ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER

Wednesday 14 May 2014 15 Rajab 1435 - Volume 19 Number 6065 Price: QR2

QC to undergo Few surprises restructuring in Spain’s soon Cup squad

Business |17 Sport | 28

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780

Qatar, Hungary sign agreement Mobile number Ashghal takes fetches QR10.1m at charity auction

DOHA: A bidder paid an the blame for incredible QR10.1m ($2.77m) for an easy-to-remember cellphone number at a charity auction of special mobile numbers by Ooredoo here yesterday. Salwa flooding The number began with five and had seven zeroes. It was a VIP charity auction for special telephone numbers conducted by No mistake by contractor: Minister Ooredoo as part of its ongoing cor- porate social responsibility work. DOHA: The Public Works He said that three departments The overall figure raised for Authority (Ashghal) is fully at Ashghal — Assets, Highway the night was QR30.16m ($8.3m), responsible for the flooding on and Consultancies section at the with the highest auctioned two Salwa Road tunnels follow- project department — should be number selling for QR10.1m. ing heavy rains on March 26, held responsible for the flood- VIP guests and customers were the Minister of Municipality ing and they have already been invited to bid for their favorite and Urban Planning H E informed about that. number from a range of 50 special Sheikh Abdulrahman bin “I dint find any mistake with numbers auctioned at the Four- Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani the contracting or consulting Seasons Hotel. said yesterday. firm… We have made the mistake The auction witnessed strong Addressing a joint press and we learned from that,” said demand as customers joined in the conference with President of the Minister. The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and the Hungarian President Janos Ader witnessing the spirit of giving back to the commu- the Public Works Authority He added that the Ministry and signing of a cooperation agreement in education and scientific research in Doha yesterday. The Emir and the nity, and bid for the VIP numbers, (Ashghal) Engineer Nasser Ali Al Ashghal were looking for a per- visiting president discussed bilateral relations. said Ooredoo. Mawlawi, the Minister said that manent solution to the problem The most desirable special three departments concerned at of water-logging. numbers were those that started Ashghal should be held responsi- “We don’t want to see the tank- with the same number, had many ble for the inundation. He cate- ers pumping out water (after the of the same numbers, or had par- gorically stated that he didn’t find rains) any more. We need a perma- allel digits such as 234. Previous any mistake with the contracting nent solution. We have identified Jailed Jazeera scribe ‘critical’ Ooredoo auctions found that sim- or consulting firm involved in the the black spots ( for water-logging) pler numbers sold far more due to project in this regard. and Ashghal is working on a solu- CAIRO: An Al Jazeera journal- said, providing a copy of a blood spreading false news. memorability and status factors. A high-level committee set tion,” said the Minister. ist held in Egypt since August test on his brother from last week. “My client is paying the price up by the Prime Minister and The minister emphasised the is in “critical” health and could At the start of his hunger strike for working for a channel that Interior Minister H E Sheikh need for transparency. “We face slip into a coma after more than Elshamy drank juice and other opposes the ruling regime,” Saeed QE index hits Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa rejection of some circles but this 100 days on hunger strike, his sugary drinks but has been tak- said. Al Thani to investigate the has to be overcome for the sake of brother said yesterday. ing only water for the past month, On May 3, a court remanded all-time high flooding earlier put the onus the public and we work to resolve Abdullah Elshamy was arrested his brother said. Elshamy into custody for another on Ashghal and the Salwa road all problems for the interest of the August 14 when police dispersed And he has shed around 40kg 45 days, and Elshamy appeared DOHA: Continuing its rising project management. country. Our big ambition as citi- supporters of ousted president over the past 112 days, he added. in court looking gaunt. “I haven’t spree, Qatari bourse yester- The committee also criticised zens is to serve this country and Mohammed Mursi in Cairo, which “He can go into a coma if he seen my lawyer. We are 15 people day closed at all-time high of the lack of an emergency and correct any mistakes, whereas led to clashes in which hundreds doesn’t take perfusions (drips) in a cell of 12 square metres,” he 13,174.74 points, gaining 107.40 crisis management system at those who are carrying out were killed. and if his blood sugar remains told reporters from the dock. points or 0.82 percent yester- Ashghal and decided to set up an projects anywhere in the country Elshamy, who works for the low... It is the start of the most His wife Jihad Khaled, mean- day, helped by surge in shares of effective system in this respect. should respect people and avoid Qatar-based network, went on dangerous period,” he added. while, was also on hunger strike, her Qatar Insurance Company and “We found that the under- causing harm,” said the Minister. hunger strike in January to pro- Mosaab added that his brother mother Houda Abdelmoneim said. optimism among investors about ground sewage pipes were over- He voiced determination to test his detention and has yet to had been recently moved from his “Jihad began her hunger strike the inclusion of Qatari shares on loaded (following the rains). implement the directives of the face trial. prison cell to an unknown loca- from March 14 to express solidarity MSCI Emerging Market Index. Ashghal was supposed to find a Prime Minister on informing the He is suffering from “anaemia, tion. “Surely he is still in jail but with her husband,” Abdelmoneim Yesterday’s gain made investors solution either by disposing the public on the existing Ashghal the start of kidney failure, low we don’t know where and we can- said, adding that her daughter fell richer by QR12bn as the value of water to empty land or releasing projects and addressing the blood pressure and hypoglycae- not communicate with him.” unconscious on Monday and was stocks on Qatar Exchange rose it to sea. The issue is clear and problems. mia,” a brother, Mosaab, said. “He Elshamy’s lawyer, Shaaban taken to a hospital as she too had to QR738bn ($203bn). there was an internal fault,” said THE PENINSULA is at a critical stage and needs to Saeed, said he was accused of been taking “only water.” THE PENINSULA the Minister. Continued on page 6 be transferred to hospital,” Mosaab joining a “terrorist group” and AFP See also page 17

Tough training Iran foreign Palestinians begin talks minister invited to visit Saudi on forming unity govt RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has GAZA: Officials from by exiled Islamist leader Moussa invited Iran’s foreign minister to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abu Marzouk. visit, Riyadh said yesterday, hint- Abbas’ Fatah faction and the Abbas announced plans for a ing at the possibility of a thaw rival Hamas group met in Gaza unity government as a step towards between the two bitter rivals. yesterday to discuss the make- Palestinian elections on April 23. Iranian President Hassan up of a unity government they Many past attempts to heal the rift Rowhani has adopted a con- hope will end a seven-year between Fatah, that dominates the ciliatory tone towards Tehran’s schism. Palestinian Authority-run West neighbours since taking office last Officials from the two groups Bank, and Hamas, which controls year, but while Foreign Minister said they planned to propose non- the Gaza Strip, have failed. Mohammad Javad Zarif has vis- politically affiliated candidates for Palestinian sources in ited other Gulf Arab states, he seats in a unity cabinet which will Ramallah, the seat of Abbas’s has not yet been to Saudi Arabia. be tasked with preparing presi- administration, said they wanted Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al dential and parliamentary elec- the list of names to be ready by Faisal told a news conference that tions after six months. Thursday when he meets US Zarif had been given an invitation Azzam Al Ahmed, the senior Secretary of State John Kerry to the kingdom but that despite Fatah official sent by Abbas from in London to discuss the stalled Iran’s past declarations of a wish Members of the United States Naval Academy freshman class race to the sand at the wet and sandy station during the West Bank, led the talks peace talks with Israel. to improve ties, the visit had not the annual Sea Trials training exercise at the Naval Academy in Annapolis yesterday. For 14 hours, the freshman with Hamas’ delegation, headed REUTERS transpired. “Any time that (Zarif) class, also known as Plebes, worked as a team to complete many gruelling physical and mental challenges. sees fit to come, we are willing to receive him. Iran is a neighbour, we have relations with them and we will negotiate with them, we will talk with them,” he said. REUTERS Five more MERS deaths as WHO experts meet

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia to 495. The new deaths occurred in Orlando, Florida, who were — in the emergency department now constitutes a “public health TODAY’S EDITION OF announced yesterday five new on Monday, four of them in exposed to a patient with the before it became clear that he emergency of international con- THE PENINSULA deaths from MERS, raising the Jeddah and one in Riyadh. virus have begun showing flu-like might be infected with the virus. cern”. In a statement issued late INCLUDES AN EIGHT-PAGE death toll in the country worst- Acting Health Minister Adel symptoms, and one of the two has The second healthcare worker yesterday, the WHO said the hit by the mysterious coronavirus Fakieh visited Jeddah’s King Fahd been hospitalised. is being isolated in his home and experts’ discussions were continu- SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT ON to 152 since it appeared in 2012. Hospital where a spike in infec- Officials at the Dr P Phillips watched for signs of infection. ing later than planned and that The health ministry also tions last month sparked public Hospital said yesterday the two Meanwhile, health and infectious its Assistant Director General reported four new infections panic. healthcare workers were exposed disease experts met at the World for Health Security, Keiji Fukuda, with Middle East Respiratory In the United States, two to the patient — the second con- Health Organisation yesterday to would hold a news conference today. Syndrome raising the total so far health workers at a hospital firmed case of MERS on US soil discuss whether the MERS virus AGENCIES WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Sheikha Moza meets First Lady of Hungary Qatar to take part in Cannes Film Festival DFI to showcase local, regional talent at Qatar Pavilion DOHA: Qatar will be rep- festival’s global village of cinema, DFI will present a showcase resented at the Cannes Film the Qatar pavilion will host indus- of films from Qatar-based film- Festival this week through Doha try guests for meetings, profes- makers through the Short Film Film Institute’s (DFI) partici- sional exchanges and networking Corner, a section dedicated to pation in the Marché du Film, sessions, and showcase the work showcasing films from more Cannes Short Film Corner and of DFI’s film funding and festival than 90 countries to thousands Producers Workshop. initiatives. of accredited guests, festival The Festival de Cannes is the Abdulaziz Al Khater, CEO, DFI, selectors and short film industry top international event for the said: “The Village International is specialists. The ‘Made in Qatar’ film industry and runs from today a dynamic celebration of cultural selection will present 13 short until May 25. diversity through film and an films made through DFI’s educa- For the fourth year running, important platform to showcase tion initiatives, in addition to inde- Qatar is represented by a pavilion our local and regional talent to pendent productions by Qataris in the Village International, a sec- the world. We are honoured to and expats. Also, 10 filmmakers tion of the Marché du Film that represent Qatar at the forum, from Qatar are participating in enables countries from all over highlight our emerging talent and the Producers Workshop, led by the world to raise the profiles of welcome opportunities that will experts, to help producers achieve H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson, Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community their national film culture. develop through our participation their goals in the international Development, yesterday met Anita Herczegh, wife of Hugarian President Janos Ader, in her office in Education One of over 60 pavilions in the over the next 10 days.” film market. THE PENINSULA City. Talks dealt with topics related to education, and ways of enhancing cooperation on scientific research and development. Ooredoo names treasure hunt winners DOHA: Ooredoo has announced we’ve inspired people to get the final. the winners of the Ooredoo involved and hopefully to be To win an exclusive easy-to- Treasure Hunt Competition more active. We aim to continue remember number, customers as part of the ongoing #Koora this success with all our sporting can visit Ooredoo sound-proof campaign to celebrate the 2014 campaigns throughout the sum- booths in Landmark Mall and Emir Cup. mer, and hope to bring #Koora Souq Waqif until May 15, and The hunt offered 10 people the alive with our services and scream ‘Goal’. The longest and chance to win a state-of-the-art competitions.” loudest scream will win and be 55-inch LED TV by finding one of The company has planned used as part of #Koora campaign. the 10 footballs hidden through- activities until May 17 when Al Customers can also take part out Qatar. All balls were found Sailiya will play Al Sadd in the in the Instagram #EmirCup2014 in locations such as Katara, MIA final of the Emir Cup, and aims to challenge by posting a slogan or and the Corniche, and clues to build excitement for the tourna- lyric about their favourite Qatar the locations were revealed via ment finale by revealing the win- club with the #EmirCup2014 to social media over four days. The ners of competitions and events. enter. The most liked posts will be competition gathered a massive As the main telecommunica- printed on an official customised response on social media with tions partner for H H the Emir iPad and 10 Ooredoo T-shirts for over 8,000 likes, comment and Cup, Ooredoo is encouraging peo- the winner. shares and a large number of peo- ple to attend the final match and This is the latest in Ooredoo ple searching for the balls. enjoy the incredible atmosphere promotions and activities built Fatima Sultan Al Kuwari, at Khalifa Stadium. around 2014’s sporting tourna- Director, Community and Public Ongoing competitions include ments. Customers can look out Relations, Ooredoo, said: “This the Emir Cup Goal booth and for more events and giveaways by is an exciting response and what Instagram #EmirCup2014 chal- following Ooredoo’s social media we hoped for. By inviting Qatar lenge, with both competition win- pages and the #Koora hashtag on Winners of the Ooredoo Treasure Hunt Competition. to take part in our celebrations, ners to be revealed on the day of Twitter. THE PENINSULA

Promotion valid from 14th May to 20th May 2014

2 DaysDDaays 2 DDaysays BEST Last 3 Days ِ Only Only PRICE

QAR. 5.75 QAR. 6.25 QAR. 9.50 QAR. 6.75 Alphonso Mango India 1kg Badami Mango India 1kg Kesar Mango India 1kg Thottapuri Mango 1kg

NIGHT WEAR & PYJAMA

Night Wear & Pyjama Sets Purchase limit may apply, Offer valid till stocks last. last. till stocks valid Offer apply, limit may Purchase

QAR. 6.25 QAR. 24.50 QAR. 24.50 QAR. 28.50 Rajapuri Mango India 1kg Green Sweet Mango Thailand 1kg Shithong Mango Thailand 1kg Mango Brazil 1kg

WITH YOUR DOHA BANK SHOPPING CO-BRANDED CREDIT CARD

TYPE ‘LULU’ & SMS TO 92610 OR VISIT ANY DOHA BANK BRANCH *CONDITIONS APPLY *CONDITIONS

Lulu Hypermarket - D Ring Road: Tel. 974 44667780, Al Gharafa: Tel. 974 44074000, Al Khor: Tel. 974 44533533, Lulu Center: Tel. 974 44322442, Lulu Express: Tel. 974 44800448 WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Diplomacy ‘can help achieve democracy’ Regional organisations best tools to achieve success

DOHA: Democracy can be achieved through diplomacy, not by force, former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin told the 14th Doha Forum yesterday. “I would like to see more Western democracy send more Plan to convert 2 more roundabouts professors, doctors and lawmakers rather than their armies to all the countries of the world and this is into signal-controlled intersections the only way to further democracy,” he added. DOHA: The Public Works Authority — Ashghal crossings will be created to ensure safety of road He cited Iraq in 2003 as an exam- — will soon start work on converting Al Markhiya users. Converting Al Markhiya Roundabout will ple, in which “they thought through and Dahl Al Hamam roundabouts to signal-con- involve four lanes in each direction on Khalifa Street, force they can create democracy trolled intersections. in addition to three lanes to turn left and one to turn that not only builds democratic and Work is expected to begin this week or the next right. Widening of roads will be done by taking parts stable institutions but also leads to F ormer French premier, Dominique de Villepin, addressing the first session and be completed by October. Located in a strategic of the median to provide enough space for the new peace,” he said, adding history has on ‘Democracy Building After the Change’ on the second day of Doha area of Doha, the junctions connect several main signals and their utilities. shown military intervention has Forum at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel yesterday. On the dais are from left: Dr roads such as Al Markhiya, the Arab League, Jassim The project will involve works in the following been a failure. “For politicians, it Mohamed Lemine Dahi from High Institute for Applied Postgraduate Studies, Bin Hamad and Khalifa streets. To minimise traffic areas: 600m area from Al Markhiya Roundabout is easier to go to war than imple- Mauritania, Dr Pascal Boniface, Director, Institute for International and disruptions, two lanes will be opened to traffic in each towards TV Roundabout; over 1000m area from ment peace because the military Strategic Relations, Paris, Jacek Protasiewicz, Vice-President, European direction during work and temporary access provided Al Markhiya Roundabout towards Al Gharrafa people follow orders but democracy Parliament, Lord William of Baglan, International Trustee of the BBC and for shops and residences, Ashghal said yesterday. Roundabout, over 300m area from Al Markhiya is more complex than politics.” former UN under-secretary, and Maurice Leroy, President, Qatar-France The project will involve converting Dahl Al Hamam Roundabout to Jassim Bin Hamad Street, over He urged a renewed energy to Friendship Society. SALIM MATRAMKOT Roundabout, with three lanes in each direction on Al 300m from Al Markhiya Roundabout to Arab League work towards diplomacy, giving Markhiya and Arab League streets. street. As part of the project, a rain water drainage more roles to diplomats and estab- Covering a stretch of 400-metre from the centre network will be set up and some existing utilities lishing dialogue with various par- roles to regional institutions as circumstances, taking into consid- of the intersection, the project will ease traffic by enhanced and diverted. Work on both roundabouts ties regardless of their position. well as North Africa should work eration cultures and civilisations, providing three additional lanes turning left and will be carried out round the clock to finish the He also stressed the need to together and build ties among he explained. Political, social and a side lane to turn right at each signal. Pedestrian project on schedule. THE PENINSULA create a “democratic diplomacy, the countries. Democracy cannot ethnic minorities must be taken which means diplomacy based on be built in one country; it has to into account as a country transi- societies. More often diplomacy is be shared with the neighbours as tions into a democracy. between governments but it must well.” “If we do not take those minori- recognise new actors in the civil Villepin referred to Second Age ties in consideration, then democ- society. We must exchange more Democracy as something that is racy would be the victory of the with the civil society, that’s how we not imposed but shared through strong against the weak, even build the democratic fabric.” procedures that allow countries to with elections. If we want civil To develop democracy, the evolve democracy through a his- peace, we must give place to the best tools are regional organisa- torical phase. “Democracy requires minorities; that means we must tions because best practices are time. It takes debates and discus- develop consensus, a national union exchanged between neighbours, sions that allow democracy to which encompasses everyone.” For he said, stressing the necessity to assert and enroot itself in society. democracy to work, there should be further the sharing of information Democracy is not a state, it is not respect for dignity of each person, and democratic knowledge through a nation, it is also a society that and identities should be protected. these regional organisations. is awake and discusses ideas and “We know that wounded identities “Wherever we have weak gradual reforms.” are source of violence and terror- regional institutions, democracy There is no one model of democ- ism. We must make sure identities and peace are enfeebled, that’s why racy for all countries because are respected, recognised and pro- the Middle East must give better democracy must adapt to local tected.” THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Qatar attends 60 kids to take part in Riyadh forum DOHA: The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah and the Minister of first El Meyna contest Economy and Trade H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohammed Katara event aims to highlight maritime heritage Al Thani led Qatar’s delegation to the first DOHA: Sixty children aged 10 Beach to Safliyya Island and return Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, session of the Forum on to 16 will participate in Katara’s to the beach for the conclusion of General Manager, Katara, said the Economy and Arab first El Meyna competition from the event on Saturday at 5pm. Katara is keen to maintain the Cooperation with the tomorrow. As part of requirements, the Qatari maritime heritage by organ- Central Asian States One of the paintings by Qatari artist Iman Abdullah Al Haidoos to be on The three-day contest opens organising committee yesterday ising such events and festivals in a and Azerbaijan in display. at 4.30pm at Katara Beach but started to check the fitness of par- way that it would be transferred to Riyadh. could be postponed depending on ticipants for swimming at Aspire generations. It issued Riyadh weather conditions, Ahmad Al swimming pool. The check contin- “Also through these events and Declaration in which Hatmi, Director, Katara Beach ues today. festivals we are imbibing old terms participants confirmed Qatari artist Al Haidoos in Administration, told a meeting on “The idea of the contest came such as Senyar and Leshta and their keenness to work Monday. from the last Senyar competition today we are highlighting the word towards the development The orientation meeting was held with the aim of preparing children Al Meyna,” he added. of economic relations solo exhibition from today to explain to young participants to join Senyar. The contest has many benefits and partnership between and their parents conditions and “We want to teach children about and educational aims to promote both sides to contribute DOHA: Qatari artist Iman Qatar’ at Qatar National Theatre the process of the contest aimed at Senyar and its importance to our good conduct and values like cooper- to the development and Abdullah Al Haidoos will in 2009 and the Qatari ladies educating children on their mari- heritage,” said Al Hatmi. ation and group work by letting par- well-being and the estab- launch her solo exhibition exhibition at the Doha Capital time heritage. Children will also have a chance ticipants prepare their food, manage lishment of peace and sta- ‘Message to a man’ today at of Culture festival in 2010, in Participants were divided into to participate in Fath Al Kheir their lives while on the boat, and bility in their regions. Katara Building 19. addition to her contributions five teams, each with 12 mem- when they cross 18. conduct group prayers and lectures The expo until the end of this in the UNCTAD conference bers, including the ship captain, The aim is to promote the Qatari on religion and national identity. Sheikh Mubarak month includes 23 paintings she in Education City, the Qatar (Al Nokhitha), boatswain mate maritime heritage among children There will be no winners and all has created to express her feel- Marine Festival and Halal Hal (Al Majdami) and diver attendant to enable them to learn the job of participants will be honoured since dies, aged 61 ings derived from her experience, Qatar Festival in Katara. (Arathif). their ancestors how they were com- the goal of the contest is educational. DOHA: Sheikh Mubarak asserting that women are able to She has also presented her The teams will sail from Katara mitted when they were in the sea. THE PENINSULA bin Abdurrahman bin challenge and achieve success as artworks at international art Hamad Al Thani has long as heartened with faith in events, including the Heritage died, aged 61. God, endurance and hope. Village Festival in Sharjah, the Funeral prayers will Al Haidoos is one of the most Ostraca Festival in Turkey, the be held after Isha prayer talented Qataris artists with a Sharm el-Sheikh Symposium in at Old Rayyan Mosque vast experience in painting. Egypt and Bahrain exhibition. International Museum Day marked and he will be laid She has participated in art She also had a five-metre mural to rest in Al Rayyan exhibitions and events in Qatar painting displayed in Vienna, DOHA: Qatar Museums Cemetery. He was the such as ‘Jerusalem in the eyes of Austria. THE PENINSULA Authority (QMA) yesterday father of Abdurrahman, hosted a public conference at the Nasser, Khalid, Khalifa, Museum of Islamic Art audito- Abdullah, Fahad, Hamad rium to celebrate International and Mohammed. Qatar backs International Crisis Group Museum Day. Condolences from men NEW YORK: Qatar took part in an event organised by International It centred on ‘Museum collec- can be offered at his Crisis Group in New York to honour former US secretary of state tions make connections’, remind- majlis in Al Rayyan and Hillary Clinton for her efforts for peace and to greet new genera- ing the public that museums are women at his home in the tion works to achieve a world free of disasters and war. Qatar’s living institutions that help cre- same area. Permanent Representative to the UN, Sheikha Alia Ahmed bin Saif ate bonds between visitors, gen- Al Thani, attended the event. erations and cultures around the Sidra launches Qatar donated $100,000 in support of the group which was founded world. in 1995 as an NGO on the initiative of a group of transatlantic figures Art collectors shared inspi- Experts taking part in the conference. Daisy Award who despaired at the international community’s failure to anticipate ration behind their collections DOHA: Marking and respond effectively to the tragedies in the early 1990s in Somalia, and to connect with like-minded Saad Group, Dr Talib Al Baghdadi, happy to again be holding an event in International Nurse Rwanda and Bosnia. What distinguishes the group from other organi- enthusiasts in the country. historian and researcher special- celebration of International Museum Day, celebrated on sations in the field is a combination of field-based analysis, practical Speakers included Ibrahim ised in Arab and Islamic heritage, Day,” said Nasser Al Hammadi, Curator May 12, Sidra Medical policy prescriptions and high-level advocacy. QNA Yousif Fakhro, CEO, Ghanim bin art collectors Muna Salman Al and Heritage Expert, National Museum and Research Centre Badr, Ahmad Salem Al Kuwari of Qatar. launched the region’s and Alwaleed Yousuf Jassim Al “By bringing together members of the first ‘Daisy Award’ to Darwish and monuments expert community, QMA aims to involve every- recognise nurses for Mohammed Abdullah Sadiq. one in Qatar’s arts scene, and give them their hard work, com- “Building on our previously a chance to reflect on how museums are passion and skill. successful conferences, QMA is an important means of cultural exchange The award was and development of established by Daisy mutual understanding.” Foundation to distin- International Council guish the heroic work of Museums estab- nurses perform each day. lished International The foundation was set Museum Day in 1977 up in the US by the fam- to encourage awareness ily of J Patrick Barnes, of the role of museums who died in 1999 from in the development of an auto-immune disease. society. It focus on the Daisy is an acronym for importance of muse- Diseases Attacking the ums as a platform to Immune System. The spread and underscore award by Sidra will rec- knowledge, science and ognise nurses at the facil- human heritage. ity “Nursing is the heart THE PENINSULA of healthcare and we are proud to join over 1,700 organisations worldwide honouring our nurses,” said Dr Mary Boyd, Chief Nursing Officer. The Bamboo Stalk in English

DOHA: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP) will publish the English edi- tion of the award-win- ning novel The Bamboo Stalk by Kuwaiti author Saud Alsanousi. The novel, which won the 2013 International Prize for Arab Fiction, will be published by BQFP next year. The Bamboo Stalk takes a close look at the phe- nomenon of foreign work- ers in Arab countries and deals with problems of identity, race and reli- gion through the life of a young man of dual her- itage returning home to Kuwait. “It a wonder- ful novel – an effortless, page-turning read; emo- tionally compelling and powerful. The themes of displacement and mixed roots are univer- sal and handled with an extraordinary lightness of touch,” said Thalia Suzuma, Head of English Publishing, BQFP, who recently joined the Doha- based publisher from HarperCollins UK. THE PENINSULA/QNA WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Expert tips to promote Aliyev remembered

Azerbaijan Ambassador to Qatar, good behaviour by kids Tofig Abdullayev (right), with other offi- cials at a ceremony at the embassy to mark the 91st birth anniver- sary of Azerbaijan’s national leader Heydar Aliyev. Members of the Azerbaijani com- munity, students and other officials were present.

Dr Marcellina Mian, Professor of Paediatrics and Associate Dean for Medical Education, WCMC-Q, delivering the lecture at the Diplomatic Club.

DOHA: A distinguished pro- behaviour, because it means the set for children. They need to be fessor of paediatrics explained child wants to please the parent taught how to express anger or techniques for encouraging chil- and to be rewarded with affection frustration, rather than acting it dren to behave well, at the third and praise.” out. They also need to be helped to edition of Weill Cornell Medical The series is part of WCMC-Q’s understand that their behaviour College in Qatar’s (WCMC-Q) Sahtak Awalan: Your Health First has consequences, and that behav- ‘Ask the Expert’ series. campaign, a five-year initiative to ing well has much more pleasant Dr Marcellina Mian, Professor encourage members of the expat ones. of Paediatrics and Associate and Qatari communities to make “It is not fair to punish a child Dean for Medical Education, healthy lifestyle choices. if you have not first made it clear WCMC-Q, gave advice about how Teaching parents how to what is the good behaviour you parents can instil good behaviour improve the behaviour of their expect. When you are faced with in children by implementing sim- children can reduce stress levels unacceptable behaviour, the first ple rules based on consistency, age and contributes to a happy, stable thing to do is tell your child calmly appropriateness and careful use and healthy home environment. why acting that way is not OK and of rewards. The public seminar also fea- to stop doing it. If the undesir- Dr Mian told the gathering at tured a presentation by Dr Mian, able behaviour continues, you can the Diplomatic Club that a strong, in which she described techniques remove the toy with which the loving bond between parent and for soothing crying babies, deal- child was playing or explain that a child is the key to encouraging ing with toddlers who have tem- planned treat like a trip to a movie good behaviour. “There are many per tantrums, and encouraging will be cancelled unless the child techniques that can be useful, healthy eating and sleeping habits, start to behave.” If bad behaviour but at the heart of all of them among other advice. persists or gets out of control, Dr is a good relationship between Dr Mian advocates an approach Mian recommends isolating the the parent and the child. A lov- to parenting based on incentivis- child for a short ‘time-out’ period ing child-parent relationship ing good behaviour, and explained of one minute for each year of the provides the foundation for good that clear boundaries have to be child’s age. THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Thousands of kids benefit from Rota project in Swat INSPIRE provides quality education, leadership skills and social cohesion

DOHA: Thousands of chil- dren are enjoying benefits of Reach out to Asia’s (Rota) three-year Infrastructure Support and Professional Improvement to Revitalise Education (INSPIRE) project in the Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Working with CARE, Rota The Minister of Municipality and Urban Planning H E Sheikh Abdulrahman bin has supported the project which Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani (right) with Engineer Nasser bin Ali Al Mawlawi, provides quality education for President, Ashghal, at the press conference yesterday. ABDUL BASIT children and youth in 42 schools in the Swat Valley, including increasing children’s leader- New plots for citizens to meet ship skills and social cohesion through extracurricular sport activities. all infrastructure needs Pakistan has faced humani- tarian crises: The 2005 earth- Continued from page 1 in areas outside Doha and across quake in North West Frontier The Minister said in the near Qatar, stressing the need to create Province, Azad Jammu and future the distribution of new plots the state-of-the-art Furjan markets Kashmir, internal displacement of land to citizens will meet all infra- in different regions. of populations in the aftermath structure requirements, like parks, On Al Karana landfill, the Minister of military operations in Swat playgrounds, mosques and commer- said the problem will be solved when and other tribal regions against cial outlets. the construction of a treatment sta- the Taliban in 2009, and in 2010, This remains a priority for the tion there is completed in 2017. intense floods that devastated Ministry and Ashghal, but will take He said a north-south tunnel will the region. time to accomplish it, he added. be built at the TV Roundabout while Rota reacted almost immedi- One of the schools built as part of Rota’s INSPIRE project in the Swat Valley in Pakistan. He also underlined the importance the Khalifa Road will be expanded to ately to the situation in Swat by of ensuring integrated infrastructure four lanes. THE PENINSULA increasing access to educational facilities, improving the quality communities where education Rota, along with assistance devastation and trauma brought of education and providing psy- is key to the future,” said Essa from international donors, on by recent flooding and mili- chosocial support. Al Mannai, Executive Director, reconstructed a few sports tancy. It has increased the local Rota committed to building Rota.“Rota understands that grounds that have been made communities’ and the govern- Ashghal signed QR38.524bn two secondary schools, reha- students need a protective partially functional. Rota’s aim ment’s commitment to support bilitating 40 primary, middle learning environment with to restore sport activities was girls’ education and realise that and secondary schools, supply- psychosocial support to focus done to bring back the youth, educating girls is critical to hav- deals for expressways so far ing educational materials to 42 on their studies for long-term who were attracted by the ing prosperous and peaceful schools, implementing a train- benefits for themselves and the insurgent’s propaganda, and communities in the future.” DOHA: The Public Work programme aims to build more than ing programme for 280 teachers community. Schools in Swat are resume educational and rec- A total of 296 sport and rec- Authority — Ashghal — has signed 980km of roads, including more and operating youth develop- a testament of Rota’s strategy to reational activities for a better reational events were held in so far deals QR38.524bn to build than 10,000km of total lanes, 240 ment initiatives through sports. provide access to education and future. 42 schools. In 24 girls’ schools, expressways throughout the intersections with facilities to cater “The project has been very improve the quality of schooling Waleed Rauf, Country sport and recreational events country. to Doha and other main cities and successful and we are proud to for its beneficiaries.” Director, CARE Pakistan, said, like cricket, sack race, badmin- Eleven of the projects worth outer parts of the country. have provided educational facili- A key element of the project “The Rota project has played ton, athletics, drawing compe- QR18.212bn are under construction. It was disclosed by Nasser bin Ali ties for children of the province. was to focus on increasing social a vital role in helping com- titions, singing, and speeches They are Al Rayan Road worth more Al Mawlawi, Head of Ashghal in a Children’s right to education cohesion through youth devel- munities rebuild and the peo- were arranged. than QR98.6m, F-Ring Road worth press conference yesterday. must be a priority, especially in opment, using sports activities. ple of Swat recover after the THE PENINSULA QR936.8m, east of Industrial Area Contracts to build expressway Road worth QR226m, Al Huwaila projects worth QR20.312bn have also link road worth QR334m and all been signed. The projects will start these are scheduled to be completed this very year and scheduled to be this year. completed by 2016-18, he added. The projects slated to end by 2016 Work on 14 additional expressway Qatar Airways holds annual emergency exercise are part of Dukhan Expressway projects will start next year. Ashghal worth more than QR1bn, Al is working on 15 road and infrastruc- DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) edge of safety practices across tools, platforms for communi- take-off from one of its world- Muntaza Road wroth QR2.3bn, ture development projects worth yesterday carried out its the globe,” said Akbar Al Baker, cating with aircraft in flight, wide destinations. and renovation of Al Shamala Road QR3.7bn throughout the country. annual emergency exercise CEO. and TV screens to display news Nearly 200 staff members, worth QR2.1bn. Work on 80 projects for full- to test response functions “QA is forward-thinking channels from anywhere in the including key senior execu- East part of Dukhan Road wroth fledged developments will start that could impact its business in its approach to emergency world, and a media operations tives and Al Baker took part QR3.7bn, east-west access project this year or by the next. Five of the during any serious incidents readiness and has intricate centre where regular state- in the exercise in Doha, which worth QR2.2bn and QR1.6bn respec- projects will be implemented in new affecting the airline. systems in place for detection, ments are issued. was managed by the airline’s tively and Lusail Expressway wroth areas. The projects will be completed The exercise provided the communication and action dur- The annual exercise aims Group Safety and Security, QR3.5bn will be completed by 2017. within two to three years. airline with the opportunity to ing a time of distress,” Al Baker to simulate a real-life seri- Contingency Planning team. The expressway development THE PENINSULA test its safety-first processes said. ous incident that may affect As part of the practice exer- and procedures to manage and The airline utilises a state- the airline and a ‘scenario’ is cise, every department of the respond to a crisis. of-the-art facility at its head- designed whereby a majority airline is involved. “As the airline expands expo- quarters where all aspects of the Qatar Airways internal A special Emergency Exercise nentially, it is paramount that of emergency response were group is unaware until the day Task Force was formed with Singapore received 11,809 our means of carrying out activated. of the Exercise itself. representatives from sev- safety precautions and emer- The Group Emergency The exercise involved a Qatar eral departments across the gency readiness is constantly Control Centre is equipped Airways aircraft experiencing company. visitors from Qatar in 2013 advanced and on the leading with satellite communication an emergency shortly after THE PENINSULA DOHA: Singapore received a record 11,809 visitors from Qatar in 2013 — 27 percent higher than the preceding year. The city-state welcomed 15.5m visitors in 2013, up ‘Life in Aspire’ community portal launched 7.2 percent from 2012. Tourism rev- enues hit a new high of $18.7bn, up 1.6 percent over 2012. “Singapore is a perfect destina- tion for tourists around the world. It’s rich history, multicultural and multilingual society offers tour- ists an unforgettable experience,” Ambassador Wong Kwok Pun told a press conference at Crown Plaza Hotel. Chief among Singapore’s recent attractions are its integrated resorts — Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa — which pro- vide services from accommodation Singapore Ambassodor Wong Kwok and dining to shopping and enter- Pun addressing the press conference tainment of every kind. at Crown Plaza Hotel. “Qatar is a small country but a rapidly growing visitor market for Singapore. We welcome Qatari visi- bespoke levels of service — personal Officials at the launch. tors who increasingly come to expe- butlers come standard with each rience the brilliance of our food, room — our respect for guest privacy, DOHA: Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) service by creating the ultimate family- “We also aim, through the integrated culture, arts, and world-class enter- and our focus on culinary excellence,” Chief Executive Officer, Khalid Al friendly sports and leisure destination. It action plans of these programs, to address tainment — from theme parks and said Frank Beck, General Manager, Sulaiteen, launched a community inspired also further demonstrates Aspire’s over- various challenges including seasonal tem- museums to F1 Grand Prix – but The St Regis Singapore. portal ‘Life in Aspire’ on Saturday during arching mission to create a healthy popula- perature variations, cultural and behav- also for business and school trips,” As trade between Singapore and a ceremony attended by senior AZF and tion in line with the Qatar National Vision ioural patterns that affect an active lifestyle, said Mohamed Hafez Marican, Area Qatar grows, the number of Qatari other Qatari dignitaries. 2030.” as well as the creation of a positive commu- Director for the Middle East and residents travelling to Singapore for The website located at www.lifeinaspire. “The new ‘Life in Aspire’ website fur- nity sports climate conducive to all members Africa, Singapore Tourism Board. business meetings and conferences qa was created in conjunction with the ther contributes to our mission of engaging of society,” he added. According to officials, another is increasing. ‘Life in Aspire’ initiative and will serve as Qatar’s community in healthy living through Nasser Abdullah Al Hajry, Corporate aspect of Singapore’s appeal for Asia’s top “convention city” 10 a community portal to the Aspire Zone. It sport,” he added. Communications Manager at AZF, said: Qatari residents is its reputation for years in a row, Singapore plays host comprises information about Aspire’s vari- Engineer Mohammed Abdulaziz Al Meer, “The ‘Life in Aspire’ portal is a significant luxury hospitality, with nearly every to world class platforms such as the ous activities and includes a daily guide, Acting Director General of Aspire Logistics, step towards the establishment of a healthy five-star, premium hotel brand rep- Singapore International Water Week fitness tips, a family page and a biweekly said: “AZF is making every effort to imple- community to provide Qatar’s population resented in the city. and the Singapore International newsletter. ment a range of programmes and initiatives with direct access to a comprehensive guide “We have seen a steady increase in Energy Week, which attracts huge Commenting on the importance of the to diversify its target audience and renew of Aspire’s individual and family events and the number of Qatari guests over the participation from the Middle East. initiative Al Sulaiteen said: “’Life in Aspire’ the means by which it engages with the activities.” last few years. They appreciate our THE PENINSULA highlights our commitment to community public. THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Syria accused of more chemical arms use France alleges 14 attacks since late 2013 WASHINGTON: The Syrian after Syrian President Bashar chemical agents since October 2013.” regime is believed to have used Al Assad crossed a red line While Assad has handed over chemical weapons, including by launching a sarin attack in some 92 percent of his chemical chlorine, in 14 attacks since late August near Damascus in which weapons stockpile for destruc- 2013, French Foreign Minister hundreds died. But in the end the tion, “we have lots of elements Laurent Fabius said yesterday. US leader shied away from mili- which lead us to believe that a Fabius, who is on an offi- tary action. certain number of these chemi- cial visit to Washington, also “We regret it because we think cal weapons have been hidden,” voiced France’s regrets that US it would have changed lots of Fabius said. President Barack Obama had things ... but what is done is done, The 14 reported incidents failed to unleash strikes on the and we’re not going to rewrite showed that “in recent weeks, Syrian regime as punishment history,” Fabius told a press con- new, smaller quantities of chemi- for a sarin gas attack, saying it ference in Washington. cal arms have been used, mainly could have changed things on the He alleged, however, that chlorine,” he said, adding that ground. “we have credible witnesses France was currently examining Obama had threatened strikes for the use, at least 14 uses... of the evidence. Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad wave his photos and national flags during a rally held in Mezzah UN Syria envoy Lakhdar Brahimi resigns neighbourhood in Damascus yesterday. US officials asked about effective step and it has enabled alleged attacks was now being UNITED NATIONS: Lakhdar Ban said he had accepted the “We were here to help them,” Fabius’s allegations said they us to prevent Assad from using examined by France and other Brahimi resigned as the UN resignation “with great regret” he said. “I am urging them again would have to check into the those chemical weapons to brutal- countries and the results should and Arab League mediator for and said a replacement for the to think of their own future this reports, but stressed they took ize his own people.” be known “in a few weeks.” Syria yesterday after interna- Algerian diplomat and veteran is their country, their future.” any such accusations seriously. Human Rights Watch yester- “We think there is a tactical use tional efforts to find a political peace negotiator had not yet been Brahimi was named interna- But a senior administration day said that it also had evidence by the regime of chemical arms solution to the three-year-old chosen. tional mediator of the Syria con- official hit back at Fabius’s regret Syria’s government had used chlo- in certain key areas to unblock civil war failed. Brahimi said he was “very sad flict on August 17, 2012, replacing that military strikes did not go rine gas on three towns in mid- the ones held by the opposition,” “I thought we’d be able to ... (to) leave Syria behind in such former UN secretary general Kofi ahead, pointing instead to the April in violation of the chemical a Western official said, asking not deliver, but because of divisions a bad state.” Annan, who also failed to obtain destruction of most of Assad’s weapons treaty. to be named. we have not been able to make Ban, however, praised Brahimi, a ceasefire. stockpile by a UN watchdog in The Organisation for the One problem is that chlorine any progress in the course of saying he had faced “almost The 80-year-old managed to past months. Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, has many legitimate uses, even three years,” UN Secretary impossible odds” but had “perse- get the two sides to meet face to “There is no evidence that a which is overseeing the destruc- though its use as a weapon is General Ban Ki-moon said. vered with great patience.” face for the first time early this strike would have allowed us to tion of Syria’s chemical arms banned under international con- Ban and Brahimi appeared He blamed the Syrian gov- year in Geneva, only to see the remove that amount of chemical stockpile, has sent a mission ventions. When used as a gas together to announce the resig- ernment of President Bashar Al negotiations collapse in the sec- weapons,” the official said, asking to Syria to investigate the it has proved pretty volatile, so nation, which takes effect at the Assad and the opposition for the ond round. not to be named. allegations. inspectors will have to rely on end of the month. failure. AFP “So we continue to believe Western officials said evidence witness testimony. that was the right step, it was an gathered from the sites of the AFP

Israel ex-PM Olmert gets six years for bribery Yemen raid kills five militants TEL AVIV: An Israeli court first former prime minister of served as the city’s mayor. bribes, received seven years of SANA’A: Yemen’s air force killed the raid, a Yemeni helicopter landed yesterday sentenced ex-pre- Israel looking at a prison term In 2010, Olmert was named jail time. five suspected Al Qaeda militants at the site of the blast and arrested mier Ehud Olmert to six years for corruption. the key suspect in what came In July 2012, a Jerusalem in a raid yesterday on a convoy car- a tribesman who was searching for in prison for bribery, making Following a two-year trial, to be known as the Holyland court found Olmert guilty of rying weapons and ammunition, a undamaged weapons in the rubble. him the most senior politician Olmert was convicted on March affair on suspicion he received breach of trust but cleared him local government official said. State media yesterday said Yemeni in the country’s history to face 31 of bribes to the tune of 560,000 hundreds of thousands of shek- on two more serious charges The assault comes as part of a tribesmen had freed a German whom jail for corruption. shekels (now $160,000) with the els for helping developers get the related to the alleged receipt major anti-Qaeda offensive launched they kidnapped in the capital in Tel Aviv district court judge judge also saying he had commit- project past various legal and of cash-stuffed envelopes and on April 29. January. Rudiger Schwidt, who is in David Rosen also handed Olmert ted perjury. planning obstacles. multiple billing for trips abroad. “A three-truck convoy belonging to his 60s, reportedly has lung cancer. a fine of one million shekels Rosen said the prison sentence Olmert was fifth in line to be He was fined $19,000 and Al Qaeda was targeted by the Yemeni He was seized by tribesmen ($290,000). would begin on September 1. sentenced, with three earlier given a suspended jail sentence air force in Bayhan, a road linking demanding the release of two rela- His lawyer, Eli Zohar, told The trial of Olmert and 15 defendants convicted of giv- for graft. Shabwa and Marib” provinces, the tives jailed by the Yemeni authorities. reporters outside the courtroom other defendants, which lasted ing bribes, receiving lower sen- The conviction related to official said. He was freed after President that his client would appeal. more than two years, was tences than demanded by the favours that Olmert granted a “The cargo caught fire and five Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi authorised The 68-year-old, who was linked to the construction of prosecution. former colleague while serving Al Qaeda militants were killed,” the the release of one of the two detain- convicted six weeks ago on two Jerusalem’s massive Holyland But the city’s former engi- as trade and industry minister. source said. ees, sources said. charges of taking bribes, is the residential complex when Olmert neer, who like Olmert accepted AFP Witnesses added that shortly after AFP

Hariri court Heed truce, S Sudan leaders told begins media ADDIS ABABA: Mediators that a truce has failed to stick. progress to end a conflict that has who brokered South Sudan’s Both sides have blamed each sparked warnings of famine and contempt fragile ceasefire called yesterday other for launching ground genocide. for the warring sides to abide by attacks and artillery barrages, UN refugee agency spokes- hearings the deal, with bloodshed show- with the army yesterday reporting woman Fatoumata Lejeune-Kaba ing no sign of stopping despite rebels bombarding their positions said over 1,000 refugees were THE HAGUE: A promises made on paper. at Dolieb, just south of the war- continuing to cross into Ethiopia Lebanese journalist “The parties should and must ravaged town of Malakal. every day, many arriving after days pleaded not guilty yes- negotiate, and bring the fighting to “It is another serious violation of of trekking “famished, exhausted terday to charges of an end,” said Seyoum Mesfin, head the agreement,” army spokesman and malnourished”. contempt for publishing mediator from the East African Philip Aguer told AFP, insisting Pagan Amum, former secretary witness details at a tribu- regional bloc IGAD. government troops were “holding general of the ruling party, who nal set up to try the kill- Fighting broke out soon after positions but not returning fire.” was arrested and put on trial for ers of slain former prime dawn on Sunday, a day after “All... must play their role treason before being released as minister Rafiq Hariri. the ceasefire was signed by and achieve a political solution,” part of a peace gesture by Kiir, “Our only crime is that President Salva Kiir and rebel Seyoum told reporters in the called on both sides to abide by we respected the highest chief Riek Machar, the second Ethiopian capital, where dragging the deal. standards of our profession time in the five-month conflict peace talks have made little if any AFP and we highlighted some of the misconducts of this court,” Karma Al Khayat, deputy editor in chief of Hagel in Saudi Arabia Al Jadeed TV, told an ini- tial hearing at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Netherlands. Khayat and the station’s parent company New TV S.A.L. have been charged with two counts of con- tempt and obstruction of justice for publishing details of alleged witnesses in the trial of five members of Hezbollah for Hariri’s 2005 slaying. The pro-Hezbollah Al Akhbar newspaper and its editor in chief Ibrahim Mohamed Al Amin have been charged with one count of contempt and obstruction of justice. They are accused of “knowingly and wil- fully interfering with the administration of jus- US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel is welcomed by Saudi Deputy Defence Minister Salman bin Sultan on tice by broadcasting and/ his arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah yesterday. Hagel is on a regional tour focusing on or publishing information Iran’s nuclear programme and Syria’s civil war. He will hold talks with Saudi officials and meet Gulf Cooperation on purported confidential Council defence ministers today in the first US-GCC meeting of its kind since 2008. witnesses”. AFP WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

ESTABLISHED IN 1996

CHAIRMAN SHEIKH THANI BIN ABDULLAH AL THANI

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF KHALID AL SAYED [email protected]

ACTING MANAGING EDITOR HUSSAIN AHMAD [email protected]

EDITORIAL TEL: 44557741 / 44557743 FAX: 44557746 / 44557758 P. O. BOX: 3488, DOHA, QATAR E-MAIL: [email protected]

ADVERTISING: TEL: 44557837 / 780 FAX: 44557870 CLASSIFIED: 44557857 E-MAIL: [email protected]

SUBSCRIPTION / HOME DELIVERY TEL: 44557809 /839 FAX: 44557819 E-MAIL: [email protected] SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ANNUAL QR 675 6 MONTHS QR 340 Editorial

Torture facts Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

LOBAL human rights NGO Amnesty International has come out with startling facts on torture. In a report published yesterday, Amnesty said that torture is Grampant around the world thirty years after the 1984 UN Convention against Torture. With global conflicts rising and Nigeria’s oil has pros and cons civil war-like situations in many parts of the world, torture has been used as a dark instrument of oppression with impunity by BY JONATHAN POWER national income. Telecoms which were all sides. Torture involves subjecting human beings to painful before estimated at 0.8 percent are now experiences — physical and mental— that lead to inflicting IL provides 70 percent of reckoned to be 6 percent. The film indus- booming Nigeria’s govern- try, Nollywood, an equally fast growing extremely agonising bodily discomforts. Inflicting pain with the If the country is incapable intention of extracting information from detainees has been ment revenues and without sector, is 1.4 percent. Manufacturing has that, since tax collection is so also increased. the most popular form of torture from historical times. During O of helping the poor with poor, Nigeria would be a country with- Despite the many articles about the Medieval ages, it was believed that torturing those suspected of out much in the way of education, health northern Muslim half of the coun- sufficient facilities it should wrongdoing or crime was legitimate and most regimes allowed facilities, infrastructure building and try being so poor, in reality it varies consider deploying cash its unrestricted use. Flogging and other forms of beating were urban renewal. sharply from northern state to state, common, it being believed that one would only admit to guilt People talk suggestively about a cor- being particularly bad in the north east payments. These should be rupt elite creaming off oil money. where Boko Haram mainly operates. when threatened by torture. Although true, it is only the cream. In contrast, Kano, the north’s capital, sent regularly by phone, as It is not that torture has come down drastically across the The milk itself goes to the state, hence has an economy that rivals the whole of is now possible thanks to world. The awareness that any form of the practice is illegal the government’s preoccupation with oil Ghana, one of Africa’s more prosperous has grown and global rights organisations have contributed theft which is now on an enormous scale, countries. Kenya’s pioneering work. significantly to the rising opposition to torture. Except for a few organised by corrupt businessmen, offi- The earlier statistics underestimated (Africa as a whole has affluent countries, which have very high development indices, cials and politicians. (Before that it was the size of the country’s opportunity the insurgency in the Niger delta where and potential. The new ones lower 800 million mobile phone most nations’ security forces are known to torture people in youthful, well-armed, guerrillas sabo- Nigeria’s already healthy debt-to-GDP custody, either to extract confessions or because they think the taged the pipelines for well over a dec- ratio. It will now, if it wants, be able to subscriptions and in Nigeria practice is legitimate. Custodial deaths are often the result of ade until a peace agreement (a buy out) borrow more and grow faster. Foreign there will be soon almost brutal beatings. was negotiated by the underestimated investment increasing fast will increase universal ownership.) The use Till a few years ago, it was believed president, Umar Yar A’dua, President faster. that criminals, who often come Goodluck Still if oil does provide the bulk of the Mexico, Brazil and now of torture Jonathan’s pred- government’s revenues it is fair to ask from rough and socially deprived ecessor who died where does the money go? Yes, one can India are doing this. remains backgrounds, would only yield to bodily on the job.) see the tarred roads and new bridges, pain or the threat of it. In fact, it is not Despite the many The proportion the new railway line from Lagos on the rampant uncommon to hear of rape and sexual articles about the of the economy coast to Kano, a more efficient airport the poor with sufficient facilities it should assault as a potent form of torture. that oil makes up at Lagos, a relatively new airport at the consider deploying cash payments. These despite public northern Muslim is now found to be capital, Abuja. Light railways are link- should be sent regularly by phone, as is In the aftermath of the September opinion half of the country much less than ing the commuter towns with the city now possible thanks to Kenya’s pioneer- 11 attacks, torture in custody acquired thought. Nigeria of Abuja. But 50km from Abuja one can ing work. (Africa as a whole has 800 mil- growing a new dimension. Khalid Sheikh being so poor, in has just revised its find villages close to the main road with lion mobile phone subscriptions and in against the Mohamed, who masterminded the plot reality it varies national income health centres stocking hardly any drugs Nigeria there will be soon almost univer- to bring down important US buildings sharply from figures. (The and ramshackle schools, and the road sal ownership.) Mexico, Brazil and now practice. by crashing commercial planes into International itself scarred with pot holes. India are doing this. northern state Monetary Fund Electricity consumption is well below Receiving real cash directly to their them, was subjected to waterboarding, supports this.) It the African average. Income distribu- phone, families can pay for private which is considered simulated drowning. to state, being has handsomely tion is worsening. In the insurgency-torn schools and health clinics which would The debate whether the practice is torture informed US public particularly bad overtaken South north east the poverty rate is 60 percent shoot out of the ground — as they have debate for years. He was said to have been waterboarded more in the north east Africa to become in comparison to Lagos’s 30 percent and already in many urban areas, even in the than 200 times. The George Bush administration justified the the continent’s Calabar’s mere 10 percent. (The latter relatively poor parts. use of waterboarding on Mohamed by saying that the militant where Boko Haram largest economy. is an exceptionally well-run city by any Families would be able to afford to buy The economy of standard and those who worry about the drugs, fertilisers and motorbikes (useful confessed only because of the use of the technique on him. mainly operates. Lagos is one and havoc wreaked by Boko Haram should for transporting goods to market). Torture, which makes use of pain, has no place in civilised a half times the pay it a visit to see the other side of life in Cash payments avoid an inefficient, society. Whether it is Somalia or the United States, the end whole of Kenya’s. Nigeria has become Nigeria.) The north east’s unemployment lazy and sometimes corrupt bureauc- doesn’t justify the means as far as torture is concerned. Rogue the 16th largest economy in the world. rate is a quarter of the total workforce. racy, as well as all the middlemen. Oil regimes like North Korea have been known to make extensive Some say within ten years it could be Agriculture does not get the atten- money would go where it is meant to go. in the top five. However, the statistical tion it deserves — the number of exten- And if money reaches the homes of the use of torture to suppress dissent and it has been used by revision shows that the share of the oil sion, advisory, agents is miserably low northeast, Boko Haram would garner military dictatorships to keep their rein of terror alive. Torture and gas industry in the economy is not and few are women, even though much less support. can be controlled by allowing for more political freedoms and 32 percent but 14 percent. Nigeria has of farming is done by women. The elite Oil, if less important than it was, is fostering democracy, which allows for checks and balances in the diversified much more than was ever holds champagne-gorging weddings (I’ve still the black gold of the country and if exercise of power. Extensive police reforms and sensitizing troops guessed at. been to one) while many people eke out used well could transform the territory about human rights can go a long way in fighting the scourge of Today, services are the main engine a harsh existence. Boko Haram thrives in. of the economy — contributing half of If the country is incapable of helping THE PENINSULA torture. The other side Quote of Revisiting Benghazi the day HE SPOTLIGHT is back on is why Democratic leader in the House obstacles so that the Democrats must Sub-Saharan Africa, others believe Benghazi. The US House of Nancy Pelosi struggles to find a rationale find themselves mired in providing that it was a backlash to the contro- Representatives is involved in a behind the decision, and has termed it explanations. These instances are in versial film on Islam that was in debate Tdebate whether to re-probe into as a political stunt. The Democrats are addition to the dragging of foot on the those days. But whatever may be the The negotiations the attack on its mission in Libya, which also considering whether to be part of executive order meant to shut down case, the legislators seem to be in a resulted in the killing of ambassador the committee or boycott it outrightly. the Guantanamo Bay in the backwaters mood to prove that the administration with the and four other diplomats in 2012. The This inquisitive move on Benghazi of the United States, which is widely was in knowledge of the attack — and point is a thorough probe had already from the Republicans has come close considered as a blot on American con- looked the other way for reasons of Palestinians, led by taken place and this time around the on the heels of a similar assertive- science. It remains to be seen what is exigency. It is a similar theory as if the Republicans insistence on constituting ness on the part of John Boehner, the the intention of the House members Republicans under president George (US) Secretary (of a new high-powered committee seems House Speaker, who after winding up as they revisit the Benghazi episode. Bush were aware of a plot to bomb New State John) Kerry, to be more to do with politics than to his recent visit to Afghanistan remarked As far as contention is concerned the York on September 11! Keeping aside unravel the mystery behind the terrorist that the White House should not follow Republicans want to establish that the conspiracy theories, the members will are currently act. The upcoming November elections the calendar in exigency while pulling Obama administration misled the pub- be well justified to take a holistic look could be at the back of mind of Tea out troops by year-end from the war- lic on the nature of the attack. While at the upcoming challenges rather then paused but they Party and conservative members as weary country. This is like re-writing for- few call it a terrorist activity led by Al browbeating into the past. are not finished. Shimon Peres they resolve to dig into the tragedy. That eign policy or at least creating enough Qaeda and its associated groups in Khaleej Times Israeli President WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Ukraine faces an eastern counter-revolution

Ukrainian commentator sympathetic to Moscow’s reaction the rioters, wrote on Facebook. “They finally get it that there is no tells Ukrainians it’s Ukrainian power in the region, and there is no turning back.” The referendums were not real, but the time to stop fighting anger and the chaos are. “The unbalanced poor regions have exhibited such a level of a phantom war with malice and aggression that the uncalled- for thought nags: ‘Maybe we should forget about them,’” Kiev political commentator Putin. Leonid Shvets wrote on Kontrakty.ua. “Even if everything stops tomorrow BY LEONID BERSHIDSKY and the militants hand in their weap- ons, a cure will take years, and it’s not he ridiculous “referendums” clear what therapy should look like and held on Sunday in two regions how much it might cost. But it won’t stop of eastern Ukraine are evi- tomorrow and I wouldn’t bet on the day dence that Russia’s Crimean after, either.” land grab was probably a It’s not the referendums or the Russian Tone-off event. Even Russian President military threat that Ukraine, and its Vladimir Putin, with his well-known abil- Western neighbours, should worry about ity to stretch and twist facts, couldn’t now. bring himself to recognise the results of Moscow sympathises with the rebel- the preposterous votes. Moscow’s tepid lion, but deposed president Viktor reaction tells Ukrainians it’s time to stop Yanukovych’s friends need it much more fighting a phantom war with Putin and than Putin needs another headache. In start the healing process if they want to an interview with Russia’s state-owned keep their country together. Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Pavel Gubarev, The secession referendums were held one of the rebels’ leaders, unexpectedly in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, accused many of his comrades-in-arms with a total population of 6.5 million, 14 of taking money from Rinat Akhmetov, percent of Ukraine. The organisers, the Ukraine’s richest man and a long-time self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk Armed pro-Russian protesters guard a barricade in Lugansk, Ukraine, yesterday. Separatist leaders said that the dual vote in the eastern Yanukovych ally. “people’s republics,” were unable to make regions of Donetsk and Lugansk on Sunday received support exceeding 90 percent. Politicians from Yanukovych’s Regions the balloting look even remotely legiti- Party have recently stepped up calls for mate. Polling stations were few and far The secessionists, however, solemnly how an honest vote would have gone. So ways with Ukraine. “It’s just a declara- the withdrawal of Kiev’s troops from between (Mariupol, population 460,000, reported that they had counted all the Russia, while not hiding the fact that it’s tion of our legal rights,” Lyagin said. “We eastern Ukraine. The losers of last win- had only four), causing long lines of reti- ballots, that turnout was 70 percent to rooting for the Russian-speaking separa- want to be heard.” ter’s revolution are hoping to turn the rees who, since Soviet times, turn out in 75 percent and that almost 90 percent tists, could only produce the vaguest of So far, while Kiev is hearing the noises east into a successful version of the force for every election. Ukrainian troops backed the regions’ self-determination. official reactions. “Moscow respects the from the rebellious regions, it isn’t really Vendee, the province that rose up against conducting an “anti-terrorist operation” The so-called results were lower than expression of will by the population of listening. “The farce that terrorists and the Great Revolution in France in 1793. in the regions were always getting in the those in the March 16 referendum in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions,” the separatists are calling a referendum is Kiev needs to concentrate on coun- way. which Crimea voted to join Russia: 83 Kremlin statement read, “and has the nothing but propaganda cover for mur- teracting that. A cynical deal with the Without access to electoral rolls, some percent turnout and a 97 percent “yes” understanding that the practical reali- der, kidnapping, violence and other Akhmetov-Yanukovych bunch could stations simply wrote down voters’ names vote. Putin took a gamble on that other sation of the referendums’ outcomes felonies,” acting President Oleksand at least stop the bloodshed and let the by hand. Nothing was easier than to vote electoral farce, organised in haste and, will follow a civilised path, without any Turchynov said. wounds start healing. at several stations or pick up ballots for again, without current rolls, because recurrence of violence, through dialogue The creaky “anti-terrorist operation” On the other hand, it would water imaginary relatives. A reporter for the Russia was genuinely popular in Crimea. between the representatives of Kiev, continues. In the Donetsk region alone, down the revolutionary ideals, and the local website Novosti Donbassa did just A fact-finding mission of the Kremlin’s Donetsk and Lugansk.” the local health department reports that interim government’s hesitation to buy that, voting “no” to secession four times own Human Rights and Civil Society The votes’ organisers had probably 49 people have died since the clashes and peace before the May 25 presidential and picking up two more ballots for his Council estimated the real turnout at 30 been warned that Putin wouldn’t rush riots started in March. election is understandable. nonexistent wife. percent to 50 percent and the “yes” vote in on a white charger to welcome them By milling senselessly about, sometimes After the vote, the deal will still be “I could make a thousand or even at 50 percent to 60 percent. The report to Russia. They had started backpedaling shooting a rebel or two, the Ukrainian the most effective solution, but it will fall 10,000 photocopies of them and open up was promptly removed from the council’s even before the vote took place. Roman military is further alienating locals who to an elected president to make it - or my own polling station,” the reporter, website, but, in a real vote, the numbers Lyagin, who heads the rebels’ electoral lynched the police chief in Mariupol after to continue insisting on the use of force Ignat Svyachishin, wrote. “I could let all in it would have still handed Russia a commission in Donetsk, had warned that he called in the national guard. with the potential for more bloodshed comers vote. I wouldn’t even ask for their victory. In Donetsk and Lugansk, there a vote for the secession would not mean “I am watching how fast people’s and longer-lasting anger. ID -- who needs it?” was no chance of even a rough estimate of that the regions would immediately part mood is changing,” Oleksiy Bluminov, a WP-BLOOMBERG Nigeria is defending our girls and women Truth about torture is in our own morally bankrupt stance

Boko Haram BY ANDREW BROWN must not be mnesty International has polled the British people and discovered that nearly a third of us think torture can sometimes be justified. allowed to undo Across the world, the figure is generally higher – except in a couple Aof countries, most notably Spain and Argentina, which have within living memory passed from being military dictatorships which used torture our work. routinely to democracies which don’t. Yet there are also large majorities in almost all countries polled for bans on torture. It seems that it is one of those crimes which we believe should only BY NGOZI OKONJO- be committed when we are certain to profit from it; that we believe works IWEALA but should only be resorted to when all other means have failed. So it is worth examining why and when it works. he plight of more than Torture seeks to make people do what they would rather not – we all know 200 girls abducted by that, from the playground onwards. If what someone wants to do is to keep Islamist extremists a secret, torture may make them spill it. Tfrom their school in But one morally salient thing about torture when it is used as a matter Chibok has come to symbolise of routine policy, is that it is much more effective at concealing information the struggle our country is wag- than it is at extracting it: there are innumerable examples of torture used by ing against dark forces opposed occupying armies as an instrument of policy, and the important thing to note to the education and empow- is that it seldom works as a way to gain information; it is more successful when erment of girls and women in used as a way to keep information private by threatening anyone who talks. northern Nigeria. Take, for example, the British war with the IRA. Both sides used torture, As a mother of four children, at least intermittently. But while the security forces were trying to get people including a daughter, I cannot to talk, the IRA were most often trying to prevent their victims from talking. imagine the agony the parents Torturing children works, but it does so in ways that only a sociopath will of these children must be expe- admit to, even to themselves. That is why it is necessary to hide the brutal riencing. We understand, how- FROM LEFT: French actresses Elsa Zylberstein, Saida Jawad, former French first lady Valerie Trierweiler and squalid reality with a cloak of moralising disgust about informers. ever, the anger and sadness that and former French Junior Minister in charge of Expatriates and Francophone issues Yamina Benguigui take There have been, and of course there still are, whole regimes which are is shared by Nigerians at home part in a demonstration for the release of the Nigerian schoolgirls yesterday on the Trocadero plaza in Paris. propped up by systematic torture. and abroad. President Goodluck But here, too, it works not so much by getting people to talk as by fright- Ebele Jonathan has promised ening them into silence. Even when torture is used against torturers, it does that the Nigerian security increasingly represented in leg- a conditional cash transfer intend to scale these up in the not produce the truth. services will work tirelessly to islative and executive leadership scheme to poor households that coming years, and are working Consider the evidence against the Old Bolsheviks whom Stalin had mur- bring back the girls. We appre- positions. is linked to girls’ enrolment in with the World Bank and other dered after the show trials of the 1930s. None of those men were innocent; ciate the assistance of the US, Moreover, the Nigerian gov- school; this is now up by 40 developing countries to share all had approved the terror when it was their enemies being terrorised, and the UK and now China; and we ernment has concrete evidence percent. A special development our experiences. some, like Nikolai Yezhov, the discarded head of the NKVD, were monsters need the support of the rest of of its fight to develop the coun- programme for north-eastern The abduction of the Chibok responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. the international community in try, to battle corruption, and to Nigeria is being developed. schoolgirls will not deter So it is an extraordinary achievement of Stalin’s regime to have them shot this effort. Working with it, we improve the country’s human The government has gone Nigeria’s efforts to support the for some of the very few crimes of which they were almost certainly innocent. will not relent until our children development indicators. While further, introducing gender- education and livelihoods of its Almost all of them confessed that they had been working, for decades, for have returned to their families. it is true that corruption and sensitive budgeting. In agricul- girls and women. So, in addition British intelligence; many confessed that they had been involved in plots to We are fighting Boko Haram weak governance remain seri- ture, we have enrolled 3 million to our efforts to bring back our assassinate Comrade Stalin (on British orders, of course). because we will not let any ter- ous problems, we must not over- women into an e-wallet pro- girls, we are now launching the In fact, it emerged during the course of the purges that every single mem- rorist group undo the progress look the efforts to tackle these gramme, providing them with Safe Schools Initiative, to pro- ber of the party’s central committee in 1929 except Stalin had been taking we are trying to make in ensur- challenges, nor discourage those mobile phones so that they can vide security so that parents and their directions from British or Polish intelligence, from Trotsky, or from ing new rights and opportuni- attempting to do this difficult receive subsidised seeds, fertilis- pupils are reassured about our some combination of these – except the ones lucky enough to die before the ties for girls across our country. work. ers and pesticides. determination to protect them. trials started. Educating our young girls The Nigerian government has In public works, the govern- We will do everything in our This story ought to give pause to anyone who wants to believe the testimony is the foundation for Nigeria’s been focused on the challenge ment is developing women’s power to bring back our girls, the Bush government released after torturing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. growth and development. That of inequality and exclusion. groups across the country as and we will never be complacent The evidence that he tried to blow up the Empire State Building, Heathrow is why the abduction of our We have begun programmes maintenance clubs to repair when it comes to girls’ rights. airport, Canary Wharf, Big Ben and the Panama canal is exactly as good as daughters and the attempt to to introduce social protection local roads. Women are also We will not relax our efforts the evidence that Yezhov and Beria, successive heads of the KGB, had plotted truncate their education is so schemes, especially in economi- being given opportunities as until every one of the 10.5 mil- to assassinate Stalin on the orders of British intelligence. unacceptable. Women account cally deprived northern parts of subcontractors on public-works lion girls and boys who are today Torture is ultimately nothing to do with the truth. It works wonderfully for about 70 percent of Africa’s the country. projects. denied education in Nigeria are well to compel people to turn from the truth. food production, and manage In Kano, working with the UK Finally, the ministry of health given a chance to go to school More often it is a means of forcing people to lie to us under circumstances a large proportion of small Department for International is supporting medical pro- in safety. that compel us to believe them, because otherwise we would have to face enterprises. They are also Development, we have piloted grammes for young women. We THE GUARDIAN the truth about ourselves. THE GUARDIAN WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Iran warns of Kidnapped Jordanian ambassador freed AMMAN: Jordan’s ambas- sador to Libya was freed and flown home yesterday, a month after being kidnapped, in an hard work in exchange for a Libyan jihad- ist jailed in Jordan for plotting bomb attacks. A Jordanian minister said that ambassador Fawaz Aitan nuclear talks had been released, and that the jihadist would serve out the rest of his life prison sentence in his Six world powers begin talks today homeland under an extradition agreement ratified on Thursday. VIENNA: Iran’s foreign min- see if a text can be drafted. And But the brother of jihadist ister warned yesterday that a that is something that presents Mohammad Saeed Al Darsi said “lot of effort” was still needed obviously challenges,” Carney told that he was free and with his fam- as he joined negotiators from six reporters. ily following his return to Tripoli. world powers in Vienna to begin “We hope the leadership in A plane carrying the freed drafting a potentially historic Tehran has given the entire delega- ambassador arrived at Marka nuclear deal. tion ... instructions making it pos- military airport in Amman, and “Preparing the draft agree- sible to move forward,” Moscow’s was greeted by relatives and ment is a task that requires a negotiator Sergei Ryabkov told the officials led by Prince Faisal bin lot of effort,” Mohammad Javad Voice of Russia. Hussein, the brother of King Zarif said after touching down in The parties aim to build on an Abdullah II. the Austrian capital where talks interim deal struck in Geneva in “They (the kidnappers) treated resume in earnest today. November under which Iran froze me in a civilised and humane “If there are differences of opin- certain activities for six months in manner,” Aitan told reporters, ion, which definitely exist, we will return for minor sanctions relief. looking healthy but tired. spend time to resolve them,” he The six months end on July 20. Masked gunmen kidnapped Jordan’s Ambassador to Libya, Fawwaz Aitan, addresses journalists in Amman following his release yesterday. said, according to Iranian media. Turning the Geneva deal into the ambassador in mid-April as The five permanent members something permanent is a tall he was being driven to work in of the UN Security Council plus order, however, particularly with Tripoli. They shot his car and Aitan said his abduc- in Libyan jails,” said Kalaldah. in the east, the brother said. Germany want Iran to reduce the hardliners in the United States, wounded his driver. tors were relatives of Darsi. Libya’s foreign ministry con- Jordanian Foreign Minister scope of its nuclear programme to Iran and Israel watching closely. There was no claim of respon- The envoy was handed over firmed Darsi’s release, but the jus- Nasser Judeh told an Amman make it practically impossible for “Discussions on enrichment sibility, but Libyan sources said to the Jordanian authorities in tice ministry declined to comment press conference: “We lived a Iran to make a nuclear weapon are and will be difficult,” French the abductors had demanded the Libya at 0300 GMT, Jordanian on the terms of his handover by nightmare for four weeks but undetected. Foreign Minister Laurent release of Darsi, a Libyan con- Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jordan. thank God, the ambassador has In return the Islamic republic, Fabius told an American Jewish victed of terrorism offences in Khaled Al Kalaldah said. Ahmad Darsi said that his returned to his family... and his which denies wanting the bomb lobby group, AJC Global Jewish Jordan in 2007 and sentenced to “Last week Darsi was brother was “free” to move about loved ones”. and says its aims are purely peace- Advocacy, on Monday. life imprisonment. handed over to Libyan authori- as he wished. He said that the kidnappers ful, wants all UN and Western Other hurdles include Iran’s He was found guilty of possess- ties in line with the (extradi- “He arrived safely in Tripoli. were “related to the Libyan pris- sanctions lifted. development of ballistic missiles ing explosives and plotting to bomb tion) agreement so that he will He is with his own people. He oner, Darsi”. A senior US official yesterday and long-standing questions from Amman’s international airport. spend the rest of his sentence is due to return to Benghazi,” AFP cautioned against excessive opti- the IAEA about “possible military mism regarding six world powers’ dimensions” to Iran’s nuclear work nuclear talks with Iran, but added in the past. that it was possible to overcome A meeting on Monday between disputes and reach a deal by their the IAEA and Iran on this made self-imposed July 20 deadline. little headway, with the atomic Rush hour bombings in Baghdad claim 25 lives “There are some very signifi- watchdog saying that while Iran cant gaps,” the official said on con- has taken “several actions” in BAGHDAD: Rush hour bombs above several areas of the capital, in the shop when a huge explo- rocket attack just north of the dition of anonymity. However, “we other areas “work continues”. mostly targeting Shia areas of and journalists reported several sion went off. He fell down, and capital, while two others died in can get to a resolution I believe.” Some progress was made last Baghdad killed 25 people yes- shopfronts badly damaged and smoke was everywhere. Many a car bomb in the town of Balad If the negotiators can manage to year when Iran promised to clarify terday in the first major wave nearby cars reduced to mangled people were crying, and others and a police officer was killed in get a deal, this could finally resolve its need for Exploding Bridge Wire of attacks in the capital since a wrecks of metal. were running away.” the main northern city of Mosul. a stand-off that has been simmer- detonators, which could theoreti- general election last month. At least 80 people Two car bombs also exploded The attacks came as Shias ing and threatening to escalate cally be used in a bomb but which The apparently coordinated were wounded, overall. near a traffic police headquarters marked the birthday of Imam Ali, into conflict for the past decade. also have other applications. blasts struck as Iraq’s Shia major- In Karrada, where three people in the eastern Baladiyat neigh- the cousin and son-in-law of the “If the odds of the talks collaps- According to diplomats in ity marked the birth of a vener- died, the owner of a garage said bourhood, and blasts also hit Sadr Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and ing are high, the stakes of failure Vienna, Iran has yet to convince ated figure in their faith, and the blast was caused by a militant City, Urr, Jamila, and Maamal, all a key figure in Shia Islam. are higher,” Ali Vaez, Iran analyst the IAEA on the detonators issue came as officials tallied votes posing as a customer who left his of which are Shia-majority. Interior ministry spokesman at the International Crisis Group, — which is only the first step — from the April 30 election amid car, asking for the brakes to be Another vehicle rigged with Brigadier General Saad Maan, said. “Time is of the essence.” ahead of tomorrows deadline. a protracted surge in bloodshed fixed. explosives was detonated in the who has criticised the media in Three previous rounds this year “If things were on track, the that has killed more than 3,300 “He said he would leave the car mostly-Sunni area of Arab Jubour, the past for exaggerating the level served to “review all of the issues agency and Iran would have people this year. and go looking for spare parts, killing three, while a roadside of unrest, played down the city- and to understand each other’s agreed, or would be on the cusp of At least nine car bombs went and then he left,” said the man bomb went off near a police patrol wide violence, saying in a state- positions,” White House spokes- agreeing, the next round of meas- off through the morning, when who identified himself as Abu in southeast Baghdad, killing one. ment that only one civilian had man Jay Carney said on Monday. ures,” one Vienna diplomat said. traffic jams the streets. Nuri. Elsewhere, two people, includ- been confirmed wounded. “And the next step is to begin to AFP Smoke could be seen rising “Only one of my employees was ing a young boy, were killed in a AFP

Coal mine fire Turkey PM rebuffs criticism over press freedom kills 17 in Turkey, ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime freer than Turkey. I can’t imagine heard pressuring media bosses to Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan what would happen to the journal- fire dissenting journalists, inter- hundreds trapped yesterday rejected growing crit- Turkey won’t pay Cyprus damages ists and the newspapers of those fering in media coverage and icism that his government was ISTANBUL: Turkey yesterday said it will defy a European countries. erupting in anger over newspa- ISTANBUL: A fire in a coal muzzling the press, saying many court order to pay €90m in compensation to Greek Cypriots over “We will not bow to these mon- per headlines critical of him or mine in Turkey’s western prov- Western countries had worse its 1974 invasion of the island. uments of arrogance.” his government. ince of Manisa killed 17 min- records on media freedom. The European Court of Human Rights ordered Turkey to pay the Erdogan cited violations of In response, he launched a wide- ers yesterday, a local lawmaker Erdogan’s speech to parliament damages this week, 13 years after finding it guilty of “massive and press freedom in the United ranging crackdown on the Internet said, and rescue workers said as followed a report by the US-based continuous” rights violations against Greek Cypriots on the island. States, Israel and Germany, saying that saw Twitter banned for two many as 200 more may still be watchdog Freedom House earlier But Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said his country Turkey had a better record than weeks. A similar ban on YouTube trapped. this month, which downgraded would not be bound by the ruling. any of them. imposed in March remains in “The latest death toll is 17,” an Turkey’s status from “partly free” “Considering the grounds of this ruling, its method, and the fact The Turkish premier has come place despite several court orders official said. to “not free” and said the country that it is a country that Turkey does not recognise, we do do not under mounting pressure since calling for it to be lifted. Turkey’s Disaster and had seen the biggest decline in find it necessary to make this payment,” he said. audio recordings spread across The Freedom House report said Emergency Management press freedom in Europe. AFP social media that appeared to put 44 journalists were behind bars Presidency said 11 injured min- “Those who say that there him at the heart of a major cor- in Turkey, but Erdogan claimed ers had been recovered from the is no press freedom in Turkey ruption scandal that erupted in there were only 18 imprisoned mine in Soma, around 120 km should take a look at the head- government,” he told parliament. they call it democracy,” he said. mid-December, implicating key journalists, all convicted of crimi- northeast of the Aegean coastal lines of the daily newspapers in “When you criticise these “Let’s see what happens when government allies. nal offences and not because they city of Izmir. Turkey. A significant number of immoral headlines, they call you one of these headlines is pub- In some of the leaked audio are journalists. “They are pumping oxygen them systematically insult the a dictator. But in other countries, lished in the countries deemed recordings, Erdogan is allegedly AFP into the mine, but the fire is still burning. They say it is an elec- trical fault but it could be that coal is burning as well,” Tamer Kucukgencay, chairman of the regional labour union, said by Peace talks with Palestinians unlikely to resume: Lieberman telephone. Energy Minister Taner Yildiz JERUSALEM: Israel’s He accused Palestinian presi- Israel said it would introduce confirmed that a fire had been Foreign Minister Avigdor dent Mahmud Abbas of having measures in response to the triggered by an electrical fault Lieberman yesterday said “no interest to reach a deal with moves, but took no major action. and that workers had been killed, the impasse in peace talks Israel, no matter what Israel But Lieberman again warned but declined to say how many. with the Palestinians was offers him,” noting past proposals yesterday of Israeli retribution. The blast happened during a likely to continue, two weeks of Israeli land concessions Abbas “Israel has yet to use the change in shifts, leading to uncer- after US-backed negotiations had turned down. resources at its disposal to deal tainty over the exact number of collapsed. Abbas and Kerry are to meet with the unilateral measures the workers still in the mine, labour US Secretary of State John in London tomorrow for the first Palestinians have taken,” he said. union officials said. Kerry dragged the Israelis and time since the talks collapsed. The minister further said the Nurettin Akcul, national head Palestinians back to the nego- Both sides broke the terms of Palestinians were hesitant to of the Turkish Mineworkers’ tiating table last July, ending a the July deal, with Israel stall- apply to more UN institutions, Union, told CNN Turk television three-year hiatus in talks. ing the release of a last group despite the probability they that an unknown number were But those efforts derailed with of Palestinian prisoners, and would be accepted, “due to the still trapped after the blast, which Palestinian and Israeli leaders the Palestinians then seeking fear the Americans would stop he said happened around 2 km exchanging recriminations and to adhere to 15 UN conventions. giving them money.” below ground. reneging on commitments made Days later, Israel suspended its He reiterated the Israeli Mehmet Bahattin Atci, mayor during nine months of talks. participation in the negotiations stance of no negotiations with the of Soma, a district in Manisa, said “As of now, the impasse in nego- after Abbas unveiled plans to set Palestinian unity government, “so 200-300 workers were still inside Palestinians hold their flags during a rally marking the “Nakba”, in Gaza tiations with the Palestinians is up a Palestinian unity govern- long Hamas does not accept the following the explosion. The head city yesterday. Nakba in Arabic means “catastrophe”, in reference to the expected to continue,” Lieberman ment with Hamas, the Islamist Quartet conditions” of recognis- of the local fire service also told displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians during the 1948 told parliament’s foreign and group that runs the Gaza Strip ing Israel, rejecting violence and Turkish television that around war over Israel’s creation. defence committee in remarks and is committed to Israel’s abiding by existing agreements. 300 workers were still trapped. relayed by a spokesman. destruction. AFP REUTERS WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

US ‘manned EU sanctions missions’ to seek abducted will hit peace Nigeria girls LAGOS: Manned US aircraft were in the skies above Nigeria yesterday in the hunt for more push: Russia than 200 missing schoolgirls, almost a month after they were kidnapped by Islamist militants. The United States said manned Ukraine PM threatens court action ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) aircraft were MOSCOW: Russia said yes- “exhausted, trite approach ... that being flown and it had also shared terday new European Union will not only not resolve but will commercial satellite imagery as sanctions will hinder efforts deepen differences, hindering the part of the rescue effort. to defuse the crisis in Ukraine joint search for a way out of the Boko Haram militants abducted and urged the West to persuade real crisis situation in Ukraine,” 276 girls from the remote north- Kiev to hold discussions on the Foreign Ministry said. eastern town of Chibok in Borno the country’s future structure Meanwhile, Ukraine Prime state on April 14. Some 223 are before a May 25 presidential Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said still missing and on Monday the election. yesterday his government would militants released a new video The results of self-rule refer- take Russia to court unless it purporting to show some of them. endums in the mainly Russian- agreed to a gas supply contract With electricity supply inter- speaking eastern regions of based on market prices. mittent in Chibok, efforts were Donetsk and Luhansk “should As tensions mount with Russia underway for the missing girls’ be a clear signal to Kiev of the over its supply of gas to and parents to identify their daugh- depth of the crisis” in Ukraine, through Ukraine onto Europe, ters in the video, in which Boko the Russian Foreign Ministry said Yatsenyuk said Kiev wanted US President Barack Obama leaves after speaking to law enforcement officials in the Eisenhower Executive Office Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in a statement. Moscow to settle their differences Building in Washington, DC, yesterday. claimed they had converted to The Kremlin has stopped short by basing the contract on “market Islam. of endorsing independence for the conditions.” The co-ordinator of the Bring regions or their absorption into “If Russia rejects this, then we Obama warns of narrow window Back Our Girls campaign, which Russia but has said the referen- (will) bring Russia to court in has helped drive international dums underscore the need for Stockholm,” the Swedish capital pressure for action through social talks between the pro-Western where Russian gas giant Gazprom media and global street protests, government and separatists from has taken Ukraine to the inter- for bill on immigration reforms said three parents had seen their the east. national arbitration court in daughters on screen. “Moscow hopes ... the EU and previous disputes. “If I am not WASHINGTON: President But the bill has ground to a will deliver its own product. “Three parents have identified United States will use their influ- mistaken, they have 20 days left. Barack Obama warned yes- halt in the Republican House, His spokesman, Michael Steel their daughters in the video,” ence on the current leadership in This is the final call to Russia to terday a narrow two to three with conservatives arguing that said Tuesday that it would be Hadiza Bala Usman told AFP Kiev so that issues of state struc- sit at the negotiating table and month window remained to they cannot trust Obama to “impossible to make progress from the Nigerian capital Abuja. ture and respect for the rights of find the solution,” he said. pass immigration reform before enforce laws on border enforce- until the American people - and “(Borno) Governor (Kashim) regions are discussed soon - in any Flanked by European mid-term elections, seeking to ment to crack down on illegal their elected representatives— Shettima has now organised a case before the election scheduled Commission head Jose Manuel keep alive perhaps his last hope immigration. have faith that the President screening in (the state capital) for May 25,” it said. Barroso after talks in Brussels, for a major second term domes- Conservatives in the restive himself will actually enforce the Maiduguri with audio and is Russian President Vladimir Yatsenyuk added that if Russia tic achievement. Republican caucus are also loath law as written.” bringing parents from Chibok to Putin has suggested the Ukrainian cut the price back to the fairer Obama told police chiefs and to pass a bill many see as offer- Even if the House did pass its try to identify more girls.” election, which the government $286 — from the $485.5 per 1,000 top law enforcement officers ing amnesty to around 11 million own immigration bill, its pros- The latest video showed about hopes will increase its legitimacy cubic metres it charges now — that bitter party politics ahead of illegal immigrants. pects of winning Senate agree- 130 teenagers, all in Muslim dress and control, will not be legitimate then Ukraine “will urgently pay November’s polls would threaten And Republican party chiefs ment are uncertain with some and reciting the first chapter of if people in the east are not confi- (its) gas bill arrears,” meeting a hopes of moving a reform bill, want to keep the focus on Obama’s lawmakers wary of tough votes the Koran and praying in an dent their rights will be protected. key Russian demand. currently stalled in the US House health care law — a key motivator before an election in which undisclosed rural location. The EU imposed sanctions on two Gazprom said earlier yester- of Representatives. for the party’s base voters. Republicans are hoping to win It was not clear where or when Crimean companies and 13 people day that Ukraine had until June “We have got this narrow win- Obama did give Republican control of the Senate. the footage was shot, although on Monday in response to Moscow’s 2 to pay $1.6bn owing or Moscow dow — the closer to the mid-term House Speaker John Boehner Long-term, Republican leaders Shekau does refer to suggestions annexation of the Black Sea penin- would halt supplies. In addition, elections, the harder it is,” Obama credit for backing the idea of warn that the party cannot afford made in the last week by the sula from Ukraine and its support from June 3, Gazprom will only said. immigration reform. to alienate Hispanic voters — an United Nations that Boko Haram for Russian-speaking separatists. supply gas for which Ukraine has “It is hard to believe that this But he lashed out at a “hand- increasingly important demo- may have committed a crime The EU had already imposed paid for up front. place (Washington) could get a ful of House Republicans” he said graphic bloc in national elections against humanity by abducting asset freezes and visa bans on 48 Yatsenyuk also charged that little more dysfunctional,” he were blocking legislation getting for which immigration reform is the girls. Russians and Ukrainians, and the after annexing Crimea in March, quipped. to the floor. an article of faith. Nigeria’s government said on United States has also imposed Russia has stolen “tens of hundreds “It is very hard right before The Senate bill includes a path Even if there is little prospect Monday evening that it was stud- sanctions during the worst crisis of billions of dollars” in Ukrainian an election, we have got a win- to eventual citizenship for 11 mil- of immigration reform passing ying the video in which the mili- in relations between Moscow and property. “They have stolen our dow of two, three months to get lion illegal immigrants, includes before the election, it does Obama tant leader appears to indicate the West since the Cold War. fields; they have stolen our compa- the ball rolling in the House of tighter border monitoring, an no harm to keep the effort in the that he is prepared to free the Deputy Foreign Minister nies; they have stolen our onshore Representatives,” Obama said. overhauled work visa program headlines as it is a key motivator girls in exchange for the release Grigory Karasin told the EU and offshore drills. We will see The Democratic-led Senate and other key reforms. for Hispanic voters, who tend to of Boko Haram fighters held in envoy to Russia on Tuesday Russia in court,” he said. passed an immigration reform Boehner has said the House will favour Democrats. prison. that the EU sanctions were a AGENCIES bill last year. not take up the Senate bill but AFP AFP Study raises questions on mobile phone safety

PARIS: People who use mobile phones have failed to turn up conclusive results factors such as smoking which amplify can- intensively appear to have a higher risk of either way, although several have suggested cer risk and taking into account changing developing certain types of brain cancer, a link between gliomas and intensive, long- phone technology. The new study looked at French scientists said yesterday, reviving term use. “Our study is part of that trend, 253 cases of glioma and 194 cases of menin- questions about phone safety. but the results have to be confirmed,” said gioma reported in four French departments Individuals who used their cellphone for Isabelle Baldi, of the University of Bordeaux (counties) between 2004 and 2006. more than 15 hours each month over five in southwestern France, who took part in These patients were matched against 892 years on average had between two and three the probe. “controls,” or healthy individuals drawn times greater risk of developing glioma and In 2011, the International Agency for from the general population, in a bid to spot meningioma tumours compared with people Research on Cancer (IARC) said radiof- any differences between the two groups. whose used their phone rarely, they found. requency fields used by mobile phones are The comparison found a higher risk The study, appearing in the latest possibly carcinogenic. among those who used their phone inten- issue of British journal Occupational and But research faces several challenges. sively, especially among those who used it Environmental Medicine, is the latest foray They include clear proof in the lab that for their work, such as in sales. The duration in a long-running exploration of mobile- these fields are harmful to human cells. of use in this category ranged from between phone safety. Another is getting an accurate picture of two and 10 years, averaging at five years. Over the last 15 years, most investigations phone use in real life, filtering out lifestyle AFP

Serbian leader Judge denies bid to move trial of seeks to rebuild accused Boston bombers’ friends ties with Bosnia SARAJEVO: The new prime BOSTON: A US judge denied a request yes- reading some of the defendants’ early statements minister of Serbia travelled to terday to move the trials of three friends of the to police at their trials. Bosnia yesterday, pledging to accused Boston Marathon bomber, on charges Their attorneys had argued that the intense respect borders and rebuild ties that they hampered an investigation into the publicity surrounding the April 15, 2013, blasts that remain tense nearly two dec- deadly 2013 blasts, outside of Massachusetts. and the upcoming trial of Tsarnaev — the surviv- ades after the devastating conflict US District Judge Douglas Woodlock said he ing member of a pair of ethnic Chechen brothers that tore the region apart. believed it was possible to convene a fair and also accused of shooting dead a police officer - “I arrived for a visit to Sarajevo impartial jury in Boston — where three peo- would make it impossible to find an impartial and Bosnia-Hercegovina as a friend, ple were killed and 264 wounded in the attacks jury in Boston. as someone who represents a coun- — though he had also begun arrangements to Federal prosecutors contend that three men, try that respects the territorial empanel a jury in Springfield, Massachusetts, Kazakh exchange students Dias Kadyrbayev integrity of Bosnia,” Serbian Prime about 144km west of Boston, in case it were and Azamat Tazhayakov and Cambridge, Minister Aleksandar Vucic told needed. Massachusetts, resident Robel Phillipos, went to reporters after meeting his Bosnian “A fair and vetted jury will be fair and impar- Tsarnaev’s dorm room three days after the attack counterpart Vjekoslav Bevanda. tial and will take seriously their responsibilities and removed a backpack and laptop computer as Serbia wants to “establish trust and can be chosen even in a community where an police searched for the suspected bomber. and ties that will be incomparably extraordinary event took place,” he said. Kadyrbayev’s trial was set to begin June 30, better in future with all Bosnian Woodlock agreed to requests by the defendants with Tazhayakov’s and Phillipos’ to begin in citizens. And I also expect that peo- to grant each of the three his own trial rather September. Prosecutors said each of the tri- ple of Bosnia wish to build the same than to try them together. als should take about two weeks, meaning that relations of trust,” he said. “There is Attorneys for the three men, college friends all proceedings would be completed before the no need for a big love, but I believe of accused bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, are also scheduled November start of Tsarnaev’s trial. that respect should exist,” he added. expected to seek to forbid prosecutors from REUTERS AFP WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES China detains scribe for ‘false online stories’, makes him apologise

BEIJING: A Chinese man part of a government-backed “How can I apologise to the death, it added. “We noted that a lot of Chinese apologised on state television campaign to assert greater con- party and the government, let The television report showed web users and dissidents were yesterday after being detained trol over social media, which has alone apologise to my family? covert images of Xiang surfing detained by authorities recently. for ‘publishing false stories’ on seen influential critics of Beijing “I am truly, extremely regret- the web in Internet cafes, and This is a clear sign that human an overseas news portal alleging paraded on state television. ful. I hope the government can him being led away from his rights in China are quickly dete- gross rights abuses, the latest The clampdown, which began give me the opportunity to mend apartment after it was raided by riorating,” the statement said. step in a wide-ranging crack- last year, appears to be part of a my ways, make contributions and police accompanied by a televi- At the start of the campaign down on ‘Internet rumours’ concerted effort by China’s ruling become a new person.” sion crew. last year, officials told Internet Xiang Nanfu, 62, had posted Communist party, which main- Among the rumours Xiang Boxun, which often reports celebrities with millions of fol- untrue stories on the Chinese- tains an iron grip on power, to was alleged to have created was unsourced rumours, issued a lowers to ‘promote virtues’ and language site Boxun since 2009 rein in criticism. that the Chinese government statement on its website describ- ‘uphold law’ online. that ‘seriously harmed the image “My behaviour has had a very ‘removed’ organs from living peo- ing Xiang as a ‘Boxun journalist’. Soon after, Chinese-American of the state’ and ‘had a very bad bad impact. I recognise I have ple and ‘buried people alive’, the The statement denied the billionaire blogger Charles Xue, impact’, a statement on the smeared the (Communist) Party police statement said. US-based website had reported who regularly posted reform- Beijing police website said. and the government. My behaviour Another claim was that more on such organ removals or bury- minded comments on a variety of Hundreds of Chinese blog- is criminal behaviour,” said Xiang, than 1,000 policemen violently ing people alive, and linked the sensitive issues, was arrested for gers and journalists have been in a nine-minute news report on expropriated land, including detention to China’s recent suspected involvement in prosti- Chinese journalist Xiang Nanfu arrested in recent months as China Central Television (CCTV). beating a pregnant woman to Internet crackdown. tution. AFP

Nurse gags newborn with US, China spar again on sea row tape in hospital Beijing says S China Sea dispute should be resolved by direct talks between parties MANILA: A Philippine hos- pital has launched an inves- WASHINGTON/BEIJING: actually want to play?” spokes- tigation after photographs China hit back at the United woman Hua Chunying told a daily of a newborn baby gagged States over the disputed South news briefing. with adhesive tape went viral China Sea yesterday, after US Hua said that Wang urged online, with the father claim- Secretary of State John Kerry Kerry to ‘objectively and fairly’ ing a nurse told him: “Your said recent Chinese moves in look at the South China Sea issue, baby was too noisy.” the waters were ‘provocative’ and ‘act and speak cautiously.’ Pictures of the baby boy, his Tensions rose in the resource- China says that the South eyes shut and his mouth cov- rich sea last week after China China Sea issue should be resolved ered with clear tape as he lay moved a giant oil rig into an area via direct talks between the par- on a sheet, sparked a furore also claimed by Vietnam. Each ties concerned, and has bristled at as they spread on Facebook, country accused the other of ram- what it sees as unwarranted US Twitter and other social net- ming its ships near the disputed interference. working sites. Paracel Islands. China has also looked askance The Cebu Puericulture China claims almost the entire at the US ‘pivot’ back to Asia, Centre and Maternity House South China Sea, rejecting rival especially Washington’s efforts to in the central city of Cebu claims to parts of it from Vietnam, boost existing military links with told AFP it was investigating the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia Tokyo and Manila. a complaint by Ryan Noval and Brunei. In separate remarks to visit- and Jasmine Badocdoc that “He (Kerry) said China’s intro- ing Singapore Foreign Minister they had found their five-day- duction of an oil rig and numer- K Shanmugam, Kerry said the old son at its nursery with his ous government vessels in waters United States was deeply con- mouth taped over. Noval wrote disputed with Vietnam was pro- cerned by China’s “aggressive that the couple complained to vocative,” US State Department act”. hospital authorities after they spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. “We are particularly concerned were told by a nurse: “Your “He urged both sides to de- - all nations that are engaged in baby was too noisy so I put that escalate tensions, ensure safe navigation and traffic within the over his mouth.” conduct by their vessels at sea, South China Sea, the East China “Meet my son Yohannes and resolve the dispute through Sea, are deeply concerned about Noval,” the father wrote on peaceful means in accordance this aggressive act,” Kerry said in Facebook. “(He) cannot speak with international law.” the Monday meeting. Protesters chant anti-China slogans in front of the Chinese embassy in Hanoi yesterday. about his horrific experience... China’s foreign ministry said “We want to see a code of con- so we have to speak out for there certainly had been provoc- duct created; we want to see this him.” The May 9 post showed ative moves in the South China resolved peacefully through the of the Association of Southeast dangerous violations. cannon on each other on Monday, the now widely-shared photo- Sea, but that China was not the Law of the Sea, through arbitra- Asian Nations at a summit on However the communiqué though there were no injuries. graphs of baby Yohannes with guilty party and repeated that it tion, through any other means, Sunday, Prime Minister Nguyen issued at the end of the summit Chinese spokeswoman Hua a long strip of tape across his was the United States’ fault for but not direct confrontation and Tan Dung said Vietnam had acted by the 10-country Asean organi- would neither confirm nor deny mouth and cheeks. The pic- encouraging such behaviour. aggressive action,” Kerry added, with “utmost restraint” and used sation contained no criticism of the new face-off, repeating that tures sparked a storm of com- “We hope that the US side can according to a transcript of his all means of dialogue to request China. China was urging Vietnam to ments among Philippine social carefully reflect - if they really comments released by the State China remove the rig. Vietnamese state media said “end its provocative actions” and media users. AFP hope for the Pacific Ocean to be Department. Dung said China was slander- that Vietnamese and Chinese withdraw its ships. peaceful, what kind of role do they Speaking to fellow leaders ing his country and committing ships had again used water REUTERS

Vesak Day rites Two climbers take copter to Mt Everest

KATHMANDU: Two for- eign mountaineers have returned to Everest after a deadly avalanche effectively ended the climbing season, flying by helicopter partway up the peak before starting their ascent, an official said yesterday. The climbers, from the United States and China, took the rare step of hiring a heli- copter that flew them above the Khumbu Icefall, where the worst accident in the moun- tain’s history last month killed 16 sherpa guides, the air char- ter company said. The climbers, thought to be the first back on the mountain Buddhist monks attend a Vesak Day ceremony at a pagoda in Takeo province of Thailand yesterday. since expeditions left following the April 18 disaster, flew from Everest base camp to Camp 2, skipping the section where the Guerrillas kill two Philippine soldiers avalanche hit. COTABATO: Muslim guer- the BIFF exploded on Monday trying to disrupt the peace Myanmar bus rillas from a breakaway fac- as a military convoy passed accord with the mainstream tion have killed two soldiers in through the town of Datu group. crash kills 14 a wave of small bomb attacks Unsay on the southern island The BIFF broke away in the southern Philippines, of Mindanao, killing two sol- several years ago from the YANGON: At least 14 peo- the military said yesterday. diers, said Colonel Dickson 12,000-strong Milf, which has ple were killed and dozens The blasts were claimed Hermoso, the area’s military abandoned its fight for a sepa- injured when an intercity by the Bangsamoro Islamic spokesman. rate Islamic state in the south- bus crashed in heavy rain Freedom Fighters (Biff), a Four other soldiers were ern Philippines in exchange on an accident-prone high- guerrilla faction being hunted wounded, he added. for the creation of a Muslim way in Myanmar, police said by the military after the gov- Three other improvised autonomous area. yesterday. ernment signed a peace treaty explosive devices either While security was tight in The crash happened on in March with the main Muslim exploded harmlessly or were the south, “a small group can Monday evening on the main rebel group, the Moro Islamic disarmed in the region Monday sow chaos by placing improvised road between the capital Liberation Front (Milf). and yesterday, Hermoso added. explosive devices,” Hermoso Naypyidaw and the commercial “If they (military operations) He said the bombings were said. hub of Yangon. will not stop, we will bring our an a BIFF riposte to a military “These groups don’t care who Last month 12 people were battle in other areas, including operation that killed 53 guerril- they hit. They have no rules of killed when a bus collided with cities,” BIFF spokesman Abu las in late January. engagement. Their bombs are a car and burst into flames on Misry Mama said in a call to a “They waited... and now, they addressed, ‘to whom it may the same highway. local journalist. exact vengeance,” he said. concern’,” he added. AGENCIES A roadside bomb planted by He said the BIFF was still AFP WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 US presence in Kabul to be ‘significant’ 51,000 Nato soldiers are set to withdraw by December as Washington envoy looks toward the post-Karzai era

TOKYO: The US-led military “I hope we will decide sometime About 51,000 US-led The White House says US minister Abdullah Abdullah end their war against Taliban presence in Afghanistan will in the next month or two on the Nato troops still deployed in President Barack Obama has and ex-World Bank economist insurgents. remain “significant” despite this exact size of (the remaining) con- Afghanistan are set to withdraw so far made no decisions about Ashraf Ghani set to go through But despite his departure, year’s draw down, Washington’s tingent,” Dobbins told journalists by December, ending a long and how many American troops will to a run-off vote. Karzai will maintain political special envoy for the coun- in the Japanese capital, where he costly battle against the Taliban, remain behind to advise the still Dobbins said the elections are influence even after he steps try said, as he predicted that is attending talks on supporting who launched a fierce insurgency fledgling Afghan armed forces. crucial for the country’s survival down, Dobbins predicted. outgoing President Hamid Afghanistan. after being ousted from power in Dobbins refrained from pre- in the post-Karzai era. “He will be an influential fig- Karzai would continue to wield “We and our allies, I think, will 2001. dicting the results of the ongoing “The first hurdle is the elec- ure after the elections and I don’t influence. be prepared for a continuing advi- The US is thought to be looking elections to pick a successor to tions,” he said. “So far so good, think that’s necessarily a bad James Dobbins, the US spe- sory mission, much smaller num- at a small number of US troops Karzai, saying only: “It could be but can’t take anything for thing,” the envoy said. cial envoy for Pakistan and bers than we have there today staying on in a training and coun- a close race.” granted.” “I think that the new president Afghanistan said in Tokyo that but still significant in terms of ter-terrorism role, but is wait- Afghanistan is due to Whoever wins Afghanistan’s will respect him,” he added. “We Washington was “still consider- its ability to continue to improve ing on a long-delayed deal being announce the results of its election will lead the country into believe he views a peaceful trans- ing” the details of the withdrawal the quality of the Afghan security struck with Kabul after Karzai first-round presidential elec- a new era after Karzai’s 13 years fer as a part of his legacy. plan. forces,” he said. raised a series of objections. tions today, with former foreign in power and as US-led troops AFP Freedom, at last Afghan villagers eating grass KABUL: Residents of an province of Kandahar has been escalating violence and insurgent Afghan village blockaded by under seige by the Taliban for attacks” in Afghanistan, where Taliban fighters have resorted months, leading to a severe lack Nato combat troops have pulled to eating grass due to food of food. out of many areas where they shortages, according to a report “Ghorak’s district centre had been fighting the Taliban for released on Monday reveal- remains under government con- years. ing the country’s worsening trol today, but Taliban roadblocks The insurgents “are blocking insurgency. restrict the food supply,” it said. roads, capturing rural territory The International Crisis Group “People in the besieged pro-gov- and trying to overwhelm district (ICG) said that the withdrawal of ernment enclave say they have administration centres,” it said. US-led troops had coincided with resorted to boiling and eating “With less risk of attack from renewed ethnic and tribal feuds, grass.” international forces, they are government forces fighting each The ICG cited an unnamed res- massing bigger groups of fight- other and mistreatment of locals ident in Ghorak who was inter- ers and getting into an increas- by Afghan soldiers and police. viewed by telephone last month. ing number of face-to-face ground It added that neighbouring “We have been speaking to engagements with Afghan secu- Pakistan had failed to crack these residents for some years,” rity personnel.” down on safe havens from where Graeme Smith, ICG’s Kabul- “While retaining a contingent Taliban leaders are able to direct based analyst said. “Eating grass of foreign soldiers would not be the insurgency that erupted after is one detail that illustrates the sufficient on its own to keep the the Islamists were ousted from problems with supply lines and insurgency at bay, its absence power in 2001. the isolation of outlying districts.” could prove extremely problem- The ICG report detailed how The ICG report concluded atic,” the ICG report said. Ghorak village in the southern that “the overall trend is one of AFP Afghan policeman watch prisoners leave following their release from the Pul-e-Charkhi prison on an order of outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai, on the outskirts of Kabul in Afghanistan yesterday. 111 Taliban Lawyers sued for blasphemy after protest against cop

men killed LAHORE: A group of Pakistani The latest incident came when and about 60 others after a citizen lawyer, said his colleagues were Association, said the protest was KABUL: At le a s t 111 Ta l i b a n lawyers are facing blasphemy lawyers in the central town of complained that they were shout- not shouting slogans against against the local police station militants were killed during charges after shouting slogans Jhang rose up against local police ing slogans derogatory to a caliph the caliph Umar, but his police chief but “certain elements tried military operations in vari- against a police chief named Chief Umar Daraz after one of of Islam and a companion of the namesake. to exploit it.” ous provinces of Afghanistan after a revered follower of the their colleagues was allegedly Prophet Mohammed [PBUH],” “Our Bar Association has Sayal said the blasphemy case in the past 24 hours. Prophet Mohammed [PBUH], manhandled by officers following senior police official Ghulam also passed a resolution that was brought after pressure from General Zahir Azimi, officials said yesterday. a road accident last week. Mustafa said. slogans were not raised against Maulana Ahmad Ludhianvi, the spokesman for the ministry of Pakistan’s has strict laws They protested outside govern- The historical Umar Ibn any sacred personality of Islam,” head of the banned sectarian defence of Afghanistan, said against insulting Islam, which ment offices on Monday, shouting Al Khattab, a close companion of Chaudhry said. group Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat the militants were killed fol- can sometimes carry the death slogans about the police chief that the Prophet Mohammed [PBUH], Even unproven allegations can (ASWJ). The charges brought lowing military operations in penalty, but rights activists say led to the blasphemy accusations. was the second Muslim caliph and provoke a violent public response. against the lawyers carry a sen- Kunar, Maidan Wardak, Zabul, they are often misused to settle “A blasphemy case has been is revered by Sunni Muslims. Mohammad Afzal Sayal, tence of three years in prison, Kandahar, Uruzgan and Farah personal disputes. registered against eight lawyers Mushtaq Chaudhry, a local the President of Jhang Bar S a y a l s a i d . AFP provinces. Azimi further added that four Afghan national army sol- Galloping school bus diers were also killed follow- ing improvised explosive device (IED) attack. In the meantime, Azimi said the anti-government armed militants have increased to their insurgency activities and carried out attacks in 21 prov- inces in the last 48 hours. He said the anti-government suffered heavy casualties after the Afghan security forces responded to their offensive and that the Afghan national army soldiers also confiscated four improvised explosive devices during the operations. Two teachers gunned down ISLAMABAD: Two teachers were killed when unknown gunmen opened fire near a government high school in Hangu, in North West of Pakistan’s yester- day morning, (Geo) News Pakistani schoolchildren ride a horse cart from school in Gojra, some 25km from Faisalabad. Pakistan reported. has an overall literacy rate of 46 percent, while only 26 percent of girls are literate. The school teachers were on their way to discharge their duties at the government high school in Gul Bagh area of Hangu at 7.30am when armed Afghan poll results may be delayed attackers ambushed them with bullet shots, leaving the two teachers severely injured KABUL: Afghanistan may Abdullah Abdullah in the lead Commission, said yesterday while the assailants escaped delay announcing presiden- on 44.9 percent of the first- afternoon. successfully from the scene, tial election results as fraud round vote, with ex-World “The decision to announce or police said. complaints have yet to be Bank economist Ashraf Ghani delay the final results depends The locals shifted the processed, officials said yes- on 31.5 percent. on when we receive it, and wounded teachers to the terday, though a run-off vote None of the eight candidates details of the decision since we District Headquarter Hospital is expected to be held next appeared to have gained more maintain the right to object to where they succumbed to their month. than 50 percent, triggering a it. injuries. Full results from the April 5 run-off between the two top “There is still a chance for the The students and the local election were released late last names as Afghanistan under- final results to be announced residents protested against month, and the final declara- goes its first democratic trans- tomorrow, otherwise there will the killing of the teachers and tion that was due out today fer of power. be a delay.” blocked the main road for a will factor in the outcome of “We are waiting to receive The Independent Electoral while. They demanded the weeks of deliberation over fraud the conclusion (of the com- Complaints Commission authorities to arrest the killers. allegations. plaints commission),” Noor (IECC) said it expected to AGENCIES The preliminary results Mohammad Noor, spokesman deliver its work shortly. showed former foreign minister for the Independent Election AFP WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Obama pledges to work with new PM Modi eyes power as new survey predicts BJP alliance to win 303 seats NEW DELHI: US President the world” as he hailed the con- growth, which is at its lowest Barack Obama pledged to work test as “a vibrant demonstration rate in a decade, and increase closely with the new Indian gov- of our shared values of diversity development. ernment as Hindu nationalist and freedom”. Congress also suffered a back- Narendra Modi was forecast “We look forward to the forma- lash after a spate of corruption yesterday to have pulled off a tion of a new government once scandals which plagued outgo- crushing victory in the world’s election results are announced ing Prime Minister Manmohan biggest election. and to working closely with India’s Singh’s government since he was “Modi at Delhi Gate” said a next administration to make the re-elected in 2009. headline in the Mail Today, while coming years equally transforma- An editorial in yesterday’s the Hindustan Times read simply tive,” he added. Indian Express said that Singh’s “Exit Polls: Enter Modi” after a Modi’s election, however, “second term was marked by a flurry of surveys released after presents something of a headache tangible and growing disenchant- voting ended Monday pointed to for the US, which refused to deal ment of the people” but added a decisive result. with him for years in the after- that the record 66 percent turn- All the polls showed Modi’s math of religious riots in the state out showed the “palpable yearn- right-wing opposition alli- of Gujarat in 2002 shortly after ing for change that marked this ance trounced the left-leaning Modi became its chief minister. election among voters across the Congress party which has been More than 2,000 people, mostly country”. in power for a decade, and most Muslims, were killed in the vio- Four out of the five exit polls indicated that it had scraped lence which critics say Modi did released after voting showed the enough votes to form a new coa- little to stop, even though he has BJP-led alliance just reaching lition without having to seek been cleared of involvement by the the 272-seat threshold needed to fresh partners. Modi’s top aide courts. Washington only ended form a majority in the 543-mem- predicted that the margin of vic- its boycott of Modi in February ber national parliament. Exit polls, tory would be even wider when when Nancy Powell, the outgoing however, have been off the mark in the results are announced on US ambassador to India, met him the past and Modi’s chief lieuten- Friday, while emphasising that for talks in Gujarat. ant Amit Shah said he expected a the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) European countries also refused more resounding victory. leader was open to forging new to deal with Modi for years in the “My personal view is that we alliances. wake of the 2002 riots, for which will get around 300 seats. We A post-election survey released Modi has refused to apologise. will still be open to support and A man reading a Hindi-language newspaper reporting on exit polls showing opposition Bharatiya Janata Party prime yesterdaysaid the BJP was set to While some of his most ardent collaboration from any party that win a record 253 seats in the Lok ministerial candidate Narendra Modi possibly clinching victory in the national election, in New Delhi yesterday. supporters are drawn from the wants to work with a government Sabha and the Congress just 66, ranks of hardline Hindu groups, that is committed to work for the its lowest ever tally. The BJP-led showing support for the party of the post-independence era at world’s second biggest democracy, Modi fought a campaign based nation,” he told the Headlines Today National Democratic Alliance which has ruled India for most a nadir. Obama, leader of the said India had “set an example for on pledges to revive economic network. AFP/IANS (NDA) will win in all 303 seats, according to the LensOnNews survey conducted after each polling day during the 10-phase Congress was out-funded in this election: Jairam Ramesh ballot, covering a total of 40,000 voters. The findings carry a mar- NEW DELHI: Rural by Bharatiya Janata Party prime BJP) were spending,” he said. he said: “All campaigns are brutal riots occurred last September), gin of error of three percent. Development Minister Jairam ministerial candidate Narendra However, Ramesh maintained and aggressive - this was no dif- managed to polarize the cam- Modi struck a conciliatory tone Ramesh yesterday said his Modi for campaigning in this that the exit polls “will be ferent. Inspite of our best efforts, paign towards the last phase,” by saying it was time for “healing” Congress party has been “out- election was “astronomical”, proved wrong like they were the campaign did become com- he added. “The Congress party after an often bitter five-week funded” as far as this election Ramesh said at an interaction earlier in 2004 and 2009”. munal. BJP started the campaign was handicapped as we were not contest which saw 551 million vot- was concerned, but maintained with the media at the Indian “The Congress will do far bet- from Muzaffarnagar. The Gujarat fighting the BJP but an individ- ers cast their ballots, making it by that the exit polls which pre- Women’s Press Corps here. ter than what the polls have model was just a Mukhauta ual. In these circumstances, we far the world’s biggest election. dict a BJP clean sweep would “We (the Congress) also predicted and BJP will not do (mask).” could never have a discussion on While a BJP victory had be proved wrong on counting spent money but our level of as magnificently as they say,” he “The BJP which began their the policies... everything became been expected, the apparent day. spending was peanuts com- said. Questioned about the quality campaign from Muzaffarnagar in individual-centric,” the minister scale of defeat for Congress The amount of money spent pared to what they (the of campaigning in this election, Uttar Pradesh (where communal said. IANS was still striking with exit polls

Unseasonal rains Cabinet clears Lt Gen Suhag as army chief

NEW DELHI: Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag is set to be the next army chief with the cabi- net clearing his name yester- day, sources said. The decision was taken at the last working cabinet meeting of the Congress-led UPA government, which demits office on Saturday, a day after the Lok Sabha election results are announced. The defence ministry on Monday recommended the name of the army vice chief to the government as the next head of the force. The move came after the Election Commission gave the government the go-ahead for appointing the new army chief. The Bharatiya Janata Party had opposed appointment of the new army chief at the “fag end” of the government’s tenure. The prime minister will hold his last cabinet meeting on May Labourers sit on top of sacks of wheat after unseasonal overnight rains 17 morning, before handing over soaked the area at a grain distribution point in Amritsar yesterday. to the president the resignation of his government to allow the for- mation of a new regime. An alum- nus of Sainik School Chittorgarh, Lt Gen Suhag joined the National PMO staff give Manmohan Defence Academy in 1970 and was commissioned in 1974. He served as a company com- Singh farewell party mander during “Op Pawan” in Sri Lanka, commanded the NEW DELHI: Prime Minister minister during the 10 years 53 Infantry Brigade that was Manmohan Singh was given a of United Progressive Alliance involved in counter-insurgency standing ovation by his staff at (UPA) rule were seen wiping away operations in the Kashmir Valley South Block during a farewell their tears, the official added. and commanded the 8 Mountain they hosted for him yesterday, Present along with Manmohan Division in Jammu and Kashmir. a day after the general elections Singh were National Security ended. It also saw some moist Advisor Shivshankar Menon, eyes. Principal Secretary Pulok US tourist molested Around 110 staff of the Prime Chatterjee, Prime Minister’s Minister’s Office (PMO) gathered Advisor T K A Nair and his on Delhi highway at South Block to give a farewell Media Advisor Pankaj Pachauri. to Manmohan Singh, who steps The farewell was hosted in the LUCKNOW: A taxi driver was down May 17 after a decade at spacious corridor of the PMO. arrested yesterday in Uttar the helm of the country. It was held yesterday as today Pradesh for allegedly molest- “The staff gave the prime is a holiday on account of Buddha ing a US tourist on the Delhi- minister a standing ovation,” a Purnima, said a source. Dehradun highway, police said. PMO official said, adding that Some TV cameras and news The woman tourist hired a cab the staff presented him with a photographers were present on from Delhi to visit Rishikesh town bouquet. the occasion. on the Ganga and the driver en Manmohan Singh told the The 10-phase Lok Sabha elec- route allegedly molested her. He PMO staff: “I am very thankful tions, which were held in 28 states was arrested in Muzaffarnagar to you all for your service to the and seven union territories, began city and booked under Section nation. May god bless you.” April 7 and ended on Monday. The 354 of the Indian Penal Code and Some of the staff who have millions of votes will be counted sent to jail, a police official said. interacted with the prime Friday. IANS IANS

WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

PRAYER TIME Spring in Moscow

Fajr (Dawn) 3:25 Shorook (Sunrise) 4:50 Zuhr (Noon) 11:30 Asr (Afternoon) 2:57 Maghrib (Sunset) 6:12 Isha (Night) 7:42

WEATHER

Today Thursday Friday Weather Conditions: Partly cloudy Partly cloudy Clear Dusty and partly cloudy.

High: 37° High: 36° High: 37° Low: 30° Low: 27° Low: 27°

DOHA - SUN & SEA SUN TIDE SEA SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW WIND 04:50 18:12 03:45 & 17:15 10:00 & 23:45 12-22/25 KT

THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW

HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER

MUSCAT 42/32 Clear 37/28 Partly cloudy MAKKAH 38/25 Partly cloudy 41/28 Partly cloudy KUWAIT 35/27 Clear 35/28 Clear Women walk under blossoming apple trees in Kolomenskoye Park in Moscow. Temperatures in the Russian capital reached 16 degrees Celsius yesterday. BAHRAIN 36/23 Clear 35/22 Clear SANAA 28/15 Thunderstorm 28/17 Chance of storm RIYADH 37/23 Clear 38/26 Clear DUBAI 36/28 Partly cloudy 35/23 Partly cloudy BAGHDAD 32/22 Clear 35/23 Clear Antarctic ice sheet collapse THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW

HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER

ATHENS 29/17 Partly cloudy 24/15 Clear WASHINGTON 28/19 Chance of storm 30/21 Chance of showers has begun, scientists warn SYDNEY 22/12 Clear 23/12 Clear LONDON 17/06 Partly cloudy 19/06 Chance of storm PARIS 17/09 Chance of rain 17/09 Clear LONDON: The collapse of the ISTANBUL 25/15 Partly cloudy 20/14 Clear western Antarctic ice sheet is MANILA 35/26 Partly cloudy 36/26 Chance of storm inevitable and is already under- DHAKA 40/28 Clear 39/28 Partly cloudy way, scientists said yesterday. DELHI 36/24 Partly cloudy 36/24 Partly cloudy The melt will cause up to four ISLAMABAD 30/19 Clear 31/17 Clear metres (13 feet) of additional sea- level rise over the coming centu- ries, devastating low-lying and coastal areas around the world — from Bangladesh to New Jersey — that are already expected to New Jackson songs be swamped by only a few feet of sea-level rise. But the research- ers said the sea-level rise - while impress critics unstoppable - was still several centuries off, potentially up to 1,000 years away. LOS ANGELES: Self-styled King of Pop Michael Jackson is back The study, from researchers from the grave again this week with a second posthumous album of at the University of Washington, songs recorded before his death in 2009. was one of two sets of findings “Xscape” went on sale in the United States yesterday, after being published on Monday projecting released in various European countries at the weekend and on the loss of the western Antarctica Monday. “This music has never been (previously) released,” said L ice sheet, the largest remaining A Reid, the veteran American music mogul behind the project, on grounded repositories of ice in NBC television’s “Today” breakfast programme. the world. Scientists at Nasa were “Some of it has been leaked through the years.... but it wasn’t also due to publish their research widespread,” said Reid, who sifted through a vault full of unreleased on Antarctic ice on Monday. The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is seen in this Nasa image. Vast glaciers in West Antarctica seem to be locked Jackson material to handpick the songs that appear on the album. Both came to broadly similar in an irreversible thaw linked to global warming that may push up sea levels for centuries, scientists said yesterday. “I just listened to the songs that Michael sang completely from conclusions — that scientists are top to bottom, you know, multiple times,” Reid said. “That was my now increasingly sure the thin- study, which will be published in dam that holds back the rest of likely timeframe was between 200 guide — and the ones that I thought had great melodies that would ning and melting of the Antarctic the journal Science, researchers the ice sheet. Once Thwaites goes, and 500 years, the scientists said. still stand up today.” Several critics have hailed “Xscape” as a clear ice sheet has begun. They also used detailed topography maps, researchers said the remaining “Previously, when we saw thin- improvement on 2010’s “Michael,” the first album released after suggest that recent accumula- airborne radar and computer ice could cause another 10 to 13ft ning we didn’t necessarily know Jackson died of a drug overdose at age 50, as part of a multi-record tion of ice in Antarctica was modelling to reach greater cer- (3-4m) of global sea-level rise. whether the glacier could slow deal with Sony Music Entertainment. temporary. In the Nasa study, tainty about the projected time- “Many scientists suspected that down later, spontaneously or “From the first, there was the voice .....Nearly five years after his to be published in Geophysical line of the ice sheet collapse. this kind of behaviour is under through some feedback,” Joughin death, that voice remains, and is at its most powerful on the new Research Letters, researchers The study honed in on the way,” said Ian Joughin, a glaciologist said. “In our model simulations album,” wrote the Los Angeles Times’ reviewer. studied the retreat of three gla- Thwaites glacier - a broad glacier at the University of Washington. it looks like all the feedbacks The new album “feels shockingly vital, as though the produc- ciers in western Antarctica over that is part of the Amundsen Sea. “This study provides a more quan- tend to point toward it actually ers charged with re-imagining this work had harnessed dance floor 20 years including the Thwaites Scientists have known for years titative idea of the rates at which accelerating over time; there’s defibrillators,” he wrote.Ben Greenman of the New Yorker maga- glacier studied by the University that the Thwaites glacier is the the collapse could take place.” no real stabilising mechanism zine called the album “a completely different beast from ‘Michael’... of Washington team. soft underbelly of the Antarctic However, he cautioned that we can see.” Rather than rely on fragments or partial ideas, Reid focused on The Nasa study concluded the ice sheet, and first documented the ‘’collapse’’ of the western The scientists use new tech- songs that were worked through by Michael from start to finish...” grounding lines of the glaciers that it was unstable decades ago. Antarctic ice sheet would occur niques to map the layers of ice Ironically, the songs on “Xscape” include one about child sex under study were ‘’inherently The University of Washington over the course of centuries. The down to the continental shelf, and abuse, an issue that badly tarnished the King of Pop despite his unstable’’. It added that its obser- researchers said that the fast- fastest scenario is within 200 to study the rate of glacier move- acquittal of sexual molestation charges in 2005. vations ‘’concur with recent ice moving Thwaites glacier could be years — and the collapse could ment. In some areas of Thwaites Jackson’s executors have worked hard to pay off the enormous sheet model simulations to indicate lost in a matter of centuries. The be as far away as 1,000 years, glacier, where the ice is thinner, debts left by the fallen star, with key projects including the “This that this sector of west Antarctica loss of that glacier alone would depending on future warming. the feature has been losing tens of is It” film of rehearsals for the doomed world tour he was planning has developed a marine instability’’. raise global sea level by nearly 2ft. The loss of the ice sheet, how- feet in elevation each year. before he died in 2009. AFP In the University of Washington But Thwaites also acts as a ever, is inevitable, and the most GUARDIAN NEWS

Woman informed of her own death India’s cabin crew fight back over weight loss rules NEW DELHI: India’s could be declared unfit and to the airline’s cabin crew written to the DGCA, say- BMI falls between 18 and 22, STOCKHOLM: A Swedish woman was cabin crew yesterday suspended from flying if union. “The guidelines are ing its authority did not while 22 to 27 is considered informed by her insurance company that she attacked new guidelines their BMI, a measure of arbitrary and discrimina- extend to cabin crew and overweight and above 27 had been dead for over a week following a from the civil aviation weight relative to mass and tory. They just can’t wake its members were there- obese. mistake committed by her doctor, the media watchdog on how much height, was outside a range up one fine morning and fore not obliged to follow A DGCA spokesperson reported yesterday. they should weigh, brand- considered normal, the reg- make some crazy rules cit- the new guidelines. was not available for com- “I was shocked. It was not nice at all. I under- ing them “crazy” and ulator said on its website. ing flimsy reasons,” a senior The guidelines suggest ment, but the regulator’s stood nothing about it,” the woman named Suanne discriminatory. The regulator said the official of the All India Cabin frequent medical checks for website recommends exer- Hemphala from eastern Sweden was quoted as The Directorate General rules were aimed at passen- Crew Association said. cabin crew and based on the cise and a healthy lifestyle saying by a Swedish of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ger safety, with only fit and “Air India’s cabin crew has resulting reports, they can be to meet the guidelines. regional newspaper issued the guidelines last healthy cabin crew able to had a perfect safety record categorised as fit, temporar- “Drastic weight reduc- called Arbetarbladet. week to Indian airlines fly- properly discharge duties with the way we have been ily unfit or permanently unfit tion plans, medication and The story is noth- ing domestically and over- especially during in-flight all along. Do they mean to to fly. surgery for weight reduc- ing new for Swedish seas, setting out body mass emergencies. say that all emergencies till A BMI between 18 and 25 tion have drawbacks which doctors, with two- index (BMI) and other The new rules were likely now were handled by unfit is stated as normal for males may affect the cabin crew three Swedes report- health requirements for to impact at least 600 mem- crew?” the official said cit- and 25 to 29.9 is overweight, adversely and are to be edly “dying” each year flight attendants. bers mostly working for state- ing anonymity. while anything above 30 is avoided,” it said. by mistake, said the Cabin crew members run Air India, according The association has obese. For women, a normal AFP Swedish online daily the Local. IANS Wednesday 14 May 2014 15 Rajab 1435 Volume 19 Number 6065 Price: QR2

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Qatar Chamber to undergo restructuring soon Businessmen who are not board members can head internal committees

DOHA: Businessmen who are efficiency and readiness to serve the way the committees function Municipality and Urban Planning not board members of the Qatar the sector would be the criteria for were necessary in order to help the and Civil Defence and said busi- Chamber would be able to head their selection,” the Chamber said privates sector play its role in the nessmen were finding it difficult to internal committees represent- of the new policy to appoint the Qatar National Vision (QNV) 2030. access their online services. “They ing the various economic sec- heads of its internal committees. Monday’s meeting severely have made their services more dif- tors within the Chamber after The Chamber has commit- criticised food inspectors and said ficult to access after they went the newly-elected office-bearers tees representing sectors such as judicial powers given to them were online,” the meeting noted of the assume office later this month. trading, contracting, travel and causing problems. People (a refer- electronic services of the civic min- The Chamber announced yester- tourism, services, banking and ence to those working in eateries istry and civil defence. day it would undergo restructuring finance, among others, and their and foodstuff stores) were being The meeting was presided over Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassem bin Mohamed Al Thani (left) and Mohamed bin after the newly-elected team takes members are elected and are on made to suffer moral and finan- by the Chamber’s Chairman Sheikh Ahmed Tawar Al Kuwari over and its internal committees the Chamber’s board. The existing cial damage due to minor mistakes Khalifa bin Jassem bin Mohamed Al that have always been headed by board members met on Monday and committed by them inadvertently, Thani. In a statement issued yes- elected board members could then discussed a number of issues. It was said the Chamber. The meeting terday, his deputy, Mohamed bin transactions of the civic ministry after the launch of the electronic be chaired by businessmen. “Their decided that the above changes in also lambasted the Ministry of Ahmed Tawar Al Kuwari said the and civil defense have come down services. THE PENINSULA

Al Sada meets Deputy FM of Italy QE index conquers another high

DOHA: Continuing its rising add to its emerging market index. Takaful and Ezdan Holding reg- spree, Qatari bourse yester- The changes will take effect at the istered healthy rise on Tuesday. day closed at all-time high of end of May, almost a year after Gulf International gained 1.84 13,174.74 points, gaining 107.40 MSCI said it would upgrade both percent to QR99.80, Al Kaleej points or 0.82 percent yester- countries to emerging market Takaful added 1.84 percent to day, helped by surge in shares of status. That decision has helped QR38.70 and Ezdan Holding up Qatar Insurance Company and the Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar by 10 percent to QR27.50. optimism among investors about bourses subsequently outperform “Investors need to be cautious the inclusion of Qatari shares on other Gulf markets. as experts say that market fluctu- MSCI Emerging Market Index. Stocks from the UAE and ate going forward. “ Yesterday’s gain made investors Qatar are currently included in I do not expect that the cur- richer by QR12bn as the value of MSCI’s frontier market index rent momentum will be sustained stocks on Qatar Exchange rose to and the upgrade is expected to in near future and it is likely to QR738bn ($203bn) on Tuesday attract more foreign investment. fluctuate going forward,” said Al from QR726bn ($199bn) on Exchange data shows large inflows Khatir. The momentum of the Monday. The benchmark index of foreign funds have already market will depend on the inves- previous high was 13,609 which taken place. tors’ reading of the situations it touched in 2005 when Qatari “All local and international indi- around the world because they market was opened for foreign cators are encouraging. Locally keep one eye on the index and investors. there are number of mega projects other on the local and interna- Shares in Qatar Insurance which have already started and tional developments,” he added. Company rose their daily limit there is also enough liquid- Most other markets in the of 10 percent to QR81.40 after ity in the market. Investors are region also advanced. Dubai led Qatar Civil Aviation Authority also gaining more confidence in gains as it recovered from a sharp said announced yesterday that local market, especially after the drop earlier this week. the company would provide insur- announcement of the inclusions of Out of the total 42 traded com- ance services for the newly opened Qatari shares in MSCI Emerging panies, 29 companies advanced Hamad International Airport for Market Index,” said Abdullah Al on Tuesday while 11 companies a value of QR45.97bn ($12.63bn). Khatir. “Things are also encourag- declined. The volume of the shares H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister of Energy and Industry, met Lapo Pistelli, Vice-Minister of Most Doha-listed stocks rose ing at the international front and traded up to 23.5 million from 21.5 Foreign Affairs of Italy, who is currently on an official visit to Qatar, yesterday. The meeting, which was held ahead Index compiler MSCI’s major markets around the world million on Monday and the value at Qatar Petroleum headquarters, was also attended by Guido De Sanctis, Ambassador of Italy to Qatar, as Wednesday announcement on are moving up,” he said. of shares decreased to QR1.01bn well as a number of senior officials from QP, Qatargas, RasGas, and Qatar Petroleum International. which companies from Qatar and Along with Qatar Insurance, from QR1.03bn Monday. the United Arab Emirates it will Gulf International, Al Kaleej THE PENINSULA

VW-Scania deal gets nod Rentals, fuel and energy get expensive

DOHA: Rising rentals cou- CPI of April 2014 increased by 0.2 one group) has shown the least energy and fuel, account for the pled with increasing prices of percent compared to March 2014. increase of 0.1 percent in April largest weight of 32.2 percent in furniture, textiles and home On month-on-month compari- compared to March this year. the CPI basket, followed by trans- appliances are mounting infla- son, except food, beverages and Interestingly, prices of healthcare port and communications, with a tionary pressure. Prices rose tobacco and miscellaneous cate- services remained unchanged in share of 20.5 percent — the latter 2.8 percent year-on-year (y-o- gory, whose prices have witnessed April compared to March 2014. also became 1.6 percent costlier. y) last April driven largely by a decline of 0.4 percent in April On year-on-year the cost of The weight of food, tobacco and rents that soared 6.3 percent, compared to March (2014), the furniture, textiles and home appli- beverages in the CPI basket is 13.2 figures released by the Ministry cost of entertainment, recreation ances rose 5.1 percent, while that percent. The three categories of Development Planning and and culture services and the prices of entertainment, recreation and (rents, food, transport and com- Statistics (MDPS) show. of garments and footwear (both in culture by 2.7 percent. Garments munications) put together account Consumer Price Index (CPI) fig- one group) have also been under and footwear became 4 percent for three-fourth of the CPI basket. ures released by the Ministry for pressure as all these two groups expensive in a year. Health serv- Simply put, some 66 percent April reflect that in a month rents, have shown an increase of 0.5 and ices weren’t spared as they showed of a family’s monthly household and the prices of furniture, textiles 0.3 percent, respectively. The cost an increase of 0.6 percent in April expenses are incurred on rent, and home appliances, each have of transport and communica- 2014 compared to the same month food and transport and communi- increased 0.7 percent. The overall tion services (both clubbed under in 2013. Rents, clubbed with cations alone. THE PENINSULA Opec holds steady forecast for oil demand

LONDON: Opec said its cur- “Along with the ongoing target unchanged, citing a “fairly rose by 131,000bpd to 29.59 million rent output is helping to meet increase in non-Opec supply, stable” market. Oil has stayed bpd, largely due to higher Iraqi global demand fully and leading current Opec production will above Saudi’s preferred level of and Saudi Arabian supply. This is to a balanced oil market in 2014, contribute to fully meet expected $100 a barrel all year. the last monthly report scheduled a further sign the exporter demand, resulting in a fairly Opec’s crude oil output rose for publication before Opec meets group is unlikely to alter output balanced market this year,” the in April from March, the report in Vienna to consider adjusting policy at a June meeting. report from Opec’s Vienna head- showed, but remained lower than the output target, which has been In a monthly report yesterday, quarters said. this year’s global requirement and in place since January 2012. the Organisation of the Petroleum The report adds to indications Opec’s nominal supply target of Saudi Arabia’s Naimi, Opec’s Partially assembled truck chassis are parked outside Swedish truck- Exporting Countries also raised Opec’s June 11 meeting is unlikely 30 million bpd, largely as a result most influential voice, said on maker Scania’s plant in Sodertalje, yesterday. Volkswagen’s (VW) the forecast demand for its crude to come up with major surprises. of outages in Libya rather than Monday the group should leave $9.2bn offer for its Swedish trucks arm Scania has been accepted by oil in 2014 to 29.76 million barrels On Monday, Saudi Arabian Oil voluntary cutbacks. the target unchanged, saying minority shareholders, a big step in the German automaker’s plan to per day (bpd), up 110,000bpd from Minister Ali al-Naimi said the According to secondary sources demand was “great” and supply create a trucks alliance to compete in global markets. the previous estimate. group should leave its output cited by the report, Opec output “highly sufficient.” REUTERS WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Al Khalij lead Ooredoo holds Capital Markets Day sponsor of bonds Talks held on key areas of telecom conference

DOHA: Ooredoo, one of the strategy will enable Ooredoo to DOHA: Al Khalij Commercial leading international telecom- pursue growth opportunities in Bank yesterday announced munications service providers its traditional markets as well as its sponsorship of one of the in the world, yesterday held its the new markets being opened up region’s biggest conferences, annual ‘Capital Markets Day’ by ubiquitous data access. Bonds, Loans and Sukuk. here where the telecom giant’s In addition, Ooredoo will The conference is taking place senior management team deliver increasing value to share- in the UAE on May 13 and 14. updated investors and analysts holders by pursuing efficiencies Two senior executives from the on the business’ financial and across the business through cost bank are representing al khaliji at strategic progress of the com- optimization and increased net- the conference with other senior pany based on three key areas work sharing. delegates from across the region of the rapidly growing telecoms Dr Marafih said: “We have for one of the largest corporate market. made significant progress in our and investment banking events Dr Nasser Marafih, Ooredoo’s stated strategy since our last in the Middle East. Group CEO, led presentations by update to the capital markets. Commenting on the bank’s the heads of Ooredoo’s finance, We discussed with our investors contribution as a lead spon- strategy and commercial teams and analysts how ‘The Ooredoo sor, al khaliji Group CEO Robin as well as the CEOs of Indosat Way’ will generate shareholder McCall said: “Bonds, Loans and and Ooredoo Myanmar who pro- value as we shift the business to Sukuk Middle East Conference vided an update on how Ooredoo becoming more data centric. is a great networking opportunity is moving its business into the “We view the rapidly changing with key decision makers that growth opportunities offered by telecoms sectors as an opportu- drive this segment of the indus- data based products and services nity to create growth not only try. Furthermore it enables us to under its group strategy: ‘The in our current markets but also take part in tapping the loans, Ooredoo Way’. in adjacent markets such as syndicated and capital markets The Ooredoo team presented B2B and e-commerce where we Senior officials addressing the Capital Markets Day in Doha. activities in the region. Sharing how the business is planning to have already made good progress. our expertise and hearing senior generate shareholder value as the Our presentations and discus- officials’ insight will enrich our telecommunications market rap- sions with our investors and Ooredoo signs Islamic loans worth $498m knowledge in the market and help idly evolves. analysts demonstrated how we us strengthen our ties with our Ooredoo’s strategy is now built are successfully building a busi- DOHA: Ooredoo has signed Ooredoo, which has operations Bank, Masraf Al-Rayyan and clients and partners.” around three core areas of focus: ness that is increasingly capable three Islamic loan facilities in Africa, Asia and the Middle Barwa Bank. Muhammad Jawaad Chawla, Leading on Customer Experience; of capturing the growth oppor- with local banks totalling East, has agreed one-year mura- These will be used for general al khaliji Head of Regional Strengthening Foundations and tunities of a digital world,” Dr $498m, the telecommunica- bahas — a sharia-compliant cost- corporate purposes, Ooredoo said Corporate & Structured Finance, Accelerating Growth. Marafih said. tions operator said in a state- plus-profit arrangement — of in a statement. will address a panel discussion. The refinement of the group’s THE PENINSULA ment yesterday. $166m each with Qatar Islamic THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Weak retail sales put a wrinkle QInvest to host Islamic finance seminar with LSE DOHA: QInvest, Qatar’s lead- sukuk which aims to raise £200m industry. It has acted as a cata- on US outlook ing investment bank and one ($320m). Participation in alter- lyst for developing a legislative and of the most prominent Islamic native investment financing is regulatory environment conducive financial institutions in the steadily growing in the UK and for Islamic bonds, thereby encour- WASHINGTON: US retail world , w i l l b e ho s ti n g a n ‘Isl a m ic LSE is well placed to be the cen- aging more activity from issuers.” sales barely rose in April, tem- Finance Seminar’ in London in tre of western Islamic Finance.” The sukuk market has expe- pering hopes of a sharp accel- partnership with London Stock Ibrahim of QInvest added: “The rienced extremely rapid growth eration in economic growth in Exchange (LSE) on May 16 to sukuk market is building strong in recent years. The total value the second quarter. discuss challenges and oppor- growth momentum and demand of sukuk issuance over a 20-year The Commerce Department tunities related to Shariah- continues to outstrip supply period up to 2010 amounted to said yesterday retail sales edged compliant finance, including due to the continued growth in $201.6bn whilst the value of sukuk up 0.1 percent last month, held raising capital through Islamic Islamic banking and financial issuance in the last three years back by declines in receipts at bonds called sukuk. assets. 2013 was a strong year for (2011-2013) has exceeded $336bn. furniture, electronic and appli- Speakers and panelists con- QInvest and saw us advising on The LSE is a key global venue ance stores, restaurants and bars firmed for this event include $3.5bn of sukuk transactions. As for the listing of sukuk. It is the and online retailers. Alexander Armstrong, Head Hani Ibrahim & Alexander Armstrong issuers are increasingly looking leading western centre for Islamic Retail sales, which account of Financial Institutions & for ways to diversify their fund- finance and is at the forefront of for a third of consumer spend- Structured Finance at QInvest; ing, we expect another busy year key developments in Europe. In ing, rose by a revised 1.5 percent Hani Ibrahim, Head of Debt said: “LSE is a key global venue alternative finance investment in 2014, with increased activity 2013, the UK government rein- in March. That was the largest Capital Markets at QInvest; Stella for the issuance of sukuk. It is the bonds on our markets. London’s from outside of the Mena region forced its intentions to become increase since March 2010 and Cox, Managing Director at DDGI leading western centre for Islamic position in the Islamic Finance including the UK and Europe.” the global centre for Islamic reflected pent-up demand after Ltd; and Debashis Dey, Partner at Finance and is at the forefront world is strengthened by the sup- Armstrong said: “The move by Finance by announcing the future a brutally cold winter. Clifford Chance. of key developments in Europe. port of the UK government, most London to position itself as a global issue of a UK government Sukuk “You really had a spectacular Pietro Poletto, Head of Fixed To date, over $38bn has been notably by its recent announce- Islamic finance hub has provided which aims to raise £200m. March. You are now having an Income Markets, LSE Group, raised through 53 issues of these ment to issue a UK government an immense boost to the sukuk THE PENINSULA April hangover ... The reality of the economy is decent but not great. Some people over-extrap- olated the March numbers,” said Guy Berger, an economist at RBS in Stamford, Connecticut. Economists had forecast sales North Sea tax change to end drillers’ 20-year tax holiday advancing 0.4 percent last month after a previously reported 1.2 LONDON: A planned change company can deduct from profit almost tax free for 20 years or companies, which declined to and Rowan reported combined UK percent surge in March. in the way Britain taxes North for leasing drilling rigs from an more, perfectly legally, and with comment. “HMRC has always revenues of $11.8bn. Their com- Data such as employment, as Sea drillers exposes the loop- overseas unit in the same group. the agreement of Britain’s tax been fully aware that companies bined tax charge was just $70m. well as manufacturing and serv- hole in a system that allowed an The rig-leasing units are typi- authority, Her Majesty’s Revenue use this approach,” said Mike John Sweetman a former tax ices industries surveys had sug- industry with annual revenues cally based in countries where & Customs (HMRC). Tholen, Economics Director at inspector and now a tax consult- gested the economy regained of £2bn to pay almost no cor- their income is taxed lightly or Companies that have benefited North Sea industry body, Oil and ant, said it was unusual that an strength early in the second poration tax for two decades, not at all. A review of company from the current rules include Gas UK. “The arrangements were industry could continue for so quarter. Growth was held down prompting accusations that accounts, shipping registers and Ensco Plc, Rowan Companies appropriate fiscally for the busi- long with such a light tax bur- to a 0.1 percent annual rate in the UK tax authority is falling other company statements, shows Plc and Transocean Ltd, which ness these companies have.” den. “I suspect the industry was the first quarter by bad weather down on the job. that such inter-company transac- collectively accounted for over 60 Between 1993 and 2012, the a step ahead. These companies and a slow pace of restocking by The change, announced by tions — known as transfer pric- percent of the UK market in 2012. last year for which accounts were were very well advised .. (but) it businesses. Finance Minister George Osborne ing — have enabled drilling groups There is no suggestion of available, the main British oper- is a long time. It’s odd,” he said. REUTERS in March, caps the amount a UK in the North Sea to operate wrongdoing by any of these ating units of Transocean, Ensco REUTERS

MEED reveals region’s award-winning projects German investor

DOHA: MEED yesterday announced this year’s winners of the MEED confidence sinks Quality Awards for Projects 2014, in association with Mashreq, the only awards programme to recognise com- FRANKFURT: Investment a positive underlying trend for pleted projects in the Gulf region. sentiment in Germany fell to the economic development for Qatar’s Baytna — Qatar’s First the lowest level for nearly 1.5 the year 2014. The decline of the Passivhaus Project, jointly owned by years in May amid concern that experts’ economic expectations Qatar Green Building Council, Barwa growth in Europe’s top economy for Germany should be seen Real Estate Group and Kahramaa, and is set to lose momentum, a sur- against the backdrop of a strong nominated by ETA Star Engineering vey found yesterday. economic development in the first & Contracting, received the Award for The widely watched investor quarter,” Fuest said. Innovation, a category introduced only confidence index calculated by the Official first-quarter growth this year. ZEW economic institute fell by data are scheduled for release The UAE led all winners with four 10.1 points to 33.1 points in May, later this week. However, analysts awards, followed by Bahrain and Saudi it said in a statement. are pencilling in an acceleration Arabia with three regional winners It was the fifth monthly decline in gross domestic product (GDP) apiece. Oman and Qatar had one award- running in the index, bringing it growth to 0.7 percent in the winning project each. “We received a to its lowest level since January period from January to March. record number of entrants this year, and 2013. In the preceding three months, expected a stiffer competition from com- Analysts had been projecting the German had grown by 0.4 pleted projects across the GCC. This is a a much softer drop to 41 points. percent. clear affirmation that the projects indus- “Already, there are indica- Nevertheless, analysts believe try throughout the region has regained tions that Germany will not be the first-quarter growth figures its robustness, completing projects at a able to maintain this fast pace will have been boosted by the much faster pace following the slowdown of growth,” said ZEW president unusually mild winter, which in recent years,” said Edmund O’ Sullivan, Clemens Fuest. favours key industries such as The winners of the MEED Quality Awards for Projects 2014. Chairman, MEED. THE PENINSULA “Nevertheless, one can assume construction. AFP WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 World sheds OECD urges Germany to tackle job issues BERLIN: Germany should pursue reforms to narrow the social divide in employment and pave the way for more sustain- able growth, the Organisation reserve over for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said yesterday. Europe’s biggest economy has proved resilient amid global financial turmoil and the euro- role of yuan zone debt crisis, and German unemployment stands at post- unification lows even as job losses US pushes for faster reforms mount elsewhere in Europe. “Germany is doing very well, SHANGHAI: China’s yuan in the currency. An agreement but our aim is to make sure that will one day compete for a place announced last month will let everybody is on board,” OECD alongside the mighty dollar as Chinese investors invest in Hong Secretary General Angel Gurria a reserve currency hoarded by Kong’s stock market using yuan, said at a news conference with central banks, analysts say, as US while a free-trade zone launched German Economy Minister Treasury Chief Jacob Lew visits in the commercial hub Shanghai Sigmar Gabriel in Berlin. Beijing to push for faster reform. last year aims to pilot reforms for The OECD’s Economic Survey Authorities tightly control the full convertibility of the currency. on Germany said the social mobil- rate of the yuan — also known as “If China moves forward with ity of low-earners in the labour the renminbi (RMB) or “people’s its financial market and economic market had shrunk. The OECD money” — and limit capital flows reforms, the renminbi will become a urged Chancellor Angela Merkel’s into and out of the country. But viable, possibly significant, reserve coalition government to take China — already the world’s sec- currency,” said Prasad, previously decisive action in this and other ond largest economy — is gradu- head of the International Monetary areas and promote a “more inclu- ally moving to implement financial Fund’s China division. sive model of growth” based on reforms, make its exchange rate Despite the fact that the yuan good wages, a fair tax system and OECD Secretary-General Jose Angel Gurria (left) and IMF Chief Christine Lagarde at Chancellery in Berlin yesterday. more flexible and open its capi- cannot be freely bought and sold, equal opportunities in education. German chancellor met the heads of five global financial organisations for talks on the health of the global economy. tal account for investment and some central banks already hold it REUTERS financial transactions, rather than in their reserves including Chile, trade-related ones. Nigeria, and South Korea, he said The slow pace of change, though, — countries with significant eco- has frustrated Washington and the nomic relations with China, one of currency will be on the agenda as the world’s biggest traders. Lew discusses “progress on China’s Even Japan, with which politi- SABIC sees oil-to-chemicals plant by 2020 reform agenda” with Premier Li cal relations are deeply strained, Keqiang and other top officials. holds some. “Clearly the renminbi has trac- Beijing’s controls on its value KHOBAR: Saudi Basic dependence on crude export Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said Chemical companies usually tion. If you look at any measure mean that the yuan is one of the Industries Corp (SABIC) revenues. in March the kingdom would process gas or refined oil prod- of the renminbi’s internationali- world’s less volatile currencies, expects its planned oil-to- In its first public announce- build its first plant able to turn ucts into petrochemicals, such sation... the trajectory looks very with a fixed value until mid-2005, chemicals plant to start opera- ment on the project, SABIC did crude oil directly into chemi- as ethylene and propylene, that sharp,” said Eswar Prasad, econom- steady appreciation for the next tions by the end of 2020, it said not say where the complex would cals without having to refine it are then used to make plastics ics professor at Cornell University three years, a two-year pause for yesterday. be located, how much it would pay first. He said the plant would be and other products. Using oil as and author of “The Dollar Trap”, the global financial crisis, and then SABIC, one of the world’s larg- for the oil or if the crude would located in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia’s a feedstock is also more expensive which argues that the ubiquitous gradual strengthening against the est petrochemical groups, said it be subsidised. It did not specify second-largest industrial hub on than cracking gas. ExxonMobil greenback is an inescapable neces- dollar until the beginning of 2014. expects to use around 10 million which type of the crude it would the West coast. started up the world’s first plant sity for now. So far this year, though, it has tonnes of crude oil annually as use either. It is not clear if the develop- that processes crude oil into Efforts so far have focused lost nearly three percent, closing feedstock for the plant. That is In a statement to the stock ment of such a project is linked chemicals in Singapore last year. on transforming China’s special Monday at 6.2369 to $1, with ana- equivalent to 200,000 barrels per exchange, SABIC said it was in to finding alternative liquid State-run oil giant Saudi administrative region of Hong lysts attributing the fall to deliber- day, or an average-sized oil refin- the final stages of preliminary feedstock to help meet a short- Aramco has been researching Kong into the world’s centre of “off- ate central bank action in a bid to ery. Development of the Saudi studies for the industrial complex age of gas supplies, which SABIC ways to make ethylene and pro- shore” yuan trading, where banks chase speculative funds betting on petrochemical sector is part of in Saudi Arabia which will help blamed last month for limiting pylene directly from oil for years take deposits and financial insti- continued appreciation out of the Riyadh’s strategy for diversify- provide around 100,000 direct its expansion plans within Saudi to grow its petrochemicals busi- tutions issue bonds denominated market. AFP ing the economy away from heavy and indirect jobs for Saudis. Arabia. ness. REUTERS India’s stocks Natixis plans Middle cheer Modi victory forecast East hiring spree

DUBAI: Natixis plans to core businesses, with the idea that NEW DELHI: Indian stock increase staffing levels in the we want to have product people markets surged to record highs Middle East by 50 percent in locally,” Perquel said at the bank’s yesterday on hopes of a busi- 2014, a top executive of the Dubai office. ness-friendly government under French investment bank said, Perquel said the growth in the Hindu nationalist Narendra as the lender looks to gain more region would build steadily on its Modi as polls showed him clos- revenue from outside its home current business, which contrib- ing in on victory in the world’s market. utes around 5 percent of the bank’s biggest democracy. The bank, whose parent is total revenue. Natixis has around All the forecasts showed Modi’s French retail lender BPCE, has 40 staff in Dubai, as well as a small right-wing Bharatiya Janata targeted further diversification representative office in Egypt. “We Party (BJP) and its allies trounc- from its home market, which has want to have one or two product ing the ruling Congress party suffered from sluggish growth specialists in each of the areas which has been in power for a and the eurozone crisis, as well that we want to push here,” he decade, and most indicated they as reduced costs in its 2014-2017 said, adding that infrastructure, would seal a majority. strategic plan. This foresees an aircraft finance and energy and Foreign and domestic inves- increase in the split of business commodity sectors were a focus. tors have few misgivings about it generates outside France from The amount of business avail- his past, however, and appeared around half now to two-thirds by able in the infrastructure space in no mood to heed the warnings the end of 2017. — Qatar alone is forecast to about unreliable pollsters. The Having concentrated in 2013 announce projects worth over Bombay Stock Exchange index, on building its business in Latin $200bn between 2013 and 2018 also known as the Sensex, showed America and Japan, the bank will —and the growth plans of air- gains of 1.90 percent at a new high invest in the Middle East this lines such as Emirates, Etihad of 24,000.93 in late morning trade, year, said Olivier Perquel, head of and Qatar Airways has drawn surpassing Monday’s record peak financing and global markets. “We the attention of other European of 23,572.88 points. AFP are pushing very hard all of our banks. REUTERS

South Korea envoy at NYSE

South Korea’s Ambassador to the US Ahn Ho-young (centre right) and US Ambassador to South Korea Sung Y Kim (centre left) ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Bilfinger offers China faces slowdown in investments to buy UK GVA

China’s fixed-asset investment rises at slowest pace in more than 12 years in January-April FRANKFURT: German industrial and services com- BEIJING: China’s fixed-asset released cumulatively, and the slowest in five years, previous amount of money rural banks institutions and 16.5 percent for pany Bilfinger has offered to investment, a main meas- reading was the lowest since data showed. And retail sales, have to keep in reserve, tax smaller ones. It has not reduced buy privately owned UK com- ure of government spending a 13.7 percent increase for the a gauge of consumer spending, breaks for small enterprises and lending rates since July 2012. mercial property consultant on infrastructure, rose at its whole of 2001, NBS data showed. grew 11.9 percent year on year, targeted infrastructure outlays. Some economists, however, GVA Grimley Holdings, its lat- slowest pace in more than 12 It was one of several statis- the NBS added, down from a 12.2 But ANZ analysts Liu Ligang and believe the current policies are est in a series of deals to focus years in January-April, data tics adding to concerns over the percent rise in March. Zhou Hao said the growth target sufficient to prevent growth from on service businesses. showed yesterday, fuelling calls weakening of China’s economy, a The figures are the latest to was unlikely to be achieved with- decelerating further and Beijing Bilfinger said yesterday it had for Beijing to act to boost the key driver of global growth, and show a slowdown in the economy, out a cut in interest rates as well. is unlikely to rush to take more submitted an offer to the nearly economy. analysts called on Beijing to ease which grew 7.4 percent year-on- “If the government still views aggressive measures. 300 shareholders of GVA Grimley Growth in the world’s second- its monetary policy. “The pres- year in the first three months that achieving a 7.5 percent In a research note Louis and both parties have agreed to largest economy is decelerating, sure for more policy easing con- of 2014. That figure was weaker growth target is important for Kuijs and Tiffany Qiu of Royal keep the terms confidential. The but leaders in Beijing say they tinues to build,” Zhang Zhiwei, than the 7.7 percent in October- its credibility, China’s monetary Bank of Scotland attributed the offer runs for four weeks. want to wean the country off Nomura’s economist based in December and the worst since a policy will have to play its nec- investment growth deceleration Bilfinger has been on buying investment as the key driver of Hong Kong, said in a research similar 7.4 percent expansion in essary role by easing further in to earlier monetary tightening, spree since 2011, spending about expansion and shift the focus to note. the third quarter of 2012. order to help pull the economy corporate reluctance to expand €800m acquiring about two consumer spending. Industrial output, which meas- Premier Li Keqiang in March out of a state of lethargy,” they capacity, and a slowdown in the dozen companies as it reduces its Fixed-asset investment ures production at factories, announced a growth target of said in a report. real estate sector. “We expect dependence on the construction increased 17.3 percent year-on- workshops and mines, increased “around 7.5 percent” for 2014. China in April cut the reserve the current approach to mac- sector. Acquisitions include UK year in the first four months of 8.7 percent year-on-year in April, Officials have publicly ruled requirement ratio for rural banks roeconomic policy — support- facility services company Europa, 2014, slowing from 17.6 percent the NBS said, edging down from out a massive stimulus to kick- by up to two percentage points, ing growth without resorting to automation technology specialist in the first three months, the 8.8 percent a month earlier. The start growth but have instead the first such move since May major stimulus — to be broadly GreyLogix and power plant con- National Bureau of Statistics indicator rose 8.6 percent in the introduced a series of smaller 2012, when it slashed the ratio maintained,” they said. trol systems specialist Helmut (NBS) said. The figure is only first two months of the year, the measures, including a cut in the to 20 percent for large financial AFP Mauell. REUTERS

Sony executives lose bonuses again after another bad year

TOKYO: Struggling electron- value of the bonuses that will not lost its footing since the sure- ics giant Sony will not pay be paid this year could be up to fire successes of the 1980s, and bonuses to senior executives 1bn yen ($10m). The comments been overtaken by nimbler for- for the third straight year, the came a day before the firm is due eign competitors like Apple and Japanese company said yester- to announce its full-year earnings Samsung. day, as it braces for another dis- report. The electronics that built astrous earnings showing. Sony said earlier this month the brand are now an albatross The move means that company it would report a bigger than around its neck, weighing on the president Kazuo Hirai will not expected annual loss, blaming profits that other arms of the have received any bonuses since costs tied to its exit from the per- huge company generate, such as he became CEO in 2012, a Sony sonal computer business, as the those in music publishing and spokeswoman said. once-mighty company undergoes movies. Several top executives will fol- painful reforms. Earlier this month Sony said low suit, while dozens of other Hirai has led a sweeping it expected to book a 130bn yen senior officials — including those restructuring, including plans to ($1.27bn) net loss in the fiscal in charge of the troubled electron- cut 5,000 jobs and asset liquidi- year to March, while it slashed its ics divisions — are expected to be sation that saw the $1bn sale of operating earnings outlook. The left out of the bonus round for Sony’s Manhattan headquarters. figure is worse than a 110 billion the second straight year, she said. But he has repeatedly shrugged yen net loss forecast just three “Our top management proposed to off pleas to abandon the ailing months ago, when it said it would E mployees working on the Airbus A330 assembly line in Colomiers, southwestern France. return their bonuses and that was television unit, which he insists cut 5,000 jobs in its struggling accepted in the company’s com- remains central to Sony’s core computer and television units. pensation committee as appropri- business. The move came after Moody’s Airbus reports profit leap in Q1 ate,” the spokeswoman said. Sony was once king of con- downgraded its credit rating on Japanese reports said bonuses sumer electronics and a byword Sony to junk, saying the maker of typically make up between 35 for cool. But the company that Bravia televisions and PlayStation PARIS: Airbus Group, for- Airbus has already said that it per share had doubled from 28 and 50 percent of an executive’s revolutionised the way people game consoles must do more to merly EADS, reported yester- will not be able to match the 2013 euro cents to 56 cents. remuneration, with the Nikkei listen to music with its Walkman repair its battered balance sheet. day a near doubling of quarterly figures for orders taken. However, Chief Executive Tom Enders business daily saying the total portable cassette player has AFP net profit, a rise in sales driven Airbus Group held to its forecast said that the group was holding by helicopters, but a fall in new that orders taken this year would to its forecasts but still had much orders after an exceptional per- exceed the number of aircraft to do by the end of the year, with QATARI MARKET formance last year. delivered, and that its operating the emphasis being on applying Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Dubai fund plans Net profit for the quarter margin would be 7-8 percent in restructuring programmes. Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.63 1.00 % Aa2 AA rose by 93 percent to €439m 2015. In the first three months of The company is due to put its ($604.5m). the year the group achieved an new A350 airliner into service by Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 121.00 2.03 % Aa2 AA benchmark sukuk The price of shares in the group operating margin of 5.5 percent. the end of the year. This aircraft Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 114.25 2.54 % Aa2 AA rose by 4.91 percent to €51.92 in Sales revenue by the group, which is a long-haul plane with a fuse- Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 109.25 3.14 % Aa2 AA DUBAI: Investment early trading in Paris. The over- builds mainly Airbus airliners but lage made of composite materials. Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 160.50 4.45 % Aa2 AA Corporation of Dubai (ICD), the all French market as measured also has wide interests in the aer- The group changed its name to Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 122.50 4.86 % Aa2 AA state-owned fund which holds by the CAC 40 index was up 0.20 ospace sector from making heli- Airbus Group at the beginning of Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 113.00 4.89 % Aa2 AA stakes in some of the emirate’s percent. copters to satellite equipment, fell this year in a major refocusing of Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 103.44 0.57 % Aa2 AA top companies, plans to sell a The value of orders taken fell by 5 percent in the quarter from activities after a failed attempt to dual-tranche bond and sukuk by more than half to €21.1bn the equivalent figure last year to merger with British group BAE Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 112.13 2.85 % Aa2 AA offering tomorrow, a document from €49.5bn. This reflected €12.6bn. Systems. Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 102.25 0.54 % A1 A- from lead arrangers said. orders taken for 103 aircraft on Meanwhile, Airbus Helicopters, It is now restructuring its Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.50 1.78 % A1 A- The fund aims to issue an a net basis, after allowing for formerly Eurocopter, increased its defence and space activities to Islamic bond with a six year cancellations. number of orders taken by half. face increased international QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.00 0.97 % NR NR lifespan and a conventional bond That was far short of the fig- Airbus Helicopters also competition at a time of cuts in QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.13 1.03 % Aa3 A+ offering of 10 years duration, ure of 410 in the first quarter of increased the number of aircraft defence budgets by governments QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.50 1.71 % Aa3 A+ the document said. The dollar- 2013 which was an exceptional delivered to 74 from 58, and so in the West. denominated transaction will be year for aircraft manufacturers, raised sales by 14 percent. At stock brokers Aurel BG in Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.50 1.86 % A2 A- benchmark-sized, although the notably Airbus and its main US The Airbus Defence and Space Paris, analysts said that Airbus Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 105.00 1.27 % A2 A- document didn’t specify if this rival Boeing, as airlines rushed division, grouping the two activi- had published solid results with Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 124.75 2.63 % A2 A- was meant for each tranche or to renew their fleets after the ties formerly known as Astrium sales exceeding expectations. Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 108.25 3.37 % A2 A- both of them combined. financial crisis and in readiness and Cassidian, held new orders at They noted that the group had Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 105.63 4.37 % A2 A- Benchmark size is traditionally for a forecast boom in air travel, about the previous level. fallen behind Boeing in recent Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 101.88 0.45 % Aa3 A understood to mean in excess of mainly in emerging economies led The group said that the overall months but remained confident. Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.75 2.87 % Aa3 A $500m. REUTERS by countries in Asia. performance meant that earnings AFP Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 109.13 3.68 % Aa3 A SOVEREIGNS Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 122.25 1.97 % Aa2 AA BlackBerry back Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 107.75 1.05 % NR NR Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 108.75 1.86 % NR NR Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 125.75 3.26 % NR NR with budget Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 119.88 3.56 % NR NR Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 102.25 0.67 % Aa2 AA smartphone Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 115.25 2.67 % NR BBB Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 108.88 3.80 % NR BBB JAKARTA: BlackBerry yes- terday launched a new budget Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 102.88 5.18 % Caa1 B- handset in Indonesia, one of Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 107.88 3.13 % NR BBB- its last bastions, in the hope it will take off in emerging mar-

*Periodic Distribution Amount kets and stem a decline in the IMPORTANT NOTE: smartphone maker’s fortunes. Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which The touchscreen Z3, which is is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services slated for release in six other fast- Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary growing markets after Indonesia, data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not is the first new BlackBerry phone take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds since CEO John Chen took the can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant helm of the crisis-hit company in liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not November. a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. The phone will be available from Thursday and will cost 2,199,000 rupiah ($190). It will be released later in countries including Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam BlackBerry Chief Executive John Chen holds a Blackberry Z3 during a launch event in Jakarta yesterday. and India, Chen told reporters at the launch event. AFP WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Piketty’s idea of the Meet the man who has the wealth tax isn’t a joke hardest job in economics BY CLIVE CROOK BY WILLIAM PESEK and vested interests dig in, expect Modi to Expectations are high for Modi. rom the left, James Galbraith of the University of Texas do what so many governments before have Businesses and households alike will be look- at Austin says the idea is futile: “Why spend an entire ew central bankers have had as done: pressure the central bank to boost ing for fast dividends that will be very hard chapter on it — unless perhaps to incite the naive?” Daniel much success in so short a period growth. Rajan should brace for unprec- to deliver. The changes India needs will be FShuchman in the Wall Street Journal says it ignores the as India’s Raghuram Rajan. Eight edented criticism that the Reserve Bank nothing less than explosive for the country’s sources of prosperity: “He breezily assures us that none of this months ago, when Rajan took isn’t doing enough to support the nation. leadership. Any moves to root out corrup- would reduce economic growth, productivity, entrepreneurship over as head of the Reserve Bank He should stand firm against the politics tion, make government more accountable, or innovation.” Tim Worstall at Forbes says it’s a logical impos- Fof India, the rupee was in a free fall, spec- of expediency and focus on establishing a and reduce the barriers to everything from sibility. “Mr Piketty’s focus on soaking the rich smacks of socialist ulators were betting on a debt crisis, and foundation for sustainable growth. trade to investment will require epic battles ideology, not scholarship,” says the Economist. economists buzzed about India being the The most important contribution Rajan with entrenched interests. So will any effort Piketty himself acknowledges that the tax is Utopian and — as first BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) can make is getting India’s inflation rate to reduce government debt or narrow the in the rest of book — he spends no time interrogating his big nation to have its credit rating cut to junk. well below the growth rate. Consumer current-account deficit. conclusions or trying to improve them. But if you unpack the idea Today, India’s central bank is back to bat- prices rose at a rate of 8.59 percent in April, It won’t be long before the preelection a little, it starts to look better. When it comes to feasibility, you tling more conventional foes such as infla- the fastest pace among the biggest emerg- hype about Modi taking his “Gujarat model” might even claim that policy is moving this way. tion, not financial Armageddon, thanks to ing markets. The economy is expanding at nationwide meets governing realities, drag- A wealth tax is generally conceived of as a levy based on the Rajan’s decisive moves to stop capital from barely half that rate: roughly 4.7 percent, ging down his approval ratings. The quickest aggregate value of all household assets, including owner-occupied fleeing the economy. But Rajan is about to near last year’s 4.5 percent, which was the way to calm the masses will be the central housing; cash, bank deposits, money funds, and savings in insur- confront an even bigger challenge: India’s slowest since 2003. That right there explains bank’s compliance. But Rajan must resist ance and pension plans; investment in real estate and unincor- dysfunctional politics. so many of India’s vulnerabilities. the torrent of criticism sure to come his porated businesses; and corporate stock, financial securities, and On Friday, India’s 1.2 billion people will Rajan has raised borrowing costs three way. Giving in wouldn’t just fan fresh infla- personal trusts. get a new government. Elections that times to 8 percent. The moves were partly tion — it would also remove the urgency On equity and efficiency grounds, it makes sense to tax wealth. began April 7 are widely expected to deliver aimed at stabilising the rupee after it for the government to internationalise an The practicalities, though, are daunting. Flight to low-tax juris- Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party to plunged to record lows. But Rajan is also economy that risks getting left behind as dictions — the rationale for making a wealth tax global — is only power. Markets are rallying amid expecta- trying to rid the $1.8tr economy of the China races forward. one of many difficulties. tions he will cut red tape, attack corrup- chronic inflation that exacerbates poverty, For now, though, Rajan faces what may be To levy a tax each year, you’d need an annual accounting of tion, and reduce the crushing poverty that damages competitiveness and inhibits for- the toughest job in global economics. Instead wealth, which isn’t easy to do, and you’d have to contend with the leaves 800 million people living on less than eign-direct investment. of becoming Modi’s monetary lackey, Rajan fact that wealth doesn’t always produce a flow of income that can $2 a day. Since taking over as the central bank’s is just the man to play the honest-broker be used to pay what’s owed. Since 2001, Modi has served as chief min- governor in September, Rajan has had rea- role New Delhi has lacked during the past The best way to tax wealth is therefore to tax capital income as ister of the western state of Gujarat, where sonably free rein to shore up India’s finan- decade. If he can turn the tables and prod it’s realised and, once a lifetime, tax inheritance. Tax authorities growth significantly outpaced the national cial system. With crisis in the air, politicians Modi to alter the mechanics of India’s econ- generally pay lip-service to this concept, but they execute it badly. average in 11 of the past 12 years for which were all too happy to defer to the central omy, Rajan will be remembered as one of In America, capital gains are taxed when realised, though at data are available. Voters want Modi to rep- bank. But inevitably, Rajan and his team history’s greatest reformers, and the world a preferential rate. licate that performance across the nation. will find themselves in an uncomfortable economy will be a better place. More important, as Warren Buffett could tell you, invest- As the magnitude of the task becomes clear spotlight. WP-BLOOMBERG ments can soar in value for decades without gains ever being realised or tax ever coming due. Incredibly, when those assets are passed to heirs, their value is re-based — and the unre- alised gains simply disappear for capital-gains-tax purposes. True, the estate is then supposedly taxed in its own right, but the wealthy can find ways around that too. The result is that enormous accumulations of income — that is, wealth — can escape tax altogether. What’s needed is moderate but effective taxation of capital income combined with moderate but effective taxation of inherit- ance, so that unrealised gains are brought back into the tax base, either during the course of an investor’s life or at death. In the case of the very rich, attuned as they are to tax-avoid- ance opportunities, effectiveness does require international co- operation. But here’s the thing: That part is already happening. Bear in mind that the US taxes its citizens wherever they live and work in the world. In that sense, the US already collects a global income tax. In addition, in recent years, the United States authorities have been waging war on foreign tax shel- ters and bank-secrecy laws. In some ways, this campaign has gone too far: The rules have become burdensome for ordinary taxpayers who have ever lived or worked abroad. (Many Americans complain that foreign banks and financial companies no longer want them as clients — too much record-keeping and reporting.) What’s interesting, though, is just how far foreign jurisdictions have gone in accommodating US demands for compliance with US standards. Plutocrats are mobile and can live and work where they please. They can hire teams of lawyers to advise them on domicile, resi- dence, citizenship and any of a thousand factors that will affect their tax liabilities. Co-operation among tax authorities in closing loopholes is therefore necessary. But it’s happening, and is likely to go further. Piketty’s nightmare of rule by oligarchs rests partly on his assumption that international tax competition will drive capital taxes to zero. In fact, greater co-operation among governments is already helping to ensure that the very rich pay their taxes. Combine this with reform at the national level to recapture unre- alised capital gains for tax purposes and you could tax global wealth without ever needing a “global wealth tax.” Not quite as momentous as Piketty’s overblown “central con- tradiction of capitalism” — but on taxing wealth, he has a point. WP-BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Pfizer’s bid for AstraZeneca: How UK’s economy got dumber

BY ADITYA should keep their filthy, erection- private-sector labs and factories, happened in the last few years, Nobel prize-winning pair who dis- coffee chain doesn’t need to spend CHAKRABORTTY enhancing hands off our British employing hundreds of thousands but the chances are that you covered graphene. money on R&D; a hi-tech manu- crown jewels. of people and exporting around won’t remember the process – Here was an apparent won- facturer does. But the UK kissed ewspapers feast on That, as both sets of pharma- the world. because no one kicked up a fuss der material – the new plastic, goodbye to our manufacturing plane crashes, but they ceutical bosses are grilled by MPs The true significance of Pfizer’s at the time. experts claim – but Geim told me base long ago. yawn over poor engi- on Tuesday morning is pretty proposed bid is this: it highlights Indeed, before the ICI name that no matter how many dinners Boosters point out that we still Nneering. The confla- much what you’ll hear from a the paucity of options now avail- finally disappeared for good in and conferences he did, he could have a large manufacturing sec- gration gets the front page, while majority of the press and Ed able to Britain, and the decades of 2008, the then chairman asked hardly get any British firms to do tor; but that is merely a function those prior expert warnings over Miliband’s troops. neglect and mismanagement that around Whitehall whether there the necessary research. of Britain still having one of the causes were lucky to make the And Vince Cable will do what led us here. It is the plane crash was “any kind of policy on pro- The great excitement in largest economies in the world. bottom of page 46. You can see Vince Cable usually does: drop that justifies all those expert tecting British companies”. Manchester was over a new Do what Adam Leaver at the same pattern in all the huffing hints that Cameron and Osborne warnings. As he told Alex Brummer for graphene research centre soon to Manchester University has done and puffing over Pfizer’s battle for are holding him back from step- How did we get here? his book Britain for Sale, the usual open with about £60m of taxpayer and compare how much value AstraZeneca. ping in, all the while looking about AstraZeneca was originally the Treasury answer came back: funds; one scientist estimated British manufacturers add rela- Here’s the tale you have prob- as happy as a labrador trapped in corporate child of ICI, which was “Absolutely not. We’re interested that South Korea’s Samsung was tive to the size of the economy, ably read over the past few days: a hot car. once Britain’s largest manufac- in jobs but we’re not interested in spending nearly five times that and you’ll find that we now a US drugs giant is eyeing up a There’s one thing wrong with turer of everything from paints who owns the company.” sum on investigating one appli- rank 24th out of 31 of the most UK rival – in what would be the this story: it neatly skips most to betablockers. Except that being a distant cation of the substance. advanced nations, behind Slovenia biggest foreign takeover in British of the important bits. Not that Then came one of Thatcher’s outpost in a foreign corporate’s When Thatcher came to power, and New Zealand. history. I think AstraZeneca should favourite wheeler-dealers, Jim empire usually means that you Britain was one of the most What are we left with? Not the Trouble is, America’s Pfizer be handed over to a rival to be Hanson, who, in 1991, put in a bid are first in line for cuts and back research-intensive economies in march of the makers, as Osborne has got form as a slash-and-burn dismembered. to take over the conglomerate and of the queue for jobs and research the advanced world; now we’re would have it, but the march of merchant, snapping up big com- But something has gone badly break it up. money. among the least. According to a the mergers and acquisitions petitors, then axing staff numbers wrong in a country when one That approach got bogged down AstraZeneca is a good exam- much-cited report published by advisers. and research budgets. Were it to deal involving one Anglo-Swedish in scandal – but ICI’s executives ple: it has cut plant after plant Cambridge University, British The withering away of both do the same with AstraZeneca, drugmaker – in which Britons did what Hanson wanted anyway in Britain – the Cambridge labs business spends less on R&D our manufacturing and research pop would go one of Britain’s few make up fewer than one in six of and smashed up the company. that are currently arousing such compared with the size of our capacity helps to explain why we big corporate spenders on R&D, all staff – assumes such signifi- The drugs arm was sold to the concern are only the rump of the economy than the US, Germany, can’t get a proper recovery going one of our most important export- cance to its future as a research- Swedes, the pesticides division drugmaker’s research activity in France, South Korea. Even the – but rely instead on pumping ers and one of our best hopes of intensive innovation economy. flogged to the Swiss, the dyes part this country. Chinese spend more. up the old credit and property becoming a hi-tech knowledge Given all that has been said to the Dutch and the adhesives The result of all this shrink- This is a story about how bubble. The fuss caused by the economy. by Thatcher, Blair and Cameron, and electronics materials finally age is painful to see. At the end Britain’s economy got dumber, proposed AstraZeneca deal is The moral would appear to be whole swaths of Britain ought parcelled out to the Germans. of last year, I went to Manchester and it goes alongside one about deserved, but it comes too late. clear: those Yankee merchants by now to be covered with Much of this actually to meet Andre Geim, one of the how we got less industrious. A THE GUARDIAN WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

QE Indices Summary QE Index 13,174.74 0.82 % WORLD STOCK INDICES GOLD & SILVER EXCHANGE QE Total Return Index 19,646.38 0.82 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 4,319.51 0.32 % RATE QE All Share Index 3,353.16 1.03 % INDEX Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low QE All Share Banks & Financial 3,203.02 0.76 % GOLD Buying Selling Services All Ordinaries 5475.373 46.419 0.86 5533.3 5072.7 QE All Share Consumer Goods & 7,094.48 0.16 % QR151.5161 US$ ...... QR 3.6305 QR 3.6500 Services Cac 40 Index/D 4502 8.35 0.19 4507.24 4080.6 QE All Share Industrials 4,532.41 1.41 % SILVER UK ...... QR 6.0954 QR 6.1814 QE All Share Insurance 3,427.29 6.64 % Dj Indu Average 16695.47 112.13 0.68 16704.8 14551.27 Euro ...... QR 4.9630 QR 5.0327 QE All Share Real Estate 2,628.7 0.55 % QR 2.2827 CA$ ...... QR 3.3116 QR 3.3774 QE All Share Telecoms 1,727.21 0.18 % Egypt Cma Gn Idx 1026.29 32.57 3.28 999.95 312.38 QE All Share Transportation 2,414.29 1.17 % Swiss Fr ...... QR 4.0674 QR 4.1250 QE Market Summary Comparison Hang Seng Inde/D 22352.38 90.77 0.41 23469.33 21137.61 Yen ...... QR 0.0353 QR 0.0360 Today Previous day Aus$ ...... QR 3.3786 QR 3.4445 Iseq Overall/D 4880.1 -16.22 -0.33 5195.97 4522.4 CRUDE OIL 13-05-2014 12-05-2014 Ind Re ...... QR 0.0605 QR 0.0617 Index 13,174.74 13,067.34 Karachi 100 In/D 28411.49 67.61 0.24 29669.95 25273.11 Pak Re ...... QR 0.0366 QR 0.0373 Change 107.40 72.29 BRENT Peso ...... QR 0.0824 QR 0.0841 Nikkei 225 Index 14425.44 275.92 1.95 16164.01 13885.11 % 0.82 0.56 SL Re ...... QR 0.0277 QR 0.0282 YTD% 26.93 25.89 $ 108.35 S&P 500 Index/D 0 0 0 1897.28 1560.33 Taka ...... QR 0.0463 QR 0.0475 Volume 23,466,565 21,506,017 DUBAI Nep Re ...... QR 0.0379 QR 0.0386 Value (QAR) 1,015,049,870.12 1,033,975,677.08 Straits Times/D 3222.43 -29.7 -0.91 3284.7 2953.01 Trades 11,410 9,738 $ 104.64 SA Rand ...... QR 0.3498 QR 0.3569 Up 29 | Down 11 | Unchanged 02 Straits Times/D 2971.47 22.7 0.77 3035.78 2657.77

QATAR EXCHANGE | DAILY TRADING REPORT | 13-05-2014

INTERNATIONAL MARKETS A List of Shares from the world

COMPANY CLOSE NET VOLUME COMPANY CLOSE NET VOLUME COMPANY CLOSE NET VOLUME COMPANY CLOSE NET VOLUME COMPANY CLOSE NET VOLUME COMPANY CLOSE NET VOLUME NAME CHG TRADED NAME CHG TRADED NAME CHG TRADED NAME CHG TRADED NAME CHG TRADED NAME CHG TRADED

A C C-A/D 1389.25 41.25 48659 Chambal Fert-B/D 41.15 1.15 331010 Hind Org Chem-/D 15.89 -0.34 117749 Kilburnengg-B/D 20.35 -0.15 8879 S Bk Bikaner-B/D 363.7 2.3 50264 Kingfisher/D 417.8 2.2 1918796 Aarti Drugs-B/D 398.15 6.8 17576 Chola Invest-B/D 290 -8.25 7059 Hind Unilever-/D 577.75 7.7 112771 Kinetic Eng-B/D 47.6 -1.25 12074 Saur.Cem-B/D 19.55 0.2 3154 Land Secs Grou/D 1095 10 317683 Aban Offs-B/D 509.2 9.95 256970 Chowgule St-T/D 11.8 -0.09 27087 Hind.Petrol-A/D 377.9 0.5 305535 Kopran-B/D 34.2 1.15 151223 Savita Oil-B/D 562.15 11.95 10328 Legal & Genera/D 227.4 0.2 4661037 Aegis Logis-B/D 170.75 0.75 12785 Cipla-A/D 390.7 3.1 263919 Hindalco-A/D 142.3 -1.2 1367397 Lakshmi Elec-B/D 246.05 0.95 6346 Thirumalai-B/D 85.9 -5.35 25050 Lloyds Bnk Grp/D 76.328 -0.66 29296696 Ahmed.Forg-B/D 199.9 15.95 234193 City Union Bk-/D 64.9 0.5 218455 Hous Dev Fin-A/D 906.5 13.9 142993 Lgb Broth-B/D 470.45 -1.65 12221 Timexgroup-B/D 10.34 0.17 35680 Marks & Sp./D 462.445 4.3 2173066 Alembic-B/D 16.65 -0.5 218887 Dai-Tichi Kar-/D 73 -1 19349 I F C I-A/D 27.65 0.7 1796694 Lloydsfin.-T/D 0.52 -0.01 8037 Tinplate-B/D 53.5 0.4 32430 Next/D 6515 10 156780 Alok Indus-B/D 7.61 0.17 1310295 Dcm Shram Ind-/D 69.5 -1.2 9258 Idbi-A/D 70.4 0.75 522828 Lok.Hous&Con-B/D 13.86 -0.08 125822 Ub Engineer-T/D 12.25 0.05 3981 Pearson/D 1140 6 354397 Apollo Tyre-A/D 166.5 -5.9 526332 Dhampur Sugar-/D 45.15 -0.2 23462 Ifb Ind.Ltd.-B/D 88 1.2 37484 Maral Overs-B/D 19 0.55 6588 Ub Engineer-T/D 12.25 0.05 3981 Prudential/D 1400.9 9.5 1129718 Asahi I Glass-/D 56.6 2.5 15137 Dr. Reddy-A/D 2610.7-108.45 62484 India Cement-B/D 73.95 2.95 220744 Mastek-B/D 163.45 2.25 39514 Ucal Fuel-B/D 53 0.65 11462 Rank Group/D 159.1 -0.4 9639 Ashok Leyland-/D 25.5 0.3 1904134 E I H-B/D 75.6 0.9 36580 India Glycol-B/D 101.8 1.15 39001 Max India L-A/D 222.7 3.7 432163 Ucal Fuel-B/D 53 0.65 11462 Rentokil Initi/D 126.9 1.4 621001 Ballarpur In-B/D 14.92 0.26 1188145 E.I.D Parry-B/D 157.7 -0.15 42207 Indian Hotel-A/D 72.1 0.4 103738 Mrpl-A/D 58.1 0.55 246971 Ultramarine-B/D 58.9 1.6 11262 Rolls Royce Pl/D 1022.36 19 2310869 Banaras Bead-B/D 27.65 -2.2 4099 Electrosteel-B/D 23.5 0.35 157129 Indo-Bcount-B/D 56.5 -2.55 61622 Nahar Spg.-B/D 100.2 1.1 17400 Unitech P -A/D 17.3 0.15 6913472 Rsa Insrance G/D 487.2 5.7 1348522 Bannari Aman-B/D 920.15 -5.9 9721 Escorts Fin-T/D 3.04 -0.16 5495 Indusind-A/D 534.1 12.45 215075 Nation Alum -A/D 41.15 2.6 503403 Univcable-T/D 29.35 -0.15 5086 Sainsbury(J)/D 339.495 3.4 4407466 Bata India-A/D 1027.7 -12.4 25204 Escorts-B/D 117.05 5.3 1019180 J.B.Chemical-B/D 145.05 -1.4 42407 Navneet Edu-B/D 62.85 0.65 20981 Schroders/D 2621 6 44744 Beml Ltd-B/D 447.5 35.95 552985 Essar Oil-A/D 71.45 0.85 1010577 Jagson Phar-T/D 14.2 0 3957 Nepc India-B/D 2.85 0.01 25830 Severn Trent/D 1877.3969 -8 105208 Bh Electronic-/D 1343.2 105.15 57566 Eveready Indu-/D 55.3 -0.3 137190 Jbf Indu-B/D 89.2 3.1 22525 Neuland Lab-B/D 295.3 -7.05 12022 LONDON Smith&Nephew/D 929 2.5 906123 Bhansali Eng-B/D 15.1 0.77 8379 F D C-B/D 131.75 -0.45 16993 Jct Elect P -B/D 0.45 0.01 4050 Nrb Bearings-B/D 65.7 -0.45 52842 Smiths Group/D 1350 15 148735 Bharat Bijle-T/D 614.3 2.05 4327 Federal Bank-A/D 102.6 4.75 656279 Jct Ltd-T/D 1.72 -0.08 148618 O N G C-A/D 372.05 13.65 619331 3I Group/D 378.5 0.5 336826 Standrd Chart /D 1294.52 5.5 1244639 Bharatgears-B/D 48.6 1.65 8604 Ferro Alloys-B/D 5.75 0.1 30716 Jenson&Nich.-B/D 2.3 -0.36 7681 Oil Country-B/D 44.55 0.4 11485 Assoc.Br.Foods/D 2969 -13 137728 Tate & Lyle/D 692.5 -1.5 469916 Bhartiya Int-B/D 245.95 0.5 11315 Finolex-B/D 221.6 -9.7 230541 Jik Indust-T/D 0.77 0.03 11811 Orchid Chem-B/D 54.45 0.95 274557 B Sky B/D 858.5 -10 1432029 Tesco/D 295.35 1.4 3849989 Bhel-A/D 218.8 20.35 3372429 Gail-A/D 392.65 9.6 243067 Jindal Drill-B/D 202 6.2 10024 Orient Hotel-B/D 18.1 0.15 5325 Barclays/D 252.65 -4 20441548 Unilever/D 2642 -4 904268 Bom.Burmah-B/D 103.7 0.35 11420 Gammon India-B/D 18.15 0.9 92021 Jktyre&Ind-B/D 187.85 -2.25 110679 Orient.Carb.-B/D 151 -3.25 13633 Bg Group/D 1265.5 0.5 1794428 United Util Gr/D 833.592 -5.5 497289 Bombay Dyeing-/D 60.75 2.5 782247 Gangotri Tex-T/D 1.05 -0.02 10635 Jmc Projects-B/D 93.05 2 23809 Orient.Carb.-B/D 151 -3.25 13633 Bp/D 499.9 -1.4 6438118 Vodafone Group/D 220.75 -3.7 32759160 Camph.& All-B/D 230 -8.85 6007 Garden P -B/D 37.3 -0.15 4792 Kabra Extr-B/D 37.5 1 12160 Oudh Sugar-T/D 22.8 1.05 19117 Brit Am Tobacc/D 3449.5 -9 533222 Whitbread/D 4157 -10 90050 Canfin Homes-B/D 235.7 -2.5 18460 Goodricke-B/D 162.5 0.5 6402 Kajaria Cer-B/D 490 -3.55 15512 Patspin India-/D 6.9 0.17 22102 Bt Group/D 373.2 -1 6092083 Caprihans-B/D 38.7 -3.35 6692 Goodyear I -B/D 385.05 -4.4 9021 Kalpat Power-B/D 130.45 4.55 194642 Radico Khait-B/D 104 1 116464 Centrica/D 322.1 4.1 4638494 Cast.Bo/D 293.05 2.5 136563 Hcl Infosys-B/D 45.1 3 1594154 Kalyani Stel-B/D 66.1 0.1 122711 Rallis India-B/D 184.8 1.1 49797 Gkn/D 383.5 6.4 1961717 Century Enka-B/D 146.35 0.2 18344 Him.Fut.Comm-B/D 8.83 -0.03 371230 Kanoria Chem-B/D 31.6 -0.3 7400 Reliance Indus/D 433.55 18.9 262557 Hsbc Holdings/D 607.5 1.2 9568108 Century Text-A/D 402.15 5.1 193125 Hind Motors-B/D 7.8 0.19 103470 Kg Denim-B/D 13.99 -0.08 16450 Ruchi Soya-B/D 36.65 0.3 125499 Imperial Tobac/D 2644 3 607870 WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Athletics: Gutsy Portland beat Spurs Farah says he will run at Glasgow to stay alive in play-offs Games LONDON: Double Olympic Damian Lillard scores 25 points as Trail Blazers post crucial win and world champion Mo Farah announced yesterday he would compete at this year’s PORTLAND: Damian Lillard San Antonio Commonwealth Games in scored 25 points as the Portland Spurs’ forward Glasgow. Trail Blazers stayed alive in the Kawhi Leonard “Hi guys! I will be running in NBA play-offs with a 103-92 vic- the Commonwealth Games this (right) drives tory over San Antonio yesterday. year..!! See you in Glasgow..!! on Portland LaMarcus Aldridge added Shabba....!!” Farah told his Twitter 19 points for the Trail Blazers, Trail Blazers’ followers. whose victory in game four of forward However, the 31-year-old, who the Western Conference second- Thomas won both the 5,000 and 10,000 round play-off series prevented a Robinson (41) metres gold medals at the 2012 Spurs sweep. in the second London Olympic Games before They’ll head back to San half of their completing the same double Antonio for game five today, with Conference at the following year’s World the Spurs still up 3-1 and looking Semifinal NBA Championships in Moscow, has to wrap up the series and reach game at the still to decide in which events he the conference finals for a third Moda Center will run in Glasgow. straight season. in Portland, Last month Farah made his “We did what we needed to Oregon, USA. marathon debut, in front of his do and we’re looking forward to The winner of home crowd in London. going to San Antonio and keep the best-of-7 But his lacklustre eighth place competing and keep playing our series will go on finish and modest time, by elite basketball,” Portland coach Terry standards, of two hours, eight to face either Stotts said. minutes and 21 seconds, suggested the Los Angeles “It was a good game, but we’ve Farah might be better off staying still got another three to go,” he Clippers or on the track. added. the Oklahoma The marathon opens the ath- No NBA team has ever won a City Thunder letics programme in Glasgow on best-of-seven play-off series after in the Western July 27, with the 5,000m final that losing the first three games. Conference same evening and the 10,000m The winners of the series Finals. RIGHT: being run on August 1. will face either the Los Angeles San Antonio Usually, when Farah com- Clippers or Oklahoma City in the Spurs’ head petes internationally he does conference finals. coach Gregg so for Great Britain. But at the The Clippers and Thunder Popovich has Commonwealth Games, a multi- are 2-2 going into game five at a word with sport event mainly for countries Oklahoma City today. referee John once ruled by the British Empire, The Spurs had dominated Goble. the four constituent nations of the first three games against the United Kingdom -- England, Portland, winning them by a com- Scotland, Wales and Northern bined 56 points. and handed out eight assists for have enabled them in the past to 29 in three of his last four games. Ireland all field their own teams. But with their backs against the Portland, while Will Barton con- have their runs.” Tim Duncan managed to score NBA Play-offs It is understood Farah wanted wall, the Blazers came through, tributed 17 points off the bench. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich 12 points and nine rebounds for to delay any decision on his using a strong third quarter to “We had a lot of good perform- said the Blazers played “with the Spurs, who connected on just Results Commonwealth Games participa- pull away. ances out there tonight,” Stotts great passion and physicality” three of their 18 attempts from EASTERN CONFERENCE tion until he’d run in the Glasgow Portland led throughout the said. “Nic was aggressive. He was that his team didn’t match. three-point range. At New York Grand Prix on July 12. second half, and Spurs coach the backup point guard and got us “That’s why they won,” Portland led 50-48 at halftime Miami 102 Brooklyn 96 However, Team England said Gregg Popovich rested stars Tony through the spells where Damian Popovich said. and stretched that lead with an (Miami lead series 3-1) its athletics selection panel would Parker and Tim Duncan after his was out of the game. I thought it The Blazers outscored the 11-2 scoring run. meet on June 2, with the squad WESTERN CONFERENCE team fell behind by 20 in the final was a very good all-around team Spurs 62-44 in the paint and 15-8 Portland led 85-68 after three announced a week later. quarter. effort. in second-chance points. and San Antonio never cut the At Portland Meanwhile Farah has still to Nicolas Batum scored 14 “Defensively, we were solid. We Tony Parker led the Spurs with gap below 10 in the final frame. Portland 103 San Antonio 92 announce if he will take part in points, pulled down 14 rebounds didn’t have very many lulls that 14 points, after scoring at least REUTERS (San Antonio lead series 3-1) the European Championships in Zurich from August 12-17. Farah finished down the field in ninth place in the 5,000m at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne but did not take part in the next edition in Delhi four NHL: Gibson stands firm in Ducks’ win years later, saying he needed a break. REUTERS NEW YORK: Anaheim goal- NHL Play-offs tender John Gibson survived Bolt confirmed Anaheim a late Los Angeles rally as the Semi-final Results Ducks’ Ducks eked out a 4-3 Game defenceman Five victory over the Kings yes- 1 2 3 T for Zurich Cam Fowler terday to edge ahead in their Montreal 1 2 1 4 (4) is Western Conference semi-final. Boston 0 0 0 0 Diamond The 20-year-old Gibson made defended by (The best-of-seven series is level at 3-3) 39 saves in just his second post- Los Angeles 1 2 3 T season start to give the Ducks a League meet Kings’ right third consecutive win against the Anaheim 1 3 0 4 PARIS: Olympic sprint cham- wing Marian Kings and a 3-2 lead in the best- Los Angeles 1 1 1 3 pion Usain Bolt will compete Gaborik (12) of-seven series. (Anaheim lead the best-of-seven series by at the season’s penultimate in game five Anaheim, on home ice, appeared 3-2) Diamond League meet in of the second in firm control with a 4-1 lead in Zurich on August 28, organisers round of the the second frame, before Marian “To win four games against announced yesterday. 2014 Stanley Gaborik scored late in the period this team is going to be the The 27-year-old Jamaican, the Cup play-offs and added another in the third to toughest job our team ever had,” world record holder over 100m at Honda pull Los Angeles within a goal of Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau told and 200m, has not yet decided Center. tying the game. reporters. “They’re such emo- which distance he will run at the The Ducks Gaborik now has eight play-off tional games when you’re playing Swiss venue. Currently recovering defeated the goals. the Kings. It’s hard to keep every- from a foot injury, Bolt is set to Kings 4-3 to But Gibson, who made his play- body calm on the bench when the make his return to the track on take a 3-2 off debut in Game Four and has crowd is going nuts and the play June 17 in Ostrava in the Czech series lead. yet to lose in five starts for the is pretty fast and furious.” Republic. He is also set to com- Ducks, withstood the pressure to Devante Smith-Pelly netted a pete at the Paris Diamond League position his team one win from pair of goals for Anaheim. meet on July 5 and at Malmo in the West finals. REUTERS Sweden in August. Meanwhile it was announced that French star Renaud Lavillenie will head a strong pole vault field at the May 31 Diamond League meeting at Eugene. Lavillenie will be defending Baseball: Toronto crush the Angels 7-3 the pole vault title he won at the Prefontaine Classic last year. LOS ANGELES: Jose Bautista Blue Jays (19-20) salvaged one Chicago White He had said in March he was and Brett Lawrie homered win from the four-game series targeting the meeting after he Sox’s second and left-hander Mark Buehrle with the Angels (19-18), who returned to training in the wake baseman Gordon earned his Major League-leading won the first three games. of a foot injury that kept him out seventh win as Toronto defeated Bautista, who started in right Beckham (15) of the World Athletics Indoor the Los Angeles Angels 7-3. The field and moved to center field in throws the baseball Championships in Sopot, Poland. the seventh when center fielder to first base during In February, the London Colby Ramus was removed with an attempt to Olympic gold medallist cleared Baseball Results a tight right hamstring, had three throw out Oakland 6.16 metres in Donetsk to break Detroit 4 Baltimore 1 hits, including a three-run homer Athletics’ centre by one centimetre Ukraine legend NY Mets 9 NY Yankees 7 in the first. fielder Craig Gentry Sergei Bubka’s 21-year-old indoor Toronto 7 LA Angels 3 Tigers 4, Orioles 1 (3, not pictured) world record. Texas 4 Houston 0 Ian Kinsler hit a two-run homer during the first Bubka still holds the outdoor Chicago Cubs 17 St Louis 5 and scored twice while starter inning at O.co world record of 6.14m set in 1994. Washington 6 Arizona 5 Rick Porcello won his sixth game Coliseum. In Eugene Lavillenie will face a of the season as the Detroit Tigers field that includes reigning world Ooakland 5 C White Sox 4 defeated the Baltimore Orioles. champion Raphael Holzdeppe, the Seattle 12 Tampa Bay 5 Porcello (6-1) gave up one run game for the Tigers (22-12). Colby Lewis delivered another with three relievers in the Texas 2012 Olympic bronze medallist, LA Dodgers 6 Miami 5 and scattered five hits through six Baltimore fell to 20-16. exceptional performance at Rangers’ 4-0 victory over the and fellow German Malte Mohr. San Francisco 4 Atlanta 2 innings to win his fifth straight Rangers 4, Astros 0 Minute Maid Park, combining Houston Astros. REUTERS AGENCIES WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Pros opt for hi-tech racquets Tennis world getting ready for technological frontier, says manufacturing expert

LONDON: A handful of the the racquet, from the string bed, “From analysing the data, in world’s best tennis players will and it tells us exactly what is hap- one match or over several, you can Eric Babolat, CEO and show up at tournaments within pening, not just a feeling from the analyse your player’s shot selec- Chairman of Babolat, weeks armed with new technol- player. tion, you can see if your player is poses for a photograph ogy they hope will give them an “For me it was incredible, that playing with too much variety or holding a hi-tech, advantage at Roland Garros and you can take the number one not enough variety, or maybe not ‘connected’ tennis Wimbledon, the man behind the tennis player in the world (Rafa playing to their strengths, maybe racquet at Britain’s ‘smart racquets’ has said. Nadal) and see that he doesn’t being a little too defensive. National Tennis Centre Without identifying the players really know anything about what “From a power point of view, in Roehampton, south- who would be first to wield the hi- is happening in his racquet, apart you can see the effort level that west London, on tech weapons, Eric Babolat con- from his feel. He has no data your player is putting in. And you Monday. A handful of firmed “connected racquets”, with about anything, and it is incred- can’t cheat it because it is there the world’s best tennis sensors feeding back information ible to imagine. in black and white in terms of the players will show up on the players’ forehands, back- “It is like you are a Formula stats coming out.” at tournaments within hands and much more besides, One driver and you don’t know Babolat said the technology had weeks armed with would be swung in anger for how fast you are driving and you been developed over 10 years by new technology they the first time, after a decade in don’t know...” Babolat trailed off, more than 50 technicians, scien- development. shaking his head. “It is a bit unbe- tists and researchers. hope will give them an “It could be any week. We have lievable, but it is like that. The data’s importance to the advantage at Roland a lot of players testing. It is going “No longer”, the CEO and elite would appear obvious in a Garros and Wimbledon, to happen very soon,” Babolat chairman of the French business sport where millions of dollars are the man behind the said in an interview at Britain’s said. invested in training and technol- ‘smart racquets’ has National Tennis Centre in south- In essence, the technology- ogy to gain an edge. said. west London. loaded racquets collect data such But in a curious case of life “It is a question of days, not as shot power and ball impact imitating art, Babolat also says a months.” location along with the number of major benefit of the “connected topspin that in fact they are flat- all on this. The only restriction is be smart racquets. “For the next Declared legal by the guardians strokes, the level of spin imparted, racquet” will be the “gamifica- ter than they think. From this on the coaching rule. We are not generation of players, it will be a of the sport, the International total play time, endurance, tech- tion” of tennis and the added information you can start to do allowed to have live information natural thing to switch your rac- Tennis Federation (ITF), who nique, consistency, energy and appeal for new generations. things, but without information go to the player on court because quet on before playing. I am really adopted a new rule covering the rallies. “I had one guy come up to me it is just...” he shrugs. we have to respect the no coach- convinced that within a few years technology at the start of the The information is transmit- who said ‘I love tennis, and I love Babolat said that the vision had ing rule. there will be no racket that is not year, selected Babolat racquets ted through bluetooth to smart- video games -- you have combined been consistent for some time, but “Tennis today is in competition ‘connected’.” will feature data-collecting sen- phones or tablets where players my worlds’,” he said. “With this, that they had been waiting for the with many other things, other For a sport which remained sors in their handles, and coaches can analyse and you can compete against your technology to mature and develop. sports, video games, so I think virtually unchanged for the first “Quite simply, this is informa- share their data with other ana- friends in more than just a con- Once that happened, the route to people in the tennis industry are century of its existence, the dizzy- tion like we have never been able lysts and online communities. ventional game of tennis. You can approval had been quick. conscious of this.” ing pace of development in recent to get before,” smiled Babolat, Ex-pro and former coach of compare your shots - against the “We realised what we had At present, the Babolat com- years turned what had been a scion of the French tennis man- Wimbledon champion Andy professionals as well as against developed would not be allowed pany - which numbers Rafa tactical battle between racquet ufacturing empire built out of Murray, Mark Petchey says the your friends. in tournaments so we went to the Nadal, Li Na, Sam Stosur and wielding artists into an arms a 19th century family business new technology has “limitless “You will be able to see the data ITF,” Babolat said. “I was afraid Jo Wilfried Tsonga among the race between the biggest biceps making sausage skins, surgical potential”. which could tell you what you the ITF would say, ‘no this is not players it sponsors - is the only and granite wrists. sutures and piano strings from “It has the potential to change should do or don’t. For example in the spirit of tennis’, but I was manufacturer using the tech- That arms race now has a animal gut. the way we think about coaching,” the racquet can tell people who surprised. nology, but the company’s chief new, technological, frontier. “It is information direct from Petchey said. think they are hitting a lot of “We were not pushed back at says very soon all racquets will REUTERS Nadal eager to make Nishikori pulls out, new Spain-Italy switch dad Federer set to play

ROME: Rafael Nadal admit- claimed his first title in Rome tournament. It’s always day-by- ROME: In-form Japanese tennis player Kei young Bulgarian beat in the recent Bucharest Open ted he was relishing one of the nine years ago in an epic five-set day, match-by-match for me. Nishikori withdrew as expected from the Rome final Czech Lukas Rosol beat Italy’s Fabio Fognini biggest annual changes in clay- final over Guillermo Coria. Nadal When I get to Paris, then it will Masters with a lower back complaint which forced 6-3, 6-2. The Italian 13th seed left the court to jeers court tennis when he begins begins on the second round when be time to think of the French him to pull out in the third set of Sunday’s Madrid from the spectators. Dimitrov said that a reason play at sea-level in the ATP- he plays Frenchman Gilles Simon, Open.” final with Rafael Nadal. for his sluggish start was adjusting from Madrid’s WTA Rome Masters today, just whom he has beaten on five of six After morning drizzle skies However, in a boost to the organisers Roger altitude to sea-level in Rome. days after winning at altitude in occasions. dried, with Croatian Martin Cilic Federer, who missed the majority of the Madrid “The first couple of matches are always tricky, Madrid. “There is a different feeling in earning the day’s opening win 6-4, Masters after his wife gave birth to twin boys last adjusting to the different conditions,” said Dimitrov. “Yes it’s a big change, but when Rome than Madrid and the condi- 2-0 as opponent Santiago Grialdo Tuesday, decided to play in the Masters event which “I was flat in the first set and didn’t execute my you are winning it is a lot easier,” tions are a bit tougher due to the retired injured. he has never won. chances. “I had to fight, but in the third set I rose said the defending champion who rain (which delayed yesterday’s Madrid WTA winner Maria “Oh and btw ciao tutti, I just arrived in bella Italia! a level. My racquet was slipping out of my hand at is chasing an eighth title at the start of play),” he said. Sharapova said she does not Looking forward to Rome,” the Swiss tweeted after times, but I found a way around it.” Foro Italico. “This is a tournament that I see herself as the title favourite a mid-day arrival in the Italian capital. Nishikori, who won the Barcelona Open on clay “You always need time to like and where I’ve played a lot despite going undefeated on clay Federer hit the practice courts to begin prepara- last month, had given Nadal a real scare in the adjust. of important matches and done so far this season after also win- tions for a second-round match against French jour- Madrid final before he finally had to call it quits at “It’s nothing crazy, you must well.” ning Stuttgart. neyman Jeremy Chardy, while Nadal also arrived to 2-6, 6-4, 3-0. He now has a fortnight to be ready for work on how you hit the ball. The As usual, the Spaniard who “There’s no secret -- playing six prepare his bid for an eighth title at the Foro Italico. the French Open. However, the 24-year-old is look- ball flies more in Madrid (at 800 was without a spring European matches in eight days is physi- The Spaniard will open play against talented ing ahead with confidence to Paris after his break- metres) and you have less control. title before winning at home on cally challenging as well as men- Frenchman Gilles Simon, who beat local wild card through win in terms of the clay surface in Barcelona In Rome you have to hit harder. Sunday, said that Roland Garros tally. You’ve just got to face what’s Filippo Volandri 6-2, 6-3. and confirmed that in Madrid. “But this is something that I’ve is not yet entering his mind. ahead of you, just go out there and Bulgarian 12th seed Grigor Dimitrov had to stage “It’s going to be very exciting at the French done a lot over the past years,” “We are in Rome, not Paris play,” said the world seventh- a comeback to defeat Simon’s compatriot Eduardo because I’ve never felt like this on clay. I’m very said the world number one, who and I’m only thinking about this ranked Russian. REUTERS Roger-Vasselin 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 while the player the confident of whatever I hit,” he said. REUTERS Cycling: Wiggins storms time trial to grab California lead

LOS ANGELES: Former Tour take a 44-second overall advan- de France champion Bradley tage over Dennis into the third Tour of California Stage 2 Results Wiggins clocked a storming stage, with BMC’s Phinney a fur- 23min 18sec to win the time ther eight seconds back. LOS ANGELES: Results on Monday from stage two of the Tour trial second stage yesterday and “I didn’t plan to have taken as of California, a 20.1km time trial in Folsom, California: take the Tour of California over- much time as that but it was a 1. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/Sky) 23min 18sec; 2. Rohan Dennis (AUS) all lead. great course for me and I’d pre- at 44sec, 3. Taylor Phinney (USA) at 52, 4. Eloy Teruel (ESP) at The British Team Sky rider pared well for it,” Wiggins told 1:08, 5. Jesse Sergent (NZL) at 1:11. knocked Garmin Sharp’s early TeamSky.com. “The real stuff Overall standings after 2 of 8 stages: 1. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/ pace-setter Rohan Dennis of starts tomorrow.” German rider Christoph Pfingsten of team De Rijke is seen in action during Australia into second place in Wiggins noted that he and his Sky) 5:07:35, 2.Rohan Dennis (AUS) at 44sec, 3. Taylor Phinney (USA) at 52, 4. Eloy Teruel (ESP) at 1:08, 5, Jesse Sergent (NZL) the prologue of the 62nd Olympia’s Tour, the oldest Dutch cycling race, the stage, 44 seconds adrift, with Sky teammates had trained on in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands. American Taylor Phinney third, Mount Diablo and know what to at 1:11. 52 seconds back. expect. Wiggins, who followed up his “I’m in a good position and I’m 2012 Tour de France triumph climbing well,” he said. “We’re with a gold medal at the London used to being in this position now Olympics that year, seized the as a team after the last few years Bomb scare causes concern overall lead in the eight-stage so we know what to do.” race. Dennis had set a strong early SYDNEY: Australian team Orica- republican groups opposed to the peace proc- the pink jersey of overall Giro leader. White The race continues today with time yesterday, despite crashing Greenedge says it would be “a very, very sad ess in Northern Ireland. said the team only learned of the bomb just a 174.5 km stage three that will the day before. day” if a car bomb found in Dublin hours “If it was intended for the Giro, it’s very before they left the Irish capital, the day after take the field from San Jose to a Wiggins, however, was 19 sec- before a stage of the Giro d’Italia was tar- sad when any group uses sport to get their Sunday’s third stage was won by German finishing climb to the summit of onds quicker at the intermediate geted at the cycling race. political message -- or whatever their message Marcel Kittel. Mount Diablo. en route to the winning time. Irish police on Monday said they arrested is -- across,” Orica-Greenedge sport director “The boys all got a bit of a shock when they Wiggins averaged 51.5 km/h Omega Pharma rider Mark a man after the bomb, reportedly contain- Matt White told the Sydney Morning Herald. read about it on their iPhones this morning on the out-and-back course that Cavendish of Britain had worn ing 50 pounds (22 kilograms) of explosives “Sport does unite a lot of people. We are on the plane. But there is no need to make a took the riders past the front of the leader’s yellow jersey after made from fertiliser, was found in a Northern not here on any religious cause... It’s a very, big fuss about it,” White said. Folsom Prison -- made famous his narrow stage one win. Ireland-registered vehicle in a hotel car park very sad day if that was the intended use for “It’s disturbing, but we didn’t find out about by country music singer Johnny He crossed the line 27th in the on Saturday night. the bomb.” it until we left this morning (Monday). We Cash. time trial and is 18th overall. There was no immediate claim of respon- Young Australian Michael Matthews from won’t dwell on the fact, that’s for sure.” The 34-year-old Wiggins will REUTERS sibility but suspicion fell on dissident the Orica-Greenedge team currently holds REUTERS WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Rugby: All England recall Carberry for Blacks face depleted talent pool series against Sri Lanka WELLINGTON: A year from the World Cup, defend- ing champions the All Blacks face a depleted talent pool The opening batsman part of ODI and T20 squads for home series to select from, as a wealth of players opt for lucrative over- seas contracts. LONDON: Michael Carberry stood down following the Ashes Although there is an over- was recalled to limited overs debacle. And, with a new look England Twenty20 Squad flow of quality among the loose duty by England yesterday selection panel also on board, Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, capt), Moeen Ali forwards and outside backs, in after being named in both the 33-year-old Hampshire batsman (Worcestershire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), other areas there are looming Twenty20 and one-day interna- Carberry has been given a chance Ravi Bopara (Essex), Tim Bresnan shortages -- particularly at (Yorkshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire/wkt), tional squads to play Sri Lanka. to revive his white-ball career Michael hooker, where there is a strug- England’s 13-man Twenty20 with England. Michael Carberry (Hampshire), Harry gle to find three of international Carberry Gurney (Nottinghamshire), Alex Hales squad, captained by Middlesex Now the management must celebrates standard for next month’s tour batsman Eoin Morgan in the decide which two from the trio (Nottinghamshire) , Chris Jordan (Sussex), by England. his only Joe Root (Yorkshire), James Tredwell (Kent), absence of the injured Stuart of Carberry, Twenty20 special- History has shown opportu- half century Chris Woakes (Warwickshire) Broad for a lone match against ist Alex Hales and Bell, who nities can always arise for fringe World Twenty20 champions Sri has not played in the format for durings players -- especially in the last Lanka at The Oval next week, more than three years, will open England’s England ODI Squad World Cup when the All Blacks Alastair Cook (Essex, capt), James Anderson also sees experienced stroke- against Sri Lanka. disastrous hero was an out-of-condition, (Lancashire), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Ian player Ian Bell return to the for- “Ian Bell has been in and Ashes and initially out-of-contention, Bell (Warwickshire), Ravi Bopara (Essex), Tim mat while the big-hitting Michael around Twenty20 squad before,” campaign Stephen Donald. Bresnan (Yorkshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire/ against Lumb has been dropped. England national selector James wkt), Michael Carberry (Hampshire), Harry Donald was recalled from Meanwhile left-arm seamer Whitaker told Sky Sports. “He Australia in Gurney (Nottinghamshire), Chris Jordan holiday and thrust into the Harry Gurney, who made his has only played a limited number December last (Sussex), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Joe Root final after the three frontline ODI debut in a rain-marred win games but, with his experience, year. Carberry (Yorkshire), James Tredwell (Kent), Chris fly-halves were injured. against Scotland in Aberdeen last we feel he can offer us some top was recalled Woakes (Warwickshire) In a fairytale ending, he saved week that was reduced to 20 overs order presence. Eoin Morgan has to England’s England Twenty20 and ODI fixtures against rugby-obsessed New Zealand per side, and fit-again Yorkshire had some experience at Test level. limited overs Sri Lanka from deep despair when he all-rounder Tim Bresnan are He has a good chance, as has oth- cricket squads. May 20: Twenty20, The Oval kicked the winning penalty in in both squads. Ashes opener ers, to force himself into the Test May 22: 1st ODI, The Oval the 8-7 victory over France. Carberry made no secret of his squad. May 25: 2nd ODI, Chester-le-Street But rather than hoping for anger at being dropped from the “Form plays a huge part in the May 28: 3rd ODI, Old Trafford injuries to again open a path- ODI series in Australia -- which process. We need to look at a few May 31: 4th ODI, Lord’s way to Test selection, a growing England lost 4-1 after their 5-0 new players and what is encour- June 03: 5th ODI, Edgbaston number of players are heading Test drubbing -- having per- aging is a number of players are offshore, much to the annoyance formed creditably in the same holding their hands up in domes- of head coach Steve Hansen. format against the team’s oldest tic cricket.” out. This is a possible indication specialist to replace retired slow regain some momentum and for Players who put money international rivals on home soil. England have also named a the selectors want Worcestershire bowler Graeme Swann. “We are players to demonstrate the skill ahead of an All Blacks jersey But since then England have 14-man squad for the first three batsman and occasional off-spin- entering an important period of and passion we will need if we are lack “mental fortitude”, he said axed Ashley Giles as their limited of five ODIs against Sri Lanka. ner Ali to bowl some more overs 50-over cricket with a World Cup to be serious contenders next year ahead of naming a 35-man All overs coach, with Peter Moores Bresnan and Carberry were in first-class cricket ahead of the less than nine months away and in Australia and New Zealand,” Blacks training squad this week. now the sole man in charge across added to the 13 chosen to face two-Test series against Sri Lanka, this series against a skilful Sri Whitaker said yesterday. “It is frustrating and it is all formats after Andy Flower Scotland, with Moeen Ali dropping where the hosts may not field a Lankan side offers a chance to REUTERS disappointing. “Players here have a dream of playing for the All Blacks and then they suddenly give it up when an easier option comes England challenge excites Lehmann along,” he said. “It’s not their dream but they SYDNEY: Australian coach of the opposition as England look That prompted Cricket Cardiff, Lord’s, Edgbaston, Trent decide to go for it, and I think Darren Lehmann (pictured) to reclaim the Ashes after a 5-0 Australia to step in and Bridge and The Oval as Australia we need players with a bit more says he is excited by the pros- whitewash in Australia during the strengthen the side with quality aim for their first Ashes series mental fortitude.” pect of facing England for the 2013/14 series. players from around the country. victory in Britain since 2001. Former All Blacks Mils Ashes again next year and “(Kent and Essex) are qual- Australia have a two-Test Lehmann said there would be Muliaina, Zac Guildford, Jarrad played down the second-division ity sides and like last time (2013 series against the West Indies changes this year in England after Hoeata and Corey Flynn, along county opposition dished up for Ashes in Britain) they’ll prob- before heading to England and the experience of Australia’s dis- with leading Super Rugby play- warm-up games. ably drag a few players from Lehmann said this would be ideal appointing tour in 2013. ers Andre Taylor, Bundee Aki, The England and Wales Cricket other counties in to play,” he told preparation. “They know their conditions Jackson Willison, Alipati Leuia, Board on Monday announced reporters. “We’ve got a tour game in West well and we certainly learnt from Tyler Bleyendaal, Chris Noakes, the schedule for the 2015 Ashes “We really enjoy playing against Indies, the two Test matches our last experiences there and we Jack Lam and Tom McCartney against their old enemy with tour the counties. It’s a great lead-in there, a 10-day lead in England have to change a few things,” he have confirmed they are head- matches for Australia against for us. A bit more relaxed as you’d and then another two tour said of their troubled 2013 tour ing overseas this year. Kent and Essex before the imagine but we’ve got to achieve games,” he said. when coach Mickey Arthur was There has also been specu- first Test, and then Derby and some goals in those tour games as “So there’s plenty of time for us sacked just weeks ahead of the lation that other former All Northants during the five-Test we did last time.” to get acclimatised. opening Test. Blacks Tanerau Latimer, Andy series. Ahead of the last Ashes series “Plenty of time to get used to “We played well on the back- Ellis and Ben Tameifuna will Three of those sides are sec- in Australia, England complained the Dukes balls and pitches in end of the Ashes series last time join them. ond division county teams, while about the quality of a NSW XI England and also bowlers to be in England and we’ve got to con- Generally, New Zealanders Northants are currently last in team they were to face, with the up and ready to go.” tinue that on in the first Test and are only picked for the All division one. ECB urging a better calibre of Australia will play five Tests start the series well,” he said. Blacks if plying their club trade Lehmann dismissed the calibre opposition. starting on July 8 next year -- in REUTERS in their homeland. Hansen tempered the nam- ing of his squad by saying there were players missing whom the All Blacks management were Swimming: well aware of, in an apparent nod to World Cup veterans QFA set to donate gate money to Efimova gets Flynn and Ellis. If first-choice scrum-half a 16-month Aaron Smith was injured, “We might have to bring someone senior back in,” Hansen said ROTA, Qatar Red Crescent Society doping ban yesterday, noting the lack of experience with the other DOHA: Qatar Football Association (QFA) Commenting on the allocation of ticket pro- MOSCOW: Russian swimmer two training squad members, announced that it will allocate a specific ceeds to Qatar Red Crescent Society, Saleh bin Yulia Efimova was banned for Tawera Kerr-Barlow and TJ amount of the Emir Cup Final ticket revenues Ali Al Mohannadi, General Secretary of Qatar 16 months yesterday for fail- Perenara. and donate it to the development and relief Red Crescent Society said: “On behalf of the staff ing a drugs test, Russian media The dearth of experienced projects that ROTA and Qatar Red Crescent of the Qatar Red Crescent Society, I would like reported. hookers also means the 15-Test Society organise inside and outside of Qatar. to express our sincere thanks and appreciation The international swimming Flynn remains on the All Blacks ROTA and QFA have also organised an initia- to the Qatar Football Association, that is headed federation (FINA) doping panel short-term radar despite sign- tive to place eight donation boxes around Khalifa by the President of QFA, Sheikh Hamad bin had provisonally suspended ing with French club Toulouse. International Stadium and two in the Fanzone Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, for allocating part Efimova in January after sam- Rising hookers Nathan Harris area, where spectators would be able to donate of the final match ticket revenues to support the ples she provided in an out-of- and Liam Coltman are in the money. activities of the Qatari Red Crescent Society and competition control last October training squad alongside estab- Funds that are donated by the spectators will its humanitarian work.” showed the presence of a prohib- lished rakes Dane Coles and go towards ROTA’s local and regional projects. QFA has also announced that it released its ited anabolic steroid. The FINA the increasingly injury-prone This initiative showcases how QFA functions third and final batch of final match tickets that ban runs until February 28, 2015, 35-year-old Keven Mealamu. on all levels to enhance its role within the local amounts to 15,000 tickets after selling out the and all of Efimova’s results from But selector and former All and regional community via social and charity first and second batches that were released in October 31, 2013 onwards, includ- Black Grant Fox said the selec- work. the last two weeks. ing the 200m breaststroke world tion panel was “not absolutely QFA continuously involves its partner non- There is a very high demand for tickets as the record she set at the European convinced” Harris and Coltman profit and charitable organizations in its tourna- Emir Cup final is approaching, QFA announced short course championships at were ready for Test rugby, ments and competitions for the aim of raising yesterday. Herning, Denmark, in December, which meant Flynn remained funds, thus, helping all segments of the local and The Emir Cup final match will be held in the have been cancelled. an option if required to play regional community through football. multi-purpose Khalifa International Stadium Efimova was reported to have against England. QFA believes that football is a key factor in on May 17. accepted she was in breach of “We’ve got a Test series to developing the younger generation by teaching The stadium is known to hold the most impor- the doping code violation but win in June as well,” he told them life lessons and enriching them with posi- tant football tournaments and matches in Qatar. presented a detailed defence and Radio Sport, indicating there tive values. The venue hosted three international friendly insisted she had not intended to was plenty of rugby ahead for It is QFA and ROTA’s joint commitment to football matches between Brazil and England, enhance her performance. the All Blacks before the 2015 encourage all segments of the community to par- Brazil and Argentina, and most recently, Paris Anatoly Zhuravlev, head coach World Cup in England. ticipate in the most popular game in the world Saint Germaine and Real Madrid. of Russia’s national swimming “It’s not all about the future. by organising different community programs It also hosted the AFC Asian Cup – Qatar team, said he was satisfied with We’ve got to keep an eye on that and football tournaments that support the local 2011TM, and 11th Gulf Cup. the verdict and had expected a but we’ve also got to succeed in and regional community. Khalifa International Stadium has a capacity harsher penalty. Efimova, 22, the meantime.” QFA and ROTA recently signed an MoU that of 50,000 spectators, the biggest capacity in all won the 200m breaststroke The tournament is scheduled sets out the commitment of both parties to sup- the stadia in Qatar. bronze medal at the 2012 London to be hosted by England from 18 port the advancement of youth capabilities and It has 22 gates designated just for spectators Olympics and also won 50m and September to 31 October 2015. furthering long-term development and leader- and for media and TV, and 2 gates for VIP spec- 200m breaststroke world titles in REUTERS ship capacity-building. tators. THE PENINSULA 2013. REUTERS WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

H E Sheikh Thani bin Hamad Al Thani and Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Secretary-General of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), pose with different award winners during the 2014 Sport Excellence Day organised by QOC at Cultural Village, Katara in Doha yesterday. Qatar’s best athletes, sport officials, sport administrators and coaches were honoured along with representatives of sport institutions and government and non-government organisations for their tangible contribution in boosting sport movement in the country. Barshim gets Best Athlete award QOC marks Sport Excellence Day; Best Professional Coach prize goes to Stanly National handball squad is Best Team; women’s basketball side receives QOC shield

DOHA: 2012 London Olympic Games bronze medal winner in high jump Mutaz Barshim was handed the Best Athlete Award at the glittering Sport Excellence Day held by Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), here yesterday. The 22-year-old star athlete was one of the several persons honoured by QOC for their out- standing achievement in the field of sports for the 2013-14 sea- son at Cultural Village, Katara yesterday. Besides Barshim, the perform- ance of number of officials, clubs and athletes, who excelled in their respective fields, was taken note Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani speaking during the Sport off and honoured at a fucntion Excellence Day. BOTTOM: A woman athlete receiving her award. which was graced by H E Sheikh Thani bin Hamad Al Thani and Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Secretary General of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC). The annual event is organised by the country’s governing sport body to honour the best athletes, sport officials, sport administra- tors, coaches, sport institutions and government and non-gov- ernment organisations for their tangible contribution in boosting sport movement in the country. 2012 London Olympic Games bronze medal winner in high jump Mutaz Barshim receiving the Best Athlete The list of honours included: Award from H E Sheikh Thani bin Hamad Al Thani at the glittering Sport Excellence Day held by Qatar Olympic Appreciation Award: (for the Committee (QOC), here yesterday. Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (left), Secretary-General of QOC personalities who delivered sig- is also seen. nificant services to Qatar sport movement) H E Sheikh Abdullah Best National Company: Ooredoo Ideal Club Award: Al Shamal Model School (Model stage), awarded to Mutaz Barshim. Award - Stanislaw Stanly (Mutaz bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, company, for hosting and spon- Sport Club. Tunisian School (primary stage Best Athlete Award (women): Barshim coach) and Valero Rivera, H E Sheikh Hamad bin Suhaim soring the community sport Golden Federation Award: boys), Birla Public School ( pri- Fatima Dahi Waleed. (Qatar handball team Coach). bin Hamad Al Thani and Mubarak programmes. Qatar Association of Athletics mary stage girls), Tunisian School Best Athlete Award ( junior) Best Administrator Award: Al Kholaifi, the former President Best National Company Federation. ( preparatory stage), Al Khor boys: Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyiah. Saleh Mabrouk, head of Basketball of Qatar Boxing Federation. Award: Grimshaw Architects, for Ideal Federation Award: International School (secondary Best Athlete Award ( Junior) section at Al Gharafa sport club Sport Best Sponsor Award: establishment and development of Qatar Swimming Association and stage boys), Ahmed bin Hanbal girls: Sara Ghaloum. and Abeer El Boenin from Qatar for government bodies is given to Al Firjan (Areas) playgrounds and Qatar Karate Federation. Secondary School ( second- Best Rally Champion Award: Gymnastics Federation. General Customs Authority. RFA company for designing the Best Camel Trainer Award: ary stage boys) and Al Wakrah to deceased, Mosfer Saleh Al Best Referee Award - Abdullah Appreciation Award – for Women Sport Centre. Open Races (Sheikhs) to Sultan Secondary School for girls. Marri Al Hamadi, referee and lecturer at Best Company: Maersk Petroleum Sport Creativity Award: is Mohammed Al Wahibi, while Best Team Award: Qatar Best Season Award in the ISSF. Qatar Company, in recognition to awarded to “Be Fit” Program the Best Owners Awards to Handball Team and Qatar Women mechanical sport: Nasser bin Best Athlete Award – people their tangible support and the jointly organised by Qatar Olympic Mansour Mohammed Mansour basketball team. Saleh Al Attiyah. with special needs (Paralympic three year sponsorship for the Committee and VLCC. and Ghanem Saif Al Khayareen. Best Club Award: – El Jaish Best Coach Award: Khalifa Ali Committee) – Abdulrahman Schools Olympic Program. Golden Club Award: Al Best School Awards: (Schools SC Handball team. Al Kubaisi ( Bowling). Abdulgader Abdulrahman. Appreciation Award – for Rayyan Sport Club. Olympic Program) to Al Khor Best Athlete Award (men): Best Professional Coach THE PENINSULA

Qatar Swimming Association (QSA) President, Khaleel Al Jabir, receiving the Ideal Federation Award, QSA and Qatar Karate Federation both got the ideal Federation Awards. CENTRE: Qatar Athletics Federation President, Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad receiving the Golden Federation Award. RIGHT: Barshim speaking at the Sport Excellence Day honouring function. WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

Volleyball: Al Ahli to take on Police in the Emir Cup semi-final on Friday

Action from the Emir Cup volleyball quarter-final match between Al Ahli and Al Shamal at Al Arabi Stadium in Doha yesterday. Al Ahli won (22-25, 25-20, 22-25 and 22-25) to advance into the semi-final. RIGHT: Action from the quarter-final match between Police and Al Sadd. Police won (28-26, 25-19 and 25-19). In today’s quarter-final encounters, El Jaish take on Al Arabi at 4.45pm and Al Rayyan meet Al Wakra at 6.30pm, both matches at Al Arabi Stadium. The semi-finals will be on Friday. The final will take place on May 18. Hodgson Drogba, Toure brothers head gives Cole glimmer of Ivory Coast’s World Cup squad Cup hope The Elephants bid to qualify for the knockout stages for the first time LUTON, United Kingdom: England manager Roy Hodgson suggested yesterday that Ashley ABIDJAN: Veteran striker CIV), Ali Badra Sangare (ASEC Cole could be asked to make an Dider Drogba headed up Ivory Mimosas/CIV) Defenders (10): international comeback in case Coast’s provisional 28-man Kolo Toure (Liverpool/ENG), of a pre-World Cup injury to squad for the World Cup finals Arthur Boka (Stuttgart/GER), rival left-back Leighton Baines. in Brazil, named by manager Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro Cole, 33, retired from interna- Sabri Lamouchi yesterday. (Toulouse/FRA), Serge Aurier tional football on Sunday after The Galatasaray frontman was (Toulouse/FRA), Ousmane being informed by Hodgson that named alongside experienced Viera Diarrassouba (Caykur he did not feature in his 23-man brothers Yaya and Kolo Toure, Rizespor/TUR), Didier Zokora squad for the World Cup in Brazil, Gervinho, Didier Zokora, Salomon (Trabzonspor/TUR), Constant which was unveiled in Luton on Kalou and Boubacar Barry. Djakpa (Frankfurt/GER), Monday. Defenders Emmanuel Eboue, Brice Dja Djedje (Marseille/ Chelsea defender Cole, of Galatasaray, and Montpellier’s FRA), Benjamin Angoua Brou England’s most-capped full-back Siaka Tiene, and Bastia mid- (Valenciennes/FRA), Bamba with 107 caps, has lost his place fielder Romaric N’Dri Koffi all Souleymane (Trabzonspor/TUR) in the starting XI to Everton’s missed the cut. Midfielders (6): Ismael Baines this season. Only two of the squad, goal- Diomande (St Etienne/FRA), But rather than include Cole keepers Sylvain Gbohou (Sewe Max Gradel (St Etienne/FRA), as back-up, Hodgson decided to San Pedro) and Ali Badra Sangare Yaya Toure (Manchester City/ hand an opportunity to 18-year- (ASEC Mimosas) ply their trade ENG), Ismael Cheick Tiote Januzaj books old Southampton defender Luke in Ivory Coast. Lamouchi, who is (Newcastle/ENG), Geoffroy Serey Shaw, who is reportedly the sub- bidding to guide the Ivory Coast Die (Basel/SUI), Didier Ya Konan Cup ticket ject of a £27m ($45.5m, 33.1m into the knockout stages for the (Hanover/GER) euros) bid from Manchester first time, will have to trim the Forwards (8): Didier Drogba United. Ivory Coast’s national football team French coach Sabri Lamouchi squad to 23 by June 2. (Galatasaray/TUR), Gervinho with Belgium As Cole was not named on Ivory Coast will continue their speaks during a press conference in Abidjan, yesterday. (Roma/ITA), Salomon Kalou Hodgson’s seven-man standby preparations for the June 12-July (Lille/FRA), Wilfried Bony BRUSSELS: Manchester list, he could only be brought 13 tournament in the United the state of Sao Paulo during the on June 14 against the Japanese. (Swansea/ENG), Giovanni United winger Adnan Januzaj into the squad if one of England’s States, the national federation tournament. Squad: Sio (Basel/SUI), Mathis Bolly will travel with Belgium to the players suffered an injury after confirmed yesterday. The west Africans have been Goalkeepers (4): Boubacar (Duesseldorf/GER), Seydou World Cup after being named as Hodgson presents his final squad ‘The Elephants’ will leave for drawn in Group C along with Barry (Lokeren/BEL), Sayouba Doumbia (CSKA Moscow/RUS), one of two teenage newcomers list to FIFA on June 2. Brazil on June 6 where they will Colombia, Greece and Japan, and Mande (Stabaek/NOR), Sylvain Lacina Traore (Everton/ENG). in the squad yesterday. Asked if a line of communica- be based at Aguas de Lindoia in kick off their campaign in Recife Gbohouo (Sewe San Pedro/ AFP Coach Marc Wilmots (pic- tion with Cole had been kept open tured) had been expected to name in case of an emergency, Hodgson Swiss target a preliminary group of 26 ahead told reporters: “You’d have to ask Algeria include Bentaleb, of the tournament beginning in Ashley that one. I would like to Brazil next month, but surpris- think so.” place in last 16, ingly made a final selection with Justifying his decision not to the only uncertainty concerning pick Cole, he added: “I’ve heard says Hitzfeld Mahrez for Brazil trip the fitness of the third goalkeeper. the question, ‘If Leighton Baines “I’ve gone for 24. I thought it was got injured, wouldn’t Ashley be LONDON: The shop window of Mohamed better to be direct from the start,” the right answer?’, and of the ZURICH: Switzerland manager English football has catapulted Lamine Wilmots told a news conference. course the answer to that is, ‘Yes, Ottmar Hitzfeld (pictured) yes- three players into Algeria’s Zemmamouche Belgium will face Algeria, Russia he would be.’ terday unveiled his squad for 30-man provisional squad (USM Alger) and South Korea in Group H. “But Ashley Cole isn’t really the World Cup finals in Brazil, for the World Cup, including Defenders: Squad: Goalkeepers: Thibaut a cover player. Ashley Cole is a with his 23-man list tallying Tottenham Hotspur teenager Essaid Belkalem Courtois (Chelsea), Simon number-one man. And when I with pundits’ forecasts. Nabil Bentaleb and uncapped (Watford), Mignolet (Liverpool), Koen decided that probably Baines The German veteran, due to Leicester midfielder Riyad Madjid Casteels (Hoffenheim), Silvio today might be the number one, wind up his management career Mahrez. Bougherra (Al Madjid Proto (Anderlecht) then I decided that the next one after the tournament, stuck to Bentaleb, promoted up to Lekhwiya), Bougherra Defenders: Toby Alderweireld I’d take along wouldn’t be Ashley; the strategy of mixing experi- 30 and Peru on June 3. Squad: Spurs’ first team after Tim Liassine (Atletico Madrid), Lauren it would be Luke Shaw.” ence and youth that helped put Goalkeepers: Diego Benaglio Sherwood took over as manager Cadamuro Ciman (Standard Liege), Vincent Shaw’s Southampton team-mate the Swiss among the top seeds for (Wolfsburg/GER), Roman Buerki at the start of the year, won his (Mallorca), Faouzi Ghoulam Kompany (Manchester City), Adam Lallana is also the subject of the World Cup. (Grasshopper), Yann Sommer first cap for Algeria in March (Naples), Rafik Halliche Nicolas Lombaerts (Zenit St transfer speculation, amid reports “Our target is to reach the last (Basel) after switching allegiance from (Academica Coimbra), Petersburg), Daniel Van Buyten that Liverpool have declared an 16 so that we’re in position to pull Defenders: Johan Djourou his native France. Nacereddine Khoualed (Bayern Munich), Anthony interest in signing him. Hodgson, off a surprise,” the former Bayern (Hamburg/GER), Michael Coach Vahid Halilhodzic sur- (USM Alger), Aissa Mandi Vanden Borre (Anderlecht), though, does not want any of his Munich boss told reporters. Lang (Grasshopper), Stephan prised by including uncapped (Stade Reims), Carl Medjani Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal), Jan players to be distracted in the Hitzfeld’s squad, unbeaten dur- Lichtsteiner (Juventus/ITA), French-born Mahrez after he (Valenciennes), Djamel Mesbah Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur) build-up to the World Cup and ing their World Cup qualifiers, Ricardo Rodriguez (Wolfsburg), helped Leicester City to promo- (Livorno), Mehdi Mostefa Midfielders: Nacer Chadli declared that he would not tolerate hails mainly from the German, Fabian Schaer (Basel), Philippe tion to the Premier League and (Ajaccio) (Tottenham Hotspur), Kevin De “agents swirling around” the team’s Italian and Swiss top flights. Senderos (Valencia/ESP), Steve recalled forward Rafik Djebbour, Midfielders: Nabil Bentaleb Bruyne (VfL Wolfsburg), Steven hotel in Rio de Janeiro. Among his biggest names von Bergen (Young Boys), Reto after his move to Nottingham (Tottenham Hotspur), Defour (Porto), Mousa Dembele “The one thing I am going from the Bundesliga are stalwart Ziegler (Sassuolo/ITA) Forest in January. Ryad Boudebouz (Bastia), (Tottenham Hotspur), Marouane to be very firm on is that when goalkeeper Diego Benaglio, of Midfielders: Tranquillo “I only found out about Mahrez Yacine Brahimi (Granada), Fellaini (Manchester United), , we’re together as England, we’re Wolfsburg, and young star marks- Barnetta (Eintracht Frankfurt/ in February and went to watch a Abdelmoumene Djabou (Club Axel Witsel (Zenit St Petersburg) England, and it’s England that man Xherdan Shaqiri, of Bayern GER), Valon Behrami (Napoli), few of his matches. He’s an inter- Africain), Sofiane Feghouli Forwards: Eden Hazard matters and if you’ve got mat- Munich. Blerim Dzemaili (Napoli), Gelson esting player,” Halilhodzic told a (Valencia), Adlene Guedioura (Chelsea), Adnan Januzaj ters to resolve, you do it outside Switzerland are top seeds in Fernandes (Freiburg/GER), news conference at the Algerian (Crystal Palace), Foued Kadir (Manchester United), Romelu of England time,” he said. Group E, which also includes Goekhan Inler (Napoli), Xherdan Football Federation training (Stade Rennes), Amir Karaoui Lukaku (Chelsea), Dries After travelling to Portugal France, Honduras and Ecuador. Shaqiri (Bayern Munich/GER), centre. (Entente Setif), Mehdi Lacen Mertens (Napoli), Kevin Mirallas for a training camp next week, They open their World Cup Valentin Stocker (Basel) Algeria will take on Belgium, (Getafe), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester (Everton), Divock Origi (Lille) England will play a friendly game campaign against Ecuador on Forwards: Josip Drmic Russia and South Korea in Group City), Saphir Taider (Inter Reserves: Michy Batshuayi at home to Peru on May 30 before June 15 in Brasilia’s Estadio (Nuremberg/GER), Mario H at the Brazil finals which start Milan), Hassan Yebda (Udinese) (Standard Liege), Guillaume flying to Miami, where they will Nacional, before facing France on Gavranovic (Zurich), Admir next month. Forwards: Rafik Djebbour Gillet (Anderlecht), Thorgan face Honduras and Ecuador. June 20 and Honduras on June 25. Mehmedi (Freiburg), Haris Squad: Goalkeepers: Azzedine (Nottingham Forest), Nabil Hazard (Zulte Waregem), Radja They open their World Cup Before travelling to Brazil, they Seferovic (Real Sociedad/ Doukha (USM El Harrach), Rais Ghilas (Porto), Islam Slimani Nainggolan (AS Roma), Sebastien campaign with a Group D fixture have inked in two friendlies at ESP), Granit Xhaka (Borussia Mbolhi (CSKA Sofia), Cedric Si (Sporting), El Arabi Soudani Pocognoli (Hanover 96), Jelle Van against Italy in Manaus on June home, taking on Jamaica on May Moenchengladbach/GER). AFP Mohamed (CS Constantine), (Dinamo Zagreb). REUTERS Damme (Standard Liege). AFP 14. AFP Wednesday 14 May 2014 29 Sport DAYS TO GO Portland top England recall Spurs to stay Carberry for Sri alive in NBA Lanka series

Sport | 23 Sport | 25

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780

Volleyball: Club worlds runners-up Al Rayyan arrive Yuvraj Singh Dhoni guides Super sets up victory Kings to clinical win for Bangalore

RANCHI: Chennai Super Kings removed by left-arm spinner BANGALORE: Star batsman jumped to the top of the table Ankit Sharma. Yuvraj Singh smashed a mag- with a fine five-wicket win over Smith was the aggressive one nificent 68 not out in a stunning Rajasthan Royals in an Indian as he struck five fours and two six-hitting exhibition to power Premier League (IPL) match at sixes in his 35-ball innings while Royal Challengers Bangalore the JSCA International Stadium Du Plesis, was happy giving the to a 16-run victory over Delhi Complex here yesterday. strike to his West Indian team Daredevils in an IPL match in Skipper Mahendra Singh mate. The duo added 35 runs for Bangalore yesterday. Dhoni again took the team home the third wicket before Smith fell The in-form Yuvraj, who had safely with an unbeaten 26 off 16 tamely. Ravichandran Ashwin scored a brilliant 83 of just 38 balls along with Ravindra Jadeja took 16 balls for his 14 and was balls against Rajasthan Royals in (11 not out) as Chennai Super castled by Rajat Bhatia while Du his side’s last game here, set the Kings achieved the target of 149 Plesis had his stumps rattled by Chinnaswamy Stadium on fire as with two balls to spare and five James Faulkner. he hit nine sixes and a four off just wickets in hand. With Du Plesis back in the dug 29 balls to single-handedly take Though Super Kings lost out, Super Kings were 121 for five his side to a formidable 186 for Qatar’s Al Rayyan, runners-up at the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, two quick wickets of Brendan in 17.3 overs. They needed another four after being put into bat. greeted by fans upon their arrival in Doha yesterday. Al Rayyan lost three sets to one (16-25, 25-21, 25-21, McCullum (6) and Suresh Raina 28 runs in 15 balls. Dhoni made it Chasing a stiff 187 for a win, 25-15) to Russia’s Belogorie Belgorod in the final on Saturday. (2) inside five overs, Dwayne look simple and finished off the Delhi were restricted to 170 for Smith (44) and Faf du Plesis job with ease. He struck a four seven in 20 overs to lose the (38) kept the Super Kings on and a six in his 16-ball innings and match which started 70 min- track with their valuable knocks. got good support from Jadeja to utes behind schedule due to light Both McCullum and Raina were take the team through. IANS drizzle. With this win, Bangalore jumped to sixth spot with eight Scoreboard points from 10 matches while Delhi languished at the bottom Few surprises in with four points from 10 matches RAJASTHAN ROYALS 4-0-39-1 (2w); R A Jadeja 4-0-18-2; V Shankar Ankit Sharma c Smith b Ashwin ...... 30 1-0-19-0. as they now face an uphill task to S R Watson b Sharma ...... 51 CHENNAI SUPER KINGS qualify for the play-offs. A M Rahane (run out-Dhoni/McCullum) ...... 4 D R Smith c Yagnik b Cooper ...... 44 Coming out to bat at the 13th K K Nair b Badree ...... 8 B B McCullum c Nair b Ankit Sharma...... 6 over at team total of 94/3, Yuvraj S T R Binny c du Plessis b Jadeja ...... 22 S K Raina c Bhatia b Ankit Sharma ...... 2 struck sixes almost at will towards Spain’s Cup squad the end of the innings after a S P D Smith b Sharma ...... 9 F du Plessis b Faulkner ...... 38 J P Faulkner b Jadeja ...... 1 R Ashwin b Bhatia ...... 14 slow start by his side. This was D H Yagnik (not out) ...... 4 M S Dhoni (not out) ...... 26 his third fifty-plus knock in 10 Good balance of promise and experience R Bhatia c Smith b Sharma ...... 7 R A Jadeja (not out) ...... 11 matches as he signalled his return K K Cooper (not out) ...... 0 Extras (LB-3, W-5) ...... 8 to his vintage form of the old after Extras (B-1, LB-3, W-8) ...... 12 Total (for 5 wkts in 19.4 overs) ...... 149 recent failures. AGENCIES BARCELONA: Uncapped of the seven to miss out on the (Napoli), David De Gea Total (for 8 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 148 Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-41, 3-76, 4-105, Dani Carvajal and Ander final cut. (Manchester United) Fall of wickets: 1-60, 2-86, 3-99, 4-114, 5-121. Scoreboard Iturraspe were named in Spain’s Veteran striker David Villa Defenders: 5-133, 6-136, 7-137, 8-147. Bowling: Ankit Sharma 4-0-20-2; J P Faulkner provisional World Cup squad has failed to shine for Atletico Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Bowling: S Badree 4-0-19-1 (1w); I C Pandey 3.4-0-37-1 (3w); P V Tambe 4-0-34-0 (1w); K ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE yesterday. Madrid this season but he has Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Sergio 3-0-18-0; M M Sharma 4-0-31-3; R Ashwin K Cooper 4-0-25-1; R Bhatia 4-0-30-1 (1w). C H Gayle b Shukla ...... 22 Coach Vicente del Bosque opted been included for his experience. Ramos (Real Madrid), Jordi Alba P A Patel c Karthik b Mohd Shami ...... 29 for plenty of youth in his 30-man Gabi and Raul Garcia, who (Barcelona), Alberto Moreno V Kohli (run out-Shukla/de Kock) ...... 10 list which will be whittled down both have played important roles (Sevilla), Javi Martinez (Bayern A B de Villiers b Kaul ...... 33 to 23 players who will be bidding in Atletico’s success this season, Munich), Raul Albiol (Napoli), Yuvraj Singh (not out) ...... 68 in Brazil to retain the trophy they will be disappointed not to have Juanfran Torres (Atletico S Rana (not out) ...... 15 lifted four years ago in South made the list. Madrid), Dani Carvajal (Real Extras (LB-4, W-3, NB-2) ...... 9 Africa. There is most doubt over who Madrid) Total (for 4 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 186 Spain have been the domi- will play in the forward positions Midfielders: Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-45, 3-94, 4-107. nant force in the international in Brazil and Del Bosque has not Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Bowling: J P Duminy 4-0-25-0; Mohammed game in recent years having given any clues as he has included Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Shami 4-0-31-1 (1w); S Kaul 4-0-37-1 (1w); also won back-to-back European all the likely contenders. Koke Resurreccion (Atletico R Shukla 4-0-41-1 (2nb, 1w); Imran Tahir Championships and there is a Fernando Torres, Fernando Madrid), Ander Iturraspe 4-0-48-0. good balance of promise and expe- Llorente, Alvaro Negredo and (Athletic Bilbao), Xavi DELHI DAREDEVILS rience in the squad. Pedro are all in the squad as is Hernandez (Barcelona), Thiago Q de Kock b Starc ...... 6 Carvajal has made rapid Brazilian-born Diego Costa fol- Alcantara (Bayern Munich), M Vijay lbw Muralitharan ...... 1 progress this season at Real lowing his prolific form with Pedro Rodriguez (Barcelona), M A Agarwal c Rana b Ahmed ...... 31 Madrid having taken the regu- Atletico. Jesus Navas (Manchester City), K P Pietersen st Patel b Chahal ...... 33 lar right-back slot from Alvaro There is also a possibility that David Silva (Manchester City), J P Duminy b Starc 48 Arbeloa, who was one of the Cesc Fabregas could play in attack Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona), Juan K D Karthik c Chahal b Muralitharan ...... 1 surprise omissions from the as more of a link-up player, a posi- Mata (Manchester United), Santi K M Jadhav (run out-Patel) ...... 37 squad. tion he has played regularly for Cazorla (Arsenal), Andres Iniesta R Shukla (not out) ...... 2 Iturraspe has been a crucial cog Barcelona and in several games (Barcelona) Mohammed Shami (not out) ...... 1 in the Athletic Bilbao team which at Euro 2012. Forwards: Extras (B-4, LB-2, W-2, NB-2) ...... 10 has qualified for the Champions Spain are in Group B along Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid), Total (for 7 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 170 League with his slick passing with the Netherlands, Chile and David Villa (Atletico Madrid) Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-10, 3-73, 4-97, from deep in midfield. Australia. Fernando Torres (Chelsea), 5-102, 6-147, 7-168. However, the strong competi- Spain’s Squad: Alvaro Negredo (Manchester Bowling: M Muralitharan 4-0-25-2; M A tion in the middle of the pitch Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas City), Fernando Llorente Faf du Plessis of Chennai Super Kings plays a pull shot during the Indian Starc 4-0-26-2 (1w); A N Ahmed 4-0-40-1 means that he may well be one (Real Madrid), Pepe Reina (Juventus). REUTERS Premier League match against Rajasthan Royals in Ranchi, yesterday. (2nb, 1w); Y S Chahal 4-0-45-1; Yuvraj Singh Chennai Super Kings won by five wickets. 4-0-28-0.

Spain’s coach Vicente del Bosque holds the World Cup trophy, won by Spain in South Africa in 2010, dur- ing the final draw of the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup, in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia state in this file picture of December 6, 2013. RIGHT: Spain’s Brazilian-born forward Diego Costa eyes the ball during a training session at the Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid, on the eve of their World Cup 2014 friendly football match against Italy in this file picture of March 4, 2014.