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Emir gets message from Indonesia Old Ghanem Social media plot fetches record price goes viral over DOHA: A piece of real estate in Old Ghanem locality of Doha was sold at a record rate of over QR209,000 ($57,000) per square metre in the first week of this Kuwait protest month. The 2,167-square-metres land plot, understandably for commer- Massive rally against ‘corruption’ cial use, was sold for as much as QR453.6m, transaction figures for DOHA: The social media across involved in massive corruption. the week released by the Ministry the GCC was abuzz yesterday On the social media, people of Justice show. with the talk of an anti-corrup- later began pressing Al Barrak A total of 171 transactions were tion demonstration in Kuwait to divulge details, so he called a conducted in the week (June 1 to convened by a former parlia- rally yesterday Al Irada Square to 5) with their value adding up to mentarian to divulge details of give details. Thousands of people a QR1.35bn, down from a record bank transfers overseas of huge gathered in response. QR2.3bn the previous week (May public money by two top officials. It may also be recalled that the 25 to 29). Musallam Al Barrak, true to GCC leaders had earlier set up The Justice Ministry has a real his word, showed at the massive a regional anti-corruption body estate registration department rally at Al Irada Square in Kuwait and its members are heads of which releases property transac- city late last evening, documents anti-corruption agencies of mem- The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received yesterday a written message from President of tion details every week. showing money transfers by some ber-states. The body had its first Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono containing an invitation to attend the 6th Global Forum of the United Old Ghanem is in downtown top Kuwaiti officials to bank meeting in Kuwait last February Nations Alliance of Civilizations 2014 in Bali on August 29 and 30. The President’s Special Envoy Wahid Doha, behind Grand Hamad accounts abroad totalling billions and early next year it is slated to Supriyadi handed over the message during a meeting with the Emir. Avenue, which is popularly known of dollars. meet here in Doha. as Bank Street. Al Barrak heads a popular People all over the GCC were A highlight of last week’s trans- political faction in Kuwait called excited about Al Barrak’s rally. actions was that more than a ‘People’s Action Movement’. A campaign on Twitter titled quarter deals involved small res- Dubbing the scams as ‘Geneva ‘#Al Irada Square’ was launched Qatar plans farmers association idential land plots in areas like Scandals’, Al Barrak named the in another GCC country, with a Umm Salal Ali, Al Dhayeen and two allegedly corrupt officials as large number of people following Al Wukari in Al Wakra. ‘Miserable’ and ‘Hopeless’ and it all over the region. DOHA: Qatar is setting up an of Economy and Trade to hold a Chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Most of these plots were valued said the former had $17.23bn in “This is not a campaign association of farmers to help founding meeting and pave the Jassim Al Thani and Nasser at a little more than a million riy- a foreign bank account in 2013. restricted to Kuwait. This is a boost private sector invest- way for the formal launch of the Jarallah Al Marri, Director of als, with some even costing less His son had a balance of an matter close to every GCC citi- ment in agricultural sector said association. Food Security programme. than a million. incredible $10.67bn in his foreign zen’s heart,” said a woman com- and promote close coordination The idea behind forming the Sheikh Khalifa said at the news Real estate experts are of the bank account, said Al Barrak. mentator from yet another GCC between the private and public association is to provide all kinds conference that the government view that since land prices have The ex-MP showed a docu- state, reacting to the Twitter sectors in the field. of support to the farming sector and the media had eventually been soaring undeterred, par- ment showing transfer of $42m campaign. Qatari individuals and compa- as a broader goal to back Qatar’s turned their attention to the ticularly in Doha, land on the in ‘Miserable’s’ son’s account. The “The echo of Kuwait’s rally is nies owning farms, irrespective of strategic long-term Food Security farming sector. city’s outskirts should be devel- campaigner gave details about reverberating all over the region. their size, as well as government programme. He said there has been a signifi- oped and brought within Doha money transfers by another top Some may ask why we are sup- agencies concerned with agricul- The Minister of Economy and cant drop in the area of farming Municipality’s jurisdiction. This official to his and his son’s account. porting the Kuwait rally,” she tural development, will be part of Trade, H E Sheikh Ahmed bin land in the country, which is a mat- would help reduce land prices as The social media all over the said. “It is because it is a people’s the proposed association. Jassim bin Mohamed Al Thani, ter of concern. One of the major supplies would rise. GCC went viral, with people from movement led by a popular leader. The association will have two told reporters yesterday that the aims of the association is to help Rough estimates suggest that different GCC states commenting We have similar type of corrup- separate corpuses — one for giv- government is keen on motivating farmers and solve their problems. due to mega development projects on Al Barrak’s anti-corruption tion in all the GCC countries.” ing away loans for farming, the privates sector to work with the The proposed association will being launched ahead of the FIFA rally. “If Kuwait succeeds in fighting other for helping members tackle public sector in promoting invest- have a capital which will come 2022 event, land prices went up To recall, Al Barrak recently corruption, for sure the evil would emergencies. ment in farming and mull ways to from subscription from the mem- almost 30 percent in 2013. said in a TV interview that no be gone from the entire region,” The government has announced tackle challenges related to food bers. No member will, however, In the first quarter of this year, reform was possible in a society she added. “We are all for the that between June 15 and 26 peo- security. be allowed to have more than 10 the prices rose a further 25 per- without people making sacrifices, rally in Al Irada Square.” ple can apply for membership of Present at the press meet percent share in the overall capi- cent and the trend is likely to and talked of widespread corrup- THE PENINSULA the proposed association. were Environment Minister tal of the association. continue throughout the year and tion in Kuwait. He talked of two Continued on page 4 On June 29, successful appli- H E Ahmed Amer Mohamed THE PENINSULA beyond, say experts. people and alleged that they were Picture on page 6 cants will be called by the Ministry Al Humaidi, Qatar Chamber Picture on Page 6 THE PENINSULA

Karachi airport attacked again First govt-funded Iraq jihadists capture nursery next year DOHA: The first government- Mosul, northern towns funded nursery school in Qatar is expected to open next year. MOSUL: Jihadists overran An interior ministry official The facility, being established Iraq’s second city of Mosul and said Mosul, the scene of deadly by Supreme Education Council a string of Sunni Arab northern clashes on Friday and Saturday, (SEC) will enrol children aged towns yesterday in a spectacu- was “outside the control of the six months to four years, Mona lar blow against the Shia-led state and at the mercy of the Al Kuwari, an academic expert government that Washington militants”. at the SEC told a seminar here warned threatens the entire Soldiers and police had stripped yesterday. region. off their uniforms and fled, and the Addressing the seminar on Prime Minister Nouri Al militants used loudspeakers to the “right to development” Maliki asked parliament to declare they had “come to liberate” at Four Seasons hotel, Al declare a state of emergency and the city of some two million people. Kuwari said, citing a survey, announced the government would A journalist, himself fleeing that not a single Qatari child arm citizens to fight the jihadists with his family, said shops were Soldiers patrol Jinnah International Airport after an attack on a security academy run by Airports Security Force of school age has been left out and their allies. closed, a police station had been in Karachi yesterday. Pakistan’s Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, less than 48 hours after an all-night of education. “All of Nineveh province fell set ablaze and security forces siege of the airport that killed more than 30 people. See also page 12 The country aims to provide into the hands of militants,” par- vehicles had been burned or education of high international liament speaker Osama Al Nujaifi abandoned. standards and the ultimate aim told journalists in Baghdad, add- Hundreds of families were seen is to invest in human capital, she ing the gunmen were heading fleeing. Some were on foot, car- added. south towards neighbouring rying what they could, others in Rowhani vows to secure nuclear deal A number of new projects are Salaheddin province. vehicles with their belongings currently underway in education An army brigadier general piled on the roofs. In the Kurdish sector, including establishment said hundreds of militants from north, thousands of Mosul resi- GENEVA: Iranian President diplomatic drive in the face of a foreign minister and nuclear of new schools, nurseries and the Islamic State of Iraq and the dents had fled for the safety of the Hassan Rowhani said yester- looming July 20 deadline for a pointman Abbas Araqchi said the kindergartens and upgrading of Levant (ISIL) launched a major autonomous region. day his country would “do its final deal between Iran and the climate was “positive”. existing schools. assault on the security forces late AFP best” to secure a nuclear deal P5+1 group of world powers. Washington warned of “tough THE PENINSULA on Monday. Picture on page 7 as Tehran and Washington held “Iran will do its best for a final choices” as fellow P5+1 members crunch talks on the long-run- deal with the P5+1,” said Rowhani, try to build momentum in the ning dispute. a former nuclear negotiator, speak- crunch negotiations. Senior negotiators from both ing in Turkey. “Iran is ready to sit The US-Iran meeting began on camps met behind closed doors for at the negotiating table for a solu- Monday with a five-hour session, A special World a second day of talks at Geneva’s tion” to both the nuclear dispute the first time since the 1979 that Cup schedule upscale Hotel President Wilson, and “unfair sanctions”, he said. US and Iranian negotiators have which was sealed off to the media. After over three hours of talks held direct, official nuclear talks. included with The meeting is part of a fresh Tuesday morning, Iran’s deputy AFP today’s edition WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME PM meets Lebanese Minister Fourth report on human development in October Contributions from 11 experts to focus on ‘Right to Development’

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser DOHA: Preparations are being bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met Lebanese Minister of Interior and made to release Qatar’s fourth Municipalities, Nohad Al Machnouk, and his delegation and reviewed National Human Development relations and issues of mutual interest. Report in October, with a focus on Right to Development, the Minister of Development Planning and Statistics H E Dr Saleh Mohamed Salim Al Nabit Deal to foster standardised said yesterday. Eleven local and international experts will contribute to the building management services report, he told a press conference DOHA: Qatar Green Building Al Shamari. on the sidelines of a seminar on Council (QGBC) and Chartered Kinsella said: “QGBC is a the right to development. Institution of Building Services unique platform in Qatar that “We are collecting informa- Engineers (CIBSE) have signed raises awareness about sustain- tion as much as possible based a memorandum of understand- able green buildings by fostering on knowledge and experience to ing (MoU) to foster a stand- practical education for industry include in the report. We are also ardised building management experts and members of the pub- asking 11 experts to write back- The Minister of Development Planning and Statistics H E Dr Saleh Mohamed Salim Al Nabit addressing the seminar services culture in Qatar’s con- lic. Considering CIBSE’s expertise ground papers,” he said. at Four Seasons Hotel yesterday. SALIM MATRAMKOT struction industry. in relevant fields, the agreement Experts, including those from QGBC will gain access to will prove vital for QGBC’s efforts United Nations Development with special needs. The seminar with politics. Rights of people are human rights-based approach to CIBSE’s global network of build- as we believe such a partnership Programme, will contribute to at Four Seasons Hotel discussed separate, and politics should be development in Qatar. ing service engineers. The part- will be a great contribution to the report. “A steering committee the Right to Development and kept stay away from them.” Jaber Al Howail, Legal nership will allow local industry the sustainability pillar of Qatar is managing the report and gov- related issues. It gathered inputs Fateh Azzam, independent Department Director, National to gain insight into international National Vision 2030.” ernment and non-governmental from experts, academics, the pri- consultant, told the seminar said Human Rights Commission, spoke best practices, while facilitating The agreement demonstrates initiatives contributing to the vate sector and civil society for that development should be in about ‘Knowing your rights’, Dr green and sustainable solution QGBC’s commitment to host edu- development will be considered the fourth report. all aspects. “Development is not Khaltam Al Ghanim, Professor collaborations for some of the cational workshops and events by it,” the Minister added. Sayed Aqa, UNDP Resident only economic development, but of Sociology, Qatar University greatest projects. to highlight sustainability issues Qatar’s first report was on Representative in Abu Dhabi, also cultural political and social on ‘Family and social cohesion’, The MoU was signed by while providing a platform to dis- general aspects of development said, “We see consequences of development. Everyone should Dr Amal Al Malki, Director, Engineer Meshal Al Shamari, cuss and exchange green practices in 2006, sustainable development uneven development in the world. be contributing and enjoying the Translation Institution, Hamad QGBC Director, and Peter and policies. in 2009 and youth in 2012. Balanced development is impor- development and everyone should Bin Khalifa University, on ‘Gender Kinsella, CIBSE President, in the QGBC, a member of Qatar The fourth on the right to tant. Qatar has done enough for enjoy dignity. Right to develop- and development’ and Dr Hayat presence of guests from both sides Foundation for Education, Science development will have seven the development of its people ment cannot be achieved at the Hajji, Manager, Al Noor Institute at HBKU Student Centre. and Community Development, is components, including human and the region.” He said politics cost of social and civic and other for the Blind, on ‘People with dis- “The accord grants QGBC an a non-profit, membership-driven development, development of should be kept away from rights. rights.” abilities and development.’ invaluable opportunity to further organisation dedicated to advo- Qatris and residents and people “In some places, rights are mixed A panel discussion was held on THE PENINSULA expand its regional and interna- cating green building solutions, tional network. leading industry research and “Bringing on board a wealth promoting sustainable practice of expertise and experience in in the community. providing first-class information Through QGBC, Qatar has and building education services, joined a network of 80 countries Mideast main target for cybercrime: Survey CIBSE will enable QGBC to bet- having national green building ter support Qatar’s professionals councils under the umbrella of DOHA: The Middle East is a in a survey by Gulf Business the increase in device connectivity IT professionals in the UAE, Saudi and promote best practice in the World Green Building Council. prime target for cybercrime, Machines (GBM). in Qatar’s workplace,” said Hani Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain field of sustainable building,” said THE PENINSULA said majority of respondents About 72 percent of respond- Nofal, Director of Intelligent and Kuwait ents in Qatar believe the Middle Network Solutions (INS) at GBM. It said about 59 percent of East is a prime target for cyber- “With an ever-changing tech- respondents’ employers’ main crime. As per the survey, 61 per- nology landscape supporting concern around cloud adoption cent of companies in Qatar invest those types of advances, the role is data security. 15 percent or less of their IT of IT security professionals is About 51 percent of security budgets in security. increasingly dynamic and vital for incidents in the past 12 months About 10 percent of respond- a company’s sustained success and were caused by internal staff; 35 ents in 2012 reported owning five integrity,” he said. percent of incidents in the pre- or more personal devices and 40 According to the survey, 53 per- vious 12 months were caused percent of Qatari respondents in cent of respondents are allowed to by internal staff in last year’s 2014 reported owning five or more connect personal devices at work. findings. personal devices. About 55 percent of respondents’ About 39 percent of companies “The increased focus on roll- employers restrict social media in Qatar utilise free cloud-based ing out smart government serv- access partially or not at all. online file storage services at ices is one of the factors driving The online survey polled 1,060 work. THE PENINSULA

QIB taking 30 customers to FIFA World Cup

Officials with some of the winners.

DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank get the chance to attend the open- and thanked the bank for award- (QIB), Qatar’s leading Islamic ing match, group matches, round ing them once-in-a-lifetime bank, has announced the 30 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, opportunity to travel to Brazil winners given the chance to go third place match and finally two and watch the games. with a friend to the 2014 FIFA lucky will have once-in-a-lifetime The 20th World Cup runs World Cup in Brazil, in associa- opportunity to see the finals. from June 12 to July 13, with 64 tion with Visa. The winners are: Tareq Khalaf matches in 12 cities across Brazil. The bank held an event at Al Mohammed. Youcef Boukada, D Anand, General Manager, Grand Hamad Office to deliver Yousef Al Ansari, Gamal Metawee, QIB’s Personal Banking Group, the prizes to the winners. Hussein Khawar, Ghanim Al said the bank is committed to Running under the theme Buainain, Ganesan Muthu, providing superior value to its ‘Living the FIFA World Cup Yousef Al Kuwari, Mohamed customers. Moment’, the bank, in associa- AlRefai, Mohamad Al Motawa, “We are privileged to be the tion with VISA, has staged pro- Mohammed Hamad, Khalid Al exclusive bank in Qatar to take 30 motions for existing and potential Boinin, Sara Al Omari, Abdulla of our customers to Brazil to live customers, focusing on its main Al Qahtani, Noof Al Naemi, the excitement of the World Cup. products such as financing, buy- Mohammed Al Kuwari, Abdulaziz “With this offer, we tried to out liabilities, credit cards, and Al Yafai, Khalil Abu Watfa, Shahin give the chance to customers to mobile banking application. Al Mohanadi, Khan Hamid, win, they can be our existing cli- Over three months, it has Mohamad Al Joudia, Hussam ents who used our cards, mobile offered the chance to win one of Qnona, Zirul Aziz, Mohammed Al banking or applied for finance 30 packages, each consisting of Shahwani, Abdulmohsin Indela, or can be new customers who two match tickets, three nights Mohamad Al Mohanadi, Ramzi just opened new accounts with hotel accommodation on double Bahrouni, Saoud Al Baker, Jamil the bank and transferred their occupancy, transportation for Al Shamari, Ali Al Muslah. liabilities. The World Cup is one two from the hotel to the match The first winner, Tareq Al of the largest sports event in the venue, and one return airline Mohammed, travelled to Brazil world and we are pleased that we ticket to Brazil, and to the host to attend the opening ceremony were able to send our customers city. and the opening match Brazil vs to Brazil in association with Visa The 60 tickets are distributed Croatia. to live the moment.” across stages, where winners will Winners expressed excitement THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 QRC team visits Philippines PHCC wins top accreditation DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent QRC is implementing a Qatari (QRC) has sent a team to the humanitarian intervention pro- Philippines to assess technical gramme in the Philippines and a ACI recognises corporation’s highest international standards and engineering designs for shel- fundraiser under the authorisation ter projects as part of relief and of the alliance and in the light of DOHA: Primary Healthcare sure path to achieve success this path,” she added. Getting the advanced plati- development in the areas hit by a memorandum of understanding Corporation (PHCC) has and excellence. The ACI programme is based num level with the first circle Typhoon Haiyan. signed with its Philippine counter- achieved accreditation “We are determined to con- on international standards of of accreditation was the result This follows efforts by Qatar Relief part last March. It is expected to by Accreditation Canada tinue enhancing the level of excellence is recognised by the of PHCC’s concerted efforts Alliance of Charitable Societies build residential buildings, including International (ACI), officials primary healthcare services Canadian and international which continued over three for projects in Somalia and the 2,000 homes, at cost of $5.4m. About said yesterday. for everyone in Qatar, while healthcare communities and years from the start of the Philippines to boost global efforts to 10,000 people will benefit from the The Platinum level of ACI developing a comprehensive at all levels of government. accreditation circle through help those affected by the typhoon. projects. QNA has been awarded to PHCC as a organisational model for PHCC A team of six surveyors the development of plans at all certificate in recognition of its and its staff. from ACI evaluated the lev- levels of work and their imple- services at a level of quality and “Achieving accreditation els of quality provided in mentation in all health centres safety equivalent to the highest is not only an achievement PHCC health centres after a with a high level of profession- international standards. for PHCC staff, but also for long process of work on the alism and commitment by staff. Dr Mariam Abdulmalik, the people of Qatar. Having programme. ACI is one of the oldest PHCC Managing Director, an internationally recognised There are three levels of international accreditation said “The achievement comes healthcare system reassures ACI — golden, the primary organisations and most expe- as a consequence of efforts by that we offer one of the best level, platinum, the advanced rienced in certifying primary everyone and is evident that primary care services and we second level, and diamond, the healthcare services across the hard and sincere work is a will continue to progress on highest level. world. THE PENINSULA

Ooredoo, HEC-Paris hold innovation workshop DOHA: Ooredoo and HEC- Paris jointly organised a strat- egy innovation workshop to examine ways the company can encourage greater innova- tion across every aspect of its operations. “Ooredoo is in the process of changing our operations at every level, and the process is going to continue throughout 2014. Our executive strategy workshop provided senior man- agement with scope and space to brainstorm ideas for the com- pany’s future and make sure we are aligned with the same vision and goal,” said Buthaina Participants at the event. Al Ansari, Senior Director, Human Resources, who played Qatar, and taking the lead with doing business, and delivering in Qatar, a corporate education a leading role in the workshop. 4G and fibre services. benefits of new technology to company for executive educa- It focused on how the com- It has also enhanced its port- customers. tion programmes. pany can deliver superior cus- folio of business solutions, with a The two-day workshop Through events like the work- tomer service and enhance focus on data services for com- explored how Ooredoo could shop, Ooredoo aims to promote support provided to the busi- panies of all sizes. The process introduce breakthrough inno- dialogue and discussion between ness community, as Qatar’s of business transformation to vations to Qatar, and not just employees at all levels from dif- economy continues to develop offer more to customers has follow technological industry ferent cultural and professional and diversify. been called ‘The Ooredoo Way’. trends, and transform serv- backgrounds in the company, on Ooredoo has seen success To continue the progress of ice levels at every point that how best to improve their port- in recent years, most recently recent years, Ooredoo is invest- touches the customer. folio of services and customer achieving the milestone of more ing in human resources required The workshop was in con- experience in 2014. than three million customers in to come up with new ways of junction and ran by HEC-Paris THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Cooperation reviewed Condolences Disney on Ice returns sent to Saudi DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of con- dolences to the Custodian of with new adventures the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on the death of Princess Rockin’ Ever After to enthral fans on September 24-27 Al Jawhara bint Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. DOHA: More than 40,000 The Prime Minister and people are expected to watch Interior Minister H E Sheikh ‘Disney On Ice presents Rockin’ Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Ever After’ when the latest ice Al Thani sent a similar cable. spectacular is held at Qatar National Convention Centre Emir receives call Attorney-General, Dr Ali bin Futais Al Marri, yesterday received Professor (QNCC) on September 24-27. Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni, Chairman, International Institution for Higher The exhilarating new pro- from Nigeria Studies in Criminal Sciences, Italy, and discussed cooperation between duction features adventurous DOHA: the Centre for Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption and the institute. moments from Disney•Pixar’s The Emir H H Sheikh Brave and Disney’s The Little Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Mermaid, Tangled and Beauty and yesterday received a phone the Beast. call from Nigerian President After last year’s sold-out suc- Goodluck Jonathan. They dis- Finnish school deal signed cess of Disney On Ice presents cussed bilateral relations and DOHA: The Minister of Education and Higher Education and 100 Years of Magic, Disney on means of bolstering them. Supreme Education Council Secretary-General H E Dr Mohamed Ice returns to Doha with this Abdul Wahed Al Hammadi on Monday signed an operating agree- energetic new show, which uses President greeted ment for a Finnish school in Doha as part of an initiative that brings the popular talent show trend leading international schools to open branches in Qatar. as a vehicle to weave four stories on National Day The school will start operations at the beginning of the 2014-15 aca- together. demic year with kindergarten and first and second years of primary Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, FROM LEFT: SES Founder & CEO, Ali Haidary, Mickey Mouse, Rashed Al DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh stage. It will teach Finnish curriculum along with Qatar’s history, Donald Duck and Goofy search Qurese, Executive Director, Marketing & Promotions, QTA, and Horacio Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Islamic studies and Arabic language and will be open for boys and girls. the globe for the hottest acts to Renna, Vice-President, Feld Entertainment, Europe, the Middle East and yesterday sent a cable of con- QNA perform in their showcase, leading Africa at the event. gratulations to the Portuguese them into the worlds of Merida, President, Anibal Cavaco Silva, Ariel, Belle and Rapunzel while media at QNCC yesterday. “Doha is probably the fastest on his country’s National Day. Villaggio blaze trial adjourned comical Disney characters make “Rockin’ Ever After is a unique growing city in the region and The Prime Minister and Interior appearances throughout the show show. It is a mix of the old and the one of the fastest growing in the Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin DOHA: The Court of Appeals for the death of 19 people in the to try to be the next superstar. new. I think this will be something world. It has shown its intentions Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent has adjourned the Villaggio fire blaze and ordered them to serve Produced by Feld very surprising for everyone to clearly from a global events per- a similar cable. QNA case hearing to October 27. up to six years in jail. Entertainment, presented by see. The technology that is used, spective hosting some of the big- The court on Monday also The hearing has been post- Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) special effects, dance routines gest and major events. I believe ordered cancellation of fine poned following requests from and its Events Diary, OnQatar, are something unique,” said SES in QTA’s vision of making Doha 7 bootleggers held imposed on the director of Al defence lawyers who sought and brought to Qatar by Sport & Founder & CEO, Ali Haidary. one of the touristic capitals in the DOHA: Police seized huge Rayan Municipality. more time to cross-examine Entertainment Solutions (SES), Ariel’s transformation from region and the world,” he added. quantity of locally made liquor A lower criminal court last year witnesses. the show will feature over 100 mermaid to human, dangling Rashed Al Qurese, Executive — hooch — and arrested seven had found five accused responsible THE PENINSULA world-class performers. 35-feet over the ice as she shows Director, Marketing & Asians involved in producing “The show is a mix of clas- off her brand new legs and Merida Promotions, QTA, said position- and selling it, the Ministry of sic stories Beauty and the Beast from Brave’s ice debut are some of ing Qatar as a world-class tour- Interior said yesterday on its Corruption ‘damaging our country’ and The Little Mermaid and for the things to look forward to in ism hub with cultural roots was website. the first time we have put char- the show. a major aim of Qatar National The North Security Continued from page 1 Al Irada for nothing,” said yet acters from Brave and Tangled, Haidary said they aim to make Tourism Strategy 2030. Ticket Department launched a crack- Another commentator, taking another Tweeter. “Corruption is which is a good combination. Doha the hub for Disney Live prices for Disney On Ice presents down following a tip-off. The part in the Twitter campaign, damaging our country and soci- We have world-class skaters in and Disney on Ice entertainment Rockin’ Ever After are QR175, accused were found producing said he wondered why members ety.” Among the charges Al Barak a world- class show that would events across the Middle East and QR275, QR475, VIP QR1,000 and and packing bottles of liquor in a of the Muslim clergy were silent made is that one of the officials make people happy for two hours,” are working with QTA to bring Rink-side Royal QR2,000. Tickets home. A large amount of money on the issue of corruption in the allegedly involved in corruption Horacio Renna, Vice-President, Disney on Ice and Disney Live are available at Virgin Megastores was also seized, the ministry said GCC. had a bank account in Israel. Feld Entertainment, Europe, the continuously to Doha for the next and on www.virginmegastores.qa in a posting on its website. “People have not gathered in THE PENINSULA Middle East and Africa, told the five years. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

A donor taking part in the event.

Al Ahli Hospital holds blood donation campaign

DOHA: Al Ahli Hospital organised a blood dona- tion campaign ‘Donate blood to save a life’ as part of its activities serv- icing the community. The campaign was held in collaboration with Blood Donation Unit of Hamad Medical Corporation, attended by donors, hos- pital workers, visitors and guests. Dr Abdel Azim Hussein, Medical Director and Chief Surgeon, said the campaign aimed to raise awareness of the importance of blood donation and its benefits for the health of the donor and the beneficiary. It was also part of events organised by the hospital to raise awareness about World Blood Donation Day which falls in June each year. “The hospital will con- tinue to organise blood donation campaigns on a regular basis to increase awareness of the impor- tance of this humanitarian work, which brings great benefits to the donor,” he added. THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

Russian National Day marked Techno Q to hold blood donation drive tomorrow DOHA: As part of its corpo- been supporting the centre for a rate social responsibility (CSR) few years and I’m delighted to see agenda, Techno Q will host its a positive response from our staff third annual blood donation every year. It demonstrates the drive tomorrow from 8am to altruistic spirit of giving back to noon at its showroom on the the community, that runs in our Salwa Road. company.” The company has invited “We care about the impact of the employees from neighbouring way we conduct business on our business to join them in support of community and one of the unique the cause. The campaign is organ- aspects of holding an annual blood ised annually in cooperation with drive is that it allows anyone in Hamad Medical Corporation’s the company with a desire to help Blood Donor Centre to coincide others, to make a lifesaving con- with World Blood Donor Day. It tribution that benefits accident aims at raising awareness about victims, cancer patients, surgical voluntary blood donation, pro- candidates, children with blood moting values of civic responsibil- disorders and others.” He said it ity, solidarity and giving back to is encouraging to see a good turn- the local community. out. “I’m proud of all our staff The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari (third right), the Minister of Economy and Commerce H E Sheikh Zeyad Al Jaidah, Techno that come forward to support the Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed Al Thani (fourth left) and Russian Ambassador Noor Mohammad Ilulov cutting a cake to mark the National Day of Q’s Co-founder and Managing cause.” Russian Federation at a reception hosted by the envoy yesterday. Ambassador Ibrahim Yousif Fakhro (third left), Director, Department of Protocol, Director, said: “The company has THE PENINSULA the Foreign Ministry, and other diplomats were present at the reception at Grand Hyatt. SALIM MATRAMKOT Qapco wins certificate for sustainable practices

DOHA: Qatar Petrochemical and entails rigorous and regular Responsible Care ethics and Company (Qapco) has achieved performance reporting and man- principles compel companies to another significant milestone agement frameworks. constantly innovate for safer with the recent Responsible Dr Mohammed Yousef Al and greener products and proc- Care certification for its sus- Mulla, Vice-Chairman and CEO, esses, and work to continuously tainable practices. said: “As a responsible corporate improve their environmental, Qapco said in a statement citizen and in alignment with health and safety performance yesterday that it had bagged our strategy, we are committed throughout the life cycle of their the certificate following a recent to optimising the impact of our products. audit by the German-based inde- operations on the environment, Launched in Canada in 1985, pendent inspection and technical the economy and society. Responsible Care is practised in services firm, TUV, strengthen- “Our successful certification more than 60 countries. ing the company’s commitment is a major step forward in our Yousuf Rebeeh, COO, Qapco, to sustainability and best prac- sustainability journey where we said: “Qapco’s full compliance tices implementation. focus on putting sustainability with RC 14001: 2013 augments The RC 14001 is an interna- into action. the company’s existing health, tionally recognised standard “Responsible Care acts as a safety, security, environmental focusing on seven key areas catalyst to drive progress and and quality management systems — community awareness and sustainable development in which are already certified under emergency response, security, organisations, as it covers stra- ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 as well distribution, employee health and tegic aspects of a company’s as OHSAS 18001. safety, environmental protec- business. “For the past few months, tion, process safety, and product “The new milestone will many teams and departments Qapco officials and staff celebrate the Responsible Care milestone. stewardship. translate into additional tangi- have shown strong commit- This global performance man- ble sustainability results, deliv- ment and dedication to ensure “We are delighted to cel- levels of operational excellence. driving continuous performance agement certification comprises ering further benefits to all our our operations fully align with ebrate the new achievement RC 14001:2013 strengthens improvement.” strict and specific requirements stakeholders.” Responsible Care standard. that paves the way for new Qapco’s competitive advantage, THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME / MIDDLE EAST 2022 panel hailed for Farmers’ association workers’ welfare Supreme Committee’s standards improve productivity

DOHA: The first contrac- living conditions, they are likely to have successfully implemented tor to work with the Supreme be more committed to their jobs, these standards claim that one Committee for Delivery and which increases their productivity benefit of the accommodation Legacy on the proposed Host and benefits the company.” guidelines is that workers have Venue at Al Wakrah Stadium Amana, the early works con- fewer responsibilities after work, has been a “success story” so far tractor at the new Al Wakrah allowing for more free time to from the workers’ welfare per- Stadium, the first proposed sleep, exercise or communicate spective, according to an expert Host Venue for the 2022 FIFA with family back home. who has been following devel- World Cup, has reported that the Mohamad Hamad, Project opments in the country for the Supreme Committee for Delivery Manager for Amana, said: “We past seven years. and Legacy’s Workers’ Welfare have enjoyed a positive relation- Silvia Pessoa, an associate Standards (WWS) have helped ship with the Supreme Committee teaching professor of English create living conditions that for Delivery & Legacy, not only in and Sociolinguistics at Carnegie improve the overall well-being of terms of the successful and safe (From left) Tariq bin Abdulaziz Al Sada, H E Ahmed Amer Mohamed Al Humaidi, Minister of Environment, H E Mellon University in Qatar, who its workers, leading to better qual- execution of our early works con- Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed Al Thani, Minister of Economy and Trade, Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim has tracked labour issues here ity work and greater productivity tract, but also because of the ben- bin Mohammad Al Thani and Nassir bin Jarallah Al Marri announcing plans to set up a farmers’ association, at since 2007, said the positive recep- on the worksite. efits which we have seen for our a press conference yesterday. ABDUL BASIT tion of the Workers’ Welfare The Workers’ Welfare workforce as a result of key pro- Standards is an encouraging sign. Standards — which are aligned visions in their standards. When “This success story speaks of with Qatari Labour Law and employees have less to do in terms Qatar’s commitment to ensure international best practice — of cooking and housekeeping after the rights of migrant workers include specific requirements work, they are less stressed and building the infrastructure for the for operating and maintaining have more time to themselves. Minister visits two project sites 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. The employer-provided worker hous- Experience shows us that employ- increase in the productivity of the ing. The standards require con- ees who are content outside of DOHA: The Minister of roundabout and its northern exit project to develop drainage sys- workforce on this project shows tractors to provide free catering work are more motivated and do Municipality and Urban to link Doha with Lusail city. The tems to deal with surface water that this is a win-win situation and laundry services as well as a better quality work when they are Planning, H E Sheikh expressway has three main inter- coming from sub-networks cover- for all involved: when workers are deep cleaning program and wire- on the job.” Abdulrahman bin Khalifa bin sections that lead to Katara, The ing around 170km. Work on the satisfied with their working and less internet. Contractors that THE PENINSULA Abdulaziz Al Thani, yesterday Pearl and the Diplomatic Area. 9.7km tunnel is scheduled to con- paid a field visit to two major Work on the 5.3km-long road clude in the first quarter of 2017. projects being carried out by began in the third quarter of 2012. The minister expressed his the Public Works Authority Work is expected to conclude in satisfaction with the progress of (Ashghal) — the Mesaimeer the second quarter of 2017. The work in both projects. Maracana Stadium chief impressed tunnel for surface and ground- project includes building a tunnel Engineer Nasser bin Ali Al water, and Lusail Expressway. for light rail. Mawlawi, president of Ashghal, DOHA: Qatar’s plans and after seeing plans for modular experience of visiting Qatar The tour began with the The minister then visited the accompanied the minister during preparations ahead of the 2022 stadiums planned by Qatar, the several times since 2011, fans Lusail Expressway project, which site of the Mesaimeer tunnel for the visit. Fifa World Cup have made upper stands of which will be can look forward to a spectacu- involves developing the arch surface and groundwater, a major THE PENINSULA quite an impression on the man removed and sent to countries in lar atmosphere in the first ever in charge of one of the most his- need of sporting infrastructure in football World Cup in the Middle toric stadiums in world football coordination with Fifa and the East. “It’s really impressive how and the venue of the 2014 World continental confederations after you do things and how you do Cup final. the tournament. things well. From my perspec- Luis Silva, Chief Operating Speaking at the Josoor tive as a foreigner who travels to UDC wins awards for The Pearl-Qatar Officer of Maracanã Stadium, Institute, launched to train indus- Qatar from time to time, I really the legendary arena which at one try professionals who will play enjoy it,” he said. DOHA: United Development and lifestyle destination in Qatar. Manager, and Ehab Kamel, time held up to 200,000 specta- an integral role in the 2022 Fifa His advice to Qatar for the Company (UDC), master devel- The company was also short- General Manager of Retail tors and was renovated for the World Cup Qatar, Silva headlined next eight years of preparations oper of The Pearl-Qatar, bagged listed for Best Leisure and Leasing, who both confirmed that 2014 World Cup to accommodate a course on venue and stadium was to continue to work ahead of two accolades at the Cityscape Tourism Project for the devel- the achievements were in recog- 74,698 fans, said there was an management that was attended schedule and “focus on efficient Qatar Awards held during the opment of an island considered nition of the innovative nature impressive focus on legacy and by delegates and representatives planning and try to meet all Cityscape exhibition last week. by many to be one of the most of The Pearl-Qatar and that the sustainability in Qatar’s plans. from the Supreme Committee deadlines to reach 2022 in a per- UDC won Best Commercial and recognised landmarks of modern development could not have been “All the concepts and ideas for for Delivery and Legacy, Qatar fect condition and deliver all the Mixed Use Project for its flag- Qatar; and Best Retail Project, for possible without the strategic the future are amazing. I believe Stars League and Qatar Football amazing things that are shown ship development, as well as the redefining how commercial spaces vision and collaborative leader- you will deliver an outstanding Association. in the plans.” Best Residential Project award in are designed and operated. ship of UDC investors and top tournament,” Silva said in Doha Silva said that based on his THE PENINSULA recognition of The Pearl-Qatar’s The awards were accepted by executives. position as the best residential Ali Al Malki, Public Relations THE PENINSULA

Sabotage causes Yemen blackout WISE launches digital Bahrain hands SANA’A: Yemen suffered a time and prevented technicians severe fuel shortages for weeks, heavy jail terms total blackout yesterday after from fixing them again. with motorists having to queue gunmen in the eastern province The attack was the third of its for hours at petrol stations. services on website to Shia protesters of Marib sabotaged key power kind this month, Saba said. A suspected Al Qaeda gunman lines, the electricity and energy Attacks on power lines in killed a soldier in a Yemeni pro- DOHA: The World Innovation education practices. Along with DUBAI: A Bahraini court ministry announced. Yemen are common and are often vincial capital yesterday, bring- Summit for Education (WISE) a daily summary in English, a handed down jail sentences of “The act of sabotage at launched by heavily armed tribes- ing the death toll in the southern has launched unique digital review of the week’s top interna- up to 13 years yesterday against Kilometre 78 (48 miles east of men as a lever to press for the town of Huta to three in as many services on its website to enable tional stories is provided in Arabic. 13 defendants convicted of Sanaa) suspended the entire release of jailed relatives or to days. the global education community Among the original content attacking police during an anti- national power and energy grid, support other demands. The soldier was shot dead at a to stay informed on the latest available on WISE ed.review, there government demonstration in including at Marib’s gas plant, Marib is also a stronghold of Al checkpoint in the town, capital of developments in the field. are a series of EduDebates, which 2012, a judicial official said. and cut power in all provinces,” a Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Lahij province, a security source Visitors to the fully redesigned bring together thought leaders The trial was the latest in a ministry spokesman was quoted (AQAP), seen by the United said. WISE website (www.wise-qatar. from around the world to debate string of prosecutions for pro- by the defence ministry news States as the extremist network’s Lahij province is home to the org) will find the WISE ed.review the most relevant issues — from tests among the Gulf state’s Shia website 26sep.net as saying. deadliest franchise, which has Al Anad air base, north of the and WISE ed.hub tools dynamic technology and the role of teach- Muslim majority that prompted State news agency Saba quoted been targeted by an army offen- main southern city of Aden, platforms where audiences can ers, to ‘Stem’ and ‘Steam’, and Human Rights Watch to warn a spokesman as saying that power sive since April 29. where Yemeni officials have read about the most innovative game-based learning. last month that the Sunni ruling lines in Marib had come under The absence of reliable electric- said Washington has personnel developments in global education, An online extension of the family was using the courts as a attack twice. ity supplies further complicates deployed gathering intelligence as well as discuss prevalent and WISE Summit, the commu- tool to maintain a “highly repres- Technical teams repaired the the lives of Yemenis, who already for its drone war against Al emerging trends. nity-led WISE ed.hub service sive political order.” lines after the first assault before suffer water and food shortages. Qaeda. WISE ed.review features promotes innovative education The defendants were detained gunmen sabotaged them a second Sanaa residents have also faced AFP selected reports addressing the projects and practices that have after protesters clashed with riot most relevant and pressing issues had a transformative impact. This police in the Shia village of Sitra in education, offering leading provides grassroots practition- outside the capital Manama on education practitioners, opinion ers around the world a platform August 6, 2012, the judicial offi- Kuwait protest leaders and other audiences with through which they can interact, cial said. insights and trends from around share best practices and find solu- The lead defendant was sen- the world. Taken from sources in tions to common challenges. A tenced to 13 years, while his 12 five languages (English, Arabic, dedicated moderator is available co-accused were sentenced to 10 French, Spanish, and Chinese), on WISE ed.hub to bring prac- years. They were found guilty of this rich resource tool also titioners together and guide the attempted murder of police offic- includes exclusive blogs, reports, discussions. ers, possession of Molotov cock- videos, and articles on innovative THE PENINSULA tails and gathering on a public highway. The 2012 demonstration was one of a spate of persistent pro- tests in Shia villages that have continued despite a bloody 2011 Patient-friendly scanner at Aspetar crackdown on an Arab Spring- DOHA: Aspetar has installed a scanner specifically designed to inspired movement for majority be patient-friendly, to transform the overall Magnetic Resonance rule and a constitutional mon- Imaging (MRI) experience. archy in the small but strategic It is the first hospital in Qatar to possess a machine that provides a archipelago. wide range of advanced clinical functions and uncompromised image In a report released on May 29, quality. Human Rights Watch charged Salwa Allenjawi, Director of Radiology at Aspetar, said, “The excep- that the heavy jail terms handed tional design of the device accommodates patients who are usually dif- down against scores of Shia pro- ficult to scan, including claustrophobic or severely injured patients. It testers were part of “a highly does this through a detachable table, equipped with a comfort tilt, which functional injustice system” oper- helps to better position the shoulders, knees and spinal cord during ated by the Bahraini authorities. examinations. This feature is intended to help improve comfort as well The New York-based watch- as reduce patient movement for improved image quality”. dog accused Washington, whose Additionally, the device is equipped with a new suite of lightweight Fifth Fleet is based in Bahrain, high-density flexible coils to accommodate athletes of various shapes just across the Gulf from Iran, of Kuwaitis gather at Irada Square, opposite the National Assembly building in Kuwait City, last evening. The and sizes. These coils eliminate the need for patients to fit into a shell not doing enough to raise human opposition called for the rally where it vowed to expose major corruption scams. incompatible with their body type. rights concerns with its ally. 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Fighting in Iraq Warring S Sudan Syria prisoners leaders agree on deadline for new walk free after government

ADDIS ABABA: South Sudan’s president and rebel chief met Assad amnesty yesterday in a bid to end six months of civil war, agreeing to forge a transitional govern- ment within a 60-day deadline, Warplanes pound rebel areas Ethiopia’s prime minster said. “They agreed to complete the DAMASCUS: Syria has begun Awad, psychologist Jamal Nawfal dialogue process within the com- releasing prisoners, many of and Raneem Maatuq, daughter ing 60 days on what how, when whom were held without charge, of (jailed lawyer) Khalil Maatuq,” and who... (for) the formation under the broadest amnesty Shammas said. of the transitional government,” the country has seen since the “But there is no meaning for an Ethiopia’s Hailemariam Desalegn Assad clan took power nearly amnesty if it doesn’t include all the said, after the rare meeting 50 years ago. detainees, and we don’t know yet between President Salva Kiir and The amnesty declared by how the decree will be applied for rebel chief Riek Machar alongside President Bashar Al Assad came more than 50,000 people being regional leaders. a week after his controversial re- held in security branches.” Mediators, frustrated by the election as he seeks to portray Darwish, Ghreir and Zaitani failure of previous deals including himself as the champion of recon- were arrested in February 2012 two ceasefires, threatened tough ciliation in the war-torn country. at the Syrian Centre for Media action if the rivals once again Assad is due to be sworn in for and Freedom of Expression, where ignore agreements made. a new term on July 17. they work. “Any attempt to stand in the “This is the most important The three face trial for activities way of peace will have conse- amnesty since Hafez Al Assad (the “such as monitoring online news quences,” Hailemariam warned. president’s father and predeces- and publishing the names of the Children stand next to a burnt vehicle during clashes between Iraqi security forces and Al Qaeda-linked Islamic The crisis in the young nation sor) came to power nearly 45 years dead and disappeared”. State in Iraq and the Levant in the northern Iraq city of Mosul yesterday. has already killed thousands and ago,” said human rights lawyer and Meanwhile, Homs Governor forced more than 1.3 million peo- ex-prisoner of conscience Anwar Talal Al Barazi said that more ple from their homes. Al Bunni. than 100 people who handed them- Both Kiir and Machar had also He said the amnesty should selves in after being trapped by a agreed to “fully to commit them- cover “tens of thousands of pris- nearly two-year siege of the cen- Hawk Rivlin is next Israel president selves to already signed agree- oners behind bars because of the tral city will be home within 72 ments,” Hailemariam added. anti-terror law passed in July hours. JERUSALEM: Israel’s parlia- man of politics but of the people. Kiir and Machar met on the 2012”, more than a year into an Yesterday, violence raged on as ment yesterday elected Reuven “I am no longer party man but sidelines of a regional leaders’ anti-regime revolt. warplanes pounded rebel areas of Rivlin (pictured), a far-right a man of all the people,” he said summit in Addis Ababa organised According to Bunni, “dozens Aleppo, Hama, Idlib and Damascus member of the ruling Likud before joining in a champagne by the East African IGAD bloc, of prisoners began to be released province, the Syrian Observatory party, to be the nation’s 10th toast led by the speaker. which is brokering the slow-mov- from Adra prison (in Damascus for Human Rights said. president when Shimon Peres Congratulations poured in. ing negotiations. province) yesterday (Monday) and The Britain-based monitoring steps down next month. “Today is a festive day!” said a “If they don’t abide to this the releases will continue today.” group also reported the detention Known for his affable character beaming Naftali Bennett, head of agreement... IGAD as an organiza- State television showed dozens of two activists, one in Damascus and quirky sense of humour, the the far-right Jewish Home party tion will act to implement peace,” of prisoners being freed in Hama and the other in Banias, in a sign 74-year-old former parliamentary who is ideologically very close to Hailemariam said, warning of in central Syria. that the practice of detention is speaker will take over when Peres Rivlin. possible “sanctions and punitive The amnesty is unprecedented deeply entrenched in the system. retires at the end of July, drawing “Israel has gained a nationalist, actions” without giving further because it extends for the first In Geneva, a former interna- a line under what many regard as Zionist president who loves the details. time to those accused under anti- tional war crimes prosecutor a golden age of the presidency. land of Israel and the people of US envoy to South Sudan terrorism legislation. said Assad tops a list of 20 sam- A lawyer by profession, Rivlin Israel, a president who believes in Donald Booth said the talks The government accuses all ple war crimes indictments of has won widespread support from Dalia Dorner and chemistry Nobel the right of the people to its land offered “the last, best chance those opposed to Assad’s rule government officials and rebels across the political spectrum for Laureate Dan Shechtman were and isn’t afraid of saying it.” for the warring parties to prove — armed opposition fighters drafted by experts for prosecu- his determined defence of democ- all eliminated in a first round of Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon their commitment to holding their and peaceful activists alike — of tion someday. racy and civil rights. voting. praised his “Jewish and democratic nation and their people together”. “terrorism”, and used the law to The list has been handed to But his political outlook is In a televised joint news con- values”. It was the first encounter of imprison high-profile dissidents. the International Criminal Court diametrically opposed to that of ference, Prime Minister Benjamin “Rivlin... will be an important the enemies since signing a May The amnesty is also the first (ICC), citing for each incident a Peres, being a firm opponent of Netanyahu, whose bitter dislike element in connecting with dif- 9 ceasefire — broken within hours to offer clemency to foreign rebel specific violation of the Rome stat- a Palestinian state and a keen of Rivlin made headlines in the ferent strata of society, bring- — and only the second meet- jihadists, as long as they hand ute under which a suspect could backer of the settlements. weeks running up to the vote, ing people together, and in the ing since the civil war began in themselves in within a month. be charged, according to David And he will have a tough act to offered Rivlin his congratulations. uncompromising struggle against mid-December. Army deserters will receive full Crane, an ex-chief prosecutor follow, with Peres’s charisma and “I want to wish you great suc- violence, xenophobia and racism “The time for military action pardons if they hand themselves in of the Special Court for Sierra global standing enabling him to cess,” said the premier who had against anyone who is different,” to change the status quo on the within three months of the decree. Leone and now head of the Syria transcend the largely ceremonial only begrudgingly backed his he said. ground has passed. It’s time now But it was unclear how many Accountability Project. position of the presidency and use party’s candidate at the 11th hour But many Israeli commentators to move forward,” Booth added, prisoners could be freed, as previ- A separate team of UN inves- it to promote a political message after his well-publicised and fran- were sanguine about Rivlin’s polit- speaking at the summit opening. ous clemency decisions have not tigators has drawn up four confi- of peace. tic efforts to find an alternative ical bent and what he would use Delegates for Kiir and Machar seen large numbers released. dential lists of war crimes suspects Announcing the results of a run- failed. the presidency to try to achieve. have been meeting in luxury hotels Lawyer Michel Shammas said on all sides in Syria, but declined off vote, parliamentary speaker “You have two main missions “Rivlin is far to the right of in the Ethiopian capital since it was unclear how the decree to reveal any names. Yuli Edelstein said Rivlin had facing you: to unite all the peo- the clear Israeli consensus, he is January, with both sides bicker- would apply for thousands of peo- Crane said the list compiled by defeated his centrist challenger ple... and to represent Israel to the opposed to the two-state solution, ing over the agenda and even the ple detained in branches of Syria’s his expert group included mem- Meir Sheetrit by 63 votes to 53 world,” he said. he is an out-and-out supporter venue of discussions. notorious security establishment, bers of Syria’s military and politi- in a secret ballot of the Knesset’s In an emotional acceptance of the settlement enterprise on Previous rounds of peace talks where torture is systematic. cal elite plus Islamist rebel groups 120 MPs. speech punctuated by puns, both sides of the separation fence,” have made little progress and been “Mazen Darwish, Hani Zaitani ISIS and Al Nusra Front, although The other three candidates, but delivered in a voice which commentator Ben Caspit wrote in repeatedly delayed, so far costing and Hussein Ghreir will be he gave no names beyond Assad. former politician Dalia Itzik, at times broke with emotion, Maariv on Tuesday. over $17m, IGAD officials said. released, as will activist Leyla AGENCIES retired Supreme Court justice Rivlin said he was no longer a AFP AFP

Renegade Libyan general agrees to ceasefire TRIPOLI: A Libyan renegade general has agreed to observe a ceasefire in his declared war on militant Islamists during national elections on June 25, his spokesman said yesterday. Libya’s elections commission called the vote after parliament agreed to dissolve itself under popular pres- sure. Many Libyans blame lawmakers for the widespread lawlessness that has marked the country’s transition towards democracy since the uprising that ousted auto- crat Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. To allow Libyans to vote in the parliamentary election set for June 25 Haftar’s forces agreed to a truce that day brokered by a committee of wise men, his spokesman Mohamed El Hejazi said. REUTERS

Mauritania president urges 100pc voter turnout

NOUAKCHOTT: Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has responded defiantly to an opposi- tion boycott of this month’s presidential election, call- ing for “100 percent” turnout in a vote he is widely expected to win. Abdel Aziz has urged “everyone to come out and vote” in the June 21 election, since campaigning began last week. Aziz, an ex-army general who took control of the former French colony in a 2008 coup before being elected a year later, said those seeking a boycott “refuse to acknowledge the great progress made for poor Mauritanians” in recent years. Mauritania’s opposition National Forum for Democracy and Unity, a loose collection of lawmakers including Islamists and civil society activists, yesterday announced its intention to snub the vote. AFP WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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ITH a day to go for the World Cup in Brazil, it has been a nerve-wrecking journey for the South American nation. The 2014 World Cup Wpreparations attracted a lot of media attention amid questions over whether the Samba country will be able to Do Russia and China put up a great show in keeping with the tournament’s stature. Fans worldwide have been watching with some trepidation as the country has seen glitches in preparations for the greatest show on the planet. Brazil’s largest city of Sao Paulo, which will host the opening match tomorrow, has been in the throes of a threaten the West? strike by underground rail workers. Yesterday, the government BY JONATHAN POWER the World Bank. Indeed, China wants and organisers got a break from haggling and anxious a larger role in these institutions and confrontations after employees called off the strike for talks. N RECENT months the scare- even a wider global use of its currency. Brazilian troops have been using tear gas and batons to disperse mongers have been at it again- China is a member of the Nuclear The US, as far as the eye demonstrations by striking employees of Sao Paulo’s transport Russia’s foray into Ukraine and Non-proliferation Treaty and (unlike can see, will remain the lifeline. The agitating workers have been demanding a salary IChina’s behaviour in the South the US) of the Comprehensive Nuclear China Sea have set their alarm bells Test Ban Treaty. It is a member of the hike and talks were stalled over the percentage of the raise the world’s number one in ringing. But why? “P5 process”, a collaborative effort parties agreed over. However, the suspension of the strike came Big power politics is not back. Indeed to safeguard nuclear weapons, which technology. China and with a rider — it could be resumed tomorrow — day one of the in the round it is rather subdued. Take includes interdicting ships at sea if they World Cup, if demands are not met. the Russian-EU-US fracas over Ukraine are suspected of transporting nuclear Russia export little high Arena de Sao Paulo, where the opening tie would be staged, at the moment. Does this compare with arms or its parts. Unlike America it has technology. is in the outskirts of the congested city and fans would find it the Cold War when the West prepared ratified the UN Convention on the Law itself for a Russian invasion of Europe, of the Sea (although at the moment it national income per head and its posi- hard to reach there with the underground system not working. nuclear missiles were targeted at each is ignoring it with its activities in the tion on the UN Human Development In another setback, Rio de Janeiro subway employees other, and when the Soviet Union along South China Sea and refuses to make Index that measures the main indices threatened to go on strike today, demanding higher wages. with the US stirred up proxy civil wars use of its arbitration procedure). of human progress, such as the infant The countdown to the World Cup in Central America and Africa? Obama is trying to gear the US down mortality rate, is many decades behind. has been full of problems for the Do the US and Nato fear such threats from its previous aim to be the world’s By the time it catches up it may even The run-up soccer-crazy nation. Cost over-runs, today? Of course hegemon. Although in his conception have become a democracy. not. Critics US power will remain unrivalled it On the Western geopolitical front, to the World construction delays and spats with of President doesn’t have to go for overkill. Military the US has Russia isolated. Its only Fifa have seen Brazil pass through a Barack Obama spending is being significantly cut allies are the weak nations of its former Cup hasn’t tumultuous period. The government China is a member and denigra- (although today it accounts for 75pc of Asian empire which have minimal mili- has faced a backlash over the tors of President global military spending), the CIA has tary clout. The US in a move worthy of been smooth $11bn spent on preparations for of the Nuclear Vladimir Putin not got a mandate to interfere far and Machiavelli betrayed a solemn prom- badly need a sense wide and the US will not get involved ise made to the then Soviet president, the tournament. Citizens feel the for Brazil. It Non-proliferation of perspective. overseas in a military way unless the Mikhail Gorbachev, and expanded Nato sum could have been put to more Treaty and (unlike As Oxford homeland is under a direct threat right up to Russia’s borders. No fiddling needs to put in productive use in a country where the US) of the professor, John (which it is unlikely to be). It goes with- around in Ukraine can match the auda- everything so economic inequality is rampant and Ikenberry, writes out saying that if Ukraine calms down ciousness of this move. Understandably, large shantytowns stare at highrises Comprehensive in the current Obama will seek with Moscow another Putin fears that the political and eco- in big cities. Like any developing issue of Foreign round of nuclear missile cuts. He still nomic currents are flowing westwards. that the show Nuclear Test Affairs, Obama has the ambition to see in the not too China, for its part, although increasing economy, social infrastructure is turns out to be Ban Treaty. It is critics are mis- distant future a world without nuclear its defence budget from a low base, is inadequate and hosting of a football reading China weapons. not trying to overthrow the system of spectacular. World Cup is equated by many to a member of the and Russia. “They When it comes to friends the US regional security governance embodied squandering scarce resources. “P5 process”, are not full-scale has so many more than either Russia in the Association of Southeast Asian President Dilma Rousseff revisionist pow- or China. The US has military part- Nations and the East Asia Summit. has been frequently criticised for project delays and other a collaborative ers but part-time nerships with more than 60 countries Apart from Taiwan it makes no claims spoilers at best. whereas Russia counts eight former on foreign countries. anomalies in the run up to the tournament. However, effort to safeguard They have no allies, and these are ex-members of It would be good to see Obama reach- the former guerrilla fighter has taken on her critics by nuclear weapons. appealing brand. the Soviet Union. China has none and ing out more to Russia. He — and his defending her government’s performance in preparing for the And when it has “unfriended” its neighbours, Japan, European counterparts — could say tournament. comes to their Vietnam, Philippines, South Korea that they welcome Gorbachev’s vision Going by the scale and nature of the event, the troubles overriding interests they are deeply and Indonesia, thanks, not least, to of a “Common European Home” and integrated into the world economy and its behaviour in the South and East that within a decade or so Russia, which and related criticism was expected. With a day to go for the its governing institutions.” For exam- China seas. possesses most of the great achieve- show to begin, all eyes are now on Sao Paulo. Organisers of ple, besides being members of the UN The US, as far as the eye can see, ments in European high culture, could a tournament of this scale should take strikes, agitations Security Council (where they voted for will remain the world’s number one in be invited to negotiate membership of and criticism in the right spirit. Instead of letting these tough sanctions on Iran and permit- technology. China and Russia export lit- the EU. affect timely preparations, Brazil should focus on holding the ted the western intervention in Libya), tle high technology. China, with its vast More facts, more vision, that’s what tournament in a way that would make the world sit up and they are active members of the IMF, the population aggregated may become the Obama’s critics need. World Trade Organisation, the G20 and world’s largest economy but in terms of THE PENINSULA notice. The other side Quote of Exchanges between peoples the day

HE current political stalemate When it comes to the economic is particularly essential for business Besides what Abe has been saying between China and Japan development and social progress of organizations to cement or at least and doing, what is even more detri- should never shake the both countries, the importance of Sino- stabilize the current economic ties mental to relations in the long run is Tconviction of those on both Japanese friendship can never be over- between the two countries, and for the declining trust and rising animosity sides that bilateral relations are essential estimated. Neither can the importance social organizations and grassroots between the two peoples. An opinion We must send a not only to the stability of East Asia but the Chinese government attaches to groups to promote people-to-people poll of the two peoples jointly con- also to the peace and development of this friendship. This is why China will exchanges by organizing mutual vis- ducted by the Genron NPO and China message around the the world at large. never tolerate whatever moves the Abe its and other activities to enhance Daily in 2013 suggested that the per- world that there is This explains why former state government takes to undermine the understanding. Non-governmental ceptions and feelings of the Japanese councilor Tang Jiaxuan, during his visit political foundation for friendly relations. exchanges and activities to promote and Chinese public toward each other no disgrace in being to Japan early this month, called on Given what Shinzo Abe has been friendship can make a difference to were worsening. a survivor of sexual clear-minded politicians on both sides doing and saying in asserting Japan’s the development of relations between Politicians on both sides who are to resist what the Abe administration military strategy, it is unlikely that the the two estranged neighbors. This has well aware of the importance of Sino- violence, that the is doing in kidnapping Japan-China predicament between the two coun- been a tradition since such exchanges Japanese friendship and relations and shame is on the relations for partisan interests and the tries will be resolved in a short period laid the foundation for the establish- intend to safeguard them should be benefit of Japan’s right-wing political of time. ment of diplomatic ties between the vigilant about this dangerous trend. aggressor. Angelina Jolie forces. In such difficult circumstances, it two countries in the early 1970s. China Daily UN Special Envoy WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Broken windows and beating back Al Qaeda The United States has spent more than $50bn on readying the Afghan security forces, yet many military experts worry that those forces are not remotely ready to take on the Taliban by themselves.

BY JAMES TRAUB all of its forces at the end of 2016, the centrepiece of the ongoing effort is the s a candidate for president in training and equipping of Afghan security 2007, Barack Obama vowed forces -- counterterrorism, not COIN. to “roll back the tide of This raises several questions which go helplessness that gives rise to the heart of the president’s speech. to hate” by doubling devel- First, is it futile to train and equip armies Aopment assistance to $50bn a year and in weak states if you cannot address the by helping build effective and transpar- underlying causes of state weakness? ent institutions of governance in fragile That is, in effect, the progressive cri- states. He also proposed a $5bn Shared tique of counterterrorism, and it is what Security Programme for counterterror- made COIN so appealing to many people ism cooperation with states threatened uncomfortable with the use of force. But by terrorism. The ambitious foreign aid if institution-building is a “generational” programme never happened. The coun- endeavour (to use the current euphemism terterrorism partnership fund is what for “next-to-impossible”) then it’s a mis- President Obama announced in his West take to condition short-term efforts on Point speech in May. long-term hopes. What’s more, if besieged One way of describing the steady down- cities offer any useful analogy to weak ward trajectory of the president’s ambi- states, then the extraordinary success of Afghan soldiers stand in front of field guns in Herat. tions is to measure the gap between the police forces in New York and other cities kind of state-building which seeks to estab- in driving down crime without addressing suggest Afghanistan or Iraq. “We’ve made special operations forces with training operations” like the one in CAR and on lish a foundation for long-term stability its underlying cause argues that such a a big difference in the Philippines with elite counterterror forces in Mauretania, efforts like the (so far unsuccessful) and prosperity and the much more narrow tactic can be effective. a really low footprint and investment,” Mali, Niger Libya, a vast, lawless stretch hunt for Joseph Kony, head of the Lord’s counterterrorism effort which helps states The second question is: Can the United he said. There, he said, “they have the of desert increasingly ruled by Islamist Resistance Army. suppress and kill the Islamist extremists States and other actors effectively train framework of democracy and the rule of extremists. These are hapless states, and General Cosentino says that the most who threaten the United States and the militaries in weak states? Afghanistan is law; we’re reinforcing success.” the effort has been mostly embarrassing. effective programmes in Africa have been West. It is the gap between curing a disease not an encouraging example. The United Of course, that can’t be said of most In Libya, militias emptied a warehouse with the militaries of relatively stable and addressing its symptoms. The presi- States has spent more than $50bn on states in the Middle East and North full of American military equipment last nations like Ghana or Liberia, who are dent has implicitly recognised that, though readying the Afghan security forces, yet Africa. However, General Cosentino also summer, bringing the programme to an “preventing the contagion from coming he has made very little headway in curing many military experts worry that those said that military assistance to Lebanon, abrupt end. In Mali, army officers trained across their own border and working with the disease, he must do what he can to deal forces are not remotely ready to take which has totalled about $800m over the by the United States deposed a democrati- the AU to help at-risk countries.” He also with the consequences. on the Taliban by themselves. A recent last decade, has helped fortify the one cally elected president. notes that while US Special Forces, which Afghanistan offers a paradigmatic case. report by the Centre for Strategic and institution in the country which sees Obama’s recent proposal, like the one have done the bulk of the training, are The premise of the counterinsurgency International Studies argues that the itself, and is seen by the Lebanese people, he made in 2007, depends on enhanc- now over-stretched, Congress recently strategy, or COIN, which the president training programme has been “rushed as representing the nation rather than ing the capacity of local partners rather authorised conventional forces to engage rather reluctantly adopted in 2009 is that, forward” to meet an artificially-imposed just one of its sectarian groups. than, as in Afghanistan or Yemen, a in training abroad. because insurgencies are struggles for the deadline, and that the Afghans may not Yemen, unlike Lebanon, ranks at the made-in-America model. That is a bow to Americans have learned a great deal support of the people, the counter-insur- be ready to stand on their own before very top of the Failed States Index; but financial and political reality, and to the over the last decade about unavail- gent can win only by providing better 2018. the Yemeni military has recently made truth that neighbours and even former ing interventions abroad, military and governance and more security for ordi- Well, maybe Afghanistan is a bad serious inroads against the Al Qaeda in colonial partners like France are bet- otherwise. We have, in reaction, scaled nary citizens. Tens of billions of dollars example; nothing works in Afghanistan. the Arabian Peninsula, thanks in part ter positioned than Washington to help down our expectations to zero. That is of American and international assistance I spoke last week to Brig Gen Guy to hundreds of millions of dollars in US repair fragile states. a terrible mistake which I wish Obama have improved basic social indicators of Cosentino, who was formerly respon- equipment and training. In the Central African Republic would confront much more boldly and education and public health, but other- sible for military training in Iraq and So yes, there is some reason to believe (CAR), for example, a US airlift helped eloquently than he has. He has, at least, wise have left Afghanistan more corrupt, Afghanistan is now commandant of the that counterterrorism assistance can bring African Union (AU) troops to fight proposed a modest programme to work more dangerous and only marginally bet- National War College, and asked if he work in the absence of governance reform. alongside French forces to prevent a gen- with others to do what can be done. To ter governed than it was a decade ago. As could point to cases where the train-and- But the gains are very modest, and ocide. American trainers have worked which I say, two cheers. the United States prepares to withdraw equip mission had worked. He did not very tenuous. The Pentagon has tasked extensively with the AU both on “stability WP-BLOOMBERG Obama blames himself for Putin’s new navy ‘British values’ is Gove’s US urges its European allies to prioritise global way of political meddling security concerns over domestic arms industry. BY LOLA OKOLOSIE ow can one best manage a government fiasco in such a way as to appear decisive and in control? Shift the focus of public BY COLBY GOODMAN Holum, said in 2000: “If there is a security rea- indignation on to a scapegoat or two, preferably figures of son not to export a munitions item, it will not Hopprobrium already existing in the national psyche – it’s ometimes a ship is more than just a be done whether or not there is an economic just much easier that way. This cynical line of thought best explains ship. The diplomatic two-step between consideration in favour of it.” Michael Gove’s headline-grabbing “Trojan horse” measures. Washington and Paris over France’s Holum also supported a notion that appears Schools will now have no-notice Ofsted inspections and have to teach Splanned delivery of amphibious war- anathema to the Obama administration: “British values”, both of which will strike those at the chalkface as ship frames to the Russian military contin- Exports of low-tech military items should also decidedly customary rather than innovative, but who cares for details ued last week, as French President François require US government authorisation before when soundbites are what you are after? The education secretary is Hollande dined with US President Barack export as they can have a dangerous effect on being bullish after a bruising week. Obama in Paris -- two hours before Hollande less-advanced countries and regions. These Michael Wilshaw, the head of Ofsted, insisted on Newsnight last held a separate dinner for Russian President controls also helped safeguard US foreign- night that he had tabled the idea of no-notice Ofsted inspections two Vladimir Putin. Since Russia annexed Crimea policy interests around the world. years earlier. One might be forgiven for thinking that schools are, as in March, the Obama administration has been Under the Export Control Reform Initiative, in the olden days, given a week or even a few days’ notice. The truth aggressively urging Paris to suspend the sale, however, the State Department will now only is that we are informed at midday that Ofsted will arrive for inspec- as it would provide the Russian military with strictly control arms that provide the US mili- tion the following morning. The idea that the majority of institutions new capabilities. On Friday, however, French tary with a critical advantage, such as target can hide the true nature of teaching and learning within a 12-hour Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius confirmed drones and stealth technology. US President Barack Obama window is implausible. that the sale of Mistral-class warships to Tens of thousands of high- and low-tech Schools currently due an inspection exist in a state of high alert, with Russia would happen. “They represent many war materials such as unarmed Black Hawk claim that sales of arms with civilian uses students routinely assessed in order to produce data that will attest to jobs,” he said. helicopters and radiation-hardened micro- should now be more weakly controlled. how good or outstanding their teachers are. Staff morale is, invariably, In some ways, this dance looks similar to chips, which are critical components in the Foreign governments may also be less influ- low as colleagues find their workloads unmanageable and relentless. past trans-Atlantic debates on transfers of operation of missiles and satellite systems, enced by US government pressure to curb Rates of burnout for both students and staff are unsurprisingly high. war materials to troubling destinations. Since now fall under the Commerce Department’s arms transfers to countries such as Russia As a teacher, I am for no-notice inspections if it means we can have the end of the Cold War, the United States has export controls. and China, now that US companies can export an honest dialogue about what a manageable workload is for teachers, struggled to persuade European countries to The administration has also created a new, many sophisticated US military items to these and that expectations are reassessed accordingly. The danger with curb arms transfers to countries of concern narrow definition of “specially designed” in countries. Gove’s “snap” decision is that this will not happen. Instead, unrealistic such as China, Iran and Libya. US law. To stem this dangerous threat to global demands will continue to be made. Outstanding is not possible for six Typically, the United States urges its This definition -- which appears to contra- security and US foreign-policy interests, the lessons, five days a week; the meaning of the word becomes redundant European allies to prioritise global security dict the US federal judiciary’s interpretation US Congress should heed some of Holum’s if that were to be the case. concerns over supporting its domestic arms and the US government’s long-held position advice. Requiring US companies to obtain US What is realistic is that a good teacher will veer on the continuum industry. And in the past, the US govern- in several multilateral agreements on arms government approval before exporting mili- between outstanding to satisfactory to good and back again. This should ment has succeeded in helping stem European control and nonproliferation -- will allow com- tary-related items or services to countries or be expected as we are not automatons, yet in our current climate it exports to countries such as China, Iran and panies to avoid export controls by deliberately institutions under US arms embargoes would is sacrilege to state what is patently true. Ofsted’s own teaching judg- Libya -- because the United States practices designing items that can be used with control- help curb US arms transfers to these entities. ments become a subjective and arbitrary guesstimation of a teacher’s what it preaches. led and uncontrolled items. In other words, The US Congress should also evaluate the capabilities. But America’s responsibility and the lever- if a company develops cockpit indicators for risks to US and global nonproliferation and Gove’s other show of strength was the apparent introduction of age it provides, however, appear to be evapo- fighter jets with a secondary use in civilian enforcement efforts arising from the deregula- British values into our curriculum. Tough talk on having “all schools rating. As part of the Export Control Reform planes, the indicators would likely no longer tion of US export controls on military technol- actively [promoting] British values” suggests that this is something Initiative, a 2010 initiative aimed at increas- be subject to US export controls. ogy and war materials. not already in place. Yet it is exactly what the citizenship curriculum, ing the competitiveness of the US defence Although the Obama administration has Without effective controls added to US arms compulsory since 2002, has been designed to do. Rather than admit industry abroad, the Obama administration recently restricted arms exports to Russia, this exports, the US government will continue to that it is free schools and academies that are failing to teach British has been gutting critical national controls on new definition of “specially designed” allows lose its leverage to encourage European and values because Gove gave them powers to “free” themselves from many types of arms exports. The initiative, companies to export many types of sophis- other countries around the world to stem the very national curriculum he is now passionately invoking, he has implemented in October 2013, means that the ticated military equipment to the Russian problematic arms exports and proliferation instead chosen to lump all schools together. Presenting this as an administration will now weigh US economic military without US government review. As to countries such as Belarus, China, Russia endemic problem serves to eliminate the need to confess that on free considerations in its decisions to export weap- governments around the world review the and Somalia. schools he may have got some things wrong. But then this is the same ons of war -- just like France is doing with administration’s loosening of arms export con- If things continue down this path, the man who is happy to quietly raid £400m from a fund that guarantees Russia. trols, many will weaken their own controls to Obama administration may one day be blamed school places for pupils in order to plug a massive financial “black That statement may sound innocuous, but better compete with the United States. as the administration that helped weaken hole”’ in his pet project. the effect is significant. Contrast it to what Canada has already lowered some of its many arms export controls around the world There’s nothing new about Gove’s major proposals – it’s the age-old the then State Department senior adviser for arms export control regulations and policies. and caused the resulting dramatic increase tale of politicians playing politics with people as pawns. arms control and international security, John And like France, countries may also start to in arms proliferation. WP-BLOOMBERG THE GUARDIAN WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Gunman kills Call for action to stop abuse of women one in new US Britain to pledge a further £6m to help survivors of sexual violence in conflict school shooting

LONDON: Hollywood star Jolie said she had met rape LOS ANGELES: A gunman Angelina Jolie said yesterday survivors in countries includ- shot and killed a student at an that a global summit to end sex- ing Afghanistan and Somalia, Oregon high school yesterday, ual violence in wars must send and they are “just like us, with in the latest in a spate of US the message that there is “no one crucial difference”. “We live shootings, police said. disgrace” in being a rape survi- in safe countries with doctors The gunman also died in the vor and that “the shame is on we can go to when we’re hurt, incident at Reynolds High School the aggressor”. police we can turn to when we’re in Troutdale in the northwestern British Foreign Secretary wronged, and institutions that US state, said the local police chief. William Hague said at the open- protect us,” she said. “They live Witnesses reported students and ing of the four-day conference in in refugee camps, on bombed-out teachers cowering in classroom as London that it was only a “weak streets, in areas where there is no the shooting unfolded. or inadequate man” that abuses law, no protection, and not even “A gunman entered the high women — a statement that drew the hope of justice.” school this morning, shot one cheers from the crowd. Jolie said the international student. Unfortunately, that stu- The conference is the fruit of a community needs to work to make dent has died,” said police chief two-year campaign by UN special “justice the norm”. She called for Scott Anderson in the city just envoy Jolie and Hague, who have the prevention of rape in conflict east of Portland. “The gunman visited the Democratic Republic to be incorporated into the train- was located and the gunman is of Congo and Bosnia to meet vic- ing of all armies, peacekeeping also deceased ... The situation is tims of rape during wars. troops and police forces. “This contained,” he added. In her opening remarks to the whole subject has been taboo for The school has some 2,800 End Sexual Violence in Conflict far too long,” she said. students, although many of them summit, Jolie said she and Hague Jolie said the stigma causes finished classes last week, so it had met a woman in Bosnia who survivors to suffer feelings of was unclear how many were on was still too ashamed to tell her “shame” and “worthlessness”. site yesterday. Large numbers of son that she had been raped. “It feeds ignorance, such as the armed police scambled to lock “This day is for her,” said Jolie. notion that rape has anything to down the school after reports of “We believe it truly is a summit do with normal sexual impulses,” shots fired around 8am. like no other.” she said. “But most of all it allows There were no immediate In a speech greeted by raptur- the rapist to get away with it. US actress Angelina Jolie (third right), British Prime Minister David Cameron (second left) and Britain’s Foreign reports of other casualties, after ous applause, Jolie said: “We must They feel above the law because Secretary William Hague (left) outside No. 10 Downing Street in London yesterday. children could be seen in live TV send a message around the world the law rarely touches them and images filing out with their hands that there is no disgrace in being society tolerates them.” annals of history”. The summit documentation of rape in war Today, Hague and Jolie will on their heads. a survivor of sexual violence, that Hague announced that Britain includes 150 events open to the zones to allow more prosecutions launch an international protocol the shame is on the aggressor.” will pledge a further £6m ($10m) public in what the organisers to be brought. of proposals. On the sidelines of She said it is a “myth” that rape to help survivors of sexual vio- hope will be a giant exercise in Liesl Gerntholtz, of Human the summit, Hague will chair a Storm in western was inevitable in war. “There is lence in conflict. raising awareness. Rights Watch, said that while ministerial meeting on security in nothing inevitable about it — it is US Secretary of State John Almost 150 governments have most victims were women and northern Nigeria in the wake of Germany kills six a weapon of war aimed at civil- Kerry, who will attend the con- endorsed a declaration of com- girls, “there’s an emerging body the kidnap of hundreds of school- DUESSELDORF: At least six ians. It has nothing to do with sex, ference on Friday, said delegates mitment to end sexual violence of research and documentation girls by the Al-Qaeda-linked Boko people were killed in storms everything to do with power,” the from 117 countries wanted to in conflict. Organisers also want that certainly shows that men Haram movement. that swept Germany’s most A Mighty Heart star said. “relegate sexual violence to the to increase and improve the have been targeted”. AFP populous state late on Monday, forcing Duesseldorf airport to shut down, felling trees and leaving some roads impassable. After a scorchingly hot three- day holiday weekend, thunder- Ukraine orders storms, strong winds and heavy civilian corridors Clinton rolls back rain pounded the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, causing Germany’s third-larg- in separatist east est airport in Duesseldorf to close for about an hour. KIEV: Ukraine’s new Western- ‘dead broke’ claim Three people were reported to backed president yesterday have died in the state capital when ordered the creation of humani- NEW YORK: Hillary Clinton on ABC’s Good Morning America. a tree fell onto a garden shed in tarian corridors in the separa- launched her much-anticipated “Let me clarify that I fully which they were seeking shelter. tist east that could save civilians book tour yesterday and tried appreciate how hard life is for so A cyclist aged 50 died in Cologne and advance his plan to end to smooth over a flap over her many Americans today,” Clinton after being hit by a falling tree. A nearly two months of fighting earlier remark that she and her said on the morning show. “We 28-year-old cyclist in Krefeld was by the end of the week. husband Bill were “dead broke” worked hard for everything we killed when a falling tree brought Tycoon Petro Poroshenko’s when they left the White House. got in our lives—and we have con- down an overhead electricity cable initiative meets a major demand Hundreds of fans of the former tinued to work hard,” she added. which electrocuted him. One other put forward by Moscow and helps secretary of state, many wearing “And we have been blessed person died in the town of Essen address growing concern among shirts that said “Hillary Rocks”, in the last 14 years.” But she while trying to clear a street. rights groups about Kiev’s use of lined up as early as 5:00 am in stressed that the Clintons were Commuters were stuck in long tanks and air power in heavily New York, where Clinton was due $12m in debt after eight years traffic jams yesterday. populated areas to suppress the to make her first public signings in the White House, mostly due pro-Russian insurgency. of her memoir, Hard Choices. to high legal fees incurred by Militants kidnap 30 But the 48-year-old chocolatier The appearance kicks off a Bill Clinton in his impeachment and political veteran stopped well whirlwind few weeks of events defense linked to his affair with women in Nigeria short of accepting the Kremlin’s that many describe as a dry run intern Monica Lewinsky. request to allow Russian aid into for a prospective 2016 presi- “For me, it’s just a reality what ABUJA: Suspected Islamist the eastern rustbelt — a move dential campaign. But first the we faced when he got out of the Boko Haram militants have Kiev fears could be used to help Democrat took to the airwaves, White House, meant we had to kidnapped up to 30 women arm the rebels. in a one-hour special Monday keep working really hard,” she said. from nomadic settlements in “In order to avoid new victims night on ABC in which she said Bill Clinton wrote a best-sell- Nigeria’s northeast, close to in the zone of the anti-terrorist the Clintons left the White House ing memoir after his presidency where the group abducted more operation, the president has “not only dead broke, but in debt”. for which he received a multi- than 200 schoolgirls. Villagers ordered the responsible minis- “We had no money when we got million-dollar advance, and he from Chibok, where the school- ters to bring about all necessary there, and we struggled to, you earned a fortune in speaking fees. girls were grabbed in April, told conditions for civilians who want know, piece together the resources Hillary Clinton earned a reported Reuters on Tuesday they had to leave,” Poroshenko’s office said. for mortgages, for houses, for $8m advance for her 2003 mem- met nomads fleeing last week’s AFP Chelsea’s education. You know, it oir, Living History, and even more raids and saying the kidnap- was not easy,” she said. for her current book. pers were demanding cattle in After the comments drew Hillary Clinton is also in the exchange for the women. The Ireland to probe charges of elitism and insensi- midst of a lucrative speaking cir- Daily Trust newspaper said the baby deaths Hillary Clinton poses with her new book “Hard Choices” during a book tivity to the plight of ordinary cuit in which she earns an esti- nomadic settlements hit included signing in New York yesterday. Americans, she followed up with mated $200,000 per speech. Bakin Kogi, Garkin Fulani and DUBLIN: The Irish govern- a live Tuesday morning interview AFP Rigar Hardo. AGENCIES ment has ordered a compre- hensive investigation into the treatment of children at Catholic church homes for unmarried 62pc Americans back letting illegal mothers, including accusations of forced adoptions and unusu- Merkel backs Juncker for EU job immigrants become citizens ally high mortality rates among children housed there. WASHINGTON: Sixty-two percent of Americans support pro- Dublin has come under increas- HARPSUND, SWEDEN: as the Commission president,” picked, reflecting a widespread viding a way for immigrants living in the United States illegally ing pressure to examine practices German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a news conference protest vote against the bloc last to become citizens if they meet requirements, while almost a at the institutions used to house Merkel reaffirmed her sup- under an unusually hot Swedish month. fifth support deportation, a poll showed yesterday. children born out of wedlock port yesterday for Jean-Claude sun at the government’s country With Cameron promising With the Obama administration hoping that immigration reform between the 1920s and 1960s follow- Juncker becoming the next presi- mansion of Harpsund. Britons an in-out EU mem- could be passed this year, 17 percent of Americans surveyed back ing the discovery of an unmarked d e nt of t h e E u r o p e a n C om m i s s i on Who becomes the next bership referendum in 2017 if allowing illegal immigrants to become permanent legal residents, grave with the remains of hundreds after meeting EU leaders critical Commission head has generated re-elected next year, Juncker’s according to the poll by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research of babies near Galway. “It is not an of the Luxembourger. heated debate since May’s EU appointment may see a political Institute and the center-left Brookings Institution. exaggeration to say the treatment Merkel made her statement parliamentary elections, with the backlash in the UK. Support for a route to citizenship for the roughly 11 million of the women and their babies was after talks in Sweden hosted by risk Britain could be pushed closer “Obviously the approach undocumented US residents is nearly the same as the 63 percent an abomination,” Prime Minister Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to leaving the EU if its opposition that the European Union takes shown in a March 2013 poll, the survey said. “Even amidst inaction Enda Kenny, a practicing Catholic, and also attended by British to Juncker is not heeded. The four between now and then will be very by Congress, support for a path to citizenship for immigrants living told parliament. Prime Minister David Cameron leaders talked until around 1am important,” Cameron said, saying in the country illegally remains remarkably broad,” Robert Jones, Minister for Children Charlie and Dutch premier Mark Rutte. yesterday over coffee in Harpsund’s Europe had to be more open and PRRI’s chief executive, said. Flanagan said the government had The informal meeting was held piano room, with Merkel’s position needed leaders “capable of taking Seventy percent of Democrats, 61 percent of independent vot- decided to establish a commission amid a campaign by Cameron, unchanged in private, a source at the European Union forward in ers and 51 percent of Republicans favor a path to citizenship for of investigation with full statutory who has promised a referendum Cameron’s office said. that direction.” illegal immigrants. Thirty percent of Republicans favor identifying powers to investigate “mother-and- on Britain’s continued member- Cameron had hoped the meet- “Obviously if the European and deporting all immigrants living in the United States illegally, baby homes” throughout the coun- ship of the European Union, to ing could give more impetus to Union doesn’t go in that direction compared with 11 percent of Democrats. try. Terms of the inquiry have not prevent the federalist former an alliance to block Juncker but that would be unhelpful,” he said. Majorities of all religious groups except for white evangelical yet been established, but he said Luxembourg prime minister the source said discussions were One of the British leader’s Protestants support a path to citizenship, the poll showed. Support he hoped it would deal with high being nominated to head the “constructive but not resolved”. problems is that he cannot afford falls to 48 percent among white evangelical Protestants, an 8-point mortality rates, burial practices, bloc’s executive arm. Britain regards Juncker as to alienate Merkel if he is to suc- drop from March 2013. Sixty-eight percent of Americans favour adoption procedures and testing of “I have said that for me Jean- an old-style European federalist ceed in renegotiating his country’s allowing immigrants living in the country illegally who were brought medicine on children at the homes, Claude Juncker is the candidate and says someone more open to relationship with Europe prior to to the United States as children to gain legal resident status if they and would seek church records. for the office of Commission pres- reforming the EU and reducing holding a referendum. join the military or go to college. REUTERS REUTERS ident and that I want to have him the powers of Brussels should be REUTERS WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Activist slaps Trial of S Korea ferry crew begins treason case Prosecution says defendants had ample opportunity but failed to conduct proper evacuation on junta BANGKOK: A Thai political GWANGJU: The highly be halted if there were further activist who has started a hun- charged trial of 15 crew mem- disturbances. ger strike in protest against bers from South Korea’s ferry Outside the courthouse, other last month’s coup filed charges disaster began yesterday to relatives demonstrated with plac- yesterday against junta leader shouts of “murderers” from vic- ards, one of which appealed to the Prayuth Chan-ocha and mem- tims’ relatives, who called for judges to “let the family members bers of the ruling military the defendants to be executed. execute them.” council for defaming the mon- With divers still searching The bulk of the charges arise archy and acts of treason. the submerged vessel for bodies from the fact that Lee and the Chalad Vorachat, a retired and emotions sky-high less than others chose to abandon the navy lieutenant and serial hun- two months after the tragedy, 6,825-tonne ferry while hundreds ger striker, argues in a complaint there are concerns over how fair of people were still trapped inside filed with a Bangkok criminal the trial in the southern city of the heavily listing vessel before it court that the army intervention Gwangju will be. capsized. based on Thailand’s Martial Law The Sewol ferry was carrying A handful of crew members Act had a shaky legal basis. 476 passengers — including 325 who stayed and tried to guide “In order to announce martial high school students — when it passengers to safety were among law, the country must be at war capsized and sank on April 16. those who died. or there must be a violent conflict. So far 292 have been confirmed The tragedy stunned South Permission must also be granted dead, with 12 still unaccounted Korea, knocking the entire coun- by the prime minister and the for. try off its stride and unleashing a monarch,” Chalad told reporters. Captain Lee Joon-seok and wave of public anger, as it emerged “But soldiers pushed ahead with three senior crew members are that incompetence, corruption seizing power anyway.” accused of “homicide through wil- and greed had all contributed to But the court later rejected ful negligence,” which carries the the scale of the disaster. Chalad’s lawsuit, saying he had death penalty. Much of that rage focused on not personally incurred losses Eleven other members of the Lee and his crew, especially after because of the military’s action. crew are being tried on lesser the coastguard released a video Prayuth took power on May 22, charges of criminal negligence. showing the captain, dressed in a saying the army needed to restore Wearing numbered prison uni- sweater and underwear, scram- order after nearly seven months forms, handcuffed and with their bling to safety. of political turmoil when protest- Lee Joon-seok, captain of sunken ferry Sewol, arrives at a court in Gwangju yesterday. arms bound to their waists with Presenting the charges in ers occupied areas of Bangkok rope, the defendants were brought court, the prosecution said the to try to force out the govern- to the courthouse well before the defendants had ample opportu- first step to make a safe coun- responsibility for the disaster. of the crew’s arrest and arraign- ment of Yingluck Shinawatra trial began. nity to conduct a proper evacua- try,” said senior prosecutor Park “He could not take steps to ment was often coloured by a pre- and wipe out the influence of her They eventually entered the tion but failed to do so, preferring Jae-Eok. rescue (passengers) because the sumption of guilt, and just weeks brother, former premier Thaksin courtroom to angry cries from to abandon ship in the knowledge Lee Gwang-Jae, a lawyer rep- ship tilted heavily,” the lawyer after the disaster President Park Shinawatra. some relatives, prompting a that the passengers left behind resenting the captain, suggested said, arguing that the charge of Geun-Hye stated that the crew’s At least 28 people were killed warning from one of the three would die. his client was being made a scape- murder should not stand. actions had been “tantamount to and more than 700 injured during judges that the hearing would “Stern punishment will be the goat by those who shared more South Korean media coverage murder.” AFP the months of unrest. 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Hong Kong Park names political novice China to counter Vietnam’s ‘slander’ woman denies as new Korea prime minister BEIJING: China said yester- servicemen and said another had asked UN Secretary-General day that it wanted to coun- gathering would be staged next Ban Ki-moon in a letter to circu- abusing maid SEOUL: South Korean He will replace Chung Hong- ter Vietnam’s “slander” to the year. late documents outlining China’s President Park Geun-hye yes- Won who resigned last month world about what was happen- Tensions have been running position to all UN member states. HONG KONG: A Hong Kong terday nominated a political over the Sewol ferry tragedy, ing in disputed areas of the particularly high between China Asked about the move, for- woman pleaded not guilty yes- novice and former journalist as which claimed around 300 lives, South China Sea, after Beijing and Vietnam, focusing on China’s eign ministry spokeswoman Hua terday to 20 charges of abus- prime minister, as she reshuf- mostly schoolchildren. The trial of asked the United Nations to positioning of an oil rig near Chunying said Vietnam had been ing her Indonesian domestic fles her cabinet in response to 15 crew members from the ferry circulate documents outlining another disputed archipelago, the stepping up its harassment at sea helper in a landmark case, with intense criticism over the han- opened yesterday. its position. Paracel Islands, which has led to and trying to vilify China on the pictures of her bruised body dling of April’s ferry disaster. Chung will remain in the job A senior US diplomat called on rammings at sea and anti-Chinese international stage. prompting international out- Park’s nomination of Moon pending parliamentary endorse- China to provide evidence to back violence in Vietnam. “On the one hand, they have rage at the treatment of maids Chang-Keuk, 65, was something ment of Moon’s appointment. up its claim to 90 percent of the China and Vietnam have traded been increasing their damaging in the Asian financial centre. of a surprise. Park had initially nominated sea, believed to be rich in energy accusations about the behaviour and harassing activities on the Indonesian President Susilo Although a noted opinion former Supreme Court justice and minerals. of their ships, including the use scene, while internationally eve- Bambang Yudhoyono has maker from his time as chief edi- Ahn Dai-Hee to the post, but he And the Philippines, embroiled of water cannon and intentional ryone has seen they have been denounced her treatment as torial writer at the Joong Ang Ilbo withdrew two week ago follow- in disputes with China over rammings. unbridled in starting rumours torture. newspaper, he has no political or ing controversy over income he its claims to parts of the sea, Chinese state news agency and spreading slander, unreason- Former beautician Law Wan- administrative experience, hav- amassed after leaving the bench defended a weekend get together Xinhua said that Wang Min, ably criticising China,” she told a tung, 44, arrived at the court in ing given up journalism to take and going into private practice. on the disputed Spratly Islands China’s deputy permanent rep- daily news briefing. sunglasses, a black hat and a sur- up teaching posts in universities. AFP of Philippine and Vietnamese resentative to the United Nations, REUTERS gical mask, surrounded by four female friends dressed in identi- cal clothing, apparently to deflect Bangladesh PM meets China president attention from the defendant. Law pleaded not guilty to charges including inflicting griev- ous bodily harm, criminal intimi- dation and failing to pay wages. The court ordered a pretrial review to begin on July 10. Within half an hour, she walked out of the court, accompanied by her lawyers and the four women, and was driven away. Law is accused of assault- ing domestic helper Erwiana Sulistyaningsih and two other maids, also from Indonesia. The charges also include failure to pay her wages. About 20 domestic helpers and an employer gathered outside the court, holding banners and waving portraits of Erwiana and chanting: “Justice for Erwiana,” and “We are not slaves.” Eni Lestari, a spokeswoman for the group Justice for Erwiana, said: “We will fight all the way to the end until Erwiana gets jus- tice. We want to give a lesson to employers. We are not slaves. We Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (left) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the are also human.” Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, yesterday. Hasina’s official visit to China ends today. She said she had received a text message from Erwiana after Law entered her plea, saying: “I feel sad. When will justice be given to me?” EU warns Manila against illegal fishing Erwiana left Hong Kong in January for Indonesia, where doc- BRUSSELS: The European nation, and PNG fail to come and South Korea, Ghana and tors said burns on her body were Union warned yesterday the up to scratch “through dialogue Curacao in 2013 but said yes- caused by boiling water. Philippines, one of the world’s and cooperation ... then the EU terday most of these countries Photographs of her battered largest fishing nations, and can proceed to trade measures,” had “cooperated constructively” face and body sparked accusations Papua New Guinea that they it said. with Brussels. on the Internet of “modern-day faced an import ban if they do The position will be reviewed Illegal fishing is estimated to slavery.” not curb illegal fishing. in six months’ time to see if account for 15 percent of the While cases of such harsh The European Commission the two countries have made world catch annually, with the treatment are rare, Hong Kong’s said it had failed to make enough progress on action plans EU importing about 65 percent policies on migrant workers have progress in talks with both drawn up by the EU, it added. of its seafood. made maids reluctant to report countries and decided to issue In March, the EU banned Fisheries in the Philippines abuse for fear of losing their liveli- a formal warning — a “yellow fish imports from Belize, and PNG are under huge pres- hoods and being deported. card” — that they must reach Cambodia and Guinea for “act- sure from growing populations Maids are paid a minimum European Union standards on ing insufficiently against illegal and environmental damage. wage equivalent to about $520 illegal, unreported and unregu- fishing.” The EU imported fish worth dollars, an attractive sum for lated fishing. The Commission similarly €165m from the Philippines in women fleeing poverty in other If the Philippines, listed as warned Panama, Fiji, Togo, Sri 2013 and €108m from PNG. Asian countries. REUTERS the 12th biggest global fishing Lanka and Vanuatu in 2012 AFP WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Troops repel attack near Karachi airport Gunmen flee after firing at airport academy; seven more bodies found; air raids on hideouts in tribal belt kill 25

KARACHI: Gunmen in “The aim of the attackers Pakistan attacked a training was to create a panic, and we facility for airport police near shouldn’t be playing into their the Karachi airport yesterday, hands,” the head of the airport forcing a temporary suspension security force, Azam Khan, told of flights and triggering a brief Pakistani television. shootout with security forces The attackers escaped into the just days after a Taliban assault vast slum that borders the air- on the country’s busiest airfield. port. Karachi is a sprawling city Law enforcement person- of at least 18 million people, and nel managed to quickly repulse members of the Pakistani Taliban the attack by as many as three in recent years have migrated to gunmen, an assault claimed by a the city from the northwest to resurgent Taliban who warned its escape military operations and violence “wasn’t over yet”. drone strikes there. The result And as Pakistan launched has been a steep deterioration in new airs trikes on militants in Karachi’s security. its northwestern tribal region, Yesterday’s firefight came on questions arose whether Prime the heels of a ferocious siege on Minister Nawaz Sharif would Sunday night by 10 Taliban fight- abandon government-sponsored ers who stormed a VIP and cargo peace talks with them for an terminal at the Karachi airport aggressive military offensive. in an attack that killed 27 peo- Television stations aired foot- ple and the Taliban gunmen. At age of security guards franti- least 11 members of the Airport cally taking up positions behind Security Force were killed during buildings or earthen berms at that attack. the training facility, roughly Pakistani authorities dis- 1km from Karachi’s Jinnah covered more bodies from that International Airport, where the siege yesterday morning. Airport Taliban attacked on Sunday night. authorities found seven bodies The Pakistani military also sent in a burned building at the air- soldiers to assist. port, charred beyond recogni- Airport Security Force spokes- tion, said the head of the Karachi man Ghulam Abbas Memon said Municipal Corporation, Rauf two to three gunmen tried to Akhtar Farooqi. enter the training academy from The discovery of the bodies, two different entrances. “Our roughly a day after Pakistani men retaliated and repulsed” the officials said the airport had been gunmen, Memon said. secured, will raise more questions Paramilitary soldiers react as they ask members of the media to leave during their search in a neighbourhood, after a gunfire attack on a security academy Col. Tahir Ali, a senior official about security at the country’s run by the Airports Security Force (ASF) in Karachi yesterday. with the Airport Security Force, busiest airport. said two militants fired toward a Relatives of the dead reported the fighting but got trapped and The Pakistani Taliban has been with the Taliban, will continue to in the country’s northwest. The hostel for female employees on receiving telephone calls from burned to death. trying to overthrow the govern- pursue the negotiations policy or military said it killed 25 suspected the academy grounds. He said no their loved ones trapped inside The head of the Civil Aviation ment and establish its hard-line choose a more aggressive, military militants in strikes on nine hide- one was hurt. the burning building. Authority, Mohammad Yusuf, said rule across the country. Sharif’s response. Supporters of peace outs, but the information could The Civil Aviation Authority, “The last I spoke to him, he said authorities tried twice to reach government repeatedly has tried talks argue that negotiations are not be independently verified. The which is responsible for running there was intense firing going on the burning building during the to negotiate with the militants to the only way to end the cycle of area is part of a lawless terrain the country’s airports, initially and that a building was also on siege but came under fire. After end the fighting but those efforts violence, while critics say a deal along the Afghan border that is said on Twitter that all flights at fire,” said Junaidul Haq, whose security officials cleared the air- have collapsed. will allow militants to regroup home to a mix of local militants the airport were suspended but brother died. Pakistani media port, they went back to search The airport attack has raised and strike back with more force. and Al Qaeda-linked foreign later reported that operations had reported that the seven were the building because there were questions about whether Sharif, Also, Pakistani military air fighters. resumed. airport workers who hid from reports of people trapped inside. who campaigned on peace talks strikes targeted the Tirah Valley AP

Boosting relations Nato air strike kills five US soldiers KABUL: A Nato air strike in killed yesterday during a secu- The US-led International Nato combat troops are due to Afghanistan killed five US sol- rity operation in southern Security Assistance Force (ISAF) leave the country by the end of diers in an apparent “friendly Afghanistan,” Pentagon spokes- is winding down operations in this year, though a small US fire” accident during clashes with man Rear Admiral John Kirby Afghanistan after more than a deployment will remain until the insurgents, officials said yester- said in Washington. “Investigators decade of fighting the Taliban, end of 2016 if a long-delayed deal day, as troops try to ensure secu- are looking into the likelihood and the number of soldiers on the is signed between Washington rity for the presidential election. that friendly fire was the cause.” front line has fallen rapidly in the and Kabul. Local police and the Afghan Afghanistan is braced for last year. The south and east of army said that the US troops, Saturday’s run-off presidential The deaths in Arghandab dis- Afghanistan are the most vio- as well as one Afghan soldier, election and Monday night’s joint trict, a Taliban stronghold, were lent parts of the country as the were killed in the restive prov- US-Afghan operation was tasked the worst single incident for the Taliban wage a guerrilla war ince of Zabul when air support with boosting security ahead of Nato force since five British sol- against the Kabul government was unleashed to try to beat back polling day. diers were killed in a helicopter and Nato troops. Taliban fighters. “Our forces were jointly engaged crash on April 26. “The casualties Late last month, US President Friendly fire incidents have in fighting with militants. Foreign occurred during a security opera- Barack Obama outlined the US been rare in Afghanistan in forces called in air support and tion when their unit came into strategy to end America’s longest recent years, though five Afghan they mistakenly bombed friendly contact with enemy forces,” ISAF war, saying that the 32,000-strong soldiers were killed in a Nato air positions,” said Mohsin Khan, said. “Tragically, there is the pos- US deployment in Afghanistan strike in the eastern province of spokesman for the Afghan army’s sibility that fratricide may have would be scaled back to around Logar in March. 205 division. “We also lost one been involved.” 9,800 by the start of 2015. “Five American troops were solider and one was wounded.” All of the 50,000 remaining AFP

Candle-light protest Pakistani team gears up to conquer K2

ISLAMABAD: At a time, when Italian non-governmental Pakistan’s climbing duo Samina organisation Ev-K2-CNR will Baig and her brother Mirza Ali support this Pakistani expedition are on their way to complete the with necessary funds, equipment, ‘seven summits mission’, a team training and technical assistance of eight local mountaineers is during the expedition. also gearing up to conquer K2 Speaking at the press confer- for the first time ever. ence, the information minister Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain (left) with Nigerian President The group of eight mountain- said: “We have the best moun- Goodluck Jonathan upon his arrival in Abuja, Nigeria, yesterday. eers from Gilgit-Baltistan, who tains and we are thankful to Hussain is in Nigeria on a state visit, the first ever to the west African were trained and selected by our foreign friends who not only A boy takes part in a protest against the killing of Shia pilgrims in country by a Pakistani President. an Italian expert mountaineer love our mountains but put their Quetta yesterday. At least 24 pilgrims were killed in a gun and suicide Maurizio Gallo with the sup- efforts to popularise them in their attack on the restive Pakistan-Iran border on Monday. port of Pakistan government, countries.” will start climbing from June 14 Counselor Sansone said the to make an attempt to conquer Italians’ love for K2 began in 1909. Khan’s PTI moves Apex Court K2 — the world second highest Since then the Italians have been mountain. associated with Karakoram area ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) of Imran Two Italian mountaineers for its conservation. Nine Taliban militants killed Khan yesterday filed a miscellaneous petition in the Supreme Court will also be available to the President Ev-K2-CNR over alleged tampering in ballot bags for the NA-118 constituency. Pakistani expedition for tech- Agostino Da Polenza said the KABUL: At least nine Taliban militants were killed following joint The petition was submitted in the Apex Court by PTI’s counsel nical support and assistance in brand of K2 could uplift Pakistan’s military operations conducted by Afghan national security forces Hamid Khan and alleged that the acting chairman of the National their hour of need. image. The people here are very in the past 24 hours. The interior ministry of Afghanistan said the Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), Imtiaz Tajwar, was Federal Minister for hard working; they only lack militants were killed in Zabul, Helmand and Nimroz provinces, involved in the rigging. The application alleged that vote bags were Information and Broadcasting resources, he said. reported (Khaama Press) yesterday. The operations were conducted tampered with under a scheme engineered by the Pakistan Muslim Senator Pervaiz Rashid and During the last 60 years, by Afghan national police, Afghan national army and Afghan intel- League - Nawaz (PML-N). It also alleged that the government had Deputy Head of the Italian different individual Pakistani ligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives. changed the Nadra chairman at the time for this very purpose. Mission in Pakistan handed climbers have reached K2, but One militant was injured and another militant was arrested dur- The petition added that the issue of verification of votes for the over Pakistani and Italian flags never has this mountain been ing the operations. Afghan national security forces also confiscated NA-154 constituency was also pending with Nadra, adding that the to these local mountaineers at a summated by an All-Pakistani various types of heavy and light weapons along with ammunition and PTI did not trust the authority’s current leadership on the matter. press conference at the National expedition. explosives. At least two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were also INTERNEWS Press Club yesterday. INTERNEWS discovered and seized during operations in Kapisa province. QNA WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Four killed in flyover collapse Two Russian tourists dead, 8 PM disbands hurt in bus crash

DEHRADUN: A bus carrying Russian tourists plunged into four cabinet a river in northern India yes- terday, killing at least two and injuring eight, a local official said. The bus was travelling to Gangotri, source of the Ganges, committees in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand when it veered off the road and into the river below, Aadhar under economic affairs committee police superintendent Jagat Ram Jyoti said. NEW DELHI: In what is on Political Affairs and the “There were 14 Russian tour- being seen as Narendra Modi’s Cabinet Committee on Security, ists in the bus,” he said. “Two of attempt at “minimum govern- the statement said. them died at the spot, their bodies ment, maximum governance” Meanwhile, finance Minister have been recovered.” and a departure from the erst- Arun Jaitley yesterday said the Another Russian was miss- while Congress-led govern- burden on the new government ing and the driver’s status was ment’s power structure, the was going to be higher because unknown, he added, with a search prime minister yesterday dis- people have huge expectations ongoing for the bus in the water. solved four cabinet committees. from it. Eight others had been taken These are the cabinet com- Participating in a debate on the to a hospital in the state capital mittee on management of natu- motion of thanks on the presi- Dehradun, while another three ral calamities, cabinet committee dent’s address in the Rajya Sabha, were unharmed, he said. on prices, cabinet committee Jaitley said the results of the Lok District magistrate Sridhar on World Trade Organisation Sabha polls showed that Indian Babu Adanky blamed “bad road (WTO) matters and cabinet com- democracy is maturing. conditions” for the accident mittee on Unique Identification “The burden on our govern- Rescue workers search for people under the debris after a huge portion of an under-construction flyover which occurred close to remote Authority of India (Aadhar), the ment is going to be much higher collapsed in Surat, some 260km from Ahmedabad, yesterday. Four people were killed in the mishap and Harsil village, some 245km from Prime Minister’s Office said in a because people expect us to do many others were injured with investigations ongoing. Dehradun. Adanky confirmed statement. more,” he said. rescue operations were under way The cabinet secretary will Taking a jibe at the Congress, for those still missing. now look into matters related Jaitley said they started believing The Himalayan region with to natural calamities, which was their own propaganda. steep gorges and mountains was earlier done by the cabinet com- “Governments, when they Encephalitis claims 44 lives devastated last year by floods mittee on management of natural spend hundreds of crores, fall and landslides triggered by early calamities. in the trap of believing their NEW DELHI: India’s new the affected districts” over June children countrywide. monsoon rains, leaving some 5,500 The functions of the cabinet own advertisements,” Jaitley health minister yesterday 22-23. The ministry will aim to have people dead or missing. committee on prices will now be said, responding to Leader of ordered ‘extraordinary steps’ to He said that the virus, which dedicated beds for encephalitis discharged by the cabinet com- Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad’s end the deadly disease encepha- normally affects children aged patients in all hospitals in affected mittee on economic affairs, the allegation that the president’s litis, after it claimed the lives below 15, killed 44 children in districts and has already provided PMO statement said. speech was a copy of the Congress of 44 children in the country in Bihar state in the past two weeks 100 ventilator machines in the CBI to probe Matters relating to the WTO programmes and that it had the past fortnight. and claimed 500-600 people each hardest-hit Gorakhpur district will now be supervised by the already done 90 percent of work Hundreds of people across year in Uttar Pradesh alone. in Uttar Pradesh state. Munde’s death cabinet committee on economic in most of the programmes high- India die each year from the virus, Harsh Vardhan, a doctor While Japanese encephalitis is affairs and, whenever neces- lighted by the new government. which is transmitted by mosqui- praised for his work on eradi- responsible for about 10 percent MUMBAI: The centre has sary, by the full cabinet. “They (Congress) were believ- toes from pigs to humans, with cating polio in India, was sworn of deaths, the more fatal Acute decided to order a CBI probe In the case of the cabinet com- ing their own propaganda. If you malnourished children particu- in as health minister in Prime Encephalitis Syndrome is harder into the death of union minis- mittee on UIDAI, major decisions have done 90 percent of what larly vulnerable. Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet to tackle as its causes remain ter Gopinath Munde in an road have already been taken and the has to be done, we have to do “I am extremely distressed last month after his right-wing mostly unknown, the statement accident in New Delhi on June remaining issues will be brought very little.” “Verdict against you at the runaway conquest of Bharatiya Janata Party won the said. 3, a top BJP leader said here to the cabinet committee on eco- (Congress) is not because people encephalitis and it is high time clearest mandate for 30 years. Symptoms include headaches, yesterday. nomic affairs. were angry about the balancing 10 extraordinary steps were taken to Vardhan aims to make his seizures and fever and health “Home Minister Rajnath Singh Modi will be re-constituting the percent work, it is about the state stymie it,” health minister Harsh encephalitis campaign as suc- experts say 70 million children called me this morning (Tuesday) Appointments Committee of the you left the country in,” Jaitley Vardhan said in a statement. cessful as his polio one, which nationwide are at risk. and discussed last week’s acci- Cabinet, the Cabinet Committee said. He also said there was noth- Vardhan added that he ordered led to India’s 1.2 billion popula- The virus is present in 19 dent in which Munde lost his on Economic Affairs, the Cabinet ing like copyright of ideas, and his ministry to go on “overdrive tion becoming a certified polio- Indian states, including the most life. Rajnath Singh informed me Committee on Parliamentary that policies were made for the ... and have a total immunisa- free nation in March after health populous ones of Uttar Pradesh that the CBI would probe the Affairs, the Cabinet Committee same people. IANS tion campaign for encephalitis in volunteers repeatedly vaccinated and Bihar. AFP incident,” Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly Eknath Khadse said in a state- ment here. He said Rajnath Singh informed him that the official orders to the Techie murder: Hindu outfit chief named as accused Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) would be issued in three- PUNE: Dhananjay Desai, chief Mohsin Shaikh, The posting relaxed from 8am to 11am, and no villages pelted stones and dam- four days. On Monday, a del- of the Hindu Rashtra Sena, has the young soft- of morphed untoward incident was reported aged business outlets. egation comprising Khadse, been named as an accused in ware professional photos of during the relaxation period. Police fired blanks to control Union Transport Minister Nitin the murder case of a Muslim IT was killed on his iconic leaders However, majority of shops and the mob, but nearly a dozen peo- Gadkari, Maharashtra BJP chief worker who was beaten to death way home from on Facebook business outlets in Tauru, home ple, including some policemen, Devendra Fadnavis and others by a mob in Pune last week. dinner in Pune had triggered to over 40,000 people, remained were injured in the clash. met Rajnath Singh in the national Desai, who was arrested in last Monday. violence last closed. The curfew was also Police have registered 30 com- capital seeking a CBI probe into connection with distribution of The police linked week and again relaxed on Monday from 4 to 7pm. plaints from the two communities Munde’s death. provocative pamphlets last week, the brutal kill- this weekend. It was imposed after violence over the violence, but no one has Thousands of supporters and has denied any involvement in the ing to the tension Meanwhile, erupted Sunday in in the Mewat been arrested. BJP activists had vociferously murder of 28-year-old Mohsin over the offen- the curfew district town, some 40 km from The administration’s attempt to demanded a CBI probe into his Sadiq Shaikh. Currently lodged sive images of imposed in Gurgaon, after a truck mowed form a peace committee failed as death during Munde’s funeral in in the Yerwada Jail, he will be Maratha warrior Haryana’s down two men on a motorbike, traders demanded that the weap- his home district Beed last week. arrested by the Hadapsar Police king Shivaji and Tauru town killing one of them on the spot. ons used by the mob in attacking Later, several top political lead- in the murder case. Shiv Sena leader Dhananjay Desai (left), and Mohsin following com- The truck driver and his assist- the market must be seized first. ers, including Shiv Sena chief Twenty-one people have so Bal Thackeray Sadiq Shaikh munal violence ant, from the Meo community, “We will keep our shops shut even Uddhav Thackeray, Republican far been arrested in connection circulated on after a road were thrashed by a mob after the after curfew is lifted if the large Party of India (RPI) chief with the murder of Shaikh. All Facebook and accident con- accident. number of weapons used by the Ramdas Athawale and Nationalist the accused are linked with the WhatsApp. Mohsin was not tinued for the third day yesterday A rumour spread that the duo mob are not seized,” the trader’s Congress Party chief Sharad Hindu Rashtra Sena, a right-wing linked to the uploading of the but was relaxed for three hours, were beaten to death and peo- body told officials. Pawar also endorsed the demand. organisation. photos, the police has said. officials said. The curfew was ple of a community from nearby AGENCIES AGENCIES

Five bodies found Marine case: Italy rejects in Himachal river, 19 still missing Indian jurisdiction ROME/NEW DELHI: Italian international ambit of the case,” SHIMLA: Five bodies of students Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti said. were found in Himachal Pradesh’s Pinotti yesterday reiterated the The Italian government Mandi district while the fate of 19 country’s stand rejecting India’s stressed that it will take the case others who were washed away in jurisdiction in the case of two to international arbitration if the Beas river that saw a flash-flood Italian marines accused of kill- pair are not allowed to come home after the release of water from ing two Indian fishermen two soon. Italy also expressed hope a hydropower project is still not years ago. that the new Indian government known, an official said. Massimiliano Latorre and led by Narendra Modi would be The toll in Sunday’s accident has Salvatore Girone were arrested open to negotiations. risen to five, Additional Deputy for killing the fishermen off the Italy’s Foreign Minister Commissioner Pankaj Rai said over coast of Kerala in February 2012, Federica Mogherini last week phone Monday. mistaking their fishing boat for spoke to External Affairs Rai said one of the bodies was a pirate vessel. The two are cur- Minister Sushma Swaraj over recovered from Pandoh dam, whose rently on bail. phone to congratulate her and floodgates were closed after the acci- “Our government confirms the also discussed the issue of the two dent. The dam is some 15km down- rejection of Indian jurisdiction,” Italian marines. stream from the accident spot. Ansa quoted Pinotti as saying “It is still possible to seek an The accident spot is located some yesterday. agreement with the new Indian 200km from state capital Shimla and The marines have been liv- government, but if an agreement on the border of Kullu and Mandi ing and working at the Italian is not possible and we find our- districts. At least 24 students, includ- embassy in India pending charges selves faced with attempts at ing six girls of the V N R Vignana in the case, that has stressed rela- deferment or rejection, we will Jyothi Institute of Engineering and tions between India and Italy. go ahead with the arbitration Technology in Hyderabad, were “They were on an anti-piracy procedure and we hope to have reported missing after strong cur- Relatives including the mother and brother of Gampala Aishwarya, who drowned after water was released from mission and therefore covered them here as soon as possible,” rents in the mighty Beas river washed a dam in northern Himachal Pradesh state, mourn as they observe last rites at their residence in Hyderabad by the immunity of being state the defence minister said. them away. IANS yesterday. officials and this certifies the IANS

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KUWAIT 47/33 Clear 44/31 Clear BAHRAIN 40/32 Clear 38/31 Partly cloudy SANAA 30/14 Thunderstorm 29/16 Chance of storm RIYADH 45/31 Clear 43/27 Partly cloudy DUBAI 40/30 Partly cloudy 41/29 Mostly cloudy BAGHDAD 42/25 Clear 36/24 Clear First Afghan female taxi driver THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER meters out election advice ATHENS 31/22 Clear 30/22 Chance of storm WASHINGTON 34/20 Thunderstorm 32/22 Thunderstorm MAZAR-I-SHARIF: SYDNEY 19/12 Mostly cloudy 20/13 Partly cloudy When Afghan taxi driver Sara Bahai has male passengers in LONDON 22/10 Mostly cloudy 25/10 Partly cloudy her cab, she takes the chance to lobby them PARIS 25/18 Partly cloudy 26/17 Clear on female rights — and she hopes the coun- ISTANBUL 24/17 Partly cloudy 23/16 Clear try’s next president will also listen to her MANILA 30/27 Thunderstorm 30/27 Thunderstorm arguments. DHAKA 38/29 Chance of storm 38/29 Partly cloudy Bahai has been driving the streets of DELHI 43/30 Clear 42/32 Partly cloudy Mazar-i-Sharif city for 10 years, during which ISLAMABAD 40/24 Clear 41/25 Clear Afghanistan has experienced huge changes, including limited improvements in the lives of many women after the harsh years of Taliban rule. Now, ahead of the Saturday’s run-off elec- Scientists create tion, she says the new president must push ahead with reforms in the face of opposition from Islamists who seek to reverse gains as the US-led intervention winds down this year. ‘mini-retina’ in lab dish “Sometimes I argue with male passengers all the journey to convince them a woman driving PARIS: In another step towards reversing degenerative vision loss, a taxi isn’t a bad or un-Islamic thing,” Bahai, scientists said yesterday they had coaxed stem cells into growing who is thought to have been Afghanistan’s into a tiny, light-sensing retina in a lab dish. first-ever female taxi driver, said. The study is an important technical feat in using reprogrammed “I have many expectations for the next gov- cells, whose discovery in 2006 has unleashed huge interest, they said. ernment. They must pay serious attention to “We have basically created a miniature human retina in a dish that women. “Women should be given bigger roles, not only has the architectural organisation of the retina but also has they should be given seats as ministers. And the ability to sense light,” said Valeria Canto-Soler of Johns Hopkins female teachers should be paid more to help Afghan taxi driver Sara Bahai, 40, waiting for customers in her taxi in the northern town of Mazar-i- University School of Medicine, Baltimore. female education. Sharif in Balkh province. The work is the latest advance towards the goal of creating trans- “I see a lot of changes for Afghan women in plant cells that reverse damage to the retina, the light-capturing the past few years. Many are setting up busi- and have children. “Many women, when they the Nato military withdraws and attention on surface on the back of the eyeball. nesses to do whatever they want. Much work see their taxi driver is female, remove their Afghanistan’s development fades. Stem cells are infant cells that develop, or differentiate, into the has been done, but it is not enough — women veils or burqas and talk, they trust me more,” “A female taxi driver is one example of the various tissues of the body. are aware of their rights.” she said, adding she earns about $9 a day ply- success we had in the last 14 years, but there Until 2006, the big focus was on stem cells culled from early-stage Under the Taliban, who imposed a strict ing the streets of Mazar-i-Sharif in the rela- have been only limited improvements on the embryos, which are highly versatile but also ethically controversial. version of Islamic law, all Afghan women were tively peaceful north of Afghanistan. ground,” Hasina Safi, director of the Afghan That changed with the discovery in Japan of so-called human induced barred from work and education, and the all- “Some people would say I am setting a bad Women’s Network, said. pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells), which are adult cells that have been encompassing burqa was compulsory on rare example, and I have suffered insults. But it is “I hope to see more female drivers. This reprogrammed to return to a youthful, pre-differentiated state. trips outside the home. my passion, and I was determined not to give shows the evolution of Afghan women. The The latest research marshalls the iPS into the right architecture The improvement in women’s rights has in to the pressure.” election will bring positive changes for wom- for the retina, ordering the complex layers of specific photoreceptor been hailed as one of the major successes of The two presidential candidates, Abdullah en’s rights — if the government stands by its cells which absorb and process light. the US-led effort in Afghanistan, but most Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, have both stressed international commitments.” More work is needed, though, to understand how these cells transmit women still live strictly confined lives and that they would work to boost women’s dire Earlier this year, a global campaign nudged signals to the brain. Experiments in a lab dish, however remarkable, very few build an independent career such status in society, but entrenched patriarchal President Hamid Karzai into ordering still need to be validated in tests on humans before they can be incor- as taxi-driving. views remain strong nationwide. amendments to a proposed law that would porated into medical practice. “I am not afraid of anyone now,” said Bahai, Activists say the flagship 2009 Elimination have banned family members from testifying “Is our lab retina capable of producing a visual signal that the brain 40, who is unmarried and took up her job to of Violence Against Women law has been against male relatives in abuse cases. can interpret into an image? Probably not, but this is a good start,” provide for her two adopted sons and her sis- rarely implemented, and horrific recent In other areas, women’s seat quotas on Canto-Solder said in a press release. ter’s seven children. abuse cases have included women executed for provincial councils were cut, and a draft law Japan last year gave the green light for the world’s first trial on “When I first got the licence after the fall alleged affairs, as well as stonings and muti- suggesting the reinstatement of stoning for humans of iPS cells for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), of the Taliban, everybody laughed at me. But lation. The United Nations, Human Watch adultery was rejected only after the proposal which causes blindness in older people. Six patients with AMD will be working has emboldened me and I want to Rights and local campaigners fear that wom- became public. recruited in a four-year trial. AFP show that women are not just meant to marry en’s rights could already be deteriorating as AFP

Imam given go ahead Pregnant women urged to eat more fish to make rock ‘n’ roll ISTANBUL: A Turkish imam has been WASHINGTON: US regulators recommended yes- previously recommended pregnant women eat as much eat four times as much fish as they do currently,” said allowed to rock on after the country’s terday that pregnant women, nursing mothers and as 12 ounces of seafood a week but had not suggested Gavin Gibbons, a spokesman for the National Fisheries powerful religious authorities gave him women who might become pregnant increase the a minimum. The proposed update, which is subject Institute, which represents the fish industry. “They are the green light to continue playing in his amount of low-mercury fish they eat to between to public comment, retains the recommendation that changing the narrative about risk.” band after a nine-month investigation. eight and 12 ounces a week as they issued a long- pregnant women avoid swordfish, shark, king mackerel Critics of the proposed update said regulators failed Ahmet Muhsin Tuzer, a religious awaited draft update to their advice on mercury lev- and tilefish, though they narrowed the warning on to adequately address levels of mercury in white, or leader from a tiny hamlet on Turkey’s els in seafood. tilefish to include only fish from the Gulf of Mexico. albacore, tuna. Tuna is the second most popular type Mediterranean coast was investigated by The draft update by the Food and Drug The regulators are seeking public comment on of fish eaten in the United States after shrimp and, by the Diyanet, the state body in charge of the Administration and the whether to add orange roughy and marlin to the list dint of the sheer amount eaten, constitutes the greatest country’s mosques. Environmental Protection of fish to avoid. The agencies continue to recommend risk for mercury exposure, they said. They had to decide whether his brand Agency is the first since lower mercury fish such as salmon, shrimp, pollock, “Albacore should be on the list of fish to avoid,” of music was compatible with Islam or his 2004 and has been eagerly and light canned tuna, and they added tilapia and cod Edward Groth III, a food safety scientist and adviser playing created a conflict with his role as an awaited by scientists and to the list of examples. to the Mercury Policy Project, said in a statement. imam, which is a government-funded post. advocacy groups that argue The proposed update disappointed some consumer “Given the enormous role tuna plays in U.S. mercury In the end, they decided to let him continue that exposure to mercury groups that have been seeking to reduce exposure to exposure, if women are going to eat more fish and also as a member of Firock, which blends rock may be more dangerous at methylmercury, which can cause prenatal harm. The reduce their mercury exposure, they simply have to with mystical Sufi music, and only repri- lower levels than previously update was welcomed by the fish industry, which said strictly limit their tuna consumption.” manded him for his negative remarks about thought. it focuses less on risk than on the nutritional benefits Light tuna accounts for about 70 percent of the mar- the investigation. AFP The regulators had of fish. “The FDA is saying pregnant women should ket and white tuna for about 30 percent. REUTERS Wednesday 11 June 2014 13 Sha’baan 1435 Volume 19 Number 6093 Price: QR2

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 QCB to issue QNB celebrates Golden Jubilee QR4bn in bonds, Prime Minister graces the occasion extends maturity DUBAI: Qatar Central Bank DOHA: Qatar National Bank system. Basic banking transac- plans to issue QR4bn ($1.1bn) (QNB Group), the country’s first tions such as deposits and loans worth of local currency gov- Qatari-owned commercial bank were provided at the beginning ernment bonds next week, it and the largest lender in the in 1964, and evolved and trans- said yesterday, including a new Middle East and North Africa formed into the financial system seven-year tranche to build a region, celebrated its 50th anni- that operates today. We now offer longer yield curve. versary of achievements and a service that operates both to the The debt, to be auctioned on excellence in supporting the best international practices and Sunday, will include QR2.1bn development of local economy the latest financial and banking worth of three-year conventional yesterday in the presence of the technologies”, he added. bonds and QR950m each of five- Prime Minister and Interior Speaking at the occasion, Ali and seven-year tranches, the cen- Minister, H E Sheikh Abdullah Al Kuwari, QNB’s Acting GCEO tral bank said on its website. bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani. said QNB will focus on a two- Qatar launched quarterly gov- The event was attended by an pronged strategy to achieve fur- ernment bond sales in March elite grouping of ministers, top ther growth and expansion. The 2013 to expand the central bank’s business dignitaries and company first phase will deal with expand- policy arsenal and help banks presidents. Included in the group ing the bank’s global presence manage liquidity. Since then, it of special guests were the presi- through entering new markets in has usually issued QR3bn worth dents of both Tokyo Mitsubishi the Middle East, Africa, Europe of conventional bonds and QR1bn Bank and Deutsche Bank. and South East Asia. This will be of sukuk each quarter; maturities The event was also attended by achieved through opening new have been three and five years. long serving employees and cus- QNB branches in these mar- Qatari officials have said they tomers of the Bank dating back kets or through the acquisition want to develop a deeper and to its foundation in 1964. of controlling stakes in existing more active local riyal-denom- Addressing the event, the financial institutions operat- inated bond market; lengthen- Minister of Finance and QNB ing within these same markets. ing the curve with a seven-year Chairman, H E Ali Sherif Al This expansion aims to increase tranche is part of this process. Emadi, said: “Today’s celebra- QNB’s international network con- In the previous bond sale in tion, marking the Golden Jubilee tribution to represent 50 percent April, the central bank issued of Qatar National Bank, is a his- of the group’s total assets and QR4bn of solely Islamic bonds; torical occasion to recall how we profitability. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister, H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani (second right), with this month’s auction will only started the establishment of the The second phase will focus the Minister of Finance and QNB Chairman, H E Ali Sherif Al Emadi (third left), and others at the celebration. involve conventional bonds. first Qatari bank. Thanks to the on expanding the operations of The central bank has also been sincere efforts and dedication of QNB’s existing international celebrate on fifty years of dedi- regional bank into a leading global achievements delivered by the offering a fixed amount of QR4bn five generations, the bank has network. There is high poten- cation and excellence, we must financial institution”, he said. bank since its inception in 1964, worth of Treasury bills in regular become a leading international tial for growth in the existing also have our eyes firmly focused To mark QNB’s evolution and its sterling efforts to both serve monthly sales. REUTERS financial institution, and we are network presence, currently on tomorrow. We must prepare development over the last five and support all sectors of the all proud of being part of its operating across 26 countries for another five more decades of decades, a special documentary country’s economy and commu- team.” and three Continents, to provide achievements to come. To live up film was screened during the nities, and highlighted the banks Ratings agencies “Since its inception, QNB has unique banking services to our to this promise, QNB has out- celebration. continuous drive to reflect Qatar’s played a key role in the develop- customers. lined our ambitious strategy to The documentary high- National Vision 2030. plan Qatar offices ment of the financial and banking “Today, when we reflect and transform from a strong local and lighted the main milestones and THE PENINSULA DOHA: International ratings agencies are looking to open their local offices in Qatar. Qatar’s regulatory bodies are currently considering requests received from some of these Ukraine-Russia QE index weight to emerge stronger than UAE agencies to operate in the coun- try, Al Sharq reported. “The concerned authorities are gas deal could DOHA: The Qatari govern- system (Qatari, GCC and foreign Index and Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul high of 13,694 point. The rally was seriously considering the requests ment’s decision to raise foreign investors) as against the present All Share Index (TASI). driven by inclusion of 10 stocks in received from some agencies. take days: EU ownership limit (FOL) of the two-tier system of Qatari and non- The combined market capitali- the MSCI Emerging Market Index, Their presence in the local mar- listed companies to 49 percent Qatari investors, boosted investor sation of GCC bourses increased strong Q1, 14 corporate earnings ket will help deepen Qatar’s debt BRUSSELS: EU Energy from 25 percent boosted the buy- sentiment during the month. The 1.9 percent MoM to $1,118.1bn in announced in April, and improv- market. It would also support Commissioner Guenther ing interests of foreign institu- bourse’s plans to start margin May. All indices, except Kuwait, ing macroeconomic fundamentals”. local companies to diversify their Oettinger, the broker for crunch tional investors in May 2014. The trading and covered short selling witnessed a rise in market capi- Trading on QE was mixed in funding sources”, the daily quoted gas talks between Ukraine and hike in FOL will not only help in coming days will improve liquid- talisation during the month. With May. The total value traded rose top government sources as saying. Russia, said yesterday that an attract the estimated $440m for- ity, investment options and diver- $203.4bn, Qatar was the third big- 2 percent MoM to $7bn from The local operations of ratings overall agreement could take eign fund but increase the weight sify the market. gest contributor. $6.9bn in April. The total volume agencies are expected to have a days to be reached. of the index from 0.47 percent to The Global Investment “The QE index continued its of shares traded fell 22.6 percent significant impact on the securities “Maybe in next days, not 0.62 percent, higher than 0.58 House’s (GIH) “GCC Markets strong upward trend, advancing 8 to 562.1m from 725.9m in April. markets. They will help enhance tonight,” Oettinger said in percent in the UAE, in MSCI Performance Report - May 2014” percent MoM in May. The index Overall, trading in GCC mar- the quality of the market’s dis- response to a question as Emerging Market Index in the noted that most GCC indices remained in the tight range in the kets also remained mixed during closure practices. The regulatory he arrived at the European near future, a GCC monthly surged in May due to investor first three weeks of the month, but the month. The volume traded bodies will review Qatar’s current Commission for more talks with market performance report optimism. Five markets advanced surged 8 percent in the last six declined 21 percent MoM, with all practices related to the current energy ministers from Ukraine noted yesterday. with the QE gaining 8 percent trading sessions. QE reached a new markets, except Bahrain and Saudi disclosure of information about and Russia. The Qatar Exchange’s (QE)plan (MoM) being the best performer, lifetime high of 13,910 point and Arabia, registering MoM growth. companies available to external EU-brokered talks between to introduce a three-tier investor followed by Abu Dhabi’s ADX managed to close at an all-time THE PENINSULA auditors. THE PENINSULA Ukraine and Russia to resolve a bitter gas dispute resumed yes- terday amid signs the worst East- West stand-off since the Cold GM takes stock War is easing. Another round of negotiations between Oettinger, You say tomato? Ford says Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak and Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan broke up early yesterday without tom-auto in eco parts quest an accord. The decision to resume talks in Brussels comes on the eve LONDON: Auto maker Ford while at the same time reducing the of a Russian deadline for Ukraine Motor Co is looking to add a new weight,” Ellen Lee, a research special- to cover a debt of $4.5bn or have environmental option to its tool ist at Ford Plastics, said. its shipments end today. box. Tomatoes. Lee said the less-than-attractive At talks earlier this month, Ford said yesterday it was team- appearance of the material meant it all sides agreed that as long as ing up with ketchup maker Heinz, could so far potentially only be used they continued, there would be no owned by billionaire investor Warren for hidden parts, such as under-hood Russian gas cut-off. Buffett’s holding company Berkshire plastics and shields in the underbody, Ukraine has refused to pay the Hathaway Inc and US investment but the aim was to make it more gas bill in protest at Russia’s deci- firm 3G Capital, to look at using pleasing to the eye in future. sion to nearly double the price in tomato fibres in car production. Ford began working with Heinz, the wake of the February ouster It is testing the use of dried tomato Coca-Cola Co, Nike Inc and Procter of Kremlin-friendly president skins, a waste product from making & Gamble Co nearly two years ago Viktor Yanukovych after months Heinz’s famous red sauce, to form to speed up the production of plant- of pro-EU protests. part of wiring brackets or coin hold- based plastics. About 15 percent of Europe’s ers, hoping the use of more plant- Lee said aside from tomatoes, gas from Russia transits through based plastic over petroleum-based materials to be found in cars in the Ukraine — a dependence that materials will reduce the environ- future could come from coconuts, EU nations have been trying to General Motors CEO Mary Barra before the start of GM’s Annual Shareholders Meeting at the GM World mental impact of car production. the hard covering on grains of rice, limit ever since Moscow turned Headquarters in Detroit yesterday. Barra said that no more employee dismissals were planned relating “We’re trying to make use of a by- dandelion roots and even trees, as the taps off in similar disputes in to the company’s handling of a defective ignition switch linked to at least 13 deaths. product ... and get some renewable part of innovative attempts to find 2006 and 2009. AFP and recycled content into our vehicles, sustainable alternatives. REUTERS WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS China inflation RasGas honours employees for long service DOHA: RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) recognised 288 employees during its annual long-service award ceremony hits four-month for their loyalty and contribu- tion to the continued success and growth of the company. The employees celebrated five, 10, 15 high in May and 20 years of service in the company respectively. Speaking at the Long Service Award ceremony, RasGas CEO CPI increases 2.5pc year-on-year Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi cited several key milestones in BEIJING: China’s annual as Japan has seen, falling prices the company’s history that have inflation rose sharply in May to encourage consumers to put off helped shape the company’s cur- its highest level in four months, spending and companies to delay rent success. official data showed yesterday, investment, both of which act as “Fifteen years ago, RasGas easing concerns about deflation- brakes on growth. delivered its first liquefied natu- ary risks in the world’s second- Bank of America Merrill Lynch ral gas (LNG) cargo fromRasGas biggest economy. economists Lu Ting and Zhi Train 1 to its first and largest cus- The consumer price index Xiaojia attributed the pickup in tomer, KOGAS of South Korea, increased 2.5 percent year-on- CPI to a low comparison base and the second largest importer of year last month, accelerating rising pork prices. LNG in the world; a decade ago, from 1.8 percent in April, the “We believe that the threat of the company delivered the coun- National Bureau of Statistics said deflation in China is quite small,” try’s first LNG to India, who is in a statement. It was the highest they said in a note, but added that the sixth largest importer of LNG figure since January also saw CPI “the acceleration is not sustain- in the world today; in 2009, the rise 2.5 percent. able as the base effect is one off company’s first mega train, Train The May figure matched the and the momentum of further 6, came online followed by second Employees at the annual long-service award ceremony. median forecast in a poll of 15 pork price increase is weak”. mega train, Train 7 next year economists by the Wall Street They expect CPI to stay around each with a capacity of 7.8Mta, RasGas is one of the most suc- Al Mohannadi thanked his strategic choice. I am confident Journal and was mainly driven by 2.5 percent in the next few which brought the overall pro- cessful energy suppliers in the employees for their continued that with your support, we will rises in food costs, particularly a months with PPI picking up. duction capacity of RasGas to world. Apart from the seven commitment and loyalty to the continue to achieve our goals and 20-percent surge in fruit prices, In the first five months of the 37 Mta,” said Hamad Rashid Al LNG trains it oversees and man- company, recognising them as the set new standards for the energy the NBS said. year, CPI increased 2.3 percent Mohannadi. “Together, Trains ages two sales gas production company’s most valuable asset industry. The future promises Despite the rebound, CPI was from the same period in 2013, the 6 and 7 have greatly extended facilities, two helium production and drivers of RasGas’ success to be even more challenging and still well below the 3.5 percent NBS said. RasGas’ global reach bringing the facilities and the construction of as a world class energy supplier more exciting for all of us, and I annual target set by Beijing in The positive inflation data came total LNG production capacity of the Barzan Gas Project which will striving for excellence. hope it is a journey that we will March. April’s price decline had after figures for May showed Qatar to 77Mta, the largest in the support Qatar’s rising domestic “At RasGas we know that our continue to pursue and enjoy our raised concerns the Chinese econ- renewed vigour in China’s manu- world,” he said. gas demand, all in line with the people are central to our success, success together,” he said. omy, a key driver of world growth, facturing sector, with official and Al Mohannadi said that today Qatar National Vision 2030. and it is why people is a core THE PENINSULA faced deflationary pressure. private surveys indicating an The news also comes a day improving situation. after the People’s Bank of China China’s gross domestic product announced details of a cut in the grew 7.4 percent in the first three amount of cash certain lenders months of 2014, weaker than the must keep with the central bank 7.7 percent recorded in October- KPMG suggests ways to save on customs duties — the reserve requirement ratio December and the worst pace — as part of a limited stimulus to since a similar 7.4 percent expan- boost spending. sion in the third quarter of 2012. DOHA: Global networking countries (including all members amounts of money on the table.” not only deferred — if the goods “Today’s inflation data confirm Beijing has introduced a and professional advisory firm of the GCC) of customs duties, an One of the biggest sources of are exported out of the country our view that broader price pres- number of measures to spur KPMG yesterday announced important step toward the estab- potential savings is better man- or customs territory, duty may sures are stable and that concerns growth, including the reserve that it has identified a number lishment of the Arab Common agement of how goods are valued not be paid at all. about deflation, sparked by a requirement ratio cut, financial of ways for local importers to Market. Furthermore, the GCC for customs purposes. Many costs Craig added: “Whilst customs short-lived fall in headline infla- support for small companies and save on customs duties through is embarking on a comprehensive associated with movement of brokers are key to the import and tion in April, were overplayed,” targeted infrastructure outlays. smarter practices. new free trade agreement with goods can be excluded — typically export business, their main pri- Julian Evans-Pritchard, an ana- But it has so far refrained from Some of the practices include Singapore, and is in similar nego- those incurred after importation, ority is to clear goods from local lyst with Capital Economics, said more aggressive steps such as deferring, or reducing import and tiations with a number of other such as installation, construction customs departments as quickly in a research note. interest rate cuts, citing worries export duties by taking advantage countries. and transport costs, domestic as possible and as a result, may The producer price index (PPI) about excessive credit. of concessions available under Craig said: “On the surface, taxes and many more. not necessarily help customers — a measure of costs for goods The central bank’s announce- special free trade zones (GAFTA). customs duties in the GCC seem Other savings can be real- identify saving opportunities.” at the factory gate and a leading ment Monday on the reserve Craig Richardson, Head of straightforward — a 5 percent ized by taking advantage of “Importers should proceed indicator of the trend for CPI — ratio cut followed a similar move Tax and Corporate Services for entry duty on imports, and goods concessions available in special with caution though. If there is also improved to a decline of 1.4 in April, but avoided an across- KPMG Qatar and Bahrain has can be shipped anywhere within free zones. For example, when doubt in the credibility of the percent in May, the NBS said in the-board easing. It signalled that said that there are several ways the GCC without further customs imported goods are shipped to customs value of the goods, cus- a separate statement. no significant policy loosening is that importers can challenge charges. Many companies treat free zones in Bahrain and Dubai, toms officials have broad powers That was up from a decrease of in the pipeline, in spite of some incorrect assumptions about GCC customs charges as routine and payment of import duties can be to adjust the dutiable value. The 2.0 percent in April and marked economists’ calls for more forceful trade incentives, customs duties, inescapable costs of doing busi- deferred until the goods are actu- authorities can also change the the highest level since December, relaxation. domestic concessions and free ness. In fact, there are ways to ally released from such zones. For classification of goods, which can when PPI was also minus 1.4 per- “Generally the current liquidity trade agreements to take advan- manage customs costs by reduc- high value goods that will not be result in higher customs duty cent, according to official data. situation is moderately ample and tage of substantial untapped ing or deferring import and put to immediate use, the duty from zero percent to five percent. Moderate inflation can be the basic stance of the monetary savings. export charges. Companies that deferral can produce welcome Importers also risk extra charges a boon to consumption as it policy is unchanged,” it said in a Since 2005, the GAFTA has do not take the time to plan their cash flow benefits. and penalties for compliance encourages consumers to buy statement. fully liberalised the trade of customs import and export activi- These zones also provide an problems and offences.” before prices go up. In contrast, AFP goods by relieving its 17 member ties could be leaving significant ideal distribution point. Duty is THE PENINSULA

China resumes UK industrial output IPO approvals after freeze growth fastest

SHANGHAI: China has given the green light for 10 firms since January 2011 to list on the country’s stock exchanges, officials said, after LONDON: British industry booming factories and indus- a four-month hiatus on initial enjoyed its strongest annual try,” said Chris Williamson, chief public offerings but analysts growth in over three years in economist at Markit. “This so- warned of a share glut in an April, in a further sign that called ‘rebalancing’ means the already weak market. the country’s rapid economic recovery is looking increasingly New listings were approved in expansion is becoming less reli- sustainable.” January following a year-long, ant on consumer demand. Both industrial output and its Beijing-imposed freeze to reform Industrial output grew 3 per- main manufacturing component regulations and halt a slide in cent, beating forecasts to record grew by 0.4 percent in April — in share prices, but they were halted its biggest annual rise since line with forecasts — and manu- in February owing to concerns January 2011, and in the three facturing output was 4.4 percent about the new process. months to April it achieved higher than a year earlier, the But the Chinese Securities its fastest pace of growth since fastest expansion since February Regulatory Commission (CSRC) June 2010, official data showed 2011. The Office for National said late Monday it had “approved yesterday. Statistics said industrial output IPO applications of 10 compa- Participants at the opening of Ermanno Scervino store with Ali Bin Ali Group partnership at the Pearl Qatar. Britain’s economy as a whole would have shown even greater nies” and that they would be kept up last year’s strong momen- annual growth had it not been for split between the country’s two tum in the first part of this year, an unusually warm April. stock markets in Shanghai and Ali Bin Ali launches Ermanno Scervino and following the industrial out- The weather contributed to an Shenzhen. put data, academic researchers 11.5 percent decline in electricity As of yesterday morning, seven estimated that gross domestic and gas output in April, which of the 10 firms had formally indi- DOHA: Qatar’s Ali Bin Ali welcomes customers into a dis- quality and we see the opening of product had finally exceeded its knocked around 1 percentage cated their intent to list. Group has unveiled a new part- creet and private space in order to this flagship store as a reflection pre-crisis peak. point off the annual industrial They include circuit board nership with the global brand offer them the highest customer of the strength of our partnership The recovery is showing signs output growth rate. maker Ellington Electronics Ermanno Scervino to open the services. A specially-designed with the brand.” of broadening out from its earlier “Unless output stagnates or Technology which is seeking brand’s first flagship store in concept has been installed in the “The Gulf countries are one of reliance on consumer demand and falls back over the remaining to raise 1.3bn yuan ($213m) Doha at the Pearl Qatar. Junior area of the boutique com- the most interesting markets for housing-related sectors. months of the second quarter, in Shanghai, and Hongxiang The opening marked the sec- plete with white walls decorated the Maison,” said Toni Scervino, That will be reassuring for poli- the sector should make its biggest Yixintang Pharmaceutical which ond Ermanno Scervino mono- in beige stuccoes and multi-level CEO of the Ermanno Scervino cymakers who worry about the contribution to quarterly GDP expects to raise 794.5m yuan in brand store in the Middle East, display units. Group. “They are looking for the sustainability of a recovery led growth in four years in Q2,” said Shenzhen. However, analysts said following an opening in Dubai. Commenting on the opening, authentic Made in Italy qual- by consumers enjoying record Samuel Tombs, UK economist at the timing of the decision could The Doha boutique extends over the Vice-Chairman of the ABA ity that we have never betrayed, low interest rates and a sharp Capital Economics. hit shares that are already listed. 230 square metres on one level, Group, Nabeel Ali Bin Ali says, “It in terms of both materials and rebound in house prices. Economic output finally “The resumption... will defi- divided into areas housing the is a great pleasure for the Luxury workmanship, and clearly also of “The official and survey data exceeded its pre-recession peak nitely lead to an imbalance women’s clothing, accessories and & Fashion Division of The Ali Bin style. We have a cultured, inter- ... help to dispel the notion that in May, the National Institute of between funds and stocks, and the junior collections. Ali Group to unveil this brand national clientele, that’s why the recovery is based purely on Economic and Social Research market can only remain weak,” The Ali Bin Ali Group’s Luxury here in Qatar. Ermanno Scervino Doha is a crucial step in our retail consumer credit and the hous- said yesterday, reaching a mile- BOC International analyst Shen & Fashion division has installed a needs no introduction to those expansion.” ing market, but is instead being stone long passed by the United Jun said. AFP VIP area inside the boutique that with a refined taste for premium THE PENINSULA fuelled to a large extent by States and Germany. REUTERS WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Kuwait ends UK retailer Tesco unveils new bank subsidies on Tesco looking to win market share from ‘Big 5’ banks, creates 12pc credit card market share

LONDON: Tesco Bank, the Parent Tesco also hopes the Lawmakers and regulators are Tesco is offering interest of penny) for each £4 spent in Tesco diesel over financial services arm of service will help entice customers keen for challengers to emerge to 3 percent on balances of up to and 1 point for each £8 spent Britain’s biggest retailer, has back into its supermarkets after break the dominance of Britain’s £3,000. Customers depositing elsewhere. launched its first personal cur- suffering its worst three-monthly “Big 5” lenders and last year less than £750 a month into the Britain’s personal current deficit fears rent or checking account, look- sales drop in 40 years. introduced rules to guaran- account will have to pay a £5 account market has become ing to challenge established Account holders will be offered tee customers can switch bank monthly fee. increasingly competitive, with KUWAIT CITY: The Kuwaiti lenders and bring shoppers back credits via Tesco’s loyalty scheme accounts within seven working The success of Tesco’s credit Nationwide and TSB setting government has decided in into its parent’s stores. Clubcard, which they can spend days. Higgins said the potential cards and other financial prod- aggressive targets for growth, and principle to end subsidies on The bank is aiming for a slice inside Tesco’s 3,000 UK outlets. for growth was illustrated by the ucts such as mortgages have also Santander UK also picking up diesel fuel but will deal with any of a market dominated by Lloyds “The bank is a cornerstone of progress of Tesco Bank’s credit boosted spending in stores. market share through its heavily negative impacts on consumers Banking Group, Royal Bank of Tesco’s relationship with its cus- card, which has built up a 12 per- Clubcard points worth £120m advertised 123 current account. before implementing the deci- Scotland, Barclays, HSBC and tomers and (the new account) will cent share of the market in the were granted to Tesco Bank cus- Current accounts are seen as sion, the cabinet said. Santander UK (part of Spain’s make that relationship stronger,” UK. If that was replicated in cur- tomers last year. key because they enable banks to Last month, the Opec member’s Santander ), who provide over Tesco Bank Chief Executive rent accounts, it would give Tesco Current account customers cross-sell other products. government warned that spending three-quarters of accounts. Benny Higgins told reporters. the same share as HSBC. will get 1 Clubcard point (worth 1 REUTERS outpaced revenues and this could lead to a budget deficit in 2017- 2018 after years of surpluses. “The council of ministers has decided in principle to stop subsidies on die- sel,” a statement said late Monday. But the cabinet is waiting for Russia launches a study by the higher planning council on ways to deal with possi- ble negative effects on consumers. Oil Minister Ali Al Omair told low-cost airline parliament three weeks ago that ending subsidies on diesel would MOSCOW: The seats were it’s completely new. Its seats are save around $1bn a year out of cramped but the price was narrow, but the flights aren’t very total subsidies of around $18bn. right, Prime Minister Dmitry long so I hope everything will be Diesel is currently sold at Medvedev declared yesterday OK,” Medvedev said after inspect- around $0.20 a litre. as he gave the Russian govern- ing a Dobrolyot Boeing-737 before The step is one of several rec- ment’s blessing to a low-cost its maiden flight from Moscow’s ommendations by a government airline serving newly-annexed Sheremetyevo Airport. committee formed last October Crimea. Dobrolyot — which bears the to review subsidies on all services State-run carrier Aeroflot same name as an early Soviet air- and commodities after costs have announced plans to launch low- line that preceded Aeroflot — will skyrocketed. cost airline Dobrolyot (Good run four daily flights from Moscow Finance Minister Anas Al Flight) last year to capitalise to Simferopol, with each plane Saleh told parliament the average on demand for air travel among carrying roughly 200 passengers. annual growth in public spending Russia’s growing middle class. One-way tickets in July are cur- was 20.4 percent during the past It had planned to fly first from rently selling for around 3,000 decade against a 16.2 percent for Moscow to St Petersburg, but roubles ($90) on the company’s revenues. took the politically symbolic deci- website, but few are available at The ministry has urged major sion to switch its maiden flight to short notice due to high demand. cuts in subsidies, saying it was Simferopol, the capital of Crimea, Interfax news agency quoted impossible for the state to sus- after Russia seized control of the Medvedev as saying the prices tain growth in wages and continue Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine were “really great” by Russian them. in March. While the annexa- standards, and urging Aeroflot Between 2005 and 2013 sub- tion drew Western condemna- Chief Executive Vitaly Savelyev to sidies rose more than fourfold, tion and sanctions, it has proved keep them low. Aeroflot has said from $4.1 billion to $18 billion, an politically popular in Russia and the budget carrier will be able annual growth rate of 23 percent, the government is taking every to successfully compete on price Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, accompanied by Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov (left) and Aeroflot the ministry said. Oil income rose available opportunity to trumpet with domestic train services. CEO and Director General Vitaly Savelyev (second left), inspects a Boeing 737-800 NG, owned by low-cost carrier from $45.9bn in 2005 to $106 bil- it as a victory. “The plane is cool, REUTERS Dobrolet, at Sheremetyevo International Airport outside Moscow, yesterday. lion last year. AFP ADGAS likely Turkish economy to raise output

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Gas grows 4.3pc in Q1 Liquefaction Co (ADGAS) said yesterday it planned to increase ISTANBUL: The Turkish has experienced rapid growth gas production to as much as 2.4 economy grew at an annual under Prime Minister Recep billion standard cubic feet (scf) rate of 4.3 percent in the first Tayyip Erdogan’s 11-year rule, per day by 2017. quarter of 2014 despite politi- took a beating in the second half The firm, majority-owned by cal turmoil and a sharp rise in of last year and the beginning Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, said the interest rates, official data of this year when the lira plum- its current production was 2 bil- showed yesterday. meted. A corruption scandal in lion scf per day. “There are expan- On a quarterly basis, output December ensnared key govern- sions under study and we will grew by 1.7 percent in the first ment allies and gave an extra start construction by next year, to three months of the year over twist to a general shift of funds add another 200 to 400 million a the previous quarter, accord- out of emerging markets such as day,” Fahim Kazim, ADGAS’ chief ing to the Turkish Statistics Turkey. executive, said. “The study is final- Institute (TurkStat). A surge in Turkey’s central bank raised ised but construction will take two exports was the main driver of the interest rates sharply at the end to three years, so not before 2017 growth, it said. of January as it battled to defend will the addition come online.” The government is targeting the lira. But it trimmed one key Kazim said that of the current 4 percent growth for the whole rate last month amid pressure 2 billion scf currently produced, 1 of this year. But analysts have from Erdogan’s government to billion was exported and most of revised their forecasts down- cut the rates to sustain growth it went to Japan, while the other 1 wards. In April, the International and keep inflation in check. billion went to Abu Dhabi for local Money Fund slashed its 2014 The prime minister praised consumption. growth target for Turkey from Turkey’s economic growth in The Integrated Gas Development 3.5 percent to 2.3 percent, saying the first quarter, saying it came project came online last year to higher interest rates would hurt “despite the coup attempts on satisfy demand for electricity in domestic demand. December 17 and 25 which threat- Abu Dhabi. REUTERS The Turkish economy, which ened the economic stability”. AFP

McDonald’s US sales remain weak

People walk past a McDonald’s restaurant yesterday in New York City. McDonald’s domestic sales rose slightly in May, but remain weak overall. WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Iraq won’t QE ends losing streak, adds 0.01pc import wheat UAE markets tumble in volatile trade as Arabtec tumbles again; Kuwait flat on low volume from Syria,

DOHA: Qatar Exchange index United Arab Emirates extended stock overpriced now and rate it investors and retail investors go ahead and whether it will be says minister ended its losing streak yester- losses yesterday, led by Dubai as a “sell”, according to Thomson had positions ahead of the MSCI successful; Egypt’s financial regu- day adding 1.16 points, or 0.01 builder Arabtec which dominated Reuters data. The stock is down upgrade and now they are dump- lator said on Tuesday that the bid LONDON/ABU DHABI: points, to advance to 12,970.81 trading volume, while Egypt pulled 37 percent from its record intra- ing those stocks,” said Shakeel currently did not meet regulatory Iraq’s trade minister said yes- points from 12,969.65 on back slightly after leaping in the day peak just a month ago; the Sarwar, head of asset manage- requirements and more informa- terday the country does not Monday. previous two sessions. measuring objective of a head & ment at Securities & Investment tion about it was needed. import wheat from neighbour- The volume of the shares traded Shares in Arabtec dropped shoulders pattern formed by the Co (SICO) in Bahrain. But the offer continued to excite ing Syria as the produce was not fell to 17,897,406 from 24,456,337 their daily limit of 10 percent to peaks since May is around Dh4.20. “What’s worrying me is the vol- the market; EFG Hermes climbed high enough quality, describing on Monday and the value of shares Dh4.88, dragging down Dubai’s Profit-taking continued in atility, it seems to be very strong.” 1.9 percent to 15.50 pounds while sales efforts by Damascus as a decreased to QR779,145,238.41 benchmark, which closed 1.6 per- other MSCI components on Egypt’s bourse pulled back 0.3 Beltone itself jumped its daily limit of political move to “make some from QR1,060,470,807.15 on cent lower after diving as much Tuesday. Emaar Properties fell percent after leaping 5.9 percent 10 percent for a second day in a row. problems” for Baghdad. Monday. as 3.6 percent during the session. 0.9 percent, Dubai Financial in the previous two sessions as Kuwait was flat on relatively Earlier yesterday, a source Among the top gainers were Arabtec had more than tripled Market lost 1.5 percent and Dubai President Abdel Fattah El Sisi was low volume as opposition poli- with Syria’s state cereal body, Qatar National Bank which was in value this year after winning a Islamic Bank slipped 0.1 percent. sworn in, and as a group of investors ticians prepared to hold a pub- the General Establishment for up 0.33 percent to QR181.40, string of large construction con- Abu Dhabi’s index also fell offered to buy a 20 percent stake in lic protest late on Tuesday to Processing and Trade (Hoboob), Industries Qatar gained 1.72 tracts, including a deal to build 1.6 percent under the weight investment bank EFG Hermes. demand political reforms. said it had sold 200,000 tonnes of percent to QR183.60, Qatar $40bn worth of affordable housing of MSCI stocks. Shares in Abu Investors represented by The market fell 1.4 percent on wheat to neighbouring Iraq in a Islamic Bank added 1.12 percent in Egypt. It was also one of the Dhabi Commercial Bank dropped Beltone Financial Holding said Sunday, its biggest daily drop in tender. to QR99.10 and Electricity and 19 stocks from the UAE and Qatar 4.6 percent, while First Gulf Bank last week they were offering 16 three months, after opposition fig- War and drought have cut Water was up by 1.18 percent to which MSCI included in its emerg- and Aldar Properties fell three Egyptian pounds for each shares ures announced the rally, but edged Syria’s wheat crop forecast to QR189. ing market index at the end of May. percent each. in EFG Hermes. There is some up 0.3 percent on the following day. between one million and 1.7 mil- Meanwhile, stock markets in the But most analysts consider the “A lot of speculators, short-term doubt as to whether the offer will QNA/REUTERS lion tonnes, agricultural experts and traders say. Before the con- flict, Syria typically produced around 3.5 million tonnes a year. Self-fuelling Tucson Iraq’s trade minister Khairullah Hasan Babakir said Iraq required Emaar Malls sukuk may a gluten content of above 28 per- cent, which was higher than Syria’s wheat content. “We cannot receive from Syria,” price inside peers he said on the sidelines of a grains conference in London. “This is DUBAI: Emaar Malls Group, Emaar Malls is making efforts only a political issue: they want a unit of Dubai’s Emaar to establish a “sustainable capital to make some problems for Iraq,” Properties, may price its debut structure” in preparation for its he said. sukuk yesterday inside compa- stock market flotation, Moody’s The Hoboob source could not rable bonds as investors seek said last week when it assigned the be immediately reached for fur- exposure to the emirate’s boom- firm a credit rating of Baa2, two ther comment. Syria launched ing retail sector. notches above the parent’s score. a tender for a second time last Bankers think Emaar Malls, “We are comfortable with the month to sell wheat to Iraq from which also plans an initial public credit. It’s really a one-asset com- its Hassaka region. It is selling offer of shares in coming months, pany right now, but that asset, Syrian wheat from its 2013 crop. will issue up to $1bn of 10-year Dubai Mall, is an excellent one. Plus Iraq’s Babakir said it imported wakala sukuk. Normally, a first- the company is committed to main- high quality wheat especially from time issuer might expect to pay taining investment grade ratings, Australia, Canada and the United some kind of pricing premium, but which is an additional source of States. that doesn’t look likely in this case. comfort,” said Abdul Kadir Hussain, He said Iraq expected wheat By late yesterday, indicative chief executive at Mashreq Capital. production to rise to 4.2 million pricing had already tightened to Traders see two possible compa- tonnes in 2014, reflecting govern- 190 basis points over midswaps rables for the Emaar Malls issue. ment support for farmers, adding from initial pricing thoughts One is United Arab Emirates that it expected to export about 1 of 200 bps over, with investor malls developer Majid Al Futtaim A Hyundai Tucson hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) is driven in Newport Beach, California, yesterday. million tonnes. demand said to be very strong. Holding, which issued a $500m, The vehicle will be released this week and represents the next generation of electric vehicles that creates AFP “As I understand, books are 10-year conventional bond in April its own electricity on-board. already in the $2bn plus range. at a spread of 195 bps over mids- My expectation would be a spread waps; the bond was trading at 180 of around 175bps,” said Biswajit bps over its Z-spread yesterday. Dasgupta, chief investment officer Majid Al Futtaim is rated in at Emirates Investment Bank. line with Emaar Malls, and inves- Money market rates hit new low as ECB moves bite The firm owns Dubai Mall, one tors may bid the latter up higher of the world’s largest shopping because of a lack of issuance in centres, which says it attracted the Gulf during recent weeks. LONDON: An all-time low for Last week’s ECB cut in interest just plunging and that is all part Chris Walker and Marvin Barth over 75 million visitors last year. REUTERS eurozone money market rates rates and its move to start charg- of the story.” said. bolstered the region’s bond rally ing banks who park spare cash The global appetite for riskier In Asia, there was more muted and held down the euro yester- ensured the impact continued assets has also been whetted by market reaction to Chinese infla- QATARI MARKET day, providing clear proof that elsewhere too. last week’s upbeat US non-farm tion data as it remained well Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P the European Central Bank’s The euro tumbled back towards payrolls jobs report. within the government’s comfort Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.44 1.00% Aa2 AA latest support measures are a four-month low against the dol- Wall Street resumes later with zone, giving room for the govern- gaining traction. lar at $1.3540, while there were the S&P 500 on a run of four ment to launch fresh stimulus Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 121.13 1.94% Aa2 AA The steady drip-feed of global new lows for Portuguese and Irish straight record closes and the measures if needed to support Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 114.88 2.40% Aa2 AA stimulus also kept world shares borrowing costs , two of the coun- Dow on its third. Aside from the the economy. Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 110.63 2.93% Aa2 AA inching towards an all-time high tries bailed out during the euro ECB’s recent bold moves, there China’s consumer prices rose Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 163.00 4.27% Aa2 AA as a record high Wall Street and a debt crisis. was other reassuring news from 2.5 percent in May from a year Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 124.38 4.74% Aa2 AA three-year peak for Asia left them The rate banks in the euro zone the euro zone on Tuesday too. earlier while producer prices fell Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 115.25 4.75% Aa2 AA looking for a fifth day of back- charge one another to borrow Italian industrial output 1.4 percent. “No surprises again Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 103.06 0.71% Aa2 AA to-back gains. US stocks were overnight — known as EONIA rebounded more than expected from May inflation data. Producer was expected to take a breather — hit an all-time low of 0.053 in April, and although France’s prices stabilised ... pointing to Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 112.88 2.70% Aa2 AA when trading resumes later, but percent too, a move the ECB will recovery, which is lagging that of muted inflationary pressure,” said Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 101.88 0.63% A1 A- European stocks continued to hope will feeds to firms and con- its euro zone peers, only margin- Andy Ji, senior Asian currency Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.63 1.69% A1 A- shuffle forward. sumers, boosts growth and pre- ally improved, Barclays said the strategist at Commonwealth Germany’s Dax had secured a vents deflation setting in. ECB’s latest moves may have Bank of Australia in Singapore. QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.00 0.80% NR NR firm hold above the psychological “Broadly what the ECB has had a positive impact on inflation Nevertheless, the risk appetite QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.13 0.91% Aa3 A+ 10,000 points level as afternoon done has been pro-risk,” said expectations. remained strong with MSCI’s QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.63 1.61% Aa3 A+ trade began, while a government Alvin Tan, a currency strategist “Admittedly, this is based on broadest index of Asia-Pacific reshuffle in Greece helped shares at Societe Generale in London. two days’ reaction, but it appears shares ex Japan ending up 0.6 at Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.63 1.77% A2 A- extend their gains over the past “Quite apart from the currency that the ECB is succeeding its highest since June 2011. Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 105.25 1.09% A2 A- weeks to a staggering 25 percent. moves we have seen, volatility is towards their goal,” Barclays’ REUTERS Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 125.88 2.35% A2 A- Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 109.88 3.10% A2 A- Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 108.00 4.11% A2 A- Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 101.63 0.03% Aa3 A Indonesia rice import to rise Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.75 2.78% Aa3 A Lithuania fines Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 109.63 3.58% Aa3 A SOVEREIGNS Gazprom in Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 122.63 1.82% Aa2 AA anti-trust case Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 107.50 0.93% NR NR VILNIUS: Lithuania slapped a Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 109.38 1.56% NR NR ¤35.7m ($48.4m) fine on Russian Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 126.25 3.13% NR NR fuels giant Gazprom yesterday Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 121.38 3.34% NR NR over its moves to block competi- Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 102.13 0.46% Aa2 AA tion in this ex-Soviet Baltic EU Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 116.88 2.26% NR BBB state. Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 111.50 3.30% NR BBB The fine comes as the European Commission is poised to com- Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 105.75 4.62% Caa1 B- plete an anti-trust probe target- Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 108.00 3.08% NR BBB- ing Gazprom over concerns the Russian energy giant was hinder-

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Politics poses big risk This is why inequality is to eurozone endurance BY PAUL TAYLOR more than just money ith the eurozone bond market back to irrational BY LAWRENCE SUMMERS exuberance and economic growth returning slowly if system rather than producing great prod- refer to relatively aged people, all of whom, unevenly, politics rather than economics now poses ucts and services. Unless one regards envy once they reach 65, fall under Medicare. Wthe biggest threat to the long-term endurance of ith Thomas Piketty’s as a virtue, the key reason for concern about Over the last two generations, the gap Europe’s single currency. book, Capital in the 21st inequality is that lower- and middle-income in educational achievement between the Widespread anti-EU protest votes in last month’s European Century, rising to number workers have too little — not that the rich children of the rich and the children of the Parliament elections will make it harder for many governments 1 on best-seller lists, ine- have too much. poor has doubled. to pursue deficit-cutting and structural economic reforms or to quality has become cen- So in judging policies relating to inequal- While the college enrolment rate for chil- deepen the integration of the 18-nation euro area. Wtral to the public debate over economic ity, the criterion should be what their impact dren from the lowest quarter of the income Public resistance in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, may policy. Piketty, and much of this discussion, will be on the middle class and the poor. distribution has increased from 6 percent make it impossible for the European Central Bank to go beyond focuses on the sharp increases in the share On any reasonable reading of the evidence to 8 percent, the rate for children from the last week’s monetary easing measures to more radical US-style of income and wealth going to the top 1 starting where the United States is today, highest quarter has risen from 40 percent asset purchases if low inflation persists or worsens. percent, .1 percent and .01 percent of the more could be done to increase tax progres- to 73 percent. Berlin is balking at using its own healthy fiscal position to invest population. sivity without doing any noticeable damage What has driven these trends? No doubt more in infrastructure or spur domestic demand with tax cuts This is indeed a critical issue. Whatever to the prospects for economic growth. there are many factors. But a crucial one that could help balance Europe’s economic adjustment. European the resolution of particular numerical argu- It is important to remember, however, has to be that the average affluent child Union leaders and the ECB have done enough to restore market ments, it is almost certain that the share that important aspects of inequality are now receives 6,000 hours more enrichment confidence for now by equipping the eurozone with a financial of income going to the top 1 percent of the unlikely to be transformed just by limited activity — for example, being read to, taken rescue fund, stricter fiscal discipline, a single banking supervisor population has risen by 10 percentage points income redistribution. Consider two funda- to a museum, coached in a sport or other and a de facto lender of last resort. But the political will to com- over the last generation, and that the share mental components of life: health and the kind of stimulation provided by adults — plete economic and monetary union looks ever weaker, especially of the bottom 90 percent has fallen by a ability to provide opportunity for children. than the average poor child, and this gap if it requires winning public approval for changes to the EU’s comparable amount. The only groups that Barry Bosworth and his colleagues at has greatly increased since the 1970s. governing treaties. have seen faster income growth than the the Brookings Institution have examined If society is to become more just and In a book published before the elections, French economist top 1 percent are the top .1 percent and top changes in life expectancy starting at age inclusive, it will be necessary to craft poli- Jean Pisani-Ferry argued that Europe’s leaders were reluctant .01 percent. 55 for the cohort of people born in 1920 and cies that address the rapidly increasing to give any more power to Brussels and sought to avoid contro- This discussion helps push policy in con- the cohort born in 1940. share of money income going to the rich. versy over further European integration. The surge in support for structive directions. Taxes can be reformed They found that the richest men gained But it is crucial to recognize that measures Eurosceptic and anti-establishment parties in the May 25 vote to eliminate loopholes and become more roughly six years in life expectancy, those in to support the rest of the population are at can only reinforce that inertia now that the acute need for action progressive, while also promoting a more the middle class gained roughly four years, least equally important. has passed. Countries that received bailouts have regained full efficient allocation of investment. and those in the lowest part of the distribu- It would be a tragedy if this new focus on access to market funding, except Greece and Cyprus, and even In areas ranging from local zoning laws to tion gained two years. inequality and on great fortunes diverted Athens has issued a first five-year bond. As investors pile back intellectual property protection, from finan- Why these differences? They more likely attention from the most fundamental tasks into Europe, yields on Spanish 10-year government bonds are cial regulation to energy subsidies, public have to do with lifestyle and variations in of any democratic society — supporting the now roughly level with their US and British counterparts, three policy now bestows great fortunes on those diet and stress than the ability to afford health and education of all its citizens. years after Madrid needed a $58.7bn EU bailout to restructure whose primary skill is working the political medical care — especially since the figures THE GUARDIAN its shattered banks. All have substantially reduced unit labour costs, eliminated big current account deficits, shrunk the public sector payroll and made progress towards balancing their budgets. The giant black spot is unemployment - still above 25 percent in Spain and Greece and more than half of all young people. All are also emerging from the crisis with much heavier debt burdens, although the weight of debt service is lightened by long delays before they have to repay loans to the EU rescue fund, likely to be extended still further for Greece. But optimistic EU officials say the eurozone periphery will be its most dynamic region in the coming years, comparing it with the success of bitter IMF medicine in South Korea and Indonesia after Asia’s financial crisis in the 1990s. Many economists doubt that, however. Pisani-Ferry, now head of the French government’s policy planning unit, says the de- industrialisation of southern Europe may be irreversible. The focus of concern is now shifting to France and Italy, the eurozone’s second- and third-largest economies, which did not require bailouts and have implemented fewer reforms. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi bucked the trend in the European vote, winning a strong mandate to pursue reforms of the political system and labour markets. But given Rome’s endemic political instability, the enduring blocking power of vested interests and the weakness of its legal system, he still faces daunting obstacles. The biggest challenge may be France, where the EU election victory of Marine Le Pen’s far right National Front has weakened President Francois Hollande’s Socialist government just as it is finally set to ease the tax and regulatory burden on business. Hollande’s 81 percent disapproval rating and back-to-back defeats in municipal and European elections may drain him of the authority to implement reforms vital to revive investment and job creation in France. Electoral gains for hard left anti-austerity par- ties in Greece and to a lesser extent Spain have raised pressure for a let-up in public spending cuts and unpopular economic reforms. Renzi is hoping to use his political honeymoon to engineer a new European bargain in which the budget deficit rules are adapted to allow more space for public investment in countries that are implementing EU-recommended structural reforms. But even if EU leaders are able to agree to tilt their economic policy mix some way from austerity towards expansion, the insti- tutional changes needed to strengthen Europe’s monetary union durably seem politically harder than ever. REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Bankruptcy doesn’t have to be so messy for courts BY NOAH FELDMAN defers to the American state law. nonutopian Constitution. It bankruptcy court lacked the Yet for reasons known only when she tried to poison her hus- Generally, a debtor declares divided cases related to bank- authority to decide some true to itself, the Supreme Court in band’s girlfriend. ankruptcy courts are bankruptcy to obtain relief from ruptcy into a set of “core” and common-law claims, such as the 2011 didn’t actually reach this The 2011 decision was also an the mark of an advanced debt, and this is accomplished “noncore” categories. tort claim that Marshall’s son conclusion. instance of aggressive formal- legal society. Think of the either through a discharge of the Those in the core could be brought against Smith’s bank- The issue remained unresolved ism. Does it really violate the Balternatives. Debt-slavery debt or through a restructuring of decided by the bankruptcy ruptcy estate for allegedly defam- until today, when the court held Constitution for bankruptcy is inhumane. Debtors’ prison is the debt. Generally, when a debtor courts. For cases outside the core, ing him and the counterclaim her that - you guessed it - the bank- courts to decide related cases, inefficient. And breaking a trad- files a voluntary petition, his or Congress said the bankruptcy estate brought against Marshall’s ruptcy courts should just treat but not for them to make find- er’s bench and banning him from her bankruptcy case commences. court could issue findings of law son for tortious interference with what used to be known as core ings of law and fact and pass them the market doesn’t get anybody’s If you were designing a legal and findings of fact, just as though the gifts Marshall wanted to give cases the same way they have been on to a district court? Maybe — assets back. But how far should utopia, you would give bankruptcy it were deciding the case. her. treating noncore cases. The opin- but it probably makes little dif- the jurisdiction of special bank- courts authority over not only the Instead of those findings being The Stern decision left a hole ion, written by Justice Clarence ference in practice. With all this ruptcy courts reach? bankruptcy itself but also ordi- final, however, they would be in bankruptcy law: What should Thomas, was unanimous. literalism in the air, the court The US Supreme Court has nary legal actions related to the passed on to a federal district bankruptcy courts do when Why should we care? It’s nice could very well have said that the been grappling with this ques- estate. Sadly, in the real world, court to consider the issue afresh. confronted with similar claims when the Supreme Court does bankruptcy courts couldn’t con- tion for several years; Monday, things aren’t so simple. Although the district court’s in the future? The bankruptcy something sensible, but it’s hardly sider the former core claims at in Executive Benefits Insurance The bankruptcy courts don’t review would be “de novo,” as law- statute considered such claims earth-shattering. Away from the all without a special intervention Agency v Arkison, it came a step have the formal constitutional sta- yers like to say in their fancy-but- to be “core” claims to be decided headlines, the court’s decisions from Congress. Reality, though, closer to a common-sense answer. tus of the federal district courts, obvious law Latin, in reality the finally by the bankruptcy court are often unanimous, and occa- intervened. Bankruptcy in the United whose judges are appointed for district court would save a lot of — but according to the Supreme sionally even reasonable. There are many thousands of States is a matter placed under life. Instead, the bankruptcy trouble by adopting the findings Court, the Constitution blocked Today’s bankruptcy decision bankruptcies before the courts at federal jurisdiction by the United courts were created by Congress of the bankruptcy judge. the bankruptcy court from decid- matters because it shows that any given moment. Waiting for States Constitution, which allows as a species of adjuncts to the In 2011, bankruptcy briefly got ing them. there are limits to the extreme Congress would mean a mess in Congress to enact “uniform laws existing district courts; their sexy when the Supreme Court If you can sense the logical formalism that the court has the meantime — and Congress on the subject of bankruptcies judges sit for 14 years. decided the wildly messy tab- answer in the background, give recently adopted in many cases. might well complicate things throughout the United States”. Technically, the bankruptcy loid case that grew out of Anna yourself an A and go to the front Just last week, for example, in further if it actually sat down to The Congress has enacted courts fall under Article I of the Nicole Smith’s brief marriage of the class. The sensible thing a pair of patent cases, the court legislate a fix. statutes governing bankruptcy, Constitution, which enumer- to 89-year-old Texas mogul J for the courts to do would be to followed the literal reading of We’re still pretty far from legal primarily in the form of the ates the powers of Congress, not Howard Marshall. treat all related litigation the way the Patent Act at the expense of utopia. But if the district courts Bankruptcy Code, located at Title Article III, which governs the Ultimately decided under the they treat noncore claims related the federal circuit’s policy-driven use common sense and uphold the 11 of the United States Code. judiciary. name Stern v Marshall, the case to bankruptcy. The bankruptcy interpretation. bankruptcy courts’ decisions, we Federal law is amplified by state Congress tried to split the overturned Congress’s core/non- court could issue findings of fact And it had to bend over back- may at least be approaching the law in some places where Federal difference between the uto- core scheme. and law, then pass these on to the ward to avoid convicting a woman land of common sense. law fails to speak or expressly pian model and our decidedly The court held that a district court for review. for a chemical weapons violation WP-BLOOMBERG WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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NY Rangers in need of Kings outplay Rangers to Richard’s brilliance

NEW YORK: One year ago, New York Rangers veteran cen- take 3-0 lead in Cup finals tre Brad Richards was benched in the team’s last two games of the National Hockey League play-offs because of poor play. Carter, Muzzin and Richards score for winners in 3-0 win in game three “It was the lowest point in my career,” Richards said about being made a healthy scratch during NEW YORK: The Los Angeles marked by swarming defense on last year’s conference semi-finals. Kings moved to the brink of both sides and only nine shots on “You never want to be on the reclaiming the Stanley Cup by goal. outside looking in when your beating the New York Rangers New Yorks left winger Mats team-mates are battling in what 3-0 yesterday at Madison Square Los Angeles Zuccarello had New York’s best I consider the best part of hockey Garden to take a 3-0 lead in the Kings’ players chance, when he swept in with - the play-offs.” best-of-seven National Hockey Trevor Lewis just under five minutes to go in Richards is coming off a sub- League title series. (22), Jarret Stoll the period to put his stick on a par performance in game two of The Kings, who have done their (28) , Marian rebound in the crease just to the the Stanley Cup Finals against business the hard way in their Gaborik (12) and right of Quick. the Los Angeles Kings, but now playoff run with three Game Drew Doughty Zuccarello tried to stuff it in, he is being counted on to help Seven wins on the road and bat- (8) celebrate but Quick lunged along the ice turn the team’s fortunes around. tled back after falling behind by after game three and managed to get his stick on “Brad is a veteran player. two goals in each of their two of the 2014 the puck to turn it away at the I know he’s going to respond wins at home changed the script Stanley Cup Final last instant. real well,” Rangers coach Alain in their visit to Broadway. against the New Williams centered the puck Vigneault said yesterday. “I’m Los Angeles put themselves York Rangers at across to Carter who rifled a wrist confident that’s what he’s going firmly in the driver’s seat with Madison Square shot past New York’s Swedish to do.” pinpoint shooting and a spectac- Garden yesterday. goalie Henrik Lundqvist for a goal Richards, 34, has assumed a ular performance by goaltender that grazed off defenseman Dan leadership role on the team since Jonathan Quick. Girardi’s skate. captain Ryan Callahan was traded The winners converted three The Kings increased their lead to the Tampa Bay Lightning in of their modest 15 shots on goal, to 2-0 less than five minutes into March. while Quick saved all 32 shots the second period. when Muzzin “He’s acting as the captain from the Rangers, who failed to 20 years and third since 1940. they stormed back from a 3-0 Western Conference champions snapped a long-range shot from right now. He’s certainly a leader take advantage of six power play Only one team has ever over- deficit in the first round to beat increased their advantage with the blue line past Lundqvist, who in the room,” said Rangers presi- chances. come a 3-0 deficit to win the final San Jose. second-period goals by defense- was screened by Carter camping dent Glen Sather. “He was obviously the best - the Toronto Maple Leafs, who “But we know as good as man Jake Muzzin and Mike out in front of the net on a power Richards, who 10 years ago player on the ice,” said Rangers notched four successive wins to anybody that 3-0 is not four. Richards. Quick was sensational play. helped the Tampa Bay Lightning coach Alain Vigneault. beat the Detroit Red Wings in Just because you’re leading the at the net, stopping all 32 of New With 2:46 left in the period, win a Stanley Cup title along with Kings coach Darryl Sutter said 1942. series doesn’t mean you’ve won York’s shots on goal for the Kings, Mike Richards cashed in a 2-on-1 friend and current linemate St. the power play was the key. “We’re happy we’re up 3-0,” anything.” who can clinch their second Cup break by snapping home a return Louis, had a minus-three rat- Now it is the Rangers who said right-winger Justin Williams, A last-second goal at the end in three years with a victory at pass from Kyle Clifford past ing and a costly turnover in 5-4 must be comeback kings if they who vowed the Kings would not of the first period by Jeff Carter the Garden in Game Four today. Lundqvist to end the scoring. double defeat earlier this week. are to win their second Cup in suffer from overconfidence since gave the Kings a 1-0 lead, and the The fast-paced first period was REUTERS REUTERS Sterling says Clippers James’ turn to do the heavy lifting not for sale: Report MIAMI: LeBron James, who “LeBroning” trended on Twitter, was ridiculed for cramping up mocking the four-time MVP for LOS ANGELES: Basketball bn to former Microsoft Corp chief in game one of the NBA finals, having to be carried off the floor franchise the Los Angeles executive Steve Ballmer. is looking forward to silencing by his team-mates Thursday Clippers is not for sale, owner Besides the lifetime ban, Silver his critics once again in game night. Donald Sterling said yesterday, also fined Sterling $2.5m, the three. In game two, it was James’ turn vowing to fight to keep the team league’s maximum penalty. “I just try to play the game the to do the heavy lifting. he built, NBC News reported, in Amid fury at Sterling’s remarks right way,” said James. “However “He carried us,” said Miami’s the latest salvo of his battle with from fans, players and sponsors the flow of the game is going, I try Ray Allen. “I don’t think they the league. of the Clippers, the NBA com- to impose my will in some kind had an answer for him. He got it Sterling, who was banned for missioner also urged the league’s of way.” going. We needed every bit of it.” life by the National Basketball 29 other team owners to take Impose his will he did in game There was no doubting whether Association in April over a leaked the unprecedented step of forc- two, scoring 35 points and grab- James would make it to the final recording of racist remarks he ing Sterling to sell the Clippers, bing 10 rebounds in a 98-96 vic- buzzer on Sunday. He was so made, said he had been treated which he bought in 1981. tory, allowing Miami to steal the dominant that even the Spurs unfairly and must defend his In a statement by Sterling game they needed to head back admitted they didn’t see this one rights to privacy and due process. carried by NBC, he said he was home with the series tied 1-1. coming. “From the onset, I did not want extremely sorry for the hurtful Game three will be played at “We didn’t expect him to shoot to sell the Los Angeles Clippers. I comments he made in private, and the American Airlines Arena in it that well, but he got hot,” said have worked for 33 years to build that they were made in anger and downtown Miami. Spurs Danny Green. “That is the team ... I intend to fight to jealousy. By the time James had finished what stars do in this league. You keep the team,” NBC News quoted But he said he believed Silver scoring 11 points in the second got to make adjustments.” the 80-year-old Sterling as saying. ‘acted in haste by illegally order- quarter of Sunday’s game two, it James’ 35 points was just two Sterling’s legal representatives ing the forced sale of the Clippers,’ was apparent the temperature short of his career finals high of did not immediately return tele- banning him for life, and imposing had returned to normal in the 37, which he achieved against the phone calls and messages seeking the fine and expressed his plans AT&T Center. Spurs in game six of last year’s comment on the report. to make a suit. James had his toughness ques- final. Sterling sued the NBA and its “The action taken by Adam tioned -- especially on social “I just wanted to capitalize on commissioner, Adam Silver, on Silver and the NBA constitutes media -- following game one, their mistakes and try to put May 30, seeking at least $1bn in a violation of my rights and flies when he became severely dehy- some pressure on their defence,” damages, just as the league ten- in the face of the freedoms that LeBron James of the Miami Heat looks on against the San Antonio Spurs drated after the air condition- he said. “The biggest thing for us tatively approved a deal by his are afforded to all Americans,” during game two of the 2014 NBA Finals at the AT&T Center played earlier ing system in the building broke is we got stops when we needed estranged wife, co-owner of the Sterling said. this week in San Antonio. down. them. That helped us win the franchise, to sell the club for $2 REUTERS A phenomenon called game.” AFP Felix seeks to regain 200m domination MLB: Nationals register big victory over Giants OSLO: llyson Felix will seek sub-22sec, her season’s best of out a further step back towards 22.44sec is also fastest, followed by recovery after an injury- Ivorian Murielle Ahoure’s 22.61. NEW YORK: Right-hander to a win over the Oakland A’s. This photo plagued 2013 when she races The US-educated Ahoure Stephen Strasburg won his third Mike Trout had two RBIs for Los taken in August, her preferred 200m at Diamond claimed double sprint silver in consecutive start and remained Angeles. 2013 shows US League in Oslo today. the Moscow worlds and will likely unbeaten in his career against It was also a big win for the Allyson Felix A four-time Olympic gold win- be Felix’s main contender in the the San Francisco Giants, pitch- Angels (35-28), who won their during the IAAF ner, Felix has been one of the push for the line. ing an economical six innings of fourth in a row to move within 3 World dominant figures over the dis- In the men’s 100m, veteran kim one-run ball in the Washington 1/2 games of first-place Oakland Championships tance, winning three consecutive Collins of the St Kitts and Nevis Nationals’ victory in a matchup (39-25) in the AL West Even with at the Luzhniki world titles, the first coming in will be up against a welter of of division leaders. Monday’s win, the Angels have Stadium in Helsinki in 2005. younger competitors, notably ris- Denard Span had two doubles lost five of seven games to the A’s Moscow. Felix Last season, however, was one ing French star Jimmy Vicaut and and a triple, and shortstop Ian this season. REUTERS will seek out to forget, the American winning Britain’s surprise world indoor Desmond drove in career-high a further step only two Diamond races before 60m champion Richard Kilty. five runs with a single, a double back towards crashing out of the Moscow world While Kilty has yet to put and a triple as the Nationals (33- Baseball Results championships 200m with a ham- together a truly convincing 100m 29) won for the eighth time in recovery after Seattle 3 Tampa Bay 0 string injury. performance, Vicaut, Ghana-born 10 games. The win in the opener an injury- Baltimore 4 Boston 0 It was a far cry from 2012, when Norwegian Jaysuma Saidy Ndure of a four-game series provided plagued 2013 she claimed Olympic gold in not and Trinidad and Tobago’s 2008 a happy homecoming for the Pittsburgh 6 Chicago Cubs 2 when she only the 200m, but also the 4x100 Olympic silver medallist Richard Nationals’ Matt Williams in his Toronto 5 Minnesota 4 races her pre- and 4x400m relays, guarantee- Thompson have all clocked 9.95sec first return to San Francisco (42- LA Dodgers 6 Cincinnati 2 ferred 200m ing her place as one of the most this season. 22) as a major league manager. Cleveland 17 Texas 7 at Diamond decorated athletes in the sport’s A time under 10sec will be the Williams was a four-time All-Star C White Sox 6 Detroit 5 League in Oslo history. On paper, at least, Felix, target despite the absence of some as a member of the Giants in the Atlanta 3 Colorado 1 today. who finished fifth in the 400m of track’s bigger sprint names 1980s and ‘90s. Houston 4 Arizona 3 at Shanghai last month, is well such as Jamaican pair Usain Bolt Garrett Richards allowed one ahead of her rivals on Wednesday. and Yohan Blake, and American run on four hits in seven innings LA Angels 4 Oakland 1 The only sprinter to have gone Justin Gatlin. AFP to lift the Los Angeles Angels Washington 9 San Francisco 2 WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Britain’s Andy Murray returns a ball during a practice session on day two of the ATP Aegon Championships Resolute Nadal shifts tennis tournament at the Queen’s Club in west London yesterday. focus to Wimbledon French Open champion starts training on grass courts

HALLE, Germany: Newly- Richard Gasquet of France. Nadal crowned French Open cham- has a bye in the first round and pion Rafael Nadal was quickly will play Dustin Brown in the sec- Murray hints at gentler back in training on Monday ond round after the German won evening, but this time on the through on Monday with a 6-3, grass courts of Halle as the 6-4 win over Andrey Kuznetsov approach with Mauresmo preparations for Wimbledon of Russia. Spain’s Rafael swung into top gear. That revived German hopes Nadal poses with LONDON: Nadal took his ninth Roland somewhat after the news that the Musketeers Brad Gilbert was for it in training. That was one of Garros title in Paris on Sunday veteran Tommy Haas had pulled hired to turn a fledgling Andy the reasons... For me, it didn’t feel trophy in Paris, when he defeated Novak Djokovic out with a shoulder injury which Murray into a physical power- a strange thing to do.” after winning the 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 in a bruising final also cast doubts over his chances house, while the Scot turned So few tennis players, male or that saw him bothered by leg of playing at Wimbledon. French Open to Ivan Lendl for some of the female, hire female coaches that cramps in the fourth set. “I could hardly hit a ball in men’s final match ruthless streak that made the Murray’s decision was bound to But, determined to add a third practice and so it would have at the Roland Czech-born American a multi- have some scratching their heads. Wimbledon title to his growing been ridiculous to have tried to Garros Stadium. ple grand slam champion. But, he said, he does not care collection of Grand Slam wins, play here,” he said. The 28-year-old At different stages of his career what others think. the 28-year-old Spaniard opted “Whether there is any hope Spaniard stormed both worked wonders for Murray “A few people have come up to to ignore his tiredness and taste I will be fit in time to play at to a ninth French as he broke into the upper ech- me and sort of asked if it was seri- the grass instead. Wimbledon, even I do not know. Open triumph elons of men’s tennis and then, ous,” he said. “But I don’t really He had a brief 30 minutes ses- I will try to get better by consult- on June 8 with a after some close shaves, deliv- care whether they think it’s a sion on one of the outside courts ing a specialist but I think the 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 ered two grand slam titles and good or bad appointment. It’s before leaving the stadium. chances are very small. win over Novak an Olympic gold. whether it works well for me and Nadal, who pulled out of the Another German winner in Djokovic which also While those two appointments my team, and hopefully it will be tournament before the start last early action on Monday was secured his 14th appeared self-explanatory, his a good move for my career.” year after winning for the eighth Philipp Kohlschreiber who Grand Slam crown. choice of former Wimbledon Murray’s decision to go with time at Roland Garros, is the top defeated Andreas Seppi of women’s singles champion Amelie Mauresmo could cause some seed with Roger Federer as sec- Italy 6-3, 6-4. But there was an Mauresmo, as his new coach, is logistical issues as she will not be ond seed. upset in the defeat of last year’s an intriguing one and it domi- allowed in the men’s locker room Big-serving Canadian Milos Wimbledon semi-finalist Jerzy nated the chat on Monday as the at Wimbledon, where Murray will Raonic, seen as a real threat at Janowicz of Poland who lost grass court season moved into full defend his title later this month. Wimbledon, is also in the draw 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 to Pierre-Hugues swing. “I mean, obviously, you can’t as is Japan’s Kei Nishikori and Herbert of France. AFP “She was a great player, a sit down and chat in there, but thinker, and I’m sure any path there’s enough places where you Mallorca set for Andy wants to take she can help can chat. The players’ lounge is Matosevic stuns Cilic at Queen’s him along,” former grand slam pretty large,” Murray said. champion Mats Wilander said at In a quirk of the draw at the new WTA grass Queen’s Club. Aegon Championships this week LONDON: Australia’s Marinko Murray, too, is a deep-thinker at Queen’s Club, Murray’s first court event Matosevic ended Marin Cilic’s about his tennis, a player who has opponent will be Mauresmo’s attempt to reach a third con- never been afraid to do things his compatriot Paul-Henri Mathieu, PARIS: A new women’s grass- secutive Queen’s Club final at own way. who welcomed the news. court tennis tournament will the first hurdle with a surprise While the carrot and stick “I think she has a lot of expe- be held on the Spanish island of 6-4, 6-4 victory yesterday. approach employed by Gilbert, rience in the game, and for sure, Mallorca starting in 2016, the Cilic won the Wimbledon the man who wrote a book she loves tennis,” Mathieu told WTA has announced. warm-up tournament in 2012 called ‘Winning Ugly’, and reporters. The 32-player event will take when his opponent David Lendl’s straight talking helped “She always played with a pas- place on the home island of men’s Nalbandian was disqualified in the 27-year-old Scot take huge sion and, I think, like Andy. world number one Rafael Nadal the final for kicking an advertis- strides. “I don’t think it’s bad. Maybe two weeks before Wimbledon, at ing board into the shins of a lines Iit appears he has now reached we’re going to see more and more. the same time as the Birmingham judge. that stage in his career when he But I like the fact that Amelie tournament. The 25-year-old Croatian, who wants a gentler presence in his is going to train Andy. Going “With the grass court season is coached by compatriot and corner. to bring something new in our set to expand next year, it was former Wimbledon champion “I have started to listen to my sport.” important for the WTA to pro- Goran Ivanisevic, almost made a body a lot more because, over the The tranquil surrounds of vide players and fans alike with a successful defence of his title last years, you start to pick up some Queen’s Club, where Murray is fresh opportunity to experience year before finally losing to Andy things,” defending Wimbledon also defending champion this the expanded grass court tennis Murray in three sets in the final. champion Murray, who had back week, will provide a low-key start season,” said WTA Chief and CEO But the ninth seed’s hopes surgery last year, told the BBC for Mauresmo in her new role, Stacey Allaster said. of becoming the first player to when the questions inevitably but she can expect the TV cam- The event will be played in reach three successive Queen’s turned to his new coach. eras to be trained on her every the second week of a three-week finals since Andy Roddick from “I think it’s important that the facial expression once Wimbledon grass-court window between 2003 to 2005 were shattered by people you work with respect and begins. French Open and Wimbledon. Bosnia-born Matosevic in just 77 understand and listen, you know, “I think she was quite open and The venue will feature five minutes. to how you’re feeling, as well, struggled a bit with the pressure permanent natural grass courts, Australia’s Marinko Matosevic returns against Croatia’s Marin Cilic during Meanwnhile, South Africa’s because you can’t just be pushed (at the French Open),” Murray including a retail development the second round match on day two of the ATP Aegon Championships Kevin Anderson also advanced extremely hard every single day. said of the 34-year-old wine con- and tennis academy with con- at the Queen’s Club in West London yesterday. with a 6-2, 6-3 win against British “I need to pick my moments ossieur who is also France’s Fed struction to be started. AFP wild card Dan Evans. AFP during the year where I really go Cup captain. REUTERS Lee eyes Lin scalp Six-time Olympic champion Van with Olympics in sight TOKYO: World number one “If I meet him (Lin) in the Dyken suffers from severed spine Lee Chong Wei said yesterday final, I will play my best because he was determined to spoil the this is one of the most important comeback of Olympic champion tournaments,” said the Malaysian, COLORADO SPRINGS: Six- Lin Dan at badminton’s Japan who won a record fourth Japan time Olympic swimming cham- In this file photo dated Open in Tokyo this week. Open title in the last year’s edi- pion Amy Van Dyken Rouen September 22, 2000 The 31-year-old Malaysian tion of the tournament. has suffered a severed spine shows US swimmer Amy also brushed aside speculation Asked about a previous hint after an all-terrain vehicle acci- Van Dyken watching the about his retirement, vowing to at hanging up his racket after dent last week in Arizona, USA time board after her 50m continue competing for what he the Incheon Asian Games in Swimming and her family said freestyle heat at Sydney called “my last Olympics” in Rio September and October, Lee said yesterday. International Aquatic de Janeiro in 2016 after finishing that far from retirement, he was Van Dyken, 41, the wife of Centre during Sydney 2000 runner-up to his Chinese arch- looking ahead to 2016. former National Football League Summer Olympics. Six- rival at the last two Games in “Of course, I consider the Asian player Tom Rouen, was launched time Olympic swimming Beijing and London. Games as my biggest target for over a curb while driving the vehi- champion Amy Van Dyken China’s Lin, 30, has returned this year. As soon as the Games cle in a parking lot and lost feeling Rouen has suffered a to competition this year after a is over, the campaign for the Rio in her legs. severed spine after an all- seven-month sabbatical to win Olympics will begin. I want to According to a letter posted the Asian championship and the join it in order to enjoy my last online by Swimming World mag- terrain vehicle accident China Masters in April. Olympics,” he said. azine from the family, she was last week in Arizona, USA The Japan Open will be his Lee has already won three airlifted to a Scottsdale, Arizona, Swimming body and her first event in the top-flight World Superseries events this year hospital and underwent emer- family said. Superseries since March 2012 and -- the Malaysia Open, the All- gency surgery to repair her spine. may provide a mouth-watering England championships and the A broken vertebrae “stopped final between Lee and Lin. India Open -- and is due to start within millimeters of rupturing “She has made at least one her new battle. With the uncon- “devastated” to learn of the acci- “I really want to say ‘Welcome his Japan Open defence with her aorta, and she did not suffer male nurse blush. Amy’s attitude ditional love and support of her dent, the organisation said in a back’ to Lin Dan,” said Lee, who his first-round match against any head trauma,” according to has been overwhelmingly positive friends, family and fans, Amy wel- statement. lost to Lin in the final of the world Taiwan’s seasoned player Kuei the letter, which says Rouen “kept and optimistic. She has been far comes the challenges she will face “We’re happy to hear that she championships last August, their Chun-Shih today. her stable” at the scene until a more of a comfort to us than we as she opens this new chapter of escaped and is now in great care. last encounter. Lin, arguably the greatest helicopter arrived. have been to her. her life.” That she is already ‘acting like Lee was stretchered off with player of all time with five world, “Amy awoke within hours of Amy has a long, trying road Van Dyken won four gold med- her typical spunky, boisterous, cramp and dehydration when he two Olympic and five All-England surgery acting like her typical ahead of her, but as anyone who als at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, ebullient self’ shows she’s on a was trailing the Chinese cham- titles under his belt, had to com- spunky, boisterous, ebullient self knows her can attest, her unpar- taking titles in the 50m freestyle, great path,” the organisation said. pion 21-16, 13-21, 17-20. pete through the qualifying round and has spent the last 24 hours alleled mental strength and 100 butterfly and two relays, then “Amy is a champion. We know “It is difficult to know what on yesterday because of his low entertaining her family and her determination will propel her. She added two more relay golds four Amy will tackle her rehabilitation kind of condition he is in,” he world ranking. medical staff in the Intensive is a fighter. years later in Sydney. with vigor and be back on her feet added through an interpreter. AFP Care Unit,” the family said. “Now this is her new challenge, USA Swimming was sooner rather than later.” AFP WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Perez rejects Williams, Massa Red Bull start party early as criticism

LONDON: Mexican Sergio Perez has hit back at Williams and Brazilian Felipe Massa after they accused him of dan- Austria awaits Formula One gerous driving in Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix. Perez and Massa crashed on the Hosts bank on recent win, home support to narrow gap with Mercedes last lap of the race in Montreal after the Brazilian, who was lapping faster on fresher tyres, MONTREAL: Formula One in Montreal, there is a little less Fans will also be looking for- smashed into the back of the will return to Austria for certainty in the air. ward to a return to the circuit Force India while trying to take the first time in 11 years this “We’ve taken 40 points today - for the first time since 2003 when fourth place. month but hosts Red Bull got it’s the first time we’ve outscored Michael Schumacher was the last Race stewards decided Perez the party rolling early when Mercedes - and that is great to stand on top of the winner’s had changed his line and handed Daniel Ricciardo claimed the news in view of Red Bull’s home podium. him a five place grid penalty for team’s first win of the season in race, the Austrian Grand Prix in “Lots of campsites and lots the next race in Austria, a pun- Canada. two weeks,” said team principal of very merry Austrians,” said ishment the Mexican was clearly Until Montreal it had seemed Christian Horner after the race. McLaren’s Jenson Button, who reluctant to accept. almost inevitable that dominant “We’re going to have a lot of made his Formula One debut in “It was very disappointing to Mercedes and their title-chasing home support. There’s still a gap 2000 and is now the most experi- lose such a strong result through duo of Nico Rosberg and Lewis to Mercedes, we are working on enced racer on the starting grid, no fault of our own,” he said in Hamilton would turn up as party- closing that down. when asked for his memories. a statement issued through his poopers at the Red Bull Ring on “But when you consider where “It’s one of those races they team. June 22. we were three months ago in pre- really embrace the sort of party “I was following the same line But with perfect timing the season testing to where we are scene and the camping scene and braking patterns as in the Austrian-owned team halted now, it is quite incredible.” which is really cool. It reminds previous laps and I just got hit Mercedes’ run of six consecu- Mercedes are 119 points clear me very much of Spa, the British from behind by Massa. There was tive victories with Australian of champions Red Bull in the con- Grand Prix and those sort of plenty of space on the left of my Ricciardo celebrating the first structors’ standings after seven races. It’s a true racing fan’s car to attempt a clean overtake.” victory of his career at the Circuit races, with Rosberg 22 points Grand Prix. “I watched several replays of Gilles Villeneuve. ahead of Hamilton in the drivers’ “I’ve enjoyed racing there in the the incident and I can’t help but With the race at the renovated table. past. I don’t know what it’s going notice how Felipe turns right just circuit already a sellout there “To have a race at the Red Bull to be like with these cars,” added before he hits me.” was no need to give Austrian Ring as Red Bull Racing - with the 2009 world champion about Massa said it was lucky he fans even more of an incentive that comes a bit of pressure but the race. was not seriously hurt and the to make the trip to Spielberg but it will be fantastic to perform in While Red Bull have their Mexican needed to learn how to Sunday’s result, and a third place front of effectively a home crowd,” name on the circuit, Mercedes behave. “I talked to him at the finish for quadruple world cham- said Horner. can also count on support of medical centre. I was so disap- pion Sebastian Vettel, gives them “They sold out within a mat- their own with retired Austrian pointed with him,” the Brazilian plenty to talk about. ter of hours a colossal amount of triple champion Niki Lauda now said. “I said that he needs to learn. Mercedes may still be one step tickets and I think it is going to be the team’s non-executive chair- Australian Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull Racing I wanted him to put himself in ahead but, with Hamilton halted a huge spectacle. For us as a team man and compatriot Toto Wolff in celebrates after the Grand Prix of Canada at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit my place, because I had a huge by brake problems and Rosberg it will be trying to get the most charge of the German carmaker’s in Montreal, Canada on Sunday. crash and honestly I thought it slowed by overheating systems out of that weekend as we can.” motorsport activities.REUTERS was going to hurt.” REUTERS Kiwis gain edge over hosts

KINGSTON: New Zealand’s spinners solidified their team’s advantage, despite a battling half-century by Chris Gayle, as the West Indies reached 97 Chris Gayle for three in reply to the tour- raises his bat ists’ first innings total of 508 during his innings for seven declared at lunch on in Jamaica the third day of the first Test yesterday. The at Sabina Park in Jamaica swashbuckling yesterday. batsman was An eventful morning’s play in the limelight saw debutant off-spinner Mark during the first Craig snare two wickets in one session of the over while leggie Ish Sodhi added third day of the scalp of Darren Bravo shortly opening Test Yellow Jersey, Britain’s Christopher Froome (centre) rides during the after to have the home side tot- tering at 61 for three following against New third stage (Ambert - Le Teil) of the 66th Dauphine Criterium cycling Zealand, as he race yesterday in Le Teil. an opening stand of 60 between Gayle (59 not out) and Kieran played on his Powell. 100th Test. Having survived a testing open- ing spell from Tim Southee and Arndt wins third stage, Trent Boult, it was the advent of spin that triggered the mini collapse. Froome holds race lead Powell, on 28, fell palpably LBW the two most experienced players Gayle was starting to get into Scoreboard to Craig, yet again failing to carry in the Caribbean side, Gayle and stride as the break approached. on following a decent start. Shivnarine Chanderpaul (10 not He carved a succession of New Zealand (I innings): ...... 508/7 decl LE TEIL, France: Race leader Marcel Kittle in the sprint, and Three balls later, new batsman out), to survive to the interval in boundaries off Craig and Sodhi West Indies (I innings): Chris Froome defended his only turned professional last year, Kirk Edwards stabbed indeci- the first instance. to reach his 35th fifty in this form C Gayle (batting) ...... 59 use of an inhaler as Germany’s seized his chance in the final sively at a delivery from the new- As it transpired, they offered of the game and heightened the K Powell lbw Craig ...... 28 Nikias Arndt won a sprint fin- straight. comer and Ross Taylor dived low much more than dour defiance anticipation around Sabina Park ish to claim the third stage of “I still can’t believe it,” said to his right to take the catch. with Chanderpaul following in that he would be unfurling a mon- K Edwards c Taylor b Craig ...... 0 the Criterium du Dauphine Arndt. “We don’t have a real Bad turned to worse for the Gayle’s wake in taking the attack umental batting effort throughout D Bravo c&b Sodhi ...... 0 yesterday. leader on the Dauphine but the West Indies in the next over when to the spinners and forcing the rest of the day. S Chanderpaul (batting) ...... 10 Giant team rider Arndt, 22, team showed that we can achieve Darren Bravo, who has struggled New Zealand captain Brendon Notwithstanding that burst Total (for 3 wkts at lunch) ...... 97 crossed ahead of Belgian Kris things if we work together. for runs since leaving the tour of McCullum to recall Boult just of aggression, the Kiwis will be To bat: M Samuels, D Ramdin, J Taylor, S Boeckmans and South African “I was between eighth and New Zealand last November for before lunch. buoyant going into the afternoon Benn, S Shillingford, K Roach. teammate Reinardt Janse van tenth place on the final bend,” he personal reasons, chipped a catch With the sense of the occa- period, knowing that separating Bowling: Boult 11-3-27-0, Southee 8-5-9- Rensburg after the 194km run said. back to Sodhi. sion of his 100th Test match in the fourth-wicket pair will be a 0, Craig 8-3-23-2, Neesham 3-0-8-0, Sodhi under the sun. He added: “I launched the Like Edwards, he also failed to the back of his mind and the pre- huge step towards taking a lead 6-0-30-1. Team Sky rider Froome held sprint and continued the effort score and left the challenge for dicament of the team facing him, in this three-match series. AFP his race lead and hit back at criti- while I felt good. That’s the way cism of his use of an inhaler which I won. “It’s the biggest victory of he had been filmed puffing on on my career.” Thomas removes his way to winning Monday’s sec- The yellow jersey candidates Bell vows to lead from front ond stage. stayed within the peloton dur- four batsmen in “I have had an inhaler since ing this transitional stage, before LONDON: Ian Bell said he “When you step back from it insisted Bell, who received his childhood, I have exercise induced a return to the mountains on as many balls wanted to “lead from the front” all and have a look, I think we got award during a dinner at Lord’s asthma,” said the Tour de France Wednesday. after being named England’s blindsided by Australia. -- the venue for Thursday’s first winner. “I like the heat, I feel better LONDON: South African Cricketer of the Year on Monday “It is horrible to come away Test against Sri Lanka. “It is ok. I didn’t need a TUE when it’s very hot, but you have seamer Alfonso Thomas became night. from that with a 5-0 scoreline, but “To win three Ashes on the (therapeutic use exemption). to remember to stay hydrated,” the first player in 14 years to The 32-year-old Warwickshire it will be a good experience in the bounce means we must have been “I don’t use (the inhaler) every said Froome, who crossed in the take four wickets in four balls batsman won the award, voted long run for the younger players doing something right.” time I race, normally only when I bunched sprint in 30th position in the County Championship. for by the English cricket media, who were on that trip. Thirteen Tests have now have a big effort coming up. just behind his rival Alberto Thomas, playing for Somerset on the back of making three “Back in 2006/07, myself, Cooky passed since England managed “Given sports history, people Contador and to maintain his lead on the third day of their match centuries and two fifties during (current captain Alastair Cook), the benchmark score of 400 in are obviously looking for a reason. in the competition.. against Sussex yesterday, bowled England’s 3-0 home Ashes series Straussy (retired skipper Andrew an innings. There’s no reason to make a big The reigning Dauphine cham- James Anyon, trapped Rory win against Australia last year. Strauss), Jimmy (Anderson and Bell, for much of his career deal out. It’s completely allowed pion remains 12 seconds ahead of Hamilton-Brown leg before and But that series was quickly KP (Pietersen) were all on that a ‘rising star’, is now one of by the UCI. Contador in the overall standings. had Ed Joyce caught behind for overshadowed by England’s 5-0 tour when we lost 5-0 and we all England’s senior players and “It’s a bit of a surprise everyone The fourth stage covers his hat-trick. thrashing in Australia in 2013/14. came back in 2010/11 and won should reach the landmark of is talking about it.” 167.5km between Montelimar and And with the first ball of his “I don’t think we reacted well that series. 100 Tests in this month’s second Racing in searing heat, a group Gap, with a finish on the summit next over the 37-year-old bowled to the problems we had and there “There is no reason why on the and final Test against Sri Lanka fall after 65km resulted in the of Col de Manse. Matt Machan off an inside edge. has been plenty of fall out since,” next tour of Australia the (Joe) at Headingley. withdrawal of France’s Jerome Earlier, amid searing heat, a It left Sussex on 33 for five. said Bell in what appeared to Roots, the (Gary) Ballances, the You’re looking for the sen- Coppel and Italian Giacomo group fall after 65km that was Gary Butcher, for Surrey be a reference to the post-Aus- (Ben) Stokes can’t go back and ior players to lead the way so of Nizzolo. resulted in the withdrawal of against Derbyshire, was the pre- tralia tour ditching of star bats- win.” course myself and Cooky have to Arndt, a young rider more France’s Jerome Coppel and vious player to take four wickets man Kevin Pietersen and Andy “It is easy to look at the winter shoulder plenty of responsibility used to working for the team’s Italian Giacomo Nizzolo. in four balls in a county match. Flower’s replacement as coach by and get down, but we have done in that department,” Bell said. lead riders John Degenkolb and AFP REUTERS Peter Moores. some good stuff too recently,” AFP WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Phil Mickelson of the US watches a putt on the 11th green during practice for the US Open Championship at Pinehurst No. 2 at the Pinehurst Resort and Country Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA, yesterday. The tourna- ment play starts tomorrow. RIGHT: Jason Day of Australia waits to play a shot during a practice round. Thumbs up for Day in major US prodigy Spieth hopes title quest at US Open

PINEHURST, United States: Jason Day, a US Open runner- to follow McIlroy path up two of the past three years, says his injured left thumb is totally healed and he’s again US Open: I believe I can win this golf tournament, says Spieth ready to contend for a major title. The 26-year-old Australian PINEHURST, United States: my way. “So coming in here that’s seeks his first major crown at US prodigy Jordan Spieth, all behind me. I’ve gotten what the 114th US Open, which begins coming off heartbreak at the I think I needed to learn from tomorrow at Pinehurst, after fin- Masters and last-day disap- those experiences and I will put ishing second in the 2011 Masters pointment at the Players, hopes that into account, if I can work and 2011 and 2013 US Opens. to follow Rory McIlroy’s path to my way into contention here.” “I’ve been close in a few majors a US Open title this week. Spieth began the year with the now, so close that you can almost The 20-year-old American goal of contending at a major. taste it,” Day said. “It’s disap- flirted with becoming the young- That dream achieved at Augusta pointing and encouraging at the est Masters champion two National, his new goal is to win a same time. months ago before settling for major title. “It really is all how you look at second behind Bubba Watson in “Now if I can get into that posi- things. I can stew on it and say his Masters debut. tion, the goal isn’t just to feel the I’ve blown a few or I had a real But Spieth, ranked 10th in the feelings and try to get the comfort opportunity to win and I just world, likes his chances of victory level, now it’s to really try and put didn’t quite get there. when the 114th US Open begins into place what Augusta as well “But I look at it as experience. tomorrow at Pinehurst. as the Players have taught me,” I feel like I’ll get there one day. I “I believe I can win this golf Spieth said. just have to keep giving myself the tournament,” Spieth said Monday. “Out here it’s going to be even opportunities. If I can put myself “I feel comfortable on this golf more difficult to stay patient, there more and more and more, course. I think it fits my game.” which has been the biggest thing it’s bound to happen.” It’s a case similar to that of that’s led me to be successful Seventh-ranked Day won the McIlroy, who led the Masters by in those two events. This is the World Golf Championships Match four strokes entering the final hardest tournament to be patient Play title last February, beating round in 2011 only to fire a final- in in the world.” Frenchman Victor Dubuisson in round 80 and finish well back. With a victory at Pinehurst, 23 holes in the final. McIlroy learned from his mis- Spieth would replace McIlroy as But Day didn’t play again after takes and the Northern Ireland the second-youngest US Open that until sharing 20th at the star collected his first major winner behind John McDermott, Masters, doctors saying that the title two months later at the US who was 19 when he won in 1911. combination of over-use and the Open, winning at rain-soaked “When I step on the first tee, force he uses swinging a club led Congressional by eight strokes. that’s what I’m trying to do,” to the frustrating thumb injury. Spieth has taken the positives Spieth said. “And if I get into “I definitely had a chance to get from the Masters and faltering contention, I’m definitely going to Jordan Spieth of the United States is interviewed during a press conference. to that number one spot. That’s from a share of the lead to fourth draw off any experience I’ve had, been my dream ever since I was in the final round last month at which now I do have a little. So a little kid. So to say I was frus- the Players, calling both of them that’s only going to help me. 22-year-old Hideki Matsuyama, it a couple of weeks ago. Able to obviously making an impact on trated was a bit of an under state- stinging defeats. “And I feel like I will be able who won the Memorial title ear- win one of the most prestigious the course as well. I’m looking ment,” Day said. “I learned a lot from both expe- to close this one out, if I get an lier the month, taking his first US PGA events of the year at Jack’s forward to playing with him for “I’m 100 percent healthy. There riences,” Spieth said. “I felt like opportunity.” PGA triumph at the event hosted place. He’s got it all. many years. are no issues with the thumb. I struck the ball better, played Spieth will play his first two by legend Jack Nicklaus. “He’s 22 so he’s still digging “I don’t think it’s necessarily I’m icing my thumb, taking anti- smarter shots at the Players. I rounds alongside fellow US prod- “He has got an incredible his feet here in the United States a rivalry or anything. We both inflammatories every day and all just got bounces that didn’t go igy Rickie Fowler and Japan’s game,” Spieth said. “Everyone saw and learning a lot of things and respect each other.” AFP that other stuff just to make sure that it doesn’t pop up again.” Day, who will play along- Past 15 US Open side Spain’s Sergio Garcia and American Brandt Snedeker in the Winners Rose repeat at US Open would first two rounds, still yearns for PINEHURST, United States: The past 15 the world number one spot now winners of the US Open golf championship owned by his countryman Adam ahead of tomorrow’s start of the 114th US Scott. “It definitely has given Open at Pinehurst: me motivation,” he said of Scott be fantastic, says Strange owning the top spot. “It would 2013 Justin Rose (ENG) at Merion Golf be awesome to be the youngest Club PINEHURST, United States: as welcome a challenge as the Strange can offer no reason why part of the game on Sunday. You Australian number one. I really 2012 Webb Simpson (USA) at Olympic Justin Rose, trying to become dense rough and tight shotmak- no one has been able to match his still have to perform.” want to achieve that number one Club the first golfer in 25 years to ing areas of Merion were last year feat since then. Meanwhile, Thailand’s spot before 30.” 2011 Rory McIlroy (NIR) at defend the US Open title, would when he took his first major title. “The longer it goes, the more Thongchai Jaidee has a simple Day, who is also of Filipino Congressional be a fantastic repeat winner, “The different test doesn’t fortunate I realize I was,” Strange recipe for winning the US Open heritage, shared 37th at the says the last man to do it. make it any less of an opportunity said. at Pinehurst No. 2 this week. Memorial two weeks ago and has 2010 Graeme McDowell (NIR) at Pebble Curtis Strange, who captured for me,” Rose said. “I like to play “You can go the obvious rea- “Everything has to be perfect,” played three full practice rounds Beach US Open titles in 1988 at The tough courses. Typically that’s sons: it’s a year removed, a dif- the 44-year-old told Reuters at Pinehurst since arriving last 2009 Lucas Glover (USA) at Bethpage Country Club and 1989 at Oak where I’ve done my best relative ferent golf course. The talent after having his first look at the Friday. “I feel good about my Black Hill, said yesterday he would not to the rest of the field. level has always been deep. You course when he played nine holes game,” Day said. “The biggest be cheering against the British “The test is different, so there’s have to be at the right time at on Monday. thing is to just come up with a 2008 Tiger Woods (USA) at Torrey Pines standout who won last year at probably a physical aspect to it, the right time. Be fortunate. More specifically, world game plan that I feel that will 2007 Angel Cabrera (ARG) at Oakmont Merion to repeat the feat this for sure. You have to learn a You can play well and still lose. number 37 Thongchai knows kind of compliment my distance week at Pinehurst. whole new golf course and that’s I don’t know.” his short game will need to be with being conservative. I feel like 2006 Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) at Winged Foot “Do I want to see somebody important. Strange, now a television com- of the highest order if he wants you can’t be conservative enough 2005 Michael Campbell (NZL) at do it? Not particularly. But I’m “So my preparation is going to mentator, adores Pinehurst, to have a chance of contending in US Opens.” Pinehurst not rooting against him,” Strange be key. It’s developing and design- declaring, “If I had two rounds of on Sunday. Sunday’s final round comes on said. ing a game plan you believe will golf left in my life, I would come Pinehurst’s turtle-back greens the American Father’s Day, which 2004 Retief Goosen (RSA) at Shinnecock “If Justin would happen to win hold up over 72 holes that you here to play them.” not only repel approach shots that has special meaning for Day with Hills Sunday night, I would be the first can execute that suits your game Strange said he expects around might stay on the putting surfaces son Dash on hand. 2003 Jim Furyk (USA) at Olympia Fields phone call to congratulate him. and that will produce the winning level par to be the winning score. at many other courses, but play- Day’s father Alvin, who first 2002 Tiger Woods (USA) at Bethpage That would be fantastic. score. “There are some very hard hole ers are also often left with very taught him golf, died of cancer Black “I don’t want to see anybody “It’s what I did at Merion. I locations out there. These greens delicate recovery shots from the when Jason was only 12. After do it, but I’m not rooting against produced a game plan to shoot are as difficult as they come,” he tightly-mown surroundings. watching an emotional Justin 2001 Retief Goosen (RSA) at Southern them.” even par, and that held up. So I said. And usually they have several Rose pay tribute to his late father Hills The 114th US Open tees off need to do the same at Pinehurst.” “There are so many ebbs and options for recovery shots, rather after winning last year’s US Open, 2000 Tiger Woods (USA) at Pebble Beach Thursday with England’s Rose Every other major has fea- flows in one round of a US Open than mindlessly taking out a lob Day knows he would have much saying the scrub brush and light- tured back-to-back winners more let alone four. If you are one of wedge and scything the ball out the same emotions with a victory 1999 Payne Stewart (USA) at Pinehurst ning-fast greens of Pinehurst are recently than the US Open, but the better players, you hope to be of deep rough. AGENCIES on Sunday. AFP WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

UEFA gives Blatter the Klose bids to leave lasting cold shoulder in Brazil

SAO PAULO: FIFA President Sepp Blatter endured a tense mark on World Cup history and frosty reception from UEFA delegates yesterday, who stood alone from other confederations German striker eyes World Cup scoring record of Brazilian Ronaldo in not backing his intentions to run for a further term as FIFA president again next year. BERLIN: Veteran German constant presence since making “Of course, the goal record Michael van Praag, the presi- international striker Miroslav his debut in 2001 -- is remarkable means a lot to me, but it was more dent of the Dutch FA and Greg Klose heads into his fourth and saw him celebrate his 36th important for us to be in form,” Dyke, the chairman of the English World Cup finals not content birthday at the German base in said Klose. FA, openly challenged Blatter just with having become the Brazil on Monday which was feted “When we play as well as we after he addressed the European all-time record national goal- in unusual fashion. did in the second-half, then we delegates at their national asso- scorer but determined to leave About 20 members of the local create plenty of chances and I’ll ciation meeting before the FIFA Brazil as the record marksman Indian tribe the Pataxos dressed score goals. Congress. After Blatter had told in World Cup history. in traditional grass skirts, feather “I want to play and I know I can the assembled UEFA delegates he Klose, Poland-born but whose head dresses and bows danced help the team.” was seriously considering stand- father moved to France and round Klose and sang to him. No European side has ever won ing for a fifth term, Van Praag where he lived till he was eight While that should remain a a World Cup in south America addressed the Swiss head of world before joining his footballing dad memory etched in Klose’s mind in six attempts and Klose says soccer, the Dutchman later told in Germany, became Germany’s forever and the photograph of it the climate will count against reporters. all-time top-scorer on Friday one to show his twin boys Luan Europe’s teams. “Mr Blatter, this is nothing when he netted his 69th goal in and Noah he has he still believes “Realistically, there are five or personal but if you look at FIFA’s his 132nd appearance in their 6-1 a future in the game post World six teams playing for the title,” reputation over the last seven or friendly thrashing of Armenia. Cup. said Klose, the only recognised eight years, it is being linked to all He bettered the previous record He signed a contract extension striker in Loew’s squad. kinds of corruption and all kinds set by Gerd Mueller, who scored in May with his Italian side Lazio “The south American teams of old boys’ networks things,” Van the winner in the 1974 World Cup until June 2015, with an extra have an advantage, in my opinion, Praag said he had told Blatter in final to claim his 68th goal in 62 year’s option, but expects next as they know the climate better. the meeting from which reporters appearances for West Germany. season to be his last. “I have spoken to my Lazio col- were barred. Klose, who in an interview with “At the moment, I assume leagues who played for Italy last “FIFA has an executive presi- a Polish newspaper in 2008 said he that 2015 will be the end, but it year at the Confed Cup and they dent and you are not making preferred to be called European depends on my fitness and any said they were struggling for air things easy for yourself and I do rather than German or Polish, injuries,” he told German daily after 20 minutes. not think you are the man for the could return from Brazil as the Bild. “You need a fit team to go to job any longer. all-time top scorer at World Cup Klose jets to Brazil with ques- Brazil and push themselves to the “I told him ‘I like you very much finals as his 14 goals leaves him tion marks over his fitness limits.” ... this is nothing personal. But one short of retired Brazilian star after an injury-ravaged season Aside from Ronaldo’s record you are now saying that Qatar Ronaldo’s record of 15. restricted him to seven goals in there is another one that the was the wrong choice (for the Klose was the top-scorer at the 22 appearances for Lazio. former Bayern Munich, Werder 2022 World Cup), but you are not 2006 World Cup in Germany with “When he’s fit, then he is ter- Bremen and Kaiserslautern star blaming yourself you are blaming five goals, having finished second ribly important for my team,” said is edging closer to -- Lothar your executive committee. with another five at the 2002 Germany coach Joachim Loew, a Matthaeus’ record of 150 appear- “Yesterday you said something tournament, while he scored four self-confessed Klose fan. ances for Germany. about racism against Qatar and in South Africa four years ago. “His secret is his professional- With 19 World Cup appear- people are not taking you seri- “I hope to have the chance to ism, his strength is his will.” ances, he could also break ously any more. This is not good score one or two goals, and any- Klose said Germany’s impres- Matthaeus’ record of 25 appear- for FIFA and it is not good for one who knows me is aware that sive display against Armenia, with ances at World Cup finals -- pro- (From left) Germany’s defender Mats Hummels, Germany’s forward the game. the World Cup scoring record is a five goals in 17 second-half min- viding Germany go all the way to Miroslav Klose and Germany’s forward Lukas Podolski warm up dur- “Yes you are leading the target of mine,” said Klose. utes, was more important to him the final or third-placed play-off. ing a training session of Germany’s team in Santo Andre on Monday. reforms at the moment, but all His longevity -- he has been a than breaking Mueller’s record. AFP these problems occurred in the period before the reforms and you were still president and you responsible and I believe you should not run any more.” Qatar corruption claims are racist: Blatter On Monday, Blatter branded some of the criticism of the Qatar SAO PAULO: FIFA Sepp Blatter hit out at the “storm of Asia and a highly-influential time as the problem-plagued World Cup award for 2022 as rac- Blatter (pictured) hit back at against FIFA” over the 2022 figure within the International preparations for the 2016 finals ist and launched a scathing attack critics of football’s governing World Cup and the “discrimina- Olympic Committee (IOC). nears its opening test with hosts on those he said were “plotting body ahead of its annual con- tion and racism” at the heart of Qatar beat the United States, Brazil playing Croatia in Sao to destroy” world soccer’s govern- gress yesterday claiming that the attacks. He said the allega- Australia, Japan and South Korea Paulo on Thursday. ing body. Blatter’s comment came racism is behind corruption tions “really make me sad”. to the 2022 tournament, despite A huge cloud is hanging over in the wake of a series of fresh accusations against Qatar’s 2022 CAF members -- who along a FIFA technical report which that match as subway workers allegations made by Britain’s World Cup bid. with their long-time president warned the searing temperatures have threatened to resume a Sunday Times newspaper about The accusations that Qatar Issa Hayatou have been accused in during June and July in Qatar damaging strike on Thursday, the the award of the Cup to Qatar and paid for votes when FIFA chose British media of accepting Qatar’s posed a health risk. day the world’s eyes turn to the rumblings from sponsors who are Qatar in 2020 will be discussed at money -- gave Blatter a rousing Amid calls for a re-vote, FIFA Brazilian mega-city for the start unhappy with the current trouble the two-day Congress, the embat- reception and also slammed the investigator Michael Garcia was of a World Cup whose build-up FIFA is facing. tled 78-year-old Swiss official allegations. to finish his inquiry into the 2022 has been plagued by delays, over- Van Praag said the furore had said. “(CAF) condemns the strategy vote and the 2018 bid contest, won spending and protests. “nothing to do with racism” while The growing scandal has of using African sport movements by Russia, on Monday. The workers voted Monday to Dyke branded Blatter’s comments threatened to taint the opening and its leaders as scapegoats by Garcia is to speak at the suspend their five-day-old strike, as “offensive”. of the latest World Cup in Sao those who are trying, at all costs, Congress about his work, but his which had caused massive traffic “I said ‘could I say that I regard Paulo tomorrow. to acquire a good conscience for report will not be handed over to jams and cut off subway service to the comments you made yes- FIFA faces mounting pressure themselves,” it said in a statement. Blatter’s attack on the cor- the FIFA adjudicatory chamber Corinthians Arena, the stadium terday about the allegations in as five of its six major sponsors CAF “expresses its gratitude ruption charges echoed those of until mid-July, when the World hosting the opening ceremony the British media in which you have called for a thorough invest- to FIFA president Mr Joseph S Asia’s top Olympic official Kuwaiti Cup final is held. and kick-off. described them as racist is totally gation of the allegations largely Blatter, for his continuous invo- Sheikh Ahmad al-Sabah, who said Blatter said Monday that Officials are hard-pressed to unacceptable’,” Dyke said. made by the British media. lenment in the development of last week that the allegations he expected the FIFA Ethics avoid more problems as a billion “The allegations being made Blatter, who is set to tell the football in Africa and his personal were a racist attack on Arabs. Committee to decide what, if any, people worldwide tune in to the have nothing to do with racism, Congress that he will stand for commitment in the fight against “We will confront all such acts action to take over Garcia’s report game on TV. they are allegations about corrup- a fifth four-year term, told a racism.” of racism and we will stand with in three to four months time. UN Secretary General Ban tion within FIFA.” meeting of the African Football Blatter was equally defiant at Qatar so that no-one removes its “I hope it will be in September Ki-moon and 12 heads of state Van Praag said that Blatter had Confederation (CAF) that there the Asian Football Confederation right to organise the 2022 World or October,” he told AFC officials. and government will be in the sta- misunderstood what he said when were sinister motivations behind adding that “I still have the fire Cup in Doha,” said the Sheikh, The crisis surrounding FIFA dium, which workers are rushing he addressed him. the campaign. inside” to lead FIFA. president of the Olympic Council couldn’t have come at a worse to finish on time. AFP “He thought I was calling for him to resign today. I wasn’t. That was not what I meant to say at all, but that’s what he thought I said My wife said no to England job, says Mourinho and he (Blatter) said he would not resign he had another year of his LONDON: Chelsea manager Jose (Ashley) Cole, everybody was saying: ‘Come, You prefer (Jordan) Henderson, (Steven) mandate to run.” Mourinho (pictured) has revealed that come, come, everybody from other clubs Gerrard or Lampard. It’s the same in every Asked if UEFA had an alter- his wife, Matilde, was responsible for his wants you to do it,’” the 51-year-old said. country. native candidate to Blatter, Van decision to turn down the role of England ‘The guys from Manchester United and “The moment the team is chosen and Praag added: “No. (UEFA chief) head coach in December 2007. Liverpool call us and say to us: ‘Tell your the competition is next door, in one week, Michel Platini has discussed this Mourinho, who is in his second spell boss to come, they want you to take it.’’ everybody is together. No more critics. with many members but has not at Stamford Bridge, claims that he was “I had lots of positive things to push me, Everyone is to support. Even if you don’t made up his mind yet. considering an approach by the Football and that’s why I was so close. But my wife agree because, for a month, the team is a “Since that is the case UEFA Association to succeed the sacked Steve was right. team. “I’m not so sure with the mentality does not have another candidate.” McClaren, only for his wife’s reservations “It was not the job for me seven years ago, in this country (England), people are ready UEFA took no resolution to deter him. it’s not the job for me now, and I don’t think to go in this direction.” against Blatter, but the mood “It was the right decision. My wife was it will be the job for me in seven years’ time. Ahead of England’s opening World Cup of the meeting had been “tense” right. She told me not to take it,” Mourinho Maybe in 15 years from now, but not seven.” game against Italy on Saturday, striker according to a UEFA spokesman told reporters in London. Asked how close he had come to becom- Wayne Rooney’s form has become the sub- who said Blatter received only “We are not speaking about the job today. ing England manager, Mourinho held an ject of intense scrutiny. polite applause at the end. We are talking about seven years ago, and I imaginary pen six inches above an imagi- Rooney’s former Manchester United After the meeting former cannot wait two years for a big competition. nary contract and replied: “This close.” team-mate Paul Scholes has suggested UEFA president Lennart “I cannot be spending two years play- It is now 48 years since England last won that the 28-year-old may already be past Johansson, who lost a FIFA presi- ing against Kazakhstan and San Marino,” a major tournament -- the 1966 World Cup his peak and there have even been calls for dential election to Blatter in 1998 added Mourinho, who had left Chelsea by -- and Mourinho claims that a national ina- him to be dropped, but Mourinho remains told reporters: “It is time he went. mutual consent in September 2007. bility to unanimously rally behind the team a fan. He has done some good things for The FA ultimately appointed Italian may be a factor. “I prefer to say that Wayne is right when football and FIFA but 16 years is Fabio Capello, who remained in the role “In every country I know, especially my he says this is his World Cup,” said the enough.” until 2012, while Mourinho went on to join own country -- and Portugal is a small Portuguese, who twice tried to sign Rooney Asked if UEFA were the only Inter Milan. country -- people live football in a very emo- last year. confederation who would like to Mourinho, who also revealed that the tional way,” said Mourinho, who is working “He’s not a kid anymore and he’s not an see him go, UEFA executive com- terms of his severance deal with Chelsea as an analyst for Yahoo! during the World old player at the end of his career. He is in mittee member Karen Espelund prevented him from joining another English Cup. the best age. of Norway said: “We will see, he club, said that his former players had “Normally, the press is critical until “He also has a role as leader in the team, has had some clear messages encouraged him to take up the role. the moment the team is selected because a little bit similar to the role he had at today and there is still a year to “(Frank) Lampard, (John) Terry, until that time everybody has an opinion. United this season. AFP go.” AFP Wednesday 11 June 2014 13 Sha’baan 1435 Volume 19 Number 6093 Sport Price: QR2 Kings outplay Rangers to take 3-0 lead in finals Sport | 23

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SAO PAULO: The head of the Asian Football Confederation defences, says Del Bosque (AFC) won a battle to merge the region’s presidency with the FIFA vice-presidency yesterday in a move which could help him World champions can vary their trademark possession game: Coach increase his power at the next leadership election. At an extraordinary congress BARCELONA: World cham- in Sao Paulo, where the World pions Spain have the ability to Spain’s coach Vicente Cup will kick off on Thursday, the vary their trademark posses- Del Bosque gives AFC voted in the measure cham- sion football if their World Cup instructions during a pioned by its president, Shaikh Group B opponents pack their training session at CT Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa. defences, according to coach do Caju in Curitiba The change had been fiercely Vicente del Bosque. yesterday. opposed by Asia’s current FIFA Spain start their bid to retain vice-president, Prince Ali bin the trophy on Friday against the Al Hussein of Jordan, who sug- Netherlands, who they beat in gested the Bahraini sheikh was the final four years ago in South motivated by self-interest. Africa when the Dutch used a It means that whoever is physical approach under Bert van elected as AFC president at a Marwijk to try and unsettle them. vote scheduled for next year will The Netherlands are now also take up the powerful position coached by Louis van Gaal, whose within FIFA. philosophy continues the Dutch “Today, we have reached an traditions of ‘Total Football’, but important decision in the spirit of even he has admitted he will look period, having also won the but I am used to that,” the striker the AFC’s long-held tradition of to bolster their defence against European Championship in told a news conference in Rio de democracy,” Shaikh Salman said Spain by playing five a the back. 2008 and 2012, but are back Janeiro. in a statement. “Possession without having in Brazil where they lost the “We are not used to so much “The business here has been depth doesn’t have any point,” Confederations Cup final last heat and humidity but we are conducted positively, with great Del Bosque told Marca. “For that year against the home nation and ready and acclimatising well.” dignity and mutual respect and reason we are working so that the had to face stadiums with hostile Australia are the weakest side I am certain that we will move team can pressure to win back crowds. in the group but Chile are strong forward with this spirit of coop- possession and then as a group “It is true that they whistled opponents who play quick, attack- eration and unity,” he added. attack. us in the stadiums but I think ing football inspired by Barcelona Prince Ali wrote an open let- Sergio Ramos of the Spanish team shows a photo during a ceremony “One thing first, football is that there is a lot of respect with forward Alexis Sanchez. ter in April decrying the move where he was named as Unicef’s ambassador in Curitiba, Brazil, yes- played in many different ways this as they see us as a dangerous There is concern, though, over and saying sport should be “com- terday. The 2014 FIFA World Cup starts tomorrow. and there isn’t just one. We don’t threat,” said Del Bosque. the fitness of midfielder Arturo pletely devoid of politicos and self- have a magic formula, we have a “We will go out and do our best. Vidal who has a knee injury and interest individuals and groups plan based on the players that we We first face Holland who are a is a doubt for their first group that exploit the sport and all its have available. That doesn’t mean well-organised side, well coached match against Australia on stakeholders for their own per- there aren’t others who are just and I am sure that they will cause Friday. sonal gains”. Brazil revenge on as good and get results.” us a lot of problems. We now have “Chile have a clear style of FIFA has fallen under renewed Del Bosque said he was not con- nine or 10 places decided in the play and we are going to give our scrutiny ahead of the World cerned if Spain’s group rivals, who team and just have a couple of all. We will play on the attack Cup after reports said Asia’s also include Chile and Australia doubts.” which is our way,” midfielder Jose former soccer chief Mohamed their mind: Ramos in their group, choose to sit back. The Netherlands will be led in Fuenzalida told a news conference bin Hammam paid millions of “It’s fine if they do. It suits us attack by Robin van Persie, who in Belo Horizonte. dollars in bribes to help Qatar CURITIBA, Brazil: Despite being the reigning champions, Spain best being patient and looking for has struggled for fitness this sea- “We are in good form with play- secure hosting rights for the 2022 have revenge on their mind, experienced defender Sergio Ramos the gaps against teams that are son with Manchester United but ers that have been many seasons edition. said yesterday from Curitiba, where he was named as a Unicef defensive rather than being in now says he is fine to play. in Europe, that have played before Shaikh Salman was elected as ambassador. games that are end-to-end and “I am improving and I am in at a World Cup and know how to bin Hammam’s replacement last Spain may have won the World Cup in South Africa four years out of control,” he said. good form. Basically for six years I help us with the anxiety ahead of year, but his current term expires ago but last year they were humbled 3-0 by hosts Brazil in the Spain are enjoying a golden have had one problem or another the first game.” AGENCIES in 2015. AFP Confederations Cup final. And now Ramos, 28, says he and his team-mates have the ideal opportunity to get their own back for that rare defeat. Neymar “We’ve already been in Brazil for the Confederations Cup -- foot- ball always gives you a chance for revenge after you get this little thorn in your side. gives Brazil “We’re the champions, there’s high expectation. It’s always possible but winning a World Cup is very difficult.” Quite apart from the opportunity to right the wrong from June brief scare 2013, Ramos, who also spoke of his pride at being named a Unicef ambassador, said there was something special about playing in a TERESÕPOLIS, Brazil: Brazil World Cup in Brazil. briefly held its breath when “It’s always a dream to play in a World Cup and to do so in Neymar went down clutching Brazil, who have a very prestigious team that has always made a his right ankle in training yes- difference and always been favourites, you dream about wearing terday, but the incident turned your country’s jersey and playing in a World Cup, and all the more out to be nothing more than a if it’s in Brazil.” momentary scare. But the Real Madrid star, capped 116 times since making his The fact that the 22-year-old international debut in 2005, insisted his country are not getting forward went down when none of carried away with themselves, particularly given they have been his national team colleagues were paired in Group B alongside the team they beat in the final in 2010, near him suggested a potential the Netherlands. problem, just three days ahead of “The most important thing is to make the most of the World Brazil’s opening World Cup game Cup. First up there are three excellent teams in Holland, Chile and against Croatia in Sao Paulo. Australia before we can start thinking about the second round, However, the striker quickly quarter-finals, semi-finals or final. got back up and finished the train- “We have to take it one game at a time, which is what will guide ing game at the Selecao’s Granja us to success, that alongside humility and hard work. Comary base in Teresopolis. “We’re prepared to face the best in the world, which is what gives A sprain to Neymar’s right you prestige.” ankle earlier this year sidelined Being a cornerstone fixture both in the Spain and Real teams, him from Barcelona’s ranks for Ramos has won everything there is to win in both club and inter- just under four weeks. Brazilian national team striker Neymar (right) receives medical attention during a training session at the squad’s national football. Yesterday’s training session Granja Comary training complex, in Teresopolis, 90km from downtown Rio de Janeiro, yesterday, ahead of the Real’s victory over city rival’s Atletico Madrid in last month’s indicated that coach Luiz Felipe FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 tournament. Champions League final -- Ramos saving Real in time added on of Scolari will send out the same the second-half by levelling the scores before they went on to win side that beat Serbia 1-0 in last 4-1 in extra-time -- gave Ramos a full house of trophies alongside Friday’s final warm-up friendly scoring from open play and Luiz Cup triumph on home soil. Neymar had a mixed first season his three Spanish titles, two Spanish Cups, World Cup and two in Sao Paulo when they tackle the Gustavo and Neymar -- proving The young striker was the in Europe after joining Spanish European Championships. Croatians. that he had overcome his earlier star of Brazil’s victory in the giants Barcelona in a controver- “It’s flattering when people say I’m one of the best defenders in It is also the same team that knock -- both finding the net Confederations Cup last year, sial transfer from Santos valued the world but that brings with it a great responsibility. beat Spain 3-0 in last year’s from set-pieces. finishing with four goals and at more than $100m. He suffered “I’ve won a lot of trophies but in football you can’t live in the past, Confederations Cup final in Rio The $100m Neymar is the most the Golden Ball as player of the a foot injury at the end of the sea- you have to keep proving yourself every day. de Janeiro. recognisable face of the Brazil tournament. son which ruled him out for sev- “This flattery invites me to work hard to better myself and improve The XI comfortably beat side. The 22-year-old carries the The latest holder of Brazil’s cov- eral weeks, but has looked sharp every day.” AFP Brazil’s supposed substitutes, with hopes of a nation as he attempts eted No.10 jersey, previously worn in Brazil’s games leading into the David Luiz, Hulk and Fred all to inspire his country’s first World by World Cup greats such as Pele, tournament. AGENCIES