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Emir gets message from Sudanese President Emir greets Training pitches King of Belgium

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent laid out at Al a cable of congratulations to King Philip of Belgium on his country’s National Day, reports QNA. Rayyan Stadium Emir gets phone call from UK PM

Delivery Office, SC. At the opening DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim ceremony, he said: “As is the case bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday The pitches will with all of our venues, we stress received a telephone call from be used for the the importance of receiving feed- UK Prime Minister Theresa May. back from the local community and The Emir congratulated May upcoming season of stakeholders which, in this case, on her election as Prime Minister, Qatar Stars League was the club. wishing her every success in the “We heard exactly what they performance of her duties. and were completed wanted from the precinct and the They also reviewed relations as part of an early stadium. The opening of these between the two friendly coun- works package for pitches marks a pivotal moment in tries, ways of enhancing them and the development of the site and the regional and international devel- the club to continue club and gives a glimpse of what Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday received a written message from Sudan’s opments, reports QNA. with its operations the finished Al Rayyan precinct will President Field Marshal Omar Hassan Al Bashir, inviting him to attend the celebration of the completion look like in 2019,” he added. of the enforcement of Doha Document for Peace in Darfur articles. The Emir met Sudanese President until the stadium is Last month, the SC announced Office Director Lt. Gen. Taha Osman Al Hussein who presented the message at Al Bahr Palace. Emir orders Gaza ready in 2019. that Qatari contractor Al Balagh Trading & Contracting and India’s salaries be paid biggest construction firm, Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), had been The Peninsula appointed as main contractors to DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim build Al Rayyan Stadium. Govt steps in to curb fraud bin Hamad Al Thani has directed “We are honoured to be part of that salaries of Gaza Strip employ- joint efforts in delivering this mile- ees totalling QR113m for the month DOHA: The Supreme Committee for stone. The new facilities combined of Shawwal be paid as he is keen to Delivery & Legacy (SC) has launched with the emotional boost of return- sale as green ACs arrive alleviate the suffering of brethren new, state-of-the-art training facil- ing to Al Rayyan site gives the club in the Strip and the severe finan- ities for Al Rayyan Sports Club a lift and hope heading into such an cial distress they are facing due alongside Al Rayyan Stadium. important season,” said Ali Salem By Sanaullah Ataullah ensuring that conventional ACs month,” said a representative of an to the unjust siege imposed by the The new, 40,000-seat stadium, Afifa, Football Operations Manager, The Peninsula don’t reach the market and users agency of a popular brand. Israeli occupation on them. a proposed venue for the 2022 FIFA Al Rayyan Club. buy green ACs of their choice based Traders also justified the mar- World Cup, will host games up to “In just over six years, the first on the stickers. ginal increase in the prices of green quarter-finals. The pitches will ball will be kicked at 2022 World An agent said: “Huge consign- ACs as their spare parts are a bit 2 service centres be used for the upcoming season Cup and we are proud that Al DOHA: As green ACs arrive, gov- ments of green ACs have began expensive compared to conven- of Qatar Stars League (QSL). They Rayyan and the new stadium will ernment has taken steps to ensure arriving. We cleared 12 contain- tional ones. shut on Saturdays were completed as part of an early play such a big role in the world’s traders do not pass off conventional ers of energy-rational split units of To increase energy efficiency works package for the club to con- biggest football tournament,” he air conditioners as green ones, mar- a popular brand last week. This week rate (EER), ACs are being equipped tinue with its operations until the added. ket sources said. we cleared 17 containers of the same with acqua-friendly and stronger The Peninsula stadium is ready in 2019. Al Rayyan football star Sebas- New brands of green ACs have brand. An order is in hand to clear 18 spare parts. For example, an efficient The inauguration ceremony on tian Soria said: “The team is thrilled begun arriving in bulk consign- more containers of green spilt units AC needs new type of gas like 4.1 Wednesday night was attended by to be back and all are looking for- ments, market sources told The next week.” required for a starred rating. To run DOHA: The Ministry of Interior players, coaching staff, club man- ward to our pre-season training on Peninsula, hinting at a healthy com- Traders said with increasing this type of gas, the coils and other yesterday announced that Umm agement and senior officials from the new pitches. It’s not unusual for petition and price drop. supplies of green ACs, the prices of spare parts should be able to take Salal and Al Wakra service cen- the SC. training grounds and sporting stadi- Customers don’t need to break split and widow units that witnessed the pressure, explained the trader. tres will remain closed on every “It’s a great achievement to ums to be world-class in Qatar, and their heads over buying new energy- marginal increase, could drop. More “The minimum EER required in Saturday. get Al Rayyan Sports Club back the new training sites for Al Rayyan efficient ACs because authorities supplies of green ACs will create a Qatar is 8.5 and above. One of our Messaimer and Al Rayyan on home soil for training ahead of are no different. This motivates us have issued starred rating stick- healthy competition and help reduce products with 10.9 EER has been cer- service centres will continue such an important season as they more ahead of the new season and ers for each product based on its retail prices, said a trader. tificated by authorities as eight-star,” providing services as usual on look to defend their QSL title,” said everyone at the club is excited at the efficiency with regard to power “We have some old stocks of said the trader. Saturdays from 8am to noon. Ghanim Al Kuwari, Executive Direc- prospect of moving into our new consumption. green ACs but expect the first ship- tor, Competition Venues, Technical permanent home in 2019.” To help users, authorities are ment of new brands early next → Continued on page 2 → Continued on page 2 Erdogan: Military to be restructured Portugal ex-PM takes lead in first Kuwait gives 15 days Reuters vote for UN chief to strike Yemen deal

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip AFP AFP Saturday after a 15-day break. Erdogan said yesterday there were UN special envoy Ismail Ould significant failures in intelligence Cheikh Ahmed earlier said nego- ahead of last Friday’s attempted UNITED NATIONS: Portugal’s KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait, which tiations would last two weeks and military coup and the armed forces former prime minister Antonio is hosting troubled Yemen peace warned that they may be Yemen’s would quickly be restructured. Guterres took the lead in the first talks, has issued an ultimatum last chance for peace. He said a new coup attempt was straw poll vote yesterday to pick to the warring parties to strike They would also deal with possible but would not be easy, say- the next UN secretary-general, a deal within 15 days or leave “forming the military com- ing “we are more vigilant. It is clear diplomats said. the state. Three months of UN- mittees that will supervise that there were significant gaps and Slovenia’s former president brokered talks in Kuwait have the withdrawal and hando- deficiencies in our intelligence, there Danilo Turk came second in the failed to make headway with the ver of weapons... and opening is no point trying to hide it or deny it. secret vote by the Security Coun- Iran-backed Houthi rebels and safe passages for humanitarian I told it to the head of national intel- cil to choose a successor to Ban the government, supported by a aid,” he said. But the deadline ligence,” Erdogan said. Ki-moon. Saudi-led coalition, holding firm by the United Nations angered He said there was no obstacle Council ambassadors met to their positions. the Houthis who reiterated their to extending the state of emergency behind closed doors for the poll, “We have given 15 days for demand for a national unity beyond the initial three months if A tourist bus, decorated with Turkish flags and a banner with the the first of several rounds to be Yemeni sides taking part in government ahead of any other necessary. picture of President Erdogan, seen at Taksim square in central Istanbul. organised over the next two the talks to resolve all issues,” solution. Erdogan said the movement of months. Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister The government is calling for US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, There are 12 candidates, six of Khaled Al Jarallah told Dubai- implementation of UN Security who he blames for masterminding Turkey sought to assure its citizens gatherings and free press, etc. It isn’t them women. based Al Arabiya news channel Council Resolution 2216 which the attempt to seize power, would and the world that there would be no martial law of 1990s,” he wrote on Eight of the contenders are late on Wednesday. requires the rebels and their be treated as “another separatist return to the deep repression of the Twitter. from eastern Europe, includ- “If matters are not resolved allies to withdraw from areas they terrorist organisation”, drawing a past, even as Erdogan imposed the Another Deputy Prime Minis- ing Argentina’s Foreign Minister within 15 days, we have hosted have occupied since 2014, includ- parallel to the state’s fight against first nationwide state of emergency ter, Numan Kurtulmus, said Turkey Susana Malcorra, New Zealand’s them enough and consequently ing capital Sana’a, and hand over Kurdish militants over the past three since the 1980s. would invoke its right to suspend its ex-prime minister Helen Clark. our brothers have to excuse us if heavy weapons. The government decades. Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet obligations temporarily under Euro- Guterres also headed the UN we cannot continue hosting” the wants to re-establish its authority He said the death toll had risen Simsek calmed financial markets. pean Convention on Human Rights. refugee agency. talks, Al Jarallah said in Brussels. across the entire country, much of to 246, excluding the coup plotters “The state of emergency won’t Talks resumed in Kuwait on which is controlled by the rebels. and 2,185 people were wounded. include restrictions on movement, → See also page 4 → See also page 12 02 FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 HOME / MIDDLE EAST

Emir meets outgoing Cuban and Panama ambassadors Deputy Emir & PM greet King of Belgium

DOHA: Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congrat- ulations to King Philip of Belgium on his country’s National Day. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent a similar cable to King Philip. Minister meets envoys

DOHA: Minister of State for For- eign Affairs H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi yesterday met ambassa- dors Park Heung-Kyeong (South Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday met at Al Bahr Palace outgoing Cuban Korea) and Shingo Tsuda (Japan) Ambassador Ernesto Daniel Plasencia Escalante. The Emir conferred upon him the Sash of Merit and US Charge d’Affaires Ryan Gliha. Talks dealt with relations in recognition of his role in enhancing ties between Qatar and his country and wished him every and issues of common concern. success in future assignments and bilateral relations further progress. The ambassador thanked and praised the Emir and officials for cooperation he received which contributed to the success of his mission. The Emir also met separately outgoing Panama Ambassador Luis Enrique Martinez. Other service The Emir wished the ambassador every success in his future assignments and bilateral relations further progress and prosperity. The ambassador thanked and praised the Emir and officials for centres to work cooperation he received which contributed to the success of his mission. entire week Continued from page 1 The ministry said on its Facebook account that all other centres will continue providing Strong Qatar-Peru cultural ties top priority: Envoy their regular services throughout the week in two shifts (morning and evening), the ministry added. The ministry has eight service By Raynald C Rivera “We have an agreement on cul- products coming to Doha. There is centres across Qatar. The Peninsula Peruvian ambassador tural cooperation going on. It’s a also a very good investment in min- The ministry said the number matter of sitting down and negoti- ing in Peru. There are lots of things of subscribers to Metrash2 has Julio Florian says ating what we can do between the we can do in the future and we are exceeded 250,000 and urged res- there are plans to two countries,” he said, stressing cul- looking forward to the challenge,” idents to subscribe to the online DOHA: Strengthening cultural coop- tural cooperation as his main priority he added. service, which provides about 250 eration between Qatar and Peru is organise more cultural at the moment. He cited the official visit to Peru services, including those offered a priority considering the immense events. “I will start with cultural coop- of Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad by the centres. distance between the two countries, eration then go on with political, bin Khalifa Al Thani in 2013 and Metrash2 is one of the minis- says Peru’s Ambassador to Qatar Julio diplomatic and economic one,” he Peru’s President Ollanta Huma- try’s channels to deliver services Florian. said, adding relations between the la’s visit to Qatar the following year provided by services centres in “I would like to work a lot on cul- Tuesday. The exhibition showcases two countries have been cordial as expression of mutual interest of simplified way. tural events because for me they act photos of Peruvian landscape taken following the establishment of the both countries to further strengthen It provides services for com- as bridges between two countries. along the Qhapaq Ñan road network Peruvian Embassy in Doha four years relations. panies and individuals on the “They bring countries closer, like which was inscribed in the Unesco ago. The exhibition features the vast website in Arabic and English in the case of Qatar and Peru which World Heritage Site List during the “Relations between Qatar and road network built by the Incas more countries — Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and enables users to apply for are thousands of kilometres away committee’s 38th meeting in Doha Peru are growing steadily. We have than 500 years ago and which still Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. and obtain services that save from each other which is at least 20 two years ago. to take into account the embassy was functions till today. Built between Organised by Katara and the their time, effort and money, while hours by plane,” Florian to the Penin- The ambassador said there are established in 2011 which is just four 5,000 and 6,000 metres above sea Peruvian Embassy, the expo runs enjoying the convenience of using sula in an interview at the opening of plans to organise more cultural years ago. “If you go to supermarkets level, the 30,000km road systems until July 30 at Katara Building 19 their smartphones, according to Qhapaq Ñan exhibition at Katara on events in the future. you will see more and more Peruvian runs through six South American Gallery 2. the ministry.

Pokemon Go hunt Green ACs will Man caught for selling chita help reduce The Peninsula produce him before the public prosecution related to the environment. users’ bills The chita was sent to zoo. It will be kept there DOHA: A patrolling team from the Environment, until the issuance of a decision by public prosecution. Wildlife and Natural Reserve Protection Department The ministry has called on citizens and expatri- Continued from page 1 at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment has ates to abide by the law of the land, especially those caught an Arab national for selling a chita (spectac- related to the trade of wildlife, Qatar News Agency “EER measures electricity ular leopard). The culprit has been booked under the reports. People should avoid importing or bringing conservation of ACs, more EER provisions of the Law No. 5 of 2006 for regulating such animals without prior permission from author- means the ACs are more efficient,” trade of wildlife, animals of rare species threatened ities concerned at the ministry. he added. with extinction and their products. They were also asked to inform the environment “High prices of green ACs The man was handed over to police of Al Shamal control room at the Ministry through its hotline 998 compared to conventional ones Security Department for taking legal procedures to if they come cross any violation. will not be a burden on custom- ers, who will benefit in terms of a reduced electricity bill,” said another trader. The General Authority for Libya launches Standardisation and Specification Five ‘terrorists’ held in Bahrain (GASS) at the Ministry of Munici- pality and Environment has asked QNA new assault to importers and suppliers of ACs to register their products and take oust IS from Sirte prior approval before import- MANAMA: As part of the Bahrain Interior Ministry’s counterterrorism pro- ing from manufacturers, said a gramme, police seized bomb making materials and weapons after arresting Reuters Scores of Pokémon Go players turned up to catch Pokémon at source. five individuals on terrorist charges. The investigation revealed that they the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) park last night. Organised by Once a consignment arrives had planned bombings in more than one location in Bahrain. FilipiKnows-a vlog (video blog) channel, the event was the first at port, a certificate is issued by The men were found to have turned their homes into additional storage SIRTE: Forces aligned with Libya’s Pokémon Go hunt in Qatar after the game was launched two the authority concerned that the areas for bomb-making materials. They also confessed to receiving inten- UN-backed government fought weeks ago. Pic: Abdul B / The Peninsula supply meets Qatar’s specifica- sive military training at Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Iraqi Hezbollah fierce exchanges with Islamic tions for EER. camps. The investigation is ongoing to have more details. State militants in Sirte yester- day in which 13 of their fighters were killed and more than 110 wounded, officials said. The government-backed Qatar Stars win T20 international forces have pinned militants back to a small area in the centre of the coastal city after advancing on the cricket match at Asian Town Stadium Islamic State stronghold in May. But they have faced stiff resistance from the several hun- The Peninsula Both teams had renowned international dred militants thought to be still players like Salman Butt, Abdul Razzaq, Saeed holed up in Sirte, suffering casu- Ajmal and Mohammad Sami. alties from snipers and explosive “We are very happy to see this scale of devices. DOHA: Cricket fans in Doha had a wonderful crowd coming to watch cricket matches and Yesterday, the government- opportunity to witness an international T20 each match in this stadium shows the devel- backed forces said that they cricket match between Pakistan Stars and opment of the game in Qatar. were advancing on two fronts Qatar Starts last Friday at Asian Town Cricket “We want to hold better tournaments fre- after bombarding Islamic State Stadium. In the rousing match, Qatar stars beat quently as we are getting a lot of appreciation positions from the air and the Pakistan Stars by nine runs. from people and fans in Qatar,” said Sajjad ground at dawn. They said there Led by Iqbal Chaudhry, Qatar Stars won Chaudhry, Organiser and Managing Director, was heavy fighting in the Dollar the toss and Kamran Khan gave them an extra Pro Events. neighbourhood and around the ordinary start in batting. In the first six overs he The tournament was organised by Ibn port. The forces are mainly made took 55 runs and hit five sixes. Qatar Stars had Ajayan Projects, the managers of Asian Town, Organisers of the cricket tournament with the Qatar Stars team. up of fighters from the city of Mis- given a target of 151 runs in 20 overs to Paki- in association with Pro Events, an international rata, though other western Libyan stan Stars to win the match. Saeed Ajmal was sports event management company in Qatar. the tournament. “We are trying to develop a Qatar to the level of World Cup,” Chaudhry towns and cities have also con- the Man of the Match. This is the third year Pro Events organised cricket culture in Qatar and our aim is to raise added. tributed men. ISLAM FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 03 Significance of Al Aqsa Mosque

o Muslims, Jerusalem houses them) to the land which We have one of the holiest mosques blessed for the nations (Al Anbiyaa — the Masjid Al Aqsa — and 1: 69-71). represents a place of great- Test religious significance. 3. The sacredness of Jerusalem Muslims call to rule over Jeru- is emphasised in numerous places salem is not driven by colonist, in the Holy Quran. The Apostles of nationalist or material motives. Allah, Muhammad (Peace Be Upon The love for every grain in the Him) and also Prophet Musa (Mosses) Holy City is sacred to Muslims. Mus- (Alayhis salaam) alluded to it. The lims respect all the Prophets revered Holy Quran reports Prophet Musa by Judaism and Christianity and their (Alayhis salaam) telling his people: venerated places are also central to O my people! Enter the holy land… the ethos of Islam. (Al Maida 5: 21) To quote a few Quranic verses Further, the Holy Quran states: and sayings of Prophet Muhammad It was Our power that made the (Peace be Upon Him) with regard to violent (unruly) Wind flow (tamely) Jerusalem will indicate the impor- for Suleiman. To his order, to the land tance Masjid Al Aqsa and, therefore, Which We had blessed… (Al Anbiyaa Jerusalem has assumed upon the 21: 81) Muslims hearts. 4. Masjid Al Aqsa and, therefore, 1. The miraculous journey of the Jerusalem’s importance was fur- holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be ther emphasised by the sayings of Upon Him) from Makkah to Masjid the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Al Aqsa (Al Isra) and his ascension Upon Him): through the heavens (Al Ma’araj) has (a) According to Islamic teach- linked Jerusalem to the Muslims’ ings, there are only three places to hearts and minds. which it is desirable to undertake a The Holy Quran states: journey for the purpose of Salaah. Glory to Allah who did take His Abu Huraira (ra) is quoted as say- Servant for a journey by night from ing that Allah’s Messenger (Peace Be the Sacred Mosque (in Makkah) to Al Upon Him) said: Aqsa (in Jerusalem) whose precincts ‘Set out deliberately on a journey We did bless (Al Isra 17: 1) only to three mosques: This mosque The Lord Almighty had it in of mine (in Madinah), the Sacred His power to have taken Prophet Mosque (in Makkah) and the Mas- companions (ra): The land of Pal- After the battle of Yarmuk, the Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) jid Al Aqsa (in Jerusalem)’ (Bukhari estine has in it some of the noblest Muslim forces under the command from Makkah straight up to the & Muslim) A prayer in the Sacred Mosque souls the earth has seen. The graves of Abu Ubaydahr lay siege to Jeru- heavens. However, to impress the (b) The virtues of praying in Mas- of many Prophets are in Palestine, salem. The inhabitants consented to importance of Jerusalem upon Mus- jid Al Aqsa are exalted: (in Makkah) is worth 100,000 including Ibrahim (Alayhis salaam), surrender on condition that the Kha- lims, Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Abu Darda (ra) is quoted as Yakub (Alayhis salaam), Ishaq (Peace lifa, Umar ibn Al Khattab (ra) came Upon Him) was first taken to Masjid saying that the Prophet of Allah prayers, a prayer in my mosque Be Upon Them) and according to in person. Al Aqsa in Jerusalem. Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) some commentators there are over Umar (ra) travelled to Palestine When the Prophet Muhammad said: (in Madinah) is worth 1,000 and a 100 Prophets buried in Palestine. and formally received the keys to the (Peace Be Upon Him) reached Al Aqsa A prayer in the Sacred Mosque (in Palestine also has the bodies of city in 637 AD. On his arrival, he con- (Haram Shareef), he led prayers in Makkah) is worth 100,000 prayers, a prayer in Jerusalem is worth 500 some of the closest companions of cluded the famous peace treaty with congregation that was attended by prayer in my mosque (in Madinah) is the Prophet and thus the first gen- the people of Holy City. all the previous Prophets (Alayhis worth 1,000 and a prayer in Jerusa- prayers more than in an any other eration of Muslims. Included in This opened the doors to the salaam). Hence, Masjid Al Aqsa is lem is worth 500 prayers more than these are the graves of Ubada ibn Al Jews, who were denied access for unique in that this is the only place on in an any other mosque. (Bukhari) mosque — Prophet Muhammad Samit, Shaddad ibn Aws ibn Thabit thousands of years and for the first earth where all the Prophets (Alay- (c) Masjid Al Aqsa is the second Al Ansari and Tamim Al Dari [ra]. time Jerusalem under Muslim rule his salaam) performed Salaah in house of prayer established on earth: (Peace Be Upon Him). became truly an open city to all the congregation. Abu Dhar (ra) is quoted as saying: 7. Merits of Performing Haj or three faiths. I asked the beloved Prophet Umrah from Masjid Al Aqsa: Throughout Muslim rule of over 2. The Prophet Ibrahim (Abra- Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) Umm Salamah (ra) narrates 1,200 years of Jerusalem, members of ham) (Alayhis salaam) who is central which was the first mosque on earth? 5. Masjid-Al-Aqsa was the First hijra, when Allah commanded in that she heard the Prophet (Alayhis Jewish, Christianity and Islam pros- to all the three faiths, migrated to the ‘The Sacred Mosque (in Makkah),’ Qibla (the direction to which Mus- His wisdom for the Muslims to face salaam) saying: “Whosoever starts pered in Jerusalem. land of Canaanite around 1805 BC. he said. And then which, I asked? lims faced when praying Salaah): Makkah. The importance of Masjid his Umrah or Haj from Masjid Al Aqsa Muslim rule enabled the city to The Quran states: ‘Masjid Al Aqsa,’ he said. I further The centrality, historical and cul- Al Aqsa remained and all the wor- his wrong actions will be forgiven, live up to its rightful title of ‘The Holy We said, O Fire! Be thou cool and asked, what was the time span tural significance of Masjid Al Aqsa ship performed facing Masjid Al Aqsa both past and future.” City’ as it encompassed all believers safety for Ibrahim. Then they planned between the two? ‘Forty years,’ the is further emphasised by the fact that was good and valid. In another version, he is reported in One God to go about their business against him, but We made them the Prophet (Alayhis salaam) replied. Muslims used to turn towards Jeru- to have said that Paradise would be without any hindrance. greater losers. But We delivered him (Muslim) salem when they prayed. This was 6. The resting place of Prophets his reward. (Targheeb) (Published by: Friends of Al Aqsa and (his nephew) Lot (and directed practiced until 16 to 17 months after (Alayhis salaam) and the Prophet’s 8. Freedom of the Holy City. — Islamic Invitation Centre) The way to reform society Supplicating after Eid khutba Question: The Imam of our local mosque said in this year khutba that people must not congratulate each other in the mosque as it is haram. We all must go out of the mosque and congratulate and meet each other. Sec- ood manners, respecting others and Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and with all Good manners are the means to every virtue ondly, he said asking for dua after Eid khutba is also haram. Dua must be ensuring their rights result in friendly creation. Allah The Exalted Says (what means): and one of the purposes for sending messen- asked before khutba. Please guide me in the light of Islamic teaching to which bonds between people and removes And speak to people good (words) — Quran 2:83 gers and the result of their Da‘wah (call to Islam). extent this person is right as he is not quoting any ruling in his defence. He dislike and grudges from their hearts. When there is interaction between a Mus- The Messenger of Allah said: just say that he knows the best. GIn this way the hearts become pure, sym- lim and another person, each one should fulfil • “I was sent to perfect righteous manners.” pathetic and kind; so feelings of love and the criterion of rights and obligations; and it is — Ahmad Answer: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that brotherhood prevail. The Messenger of Allah necessary to understand the principles needed • “A believer reaches with his good man- there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad (Peace Be said: “He is not from my nation, he who does not for interacting with others. This is what is meant ners the rank of one who is fasting and praying Upon Him) is His slave and Messenger. respect our elderly, have mercy upon our young, (here) by good manners. throughout the night.” — Ahmad First, we are not aware of any evidence that proves that it is forbidden for and honour our scholars.” (Musnad Ahmad) This can only be gained through acquiring • “There is nothing heavier in the scales (of the Muslims to congratulate each other on Eid in the mosque and no jurist has ever knowledge. Some would say good manners are a Hereafter) than good manners.” — Abu Dawood issued a fatwa to this effect. Good moral conduct is the path to benefi- kind of etiquette; but in reality they are a Shariah • “I guarantee a house on the outskirts of Par- Rather, there is evidence in the Sunnah that it is permissible for Muslims cial knowledge and religion and a way by which to draw nearer adise for he who leaves arguing even if he is right; to generally congratulate each other in the mosque as in the story of Ka’b Ibn Allah The Exalted Says (what means): Allah to Allah The Exalted; and they are subject to the and a house in the centre of Paradise for he who Maalik when Allah accepted his repentance when he stayed behind from the will raise those who have believed among you five basic Shariah rulings. Good manners are an does not lie even when he jokes; and a house in battle of Tabook. Ka’b said: “…until I entered the mosque and people were sit- and those who were given knowledge, by degrees. obligation upon every Muslim to seek and abide Upper Paradise for the one who has good man- ting around the Prophet then Talhah Ibn ‘Ubaydillaah stood up and hurriedly And Allah is acquainted with what you do. (Quran by (in everyday life). ners.” — Abu Dawood came to me and shook hands with me and congratulated me...” — Al Bukhari 58:11) We are so much in need today for benefi- Good manners constitute the following five When you realise the value of good manners and others. cial knowledge that leads us towards progress, basic Shariah rulings: that which is obligatory, in Islam and how Islam gives much importance This is a congratulation in the mosque in the presence of the Prophet (Peace glory, and dignity we have lacked for a long time. forbidden; recommended, and that which is per- to it then know that acquiring good manners is Be Upon Him) and his Companions; it is for this reason that Ibn Hajar when At the same time, this would achieve for us the missible, and that which is disliked. comprised of two stages: The manners that par- mentioning the benefits of this Hadith in ‘Fat’h Al Baari’, said: “…and congrat- satisfaction of our Lord and knowledge that is ents teach their children and the manners that a ulating someone who is blessed with a bounty….” not a result of (following) the inseparable two: Obligations are known through good person acquires as he grows up. On the other hand, it is not clear to us what is exactly meant by supplicating Whims and ignorance. Good manners save us manners Parents should teach their children basic after the Eid khutba, so if by this you mean asking the Imaam to supplicate at from such things. Through good manners a Muslim knows what manners, so that they become an essential part the end of the khutba in the same manner he supplicates in the Friday khutba, A student of knowledge — any type of knowl- his obligations are in worship, daily practices, of their lives and can easily acquire them as they then this is permissible and the jurists stated that the ‘Eid khutba is like the Fri- edge — cannot obtain it without acquiring good his interaction with others and his conduct. The grow up. Should teaching a young child good day khutba – in general – concerning its rulings. manners first. Should a person obtain some Messenger of Allah said, “May Allah have mercy manners be ignored, it is very difficult to achieve Ibn Qudaamah said about the two ‘Eid khutba: “The features of the two knowledge without obtaining good manners, it upon a man who is forgiving if he sells, (who is that after he has grown up. khutbas (of ‘Eid) are like the features of the two Friday khutbas.” shall have negative consequences on him in this forgiving) if he buys, and (who is forgiving) if he Allah The Exalted Says (what means): O you As regards the Friday khutba and what is permissible in it, he said: “…it is life and in the Hereafter, because he risks being collects money due to him that he had lent out.” who have believed, protect yourselves and your desirable for the Imaam to supplicate for the believing men and women, for a bad scholar. Our predecessors frequently cau- — Al Bukhari] families from a fire whose fuel is people and himself and for the people present in the congregation…” tioned about taking knowledge from someone stones… — Quran 66:6 Therefore, it is permissible to supplicate in the ‘Eid khutba in the same man- who lacks good manners. Good manners are the nation’s image Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, ner this is permissible in the Friday khutba. One of the righteous predecessors said, “One We require good manners so that a youth said (that protecting them in the verse means): However, if what you mean is that a Muslim asks another Muslim to suppli- who seeks religious knowledge and does not have respects his elders, a student respects his teacher, “Educate them and teach them good manners.” cate for him, then this is not absolutely unlawful even though some scholars are good manners is likely to tell a lie about Allah a teacher respects his students, offspring respect The manners required for a person when he of the view that it is (generally) less appropriate to do so, but it makes no dif- (The Exalted_ and His Messenger.” their parents; a wife respects her husband. The is grown is to supplement what was missed, and ference, with respect to the ruling, if this happens before the khutba or after it. Another person said, “Through good man- Messenger of Allah said, “He is not from my this is what is required, because it is necessary Finally, it is acceptable to ask the Imaam to mention the evidence for what ners, knowledge can be understood, and through nation he who does not respect our elders, have for the reformation of the soul. With a righteous he said about the prohibition of the Muslims from congratulating each other knowledge, deeds are soundly performed.” mercy upon our young, and honour our schol- soul the body becomes sound; rather, a person’s on Eid in the mosque or the forbiddance of someone asking another to suppli- ars.” — Musnad Ahmad whole life and affairs become sound. Allah The cate for him after the Eid Khutba. Indeed, it is not impolite to ask for evidence, Good manners are a necessity Exalted Says (what means): He has succeeded and this Imaam should answer your request if he is a knowledgeable person; Good manners are necessary for every Good manners are the result of the Da‘wah who purifies it (the soul), And he has failed who he should not just say that he knows better than you. Allah Knows Best. Muslim with Allah The Exalted, the Prophet of the Prophets instils it (with corruption). — Quran 91: 9-10 04 FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 MIDDLE EAST

Saudi Arabia IS gets 48-hour denies issuing new fatwa against deadline to quit Pokemon Go Reuters

Syria’s Manbij DUBAI: Saudi Arabia denied yesterday that the country’s top clerical body had renewed a 15-year-old edict declaring remaining chance for besieged that the Pokemon game was members of Daesh (IS) to leave the un-Islamic. 43 civilians had town.” Saudi media reports said on been killed in A SDF commander said that the Wednesday the General Secre- initiative was first floated last week tariat of the Council of Senior bombardment of by tribal leaders in Manbij, which is Religious Scholars had revived a rebel-held areas. a key IS bastion. 2001 decree against a Pokemon “But we took this decision now card game in response to queries after IS used residents as human from Muslims, although it made shields, after the media pressure on no mention of the new Pokemon AFP us, and to protect whatever civilians GO mobile game. are left in the town,” he said on con- Users of the game walk dition of anonymity. around their real-life neigh- The statement also urged bourhoods in search of scores of BEIRUT: US-backed fighters yester- civilians to try to leave Manbij or “pocket monsters”, which emerge People mourn over the coffins of members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria’s northeastern day gave the Islamic State group 48 distance themselves from areas superimposed on the phone hours to leave the battleground Syr- where clashes are taking place. city of Qamishli, yesterday, during the funeral of 16 fighters killed battling the Islamic State (IS) group in screen via its camera. ian town of Manbij, after US-led air The Syrian Observatory for Manbij. The 2001 fatwa said the card strikes nearby killed scores reported Human Rights, a Britain-based game contained elements pro- to be civilians. monitor, said the 56 civilians killed hibited by Islamic law such as Elsewhere, dozens of civilians Tuesday were villagers fleeing fight- Anti-IS coalition meets with gambling. were reported dead in bombard- ing in Al Tukhar, 14 kilometres from However, Saudi authorities ment of several rebel-held areas in Manbij. said the social media reports were Syria, a monitor said. The anti-IS coalition has said unfounded. The 48-hour ultimatum was it is investigating the allegations, eye on retaking Mosul “The Council of Senior Reli- issued by the Arab-Kurdish Syrian and US Defence Secretary Ash- gious Scholars denied that it Democratic Forces (SDF), which ton Carter on Wednesday pledged issued a new fatwa about the is fighting IS with coalition air a “transparent” investigation. Yes- AFP presidential envoy to the Global ensure that any victory in Mosul Pokemon game, and the media support. terday afternoon, the Observatory Coalition to Counter ISIL, told the is quickly followed by a politi- reports of that are not accu- The force has been waging a reported quiet in Manbij, though it assembled delegates. cal settlement and the return of rate,” said Abdulmohsen Alyas, major campaign since June to oust was unclear if the calm was tem- WASHINGTON: Top diplomatic and Backed by coalition air strikes refugees. undersecretary for international IS from Manbij, in Aleppo province, porary or in response to the SDF’s military officials from the US-led and military advisers, Iraqi and “Let us remember, Mosul is communication and media at with US-led air support. ultimatum. coalition fighting the Islamic State Kurdish force have made inroads where Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi the Ministry of Culture and The deadline follows a major Earlier in the day, the mon- group met yesterday to prepare the in recent months into territory once declared his phony caliphate in June Information. backlash after reports that at least itor had reported additional assault on its Iraqi bastion Mosul. controlled by IS fighters. of 2014,” McGurk said, referring to “We ask international media 56 civilians, including children, US-led air strikes and it said the Defence and foreign ministers But the daunting target of Mosul, the IS group’s elusive leader. to call the ministry to verify infor- were killed in air strikes by the coa- SDF had advanced inside the town from more than 40 countries gath- Iraq’s second city home to two mil- “And if we get this campaign mation for their reports.” lition near Manbij on Tuesday. overnight. ered in Washington for a second day, lion people, will be the centre of right on the ground, in all its aspects, On its Twitter account, the “In order to protect civilian lives Elsewhere in the country, the even as their local militia allies made gravity on the campaign in the it is where we can begin to seal his Council said no fatwa had been and property and to protect the Observatory said 43 civilians had advances in Syria. weeks and months to come. fate.” issued for the new Pokemon game. town from destruction we announce been killed in bombardment of But, while news from the front On the first day of the talks, the The battle for Mosul and for the In Saudi Arabia, home to that we accept the initiative under rebel-held areas. was dominated by the Syrian Dem- defence ministers met separately Islamic State group’s Syrian base Islam’s two holiest sites, cinemas which besieged IS members would The US Treasury announced ocratic Forces’ siege of Manbij, the to talk battlefield tactics, while the Raqa will be tough if the jihadists are banned and women’s sports leave with their individual light fresh sanctions yesterday targeting leaders in Washington were focused foreign ministers pledged $2bn in decide to hold out in their symbolic are discouraged. Middle Eastern weapons,” said the Manbij Military the arms and financial networks of on a far bigger prize. reconstruction funds. strongholds. states are often wary of social Council, part of the SDF. the government of Syrian President “Mosul will be the ultimate Yesterday’s meeting brought But the Iraqi city also poses a media use by their growing youth “This initiative is the last Bashar Al Assad. test,” Brett McGurk, the US special them together to discuss how to political challenge. populations. Turkish military officers who fled to eeceGr get two-month suspended jail sentence

AFP until their cases on that issue are heard early “We saw indiscriminate arrests of military through the phases of due process and man- to authorities. A Turkish detachment arrived in August. personnel and we were afraid,” the suspect age to return these terrorist elements so that after them and returned the Black Hawk hel- The prison sentence for illegal entry said. Another said: “I’m proud to be an army they will face justice,” Kerim Uras told report- icopter to Turkey. ALEXANDROUPOLI: A Greek court yester- was suspended for a three-year period, the man. I would not have left Turkey had my life ers in Athens on Tuesday. Greek military units have been placed day sentenced eight Turkish military officers court in the northern city of Alexandroupoli not been in danger.” “We thought of going to Bulgaria, Roma- on “heightened vigilance” amid reports that who fled last week’s failed coup to suspended said, taking into account that the men felt The case threatens to strain ties between nia or Greece — finally we chose Greece,” said additional Turkish military personnel could two-month prison terms, an AFP reporter threatened. the two Nato allies, with Ankara labelling the the officer who opened yesterday’s trial, held be trying to flee to the Greek islands, a navy said. In his defence, one of the Turkish officers eight “terrorists”. under tight security. spokesman told AFP. The officers, sought by Turkey to face a told the court through a translator that he did Turkey’s ambassador has warned that The officers flew to Alexandroupoli by The eight men, who declined to give their military trial at home, have requested asylum not want to return home owing to “indiscrim- failure to return the officers “will not help” military helicopter on Saturday and were ranks and units in court, arrived in handcuffs in Greece and will remain in police custody inate” arrests by Ankara authorities. ties. “I hope we will manage to swiftly go allowed to land after sending a distress signal with their faces hidden. Libya unity govt slams France for lack of coordination

Reuters in Benghazi and elsewhere in the east. But Haftar has rejected the UN-backed Government of TRIPOLI: Libya’s UN-backed National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli, unity government has said that which is backed by major West- France did not coordinate with ern powers — including France. it over the presence of French The GNA’s Presidential Coun- troops in Libya and that it would cil said in a statement released not compromise on its sover- late on Wednesday that it had eignty after France announced asked France for an explanation the deaths of three of its soldiers after President Francois Hollande there. announced the soldiers’ deaths Special forces teams from during “dangerous intelligence countries including France, Brit- operations”. ain and the United States are on “The Presidential Council the ground in western and eastern expresses its deep discontent at Libya to fight Islamist militants. the French presence in eastern The French have been working Libya without coordination with alongside forces loyal to eastern the Council, which was declared A fighter of Libyan forces allied with the UN-backed government Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar by the government of France,” prays in front of his sniper rifle during a battle with IS fighters in who have been battling Islamist said the statement from the unity militants and other opponents government. Sirte, Libya, yesterday. S Sudan president asks VP to come back to Juba

Reuters Forces loyal to the two men fought street presence of any more outside forces, saying battles in the capital over a five-day period ear- the United Nations Mission in South Sudan lier this month, until a ceasefire was reached (UNMISS) troops were sufficient. JUBA: South Sudan’s president wants his on July 11. The fighting killed at least 272 peo- “I am appealing for your return while vice-president to return to the capital to try ple. Machar then left the capital with his troops, reiterating my 100 percent commitment to to salvage a peace agreement that was jeop- although he said he was not preparing for a ensuring your protection and overall secu- ardised by fighting earlier this month between resumption of the fighting that convulsed South rity ... “ Kiir said in a statement read by his forces loyal to the two long-time rivals. Sudan from December 2013 and ended ear- spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny. “I will be expect- President Salva Kiir asked Vice-Presi- lier this year. His spokesman said he had called ing a response from your good self within 48 dent Riek Machar yesterday to make contact for an outside force to be deployed as a buffer hours ...” with him in the next 48 hours, to re-establish between his and Kiir’s forces. The statement said Kiir wanted to re-estab- a peace agreement signed in August. Kiir said late last week he opposed the lish a peace agreement signed in August. ASIA / AFRICA / PAKISTAN FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 05

Divided groups in Mali declares emergency after deadly attack KP’s civil service set to lock horns AFP assaults two groups -- one jihadist, Ansar Dine also took credit for the Northern Mali has seen repeated the other ethnic -- both claimed to attack, which the Malian government violence since it fell under the control Mali begins the period have carried out the raid on the mil- described as a “coordinated terror- of Tuareg-led rebels who allied with Internews BAMAKO: The Malian government of national mourning itary camp. ist attack”. jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda yesterday declared a state of emer- Several security sources in the The government that the military in 2012. gency, a day after an attack in the “in homage to the region said they doubted the verac- was in control in Nampala and that But attacks are now becoming PESHAWAR: The internal wran- centre of the country left 17 soldiers victims of terrorist ity of the claim of responsibility from the attackers would be hunted down more frequent in the country’s cen- gling between civil servants dead and 35 wounded. attack.” the National Alliance for the Protec- and punished. tre, close to its borders with Burkina of Pakistani province of KP’s The government said yesterday tion of Peul Identity and Restoration The attack was the latest in a Faso and Niger, both from criminal bureaucracy is headed down a that the state of emergency would of Justice (ANSIPRJ). series of assaults on security forces and jihadist elements. volatile road as sparring officials last “for a duration of 10 days” fol- The ethnic group was only in Mali, and was condemned by the Although Islamists were largely from both sides are about to lock lowing the attack at an army base in founded last month following inter- United Nations and European Union. ousted by an ongoing French-led mil- horns. While there are reports of Nampala. “in homage to the victims of terror- communal clashes in the area and A previous state of emergency in itary operation launched in January protests from one side, the other Its also said a period of national ist attack”. lacked the means to mount an attack. place since April had only been lifted 2013, sporadic attacks from desert is thinking of ways to use Central mourning would begin yesterday In the hours after Tuesday’s Malian jihadist organisation the week before. hideouts are common. Prison Peshawar’s tandoors to turn up the heat for any demonstrators. Planning ahead, the admin- istration department has been deploying heavy contingents of Wispy clouds police, armed with batons and Pakistani MPs to tear gas, at Civil Secretariat for three consecutive days. A pris- oner van has also been brought to the secretariat premises. debate ‘honour Officials privy to the devel- opment said the administration department decided to arrest PCS officers if they hold a rally or sit- killings’ law in at the secretariat. “The police have been told to lock them in rooms close to the AFP A 2005 amendment to the tandoor at the jail if they try to law pertaining to honour killings hold a rally,” said a senior official. prevented men who kill female rel- Yesterday, the administration ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s law min- atives pardoning themselves as an department escorted Muntazir ister yesterday announced that “heir” of the victim. Khan, a senior PCS officer active bills aimed at tackling “honour But punishment was left to a in the struggle, out of the secre- killings” and boosting rape con- judge’s discretion when other rela- tariat when he tried to gain entry. victions would soon be voted on by tives of the victim forgive the killer Muntazir said he was physi- parliament, days after the murder -- a loophole which critics say is cally manhandled by the police. of a social media star by her brother. exploited. “We were supposed to see Rights groups and politicians According to Hamid, under the establishment secretary who have for years called for tougher the new law relatives of the victim asked us for a meeting so we can laws to tackle perpetrators of vio- would only be able to pardon the give practical shape to demands lence against women in Pakistan killer of capital punishment, but approved by the ministers’ com- and the move follows a slew of high- they would still face a mandatory mittee report,” he said. profile killings in the country. life sentence of twelve-and-a-half However, the officer was not A woman walks with her dog on a promenade along Victoria Harbour as the sun sets in Hong Kong, The perpetrators of so-called years. allowed to access the secretariat honour killings -- in which the vic- In the anti-rape bill, “a provi- yesterday. and was later barred from enter- tim, normally a woman, is killed by sion to conduct DNA tests on both ing through the home department. a relative -- often walk free because the alleged victim and perpetrator they can seek forgiveness for the has been added for the first time,” crime from another family member. he said. Rape conviction rates mean- Rape of minors, as well as the while are close to zero percent, mentally and physically ill, would Pakistan unlikely to meet education goals: UN largely due to the law’s reliance on become punishable by death. circumstantial evidence and a lack Commenting on the move, of forensic testing. Sughra Imam, a former senator A committee comprised of law- from the opposition Pakistan Peo- Internews GDP on education. These investment Similarly the report says Paki- The gap between the richest makers from both lower and upper ple’s Party who first tabled both levels are below the estimated 5.5 stan and Nigeria are the only two and poorest households are respec- houses of parliament unanimously bills said: “No law will eradicate a percent of GDP that will be required countries where the under-five mor- tively four and six times more likely approved the two bills yesterday crime entirely but the law should ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is unlikely to provide education for all by 2030. tality rate (U5Mr) in the wealthiest to receive antenatal care than those afternoon, meaning they could be be a deterrent. Laws are supposed to meet the targets of sustainable “There are also large wealth- and the poorest household is above from the poorest in Bangladesh and voted on within weeks. to guide better behaviour, not allow development goals set for 2030 to related gaps in school attendance the sustainable development goals Pakistan. Law minister Zahid Hamid, destructive behaviour to continue provide education for all with the and retention children in the richest (SDG) target, and marked dispari- “Five countries will account for who chaired the committee, said: with impunity.” current allocation of pending 2% of 20% of the population get nearly nine ties persist between regions. more than half of the global bur- “We have plugged all loopholes in Yesterday’s development came its GDP on education, annual report more years of schooling, on average, The report says while the rich- den of under-five deaths: India (17%), the anti-honour killing legislation, just six days after Social media star- of Unicef says. than children in the poorest 20%. est 20% will have to cut mortality by Nigeria (15%), Pakistan (8%), the which will be put up for approval at let Qandeel Baloch was strangled The annual report of United This wealth gap is magnified by more than half to achieve the tar- democratic republic of the Congo a joint sitting of parliament soon.” to death by her brother once again Nations Children’s Emergency Fund gender disadvantages among the get by 2030, the poorest 20% must (7%) and Angola (5%),” the report Prime Minister Nawaz Shar- casting a spotlight on honour killing (Unicef) launched last month says, poorest girls and by regional dis- achieve a reduction of three quarters. says. if’s ruling PML-N party has a large murders which claim around a thou- Pakistan has more than 5.6 million parities. While Pakistan is making While analysing another indi- While appreciating the initia- majority of seats in the lower house sand lives in Pakistan every year. out-of-school children of primary national progress in primary school cator, the report highlighted glaring tive of cash transfers programmes and the bills are believed to have An honour killing is the hom- school age. completion, some groups - nota- disparities in antenatal care and the report says, this programme has enough backing from opposition icide of a member of a family by The government of Pakistan bly poor rural girls - have been left skilled birth attendance at the helped improve rates of transition to parties to pass in the senate too. other members. reports spending about 2 percent of behind,” the report says. regional level. higher levels of education. MH370 wreckage may be ‘outside search zone’ Park defends US missile

Reuters shield plan amid protest

SYDNEY: Top searchers at the Dutch AFP amid concerns of a repetition of a company leading the underwater violent standoff last Friday, which hunt for Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 saw Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-Ahn say they believe the plane may have SEOUL: Several thousand South pelted with eggs and water bottles. glided down rather than dived in the Koreans staged an angry pro- Hwang had been in Seongju to final moments, meaning they have test yesterday against the planned try and appease the residents, but been scouring the wrong patch of deployment of a US anti-missile ended up being trapped in his min- ocean for two years. system near their hometown, but ivan for hours. Flight MH370 disappeared in President Park Geun-Hye insisted Yesterday’s protest began just March 2014 with 239 passengers the move was a national security hours after Park urged public sup- and crew onboard en route to Bei- imperative. port for THAAD. jing from Kuala Lumpur. Searchers South Korea’s defence ministry “The government’s decision ... led by engineering group Fugro have announced last week the Terminal was based on the judgement that been combing an area roughly the High Altitude Area Defence sys- it was the best way to protect our size of Greece for two years. tem, or THAAD, will be installed country and people from North That search, over 120,000sq in Seongju -- a rural county about Korean threats,” Park said during km of the southern Indian Ocean 200km southeast of Seoul -- by the a National Security Council meet- off Western Australia, is expected end of next year. ing yesterday. to end in three months and could be The decision was predicated on “If there is a better way...please called off after that following a meet- the growing threat posed by North let me know,” Park added. ing of key countries Malaysia, China Korea’s advancing nuclear weapons Tensions on the divided Korean and Australia today. and ballistic missile programme. peninsula have been running high The three countries agreed in But Seongju residents say the since Pyongyang carried out its April 2015 that should the aircraft not THAAD deployment makes their fourth nuclear test in January, fol- be located within the search area, county a strategic target and com- lowed by a series of ballistic missile and in the absence of any new cred- Australian and Malaysian officials examine aircraft debris at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau plain that it carries health and tests. ible evidence, the search area would headquarters in Canberra, Australia, yesterday, after it was found on Pemba Island, near Tanzania, in late environmental hazards. On Tuesday, the North fired not be extended. So far, nothing has “Let’s block the deployment of three ballistic missiles into the Sea June and transported to Australia for examination. been found. THAAD, a threat to peace on the of Japan in an exercise aimed at “If it’s not there, it means it’s Korean peninsula!” chanted some simulating pre-emptive attacks on somewhere else,” Fugro project hopes to find the craft. But he and “If it was manned it could glide Fugro’s controlled glide hypoth- 2,000 protestors, waving flags South Korean ports and airfields director Paul Kennedy said. his team argue another option is the for a long way,” Kennedy said. esis is also the first time the officials and banners that read ‘No THAAD’ hosting US military “hardware” Kennedy does not exclude plane glided down - meaning it was “You could glide it for further have leant some support to contested as they sat outside Seoul station Park is the first woman to be extreme possibilities that could manned at the end - and made it than our search area is, so I believe theories that someone was in con- yesterday. elected as President in South Korea, have made the plane impossible beyond the area marked out by cal- the logical conclusion will be well trol during the Malaysian flight’s final The protestors were sur- and is serving the 18th presidential to spot in the search zone, and still culations from satellite images. maybe that is the other scenario.” moments. rounded by hundreds of police, term. 06 FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 ASIA / PHILIPPINES Philippine ex-president freed from detention

delayed for procedural reasons. mismanagement of funds that were “It’s a happy day today because supposed “to alleviate the suffering Arroyo thanked she has just been freed,” said Lau- of many of our countrymen”. the top court and rence Arroyo, who is also a distance Duterte succeeded Aquino in relative through marriage. June, and said he was willing to par- President Rodrigo A convoy of vehicles carrying don Arroyo. Duterte for not Arroyo, her supporters and law- Another of Arroyo’s lawyers, yers was seen leaving the suburban Estelito Mendoza, had suggested standing in the way hospital compound near Manila but that the Supreme Court waited until of her release. she could not be seen from her car’s Aquino stepped down before issuing tinted windows. its ruling as a “courtesy” to Aquino. Her lawyers said that after being Arroyo was initially arrested on freed Arroyo would go to a private charges of electoral sabotage for AFP hospital for a check-up. allegedly conspiring with election In a statement issued by her law- officials to rig 2007 senatorial polls. yers, Arroyo thanked the Supreme Because of her illness, the gov- MANILA: Former Philippine pres- Court and newly-installed President ernment allowed her to be detained ident Gloria Arroyo was released Rodrigo Duterte for not standing in in a military hospital. from detention yesterday follow- the way of her release. She was granted bail for the ing nearly five years in a military Government Ombudsman Con- vote-rigging case in July 2012 after hospital after the Supreme Court chita Carpio-Morales defended the the court -- while not dismissing the dismissed her corruption charges, decision to charge Arroyo for plun- charge -- ruled evidence against her her lawyer said. der, and said on Wednesday she was was weak. The 69-year-old who suffers preparing another corruption charge But the corruption case against from a spinal illness was accused of against her. Arroyo was lodged the same year, stealing $8.8 million in state lottery The former leader was jailed in keeping her in detention. funds meant for charity programmes 2011 under the administration of Despite being detained, Arroyo while she was in office between 2001 arch critic, then-president Benigno has won a seat in the House of and 2010. Aquino. Representatives in the past three A member of the Philippine National Police walks past a banner of former Philippine president Gloria The Supreme Court threw out Aquino questioned the ruling to elections, serving as a congress- the case on Tuesday, citing insuffi- free Arroyo yesterday, saying she woman while being held in the Macapagal Arroyo before her release from hospital arrest at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) cient evidence, but her release was should be held accountable for the hospital. in Quezon City, yesterday. Duterte offers militants peace Dhaka court convicts opposition leader’s son AFP earned millions of dollars from kidnappings-for-ransom. Plane diverted It is a radical offshoot of a AFP general Moniruzzaman Kabir said. ISABELA: Philippine president Rod- decades-long Muslim separatist The move comes at a volatile after drunk rigo Duterte stepped up efforts to insurgency in the south of the mainly time in Bangladesh, which is reel- bring peace to the country’s insur- Catholic Philippines that has claimed DHAKA: A Bangladesh court yes- ing from a wave of deadly attacks Aussies brawl gency-hit south during a visit there more than 100,000 lives. terday convicted the exiled eldest by Islamist extremists. yesterday, calling upon the Islamic The main Muslim rebel son of the main opposition leader Earlier this month five armed militant group Abu Sayyaf to end its groups do not generally engage in for money laundering and sentenced men stormed an upscale cafe in JAKARTA: A rowdy brawl campaign of violence. kidnappings-for-ransom. him to seven years in prison, a move Dhaka’s diplomatic zone and killed among a group of drunken Speaking to local military and Duterte is known for his hardline that could end his political ambi- at least 20 hostages including 18 for- Australians forced a plane government leaders on the trou- stance against crime, even boasting tions. eigners, in an attack claimed by the to make an unscheduled bled island of Basilan, a base of the of killing numerous criminals, but Two high court judges over- Islamic State group. landing in Indonesia, an Abu Sayyaf group, Duterte said: “I he he has called repeatedly for talks turned a 2013 acquittal by a lower Police say local Islamist group, official said yesterday. am pleading for peace, even with with all rebel groups. President Rodrigo Duterte court of 51-year-old Tarique Rah- the Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangla- The Jetstar flight from the Abu Sayyaf. You have commit- Despite his message of peace, man, who lives in exile in London desh (JMB), was behind the siege. Australia to Thailand was ted crimes, killing people... You are Duterte warned that if the group did analysts say they are mainly focused and now faces a ban from politics. A week later, suspected Islamists forced to reroute to the not thinking of anything but hatred.” not lay down its arms “soldiers will on lucrative kidnappings. Rahman, who was also fined from the same group attacked the Indonesian resort island But Duterte, the first president to keep coming. That is the response of While Duterte addressed troops, $2.5 million, is the eldest son of nation’s largest Eid prayer con- of Bali on Wednesday hail from the south and who claims government”. his chief peace negotiator Jesus opposition leader and two-time gregation, killing three people, evening after several pas- Muslim ancestry, added that “every His visit came as troops were Dureza held meetings with the coun- former prime minister Khaleda according to police. sengers began fighting. Filipino life is precious” and “we battling the Abu Sayyaf in the hin- try’s largest Muslim rebel group, Zia and was considered her polit- The government says those The pilot requested have to stop this war”. terlands of Basilan. the Moro Islamic Liberation Front ical heir apparent. attacks and a number of other kill- permission to land at Bali’s The Abu Sayyaf is a loose net- The military said at least one sol- (MILF), elsewhere in the south. “The high court said Tarique ings of secular writers, foreigners Ngurah Rai international work of a few hundred Islamic dier and over 30 Abu Sayyaf fighters A ceasefire with the MILF, in Rahman influenced political power and religious minorities are part of a airport and asked that militants formed in the 1990s with were killed in weeks of fighting there. place since 2003, has largely held to help his close friend Giasuddin plot to destabilise the country. It has extra security be present seed money from Osama bin Lad- Although its leaders have but the Abu Sayyaf are not covered Mamun to get and then launder blamed Zia’s Bangladesh National- to assist in hauling the en’s Al Qaeda network that has pledged allegiance to Islamic State, by the truce. 200 million taka,” deputy attorney ist Party (BNP) and its Islamist ally. offenders off the flight. Myanmar frees reporter from jail US warship visit to heal rift with New Zealand after appeal

AFP of our close and cooperative around the issue, while still respect- relationship.” ing each other’s position. YANGON: A journalist from New Zealand and the US were “It’s not a victory for one side or the BBC’s Myanmar-lan- AUCKLAND: The United States strong allies during World War II but a defeat for another, it’s a sense that guage service walked free ended a three-decade stand-off with ties soured when the South Pacific our relationship is more important from prison yesterday New Zealand yesterday when Vice nation declared itself nuclear free (than this),” he told reporters. after a court accepted his President Joe Biden announced an in the 1980s. “We’ve dealt with the matter. It’s appeal against a three- American warship will visit Auck- It banned nuclear-powered war- somewhat historic now.” month sentence handed land later this year. ships and those carrying atomic Key said the United States had down in June for striking a No US naval ship has docked weapons from its waters in 1986, not been asked to drop its policy of policeman. in New Zealand since a row over creating a dilemma for Washing- refusing to declare its ships’ nuclear “I’m in good health nuclear weapons erupted in the ton, which has a policy of neither capability. and I’m very thankful to 1980s and Biden said the symbolic confirming nor denying its vessels’ Instead, the New Zealand leader those who expressed visit was “a major step to further nuclear capability. said he simply had to be satisfied, concerns and worked for friendship” between the two nations. The US responded by suspend- based on advice from his officials, my release,” the journal- “It is with great pleasure and ing the three-way ANZUS defence that any visiting ship was nuclear ist, Nay Myo Lin said. honour that the United States gladly treaty -- which also involved Aus- free. Thein Than Oo, his accepts the invitation to send a ship tralia -- and placing strict controls Activists have already pledged lawyer, said the court in to the Royal New Zealand Navy’s on military cooperation. to disrupt the November visit, with a Mandalay, accepted Nay US Vice-President Joe Biden (right) and New Zealand Prime Minister 75th (anniversary) celebration this New Zealand Prime Minis- group called Auckland Peace Action Myo Lin’s appeal. John Key speak during a meeting at Government House in Auckland, November,” he told reporters. ter John Key said Wellington and saying it will send a “peace flotilla” yesterday. “It will be yet another expression Washington had found a way to work to meet the US navy. Dhaka arrests top China eyes eight cruise ships to serve S China Sea

Reuters docks in Sanya, a Chinese resort city It is not clear if foreigners will be Beijing has also said it wants to Islamist extremist on the southern island province of allowed on these cruises or if they build Maldives-style resorts around Hainan, the paper added. will be allowed to visit China’s hold- the South China Sea. BEIJING: Up to eight Chinese ships Liu Junli, chairman of Sanya ings in the South China Sea. China has refused to recognise a Reuters arrested the group’s southern region will offer cruises to the South China International Cruise, said the com- China claims 90 percent of the ruling by an arbitration court in The leader and three other members, Sea over the next five years, a state- pany is already operating the “Dream potentially energy-rich South China Hague that invalidated its vast terri- including a medical student, said run newspaper said yesterday, as of the South China Sea” cruise ship Sea. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philip- torial claims in the South China Sea DHAKA: Bangladesh’s security RAB spokesman Mizanur Rahman Beijing continues to promote tour- and plans to add another two cruise pines, Vietnam and Taiwan lay claim and did not take part in the proceed- force arrested four members of Bhuiya. ism to the disputed waters. ships by next summer, the report to parts of the sea, through which ings brought by the Philippines. Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) yes- “They will be interrogated Sanya International Cruise said. passes about $5 trillion of trade a Transportation is not the only terday, including a regional leader intensively to understand if they Development Co Ltd, a joint venture The ships will travel to the Cres- year. purpose of cruising, particularly on of the banned group blamed for the had any connection with the cafe by COSCO Shipping, China National cent group of islands, part of the Countries competing to cement cruises that return passengers to Islamist attack on a cafe in Dhaka in attack,” he said. Travel Service (HK) Group Corp and Paracels, and is also “considering a their rival claims have encouraged their originating port, with the ports which 22 people were killed, mostly A huge quality of ammunition, China Communications Construc- cruise around the South China Sea at a growing civilian presence on dis- of call usually in a specified region of foreigners. weapons, bomb-making materials tion Co Ltd, will buy between five the appropriate time”, it added. puted islands in the South China Sea. a continent. There are even “cruises The Rapid Action Battalion and jihadi books have been recov- and eight ships, the official China Hotels, villas and shops will all The first cruises from China to the to nowhere” or “nowhere voyages” (RAB) raided an apartment on the ered from the house, which was used Daily reported. be built on the Crescent group, the Paracel islands were launched by where the ship makes 2–3 night outskirts of the capital Dhaka and for training recruits, Bhuiya added. It will also build four cruise liner paper said. Hainan Strait Shipping Co in 2013. round trips without any ports of call. INDIA FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 07 Pakistan behind Kashmir unrest: Rajnath

The terrorism that Govt re-opens schools India is witnessing today is “Pakistan- SRINAGAR: Indian authorities have ordered schools in four dis- sponsored”, the tricts of Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) to re-open yesterday despite a strict curfew remaining in place while an ongoing protest shut- Home Minister said, down imposed by Kashmir’s pro-independence leadership has adding that though also continued. the country was Given ongoing heightened tensions, which have seen more than 45 civilians killed over two weeks, many Kashmiris voiced “created in the name concerns about sending their children to school, claiming they of religion”, Pakistan are being used as “human shields” against protestors. The order to open the schools was issued by the government on “has failed to keep Wednesday and according to a teacher working in one of the itself united,” he said. government schools in the four districts, the teachers were also told to resume duties.

Agencies The terrorism that India is the killing of Hizb-ul operative Bur- witnessing today is “Pakistan-spon- han Wani, Rajnath Singh trained sored”, the Home Minister said, guns at the neighbouring country, NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister adding that though the country was saying: “The terrorist was involved Rajnath Singh yesterday squarely “created in the name of religion”, in various heinous crimes and activ- blamed Pakistan for the present Pakistan “has failed to keep itself ities, and Pakistan need not worry A policeman stands guard during a curfew in Srinagar, yesterday. unrest in Jammu and Kashmir and united,” he said. about Muslims in India.” also said that the neighbouring coun- Rajnath Singh said Kashmir is the “Pakistan came into existence try is “sponsoring” terrorism in India. integral part of the country and Paki- in the name of religion but failed “There can be no denying the fact stan was keeping an evil eye on it. to keep the Muslims together and others get caught in the same blaze. political parties and the members to been imposed on Internet has been that our neighbour (Pakistan) is sin- “Kashmir is India’s crown underwent a division. Most of its Referring to Vajpayee’s famous lines make united efforts to restore peace lifted,” he said. gularly responsible for the present (Mukut). It is heaven and the neigh- parts are troubled. So, it will be bet- -- “Chingari ka khel bura hota hai” in Kashmir. He denied that the security forces deterioration of the situation in the bouring country is keeping an evil ter for them if they could keep them (To play with fire is often danger- “The situation in the Kashmir were harsh while controlling protest- state,” Singh said while replying to eye on it. I am hopeful that the pride united,” he said and also invoked ous), Rajnath Singh sought to caution Valley is steadily returning to the ing mobs in the valley and hastened to a short-duration discussion in the of Kashmir will be restored,” he said. former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Pakistan against its continued role in normalcy. The essential commodi- add that personally he would always Lok Sabha that was taken up on Taking strong exception to the Vajpayee’s poem to suggest that sponsoring terrorism. ties are being supplied in the curfew favour that minimum force is used to Wednesday. ‘Black Day’ Pakistan observed after those who fuel fire in the homes of He also sought support of all the clamped areas and the ban which has maintain control.

Nature’s fury Incidents against Africans not racial, says Sushma ‘No helmet, no fuel’ rule in IANS that he was being beaten by some Maharashtra anti-social elements and the peo- ple around were trying to save him.” “Those who were beating him, MUMBAI: Tightening the NEW DELHI: The government yes- also hit those who were trying to existing traffic laws, the terday said that the recent incidents save Olivier,” she said. Maharashtra government of violence against Africans in the Referring to the assault of yesterday said bikers in country were not racial in nature 23-year-old Nigerian student the state will not be enti- and that it is taking steps to ensure Kazeem in Hyderabad in May, the tled to fuel if they don’t the safety of African students in minister said: “Second incident was wear a helment. India. with a Nigerian national in a park- Transport Minister External Affairs Minister ing lot. I want to assure the House Diwakar Raote made the Sushma Swaraj, in response to a the incidents with African nation- announcement in the question in the Rajya Sabha, also als in the last few days, none of them state legislature and jus- said there should not be any racial was a racial incident.” tified it on grounds of discrimination in India. Asked about retaliation in promoting safety on the Speaking on the killing of Con- African countries against Indians, roads. “Supplying fuel golese national Masonda Ketada Sushma Swaraj said the incidents to riders not wearing Olivier in Vasant Kunj of Delhi in had only taken place in Congo’s helmets is seen as encour- People look at a bridge damaged by torrential rain in Toribari village on the outskirts of Siliguri, West May, the minister said: “The Con- capital Kinshasa where there was aging riding two-wheelers Bengal,W yesterday. golese national was not killed due stone pelting on some Indian owned without helmets,” he said to racism. CCTV footage is a proof shops. in a statement. The Mumbai police has recently announced the policy of ‘No Helmet, No Petrol’ in the city from Outrage continues in Gujarat August 1 and is optimis- People from weaker sections tic of making it a success among bikers. IANS High-end car AHMEDABAD: The public outrage over the recent flogging of Dalit young- treat me as idol: Mayawati sters by self-appointed cow vigilantes in Saurashtra region refused to die thief arrested down, a day after the Gujarat bandh call, with reports of protests and vio- lence from across the state kept on trickling in yesterday too. IANS want to assure them that I will con- in New Delhi Amid torching of buses and stone-throwing, police had to lob teargas tinue to fight for their rights”, the BSP shells at several place and impose prohibitory orders against assembly of chief said. NEW DELHI: A 27-year-old four or more persons. NEW DELHI: Amid protests in She said the punishment meted car thief, who specialised A group of unidentified persons burnt three state transport buses in Uttar Pradesh after former BJP out by the Bharatiya Janata Party in stealing high-end cars, Mehsana district, about an hour’s drive from state’s capital Gandhinagar as leader Daya Shankar Singh’s abu- to Daya Shankar was “not enough” reportedly to impress well as commercial hub Ahmedabad. Blocking of buses on national high- sive remark against her, Bahujan and that the party should have filed his girlfriends and was ways, especially at Katariya village near Limbdi, connecting Saurashtra to Samaj Party chief Mayawati (pic- a police complaint against him. The inspired by Bollywood central and south Gujarat, forced authorities to suspend services between tured) said yesterday that people BJP Uttar Pradesh unit Vice-Presi- character “Bunty Chor”, Rajkot and Ahmedabad. from the weaker sections treat her dent was sacked from all party posts was arrested here, police Tempers wore thin in the Saurashtra region with people coming out in as an “idol.” as also expelled from the party for said yesterday. “Robin aka hordes to protest against the July 11 atrocities in Una. “People from the weaker sec- said she did not ask party workers six years. Rahul was arrested when There were reports of skirmishes in Talala town in Gir Somnath dis- tions of society, cutting across party to protest against Singh’s abusive “Even some BJP leaders did not he drove the stolen BMW trict, Kutiyana in Porbandar and in Amreli district of Saurashtra region. lines, respect me a lot; they treat me remark. “I haven’t asked anyone to like the abusive remarks against me vehicle in west Delhi’s Police had to fire teargas shells in Keshod town of Junagadh district to as a goddess... and if you say bad protest. The language used by the made by their own party leader. The Paschim Vihar area near quell the protesting mob. things about their goddess, they will (now expelled) BJP leader was so bad party took action against him, but a five star hotel to sell it,” The district collector of Surendranagar announced imposition of pro- feel bad and are bound to protest,” that the people from the weaker sec- that is not enough. It was a general Deputy Commissioner of hibitory orders, ahead of rally by Dalits community on Friday to protest Mayawati said. tions, especially the Dalits, protested punishment to control the damage,” Police (West) Pushep- the Una incident. The former state Chief Minister on their own. I can’t stop them. But I the BSP leader said. endra Kumar sai. Police also recovered two high-end stolen cars -- one BMW and a Toy- ota Fortuner -- from his possession. SC to hear plea for termination of 24-week pregnancy The accused was inspired from Bolly- IANS Justice Arun Mishra directed the direction of the court for the termi- of its survival are remote. The peti- abnormality after the 20th week have wood movie “Oye Lucky hearing for today after going through nation of her pregnancy as under tioner has contended that this ceiling to suffer excruciating pain and agony Lucky Oye” character of the doctor’s report which said that Section 3(2) of the Medical Termi- of 20 weeks could have been justi- on account of the deliveries that they “Bunty Chor” by imitating stomach of the foetus was uncovered nation of Pregnancy Act, 1971, the fied when this law was enacted in are forced to go through. his modus operandi. He NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court and as a result, the intestines were pregnancy beyond 20 weeks could 1971 butit does not hold ground today Senior counsel Gonsalves told the also had the photo of the yesterday issued notice to the Attor- growing outside it. not be terminated. given the advancement in technology court that in conformity with inter- actor in his pocket. Police ney General and Maharashtra on a Senior counsel Colin Gonsalves However, under Section 5 of that allows safe termination of preg- national laws, Albania, Australia, also said he stole vehicles plea by an abuse victim seeking told the court that medical report the MTP Act, pregnancy beyond 20 nancy even after 20 weeks right up Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, to impress his girl friends. termination of her 24-week-old preg- says that the foetus’s skull too was weeks could be terminated only to 26 weeks. Denmark, Iceland, Israel, Luxem- He lived a lavish life and nancy due to the abnormal growth not fully developed, and holds if there is a threat to the life of the It has further contended that the bourg, Nepal, Netherlands, Slovakia, was often spotted at pubs of foetus. chances of the survival of the foe- mother. In the instant case there is artificially fixing of upper limit of 20 South Africa, Britain, and the US have and eatries in the national A bench of Justice Jagdish Singh tus were from zero to a few hours. no threat to the life of the mother but weeks MTP was arbitrary as women not fixed any absolute time limits in capital. Khehar, Justice Kurian Joseph and The petitioner has sought the foetus is abnormal and the chances who get the reports of serious foetal their abortion laws. 08 FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL No honour in killing Cruz and Trump both lost

ulture is a complex subject usually understood by experts but misunderstood by the laity. Man is a byproduct of the social institutions and associations in convention face-off that influence him from childhood and contribute to his development. The complexity of cultures and endorse Donald Trump for the a staffer when the media would American people and reaping the Chabits that emanate from them often leads to conflicts and sake of party unity and of beat- stop playing the clip; allegedly, the poll bump that inevitably follows. unrest. ing Hillary Clinton in the fall. staffer replied, “Sir, they’ll play it Instead, the news is dominated by When individuals within a society tend to deviate from When it finally became clear when you die.” a negative story about Republi- that no endorsement would be Of course, Cruz has built cans sniping at one another. norms, tensions are created and such strains can often forthcoming, they turned on him his career on such high-pro- Trump’s running mate, prove fatal. This is what happened with Qandeel Baloch, the in rage. The boos and demands file moments. But his photogenic Indiana Gov Mike Pence, and controversial social media star strangled to death by her brother for endorsement filled the arena stands on the Senate floor were Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in a honour killing that drew international media attention. with an angry roar. Heidi Cruz stands against Democrats, and both gave very effective speeches, Dis-traught by her killing, Baloch’s parents have voiced was reportedly escorted from Democratic programs, not against which will be drowned out by the resentment against their son who was responsible for murdering the floor by security; her husband the fellow who won his own par- story of the Trump-Cruz feud. It’s By Megan McArdle would later be accosted by a livid ty’s primary. hard to comprehend why Trump her in sleep. Her father wants his son to be ‘shot on sight’ while Bloomberg delegate who called him a trai- I continue to think that the allowed Cruz to give a prime- her mother cannot get over the grief of losing a daughter who tor. Meanwhile, up in my section, #NeverTrump Republicans are a time speech without securing used to share all joys and sorrows with outraged alternates said, over and sizeable group; I don’t think that a promise of at least a tepid her. over, that if he couldn’t endorse, they are, by themselves, sizea- endorsement. Pakistan’s In conservative Pakistani society, he energy in the convention he shouldn’t have come. ble enough to constitute anyone’s Media reports are saying Baloch was considered a woman room as Ted Cruz began The mistake made by the political base. For many other that Trump knew this was com- plan to plug with loose morals. Her social media to speak Wednesday night alternates is understandable. Republicans, this will finally ing days in advance. Yet the a loophole was weird, at least from The mistake made by Ted Cruz, make plausible what that Wash- campaign not only allowed the posts, which drew tens of thousands of Twhere I was sitting high among the and especially, Donald Trump, is ington establishment has been speech to go forward, but may in the law views, came to exemplify the tug-of- alternate delegates. They seemed not. Somehow these two former saying for months: that Cruz is an even have actively whipped up on honour war between conserva-tives and the as if they had read that people get rivals faced off over the conven- opportunist who is willing to badly the boos rather than encourag- secular, upwardly mobile Pakistani excited at conventions and were tion floor, and both lost. hurt his own party for the sake of ing followers to smile and pretend killings is who saw in her a way of breaking out of trying to mime the appropriate Cruz’s supporters may view some imagined political advan- there was an endorsement some- laudable. the fetters of strict social mores. responses but weren’t quite able this as a bold and principled tage. When they make that charge where in Cruz’s tangled verbiage. to pull it off. stand that will position him well again in 2020, it will have a much If true, that means Trump’s staff Her provocative photographs They roared at lines about for 2020 as the conscience of the more receptive audience. either somehow thought that this and comments bordering on the abortion, guns and building a party. Bold and principled it may For somewhat similar reasons, debacle would rebound to his explicit drew deri-sion from a social order in which women are wall on the Mexican border but be, but after hours of reflection, I I don’t see how this redounds to benefit, or, even worse, that they supposed to be inhibited and any sign of liberalism is frowned otherwise seemed curiously still can’t see how this does any- Trump’s benefit. It’s going to be were more intent upon punishing upon. In conservative societies, which are largely found in the subdued — clapping, but not as thing but hurt him. A whole lot of difficult — I’m tempted to say Cruz over a personal slight than eastern hemisphere, coyness is a prized virtue among women much as I’d expect at a speech Republicans — including a whole “impossible” — for Trump to play presenting a positive and unified while men are expected to be bold and aggressive — a supposed that basically consisted of Cruz lot of true-blue base conserva- this as yet another example of the face to American voters. ripping off chunks of raw steak tives who are Cruz’s natural home hated establishment trying to stop For reporters, this has been sign of machismo. and tossing them to his conserv- in the party — want the party to the Trump Train. Cruz’s speech the most exciting convention to Baloch’s actions, which were in rather poor taste and ative audience. come together to defeat Clinton. was pure red meat, and his base cover in decades. For the rest of wouldn’t qualify for cultivated showmanship, are being seen as It was only at the end of the That clip of Cruz getting booed is the tea partiers, not Washington America, it’s been a pretty sorry a sign of redemption for the uplift of women by feminists in the speech that I understood what I by his own party convention is insiders. The debacle that unfolded spectacle. Worse still, almost all country. was seeing. As Cruz talked about now the highest-profile moment in prime time will highlight, not of its errors have been unforced, Her murder by her brother has triggered a heated debate voting to uphold the conservative of his career. It will play over and how he’s overthrowing the estab- the rookie mistakes of a campaign principles that he’d just spent the over for the next four years, and lishment, but how badly Trump that is inexperienced and under- among conservatives and liberals. A Muslim cleric with whom past minutes outlining, the crowd possibly beyond. Watching it, I has divided the party he claims staffed. Conventions are supposed Baloch had taken a selfie is also being probed by the police in around me grew enthusiastic. couldn’t help but think of a story I to represent. to be coronations. What Trump connection with the crime. That her brother has no regrets about “How odd,” I thought. “I’d have once heard about a politician who More importantly, this marks has instead shown the country is eliminating her comes as a shock and shows the intensity of thought they’d be angrier about had been captured on film being yet another convention news a power vacuum at the center of conflict related to social norms. his refusal to endorse Trump.” chased by his own angry constitu- cycle when Trump should have his party — one that threatens to The brother was not only driven towards the cold-blooded “Ah”, I said to myself, “they ents. Allegedly, the politician asked been presenting himself to the consume his presidential hopes. murder because he hated her actions. It seems the taunts he was don’t realize it. Cruz has mas- terfully convinced them, with subjected to forced him to commit the heinous act. In this regard, carefully phrased weasel words, the law drafted by the government to plug a loophole in honour that he is endorsing, even though killing legislation is praiseworthy. It will lead to more convictions he has not come even close to and deter people from repeating what Baloch’s brother did. doing so.” I was wrong. Both the earlier flatness and the later applause were explained by the same thing: They were waiting for a Cruz endorsement that never came. I made the cardinal mistake Quote of the day that afflicts all writers from time to time: I forgot that other people We are studying the don’t know everything I know. I walked into the room on the third instruments of the night of the Republican National amnesty. We have to Convention certain that Ted Cruz secure the environment, was not going to endorse Don- ald Trump because that was the otherwise investment consensus of all the news cover- will not come. age. The delegates, on the other hand, were not refreshing their news feeds with the alacrity of a Muhammadu Buhari lab rat pushing one of those levers that dispense cocaine. They took Nigerian President Delegates shout as Ted Cruz speaks during the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Cruz’s presence as a sign that he was going to rally around and Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio

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By Adam McConnell Anatolia

ecep Tayyip Erdogan: Turkey’s Ruthless President” reads the headline of a BBC article published only “Ra day after last Friday’s failed military coup. “Ruthless in what manner?” was the question that immediately came to my mind. Ruthless in obtaining freely cast votes from Turkey’s citizens? Ruthless in opposing a military coup instigated by cultists ensconced in Turkish state insti- tutions? Ruthless in telling it like it is? If such an article were taken out of context and considered in a vacuum, maybe it could be considered as just some sort of mistake, or the author’s ignorance. But the reality is that the Western press, as a whole, publishes such ridiculous items on Turkey, its political leadership, and especially Erdogan, on a nearly daily basis. Pro-Erdogan supporters wave Turkish flags during a rally at Kizilay Square in Ankara, following the failed military coup attempt. The failed coup attempt last Friday was no exception. From the initial min- democracies such the US openly cheered years, and added several convenient known for publishing false and slander- The prejudices in Western society are utes after the country and the world the coup attempt. The New York Times, twists. Before the violence had entirely ous articles about President Erdogan, reflected through its press. realised what was happening around for example, which had already mounted subsided in Istanbul, Business Insider wasted no time in reporting that a “very Attitudes and preconceptions are 22.00 Turkish local time (1900GMT), the a two-year campaign specifically aimed already had a report up that, under popular” idea was that Erdogan had treated as factual bases for analysis, and Western press followed a carefully neu- at Erdogan, maintained a “we don’t know the situation, was shocking (“Erdogan “staged” the coup in order to consoli- concrete information is rarely considered. tral, and in some cases, even pro-junta what’s happening” narrative for hours could use the latest coup attempt to fur- date power (“Turkey coup: Conspiracy Those who write articles on Turkey for narrative. after the failure of the coup attempt was ther tighten his grip in Turkey”). They theorists claim power grab attempt was the Western press rarely have the expe- The coup was carried out against clear. In the following days and hours accused a democratically elected leader, faked by Erdogan”). rience, language skills, or educational a democratically elected government, the paper published a stream of edi- who was only in the process of escap- In other words, a major British news- background that would qualify them for yet newspapers and commentators in torials (“The Countercoup in Turkey,” ing unscathed from a military coup paper reported a conspiracy theory as such a task. But this is not a new diagnosis “Turkey’s Coup That Wasn’t,” “Mr. Erdog- attempt aimed at either capturing or kill- worthy of consideration, despite the — Edward Said described this phenome- an’s Reckless Revenge,” “Trump and the ing him, with “authoritarianism.” This is fact that the event in question involved non in detail in his book Covering Islam, The failed coup attempt last Friday Sultan”) and articles (“Turkey Was an mind-boggling. the deaths of more than 200 citizens written more than 30 years ago. was no exception. From the initial Unlikely Victim of an Equally Unlikely In other places, blatantly false rumors defending democracy against the junta, The truly disturbing aspect of today’s Coup,” “Many Turks Prefer Even Flawed were reported as facts. The Daily Beast including people that Erdogan had close Western press coverage of Turkey is that minutes after the country and the Democracy to Coup) grossly distorting and other Western media sources relationships with. people who consider themselves “liber- world realised what was happening, real events in the country, attacking the reported that Erdogan was seeking asy- As someone who personally lived als” or even “progressives” fall victim to country’s president, and even providing lum in Germany. But at the exact time through the events in central Istanbul, fear and a lack of real information about the Western press followed a space for conspiracy theories. those reports were emerging everyone and spent the night fearfully listening to Turkish society, history, and politics. carefully neutral, and in some This despite the fact that Erdogan had in Turkey knew that he was en route military helicopters, gunfire, and war When will someone — someone escaped the junta’s clutches, and possi- to Istanbul. All one had to do was turn jets, I find the behavior of the Western important, influential, and who can have cases, even pro-junta narrative. bly death, by only minutes in the opening on a Turkish TV channel and learn for press nauseating and unacceptable. The an impact — in the mainstream Western The coup was carried out against a hours of the event. Blaming the victim has themselves. Others, such as Fox News, stances taken and information published press take a stand against this behavior? democratically elected government, never been carried out on such an inter- openly cheered for the violent downfall constitute gross violations of journalis- Most Turkish people now have little regard national scale. of a democratically elected leader of a tic ethics. for the Western press because of the blind yet newspapers and commentators Around 2.00 am on July 16, it was NATO ally. But this behavior is also a symptom and uninformed negative attitude taken in democracies such the US openly clear that the junta had failed. At that Some immediately developed con- of a larger problem. The West has, for at towards Turkey’s political leadership. point, the Western press narrative spiracy theories which were clearly a sop least 50 years, had a great deal of diffi- And the Western press’s abysmal cheered the coup attempt. switched back to the “dictator Erdogan” to assuage their disappointment over the culty understanding the Muslim world, performance last Friday dramatically theme developed over the past several junta’s failure. The Independent, already and its press has reflected this situation. worsened that situation. Tunisia’s celebrated labour union holding the country back

But there’s an economic alba- “[It’s] an organization that is very exemplary of the aggressive strategy especially after the revolution. Before tross that few outside the country aware of its historical role. They think it has been pursuing. the revolution you hardly heard of wish to address: Tunisia’s econ- that they built Tunisia, so [the Nobel] According to the union, the strike a strike in public service. Maybe it omy is also being pulled down by a gives them a sense of their role, but started in response to the jailing of a happens twice a year, three times a bloated, lethargic civil service that it’s a bit paralyzing, probably,” said postal employee in the southern city year, that’s it. Now it’s every day,” he has been faithfully defended by the Franck Bissette, who helped man- of Tozeur after he refused to hand went on. Nobel-crowned labor union, the Gen- age a World Bank grant to the UGTT. over documents to an agent of the Absenteeism is at its worst in eral Tunisian Labour Union (better Since the revolution, the union local court who had failed to prop- Tunisia in the dog days of summer, known by its French acronym, UGTT). has burdened the Tunisian economy erly identify himself. when public sector workers are The army of functionaries, includ- with general strikes in key sectors There may well be a legitimate granted special shortened hours — ing employees of public utilities and like the phosphate industry and grievance concerning the sudden, up until early afternoon, but no later. mining companies, teachers, and the health sector and bargained for summary manner of the postal With Ramadan and its daylong fasts By Mischa Benoit-Lavelle municipal employees, reached nearly across-the-board wage hikes for gov- worker’s arrest. But was it worth falling in summer this year, even Foreign Policy 800,000 in 2014, and this in a coun- ernment workers that have distended stopping the functioning of the coun- those hours seem to be too much for try with a total labor force of just over the public debt and fueled inflation. try’s entire postal service? Slowing some civil servants. A corrupt and four million. Public sector debt has gone from 40 down mail delivery for a few days “We all know that administra- The UGTT’s role has long been percent before the revolution to 52 is damaging enough for an econ- tions, they close earlier than they nepotistic elite, he economy of Tunisia is creep- larger than simply advocating for percent last year. This wouldn’t nec- omy, but in Tunisia, the post also are supposed to, they open later a still-sluggish ing, week by week, towards workers. It was an integral part of essarily be a problem if the money has other functions. Many of the than they are supposed to. You go to Eurozone on which Tcollapse. Growth is virtually Tunisia’s anti-colonial independ- were being invested in things like country’s poorest keep their money the administration and its open but nil, unemployment remains high, ence movement in the 1950s, and as roads and equipment, but thanks to in accounts at the post office rather there’s no one there,” said Garoui. the country’s export and the currency continues to sink. the only authorised labor union in the union’s efforts, more and more than in banks. Because of the strike, This summer, iWatch has sector is nearly The most recent ill omen was the post-independence Tunisia, it has at (nearly half of the budget last year) these people were cut off from their launched a campaign to send volun- announcement that Tunisia’s gov- different times been a key ally and a is going to wages and less and less to retirement payments and remit- teers to see whether public service entirely dependent, ernment has asked for postponement bitter rival of the country’s dictato- capital expenditure. The government tances. This bellicose, politicized administrations actually stayed open and a series of of a debt payment it owes to Qatar. rial governments. In 2011, it helped has been saved so far by the decline approach has struck some Tunisians until the reduced summer hours they All this has experts talking about a organize protests during the uprising in oil prices, which has reduced the as counterproductive. advertised. The organization has not terror attacks that potential default in 2017. against President Zine El Abidine Ben burden of fuel subsidies, but if those “There are different means of yet published its results, but the cam- have crippled its There’s more than enough to Ali’s regime, and its star reached its prices rise again — as they are pre- protesting. You can wear a red badge paign has already raised the hackles blame to go around. A corrupt and apogee with the Nobel Peace Prize dicted to do next year — it could pose to tell people you’re angry, you can of public servants. One professional tourism industry, nepotistic elite, a still-sluggish Euro- it received in 2015 for its part help- serious problems for Tunisia’s ability stop working for half an hour, for organization, a union of graduates of a vital source of zone on which the country’s export ing negotiate an end to a simmering to service its debt. example, and get back to work,” the country’s most prestigious pub- sector is nearly entirely dependent, political crisis within Tunisia’s frag- On top of demands for more jobs said Mouheb Garoui, the executive lic service school, actually staged its foreign currency, and a series of terror attacks that ile new democratic government. This and higher wages, the UGTT has also director and co-founder of iWatch, own protest against the group. In a are all lead weights have crippled its tourism industry, a outsized importance has given the shown a willingness to use strikes a non-profit government and private press release announcing the protest, on the prow of the vital source of foreign currency, are UGTT a political and economic heft as a political weapon. The union’s sector watchdog. it deplored civil society “interfer- all lead weights on the prow of the that it may not entirely know how to largest-scale recent strike, a gen- “We’re having a crisis and it’s ence” and called on its members to economy. economy. wield. eral strike of the postal service, was a decay in people’s work ethic, refuse to work with iWatch.

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‘Solidarity is key,’ Hollande urges May to deliver Brexit soon says Nato chief after Trump But the French leader was clear Britain could not put off invoking comments But the British Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty Prime Minister won for long. “The sooner the better,” Hol- acceptance from lande told a news conference when AFP asked when France wanted to see French President of Britain start the at-least two-year her position not to formal procedure to quit the bloc. BRUSSELS: Nato chief Jens “There can be no discussion or Stoltenberg yesterday stressed trigger the formal pre-negotiation ... but there may be the need for solidarity in the alli- exit procedure this some preparation for this negoti- ance after Donald Trump raised ation. We do understand that your the issue of his own commitment year. government, which has just been to defending other countries in formed, needs this time, but again the the group. sooner the better is in the common Trump, the Republican pres- interest,” the Socialist president said. idential candidate, suggested in Reuters May has urged France and Ger- a New York Times interview that many not to punish Britain and to under his leadership the US could maintain strong economic ties despite review its relationship with a Nato its decision to leave the EU - something ally before deciding whether to PARIS: French President Fran- she said could not be undone. spring to its defence. cois Hollande urged Prime Minister “I think it is sensible for us to Nato is based on the princi- Theresa May yesterday to quickly ensure that the negotiations for Brit- Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May (left) meets with French President Francois Hollande (right) at the ple of collective defence, with all come up with a negotiating stance ain leaving the European Union are Elysee Palace in Paris, yesterday. members agreeing to defend each for Britain’s departure from the Euro- done in as calm and orderly and con- other against external attacks. pean Union but agreed she needed structive a manner as possible and I of the palace’s republican guard, the May had impressed his government had already won and the offer made “I will not interfere in the US time to trigger the formal divorce. think that does require some prepa- new British leader may have been on her work as interior minister. to her predecessor, David Cameron, election campaign, but what I can A day after German Chancellor ration to be made,” she said. ready for a cool welcome after Hol- But Hollande suggested it would for a brake on immigration into do is say what matters for Nato,” Angela Merkel also endorsed May’s call “I hope we can all make the most lande, during a trip to Ireland, said not be easy. Britain. Stoltenberg said in a statement. for some breathing space to prepare of the next six months to prepare for May had to justify any foot-dragging He, like Merkel, reiterated there Both said the most testing part “Solidarity among allies is a for formal talks to end Britain’s mem- these discussions in a constructive over the triggering of Article 50. could be no formal negotiations on of any future negotiation would be key value for Nato. This is good for bership, May won acceptance from way so we maximise the opportu- But before a dinner, the two lead- the terms for a post-Brexit Britain Britain’s desire to remain part of the European security and good for US Hollande of her position not to trig- nities for both the UK and the EU.” ers said they were looking forward to before Article 50 and described some EU’s lucrative single market, while security. We defend one another.” ger the formal exit procedure this year. Arriving at the Elysee to members working together, after Hollande said of the opt-outs from the EU Britain reducing immigration from the EU. Trump said in the event of a Russian attack on the Baltics, Nato’s newest members, Wash- ington might assess whether those British submarine HMS Spain seeks answers from London nations “have fulfilled their obli- gations to us” before deciding whether to come to their aid. Ambush docks in Gibraltar “If they fulfil their obligations over submarine collision to us, the answer is yes,” he said. A cornerstone of the 28-mem- AFP same day to undergo further checks, ber trans-Atlantic alliance is its the ministry said. AFP this incident,” Spain’s foreign minis- leak from the vessel,” he said. Article 5 commitment that an The HMS Ambush has the try said in a statement. The incident revived memories attack on one member state is an capacity to carry a mix of up to 38 Britain’s navy tried to allay fears of another submarine incident at the attack on all. The pledge has only GIBRALTAR: A British nuclear Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes on Wednesday, saying there were turn of the century, when Britain’s been invoked once in the group’s submarine docked in Gibraltar on and Tomahawk land-attack cruise MADRID: Spain said yesterday “no safety concerns” as the collision HMS Tireless was forced to dock in 56-year-history—in defence of the Wednesday night after it collided with missiles, and can target enemy sub- it has asked London for “urgent” had not damaged HMS Ambush’s Gibraltar for repairs for nearly a year US after the September 11, 2001 a merchant vessel off the coast of the marines, surface ships and land explanations after a British nuclear nuclear plant, adding that initial after a crack was found in a cooling attacks. territory located on Spain’s southern targets with pinpoint accuracy, submarine collided with a vessel off indications suggested the vessel had pipe near its nuclear reactor. “We have seen this in Afghan- tip, Britain’s defence ministry said. according to the defence minis- the coast of Gibraltar, forcing it to not been damaged. Its presence caused outrage in istan, where tens of thousands of “The submarine suffered some try’s website. dock in the disputed territory. But Antonio Munoz, a spokes- Gibraltar and southern Spain, which European, Canadian, and partner external damage but there is abso- The defence ministry said there The incident sparked environ- man for Spanish environmental people staging regular protests, and nation troops have stood shoul- lutely no damage to her nuclear “are no safety concerns” associ- mental fears as well as concerns group Ecologistas in Action, called strained ties between London and der-to-shoulder with US soldiers,” plant and no member of the ship’s ated with the presence of the HMS it could lead to yet another dip- for more information on the incident. Madrid. Stoltenberg said. company was injured in the inci- Ambush in Gibraltar, and that it has lomatic row between London and “We don’t have any form of The tiny rocky outcrop of Gibral- Trump also reiterated to New dent,” the ministry said. opened an “immediate investiga- Madrid, which wants Gibraltar report to see if there was a radioac- tar has long been the subject of York Times that under his presi- “We are in contact with the mer- tion” into the collision. back centuries after it was ceded tive leak,” he said. an acrimonious sovereignty row dency, the US would force allies to chant vessel and initial indications The captain of the HMS Tireless to Britain in 1713. “We don’t know exactly where between both countries. shoulder defence costs that the US are that it has not sustained dam- at the time, Mike Walliker, assumed “The ministry has asked the Brit- the collision happened, where the Spain’s conservative govern- has borne for decades. age,” it added. the post of Commander of British ish embassy in Madrid for urgent other vessel is, whether the vessel ment, which has been in place since Stoltenberg acknowledged The HMS Ambush submarine Forces in Gibraltar last week. explanations over the extent of the that collided with the submarine 2011, has been particularly vocal that the US was “stepping up its was submerged and carrying out Britain’s defence ministry did breakdown and all relevant informa- was a freighter, an oil tanker... We about its desire to see the territory support” for European allies “and a training exercise when it col- not provide details of the damage tion regarding the circumstances of don’t know whether there was a come back into its fold. increasing its presence”. lided with the merchant vessel on done to the HMS Ambush, saying Wednesday night. only that “this is not a similar situ- It arrived in Gibraltar later the ation to the HMS Tireless”. Cops probe bid to abduct UK serviceman

Reuters him and tried to pull him towards discount terrorism but I stress that for plotting to kill US troops based in a car, police said. He fought off other lines of inquiry are equally eastern England, while in April two the attacker, knocking him to the plausible and are being investigated,” Britons, inspired by IS, were impris- ground, and the second man, armed Norfolk’s Assistant Chief Constable oned for planning to kill police and LONDON: - British police investi- with a what was believed to be a mil- Nick Dean told a news conference. soldiers in drive-by shootings in gating the attempted abduction of a itary-type knife, went to help his RAF Marham is home to Britain’s London. serviceman from a Royal Air Force accomplice. Tornado GR4 Force which is involved In 2013, British soldier Lee Rigby base in eastern England, said yester- The married serviceman, who in operations in the Middle East. was hacked to death on a street in day they could not discount it being was very shocked but not hurt, ran Britain is on its second-highest London in broad daylight near his a terrorism incident. off and the two attackers, described alert level of “severe,” meaning an barracks. Two British Muslims were The serviceman, aged in his late by police as being aged between 20 attack is considered highly likely, later found guilty of his murder. 20s, was jogging on Wednesday and 30 and of Middle Eastern origin with service personnel believed to Dean said vigilance had been afternoon and not in uniform when in appearance, fled in the car. have been the targets of a number increased at Marham, which was he was approached by two men on Police said they had liaised with of recent foiled plots. hosting a families’ day event yes- a quiet, rural road near the married counter-terrorism officers but the In May, Junead Khan, 25, a terday, but the wider security threat The submarine HMS Ambush docked in a port while it is repaired off quarters of RAF Marham in Norfolk. motive remained unclear. supporter of the Islamic State (IS) to the public and military bases was the coast of the peninsula of Gibraltar. One of the men shouted at “We’re unable at this time to militant group, was jailed for life unchanged.

Police warn UK opposition MP Tributes to slain scribe Angela Eagle of safety risks

Reuters cannot be guaranteed,” said a staff withdrew from the race this week member at Eagle’s office, which was after receiving less support from vandalised last week. lawmakers than rival Owen Smith. A spokesman for Eagle said Fri- The staff member said the office LONDON: British opposition Labour day’s cancelled surgery had been due in Wallasey near Liverpool in north- lawmaker Angela Eagle, who this to be an open drop-in session. Future west England was still open to week dropped out of the race to surgery sessions, due to resume in members of the public and could oust party leader Jeremy Corbyn, September after a scheduled August also be contacted by phone or email. has been advised by police not to break, would now be appointment- On Tuesday, police said a hold her regular advice session with based, he said. 44-year-old man, who had been constituents due to safety risks, her Labour is locked in a bitter arrested on suspicion of making office said yesterday. internal power struggle, with Cor- threats to kill after an email was sent Last month, Labour lawmaker Jo byn refusing to stand down despite to Eagle, had been released on bail Cox was murdered as she attended most of his policy team resigning and pending further enquiries. her “surgery,” one-to-one meetings Labour lawmakers overwhelmingly Eagle has previously said Cor- when members of public have the backing a vote of no confidence in byn, who has strong support among opportunity to raise issues with their his leadership. party grassroots members, “needs local lawmaker. Eagle, formerly the party’s top to get control of the people who are “We have received advice from business spokeswoman, triggered supporting him”. Last week Corbyn People hold pictures of slain Belarus-born journalist Pavel Sheremet during a memorial meeting on Merseyside Police that the safety of a leadership contest earlier this said he condemned any violence or Independence Square in Kiev, yesterday. Sheremet was killed by a car bomb in Kiev on Wednesday. Angela, her staff and constituents month by challenging Corbyn. She threats. EUROPE FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 11

France probes ‘security Not letting down their guard failings’ in Nice attack

car was guarding the spot where attack could have been thwarted. Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel crashed Just hours after he warned The third major a 19-tonne truck through barriers the French had to learn to live attack in 18 months and into crowds on the promenade. with terror, the Islamic State (IS) A week after the rampage, five group—which claimed the Nice has left France’s suspects arrested over links to the attack—posted a video showing two Socialist government Tunisian attacker are to appear French-speaking jihadists threaten- before anti-terrorism judges who ing more attacks against the country. fending off will decide whether to charge them. The video appeared to have been accusations of failing The attack came just as France shot in Iraq. was preparing to lift the state IS last week claimed Bouhlel as to protect the nation. of emergency in place since the one of its “soldiers”. November attacks in Paris, prompt- Investigators have said they have ing an immediate reversal of course. no proof yet that the driver, who was Yesterday, the parliament final- shot dead by police, had pledged AFP ised adoption of a bill extending the allegiance to the group. emergency laws for a fourth time, In Nice, investigators found after it was toughened up by the a Kalashnikov rifle and a bag of French police secure a street as members of special forces carried out counter-terrorism swoop at right-dominated Senate. ammunition in the basement of a different locations in Argenteuil, a suburb in northern Paris, France, yesterday. PARIS: French President Francois The final version bans gatherings 22-year-old man who is among five Hollande yesterday promised “truth where sufficient security cannot be being held over links to Bouhlel. and transparency” from an inquiry provided and makes it easier to shut The suspect received text mes- into allegations of lax security the places of worship where preachers sages from Bouhlel on the night of night of the Bastille Day attack in incite hate or violence. the attack, in which Bouhlel praised Nice that killed 84 people. Since November the authori- him for providing the pistol he used “When there is a tragedy, or ties have had emergency powers to during a shootout with police. About Over 100 dolphin found dead in Bulgaria in this case an attack with many carry out searches by day or night 100 investigators are poring over dead... there will naturally be ques- and place people under house arrest. masses of data linked to the probe. tions,” Hollande said during a visit While France continues to Pictures found on Bouhlel’s Reuters be determined, said Enviroment Min- page that steps are being taken to to Dublin, adding that the conclu- mourn the victims of the assault that mobile phone indicate he was stud- ister Ivelina Vasileva, adding 77 of the ban fishing in areas populated by the sions of the police probe would be took terror to the shores of the Rivi- ying several locations where crowds dead dolphins were found in south- protected species. announced next week. era, the government continues to be gathered as possible targets. ern part of country’s Black Sea coast. The number of dead dolphins in The third major attack in France plagued by questions over possible One photo concerns a fireworks SOFIA: Carcasses of dolphins are Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko 2016 is significantly higher than the in 18 months has left France’s Socialist security failings. display on August 15, another a race on washing up on Bulgaria’s Black Sea Borissov yesterday called for a spe- 56 found last year and the previous government fending off accusations of Prime Minister Manuel Valls has January 10 along the Promenade des beaches at a higher than normal rate, cial meeting with conservation record of 74 in 2012. failing to protect the nation. accused members of the centre-right Anglais where the attack took place. with a record 108 dead animals dis- organisations to try to find a solu- Media reports of dead dolphins Liberation daily reported yester- Republicans party of “lying to the covered this year, authorities said. tion to the record number of deaths on Bulgarian beaches have been rife day that only one municipal police French” after some suggested the The cause of the deaths has yet to and said on his official Facebook in recent years.

Crowds attack Saying it with flowers Apology sought from French police again over Polish minister over death of man pogrom remarks Reuters Reuters on July 10, 1941, Nazi occupiers and local inhabitants colluded in PARIS: Angry crowds hurled pet- a massacre of at least 340 Jews rol bombs at police and set cars at Jedwabne. Some victims were alight in an area north of Paris WARSAW: The World Jewish Con- burned alive after being locked overnight following the death gress has demanded an apology inside a barn. of a young man in police hands from Polish education minister over The revelation disturbed the earlier this week, a French offi- her refusal to recognise the com- Poles’ belief that, with a few excep- cial told reporters. plicity of Poles in a 1941 massacre of tions, they conducted themselves Nine people were arrested several hundred Jews at Jedwabne honourably during a vicious war in a second consecutive night of in the country’s northeast. that killed a fifth of the population, violence, which involved some Speaking to private broadcaster and some still refuse to acknowl- 200 locals and 180 police offic- TVN24, Education Minister Anna edge the IPN’s findings. ers in the Val d’Oise region 40 km Zalewska refused to openly admit The issue of Poles’ attitudes north of Paris, Jean-Simon Meran- Poles’ complicity in the pogrom, say- to their Jewish neighbours during dat, director of the local prefect’s ing it was a “historical fact, which has World War II is also key for Poland’s office, said. been misunderstood many times, ruling conservatives, who surged to About 15 cars and dozens with many very biased opinions”. power in October, partly on a prom- of public garbage bins were “The dramatic situation which ise to make Poland feel proud of set on fire by crowds who also Belgium’s Queen Mathilde (right) receives flowers at the Sainte-Gudule cathedral as people exchange took place in Jedwabne is controver- its achievements and win it more hurled petrol bombs at a nurs- greetings on Belgian national day in Brussels, yesterday. sial. Many historians, distinguished respect on the world stage. ery school and a town hall, professors, paint a completely dif- Anti-semitism was rife in Poland Merandat told public radio sta- ferent picture,” she said. in the run-up to World War II. After tion France Info. Before World War II, Poland the war, a pogrom in the town of French authorities have made was home to Europe’s largest Jew- Kielce and a bout of anti-Semitism no link between tensions in the ish community of some 3.2 million in 1968 sponsored by the communist area and the deadly truck attack people. Most of them were killed by authorities forced many survivors in the southern coast city of Nice Ukraine rebels train locals the Nazi occupiers, who built death who had stayed in Poland to flee. last week for which the Islamic camps including Auschwitz and Tre- In a statement issued yesterday, State militant group claimed blinka on Polish soil. the WJC’s President Ronald Lauder responsibility. to fight ‘armed OSCE force’ But a 2000-2004 inquiry of said Zalewska should “immediately Weeks of rioting erupted in Poland’s state Institute of National issue clearly worded apologies and Paris’s often grim suburbs in Remembrance (IPN) found that retract” the remarks. 2005 after the death of youths who were electrocuted when AFP group that would be responsible for body’s 57 members. One of those is they hid from police in a power policing the conflict zone—has 580 Russia—that views Ukraine’s aspi- generation hub. unarmed staff based in the region ration to one day join the European Merandat told France Info and recently had its mandate to Union with a great degree of rancour. A day for Santas that nobody was injured on SHAKHTARSK, UKRAINE: Pro- monitor the shaky truce extended Kremlin spokesman Dmitry either side in the second night Russian insurgents in war-torn to the end of March 2017. Peskov has said it would be possible of confrontation and that calm eastern Ukraine have staged The idea of arming that mission for OSCE members to carry pistols had returned by the early hours sabre-rattling training exercises in does not sit well with the self-pro- for self-defence in some cases, but of yesterday. preparation for the possible deploy- claimed “people’s republics” in the has never endorsed fully arming the The protests in the Val d’Oise ment of an armed international industrial regions of of most Rus- mission. area began on Tuesday night police force in rebel-held areas. sian-speaking Lugansk and Donetsk. The pro-EU government in Kiev when, according to deputy pros- The simulated street fight- “We will repel the Ukrain- accuses Russia of backing the mili- ecutor François Capin-Dulhoste, ing in the rebel-controlled town of ian junta and the armed mission tias in a conflict that has plunged a 24-year-old man died as he was Shakhtarsk saw around 100 cam- at the very border of the People’s Moscow’s relations with the West being taken away by police after ouflaged fighters armed with thick Republic of Donetsk,” one camou- to a post-Cold War low and compli- being arrested. metal shields training cheering flaged fighter who refused to give cated the resolution of other urgent Five police were slightly crowds how to form lines to push his name shouted out while a mock matters such as the Syrian war. injured on the first night, when back against advancing troops. street revolt unfurled behind him. Russia denies any direct involve- they were shot at by people with One rebel held up a banner read- A separate exercise saw about ment in a 27-month war that has firearms, he said. ing “No to a foreign armed mission” 1,000 civilians get into a fight with claimed nearly 9,500 lives. Capin-Dulhoste told reporters while several others tried to over- the imitation OSCE force in order to But it admits that volunteer and that the dead man suffered a heart turn a car. disarm them. They pelted them with off-duty soldiers have fought along- problem during transportation to Kiev is pressing for an inter- bottles of water and rocks and even- side the rebels and defends the a police station but that the cause national armed police presence in tually succeeded in taking control separatists’ position at global ven- of death was being investigated. the region so that it can be brought of an insurgent tank that was play- ues such as the United Nations. However, family members under control and seal Ukraine’s ing the role of an OSCE tank vehicle. Ukraine’s call for an armed mis- of the victim said that police hit porous eastern border with Russia— The OSCE press office tried to sion has found little support among the man as they detained him for allegedly used by rebels to smuggle calm the waters by noting that no its Western allies or the OSCE trying to prevent the arrest of his in weapons and supplies. decision on arming their monitors itself—a monitoring body that has Participants from all over the world gather for the 59th World brother on suspicion of violence The Organisation of Security of was imminent and would need prior no experience in performing police Santa Convention in Copenhagen, Denmark. and extortion. Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) —the approval from the European security missions. 12 FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 AMERICAS

Eighteen protesters Cruz refuses to arrested in Cleveland after endorse Trump scuffle with police Reuters at convention CLEVELAND: Cleveland police arrested 18 protesters after scuf- fling with demonstrators who tried give you this response: I am not in the to set an American flag on fire near habit of supporting people who attack the crowded entrance to the arena Cruz tried to my wife and attack my father.” where Republicans made Donald link arms with “And that pledge was not a blan- Trump their presidential nominee, ket commitment that if you go and officials said. Republicans but was slander and attack Heidi, I’m going Two of those arrested were charged booed by delegates to nonetheless come like a servile with felonious assault on an officer after when he ended puppy dog and say thank you very officers tried to confiscate the flag, much for maligning my wife and my Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams his speech without father,” he added. told reporters. Some of the protesters’ offering Trump his Cruz tried to link arms with pants caught fire during the incident. Republicans at the party’s con- “Whatever they tried to do with endorsement. vention but was booed lustily by the flag, as we were trying to extin- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (centre) gives two thumbs up as Donald Trump Jr. (left) delegates when he ended his speech guish it and they were trying to keep without offering Trump his endorse- and Ivanka Trump stand and cheer at the Republican National Convention, at the Quicken Loans Arena in it away, their pants leg caught on fire,” AP ment or even saying he would vote Cleveland, Ohio. said Williams, who was at the protest. for the New York billionaire. “The charge was assault on an The blatant sign of disunity Earlier, as he appeared at the Interrupted by chants of “Trump, angry boos, and Cruz backer and officer because the officer tried to put in prime time angered the Trump convention, Cruz basked in a minute- Trump, Trump,” Cruz paused and said former Virginia Attorney General Ken it out when he saw it getting burned, CLEVELAND: A night after being campaign, with top adviser Paul long standing ovation. Cruz finished with a smile, “I appreciate the enthu- Cuccinelli escorted Heidi Cruz off the and there were also counterdemon- booed off the Republican National Manafort saying Cruz “used very second to Trump in the crowded siasm of the New York delegation.” convention floor as she was heckled strators who were trying to take it Convention stage, Texas Senator bad judgment” and was “not Republican primary campaign and But as Cruz ended his remarks, by Trump delegates. away,” the chief said. Ted Cruz remained defiant about respectful to the invitation by the congratulated the GOP nominee on and as the crowd of more than 2,000 But Trump said later on Twitter Fifteen of the 16 other people Donald Trump yesterday, saying convention to come and speak.” his victory. delegates at the Quicken Loans Arena that Cruz’s lack of an endorsement was arrested were charged with a misde- he is not a “servile puppy dog” and Trump repeatedly mocked Cruz But the closest as Cruz came waited for Cruz to say something — “no big deal!” But he said Cruz “didn’t meanor offence of inciting violence vowing not to support anyone who throughout the campaign as “Lyin’ to saying he wanted Trump to win anything — kind about Trump, he honour” the pledge that Republican pri- near the Quicken Loans Arena. wages personal attacks against his Ted.” Trump also took jabs at appear- the White House was when he demurred. mary candidates had made to support None of the protesters were family. ance of Cruz’s wife, Goldman Sachs said: “I want to see the principles “And to those listening, please, the eventual GOP nominee. charged for burning the flag. Speaking to an incensed Texas executive Heidi Cruz, and the Texas that our party believes in prevail in don’t stay home in November,” Cruz “He’s a chicken,” said Eugene Two police officers were injured delegation, Cruz recalled an answer senator responded that Trump is November.” said. “Stand and speak, and vote your Delgaudio, a delegate from Sterling, during the scuffle, sustaining what he gave at a Republican debate this a “sniveling coward.” Trump also Cruz didn’t tell the convention conscience. Vote for candidates up Virginia, who clucked like a chicken Williams described as “minor, year, when he enthusiastically said made suggestions that Cruz’s father crowd that he plans to vote for Trump. and down the ticket who you trust to when asked about Cruz’s decision. “He bruises.” The incident saw the largest he would support the party’s offi- had indirect links to John F Kennedy’s Nor did he ask his supporters, hun- defend our freedom and to be faith- needed to toughen up like every other number of arrests during the four- cial nominee. assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. dreds of whom encouraged him to ful to the Constitution.” Republican loser of any nomination day convention, and brought the total “The day that was abdicated was Manafort told NBC’s Today yes- run for president in four years at an Democrat Hillary Clinton, in a battle in the last 100 years since Abra- number arrested to 23, according to the day this became personal,” Cruz terday that Cruz “understood what event on Wednesday afternoon, to tweet, quickly echoed Cruz, saying, ham Lincoln and just suck it up, be a officials. said. “I’m not going to get into criticis- the responsibilities are, someone in vote for the newly minted Republi- “Vote your conscience.” man and back the nominee that he Previously, five people had been ing or attacking Donald Trump, but I’ll his position.” can nominee. The delegates responded with was beaten by, fair and square.” arrested in three different incidents. US seeking new UN leader with ‘great skills’ Argentina’s spy agency

AFP “This could not be a more impor- Among the top contenders are but they will be communicated to the tant job and it could not be a more Argentina’s Foreign Minister Susana governments that have put forward regroups & wins back important time to choose the best Malcorra, Slovenia’s ex-president candidates. possible leader for this organisa- Danilo Turk, New Zealand’s ex-prime Power said the next UN leader UNITED NATIONS, UNITED tion on which so much depends and minister Helen Clark and Antonio will have “so much to do” from con- STATES: The United States will so many depend,” Power told report- Guterres, who served as Portugal’s fronting terrorism to combating power under Macri back a candidate to be the next UN ers ahead of the vote. prime minister and headed the UN climate change, advancing the UN’s chief who has great leadership and “We are looking for somebody refugee agency. development goals and making sure management skills, Ambassador with great leadership skills, great The 15 ambassadors including UN peacekeepers “act on behalf of Reuters giving back to AFI control of wire- Samantha Power said yesterday as management skills—someone who those from the powerful perma- civilians.” taps that have been run by judiciary the Security Council kicked off vot- has a commitment to fairness and nent five—Britain, China, France, Council members are facing calls since last year - raising red flags ing for the next secretary-general. accountability, and who stays true Russia and the United States—are to to pick the first woman secretary- with Argentines fearful of a return Council ambassadors met behind to founding principles of the United each rate the candidates with ballots general after eight men in the job, BUENOS AIRES: A little over a year to its sinister role in country’s past. closed doors for a secret straw poll, Nations,” she added. marked “encourage”, “discourage” or and to give preference to a candi- since Argentina’s spy agency was The old spy agency helped the the first of several rounds of voting There are 12 candidates in the race, “no opinion.” date from eastern Europe, the only shackled in wake of mysterious military dictatorship of 1976-1983 to be held over the next two months six of them women. The bulk of con- The results of the first round of region that has yet to be represented death of a star prosecutor, Presi- target Marxists, labor unions and to pick a successor to Ban Ki-moon. tenders—eight—from eastern Europe. straw polls will not be announced, in the top post. dent Mauricio Macri is backing its students in the country’s “dirty quest for broader powers that critics war,” when thousands disap- fear will revive unfettered domes- peared. Successive democratically tic spying. elected governments were widely Brazil arrests Argentina’s spies are press- believed to keep using it to snoop Soaring high ing Macri to remove restrictions on opponents. imposed by former president Macri, who has promised to group planning Cristina Fernandez after public uproot crime, declined to comment. investigator Alberto Nisman was But advocates of allowing the spy terrorism during found dead in his home in 2015, a agency to conduct wiretaps again source in the judiciary said. say it would help speed up criminal Olympics Fernandez accused a rogue investigations amid a recent spate of agent of playing a role in Nisman’s kidnappings and extortion. murder, which came days after he “I’m worried” about AFI regain- AFP accused her of covering up Iran’s ing wiretapping powers, said Juan alleged role in the 1994 bombing of a Rodriguez, the director of the court- Jewish centre in Buenos Aires. Fern- controlled department DCC that BRASÍLIA: Brazilian police andez overhauled the country’s spy now conducts all legal taps of some arrested 10 members of a group agency in response, branding it the 3,000 phone lines in Argentina. allegedly planning terrorist Federal Intelligence Service, or AFI. Wiretaps today are mostly used attacks during upcoming Olympic But despite the new name, the to track suspected drug traffickers, Games, Justice Minister Alexandre agency is starting to look more like Rodriguez said, and must be author- de Moraes said yesterday. the former Intelligence Secretariat, ised by a judge and registered for The group, made up of Brazil- with agents purged by Fernandez possible scrutiny. ians, allegedly declared loyalty to moving back into old posts since Standing before DCC’s 17 wire- the Islamic State (IS) organisation Macri took power in December, said tapping devices, Rodriguez said and discussed buying weapons. an intelligence source. “this is transparent ... we want to “There was an order between In May, Macri issued a decree end the dark period that this sys- them to start training in martial that lifted controls Fernandez had tem once represented.” arts and to (obtain) ammunition, placed on the spy agency’s funding, A source close to Macri said it weapons with which they could allowing it once again to spend most was a myth that the country’s spies carry out an act,” de Moraes told Helium-filled Powerpuff Girls figures float over a fountain as they are installed for the start of Comic- of its budget without any oversight. are sinister and powerful, and that a hastily called press conference. Con International in San Diego, California. Macri’s centre-right govern- AFI is too weak in its current state “This was in progress. One ment has since floated possibility of to operate effectively. of them had got in contact with an underground weapons site in Paraguay, asking to buy an AK47” assault rifle, he said. The group was monitored when Florida police shoot at black man lying on ground it discussed plans in Internet com- munications, the minister said. In a statement, the justice AFP Charles Kinsey was wounded on the ground with his arms in the The incident illustrates edgy Kinsey added: “It was like a mos- ministry said that it had launched in the leg in the incident in Miami, air, with the heavy-set young autis- mood of US police and the nation in quito bite, and when it hit me, I’m “Operation Hashtag” to break up which came as he was trying to help tic man sitting on the ground nearby general after the police ambush in like, ‘I still got my hands in the air, a group involved in the promo- a disoriented autistic man who had playing with a small white toy. Dallas. and I said, ‘No I just got shot! And I’m tion of IS and the preparation for WASHINGTON: A unarmed black wandered away from a group home In the video, Kinsey can be heard Kinsey, 47, told Florida TV sta- saying, ‘Sir, why did you shoot me?’ carrying out terrorist attacks and man trying to help a patient with where Kinsey works as a therapist. shouting to police: “All he has is a toy tion WSVN-Channel 7 that as he lay and his words to me, he said, ‘I don’t other criminal acts.” autism was shot and wounded by Police said they were respond- truck. A toy truck. I am a behavioural on the ground he told police that he know.’” About 130 officers took part Florida police while lying on the ing to an emergency call about a therapist at a group home.” was unarmed. The officer who opened fire has in the operation in which 10 were ground with his arms raised in the man with a gun walking around and He was shot anyway. The video “I am asking the officer, I said, been placed on administrative leave arrested and two more temporar- air and pleading with officers to hold threatening suicide. ends before that. Kinsey was not seri- ‘sir, please don’t shoot me. Please, do for at least a week, the Miami Her- ily detained, the statement said. their fire. Cell phone footage shows Kinsey ously hurt. not shoot me.’” ald reported. CLASSIFIEDS FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 13

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ONLINE CHART BUST Escape from heat People estimate www.thepeninsulaqatar.com own ability based on others’ MOST READ performance 1 Emir meets Abu Dhabi Crown Prince IANS Syrian rebel group says investigating 2 child beheading video LONDON: When it comes to rating one’s Gonzalo Higuain: Why Arsenal should own abilities, you are strongly influenced 3 sacrifice Giroud for the Argentine by the performance of others, a study has found. Interaction with high performers makes one feel more capable of being TWEET OF THE DAY cooperative in team settings but less competent in competitive situations, sug- gested the study published in the journal Neuron. The research shows that com- parisons with other people can be used as an effective means for self-evaluation A family negotiate with a ferryman during high-tide at the Doha Corniche, yesterday. As the summer and conversely people make judgments peaks ferrymen find their business dwindling. Pic by: Salim M / The Peninsula about others based on their own traits. “We found that although people esti- mated their abilities on the basis of their own performance in a rational manner, their estimates of themselves were partly Nasa institute to protect astronauts merged with the performance of others,” University of Oxford researcher Marco Wittmann said. IANS treatments, countermeasures or operate the new institute, the state- Moreover, the degree of “self-other- technologies that have practical ment added. mergence” is associated with an activity application to spaceflight. Translational research is an in a brain region previously implicated “It’s fitting on the 47th anni- interdisciplinary model of research in theory of mind -- the ability to under- WASHINGTONL: The US space versary of humanity’s first moon that focuses on translating fun- stand the mental state of oneself and agency has established a new insti- landing that we’re announcing a new damental research concepts into others. tute charged with researching and human spaceflight research insti- practice, with appreciable health Relatively little is known about which developing innovative approaches tute that will help reduce risks for outcomes. Translational research brain regions are involved in estimating to reduce risks to humans on long- our astronauts on the next giant leap has the potential to move solutions the abilities of oneself and others, sug- duration exploration missions, - our Journey to Mars,” said Marshall into practical application much gested the study. However, the brain Follow us on including Nasa’s “Journey to Mars”. Porterfield, Nasa’s Director of Space faster than traditional research imaging data revealed that two distinct Snapchat The Nasa Translational Research Life and Physical Sciences Research approaches. To that end, the Nasa regions in the brains’s frontal cortex Institute (NTRI) will implement and Applications. Translational Research Institute tracked the estimated abilities of one- a “bench-to-spaceflight” model, Set up under the Translational would maintain research leadership self and others. Open Snapchat and moving results or methods from lab- Research Institute Cooperative in translational human performance, According to the study, the research- scan the Snapcode oratory experiments or clinical trials Agreement, overseen by Nasa’s biomedical, environmental, and cog- ers addressed this question by combining to add The Peninsula to point-of-care astronaut health Human Research Programme, the nitive and behavioural science, and behavioural experiments with functional and performance applications, the new institute is lated to begin func- foster greater involvement of the magnetic resonance imaging. Twenty- account. US space agency said in a statement. tioning from October 1. science community in accomplish- four subjects participated in two games The goal of the research is to Nasa will join with Baylor Col- ing the agency’s human exploration that involved either assessing the colors produce promising new approaches, lege of Medicine in Houston to goals. of shapes or estimating elapsed time. Part of Antarctica gets a chill after warming fast: Study

Reuters has been damaged by man-made sharply or disintegrated in recent chemicals, may partly explain the decades. shift in winds that led to the cool- The splintering of the Larsen B ing, the study said. ice shelf in 2002 inspired the open- OSLO: The Antarctic Peninsula, But the build-up of greenhouse ing scene of a Hollywood disaster among the fastest warming places gases, mainly from the global burn- movie about climate change, “The on Earth last century, has since ing of fossil fuels, means the cooling Day After Tomorrow”, where a vast cooled due to natural swings in the may be just a blip in a corner of Ant- crack destroys a US scientific camp. local climate, scientists said yester- arctica. Temperatures were likely to In the real world, the worry is day, adding that the respite from the start rising again and could gain by that far bigger ice shelves further thaw is likely to be brief. 3-4C (5.4-7.2F) by 2100, Turner said. south in Antarctica will also break An image of the carnivorous dinosaur unearthed in Argentina, which lived about 80 million years ago Rapid warming until the late At a Paris summit in December, up, allowing vast glaciers to slide during the Cretaceous Period. 1990s on the peninsula, which almost 200 governments agreed the more quickly into the sea and add snakes up towards South America, strongest deal yet to rein in global to a rise in ocean levels. Wednesday’s triggered the break-up of ancient ice warming, aiming to phase out fossil study “begs a question as to the cli- shelves, which are vast expanses of fuels by 2100. US Republican pres- mate variability in other regions of Argentine fossils shed light ice floating on the sea at the end of idential nominee Donald Trump, Antarctica - where there is far more glaciers, and declines in some pen- who does not believe in man-made ice with the potential to melt and guin colonies. warming, says he would pull out cause sea-level rise - as well as in the But a shift to colder winds and if elected. On the Antarctic Penin- Arctic and other locations,” Martin on vicious group of dinosaurs more sea ice since then have brought sula, about 10 ice shelves, from the Siegert, an expert at Imperial Col- a chill to the region despite the Jones to the Wilkins, have retreated lege, London, wrote in a comment. build-up of greenhouse gases in the Reuters megaraptors, meaning “giant Megaraptors were medium- atmosphere, the scientists wrote in thieves,” that prowled Patagonia, sized predators compared to some of the journal Nature. although fossils of relatives have Argentina’s giant Cretaceous meat- “The increase of greenhouse been discovered in Australia and eaters, like the roughly 41-foot-long gases ... is being overwhelmed in WASHINGTON: Fossils of a car- Japan. (12.5 metres) Giganotosaurus, and this part of the Antarctic” by natu- nivorous dinosaur unearthed in “Most of the different species likely hunted in a different way. ral variations in the local climate, Argentina are shedding new light known from this clade are based Giganotosaurus, which lived about said lead author John Turner of the on an intriguing group of predators on rather fragmentary specimens. 17 million years before Murusrap- British Antarctic Survey (BAS). that apparently were just as happy The Murusraptor specimen pre- tor, had a massively built skull and “We’re certainly not saying that to slash victims to death with sickle- served the complete posterior half large teeth for killing prey, along global warming has stopped. On the shaped hand claws as to chomp them of the skull, several vertebrae and with puny arms that would have contrary,” he told a telephone news into an early grave. pelvis bones, unveiling unknown done little good in hunting. conference on the study. “We’re Scientists said the creature, areas of the skeleton of this group,” Other scientists last week highlighting the complexity of cli- called Murusraptor barrosaen- said paleontologist Rodolfo Coria of announced the discovery of fossils mate change.” Since about 1998, sis, lived about 80 million years Argentina’s Universidad Nacional de of another Argentine carnivorous local air temperatures have fallen ago during the Cretaceous Period, Río Negro. dinosaur, called Gualicho, a bit larger about 0.5 degree Celsius (0.9 Fahr- measured about 21 feet (6.5 meters) “The braincase is complete, and than Murusraptor that had feeble enheit) a decade, roughly the rate long and was a pursuit hunter more is the only known among megarap- arms, akin in size to a human child’s. at which they had previously been lightly built than some other pred- tors,” Coria added. “It brings a unique Murusraptor means “thief from warming since about 1950. atory dinosaurs. opportunity to search for character- the wall,” because its fossils were Stabilisation of the ozone hole Murusraptor was a member istics of neurological development in collected from the wall of a creek over Antarctica, which shields the A seal swims by icebergs off the British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera of a group of meat-eaters called these dinosaurs.” in Argentina’s Neuquen Province. planet from ultra-violet rays and base. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 18 QE 10,534.40 -57.20 PTS PAGE | 19 DOW 18,485.09 -109.94 PTS US Treasury chief EasyJet warns backs Greece FTSE100 6,699.89 -29.10 PTS of tough debt relief BRENT $45.02 -$0.73 journey ahead

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Daimler drives Brazil’s exports to Qatar on to record sales in Q2 touch QR447.14m in H1 AFP

seeds and fruits were some of the seeds and fruits at 3.03 percent with FRANKFURT: German top-of- Brazil’s total exports important items of Brazilian exports $158.94m. the-range carmaker Daimler said to the Arab countries to the region. Of all goods, cereals marked the that it sold a record number of According to the Chamber’s sta- most growth over 2015, at an increase vehicles worldwide in the second top QR19bn. tistics, Arab countries had imports of 113.94 percent followed, by sugars quarter, driven largely by strong worth $5.24bn (QR19.08bn) from which registered a growth of 10.09 demand for its flagship Mercedes- Brazil in the first half. Saudi Arabia percent. Benz brand. accounted for the most with 23.71 “We are very optimistic about the Daimler said in a statement By Mohammad Shoeb percent share at a value of $1.24bn, state of trade between Brazil and the that it sold 761,3340 cars and The Peninsula followed by the United Arab Emir- Arab world. We believe these num- commercial vehicles in the period ates at 17.36 percent, Egypt at 16.65 bers reflect the strong relations both The Chamber did not provide the to Brazil from the Arab world. from April to June, an increase of percent, and Kuwait at 2.08 percent. economies have with each other country wise breakups of the goods Among the Arab nations, Qatar seven percent over the year-ear- Among the exports, meat posted and we hope it will serve as further exported to Brazil from the Arab and Saudi Arabia led the market, with lier period. DOHA: The value of Brazil’s exports the most shares during the period at encouragement for businesses to world. But according to reports, the share growth soaring up to 26.8 per- That strong performance to Qatar for the first six months of this 34.88 percent, accounting for $1.82bn explore the infinite potentials that the Arab region witnessed an unprec- cent and 55.9 percent, respectively. pushed second-quarter revenues year (H1, 2016) touched QR447.14m of exports to the Arab world. Sugar business environment has to offer. edented rise in fertiliser exports to Overall, Brazil posted 21.82 percent up by three percent to €38.6bn ($122.15m), accounting for 2.33 per- took second place at 26.62 percent We look forward to many more fruit- the South American country for the import growth from 2015. ($42.6bn) and bottom-line net cent of the country’s total exports of with $1.39bn followed by cereals at ful exchanges in the future that will first quarter of this year with a total The exports of fertilisers from profit also up by three percent to over QR19bn to Arab world, data pro- 6.52 percent with $341.64m; ores, benefit our respective economies of 1.14 million tonnes, and Qatar’s the Arab region registered a double- €2.45bn, the statement said. vided by Arab-Brazilian Chamber of slag and ash at 4.63 percent with and the community at large,” said Dr. share alone accounted for over digit growth of 69 percent compared Underlying or operating profit, Commerce (ABCC) show. $242.73m, inorganic chemicals and Michel Alaby (pictured), Secretary 305,000 tonnes, or more than one- to 675,000 tonnes imported during as measured by earnings before Meat, sugar, cereals, ores, slag, rare earth metals at 6.61 percent with General and CEO, Arab-Brazilian fourth of the total, emerging as the the same quarter (January to April) interest and tax (EBIT), climbed by ash and other miscellaneous grain $189m, and miscellaneous grain Chamber of Commerce. second largest exporter of fertiliser in 2015. six percent to €3.97bn. Daimler said sales of its Mer- cedes-Benz cars grew by nine percent to 546,517 units in the April-June period. Exxon snaps up InterOil in LNG push as Oil Search bows out By contrast, sales of trucks were down 13 percent at 108,282 units owing to weakness prima- rily in the North American region. Reuters in oil and gas prices. acquisition will give Exxon interests Exxon said it would evaluate Pavel Molchanov, an energy analyst Looking ahead, chief executive “I think (the deal) shows that in six licenses in Papua New Guinea processing of gas from the Elk-Ante- with Raymond James. Dieter Zetsche was confident for Exxon views LNG as a very strong covering about four million acres. lope field by expanding its LNG Credit Suisse (Australia) Ltd, Mor- the remainder of the year. growth business. I believe that LNG Oil Search said it and Total export plant in Papua New Guinea. gan Stanley and UBS are InterOil’s “We are starting the second NEW YORK: ExxonMobil Corp said demand over time will grow faster agreed that letting Exxon take over Oil Search also owns a stake in the financial advisers, while Wachtell, half of the year with record unit yesterday it would buy InterOil Corp than oil,” said Brian Youngberg, oil would help speed up development of LNG plant. Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Goodmans sales and will systematically con- for more than $2.5bn in stock, add- analyst with Edward Jones in Saint the Elk-Antelope field. The plant is a 6.9 million tonne provided legal advice. tinue along our path,” Zetsche ing a gas field to expand exports from Louis. Exxon said it would pay InterOil per annum integrated project oper- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and said. Papua New Guinea and better posi- Exxon sealed the deal for Inter- shareholders $45 per share in stock ated by Exxon. The gas is sourced Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP are “We continue to grow profit- tioning it to meet Asian demand for Oil after Australia’s Oil Search Ltd and that it would also make an addi- from seven fields and Elk-Antelope Exxon’s legal advisers. ably and are well on the way to liquified natural gas. said that it would not pay more than tional cash payment based on the gas could be used to feed an expan- The Elk-Antelope fields are 340 achieving our forecasts for the full Oil majors are targeting Papua the $2.2bn it offered in May, a pro- size of the Elk-Antelope field. That sion. “It will be interesting to watch km away from the proposed site of year,” said chief financial officer New Guinea for growth as the qual- posal that was backed by French payment is worth $7.07 per share how Exxon pursues the development the LNG plant near the capital, Port Bodo Uebber. ity of its gas, low costs and proximity giant Total SA. for each trillion cubic feet equiva- of InterOil’s gas resources. Will it be Moresby, less than half the distance “We intend to make 2016 into to Asia’s big LNG consumers make it InterOil owns a 36.5 percent lent (tcfe) of certified gross resource by expanding the existing LNG plant for the resources feeding the PNG another successful year for Daim- one of the most attractive places to stake in the Elk-Antelope gas field, from the field above 6.2 tcfe and up already operating in the country, or LNG project, according to an Inter- ler. However, the markets remain develop projects following a collapse which is operated by Total. The to a maximum of 10 tcfe. building a brand-new project?,” said Oil presentation in January. volatile,” he added. ECB keeps door open to easing after holding rates steady

Reuters and inflation were both moving along during Draghi’s news conference. the path projected in June so more “All in all, today’s meeting was evidence, including fresh staff pro- one that will quickly disappear from jections in September, were needed memories,” ING economist Carsten FRANKFURT: The European Cen- before any decision. Brzeski said. “More action in Septem- tral Bank (ECB) kept interest rates “If warranted to achieve its objec- ber is possible but not yet a given.” unchanged yesterday but left the tive, the Governing Council will act Keeping its deposit rate at minus door open to more policy stimulus, by using all the instruments availa- 0.4 percent and the main refinanc- highlighting “great” uncertainty and ble within its mandate,” Draghi said. ing rate at 0.00 percent, the bank abundant risks to the economic out- “So I would stress readiness, willing- reaffirmed its guidance to keep look. ness, ability to do so.” rates at current or lower levels for Signalling a readiness to act, The balanced comments give the an extended period and beyond ECB President Mario Draghi argued ECB time until its September meeting the scope of its asset purchase that Britain’s decision to leave the to weigh the economic costs of Brexit programme. European Union and weak emerg- without fuelling excessive market It also repeated that its €80bn ing market growth both dampen expectations, potentially leading to per month asset-buying programme the eurozone’s own outlook, leav- disappointment, even if it does decide — which Draghi deemed “quite suc- ing the balance of risks tilted firmly to act. cessful” — would run until March European Central Bank President Mario Draghi (right) and the ECB’s Vice-President Vitor Constancio (second to the downside and possibly requir- Indeed, the euro and German 2017, or beyond if necessary, until it left) along with other officials arrive for a press conference following a meeting of the ECB’s Governing ing action. yields were broadly unchanged late sees an upward adjustment of infla- Council in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, yesterday. But Draghi also noted that growth on Thursday with little volatility tion towards its target. 18 FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 BUSINESS US Treasury chief backs Greece debt relief

Euclid Tsakalotos, Lew said further To qualify for its bailout loans, Lew said progress progress on reforms was important successive governments have had so European creditors could begin to implement austerity measures on reforms was discussions with the International and reforms, including in the labor important so Monetary Fund on “the timing and market, pensions and social security, details of debt relief.” as well as raising taxes and selling European creditors “Putting Greece’s debt on a sus- state assets. The reforms have come could begin tainable path is critical to Greece’s at a high cost, with Greece’s econ- long-term economic health and I omy contracting by a quarter and discussions with the encourage all parties to be flexible leaving unemployment hovering at IMF on the timing and to successfully conclude this fall’s around 25 percent. negotiations,” Lew said. Making the country’s debt sus- details of debt relief. Lew stopped in Greece amid tainable in the long term has been a political turmoil in neighboring key issue, with Greece insisting they Turkey triggered by a deadly failed need to be restructured. coup attempt, and following the ref- “Our position has been clear for AP erendum vote in Britain to leave the quite some time that it’s important European Union. for debt restructuring to be part of “The sooner these issues (with an overall plan for Greece” and for Greek debt) are resolved the better the country’s economic future, Lew US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (left) speaks as Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos listens during a ATHENS: US Treasury Secretary ... My view of the geopolitical signifi- said, adding that achieving debt sus- news conference at the Finance Ministry in Athens, yesterday. Jacob Lew stressed yesterday the cance of Greece is not new,” Lew said. tainability and stability were key to importance of making Greece’s debt Greek national debt is set to peak ensuring a return to long-term eco- sustainable, praising the country’s this year at 182.8 percent of gross nomic growth. Although eurozone creditors have the reforms it has committed to. the coming months.” progress in reforming its economy domestic product, according to EU The IMF, which has yet to com- ruled out an outright cut in Greece’s “Completing the work, continu- Lew was also met with Greek as part of its bailouts but urging it to Commission forecasts. That is mainly mit to Greece’s third bailout program, debt, the repayment timetable for ing to implement privatization, doing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and keep implementing the necessary made up of bailout loans from other has argued strongly in favor of debt loans could be extended and inter- the work that’s needed to address other government officials before measures. eurozone countries and the IMF, relief for Greece and has suggested est rates could be reduced. the non-performing loans will very heading to China for a meeting of Speaking in Athens after talks which Greece has been dependent the forecasts underpinning the Greek Lew stressed it was key for the much strengthen the position that G-20 finance ministers and central with Greek Finance Minister on since 2010. bailout plan are too optimistic. country to continue implementing Greece brings in to a negotiation in bank governors.

UK retail sales suffer biggest fall Capital flows out of China ABB hit by drop in big in six months, no slowing despite weak yuan EU effect reported orders, overhaul costs

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BEIJING: The flood of billions of ZURICH: Swiss-Swedish engineer- LONDON: British retail sales suf- dollars out of China slowed dramat- ing giant ABB said yesterday that fered their sharpest monthly fall in ically in the second quarter, official first-half net profits fell by around six months in June, but stores said figures showed yesterday, despite the one fifth, weighed down by restruc- bad weather rather than Brexit yuan’s persistent weakness making turing costs. was to blame, leaving open the it less attractive to hold. ABB said net profit dropped by question of how big a hit the vote “Cross-border capital outflow 21 percent to $906m, on a six-per- to leave the European Union will pressures have gradually eased,” cent fall in sales due to fewer big deal to the economy. Wang Chunying, spokeswoman for orders. The group, which produces Retail sales volumes in the the State Administration of Foreign items ranging from electrical trans- The logo of ABB is seen at a plant five weeks to July 2 dropped by Exchange (SAFE), said at a briefing. formers to ship propulsion parts, in Zurich, yesterday. 0.9 percent, their largest fall this Foreign exchange settlement said that sales stood at $16.5bn for year, and clothing stores reported data showed Chinese banks sold the first six months of this year. the sharpest annual drop in quar- $49bn more in foreign currency For the April to end-June period a “mixed picture with continued terly sales in 25 years, according to than they received between April alone, large contracts fell 41 percent, uncertainty,” it said. official figures released yesterday. and June. That “narrowed sharply” it said. Smaller orders — below $15m “Some macroeconomic signs in Sterling fell against the dol- from $124.8bn in the January-March — were steady, but were down by 3 the US remain positive and growth A vendor holds yuan notes at a market in Beijing. lar after the data, which came in period, she said. percent when converted into dollars. in China is expected to continue, below economists’ expectations, The monthly figures were even “Base order demand was strong although at a slower pace than in as analysts said a Brexit effect more dramatic, with $12.8bn leav- requiring banks to pay a 20 percent down nearly five percent over a in Germany, Spain, Sweden and 2015. could not be ruled out and that ing in June, down from $54.4bn in deposit on forward sales of foreign week, in a move largely perceived Denmark, and weak in the UK amid “The market remains impacted worse may be to come. January, she added. exchange to stem speculation. by analysts as an attempt to boost uncertainties around Brexit,” ABB by modest growth and increased But the Office for National Money has been flowing out of A forward sale is a commitment exports as economic growth slowed. said in a statement. uncertainties relating to Brexit in Statistics said retailers did not China in recent years as its growth to sell at a predetermined price and China’s gross domestic product ABB said utilities remained Europe, and geopolitical tensions in attribute the fall to the result of has slowed, adding to downward date. Wang insisted that capital was expanded 6.9 percent last year, its “cautious but continued to make various parts of the world,” it added. the June 23 referendum. “Change- pressure on its currency and mak- leaving mainly because of “continued slowest in a quarter of a century, and selective investments to integrate The group has said it wants to able weather” was the main thing ing yuan-denominated assets less expanding overseas investment” by growth further weakened to 6.7 per- renewable energy and enhance focus on its most profitable sectors dragging down clothes sales, while attractive to hold, in a vicious cycle Chinese firms, rather than “foreign cent in the first half of this year. energy security”. and has embarked on a vast restruc- department stores got a boost for the world’s second-largest capital withdrawing from China”. China’s foreign exchange The company however won turing programme, including of its from the Euro 2016 football con- economy. Authorities have tight- Chinese firms have embarked reserves, the world’s largest, orders of more than $300m in China energy division hit by postpone- test and the Queen’s 90th birthday ened restrictions over cross-border on a string of high-profile overseas declined for months before unex- for an ultra-high voltage power link. ments of wind and solar projects. celebrations, it said. money flows, including capping cash acquisitions. But Beijing rattled pectedly increasing in June by $13bn “Automotive and consumer It announced last year a one-bil- Measures of consumer senti- withdrawals overseas using domes- global investors with a surprise to $3.21 trillion, although they are industries continued to drive lion-dollar cost-cutting plan by the ment have shown a darker mood tic bank cards at 100,000 yuan devaluation last August, when it still down 20 percent from their $4 demand,” ABB said. end of 2017 by increasing the pro- since the EU vote, but this has not ($15,000) per year from January and guided the normally stable yuan trillion peak in 2014. Looking ahead, the group sees ductivity of its white-collar staff. translated into an immediate fall in households’ spending in data from the ONS, British Retail Con- sortium and the Bank of England. GM recalls about “The volume of retail sales Swatch profits fall 52% as attacks hit key markets will only really start to be hit more markedly further down 308,000 cars on the line once firms cut back on hiring ... and the fall in ster- AFP outlook for the second half of 2016 air bags issues ling is passed through into retail was promising, pointing to “clear prices,” UniCredit economist Dan- signs of tourism revival,” in Spain iel Vernazza said. A Mintel market and Italy. DETROIT: General Motors is research report showed that while ZURICH: Swatch Group, the world’s Swatch’s Omega brand is also a recalling nearly 308,000 older 39 percent of British consumers largest watchmaker, posted a 52-per- flagship sponsor of the Olympics in Chevrolet Impala sedans in the thought leaving the EU would hurt cent fall in first-half profits yesterday, Rio de Janeiro, which start on August US and Canada because the air the economy, 25 percent expected with sales hurt by declining tourism 5. The company said it was expecting bags might not inflate in a crash. to see gains. Limited evidence on after attacks in France and Belgium. a “boost” during the Games. The recall covers Impalas the impact of the Brexit vote may The Swiss-based company also The first three weeks of July saw from the 2009 and 2010 model put the Bank in a quandary next said revenues were down in its cru- strong sales in mainland China, fur- years that were made before Feb. month when it decides whether cial market of Hong Kong. ther fuelling hopes that the company 10, 2010. GM says in government to cut interest rates, and what if The entire luxury watch sector could record “an annual result closer documents that the front passen- any additional stimulus the econ- has seen trimmed sales in Hong Kong or equivalent to the previous year,” ger seat frame can rub against the omy needs to deal with what it since Chinese authorities introduced the statement added. wiring for a passenger detection expects will be a material eco- new anti-corruption measures in But Patrik Schwendimann, an sensor. nomic slowdown. 2013 that included curbs on extrav- analyst at Zuercher Kantonalbank Damaged wiring could cut While sterling suffered it big- agant gifts. A company statement put in Zurich, told Bloomberg that “to power to the sensor and knock gest two-day fall on record and first-half profits at 263m Swiss francs achieve last year’s results for the full out the air bags. some corners of the financial ($267m), 52 percent lower than dur- year would require a bigger miracle.” Air bag warning lights will markets have come under severe ing the same period of 2015. Sales Swatch’s slowdown in sales illuminate if the wires are chafed. stress, policymakers say the situ- dropped by 11.4 percent to 3.7bn comes as exports of all Swiss watches The logo of Swatch is seen at a shop at the central railway station in But some gauges may not work. ation does not remind them of the Swiss francs. fell by their fastest rate yet this year GM says it’s aware of two Zurich, yesterday. 2008 financial crisis. Last week “The situation in France and in June, plunging by 16 percent to 1.6 crashes and two injuries that may the BoE surprised markets by not Belgium will remain difficult,” with billion francs, according to data from be related to the problem. cutting rates, but minutes of that fewer tourists travelling to the key the Federation of the Swiss Watch 28 percent, to France by 21 percent nearly 20 percent in volume and Dealers will add anti-abrasion decision showed most policymak- markets following deadly attacks in Industry. Experts to Hong Kong fell and by 15 percent to Germany. value terms, while those above tape to fix the problem. There’s no ers expected to approve a package Paris, Nice and Brussels, Swatch said. by 29 percent. Exports of watches in the 200- 3,000 Swiss francs dropped a simi- schedule yet for when repairs will of stimulus measures in August. But the company claimed the In Europe, exports to Italy fell by 500 Swiss franc segment fell by lar amount in value. be made. BUSINESS FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 19

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 10,534.40 0.54 % QE Total Return Index 17,043.96 0.54 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 4,072.4 0.25 % QE All Share Index 2,916.22 0.51 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 2,819.31 0.56 % QE All Share Industrials 3,218.75 0.30 % QE All Share Transportation 2,556.97 0.04 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,691.51 0.32 % QE All Share Insurance 4,286.94 2.37 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,168.53 0.18 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,612.58 0.18 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 21-07-2016 Today 20-07-2016 Previous day Index 10,534.40 10,591.60 Change 57.20 56.98 % 0.54 0.54 YTD% 1.01 1.56 Volume 5,208,693 7,075,216 Value (QAR) 209,804,364.35 262,198,434.99 Trades 2,764 4,150 Up 07 | Down 30 | Unchanged 05

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949.15 8.05 18441 Jagson Phar-B/D 40.1 1.5 10235 Orient.Carb.-T/D 624 0.65 2723 Sainsbury(J)/D 228 0.5 1927061 soft oil prices and mixed corporate earnings, while Container Cor-/D 1456 21.2 11421 Jamnaauto-B/D 174.05 3.2 68260 Oudh Sugar-B/D 142.95 6.8 124041 Schroders/D 2593 25 117439 Egypt was hit once again by concern about instability Dai-Tichi Kar-/D 397 -1.55 1312 Jbf Indu-B/D 204.5 1.2 9175 Patspin India-/D 11.16 0.85 38185 Severn Trent/D 2461 7 136164 in the country’s currency. Dcm Financia-T/D 0.75 0.03 1300 Jct Ltd-B/D 6.24 -0.07 841598 Punjab Chem.-B/D 193.6 0.6 6028 Smith&Nephew/D 1299 7 677598 Dubai’s index edged down 0.1 percent. Dubai Parks Dcm Shram Ind-/D 162.8 -1.05 20014 Jenson&Nich.-B/D 8.96 -0.02 32254 Radico Khait-B/D 90.45 0.95 20732 Smiths Group/D 1227 7 327219 & Resorts surged 3.8 percent but real estate stocks were Dhampur Sugar-/D 118.35 2 170862 Jik Indust-B/D 0.63 -0.01 29257 Rallis India-A/D 209.5 1.55 13701 Standrd Chart /D 611 9.2 3065682 weak, with Deyaar Development dropping 1.1 percent Dr. Reddy-A/D 3679.3 97.95 23667 Jindal Drill-B/D 184.55 9.85 30446 Rallis India-A/D 209.5 1.55 13701 Tate & Lyle/D 699.5 9.5 501821 after reporting a 17.8 percent fall in second-quarter net E I H-B/D 113.85 -0.65 6810 Jktyre&Ind-A/D 89.55 0.35 61155 Reliance Indus/D 435.85 4.8 158700 Tesco/D 160.85 -2.9 5211254 profit. Blue chip Emaar Properties, which had been E.I.D Parry-A/D 240.65 2.5 23866 Jmc Projects-T/D 250 11 2051 Ruchi Soya-B/D 22.35 0.25 93136 Unilever/D 3574 4.5 547938 rallying strongly for the past two weeks, lost steam. It Eicher Motor-A/D 19810.1 114.1 1895 Kabra Extr-B/D 122.9 -2.55 250478 S Bk Bikaner-B/D 690.1 2.2 17514 United Util Gr/D 1027 3 259130 edged down 0.3 percent to Dh7, failing to break major Electrosteel-B/D 20.8 1.15 250013 Kajaria Cer-A/D 1223 8.65 40690 Salora Inter-B/D 42.8 -0.7 4848 Vodafone Group/D 226.25 1.55 11441329 technical resistance on its October 2015 peak of Dh7.01. Emco-B/D 31.75 -0.55 143155 Kakatiya Cem-B/D 411.7 0.35 14653 Saur.Cem-B/D 69.9 2.9 91816 Whitbread/D 3671.8124 -3 225049 A few small speculative stocks rose sharply includ- ing Al Salam Group Holding, which gained 10.6 percent. In Kuwait, where its shares surged 5.8 percent, the company issued a statement saying it knew of no mate- rial reason for the unusual trade in its shares. Saudi Arabia’s index fell 0.5 percent as Yamama Cement tumbled 5.2 percent after reporting a 14 per- EasyJet warns of tough journey ahead cent year-on-year drop in second-quarter profit to SR150.5m, and slashing its second-quarter dividend to SR0.25 per share from SR0.75. after the British no-frills airline consumer confidence was “not a European Union licence to Petrochemical shares were strong, however. Yanbu published a third-quarter trad- entirely due to Brexit”, noting that keep flying throughout the bloc National Petrochemical Co (Yansab) rose 2.8 percent in Peak summer ing update that failed to provide EasyJet’s performance had been — becoming the first carrier to its heaviest trade since January after its second-quar- bookings hit by a full-year profits forecast. hit also by a slump in the pound, activate a contingency plan. ter net profit trebled to SR689.3m ($183.8m) because of terror attacks and EasyJet’s outlook, already strike action, severe weather fac- EasyJet “provided a third higher production and sales — analysts had on average affected by Britain’s vote in tors and the Brussels terror attack quarter update which, as we forecast 446.2 million riyals. Petrochemical heavy- Brexit uncertainty. favour of exiting the European in March. expected, confirmed that trad- weight Saudi Basic Industries gained 0.6 percent. Union, has been further clouded On the Brexit fallout, McCall ing has been difficult in recent Abu Dhabi’s index fell 0.5 percent, dragged down by last week’s Nice massacre said a 10-percent drop in the months”, said Ian Forrest, invest- by profit-taking in merger candidates First Gulf Bank, and the failed military coup in value of the pound against the ment research analyst at The down 1.2 percent, and National Bank of Abu Dhabi, AFP Turkey. dollar since the referendum Share Centre. off 2.0 percent. The airline’s share price was outcome had cost EasyJet some “Overall revenue fell 2.6 per- Qatar also dropped 0.5 percent because of wide- the biggest loser on London’s £40m. cent to £1.2bn and revenue per spread selling in banks. Commercial Bank of Qatar, benchmark FTSE 100 index in But she insisted that the air- seat dropped 8.3 percent at con- which slumped 6.6 percent on Wednesday after it LONDON: Airlines are facing one morning deals, dropping 4.6 per- line would “continue to grow in stant currency in the period.” missed second-quarter earnings forecasts by a large of their most challenging periods cent and dragging down rivals’ the UK” — in contrast to Hungar- Nicholas Hyett, equity ana- margin, fell a further 2.0 percent. “for a long time”, with peak sum- valuations. ian budget airline Wizz Air which lyst at stockbroker Hargreaves The Egyptian index sank 0.9 percent as the gap mer bookings hit by terror attacks McCall told a conference call has cut back its British expansion Lansdown, said the industry’s between Egypt’s official and unofficial US dollar rates and Brexit uncertainty, the boss that airlines were facing “one of plans on Brexit and the subse- move to increase capacity “for hit its widest ever because of speculation that the coun- of EasyJet said yesterday. the most difficult periods that quent slump in sterling. some time... is starting to have try’s endemic foreign exchange shortage could force Carolyn McCall’s (pictured) we’ve seen in a very long time”. Since the June 23 referen- an effect on pricing, squeezing another devaluation. comments to reporters came She said that a drop in dum, EasyJet has applied for revenue per seat”. BUSINESS VIEWS 20 FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016

Google sprints ahead British clothing retailers in AI building blocks, leaving rivals wary face Brexit double whammy

By Jack Clark declined to comment. Microsoft Bloomberg did not respond to requests for comment on Wednesday. Success in these types of open-source projects some- here’s a high-stakes race times yields big rewards. Google under way in Silicon Valley released Android for free in 2008, to develop software that and it’s now the most widely makes it easy to weave used mobile operating system Tartificial intelligence technol- with over 400,000 developers ogy into almost everything, and and more than a billion users. Google has sprinted into the lead. Google generates billions of dol- Google computer scientists lars a year from ads shown on including Jeff Dean and Greg Android devices and the cut it Corrado built software called gets from revenue app develop- TensorFlow, which simplifies the ers make through the operating programming of key systems that system. underpin artificial intelligence. Since emerging, TensorFlow That helps Google make its prod- has become the most popular AI ucts smarter and more responsive. programming project on soft- It’s important for other compa- ware code sharing service GitHub, nies too because the software leapfrogging well-regarded sys- makes it dramatically easier to tems created by universities and create computer programs that corporate rivals. learn and improve automatically. On launch day, TensorFlow What’s more, Google gives it away. had around 3,000 “stars” on Shoppers are reflected in a window as they walk along Oxford Street in London. But for some competitors, GitHub, meaning that number of there’s a big downside to adopting programmers had bookmarked Google’s standard. Using Ten- the code, indicating interest. As By James Davey provide some breathing space on the cur- of firms are reviewing their hedging sorFlow will help Google recruit of July 13, it had 27,873. Two other Reuters rency issue, the hit to confidence is the more policies. They face a dilemma, explained more AI experts by training them popular AI software projects, immediate threat as Britons typically cur- a senior banker with several major British on the same tool it uses internally, Theano and Torch, have less than tail clothes shopping in hard times. retailers as clients, because as UK interest spotting their code, and hiring the a fifth of that following. In 2014, Market researcher Nielsen polled rates look set to be cut there is a risk sterling best contributors. It could also Torch was the leader. A Micro- lready hamstrung by the battle shoppers after the Brexit vote and found could fall further. “Now might not be the let the search-engine provider soft tool called CNTK, released to compete with online rivals, 41 percent planned to change their spend- right time to do it, equally waiting might exert outsize influence over the for free in January, and Ama- Britain’s major clothing retailers ing habits to save on household expenses, not be the right thing to do,” he said. burgeoning AI ecosystem. If the zon’s free DSSTNE, which rolled now risk a hit to sales and profits with clothing and expensive grocery brands That unease was echoed by a person internet giant dominates in this out in May, have so far failed to from the higher costs and plum- in their sights. In common with all British with knowledge of the situation at a FTSE field, it could gain an advantage dent Google’s lead much. Ameting consumer confidence that have retailers, clothing sellers were already 100 clothing retailer. “You don’t want to in the fast-growing cloud-com- Linux, an open-source oper- followed the vote to leave the European grappling with intense competition from be making a decision in July to hedge for puting business, turning the ating system launched in 1991, Union. A month after that vote, clothing online-only players and the cost inflation 18 months time because nobody knows popularity of its software into now helps run everything from sellers are nursing big share price falls and implications of the government-mandated what’s going to happen. You could put real revenue. supercomputers to phones to contemplating the cost of the depreciation minimum pay rate, the national living wage, yourself in a worse position,” said the per- “It’s the next big area, and peo- airplanes and helped turn Red in the pound versus their most important as well as increased business rates. son, adding that only the brave would start ple are worried Google’s going to Hat Inc into a $13bn enterprise currency, the US dollar. Official data yesterday showed UK hedging now. own the show,” said Ed Lazowska, software company. Linux has At the same time, consumer confidence clothing sales were falling even before the Faced with higher sourcing costs one a computer science professor at 33,967 stars on GitHub. “It’s kind has recorded one of the biggest drops in referendum. Sales volumes in the three solution could be to pass those costs on to the University of Washington who of crazy,” said Dean, a top Google over two decades. With consumer spend- months to June were 5 percent lower than consumers through higher prices. has served on the technical advi- engineer and one of the main ing accounting for three quarters of Britain’s a year earlier — the worst performance for However, in an already weak market sory board of Microsoft’s research developers of TensorFlow. “We’re gross domestic product any drop would any calendar quarter in 25 years, and in shoppers will have little appetite for infla- lab. “There is a network effect, almost to Linux level.” have huge implications for the economy. sharp contrast to a buoyant picture for most tion and in the case of M&S raising prices and it’s a really excellent system.” Google will soon begin gen- While a few retailers with big overseas other categories of retail. would run counter to Rowe’s stated strat- Google initially used Ten- erating revenue from this lead. earnings could benefit from the currency Now clothing retailers also have to deal egy of bringing them down to cure the sorFlow internally for products It plans to offer a version of Ten- move, such as luxury brand Burberry, with a sharply depreciated pound. firm’s perceived uncompetitiveness. like its Inbox and Photos apps. sorFlow that runs on its Google online fashion retailer ASOS and discount Sterling has taken the brunt of market The average price of clothing has fallen The company made it available Cloud Platform service, letting chain Primark, those that will struggle concern since the Brexit vote on June 23, by 15 percent in the last 10 years, according for free in November. Technol- people and businesses pay to run are likely to be Brit- falling to a 31-year low and trading below to official UK data. The key for clothing ogy companies like Microsoft, their AI software in Google’s data ish-focused and with $1.28 on July 6 against $1.50 the day before retailers will be their ability to mitigate Amazon.com and Samsung Elec- centers. already tight margins. the referendum. With the bulk of British the cost increases they face. “There are a tronics rushed to give away their Google made the software “It was already a clothing retailers’ goods sourced from Asian number of things that we can do in terms own versions, hoping to get the free so it could give the commu- tough market,” Andy suppliers and paid for in dollars, a weaker of the sourcing side of things,” said Helen most outside developers using nity a useful tool “and everyone Street, managing pound has a major impact on their buying Weir, M&S’ chief finance officer, noting the their standards. The company could standardise on that,” said director of John Lewis, costs. Britain’s biggest clothing retailers, firm imports 1 billion to £1.5bn worth of that wins will benefit from the Corrado, a senior research scien- Britain’s biggest depart- including M&S, Next and John Lewis, are goods each year in dollars. collective efforts of thousands tist at Google. “In a giant green ment store chain, said hedged up to 18 months ahead, meaning Options include changing the mix of of developers using, but also field, trying to build a fence Clothing sellers are earlier this month, that if sterling stays depressed the main sourcing countries and further increasing updating and improving, its sys- around the next blade of grass is nursing big share while Steve Rowe, CEO impact will not start to be felt until the the proportion of direct sourcing from tem. That’s an advantage when it really absurdist. It’s really better of Marks & Spencer, the second half of their 2017-18 financial year. factories, cutting out middlemen. Also there comes time to make money from to help everybody run into that price falls and nation’s biggest cloth- Sportswear retailer Sports Direct is might be scope to re-negotiate better terms the new asset. Whoever has the field.” That openness, and con- contemplating the cost ing retailer, described the notable exception, being unhedged for with suppliers as Asian currencies have most popular software will have tinual Google updates, have lured confidence as “fragile”. sterling-dollar for its 2016-17 year. Its share depreciated against the dollar. the best chance of creating com- developers like computer-vision of the depreciation While steps by price is down 32 percent since the vote. Bankers say more radical options mercial cloud services for AI startup Matroid, which re-wrote in the pound versus clothing retailers to Clothing companies would normally would require a cultural shift at retailers. because potential customers will its software to work with Tensor- their most important protect themselves be expected to hedge for the second half They could pursue “dual pricing” where already know how to use it. Flow, after building on another from volatility in for- of 2017-18 and beyond, now and over the they negotiate part payment for supplies Amazon and Samsung free AI tool called Caffe. currency, the US dollar. eign exchange rates next few months. But with foreign currency in different currencies from the dollar, for through hedging will markets volatile, the treasury departments example using the Chinese renminbi. Strong US home sales, low layoffs highlight economy’s strength

By Lucia Mutikani increases and left sales 3 percent higher than ago to a record $247,700 in June. “We expect straight weeks, the longest stretch since 1973. Reuters a year ago. Economists polled by Reuters had this buoyant performance to continue dur- The four-week moving average of claims, forecast sales slipping to a 5.48 million-unit ing the second half of this year, underpinned considered a better measure of labour market pace in June. Sales were boosted by first- by strong employment growth, low mort- trends as it irons out week-to-week volatil- time buyers, whose share of transactions gage rates and continued confidence in the ity, fell 1,250 to 257,750 last week. S home resales hit their high- rose to 33 percent in June, the highest since economic recovery,” said Millan Mulraine, The claims data covered the survey week est level in nearly 9-1/2 years in July 2012. That compared to 30 percent in deputy chief economist at TD Securities in for July’s nonfarm payrolls. The four-week June as low interest rates lured May and a year ago. New York. average of claims fell 9,000 between the June first-time buyers into the mar- The increase in first-time buyers, whose The broader PHLX housing index .HGX, and July periods, suggesting another month of Uket and the number of Americans filing for participation is considered crucial for a including builders, building products and strong job gains. The economy added a whop- unemployment benefits fell last week, under- strong housing market, came as US mort- mortgage companies, was down 0.14 percent, ping 287,000 jobs in June, the largest this year. scoring the economy’s strength. gage rates hit their lowest levels since 2013 tracking a slightly weak US stocks market. “The claims data continue to signal very Although another report showed factory on bets the Federal Reserve would be cau- The dollar was little changed against low layoffs and that the employment report activity in the mid-Atlantic region contracted tious about raising interest rates. a basket of currencies, after the European for July will be solid,” said John Ryding, chief this month, a surge in new orders and ship- Britain’s vote on June 23 to leave the Central Bank gave no hint that it was set on economist at RDQ Economics in New York. ments suggested the setback was likely European Union has also put downward easing policy further in September to support “These data point to a further tightening of the temporary. “The economy is doing well and pressure on borrowing costs for home buyers growth. Prices for US government bonds fell. labour market in terms of readily employa- is weathering the global turbulence. With as investors pile into safe-haven US govern- In a separate report, the Labor ble underutilised labour.” Labour market strength housing and consumers powering ahead, ment debt. Department said initial claims for state Labour market strength is boosting con- some of the clouds are dissipating and sum- The housing market is being supported unemployment benefits slipped 1,000 to a sumer spending and the housing market, is boosting consumer mer looks good from a data point of view,” by a strengthening labour market, but sales seasonally adjusted 253,000 for the week which in turn are providing a lift to eco- spending and the housing said Thomas Costerg, a US economist at remain constrained by a persistent short- ended July 16, the lowest reading since April. nomic growth. Standard Chartered Bank in New York. age of properties available for sale, which is Claims are near the 43-year low of 248,000 According to a survey of economists, market, which in turn The National Association of Realtors keeping home prices elevated. There were touched in mid-April. the government is expected to report next are providing a lift to said existing home sales increased 1.1 per- 2.12 million previously owned homes on the Economists had forecast initial claims ris- week that the economy grew at a 2.6 per- cent to an annual rate of 5.57 million units market last month, down 0.9 percent from ing to 265,000 in the latest week. Claims have cent annualised rate in the second quarter, an economic growth. last month, the highest level since Febru- June. The median price for a previously now been below 300,000, a threshold asso- acceleration from the 1.1 percent pace logged ary 2007. It was the fourth straight month of owned house rose 4.8 percent from a year ciated with a healthy labour market, for 72 in the first three months of the year. FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 21 Bolt eyes third sprint sweep to close Olympic chapter

Jamaican covets and he is deter- but he blew away those theories with The 34-year-old American’s two America’s Gatlin mined to concrete his legacy by victories in the 200 and the relay. doping convictions have lent the air capping eight years of sprint domi- Bolt has since lived with, and of a morality play to the battle for poses biggest threat nance by defending his 100, 200 and confounded, the injury narrative sprint supremacy between the pair. to Jamaican sprint 4x100 metres relay titles in what he ahead of two major championships Bolt’s pristine doping record king in Rio has said will be his final Olympics. - a sore hamstring hampered him and profile have see him cast as the Barring injury or mishap, Bolt before London and a back problem saviour of his sport as it battles the will run in his ninth Olympic final similarly limited his outings before turmoil unleashed by a string of dop- in the relay at the Rio Olympic Sta- the 2015 world championships. ing and corruption scandals. dium on August 20, the day before This year, Bolt was forced to skip However brilliant, Bolt knows he he turns 30. the Jamaican Olympic trials because cannot “save” his sport, and is con- Reuters He ran his first final in Beijing of another hamstring injury but his tent instead to ensure his own legacy five days before his 22nd birthday, rivals, chastened perhaps by expe- before he heads into retirement after exploding into the consciousness rience, have no doubt he will be at next year’s world championships in of sports fans around the world by his best in Rio. London. SYDNEY: Usain Bolt is keenly aware coasting to 100 metres victory in a Former world champion Tyson His form indicates Bolt might not of the narrative of his extraordinary world record time of 9.69 seconds Gay described the injury scares as a be in position to challenge the world career and, for the fastest man who with one shoelace undone. “tradition”, while Justin Gatlin said records of 9.58 and 19.19 seconds he ever lived, the only fitting way to Since that balmy August night it was all part of the “crazy stuff” of ran to win the 100 and 200 at the close its Olympic chapter is with a Bolt has proved unbeatable in an Olympic year. Berlin world championships in 2009. third sprint sweep at next month’s major championships, winning 11 “On the eve of the Olympics we’ll But, as Gatlin said at the US.trials Rio Games. world titles and sweeping the three all be debating whether he can win. when discussing the Jamaican’s Bolt is already assured of a place sprint titles at the Beijing and Lon- And then he will win,” American 400 injury problems, Bolt has made a not only in the pantheon of his own don Olympics. metres great Michael Johnson said. habit of making the extraordinary sport but alongside the likes of The one title he missed came at Gatlin, as he was before Bolt’s ordinary: Muhammad Ali, Pele, Michael Jor- the 2011 worlds in Daegu when he triple world championship triumph “The mystery of the Olympics dan and Jack Nicklaus - men whose was disqualified from the 100 final. in Beijing last year, is shaping as is in the air. It is full of dreams and names alone conjure up the notion Then, some of the conjecture the biggest threat to the Jamaican’s sometimes dreams don’t come true. of sporting excellence. over his false start focused on pos- monopoly on the Olympic sprint But come on, man, he’s Usain,” he It is company the confident sible jitters caused by a lack of fitness titles. commented. Rudisha struggling for form, gunning for greatness

Reuters him off after he snatched his second October that Rudisha had achieved world title in Beijing last year after a riches and fame and was now moti- similarly off-colour season. vated by the prospect of “greatness”. “I feel that my body is coming By the time of the Kenyan Olym- NAIROBI: David Rudisha tore up the back pretty nicely and I am in bet- pic trials last month, however, tactical script at the London Olympics ter form than last year. I am focused O’Connell hinted at discord within to smash the world record in one of and determined to defend my title,” the camp. “Although I know he is a the greatest ever 800 metre runs and Rudisha said after the Kenyan trials. very experienced athlete, I am not emerge as an athletics superstar to A Rudisha victory would go a sure if he is mentally fit. It would be rival the sport’s biggest names. long way toward lifting Kenyan spir- misleading to say I knew his men- For Kenya’s “King David” to its after the African nation’s pristine tal or physical strength. He has not cement his Olympic legacy by reputation was tarnished by a spate been in touch for a long time,” said becoming the first man to success- of doping scandals that at one point O’Connell. fully defend his title since the 1964 threatened the country’s participa- Rudisha afterwards referred to Olympics, however, he will need tion at Rio. O’Connell as his “coach” on Twitter, shake off doubts about his form Rudisha’s beaming smile and the refuting claims the two had split. and mental fortitude after a medi- manner of his 2012 victory, which his But in Kenya’s running heartlands ocre season. Rudisha finished third childhood hero and now IAAF Presi- there have been doubts voiced about in the Kenyan trials and his Dia- dent Seb Coe described as “the most Rudisha’s ability to replicate the type mond League form has been poor. extraordinary piece of running I have of form that saw him shine in London. His mentor and coach, Brother Colm probably ever seen”, catapulted him Rudisha has always been clear: O’Connell, last month questioned to global stardom. he prefer medals over records, which Rudisha’s mental toughness and said “Bolt was good, Rudisha was are inevitably improved with previ- he had “done very very little training” magnificent,” Coe said after the stun- ous holders forgotten. with him in 2016. ning 2012 race, in which all eight “There is nothing more special Few expect Rudisha, who hails athletes beat the gold-winning time than winning the Olympics. That is from Africa’s Maasai tribe, to dent the set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. something that you will be remem- world record of 1:40.91 set in London, O’Connell, an Irish mission- bered for entire life and for many Gold medalist David Rudisha of Kenya competes in the men’s 800 metres final of the Gyulai Istvan Memorial the zenith of his illustrious career. ary who first spotted Rudisha as a generations to come,” Rudisha said Yet it would be foolish to write 14-year-old, told Reuters back in last year. - Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix at the athletic center of Szekesfehervar, Hungary last Sunday. Shotput champion Adams sees Rio Cancellara quits Tour de light at end of injury tunnel France for Olympic bid AFP

Reuters the support from her compatriots she later conceded the whole Lon- FINHAUT-EMOSSON: Switzer- don experience was “bittersweet”. land’s Fabian Cancellara (pictured) Adams went on to win a fourth quit the Tour de France on Wednes- WELLINGTON: Valerie Adams’ (pic- successive world championships title day at the end of the 17th stage to tured) winning throw at the recent at Moscow in 2013 but the physical concentrate on his bid for an Olym- Diamond League meet in Monaco toll of her sport began to catch up pic Games gold medal. was well short of her career best with her. The 35-year-old, nicknamed It was a sad end for Cancellara but breaking the 20 metres mark Surgery was needed to fix her left ‘Spartacus’, is the second high-pro- who was riding in his last Tour de in competition for the first time in ankle and right knee at the end of the file rider to pull out of the Tour in France. nearly two years showed she is on season, and while she recovered to two days after British sprinter Mark “The Tour has given me a lot in track to defend her Olympic shotput win a third world indoors title and Cavendish withdrew on Tuesday to the last twelve years and I don’t say title in Rio. third Commonwealth gold in 2014, focus on his bid for a first Olympic this lightly,” he added. “The distance was definitely nagging pain in her left shoulder and medal. “I gave a lot of thought to this more important than the win,” the right elbow forced her to go back “This was not an easy deci- decision to withdraw from the race. 31-year-old New Zealander said of under the knife. sion to take, but I feel it is the right Today was very emotional for me - her 20.05m throw. “The win is just a She made a slow return to com- one,” said Cancellara in a statement more than I expected it to be. bonus, it shows I still have the com- petition, not appearing again until released by his Trek team. “Right now knowing that these petitive fire in me.” a Diamond League meeting in Paris “I don’t like withdrawing from were my last kilometers in the Tour Adams will attempt to become in July 2015. a race, especially not when our GC de France is hard.” the first woman to win three suc- With new rivals such as Germa- leader (Bauke Mollema) is in sec- Meanwhile, Rio’s drug testing cessive Olympic shotput titles at the entered due to an administrative be stripped of the title. ny’s Christina Schwanitz, China’s ond place at four days from Paris. laboratory had its suspension lifted Rio de Janeiro Games but her path to error by NZOC officials. Her prepara- Her reaction was mixed. Joy at Gong Lijao and American Michelle “With some really hard stages by the World Anti-Doping Agency that bid for glory has been far from tions upset, Adams was beaten to the becoming champion. Anger at being Carter proving they had caught up ahead of us my support would nat- (WADA) on Wednesday, clearing it to smooth. gold by Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Bela- robbed of her Olympic moment. with the New Zealander, Adams urally be more limited so we took operate at the Olympics that start on After winning gold in Beijing, rus. A week later, however, Adams The NZOC organised a spe- finished fifth with a best throw of the decision together to withdraw. August 5. The doping control labora- Adams’ hopes of retaining her title received a telephone call informing cial ceremony a few weeks after 18.79m, ending an unbeaten streak It was a hard Tour for me -- a lot of tory was suspended on June 22 due in London suffered a setback when her that Ostapchuk had tested posi- the Games to award her the gold of 56 competitive events that had stress and I feel tired. If I want to be to a non-conformity with the Inter- she discovered she had not even been tive for a banned steroid and was to medal and while overwhelmed by stretched back to August 2010. good at the Olympics I need rest.” national Standard for Laboratories. 22 FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 SPORT Isner, Monfils cruise into third round

ATP-WTA Washington 13th seed Ivo Karlovic, who blasted Former world 19 aces in beating American Brian Open Results Baker 6-3, 7-6 (7/4). number one Caroline Washington: Results on Isner and Monfils, who had first- Wozniacki drops Wednesday from the third day round byes, have split eight career of the ATP and WTA Washington meetings and could play a third out due to injury at Open (x denotes seed): time at Washington in Sunday’s Washington Open Men final. Isner won a 2007 semi-final 2nd round while Monfils won a 2011 semi-final Steve Johnson (USA x5) bt Adrian rematch, both going to a third-set Mannarino (FRA) 6-3, 6-4 tie-breaker. AFP Gilles Muller (LUX x14) bt Yoshihito “I look forward to playing Nishioka (JPN) 6-4, 6-1 Johnny,” Monfils said. “Every time I come here I play him.” Alexander Zverev (GER x7) bt Taylor Neither has won the Washington Fritz (USA) 6-4, 6-2 WASHINGTON: US top seed John hardcourt crown. Monfils, ranked Isner and French second seed Gael Ryan Harrison (USA) bt Viktor 17th, lost to Czech Radek Stepanek Monfils cruised into the third round Troicki (SRB x10) 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 in the 2011 final. Isner, ranked 16th, of the ATP and WTA Washington Gael Monfils (FRA x2) bt Lu Yen- lost the 2007, 2013 and 2015 finals. Open on Wednesday but former hsun (TPE) 6-3, 6-2 “To win here would be very spe- world number one Caroline Woz- Ivo Karlovic (CRO x13) bt Brian cial,” Isner said. “I’ve been very close niacki dropped out due to injury Baker (USA) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) before.” while leading. Malek Jaziri (TUN) bt Kevin Isner lost a third-round Wimble- Isner, coming off heartbreaking Anderson (RSA x9) 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 don match to France’s Jo-Wilfried Wimbledon and Davis Cup defeats, (7/3) Tsonga after taking the first two sets, fired 14 aces and dropped only three John Isner (USA x1) bt James dropping the fifth set 19-17. Tsonga’s points on his first serve in a 6-3, 6-4 next foe, compatriot Richard Gas- Duckworth (AUS) 6-3, 6-4 Venus Williams of the United States competes against Magda Linette of Poland during day three of the romp over Australian qualifier James quet, retired after six games, adding Marcos Baghdatis (CYP x15) bt John Bank of the West Classic at the Stanford University Taube Family Tennis Stadium in Stanford, California, Duckworth. Millman (AUS) 6-2, 6-4 to Isner’s woes on what might have “I’m happy I got through my been. yesterday. first match. I can get tripped up in Jack Sock (USA x6) bt Lukas Lacko “It was a very excruciating match those,” Isner said. “I’m not looking (SVK) 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 for me and even tougher when I past anyone.” Borna Coric (CRO x16) bt Yuichi landed and found out Gasquet only Flamboyant Monfils, who had Sugita (JPN) 6-4, 6-4 lasted (six) games,” Isner said. “It was lost three matches in a row after suf- Bernard Tomic (AUS x3) bt Donald a tough pill to swallow.” Venus Williams pulls out fering a mystery illness, fired 10 aces Young (USA) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 Adding to his pain was a Davis and lost only two points on his first Women Cup home loss to Croatia last week- serves in a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Tai- 2nd round end after the US team took a 2-0 wan’s Lu Yen-hsun. lead. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL x7) bt “I played a very solid match,” “You have to try to forget about Zhang Shuai (CHN) 6-3, 7-5 three-set win at Stanford Monfils said. “I was surprised I it,” Isner said. “It’s tough, though. I could play that good so soon and I Jessica Pegula (USA) bt Christina haven’t forgotten about it. It’s hard want to keep it going for the next few McHale (USA) 7-5, 6-2 to forget about it. It’s in the back of matches.” Samantha Stosur (AUS x1) bt my mind right now.” AFP Williams will face either Cath- years ago. The former world number Wozniacki, a two-time US Open Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 5-7, 4-3, Since losing to Rafael Nadal in erine Bellis, who is ranked 203rd, one has seen her game fall on hard runner-up from Denmark, was lead- retired, left arm April’s Monte Carlo final, Monfils had or Sachia Vickery who is one spot times over the past several years. ing 7-5, 3-4, when a left arm injury Yulia Putintseva (KAZ x6) bt Usue withdrawn from Munich with a groin back of Bellis in the world rankings. And she got off to a rocky start to forced her to retire from her second- Arconada (USA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 strain, the French Open and Halle SAN FRANCISCO: Top seed Venus “It would be very special to get this season before recovering, losing round match against Aussie top seed 1st round with a severe illness, but he blitzed Williams fended off a spirited chal- No. 50 here but I am just going to try in the first round of the Australian Samantha Stosur, the 2011 US Open Lauren Davis (USA) bt Shelby Lu in 62 minutes. lenge in her opening match against to keep advancing,” said Williams Open to the 47th ranked Johanna winner. Rogers (USA) 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 “It has been a tough month for world No. 87 Magda Linette at the who has 49 career titles after win- Konta. To add insult to injury, organ- “It happened at 5-all in the first Kristina Mladenovic (FRA x4) bt sure,” said Monfils. “I didn’t do any- WTA Tour’s Stanford tournament ning in Kaohsiung, Taiwan earlier izers fined her a record $5,000 for set,” Wozniacki said. “I hit a back- Samantha Crawford (USA) 6-2, thing but rest. I don’t know how I got Wednesday as she needed three sets this year. refusing to attend the post match hand and I just felt the pain.” 2-6, 6-3 this thing. They cannot put a name to advance. Williams blasted 11 aces and had news conference. She also suffered Wozniacki, who has battled inju- to it. But I feel much better. I feel my Former two-time champion Wil- four double faults against Linette in losses in opening second round ries all year, fought into the second ability is back.” liams defeated Linette 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), the two hour, 14 minute match on the matches at both Miami and Indian set but could not stand the pain. At Japan’s Yuichi Sugita 6-4, 6-4. Isner German 19-year-old seventh 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the main stadium. Wells. 58th, she is out of the world top 50 will meet Cypriot 15th seed Marcos seed Alexander Zverev beat US hardcourt tournament at Stanford Earlier this month Williams Linette, who is ranked second for the first time since 2008. Baghdatis, who ousted Australian 18-year-old Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-2. University. reached the semi-finals of Wim- in Poland behind Agnieszka Rad- “I’ll take it and try to run with John Millman 6-2, 6-4, for a quar- Zverev, ranked 27th, is the young- The 36-year-old Williams is bledon, her first semi at a major in wanska, had to be pleased to take it as far as I can,” said Stosur, who ter-final berth. est to crack the world top 30 since hoping she doesn’t suffer a post- five years. the world number seven to three sets faces US wildcard Jessica Pegula in Aussie third seed Bernard Tomic Nadal in 2005. Wimbledon letdown and she now Williams played her first pro- in her Stanford debut. the quarter-finals. fired 12 aces in beating American “I’m happy with the way I’m has an easy path to the semi-finals fessional tennis match at this event In 2015 she made her Grand Slam Next for Monfils is Croatian 16th Donald Young 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 to book playing,” Zverev said. “It’s a great since her next opponent won’t be in 1994 and she has won here twice debuts at the French Open, US Open seed Borna Coric, who downed a third-round date with Croatian start to the hardcourts.” ranked in the top 200 in the world. but not since beating Kim Clijsters 14 and Wimbledon. Chinese group completes Wolves takeover

AFP while Wolves’ local rivals Aston Villa completed the deal to become the internationally and moved into fash- were purchased by Chinse busi- new owners of such a famous and ion and tourism. nessman Tony Xia earlier in the historic club as Wolves,” Shi said. They have spent $30bn in 20 close-season. “Football is enjoying a huge years, mostly in the United States and LONDON: Chinese group Fosun Fosun started in 1992 through growth in China and, of course, is Europe, with interests in the likes of International completed their take- five graduates from Fudan Univer- England’s national sport. As part of Cirque du Soleil and French resort over of English Championship club sity, including its current chairman our strategy, it makes perfect sense brand Club Med. Wolves for an estimated £45m yes- Guo Guangchang, 49, who is China’s to buy a great football club. Wolves finished last season 14th terday. 17th richest man. “Our goal is crystal clear: we will in the Championship and fans were Fosun, one of the largest invest- The group will have a football do our very best to help take Wolves unhappy with their failure to chal- ment groups in China, are the latest board of four people with Jeff Shi, back to the Premier League as soon lenge for a play-off place. Asian consortium to snap up an Eng- who led the negotiations on behalf as possible and to stay there. Fosun’s takeover will raise fresh lish club as they look to cash in on of Fosun, becoming the club’s “We believe the club and the fans doubts about the future of Wolves the huge financial rewards on offer representative. belong at the top of English football manager Kenny Jackett, who is cur- to teams promoted to the Premier Sky Sun will join him with local and getting there is our first and top rently in Ireland with the squad. League. businessmen John Bowater and John priority.” The 54-year-old is understood to Premier League champions Gough remaining as non-executive Fosun initially invested money have told the team earlier this month Midfielder Wagner Ribeiro (right) with Al Arabi official during the Leicester are owned by Thai bil- board members. in real estate and the health- that he had no assurances over his lionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, “We are delighted to have care industry, but soon expanded future. signing ceremony in Doha on Wednesday. El Jaish midfielder Wagner joins Al Arabi

The Peninsula Gerardo Pelusso to the club. Al Arabi have been particularly busy in the local transfer market this sum- mer with the accusation of Wagner DOHA: Qatar Stars League (QSL) now the third high profile local side Al Arabi has continued to signing by the Dream Team from strengthen their squad ahead of the El Jaish. The former Qatari inter- new QSL season, announcing the national now also joins defenders signing of El Jaish midfielder Wag- Rami Fayez and Mohammed Jumma ner Ribeiro. at the club. Wagner was greeted to the club In other news, Iranian inter- on Wednesday evening by Al Arabi national Ashkan Dejagah returned vice chairman Jassim Al Kuwari, to club training on Wednesday and put pen to paper on a one year evening. loan deal. Al Arabi is now set to train in The signing of Wagner rep- Doha till July 30, before heading to resents a busy week for Al Arabi, their preseason training camp in Borussia Dortmund players during training ahead of the International Champions Cup at Shanghai Stadium, in China, yesterday. who has also welcomed midfielder Nuremberg, Germany till August 26. Luis Jiminez and new head coach SPORT FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 23

Hamilton sweats Froome moves closer over record fifth Hungary victory to third Tour title AFP BUDAPEST: Defending champion STANDINGS (TOP 10) behind after finishing a surprise fifth Lewis Hamilton faces a demand- Briton extends 1 Chris Froome (GBR/Sky) on Thursday, while Australian Richie ing and sweaty battle with his overall lead to almost 77h55:53. Porte, fourth on Thursday, is sixth championship-leading Mer- 2 Bauke Mollema (NED/TRE) at three seconds further back. cedes team-mate Nico Rosberg four minutes; wins 3:52. “I’m happy it’s a good time trial, and a potentially-rampant Red 18th stage ahead of 3 Adam Yates (GBR/ORI) 4:16. I’ve got good sensations, it was Bull team as he seeks a decisive 4 Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) pleasing. There are still two big victory at this weekend’s Hungar- time trial specialist 4:37. stages left. I hope I’ll find a good ter- ian Grand Prix. Dumoulin 5 Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) rain to attack,” said Bardet. The 31-year-old Briton, who 4:57. Froome started cautiously but is also aiming to complete a hat- 6 Richie Porte (AUS/BMC) 5:00. finished strong to claim his second trick of successive wins after 7 Fabio Aru (ITA/AST) 6:08. stage win in this Tour, raising his fist triumphs in Austria and his home in celebration after crossing the line. British event, can overhaul Ros- Reuters 8 Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 6:37. “As always in the time trial the berg’s one-point lead in the title pacing strategy is critical, particu- race with his first win in Hungary 9 Louis Meintjies (RSA/LAM) 7:15. larly in one like today where it was since 2013. 10 Daniel Martin (IRL/ETI) 7:18. very easy, with that first steep ramp, But he knows that the tight, MEGEVE: Britain’s Chris Froome put first part then gave it everything I to go out a little bit too hard and pay twisting and, often, swelteringly the hammer down in his bid to retain had,” said Froome. Dutchman Bauke for it at the end,” said Team Sky hot Hungaroring circuit has not the Tour de France title when he won Mollema, who started the day 2:27 manager Dave Brailsford. been kind to him, or Mercedes, in the 18th stage, a 17-km mountain behind Froome in the general clas- “So you have to be brave on a recent years as he bids for a record time trial, to extend his overall lead sification, lost 1:25 and trails the course like that and hold a little bit fifth success. to almost four minutes yesterday. defending champion by a massive back to start with so that you can get He currently shares the record The Team Sky rider, aiming to 3:52 going into two final stages in the all your effort out over the course.” for most wins at the track with become the first to retain the title Alps before Sunday’s parade to the Froome was one of few riders to seven-time champion Michael since Miguel Indurain in 1995, Champs Elysees. use both a time trial bike and a rear Schumacher. Both have won four clocked a best time of 30 minutes Froome’s compatriot Adam Yates disc wheel, which played a part. times. 43 seconds on a course featuring the is third, 4:16 off the pace, as the race “We went for a very lightweight “The past couple of years, punishing Cote de Domancy, a 2.5- to the podium is set to heat up with TT bike, disc wheels, I think Chris I haven’t had the smoothest of km climb at an average gradient of at least five riders still in the mix was one of the only riders to do a weekends at Budapest,” said 9.4 percent. for second place. Colombian Nairo disc but we spent a lot of time doing Hamilton whose last win in Hun- He beat time trial specialist Tom Quintana, runner-up to Froome in the maths and the calculations and it gary was in 2013. “But I know I’ve Dumoulin by 21 seconds and Italian 2013 and 2015, had another tough looked like it came out right thank- got the pace, so I’m gunning to Fabio Aru by 33 seconds. day in the saddle, losing 1:10. The fully,” said Brailsford. Today’s 19th turn that around this time. “I really didn’t expect to beat Movistar rider is fourth overall, stage is a demanding 146-km moun- “I have incredible support Yellow jersey leader Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain arrives on Tom today, pacing was key. I started 4:37 behind Froome. On his heels tain trek with an uphill finish at there so I can’t wait to get out the off steady and really controlled that is Frenchman Romain Bardet, 4:57 Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc. the finish line during the individual time trial at Tour de France yesterday. track. Ever since the low of Barce- lona this year, I have been able to cultivate this really strong men- tal attitude. “I’m feeling fresh, powerful Al Shaqab team visits Europe Dhawan curbs aggression as India and confident. I’m feeling that fire inside me.” By contrast, Rosberg, who endured a torrid weekend at the reach 72-1 at lunch against WI British Grand Prix, where he was penalised for a radio-commu- nications infringement and saw AFP SCOREBOARD in the West Indies pre-match squad his once-comfortable lead cut to of 13, it was left to captain Jason a single point, has lost momen- India (I Innings) Holder, fellow medium-pacer Car- tum since the Spanish race in May. M Vijay c K Brathwaite b Gabriel 7 los Brathwaite and debutant Roston In six races since the F1 circus NORTH SOUND, Antigua and Bar- S Dhawan (batting) 46 Chase to do the bulk of the work in arrived at the Circuit de Cat- buda: Shikhar Dhawan curbed his C Pujara (batting) 14 support of Gabriel. alunya, Rosberg has won only natural aggression in compiling an Chase, the 24-year-old Barba- once while Hamilton has collected

unbeaten 46 as India reached the Extras (B4, NB1) 5 dian who earned selection on the four wins to release his team-

Total (27 overs, 1 wkt) 72 lunch interval on the opening day of basis of a consistent domestic season mate’s grip on the championship. the first Test against the West Indies To bat: V Kohli, A Rahane, W Saha, R with the bat, delivered eight overs of Rosberg led by 43 points in at 72 for one at the Sir Vivian Rich- Ashwin, A Mishra, I Sharma, M Shami, U uncomplicated off-spin. May and goes into this race seek- ards Stadium in Antigua yesterday. Yadav. Particularly surprising was him ing his first win at a track that Famed for his unrestrained Fall of wicket: 1-14 (Vijay) being used ahead of the lone front- this weekend celebrates the 30th attacking instincts in all forms of the line spinner in the side, Devendra anniversary of the first Hungarian Bowling: S Gabriel 7-2-18-1 (1nb), J Holder game, the left-handed opening bats- Bishoo. race and the first behind what was 6-2-14-0, C Brathwaite 6-2-6-0, R Chase man displayed admirable restraint While the West Indies have then known as ‘the Iron Curtain’. against bowling that lacked any real 8-0-30-0. packed their side with batting, India Last year the German finished pace and potency, with the notable opted for a bowling attack compris- eighth, but he remained defiant exception of Shannon Gabriel. ing three pacers and two spinners, ahead of the 11th race in this year’s With skipper Virat Kohli choos- at the second attempt at second slip. omitting Ravindra Jadeja in pref- 21-race calendar -- the turning ing to bat first on a surface devoid of Cheteshwar Pujara looked untrou- erence for Amit Mishra to work in point of the season and the year. Al Shaqab team’s riders pose for a group picture on the sidelines any consistent pace and bounce to bled on joining Dhawan at the crease tandem with Ravichandran Ashwin “The battle is on with Lewis of their training. The Al Shaqab Endurance team is currently really threaten the batsmen, Gabriel with the pair putting on 58 runs for as specialist slow bowlers. and I’m feeling great in myself and participating in several endurance competitions in Europe still caused alarms for the Indian the second wicket by the interval. West Indies have not defeated great in the car,” said Rosberg. “So, in order to prepare and qualify for the FEI World Endurance opening pair. Pujara resumes in the afternoon ses- India in Test cricket for 14 years bring it on.” Championship to be held in Slovakia in September 2016 and His raw pace removed Murali sion on 14. since the end of the 2002 series in Both men, however, are mind- the World Endurance Championship for Young Horses (7 years Vijay for just seven after half-an- Having opted to go into the the Caribbean and are the decided ful that their duel for the crown old) to be held in France in September 2016. hour’s play when the right-hander match without uncapped fast- underdogs for the first meeting with could be shoved into the shade by fended at a lifting delivery for medium bowler Miguel Cummins, these opponents on home soil for five rivals Red Bull who are expected Kraigg Brathwaite to take the catch the only other pace threat available years. to be fast and highly-competitive on the dusty track set in rolling countryside about 20km north of the capital. “We will need to be flawless to come out on top this week- Misbah says ‘no disrespect’ in press-up routine end,” said Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff. “This track plays to the strength of our rivals. The Hungaroring, where an AFP reporters at Old Trafford yesterday, second Test against Pakistan from estimated 200,00 crowd attended a day out from the start of the sec- 14 to 12 after dropping Steven Finn the inaugural race three decades ond Test at the Manchester ground. and Jake Ball. ago, may also be good for Ferrari “The celebrations were nothing The fast bowlers, who both who triumphed last year when MANCHESTER: Pakistan captain to do with England, only a gesture played in England’s 75-run defeat four-time champion Sebastian Misbah-ul-Haq was adamant his for those we worked with,” said the by Pakistan in the first Test at Lord’s, Vettel was in masterful form. unusual press-up celebrations at Pakistani captain. were released ahead of the second The Italian team, however, Lord’s were in no way aimed at Eng- Meanwhile the skipper confirmed Test, which starts at Old Trafford on appears to be struggling for con- land. key leg-spinner Yasir Shah would be Friday. sistency and reliability -- notably Misbah marked his maiden Test fit to play in the second Test. Now fit-again fast bowler James with gearboxes -- and has report- appearance at ‘the home of cricket’ Shah, who in the series opener Anderson (shoulder) and all-rounder edly approached former technical with a first-innings century. took a match-winning 10 for 141 Ben Stokes (knee), who both didn’t chief Briton Ross Brawn to return The 42-year-old, who in the -- the best figures by a Pakistan play at Lord’s, are set to make their as a consultant. process became the oldest player bowler in a Lord’s Test -- was hit on Test return in Manchester. to score a Test century for 82 years, the shoulder batting in the nets on England’s decision means they marked his hundred by performing Wednesday. could give a home debut to leg-spin- several press-ups. But scans revealed no significant ner Adil Rashid, all of whose three It was a gesture repeated by the damage and Misbah said: “That was Test appearances to date were away whole Pakistan team in front of the a wake-up call for him. to Pakistan in the United Arab Emir- Lord’s Pavilion after they wrapped “It was a bit of a concern -- but ates last year. up a 75-run win, with more than a after the scan I think he’s okay. So “We’re going to name a 12 -- Ste- day to spare, to go 1-0 up in the four- no worries.” ven Finn and Bally are missing out,” match series. England off-spinner Moeen Ali Pakistan’s captain misbah-ul-haq (left) talks with Pakistan’s head coach Cook told reporters at Old Trafford The press-up routine has become took just two wickets at Lord’s. Mickey Arthur during a practice session at Old Trafford Cricket Ground yesterday. the squad’s way of thanking army He was milked by Misbah in the “That means, obviously, Ben in Manchester, England yesterday. staff who put them through a pre- first innings, although the veteran Stokes and Jimmy Anderson are back tour boot camp. batsman did hole out for a duck off in - and Adil’s going to be in the 12, “No disrespect for opposition -- Ali second time around. the first innings. It’s a match between Meanwhile, England captain just depending on what happens to they (England) are a fine team and we “I back my ability to attack spin- ball and bat, sometimes you win it, Alastair Cook announced that the that wicket by tomorrow (Friday),” Lewis Hamilton know their strengths,” Misbah told ners, and use sweeps. 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Lopetegui picked to breathe new Russian Olympic ban upheld life into Spain

AFP ISINBAYEVA MOURNS Court of Arbitration ‘FUNERAL OF ATHLETICS’ for Sport rejects appeal by 67 Russian MADRID: Julen Lopetegui, who led Spain’s youth teams to inter- athletes seeking to the governing body has cleared US- national success, was tasked overturn an IAAF based long jumper Darya Klishina to yeserday with breathing new life compete in Rio as a neutral. into La Roja after they crashed out order on banning The IOC and the CAS decision of the 2014 World Cup and Euro them from competing said that Klishina could compete 2016. at the Rio Olympics under the Russian flag. The Spanish football federa- An IOC ethics commission is to tion announced the 49-year-old rule on the case of Yuliya Stepanova, former goalkeeper would take an 800m runner who gave evidence over from Vicente del Bosque as AFP about the doping. manager of the national team, The IAAF welcomed the CAS tri- weeks after the latter resigned bunal ruling. following Spain’s defeat to Italy “Today’s judgement has created a in the last 16 of Euro 2016. LAUSANNE: The international sports level playing field for athletes,” said Del Bosque had led Spain to tribunal yesterday rejected an appeal an IAAF statement. the 2010 World Cup and Euro by 67 Russian athletes seeking to “The CAS award upholds the 2012 titles, after taking over from overturn an IAAF doping ban on rights of the IAAF to use its rules for Euro 2008-winning coach Luis them competing at the Rio Olympics. the protection of the sport (and) to Secretary General of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Matthieu Reeb gestures after delivering a Aragones. The ruling by the Court of Arbi- protect clean athletes.” statement at its headquarters in Lausanne, yesterday. The Court of Arbitration for Sport today dismissed a But the second half of his tration for Sport (CAS) is seen as a key The CAS ruling has been the Russian appeal against a ban imposed by athletics governing body the IAAF over state-run doping, barring stint was disappointing, with indicator as the International Olym- focus of Olympic attention, how- the country’s track and field team from the Rio Games. the 2-0 defeat to Italy following pic Committee (IOC) debates whether ever, since an independent WADA a shock group-stage exit from to order a blanket ban on Russia over report this week said Russia ran a anabolic steroids and will almost cer- the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, accusations of state-run doping. “state-dictated failsafe system” of tainly be stripped of her gold medal. and he was criticised for not The IOC said it will study the CAS drug cheating in 30 sports at the 2014 Woman’s discus thrower Darya having given the newer gener- decision before a conference call on Sochi Games and other major events. Pishchalnikova, silver medallist in ation a chance. Sunday with its executive board. IOC president Thomas Bach London, has been banned for 10 years Thanks to his success with A decision on banning Russia called Russia’s actions a “shocking because of drug failures. Spain’s under-19s and under-21s, from the Rio Games which start on and unprecedented attack on the The IOC has not yet reconfirmed Lopetegui has long been a favour- August 5 could come this weekend, integrity of sport and on the Olym- the results of the London Olympics ite of Spanish FA head Angel Maria an IOC spokesperson said. pic Games.” following the retesting of doping Villar, who made the appointment CAS said it had “dismissed” According to the report by Cana- samples.IAAF president Sebastian before concentrating on his bid an appeal by the Russian Olympic dian lawyer Richard McLaren, the Coe said the CAS ruling should not to replace Michel Platini as UEFA Committee and 67 athletes against doping included the switching of give cause for celebration. chief. the suspension ordered by the Inter- Russian samples by secret serv- “While we are thankful that our He is reported to have over- national Association of Athletics ice operatives at the 2013 world rules and our power to uphold our come stiff competition from Federations (IAAF). championships in Moscow. It said rules and the anti-doping code have veteran former Sevilla and The 67 included two time pole the operation was directed by the been supported, this is not a day for Athletic Bilbao coach Joaquin vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva. sports ministry, with help from the triumphant statements. Caparros for the post. The IAAF ban covers all inter- FSB intelligence agency. WADA, “I didn’t come into this sport to Del Bosque wished Lopetegui national competition, including backed by the United States and stop athletes from competing. It is well yesterday. Rio, and follows an investigation last other nations, has called for Russia our federation’s instinctive desire to “He’s a man with experience, year which found widespread “state- to be completely banned from the Rio include, not exclude.” well trained and with huge enthu- sponsored” doping. Games. The IAAF suspended Russia He said that after the Rio Games siasm and lots of energy,” he told Russia is an athletics powerhouse in November because of an earlier an IAAF task force “will continue Radio Marca. and its team’s absence from Rio will doping investigation which also said to work with Russia to establish a “He will know how to man- leave a gaping hole in major Summer there was “state-sponsored” action. clean safe environment for its ath- age (the team) like he has done Games competitions. It refused to lift the suspension letes so that its federation and team brilliantly in the younger age Isinbayeva called the CAS ruling last month, meaning no Russian ath- can return to international recogni- A combination of pictures shows some of the top Russian athletes that categories.” a “funeral for athletics” and blasted letes could take part in Rio. tion and competition.” may miss the upcoming 2016 summer Olympics in Rio. Yesterday, the Lopetegui has over his career the court based in Lausanne, Swit- Russia was the second most suc- Meanwhile, Sprint king Usain Bolt Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed an appeal against a ban achieved varying degrees of suc- zerland for issuing “a blatant political cessful athletics nation at the 2012 believes the Court of Arbitration for on Russia’s track and field team for the Rio Olympic Games over state- cess on the pitch and as a coach. order.” London Olympics, behind the United Sport (CAS) ruling on Russia’s drug His spells as a goalkeeper at run doping. TOP ROW, FROM LEFT: Sergey Shubenkov (men’s 110 metres The Kremlin expressed “deep States, with seven gold medals, four cheats will scare athletes and send Real Madrid and Barcelona saw hurdles), Yelena Isinbayeva (women’s pole vault), Vladimir Morozov regret” over the court’s decision silver and five bronze. a strong message that doping won’t him spend much of his time on and it had “no legal basis.” Russia Originally, Russia had 17 med- be tolerated. (men’s 50-metre freestyle swim), and Yuliya Efimova (women’s 100m the bench. has denied any state involvement in als. But several are already at risk “This will scare a lot of people, breaststroke swim). SECOND ROW, FROM LEFT: Sofya Velikaya (Women’s But he was highly successful the doping crisis. because of doping failures. or send a strong message that the sabre), Aliya Mustafina (Artistic Gymnastics), Dmitriy Muserskiy (left) at smaller club Logrones from Originally, 68 Russians had Olympic 3,000 metre champion sport is serious about cleaning up,” and Dmitriy Ilinykh (men’s volleyball), and Evgenia Kanaeva (Rhythmic 1991 to 1994 at a time when the appealed against the IAAF ban but Yulia Zarapova has tested positive for Bolt told reporters in London. Gymnastics). team was in the country’s first division. Retiring from professional football in 2002, he became coach of Madrid-based Rayo Vallecano -- a team in Spain’s second tier -- English women’s rugby to get 48 pro contracts where he had last played before retiring. He then moved on to Real Agencies Women announced. It is all part of a The team, is set to leave for Rio de gold is a target, and for the girls to in rugby sevens, which apart from Madrid where he coached the drive towards England’s World Cup Janeiro on Sunday after undergoing get to the top eight of their tour- athletics will be the only team sport club’s Castilla reserve team, the defence next year. a rigorous two-week high altitude nament because that will give us representing the east African nation same post that Zinedine Zidane “The RFU is committed to sup- training camp at Nandi Hills in West- a platform to prepare then for the in Rio, famed for its middle and long held before moving on to manag- LONDON: English women’s rugby porting the growth of women’s ern Kenya, alongside their women next Olympics.” distance running. ing the first team. will benefit from 48 professional rugby,” RFU chief executive Ian counterparts. Kenya, currently ranked ninth Apart from winning the Sin- But Lopetegui, who hails contracts for players next season, Ritchie said. Head coach Benjamin Ayimba in the world, are drawn in a tough gapore sevens --- their first-ever from the northern Basque coun- the Rugby Football Union announced “We are immensely proud of Eng- has overseen a marked improve- Pool C in Rio, alongside former world victory in the international circuit try, really made his name when yesterday. land Women’s achievements, and we ment with Kenya’s performances champions New Zealand, England series --- Kenya reached the semi- he coached the national team’s The contracts will include 16 full- want to provide the best support to in the international circuit since his and Japan. final of the World Cup in Dubai in under-19s, under-20s and under- time deals that will concentrate on continue this success.” return to the helm last September, Top player Biko Adema, who has 2009. 21s from 2010 to 2014. the sport’s 15-a-side version. Full-time contract recipients will and he’s looking forward to greater returned to the team after a long Many young Kenyan players He led his teams to victory England Women first awarded be announced in September, when success in Rio. injury-lay off, said Kenya was look- have been inspired to play in the in the 2012 European Under-19 contracts in October 2014, when 20 the deals also come into effect, with “I don’t know where they (play- ing forward to playing in Rio. sevens side, as compared to the tra- Championship and a year later in were given to sevens players only. the majority of players concentrat- ers) get their energy, but they are a “Rugby has not been in the ditional 15-a-side game, which has the Under-21 European Champi- The new arrangement will also ing on 15s being released to play club bunch of very good people, I think Olympics so it’s awesome that it long struggled to find a sure footing onship which featured David de feature 16 part-time, three-day- rugby throughout the season. that is very positive. And winning is now there. I don’t think that I in the country. Gea, Thiago Alcantara and Alvaro a-week contracts with a sevens Meanwhile, Buoyed by their stun- that Singapore tournament, has made would say that we are scared, we The popularity of the sevens, Morata, all of whom were at Euro focus, with an additional 16 short- ning victory in the Singapore sevens, us realise that we can actually win in are just probably very excited,” known for its dynamism and crowd- 2016. term deals that will allow players Kenya’s men’s team will be vying for the Olympics,” Ayimba said. Adema said. appeal began to change in Kenya Fresh from that success, he to attend residential camps ahead a top-three finish at next month’s Rio “I am very confident, bordering “We need to have our focus, in the late 1960’s with the intro- took over Porto in 2014 and led of major tournaments such as the Olympics when the sevens game arrogance actually... the gold actu- which is to play and play well.” duction of the seven-a-side league them to the quarter-finals of the World Cup and Six Nations, England makes its debut. ally, nothing less... for the boys the Kenya have made huge strides competition. 2014/15 Champions League.