Afghanistan, as a victory the prison. In turn, the Afghans would give for national sovereignty as Nato “The president assigned the the US and humanitarian bodies prepares to hand over security to minister of defence, the attor- access to detainees to monitor Afghans and withdraw its combat ney general, and the chief com- their treatment under interna- troops by the end of 2014. mander of Bagram prison to take tional humanitarian law. Karzai had demanded author- all required and urgent measures Human rights campaign- ity over the prison as a condition to ensure a full Afghanisation of ers have regularly criticised the for signing a long-term agree- the prison affairs and a complete prison under US control, saying ment covering Afghan-US rela- transfer of its authority,” it added. it fails to comply with interna- tions after the pull-out of combat There was no immediate com- tional norms as some inmates troops in 2014. ment from the US embassy in are detained arbitrarily without But prisoners found innocent Kabul. trial or knowledge of the charges by courts were still being held and The US formally handed con- against them. more people had been captured trol of the prisoners to Afghan AFP Islamic seminary students shout slogans during a protest against the killing of students in Islamabad, yes- terday. The protesters also condemned Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip.

Another contempt plea Russia eyes classrooms rebirth in Afghanistan filed against Zardari LAHORE: Another contempt KABUL: Russian culture and power vacuum south of ex-Soviet Nato, the European Union, they once-thriving agriculture, both Vladimir Lenin, the founder of application against Pakistani language are making a surpris- Central Asia’s borders, threaten- will all go”. sides have started to take a more the Soviet Union, affirming the President Asif Zardari has been ing comeback in Afghanistan, ing its own security and allowing When asked when it would upbeat view of their relationship, countries’ friendly ties two years moved before the Lahore High where the Soviets fought a dis- for a larger influx of heroin. open, he chuckled and said: helping Moscow gain a bigger role. after the Bolsheviks swept to Court (LHC). This time, the astrous decade-long war, as The new centre will teach “Everything is about the year At the sprawling and leafy power. application targets an address Moscow vies to regain influ- Russian language, singing, danc- 2014”. Kabul University, the country’s “Russia is our neighbour with a he delivered a few days ago at ence ahead of the planned with- ing and handicrafts and will boast The centre replaces a dilapi- largest, demand is growing for culture we love. Things were good a political rally in Malakwal in drawal of foreign troops. a concert hall, similar to the one dated, bullet-ridden shell of a degrees in Russian language and when they were here,” said third- Punjab province. Bulldozers are clearing the way built in 1983. building that became home to literature. year student Sharifullah, 22, who “The president cannot take for a sparkling Russian cultural Its rebuild is reminiscent of scores of heroin addicts before “Our students are too young gave only his first name. part in political activities accord- centre in Kabul, to replace its Soviet influence in Afghanistan the Russians finally demolished it to worry about the past. Instead The cultural centre is the ing to the Supreme Court’s order,” behemoth, Soviet-era predecessor before the 1979 invasion, when several months ago at the behest they see Russian as a bridge to first of a series of ambitious applicant Munir Ahmad main- which for many came to symbolise they heavily supported education of Kabul authorities, who com- social and economic opportuni- Russian construction projects in tained in his plea. Moscow’s war and its humiliat- and the arts. plained it “ruined the skyline”, ties,” said Mohammad Rahim Afghanistan. Ahmad’s earlier contempt ing 1989 defeat that cost 15,000 It also coincides with renewed Avetisyan said. Banaizada, one of six professors Most are aimed at reinforc- petition against President Soviet lives. interest by Afghans in the Russian engineers from state in its Russian department. ing stability in a country where Zardari for holding political “We are here in the region, Russian language, who see it as company Spetstroi Rossii will Around 220 students are cur- Russia believes Washington is at office despite earlier court orders and we will be in the future. And increasingly useful in their coun- oversee the project, which has rently studying for four year risk of repeating its own mistakes. is already pending before the to have good, friendly, neigh- try’s changing landscape amid been contracted by the Russian degrees in Russian, almost double After the Soviets rushed out, LHC. bourly relations you must have the emergence of new regional government. It will employ that of five years ago, Banaizada financial aid dried up and the The apex court’s verdict on some cultural component to it,” powers. Afghan construction firms. told Reuters beside framed Afghan communist government Asghar Khan’s petition bars the Russia’s envoy to Kabul, Andrey “Demand for the Russian lan- pictures of Russian President collapsed, leading to infighting president from taking part in Avetisyan, said of the decision to guage is growing. It is more widely MORE RUSSIAN STUDENTS Vladimir Putin with the Afghan between warlords and a vicious political activities. He asserted rebuild the centre. spoken in Afghanistan than five Though Afghanistan was dev- leader Hamid Karzai. civil war that paved the way for that Zardari violated the court’s Moscow fears the exit of most years ago,” Avetisyan said, add- astated by the Soviet Union’s war They hung next to copies of the Taliban’s rise to power in orders by speaking at a politi- Nato-led troops by the end of ing: “Foreign advisers and experts here, which by some estimates typed Cyrillic letters from Afghan 1996. cal gathering organised by the 2014 will lead to a dangerous are not going to be here forever. killed millions and destroyed its King Amanullah Khan in 1919 to REUTERS Pakistan People’s Party. French relaxation Suicide bomber targets politician Election panel seeks PESHAWAR: A woman suicide bomber targeted a Pakistani politician near the Afghan army’s help for fair polls border yesterday, wounding at least four local party workers, officials said. ISLAMABAD: Despite res- authorities, including secretar- Qazi Hussain Ahmad, the ervations shown by the ruling ies of Defence ministry, Interior, former head of Pakistan’s biggest PPP against the involvement SAFRON, provincial home sec- Islamist political party Jamat-e- of the judiciary in the gen- retaries, chief secretaries and Islami, escaped unscathed after eral elections, the Election police chiefs, DGs of FCs and the attack in Mohmand. Commission of Pakistan is Rangers, chief commissioner and Mohmand is one of seven dis- moving a step forward to IG Islamabad, secretary Fata, tricts in Pakistan’s semi-autono- ensure free, fair and trans- etc, to get their assistance for mous tribal belt, where Taliban parent elections by asking the peaceful holding of fair and free and Al Qaeda linked militants Pakistan Army’s help. elections. have carved out strongholds. After getting the judiciary’s He said that the Pakistan Local administrative official unflinching institutional sup- Army would be involved in the Adil Siddique said that Ahmad port, the Election Commission election process and for security had been en route to address a of Pakistan (ECP) would now arrangements. public meeting in the Haleemzai seek the backing of the Pakistan He hoped that like the judi- area when the woman blew Army and other law enforcing ciary, all the other federal and herself up on foot alongside his agencies to ensure fair and free provincial departments would convoy. elections in a peaceful and inde- offer their complete support to Ahmad’s vehicle was not dam- pendent atmosphere. the ECP to hold elections fairly, aged or hit by the force of the While the Chief Election freely and in a peaceful and inde- blast, which wounded four local Commissioner Fakhruddin G pendent atmosphere. members of Jamat-e-Islami, Ebrahim is all praise for the chief The secretary ECP said that Siddique said. justice and National Judicial the commission wants cred- Another local official, Jamshed Policymaking Committee for ible elections for which it needs Khan, confirmed the incident and honouring the ECP’s request the support of all, including the said “pieces of female clothes and to ensure fair and free election media and political parties. hair found from the site make us with the support of the judici- Top bosses of the Election believe that the attacker was a ary, the secretary ECP said that Commission believe that the woman”. now the next challenge was to institutional support offered by AGENCIES Portuguese soldiers relax at the Warehouse French base in Kabul. French combat troops are due to pull out seek the assistance of Army and the judiciary to the ECP is vital of Afghanistan by the end of the year. other law enforcing agencies to to get similar support from other maintain peace during the next institutions but they are reluc- elections. tant to offer any comment at this Fakhru Bhai said that he was stage about the controversial and thankful to the CJP as well as partisan role of the president in PML-N wants quick changes if party wins polls the committee for this. He stated favour of one particular party the that he would soon formally write ruling PPP. a letter to Chief Justice Iftikhar However, it is believed that in LAHORE: Confident that the in a year after assuming power committee meeting on Saturday, prime minister or foreign min- Muhammad Chaudhry to show the coming weeks and months, forthcoming general election to boost morale of the masses however, hinted that tackling ister could do it on foreign front his and the commission’s grati- the ECP might issue a warning will bring the party into power, in general and investors in par- the circular debt of independent and an SRO by the Federal Board tude for providing the services of to the president in view of the the Pakistan Muslim League- ticular and to build their trust power producers (IPPs), presently of Revenue could significantly judicial officers for their appoint- code of conduct recently issued Nawaz is devising its policies in in the country’s future,” a senior amounting to around Rs400 bil- affect the economic policy. ment as district returning offic- by the commission. a way that the masses feel an PML-N leader said ysterday. lion, was one of the measures that Another step that could be ers in the next elections. The ECP code of conduct for immediate change on political, However, the PML-N man could be taken within the shortest announced immediately was set- His Secretary Ishtiak Ahmad the first time included the presi- economic and social fronts. would not share what particularly possible time. ting up a national commission on Khan said that the next month dent in the list of public office “The party is formulating plans, could be done within 10 days of Insisting 10 days were enough new provinces, the official said. the ECP would convene a meet- holders like prime minister, some of which will be accom- assuming power. for changing the situation if there He said these policies would be ing of federal and provincial INTERNEWS plished within 10 days, others Another party elder, who had is a will to do so, he said even a included in the manifesto to woo in 100 days and the remaining also attended the manifesto statement by a figure like the voters. INTERNEWS TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Ready to face no-trust vote, says Congress Trinamool ridiculed by ruling party

NEW DELHI: The Congress rejected the CPI-M’s demand for a vote on FDI and said it was ready to face the Trinamool Congress’s threat of a no-confi- dence motion against the UPA government, party sources said yesterday. “We are ready to debate the FDI issue in parliament but with- out a vote. We are ready for a no- confidence vote as well,” said a Congress leader who did not wish to be named. The mood in the Congress Mamata, left, and Sonia during camp indicated that the party cordial times. has decided not to accept the Communist Party of India- for a debate in the Lok Sabha. Marxist’s (CPI-M) demand of Tewari asked Banerjee to intro- a debate on foreign equity in spect her decision reminding her multi-brand retail under Rule that she was part of the United 184, which entails voting. Progressive Alliance government Devotees cross a bamboo bridge as they gather to pay homage to the setting sun during Chhath Puja on the banks of the Ganga in Patna yesterday. Congress sources added the just three months ago. no-confidence motion’s chances “I hope she will introspect and are dim due to the lack of unity reconsider her decision seriously among the opposition parties. because till three months back 18 killed in Chhath Puja stampede in Patna “We will handle the situation she was part of this government on the floor of the house,” said the and Trinamool Congress minis- Congress leader. ters were part of it,” he said. PATNA: At least 18 people, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar him and others was that there at different ghats here for Chhath The Congress ridiculed “A time comes when you have including children and women, has ordered an inquiry into the was no doctor in the emergency celebration, officials said. Trinamool Congress chief and to evolve from a street fighter to mostly devotees, were killed incident and announced a com- ward of the hospital. Opposition Rashtyriya Janata West Bengal Chief Minister a statesperson. You have to evolve and several others were injured pensation of Rs200,000 to the “Those seriously injured in the Dal blamed the state government Mamata Banerjee saying she from an agitator to an adminis- in a stampede during Chhath next of kin of each of those killed, incident were left to the mercy of for the incident. should be more “reasonable”. trator. I hope the chief minister festival celebrations in Patna a district official said. God as doctors were not available Leader of opposition Abdul Bari “This is a peculiar situation will seriously introspect her deci- last evening, police said. Hundreds of angry people, in the emergency ward,” he said. Siddiqui, who met the injured at that in the history of parlia- sion,” Tewari said. A district administration offi- mostly relatives of the victims, Sensing trouble after the inci- the hospital, criticised the neg- ment a 19-member party is talk- Mamata has appealed the Left cial said the incident took place protested against the government dent, a large number of security ligence over treatment of the ing of a no-confidence motion,” parties and the main opposition when people were returning after and shouted slogans against the personnel were deployed at the injured. Information and Broadcasting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) offering prayers around sunset at chief minister and local admin- hospital and at different places Celebrated six days after Minister Manish Tewari told to support her move. Congress Adalatganj ghat. istration at the Patna Medical in Patna. Diwali, Chhath is dedicated to reporters. spokesperson Sandeep Dikshit “This shocking incident took College and Hospital (PMCH), District Magistrate Sanjay Sun. However, Congress sources said: “When it comes to a vote of place after a temporary bridge where all the bodies were brought Kumar Singh and Superintendent During the festival, married said informal discussions were on confidence, we are totally confi- made of bamboo collapsed due to for post mortem and the injured of Police Jayant Kant were camp- women observe fast for 36 hours, with Banerjee. At least 50 mem- dent we have the numbers. When heavy rush of people, mainly devo- were admitted for treatment. ing at the hospital. and devotees offer wheat, milk, bers need to back a no-confidence our strength will be tested, we tees and their family members,” a Satnarain Singh, a relative of Over 400,000 people from sugarcane, bananas and coconuts motion before it can be accepted will pass,” he said. IANS police official said. a victim, said that what shocked Patna and nearby areas gathered to the Sun. IANS Bilateral hold Probe into arrest of girls Williams sets over Facebook comments record in MUMBAI: Maharashtra presented in the local court. Director General of Police Reports here said that both spacewalk Sanjeev Dayal yesterday the girls were booked under the ordered a probe into the arrest Indian Penal Code (for hurting of a 21-year-old girl and her religious sentiments) and the WASHINGTON: Indian- friend for posting comments Information Technology Act, American astronaut Sunita on a social networking website 2000. Press Council of India Williams has returned to earth on the shutdown in Mumbai Chairman Markandey Katju after 127 days in space with a after Shiv Sena chief Bal yesterday criticised the arrests new record under her belt — Thackeray’s death. in strong words and requested the most spacewalking time “An inquiry has been ordered Maharashtra Chief Minister by a female at 50 hours and in the case and a report will Prithviraj Chavan to suspend the 40 minutes over seven career be submitted by the inspector official who arrested the girls. “I excursions. general of the Konkan range on received an email stating that Williams, who was commander Saturday,” Dayal said. the woman has been arrested for of Expedition 33 on the International Thane rural police on Sunday protesting on Facebook against Space Station returned home arrested Shaheen Dadha for the shutdown in Mumbai on the with two space-going colleagues questioning the shutdown in occasion of the death of Mr Bal aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule the city after Thackeray’s death Thackeray. It is alleged that she that landed at 8.56pm on Sunday on Saturday, and the subse- has been arrested for allegedly night northeast of Arkalyk in the quent shutdown on Sunday hurting religious sentiments,” steppes of Kazakhstan, according for his funeral and cremation. Katju wrote. “Hence if the facts to US space agency Nasa. Another girl in Dadha’s friends’ reported are correct, I request Williams has logged 322 days list, who ‘liked’ the comment, you to immediately order the during two space flights making was also arrested. An official suspension, arrest, chargesheet- her second on the list of most from Palghar police station ing and criminal prosecution experienced US female astro- in Thane rural confirmed the of the police personnel who nauts. She also holds the record Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (left) watches Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung arrests of the girls. The official ordered as well as implemented of longest spaceflight (195 days) (second left) hold the hand of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as they leave the stage after a group said the girls were released on the arrest of that woman,” for female space travellers. photo during the 10th Asean — India Summit, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, yesterday. bail yesterday after they were Katju said. IANS Daughter of an Indian- American father from Gujarat and a Slovenian mother, Williams is the second woman of Indian origin to have been selected by Police piece together Nasa for a space mission after SC slams govt over 2G auction Kalpana Chawla and the second astronaut of Slovenian heritage Chadha shootout details NEW DELHI: The govern- and Justice K S Radhakrishnan had rejected an affidavit filed by after Ronald M Sega. ment yesterday came under rejected an affidavit filed on the another officer and had sought an Williams, Aki Hoshide of the fire for not complying with the issue by an under secretary. affidavit by the secretary, DoT. Japanese Aerospace Exploration NEW DELHI: Delhi Police yes- members have, however, denied Supreme Court’s order to auc- Pulling up the central govern- The court on November 9, Agency and Russian cosmonaut terday finally managed to piece the police claims that the blood- tion the entire spectrum that ment, the court said: “They were while adjourning the hearing in Yuri Malenchenko spent 125 of together the sequence of events bath was the result of a property became available following the expected to auction entire spec- the matter, said: “After hearing their 127 days in space circling leading to the deaths of busi- dispute gone awry. cancellation of 122 2G licences trum (which became available the submissions of the learned Earth onboard the ISS. The trio ness baron Ponty Chadha and According to the First in 22 circles in February. after the cancellation of 122 2G additional solicitor general blasted off from the Baikonur his younger brother Hardeep in Information Report (FIR) filed “We were very unfairly not licences).” in the light of the documents Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a bloody shootout in their luxu- by Ponty Chadha’s family friend informed by the concerned officer Holding back of even 0.1 per- produced by him, we deem it July 15. While on the outpost, they rious farmhouse in south Delhi Sukhdev Singh Namdhari, it was that the entire spectrum was not cent of spectrum was not accept- proper to adjourn the case to welcomed SpaceX’s Dragon cap- Saturday. Hardeep Chadha who started being auctioned,” the court said, able, the court said. November 19 so that he may seek sule making its first official cargo A team of forensic and ballis- firing with a pistol. The younger referring to the November 12 “It is not fair for the officer not instructions from the concerned delivery, which included fresh tic experts went in the morning brother first opened fire at his spectrum auction which evoked to report to the court the correct authority and file an affidavit on apples and chocolate-vanilla swirl to the sprawling 12 acre Rs2bn elder brother’s security manager a poor response. facts,” the court said, observing the issue of total compliance of ice cream. Williams and Hoshide farmhouse in Chhattarpur area — Narendra, who is now under- The court directed the telecom that all through when extension Para 81(iii) of judgment dated also carried out two spacewalks. which is dotted with farmhouses going treatment. Namdhari, secretary to file an affidavit as to of time was being sought that February 2.” Kevin Ford, the new ISS com- of the rich and powerful. who is Uttarakhand Minority why there was no total compliance was under the impression that its Centre for Public Interest mander and his crewmates-Rus- IANS tried to reconstruct the Commission chairman, in his of its February 2 order, directing order would be carried out in toto. Litigation (CPIL) counsel sian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy sequence of events that occurred police complaint said he had the allocation of spectrum in 2G While refusing to accept the Prashant Bhushan told the court and Evgeny Tarelkin-will run the on the fateful Saturday when the come to meet Ponty at his farm- band by way of auction. affidavit filed by the under secre- that the entire process for auc- outpost as they await the arrival two brothers, locked in a property house number 21 in Chhattarpur The direction to the telecom tary, department of telecommuni- tioning 2G spectrum was designed of three more crew members. dispute, opened indiscriminate at 9.30am and then left for the secretary came after the apex cations (DoT), the court recalled in such a way that it was doomed IANS firing at each other. Some family disputed farmhouse No42. IANS court bench of Justice G S Singhvi that on an earlier occasion it to fail. 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Emir to open Qatar to invest Qapco’s third LDPE plant $1.3bn in today DOHA: Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco) will officially launch the operations of the new Italian firms Low Density Polyethylene third plant (LDPE 3) today when the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad Italy a significant partner: Premier bin Khalifa Al Thani inaugu- rates the facility in a ceremony. DOHA: Qatar agreed yes- sovereign bonds and for com- The state-of-the-art facility terday to invest as much as panies which have had serious will increase Qapco’s output to ¤1bn ($1.3bn) in Italian com- problems raising capital as the 700,000 metric tonnes per annum panies, aiding efforts by Italy’s financial crisis has squeezed bank of low-density polyethylene, with Prime Minister Mario Monti balance sheets and cut off lending. LDPE 3 making up nearly half to breathe life into a weak “It’s significant that Italy now that number. Testing and com- economy. seems to be proactive in attract- missioning of the plant were com- Italy has joined a growing list ing long-term institutional inves- pleted in the middle of August of European states looking to tap tors and this venture with Qatar this year, with the inauguration Qatar’s vast wealth to support clearly signals that,” said Rachel ARABAL officials Abdul Aziz Daylami, Mohamed Al Naki, Ibrahim J Fakhri, Mohamed Yahya, Jamell Shameel and of the plant coming just short of national industries that are strug- Zeimba, senior analyst and sov- Abdul Rahim Al Hashmi, at a press conference yesterday. (SALIM MATRAMKOT) three years after the foundation gling to finance their way out of ereign wealth fund expert at stone was first laid by the Heir recession. Roubini Global Economics in Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin A joint venture between Italy’s London. Arab aluminium meet begins today Hamad Al Thani in December strategic investment fund and “It is not clear if the invest- 2009. state-owned Qatar Holding will ments are restricted to listed “The LDPE 3 facility repre- invest in sectors including food, companies alone but it proves DOHA: The Gulf region’s com- global levels, and will be hosting showcasing their products at the sents the culmination of our fashion and luxury goods, fur- that Qatar sees long-term value bined contribution to global some of the most prominent figures exhibition to be held on then on efforts to meet our mission: to niture and design, tourism and in sectors such as food and fash- aluminium production has involved in the sector including the sidelines of the conference. become a regional leader in the leisure, the Italian fund said in a ion in the country and wants to grown to an estimated 12 to 13 experts and academics address- The committee noted that this production and distribution of statement on Monday. play in on these themes,” she said. percent. The region’s produc- ing the conference and presenting tangible increase in the amount of ethylene and polyethylene,” said The venture will have capital Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem said tion capacity has grown sub- their scientific and practical exper- individual and corporate participa- Dr Mohammed Yousef Al Mulla, of up to ¤2bn ($2.5bn) provided Monti’s reform drive since tak- stantially over the years and tise to participants and audience. tion is clear evidence of the grow- Qapco’s Vice-Chairman and Chief equally by both partners over the ing office a year ago had helped the Arab countries are looking The price movements in the ing importance of the aluminium Executive Officer. “In addition, first four years, according to the the Italian economy and been an for further boost its production commodity market, the Arab industry regionally and globally. the plant represents our commit- agreement signed during Monti’s important step in strengthening capacity in the coming years, Spring and its impact on industry Fakhri said there will be 36 ment to the virtues and pillars of visit to Qatar. its overall economic system. Mohamed Al Naki, Chairman, and investment, and the Chinese speakers who would address dif- the Qatar National Vision 2030. The “IQ Made in Italy Venture” “We believe Italy is a significant Preparatory Committee, Arab aluminium market will also be ferent sessions covering the alu- With economic diversification at will start with ¤300m of capital. partner for Qatar in Europe,” he International Aluminium discussed in the conference. minum sector, markets, and the the centre of the country’s devel- “We have four or five ideas said. Conference (ARABAL) said “ARABAL 2012 represents a outlook for the industry future, opment and growth for genera- (for investment in Italy) we are Monti, called in to head an un- here yesterday. platform where large number of along with technology, environ- tions to come, all of us at Qapco studying at the moment,” Qatar’s elected technocrat government The region’s contribution to experts, industrialists and stake- ment, recycling, manufacturing are proud in the role we play in Prime Minister and Foreign a year ago at the height of the the global production was just 2.3 holders gather to promote the con- industries, and investments. meeting the goals.” Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin financial crisis, has faced grow- percent until 1983. With key coun- ference outputs, raise awareness, Fakhri extended sincere The inauguration event will Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani said ing speculation about his political tries including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and open the door for everyone to thanks and appreciation to take place at the Mesaieed at a news conference without future after elections expected in UAE and Oman set to expand their share experiences and informa- Minister of Energy and Industry Industrial City. elaborating. March. capacities, the region’s contribution tion and enhance communication and Chairman of the Board of Qatar is also preparing to He said nothing about his own to the global production is expected between various stakeholders” Directors of Qatalum H E Dr Oil rises to $111 sign another agreement with plans but repeated on Monday to go up further, Al Naki said while said Qatalum’s Public Relations Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada Italy worth ¤1bn aimed at small that the next government would briefing the preparation of the and Communication Director, for his patronage of the confer- on Middle East and medium-sized enterprises, continue the reform path. 16th edition of the “ARABAL” set and Head of the Preparatory ence, and to the members of Qatar’s Prime Minister said, add- “There are no guarantees about to open here today. Committee Ibrahim Jasem Fakhri. ARABAL on their support given ing that Qatar would participate what comes after the Italian elec- The three-day conference will Over 600 delegates have con- to the Preparatory Committee. tensions in half that amount. tions. But I am confident that we feature discussions on several top- firmed their participation, includ- ARABAL is the only conference Monti’s visit to the Gulf was will always have a responsible ics, panel discussions and outstand- ing representatives from 140 dedicated to the Arab aluminium LONDON: Oil rose towards partly aimed at attracting new government,” he said. ing workshops that focus on the companies from over 45 countries. industry. $111 a barrel yesterday as esca- investment both for Italian REUTERS aluminium sector at the local and Forty exhibitors will be THE PENINSULA lating violence in the Middle East fuelled concerns over oil supplies from the region and as hopes rose that a US budget cri- sis could be averted. Investors fear the Israeli- Three made-in-Qatar Palestinian conflict may draw in other countries and possibly disrupt energy exports from the region, which supplies more than tug boats launched a third of the world’s crude. Israel raised the stakes yesterday, DOHA: The launch of the first Constructed entirely in Qatar, saying it was ready for a ground three tug boats built at Erhama the three tugs are built in steel invasion in the Gaza Strip, but pre- Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard and took 12 months to complete. ferred a diplomatic solution. Brent in Qatar for Milaha and Qatar Equipped with Volvo D12 engines, futures were up $1.78 to trade at Petroleum’s Port of Mesaieed the tugs have an approximate $110.73 by 1346 GMT. US crude oil was celebrated yesterday with a speed of 10 knots and a bollard pull rose $1.36 to trade at $88.28. naming ceremony at shipbuilder of 10 tonnes. Before final handover “There’s no oil being lost, obvi- Nakilat-Damen Shipyards to Milaha, the tugs will undergo a ously. But it’s just the follow-on Qatar (NDSQ). period of commissioning. effect. No one likes confrontation The three 18M-long tug boats A further 16 vessels, includ- anywhere near the Gulf region,” are the first of a 19-vessel order ing pilot boats, tenders and more said Rob Montefusco, oil broker that NDSQ is currently working tugs, are to be built in Qatar by at Sucden Financial in London. on for Milaha and QP. The boats NDSQ and delivered to Milaha “I would have thought (oil) would are the first commercial vessels to and QP between now and Q3 2014. have been weaker, because the be built at Erhama Bin Jaber Al The order represents a significant demand hasn’t really been there.” Jalahma Shipyard in Ras Laffan, expansion of Qatar’s coastal logis- United Nations Secretary which is managed and operated by tics and an impressive develop- General Ban Ki-moon was due Nakilat and its partners. ment for the country’s maritime to arrive in Cairo on Monday At a ceremony held yesterday industry as well as its manufac- to support ceasefire efforts led at the shipyard on Ras Laffan’s turing capacity, aiding advance- by Egypt, which borders both Southern Breakwater where the ment towards diversification of Israel and Gaza and whose tugs were built, the boats’ names Qatar’s economy as outlined in Islamist-rooted government has Chairman and Managing Director of Milaha Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al Thani releases the ceremonial bottle to name – Alafja, Almelaihat and Umm the Qatar National Vision 2030. been hosting leaders of Hamas. one of the vessels yesterday. Hawat – were unveiled. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA/REUTERS TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Qatar to host first World GTL Conference Three-day meet from January 13

DOHA: The inaugural edition of the global GTL industry,” said of the World GTL Conference Ali Ahmed Ali Thani Al Suwaidi, is scheduled to be held in Doha Head of Events, Qatar Petroleum early next year. The conference (QP). will witness one of the indus- “The fact that the first-ever tries largest ever assemblies of edition of this event will be held international experts and gov- here in Doha effectively highlights ernment representatives when the State of Qatar’s preeminent it takes place on January 13 to position as the world’s GTL capi- 15, 2013, at The St Regis Doha. tal. This also underscores the Organised by the International country’s leading role in further Quality & Productivity Centre promoting the development of the (IQPC), with QP supporting the industry as GTL products con- three-day gathering as the host tinue to be widely used world- organisation, the congress will wide,” he added. Abdullah Al Naemi, Marketing Director, Tasweeq; Ettienne Rademeyer, CEO, Oryx GTL; Ali Ahmed Ali Thani Al Suwaidi, Head of Events, Qatar Petroleum; take place at a time when GTL is The World GTL Congress and Leila Masinaei Al Marzouqi, Divisional Director, Oil and Gas, IQPC Middle East; at a press briefing on the forthcoming World GTL Congress in Doha poised to become the fuel of the heralds the first annual meet- yesterday. (SALIM MATRAMKOT) future. Furthermore, the event ing for global GTL stakehold- will underline Qatar’s place at the ers and industry experts. It will industry leaders for the World agency agreement with QP to 2006, ORYX GTL has been at the issues relating to GTL’s legal and helm of the global GTL industry, focus on strengthening interna- GTL Congress as a diamond spon- market and sell Crude oil and forefront of the global GTL revo- financial framework, and develop organisers said here yesterday. tional cooperation in order to sor. Being the state sole exporter manage local petroleum trans- lution, pioneering the large-scale policies that will help drive the “Our strong support to indus- enhance the commercialization of regulated petroleum products portation fuels’, stated Abdullah production of ultra clean fuels in development of the industry. The try events, such as the World of remote stranded gas through ranging from condensates, LPG, Al Naemi, Marketing Director, Qatar, and we continue to inspire congress will also feature a world- GTL Congress, is in line with GTL technology, and will explore naphtha, gasoline and sulphur, Tasweeq. new GTL energy projects around class line up of international GTL QP’s objective to continuously the impact of GTL products on Tasweeq started marketing GTL Ettienne Rademeyer, Chief the world. visionaries who will showcase contribute to the full development the environment and on the econ- Naphtha produced by Pearl and Operating Officer of ORYX GTL, Over the three days of confer- technological innovations and of the world’s oil and gas sector, omies of host countries. Oryx in 2011. Tasweeq will also expressed his appreciation of ence and breakout workshops, offer solutions to the challenges and it also reflects our firm com- ‘Tasweeq is immensely market and sell GTL blended jet. Qatar’s role as a hub for techno- leading industry experts will dis- facing the region’s GTL industry. mitment to the continued growth honoured to partner with In 2009 Tasweeq entered into an logical innovation, stating, “Since cuss the most pressing strategic THE PENINSULA

GDI signs $34m deal to provide life boat services to Dolphin GIH seeks shareholder DOHA: Gulf Drilling International’s Chief Executive like to congratulate GDI for being International Limited (GDI) Officer Ibrahim J Al Othman. appointed and look forward to nod for bourse announced the signing of a After pursuing this compli- working with the team to imple- contract valued at an esti- mentary line of business for ment the scope of work.” mated $34m to provide lift several years, GDI is pleased to GDI Chief Executive Officer, delisting boat services to Dolphin have secured its first Lift Boat Ibrahim J Al Othman said: “GDI Energy Limited over a sixteen contract. The Lift Boat sector is pleased to have signed its first DUBAI: Kuwait’s Global month period. in Qatar is still in its infancy but Lift Boat Services contract with Investment House will ask The self propelled jack-up the demand for these specialised Dolphin and to continue the shareholders to approve delist- unit will provide accommoda- services is expected to grow as the momentum that has been estab- ing its shares from the bourse tion, maintenance and platform benefits derived from their usage lished for the further expansion after failing to secure a regu- support to Dolphin’s DOL 1 and become more widespread. GDI of GDI’s business. The Lift Boat latory waiver needed to imple- DOL 2 platforms. The vessel is aims to be the premier provider segment is one that we have been ment its restructuring plan, it scheduled to start operations in of Lift Boat services in Qatar, seeking to develop for several said yesterday. January of 2013 and will continue hence, the Dolphin contract is years and it is exciting news to Shareholders will meet on under the primary term of the viewed as a significant milestone have achieved this breakthrough. December 2 to discuss the move, contract through April of 2014. for GDI and a stepping stone for We welcome the opportunity to according to a Global statement. Dolphin has the option to extend future Lift Boat business. GDI is work with a prestigious customer The firm’s shares have not traded the term of this contract for up already looking for opportunities like Dolphin Energy and look for- in Kuwait since last December, to eight additional months. to source additional Lift Boat ves- ward to having a long and mutu- when the bourse suspended the The contract was signed by sels to meet the growing demand ally successful association with stock after Global accumulated Dolphin Energy’s General Adel for these services. them. losses exceeding 75 percent of its Officials exchanging documents during the signing ceremony. Albuainain and Gulf Drilling Albuainain, said: “We would THE PENINSULA capital. Global shareholders in September approved a debt-for- equity style plan to create new QATARI MARKET Positive movements in real estate market special purpose vehicles that will Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P carry the company’s debt. Under Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 105.94 0.81 % Aa2 AA DOHA: The Qatari real estate market is West Bay are now coming from inside Qatar the plan, Global will offer new Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.94 1.64 % Aa2 AA seeing positive movement, with high levels rather than internationally. shares worth KD122.2m ($433m) Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 126.13 2.15 % Aa2 AA of activity and increased interest in residen- “There has been a perceived oversupply of to creditors. Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 119.63 2.27 % Aa2 AA tial properties. Mark Kettenis, real estate residential rentals in Qatar since 2010, but with However, Global said yesterday Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 114.88 2.66 % Aa2 AA expert at Qatar’s leading real estate company, the number of COREO’s rentals increasing 8 it had been unable to get an exemp- Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 181.75 3.49 % Aa2 AA Coreo Real Estate and Relocation Company percent in the second quarter of 2012 alone, tion to rules requiring it to allow Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 140.25 3.97 % Aa2 AA (COREO), indicated Qatar’s rising interna- and demand continuing to outstrip supply on existing shareholders to take part Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 130.00 4.00 % Aa2 AA tional profile and population increases due to the Pearl specifically, we can only see the rental in any new equity offering. Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 105.63 1.35 % Aa2 AA business expansion as main catalysts for the market going from strength to strength in the “Global would like to assure its positive condition of the market. foreseeable future” stated Kettenis. shareholders that the implemen- Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 117.38 2.50 % Aa2 AA There is overall interest in the market, the Qatar’s population has increased by approxi- tation of the restructuring plan Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 106.63 1.61 % A1 A- signs are very positive. “Searches for rental mately 140,000 people from the same time last is dependent on the exemption Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.50 2.29 % A1 A- apartments in Qatar have increased almost 75 year according to latest numbers from the Qatar granted by the Capital Markets QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.75 2.15 % NR NR percent in comparison to the same time last year, Statistics Authority (QSA), driving demand for Authority from the mandatory QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.75 1.83 % Aa3 A+ with much of the interest focusing on the Pearl rental accommodation in popular areas of Doha offer rules to the special pur- QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 105.00 2.14 % Aa3 A+ specifically” Kettenis commented, adding, “This such as the Pearl, which sees properties regularly pose vehicle that shall subscribe Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.00 2.52 % A2 A- is not surprising, considering the success of the achieving significant capacity within months of to Global’s capital increase,” the Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.50 2.17 % A2 A World Cup 2022 bid, and the increasing appeal completion. statement said. Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 130.25 2.79 % A2 A of the Pearl as a place of residence”. Kettenis commented: “2012 has been a great Global, whose major sharehold- Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 112.50 3.02 % A2 A The Pearl has long been seen as one of the year so far; the increased interest in the prop- ers include the governments of Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 113.75 3.65 % A2 A most attractive areas of Doha for residential erty market reflects Qatar’s booming economy Kuwait and Dubai, is undergoing Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 108.38 0.93 % Aa3 A property among expats coming to the country and points to a bright future not just for us, but a second restructuring in three Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 110.75 2.87 % Aa3 A for work. This is mainly due to the luxurious for the entire country”. COREO is Qatar’s only years after the company asked Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 113.38 3.35 % Aa3 A amenities, landscaped beaches, marina, restau- specialised Real Estate and Relocation Company, creditors in September 2011 to SOVEREIGNS rant and retail scene. 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TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Qatar bourse Talco props up Tajik growth index adds 3.60 points Sell-off drags Saudi market down

DOHA: Qatar Exchange index dragged Saudi Arabia’s index to yesterday added 3.60 points a five-week low yesterday and or 0.04 percent to advance to most other Middle East markets 8,380.92 points from 8,377.32 on also fell as Israel-Palestine clashes Sunday. extended into a sixth day. The volume of the shares traded The kingdom’s market dropped fell to 2,587,130 from 3,287,577 on 1.9 percent to its lowest close since Sunday and the value of shares October 14. decreased to QR127,899,640.31 Israel bombed dozens of sus- from QR144,281,763.38 on Sunday. pected militant sites in the Among the top gainers were Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip yes- Qatar Insurance which was up 2.73 terday and Palestinians kept up percent to QR67.80, Doha Bank their cross-border rocket fire as rose 0.39 percent to QR51.30, Al international pressure for a truce khalij Commercial Bank gained intensified. 0.53 percent to QR16.99 and Qatar “People are getting worried the Navigation up by 2.11 percent to rising tension in Gaza can be the QR63.00. start of something worse,” said A general view of the Tajikistan Aluminium Co’s aluminium smelter complex, known as Talco, in the town of Tursunzade, some 50km west from the Tajik The banking and financial sec- Abdullah Alawi, assistant general capital of Dushanbe yesterday. Tajikistan, the poorest of the 15 former Soviet Union republics, relies heavily on the smelter’s earnings. Official data show tor index added 0.17 points while manager and head of research at aluminium accounted for around 57 percent of all Tajik hard currency export revenue in January-October of 2012. consumer goods and services sec- Al Jazira Capital research, add- tor index gained 5.87 points. The ing worries over the world econ- industrial sector dropped 3.59 omy were also weighing on Saudi points while insurance sector up investor sentiment. 35.12 points. Saudi large-caps lost ground, Iraq industries attract growing investment Gainers outnumbered losers with Saudi Basic Industries Corp nine to seven. Qatar Navigation (Sabic), the world’s largest chemi- climbed 2.1 percent. cals producer, and Al Rajhi Bank BAGHDAD: Iraqi industry is eases, there will be a jump in two percent to the country’s gross because the private sector is more “It’s all politics and Middle East each dropping 1.4 percent and beginning to shake off the legacy investment.” domestic product (GDP), according active ... but our first step is pro- conflict - the Gaza attack is scar- Samba Financial Group lost 2.4 of years of violence and economic Since the last US troops left in to central bank data. That figure duction-sharing deals,” Karim said. ing everyone,” said Yassir Mckee, percent. decline, with private investment December 2011, Prime Minister could and should be higher, Karim The ministry has signed head of brokerage at Doha’s Al Analyst say weak third-quarter in the sector expected to reach Nouri Al Maliki’s Shia-led gov- said. between 40 and 50 production- Rayan Financial Brokerage. earnings from petrochemical and as much as $7bn this year, up ernment has been politically “Our contribution (to GDP) sharing contracts with local and “Qatar should stay in range - it banking stocks — the two largest from $3bn in 2011. deadlocked and insurgents have should be no less than 20 to 25 per- foreign companies over the past needs some good news to take it sectors by market value — have Though political instability continued to carry out attacks. cent. I believe, if the political and two years, the deputy minister higher. Locals are not as scared made investors wary. and security issues remain, Adel Many of Iraq’s 260 factories the security situation calmed down, said. These have included German, as much as the foreigners when “Bluechip companies have shown Karim, the deputy industry minis- were either looted in the after- it would be possible to reach that French and Turkish companies. there is tension in the region.” weakness in the last quarter and ter, said that the country is reap- math of the US invasion in 2003 figure in three or four years easily.” It recently signed a $1bn contract “If volumes in Qatar don’t most analysts agree that next ing the rewards of opening up its or are outdated or located in res- Karim said the ultimate goal with Turkey’s UB Holding to restore increase in the medium-term, it’s year will witness slower growth financial and industrial sectors tive areas. was the gradual privatisation an iron and steel factory that was going to be difficult for people to in petchems, banks and telecoms,” and luring foreign investment and Iraq needs investment in every of all 260 government factories, looted during the 2003 invasion in accumulate,” said Musa Haddad, Alawi added. “The main sectors of expertise to revive its dilapidated sector, Karim said, and has an which are run by more than 70 the southern province of Basra. head of investment advisory the economy are maturing, which factories. “Iraq is still attract- ample enough budget to enable it to state-owned companies. For now, Karim also said the ministry is services at National Bank of Abu in return lowers the expectations ing foreign investment despite rebuild. Were it not for the unsta- however, the ministry plans to close to signing contracts worth Dhabi. “It will not get much atten- of exceptional growth.” political problems and terrorist ble political and security climate, continue to grant production- a combined $1 billion with three tion from international investors Elsewhere, Dubai’s bluechips attacks,” Karim said yesterday. investment in industry might have sharing agreements to protect Turkish companies to restore because the dividend yield growth dragged the emirate’s index to a “If things continue as they are been double the $7bn figure. ministry employees. three cement factories in north- is getting flat.” seven-week closing low. now, it is possible to exceed $7bn The country’s industrial sec- “Our main goal is to hand over ern and southern Iraq. Meanwhile, a sharp sell-off AGENCIES in 2013. And if the political crisis tor currently contributes a mere our companies to the private sector, REUTERS Egypt to offer $1.5bn in treasury bills Saudi oil burning hits CAIRO: Egypt’s central bank 1bn Egyptian pounds ($164m) in Egyptian debt rose by 3 basis The central bank said it sold said it would offer $1.5bn in three-year bonds. points yesterday to a six-week more euro T-bills yesterday than record high this year one-year dollar-denominated The dollar T-bills, which will be high of 420 basis points because the 400 million it had offered, and treasury bills at a November 26 settled on November 27, effectively of the flare-up of fighting in the that the weighted average yield DUBAI: Saudi Arabia burned a former top executive at Saudi auction, rolling over bills matur- roll over $1.53bn in dollar T-bills region,” traders said. had fallen to 2.548 percent from record volumes of crude oil over Aramco said. ing from last year when it intro- that mature on November 26. “Egypt still under pressure the 3.245 percent at its first euro the summer, official government “But demand (for power) was duced the instrument. Economists say funds available given the lack of progress towards T-bill auction in August. figures show, contrary to its aim significantly higher, due to an The popular uprising in early at local banks are nonetheless any form of cease-fire in Israel/ “Due to increased appetite of using more gas for power exceptionally hot summer.” 2011 deterred foreign investors, limited and in the longer term a Gaza,” an emerging markets by local and foreign financial generation to reduce wastage of In summer 2011, record Saudi forcing the government to rely on $4.8bn loan that Egypt is seeking trader said. institutions (the) Ministry of crude that it could export. imports of diesel and fuel oil, domestic banks for finance. from the International Monetary Youssef Kamel, an analyst with Finance accepted ¤640.2m,” the During the peak period from which is used to generate power A series of foreign loans in Fund will be crucial to the gov- Rasmala, said that as of August central bank said in a emailed early June through September, in parts of the country, combined recent months has helped Egypt’s ernment’s ability to fund a deficit around 18.5 percent of all deposits statement. Saudi Arabia burned an average with a sharp rise in Saudi crude government shore up its finances, now running at about 11 percent in Egyptian banks were in foreign The average yield at an auc- of 763,250 barrels per day (bpd) production which boosted associ- and one fixed-income analyst said of gross domestic product. currencies. tion on Monday of 1bn Egyptian of crude, compared to an aver- ated gas supplies, contributed to the central bank should have little An IMF team negotiating the “Banks may be encouraged to pounds of 3-year bonds declined to age of 701,250bpd last year and the first hiatus in the rise of crude problem in finding buyers for the loan extended its stay in Cairo buy the issue as foreign currency 13.2732 percent from 13.413 per- 747,750bpd in the previous record burning since 2003. dollar T-bill. yesterday for a second time to try deposits have not fallen markedly cent at the last issue on November summer of 2010, official govern- Lack of refinery capacity means The central bank also said that to conclude a deal, which Egypt’s since the beginning of the year 6, with the central bank selling all ment data issued on Sunday Saudi has to import fuel. at auctions on Monday it had sold prime minister said was close. and given record low global inter- the bonds it had offered. under the Joint Oil Data Initiative Saudi crude production aver- ¤640.2m ($813m) in T-bills and Credit default swaps on est rates,” he said. REUTERS (JODI) shows. aged 9.845 million bpd from June Saudi Oil Minister Ali Ibrahim to September 2012, or 192,500 bpd Al Nuaimi said in March that more than it pumped in the same more natural gas should be avail- period of last year, which would Halkbank sale not soon able from fields that only produce have brought with it more associ- RBS Irish unit gas, or so-called non-associated ated gas from the kingdom’s vast fields, to meet peak summer oil fields. fined $2.5m over power demand, potentially sav- But there was still not enough ing millions of barrels of valuable gas to meet demand as tempera- capital rules crude for export. tures in the kingdom soared over Key to this plan was the ramp- 45 degrees Celsius. DUBLIN: The Irish Central up of Karan, Saudi Aramco’s first Despite stepping up diesel and fuel Bank has fined Royal Bank non-associated offshore gas field, oil imports , a market made tighter of Scotland’s Irish unit ¤2m which was completed ahead of by sanctions on Iran kept prices ($2.5m) for violating liquidity schedule, helping boost Saudi gas high and supplies scarce, forcing the and capital rules, in the latest production by 18 percent over country sitting on the world’s largest regulatory blow to the national- summer, Aramco said in October. oil reserves to burn around 7.56 mil- ised British bank. Karan, which can pump gas lion more barrels of oil over the four RBS is already under investi- free from OPEC-constrained months than it did last year. gation by US and UK authori- crude oil fields, should save tens At an average price of $105 a ties over the Libor interest rate of millions of barrels of crude for barrel, that equates to around rigging scandal and for possible export over coming years. $800m more Saudi crude burnt breaches of US economic sanc- But its rapid ramp up was not this summer. tions against Iran. enough to prevent a rebound in Saudi Arabia is by far the larg- The Central Bank said RBS crude oil burning in the world’s est user of crude oil for power subsidiary Ulster Bank reported leading oil exporting country, as generation, with most countries a capital shortfall in March last rampant power demand and tight outside the Middle East cutting year of ¤313m. The firm imme- supplies of alternative fuels for back oil-fired power generation diately received a capital injec- electricity and sea-water desali- long ago in favour of gas, nuclear tion from RBS to rectify the nation sucked in millions more and renewable energy sources. shortfall. Saudi crude barrels for burning Aramco now manages known Ulster Bank lacked sound this year. gas reserves of 279 trillion cubic strategies and processes to assess “Karan has definitely contrib- feet, the fourth largest in the its capital levels during the period uted to reduce crude oil burn- world, and hopes to increase its of the violations, between January Turkey’s Halkbank headquarters are seen in Ankara yesterday. A block sale of Turkish state-controlled Halkbank ing, had it not been on stream, gross gas production from 10.2 bil- 26 and September 13, 2011, the is not on the immediate agenda but could be possible in the medium to long term, Turkish Finance Minister oil burning could have exceeded lion cubic feet per day (bcfd) in central bank said. Mehmet Simsek said yesterday. 850,000 bpd in the peak summer 2010 to more than 15 bcfd by 2015. REUTERS period,” said Sadad al-Husseini, REUTERS TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

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United States Grand Prix Results 1 Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1:35:55.269 2 Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Hamilton wins in the US, RedBull - Renault +00:00.675 3 Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 00:39.229 4 Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 00:46.013 5 Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 00:56.432 6 Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Lotus - takes title race to Brazil Renault 01:04.425 7 Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus - Renault 01:10.313 Alonso thirteen points behind leader Vettel with one race remaining 8 Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India - Mercedes 01:13.792 AUSTIN, TEXAS: The title. “The race unfortunately 9 Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Formula One title battle hinged on one backmarker who Williams - Renault 01:14.525 between Red Bull’s Sebastian didn’t use his mirrors, that was 10 Bruno Senna (Brazil) Williams - Vettel and Ferrari’s Fernando the difference,” said Horner after Renault 01:15.133 Alonso will go down to the wire Hamilton passed Vettel for the 11 Sergio Perez (Mexico) Sauber - in Brazil after McLaren’s Lewis lead on lap 42 after the German Ferrari 01:24.341 12 Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Hamilton won the US Grand had lost time behind Indian Rosso - Ferrari 01:24.871 Prix yesterday. Narain Karthikeyan’s HRT. 13 Nico Rosberg (Germany) Championship leader Vettel “There was nothing between Mercedes 01:25.510 finished second after starting the two of them today. They were 14 Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) his 100th career F1 race on pole trading times all afternoon and Sauber - Ferrari 1 lap position while Alonso remained it was that one backmarker that in contention with third place cost us. Driver Standings and is now 13 points adrift of the “But congratulations to Lewis, 1. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Red Bull 273 German with one race left. he’s obviously had bad luck at While Vettel was denied a third other races and it was important 2. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 260 straight title, Red Bull were able to finish ahead of Fernando,” said 3. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Lotus 206 to celebrate the constructors’ title Horner. 4. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 190 - becoming only the fourth team Hamilton, winner of the last US 5. Mark Webber (Australia) Red Bull 167 in the 62 year history of the sport Grand Prix staged in the United 6. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 163 to take the championship three States five years ago, had been 7. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 107 years in a row. second at the start with Alonso 8. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus 96 “It’s incredible, something that lining up seventh. everyone throughout the team has The Spaniard would have 9. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes GP 93 worked incredibly hard for and to started eighth but Brazilian 10. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Sauber 66 have achieved it is something...I’m Felipe Massa took a five-place 11. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Sauber 58 speechless really,” said team prin- penalty to move his Ferrari team 12. N Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India 53 cipal Christian Horner. mate to the clean side of the grid. Racing Legend Mario Andretti (second left) poses with Britain’s Lewis Hamilton McLaren Mercedes (second right) 13. Paul Di Resta (Britain) Force India 46 Vettel need finish only fourth “A first-time winner. I’m so on the podium after winning the United States Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, 14. P Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams 45 in the Sao Paulo finale to take the happy,” beamed Hamilton, inter- Texas, yesterday. At right is third place finisher Ferrai driver Fernando Alonso of Spain and left is second place 15. Michael Schumacher (Germany) title but the weather at Interlagos viewed by US Formula One great finisher Germany’s Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing. can be fickle and the wily and con- Mario Andretti on the podium, Mercedes GP 43 sistent Alonso cannot be ruled out of picking up where he left at for what would also be his third Indianapolis in 2007 by winning the first race at the new Circuit Ecclestone of the Americas. Third spot is like victory: Alonso “It was such a warm welcome backs Vettel to and one of the best, if not the AUSTIN, TEXAS: Fernando improved and we were in the best, race of the year - especially claim F1 title Alonso (pictured) said finish- leading group. for me and the team,” added the ing third in yesterday’s United “It was not possible to have 2008 champion, wearing a cowboy States Grand Prix was, for him, the pace of these two guys (Lewis hat on the podium, who is mov- BERLIN: Formula One’s pay- as good as a win after he had Hamilton and Vettel). They were ing to Mercedes at the end of the master Bernie Ecclestone says qualified only ninth for Ferrari. too far ahead, but I had enough to season. his money is on Sebastian He was soon after elevated keep the guys behind. “It’s been a long time since we Vettel to edge Fernando Alonso to eighth because of a gearbox- “This weekend it is like a victory had a win. I’m so proud of the and secure a third consecutive change penalty for Frenchman for us. Losing just three points team and grateful for the support world drivers’ title. Romain Grosjean of Lotus and, was something no one thought we’ve had.” Ecclestone, when asked by jour- yesterday, advanced another yesterday night or Friday night While Vettel and Red Bull nalists, who he would bet on for position -- and to the clean right after practice. So we are happy team mate Mark Webber got the title, said: “I’d say Sebastian”. side of the grid -- when his team to have another good Sunday and away quickly, Alonso made his As to who he believes deserves decided to incur a penalty for score good points again.” move and was fourth after the the 2012 crown Ecclestone said: Brazilian Felipe Massa by break- first lap in the first three or four Alonso swept up to fourth on first corner. “Perhaps Sebastian on the basis ing the seal on his car’s gearbox. positions. the opening lap and inherited The Spanish driver was gifted of his results (five wins). “We know that our champion- “And after that, the race third when Australian Mark another spot on lap 17 when “But Fernando hasn’t had the ship is alive thanks to the first becomes a bit easier if you are in Webber retired. Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton Webber retired with an alterna- best car for the majority of the laps,” said Ferrari F1 driver leading group. Today (yesterday) Alonso has not won a race tor problem in a worrying devel- time, that’s why he deserves it Alonso. we knew we had a good chance. since the German GP and needs of McLaren Mercedes holds up the opment for the Red Bull team. too,” he said yesterday at the US “We always qualified around I tried to overtake people at the to finish at least third to have a winner’s trophy. REUTERS Grand Prix. AFP seventh or eighth and finish the first corner and then the pace chance of winning the title. AFP High-flying Lakers NFL: Texans Lockout talks to edge Jaguars in resume today down Rockets overtime thriller SALVO: National Hockey League (NHL) and players’ union officials will meet again LOS ANGELES: Mike being ready to coach his first LOS ANGELES: Andre today in New York in a bid to D’Antoni’s coaching debut game today at home against Johnson scored the winning resolve the bitter two-month- was put on hold but the Los Brooklyn. touchdown on a 48-yard screen old labor dispute, the league Angeles Lakers won any- “I am hoping but it is day-to- pass as the Houston Texans said. way yesterday, beating the day,” D’Antoni said yesterday. edged the Jacksonville Jaguars Weekend discussions between Houston Rockets 119-108 “I am not going to compromise 43-37 in overtime to post their NHL Deputy Commissioner behind a triple double per- any kind of energy problems I fourth consecutive NFL victory Bill Daly and NHL Players’ formance from superstar might have on the bench. yesterday. Association (NHLPA) special Kobe Bryant. “Bernie (Bickerstaff) does Houston kicker Shayne Graham counsel Steve Fehr led to the D’Antoni was hoping to a great job and I have ter- booted a 25-yard field goal in the decision, Daly said. make his Lakers head coach- rific faith in him so hopefully Texans’ first overtime posses- Both Commissioner Gary ing debut Sunday night, but Tuesday is a go.” sion but the Jaguars’ Josh Scobee Bettman and NHLPA Executive decided hours before the game The Lakers have gone 4-1 answered with a 33-yard field Director Donald Fehr are set to that he was not quite ready under interim head coach goal kick of his own to keep the join the session, the first between to return. Bickerstaff. game going. The Jaguars had an the two groups in a week. He is recov- NBA Results Los opportunity to win the game when “I expect (a) relatively small ering from Angeles Derek Cox intercepted quarter- (meeting), but Don and Gary New York 88 Indiana 76 knee replace- began the back Matt Schaub and returned and players and owners will both ment surgery Toronto 97 Orlando 86 year 1-4, the ball to the Texans’ 47. be present,” Daly said. earlier this Philadelphia 86 Cleveland 79 which With just over 2 1/2 min- He did not, however, raise month and Brooklyn 99 Sacremento 90 resulted in utes remaining in the overtime hopes for a solution to a new is still on Oklahoma City 119 Golden State 109 the sacking of Jacksonville decided to go for the collective bargaining agree- crutches. Detroit 103 Boston 83 Mike Brown. win. Jacksonville quarterback ment that would end the work Bryant The Lakers Chad Henne’s pass was incom- stoppage, which has left players Portland 102 Chicago 94 finished with then passed plete, giving Houston the ball. locked out by the owners since 22 points, 11 LA Lakers 119 Houston 108 on a chance Schaub ended it with a pass to September 15. rebounds and to bring back Johnson who raced down the side- “I have no expectations with 11 assists and Dwight Howard 11-time NBA champion Phil line for the winning score with respect to the meeting at this had 28 points and 13 rebounds Jackson after they hired just over two minutes to play. point,” Daly said, “including in the victory for Los Angeles, D’Antoni on Monday last AFP with respect to whether any which recorded a season-high week. progress toward an agreement point total. Los Angeles have also been NFL results can be made.” “We shot the ball fairly without Canadian Steve Nash, Washington 31 Philadelphia 6 The meeting comes as specu- well,” Bryant said. “We seemed who won a pair of NBA MVPs Green Bay 24 Detroit 20 lation rises that the league could to make the right decisions. running D’Antoni’s up-tempo Atlanta 23 Arizona 19 cancel more games next week if “We got to keep playing offence with Phoenix. Nash Tampa Bay 27 Carolina 21 progress is not made. with a lot of energy, execute missed his eighth consecutive Already the NHL has called Dallas 23 Cleveland 20 well and read the defences game with a broken leg. off all games through November well.” Chandler Parsons scored NY Jets 27 St Louis 13 30 as well as its showcase New D’Antoni conducted the 24 points to lead the Rockets, Houston 43 Jacksonville 37 Year’s Day Winter Classic, cost- Lakers’ practice for the first who have lost six of their last Cincinnati 28 Kansas City 6 ing the league millions of dollars time Thursday, but wasn’t on eight games. New Orleans 38 Oakland 17 in revenue. the bench for their 114-102 win Bryant had 11 points in the Denver 30 San Diego 23 The NHLPA did not respond against Phoenix on Friday or first quarter, while Howard immediately to questions about New England 59 Indianapolis 24 yesterday. added 10 as the Lakers started today’s meeting. REUTERS He is now planning on quickly. 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QSL Results Yesterday’s results Al Sadd 2 Al Wakra 1 Al Sadd edge Al Wakra to Al Kharaitiyat 1 Al Rayyan 2 Al Gharafa 2 Al Khor 1 Sunday’s results Eljaish 3 Al Arabi 0 Lekhwiya 2 Qatar SC 0 remain unbeaten in QSL Umm Salal 3 Al Sailiyah 2 Al Gharafa, Al Rayyan earn hard-fought victories in Round Seven QSL Standings QSL standings after round 7. DOHA: Powered by goals from Khalfan Ibrahim and Nadir P W D L G/f G/a Pts Belhadj, Qatar Stars League Al Sadd 7 7 0 0 22 7 21 (QSL) points leaders Al Sadd Al Rayyan 7 4 1 2 14 11 13 yesterday edged past Al Wakra Lekhwiya 7 4 1 2 7 3 13 2-1 for their seventh successive win this season. Elaish 7 4 0 3 10 1 12 With national team play- Al Wakra 7 3 2 2 11 7 11 ers back in the fold, Al Sadd’s Umm Salal 7 3 2 2 10 -3 11 Ibrahim opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Al Gharafa 7 2 3 2 6 0 9 It was the Qatari striker’s 5th Qatar SC 7 2 2 3 9 -3 8 goal in the last three matches for Al Khor 7 1 3 3 8 10 6 the Doha giants. Belhadj, the 30-year-old Al Arabi 7 0 4 3 6 -6 4 Alegrian winger, fired the deci- Al Sailiyah 7 1 1 5 9 -8 4 sive goal for Al Sadd in the 57th Al Kharaitiat 7 0 3 4 4 -4 3 minute. For Al Wakra, Ahmed Ali scored in the 51st minute. Coached by Hussein Amute, Al QSL Fixtures Sadd have played seven matches Al Khor coach Laszlo Boloni shouts instructions during his team’s Qatar Stars League (QSL) match against Al Gharafa yesterday. CENTRE: George and won all the fixtures. Next week’s fixtures (round 8): Semakor (second right) celebrates with his team-mates after his side Al Gharafa scored a goal. Australia’s Mark Bresciano (right) is also seen. RIGHT: Al Sadd lead the QSL standings Friday November 23 with 21 points. Hamad Zaher (left) goes in for a challenge. Al Gharafa won 2-1. Also yesterday, Jarrallah Al 16:00 Al Sadd vs Al Khor at Marri rescued Heir Apparent QSL champions Al Gharafa edge The “Leopards’ have 9 points season with three back-to-back The next day, Al Sailiyah will Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Cup winners Al Rayyan with a past Al Khor in their round-seven from 7 matches. wins, have failed to post a victory be aiming to bounce back from 16:00 Elaish vs Al Wakra at brace as Diego Aguirre-coached clash. Defending champions in the last four fixtures. their 3-2 defeat against Umm Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium side beat Al Kharaitiyat 2-1. Diego Tardelli (71) and Fatham Lekhwiya, who are coached by The next round of matches Salal, when they host Qatar SC. 18:30 Al Rayyan vs Al Al Marri scored 73rd and in Al Shammari (78) powered the Belgian Eric Gerets, are in third commence on November 23 Bottom side Al Kharaitiyat, Gharafa at Ahmed Bin Ali extra time (90 + 3) to seal Al former champions to a 2-1 win on spot with 13 points. when QSL leaders Al Sadd host who have won once this season- Stadium Rayyan’s fourth win of the season. home soil. Fouth-placed Eljaish, who also Al Khor. have a date with Geret’s side Saturday November 24 Al Rayyan are in second place Earlier, Julio Cesar had con- have 13 points, are one slot behind Eljaish, will be aiming to con- Lekhwiya. 16:00 Al Sailiyah vs Qatar with 13 points from 7 matches. verted from the spot kick in the Lekhwiya, following their 3-0 win tinue their impressive form when In the other QSL match Umm SC at Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium For Al Kharaitiyat, the ever- 61st minute. against Al Arabi on Saturday. they play Al Wakra. Salal will be hoping to maintain reliable Yahya Keipi found the net Al Gharafa, coached by Paulo Martins Adriano and a brace Elsewhere, Aguirre’s Al Rayyan their winning streak when they 16:00 Al Kharaitiyat vs in extra time (90 + 4). Silas, beat Eljaish 2-0 almost a from Brazil’s Wagner Ribeiro welcome former QSL champions tackle winless Al Arabi, who are Lekhwiya at Al Khor Stadium In the third clash of the day, a month ago in what the club’s first secured the three points. Al Gharafa at Ahmed Bin Ali coached by Hassan Shehata. 18:30 Umm Salal vs Al Arabi couple of late goals helped former win this season. Al Wakra, who started the Stadium. THE PENINSULA at Al Arabi Stadium Qatar to play Azerbaijan in World Hockey League opener

DOHA: Hosts Qatar will begin their campaign in the Men’s World Hockey League Round One (FIHHWL) against Azerbaijan on November 27, at Al Rayyan Stadium, the Qatar Hockey Federation (QHF) said. Five countries will be seen in action in Round One of the Na Yeon Choi of South Korea FIHHWL, with hosts Qatar and poses with the winner’s trophy Oman, representing the GCC. after her two-stroke victory at the Turkey, Sri Lanka and CME Group Titleholders in Naples, QMMF Racing Team rider Saeed Al Sulaiti poses for a picture before his Azerbaijan complete the list for Florida, yesterday. race at the Spanish Championship in Valencia. Al Sulaiti along with Nasser the November 27 to December 2 Al Malki will take part in the Championship for the 2013 season. championship. The tournament will be played at Al Rayyan Stadium, where the Golf: Choi 2006 Asian Games hockey tourna- QMMF confirms Al Malki ment was held. QHF General Secretary wins LPGA Mohammed Nazer saidRound One of the FIHHWL will witness and Al Sulaiti for 2013 some closely fought encounters, season finale as all teams are coming to Qatar with well-balanced and well pre- NAPLES, FLORIDA: Na Spanish Championship pared squads for the tournament. Yeon Choi capped her outstand- “According to information A file picture of a hockey match between Oman and Qatar at Al Rayyan ing 2012 LPGA campaign with DOHA: Top Qatari riders The Spanish Championship is available, Azerbaijan will come Hockey Stadium. Qatar will begin their Men’s World Hockey Legue Round a two-stroke victory over fel- Nasser Al Malki and Saeed Al tough and a very good learn- with a team full of ex-Olympians One campaign against Azerbaijan on November 27. low South Korean So Yeon Ryu Sulaiti are confirmed entries ing experience. I want to thank and also have some quality players yesterday in the $1.5m season- for the Spanish Championship Anthony (West) also. He helped from Pakistan who have opted to Men’s World Hockey League – Round 1 ending Titleholders. (CEV) next year. me a lot.” play for Azerbaijan. (November 27 - December 2, 2012) Match Schedule Choi countered a double-bogey This was confirmed by Al Malki, said: “The track was Oman, one of the two GCC 27 November at the third with an eagle at the Qatar Motor and Motorcycling wet in the warm up and I just only countries in action in the tour- Sri Lanka vs Turkey, 4:00pm; Azerbaijan vs Qatar, 6.00pm par-five fifth. She added three Federation (QMMF) who entered rode to check the bike. Yesterday nament, had beaten Qatar in the 28 November more birdies -- the last of them the two riders for this year’s I was thinking too much about last Test series held in Qatar, so Azerbaijan vs Turkey, 4.00pm; Oman vs Qatar, 6.00pm at the par-four 16th, for a two- championship that ended last what to do today, but I couldn’t do they know the local conditions,” 29 November Rest Day under par 70 and a 72-hole total week. everything I had planned. At the said the QHF official. 30 November of 14-under 274. Her second vic- “Both riders have learnt a lot race start, I wanted to pass some Regarding the hosts Qatar, tory of the year, after a triumph Sri Lanka vs Oman, 4.00pm; Turkey vs Qatar, 6.00pm from their first races until now riders but it was difficult because Nazer said the local boys have in the US Women’s Open and 1 December 2012 and they are looking forward the track were wet in some parts.” benefitted from their sting in took her total prize money for the Azerbaijan vs Oman, 4.00pm; Qatar vs Sri Lanka, 6.00pm to continuing it the next year,” The Qatari added: “I tried it the National Hockey League of campaign to $1.9 million. QMMF said in a statement and I passed riders in the first Malaysia. 2 December “I’m really happy with how yesterday. corner. After that, I tried to fol- “We are have set a target to Oman vs Turkey, 4.00pm; Sri Lanka vs Azerbaijan, 6.00pm I played this season,” said the “All the team is now way home low riders faster than me, but finish among the top two. Seven Venue: Al Rayyan Stadium 25-year-old Choi. “I won my first with many goals achieved. Next it was hard to follow them. My players of Qatar National team major and even this tournament year, hopefully the opportunities experience is not enough to take were part of the Johor Hockey international fixture when they International Hockey Federation is very big for me.” will come again for the QMMF big risks and I don’t want to have Association which won the edged the visiting Brazilian team (FIH), will be held over two years, Ryu, fell out of a tie for the riders to grow further,” the state- a crash.” Presidents Cup in Johor, Malaysia 3-2 in the first Test of a 5-match and will serve as qualifiers for the lead with a three-putt bogey on ment added. Al Sulaiti said: “The warm up recently,” he said. series at Al Rayyan Stadium. Olympics and the Hockey World the par-five 14th. She settled for Al Malki said: “The year has was my first time in wet condi- A QFA official added: “The Nazer said Sri Lanka team Cup. There are four rounds of a 70 for 276. AFP been really good, the team and tions. I felt quite fast, faster than experience of playing in the matches will attract a large of competition. my mechanics have done a fan- others riders, but it didn’t mat- Malaysian league will be an fans from the island nation. Teams that are lower ranked Results tastic job. We have learnt a lot ter because the race was held in added advantage besides playing “Sri Lanka is likely to be crowd in the FIH ranking are slotted in NAPLES, Florida: Leading final-round scores and hopefully we will continue to almost dry conditions.” at home.” favourites and we are optimistic FIHHWL Round One. yesterday from the $1.5m season-ending improve next year also.” Al Sulaiti added: “In the race, Qatar made its international of a large turnout of fans for their Teams ranked 9 to 16 are given LPGA Titleholders (USA unless noted, Al Sulaiti said: “I am very proud I started quite good. I overtook hockey debut against Oman, matches. Of the fifth team in the byes to the second round while par-72): of my team, the QMMF. I am also four riders at the first corner ranked seventh in Asia, in a Test tournament, Turkey is a surprise nations ranked 1-8 are given byes 274 - Na Yeon Choi (KOR) 67-68-69-70 proud of myself. They have helped from the outside and then I have match at the Al Rayyan Stadium package,” he said. until Round Four. 276 - So Yeon Ryu (KOR) 66-72-68-70 me a lot all this year and I hope had some problems with the traf- in March this year. Qatar lost FIHHWL which will comprise Various tournaments will be 277 - Brittany Lincicome 68-69-70-70 to be here the next year also. I fic. I was following riders those both the matches after having four rounds, started in August staged in the first three rounds, 278 - Karrie Webb (AUS) 69-69-71-69 want to thank QMMF president who brake to early and that cost taken the lead. 2012, and is slotted to finish in with eight teams fighting it out in (Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah) me valuable time.” In April, Qatar created his- February 2014. The FIHHWL the concluding round. 279 - Ai Miyazato (JPN) 70-64-71-74 for giving me this opportunity. THE PENINSULA tory by winning their first ever competition is organised by the THE PENINSULA 280 - Karine Icher (FRA) 67-70-70-73 TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Tricky away test awaits Chelsea The holders face Juventus in Turin; Barcelona aim to bounce back against Spartak

LONDON: Holders Chelsea face Juventus away and need to Barcelona’s Daniel Fixtures show the resilience that brought Alves controls the European Champions League fixtures today (kick-offs 1945GMT unless stated): them success last season, rather ball with his head than the recent failings they during a training Group E have shown in the Premier session ahead of At Copenhagen League, if they want to reach the Champions Nordsjaelland (DEN) vs Shakhtar (UKR) the last 16 of the Champions League match At Turin, Italy League this week. against Spartak Juventus (ITA) vs Chelsea (ENG) With two matches to play Moscow, at the Group F former champions Manchester United and Porto and impressive Luzhniki Stadium At Borisov, Belarus (1700) newcomers Malaga are the only in Moscow, BATE Borisov (BLR) vs Lille (FRA) teams mathematically certain of yesterday. RIGHT: At Valencia, Spain qualifying, although the make up Manchester Valencia (ESP) vs Bayern Munich (GER) United’s Dutch of the first knockout round will Group G become clearer this week. forward Robin At Moscow (1700) UEFA use a complicated head- van Persie (left) to-head and mini-league tiebreak and defender Spartak Moscow (RUS) vs Barcelona (ESP) system to work out the final rank- Rio Ferdinand At Lisbon ings instead of goal difference, smile during a Benfica (POR) vs Celtic (SCO) meaning uncertainties about who training session Group H qualifies can last until the final at the Carrington At Istanbul kick of the final match. training complex in Galatasaray (TUR) vs Man United (ENG) But in reality, Arsenal, Manchester, north- At Cluj, Romania Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Celtic, west England. Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan, Cluj (ROM) vs Braga (POR) Manchester Paris St Germain, Real Madrid, United will face Schalke 04, Shakhtar Donetsk and Valencia can all advance this Galatasaray today. week if results go their way. Ajax appoint Chelsea will also go through today if they win their Group E two weeks ago when they beat similarly effective in Group G but weekend win over Zaragoza as a thought it would be but at least as match against Juventus in Turin, Shakhtar 3-2 at Stamford Bridge defeat away to Celtic in Glasgow result of a series of injuries while it was my arm I was able to train Van Der Sar sealing their place in the last 16 with a last-gasp header from means that they still have work to regular full-backs Jordi Alba and quickly afterwards. You have to for a 10th successive season. Victor Moses sealing the points do as they bid to qualify in first Dani Alves have also been in the keep positive and try to help the But Roberto Di Matteo’s men and making qualification more place. treatment room. team.” as marketing travel without a win in their last Their domestic form has been A stubborn rearguard action Defence is an area where Barca Celtic scored one of the four Premier League games and poor with only two points from from Celtic earned them a memo- lack cover and they have resorted upsets of the season when they director reeling from a surprise 2-1 defeat 12 in their last four games. rable 2-1 victory over a side which to fielding Javier Mascherano and beat favourites Barcelona 2-1 at West Bromwich Albion on But at least their Champions has won the Champions League Alex Song, both more comfortable at Parkhead two weeks ago but Saturday when defensive lapses League prospects are far brighter twice in the last four years. in central midfield, as their regu- Barca still top Group G with nine ROTTERDAM: Former goal- cost them the points. than those of English champions Barca had vast amount of pos- lar centre-half pairing. points. keeper Edwin van der Sar “For some unknown reason Manchester City. session but were blocked out by Puyol admits that the team Celtic are second on seven, has joined the board of Ajax November seems to be a bad Meanwhile, Barcelona travel a sea of green and white shirts needs to improve defensively. three clear of Benfica and four Amsterdam as marketing month for this club,” the Italian to face Champions League rivals while in defence they were opened “We have had a fantastic start ahead of Spartak Moscow. director, the Dutch club said told reporters. Spartak Moscow with a prolific up, sowing doubts. - although we need to sort out Celtic beat Inter Milan to win yesterday. No European champion has forward line led by Lionel Messi Barca have suffered from a the defensive situation and we the 1967 final at the rarely-used In a statement the club said failed to get through a group but concern continues about the series of injuries at the back and are working on that. Generally National Stadium, but if they Van der Sar, who began his play- stage since the Champions League state of their defence. they have already conceded 15 the problems have been on set- win today’s match at Benfica’s ing career with Ajax and ended began but if Chelsea lose in Turin Tito Vilanova’s side have been goals in the league. plays where we have been caught Stadium of Light they will have it after six years at Manchester they will be in danger of becoming in ruthless form in La Liga claim- Defenders Carles Puyol and out,” he said. cause for more celebrations in the United, had joined the board along the first to do so. ing 34 points from a possible 36 as Gerard Pique were able to “I’ve gone through my worst Portuguese capital having secured with Michael Kinsbergen who will Chelsea’s most important they lead the way at the top of the play together for the first time experience in terms of injuries as a definite place in the knockout be managing director. victory in recent weeks came table, while in Europe they were since mid-September in the 3-1 this one was more painful than I round. AGENCIES “Van der Sar had a fantastic career and also has natural lead- ership and therefore the poten- tial to be our managing director Aussie chiefs hail TV deal as clubs eye Beckham in the future,” Ajax CEO Hans Weijers said in the statement. SYDNEY: Australian football see A-League matches shown on Liverpool. And the rights deal still be struck for a 10-match “Kinsbergen will lead the board chiefs yesterday hailed a bumper free-to-air TV for the first time. comes as clubs jostle to bring guest stint. and organisation in the coming US$166m television deal as they The previous arrangement Beckham, 37, to Australia from The Sydney Morning Herald years and also guide Van der Sar refused to give up on bringing with Fox was worth A$120m over January, despite the LA Galaxy reported that Melbourne Heart in his further development.” former England captain David seven years. midfielder’s denials that a deal is and Adelaide United were also in Van der Sar retired in 2011 Beckham (pictured) Down “The former sleeping giant of in the offing. the race to sign Beckham along after a glittering career that Under. The four-year arrange- Australian sport is awake. He’s Perth Glory have put their “hat with an unnamed side that has brought two Champions League ment with Fox Sports, pay TV out of bed, he’s in the street and in the ring” and are readying a already made a secret bid. and eight domestic titles. provider Foxtel and free-to-air now has some cash in his pock- bid, wealthy owner Tony Sage told Under the new broadcast deal, A number of former players channel SBS is the most valu- ets,” said FFA chief executive yesterday’s The Australian. Fox Sports will provide exclusive have returned to Ajax in a variety able and important commercial David Gallop. Beckham’s management team live coverage of all Socceroos of roles since a major shake-up at deal ever reached in Australian The A-League’s profile has had on Friday played down talk of any matches and will remain the pri- the club in 2011. football, Football Federation a major boost following the sign- move Down Under after FFA said mary broadcaster of the domestic Frank de Boer is currently the Australia said. ing of Juventus great Alessandro that the star player wanted to A-League competition until 2017. first team manager while Marc The A$160m agreement, Del Piero and ex-England striker join an A-League club. SBS will present Friday night Overmars is director of football. which starts in July 2013, will Emile Heskey, who has played for But Gallop insisted a deal could A-League matches live. AFP Dennis Bergkamp and Wim Jonk are both part of the club’s coach- ing set-up. REUTERS Houston, Galaxy to clash in repeat MLS final Hearts reject

SEATTLE: LA Galaxy and who met a perfectly delivered Houston Dynamo will meet in Christian Tiffert corner at the Massone the MLS Cup final for the sec- near post. ond straight year after clinching However, the Sounders were takeover bid their Conference champion- stunned when referee Mark ships yesterday. Geiger awarded LA a penalty after The Galaxy, featuring David an attempted cross from Robbie EDINBURGH: Financially- Beckham in midfield, lost 2-1 in Keane struck the outstretched troubled Hearts have rejected a Seattle but a 3-0 first leg win last arm of Adam Johansson. bid by former Livingston owner week that was enough to secure The Seattle players argued the Angelo Massone to buy the club, them a chance to defend their contact was not deliberate but the Scottish Premier League title on Dec. 1. Keane kept his cool from the spot team said yesterday. Houston, with a 3-1 lead from and his 68th minute goal deflated The Edinburgh outfit nar- their home leg, drew 1-1 in D.C. the fans and a Sounders team Shevchenko rowly avoided going into liquida- for a 4-2 aggregate win that books that had felt they were close to a tion last week after agreeing a them their fourth final appear- remarkable comeback. rejects Ukraine deal with Her Majesty’s Revenue ance in seven years. There were angry scenes after and Customs over a £450,000 LA beat Houston 1-0 in last the final whistle with several manager job ($713,100) tax debt, and still has year’s final which, like this year’s, Sounders players surrounding total debts of £24m pounds. will be held at the Galaxy’s Home Geiger and their Cuban-born Italian Massone offered to buy Depot Center. midfielder Osvaldo Alonso was KIEV: Former Ukraine striker to the Scottish Cup holders last Backed by a passionate 44,575 sent off with a second yellow card. Andriy Shevchenko (pictured) week, but the board said the bid crowd in the pouring rain at “Seattle are a good team, cer- has turned down an offer to was too low. CenturyLink Field, the Sounders tainly the better team today, but manage the national team, he Massone’s control of Livingston roared at the Galaxy from the its about getting to the final and said yesterday. ended with the club being placed outset and LA struggled to cope. we did that,” said Keane. “I believe that today (yester- into administration and dropped Sounders striker Eddie Johnson Chris Korb had a long-range day) leading the national team of to the third division from the had a goal harshly ruled out for effort saved by Houston keeper Ukraine is a somewhat premature first. offside in the 13th minute but Tally Hall but it was Dynamo step for me,” Shevchenko, the “Vladimir Romanov remains moments later he put his team who grabbed the lead with a well- record marksman for his country willing to discuss the sale of ahead. worked goal 12 minutes before the with 48 goals in 111 appearances, Hearts to anyone with a genuine The former Fulham striker interval. said in a statement published interest, and ability, to take the raced on to a long ball, bullied Brad Davis weaved his way to on the Ukrainian Football club forward,” a statement on the L.A. defender Omar Gonzalez the byline and pulled the ball back Federation’s web site www.ffu.org. club’s website (www.heartsfc.co.uk) away and lashed home a power- for Boniek Garcia, who made no ua. said. ful first-time drive. mistake from close range. “I hope the leadership of the “Bidders will need to provide Seattle needed two more goals DC pushed forward after the Football Federation will under- a financial offer to reflect the to take the game into extra-time break after bringing on Dwayne stand my decision,” he added. value of the club, be fit to run it as Eddie Johnson (7) of the Seattle Sounders FC battles Marcelo Sarvas (8), and they took a step towards that De Rosario but they lacked poise Shevchenko, who played for required by the Scottish FA and and Tommy Meyer (21) of the Los Angeles Galaxy during the second leg of in the 57th minute with a brilliant and invention until Branko Milan and Chelsea, retired after disclose their plans going forward. the Western Conference Championship in Seattle, Washington, yesterday. diving header from Zach Scott, Boskovic’s goal. REUTERS Euro 2012. REUTERS REUTERS TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2012 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Sri Lanka crush New Zealand Herath spins hosts to emphatic victory; Kiwis suffer fifth successive Test defeat

GALLE, Sri Lanka: Rangana 60-ball knock which included “After Murali (Muttiah Herath exposed New Zealand’s nine fours. Muralitharan), from what I’ve weakness against spin with a Man-of-the-match Herath, seen in Sri Lankan cricket, he six-wicket haul as Sri Lanka who took 5-65 in the first innings, is the next best thing. Others raced to an emphatic 10-wicket finished the Test with 11-108, his have chipped in but Rangana win on the third day of the second haul of 10 or more wickets has become the leading bowler opening Test in Galle yesterday. in a match. for us. The left-arm spinner finished Middle-order batsman Daniel “Because of the pressure he is with 6-43 off 18 probing overs Flynn, who made a half-century creating on the opposition and the as New Zealand, trailing by 26 in the first innings, top-scored way he’s performed, it has enabled runs, crashed to 118 in their sec- with 20 in a dismal New Zealand us to be consistent in Test cricket ond innings after losing their last batting performance on a slow in the last two years or so.” nine wickets for 83. turning track. The Test was evenly poised at Sri Lanka effortlessly chased It was New Zealand’s fifth suc- stumps on Sunday when New down a 93-run target, with cessive Test defeat this year after Zealand were nine runs ahead debutant Dimuth Karunaratne they lost two matches each in the with as many wickets in hand, remaining unbeaten on 60 and West Indies and India. but Herath swung the match in Tharanga Paranavitana 31 not “Rangana knows what he is his team’s favour with four quick out. doing with the ball and he knows wickets in the morning. Karunaratne, who failed to what the batsman is doing as “Herath dominated our batting open his account in the first well,” said his skipper Mahela line-up in both innings. He is a innings, made amends with a Jayawardene. very good bowler at the moment and the leading wicket-taker in Scoreboard 2012,” said New Zealand skipper Ross Taylor. New Zealand (I innings) ...... 221 Total (44.1 overs) ...... 118 “He is very consistent in this Sri Lanka (I innings) ...... 247 Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-35, 3-46, 4-60, 5-70, part of the world and we have got New Zealand (II innings) 6-79, 7-79, 8-96, 9-97, 10-118. to come up with a way of negat- M Guptill b Kulasekara ...... 13 Bowling: Kulasekara 12-4-28-2, Eranga 4-2- ing his wicket-taking ability. We B McCullum c Kulasekara b Herath ...... 13 10-0, Herath 18-3-43-6, Randiv 10.1-0-37-2. have to pick ourselves up and give Sri Lanka’s Rangana Herath (front) holds up the ball as he celebrates taking five wickets during the third day of K Williamson c P Jayawardene b Kulasekara 10 Sri Lanka (II innings) ourselves a chance in the next R Taylor lbw b Herath ...... 18 T Paranavitana (not out ) ...... 31 match.” their first Test match against New Zealand in Galle, yesterday. D Flynn b Herath ...... 20 D Karunaratne (not out ) ...... 60 Herath continually tested the J Franklin st P Jayawardene b Herath ...... 2 Extras (w2) ...... 2 batsmen with his shrewd vari- K van Wyk (not out) ...... 13 Total (for no loss; 18.3 overs) ...... 93 ations, removing Taylor (18), off-spinner Suraj Randiv, who batsmen Martin Guptill in his Sri Lanka were bowled out D Bracewell lbw b Herath ...... 0 Bowling: Boult 4-1-15-0 (w1), Bracewell 5.3- James Franklin (two) and then bagged two wickets apiece. New second over and Kane Williamson for 247 in their first innings on T Southee st P Jayawardene b Randiv ...... 16 0-35-0 (w1), Patel 5-1-22-0, Franklin 3-0-15- Flynn and Doug Bracewell off Zealand’s batting woes began to have the tourists struggling at Sunday in reply to New Zealand’s J Patel c Karunaratne b Herath ...... 0 0, Williamson 1-0-6-0. successive deliveries. against pace, when Kulasekara 46-3. Williamson was caught down 221, with Mahela Jayawardene T Boult c M Jayawardene b Randiv ...... 13 Result: Sri Lanka win by 10 wickets He was well supported by struck twice in his opening three the leg-side by a diving wicket- scoring 91 and vice-captain paceman Nuwan Kulasekara and overs, dismissing overnight keeper Prasanna Jayawardene. Angelo Mathews 79. AFP Afridi ends T20 contract Proteas plan short balls Bangladesh despite PCB clearance look to level Test series KARACHI: All-rounder event to improve my form and to stop in-form Clarke Shahid Afridi has ended his con- justify my selection in the team,” tract with Australian Big Bash he said. KHULNA, Bangladesh: side Sydney Thunder despite Earlier PCB spokesman said ADELAIDE, Australia: South his unbeaten 259 which turned had to put Clarke under greater Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur being cleared to play in the the three players would be allowed African paceman Morne Morkel the match away from the Proteas pressure in Adelaide. Rahim hopes his team can Twenty20 league by Pakistan. to play in the Big Bash following said yesterday he expected a over the closing two days after “He played very, very well,” bounce back to win the second The Pakistan Cricket Board a request from Cricket Australia short ball barrage aimed at coming with his team wobbling at Morkel said. “If we can create and final Test against the West (PCB) had earlier refused the that said they had already signed Michael Clarke in this week’s 40 for three on Sunday’s third day. more pressure and try and stop Indies starting tomorrow after former captain, along with star their contracts. second Test at Adelaide in a bid The Australian skipper is the him from rotating strike that will snatching defeat from the jaws spinner Saeed Ajmal and bats- “We will allow these players to to stop the Australian captain’s highest scorer in Tests this year be key.” of victory in the first. man Umar Akmal, permission to go to Australia at the end of our run spree. with 1,041 runs and averaging Morkel said the South Africans The home team had raised play in the league before reversing Twenty20 tournament around The tall Morkel said better use 115.66. “Any batsmen struggles would also address their costly hopes of an upset win in Dhaka by its decision yesterday following a December 8,” Sarwar said, add- of the rising ball, and denying a bit at first with the short ball spate of no balls in the Brisbane setting up a modest victory target request from Australian cricket ing that the players will have to Clarke scoring singles, were part so we will probably come up with Test, where Proteas bowlers over- of 245 runs following a stunning authorities. return for the national camp for of South Africa’s planning for game plans and start working on stepped 23 times. bowling performance of 6-74 by But Afridi insisted he would the Indian tour. Australia’s in-form leader ahead those sort of things,” Morkel told “It’s a controllable,” Morkel debutant off-spinner Sohag Gazi. rather play in Pakistan’s domestic Ajmal signed for Adelaide of Thursday’s Test. reporters yesterday. said. But a customary second innings league as he struggles to recap- Strikers and Umar Akmal for Morkel says the Proteas had to “Definitely that is a plan to “It is something I personally batting failure ended landed them ture the form that made him one Sydney Sixers. be smarter in their approach to always use a short ball -- you have have been working hard on ... the a 77-run defeat. cricket’s best all-rounders in lim- Pakistan will play India in two Clarke after his unbeaten double- got two short balls an over so why stats show we have been bowling Rahim said Bangladesh ited overs but which has deserted Twenty20 matches and three century in last week’s drawn first not use it. quite a lot (of no balls) over the achieved some positives despite him in recent times. one-day internationals between Brisbane Test. “We just need to use it in a past few Test matches and Test their defeat. “I have ended my contract December 25 and January 6 -- the Clarke was named the man- clever way and see how we go series so it’s definitely a thing that “Ahead of the Test match, our in the Big Bash league, because two countries’ first series since of-the-match in Brisbane for his from there.” we are targeting at the moment.” concerns were about lasting the I want to play in the national 2007. AFP third double-century of the year, Morkel said the South Africans AFP five days,” said Rahim. AFP

Djokovic looks forward to Djokovic finishes world Nadal’s return

LONDON: Rafael Nadal, No.1 for second year who has been sidelined since Wimbledon, is rehabilitating PARIS: Serb Novak Djokovic ATP Rankings both his singles and Berdych and his problematic knees in Spain finishes as world number one 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 12,920 Stepanek beat Marc Lopez and in hopes of being fully fit at the for the second straight year, Marcel Granollers in Saturday’s start of the 2013 season. as he sits top of the final 2012 2. Roger Federer (SUI) 10,265 doubles. “I don’t think I made a Even his rivals know that the rankings released by the ATP 3. Andy Murray (GBR) 8000 mistake and I don’t think we lost game loses something when the yesterday. 4. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6795 the tie because Nico Almagro 11-time Grand Slam winner isn’t Djokovic has 12,920 points with played,” Corretja, unable to call in the mix. Swiss Roger Federer second on 5. David Ferrer (ESP) 6430 on the injured Rafa Nadal, told “Tennis misses Rafa a lot,” 10,265, Andy Murray in third 6. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 4680 Spanish radio station Cadena Ser Novak Djokovic said. place and Rafael Nadal in fourth 7. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 4480 by telephone late on Sunday. “He’s a globally recognized despite being on the injury side- 8. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3490 “Having seen the way Nico tennis player and athlete, a very lines since July. Almagro played on Friday I still popular, very attractive player to Czech veteran Radek Stepanek, 9. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 2990 believe that he was the right watch and a great competitor. He 34, who stunned Spaniard Nicolas 10. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 2515 person to play the final rubber,” already became a legend of this Almagro to secure a first Davis 11. Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 2515 Corretja added. sport and he’s only 26. Cup victory for the Czech “Who knows if a different “I really hope for him that he’s Republic at the weekend, moves 12. Juan Monaco (ARG) 2430 player would have been any bet- going to recover and we’re going up six places to 31st as a result. 13. Milos Raonic (CAN) 2380 ter? Nobody. to see him in Australia, because Meanwhile, Spain captain Alex 14. John Isner (USA) 2215 “I am a fan of Feliciano Lopez he definitely deserves to be back. Corretja has defended his deci- 15. Marin Cilic (CRO) 2210 in the sense that he has given a I’m sure that everybody will be sion to pick Nicolas Almagro huge amount to the Davis Cup happy to see him on the court.” for the Davis Cup final after 16. Gilles Simon (FRA) 2165 team. In the meantime, Nadal has the holders were beaten 3-2 by 17. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 1900 “He’s an excellent team mate been keeping tabs on his col- Czech Republic when Almagro 18. A Dolgopolov Jr. (UKR) 1855 and an excellent friend and an leagues at the ATP World Tour lost the decisive singles rubber to excellent Davis Cup player and an Finals. Stepanek on Sunday. 19. Kei Nishikori (JPN) 1830 excellent player on those courts He (or the person behind his Corretja, in his first year 20. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 1770 but I have a huge number of rea- Twitter feed) excitedly tweeted in charge, had to field ques- sons why I think Almagro had to Monday about his good friend tions about why he didn’t select picked along with David Ferrer play.” Marc Lopez’s doubles final with Serbian tennis world number one Novak Djokovic (left) celebrates with Feliciano Lopez, whose big-serv- but Corretja said he had no doubt Almagro turned in an error- Marcel Granollers (the Spanish compatriot and football legend Dejan Petkovic during a charity match ing style is seen as better suited to he had made the right choice and strewn performance against pair defeated Mahesh Bhupathi with some of Brazil’s football legends and other retired stars at the Joao the zippy indoor court in Prague’s would choose Almagro over Lopez Stepanek and although he briefly and Rohan Bopanna 7-5, 3-6, 10-3) Havelange Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, on Sunday. Djokovic and former O2 arena than that of clay spe- again. mounted a comeback to win the and later congratulated Djokovic three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten both scored in the cialist Almagro. Almagro, the world number 11, third set the Czech 33-year-old, for his 7-6 (6), 7-5 victory against match. The exhibition was organised by Petkovic, who starred for several Lopez himself was quoted as lost in five sets to Czech number ranked 31, had too much guile Roger Federer in the season-end- Brazilian clubs in the past decade. Former Brazil football stars Zico and saying the day before the tie one Tomas Berdych on Friday, and experience for the younger ing championships. AGENCIES Bebeto were among the participants. that he was surprised not to be while fifth-ranked Ferrer won Spaniard. AFP Tuesday 20 November 2012 6 Muharram 1434 Volume 17 Number 5524 Sport Price: QR2

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AHMEDABAD: India yes- spinner Pragya Ojha was the terday won the first cricket best bowler for India, taking four No swap in venue Test comfortably, making light wickets to add to his fifer in the work of a spirited fight back by first innings. While tweakers for second Test Wada proposes England after following on. Ojha and Ravichandran Ashwin MUMBAI: BCCI sources England, who put up a gritty did maximum damage in dismiss- have indicated that that the four-year ban batting display in the second ing England for 191 in the first second Test between India innings on the fourth day, gave innings, the visitors managed to and England will go ahead, as for drug cheats up rather tamely, their last five defy the Indians in their second scheduled, in Mumbai. wickets adding only 66 runs to knock. There were concerns that their overnight 340 for five. They The seeds of the victory were the Test, which starts on in new code were all out for 406 at the stroke sown by India’s big first-innings Friday, might be moved to of lunch. score of 521 for eight declared Kolkata following the death of MONTREAL: The World Captain Alastair Cook’s epic after winning the toss on a the politician and Shiv Sena Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) knock of 176 and his 157-run flat wicket at the Sardar Patel founder Bal Thackeray. proposed a draft code yester- sixth-wicket partnership with Stadium at Motera. Pujara bat- England fans heading to day that would usher in stiffer the gritty wicket-keeper Matt ted flawlessly for an unbeaten 206, Mumbai for the second Test sanctions against cheaters and Prior (91) could only prolong the his maiden Test double-hundred, awoke to conjecture that a grant itself investigative powers inevitable, taking the match into while Virender Sehwag silenced switch of venues could be in cases where national sports the fifth day. his critics with a cracking 117, considered in the wake of the bodies refuse to take action. Needing 77 for a win, India his first three-figure score since death of Thackeray, as thou- The WADA draft code, which raced to the target in 15.3 overs November 2010. sands of extra police patrolled will be reviewed in December and due largely to Virender Sehwag England, resuming the day Indian batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara (left) and Virat Kohli celebrate their win the streets to ensure order. approved in 2013, calls for a four- (25) and the first-innings double at 340 for five, needed to bat at against England in the first Test of the four-match Test series in Ahmedabad, AGENCIES year sanction of ineligibility from centurion Cheteshwar Pujara (41 least till tea to save the match. yesterday. a sport instead of two years under not out), who opened in place of That looked unlikely when Cook the current code. Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir had and Prior were sent back by Ojha “I think there is a real will in to return to Delhi following his in the first hour as the pitch with the odd ball stopping on Meanwhile, Dhoni lauded effort and patience throughout the world of sport to see sanctions grandmother’s death. Left-arm showed signs of deterioration the batsman. Pujara for his match-winning the maatch. that are a little more meaningful,” Prior went first caught and performance in the first Test “Our fast bowlers bowled really John Fahey (pictured), WADA bowled one-handed and Cook was match. well. Zaheer put in a lot of effort chairman said. Scoreboard bowled by one that kept low. “Cheteshwar is very calm and we have seen Umesh improve, “I believe that the proposals Yadav (3/70) and Zaheer Khan and cool. He knows his role. He he is bowling real quick. The con- that are in the draft are propor- India (I innings) ...... 521/8 dec. Fall of wickets: 1-123, 2-156, 3-160, (2/59) complimented the spinners accepts responsibility which is tribution of the fast bowlers was tionate. They certainly respond to England (I innings) ...... 191 4-199, 5-199, 6-356, 7-365, 8-378, 9-406. well by making the ball reverse in very important. After scoring really important. They gave us the those who seek to extend the cur- England Bowling: Umesh Yadav 23-2-70-3; Pragyan dry conditions. 200-odd runs he was not shy to breakthroughs on a track that rent sanctions from two up to the Alistair Cook b Ojha ...... 176 Ojha 55-16-120-4; Ravichandran Ashwin 43- Graeme Swann (17) and Tim stand at short-leg. It would have was not ideal track for fast bowl- four years. I think the message is Nick Compton lbw Khan ...... 37 9-111-1; Virender Sehwag 1-0-1-0; Zaheer Bresnan (20) hung on for a been easy for him to say he was ers,” said the 31-year-old. strong here.”Fahey was speaking Jonathan Trott c Dhoni b Ojha ...... 17 Khan 27.3-5-59-2; Sachin Tendulkar 1-0-8-0 while with the off-spinner play- not feeling 100 per cent to stand Talking about Yuvraj Singh, at a WADA foundation meeting Kevin Pietersen b Ojha ...... 2 Yuvraj Singh 4-0-17-0 ing some audacious strokes. But at short-leg but he was there,” who scored a healthy 74 in his which drew a number of partici- Ian Bell lbw Yadav ...... 22 India (II innings) they did not last long, Swann said Dhoni about Pujara, who won comeback match, Dhoni said pants, including the president Samit Patel lbw Yadav ...... 0 Virender Sehwag c Pietersen b Swann .....25 bowled by Ashwin reverse the Man-of-the-match award for there was no concern about of International Cycling Union Matt Prior c & b Ojha ...... 91 Cheteshwar Pujara (not out) ...... 41 sweeping once too often while his unbeaten knocks of 206 and southpaw’s fitness. (UCI) Pat McQuaid, who sat sol- Tim Bresnan c Rahane b Khan ...... 20 Virat Kohli (not out) ...... 14 Bresnan was the last man to get 41 in the two innings. “He looks very good. He batted emnly and consulted his smart Stuart Broad c & b Yadav...... 3 Extras ...... 0 out, caught in the covers by sub- “He has the temperament to really well. Those 70-odd runs phone for most of the proceedings. Graeme Swann b Ashwin ...... 17 Total (For one wicket in 15.3 overs) ....80 stitute Ajinkya Rahane. play big innings. He just needs were vital. In the first innings McQuaid has tried to defend James Anderson (not out) ...... 0 Bowling: James Anderson 2-0-10-0; Grae- India are now 1-0 in the four to keep doing the things he’s he was not bowling in the areas himself against charges that he Extras (B 14, LB 6, W 1) ...... 21 me Swann 7.3-1-43-1; Samit Patel 6-0-24-0 match series with the second doing.” where he should be but in the failed to fight against drugtaking Total (all out in 154.3 overs) ...... 406 Series: India lead the four-match series 1-0 game beginning in Mumbai Dhoni also praised pacers second innings he was quite in cycling in the wake of the US November 23. Zaheer and Umesh for their impressive,” said Dhoni. IANS Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) report that revealed rampant doping by Lance Armstrong and the teams the disgraced rider was associated with. Controversial Cooper Fahey said USADA’s probe was able to show “the most compre- Domenech slams ‘diva’ hensive, irrefutable outcome of a culture of doping in cycling and quits Wallabies: Report certainly the most sophisticated sham in the teams associated with SYDNEY: Controversial a huge success,” Williams, also Armstrong. That indicates that Ribery in memoirs Wallaby flyhalf Quade Cooper New Zealand’s heavyweight box- we can achieve outcomes. We can has rejected a contract offer ing champion, said in September. bring things through to a point PARIS: Former France coach I gave him the key! What a fool by the Australian Rugby Union “He has definitely got the skill- where these cheats are exposed.” Raymond Domenech has I am ..,” wrote Domenech after (ARU) and may now pursue set to play the 13-man game. Fahey said that while anti- branded international winger France’s 2-0 defeat to Mexico at a career overseas or switch “The biggest difference is in doping advocates were buoyed Franck Ribery as a “diva” the 2010 World Cup. Regarding to Rugby League, local media rugby you are playing on the by USADA’s dramatic findings, whose influence pwoisoned the Nicolas Anelka, whose exclu- reported yesterday. advantage line, whereas in league WADA itself needed extend its national side in his memoirs to sion from the squad for insulting Cooper had signed a three- the defence is 10 metre back. jurisdiction in cases where sports be released tomorrow. Domenech during the 2010 World year deal with his Super Rugby Imagine what he could do with governing bodies refuse to inves- Domenech’s reign, which Cup led to the infamous train- club Queensland Reds in June that extra space.” tigate allegations of cheating. The included the controversial player ing ground strike by the players, but that deal, reportedly worth Cooper, currently sidelined by draft code proposes more test- mutiny at the 2010 World Cup, the former coach’s opinion was around A$400,000 a year, is con- a knee injury, has not played for ing and newly-minted powers of are chronicled in a book Tout divided. tingent upon a contract with the Australia since describing the investigation. Seul (All Alone) which is based “A centre forward of high ARU with whom the 24-year- team environment as “toxic” - a “The proposal that goes out in on the diary he kept during his Raymond Domenech (left), Franck level,” he wrote after a 2-0 win old has endured a fractious comment which led the ARU to December clearly articulates that spell in charge of the national Ribery over Serbia in September 2008. relationship. fine him $40,000 last month. WADA has the power to investi- team between 2004 and 2010. But after France’s 2-0 loss Channel Nine news said yester- Cooper apologised after the gate. What that tells me is that The book is set for publication against Italy. In an extract from to Mexico and Anelka’s insults, day the New Zealand-born flyhalf fine, which included a further when a sporting body, an anti- tomorrow. September 2009, Domenech Domenech wrote: “Anelka has had rejected a low incentive-based A$20,000 suspended for two doping organization is given infor- In it the 60-year-old wrote: “Ribery, he continued to killed the group ... after this ARU contract, and could now years, the latest black mark on his mation and they do nothing about Domenech reveals his struggles poison the group by his attitude shipwreck, an image woke me switch to the lucrative French troubled spell with the Wallabies. it - and we’ve had many examples with players including Ribery, as a susceptible diva. up a bit: (William) Gallas and Top 14 competition or to Rugby On the pitch and on his game, of that in the past - that WADA Nicolas Anelka, Samir Nasri, “When I wanted to thank him, Anelka joking after the game. League. Cooper is one of the best flyhalves can go in and do something about Karim Benzema, Yoann Gourcuff he cold-shouldered me, pulling What unconsciousness.” New Zealand World Cup- in world rugby but headlines have it with investigative powers.” and Florent Malouda. his arm away: ‘Don’t touch me!’ As well as criticising the “self winning centre Sonny Bill not all centred on his abundance Fahey, who was in Kenya Domenech was particularly For everything Ribery stood for I interest” of Manchester City Williams quit Union and signed of attacking-talent. recently, said he was dismayed to scathing about Ribery, who would have gladly strung him up.” winger Nasri and “arrogance” for the Sydney Roosters in Cooper was fined A$10,000 by realise that authorities there were last week said his Bundesliga Domenech went on to say of Real Madrid’s Benzema, Australia’s National Rugby the ARU in 2009 after breaking not committed to investigating a club Bayern Munich was more that he had been warned about Domenech expressed his respect League (NRL) last week and the window of a taxi, with a bur- German media report that per- important to him than the Ribery by a senior player. for former World Cup winners said earlier this year he would glary charge against him dropped formance-enhancing substances French national team ahead “A senior player from Euro Lilian Thuram and Zinedine only switch codes if Cooper fol- the following year after a justice were being made available to of the international friendly 2008 warned me about Ribery and Zidane. AFP lowed suit. mediation process. Kenyan runners by people pos- “I reckon (Cooper) would be REUTERS ing as doctors. AFP