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$20bn Qatari Qatar finish investments in on a high at Turkey until last year Paralympic Games

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Emir in Los Angeles UDC to study new road connecting Strict vigil Pearl-Qatar to Doha

The Peninsula on school DOHA: United Development Company (UDC), master devel- oper of The Pearl-Qatar, is set to conduct an engineering study for a new connection road link- ing The Pearl Island with the rest canteens of Doha, in coordination with the Ministry of Transport and Com- munications. schools across the country. UDC has already commissioned A food safety guide has already specialised consultants to study The Ministry of Public been circulated to the schools, with feasibility of the project including Health has intensified instructions on the conditions to be possible alternative routes to con- met by school canteens and the food struct the proposed connection inspections at school suppliers. The onus has been put on with the external road network canteens as well as the schools for any failure to meet around The Pearl, while looking outlets serving food to the health and safety standards to minimise environmental impact requirements. School sources said and expropriation loss. schools to ensure they yesterday that it is not permitted for The study will also cover mod- comply with the health the schools to prepare food at their ern road traffic control solutions & safety requirements. premises. They have to tie up with to facilitate entry and exit to the a supplier from outside. island. This UDC initiative aims The Ministry said that it is Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is received at the Los Angeles International Airport by at easing traffic congestion linked working in collaboration with the Consul General of Qatar in Los Angeles Khalid bin Yousif Al Sada. Also seen are US Ambassador to to the growing number of The Ministry of Education and Higher Qatar Dana Shell Smith and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. Pearl-Qatar’s residents and vis- By Mohammed Iqbal Education to raise awareness among itors entering the island. The Peninsula schools regarding safety of food and drinking water and prevent all sources of contamination. Inspectors from the Environmental DOHA: With the beginning of the Health department at the Ministry new academic year, the Ministry visit the schools regularly and give Draft law to punish illegal transfer of accident images of Public Health has launched a necessary advice to improve their crackdown on school canteens situation in this regard. violating the health and safety As part of monitoring the quality The Peninsula Council for its recommenda- the Official Gazette after it was regulations. of water, the inspectors take water tions. The draft law amends some briefed on the Advisory Council’s DRAFT LAW The Ministry said yesterday samples from the schools for labora- provisions of the Penal Code recommendation on the draft law. that it has intensified inspections tory tests to make sure the drinking promulgated by Law No. 11 of Under the terms of the draft Cabinet approved a draft law at school canteens as well as outlets water is free from any source of DOHA: The State Cabinet yes- 2004, Qatar News Agency reported law, the Ministry of Justice shall stipulating punishment for serving food to schools to ensure contamination. In case the min- terday approved a draft law yesterday. prepare and publish the Official they comply with the requirements. istry receives any complaint from stipulating punishment for taking In its ordinary meeting at Gazette. Laws, decrees and other taking or transferring photos Sources of drinking water schools in this regard, the inspectors or transferring photos or videos of Emiri Diwan, chaired by the legislative instruments, and any or videos of the injured or in every school is also under check the sources of water, suppliers the injured or deceased in acci- Prime Minister and Interior Min- other rule that law provides for the deceased in accidents, through scrutiny. The Ministry said that the and the tanks and take necessary dents, through a device of any ister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin publication must be published in inspection drive was intended to procedures. kind, in an unauthorised manner. Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Official Gazette. a device of any kind, in an guarantee highest safety standards The Cabinet decided to refer the Cabinet took the necessary unauthorised manner. of food and drinking water in all the → Continued on page 5 the draft law to the Advisory measures to issue a draft law on → Continued on page 5

Fancy number Qatar to ease entry procedures for cruise passengers plate fetches

QR712,000 in The Peninsula season. Thirty-two ships carrying clear passengers for entry before thanks to enhanced technology and previously welcomed smaller ships over 50,000 passengers are expected the ship berths. close collaboration between cruise carrying less than a thousand pas- online auction to arrive in Qatar this cruise season, In addition, Qatar Tourism operators and security officials, sengers, the coming season will be from October 18 to April 2017. Authority (QTA) and the Ministry of cruise passengers will be able to dis- the first to witness the arrival of By Sidi Mohamed DOHA: Qatar has announced it Under the new procedure, a Interior (MoI)have confirmed that embark within minutes and begin larger ships with over 1,500 passen- The Peninsula will implement new procedures to passenger manifest containing cruise passengers, due to the short enjoying their on-shore excursions. gers on board. The MSC Fantasia will ease the entry of cruise passengers passport details of passengers and duration of the stay, will be eligible Hassan Al Ibrahim, Chief Tour- be the first “mega-ship” to arrive in arriving at Qatari ports as the start crew will be shared with immigra- for transit visas, which will further ism Development Officer at QTA, Qatar. It will dock in December with DOHA: The total collection in the of cruise season nears. tion officials 48 hours before the ease their entry into the country. said the new procedures have been an expected 3,900 passengers and second day of the fourth online The new procedures come in ship’s arrival in Qatar. This will Officials from QTA, MoI and introduced in anticipation of sig- 1,500 crew-members on board. auction of 25 fancy car plates anticipation of the huge number of allow immigration officials to proc- Qatar Ports Management Company nificant increase in the number of launched by the General Direc- cruise passengers this coming cruise ess all relevant information and – Mwani Qatar have confirmed that, cruise passengers. While Qatar has → Continued on page 5 torate of Traffic reached more than QR7m. The plate number 322222 has registered yesterday the highest price which is QR712,000, while Russia & US clash at UN over Syria the plate number 366666 regis- tered the second highest price of AP angry US Secretary of State John Kerry QR682,000. The lowest price was told the council, referencing oft-repeated QR130,000 for the plate number international objectives of a united, sec- 363633, while other plate num- UNITED NATIONS: The United States and ular and democratic Syria. “But we are bers ranged from QR160,000 to Russia blamed each other for Syria’s fail- proving woefully inadequate in ... mak- QR500,000. ing cease-fire yesterday, illustrating why ing that happen.” The total collection on a fractured UN Security Council has been Kerry outlined a litany of US com- the first day was more than unable for more than five years to do any- plaints against Syrian President Bashar QR4.6m, and the highest price thing to stop the Arab country’s civil war. Assad’s government and its chief backer, was 464,000 for the plate In a public session originally envi- Russia. He recited Moscow’s changing nar- number 355555. The bidding is sioned to enshrine Syria’s Sept. 9 truce, rative over a deadly attack this week on an done through Metrash 2 and will world powers were left to rue the possibil- aid convoy that has included everything end today at 10pm. It began at12 ity of the conflict entering an even darker from claims of a justifiable counterterror noon on Tuesday and today it is phase after a series of attacks on humani- strike to vehicles spontaneously com- expected to witness more com- tarian workers. Washington, Moscow and busting. “This is not a joke,” Kerry said, petition among bidders. the council’s other nations all sought to sharply criticizing those who engage in The General Directorate of revive the US-Russian cease-fire deal, but “word games” to dodge responsibility Traffic at the Ministry of Interior seemed stuck on fundamental differences over questions of “war and peace, life and has announced as per rules, that old and new: Who bears ultimate respon- death.” Kerry offered one concrete sugges- bidding starts from QR100,000 sibility for the war and whose actions over tion to revive diplomatic hopes. Focused and participants are required to the last days scuttled perhaps the best on protecting key aid routes in northern Syrian men remove a baby from the rubble of a destroyed building following a reported air strike make a deposit of QR20,000 as opportunity for peace? Syria, it was unclear if Russia and Syria in the Qatarji neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo, yesterday. Heavy bombardment insurance. “Supposedly we all want the same goal. would agree. pummelled Aleppo city and the wider province, key battlegrounds in Syria’s conflict. I’ve heard that again and again,” a clearly → See also page 6 02 THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 HOME

Emir greets Huge potential for Qatar-Turkey trade: Minister Armenia leader

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim this,” the minister said, adding that bin Hamad Al Thani sent yester- Qatar was among there are no obstacles preventing the day a cable of congratulations business sectors in the two countries to President of the Republic of the first countries to from strengthening their coopera- Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on the strongly condemn the tion, increase investment and launch anniversary of his country’s Inde- joint ventures. pendence Day. coup attempt on July “The ties between Qatar and Deputy Emir H H Sheikh 15. Turkey have witnessed a significant Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani boost, enhanced by the determi- and Prime Minister and Interior nation of the leadership of both Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin countries, and businessmen must Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani also By Mohammed Osman take advantage of this scenario.” sent cables of congratulations The Peninsula Following the coup attempt, to President of Armenia on the Qatar opened a tourism office in occasion. Ankara and this will enhance ties and give more confidence to the Qatari DOHA: Qatar and Turkey have investors and tourists to take advan- Emir’s greetings to huge potential to boost their trade tage of waiver of visa requirements exchange in line with the excellent between the two countries, the min- Malta President political relations between the two ister pointed out. countries, said Lütfi Elvan, Turkish Regarding the Turkish military DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Minister of Development, at a press operation in northern Syria - Oper- Turkish Minister of Development Lütfi Elvan and members of his delegation at a press conference at the bin Hamad Al Thani sent yester- conference held at Ritz-Carlton Hotel ation Eurphrates - the minister told day a cable of congratulations to Ritz-Carlton Hotel yesterday. Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula yesterday. The Peninsula that Turkey respected President of the Republic of Malta The press conference was attended Syria’s territorial unity and supported Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca on the by a number of Turkish businessmen efforts by the international commu- thousands before but the number has The Turkish Minister of Develop- range between 4.5 and 5 percent this anniversary of her country’s Inde- and members of various political nity to solve the crisis. He added that reduced due to the big improvement ment underlined the role of Turkish year, describing Turkish economy as pendence Day. parties, including opposition, accom- Turkey’s aim was to clean the border in the living standards in Turkey and companies operating in Qatar with strong and solid. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh panying the visiting minister. area from all terrorist groups like ISIS better opportunities. investment to the tune of $11.6bn, During the press conference, Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani The minister said that Qatar was and PKK-PYD and other groups that Dimerok emphasized that some implementing major projects related members of opposition parties and and Prime Minister and Interior among the first countries to strongly pose threat to Turkey. Turkish companies investing in Qatar to the FIFA World Cup 2022 and the ruling party hailed the excellent Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin condemn the coup attempt on July 15. Answering a question, Turk- are finding cheaper manpower from infrastructure projects. Qatar-Turkey strategic relations. All Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani also “The volume of trade exchange ish Ambassador to Qatar Ahmad other countries though there are no Talking about Turkish economy, speakers called for increasing the greeted Malta President on the between the two countries reached Dimerok said that the number visa or residency permit problems Alwan said that Turkey’s growth rate volume of trade between the two anniversary. $1.3bn but we are seeking to increase of Turks in Qatar was in tens of for Turkish citizens in Qatar. was five percent in 2015 and will countries.

QC distributes Eid clothes to 4,000 orphans

The Peninsula beneficiaries, which were attended facing natural disasters and unrest. by local and diplomatic officials Priority was given to children of the from the embassies of Qatar. displaced and refugees, the most QC supports more than 105,000 deserving segment of the com- DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) distributed orphans through its initiative munity. “It is a time of love and clothes and gifts to 4,000 orphans in ‘Rofaqaa’. It provides the orphans family. We wanted to bring smiles 21 countries during Eid Al Adha. The comprehensive care in education, to orphans in Syria and other places. move aimed to bring smiles on the health and other aspects of life. “The We also wanted to make the orphans faces of the most deserving sections project was meant for orphans under in Iraq, Yemen, Palestine and Soma- of the community. 12 years and provide them with an lia happy,” he added. “We thank The clothes and gifts were opportunity to celebrate Eid Al Adha God for everything the project has distributed on the sidelines of enter- festival,” said Khalid Abdullah Al Yaf’i, achieved and we are happy to see tainment programmes organised Operations Director at Qatar Charity. the results of the good deeds of Qatar Charity distributing Eid clothes and gifts in Somalia. by QC in the home countries of the The project focused on countries philanthropists.” HOME THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 03

PM meets Turkish minister

Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with the Minister of Development of the Republic of Turkey Lutfi Elvan and his accompanying delegation in Doha yesterday. They reviewed bilateral relations and ways of developing them.

QU ahead in Times Higher Education World University Rankings

By Fazeena Saleem the first time in Times Higher Edu- of doctorates awarded, compared to The Peninsula cation World University Rankings in bachelor degrees,” he added. the 601-800 group. “This year’s expanded list is testa- “Qatar University is one of the ment to just how competitive global world’s most international universi- higher education has become. For DOHA: Qatar University (QU) has ties – ensuring that it benefits from starters, our top 980 universities come advanced its position in Times a powerful network of international from 79 different countries. There is Higher Education World University research collaborations and a tal- also a new number one for the first Rankings 2016-2017 by securing a ent pool well beyond the borders of time in six years; the US loses the top place in the 501-600 group. Qatar. This strength is perhaps not spot for the first time in the 12-year Times Higher Education’s 13th surprising, given its location at a tra- history of the rankings as the UK’s edition of World University Rankings ditional crossroads of global trade, University of Oxford becomes the released yesterday was based on 13 commerce and knowledge exchange world’s top university. And, although indicators in the areas of teaching, and it bodes well for its future in the the notion of Asia as the ‘next higher research, knowledge transfer and rankings too,” Phil Baty, Editor of the education superpower’ has become international outlook. It feature top Times Higher Education World Uni- something of a cliché in recent years, 980 universities from 79 different versity Rankings told The Peninsula the continent’s rise in the rankings is countries and the list represents only in reply to an email query. real and growing,” said Baty. In Asia, five percent of the world’s higher “The areas in which Qatar Uni- 290 universities from 24 countries education institutions. versity has performed well in the past make the ranking and an elite 19 land Last year, QU was featured for year include citations and the number in the top 200. 04 THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 HOME

RAF builds 14 new Minister reviews ties with Burkina Faso mosques across Kenya

for holding classes for teaching chil- in Kenya. There are not enough dren from the respective localities mosques to accommodate the The QR1m project reading and memorising the Holy growing number of worshipers in was funded through Quran, and basic teachings of Islam. Muslim-majority villages and towns. Religious lectures and social pro- The existing mosques are old and donations by Qatar’s grammers could also be organised built according to limited resources philanthropists. in these facilities. There are about of the residents. Big mosques are 30 million Muslims who constitute needed in big cities for offering Fri- about 30 percent of the population day sermons.

The Peninsula Minister of Transport and Communications H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti yesterday met Burkina Faso’s Minister of Transport, Urban Mobility and Road Safety Souleymane Soulama and his delegation. Talks DOHA: Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah dealt with means of boosting relations in the fields of transportation and aviation. Akbar Al Baker, Foundation for Humanitarian Serv- Group Chief Executive, Qatar Airways; and Adama Compaore, Burkina Faso’s Ambassador to Qatar, ices (RAF) has built 14 new mosques were present. across Kenya at a cost of about QR1m. More than 100,000 people can offer prayers in these mosques. The project was financed by philanthro- pists from Qatar through donations. Eid Charity The mosques will not only serve Gulf FMs hold talks with as mosques for worship but also as donations via places for Islamic festivities for thou- sands of Muslims in the country. Ooredoo SSMs The mosques are of different Lavrov & Johnson in NY sizes from 80sqm to 130sqm. Some have special places for women The Peninsula worshippers. QNA stability and other issues of mutual The mosques could also be used Worshippers outside one of the mosques built by RAF, in Kenya. concern. Both sides stressed the impor- DOHA: Ooredoo has announced tance of strengthening relations that customers can now donate NEW YORK: The GCC Foreign Min- in all fields and to continue coop- to more charitable institutions isters held a meeting with Russian eration and coordination to serve in Qatar, easily and instantly RAF ‘mobile mosque’ Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at common interests. through select self-service the UN headquarters in New York. The GCC Foreign Ministers machines (SSMs) on its nation- to move across city The meeting was chaired also held a separate meeting with wide network. by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel British Foreign Secretary Boris SSM users can donate to the bin Ahmed Al Jubeir, who is also Johnson. Eid Bin Mohammad Al Thani The Peninsula Chairman of the current session of Both sides discussed coop- Charitable Association (Eid Char- the GCC Ministerial Council, and eration and friendship, ways of ity) and to initiatives supporting attended by GCC Secretary-Gen- strengthening and developing human relief, medical projects, DOHA: Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Human- eral Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al them in various fields and regional Holy Quran services, develop- itarian Services (RAF) has provided a ‘mobile mosque’ so Zayani. and international issues of com- ment projects, water well drilling, worshippers can offer prayers at places away from mosques. They reviewed cooperation mon concern. orphan sponsorship and more. The mobile mosque is equipped with a loudspeaker and has and relations between the GCC and They also stressed the impor- Through SSM, anyone can carpets for 100 worshipers. Russia, ways of promoting them tance of enhancing GCC-British donate to charities via card or It will move across Doha, especially places famous for in all areas, the latest regional relations in political, economic and cash 24/7. The network of SSMs youth gatherings such as Sealine, beaches, picnic places, developments, means of ending security fields to serve the com- has been designed to offer an easy The ‘mobile mosque’ provided by RAF. Doha Corniche and Aspire Zone Park. conflicts to maintain security and mon interests. self-service experience for cus- tomers to keep up-to-date with daily services and needs. Customers can also pay Oore- doo Shahry and Kahramaa bills, Three food outlets shut purchase Hala SIM cards, top up Hala accounts and purchase The Peninsula Monitoring Section at Doha Karwa bus cards through SMS. Municipality detected a food store inside a labour accom- modation at Freej Bin Omran. Amnesty: Department DOHA: The Health Monitoring The store had kept expired food Section at Al Wakrah Munic- and other foods in unhealthy reverts to old timings ipality last month caught 57 conditions. violations and closed down The Services Department DOHA: The Search and Follow- three food outlets during 282 Affairs at Al Rayyan Municipal- Up Department has reverted back inspection visits to food outlets. ity planted flowers and plants to old timings from 2pm to 8pm A total of QR192800 was fined. at Al Waab Roundabout, while to receive amnesty-seekers on The section also received 12 Al Khor-Al Dakhira Municipal- all working days, the Ministry of complaints related to food and ity set up barriers at Al Dakhira Interior said yesterday on its Twit- visited seven shops to check beach to protect visitors from ter account. A civic official checking stocks at commercial permits. vehicles and added a play- Last week the timing was one of the food outlets. Meanwhile, the Health ground for children. changed from noon to 8pm. 59 NU-Q students make it to Dean’s List

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DOHA: Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) has announced the names of the 59 students who have excelled in academic studies and achieved the Dean’s List for Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 semes- ters. “Making the Dean’s List at NU-Q is recognition for students who go beyond a conventional effort, but instead demonstrate rigour and commitment to learn- ing,” said Everette E. Dennis, Dean and CEO. The list comprises 36 com- Everette E. Dennis, Dean and CEO, NU-Q, with the students at the celebratory luncheon. munication and 23 journalism students, who earned academic distinction in the most recently Fourteen freshmen, 16 sopho- Mohamad Zaki bin Mohamed Mohammed Al Qadi; Lolwa Faleh completed semesters. mores, 17 juniors, four seniors and Hussain; Fatema Jassim Al Al Thani; Nawal Faisal Aqeel; Communication majors must eight graduates earned places on Theyab; Omaima Es-samaali; Hissa Nasser Al Hitmi; Fatima have achieved at least a 3.75 grade the list. Amanda Melhem; Samaia Maher Hassan; Ifath Arwah; Syeda point average (GPA) out of 4.0 on Communication Programme: Samara; Noor Hassan Al Thani; Shageaa Naqvi; Habibah Abass; three graded courses, and jour- Amal Ahmad AlMuftah; Afra Ali Jemina Marcos Legaspi; Urooj Meher Mehtab; Anzish Nissa nalism majors must have achieved Al Kaabi; AlJawhara Hamad Al Kamran Azmi; Vibhav Gautam; Mirza; Manar Ahmad Al Jamal; a 3.7 GPA on three graded courses Thani; Bothayna Talal Al Moham- Maha Hassan Al Marzoqi; Shuhan Oma Zuhra Seddiq; Eiman Ali or, if on residency, two graded madi; Noof Abdulaziz Al Subaie; Zhang; Najlaa Saleh Al Khulaifi; AlMahmoud; Aamer Elsayed courses in addition to residency. Shaikha Khaled Alderbesti; Asmaa Reem Saad Al Kuwari; Lana Majid Hassan; Noof Khalifa Al Tamimi; The students were invited to Benkermi; Amina Niksic; Noor Mahmoud; Alya Hilal Ahmed Al Fatima Mohammed Al Sulaiti; attend a celebratory luncheon Ahmed Own; Shaikha Ali Bahzad; Harthy; Layan Amin AbdulShkoor; Rouda Hamad Al Attiyah; Neha with Dennis, where they received Huda Barakat; Basmah Kamran Syed Owais Ali; Shahnawaz Imran Ara Rashid; Jueun Choi; Xiran certificates, socialised with peers Azmi; Yara Tarek Taha; Amal Zali; Maha Abdulla Al Jefairi; and Liu; Tamador Mohammed AlSu- and shared thoughts on their Zeyad Fathi Ali; Ammar You- Muneera Faleh Al Thani. laiti; Sara Nasser Al Thani; and experiences at NU-Q. nas; Ibtesaam Mohamed Moosa; Journalism Programme: Aisha Muhammad Shakeeb Asrar. HOME THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 05 QF holds back-to-school events

Al Khor; Msheireb; and Sidra; Awsaj Academy; and Qatar Parents and Leadership Academy. The teachers meet to eighth school, the Academic Bridge Programme, started its discuss students’ fall semester on August 14. academic Around 25 families attended Qatar Academy Al Wakrah’s and personal (QAW) orientation on Septem- development at ber 7. Parents and students eight schools of were also taken on a guided tour of the school, led by the Qatar Foundation. director, principal and assist- ant principal. Over 45 families attended Students at Qatar Academy Msheireb were given a warm preschool orientation on the The Peninsula first day of school on Sunday. welcome during the orientation event, which marked the H E Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari, Cultural Adviser at the Emiri Diwan and Qatar’s start of the new academic year. Accompanied by parents or guardian, preschoolers were candidate for the post of the Director-General of Unesco, speaking at the Italian invited to visit their new class- parliament. DOHA: Qatar Foundation’s are accustomed to, effectuat- coordination and exchange rooms and meet teachers. A (QF) eight schools began the ing QF’s vision to lead human of experiences between QF total of 1,800 students started 2016-2017 academic year with development, and supporting schools on educational level. their first day at Qatar Academy Dr. Al Kawari highlights Unesco exciting back-to-school events. QF’s mission to nurture future Interaction and exchange of Doha (QAD). “After what has Orientation activities gave leaders and promote a culture experiences will extend to col- been a very long summer for parents and teachers oppor- of excellence and innovation.” laborations between QF schools our students and staff, we look tunity to meet and discuss She highlighted support and the wider Qatari commu- forward to an exciting and suc- plan at Italian parliament means of enriching students’ given to QF schools in develop- nity represented by the Ministry cessful year ahead as we greet learning and encouraging ing and advancing capabilities of Education and Higher Educa- the new school year with enthu- their academic and personal of Qatar’s youth on all lev- tion. “PUE’s new plan outlines siasm and high expectations,” QNA educational programmes, particularly those development. els, most recently reflected in a unified vision and mission for said Don MacIntyre, Direc- for children. MPs asked him about several Abeer Al Khalifa, Director, the launch of Renad Academy, all its divisions to strengthen tor, QAD. QAD; Qatar Academy points in his programme, and said they were Academic Affairs, Pre-Univer- which opens its doors this year and maximise their efforts,” Al Sidra; Qatar Academy Msheireb; pleased with it after hearing Dr. Al Kawari’s sity Education Office (PUE), QF, to serve children with mild to Khalifa said. and Awsaj Academy also organ- ROME: H E Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al response to their questions. said: “I wish the QF schools a moderate Autism Spectrum Dis- Seven of the eight schools ised back-to-school nights, Kawari, Cultural Adviser at the Emiri Diwan Dr. Al Kawari was accompanied by Qatar’s fruitful academic year in which order (ASD). started new academic year on while Awsaj Academy will host and Qatar’s candidate for the post of the Direc- Ambassador to Italy Abdulaziz Ahmad Al Malki they achieve the educational A new PUE plan was also Sunday — five Qatar Academy its annual event on October 3 tor-General of Unesco, yesterday presented on his visit to Rome. and academic success they recently introduced to increase schools of Doha; Al Wakrah; from 5pm to 7pm. his programme for his tenure to the Italian Earlier, Dr. Al Kawari met Italy’s Minister parliament. of Education, Universities and Research Ste- In a speech, he highlighted the main points fania Giannini and presented his programme. of his programme and said the role of Unesco They also discussed Unesco’s relations with should gain more prominence, as it should pro- Italy, which one of the important supporters. Food samples from school canteens regularly tested mote a culture of peace in light of conflicts Dr. Al Kawari also met Uberto Vanni across the globe. d’Archirafi, Diplomatic Adviser to Italy’s Min- He praised Qatar and Italy for with Unesco ister of Cultural Assets and Tourism. Talks Continued from page 1 management concerned. The ministry said “We serve only snacks to students while and said Italy in particular was important to dealt with heritage and its importance in its inspectors also conduct raids on out- meals are available to our teachers. The his campaign due to its keenness to promote international relations and Unesco’s role in Food samples from school canteens lets serving food to school canteens in the health inspectors check every detail based culture and enhance security. The Italian gov- maintaining it. have also been taken for laboratory tests beginning of every academic year. on the food safety guide and we are strictly ernment plans to invest in culture as a way to D’Archirafi praised Qatar’s efforts and on a regular basis to ensure food served in The inspections focus on key points following the guidelines,” said the official. counter extremist ideas that lead to the for- support in the field of protecting heritage. the canteens are fit for human consumption. specified in the food safety guide related The school administration must check all mation of terrorist groups, he said. Qatar’s Ambassador to Italy Abdulaziz bin The inspections are based on Gulf stand- to different phases of food distribution served food on a daily basis. Dr. Al Kawari also highlighted Qatar’s Ahmed Al Malki and several Italian officials ards and specifications, said the ministry. from cooking to packaging, storing and Special meals should be arranged for support to Unesco’s heritage funds and were present. During their routine visits, inspectors transportation. students with health con- prepare notes about the condition of the A senior official of a private school told ditions like diabetes and canteens and the food, in the presence of this daily that the ministry inspectors visit haemolytic anaemia, with the school supervisor responsible for the the school at least once in every six months approval by the school canteen. and take food and water samples for lab- nurse. It has been rec- These notes are preserved in a special oratory tests. ommended to keep two notebook for analysis and reference. “Since the schools are not permitted to samples of all meals pre- If any error is found, the inspectors will prepare food on their premises, we have pared daily, one by the explain necessary procedures to be taken made agreement with a supplier outside supplier and the other by as per the food safety guide and conduct to supply food to our canteen. the school. Samples have follow-up inspections to ensure corrective “Soft drinks and other unhealthy foods to be kept for 72 hours for measures have been taken by the school are banned in school canteens. analysis. Qatar Mission event reviews Official Gazette civil society’s role in Syria website planned

QNA Continued from page 1

The publication in the official gazette will GENEVA: Qatar’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office be an obligation to the public to all information in Geneva, in collaboration with the permanent missions of France, mentioned in the published material, and will be Germany, Italy, the UK, the US, Liechtenstein and the ‘No Peace an evidence against them. The denial of knowl- Without Justice’ organisation yesterday held an event on ‘Syria: edge of the published material since the date of The UPR process and civil society’s role in promoting justice and its publication will not be accepted in any way. accountability’ on the sidelines of the 33th Session of the UN Human An official website shall be established for Rights Council. the Official Gazette to post an electronic copy The event focused on the situation of children, young people of it at the same date of issue, in accordance and women, efforts to document widespread violations committed with the rules established by a decision of the in the past five years and how to achieve justice and accountabil- minister. ity for the victims of these crimes. The electronic version will have the same Faisal bin Abdullah Al Henzab, Qatar’s Permanent Represent- authentic and legal implications of assessments ative, said the solution to the crisis must be through empowering as the paper copy. In case of any difference, the Syrian people for the leadership of political transition based the paper copy will be invoked. The Cabinet on the Geneva Principles (1) and relevant international resolutions also approved an Emiri draft decision to cancel to build a new future for the country in a way that Bashar Al Assad decision No 38 of 2011 on the establishment of does not have a role in it, while keeping with the state institutions. the Qatari national committee for oil and gas. Efforts stepped up to increase tourist arrivals

Continued from page 1 the time spent on formalities on the thoroughly using the passenger day of their visit. manifest, which will arrive 48 hours “Cruise tourism is an important “We are grateful to the MoI for before the ship docks.” part of our strategy to increase the the initiative and support in imple- The announcement comes as QTA number of visitor arrivals. That is why menting a solution that will ensure and the MoI step up efforts to facil- we are placing emphasis on stream- our visitors get the most out of their itate entry for tourists to increase lining all processes related to cruise visit without compromising on our arrivals. Officials recently signed and developing the sector’s capacity nation’s security,” Al Ibrahim added. an agreement with VFS Global that to welcome a large number of pas- Brigadier Abdullah Salim Al Ali, will soon allow for a fast-tracked sengers,” said Al Ibrahim. Director-General, General Direc- and transparent tourist visa appli- “Studies show that once tourists torate of Nationality, Borders and cation process. QTA continues to have had a taste of a destination they Expatriates Affairs, said: “The MoI work closely with destination man- visited on a cruise, they are likely to always strives to facilitate govern- agement companies and tour guides return for a longer visit, giving us fur- ment services while maintaining the to ensure cruise passengers receive a ther impetus to focus our strategy for utmost vigilance and security for the warm welcome and enjoy an authen- the next two years on this important sake of visitors and residents. tic Qatari experience. Tour guides sub-sector of tourism. “The revised process for the entry have received intensive training on “Cruise passengers spend eight of cruise passengers will enhance the management of large tour groups hours on average during their stops visitor experience while giving us and effective communication about in Qatar, so it is important to minimise more time to process information the destination. 06 THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 MIDDLE EAST

Man shot outside Israeli embassy Fighting buries hopes for Syria truce in Ankara

ANKARA/JERUSALEM: A man Kerry calls for no aircraft flying was shot and wounded by Turkish The renewed battles police outside the Israeli Embassy in Ankara after he shouted slo- demonstrate the thin over key Syria aid routes gans and wielded a knife, but initial prospects for reviving inquiries indicated he had no links a truce that collapsed UNITED NATIONS: US Secretary of State John Kerry wants all aircraft to an organised group, officials into fresh fighting and over key humanitarian routes in northern Syria grounded in order to said. The man, a 41-year-old from give peace a chance. Kerry told the UN Security Council that such a step the central city of Konya, was car- bombardments, including could restore credibility to efforts to end the five-year civil war and «give rying a bag and brandishing a 30 an attack on an aid a chance for humanitarian assistance to flow unimpeded.» cm knife as he approached the convoy which US officials A US-Russian cease-fire agreement reached on September 9 has all but embassy, the Ankara governor’s believe was carried out by collapsed. And the UN suspended aid deliveries after a strike on a human- office said in a statement. He was itarian convoy this week that killed a dozen people. shot in the leg after ignoring a warn- Russian jets. ing from police, it said, adding he did 4 medics dead in strike near Aleppo not appear to be linked to a group.

Reuters BEIRUT: Four medical staff were killed and a nurse critically wounded Sudan bans Egyptian in an air strike on a village near Syria’s second city Aleppo late on Tues- day, their aid group said. The Union of Syrian Medical Relief Organisations fruits & vegetables (UOSSM) said the strike hit two of its ambulances in Khan Tuman, a village BEIRUT: Syrian rebels and pro-gov- south of Aleppo city, as workers evacuated victims from a previous strike. CAIRO: Sudan has temporar- ernment forces battled each other The medical group had said earlier that the raid hit a clinic in Khan ily suspended imports of fruits, on major frontlines near Aleppo Tuman, but later clarified that it struck first responders in their ambulances. vegetables, and fish from Egypt and Hama, and air strikes report- as of Sept. 20 on safety grounds, edly killed a dozen people including the Sudanese trade ministry said, four medical workers, as a ceasefire said warplanes had been bombing (UOSSM), it said. UOSSM confirmed without elaborating. Its move appeared to have completely unrav- all night in preparation for an attack. in a statement that at least four of its comes less than a week after Rus- elled. But “the regime’s attempts to advance staff had been killed. sia announced it would suspend The renewed battles demon- failed,” said the rebel, speaking to Syrian government forces also fruit and vegetable imports from strated the thin prospects for reviving Reuters from the Aleppo area via launched a major advance in Hama Egypt. a truce that collapsed into fresh fight- the internet. province in the West of the country. ing and bombardments on Monday, A Syrian military source said “It is a very intense attack, for including an attack on an aid con- insurgent groups were mobilis- which Russian jets paved the way, Iraqi finance voy which US officials believe was ing to the south and west of Aleppo, but it was repelled by the broth- carried out by Russian jets. Moscow and in the northern Hama area. “We ers, praise God,” Abu Al Baraa Al minister sacked denies involvement. The UN Security will certainly target all these gath- Hamawi, a rebel commander fight- Council was due to hold a high-level A Syrian man carries a baby after removing him from the rubble of a erings and mobilisations they are ing as part of the Islamist Jaish Al BAGHDAD: Iraq’s parliament meeting on Syria later. destroyed building following a reported air strike in the northern city conducting.” Fatah alliance, said. removed Finance Minister Hoshi- Despite accusing Moscow of of Aleppo, yesterday. The army reported carrying He said rebels had destroyed four yar Zebari from office yesterday being behind the bombing of the aid out air strikes on seven areas near tanks and inflicted heavy losses on over corruption allegations, a convoy, the United States says the the warring parties appeared to have station controlled by its Lebanese Aleppo. The Observatory said an government troops. Syrian state TV move that risks further destabil- ceasefire agreement it sponsored abandoned it. ally Hezbollah said the army had air strike killed four medical work- said government forces had killed a ising the major Opec producer’s jointly with Russia is “not dead”. Overnight fighting was focused recaptured a fertiliser factory in the ers and at least nine rebel fighters number of insurgents and destroyed fragile economy as it struggles But the deal, probably the final in areas that control access to Aleppo Ramousah area to the southwest of in the insurgent-held town of Khan their vehicles. Rebel sources also with a massive budget deficit. hope of reaching a settlement on city, where the rebel-held east has the city. The Syrian Observatory for Touman south of Aleppo, saying the reported an attempt by pro-gov- Parliament voted 158-77 to with- Syria before the administration been encircled by government forces, Human Rights, a monitoring body, rebels were part of the Islamist alli- ernment forces to advance in the draw confidence from Zebari, two of President Barack Obama leaves aided by Russian air power and Iran- confirmed the advance and said gov- ance Jaish Al Fatah. Handarat area to the north of Aleppo, lawmakers said, after question- office, is following the path of all backed militias, for all but a few ernment forces had pressed forward The medical staff killed were saying this too had been repelled. ing him last month about alleged previous peace efforts in Syria: still weeks since July. near an apartment complex nearby. working for the Union of Medi- Pro-government media made no corruption and misusing public being touted by diplomats long after Syrian state media and a TV A rebel fighter in the Aleppo area cal Care and Relief Organizations mention of that attack. funds, which he denies.

Migrant boat capsizes off Egypt; 29 dead

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CAIRO: A boat carrying African migrants headed to Europe cap- sized off the Mediterranean coast near the Egyptian city of Alexandria yesterday, killing at least 29 people, Egyptian authorities said. Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said that the total number of dead was still unknown. Local official Alaa Osman from Beheira province said the migrants were from several African countries. He said 155 people have been rescued People gather along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea during a so far but that bodies are still being pulled from the water. search for victims after a migrant boat capsized, in Al Beheira, Egypt, Egypt’s official news agency yesterday. Mena said the boat was carrying 600 people. The number of migrants try- January and September, compared Thousands of illegal migrants ing to cross the Mediterranean Sea to 7,000 in the same period last year, have made the dangerous sea voy- from Egypt to Europe has increased it said. age across the Mediterranean in significantly in the past year, EU bor- Experts say smugglers in Egypt recent years fleeing war and poverty, der agency Frontex said earlier this mostly use old fishing vessels, stuffed mostly via lawless Libya. Thousands month. More than 12,000 migrants way beyond capacity both below and have drowned. arrived in Italy from Egypt between above deck. First oil in 2 years leaves Libyan port

AFP Khalifa Haftar last week. His forces desperately-needed revenue into the handed management of the ports central bank’s coffers. to the National Oil Corporation Despite the fighting for control (NOC), which said that crude exports of the terminals, the GNA said on BENGHAZI: An oil tanker left a key would resume “immediately” from Wednesday it supported the NOC’s Libyan port early yesterday with the Ras Lanuf and another of the ports, efforts to boost exports. first crude shipment from the ter- Zuwaytina. “Oil production and returning minal since fighting halted exports The NOC says it is loyal to Lib- Libya to its previous levels of pro- there in 2014, an official said. ya’s Tripoli-based Government of duction will support Libya’s currency Oil is war-ravaged Libya’s key National Accord (GNA) but also to a and its economy,” said Ahmad Meitig, asset, and rival administrations rival parliament based in the east. the GNA’s deputy prime minister- have been vying for control of ter- The parliament supports Haftar’s designate, after a meeting with NOC ritory and oil resources since the forces and has refused to give the chairman Mustafa Sanalla. 2011 uprising that overthrew dicta- GNA its vote of confidence. That could only have “very pos- tor Muammar Gaddafi. On Sunday, fighters loyal to the itive consequences for the citizens “The Maltese-flagged vessel GNA launched an attack aimed at and economy of Libya,” he said in Seadelta has just left Ras Lanuf port retaking the key eastern oil ports, an audio message published on the with 776,000 barrels of oil, going to but were repelled by Haftar’s forces. GNA’s Facebook page. Italy. This is the first shipment of oil The fighting had forced the Mal- Fitouri said that a second tanker, from Ras Lanuf port since Novem- tese-flagged Seadelta to turn back Maltese-flagged Syra, was preparing ber 2014,” said Omran el-Fitouri, oil out to sea for safety before docking to deliver a further 580,000 bar- exports coordinator at the port. and filling up. rels from Ras Lanuf to Tarragona The shipment is the first to leave Other ports in the crescent in Spain. The latest shipment could any of the four ports along Libya’s have been operating intermit- also help ease a cash crisis for Lib- eastern “oil crescent” since they tently in recent years, but major ya’s strapped banks which are in dire were seized by military strongman exports from Ras Lanuf could pump need of hard currency. ASIA / AFRICA THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 07 Gabon faces ‘torture’ case in France over poll violence

AFP humanity,” lawyer William Bourdon Two French-Gabonese dual of people were killed or wounded by “The general, systematic, organ- said. nationals are the first individuals to masked men carrying out a “method- ised nature of this massacre, of this Lawyers filed a The former French colony was join the action, charging arbitrary ical” attack at Ping’s headquarters. torture” was the result of “political suit in France plunged into an unprecedented polit- arrest and detention, the lawyers Other Franco-Gabonese fami- decisions backed by the political-mil- PARIS: Lawyers yesterday launched ical crisis after incumbent President Ali said. lies are expected to join the action itary leadership” in Gabon, he added claiming the govt a suit in France claiming the govern- Bongo was declared the winner of the One is a resident of France who against Gabon in the coming weeks, recently. plotted to carry out ment of Gabon committed “crimes August 27 election by just 6,000 votes. was arrested upon his arrival in Bourdon said. Organisers of an opposition hot- against humanity” during days of Three people died in post-elec- Libreville on August 28 and remains The plaintiffs are considering line have said they have received 21 arbitrary arrests violence following the central Afri- tion violence, according to the in prison. taking the case to the International reports of deaths and 19 of missing and detentions, can country’s disputed presidential authorities, while the opposition puts The other, who attended the news Criminal Court, the lawyers said. people. election last month. the death toll at more than 50. conference, was arrested overnight The ICC may accept the charge of The Gabonese governmentyester- barbarous acts The suit claims the Libre- The French lawyers invoked on August 31 at the party headquar- crimes against humanity “given the dayy warned Ping that it would hold and crimes against ville government “plotted to carry universal jurisdiction, which allows ters of opposition leader Jean Ping. logistics, preparation (and) premed- him responsible for any new violence out arbitrary arrests and deten- states to rule on serious crimes Requesting anonymity, he itation against a civilian population ahead of Friday, when the Constitu- humanity. tions... torture and barbarous acts, regardless of where the wrongdo- recounted a night of “horror and car- that was totally unarmed,” Bourdon tional Court is due to rule on Ping’s attempted murder and crimes against ing was committed. nage” during which he said dozens said. challenge of the election result. Nigeria army fights to push At least 20 dead in Indonesian flash floods Boko Haram out of NE town Reuters

Reuters picked up by SITE which monitors jihadist announcements. There was no independent ver- GARUT: Indonesian search and ification of either the army or the rescue teams worked yesterday LAGOS: Nigeria’s army said it had Islamic State account. to find victims of flash floods that launched an offensive to push Boko Boko Haram controlled a killed 20 people and damaged Haram militants out of a remote swathe of land in northeast Nigeria hundreds of homes, authorities northeast town near the border with around the size of Belgium at the said. Niger, as it fought to end a seven- start of last year, but has been The floods hit the Garut area, year insurgency destabilising the pushed out of most of that terri- about 200km southeast of the region. tory by the Nigerian army, aided capital, Jakarta, on Tuesday after The military said it had killed by troops from neighboring Cam- torrential rain. several militants in Mallam Fatori eroon, Niger and Chad. “We’ve reported that we found near Lake Chad but Boko Haram The militants have neverthe- 20 bodies and we’ve identified 15 had called in reinforcements. less continued to carry out suicide of them,” said Endah Trisnawati, “The operation is continuing,” bombings in northeast Nigeria and a member of a police disaster vic- said army spokesman Sani Usman neighboring countries, in their tims identification unit. recently. struggle to set up an Islamist state. It was not clear how many There was no immediate com- The Boko Haram insurgency people were missing but some ment from Boko Haram, which does has killed thousands and dis- officials in the area said it could not speak to the media and only placed more than 2 million people be up to 15. releases video statements. in Nigeria. Some media reported 20 peo- But Islamic State, to whom Boko A United Nations official said on ple were unaccounted for. Haram pledged loyalty last year, Friday more than 6 million people Authorities said search and said militants had attacked an army are “severely food insecure” and rescue operations would go on. convoy in the area on Monday and 568,000 children acutely mal- Military personnel and volun- An Indonesian search and rescue team along with soldiers use heavy machinery to remove debris from an killed 40 troops, in a statement on nourished in the nations around teers helped evacuate about 1,000 its affiliated news agency Amaq, Lake Chad. area hit by a landslide in Sumedang, yesterday. residents of the area. DR Congo warns those Former Congo behind anti-govt riots warlord ends hunger strike Reuters Police spokesman Pierre Rom- baut Mwanamputu said yesterday that the official death toll was 32, THE HAGUE: Congolese of whom four were police. former rebel leader Bosco KINSHASA: Congo’s government But opposition leader Etienne Ntaganda has ended an vowed yesterday to hunt down and Tshisekedi said on Belgian television unprecedented hunger punish those responsible for riots that around 100 people had died. strike in his detention cell in which around three dozen peo- Yesterday morning, angry in The Netherlands after ple were killed, as small pockets of youths burned tyres in one dis- a two-week standoff protest continued in the capital Kin- trict as police fired warning shots, with the judges at his war shasa. a resident said, and the army sent crimes trial. Anti-government protesters trucks carrying around 50 troops “He has begun to gathered in parts of Kinshasa yes- to a university campus to prevent eat again,” his lawyer terday, but normal life resumed in any further demonstration. Stephane Bourgon said, most of the capital after two days of Kabila is ineligible to stand in adding Ntaganda had deadly riots, residents and witnesses the next election after serving two decided to end his self- said. The army was dispatched to elected terms. Last week, the elec- imposed fast late Tuesday parts of the city where tensions tion commission petitioned the after the court granted persisted. Constitutional Court to postpone him some concessions. “We are no longer in a warning the November poll. His supporters The rebel leader is on stage ... we will punish the infrac- deny he is trying to prolong his rule. trial at the International tions committed,” attorney general World powers have become Criminal Court where he Flory Kabange Numbi said, adding increasingly exasperated with has denied 18 charges of that migration officials would pre- Kabila’s administration. French war crimes and crimes vent those responsible from leaving President Francois Hollande has against humanity. the country. said the clashes were caused “by “The Congolese national police the Congolese state itself,” and urged are actively seeking out the ... authorities to respect the constitu- authors of these grave acts of mur- tion and hold elections on schedule. Rwanda oppn der and plunder,” he added. Tom Perriello, US Special Envoy The protests on Monday esca- for Africa’s Great Lakes region, activist freed lated into violent clashes between warned the US was “ready to impose after ‘kidnapping’ demonstrators and police, leaving at additional targeted sanctions on least 37 protesters and six policemen individuals who have been involved dead, Human Rights Watch said. in abuses or violence.” KIGALI: The party of a jailed Rwandan opposi- tion leader said yesterday one of its activists had been released after his “kidnapping” three days earlier. “We learned of the release of Theophile Ntirutwa on Tuesday night around 22:30 when we received a phone call from him,” said Boni- face Twagirimana, vice president of the United Democratic Forces. Ntirutwa, a party offi- cial in the capital Kigali, was detained by sol- diers on Sunday evening and taken to an unknown location, Twagirimana Civilians walk past a house and vehicles which were burnt during said. anti-government protests to press President Joseph Kabila to step down in Kinshasa, yesterday. 08 THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Afghan peace deal As Obama’s term wanes, so does

fghanistan has made a huge advance in its struggle against Taliban. This advance is not on the battlefield focus on Israeli-Palestinian issue by wresting more territory, but by getting more fighters to its side for a united front against the insurgents. by his nickname. AThe authorities have decided to sign a peace accord with Palestinians say Israeli set- Surely, Israelis Hezb-e-Islami of Afghanistan, a party led by one of the country’s tlement expansion in occupied and Palestinians most prominent Islamist warlords -- Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. territory is dimming any prospect for the viable state they seek, with will be better off Hekmatyar is a veteran of almost 40 years of fighting who a capital in Arab East Jerusalem. if Palestinians has been allied with the Taliban and the Al Qaeda and the Israel has demanded tighter government has been in talks with him for months to bring him security measures from the reject incitement into the political mainstream. A preliminary deal was reached Palestinians and a crackdown and recognise on militants responsible for a in May and the long-expected final deal is expected to be signed the legitimacy of today. string of stabbings and shootings issue said he does not expect the against Israelis in recent months. The agreement is significant as it broadens the front against Israel, but Israel By Arshad Mohammed White House to decide whether It also says Jerusalem is Israel’s a resurgent Taliban which has been reluctant to choose the path and John Irish Obama might make a speech on indivisible capital. recognises that it of negotiation. It will also help the Reuters the issue or seek to pass a new With US efforts to broker a cannot permanently government persuade more militant UN Security Council resolution, deal on a Palestinian state on occupy and settle Peace groups to choose the political process. until after Americans elect his Israel-occupied land in deep accord with One challenge for President Ashraf successor. freeze for two years, France has Palestinian land. Ghani will be to avert divisions within “They are waiting to see what tried to revive interest in the Gulbuddin n his first major United they can get the boss to do after issue, with one senior French dip- his government over the deal. Ghani’s Hekmatyar Nations speech eight years the election pressure is over,” said lomat arguing that letting matters partner in government, Chief Executive ago, US President Barack the official, who spoke on con- drift even during a US election will help Abdullah Abdullah, is said to be Obama said he would not dition of anonymity. “They have year is like “waiting for a pow- Igive up on Israeli-Palestinian been toying with the idea for der keg to explode.” persuade having reservations about reaching an peace. months.” In his eighth speech before a resolution is the way forward, other militant agreement with a Pashtun warlord of huge prominence due to fears, among In likely his last UN speech, The US presidential election the UN General Assembly, Obama another says ‘in your dreams,’” on Tuesday, he spoke little about pits Democrat Hillary Clinton, gave little time to the Israeli-Pal- said a senior Western diplomat. groups to join Abdullah’s mainly Tajik supporters, that the conflict beyond voicing the Obama’s former secretary of state estinian issue. “Surely, Israelis Jon Alterman of the Center the political it might upset the current balance in unsurprising sentiment that mat- and his choice for the top job, and Palestinians will be better off for Strategic and International process. the government. But that’s a challenge ters would improve if Israel let go against Republican businessman if Palestinians reject incitement Studies think tank in Washing- Ghani can overcome as the options are of Palestinian land and if the Pal- Donald Trump. Several analysts and recognise the legitimacy of ton said Obama tends to act as a narrowing before him in his efforts to estinians rejected incitement and believe Obama will consult Clin- Israel, but Israel recognises that it “mandarin” who offers rational wrest territories from the Taliban. embraced Israel’s legitimacy. ton if she wins. cannot permanently occupy and solutions rather than as a politi- There has also been criticism of reaching a deal with a leader While US officials have said The acid political climate settle Palestinian land,” Obama cian who moves public opinion. Obama could lay out the rough between Israelis and Palestin- said in his lone direct reference to As a result, merely sketching who has been accused of grave human rights violations. Though outlines of a deal - “parameters” ians makes progress unlikely. the conflict during the 48-minute out the contours of a deal would this criticism is legitimate, the larger objective of defeating in diplomatic parlance - after the Netanyahu and Palestinian Pres- speech. do little to change the political Taliban needs to be given priority. The US too has welcomed the November 8 presidential election ident Mahmoud Abbas have no The lack of progress has frus- realities on the ground. agreement and the State Department hopes a final agreement and before he departs on Jan. 20, plans to meet this week at the trated Arab and Western officials, “What the United States would help to end violence in Afghanistan. many Middle East analysts doubt annual UN gathering of world some of whom were not shy about thinks has never been the miss- Interestingly, the agreement comes as the United States is set this will have much effect. leaders. voicing their dismay. ing link,” he said. “The weak The result, they say, is likely to “We don’t expect much from “On this issue, you hear eve- link has often been a question to mark 15 full years of war in Afghanistan. It’s a war that now be a legacy of failure on an issue Abu Mazen,” Israeli Ambassa- rything and nothing from the of implementation. The White America is trying to put behind as the country heads for another Obama made a priority when dor to the United Nations Danny Americans. One says Obama House hasn’t been very good at presidential election. When even the most frivolous issues are he came into office in 2009 and Danon told reporters on Monday, is ready to do something, persuading people to see things being exploited for political gain in the current presidential declared in his first UN General referring to the Palestinian leader another says ‘no way’; one says their way and act accordingly.” campaign, both Democrats and Republicans are avoiding any Assembly address: “I will not mention of a war even though it is still costing American lives and waver in my pursuit of peace.” billions of dollars. This is sends a message to Afghanistan – that Obama has little to show for his two efforts - one spear- it has to take complete charge of its future. The world interest in headed by George Mitchell in his Afghanistan is dwindling. first term and another by US Sec- As the world gets embroiled in new wars and crises, old wars retary of State John Kerry in his are forgotten, though affected countries are still reeling from its second. consequences. “He has not made an impact on this issue, at all, and he wants to,” said Elliott Abrams, a Middle East adviser to former President George W Bush, a Republican. “So I think the question that he is Quote of the day asking is really a legacy question, rather than asking a pragmatic The threat to the international question of what will really help community has become the parties.” Obama will raise concerns increasingly grave and all the about Israeli settlements when he more realistic. It demands a meets Israeli Prime Minister Ben- new means of addressing it, jamin Netanyahu in New York, altogether different from what the White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said. we applied until yesterday. Rhodes said Obama had no plans to pursue a new Israeli-Pal- Shinzo Abe estinian peace initiative before Japanese Prime Minister leaving office, though he could take unspecified steps. US President Barack Obama addresses the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly A US official who tracks the at the UN headquarters in New York.

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hen a small town Ameri- can roofer took legal action against a neighbour for shooting down his drone, Wthe local dispute sparked a case that could help shape the newest frontier of property rights law - who owns the air. Drone owner David Boggs filed a claim for declaratory judgment and damages in the Federal Court after his neighbour William Merideth from Hillview in the southern state of Ken- tucky blasted his $1,800 drone with a shotgun in July last year. Boggs argued to the District Court in Kentucky that the action was not jus- tified as the drone was not trespassing nor invading anyone’s privacy, while Merideth - who dubs himself the “drone slayer” - said it was over his garden and his daughter. After a year of counter argument, a decision on which court jurisdiction should hear the complaint is expected within weeks and this could set new precedents for US law. A new GoPro Karma foldable drone is seen flying during a press event in Olympic Valley, California, yesterday. Experts are watching the case closely as the burgeoning drone industry, fuelled both by hobbyists and commercial oper- all parties, including Merideth, and Boggs’ identify who has the right to say how it inspections. prosperous chicken farm near in North ators, highlights the lack of regulation lawyer, Mackler, agree the use of drones can be used. The rules stopped short of allowing Carolina. governing lower altitude air space not just in lower air space urgently needs to be The court challenge filed by Boggs in package deliveries, as proposed by The constant roar of planes sent in the United States but globally. clarified and defined. January shows Amazon.com Inc, and currently drones Causby’s 400 chickens into a frenzy “We are in an interesting time now “To be honest with you, at the time Merideth’s defence for downing the can only be used in sight of the operator and they stopped laying eggs, ruining when technology has surpassed the I did what I did I was reacting as most drone hinged on his belief it may have and not over people. his livelihood. law,” said Boggs’ lawyer, James Mackler, homeowners would, protecting their been taking video or still images of his The FAA expects within a The farmer sued the Federal a former Blackhawk pilot and partner at property, their kids ... I didn’t know who daughter. year 600,000 drones will be used Government and both the lower courts Frost Brown Todd and one of a handful was operating the drone or for what pur- When Boggs challenged his neigh- commercially - up from 20,000 and the Supreme Court found in his of attorneys specialising in unmanned pose,” Merideth told the Thomson Reuters bour, Merideth warned him that not only registered now for commercial use. favour, stating that a landowner “owns aircraft law. Foundation. was he was protecting his family’s rights Anglo-American property law at least as much of the space above “Operators need to know where they “In the end, I’m hoping that laws but he was not to come any further. scholars trace the first principles of law the ground as he can occupy or use in can fly and owners must know when they can be put into place to protect not just Police were called and Merideth was for the air back more than 800 years to connection with the land”. This has been can reasonably expect privacy and be the home owner but the individual who charged with felony, wanton endanger- the Latin “cujus est solum ejus est usque a guiding principle of US law for more free of prying eyes,” said Mackler whose owns the drone. They have rights too. It ment and criminal mischief but Kentucky ad coelom et ad infernos”. than 70 years. work involves advising both corporate is a huge grey area and for now nobody District Court Judge Rebecca Ward last This effectively meant that earthly By 1958, Federal regulations evolved and government clients planning com- knows what they are allowed to do.” October dismissed the criminal charges, property ownership was deemed to to clearly define navigable airspace to mercial drone use. Mackler estimates about a drone a saying he “had a right to shoot at the include everything below land to the include everything that was 500 feet The landmark case comes amid a month is shot down in the United States aircraft”. centre of the earth and upwards in the or more above ground level, along with sharp increase in the global market for as residents grapple with the legal confu- Boggs’ lawyer Mackler said the case sky to heaven. “airspace needed to insure safety in take- drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, sion about what constitutes their property is not about payment for the damaged But with the advent of commercial off and landing of aircraft”. with research firm, Markets and Mar- and their rights. drone but about carving legally clear air travel this principle was laid to rest The “ad coelum”, or to the sky, kets estimating an annual growth rate of “What happens typically is that law boundaries between unregulated lower because property owners could not be doctrine, “had no place in the modern 32 percent every year to a $5.6bn indus- enforcement doesn’t know what to do and air space and personal property. considered as owners of the air thousands world,” wrote Justice William Douglas try by 2020. civil suits are uncommon as most peo- If the case is heard in the District of feet above their homes if air travel was in his Causby judgment in 1946, arguing The US Federal Aviation Authority ple don’t want to get involved due to the Court, he said, it will not be binding in to prosper. there exists “public highway” in the sky (FAA) forecasts about 2.5 million drones costs,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foun- other federal court jurisdictions but will In the United States, the legal which was part of the “public domain”. will be buzzing in US skies by the end of dation in a telephone interview. be influential in other courts. However, if principles that emerged over the 20th Mackler said the current tensions 2016 - and that number will more than Boggs’ complaint states that the drone it is appealed and sent to a higher court, it century focused on nuisance: flights over drones partly derived from the lack triple by 2020. was flying at about 200 feet (6o m) above could create a precedent for the country. at great heights came to be permitted of clarity over the legality of their use. But with the global industry surging, ground level for around two minutes over Despite the lack of legal clarity over without regard to the rights of property “People have a visceral reaction to residential Bullitt County when it was air space, the United States moved to free owners, while low altitude flights, seeing a drone. Unmanned aircraft are blasted out of the sky. up the use of small drones on August including take-offs and landings, had to something different, something they The height at which the drone was 30 by relaxing rules requiring drone factor in the impact on nearby property. often don’t expect,” he said. The US Federal Aviation Authority flying is disputed as Merideth insists it operators to have a manned pilots licence The most important case to define “But if you know that in advance was much lower - an integral part of the and specific FAA approval. these principles in the United States that a drone is being used by your utility (FAA) forecasts about 2.5 million legal case because higher airspace used These have been replaced with a new involved the health of a farmer’s chickens. company to inspect the safety of the local drones will be buzzing in US skies by by commercial planes is clearly defined class of FAA licence which is much less Known as the ‘United States versus power lines, you will be less fearful. Law in law. onerous and less expensive, allowing the Causby,’ the challenge unfolded during and technology have always had this the end of 2016 - and that number For now, there is no real agreement use of drones weighing less than 25 kgs World War II when noisy military aircraft tension: it takes time, especially if it has will more than triple by 2020. on who owns the air space below that for routine educational or commercial started flying from the Greensboro-High to go through the courts. But it will work height and there are also no rules that use such as power line and antenna Point Airfield and over Thomas Causby its way out.” Japan’s shrinking population not burden but incentive: Abe

By Linda Sieg and be motivated to grow our produc- other “irregular” employees, whose Abenomics seems to be running message to you.” Kiyoshi Takenaka tivity,” Abe added, citing robots, lower wages and scant job security out of steam. US President Barack Obama’s Reuters wireless sensors, and Artificial Intel- depress spending and constrain con- Hours before Abe spoke, the administration intends to make a ligence as among the tools to do so. sumer confidence. Bank of Japan made an abrupt shift final full-court push to convince “So, Japan’s demography, paradox- Abe vowed that a task force he to targeting interest rates on gov- Republican leaders in the US ically, is not an onus, but a bonus.” is convening will fill this gap and ernment bonds to achieve its elusive Congress to approve the 12-nation rime Minister Shinzo Abe Abe has said he wants to halt ensure equal pay for equal work, as inflation target, after years of mas- trade deal in a “lame duck” session said Japan’s ageing, shrink- the slide in Japan’s population at well as find ways to encourage more sive money printing failed to jolt after the November 8 presidential ing population was not a 100 million people by 2060, about women and older people to work. the economy out of decades-long election. burden, but an incentive to one-fifth below the current level. But he declined to directly stagnation. Both Hillary Clinton, the Pboost productivity through innova- The government also aims to raise address a question on whether the Abe welcomed the decision, Democratic Party candidate, and tions like robots, wireless sensors the fertility rate from 1.4 births per government would make it easier to expressed confidence in his hand- Republican candidate Donald Trump and Artificial Intelligence. woman to 1.8 - still below the 2.1 dismiss workers who do not have the picked central bank chief, Governor are opposed to the pact, which is Abe’s comments yesterday came needed to prevent a population from needed skills. Instead, Abe referred Haruhiko Kuroda, and vowed to unpopular with US labour unions days after official data showed that shrinking. to a domestic debate about whether work with the BOJ. “The govern- and environmental groups. Japan has 34.6m people aged 65 and Abe has focussed on mobilising to settle dismissals with cash pay- ment and the BOJ will work as one Abe also made a pitch for older, or 27.3 percent of the popula- women and the elderly to com- ments rather than in court. in close coordination to accelerate Japan’s high-tech “maglev” railway, Japan may be tion - the highest proportion among pensate for a shrinking workforce “I have no intention of intro- ‘Abenomics’,” he said. “We haven’t suggesting once again that the ageing. Japan advanced nations. rather than tackle head-on the polit- ducing a system where you can escaped from deflation yet. I believe technology, which Central Japan “I have absolutely no worries ically touchy topic of immigration, fire people freely with monetary we can make steady progress toward Railway Company (JR Tokai) aims may be losing its about Japan’s demography,” Abe although some changes are being compensation,” he said. Abe, who escaping from it.” to use to link the cities of Tokyo and population. But said in a prepared speech at a Reu- considered on that front. returned to office in December 2012 The prime minister also said Nagoya by 2027, would be a good ters Newsmaker event, noting that He outlined plans for labour- for a rare second term pledging to his government would seek quick fit for the New York-to-Washington these are incentives nominal gross domestic product had market reform, which he said reboot the economy with mix of approval by parliament of the Trans- route. for us,” he said. grown despite losing 3 million work- would help boost long-term growth, ultra-easy monetary policy, fiscal Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact and “The distance between Tokyo ing-age people over the last three but steered clear of a move many spending and reforms, reiterated urged the United States to do the and Nagoya is almost the same as “Why? Because we years. experts say is vital - making it eas- that the economy remained his top same. that between New York and D C.,” will continue to be “Japan may be ageing. Japan ier for companies to fire workers. priority. “Please do ratify the TPP,” Abe Abe said. “And by the way, you could motivated to grow may be losing its population. But A divide has emerged between Critics worry he might switch his said. “We are simply waiting for do the same thing here with the these are incentives for us,” he said. a falling number of salaried work- attention to trying to revise Japan’s you to take a leadership role. ‘Come maglev technology that is there for our productivity. “Why? Because we will continue to ers and a rising tide of part-time or post-war pacifist constitution, as along, America’, should be my own you to get.”

All thoughts and views expressed in these columns are those of the writers, not of the newspaper. All correspondence regarding Views and Opinion pages should be mailed to the Editor-in-Chief. 10 THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 ASIA / PHILIPPINES US supersonic bomber lands in South Korea

Reuters “Today marks the first time the US Forces Korea said airframe has landed on the Korean peninsula in 20 years, as well as con- OSAN, SOUTH KOREA: Two US that the flight by a ducting the closest flight near North supersonic bombers flew over South pair of B-1B Lancer Korea ever,” the US Air Force said Korea yesterday, with one of them on its website which also showed landing at an air base 40km south strategic bombers a B-1B bomber landing at the base of the capital, the second such flight was a US commitment in South Korea. The South’s Yonhap since North Korea’s September 9 news agency said the aircraft flew nuclear test. to preserve the over a US live-fire training site in the US Forces Korea said the flight by security of the Pocheon area bordering the North. a pair of B-1B Lancer strategic bomb- peninsula and the North Korea has ignored global ers based in Guam was a show of condemnation of its fifth nuclear force and of US commitment to pre- region. test on September 9, and this week serve the security of the peninsula said it had successfully tested a new and the region. rocket engine that would be used to The United States, which has flight as an armed provocation that launch satellites, again in violation about 28,500 troops in South Korea, mobilized “ill-famed nuclear killing of UN sanctions. A US Air Force B-1B Lancer (bottom) deployed to Andersen Air Base, Guam, and two F-15K Slam Eagles flew two B-1 bombers on September tools”. It did not immediately respond The leaders of the United States assigned to Daegu Air Base, Republic of Korea, fly over skies yesterday. 13 escorted by US and South Korean to yesterday’s flight. and China, which is the North’s fighter jets in a show of solidarity The US Air Force said the yes- main diplomatic ally and economic cooperation at the United Nations and countries have begun discussions on has not said directly whether it would with Seoul. terday’s flight was the closest ever benefactor, condemned the latest in law enforcement channels. a possible UN resolution in response support tougher steps against North The North condemned the earlier to North Korea by a B-1 bomber. nuclear test and pledged to step up UN diplomats say the two to the latest nuclear test, but China Korea. Japan to scrap $9.84bn Duterte’s crime war ‘a risk for economy’

AFP presents to the legitimacy of the judi- Nevertheless, the charismatic N-reactor prototype ciary, media and other democratic 71-year-old remains wildly popu- Singapore allows institutions.” lar as many Filipinos embrace his “When combined with the pres- promise of a quick solution to the extradition in US Reuters using around 20 billion yen of MANILA: President Rodrigo ident’s policy pronouncements deep-rooted crime problem. pubic money a year for mainte- Duterte’s deadly war on crime is elsewhere on foreign policy and The Philippines enjoyed strong Navy bribery case nance alone. threatening the Philippines’ econ- national security, we believe that the economic growth during the pre- Monju was designed to burn omy and endangering its democratic stability and predictability of policy- vious administration of Benigno SINGAPORE: A Singapore TOKYO: Japan signalled yesterday plutonium from spent fuel at con- institutions, international credit making has diminished somewhat,” Aquino, who was required by the court approved yester- it would scrap a costly prototype ventional reactors to create more rating agency Standard and Poor’s it added. constitution to stand down after a day the extradition of two nuclear reactor that has operated fuel than it consumes. The process warned yesterday. Duterte, 71, has vowed to ignore a single six-year term. former defence contractor for less than a year in more than two is appealing to a country whose S&P maintained its stable wave of international condemnation S&P, as well as competitors executives at the heart of decades at a cost of $9.84bn. limited resources force it to rely on outlook for the Philippines, but over the killing spree, with US Pres- Moody’s and Fitch rating agencies, a bribery scandal that has Tokyo believes it would be diffi- imports for virtually all its oil and highlighted a range of “weak- ident Barack Obama, the European in 2013 all raised the Philippines rocked the US Navy. cult to gain public support to spend gas needs. nesses” under the new Duterte Parliament and the United Nations to investment-grade level for the Linda Raja and Neil several hundreds of billion yen to Science Minister Hirokazu Mat- administration that also included his among the many critics. first time, indicating a lower risk to Peterson used to work upgrade the Monju facility, which suno, Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko foreign policy and national security He has typically used abu- investors. at Glenn Defence Marine has been plagued by accidents, mis- and others had decided to shift policy statements. sive language in responding to the In maintaining the stable out- Asia (GDMA), whose steps and falsification of documents. away from developing Monju, a fast- “The president has a strong focus criticism. look, S&P said it believed the Duterte owner Leonard Glenn There is also a strong anti- breeder nuclear reactor in the west on improving ‘law and order’, which Duterte has also sought to loosen administration would “broadly con- Francis is awaiting US sen- nuclear sentiment in Japan in of the country, the government said. has allegedly resulted in numerous the Philippines’ decades-old alli- tinue” the Aquino administration’s tencing after admitting reaction to the 2011 Fukushima They had also agreed to keep extrajudicial killings since he came ance with the US, such as by saying macro-economic policies. his port-services company atomic disaster and calls to decom- the nuclear fuel cycle intact and to power,” S&P said. he wanted to kick out US troops who But it highlighted “rising uncer- plied officers with cash mission Monju have been growing would set up a committee to decide “This could undermine respect are in the country for anti-terror- tainties surrounding the stability, to ensure US Navy ships in the ruling Liberal Democratic a policy for future fast-breeder for the rule of law and human rights ism efforts, while courting Chinese predictability and accountability” stopped at ports where Party, with scant results from development by the end of the year. through the direct challenges it investment. under Duterte’s leadership. GDMA operated. The pair’s extradition to the US now requires the go-ahead from Singa- pore’s law minister. Martial law decried Cambodia deports 13 Drug kingpin Taiwanese fraud suspects sentenced to Reuters China” in line with Beijing, which death in Vietnam considers Taiwan a breakaway province. HANOI: A court in Viet- Uk Heisela, a senior official in nam sentenced to death SHANGHAI: Cambodia has Cambodia’s immigration depart- a notorious drug king- deported 13 Taiwanese nation- ment, confirmed the deportations pin and eight associates als suspected of telecoms fraud to and said Taiwan had not been in yesterday, delivering the China, the Ministry of Public Secu- touch with Phnom Penh over the maximum punishment in rity in Beijing has said, ignoring case. a single verdict over the protests from Taiwan asking the “All victims are in China,” he trafficking of more than Southeast Asian country not to pro- said. half a tonne of heroin. ceed. Cambodia has deported more The case centred on The public security ministry than 200 people suspected of Trang A Tang, a leader of said on Tuesday the 50 Chinese involvement in the fraud rings to a network that trafficked nationals were also sent back with China since November. drugs from the infamous the Taiwanese deportees. Taiwan’s foreign ministry said Golden Triangle area of They were all arrested in a Cam- late on Tuesday it had protested Laos, Myanmar and Thai- bodian police raid in Phnom Penh strongly against the deportation of land, and distributed in and suspected of committing inter- Taiwanese nationals to China and Vietnam. The judge called net and phone extortion fraud. said Cambodia had been pressured Tang “extremely danger- Such scams have cost billions of by China. ous” and said he “must dollars and driven some victims to The Chinese public security be permanently removed suicide. ministry said the suspects were Activists holding a banner raise clinched fists as they march near the Malacanang Palace, to from society”, state-run Cambodia, one of China’s clos- being brought back to help with radio Voice of Vietnam commemorate the 44th anniversary of the declaration of martial law by the late dictator Ferdinand est allies, does not have official investigations and because the reported. Marcos, in Manila, yesterday. relations with self-ruled Taiwan. victims of the gang-related fraud It treats the island as part of “one scheme were from the mainland.

HK ‘triads’ arrested over Taiwan to Google: Blur images of S China Sea facilities

lawmaker death threats Reuters The images seen on Google Earth South China Sea, following the rapid related to defence and could be part show four three-pronged structures land reclamation by China on several of an artillery foundation. AFP earlier this month. He and his sitting in a semi-circle just off the disputed reefs through dredging, and “I think definitely it will be for family have been under 24-hour northwestern shoreline of Itu Aba, building air fields and port facilities. military purposes, but I cannot tell if protection since the vote on Sep- TAIPEI: Taiwan’s defence ministry across from an upgraded airstrip and Taiwan’s defence ministry and it is for defending, attacking or mon- tember 4 due to threats to their said yesterday it is asking Google to recently constructed port that can coast guard, which directly over- itoring,” said Dustin Wang, a scholar HONG KONG: Hong Kong police safety. blur satellite images showing what dock 3,000-tonne frigates. sees Itu Aba, said recently that details and a former government advisor arrested six people yesterday over Police said yesterday that experts say appear to be new mili- “Under the pre-condition of about the structures are confiden- who has regularly visited Itu Aba. death threats to a new city law- six men had been arrested for tary installations on Itu Aba, Taipei’s protecting military secrets and secu- tial and have not commented on their Wang said given the structures› maker who is advocating more “intimidation” linked to the death sole holding in the disputed South rity, we have requested Google blur nature. location which faces the main sea- autonomy from China, with threats made to Chu, but gave no China Sea. images of important military facil- Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc, did borne traffic, they may relate to reports saying some of the sus- further detail. The revelation of new military- ities,” Taiwan Defence Ministry not immediately respond for com- surveillance. pects have triad links. The South China Morning Post related construction could raise spokesman Chen Chung-chi said yes- ment on the request. China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Eddie Chu was one of several reported suspected triad mem- tensions in the contested waterway, terday, after local media published Defence experts in Taiwan said Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei claim rebel lawmakers to win seats in bers were among those arrested where China’s building of airstrips the images on Itu Aba. that based on the imagery of the parts or all of the South China Sea, landmark legislative elections in yesterday morning raids. and other facilities has worried other The United States has urged structures and their semi-circular through which trillions of dollars in claimants and the United States. against the militarisation of the layout, the structures were likely trade passes. PAKISTAN THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 11 India obstacle to peace: Sharif By-polls show attack blamed on Pakistan-based drop in PTI militants. Pakistan wants The Sunday assault was the votes in Sahiwal peace with India. I worst of its kind to hit the divided Himalayan region in more than a ISLAMABAD:Pakistan have gone the extra decade. Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) mile to achieve “The international commu- candidate Rai Murtaza nity ignores the danger of rising Iqbal, who was defeated this. But India has tensions in South Asia, at its own in Monday’s by-election posed unacceptable peril,” Sharif warned the General to NA-162 Chichawatni, preconditions to Assembly. Sahiwal, got over 25,000 “Pakistan wants peace with votes less than the bal- engage in a dialogue: India. I have gone the extra mile lots its nominee had Nawaz Sharif to achieve this,” he told the gath- secured in the 2013 gen- ering in New York. “But India has eral elections. posed unacceptable preconditions This time the PTI rep- to engage in a dialogue.” resentative clinched AFP “Let us be clear: talks are no 63,211 votes while his favour to Pakistan. Talks are in the uncle, Rai Hassan Nawaz interest of both countries. They are sponsored by it in 2013, essential to resolve our differences,” had bagged 88,974 bal- UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan Prime the Pakistani premier said. lots and had emerged as Minister Nawaz Sharif lashed out “We are open to discussing all the winner. Thus, there at India over escalating tensions measures of restraint and respon- was a drop of 25,763 in Kashmir, telling the UN General sibility with India, in any forum or votes in just three years. Assembly yesterday that New Delhi format and without any conditions,” This exhibited the declin- was an obstacle to peace. Sharif said. Indian Prime Minister ing vote-bank of the PTI Gun battles raged Tuesday Narendra Modi has vowed to pun- due to its policies. on the disputed Kashmir bor- ish those responsible for Sunday›s Hassan Nawaz had der between the nuclear-armed attack in Kashmir and has faced won the seat with a lead Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addressing the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN neighbours, two days after 18 calls from some within India for of 13,218 votes while his Indian soldiers were killed in an military action against Pakistan. headquarters in New York, yesterday. nephew was routed with a margin of 13,369 ballots. The three generations of powerful Rais had been consecutively successful Officials searching for rare yellow turtle in all elections in Chich- Peace deal with awatni because of their tremendous personal Internews turtle in the pond. animal resembles Albino yellow bel- influence. “We have so far only seen some lied sliders or some related species. In the last local polls, photographs of the turtle. So, I “There are fish ponds in our they were able to get can’t give a comment on what type village but I bet no villager saw a Hekmatyar today most of the union councils KARACHI: Wildlife department offi- of turtle it is,” Jamali said while thing [turtle] of this [yellow] col- of Chichawatni Tehsil, the cials in Pakistan’s southern Sindh acknowledging he has never seen a our before,” said Ahmed Ali, a local only area in Punjab where province are searching for the yellow turtle of this colour in any part of resident. Reuters also agreed to press for the lift- the PTI had shown an turtle which was spotted by villag- Sindh. “Earlier in the day, we informed ing of international sanctions on impressive performance. ers in Badin and released into a pond Jamali said after the turtle is the wildlife department’s game war- Hekmatyar. The Pakistan Muslim on Monday. The turtle was found found from the pond the wildlife den [about the turtle]. But no one But many, particularly among League-Nawaz (PML- crawling in a muddy ditch at some department will engage experts to turned up,” Bhurgari added. KABUL: Afghan authorities will sign the supporters of President N) cardholder, TufailJutt, distance from a fish pond in Ghu- examine its health. “There is also a The locals put the turtle on the a peace accord today with Hezb-e- Ashraf Ghani’s reluctant partner who won the by-poll, lam Mohammed Farooqui village in possibility that toxic effluent from map by uploading its photographs Islami of Afghanistan, a party led by in government, Chief Executive bagged 76,580 votes. In Badin. SiddiqBhurgari, a resident of the sugar mills in Badin might have and videos on the social media. one of the country’s most prominent Abdullah Abdullah, have had deep 2013, it had not fielded the same village, said that later the caused the change in its colour. But Deputy Director Wildlife, Jamali, Islamist warlords, the government’s reservations about concluding an any candidate for this turtle was released in a pond. we can’t say anything with certainty told that the team searched three media office said. agreement with a Pashtun warlord constituency. Meanwhile, Sindh wildlife until we examine it.” ponds in the village but the turtle The long-expected deal with of such prominence. Haji Ayub, who had department deputy director Ghu- Although the Sindh Wildlife could not be found. He added that Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a veteran Abdullah’s mainly Tajik sup- contested the election as lam SarwarJamali said yesterday Department is yet to come up with the search will continue for another of almost 40 years of fighting in porters have been alarmed by the an independent, was the that his team was searching for the its assessment about the turtle, the day. Afghanistan, follows months of prospect of a powerful Pashtun bloc runner-up with 75,756 negotiations aimed at bringing his upsetting the uneasy equilibrium ballots. group, which has long been allied that has held since the disputed 2014 with the Taliban and al Qaeda, into election was resolved with the crea- the political fold. tion of a national unity government. WB support Waiting for alms The accord, which officials say Many activists have also been was largely concluded at the week- sharply critical of concluding an sought to end after a preliminary deal in May, agreement with a leader who is will be formally signed at a cere- accused of serious human rights implement NFIS mony at the office of the High Peace abuses. Council at 1100 a.m (0630 GMT), the Allied at various times with the ISLAMABAD: The gov- government media office said. anti-Soviet mujahideen, Pakistan, ernment of Pakistan has Hekmatyar has been accused of al Qaeda and the Taliban, Hekmat- initiated a project to gar- serious human rights abuses, nota- yar was included on the U.S. State ner World Bank support bly during the 1990s civil war, when Department’s Specially Designated to implement the National his forces were blamed for heavy Global Terrorist list in 2003. Financial Inclusion Strat- bombardments of Kabul that killed He is believed to command egy (NFIS) for achieving thousands, but he has played lit- several hundred fighters linked to its financial inclusion goals tle direct part in the insurgency in several attacks on international and and moving towards uni- recent years. Afghan government forces. versal financial access. However, after the repeated Despite the controversy over According to details failure to start peace talks with the Hekmatyar, other former war- of the project prepared Taliban, the accord offers some lords, notably Vice President Rashid by the World Bank, the hope that the Kabul government Dostum and second Chief Execu- International Bank for can persuade other militant groups tive Mohammad Mohaqiq, have also Reconstruction and to leave the battlefield and join a faced accusations of rights abuses Development (IBRD) will peaceful political process. and have still been included in the provide $80m while the The United States had welcomed government. International Develop- signs of an agreement with Hezb- The United States had welcomed ment Association (IDA) e-Islami and earlier this year, after signs of an agreement with Hezb- will support the project the preliminary accord was signed, e-Islami and earlier this year, after with a soft loan of $50m. the State Department said it hoped the preliminary accord was signed, While appraisal of a final agreement would help to end the State Department said it hoped the project will begin violence in Afghanistan. a final agreement would help to next month, the World According to Afghan media, end violence in Afghanistan. Many Bank executive board is the agreement will grant Hekmat- activists have also been sharply crit- expected to approve the A woman looks at beggars sitting on a footpath near a market in Rawalpindi, yesterday. yar amnesty for past offences and ical of concluding an agreement $130m project early next the release of certain Hezb-i-Islami with a leader who is accused of seri- year. prisoners. The Kabul government ous human rights abuses. Drone victims accuse US authorities of double standards

Anatolia while being held hostage by Al Qaeda, Malak Jalal Khan Dawar, a resi- not more than three dozen Al Qaeda not received a word of condolence Foundation for Fundamental Rights, but activists say it has never made dent of Dattakhel town in the North and Taliban leaders but thousands of from any government.” which represents the families of such plans for Pakistani families, Waziristan tribal area, has lost 27 innocent people, including women “I feel the US’ selective vision and drone strike victims, said. Akbar during the 12 years of drone oper- family members and neighbours to and children.” selective justice continues. Presi- said the US has paid compensation KARACHI: After it was revealed last ations in the tribal belt that borders drone strikes. He said he does not Karim Khan, another anti-drone dent Obama only recognises you as to civilians in Afghanistan because, week that the US government had Pakistan. think the US will ever compensate activist, whose son and brother were a civilian if you are national of some he said, the Afghan government had agreed to pay $1.3m in compensation While US drone strikes have Pakistanis. killed in a drone strike in North western country. done more than Pakistan to support to the family of an Italian aid worker killed several key militants, including “Compensation will not bring my Waziristan in 2009, also accused the The activists were also critical of its citizens. killed in a drone strike in Pakistan’s leaders of the Afghan and Pakistani relatives back but it will at least be US of “double-standards” by com- their own government, who despite “I do not expect anything from northwestern tribal region last year, Taliban, an admission from the US that it has pensating the American and Italian publicly objecting to the drone strikes the Pakistan government. It has given Pakistanis have been asking why according to the UK-based killed more civilians than militants,” families. is accused in local media of provid- a license to America to kill the tribes- hundreds of families are not being Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Jalal, who in July this year attended “Our lives have no value in her ing tacit approval. men,” said Jalal, echoing Akbar›s offered the same. up to almost a thousand Pakistan a session at British Parliament on eyes,” he said. “President Obama “Why would the US bother about sentiment. The White House said it regretted civilians, around 200 of them chil- drones, said. publicly apologised to the Italian Pakistanis when our own govern- “I am sorry to say that our own the deaths of Giovanni Lo Porto, 37, dren, have also been killed since “This is the biggest lie of the cen- worker’s family earlier in April 2015. ment does not?» government has failed us. I don’t and US aid worker Warren Weinstein, 2004, though the US claimed the tury, that the drones have targeted My innocent son and brother were Lawyer Shahzad Akbar, chair- know where we should go to seek 73, who were “inadvertently” killed civilian death toll is much lower. militants only. Drones have killed killed in 2009 and till today I have man of the Islamabad-based justice.” 12 THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 INDIA Railway & general budgets to be unified Race Course that ministries like defence have Over the years the more expenditures than railways but Road renamed form part of the general budget. The Congress questions merger move general budget decision to merge the rail and general NEW DELHI: The Congress questioned the government’s move to merge Lok Kalyan Marg expenditures have budgets was mooted by Railway Min- the railway budget with the general budget and said that the focus instead ister Suresh Prabhu and endorsed by should be on bringing about a turnaround in the railways. Congress NEW DELHI: The Race gone up than the NITI Aayog’s member Bibek Debroy, spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi said it was not clear how the merger Course Road, where the railways. Ministries which also proposed the doing away will help the railways. Prime Minister’s official like defence have of the distinction between plan and “What really needs to be the government’s priority is to ensure there residence is located, was non-plan expenditure. are some firm policies in place where the railways can manage to make yesterday renamed Lok more expenditures Both Jaitley and Prabhu clar- a turnaround,” Chaturvedi said. Kalyan Marg. than railways but ified that the distinct identity of Chaturvedi said: “The railways has periodically effected fare increase The announcement the Indian Railways will be main- but passenger flow is not increasing. It also added new capacities for coal was made at a press con- form part of the budget presentation date in all like- tained -- including the freedom to transportation but that too has not picked up, causing it a loss of over ference attended by general budget: FM lihood is being advanced to February raise resources via extra-budgetary `3,000 crore.” Taking a potshot at the government’s move to advance NDMC Chairman Naresh 1 every year, from the last day of Feb- means. the presentation of the general budget, the Congress leader said: “Dates Kumar, Delhi Chief Min- ruary as was the norm. “Functional autonomy of the do not bring about changes; policies and the initiatives bring changes.” ister Arvind Kejriwal and “From coming year, the rail- Railways will be maintained,” Jaitley Meenakshi Lekhi, the BJP way and the general budgets will said. “This is a historic step, match- MP who represents New IANS be amalgamated. There will be only ing global benchmark and best. This Delhi constituency in one budget. And secondly, distinction will help raise capital expenditure in While clarifying on the new date than to spill over to the second half Parliament. between plan and non-plan expend- Railways which will enhance con- of the budget, Jaitley said it will be after recess. “We have unanimously iture will be ended from next year. nectivity in the country and boost advanced and the government in- Non-plan expenditure is what decided to change the NEW DELHI: In a major finan- Consequently there will be only one economic growth,” Prabhu said. principle wants the Finance Bill to be the government spends on the so- name of Race Course cial sector reform, India yesterday appropriation bill,” Union Finance “Distinct identity of Railways will passed before March 31. But the date called non-productive areas, such as Road to Lok Kalyan Marg,” decided to do away with a 92-year- Minister Arun Jaitley (pictured) said be maintained. Our effort to leverage of the budget will be decided depend- salaries, subsidies, loans and inter- Kejriwal said. old legacy of separate general and here after a Cabinet meeting. extra budgetary resources will con- ing on various state elections dates. est, while plan expenditure pertains “Inspired by public railway budgets by unifying them, Jaitley said over the years the tinue,” he added. The advancement of the date is to the money to be set aside for pro- welfare we all have joined a tradition that has been continu- general budget expenditures have The Railways pay about `10,000 to ensure the Finance Bill is passed ductive purposes, like the various politics, be it Arvindji, me ing since British colonial times. The gone up than the railways, and added crore as dividend annually. in the first half of the Budget session projects of ministries. or the Prime Minister of India, inspired by pub- lic welfare people have joined politics. Nothing is greater Cabinet panel approves Chennai metro than Lok Kalyan (public welfare), so it should be named so,” said Lekhi to Rafale fighter jet deal reporters. 648MW solar AFP Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian fly to the Indian capital. A report by the plant dedicated Press Trust of India put the purchase price at around $8.8bn. to nation NEW DELHI: An Indian cabinet The purchase of the Rafale jets, committee gave its approval yester- to replace part of the country’s age- CHENNAI: Adani Green day to a long-delayed deal to buy 36 ing air force fleet, was first mooted Energy (Tamil Nadu) Ltd fighter jets from France’s Dassault, in 2012 but has faced major delays yesterday dedicated its as the country looks to bolster its and obstacles over the last four 648MW solar power military in the face of China’s grow- years. project in the state to the ing clout. India entered exclusive negotia- nation, the company said. A senior defence ministry offi- tions on buying 126 Rafale jets four In a statement issued here, Adani Green Energy cial said Prime Minister Narendra years ago, but the number of planes A Chennai Metro Rail train travels along the track between the airport and Little Mount in Chennai, Modi’s cabinet committee on secu- was scaled back in tortuous nego- said it has dedicated yesterday. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa, has opened the second section of the metro rity had given its green light to the tiations over the cost and assembly the world’s largest solar rail system in the southern city on a video-conferencing link from the State Secretariat. multi-billion dollar Rafale jet pur- of the planes in India. power plant at a single chase at a meeting in New Delhi and Modi announced on a visit to location of 648MW set up the defence ministers of both France Paris last year that his government in Kamuthi, Ramanathu- and India would ink the agreement had agreed to buy the jets as India puram district. tomorrow. looks to modernise its Soviet-era “This is a momentous “The deal was approved at the military. occasion for the state of meeting in the evening,” the offi- But the deal continued to be Baloch leader discusses terms for asylum Tamil Nadu as well as the cial said. held back by disagreements such entire country.” “It will now be formally signed as Delhi’s insistence that arms mak- IANS of asylum in India with Indian dip- situation of the “Baloch people in “We are extremely by Indian and French defence ers invest a percentage of the value lomats in Geneva. “Talks with the Pakistan-occupied Balochistan” happy to dedicate this ministers on September 23 in New of any major deal in India, known Indian diplomats were very fruit- was part of the conversation. plant to the nation; a Delhi.” as the offset clause. NEW DELHI: Baloch nationalist ful and they were very supportive. “This was my first-ever meeting plant of this magnitude The official said that other The increasing assertiveness of leader Brahumdagh Bugti, who is We discussed the terms of asylum with any Indian diplomat, I never reinstates the country’s details including the exact amount its giant neighbour China as well as the president of Baloch Republican in India,” Brahumdagh Bugti said. approached the Indian embassy ambition of becoming and formalities “will become clear its simmering rivalry with Paki- Party (BRP) that is seeking inde- He added that while he cannot before. “I am very hopeful and pos- one of the leading green after the signing event” which is stan have increased India’s need to pendence for the troubled Pakistani disclose certain “sensitive mat- itive (for asylum in India),” he said energy producers in the expected to see French Defence upgrade its military. province, has discussed the terms ters” discussed with diplomats, the after the meeting. world,” Chairman Gautam Adani of Adani Group was quoted as saying in the statement. Uri attack: Pakistani envoy summoned AP & Telangana to form AAP legislator IANS Basit was reminded that the Pakistan public commitment to refrain from arrested over government “had made a solemn supporting and sponsoring terror- system for water sharing commitment in January 2004 to ism against India.” harassment case not allow its soil or territory under India has blamed the Pakistan- NEW DELHI: Foreign Secretary S its control to be used for terrorism based Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist IANS the Central Water Commission, will NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Jaishankar yesterday summoned against India”. outfit for the early morning attacks. be constituted to study availability Party (AAP) legislator Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul “The persistent and growing The statement said that begin- of water in the river basin. Amanatullah Khan was Basit here following Sunday’s cross- violation of this undertaking is a ning with the cross-border terror “The report of the joint commit- yesterday arrested after border terror attack on an army matter of very serious concern,” attack in January this year, there NEW DELHI: The Apex Council on tee will be sent to the tribunal with a a physical harassment base at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir the statement said. “The latest ter- have been continuous attempts by river water-sharing between Telan- request to allocate the water to the complaint by his brother- in which 18 Indian soldiers lost their rorist attack in Uri only underlines armed terrorists to cross the Line gana and Andhra Pradesh yesterday states so that they can go ahead with in-law’s wife, police said. lives. that the infrastructure of terror- of Control (LoC) and International decided to install telemetry system their respective projects,” Bharati “We arrested Khan According to a statement issued ism in Pakistan remains active. We Boundary in order to carry out and constitute a joint committee to added. today (Wednesday). by the External Affairs Ministry, demand that Pakistan lives up to its attacks in India. study availability of water. The Chief Ministers were not We had called him for Union Water Resources Minister present during her media briefing. questioning after his Uma Bharti told reporters after the She declined to answer more brother-in-law’s wife filed first meeting of the council in New questions, saying all other issues a complaint,” a senior Delhi that the report of the joint will be decided by the officials of police officer said. committee will be sent to tribunal the two states. After his arrest, Khan, to allocate water to the two states. During the meeting, both the who represents Okhla The first meeting of the coun- Chief Minister presented their constituency in south cil was attended by Uma Bharti, cases on projects on the Krishna Delhi, took to Twitter and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N and Godavari rivers. wrote: “Came here at (the) Chandrababu Naidu and his Telan- The Centre constituted the DCP office Sarita Vihar for gana counterpart K Chandrasekhar Apex Council on the direction of general discussion. But Rao. the Supreme Court and in line with they arrested me.” The irrigation ministers and top the provisions made in the AP Reor- Following the com- officials from both the states and the ganisation Act, 2014. plaint by the woman Centre also attended the meeting, The two Telugu states have (spouse of his wife’s which lasted for over two hours. been sparring over sharing of river brother), a FIR was lodged The central minister said the waters. Telangana alleged that against Khan at the Jamia meeting was held in a cordial Andhra was resorting to diversion Nagar police station in atmosphere and there was agree- of huge quantity of water from the south Delhi on Septem- ment on three issues. Pothireddypadu head. Andhra ber 10. “Telemetry system will be objected to «illegal projects» like The complainant installed wherever they want, for Palamuru-Ranga Reddy and Dindi accused Khan of pres- water gauging. Both states wanted being taken up by Telangana. surising her to establish this so that we know quantity of Telangana is also demanding physical relations. Khan water in each river and how much is a share in the Krishna water as has denied the allegation, flowing into each state,” Bharti said. compensation for Andhra Pradesh saying he had “no con- It was also agreed that a joint diverting Godavari water through nection with the woman A woman lights candles during a vigil for the soldiers, who were killed in Sunday’s attack at an army base committee, comprising of engi- the Pattiseema lift irrigation at all”. in Kashmir’s Uri, at a school in Jammu, yesterday. neers from the two states and from scheme. EUROPE THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 13

Corbyn camp predicts win Herald of autumn in Labour Party elections

party chiefs on Tuesday, Corbyn In the longer-term, the rift could rejected a plan by his deputy Tom cause even bigger problems as some Corbyn is expected Watson to let the party’s lawmak- political commentators predict that to win by a clear ers vote on who should be in the Prime Minister Theresa May could “shadow cabinet”—its leadership call an early general election next margin when the team in parliament. year as she launches negotiations to result is announced Watson has also proposed giv- leave the European Union. ing the party’s MPs and trade unions “Stop obsessing about the party on Saturday. more power over the choice of future issues and devote your considera- Labour leaders, following criticism ble talent and experience to the one of the current process by Corbyn thing that really matters—the fast- Agencies opponents who say that grassroots approaching catastrophe of Brexit,” members and supporters have too pleaded commentator Polly Toyn- much influence. bee in the Guardian, a left-leaning Corbyn and his backers reject newspaper read by many Labour LONDON: Britain’s Labour Party these proposals as attempts to supporters. faces deadlock in a power struggle undermine his authority and want Many Labour MPs resigned from between the party’s centrist law- Labour members to have more of the shadow cabinet over the sum- makers and its leftist leader Jeremy a say on the running of the party, mer in protest at Corbyn’s leadership, Corbyn, as ballots closed yesterday in including being able to vote on the arguing he had performed weakly in a leadership challenge against him. shadow cabinet. the failed referendum campaign to A bitter contest pits left-wing The conflict threatens to keep Britain in the EU. incumbent Jeremy Corbyn against overshadow the party’s annual “Together we are very, very challenger Owen Smith. conference in Liverpool, northwest strong,” Corbyn told supporters at Corbyn is expected to win by England, where the winner of the his final campaign rally on Tues- The ivy on the Tu Hwnt i’r Bont tea room in Llanrwst, on the banks of the River Conwy in north Wales a clear margin when the result is leadership contest between Corbyn day, where he also met volunteers yesterday shows red colouring. The ivy on the tea room is turning from green to red on the final day announced on Saturday. and Welsh MP Owen Smith will be making last-minute calls for party of summer. Autumn officially begins on the equinox today. In an eight-hour meeting of announced. members to cast their postal ballots. Sarkozy and Juppe eye French presidency

AFP to select a rightwing nominee. France’s borders so that the country is 2007 to 2012, has vowed a “mer- nation, he has promised to “reach out” Italy drops case National identity and Islam have not “flooded” with migrants. ciless” fight against the Islamist to vast majority of Muslims who adhere emerged as key themes in their President Francois Hollande is yet extremists who have killed 238 peo- to France’s secular values. against contest. to confirm if he will stand for re-elec- ple nationwide since January 2015. Juppe has undergone a radi- PARIS: France’s presidential race Sarkozy is a brash rightwinger tion as the Socialist party’s candidate “If you want to become French, cal makeover from grey technocrat Erdogan’s son started in earnest yesterday as seven and a divisive figure in French pol- in a run that would defy his histori- you speak French, you live like the who spent years in political wilder- rightwing candidates including ex- itics, while the experienced Juppe, cally low approval ratings. French. We will no longer settle for ness over a fake jobs scandal at Paris president Nicolas Sarkozy were the current mayor of Bordeaux, has On the far right, the National integration that does not work, we City Hall in the 1990s to benign elder BOLOGNA: Italian pros- confirmed to contest a November pri- styled himself as a unifying force. Front is prepared for battle, with its will require assimilation,” he told a statesman. He has repeatedly made ecutors have dropped a mary, with the nominee seen as the “The candidates all agree on econ- leader Marine Le Pen widely fore- rally on Monday. overtures to centrists as well as left- money laundering case likely winner of next year’s election. omy,” said Thomas Guenole, a political cast to successfully negotiate the first Juppe, a moderate who served ists, who can vote in primary if they against the son of Turkish The stakes are high with polls scientist and author of a book on round of national voting in April and two years as premier under presi- pay two euros and sign a charter President Recep Tayyip showing the winner of a duel between Sarkozy’s comeback, referring to their then lose in the second round against dent Jacques Chirac and also was declaring they adhere to centrist or Erdogan, their office said two leading candidates from Republi- consensus on cutting taxes and relax- a mainstream candidate. foreign minister under Sarkozy, has conservative values. yesterday. cans party, Sarkozy and former prime ing France’s 35-hour working week. Juppe, 71, has been the favourite taken the opposite approach. For Jerome Fourquet of pollsters The decision came minister Alain Juppe, would be clear “The only issues on which they to emerge victorious from the start, Accusing Sarkozy of “pouring Ifop, the choice between “a war six weeks after Erdogan favourite to prevail in May. create divisions are the four Is: Islam, but Sarkozy has nearly closed the gap fuel on the fire” with his calls for a chief and someone who is wiser, complained in a televi- Following the confirmation of identity, immigration, insecurity,” he with hardline proposals designed to state ban on the burkini, Juppe has more reassuring and brings people sion interview that his son the candidates by election offi- said. Sarkozy, visiting the northern woo voters reeling from a string of tried to sell voters on what he sees together” will come down to whether Bilal was being abused by cials, two rounds of voting will migrant flashpoint of Calais yesterday, jihadist attacks. as a “happy”, secure French identity. the French believe the country is, as the Italian justice system. be held on November 20 and 27 called for beefed-up controls on all of Sarkozy, who led France from Vowing to knit together a fractured Sarkozy says, “at war”. The allegation that Bilal Erodogan, 35, was involved in money laun- dering while studying in Ukraine and rebels Italy last year was first German political Selfie with cadets made by Murat Hakan Uzan, an exiled member parties hit by agree to pullback of one of Turkey’s richest troops in families and an opponent cyber attacks of the president. three areas AFP Greece rejects AFP Turkish soldiers’ BERLIN: German political par- ties have fallen victim to a new MINSK: Negotiators sent by Kiev asylum requests round of cyber attacks, documents and pro-Russian rebels yesterday showed yesterday, after Berlin’s for the first time agreed to pull back ATHENS: Greece has domestic spy agency accused Rus- troops from three areas along the rejected asylum requests sia of a series of operations aimed battered frontline in east Ukraine. from three of a group at spying and sabotage. The sides signed a frame- of eight Turkish soldiers Politicians and employees of work agreement for the pullback who fled there after the several parties received emails in eastern Ukraine, said Organisa- failed coup attempt in purporting to be sent from Nato tion for Security and Cooperation Turkey in July, police said headquarters, but which instead in Europe (OSCE) envoy Mar- yesterday. contained a link that installed tin Sajdik, who is moderating Turkey has sought the spyware on the recipient’s com- protracted peace talks between men’s extradition, call- puter, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung Ukraine, the rebels and Russia. ing them “traitors” and daily and regional broadcasters “After three months of insist- “terrorist elements”. The NDR and WDR reported. ent negotiations... today we finally soldiers deny involvement Citing unnamed security A woman takes a selfie with military cadets as they attend a Peace March to mark the International agreed a framework document on in the coup. The three experts, German media said Day of Peace in Kiev, Ukraine, yesterday. pulling back forces and equip- can appeal the asylum the attacks on August 15 and 24 ment,” Sajdik told journalists after decisions, a Greek offi- appeared to have been carried out talks finished in Minsk. cial said. by state-backed Russian hackers. The document represents a A document circulated by small step forward in Ukraine’s Germany’s Federal Office for stalled peace talks and comes Frankfurt Zoo Information Security (BSI) yes- UK undercover reporter goes on trial several days after German and terday, warned lawmakers of the French foreign ministers made introduces a attacks. “Given the background of their first ever visit to the eastern the American situation, it is impor- Reuters he posed as an influential Indian film The journalist, who denies the conflict zone last week. baby gorilla tant to me to protect the parties producer, and the case against her accusations, has built a formidable German Foreign Minister from spying,” Arne Schoenbohm, later collapsed. reputation for undercover inves- Frank-Walter Steinmeier praised FRANKFURT: Frankfurt chief of Germany’s Federal Office Mahmood and his driver Alan tigations which have led to major it as “new progress” in comments Zoo is celebrating a new for Information Security (BSI), told LONDON: Mazher Mahmood, one Smith are accused of changing a state- exclusive stories and prominent to Suddeutsche Zeitung daily, add- addition at its enclosures the Sueddeutsche . of Britain’s best known undercover ment Smith had given to police ahead prosecutions. ing that “other (measures) must - a baby gorilla. He was referring to a series of reporters renowned for his “fake of her trial which could have helped In his most famous exclusive in swiftly follow to obtain separation Mother Shira gave cyber attacks that hit the US Dem- sheikh” sting operations that have her defence, London’s Old Bailey cen- 2001, he posed as an Arab sheikh to along the entire line of conflict.” birth to young one on ocrats this year. Hillary Clinton’s even caught out royalty, tampered tral criminal court was told. dupe Sophie, Countess of Wessex, The document was signed September 15. The zoo presidential campaign has blamed with evidence in a criminal trial to Prosecutor Sarah Forshaw said the wife of Queen Elizabeth’s young- by Ukrainian and Russian said staff had yet to iden- Russia for the intrusion. protect his reputation, prosecutors Mahmood, who called himself “king of est son Prince Edward, into making negotiators and initialled by tify its gender body parts As in the US case, the BSI fears said yesterday. the sting”, had vested interest in Con- indiscreet comments about other representatives of the so-called as the baby remains too that the hackers could leak con- Mahmood, who has worked for tostavlos being found guilty as his own members of the royal family and Donetsk and Lugansk “repub- closely attached to its fidential party information in a several of Rupert Murdoch’s papers, journalistic practices were on trial. senior politicians. lics” before being signed by their mother. bid to influence public opinion is on trial accused of conspiracy to “This is a case about an agree- The Contostavlos sting involved respective leaders, said Sajdik. “When a gorilla is born, just before Germany holds gen- pervert the course of justice over ment made between these two the aspiring actress being flown first Ukraine and the rebels that’s always a very spe- eral elections next year. the 2014 prosecution of singer and defendants to tamper with evi- class to Las Vegas with the promise pledged to withdraw troops and cial event. We are all very Germany’s domestic secret former judge of the British version dence in a criminal trial,” she said. that she was favourite for a lucrative weapons by one kilometre by happy,” zoo director Man- service in May accused Rus- of the X Factor TV talent show Tulisa “Mr Mahmood may be the master of film role. At a subsequent meeting in each side in three “security areas”: fred Niekisch said, adding sia of a series of international Contostavlos. subterfuge and deception. But on London, the pair discussed drugs and Stanytsya Luganska and Zolote in the newborn “looks pretty cyber attacks aimed at spying She had denied being involved in this occasion it is he, together with a friend of hers later supplied Mah- Lugansk region and Petrovske in big and quite strong”. and sabotage. supplying drugs to Mahmood while his employee, who are exposed.” mood with half an ounce of cocaine. Donetsk region. 14 THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 AMERICAS

Defence lawyer Violent protests over fatal police shooting seeking access

has fueled outrage nationwide. to accused New Demonstrations began early Several hundred yesterday and grew through near York bomber people gathered to an apartment complex in Charlotte, where the shooting occurred. protest the shooting As news of the shooting spread, Reuters of 43-year-old Keith protesters gathered, carrying signs that read “Black Lives Matter” and Lamont Scott, who chanting “No justice, no peace!” was an African- Later, some protesters set fires NEW YORK: A lawyer for an American, as was the blocking a major road, and others Afghan-born US citizen charged set trucks ablaze. with bombings last weekend in officer who shot him A local television station reported New York and New Jersey asked dead. that looters attempted to break into to see his client yesterday and a store—some throwing rocks and suggested the man’s first court shattering glass doors—and were appearance could occur in his held back at the entrance by officers. hospital bed. AFP News reports said the officer in Police in New York City also the latest shooting, Brentley Vinson, said they had not yet been cleared has been put on paid leave. to speak to Ahmad Khan Rahami, WSOC-TV reported that the Char- 28, who was arrested on Mon- CHARLOTTE: Protests and looting lotte shooting occurred as Vinson and day after a gunfight with police rocked a North Carolina city yes- other officers were searching for a sus- in Linden, New Jersey. He is terday, following the fatal police pect on an outstanding arrest warrant. now receiving treatment for his shooting of a black man, with a dozen Police encountered Scott—who wounds at a hospital in Newark, officers and several demonstrators was not the person they were seek- New Jersey, where he could for- injured in the violence. ing—in a car parked at the building. mally face his charges if he cannot Police officers wearing riot gear block a road during protests after police fatally shot Keith Lamont Scott Several hundred people gathered “At this point, all we know (is) they travel to the U.S. District Court in to protest the shooting of 43-year- were in the apartment complex park- in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Charlotte, North Carolina, yesterday. Manhattan. old Keith Lamont Scott, who was an ing lot,” Charlotte-Mecklenberg Police fired his weapon because of that.” carrying a gun, but had a book in his authorities said attacked and dam- “He has been held and ques- African-American, as was the officer Chief Kerr Putney told reporters. Police said Scott had a firearm, hands when he was gunned down. aged several police cars. The police tioned by federal law enforcement who killed him. The shooting was the “This subject gets out with a which is legal under local law “open Charlotte police donned riot department said on Twitter that agents since his arrest,” David latest in a string involving black men weapon. They engage him, and one carry” gun laws. His relatives told gear and used tear gas as they tried “approximately 12 officers injured. Patton, head of the New York City killed at the hands of police, which of the officers felt a lethal threat and local media, however, that he was not to subdue the angry crowd, which One officer hit in face with a rock.” federal public defenders office, said in a court filing. “The Sixth Amendment (of the U.S. Consti- tution) requires that he be given access to counsel on the federal Paris climate accord closer after UN meeting charges, and that he be presented without delay.” Patton also asked to meet with AFP enters into force this year, it will be fossil fuel powers Brunei and the certain to come into force, barring a Rahami yesterday. “He’s not yet Bomb threat: a major step forward on our journey United Arab Emirates. widespread change of heart. medically cleared so that we can for a more secure, more equitable and To come into force, the Paris Notably, the European Parlia- speak to him just yet,” New York Schools in Canada more prosperous future,” Ban said. agreement needs ratification from ment is expected to vote to approve Police Commissioner James O’Neill UNITED NATIONS: The landmark The accord requires all countries 55 countries that account for at least the Paris accord next month. told a news conference. “That may state evacuated Paris agreement on climate change to devise plans to achieve the goal 55 percent of the planet’s greenhouse China and the United States, the happen in the next 24 hours, pend- moved closer to reality yesterday of keeping the rise of temperatures gas emissions responsible for climate two largest emitters, gave a major ing the doctors’ approval.” after 31 countries joined during the within two degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahr- change. boost to the accord when they signed Federal prosecutors said TORONTO: More than United Nations General Assembly. enheit) above pre-industrial levels. With yesterday’s event, in which on during a summit earlier this Rahami injured 31 people in Man- 19,000 students on the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- Scientists say that such a temper- leaders ceremonially submitted month between Presidents Xi Jin- hattan’s Chelsea neighbourhood small Canadian province moon voiced confidence that the ature rise still poses risks but could paperwork to ratify the accord, a ping and Barack Obama. with a homemade bomb that det- of Prince Edward Island accord, through which countries save the planet from the worst effects total of 60 countries have joined the French Environment Minister onated on Saturday night in a case were evacuated yester- commit to take action to stem the of climate change, including wors- Paris accord, meeting the threshold. Segolene Royal, who heads the body that law enforcement authorities day after police received planet’s rising temperatures, would ening flooding, storms and droughts But they account for just less than behind the Paris accord, told report- now regard as terrorism. a threat that bombs were come into force by end of the year. that may cause food shortages, spe- 48 percent of emissions, according ers earlier in the week that she hoped Rahami is also charged with placed at a number of “The momentum is remarkable,” cies extinction and significant human to UN figures. it would come into force before the planting bombs that went off in schools. Police said noth- said the outgoing UN chief, who con- displacement. Ban’s office said that 14 other next UN climate meeting on Novem- Seaside Park, New Jersey, and his ing suspicious was found vened a meeting on the Paris accord The countries that joined the countries accounting for 12.58 per- ber 7 in Marrakesh, Morocco. hometown of Elizabeth, New Jer- after officers searched all during the annual UN gathering of accord yesterday included Latin cent of emissions had signaled they That conference opens one day sey, but did not injure anyone. He of the schools in the prov- leaders. American powerhouses Argentina, would ratify the accord this year, before the presidential election in the faces charges from federal pros- ince. Threats were also “When the Paris agreement Brazil and Mexico as well as major meaning the agreement is virtually United States. ecutors in both states. received elsewhere in Canada. Pilot dead as U-2 Call to abolish bullfights Lula must stand trial spy plane crashes for corruption: Judge WASHINGTON: A US pilot was killed and another injured after they ejected AFP from a U-2 spy plane on a training mission in rural California. The plane crashed BRASÍLIA: Brazil’s former pres- shortly after takeoff in an ident Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva unpopulated area in Sut- (pictured) must stand trial for ter, north of state capital corruption, a judge ruled after pros- Sacramento, the Air Force ecutors accused the popular leftist said. of masterminding the large-scale The service had ini- plundering of state oil company tially said both pilots Petrobras. ejected safely, but later The crusading judge behind confirmed one was killed. the Petrobras investigation, Sergio The plane was assigned Mora, accepted charges filed last to the 1st Reconnaissance week by prosecutors investigating the 2018 presidential election. Squadron at Beale Air Lula—making him the highest- It already played a part in oust- Force Base. profile figure to face trial in a case ing the leftist Workers’ Party, which Beale spokesman Air- that has taken down some of the he co-founded. man Tristan Viglianco said country’s most powerful business The once unstoppable party’s it was not immediately executives and politicians. 13 years in power ended last month known if the pilot had died Animal rights activists enacting a bull and a bullfighter perform in front of the Legislative Assembly “Given that there is sufficient when Lula’s hand-picked successor, during the dangerous eject in Mexico City. The activists rallied under the motto Yo Quiero Una Ciudad Sin Maltrato Animal (I Want evidence of (Lula’s) responsibility... Dilma Rousseff, was convicted of procedure or after. a City Without Animal Abuse) and demanded abolition of bullfighting. I accept the charges,” Moro said in budget irregularities in an impeach- his decision. ment trial. The charges allege that Lula, 70, Reacting to the judgement, Lula received the equivalent of 3.7m reais said “I am sad because I just learned ($1.1m) in bribes. (Judge Sergio) Moro accepted the Among the accusations are charge lodged, even though it is all Washington Post takes heat for Snowden prosecution call charges that the former union a farce, a huge lie.” leader and his wife received a The charges against Rousseff beachside apartment and upgrades were unconnected to the Petrobras AFP reporter who led the team that shared come back and face charges, but I the information to journalists, it is to the property from a major con- case, but the scandal—combined the Pulitzer with The Guardian for the didn’t take Snowden’s leaks and put very unlikely that we would know struction company, OAS, which was with Brazil’s worst recession in dec- reporting on global surveillance based them all over my newspaper.” what we do about mass surveillance one of the players in the Petrobras ades—did much to bring her down. on Snowden’s leaks of National Secu- Kirtley noted that prosecuting in the post-9/11 world.” A more blunt scheme. Rousseff was replaced on August WASHINGTON: A Washington Post rity Agency documents. sources for leaks should be troubling response came from Glenn Green- More broadly, prosecutors last 31 by center-right President Michel editorial arguing for the prosecution Gellman added that Snowden’s for the world of journalism. wald, a member of Guardian team week singled out Lula—who was Temer, her vice president-turned- of intelligence leaker Edward Snow- “disclosures served the public. WP “It is my belief that going after that met Snowden and now an edi- president during much of the time nemesis. He has vowed to slash a den has sparked an outcry in the media journalists are proud of our role.” sources for leaks using the Espionage tor at online news site The Intercept. that Petrobras was being fleeced of ballooning budget deficit and lead community—including from some of Jane Kirtley, a professor of media Act is a prelude to going after the “The Washington Post has billions of dollars—as the scheme’s Latin America’s largest economy the newspaper’s own journalists. ethics and law at University of Min- journalists who receive that infor- achieved an ignominious feat in US “supreme commander.” back to growth. The weekend editorial provoked nesota, said the Post’s editorial view mation,” she said. “It hasn’t happened media history: the first-ever paper to Lula, who presided over an eco- But the Petrobras case also a heated response, with some point- comes as a shock to the media com- yet, but it is possible.” explicitly editorialise for the criminal nomic boom from 2003 to 2011, will looms large over his administra- ing out the irony that the newspaper munity even if there is a separation Washington Post media column- prosecution of its own source—one now go head to head for the first tion, and several of his close allies was calling for criminal charges of the opinion and reporting units. ist Margaret Sullivan also broke with on whose back the paper won and time with Moro. are under investigation. against a source who helped it win “It does seem to me that any the editorial board, calling for Snow- eagerly accepted a Pulitzer Prize for The crusading judge’s anti-graft Lula was hailed internationally a 2014 Pulitzer Prize for public serv- news organisation that is going to den to be pardoned. Public Service,” Greenwald wrote. investigation, known as Operation for combining business-friendly ice reporting. rely on a source and potentially “Snowden did an important—and The debate comes amid increas- Car Wash, has had explosive con- economic policy with social-wel- The editorial board “has no say imperil that source, really needs to brave—service for the American pub- ing calls for a pardon for Snowden, sequences in Brazil. fare programmes that helped fight on news, and just showed why,” said stand by that source,” Kirtley said. lic,” Sullivan wrote in a column. who has been living in Moscow out It may now thwart Lula’s centuries of deep-rooted inequal- a tweet from Barton Gellman, the Post “I personally think Snowden should “Without his decision to bring of the reach of US law enforcement. hopes of a political comeback in ity in Brazil.

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Air raid kills several medical workers, DOHA: The recently established 1 insurgents near Aleppo - monitors European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) cluster in Qatar Iraqi forces ready by ‘early October’ announced yesterday it will be offering 2 for Mosul assault: top US officer “Crash Courses in 12 European Lan- guages” at the French Institute in Qatar Some 60 Canada schools, universities on Monday in celebration of the Euro- 3 evacuated over threat pean Day of Languages. Formally announcing the event at the Cyprus Embassy yesterday, Cyprus Ambassador Charalambos Panayides TWEET OF THE DAY underscored the importance of the cel- ebration of European Day of Languages proclaimed in 2001 to encourage lan- guage learning across Europe to promote multilingualism and inter- cultural understanding. “The 26th of September is cele- brated throughout Europe to draw attention to the linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe and at the same time in Qatar to promote and enhance cultural relations between European countries and the Qatari society,” said Panayides, who chairs the local presi- dency of the EU Council in Qatar in the second half of this year. Free and open to everyone, EUNIC’s inaugural event will allow the partic- ipants to attend introductory classes on European languages of their choice INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY including Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Ambassadors and other officials representing various European embassies in Qatar at the official announcement Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish and of the event at the Cyprus Embassy yesterday. Pic by: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula Swedish. “The idea is to offer an introductory 200 languages spoken in the European the initiatives the newly formed Euro- the Swedish crash course,” Sweden course on European languages with Union and that excludes the languages pean cultural cluster in Qatar, would Ambassador Ewa Polano told this daily. The Emir H H Sheikh native speakers as teachers. It will be spoken by citizens from other conti- like to boost and support to teach Euro- The event will also feature screen- Tamim bin Hamad an opportunity for anyone living in nents,’ said Deseez. pean languages to the general public. ings of European short films such as Al Thani on his way Qatar to get introduced and exposed ‘In Qatar, several possibilities Although the event focuses on French, Portuguese and Croatian films, to deliver a speech to the diversity of European languages exist today to learn European lan- European languages, it will also com- said Deseez. at the General in Qatar,” Olivier Deseez, EUNIC Qatar guages such as French at the French prise other cultural elements. The event is scheduled on Monday Debate of the 71st cluster president, told The Peninsula. Institute, Spanish at Qatar University “We would like to introduce not from 5pm to 9pm at the French Insti- Session of the UN “The European Day of Languages is or Portuguese at the Translation and only our language but also our cul- tute in Qatar. General Assembly. an important moment for us. It symbol- Interpreting Institute.” ture. We will also serve some Swedish Those who wish to participate may izes the unity of European countries in He said the crash course, which is cookies, chocolates, coffee and fish. register at anissa.harfouche@institut- all their diversity. There are more than planned to be held annually, is among Everyone is welcome to come to francais-qatar.com 20 artists invited for QM programme Bangsamoro exhibition to

The Peninsula at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. showcase Philippine culture The group of artists, which includes 10 Qataris, consists of artists from a range of dif- DOHA: Qatar Museums (QM) has welcomed ferent disciplines including art, photography, By Raynald C Rivera 20 talented artists who have been selected to video, design, painting, poetry and drawing. The Peninsula take part in the second cycle of the innovative They are Frances Grane, Fahad Al Obaidly, Fire Station “Artist in Residence” programme. Lulu Al Musfer, Zoe Hawk, Zach Stensen, Amr Launched in March 2015, the programme Elkafrawy, Richard Blackwell, Hana Al Saadi, is hosted at the Doha Fire Station building and Maryam Ahmed, Maryam Al Suwaidi, Mariah DOHA: The Philippines The second batch of Artists in Residence it aims to create a space that offers an indige- Dekkenga, Tanzeela Abbasi, Ahmed Al Jufairi, is keen on enhancing nous, local approach to creativity and artistic Maryam Al Semaitt , Nawar Al Mutlaq, Abeer during a get-together on Sunday at the cultural relations with production. The residency programme, which Al Kuwari, Nesma Khodier, Juan Martinez, Fire Station. Qatar exploring possible is open to local Qatari artists and residents of Maryam Al Homaid and Titika Stamouli. projects for collabora- Qatar, runs in nine-month cycles. A group of Khalifa Al Obaidli, Director of the Fire young artists a platform to grow, exhibit and tion including bringing four jury members convened to agree on the Station, said: “It is great pleasure to wel- collaborate.” here the Bangsamoro final 20 artists from a highly talented pool of come the next batch of 20 highly creative, The residency programme will involve exhibition to showcase more than 150 applications. The judging panel unique and skilled artists from a range of mentoring and tutoring from respected local the richness of Philip- included HE Dr. Abdulla bin Ali Al Thani, Board artistic backgrounds to take up residency at artists and will give the residents the opportu- pine Muslim culture. Member and Managing Director of Qatar our “Artist in Residence” programme at the nity to be in close contact with some of the big “The Bangsam- Leadership Centre; Wissam Saleh Al Mana, Fire Station. This initiative is something that international names that Qatar Museums con- oro exhibit is a very NCCA Chairman Felipe M. De Leon, Jr. receives a memento Executive Director at “Al Mana Group”; Faraj I am hugely passionate about and one that is tinually attracts to Qatar. This is in addition rich exhibit of Filipino from Katara General Manager Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti Daham, Qatari artist; and Rhys R Himsworth, so important for the development of artists to access to world class curators, art histori- art with the Islamic during his visit to Katara yesterday. Head of Painting & Print Making Department in Qatar as it celebrates local talent and gives ans and professors. influence by Fili- pino Muslims. This is the first time this big on Islamic heritage providing the Qataris a exhibit will travel outside the Philippines,” better understanding and appreciation of Felipe M De Leon, Jr., Chairman of National our culture and our people.” Over a million poor benefit from QC Eid initiative Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) He said Invitation will be given to offi- of the Philippines told local media. cials of Qatar Museums involved to come to The Peninsula “The number of sacrificial aniamls exceeded our expectations by The NCCA Chairman was in Doha to the Philippines and see the exhibit. “Offi- 3,000 and that proves the engagement of our donors and their trust inaugurate Sentro Rizal-a learning centre for cials from Qatar Museums will have first to in QC,” Al Fahida added. Philippine culture at the Embassy- as well see the exhibit to decide whether they want DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) distributed 500 tonnes of meat of sacri- “Having offices in more than 25 countries contributed signifi- as meet with officials of key Qatari cultural to showcase the entire exhibit or portions ficial animals worth more than QR13m during Eid Al-Adha abroad. cantly to the success of QC’s project, which ensured quality and speed entities including the Ministry of Culture and of the big exhibit which is on display at the About one million poor people, including refugees and those dis- in implementation and access to those most vulnerable” he added. Sports, Qatar Museums and the Cultural Vil- National Museum,” he added. placed within their countries, benefited. QC also distributed 3,000 A total of 27,044 animals, including 12,249 sheep and 1,112 cows, lage Foundation- Katara. The idea of having a Qatar Philippines sacrificial animals at a cost of QR1.4m in Qatar, benefiting more than were scarificed, accounting for more than 480 tonnes of meat. Philippine Ambassador Wilfredo C San- Year of Culture, Santos said, is also possi- 14,400 people, including widows, orphans, and low-income families. The project was implemented in countries in Asia, Africa , and tos said an agreement in the field of culture ble once the cultural agreement has been “The initiative ‘Your Udhias, Their Eid’ was implemented in 37 Europe; these countries are as follows: between the Philippines and Qatar is being signed. countries around the world and brought happiness to many needy Syria (residents and refugees in near countries), Palestine, Iraq, finalised which will provide a framework Meanwhile, De Leon yesterday met families and their children, especially those forced to migrate because Somalia, Qatar, Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, Sudan, Kenya, Djibouti, for cooperation for these projects. with Katara General Manager Dr. Khalid of their situation such as Syrians, Iraqis and Yemenis, or people suf- Mali, Togo, Nepal, India, Chad, Mauritania, Yemen, Bangladesh, Benin, Upon meeting with officials of Qatar bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti to discuss prospects fering due to poverty, blockade, unemployment and facing economic Gambia, Sri Lanka, Niger, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Pakistan, Museums, Santos said, “They agree with us of hosting cultural events that afford Katara problems such as Palestinians, Somalis and others,” said Faisal Al Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Kosovo, Comoros, Albania, Philippines, Ghana, on the importance of having an exhibit here visitors a glimpse of the Filipino culture. Fahida from QC. Jordan, and Bosnia. The campaign included other projects such as showcasing Philippine culture through the During the meeting Al Sulaiti pointed “The campaign left a good feeling in the hearts of about 1,000,000 covering Hajj expenses, providing hospitality for pilgrims, distribu- Bangsamoro exhibit which is a good way out that Katara organised numerous Fili- beneficiaries and brought happiness to their families. tion of Eid clothing inside and outside Qatar, at a total cost of QR23m. to start.” pino events, such as the Asean Festival 2015 “Other QC projects implemented during Eid Al-Adha such as ‘Eid QC distributed Eid clothing to orphans and poor families’ children “Through the Bangsamoro exhibit, we where outstanding Filipino folk perform- Clothing’ distribution made the beneficiaries happy as well. inside Qatar during Eid Al Adha at a cost of QR500,000. can showcase our commonality with Qatar ances attracted large audiences.

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$20bn Qatari investments in Turkey until last year

steady growth over the last several bin Ahmed bin Towar Al Kuwari, years offering great opportunities of Vice-Chairman of Qatar Chamber Turkish companies investments. “In 2015, we registered (QC), while addressing at the meeting. are handling a 5 percent growth in GDP, which The meeting was attended by is estimated to be around 4.5 to 5 prominent Qatari businessmen and projects worth about percent this year, despite global eco- members of the Turkish Minister’s $11.6bn in Qatar. nomic slowdown,” the Minister said. accompanying trade delegation. “There is no adverse impact of On the presence of Turkish com- the failed coup attempt in July on panies in Qatar, the Minister noted the economy. The business is going that Turkish companies are handling on as usual. The Turkish lira remained projects worth about $11.6bn in Qatar, stable, and the country received over and all are committed to play their By Mohammad Shoeb $916m of foreign direct investment contributions to make the upcoming The Peninsula (FDI), which is evident about the 2022 FIFA World Cup a grand success. vibrancy and growth prospects the Al Kuwari also highlighted similar Turkish Minister of Development Lutfi Elvan and Qatar Chamber Vice-Chairman Muhammed bin Ahmed bin Towar economy,” the Minister added. views saying that both the countries Al Kuwari with Qatari businessmen and their Turkish counterparts in Doha yesterday. Pic: Baher Amin/The Peninsula The Minister called for construc- are sharing strategic relations in dif- DOHA: Qatari companies are tive cooperation between Qatari ferent areas of cooperation, which increasingly investing in Turkey. businessmen and their counterparts include business, trade, investments, the economy offers a wide range of Qatar and Turkey have witnessed products, electrical equipment, motor Qatari investors’ interests in the coun- in Turkey to develop and support joint security, culture and humanitarian. investment opportunities in several a sharp rise in bilateral trade and vehicles, home textile products, food try include energy, banking and real actions between the two countries. “This meeting is another mile- promising sectors, which include investments over the last few years. and furniture, while Turkey’s invest- estate, visiting Turkish Minister of Qatar’s investment to Turkey in stone in the historic journey of energy, transport, tourism, banking, The bilateral trade volume between ments in Qatar are mostly focused Development Lutfi Elvan said here 2015 crossed over $20bn (QR72.8bn), Qatar-Turkey bilateral economic real estate among others.” the two countries touched QR4.73bn in the consultancy and construction yesterday. the second highest value of invest- cooperation. It will further accelerate Al Kuwari said that Turkish com- ($1.3bn) in 2015, which has nearly sectors. Addressing a joint meeting with ments by any country in Turkey. the growth in trade and investments panies are playing significant role in doubled compared to QR2.69bn ( Among the products imported Qatari businessmen and their Turk- And over the coming years, Qatar between the two countries,” he added. Qatar’s infrastructure development, $739m) in 2014. by Turkey mostly included liquefied ish counterparts, the Minister said the is expected to become number one “Turkey is one of the most preferred and in 2015 alone, they bagged con- Qatar’s imports from Tur- natural gas (LNG), along with plastic Turkish economy has been witnessing investor in Turkey, said Muhammed destinations for Qatari investors as tracts worth $2.5bn. key mainly include iron and steel products and chemical derivatives. Qatar’s gas consumption Qatari banks see turnaround in 2017 jumps 40% in five years By Satish Kanady sources of funding as a result of the decline in The Peninsula government and related entity deposits as a result of the fall in oil prices.” On the banking stocks’ performance, By Sachin Kumar Omar said shares in banks have seen a gradual The Peninsula DOHA: With bulk of the first half earnings sea- decline in the second quarter on year-on-year, son now over and the banks delivering weak but performed better compared to overall numbers, the focus is on 2017. Qatar’s banks Qatar Stock Exchange Index. Of typically, there will continue to face challenges in the remain- is a correlation, how fundamentals are per- DOHA: Consumption of nat- ing year, but is expected to turn more positive forming and the stock prices. Qatari stocks, ural gas in Qatar has seen a next year, according to top market experts. like any other GCC markets, are more driven rapid rise the past few years. Looking at third and fourth quarters of by sentiments. The country, the largest 2016, Qatar’s the banking sector is seeing a On the impact of a possible Fed rate hike exporter of natural gas in the downside risk, but investors are confident on local market, Omar said: “Both technically world, has witnessed a steep about 2017. Liquidity pressures, mainly as a and fundamentally it will have an impact on rise of 40 percent over the last result of decline in oil prices, have resulted in the stock prices of banks and companies, but five years. a reduced flow of funds into the banks. With difficult and there is huge pressure on funding. the point is you don’t know whether it will According to BP Statisti- the decline in liquidity, the cost of funding for But we expect a turnaround in 2017,” he said. really weigh on Qatari stocks. Because the sen- cal Review of World Energy banks has also increased. Both local currency As the FIFA World Cup draws near, we timent around is too bullish and too volatile.” 2016 report, gas consumption and dollar liquidity have been more difficult expect a pickup in government spending on Ratings agency S&P said yesterday the cost in Qatar stood at 32.1 billion to access during the year, resulting in banks committed projects, which will fuel balance of funding for banks in the region has been cubic metres (bcm) in 2010 which jumped Middle East’s consumption grew from looking extremely for diversified sources of sheet growth for banks in Qatar. Banks will increased with the decline in liquidity. In the to 45.2 bcm in 2015. Compared to previous 461.4 bcm in 2014 to 490.2 bcm in 2015. funding, Omar Mahmood (pictured) , Part- also look externally for higher returns through same vein, the drop in economic growth has year, the consumption rose by 13.8 percent, Natural gas consumption is expected to ner, Head of Financial Services for Middle East acquisitions and possible investment opportu- exposed the most vulnerable borrowers, pri- the highest rise in the GCC region. Qatar con- increase further in coming years, according and South Asia, KPMG Qatar told The Penin- nities given the domestic pressures currently marily subcontractors and small and midsize sumed 39.7 bcm natural gas in 2014. to the US Energy Information Administra- sula in an interview. being faced. enterprises, leading to higher default rates and Increasing population and rapid expan- tion. Consumption of natural gas worldwide “For Qatar, our view is the rest of 2016 is “We believe banks will continue to look to provisioning needs. “Overall, we think that sion of infrastructure in country’s is the main is projected to increase from 120 trillion cubic challenging for the banking sector. The head- access the capital markets for funding through not only will banks’ loan growth decline, but driver behind surge in consumption as gas is feet (Tcf) in 2012 to 203 Tcf in 2040 as per the line numbers seems okay, but it’s not really EMTN, sukuk issuances and local capital issu- profitability will also drop, prompting some used for power generation and water desal- International Energy Outlook 2016 report. doing well. So far, it has been challenging in ances”. Margins are being squeezed, mainly banks to take a closer look at their efficiency ination. Electricity and water desalinisation Natural gas remains a key fuel in the this year. The challenges will persist in the rest due to the rise in the cost of funding. Banks and potentially triggering mergers or acqui- sectors account for most of the natural gas electric power sector and in the industrial of the year. We are over banked, pricing is very have been forced to look at alternatives/costlier sitions.”, S&P analysts said. consumption in Qatar. sector. In the power sector, natural gas is an Qatar is a major player in global natural attractive choice for new generating plants gas market and has witnessed a rapid expan- because of its fuel efficiency. Natural gas sion of LNG activities. Qatar ranks third in the also burns cleaner than coal or petroleum world in terms of natural gas reserves. Other products, and as more governments begin countries in the region also consumed more implementing national or regional plans to No plans to sell interests in Indonesian subsidiary: Ooredoo natural gas. Consumption of gas in Kuwait reduce carbon dioxide emissions, they may grew 4.2 percent to 19.4 bcm in 2015 from encourage the use of natural gas to displace The Peninsula/QNA Ooredoo. Ooredoo was responding to recent interests in the business,” said company in 18.6 percent in 2014. Saudi Arabia’s gas con- more carbon-intensive coal and liquid fuels. media speculation regarding Indosat Oore- a statement. sumption went up from 102.4 bcm in 2014 By energy source, natural gas accounts doo. “Further to recent media speculation Ooredoo has presence in global markets to 106.4 bcm in 2015, showing a growth of 4 for the largest increase in world primary DOHA: Ooredoo confirmed yesterday that regarding Ooredoo’s Indonesian subsidi- including Kuwait, Oman, Algeria, Tunisia, percent while United Arab Emirates saw its energy consumption. Abundant natural gas it has no intention of selling its interests in ary, Indosat Ooredoo, Ooredoo wishes to Iraq, Palestine, the Maldives, Myanmar and gas consumption going up from 66.3 bcm resources and robust production contribute Ooredoo’s Indonesian subsidiary, Indosat confirm it has no intention of selling its Indonesia. to 69.1 in the same duration, registering a to the strong competitive position of natural growth of 4.3 percent. gas among other resources. 18 THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 BUSINESS

VW’s scandal: Prospects remain Investors seek €8.2bn in robust for Islamic compensation

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that of conventional banks in most FRANKFURT: Volkswagen inves- systems in which Islamic banks have tors have filed 1,400 lawsuits New sukuk issuance been established,” said Khalid How- seeking €8.2bn in compensation continues to remain ladar, Global Head of Islamic Finance from the car giant over its emis- at Moody’s. “This is driven by strong system financing assets. However, has reduced the attractiveness of the Takaful industry,” said Mohammed sions cheating scandal, a German subdued in 2016. retail demand and proactive govern- the government of both these coun- sukuk format,” explains Nitish Bho- Ali Londe, Assistant Vice-President - court said yesterday, adding to ment legislation for the industry.” tries have recently taken initiatives jnagarwala, Assistant Vice-President Analyst at Moody’s Insurance team. a long list of legal woes for the The sector also has potential for to boost the growth in the sector over - Analyst at Moody’s. “However, we “Growth has broadly slowed to below embattled firm. further growth, especially in coun- the next ten years. expect increased sukuk issuance 15 percent in 2015 in most key mar- Investors say the automaker The Peninsula tries in which the penetration of While new sukuk issuance vol- into 2017 from sovereigns, banks and kets. Globally, year-on-year growth failed to disclose details of the Islamic banking assets remains rel- umes in 2016 are expected to remain corporates in the Gulf, as regional stayed just below 20 percent in the case in a timely way, leading them atively low, at between 5 percent and flat, at around $70bn, the rating financing needs increase amid lower past couple of years due to large pre- to lose money as the group’s share 10 percent of Islamic financing assets. agency says that the longer-term oil prices,” he adds. mium increases in the Saudi market price plunged by 40 percent in DOHA: New sukuk issuance contin- Over the last three years, Oman’s outlook remains promising. “Sub- Growth in the Islamic insurance in 2015 of around 19 percent.” two days after the crisis erupted ues to remain subdued in 2016, but Islamic banking sector, for example, dued issuance volumes in 2016 were (Takaful) sector is also slowing, but Overall, the persistent efforts by last September. The $9.1bn in growth prospects for the Islamic has gone from zero to an aggregate of mostly driven by reduced short-term the rating agency expects it to remain government agencies and central claims is mostly made up of “bun- finance sector are still strong, says around 10 percent of banking system borrowing by the Malaysian gov- at double digit levels into 2017 and for banks, combined with retail cus- dled” actions containing lawsuits Moody’s Investors Service in a report financing assets as of June 2016, com- ernment, one of the largest sukuk gross contributions to reach $20bn tomer demand, is driving growth in from multiple plaintiffs, many of published yesterday. pared to Indonesia and Turkey which issuers globally, as well as the drive by 2017. “Complex regulation, as all these markets and we expect this them private investors, according “Growth in the Islamic banking have both taken over two decades to of the GCC governments to tap con- well as compliance and operational trend to continue well into the next to the court in Brunswick, close to sector continues to broadly outpace reach around 5 percent of banking ventional sources of liquidity, which challenges have slowed growth in the decade. VW’s Lower Saxony headquarters. The US government and sev- eral German state governments are also among the claimants. Inditex profits rise Two of the claims lodged with the Brunswick court, from groups as quick-trend ‘Brexit’ move tips scale in GCC’s favour of institutional investors includ- ing Blackrock, the world’s largest fund manager, account for a total model pays off of €2bn alone. A spokesman for The Peninsula properly strategise in light of the world’s fifth biggest economy drums impact on the GCC markets will be Volkswagen reiterated the car- UK’s impending separation from up effort to win more deals outside minimal in the mid- and long-term, maker’s position that it “continues AFP the regional bloc. the EU to compensate for losses in while financial markets and curren- to believe that we comprehen- Nidal Abou Zaki, Managing the internal market. cies will face major challenges in the sively fulfilled our obligations DOHA: The UK’s impending his- Director, Orient Planet Research, However, trade and investment short-term at most. under capital markets law and toric withdrawal from the European said: “The implications of the result relations between the UK and the The report emphasised the pos- that the claims are unjustified.” MADRID: Zara-owner Inditex Union (EU) is opening new opportu- of the United Kingdom leaving the GCC will depend on the strength of itive impact of the ‘leave’ vote in There was little reaction on posted a rise in first-half prof- nities for advancing the position of European Union is very significant their individual relations with Brit- strengthening the bilateral relations the Frankfurt stock market to its thanks to what analysts said the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to the GCC. Although many experts ain, the report said. between the UK and the respec- the news, with Volkswagen shares was a well-honed business model as an economic powerhouse, casting have brushed aside that it will not The EU has not been successful tive GCC countries. Some economic gaining around 1.3 percent by allowing the Spanish group to beat the spotlight on the strong bilateral affect the region economically, it in reaching a free trade agreement experts have warned that a weak 1030 GMT. Volkswagen’s troubles rivals in whisking new trends trade ties between the GCC region is absolutely important for busi- (FTA) with the six GCC member pound could significantly hit the began after it admitted in Septem- to the shopfloor. The world’s and the European island nation, nesses, especially those engaged in nations comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, tourism flow into the region, as well ber 2015 to installing so-called largest fashion retailer by turn- according to a new report titled ‘UK’s the region to fully understand the Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the as investments in the aviation indus- “defeat devices” in 11 million die- over, owned by the publicity-shy EU Referendum: Why ‘Brexit’ Mat- various facets of this unique and his- UAE, the report noted, highlighting try where Qatar and Abu Dhabi have sel-powered vehicles worldwide, Amancio Ortega who has become ters to the GCC.’ torical decision. This report aims to the potentials of stronger bilateral significant stakes in the UK. Qatar is which increase exhaust treatment the world’s second richest man, The report, published by Ori- further shed light on the ramifica- trade. the UK’s third largest export market when the car detects it is undergo- said higher clothes sales drove the ent Planet Research, an Orient tions of the ‘leave’ vote as far as the The study recognises the reality in Mena region, with trade exchange ing regulatory tests. The software eight-percent jump. Planet Group venture, aims to GCC countries are concerned.” of major adjustments and renegoti- reaching $4bn in 2015. deactivates the emissions system Profits rose to €1.3bn ($1.4bn) shed light on the economic impact The study noted that UK’s trad- ations of these countries in existing However, it also presents an when the car is on the road, lead- in the six months from February of the British exit (‘Brexit’) on GCC ing relations with the Gulf countries trade relations as an aftermath of opportunity for Qatar’s sovereign ing to levels of harmful nitrogen 1, the company said. “All of the countries, as well as guide inves- as well as other nations are seen to Brexit. However, it concurs with wealth fund to acquire more assets oxides in the exhaust many times group’s brands increased their tors in their business decisions and become even more robust as the many industry findings that Brexit’s in the UK, the report explained. higher than allowed. international presence during the period, with 83 new stores in 38 countries,” Inditex said in a state- ment, adding that it ventured into three new markets — Aruba, Par- aguay and Nicaragua. OECD sees growth flounder as globalisation stalls Sales in the first half rose 11 percent to €10.5bn. The results of the company, Reuters supply chains that add economic biggest economy at 1.4 percent this which operates eight store brands value at each stage and are often year, down from a forecast of 1.8 per- including Zara, upmarket label rooted in China and other east Asian cent in June. Massimo Dutti and teen chain countries were unravelling as China Although that would be the Bershka, beat analyst expecta- PARIS: Global economic growth will sought to wean its economy off of weakest growth since the financial tions, but only slightly. flounder this year and next at rates exports for growth and some firms crisis in 2009 and weaker than the All brands posted a rise in not seen since the financial crisis as brought back production to their eurozone’s 1.5 percent, the OECD said sales. Zara and home decora- the march of globalisation grinds to home countries. that the US Federal Reserve should tion brand Zara Home were the a halt, the OECD warned yesterday. “If we could get back on track go ahead with an interest rate hike clear winners, with a 13-per- Long a motor for the global econ- with the kind of trade growth that of a quarter percentage point. That cent and 17-percent rise in sales omy, trade growth is set to lag growth we had in the 1990s and 2000s, we would help keep asset prices from respectively. in the broader world economy this would be able to return to productiv- galloping ahead of growth in the real Analysts said Inditex is reap- year, the Organisation for Economic ity growth rates prior to the financial economy, potentially creating bub- ing the rewards of its now famous Cooperation and Development said crisis,” OECD Chief Economist Cath- bles, Mann said. business model which allows it to in an update of its main economic erine Mann said. Next year, the OECD sees US get clothes to stores much faster forecasts. “This is well below past “Productivity has basically fallen growth picking up to 2.1 percent, than its rivals and avoid excess norms and implies that globalisa- by half since the financial crisis and down from 2.2 percent in its last inventory. While its competitors tion as measured by trade intensity that is a recipe for breaking prom- forecasts from June. The OECD esti- prioritise low production costs may have stalled,” the Paris-based ises to all of our citizens,” she said. mated the British economy would and outsource manufacturing to organisation said. A backlash against trade has OECD Chief Economist Catherine Mann at the OECD headquarters in suffer less than initially feared as a China, Inditex makes more than As a result, the OECD estimated surged onto the political agenda of Paris yesterday. result of a the vote in June to leave half of its clothes in factories in the global economy would muster several countries facing elections the European Union. It forecast Brit- Spain, Portugal, Morocco and growth of only 2.9 percent this year, in the coming months. With global ish growth of 1.8 percent, up from 1.7 Turkey — relatively close to its down from a forecast of 3.0 percent growth seen picking up to only 3.2 respect pension promises to the eld- to citizens.” percent in June. However, it cut the main markets. This allows Zara, in its last estimates in June and the percent next year — trimmed from erly. “This is not a pretty picture for The OECD said that growth in the outlook for 2017 by half to only 1.0 for instance, to take clothes from lowest rate since the global financial 3.3 percent in June, Mann warned global growth,” Mann said. “Across United States was in particular look- percent as uncertainty about Britain’s the design stage to the store floor crisis of 2008-2009. that would be too little to generate the board a three percent growth ing weaker than only a few months trading relationship with the Euro- in a mere two weeks. The OECD said many global the jobs that youths expected and to rate is insufficient to keep promises ago, forecasting growth in the world’s pean Union lingered. Microsoft plans another $40bn stock buyback; boosts dividend

Bloomberg giving Microsoft a market capitalisa- 1999 record high. “This reflects a con- close in New York. The company Business Machines Corp and Cisco tion of $442.7bn — the third-largest tinuation of the company’s pledge of had $113.2bn in cash and short-term Systems Inc. The new buyback pro- in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. returning value to shareholders via investments as of June 30. Microsoft gramme succeeds one of the same Chief Executive Officer Satya dividends and buybacks,” said Sid is spending about $26bn to acquire size that was implemented in 2013, SEATTLE: Microsoft Corp.’s board Nadella (pictured) has been work- Parakh, a fund manager at Becker LinkedIn Corp, a deal that will be which itself replaced yet another authorised the buyback of an addi- ing to jump-start revenue growth Capital Management, which owns largely funded by debt sales. $40bn buyback. The company has tional $40bn of stock on top of an —which analysts project will be Microsoft stock. “This implies contin- On a percentage basis, Micro- been using some of its capital for existing $40bn repurchase pro- 2 percent this fiscal year after a ued confidence in current and future soft’s dividend increase this year shareholder returns for the past dec- gramme it will finish by year’s end, decline of 2 percent the previous business trends.” Given Microsoft’s was smaller than the 16 percent ade in a program that began when its keeping up a strategy of returning year — amid continued restructuring “debatable history with acquisitions,” increase the previous year. Prior to share price was ailing and investors money to shareholders as its cash efforts related to the failed acquisi- this kind of capital-return program today’s announced change, Micro- were clamoring for a return of some pile grows. tion of Nokia Oyj’s phone business. signals to investors that the company soft’s 2.53 percent dividend yield of its growing cash pile. While cash The Redmond, Washington- Since Nadella took the helm in 2014, is being disciplined in how it spends ranked No. 19 of the 30 members of on the balance sheet has remained based software maker also raised the company’s cloud and internet- money, Parakh said. the Dow Jones Industrial Average, impressive, the company faces the its quarterly dividend by 8.3 percent based Office software businesses Microsoft shares rose about 1 according to a data. Tech companies challenge of having the vast majority to 39 cents a share, according to a have fueled growth and boosted percent in extended trading after in the index that offer a larger divi- of it domiciled overseas and subject statement. The company’s stock has investor optimism. The stock this the announcement. They slipped dend yield include Intel Corp, Verizon to US taxes if brought back to use for jumped 31 percent in the past year, year has been hovering close to a less than 1 percent to $56.81 at the Communications Inc, International dividends and buybacks. BUSINESS THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 19 QSE and Iridium launch IR Excellence plan

eration with Iridium, will launch the community will be eligible to vote Investor Relations), QNB (Best large investor relations programmes, sup- IR Excellence Program for the sec- for the best companies. Iridium, on company) Doha Bank(Best mid cap porting our mandate to continually QSE will unveil a new ond year. behalf of Qatar Stock Exchange, will company) Mazaya Real Estate (Best strengthen Qatar’s position among online tool to help The QSE will launch a new online manage the distribution of emails small cap company) global emerging markets.” tool to help listed companies to and questionnaires to a database of Razmi Mari of QNB was the best Oliver Schutzmann, CEO of Irid- listed companies to understand the assessment mecha- over 2,000 regional and international Chief Financial Officer and Andreas ium, said: “This year’s innovations help them understand nism used in IR Excellence Award in investor and broker contacts which Goldau of Ooredoo was Best Inves- are all about assisting companies to how to further order to help them understand how are active in the Qatari market. tor Relations Officer. The websites improve their investor relations, and to further improve their IR Excellence The online IR Tool enables com- of Ooredoo, Al Khaliji Commercial rewarding them for doing so. High improve their IR score. The IR Excellence Program will panies to see how their website Bank and Vodafone Qatar have beend quality investor relations are at the Excellence score. also feature a new “most improved ranking last year was broken down adjudged as Best investor Relations heart of market accessibility and company” investor relations award into technology, content and serv- websites. support the ongoing development for the first time this year, the ice, and what they can do in order to Rashid bin Ali Al Mansoori (pic- of successful capital markets, and exchange announced yesterday. improve their score. All companies tured), CEO of Qatar Stock Exchange, Qatar Stock Exchange’s initiatives The Peninsula Under the rating and assessment received access to this tool, creating has expressed satisfaction of the are leading the region in working system used in the IR Excellence Pro- an equal opportunity for everyone advanced IR level achieved by Qatari towards this ambition.” gram, all Qatari listed companies to achieve a higher result. This will listed companies and said: “Our IR Abdul Aziz Al Emadi, Director are automatically entered into the allow the listed companies to high- Excellence Program is returning of Listing Department in QSE, said: DOHA: To encourage listed compa- assessment programme. A public light areas for improvement and to recognise listed companies and better and stronger this year, with “The new features of the program nies to adhere to the international voting system and a detailed web- what they can do to increase their individuals who display best prac- a new category and a new soft- will encourage companies to improve best practices in disclosure, trans- site ranking of all companies will IR Excellence score when their web- tice in investor relations. The winners ware tool. These new features will on last year’s scores by improving the parency and investor relations (IR), be conducted in the third quarter site is ranked again later this year. of last year were QNB ( best Qatari help encourage Qatar’s listed com- technology, content and service pro- Qatar Stock exchange (QSE), in coop- 2016. All members of the investment The programme was designed company overall for excellence in panies to further improve their vided by their IR websites.”

BoJ overhauls policy PSBC to raise $7.4bn in focus; sets target Hong Kong IPO for govt bond yields AFP

HONG KONG: Postal Sav- Reuters banks which are also struggling to ings Bank of China (PSBC) revive growth, such as the European is set to raise $7.4bn in its Central Bank. Many investors fear Hong Kong initial public central banks have nearly exhausted offering, which is expected TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) the limits of what monetary policy to be the world’s biggest made an abrupt shift yesterday to can do, putting pressure back on gov- flotation this year, reports targeting interest rates on govern- ernments to step up spending. said yesterday. ment bonds to achieve its elusive In setting rate targets for finan- The listing is also inflation target, after years of mas- cial institutions’ excess cash deposits poised to be the biggest sive money printing and 10-year govern- since Chinese internet failed to jolt the ment bonds, the BoJ giant Alibaba floated in economy out of looked set to exert New York in 2014, rais- decades-long stag- unprecedented ing $25bn. But the $7.4bn nation. control over bond Workers assemble LCD 4K televisions on an assembly line at the Utsunomiya Plant of Panasonic as Japan’s valuation misses the While the BoJ market rates to try economy contracted in the last three months of 2015, before bouncing back in January-March with a 0.5 company’s previously reassured markets to spark life into the percent rise on-quarter and then a 0.2 percent expansion in April-June. hoped-for $8.1bn mark it would continue to world’s third-larg- as analysts say demand buy large amounts est economy. for the stock is tepid. of bonds and risk- Japanese annual 80 trillion yen ($788bn), in firms like insurers give pensioners effectively reached its limits, which PSBC will sell 12.1 bil- ier assets, the policy stocks rose nearly what some analysts said was a tacit better investment returns. appears to be the case, greater lion shares at HK$4.76 reboot appeared to 2 percent after the admission its aggressive asset-buying “Central banks have already been emphasis will now have to be placed ($0.61) each when it open the door for move, which could was becoming unsustainable. taking steps to directly influence on fiscal policy and structural reform floats on the Hong Kong an eventual wind- ease profit pres- Under its new framework, the long-term rates (via bond pur- to raise inflation and trend growth,” exchange on September 28. ing down of its huge sure on banks and BoJ will buy long-term government chases). The BoJ has done so too and ANZ Bank economists Tom Kenny That comes in at the asset purchases, insurers from ultra- bonds as necessary to keep 10-year clearly has been successful,” Gover- and Brian Martin said in a note. lower end of the bank’s and tried to repair low interest rates, bond yields at current levels of nor Haruhiko Kuroda (pictured) told The BoJ also left open the pos- original price range, which some of the damage though analysts around zero percent. If it succeeds, a news conference. sibility that it will maintain its valued the shares between caused by its shock doubted the impact economists believe that would open “The yield curve is, if you like, a ultra-loose policy longer than HK$4.68 and HK$5.18. move to negative rates early this year. would trickle down much into the the door to scaling back its bond pur- ‘thermometer’ indicating the health expected, saying it would allow infla- “In the last year or so, “The impression is that the BoJ broader economy. chases, but still leave it the option to or otherwise of the economy,” Lim tion to overshoot its 2 percent target most of these big finan- is starting to pull back some of its In a bid to reassure nervous buy more bonds or cut rates deeper Say Boon, chief investment officer at before tapering asset purchases. cial firms on their debut troops from the battlefront,” said markets, the BoJ maintained its 0.1 into negative territory if economic DBS Bank in Singapore, said in com- But that seemed at odds with at best went up five per- Katsutoshi Inadome, senior fixed- percent negative rate and said it conditions deteriorate. ments posted to LinkedIn. both the overhaul of policy focus cent, and a lot of them are income strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ would continue buying government The BoJ says that by directly tar- “So instead of fixing the patient, and the fact that the core consumer still trading underwater,” Morgan Stanley Securities. bonds at the current pace for the time geting short- and long-term rates, it Kuroda-san has ‘fixed’ the thermom- prices fell an annual 0.5 percent in financial analyst Jackson The BoJ’s increasingly radical being. But it dropped its explicit tar- can more efficiently reduce borrow- eter so it no longer registers a fever.” July, the weakest reading since before Wong said. stimulus efforts are being closed get of increasing base money, the ing costs while allowing for a rise in Other Japan watchers agreed. the BoJ launched its stimulus pro- watched by other global central amount of money it prints, by an super-long yields, which would help “If monetary policy has gram in 2013.

India wants to add UAE & Saudi oil for ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller wins GAC Group announces strategic reserve PR Agency of the Year award management changes

Reuters The Peninsula Ford took two Silvers, in Commu- The Peninsula as Group Vice-President, Middle nity Relations and Public Service, East by Fredrik Nyström, previ- and a Bronze for Social Media. Ford ously Group Vice-President of the MUMBAI: India is talking to the & Lincoln own the 2015 Dubai Inter- Asia Pacific region. United Arab Emirates (UAE) and DOHA: ASDA’A Burson-Marstel- national Motor Show took a Silver DOHA: Global provider of inte- Thomas Okbo is replaced as GAC Saudi Arabia to fill half of the 1.5 ler won Public Relations Agency in Events & Observances, and two grated shipping, logistics and Hong Kong’s Company Manager by million tonnes (MT) of the Manga- of the Year in the Middle East and bronzes, one for Media Relations marine services, the GAC Group, former Finance Manager Maria lore strategic storage, along with Africa for the 6th year running at and one for Consumer Product has announced a swathe of man- Lam. Mikko Wieru, who previously Iranian crude, Oil Minister Dhar- this year’s International Business marketing. agement changes and transfers. headed GAC Qatar will assume mendra Pradhan said yesterday Awards, while the 8th Annual Arab The Agency’s campaign for the At the group level, changes the helm as Company Manager of that India is exploring two to three Youth Survey 2016 won three gold Federal National Council Elections come with Erland Ebbersten, for- GAC Marine Abu Dhabi. He will be other models for sourcing oil to medals, as the PR Campaign of the 2015 won a silver in Public Affairs, merly Group Vice-President for replaced as GAC Qatar Company fill the remainder of the storage. Year in the categories of Reputation as well as a Bronze in community the Africa, Russia and Central Asia Manager by Daniel Nordberg who During Saudi Arabia Energy / Brand Management, Public Service relations, while the campaign for region, assuming responsibility as served in the same role in Oman. Minister Kahlid A Al-Falih’s visit and Global Issues. our clients recognised on the inter- Emaar’s Launch of Dubai’s New Icon Group Vice-President, Marine head- Johan Fulke takes the reigns at GAC to New Delhi in October, India In the agency’s best perform- national stage. This unprecedented at Dubai Creek Harbour, won three ing the newly established Marine Oman, after his time as Company plans to discuss the filling of the ance ever at the IBAs – known as win is a testament to the hard work bronzes, in Events & Occurrences, region covering Abu Dhabi, Turk- Manager of GAC Marine Abu Dhabi. Mangalore strategic storage, and “the Stevies” – ASDA’A Burson-Mars- and creative energy of our teams New Product Launch and Reputa- menistan and Kazakhstan. He will In the Philippines, Joel Domingo has investments in refinery and pet- teller dominated the PR categories, across all of our practices.” tion/Brand Management. be based in Abu Dhabi. been appointed Company Manager rochemical projects. winning 23 trophies in total, includ- The International Business The Islamic Banking Index for Thomas Okbo, previously for GAC Philippines. He replaces Globally, most of the biggest ing four golds, seven silvers and 12 Awards are the world’s premier Emirates Islamic won two Bronzes, Company Manager of GAC Hong Jake Cuerva who served as Man- crude oil consuming countries bronzes, resulting in being awarded business awards programme. The in Marketing - Business-to-Business Kong, takes over as Group Vice- aging Director for many successful have a strategic storage capacity a coveted Best of the IBAs Award for 2016 International Business Awards and Investor Relations, and ‘Minds + President for Africa region (AFR). years with the GAC Group, and who of at least 50 days, but India cur- the first time. received 3,800 entries from more Machines’ – GE’s Digital Industrial Russia, which previously fell under remains as GAC’s partner and Chair- rently stands less than 10 days. The ‘Grand Stevie’ ranked the than 60 nations and territories. The Transformation in MENAT, also took the Africa, Russia and Central Asia man of the GAC Philippines Board. In 2005, the Oil Ministry had Agency in third-place in terms of award ceremony will take place in two Bronzes, for Marketing: Busi- region now forms part of GAC’s Lukas Jönsson, formerly Busi- set up Indian Strategic Petroleum total awards, tied globally with the Rome, Italy on October 21. ness-to-Business and Reputation/ Europe region. ness Development Manager with Reserves Ltd. The company has tech heavyweight Cisco Systems. The campaign for the Global Brand Management. Finally, the Lars Bergström, formerly GAC Sweden, has taken over from built a total of 5.33 MT of stor- Sunil John, Founder and CEO Education & Skills Forum and Glo- campaign for the Initial Public Offer- Group Vice-President of the Mid- Mats Boberg as Company Manager. age capacity in three locations of ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller, said: bal Teacher Prize 2016 won Silver ing of L’azurde – the largest gold and dle East region, takes over as Group Boberg remains with the company — Vizag (1.33 MT), Mangalore “This is a tremendous result for in three categories: Public Services, jewellery designer, manufacturer Vice-President for the Asia Pacific until his retirement at the end of (1.5 MT) and Padur (2.5 MT). Only us, and it is wonderful to see our Global Issues, and Events & Occur- and distributor in the Middle East – Region, Indian subcontinent region, 2016, focusing on project related Vizag is currently operational. ground-breaking work on behalf of rences; while Warriors in Pink for took a Bronze for Investor Relations. including Pakistan. He is replaced matters. 20 THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 BUSINESS

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 10,252.90 0.04 % QE Total Return Index 16,588.51 0.04 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 3,868.33 0.01 % QE All Share Index 2,837.84 0.09 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 2,832.33 0.32 % QE All Share Industrials 3,063.91 0.12 % QE All Share Transportation 2,447.48 1.45 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,437.73 0.93 % QE All Share Insurance 4,508.08 0.82 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,192.73 2.02 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,321.03 0.51 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 21-09-2016 Today 20-09-2016 Previous day Index 10,252.90 10,256.52 Change 3.62 103.75 % 0.04 1.02 YTD% 1.69 1.66 Volume 3,681,116 8,489,649 Value (QAR) 195,586,850.55 371,623,627.73 Trades 2,969 5,248 Up 24 | Down 13 | Unchanged 01

WORLD STOCK INDICES Index Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low ALL ORDINARIES 5429.414 32.09 0.59 5691.8 4762.1 CAC 40 INDEX/d 4440.47 51.87 1.18 4607.69 3892.46 DJ INDU AVERAGE 18129.96 9.79 0.05 18668.4 15450.6 HANG SENG INDE/d 23669.9 139.04 0.59 24364 18278.8 ISEQ OVERALL/d 6110.53 33.64 0.55 6791.68 5286.65 KARACHI 100 IN/d 39771.42 -569.04 -1.41 40542.64 29785 NIKKEI 225 INDEX 16807.62 315.47 1.91 18951.12 14864.01 S&P 500 INDEX/d 0 0 0 2193.81 1810.1

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FedEx continued to ben- E.I.D Parry-A/D 252.5 3.65 37561 Jmc Projects-T/D 247.95 2.15 3233 S Bk Bikaner-B/D 671.7 -7.2 2453 Unilever/D 3553.5 -25.5 650003 efit from a multiyear cost-cutting effort at its FedEx Express unit and from ongoing expansion of its ground Eicher Motor-A/D 24118.75 774.95 5145 Kabra Extr-B/D 116.25 -1.3 1696 Salora Inter-B/D 52.85 -5.3 16208 United Util Gr/D 991.5 -6.5 422065 delivery business, which according to the company is Electrosteel-B/D 22 -0.2 290755 Kajaria Cer-A/D 1325.05 17.8 3370 Saur.Cem-B/D 78.3 0.85 33653 Vodafone Group/D 224.85 2.15 16998409 on track to gain market share for the 18th straight year. Emco-B/D 34 1.3 195018 Kakatiya Cem-B/D 389.75 0.4 27125 Tanfac Indust-/D 49.65 3.05 42761 Whitbread/D 4049 -18 112703 “I think initial guidance is a positive as it shows an improved outlook for the core business,” Logan Purk, an analyst at Edward Jones & Co, said. “The quarter was solid. Good volume and overall demand across the business.” Adjusted earnings for fiscal 2017 will be $11.85 to EU scraps telecom roaming time limit $12.35 a share, excluding pension accounting adjust- ments and TNT Express, FedEx said. Its earlier forecast was $11.75 to $12.25. FedEx also provided the first specifics on the impact Reuters and the rise of anti-establish- residency,” he said. sentiment in many member of this year’s $4.9bn acquisition of Dutch shipper TNT ment parties. Operators like Vodafone and states,” said Rob Bratby, telecoms Express. Integrating the new property will take four Europeans, millions of whom Deutsche Telekom will be able to partner at law firm Olswang. years and produce $750m in annual benefits, FedEx frequently cross often nearby check consumers’ usage patterns “However, it feels a little like Chief Financial Officer Alan Graf said on a confer- BRUSSELS: The European borders, have been irritated to ensure they do not abuse the rearranging the deckchairs on the ence call. TNT’s extensive ground-delivery network Commission proposed yester- by charges for making calls or system by buying a cheap SIM Titanic if it is supposed to recon- in Europe makes FedEx a stronger competitor to mar- day scrapping time limits on using data abroad that seem far card in one EU country and using nect EU citizens with Europe.” ket leaders United Parcel Service Inc and Deutsche charge-free mobile phone roam- greater than any additional costs it permanently elsewhere. For example, if a person uses Post AG’s DHL. ing included in next year’s plan to required to provide that service. “We want to protect both their phone a lot more abroad TNT Express contributed $1.8bn in sales in the quar- abolish such tariffs after critics The Commission’s initial pro- sides,” Ansip said. than at home, or if a SIM card is ter and operating income of $34m excluding integration said its initial proposal was con- posal on the “fair use” of roaming The burden of proof will fall largely inactive at home, opera- and restructuring costs. sumer unfriendly. was to allow consumers to roam on companies, who will have to tors will be able to apply roaming Integration of the company with FedEx is already Commission President for up to 90 days per year and demonstrate that a customer is surcharges. ahead of schedule, Graf said. FedEx expects $700m to Jean-Claude Juncker (pictured) for a maximum of 30 consecu- abusing free roaming by com- Similarly, if a customer uses $800m in total integration costs. abruptly ordered the previous tive days, while paying only their paring their usage abroad to multiple SIM cards when travel- “We don’t see any surprises or disappointments at proposal to be redrafted two domestic prices. that at home without falling foul ling then operators would be able this point,” he said. “I’m very upbeat with where we weeks ago to make good on a Andrus Ansip, European surcharge-free roaming when of data protection rules limiting to charge for roaming. Operators, are in this process.” pledge to end roaming charges. Commission Vice-President for new rules enter force in June 2017. the tracking of online habits. though, would have to inform FedEx said it would add more than 50,000 tempo- The EU executive is seeking to the digital single market, told a “We will not put any limit in “It is an interesting pro- users they were facing surcharges rary workers for what it expects to be a record holiday shore up public support after news conference that there would terms of days... but we decided to consumer measure against and consumers would be allowed season, fuelled by expansion of e-commerce. Britain’s vote to leave the bloc no longer be a formal limit on put clear safeguards in terms of the backdrop of rising anti-EU to challenge them. THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 21

Rome’s new mayor set Spieth prizes Ryder Cup glory to pull plug on 2024 bid over Tour Championship win Reuters

ROME: Rome’s new mayor, Virginia I’m pretty confident Raggi (pictured), has decided to oppose its bid to host the Olympics, how we’re going a city hall official said yesterday, a to go about our new blow to the 2024 Games after the withdrawal of Boston and Ham- business. I think burg. The decision, to be announced we’ve got a fantastic later on Wednesday, follows com- ments from Raggi and others within team this year, says her anti-establishment 5-Star Move- the US golfer ment that the heavily indebted city 2020 Games, but then-prime min- could ill afford to fund the Games ister Mario Monti withdrew due to and that it would be a magnet for concerns over Italy’s finances. corruption. Raggi, who has been beset by Raggi was elected in June, resignations, infighting and scan- Reuters after Rome had already formed a dals in her first few months as bid committee with the support mayor, is due to give a news con- of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. ference about the Olympics bid at Its withdrawal would leave only 1330 GMT. She is expected to explain LONDON: As much as Jordan Spieth Paris, Los Angeles and Budapest in the decision to withdraw by citing would love to complete a successful the bidding, with the US city firm- major cost overruns that have left title defence at the Tour Champion- ing as frontrunner. past host cities in debt, the city hall ship this week, team victory at the Boston pulled out over financial official said. Ryder Cup next week is an even big- concerns and the residents of Ham- One of 5-Star Movement’s lead- ger goal for the American. burg voted against that city’s bid in ers, Luigi Di Maio, came out strongly If forced to choose between the a referendum. against the bid this month, saying: two, Spieth told reporters at East The 5-Star Movement had “People who want to get rich by Lake in Atlanta on Tuesday that he always voiced doubts about stag- spreading cement over our coun- would opt for Cup glory. This file photo taken on April 10, 2016 shows US golfer Jordan Spieth hitting out of a bunker on the 10th ing the sporting spectacular, but the try can go to hell.” “That’s kind of rude,” the twice green during Round 4 of the 80th Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Rome bid team and Italy’s Olympic The Olympics movement is con- major champion said in response committee had held out hopes of cerned the Games is losing its luster, Georgia. to the question, before answer- changing Raggi’s mind. with a pattern of cities pulling out of ing it directly when he could have Italian Olympic Committee bidding for both summer and win- diplomatically brushed it off as a president Giovanni Malago has said ter Games after baulking at the huge hypothetical. this year.” Spieth spent Sunday and on the American team. Their battle sympathy for twice Masters cham- the bid would fail without the city investments required. Brazil spent “I don’t have a Ryder Cup (win). I Monday at Hazeltine National in Min- to impress captain Davis Love, who pion Watson, the world number council’s backing. about $12 billion on the Rio Games think I will have a Ryder Cup at some nesota, site of next week’s biennial will name his final wild card selec- seven. During the mayoral election last month, which proved a sporting point. You want what you don’t have. showdown between the United States tion on Sunday night, will provide an “I couldn’t imagine being in his campaign, Raggi said the city had success but were marred by empty I’ve watched the other side of that and Europe, seeking to squirrel away intriguing subplot to the event, with position,” said Spieth. other priorities but did not defin- seats and street crime. (Ryder Cup defeat in 2014) and it hurt. course knowledge. Bubba Watson, Justin Thomas and “I don’t know if anybody’s been itively back away from the bid. In The International Olympic Com- “It was tough in that closing cer- The former world number one Daniel Berger among those on the passed up at that spot (but) he didn’t one election debate, she said she mittee took steps in December 2014 emony. When we boarded the plane says he will have no trouble this week short list. seem upset about anything, like he would call a popular referendum to cut the cost of the Games and back home, it was an empty feeling eliminating the Ryder Cup from his Spieth played with all three at was entitled to anything. on whether to continue with it. make bidding more attractive to and we don’t want that again,” said mind as he chases the tournament Hazeltine on Monday. “I think he really feels like he Revelations of systematic cor- potential hosts, but the so-called Spieth, 23, who made his Ryder Cup crown and also the $10m bonus “You could see how badly each of needs to do his job this week.” ruption involving Roman politicians, Agenda 2020 has failed to stop cit- debut in 2014. handed out to the winner of the sea- them wanted to be there,” he said. “I Spieth said he did not mind if bureaucrats and businessmen in ies withdrawing their candidacies, “We remember that. We want son-long FedExCup points race. think being on the property excited Love chose a veteran or a rookie for late 2014 prompted doubts about scared off by the size, cost and com- that celebration. But the Ryder Cup will be very them even more. We want whoev- the final spot. whether the city could handle work plexity of the event. “I’m pretty confident how we’re much on the mind of others at East er’s playing the best to be the last “Doesn’t make much difference, associated with the Olympics in a The International Olympic Com- going to go about our business. I Lake in the elite 30-man field who pick and I think there are five or whoever’s playing the best golf,” he transparent way. mittee is due to select the 2024 host think we’ve got a fantastic team are vying for the 12th and last spot six options.” Spieth has particular said. Rome had also bid to host the city in September 2017.

Woods greatest player Tiger Woods MLB: Cardinals down to ever play: Finchem Rockies as Cubs win

Agencies his 26th homer. AFP “It lifted all boats. I always refer to Phillies 7, White Sox 6 it as kind of like Michael Jordan in the Odubel Herrera went 3-for-4 NBA. He just lifted boats and brought NEW YORK: Adam Wainwright, with a home run, two runs scored, in so many new fans to the game and who turned 35 three weeks ago, two stolen bases and three RBIs to MIAMI: PGA Tour Commissioner Tim changed it.” has shown his age this season and power Philadelphia over the White Finchem (pictured) believes Tiger Woods is preparing to make his was not at his best, but more than Sox. Woods is the greatest golfer ever to comeback in California next month made up for any mound shortcom- Over his last seven games, Her- play the sport, ranking his achieve- after missing the past year with a nig- ings with his bat. rera is now 15-for-28 (.535) with ments ahead of Jack Nicklaus despite gling back injury. His career-high four RBI helped two home runs, four doubles and winning fewer majors than “The The 40-year-old trails Nick- the Cardinals beat the Colorado six RBIs. Golden Bear.” laus’s haul of 18 majors by four and is Rockies 10-5, which tied them with White Sox starter James Shields Finchem, who is preparing to head widely seen as a longshot to surpass the New York Mets for the top wild- lasted 5-1/3 innings before getting into retirement, said former world the 76-year-old’s tally. card spot in the National League. pulled after giving up seven runs (six number one Woods had played a Meanwhile, Finchem, who is step- Wainwright doubled home two earned) on nine hits. transformative role in the history of ping down at the end of the year after runs in the third off Jorge De La Braves 5, Mets 4 the sport similar to the effect Michael 22 years as PGA Tour Commissioner, Rosa and singled home two runs in Julio Teheran allowed one run Jordan had in the NBA. said he is optimistic about the global the fifth off Eddie Butler. over seven strong innings as the “He’s the only living player to win health of his sport. Wainwright (12-9) worked 5-1/3 Braves continued to play spoiler 79 times, and only one player has ever “It’s a really, really exciting time innings, the third time in four starts with a 5-4 win over the New York won more,” Finchem said of Woods. for the sport. There’s so much poten- he failed to reach the sixth. Mets. “He’s the only active player to have tial out there, more than ever. The Cubs 6, Reds 1 The Braves (60-91) have won the won 14 majors, and only one player global nature of the sport that we just Jon Lester claimed his National first two games of the three-game has won more,” he added. saw manifested in the Olympics is out League-leading 18th victory as Chi- series against the National League “I love Jack Nicklaus beyond belief, there in front of us to take advantage cago beat Cincinnati. wild card-leading Mets (80-71), who but I have to put Tiger down as prob- of,” said Finchem, speaking ahead of Lester (18-4) allowed one run on entered Tuesday with a one-game ably the greatest player to ever play, this week’s Tour Championship at East six hits while striking out five and lead over the San Francisco Giants and the way he did it and his domi- Lake Golf Club, Atlanta. walking none in a seven-inning and St. Louis Cardinals. nation at a time when you’re bringing “The quality of the young players outing. more and more good players along, is coming up today is so much different His 18 wins are the most since BASEBALL RESULTS incredible. than 20 years ago in terms of, not just going 19-9 with the Red Sox in 2009. Boston 5 Baltimore 2 their capability of playing, but their Anthony Rizzo was 2-for-5 with unbelievable focus on reaching fans, some of the players who withdrew three-under-par 68 at the Web.com three RBIs, Kris Bryant added three Philadelphia 7 C White Sox 6 communicating. They handle them- from the Olympics citing fears Tour Boise Open to finish in fourth hits and Dexter Fowler reached base Atlanta 5 NY Mets 4 selves so well. The next 25 years are over the Zika virus later rued their place and earn his card for the tour. four times. going to be awesome.” decision. “Very happy to come over and Red Sox 5, Orioles 2 Cleveland 2 Kansas City 1 Finchem said he believed golf’s “Based on the reaction of some get what I was trying to do,” said David Ortiz got his 36th home NY Yankees 5 Tampa Bay 3 return to the Olympics -- which was of those players after, having not Johnston. “It’s big. I tried my best run, a three-run shot in the sev- marred by withdrawals of several top gone, and learning about the differ- and that’s what I did.” enth inning, as the Boston Red Sox Miami 1 Washington 0 male players -- could also help grow ence between negative commentary The 27-year-old Johnston won extended their winning streak to Chicago Cubs 6 Cincinnati 1 the game. ahead of an Olympics and reality,” his first European Tour event at six games. “You have about 85 countries Finchem said, the Spanish Open in April and has Boston increased their lead Texas 5 LA Angels 4 where the governments invest money “Just ask the players who did rocketed from 220th in the world over Baltimore to five games in the Detroit 8 Minnesota 1 in sports but only in sports that are on go. It was a game-changer in their rankings at the end of last year to American League East. Pittsburgh 6 Milwaukee 3 the Olympic program,” Finchem said. minds.” 80th prior to this week. Eduardo Rodriguez (3-7) picked “Those are 85 countries that Meanwhile, Fan favorite Andrew Johnston, with his bushy beard up his first win since July 16. He was St Louis 10 Colorado 5 haven’t had government funding ‘Beef’ Johnston will gain more and ever present smile, won admir- charged with two runs on four hits Houston 2 Oakland 1 before, and now they’re getting it. How welcome exposure to American gal- ers around the world for the way he with seven strikeouts over 6-1/3 are we leveraging that to help grow leries next season after he earned gleefully interacted with the gal- innings. San Francisco 2 LA Dodgers 0 the game globally?” his PGA Tour card. leries while finishing eighth in the Mookie Betts went 3-for-5 with Toronto 10 Seattle 2 Finchem suggested he believed Johnston shot a final-round British Open at Royal Troon in July. two runs, while Jackie Bradley Jr. got 22 THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 SPORT Proud captain Misbah wants Pakistan isolation to end soon

Reuters England in the UAE, drawn with New PAKISTAN CELEBRATE TOP Zealand, and earned impressive away TEST RANKING series wins in Sri Lanka and Bang- ladesh before this year’s 2-2 draw in LAHORE: Pakistan captain Misbah- England. ul-Haq hopes international cricket will after receiving the trophy from Inter- Pakistan were then elevated to soon return to the country as he cele- national Cricket Council (ICC) chief number one in the rankings without brated the team’s climb to the top of executive David Richardson. bowling a ball after table-topping India the Test rankings by being awarded the “It is ironic for both the players as were denied the 3-0 series win they ceremonial mace to mark the achieve- well as the fans that the journey to the needed to retain top spot against West ment yesterday. number one position has been (made) Indies last month when the final test It was a poignant occasion for the outside Pakistan. ended in a damp draw. 42-year-old Misbah as he accepted the “The players have missed on the “The next target we have set for silver and gold-plated trophy at the crowd support, while the spectators ourselves is to finish as the number Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, a venue have been unable to watch live some one ranked test side at the April 1 cut- where Pakistan played their last Test magnificent team and individual per- off date,” said Misbah, referring to the on home soil. formances. But I am confident that prize money on offer to the ranking An attack on the Sri Lanka team things will change and international leaders on that day. bus in the city in 2009 led to Pakistan’s cricket will soon return to Pakistan.” “It is not going to be easy as we exclusion from hosting major interna- The Lahore incident saw the Sri have series against formidable sides tional tours with the side forced to play Lankan touring party set upon by like the West Indies, New Zealand and ‘home’ games in the United Arab Emir- at least 10 gunmen, who wounded Australia. ates ever since. six players and a British coach, and “But instead of getting overawed by “There can’t be a better location killed eight Pakistanis in the attack. our opponents, we need to trust in our Pakistan cricket captain Misbah-ul-Haq (right) receives a ICC Test Championship mace from ICC Chief to receive the ICC Test Championship Undaunted by the isolation, Misbah’s abilities, focus on our strengths and try mace than this ground,” Misbah said men have recently beaten Australia and to be as consistent as possible.” Executive David Richardson in Lahore, yesterday. India can be the best after New Zealand aim to turn bumper season, says Kohli

Reuters “The challenge in last one year or so has been to show composure tables on spin kings India and get the victories which we require and we have been able to KANPUR: India have the resources get that. The important thing is to to become the best team in Test continue the same. Twenty20,” Williamson said, refer- cricket and the bumper home sea- “This season will be career- ring to the impressive display by son would be a perfect opportunity defining for all the people in the Kiwi skipper banks leg-spinner Sodhi and left-armer to sow the seed of their ascendancy, squad, because hardly we have on spinners and Santner in the tournament in India captain Virat Kohli said yesterday played 17 Test matches regularly. earlier this year. ahead of the first game against New “That’s something we are happy young talent as “Yes, the formats are different Zealand. about, that we can plan our Test three-match Test but we are hoping they can build Kohli’s men embark on an cricket, and back ourselves and get series starts in on from those experiences,” Wil- important 13-Test season today those victories whenever the chance liamson said. when they take on New Zealand comes. Very exciting times ahead.” Kanpur today “There were a lot of learning in the first match of the three- Dwelling on the Test against experiences to be had, certainly Test series at Kanpur’s Green Park New Zealand, Kohli praised the this being one of them, being Stadium. touring side’s fearless brand of exposed in these conditions which “We believe we certainly have cricket, which he attributed to Reuters will certainly suit spin bowling. what it takes to be the best team former Kiwi captain Brendon “We are certainly hoping they in the world,” the 27-year-old told McCullum. can play a big part in the series.” reporters on the eve of what would “Their mentality was cricket KANPUR: New Zealand captain Williamson had a good look be India’s 500th Test. was not the end of the world for Kane Williamson believes his slow- at the wicket in Kanpur and the “One area we have tapped into them, they just enjoyed the game,” bowling trio can prove a handful 26-year-old spotted a silver lin- is belief. It’s something that a lot of Kohli said. “I think they have been for India in their own spin-friendly ing in the dry track, in the form of young players can lack coming into able to detach themselves from back yard in the three-Test series reverse-swing potential. international cricket. those pressures and that’s why they starting today. “Coming into it, and certainly “It’s all about getting rid of that have got successful in last couple Rolling out raging turners watching the previous series here, feeling... That’s the only way you of years.” Indian paceman Ishant and unleashing the spinners has without much grass on the block, can go out there, be confident and Sharma has been ruled out of the been the tried-and-Tested formula obviously the ball deteriorates quite express yourself. Express how good Test with mosquito-borne viral dis- behind India’s formidable home quickly and reverse swing and spin you are, and that’s what this team ease Chikungunya. form, and the cracks on the track in naturally become big factors,” he has done. Kanpur’s Green Park Stadium sug- said. “How our spin bowlers bowl “More often than not if you’re gest the trend will continue against will be important, but at the same fearless, the results will fall your the Kiwis. time we are hoping for better way because you’re willing to take India have won each of their reverse swing. We will have to see that extra risk in the course of the last three home series, against how things unfold.” game. I certainly feel that this team Australia, West Indies and South Williamson conceded spin has what it takes to be the best.” Africa, without losing a Test. might make or break fortunes in India’s poor record as tourists But New Zealand seem to have the series but did not agree fully have been a home truth but under done their homework and have with team mate Ross Taylor’s sug- Kohli, the team have won series in included a trio of specialist spin- gestion of employing the sweep Sri Lanka and West Indies to briefly ners – Ish Sodhi, Mitchell Santner shot frequently to negate the Indian occupy the top Test rankings before and Mark Craig – in their squad spinners. arch-rivals Pakistan snatched it. with a reasonable chance of all “I think it’s certainly up to indi- Kohli saw a gilt-edged oppor- three playing in the series opener viduals. Some guys sweep more tunity to reclaim the tag in the big in Kanpur. than others,” Williamson said. ‘career-defining’ home season “They’ve got very good spin- “I suppose sweeping is a big which will also include Tests against New Zealand’s captain Kane Williamson (right) talks with coach Mike ners, naturally very experienced part of an Indian player’s game. England, Australia and Bangladesh. in these conditions. But we have They’ve got great footwork, they get Hesson as he arrives for batting in the nets during a training session “This season is a phase where got some exciting young talent. forward, they get back and come in Kanpur, yesterday, on the eve of the first Test against India at Green we can lay the foundation where the Indian captain Virat Kohli We have shown that in the (World) down the wicket.” Park Stadium. Test team will go,” Kohli said. Jones tips Pakistan for T20 resurgence

AFP Pakistan have wilted in shorter lengths... so it’s a huge learn- deliveries, including several lusty formats of the game, dropping to ing curve for some of them, but boundaries in his team’s 106-4 ninth in one-dayers and seventh they will get better within three off 12 overs. in Twenty20 rankings. or four years time ... they will The match was also nota- RAWALPINDI: Dashing ex-Aus- Jones said the success of the become a top two team in world ble because of the presence of tralia batsman Dean Jones has PSL, a five-team franchise-based T20 cricket.” four women stars, with Anam tipped Pakistan’s resurgence event staged in the United Arab Power hitting has become an Amin claiming the wicket of in Twenty20 cricket following Emirates that attracted top glo- issue for Pakistan’s limited-overs Zohaib Ahmed and batter Bis- the success of its new domestic bal talent and turned a healthy sides recently, with the team mah Maroof hoicking several league, saying fierce hitter Shar- $2.6 million profit despite low struggling to pile up big totals. deliveries off spinner Imran jeel Khan (pictured) can revive expectations, would help Paki- But Jones, who in 1986 Khalid into the outfield before the country’s fortunes. stan’s players adapt their skills. famously struck 210 in the blis- he bowled her out. Jones, who coached Islam- He said: “Let’s not forget tering heat of Chennai in cricket’s Jones also hailed Paki- abad United to victory in the why India is good at T20 cricket: second-ever tied Test, picked out stan’s rise to number one in the inaugural Pakistan Super League they have already had eight or 27-year-old Islamabad batsman Test rankings as “phenomenal” this year, was speaking after a nine IPLs, (which) goes for two Sharjeel Khan as the man who given the side has been starved mixed-gender exhibition match months ... and their guys have to get the idea about what’s could turn Pakistan’s fortunes of matches at home since 2009 in Rawalpindi. The 55-year-old learnt through other coaches and expected at this level. “This around. terror attacks on the Sri Lankan featured alongside his players, influence from other players,” game, T20 cricket is morphing “Sharjeel Khan is your next team. team director and bowling leg- referring to the Indian Premier and changing into a different guy for the next ten years (in He said: “See apart from Mis- end Wasim Akram, as well as League, the format’s marquee beast, a different animal. T20). He’ll hurt most bowlers in bah (ul-Haq) and Younis Khan four members of the national tournament. “It’s about power, it’s about the world,” said Jones. maybe, not many boys have Former Australia batsman Dean Jones plays a shot women’s team. “We just have (had) one real fitness, it’s about guys who can Jones rolled back the years played for Pakistan on home turf, during an exhibition match at Rawalpindi Cricket Despite rising to the top of Pakistan Super League and bowl proper death bowling during the exhibition match and that is sad, that is really sad Stadium in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. Test rankings for the first time, already now they are starting and proper defensive lines and to strike a rapid fire 26 off 10 for some of the boys.” SPORT THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 23 Clinical PSG thrash Dijon 3-0 Valencia sack coach

AFP a deserved lead on the quarter-hour LIGUE 1 when Brazilian Maxwell crossed and Ayestaran the ball took a big deflection off defender Adam Lang and looped PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain into the net. Reuters shrugged off their indifferent start penalty and a Lucas header. PSG go PSG went 2-0 up on 27 minutes to the season to usurp Monaco at the top for the first time this season on through an emphatic Cavani pen- top of Ligue 1 with a routine 3-0 vic- goal difference, but their stay will be alty after Adrien Rabiot had his legs VALENCIA: Valencia have sacked tory over toothless Dijon on Tuesday. a short one with Monaco and Nice -- swept from under him in the box. coach Pako Ayestaran less than six A 3-1 early season loss at Monaco both unbeaten. All hope of a Dijon comeback months after handing him the job had seen new boss Unai Emery’s For the third time in a row Emery was extinguished midway through following a dire start to the sea- honeymoon period cut short as left marquee summer signing Hatem the second half when Maxwell was son with the club propping up the PSG then conceded a late equaliser Ben Arfa out of his squad for what again heavily invovled, his pin-point La Liga table. at home to Saint Etienne in their the coach had called a “purely cross finding the head of unmarked They have yet to earn a point next match. But they smashed Caen sporting decision”, but the fleet- fellow Brazilian Lucas. after four defeats and were beaten 6-0 away last week and similarly footed playmaker was not missed In Tuesday’s other Ligue 1 fixture, 2-1 by Athletic Bilbao on Sunday made light work of struggling Dijon in a comfortable evening’s work at Swede Ola Toivonen scored twice as after taking the lead. Paris Saint-Germain’s Javier Pastore (right) vies for the ball with Dijon’s -- without ever hitting top gear or the Parc des Princes for the reigning Toulouse won 2-1 at Lille to continue “After today’s board meet- Jordan Loties (left) during their Ligue 1 match at the Parc des Princes creating many chances -- thanks champions. The Parisians took the their fine start to the season, mov- ing, Valencia Football Club have Stadium in Paris, France on Tuesday to an own goal, an Edinson Cavani game to the visitors and surged into ing above Nice into third. taken the decision to relieve coach Pako Ayestaran of his duties,” the club said in a statement on Tues- day. Former Valencia defender Voro Gonzalez has been named as interim coach. A former assistant man- ager to Rafa Benitez at Valencia, Fabregas gives Chelsea a win Ayestaran rejoined the club in February as assistant to Gary Neville and was named as his immediate successor in March when the former England inter- national was sacked. Neville had posted the worst as Norwich overcome Everton record of any coach in the club’s history but Ayestaran has now got that unwanted honour, taking 10 points in 12 games, winning three, equalised through Lewis Grabban’s drawing one and losing eight. English League Cup: 53rd minute penalty. Neville picked up 14 points in 16. Dan Gosling put the hosts ahead Although Ayestaran lost Leicester crash out from close range in the 76th minute, the first game after succeeding after ‘Blues’ bounce only for Makienok to force extra-time Neville, things began to look up in the 85th minute and then win it after three successive victories, back for 4-2 victory for Simon Grayson’s men in the 111th including a 2-1 win at eventual minute. Lucas Perez’s first goals for champions Barcelona. Despite Arsenal inspired a 4-0 rout of sec- his team losing the final three ond-tier Nottingham Forest at the games of the season, Ayestaran AFP City Ground. Gunners boss Arsene was handed a new contract until Wenger, who has never won the 2018. League Cup, made 11 changes from The club offloaded 18 play- the team that thrashed Hull on Sat- ers in the close season, including LONDON: Cesc Fabregas made an urday and the understudies went influential Germany centre-back emphatic point to Chelsea manager ahead in the 23rd minute through a Shkodran Mustafi, Portugal mid- Antonio Conte as his double sealed long-range effort from Switzerland fielder Andre Gomes and strikers a 4-2 win at Leicester, while Ever- midfielder Granit Xhaka. Paco Alcacer and Alvaro Negredo ton and Bournemouth suffered shock Spanish striker Perez, who for a total of over 100m euros third-round exits from the English arrived from Deportivo La Coruna ($111m). They brought in only Football League Cup on Tuesday. on transfer-deadline day, opened his seven new players with the most Fabregas has been limited to Chelsea’s Cesc Fabregas (right) scores their fourth goal against Leicester City during their English League Arsenal account in his third appear- high profile being former Man- three substitute appearances in the Cup third round match at the King Power Stadium in Liecester, England on Tuesday. ance with a 60th-minute penalty chester United winger Nani and Premier League since Conte took after a foul on Chuba Akpom. Perez defender Eliaquim Mangala, who charge over the summer, but the got his second in the 71st minute and was signed on loan from Man- Spain midfielder proved he can still Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain got Arse- chester City. Ayestaran is the club’s be a game-changer with an influen- minute when the Japan striker pun- through Cesar Azpilicueta’s blister- brushed aside by promotion-chasing nal’s fourth in stoppage time. eighth coach since 2012, and the tial display capped by the decisive ished terrible Chelsea defending to ing long-range effort. Norwich. The Canaries went ahead Liverpool, last year’s beaten third to lose his job in the last year. two goals in extra-time. head home from close range. Leicester had to play extra-time when former Everton striker Steven finalists, remain on course for a His sacking, coming so soon “I was happy to play from the Okazaki followed his first goal with 10 men after Marcin Wasilews- Naismith slipped as he went to shoot return to Wembley after a 3-0 win after Neville’s departure, is the start! Hopefully this will shut up a since March with a second in the ki’s 89th minute dismissal for and inadvertently lobbed the ball into against Championship side Derby at latest blow to billionaire Peter few journalists talking rubbish all 34th minute. elbowing Diego Costa and Fabregas the net. Josh Murphy’s superb strike the iPro Stadium. Lim. the time,” said Fabregas, who has Gary Cahill reduced the defi- made them pay, finishing a flowing from the edge of the area in the 74th Elsewhere, Newcastle defeated been linked with a move away from cit on the stroke of half-time, the move in the 92nd minute and drilling minute completed the upset. Championship rivals Wolves 2-0, the ‘Blues’. defender heading home after being home again two minutes later. At Dean Court, Makienok, who Leeds beat fellow second-tier side At the King Power Stadium, Shinji left unmarked at the far post from Everton are second in the Pre- hadn’t scored in his previous 19 Blackburn 1-0, while Reading won Doha to host Okazaki put Premier League cham- a Fabregas corner. The Blues equal- mier League but Koeman made appearances, gave Preston the lead in 2-1 in another all-Championship pions Leicester ahead in the 17th ised four minutes after the interval six changes and his stand-ins were the 10th minute before Bournemouth clash at Brighton. 7-a-side tourney

The Peninsula Antalyaspor Sevilla jump to second spot after Betis win DOHA: Friends Circle Qatar drop Eto’o in (FCQ) in Association with Qbiz AFP Seville derby in La Liga. Betis were Adan was also to blame for the and supported by Qatar Football racism row right to feel aggrieved just moments only goal when he failed to keep out Association is organising their VI after Mercado’s 51st minute winner, LA LIGA Mercado’s weak effort that came off Indian Invitational 7-a-side foot- MADRID: Argentina’s Gabriel Mer- though, when Alex Alegria had an the Argentine’s back as he stretched ball tournament on October 28 in AFP cado bundled home the winner as equaliser wrongly ruled out for off- to meet Nasri’s delivery. Conced- Doha. Sevilla moved up to second in La Liga side against Ruben Castro. typically intense and bad-tempered ing immediately forced Betis onto The tournament will be played with a 1-0 win over fierce local rivals Sevilla leapfrog Barcelona and affair that saw nine players booked. the front foot for the first time in the on a knock out basis. ISTANBUL: Turkish top flight Real Betis on Tuesday. Atletico Madrid into second ahead Nasri had the clearest opening game and a lovely move should have Winners and runners-up club Antalyaspor said yes- Mercado’s first goal for the club of their meeting to move just a point before the break, but fired straight at been rewarded with an equaliser just trophies will be given besides terday that their star striker from on-loan Manchester City mid- behind leaders Real Madrid. Antonio Adan after a mix-up between three minutes later. Alegria slotted individuals prizes. Teams inter- Samuel Eto’o would be left fielder Samir Nasri’s free-kick Jorge Sampaoli’s men merited the Betis ‘keeper and his defence home at the back post from Castro’s ested to participate in the out of the squad until further continued the Europa League hold- their third straight home win for allowed the Frenchman a free effort cross, but the latter had already been tournament are requested to con- notice in a bitter row over com- ers’ four-year unbeaten run in the their greater attacking intent in a on goal inside the area. wrongly flagged for offside. tact 30853820 or 55440284. ments on social media. Eto’o had written on his Instagram account in Turkish: “Reminder -- perhaps some people do not feel respect for me because I am black.” London perfect choice for Euro 2020: Ceferin “But I am not going to come down from the level I have reached. I have been in this game for 18 years,” he added, Reuters Before being elected last week, “I’m delighted to be in Eng- posting a screenshot from Ceferin had said the plan was a land, the country that gave Wikipedia of all his trophies. risk and would be difficult for football to the world,” Ceferin told Eto’o did not specify to travelling fans. an audience including delegates whom he was targeting his LONDON: New UEFA president In his first official engage- from all 13 hosting football associ- criticism but later posted Aleksander Ceferin believes Lon- ment since the election, however, ations and England manager Sam another message insisting don is the ‘perfect’ choice to stage the Slovenian lawyer spoke pos- Allardyce. it was not directed at Antal- the climax to Euro 2020 after 12 itively about the format at the “The tournament will be yaspor chairman Ali Safak other cities across the continent launch of the London logo in a cer- unique and memorable in a vari- Ozturk who criticised his host earlier matches, he said yes- emony that will be replicated in ety of ways. performance. terday. the other host cities over the next “What better way could there Turkey is the latest stop in Under the controversial format few weeks. be than to take the final tourna- Eto’o’s eclectic career which being used for the tournament’s They are Amsterdam, Baku, ment to all four corners of our has taken him to high-pro- 60th anniversary, those cities will Bilbao, Brussels, Bucharest, continent? file and lesser known football stage four games each with the Budapest, Copenhagen, Dublin, “London is a wonderful, UEFA President, Aleksander Ceferin speaks at an event to launch the logo for the hotspots around the world. semi-finals and final in the Eng- Glasgow, Munich, Rome and St vibrant multicultural city and an 2020 UEFA European Championship football tournament in London, yesterday. lish capital. Petersburg. intense hotbed of football.” www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 21 PAGE | 22 Spieth prizes Ryder New Zealand aim to Cup glory over Tour turn tables on spin Championship win kings India

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11.15 m. Speaking after the compe- they’ve made in the Rio 2016 Games. tition Abdelqader said: “When I Abdelqader and Masoud exemplify Abdelrahman first came here I wasn’t expecting a what can be done when you com- Abdelqader and Sara medal – I placed 6th in the London bine talent, hard work and limitless 2012 Paralympic Games. Of course it potential. Both of them have made Masoud bring home was my ambition to win a medal in history by winning their silver medals historic medal haul the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and and both have competed in the Doha from Rio 2016 thankfully I made it happen. Winning 2015 IPC Athletics World Champion- silver was an indescribable feeling ships – which undoubtedly played a – it is the first Paralympic medal in role in developing their skills ahead Qatar’s history which is something I of Rio. This is the kind of legacy we am incredibly proud of.” hope to achieve – one which inspires The Peninsula Abdelqader adds his first ever audiences and creates new sporting Paralympic medal to an already heroes.” growing and impressive repertoire Mohammed Al Kubaisi was the which includes a gold medal in shot third and final member of Team DOHA: The Rio 2016 Paralympic put and bronze in javelin during the Qatar, and competed in the 100m Games have ended on a high note 2014 Asian Para Games, as well as T34 wheelchair race. for Team Qatar after winning two a gold medal in shot put during the Al Kubaisi went head to head with silver medals thanks to the incred- 7th Fazaa International Champion- the fastest athletes in the world and ible performances of Abdelrahman ship 2015. managed to secure a spot in the final. Abdelqader and Sara Masoud. The Qatari athlete also competed Rio 2016 marks Al Kubaisi’s Paralym- The Rio 2016 Paralympics were in the Doha 2015 IPC Athletics World pic debut although has already had held in South America for the first Championships where he narrowly great success on the regional level time in history. The city hosted over missed out on a world medal in shot at only 23 years old including win- 4000 athletes from 176 countries put and took 4th place – an experi- ning gold medals in the 100 and 200 from all over the world, who com- ence he undoubtedly built on ahead meters events during the Beijing 2015 peted in 23 different sports from 7th of Rio 2016. IPC Grand Prix, and snagging a gold to 18th of September 2016. Meanwhile Masoud also went medal in 100 meters from the 2014 Abdelqader took home Qatar’s down in the history books as Qatar’s Asian Para Games. first ever Paralympic medal after an first ever female Paralympic med- Commenting on Team Qatar’s incredibly difficult F34 shot put final allist after winning silver in the F33 performance in Rio 2016, Ameer Al- on September 11 in the Olympic Sta- shot put event September 16. Mulla, Executive Director of the Qatar dium in Rio de Janeiro. The 30-year-old gave it her all Paralympic Committee said: Abdelqader, who is ranked third in the Olympic Stadium that night “We are beyond happy with our worldwide in shot put, battled tough and won the silver medal after an Team’s performance in Rio 2016. competitors Azeddine Nouiri from especially close final where Alge- They competed against the strong- Morocco, who took gold, and Mauri- rian Asmahan Boudjadar and Sara est athletes in the world and walked Qatar’s Abdelrahman Abdelqader winner of Qatar’s first ever Paralympic medal on the Rio podium. cio Valencia from Colombia who won Al-Senaani from the UAE challenged away with silver medals – for the first bronze, to secure his silver medal – her with every attempt. Abdelqader won the F34 shot put final on September 11 in the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. RIGHT: time in Qatar’s history. Our athletes the first ever Paralympic medal for The Qatari Paralympian secured Qatar’s Sara Masoud celebrates her win in the F33 shot put event on September 16. Sara became Qatar’s have been training extremely hard Team Qatar since their Paralympic her medal with an impressive 5.09 m first ever female Paralympic medallist after winning silver in the F33 shot put. for Rio 2016 and we are pleased to debut in the 1996 Atlanta Games. throw, with which she entered the say that all of their hard work and The 27 year-old shot putter stood history books. F34, and shot put F32 and F33 in the IPC Grand Prix. Olympic Committee H E Sheikh Joaan preparation has paid off. The future his ground against the other seasoned Masoud is developing her talent 2014 Asian Para Games, she went on Commenting on the success of bin Hamad Al Thani said: “We are of these athletes is as bright as ever athletes and secured his spot on the year after year; after winning a gold to win a silver medal in the discus Team Qatar in the Rio 2016 Par- extremely proud of our Paralympi- and we cannot wait to see what else podium early on with an astounding medal in discus throw for F33 and throw and shot put in the Beijing 2015 alympics, President of the Qatar ans and the historic accomplishments is in store in their sporting journey.”

QATAR STARS LEAGUE El Jaish eye Al Arabi scalp ahead of ACL semis WEEK 2 FIXTURES Today Al Khor vs Al Sailiya at Al Khor Stadium, 5.50pm By Armstrong Vas Al Shahaniya vs Al Muaither SC at Al The Peninsula Arabi Stadium, 5.50pm Al Arabi vs El Jaish at Al Arabi Stadium, 8.00pm DOHA: Al Arabi and El Jaish will Tomorrow be keen to maintain their winning Al Rayyan vs Umm Salal at Al Sadd streak in Round 2 of the Qatar Stars Stadium,5.50pm League action. Al Sadd vs Al Ahli at Al Sadd Club Sta- Both teams, which got off to a dium, 8.00pm winning start in their opening games Saturday clash at the Al Arabi Stadium here Al Wakrah vs Al Kharaitiyat at Al Wak- todayin the match of the week. rah Stadium, 5.50pm Reds’ coach Gerardo Pelusso, is Al Gharafa vs Lekhwiya at Al Gharafa confident his team’s preparation is Club Stadium, 8.00pm on track ahead of the game. “The preparations were very good this week and all the players because there is a long way to go.” are ready,” said the Uruguayan on “Al Khor didn’t deserve to lose the eve of the match. their last game. They are well organ- Al Arabi coach Gerardo Pelusso (left) and player Mustafa Sal during a press conference at Al Sadd Stadium yesterday. RIGHT: El Jaish SC head “El Jaish is one of the best teams ised side and they have very fast coach Sabri Lamouchi (right) and player Mourad Naji during a press conference. Photos by Kammutty VP/The Peninsula in the league and they have very good players. A team like that can face stability. We also have great his- problems like any team,” added the tory and some good player such as important club in Qatar. They have after conceding a late goal. Jaish will narrowly losing 2-1 to Umm Salal in “Our plan for the upcoming Tunisian tactician. Ezekiel, Moustafa Sall and Paulinho a good coach and good players they be hoping summer signing Sediou the opening game of the season. As period is to focus on the Sailiya Speaking about the last game, amongst others who will give their won their first game as well. We are Keita will be able to dictate play in for the visitors Al Sailiya, they nar- game. After a week the league will be Trabelsi added, “It was one of the best to add to this history,” added the ready to play this game and get the the centre of the park, just like the rowly lost 1-0 to Al Arabi in their paused and in this period we have to worst games of the last three years tactician. maximum points,” said Sabri Lam- former Malian international did in opening fixture of the season. Sami correct our mistakes with good prep- for us because we lost our identity Speaking about his foreign and ouchi, coach of El Jaish. his two previous games for the side. Trabelsi’s side will consider them- aration,” added the Frenchman. and our fighting spirit. I hope we can local players Pelusso said: “We have “It will be difficult to manage Al Arabi won their first game selves unlucky not to have at least Al Sailiya like their opponents show our true selves in the upcom- a team of stars because we want to both AFC Champions League and against Al Sailiya even though they grabbed a point from the tie, and also lost their league opener. They ing matches.” bring the local and foreign players in QSL. I trust in my players as they have were missing key players. However, will be eager to make amends against lost by a slim margin against Al At the same time at Al Arabi sta- the same level. As a coach I think all good focus. And the best way to train they will be stronger as their foreign Khor. Arabi and will be looking to cor- dium, the two promoted sides Al the players are important.” El Jaish will be boosted with Sen- professionals will be able to play the Jean Fernandez, the head coach rect their mistakes in the upcoming Shahaniya and Muaither will play each El Jaish have tough schedule egalese defender Moustapha Sall and match against El Jaish. of Al Khor wants his team to have a game against Al Khor. Sami Trabelsi, other. Both sides had heavy defeats ahead as they are in the semi-finals Nigerian attacker Imoh Ezekiel, who An early kick off will see Al Khor positive reaction to their last defeat, head coach of Al Sailiya believes that against QSL title contenders Al Rayyan of the AFC champions league against are set for their league debuts. take on Al Sailiya at Al Khor stadium. “We lost the first game and we want there is a long way to go in the league. and Lekhwiya respectively. UAE’s Al Ain. The soldiers won their As for the visitors, El Jaish Both sides lost their opening tie of the to come back. We are preparing for “We will try to show our charac- Shahaniya fell to a 3-0 opening opening encounter against Al Wak- squeezed past Al Wakrah with an QSL season, and will be looking to get Sailiya they are a good team with ter in the next game. Our character day defeat to reigning QSL champi- rah and will be keen to continue their opening day 2-1 victory. their first three points. good qualifications. If we want a is the fighting spirit and team work. ons Al Rayyan. Muaither went down rich vein of form. Lamouchi’s side where made to Khor will be looking to push good game against Sailiya we need We don’t need to make a big deal of to Lekhwiya with a comprehensive “Our second game is against an sweat out the final fifteen minutes home advantage, especially after to concentrate. losses in the beginning of the season 4-0 score line.