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Thursday 13 November 2014 • 20 Muharram 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6248 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 New licensing Emir, Brazil President hold talks rules for shops, eateries likely Ministry licence to be mandatory

DOHA: A law is on the anvil in 1975. Law Number 3 (of 1975), that will make it manda- Al Zaman said, regulates com- tory for all shops, eateries and mercial and industrial shops. even vendors to be licensed by Vendors were not included in the Ministry of Economy and this law (No 3 of 1975) which Commerce. vests all licensing and monitoring Currently, shops and the eater- authority with the municipalities ies are licensed by the municipal- concerned. “The new law is the ity of the area where they are need of the hour since businesses located. have expanded vastly in the past The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Brazil President Dilma Rousseff held talks at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. The two sides agreed And vendors are not included 39 years, with the immense rise in to set up a joint committee to promote cooperation in all fields. The Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani was present. in the law that presently regulates population,” said the lawyer. the licensing and operation of the New businesses like bouquet above businesses. and mobile phone shops, giant The economy ministry’s licence shopping malls and hypermar- will, understandably, be aside kets, among others, have sprung from the one that is presently up in the past four decades. “This Plan to set up issued by the municipalities. The makes it necessary that a new law draft of the law is ready and seeks is enforced to regulate them,” said Whopping QR200m offered for to make the licensing process and Al Zaman. unified GCC monitoring stricter for all shops, He said it is likely the munici- eating outlets and vendors. pality and the economy ministries police force Currently, complaints are will install a joint database of the fancy car number in auction galore that many commercial retail businesses since both will DOHA: A meeting of senior establishments carry out busi- be licensing authorities. DOHA: Easy-to-remember been bid for car registration The last bidder, it has been officials of the GCC ministries nesses for which they are not Currently, no such database mobile phone and car registra- number 333355. Until yester- announced by the Traffic of interior held in Kuwait yes- licensed. “There are cases where for joint licensing and monitor- t ion nu mb er s h ave b e c ome s uch day, the highest bidding for this Department, will be given an terday endorsed the proposed someone has a licence for a café ing exists. a craze among citizens that number was QR400,000 less additional 15 minutes when the GCC security pact and agreed but he is operating a massage cen- It is also likely that medical one of several special car num- than QR200m. auction ends at 10 o’clock tonight. on a proposal to set up a unified tre,” said prominent lawyer, Yusuf clinics, and engineering, auditors’ bers being auctioned online Bidders, as per rules, are Winners of the auction should police force for the region. Al Zaman. and law offices, among others, by the Traffic Department required to make a deposit of report to the Traffic Department The proposals will be tabled at Such irregularities will be will also have to seek additional has attracted a bid of a mind- QR20,000 ($5,492) as earnest within a given timeframe after the meeting of the GCC ministers curbed when the new law comes licensing from the economy min- boggling QR200m, or $54.92m money for taking part in the the online process has ended to of interior to be held in Kuwait into effect, Al Zaman told this istry under the new law. “It is (QR200,394,000). online auction and quoting their pay cash and collect the number. at the end of this month, Qatar newspaper as the State Cabinet because, after all, they are com- Since last Tuesday, the Traffic bid amounts. Some of the easy-to-remem- News Agency reported yesterday, approved the draft law at its mercial activities so they need to Department has been holding Bidding was to start from ber car registration numbers quoting Brig Haza Al Hajri, assist- weekly meeting yesterday, QNA be also licenced by the economy online auction for 19 special car QR100,000 and the auction is being auctioned include 353535, ant secretary-general for security reported. ministry,” said Al Zaman. numbers. The bidding ends at 10 being held through the Metrash 363636, 373737 and 333377, affairs at the GCC secretariat. The proposed law will replace THE PENINSULA pm today. 2 service of the Ministry of among others. Talking to the media after the one that was passed 39 years ago, Continued on page 6 The amount of QR200m has Interior. THE PENINSULA undersecretary level meeting, Al Hajri said that the GCC secu- rity pact has been approved and endorsed by the member coun- tries. Commenting on the security situation in the region, he said Europe makes “we have a pact to combat ter- US, China in historic rorism and it will be implemented space history whenever needed.” He added that the situation BERLIN/FRANKFURT: is stable and the GCC security The European Space Agency climate change deal agencies are closely monitoring (ESA) landed a probe on a the developments. There is also comet yesterday, a first in space BEIJING: The United States and China yesterday announced regular exchange of information exploration and the climax of a ambitious targets on greenhouse gas emissions as part of a “his- related to terrorism. decade-long mission to examine toric” pact that climate scientists acclaimed but US Republicans The meeting also discussed a up close the remnants of the denounced as a job-killer. proposal to connect the control birth of Earth’s solar system. At a Beijing summit, the leaders of the world’s two biggest polluters rooms of the GCC ministries The 100kg lander — virtually put their stamp on attempts to breathe new life into action against of interior through a common weightless on the comet’s sur- global warming ahead of international talks in Paris next year. network. The next undersecre- face — touched down on schedule US President Barack Obama said the joint announcement on the tary level meeting will be held in at about 1600 GMT after a seven- two countries’ emissions targets was a “historic agreement” and a Qatar, QNA reported. hour descent from spacecraft “major milestone in the US-China relationship”. Chinese President THE PENINSULA Rosetta around 300 million miles Xi Jinping said the two had “agreed to make sure that international from Earth. Scientists hope that climate change negotiations will reach an agreement in Paris”. FIFA ethics chief to samples from the surface of 67P/ Attempts to deal with climate change, which scientists warn is Churyumov-Gerasimenko will help Andrea Accomazzo (right), Spacecraft Operations Manager of the European approaching a potentially catastrophic point of no return, have long make 2018, 2022 show how planets and life are cre- Space Operations Centre and seen on a video projection behind a model been stymied by the unwillingness of the United States and China to ated as the rock and ice that make of the Philae lander, reacts after the successful landing of the Philae lander work together on the problem. But China set a target for its green- statement today up comets preserve organic mol- on comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko, at the European Space Agency’s house gas output to peak “around 2030”, which Obama commended as ecules like a time-capsule. a commitment to “slow, peak and reverse the course” of its emissions. PARIS: FIFA Ethics chief Hans- headquarters in Darmstadt. REUTERS And Obama, who faces scepticism as well as outright denial about Joachim Eckert will make a climate change in the US Congress, set a goal for the United States public statement today over the to cut its own emissions of greenhouse gases by 26-28 percent from inquiry into the controversies 2005 levels by 2025. “We have a special responsibility to lead the plaguing the bidding processes worldwide effort against climate change,” Obama said at a joint news for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. conference with Xi. AFP The author of the report, former Sisi issues decree to Attacks damage Palestinian US federal prosecutor Michael Garcia has long campaigned for repatriate prisoners mosque, Israeli synagogue QR250,000 stolen from car the details to be made public as MGHAYR, WEST BANK: A Palestinian concerns rocket over allegations of CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi mosque and an Israeli synagogue were damaged DOHA: Cash worth QR250,000 ($68,653) was stolen from the car corruption in the two events being issued a decree yesterday allowing him to repatri- in separate arson attacks, police and local resi- of a Qatari which was parked outside the government service cen- staged by Russia and Qatar. ate foreign prisoners in Egypt, state media said, a dents said yesterday, causing no casualties but tre in Al Rayyan yesterday. “Chairman of the Ethics move that could enable the release of an Al Jazeera stoking tensions. The victim had withdrawn the cash from the bank and kept it in his Committee’s adjudicatory chamber journalist now serving a seven-year jail term. Youths entered Mghayr village in the occupied car which he parked outside the service centre in Al Rayyan where he (Hans-Joachim Eckert) confirms Peter Greste, an Australian citizen, was sentenced West Bank and set a fire which consumed the went to obtain some visa. statement will be made public on in June along with Canadian-Egyptian national ground floor of the mosque before residents put it After his work was over he walked up to the car but was shocked Thurs 13 Nov at approx. 10am Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohamed, all out, Mayor Faraj Na’asan said. Separately, police to find that its rear windshield was broken. He immediately checked CET,” said FIFA on its Twitter from the Qatar-based television network. “The presi- said, unknown assailants threw a petrol bomb over- the cash which was missing. account. “Tomorrow’s statement dent issued a law allowing (him) to agree to surrender night at an ancient synagogue in Shfaram, a pre- The man went to the police station and filed a complaint. The police relates to investigatory chamber’s and transport non-Egyptian convicts and suspects to dominantly Muslim and Christian Arab town in have launched investigations and a manhunt to catch the culprit/s. inquiry on 2018/22 #WorldCup their countries to be tried or have their punishment northern Israel. There was small-scale damage and The cops have taken finger prints from the car and the probe is on, Al bidding process. It will be published implemented,” MENA said. REUTERS police were investigating. REUTERS Sharq reported yesterday. THE PENINSULA @FIFAcom.” AFP

THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Qatar, Benin sign deals

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and the President of Benin, Thomas Yayi Boni, witness the signing of two deals at the Emiri Diwan yesterday.

DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh topics of mutual interest. official reception at the Emiri Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani The Emir and the president Diwan. Later, Boni left Doha. He held talks with the President of also witnessed the signing of an and his delegation were seen off Benin, Thomas Yayi Boni, at the agreement between Al Wakra at Hamad International Airport Emiri Diwan yesterday. Municipality and the Djougou by the Minister of Transport The Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Municipality and an air services H E Jassim Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti, Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani and agreement between Qatar and Qatar’s Ambassador to Benin, ministers as well as Boni’s delega- Benin. The Emir hosted a lunch- Mohammed Jaber Al Kuwari, tion were also present. The session eon banquet in honour of the and the Beninese Ambassador dealt with means of developing president and his delegation. to Qatar, Seydou Baku Bukhari. cooperation in different fields and Earlier, Boni was accorded an QNA

Lawyers propose changes to draft law DOHA: The Qatari Lawyers’ Association has that regulates the legal profession. completed making proposed changes to a draft The association is opposed to four articles: One law that seeks to regulate the legal profession in seeks to give company officials who are law gradu- the country. ates the right to represent their employers in court The association is opposed to some articles of the in legal matters; another seeks to fix lawyers’ com- draft and wanted changes. The Ministry of Justice mission in claims they win for their clients in court agreed to look into the proposed changes and con- cases to 10 percent, another pertains to foreign law sider them for incorporation. offices operating in Qatar and the other is on puni- A joint committee of nine lawyers from the asso- tive action against erring lawyers. ciation and some senior officials of the ministry was Company representatives who are law graduates set up to make the proposed changes. The associa- had the right to represent their employers in court tion will have a meeting with the ministry to discuss earlier but as the privilege was opposed by Qatari the issue next week, local Arabic daily Al Watan lawyers, the 2006 law made it illegal. reported yesterday. The panel comprises lawyers Abdul Aziz Al The panel has held two sessions in the office of the Khulaifi, Rashid Al Khalifah, Mohsen Makki, Saud association’s president to draft the changes. Al Athbah, Sultan Al Abdullah, Abdullah Nassir, The draft law prepared by the ministry seeks to Yousef Al Zaman and Ali Al Hajji. amend some key provisions of Law No. 23 of 2006 THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Many diabetics fail to Sheikha Moza meets Brazil President follow medications DOHA: H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson, Qatar Foundation for DOHA: Many diabetes patients It has affected 15.73 percent of the Education, Science and fail to follow medications appro- population aged 20-79. On average, Community Development, priately, leading them into com- 114.99 have undiagnosed diabetes yesterday met the Brazilian plications, says an expert. among every 1,000 people. President, Dilma Rousseff, An unhealthy diet, lack of physical Once diagnosed with diabetes at and her delegation. exercise and neglecting other health a primary healthcare centre, the Sheikha Moza praised the issues are also some of the most patient is referred to PHCC’s special legislation Rousseff issued to common mistakes made by patients Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) develop education in Brazil. in Qatar, according to Dr Mohamed clinic for follow -up. Rousseff praised Sheikha Aiad, Assistant Regional Director There the patient starts medica- Moza’s efforts on the interna- of Operations - Northern Region, tion based on the case, starts life tional level to support educa- Primary Health Care Corporation style modification, diet counselling tion as right of all. (PHCC). and is further investigated. Both sides discussed coop- “Patients do not follow medical The NCD programme includes a eration and partnership in indications and deny the possible new guideline and protocol, annual various fields, including Qatar adverse complications of the dis- diabetic day celebration, a psychol- National Library and how to ease, refusing insulin and not having ogist and specialised medical staff benefit from its archives and H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson, Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community a healthy diet or are doing exercise,” such as consultant physician, health from Arab documents found in Development, with the Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, and officials from both sides. Dr Aiad told this newspaper. educationist, specialist nutritionist Brazilian archives. “Many patients tend to have other and diabetic educator. Cooperation between QF culture, and encouraging crea- collections as a wealth of seen off at Hamad International health issues; they should not ignore Diabetes prevention is as basic as and educational institutions in tivity and communication with Islamic culture and herit- Airport by the Minister of them and should try to talk to the eating more healthfully, becoming Brazil was also discussed. arts and cultures of the world. age. The MIA administration Energy and Industry H E Dr doctor about how they affect their more physically active and losing a Rousseff and her delegation She toured various sections presented her with a copy of Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, diabetes and quality of life. few extra kilograms. also visited Museum of Islamic and was briefed on contents a book explaining the muse- Qatari Ambassador to Brazil “One of the biggest mistakes “Get more physical activity to lose Art (MIA). collected from three continents um’s landmarks, design and Mohammed bin Ahmed Al patients make is missing doses or weight, lower blood sugar and boost They were briefed on MIA 14 centuries ago. contents. Hayki and Brazilian Charge not taking the right amount of med- the sensitivity to insulin (keeping and its construction stages, its She signed the honor- Later, Rousseff and her del- d’Affaires in Doha Viviane Rios icine. In addition, regular follow-up the blood sugar within the normal role in disseminating science, ary record, describing the egation left Doha. They were Balbino. QNA to check the level of sugar is essen- range); get plenty of fiber, such tial,” he said. as fruits, vegetables, beans, whole Diabetics is a alarming lifestyle grains, nuts and seeds, which will disease in Qatar and last year, on reduce the risk by improving the average 282.53 cases were found blood sugar control and weight loss; among every 1,000 people, accord- and skip fad diets and make health- ing to International Diabetes ier choices,” said Dr Aiad. Several erring outlets shut Federation. THE PENINSULA Frozen chicken at hypermarket branches found unfit for consumption NU-Q holds career networking DOHA: Al Rayyan selling expired food and not to always look out for closed 66 violations were registered Municipality has closed following proper hygiene while outlets in their neighbour- against shops and vehicles for down the section of a leading preparing food. The closures hoods and report violations occupying sidewalks or misus- event for students, alumni hypermarket on Salwa Road were ordered by Mohammed they find in the outlets they ing public parking in Doha. selling frozen chicken unfit Ahmed Al Sayed, Director, visit. The inspection cam- for human consumption. Doha Municipality. Inspectors from the paign was conducted by the The frozen chicken sections Three outlets were closed Ministry of Economy and monitoring section at Doha at the branches of the out- for seven to 15 days and these Commerce registered 60 cases Municipality and the Traffic let in Al Sudan, Azeeziya, Al included a grocery shop in last month for violations of the Department and violations Ghanim and Al Murra have Najma, a restaurant in Umm consumer protection law. were recorded in Al Hitmi, Old also been shut, according to an Ghuwailina, and a traditional They included failure to dis- Ghanim and Old Airport main announcement on the website kitchen in Old Al Ghanim. play the prices and product road and commercial street, of the Ministry of Municipality Authorities also closed down specifications in a prominent reported a local Arabic daily. and Urban Planning. The clo- part of a bakery belonging to way, selling at prices higher Ali Nasser Al Hajri, Head, sure is for 10 days. one of the hotels in Old Salata than the declared prices, sell- Monitoring Section, said the The closure follows an inten- for 45 days. ing expired products, failure campaign targeted shops sified inspection campaign Al Daain Municipality to display products specifi- occupying sidewalks and car being carried out by the civic imposed fines on violating cations in Arabic, providing showrooms encroaching upon Some of the participants at the event. ministry and the Ministry shops totalling QR10,500. false information to consum- public parking spaces. of Economy and Commerce, Authorities are publish- ers, refusal to replace damaged He said the campaign has DOHA: Northwestern University were given two minutes to converse resulting in the closure of sev- ing the names of closed food goods or refund the money, been extended to other areas in Qatar (NU-Q) has concluded a and impress industry leaders, before eral outlets across the city. outlets on the Ministry of among others, the ministry in Doha where similar viola- career networking event that gave moving onto the next. It provided Four restaurants have been Economy and Commerce web- said yesterday. tions are common. its students and alumni an oppor- an opportunity for participants to ordered shut in Doha for site and have urged the public In a related incident, about THE PENINSULA tunity to meet Qatar-based media engage and listen to experts in their companies. career of choice to guide them on The event at the Gate Mall was their journey. “Our graduates are attended by NU-Q and Northwestern prepared for career opportunities University Evanston (NU-E) alumni through their education here,” said and Class of 2015. They discussed Everette E Dennis, Dean and CEO, Al Kinana, Qatari Bin Al pressing topics with local companies, NU-Q. “Students are prepared to including Agency 222, Bloomberg work in media and related fields as News, Doha Film Institute (DFI), reporters, producers, editors, public Fujaah streets closed Doha News, Ginger Camel, Qatar TV relations professionals, filmmakers, and Teach for Qatar. screenwriters, researchers and advis- DOHA: Part of Al Kinana through designated accesses NU-Q participants engaged in ers for the government and private Street and Qatari Bin Al through the street, whereas speed networking in which they industry.” THE PENINSULA Fujaah Street branching from cars can park in the back of the C-Ring Road at Al Kinana shops on Al Kinana Street. signal will remain closed from Occupants of residential tomorrow, the Public Works buildings affected by the closure Authority — Ashghal — has will need to park cars in the said. backstreets in the area during The closure is part of the the closure, Ashghal said. fourth phase of C-Ring Road Meanwhile, Ashghal has project works and will last two realigned access to and from weeks. It will extend for about Celebration Road from Dukhan 350 meters on each of the Highway. The diversion will be streets in both directions, as in place for about 12 months part of widening Qatari Bin Al with 80kph speed limit. It is Fujaah and Al Kinana streets part of ongoing work on Dukhan with additional lanes. Highway – Central and to com- Access to shops on both plete works on the new inter- streets will be available, and change near Al Rayyan Club motorists will be able to reach on Dukhan Road (known as car wash and car repair shops Rawdat Rashed Interchange). on Qatari Bin Al Fujaah Street THE PENINSULA

Over 200 to take part in Maersk & QP Challenge DOHA: Over 200 participants from some of awareness of the disease, help those at promises to be bigger, more challenging Qatar’s largest corporate organisations will risk avoid it, and assist those living with and more enjoyable! compete in the third annual Maersk Oil & the condition to better manage their “This is a chance for corporate teams Qatar Petroleum Challenge, Qatar’s most excit- health. from the private or public sectors to ing corporate adventure race. The 2013 challenge raised $100,000, compete in a fun, yet competitive envi- Registration fees will be donated to Action on which was donated to Qatar Diabetes ronment and most importantly raise Diabetes, a public-private partnership which raises Association (QDA) – Qatar Foundation awareness of and money to fight one of and used to help fund the 14th Al Bawasil Qatar’s largest health challenges – dia- Camp for diabetic children. betes. We are committed to bringing For the first time since the launch of meaningful benefits to Qatar, so I could the event in 2012, the challenge will fea- not think of a better cause to support.” ture mountain biking, kayaking, stages The two-day challenge at Fuwerit is to test skills in GPS orientation, con- the biggest and sees companies from the struction projects, desert navigation at energy, advertising, professional services, night and complex team problems. The higher education, health and automotive winner will need to combine mental sectors. agility with physical performance and Abdulla Al Hamaq, Executive Director, impressive team work to beat other QDA, said, “Last year, Al Bawasil camp teams. hosted 60 children from seven regions of Lewis Affleck, Managing Director, International Diabetes Federation and Maersk Oil Qatar, said: “More than the financial support from the challenge 200 participants from 27 teams com- helped make it a memorable experience peted last year, but the event this year for them.” THE PENINSULA HOME THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

Day of German Unity marked

German Ambassador Angelika Storz-Chakarji (left) and the Minister of Economy and Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani cutting a cake to mark Day of German Unity, in the presence of other officials at St. Regis Hotel Yesterday. BAHER AMIN GU-Q lecture highlights opinion polls in Qatar

DOHA: The overview of the University of Michigan’s Institute small. We have 10 household sur- way public opinion polls take of Social Research, a long stand- vey projects and three phone sur- place in Qatar, unique chal- ing research centre that conducts vey projects per year, which is a lenges faced by surveyors, and world-recognised surveys. lot for a small centre,” he said. changing attitudes towards the “There are two primary modes SESRI surveys are mainly aca- importance of surveys, were of data collection in Qatar: house- demic, with some commissioned discussed at a lecture recently. hold and phone surveys,” Gengler work by state organisations, pri- Georgetown University School said, describing the process of vate industry, fellow researchers of Foreign Service in Qatar acquiring data directly from in QU and elsewhere. (GU-Q) hosted Justin Gengler, people in Qatar and the region. Past surveys have included Research Programme Manager For SESRI, about 85 percent of tracking Qataris’ and foreign and Senior Researcher, Social work is household surveys, with residents’ perceptions of local, and Economic Survey Research recently added cell phone sur- regional, and international Institute (SESRI), Qatar veys now comprising 15 percent issues. “It’s not the case that we University (QU), for a lecture of work. Our samples are nation- only study ‘innocuous’ topics that on ‘Studying Public Opinion in ally representative, so we have are primarily political or social. Qatar.’ separate sub-samples for Qataris, There are a lot of interests cov- Apart from Qatar Statistical expats and migrant labourers.” ered,” added Gengler. The lecture Authority, SESRI is the only He cited the size of samples of was part of the Monthly Dialogue organisation conducting house- surveys as including anywhere Series organised by GU-Q’s Centre hold surveys, and was estab- from 800 to 4000 respondents. for International and Regional lished in 2008 in association with “We are very busy despite being Studies. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Multi-Speciality Somali President Surgery Day Ajyal Festival to show 90 films reviews ties with Qatari envoy observed DOHA: Ninety films from 43 Takes On a Dictator (US, Syria) countries will be screened at the by Joe Piscatella and Speed Sisters MOGADISHU: Somali DOHA: Hamad bin Khalifa second edition of the Ajyal Youth (US, Qatar) by Amber Fares President Hassan Sheikh Hospital in Boutilimit observed Film Festival being organised which will be the festival’s open- Mohamoud met Qatar’s Acting Multi-Speciality Surgery Day by Doha Film Institute (DFI) ing film. Charge d’Affaires Hassan for Mauritanians during the on December 1-6 at Katara. Another highlight is the Mena bin Hamza Assad Mohamed weekend. The films will be shown at five premiere of Kahlil Gibran’s The reviewed means of enhancing Launched in the presence of the venues, including Katara Drama Prophet (France, Lebanon, Qatar, relations in all fields. project manager, the mayor and Theatre, Katara Opera House US), produced by and starring the Governor of Boutilimit, the and two cinemas in Building 12 Salma Hayek-Pinault, who will GCC council programme conducted 36 opera- and the Sony Pop-Up Cinema in attend the festival. tions in general surgery, ENT, Katara Esplanade. Other guests include Director recommends orthopaedics, and ophthalmology. “For six days we are going to Roger Allers and Chapter The patients were put under screen 90 films from 43 countries. Directors Joan Graetz and observation for varying periods of Apart from the screenings, there Mohammed Saeed Harib, Speed joint naval force time, depending on the case and will be special events, exhibi- Sisters Director Amber Fares, DOHA: The GCC Defence surgical intervention. tions, workshops, live perform- team members who star in the Council has submitted a rec- The hospital established tem- ances and Q&A sessions,” Fatma documentary and Jordanian ommendation to the Supreme porary specialised clinics, which Al Remaihi, Festival Director and Director Naji Abu Nowar who Council to establish a joint offered examination and consulta- Acting CEO, DFI, told a press will present Theeb (Jordan, Qatar, naval force. tion services to about 109 visitors. conference yesterday at Katara. UAE, UK), one of award-winning The Minister of State for The hospital was established A highlight is a selected col- films in the programme. Fatma Al Remaihi, Festival Director and Acting CEO, DFI, addressing the Defence Affairs H E Major in 2007 under the patronage of lection of feature films with wide “The heart of the initiative press conference at Katara. General Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah H E Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, ranging themes for young audi- is our youth jury programme — led Qatar’s delegation to the 13th formerly through Qatari- ence and movie fans. Doha Film Experience — where and critiqued by our juries — in the feature film section, said Al session of the defence council Mauritanian Social Development “One of the things that is we have 450 young people par- from short films, documentaries Remaihi. Twenty films made by which ended in Kuwait yesterday. Foundation, and now through remarkable this year is out of the ticipating from all over the world. and narrative features,” added Doha-based Qatari and expatriate In its final communique, the Education Above All. 21 feature films, 10 are by first- They include 25 delegates from Al Remaihi. The programme is filmmakers will also be screened. defence council agreed to provide It aims to provide high-quality and second-time filmmakers, 12 countries, including Australia, for four age groups — Bader cat- There will also be activities therapeutic services for GCC healthcare at low prices afford- which highlights DFI’s mission Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, egory for ages 18-21, Hilal (13- on the sidelines such as Family states’ armed forces personnel able for patients so that they do to support emerging filmmakers Italy, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, 17), Mohaq (8-12) and Bariq (4 Weekend comprising creative and suffering from incurable diseases, not have to travel to Nouakchott all over the world,” said Chadi Saudi Arabia, Spain, Thailand, year up). The jury will select five cultural activities, The Sandbox at military hospitals and special- or abroad for treatment. Zeneddine, Resident Filmmaker Tunisia and the UAE,” said Al best filmmakers for awards — digital play space, a photo expo, ised centres and submitted a rec- The programme was welcomed and Programmer, DFI. Remaihi. one short film each from Bader, In Conversation with Roger Allers ommendation in this regard to the by the Boutilimit community, who Among the films by first- and “Our jurors will have the chance Hilal and Mohaq categories and and Mohammed Saeed Harib and Supreme Council. The statement see how the hospital works hard second-time filmmakers are to connect with other young peo- two feature films from Hilal and Sony Pop-up cinema. said the session also accepted an to reach out to the poor. The local Macondo (Austria, Germany) ple developing analytical abilities Bader categories. Tickets will go on sale on invitation by Al Attiyah to the authorities also praised it for pro- by Sudabeh Mortezai, Antboy and discovering new perspectives Winners in the short catego- November 18 at the festival GCC Defence Council to hold its moting healthcare for all. (Denmark) by Ask Hasselbalch, through cinema. ries will receive QR18,000 while booths at City Centre and Katara. 14th session in Qatar next year. THE PENINSULA #chicagoGirl: The Social Network “Sixty-one films will be viewed QR55,000 will be given to winners THE PENINSULA Former Silatech official named Yemen minister ‘Misuse of business DOHA: Research centre to promote more Dr Mohammed Al Maitami who served for four years as Senior Representative licences on the rise’ effective use of renewable energy for Doha-based Silatech, has been named Yemen’s Minister Continued from page 1 he knew there were a lot of com- of Planning and International As a matter of principle, any plaints about business licences Cooperation. activity which is related to com- being misused by people. Al Maitami is an economist merce, be it a medical clinic or a “One has a licence for a res- and Professor at University of law office, should be licensed by taurant, but one may be running Sana’a. He has held positions the economy ministry apart from another business. Such cases with Georgetown University being licensed by their respective are galore,” Fraish told this (US), Yemeni Center for Studies regulatory bodies, he said. newspaper. and Research, and the Economic “I think the new law will also The aim of the proposed law Research Forum. provide for strict monitoring par- should be to make the licensing During his tenure with Silatech, ticularly of petty businesses, the conditions very strict. Then, the the organisation pioneered job shops, eateries and vendors.” proposed law should provide for training, microfinance and enter- A member of the Central stricter follow-up and monitoring, prise development programmes Municipal Council (CMC), he said. that benefited tens of thousands Mubarak Fraish, said as far as THE PENINSULA of Yemeni youth. “Yemen was one of the first countries where Silatech pro- grammes had a strong presence, Officials at the launch of the Smart Grid Centre extension in Qatar. and Dr Al Maitami played a lead- ing role in fostering partnerships HMC holds First Qatar DOHA: A new research cen- integrate electricity and informa- “The centre is part of the univer- for us there. Yemen faces serious tre has been launched at Texas tion and communication infra- sity’s efforts to meet the press- challenges, but I am confident A&M University at Qatar structures to produce electricity ing challenges of Qatar’s growth that with his experience and Orthopaedic Research Day (TAMUQ) to study about using more efficiently and reliably, as and development by providing knowledge, Dr Al Maitami will renewable energy in a more well as clean and safe for the research, facilities and exper- serve Yemen well. We at Silatech DOHA: Hamad Medical in orthopaedic surgery. “We are effective method. environment. tise available nowhere else in the offer him our congratulations and Corporation (HMC) held looking forward to seeing a new The Smart Grid Centre exten- The centre is working to solve region. look forward to strengthening its First Qatar Orthopaedic generation of researchers and sion in Qatar (SGC-Q) is helping energy issues, meeting the needs “We are grateful to our indus- our partnerships in Yemen,” said Research Day, featuring their findings.” make smart grid a reality in the of future generations. try partners in Qatar and our Silatech CEO, Dr Tarik M Yousef. Professor Mohit Bhandari, Dr Ghaleb Ahmad, Programme country and worldwide. Essa bin Hilal Al Kuwari, Texas A&M colleagues in College orthopaedic surgery expert Manager for the event, said The centre strives to become a President, Qatar General Station, Texas, for support.” Ooredoo unveils from McMaster University, Orthopaedic Research Day was reference point and a key player Electricity and Water Corporation Kahramaa has joined hands Canada. part of the Continuing Medical in the field of smart grid in the (Kahramaa), said, “The centre with Iberdrola, the Spanish utility Burstable Billing Dr Mohamed Al Ateeq Al Education programme at HMC. community and the region, work- will work to incorporate efforts to which is one of the world’s leading Dosari, Head, Orthopaedic Dr Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, ing towards ensuring energy build a platform for smart infra- utilities in the smart grid field, Service for traders Surgery Department, and Consultant Spine Surgeon, HMC, security. structure in electricity grids and on a pilot project to analyse the Director, Bone and Joint Centre, said Prof Bhandari is one of the It trains engineering stu- for water, telecommunication and corporation’s network and study DOHA: Ooredoo yester- HMC, said the event demon- founders of modern medical dents and professionals in elec- transportation.” the opportunity in applying smart day announced the launch of strated the department’s commit- research methodology. tric energy-related concepts and Dr Mark H Weichold, Dean and grid. Burstable Billing Services for ment to adopt modern approaches THE PENINSULA technologies in Qatar. It will help CEO, Texas A&M at Qatar, said, THE PENINSULA business and enterprise cus- tomers in Qatar. It allows businesses to effec- tively manage their bandwidth requirements and gives custom- ers the freedom to allow their inter-office connectivity and Lebanon students win Intel Science Competition 2014 bandwidth to grow as their data traffic grows. DOHA: A t e a m of s t u d e nt s f r om students from Lebanon for their Traditionally business and Lebanon were announced the ‘Autocool’ project, a solar-powered enterprise customers would have winners of Fifth Intel Science cooler to maintain a car’s inte- to purchase additional connectiv- Competition Arab World 2014 rior temperature at an accept- ity to handle peak usage and need following a three-day event. able condition when parked in to initiate a service change for The second place went to a sunlight. each link in use. With Burstable medical project from Saudi Arabia The Saudi project on CYP2C19 Billing, customers can burst their and the third prize was given to a polymorphisms in the Saudi capacity up to 1Gbps with the project by Tunisian students. population proposed a clinical assurance of having to pay only Intel Corporation (Ltd), the response to Clopidogrel, an oral, for the increased capacity when Research and Development thienopyridine-class antiplatelet used. The automatic bandwidth Division of Qatar Foundation agent used to inhibit blood clots management and billing ensure for Education, Science and in coronary artery disease. The connectivity when needed and Community Development project by Tunisian students uses make it easier to forecast and (QF R&D), and the Supreme artificial intelligence and compu- keep up with bandwidth demands Education Council (SEC) organ- ter vision to develop an operat- between office locations. ised the competition for students ing system for head-mounted Ooredoo has Qatar’s largest in grades nine to 12. displays. IP network and has deployed a More than 100 students from The winners said: “We would nation-wide fibre roll-out. This nine countries in the Middle East like to thank all parties involved accompanied with the option of and North Africa took part in six in organising the competition, Burstable Billing will help busi- scientific categories, held in Qatar and Qatar for welcoming us and nesses remove capacity bot- FROM LEFT: Rabea Mohammed Al Kaabi, Undersecretary, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education; for the first time. hosting the event. We are hon- tlenecks and pay only for the Following presentations and oured and proud to win the Grand Dr Thomas Zacharia, Executive Vice-President, Research and Development, QF; winner of the Grand Award additional bandwidth consumed interviews in front of interna- Award we consider a landmark representing Lebanon; Dr Wyatt Hume, Executive Director of Education, Training and Development, QF; and during peak data requirements. tional judges at Qatar National achievement in our early scientific Ferruh Gurtus, Intel Corporate Affairs Group Director, Intel Corporation, at the awards ceremony. The service is available with- Convention Centre, the results careers.” out any monthly subscription were announced at the closing Dr Ayman Bassil, Head, outstanding knowledge and Maths) subjects. Competing projects to an international stage, and customers can activate it ceremony. The Grand Award for Research Training, QF R&D, application in STEM (Science, against some of the best students participants can be proud of their immediately. the best overall project went to said: “Students demonstrated Technology, Engineering and in the region and taking their achievements.” THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA/QNA THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Israel to build 200 homes in E Jerusalem US ‘deeply concerned’ about settlement decision as fears of new Palestinian uprising loom

JERUSALEM: Israel approved was “deeply concerned” about to step up peace efforts, warn- impact of further inflaming an raging so strongly,” village council violence began five months ago new settler homes in East an Israeli decision. State ing against “the continuation of already tense situation,” he said. head Faraj Nassan said. “By the with the kidnapping and murder Jerusalem yesterday despite Department spokeswoman Jen Israel’s settlement policies”. UN Secretary General Ban time the civil defence (firefight- of three Israeli teenagers by mili- mounting unrest, as US Secretary Psaki said the decision impeded An Israeli committee mean- Ki-moon demanded that both ers) got there, the ground floor tants, at least 17 Palestinians have of State John Kerry was set for attempts to reach a two-state while approved plans to build 200 sides do everything possible “to was completely burnt out.” been killed in the West Bankt. talks with the Palestinian leader solution between the Israelis and homes in Ramot, a neighbourhood avoid further exacerbating an It was the second time in two Israeli Finance Minister Yair on easing tensions. Palestinians. of annexed east Jerusalem, despite already tense environment”. years that a mosque in the village Lapid said the situation was The new settlement construc- Jordan’s King Abdullah II met recent settlement announce- Tit-for-tat violence showed no had been set alight. “a real test of leadership” for tion was announced just hours Abbas ahead of Kerry’s arrival ments sparking outrage among signs of easing, with a pre-dawn Overnight, a Molotov cocktail both Abbas and Prime Minister after suspected Jewish extrem- and took Israel to task. the Palestinians. arson attack on a mosque in a was thrown at an ancient syna- Benjamin Netanyahu. ists torched a West Bank mosque, The king expressed his “total “It is a decision which is going village between Ramallah and gogue in the Arab Israeli town of “We must throw a bucket of in another development likely to rejection of Israel’s repeated to cause great harm,” city council- Nablus in the West Bank, which Shfaram, causing minor damage, cold water over the explosive situ- inflame tempers in an already aggressions and provocations lor Yosef Pepe Alalu said. Palestinian security officials blamed police said. The structure is not ation... of the last few weeks, and heated atmosphere. in Jerusalem,” a palace state- Middle East Quartet envoy on extremist Jewish settlers. currently used for worship. not add fuel to the furnace.” Months of unrest have esca- ment said. Abdullah raised par- Tony Blair urged both Israeli The attack came two days The mosque attack came as Defence Minister Moshe lated in recent days, spreading ticular concern about tensions at and Palestinian leaders to call for after Palestinian knife attacks Palestinian anger was already Yaalon said it was too early to from annexed east Jerusalem to Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al Aqsa restraint and “an end to hostile killed a settler in the southern running high after Israeli troops describe the wave of violence as the West Bank and Arab commu- mosque compound, the third holi- and provocative acts”, including West Bank and an Israeli soldier shot dead a 22-year-old protester a new Palestinian uprising, but nities across Israel, raising fears est site in Islam where Jordan has settlement construction. in Tel Aviv. in the southern West Bank on warned the public to be alert for of a new Palestinian uprising. custodial rights. “In the present circumstances, “When we got there, we couldn’t Tuesday. a possible further escalation of The United States said it Abdullah urged global powers such building can only have the even get close because the fire was Since the current round of unrest. AFP Palestinian leader put in solitary France to hold confinement

RAMALLAH: symbolic vote on Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghuti has been placed in sol- itary confinement after publish- ing a letter calling for a return Palestine status to “armed resistance” against Israel, a Palestinian NGO said PARIS: French lawmakers are did not specifically comment yesterday. set to hold symbolic parliamen- on the parliamentary vote, but The Ramallah-based tary votes over the next month repeated it was urgent to relaunch Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said on whether the government peace talks that would lead to a in a statement that Barghuti had should recognise Palestine as a Palestinian state. been placed in solitary as a “pun- state, a move likely to anger the “France is attached to a two- ishment” for a letter published Jewish state. state solution,” Spokesman on Tuesday on the 10th anni- France does not classify Romain Nadal said in a daily news versary of the death of veteran Palestine as a state, but says it briefing. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. could extend recognition if it “This solution implies that A spokesman for Israel Prisons believed doing so would help there will be a recognition of a Service confirmed Barghuti had promote peace between the Palestinian state by France,” he been placed in solitary but said it Palestinians and Israel. said. was because he had given inter- The Swedish government rec- Paris has previously supported views to the press. ognised the state of Palestine Palestine’s membership of the “Marwan Barghuti was sen- last month and Britain’s par- United Nations cultural agency tenced yesterday to seven days liament did the same in a non- Unesco and its non-member of isolation and handed a fine for binding vote. Similar moves observer country status at the having given media interviews, have been proposed in Spain United Nations. which he is not allowed to do,” Palestinian men stand outside a mosque which was set ablaze by Israeli settlers in Al Mughayer, in the occupied and Ireland. Palestinians seek statehood in he said. West Bank near the Jewish settlement of Shilo, yesterday. Settlers torched the mosque in an apparent revenge Two motions due for debate in the Israeli-occupied West Bank In the letter, Barghuti said attack. the French National Assembly and blockaded Gaza Strip with “choosing global and armed on November 28, and the Senate East Jerusalem as their capi- resistance” was being “faithful on December 11 put forward by tal — lands captured by Israel to Arafat’s legacy, his ideas and the ruling Socialist bloc and the in a 1967 war, although Israeli his principles.” He also urged the Israeli cop held for fatal shooting Left Front party, ask the French soldiers and settlers withdrew Palestinian leadership to “put an government to “use the recogni- from Gaza in 2005. immediate end to security coop- JERUSALEM: An Israeli in the area, one of whom could Benny Katz told army radio. tion of a Palestinian state as an The latest round of fitful efforts eration” with Israel. border policeman has been be seen firing at the time when The border policeman was instrument to achieve a definitive to forge a two-state solution col- The letter was published in arrested on suspicion of firing the youth was hit. A post-mor- arrested following a probe by solution to the conflict”. lapsed in April and Palestinians an atmosphere of escalating vio- live bullets which killed a young tem found he died after being hit the justice ministry department The National Assembly still now see little choice but to push lence as months of clashes in and Palestinian during a West Bank in the chest by a live bullet, an which looks into complaints of needs to to formally ratify the unilaterally for statehood and around annexed east Jerusalem demonstration in May, police Israeli human rights group said. police conduct. motion. have encouraged international spread to Israel and the West sources said yesterday. At the time, Israel said bor- Palestinian leaders accused It is unclear whether law- steps to recognise it. Bank, and following a growing Nadeem Nuwarah, 17, was der police were quelling a vio- Israel of Nuwarah’s “deliber- makers would vote in favour of Tension has risen between number of deadly Palestinian killed on May 15 during a day of lent demonstration by about 150 ate execution” at the time, after the motions, an edict which has Palestinians and Israelis in recent attacks by lone individuals. clashes in Beitunia, southwest of Palestinians, and denied live bul- CCTV footage appeared to show caused anger with some pro- weeks as disputes have mounted Barghuti, who is widely believed Ramallah, between Israeli forces lets were used. Nuwarah was shot unprovoked, Israel members on all sides of the over Jewish access to one of to have masterminded the 2000- and Palestinian protesters mark- Benny Katz, the lawyer repre- during a lull in the violence. political spectrum. Jerusalem’s holiest sites, revered 2005 second Palestinian intifada, ing the anniversary of the Nakba, senting the suspect, whose iden- A second teenager, Mohammed Even if lawmakers do back by Muslims as Noble Sanctuary, wrote the letter from his cell in or “catastrophe” of the 1948 crea- tity has not been revealed, told Udeh, 16, was killed on the same the motion, it is non-binding where Al Aqsa mosque stands, Hadarim prison where he is serv- tion of Israel. army radio his client denied the day in the same place. He was also and would not force the govern- and by Jews as the Temple Mount, ing five life sentences for anti- Footage recorded by US broad- charges against him. hit in the chest by a bullet but ment to change its diplomatic where their biblical temples once Israeli attacks. caster CNN captured a group of “This arrest is superfluous, my his family refused to allow a post- stance. stood. AFP five or six border police officers client denies firing live bullets,” mortem. AFP The foreign ministry yesterday REUTERS

Dubai tram launched US sailors hit by ‘hood attack’ in Turkey ISTANBUL: A group of nation- alist Turkish youths yesterday attacked three visiting US sailors in Istanbul, trying to force sacks on their heads in an assault angrily condemned by the US embassy. Several dozen members of the nationalist youth group Turkiye Genclik Birligi (Turkish Youth Union) attacked the sailors in the Eminonu district on the Istanbul waterfront, a popular tourist hub. They sought to force white sacks onto the heads of the sailors, who were in civilian dress, and chased them across the quayside, shouting “Yankee Go Home” and “Down with US Imperialism”. The use of hoods was a reference to an incident from the 2003 Iraq war that outraged many in Turkey when US forces in northern Iraq arrested a group of Turkish soldiers, forced hoods on their heads and held them for three days. The incident inflamed nationalist sentiment in Turkey and formed the basis of the smash-hit 2006 film about Turkish agents in Iraq “Valley of the Wolves: Iraq”. Tram Dubai passes at Knowledge Village in Dubai yesterday. The The group said that the sailors 10.6km electric tram started for public yesterday will transport between were from the USS Ross destroyer, Al Sufouh and Jumeirah Beach Residence, passing by Dubai Marina, which was moored in Istanbul after Knowledge Village, Palm Jumeirah and Media City. returning from military exercises in the Black Sea. AFP THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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T MUST have been one of the most-noticed pictures of the week – Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shaking hands during their Imeeting in Beijing on Monday. In a way, the picture demonstrated the current strain in relations between the two Watch out: US govt wants countries -- both were careful not to smile; there was a sense of unease and an attempt to tell the world that everything is not yet fine. But even then, the 25-minute meeting between the two to pass new spying laws leaders and the picture represented a huge step forward in repairing the strained relations between the two countries. BY TREVOR TIMM select intelligence committee member make cybersecurity worse. Security It may not ultimately lead to any breakthrough, but it shows Mike Rogers in pretending he had the experts almost universally agree: cre- that a thaw in relations is possible, or at least, it can arrest EVER underestimate the support of privacy groups when the ating a vulnerability that law enforce- a dangerous downslide in relations. It was the first meeting ability of the “do-nothing” House passed its version of the bill, it’s ment agencies can exploit will be found between the leaders of Asia’s two biggest powers since either US Congress to make sure hard to take anything the intelligence by foreign governments and criminals, took office. And it’s worth noting that in the beginning of this Nit passes privacy-invasive committees say in the area of privacy making it that much easier for, say, legislation on its way out the door. In on good faith. China to break into our communica- year the two nations were embroiled in a deepening conflict December 2012, the Senate re-upped Saxby Chambliss and Feinstein tions as well. It’s happened before, and over a string of tiny islands which Tokyo and Beijing are the NSA’s vast surveillance powers are even using the “risking the will happen again, no matter how much calling in different names. over the holidays when no one was economy”argument to get their bill kumbaya Obama is trying to foster this After the meeting, Abe sounded optimistic. Addressing the paying attention. In December 2013, up for a vote before the new Congress week in Beijing. media, he said that for the sake of the Asia-Pacific region, Congressweakened video-rental pri- takes over next month. And, you know, Some politicians and intel hawks are the onus was on both countries to work toward a “mutually vacy laws because Netflix asked them failing to pass robust NSA reform is pushing for even more radical powers to and nobody noticed. harming the economy too, according to sneak by while you’re not watching. beneficial” relationship based on strategic interests. “Japan Now, as the post-election lame- to virtually every major tech company, In a little noticed story in October, the and China, we need each other,” he said. “We are, in a way, duck session opens on Wednesday in but so far Chambliss and Feinstein have Washington Post reported about how inseparably bound together.” Washington, the Senate might try to done their best to ignore that. some former government officials want According to reports, credit sneak through a “cybersecurity” bill “This idea that we don’t trust each to give private companies “hacking- The recent must go mostly to Abe for that would, as the ACLU puts it, “cre- other – that’s a recipe for disaster for back” powers – that is, they should be facilitating the meeting. He sought ate a massive us,” Admiral Michael S Rogers, the able to hack into the systems of any- meeting between loophole in our new director of the NSA, told USA one they think is hacking them. This a meeting with the Chinese leader existing privacy Today. “We have got to work this insane idea is so reckless that even its Chinese at the Asian summit in Beijing. laws”. The vague collaboratively.” biggest supporters admitted to the Post President Xi The Chinese president is said to and ambiguous Gee, I wonder why companies don’t that it would likely ensnare innocent have set a couple of conditions Dangerous law would essen- trust the government anymore? Is it people, but that hasn’t stopped them Jinping and for meeting Abe – that Japan tially allow com- because the NSA got caught basically from continually pushing the idea in cybersecurity panies like Google hacking into of some of the biggest cybersecurity circles. acknowledge that the sovereignty Japan’s Prime legislation would and Facebook to American companies and siphoning Former NSA general counsel Minister Shinzo of the islands was disputed and hand over even off untold amounts of information? Or Stewart Baker told the Post, “I have that Abe pledge not to return allow Google more of your per- is it because of anecdotes like this one, a strong sense from everything I’ve Abe is a major to the Yasukuni shrine. Abe sonal information from the New York Times, where the heard [from government officials] that and Facebook to the US govern- NSA calls in companies under the guise they’re much more willing to help com- step towards had earlier rankled leaders in the region with some outspoken ment, all of which of cybersecurity to then weaken their panies that want to do this.” to hand over could ultimately security? The NSA may already be doing repairing nationalistic statements and a even more of end up in the Even agency programs ostensibly this itself on an automated scale. In strained visit to a Tokyo shrine where hands of the NSA intended to guard American communi- Wired magazine’s interview with war criminals are among those your information and the FBI. cations are sometimes used to weaken Edward Snowden a few months ago, relations. honoured. Through private The House protections. The N.S.A.’s Commercial Snowden described the NSA program messengers, Abe agreed not to to the NSA and already passed Solutions Center, for instance, invites code-named MonsterMind, which make any more Yasukuni visits and both sides agreed to a a version of this the makers of encryption technologies would “hack back” automatically: FBI. bill earlier in the to present their products to the agency “Instead of simply detecting and kill- statement that they have “different positions” on the islands. year, and the with the goal of improving American ing the malware at the point of entry, Beijing and Tokyo need to cash in on the current bonhomie White House, cybersecurity. But a top-secret N.S.A. MonsterMind would automatically fire and take steps that would consolidate the small gains made at despite vowing to veto earlier versions, document suggests that the agency’s back, with no human involvement.” the summit. An escalation in tension is in nobody’s interest, told reporters an “information shar- hacking division uses that same pro- But what happens when we hack and will only cause tension in a region where border tensions ing” cybersecurity bill was on its list gram to develop and ‘leverage sensitive, back at innocent people? “These of priorities for the lame-duck session cooperative relationships with specific attacks can be spoofed,” Snowden told are very high. Also, in the past several months, the tensions (while NSA reform is not). industry partners’ to insert vulnerabili- Wired: “You could have someone sitting on the seas have decreased as quiet talks improving relations Senate intelligence committee chair ties into Internet security products. in China, for example, making it appear began. It’s also important that both leaders must encourage Dianne Feinstein says she’s willing to Meanwhile, the FBI’s dangerous new that one of these attacks is originating their media to adopt a less acrimonious approach towards the make privacy compromises to get the proposal that would force tech compa- in Russia. And then we end up shoot- other. Any improvement in relations will be impossible if the bill to the floor, but did not elaborate – nies like Google and Facebook to insert ing back at a Russian hospital. What media keeps whipping up passions. at all – on what those were. And given backdoors into all their internet email happens next?” the sleazy tactics of House permanent and chat programs would categorically THE GUARDIAN The other side Quote of Australia can do more for Iraq, with caution the day

USTRALIA has a special not discussing peaceful matters. The shambles created the impression that into a military quagmire of guerrilla war, relationship with the United US now wants Australia to increase Islamic state was a potent military force. to which Islamic fundamentalists would States when it comes to its commitment of 200 special forces But the spread of Islamic State has be drawn to fight. Australia wants no Ajoining the US in major military soldiers to Iraq – the most prized of been checked by air power, primarily part of such an outcome. actions. Only Australia has fought Australia’s combat forces – to help train from the US, and by the disciplined The Herald supported the original with the US in all its wars of the past the Iraqi army meet the threat posed by armed forces of the Kurds. The pres- commitment of limited Australian mili- 100 years. It was thus inevitable that Islamic State. Australia is thus being ence of US and Australian special tary forces back into the Iraqi theatre We have a special President Obama would seek more asked to be drawn deeper into the forces in Iraq will help provide a spine this year, given the genocidal conduct help from Australia in Iraq. Australian quagmire of Iraq. of discipline and expertise to key ele- of Islamic State. Iraq was in danger of responsibility to forces took part in the US invasion The US poured hundreds of billions ments of the Iraqi army. The sectarian collapsing, with large sections of the and occupation of the country and no of dollars into creating a new Iraqi mess left by Al Maliki, who spent eight country under the control of jihadists. lead the worldwide other nation has proved more reliable Army. Yet after American forces with- years dividing the country, needs to be This could not be greeted with passivity. effort against in sharing the burden of combat with drew and the disastrous former Prime cleaned up and he has been forced But we expressed concern that proper American forces. Minister, Nouri Al Maliki, stacked the from the prime ministership, replaced debate and scrutiny of Australia’s re- climate change. This is why President Obama and army command with incompetent cro- by a technocrat, Haidar Al Abadi. engagement in Iraq did not take place Prime Minister Abbott have had two nies, the army collapsed spectacularly Islamic State’s bloody provocations in Parliament. Barack Obama bilateral meetings this year. They are when faced with a military threat. This were designed to draw Western forces The Sydney Morning Herald US President THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 QATAR PERSPECTIVE www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Woman ‘threatens aircraft security’

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am sure readers know what her to change the seat yet again I mean by “Qatariya” here. It even though her health wouldn’t means Qatar Airways, which permit it. Iowns and operates a fleet of When the lady asked why she large aircraft. The airline sports a should again change her seat, the logo — an oryx with the country’s flight attendant couldn’t convince flag — denoting Qatar’s wonderful her and even yelled at her in full ecology. view of other passengers. The Our national airline, however, flight attendant called the pilot draws criticism and complaints and told him that the passenger from citizens, even as they are had refused to obey her instruc- the staunchest supporters of tions. This made things worse what it has achieved interna- and the woman was told she tionally. These citizens are also could be thrown out of the plane. the main force behind the abil- When she objected to this, the ity of this airline to achieve phe- crew called in security and had nomenal growth and win major her offloaded saying she threat- awards. ened the security and safety of It is disappointing to some- passengers. times hear about the airline vio- This is unbelievable. How could lating the rights of citizens, both a frail, old and ailing woman jeop- inside Qatar and overseas. ardise the security and safety of During an episode last Tuesday, aircraft passengers? Mohamed the popular radio programme “My was sure his mother hadn’t bro- Beloved Country, Good Morning”, ken aircraft rules to deserve such received a phone call from a citi- treatment. zen called Mohamed, who nar- After an investigation, the rated a strange story that could woman was accused of failing add to criticism of the airline. to fasten the seat belt and obey Mohamed said that his elderly safety instructions. Her son mother, who suffers from health denied the charge. problems, came across something Mohamed said he filed a com- shocking on a Qatar Airways plaint with Qatar Airways about flight on her way back after a the incident, which he consid- of the national carrier? The fam- complaint? How long will the to lead to better relations with must also make passengers feel surgery abroad. ered to be a major insult to her. ily includes a woman who is still national carrier continue to the country’s airline or even that the airline is Qatari in name After the lady boarded the However, the airline didn’t care a recuperating from a disease and behave inappropriately with the increase their confidence in the and deeds. plane and took her seat in whit about the complaint. who had failed to fasten her seat public of this country? Where organisation? We are so keen to see the Business Class, the cabin crew The airline administration even belt or obey instructions of the have all its claims about commu- We wait for the administra- national carrier of our country asked passengers to change seats threatened Mohamed saying he crew. nicating with and appreciating tion of the airline to respond and in its best form. for an emergency. Mohamed’s and his family could be barred It is unacceptable that the situ- the complaints of its passengers patch up with its passengers. It We hope Qatar Airways planes mother complied. After the plane from its planes. This is unbeliev- ation has taken such a turn. The gone? must take steps to boost the confi- take off and land safely while its was ready for takeoff, the flight able! How can citizens be pre- question is: Why didn’t Qatar Do the shock and embar- dence of citizens in their country’s logo keeps telling posterity a story attendant showed up and asked vented from travelling in planes Airways care about Mohamed’s rassment Qataris are subjected national carrier. Such measures of sacrifice and belongingness.

KHALID AL JABER Emir’s gesture means a lot for youth n October 28, 2014, the received financial, psychological Emir H H Sheikh Tamim MOZA ABDUL AZIZ AL ISAAC and social support from the state The meaning Obin Hamad Al Thani in fields like education, sports and received Qatari students on schol- building capacities and learning health care. arships to the United Kingdom, at about cultures and shared experi- The aim is to create a con- of terrorism the Dorchester Hotel in London. ences. All this has to be put in the scious generation that is aware This meeting made us citi- right place to serve this nation of all kinds of challenges and zens, students, parents, seniors and repay the favour for the national vision, which seeks their error is defined as action or behaviour that seeks to use and juniors, very happy, for its things they received as nation- support, otherwise dependent on coercion including the use of force to cause physical harm, morale-boosting and social impli- als, including economic benefits, There is no need foreign experts and workforces in Tillegal use of weapons, use of traditional and modern tor- cations, and long term effects on security and stability, which are different sectors. ture techniques that violate basic human rights endorsed by reli- different Qatari social segments. not available in many other coun- to say there are The state expects to harvest gion and international conventions in managing human relations. This may influence patriot- tries. Thanks to the leadership still leaders who and gain the rewards of its invest- The term also includes misuse of cultural, social, economic ism, breaking all social barri- that helped make us, in a very ment in youth at a time the entire and political differences by use of force and mass killing. The ers between the leadership and short time, one of the world’s top quickly respond Arab region is suffering from dif- coercive force is generally used with the aim of forcing others ordinary citizens, who could come income countries. to their nation’s ferent political, educational and into submission, by creating pressure to achieve exclusion or closer to the young leader who There is no need to say there needs and are economic tensions and upheavals. marginalising the targeted group of people. Some people who is following the National Vision are still leaders who quickly The meeting with the Emir were not part of the conflict 2030 while extending his hand to respond to their nation’s needs ready to remove all made the youth realise their or were not targetted by the Terrorism can different segments of the society. and are ready to remove all hurdles to achieve national and social responsibili- terror act can also be affected. The Emir took it upon him- hurdles to achieve development ties. It made them aware of what Such coercive non-peace- self to pay extra attention to the goals. In addition, perhaps these development the state expects from them in ful human behaviour occurs at times be an youth in the educational, sport effective meetings and forums goals. the near future. among individuals, groups and and cultural spheres during the between leaders and citizens Finally, words can’t describe even authorities in a society action, at others last ten years in light of the eco- through field visits shall refresh Sheikh Tamim’s efforts for the or between specific communi- nomic transition that Qatar is the social and national loyalty wellbeing of his citizens. The ties. Such violence is usually a mere reaction, seeing. spirit and increase the emo- relation with the people, policy subject is not considered new derived from the intersection The state is fully convinced tional intimacy, the matter which making and when conducting for a leader who was raised in a of different issues that may targeting a that no nation can develop and obliges us to carry national and diplomatic activities in coun- leadership environment founded be related to the same or dif- prosper without youth in the societal responsibilities towards tries with their citizens. What by the Father Emir H H Sheikh ferent environments and this specific group or leading role. The youth may lead our state and leaders. the Emir has done is an example Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who may encourage involvement of Qatar through a series of chal- Probably the message through others can learn from. It breaks challenged the world and made a other groups. persons. It usually lenges pertaining to the consoli- this meeting is being directed to all barriers between leaders and legend of Qatar in terms of eco- Terrorism can at times be dation of the economic structure. officials in various sectors in the ordinary citizens. The other mes- nomic development in different an action, at others a mere Youth need someone to guide first place, which is to take the sage that we can learn from this spheres. May Allah help you and reaction, targeting a specific aims to put fear them through education, training, leadership as a model in their is directed to the youth, who guide our leadership. group or persons. It usually aims to put fear in the hearts in the hearts of these people. Sometimes the people affected by terrorism of people. are not its main targets, but are used as a means for affecting another party and make them Qatar moving ahead with able leadership involve in conflicts which are not part of it. The first party targeted by terrorism is usually the weaker one ow can an entity – said Qatar had the right to host and this is one of the reasons that makes it a target of terrorists. any entity – be made? JASSIM IBRAHIM FAKHRO the competition. While the other party in the conflict and the real target for the HEntities are made when Everybody failed to bring terrorist act is usually stronger and this make the terrorists there is clarity of objectives. They Qatar to its knees. Nobody could avoid direct conflict with it. are also made when major situ- for hosting the World Cup 2022. undermine its resolve. This is the There is misunderstanding as far as the relationship between ations harden people and show Nobody could deny the joy lesson and this is Qatar. Islam and terrorism is concerned. This misunderstanding has who is good and who is not. that overwhelmed all Arab coun- History should record all these become like a snowball, particularly when it comes to interna- The Father Emir H H Sheikh tries – not only Qatar – when events, while Qatari citizens need tional media. This media was reformulated against the back- Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani had Joseph Blatter announced that to learn the lesson. They need to ground of the complications created after the Arab Spring and clarity of objectives from the Qatar would host the World Cup learn that unity and self-reliance the revolutions sparked in the main squares, streets of Arab moment he took over the rein The new Qatar in 2022. A few days later, how- are what would do at the end of countries with slogans of freedom, justice and democracy. of this country. He knew that ever, things changed as rumours the day. The stereotype image of Islam, which is a religion of equity, Qatar ought to carve out a niche reflects the spirit started to swirl. Countries In the name of every Qatari tolerance, mercy, diversity, dialogue, forgiveness, and peace with- for itself, one that derived from of the Father started attacking Qatar by cir- citizen and in the name of eve- out differentiating between Islam and hard-line religious groups. its originality so that it could culating negative news about its rybody who loves Qatar, I stand Extremist groups use the teachings of Islam, in many cases in become a country that has its Emir and his World Cup bid. Few countries in respect for the strong resolve a distorted way. This is against the religion itself. own important position in the aspirations. It stood by Qatar in this crisis. Arab of our leadership and its historic This media did not focus on the role despotism and despotic world, one that is well heard at media was also so quick to publi- role. I also stand in respect for regimes played in promoting and publicising extremism and all international forums. has become cise rumours about the country the people involved in the organ- terrorism against political justice and peoples’ demand to take This was what really hap- a reflection of everywhere. isation of the World Cup 2022. part in their national issues and the right to determine their pened. Qatar now has its own The fact was that Qatar These people play a very impor- fate through democratic approaches. standing in all fields and forums his courageous brought honour to all Arab tant role in defending justice Now, there are only two options in the region: Dictatorship whether it shows up at the event countries with its ability to win and the dignity of every Qatari like the case of Syria, on one hand, and Jihadist and extremist or not. The new Qatar reflects personality. the competition for hosting the citizen. This is our lesson for this terrorist groups, such as the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the spirit of the Father Emir and international sporting event. week. the Levant, Houthis and Al Qaeda. his aspirations. It has become a Qatar – a small country – stood The Arab world nowadays either faces state terrorism or reflection of his courageous per- over decades. The lesson does not strong in these fierce currents, The views expressed in the articles on this terrorism by extremist groups and sometimes both together. page do not reflect the viewpoint of the sonality, which is also a mere come to an end here. It actually but it did this alone. The country newspaper. extension of the rule of Al Thani started and ended at Qatar’s file continued to do this until FIFA THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Rockets kill US coalition officers seven Syrian schoolchildren DAMASCUS: Two rockets fired at a school in the central plan fight against IS Syrian province of Hama killed seven children yesterday, state media reported, blaming “ter- Nearly 200 military planners will gather at Tampa base rorists” for the attack. “Terrorist organisations have WASHINGTON/DAMASCUS: job done and done the right way, launched bombing raids against fired two rockets at a primary Military officers from more than and as quickly as possible.” The the IS group in Iraq and after school in the town of Karnaz, 30 countries in the US-led coa- meeting, which will run through more than 800 air strikes in Iraq killing seven children, wounding lition against the Islamic State November 21, comes more than and Syria, most of which have others and causing major dam- (IS) group will meet today at a three months since US warplanes been conducted by American age to the school,” said Sana news US base to plan the war effort aircraft. agency, quoting a police source. against militants, the American The military planning session The Syrian regime regards military said. Iran denies also follows President Barack as “terrorists” all of those who Nearly 200 military plan- Obama’s decision to send an have taken up arms against it in ners will gather for more than a nuclear scientist additional 1,500 US troops to Iraq the conflict sparked by a bloody week at MacDill Air Force Base to advise and train government crackdown on a pro-democracy in Tampa, Florida, home to US killed in Syria forces and Kurdish militia, amid uprising in 2011. Central Command, which is over- plans to help the Iraqi army even- “All of the martyrs were under seeing the air war against the IS TEHRAN: Iran yesterday tually seize back territory from 12 years of age,” a source at a hos- group in Iraq and Syria. denied a report that one of its the IS militants. pital where the casualties were “The conference provides an nuclear scientists was killed Despite the daily air raids, taken was quoted as saying. opportunity for coalition part- in an ambush near the capi- the IS group has continued to Karnaz is located 45km north- ners to strengthen relationships tal of its war-torn ally Syria. advance in some areas and has west of Hama city and is close and further develop and refine “There are no Iranian yet to be driven back from key to the villages of Kfanbuda and military campaign plans to nuclear scientists in Syria,” towns it seized over the past sev- Kfarzita “where terrorist organ- degrade and defeat IS,” Central said Deputy Foreign Minister eral months in Iraq and Syria. isations abound,” according to Command said in a statement, Hassan Ghashghavi, quoted by The IS fighters have declared Sana. using an alternative acronym for state news agency Irna. an Islamic “caliphate” over large the extremist group. The Syrian Observatory swathes of territory under their Commanders from more than for Human Rights, a Britain- control, and pursued a campaign Assailants attack 20 coalition partners met about based monitoring group, said of mass executions and atroci- Smoke rises after shelling by coalition forces in the city of Kobane, also a month ago in Washington and five nuclear engineers, includ- ties to sow fear and discourage known as Ain Al Arab, as seen from the Turkish border village of Mursitpinar, Egypt naval vessel the session starting this week ing an Iranian, were killed resistance. Sanliurfa province, yesterday. represented another “milestone,” Sunday as unknown assailants Meanwhile, Syrian authorities CAIRO: Assailants in boats Central Command said. attacked their bus just north of detained a veteran dissident liv- and the regime to form a “coali- live. Hussein has long been an attacked an Egyptian naval “The nearly 200 participants Damascus, near the research ing in Damascus yesterday as he tion” government. “The Syrian opponent of the Assad clan, which vessel in the Mediterranean represent the broad coalition that centre where they worked. tried to leave the country to visit authorities arrested Syrian oppo- has ruled Syria for 40 years. yesterday, prompting the mili- has come together and is key to Iran backs Syrian President his family in Spain, his party said. nent Louay Hussein, who heads In 2011, he was detained after tary to send in air support, the success of our campaign to Bashar Al Assad who has since Louay Hussein is part of the the Building the Syrian State he expressed solidarity with pro- state media reported. defeat IS,” General Lloyd Austin, March 2011 faced an armed regime-tolerated opposition, but is (movement)... on the Syrian- testers in Damascus who had The navy boat caught fire dur- head of Central Command, said revolt aimed at toppling his especially outspoken and recently Lebanese border,” the movement taken to the streets to denounce ing the exchange and three of the in the statement. regime, but it denies providing published a stinging statement said in a statement. a government crackdown in the assailants’ boats were destroyed, “Indeed, it is the coalition that his forces with military sup- that said President Bashar Al Hussein was heading to southern province of Daraa, birth- the official Mena news agency our enemies fear most. And, it port. AFP Assad’s regime is “collapsing”. Lebanon, from where he planned place of the anti-Assad revolt. reported. It said 20 of the assail- is the coalition that will get the He also called for the opposition to fly to Spain, where his family AFP ants had been arrested while the military conducted search and rescue operations, without elab- orating. A military spokesman declined to comment immediately. The identity of the assailants was not clear. The attack report- Dozens dead as car bomber hits Yemen Shias edly took place about 70km from Egypt’s shore. The Mediterranean SANA’A: A powerful suicide Yemeni branch. Yesterday’s blast sources said dozens were killed, President Abdrabuh Mansur Saleh and two Houthi command- Sea is used by drug traffickers bomb attack on Shia militia hit a large gathering of Huthis but a more accurate toll was not Hadi, an ally of the United ers with sanctions, accusing them and illegal migrant smugglers fighters in central Yemen left at the residence of a local tribal immediately available. States, and violence has continued of “engaging in acts that directly who have been intercepted by the dozens of people dead yesterday, chief in Rada, a mixed Shia-Sunni There was no immediate claim despite UN-backed efforts to find or indirectly threaten the peace, Egyptian navy in the past. military and tribal sources said. town that has seen heavy fighting, of responsibility for the attack. a political solution. security, or stability of Yemen.” The country is also fighting Yemen has been rocked by military and tribal sources said. At least 26 more Houthis were The instability in Yemen, which The UN Security Council a Islamist militant insurgency fresh instability since the Shia The explosion was the heavi- killed in attacks that targeted lies next to key shipping routes previously approved sanctions that has killed scores of police- fighters, known as Houthis, seized est to hit Rada since the Huthis them in several areas around from the Suez Canal to the Gulf, against the three men. A new men and soldiers since the army control of the capital Sana’a in took over parts of the town last Rada since early Tuesday, tribal stems from the 2012 overthrow of cabinet, including members con- overthrew Islamist president September. The Houthis have month, the military source said, sources said. Al Qaeda claimed longtime strongman Ali Abdullah sidered close to the Houthis, was Mohamed Mursi last year. The since been expanding their pres- adding that it was carried out by twin attacks at the weekend that Saleh, who has been accused of sworn in on Sunday in a bid to main militant group, Ansar Beit ence throughout the Arabian a suicide car bomber. Residents it said killed dozens of Houthi backing the Houthis. Saleh is a resolve Yemen’s political crisis, Al Maqdis, has pledged allegiance Peninsula nation but are facing said the dawn bombing was felt fighters in Rada. member of the Zaidi sect, an offshoot despite calls for a boycott from to the Islamic State organisation fierce resistance from local Sunni across the whole town. The rise of the Houthis has of Shia to which the Houthis belong. both Saleh and the Shia militia. in Iraq and Syria. tribes and Al Qaeda’s powerful Both the military and tribal challenged the authority of Washington on Monday hit AFP AFP

Libya attacks kill five BENGHAZI: A string of attacks killed five peo- ple and wounded more than 20 in eastern Libya yesterday, including in a stronghold of the inter- nationally recognised authorities, officials said. An interior ministry official said a suicide attack hit the centre of Tobruk, a town close to the Egyptian border and 1,600km east of Tripoli that is the base of a contested parliament elected in June. “At least one person was killed and 20 more injured, four seri- ously” in the suicide car bomb attack, a health min- People stand at the scene of a car bomb explosion in Libya’s eastern city of Tobruk, near the Egyptian border, istry official said. AFP yesterday. US senators threaten renewed Sudan meets with rebels amid push for Iran sanctions ceasefire plea WASHINGTON: Two US achieve these goals, we will “We decided not to issue a senators who wrote a tough work with our colleagues in visa for that specific staff of ADDIS ABABA: Sudan’s sanctions bill against Iran Congress to act decisively, as a certain nationality,” Najafi government and rebels from said yesterday they would we have in the past,” the two said, adding this had noth- South Kordofan and Blue Nile work with other members of senators said in a statement. ing to do with Iran’s work launched their latest round of Congress to push for action Meanwhile, Iran said yester- with the International Atomic peace talks yesterday, as media- against Tehran if a potential day it did not let a UN atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). “This tors called for an “urgent” end deal does not dismantle Iran’s agency official into the country is because of the nationality.” to over three years of war. nuclear programme. as part of a team investigating Iran and the United States More than one million people New Jersey Democrat its disputed nuclear activi- have had no diplomatic ties have been displaced or severely Robert Menendez, the chair- ties because of the person’s since shortly after the 1979 affected by the conflict in the two man of the Senate Foreign nationality. Islamic Revolution that ousted states. Relations Committee, and Ambassador Reza Najafi the US-backed shah. “We are really hoping this Illinois Republican Mark Kirk declined to say what country But tensions have eased time to finalise the negotia- said a “good deal” would require the IAEA official came from. over the last year and the two tions in which both sides have strict limits on nuclear-related But other diplomats saidthe countries are now trying to been engaged in for a few years,” research, development and pro- individual, who five times has negotiate an end to their dis- African Union chief mediator curement and a robust inspec- been denied entry into Iran, is pute over nuclear programme Thabo Mbeki said at the talks in tion regime for decades in Iran. American and a nuclear weap- by a November 24 deadline. the Ethiopian capital. “If a potential deal does not ons expert. REUTERS AFP THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 22,000 UK patients face Glass walk test over HIV virus fears Suspended dentist at centre of police probe LONDON: Thousands of den- the death of another woman, 29, reality I think the risk would be tal patients in Britain are being who died in August 2013 found ‘no quite low and I think it is impor- recalled for tests over fears that evidence’ of any links between her tant that the public maintains a they could have been infected treatment and her death. degree of perspective here about with HIV or other blood-borne Health authorities said they the real actual risk posed to them. viruses, health officials said were investigating “apparent He said blood-borne viruses can- yesterday. breaches of infection control not survive for very long outside NHS England said 22,000 procedures” by D’Mello, includ- the human body. people may have been put at ing failing to wash his hands and “Most patients attending the risk over a period of 32 years by change gloves between patients. dentist will probably have pretty poor hygiene practices at a sin- All patients treated by him are low-risk procedures carried out gle dental surgery in the city of being urged to undergo screening on them, often with single-use Nottingham in central England. for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis instruments, so they would not Desmond D’Mello, a dentist, C. Officials stressed that D’Mello be at risk,” he explained. “There is was suspended in June after a himself was not infected with any a very small cohort of patients who whistleblower, concerned about blood-borne viruses but said his have what is termed an ‘exposure- clinical standards, secretly patients could have been put at prone procedure’ — a more major filmed the dentist at work at the “low risk” due to “apparent mul- dental procedure where the risk is Daybrook Dental Practice. tiple failures in cross-infection potentially higher.” Police said they are investigat- control standards”. The interim orders committee ing possible links between the Independent experts stressed of the General Dental Council, the death of a 23-year-old woman in that there was only a small risk body that regulates dental profes- August 2013, and the treatment of infection. Professor Andrew sionals, has suspended D’Mello for A visitors on the glass walk at Tower Bridge in London yesterday. The glass walkway which provides visitors she received at the clinic earlier Lee, a public health expert at the 18 months pending an investiga- with a bird’s eye view of traffic and the river below was unveiled on Monday. that month. An investigation into University of Sheffield, said: “In tion. AGENCIES

Spain brands Armenia says Azerbaijan Catalan vote Republicans criticise shot down military copter BAKU/YEREVAN: Armenia’s Defence Ministry accused Azerbaijan’s a failure armed forces yesterday of shooting down a military helicopter belong- Obama’s climate deal ing to Nagorno-Karabakh, a region in Azerbaijan which is controlled MADRID: Spain’s Prime by ethnic Armenians. Minister Mariano Rajoy yes- WASHINGTON: House by the Senate Republican midterm polls last week. The downing of the helicopter, the first such incident since a ceasefire terday branded the Catalonia Speaker John Boehner leader Mitch McConnell, who Outgoing Senate Majority was agreed in 1994 after a war over the tiny mountainous territory in the region’s symbolic vote on inde- warned that President said he was “particularly dis- Leader Harry Reid hailed the South Caucasus, ratcheted up tensions between Armenia and oil-producing pendence a failure and rejected Barack Obama was waging tressed” by the deal, which sees US-China pact as one that Azerbaijan. its call for a full referendum on a “crusade” against afford- the two global powers achieve could “spur other countries” to Three crew were on board the helicopter, which was on a training flight, breaking away from Spain. able energy after the United breakthrough cooperation join in the climate change fight. Defence Ministry officials in Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia said. There In his first public reaction to States and China reached in the fight against climate “The historic announce- was no information on casualties. the ballot, he invited Catalan agreement yesterday on curb- change. ment... is exactly what is needed Azerbaijan confirmed it had shot down a helicopter but said it was an leaders to propose constitutional ing greenhouse gas emissions. “I read the agreement to ensure that America’s efforts Armenian aircraft which had intended to attack Azeri soldiers near the reforms to further their demands, “This announcement is yet requires the Chinese to do to clean up our energy sup- mined and heavily guarded line of contact around Nagorno-Karabakh. but warned he would not negoti- another sign that the president nothing at all for 16 years while ply are replicated around the “The enemy’s aviation, after a series of manoeuvres, attempted to attack ate on demands for a full inde- intends to double down on his these carbon emission regula- world,” Reid said. Azeri positions,” the Azeri Defence Ministry said in a statement. pendence vote. job-crushing policies no matter tions are creating havoc in my Boehner noted how the The attack drew threats of retaliation from Armenia. Catalonia’s president Artur how devastating the impact for state and other states around House of Representatives “Consequences for this unprecedented aggravation of the situation will Mas had reached out to Madrid America’s heartland and the the country,” McConnell told passed several bills to “rein in” be very painful for the Azeri side,” Armenian Defence Minister Artsrun to soften its resistance after 1.86 country as a whole,” Boehner reporters as he met with newly the Environmental Protection Hovhannisyan said on his Facebook page. million people in the rich north- said after Obama and his elected Republican senators. Agency’s regulations on carbon The violence highlights the risk of tensions over Nagorno-Karabakh eastern region backed independ- Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping The assessments mark emissions and other energy triggering a wider conflict in the South Caucasus, where oil and natural ence in Sunday’s symbolic vote. inked a landmark agreement at the sharpened tip of the issues. gas flow from the Caspian region to Europe. “If Mr Mas intends to reform a summit in Beijing. Republican Party spear in The legislation stalled in the About 30,000 people were killed in 1991 in fighting between ethnic Azeris the constitution... he has a perfect “It is the latest example of the battle over climate change Democratic-held Senate, but and Armenians which erupted as the Soviet Union collapsed. right” to propose measures in the the president’s crusade against in the US Congress, where with Republicans taking over, Despite the 20-year ceasefire, mainly Muslim Azerbaijan and predomi- regional parliament, Rajoy told a affordable, reliable energy that is Republicans will control both Obama may be confronted with nantly Christian Armenia regularly trade accusations of inciting violence news conference. “What he wants already hurting jobs and squeez- chambers beginning January energy legislation that reaches around Nagorno-Karabakh and along the Azeri-Armenian border, where to do is impose a real referendum ing middle-class families.” 3 after Obama’s Democrats his desk next year. clashes also occur. AFP on me, and I can tell you now that Boehner was quickly joined suffered humiliation at the AFP cannot be,” he added, however. “I will oppose any consti- tutional change that weakens national sovereignty.” Romanian run-off vote Catalonia’s leaders said 2.3 mil- lion people in the region of 7.5 mil- lion turned out for Sunday’s vote, which was stripped of legal force after challenges from Madrid. Of the 5.4 million voters aged over 16 who were authorised to vote, 1.86 million favoured inde- pendence, they said. Rajoy said the vote was an “act of political propaganda” to which “two out of three Catalans paid no attention”. “We have witnessed a deep failure for the independence movement,” he said. Rajoy has branded a referen- dum unconstitutional and vowed to defend the unity of Spain as it recovers from a six-year eco- nomic crisis. He complained that recent tensions with Catalonia had created “instability”.

At least 10 A supporter of Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta waits for him in Dobrun village, southern Romania, yesterday. Ponta is widely expected to win a presidential election in a November 16 run-off vote against feared dead at an ethnic German mayor backed by two centre-right parties. Nigerian blast KANO: At least 10 people were feared dead yesterday after a Russia denies Nato claims suspected suicide bombing at a Nigerian teaching college as students were sitting exams, two days after a school mas- over troops in Ukraine sacre blamed on Boko Haram killed nearly 60 people. MOSCOW: Moscow yester- statements by Nato’s Supreme concern over the security situ- The latest blast happened at day denied it was ramping Allied Commander Europe ation in southwestern Russia. the Federal College of Education up its military presence in General Philip Breedlove about “In many respects it is in the town of Kontagora, Niger neighbouring Ukraine after his ‘seeing’ Russian military col- related to the situation in state, some 150km from the state Nato sounded the alarm over umns that are allegedly invad- Ukraine, the inflaming of anti- capital Minna. columns of Russian military ing Ukraine,” defence ministry Russian sentiments by Nato Nigerians have come to expect equipment entering the ex- spokesman Igor Konashenkov and an increase in the foreign near daily Boko Haram attacks Soviet country over the past told Russian news agencies. military presence in the imme- in far northeast but Wednesday’s two days. Ukraine said earlier it was diate proximity to our borders,” blast will raise fresh concern if But Defence Minister Sergei readying for fresh combat Shoigu was quoted as saying by linked to the Islamist uprising. Shoigu said Russia was keeping operations in the war-torn Russian news agencies at a gov- Niger state has not been its troops on combat alert in the east, fuelling fears of a return ernment meeting. touched by the insurgency in more south of the country because of to all-out conflict despite a two- Shoigu said the current secu- than two years and Kontagora an increased “foreign” military month-old ceasefire deal which rity situation called for Russia is roughly 2,000km from Boko presence on its border. has halted fighting along much to keep its forces in the south- Haram’s northeastern stronghold. “We have stopped pay- of the frontline. ern military district combat- AFP ing attention to unfounded Separately, Shoigu expressed ready. AFP THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES Reforms in focus as Myanmar hosts leaders Once pariah nation hosts Asean summit

NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar yes- terday welcomed its biggest gathering of world leaders since Some reforms have shedding junta rule but concerns over the pace of democratic reforms are expected to surface at the two-day event featuring slowed down: Obama US President Barack Obama. NAYPYIDAW: US President His comments follow a warn- The Association of Southeast Barack Obama expressed ing by opposition leader and Asian Nations (Asean) and East concerns ahead of a visit to democracy icon Aung San Suu Asia summits, held in the purpose- Myanmar starting yesterday Kyi against US “over-optimism” built capital of Naypyidaw, are the that the pace of democratic over the country’s path towards culmination of a year of diplomatic reforms in the formerly mili- democracy. limelight for Myanmar after long tary-ruled nation were not fast Last week she said reforms decades shunted to the sidelines enough. had been “stalling” for almost under its former military rulers. “Progress has not come as two years. Other key issues will include the fast as many had hoped when The US president highlighted Leaders pose for a family photo at the 25th Association of South East Asian Nations summit and Related Summits row between several Asean mem- the transition began four years several examples where reforms bers and China over territory in ago,” Obama said in an interview appear to have been stunted. at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyidaw yesterday. the South China Sea, and greater with The Irrawaddy published on “Former political prisoners economic integration ahead of its website yesterday. continue to face restrictions,” out” of the process towards reach- Asian bloc with the United Obama is set to meet Thein Sein a Southeast Asian trade union “In some areas there has been he said in the interview. ing the elusive code. States, China, India, Japan, South and opposition leader — and fel- mooted for 2015. a slowdown in reforms, and even “Members of the media In the draft statement, the lead- Korea, Australia, Russia and New low Nobel laureate — Aung San At the end of the Asean sum- some steps backward. have been arrested, and jour- ers also pledged to take “all nec- Zealand. Suu Kyi during his two-night stay mit yesterday, the leaders were “In addition to restrictions on nalist Aung Kyaw Naing was essary measures” to stop Asean In remarks to open the Asean in the country, as he throws his expected to release a statement freedom of the press, we con- tragically and senselessly mur- nationals “travelling to join ter- summit, Myanmar’s reform- political muscle behind reforms expressing “concerns over recent tinue to see violations of basic dered,” he added, referring to the rorist groups.” minded President Thein Sein and landmark elections slated for developments in the South China human rights and abuses in the fatal shooting by the army of a Scores, possibly even hundreds, hailed progress on the reduction late 2015. Sea, which have increased tensions country’s ethnic areas, including reporter in the insurgency-prone of people from Indonesia, the of trade barriers and tariffs with Myanmar, which was swept into in the area”, according to a draft. reports of extrajudicial killings, eastern border region. world’s largest Muslim country, the goal of a 2015 economic inte- the diplomatic hinterland under China says most of the South rape and forced labour,” he added. AFP and Malaysia have joined Islamic gration fast approaching. decades of harsh military rule, China Sea — including areas near militants in Syria and Iraq. Yesterday, the bloc held meet- has been welcomed back into the the coast of rival claimants — is reluctant to sign a binding, mul- A spokesman for Philippine Asean leaders are due to meet ings with India and Japan before international fold after the release its territory. tilateral code of conduct cover- President Benigno Aquino said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang today Obama landed in the evening fresh of most political prisoners and the The sea row has dogged regional ing disputes in the resource-rich Asean leaders yesterday again during the East Asia Summit, from the Asia-Pacific Economic promise of free and fair polls next relations for years, with Beijing waters. called for “a substantial fleshing which groups the Southeast Cooperation summit in Beijing. year. AFP

Japan mulls snap polls China shows off new stealth fighter jet ZHUHAI: China’s new stealth of the US Naval War College. TOKYO: Japan could face snap elections next month, two years ahead of jet fighter rocketed skywards Ally Pakistan is a likely first schedule, if Prime Minister Shinzo Abe moves to pump his public support yesterday as Beijing put on an market, he added. by delaying another unpopular tax hike as the economic recovery slack- unprecedented display of open- AVIC has already developed ens, media said yesterday. ness — and military force — at another fighter plane, the FC-1, The first jump in sales tax, which came into effect in April, knocked a the country’s premier air show. in cooperation with Pakistan tentative revival off course and was blamed for a sharp fall in Japan’s second- The black J-31 rose in a which was also on display at the quarter growth. nearly vertical climb on take- show. Commentators are coalescing around the idea that Abe will rule out a off in Zhuhai before circling A large military transport second rise, from eight percent to 10, and seek a popular mandate that would back and doing two rolls, in the plane, the Y-20, also made its help him vanquish mumblings of discontent within his own Liberal Democratic aircraft’s first announced public debut at the show, flying lum- Party and catch the still-battered opposition unprepared. appearance. bering turns over the crowd at China’s home-grown stealth fighter J-31 flies during an air show in “Calling a snap election within this year is among my options,” Abe told The plane’s existence has its public outing yesterday. party bigwigs, the leading business daily Nikkei reported. been the subject of rumour and Zhuhai, in south China’s Guangdong province, yesterday. “Of course, it is an advance in The LDP and its junior coalition party Komeito have begun preparations speculation for years, with pho- technology,” said the announcer for a vote on either December 14 or 21, four other major national papers said. tographs appearing increasingly “Falcon Eagle” and it is manu- fifth-generation fighter abroad, as spectators craned their necks Abe has been coy in public, telling reporters in Beijing on Tuesday he had frequently on military websites factured by a unit of Aviation also putting on display a model to see it against a smoggy sky. made no decisions, although he admitted to a television interviewer last in recent months. Industry Corp. of China (AVIC). with a designation typically used Although the event was billed week: “When asked the question, a prime minister has a set formula: ‘I’m Defence analysts say the J-31 China’s air force said the dis- for overseas destinations: FC-31. as an air show, new sponsor not thinking of a snap election’”. AFP is China’s answer to the United play of military might at the air “China’s defence industry China North Industries Corp States’ F-35, though the Chinese show showed the intention to wants to show the potential for showed off a battle tank, the jet lags behind the American one build a strong country. export,” said Andrew Erickson, VT4, which proved a popular technologically. Defence analysts said China associate professor at the China backdrop for visitor photos. The fighter’s Chinese name is appears eager to sell the new Maritime Studies Institute AFP

More Cambodia land rights Island quarantine for Philippine UN activists jailed troops returning from Liberia PHNOM PENH: A MANILA: More than a hun- that will be their temporary home of the epidemic hitting the Asian Cambodian court yes- dred Filipino UN troops return- for the next 21 days. country. terday sentenced three ing from Ebola-hit West Africa None of the soldiers have The government has also ruled female land rights activ- were swiftly packed off to an tested positive for the virus, but that anyone coming from Liberia, ists and a defrocked monk isolated island yesterday as part they have been prevented from Guinea and Sierra Leone — the to one year in prison of extreme measures to protect physical contact with anyone in countries most affected by the epi- each after they protested the Philippines from the deadly the Philippines and are being demic — must undergo 21 days of against the sentencing of virus. quarantined for the incubation isolation. seven fellow demonstra- The 108 peacekeepers, who had period of the virus. Thelma Barrera, psychosocial tors the day before. just finished a 10-month tour of “We were asked to make this programme chief for the health The three women and Liberia under United Nations sacrifice for the safety of our coun- department’s National Centre for the former Buddhist monk command, arrived by chartered trymen,” one of the soldiers’ wives Mental Health, said the soldiers were arrested on Tuesday plane at a restricted section of said as she watched live television will be put up in air-conditioned after they gathered outside Manila airport last evening. footage of the arrival with her tents with access to recreational the Phnom Penh Municipal The uniformed soldiers were 3-year-old daughter from a nearby and telecommunications facilities. Court to demand the immediately sent to a naval base air force base. “They (the facilities) were set release of the seven activ- near Manila where they will travel More than 10 million Filipinos up to make it as comfortable as ists — including a 75-year- on to Caballo, a tiny uninhabited work abroad and the Philippines can be for them,” she said. old woman — who were island at the mouth of Manila Bay has said there is a serious threat AFP jailed for blocking traffic during a protest. “The three women and the monk were sentenced to one year in prison each on charge of aggravating circumstances of rebellions against public officials,” said Am Sam Ath of the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights. They were also fined $500 each, he said. The activists are from the few dozen families that continue to live in the Boeung Kak community — an area once known for its 130 hectare lake until it was filled with sand in 2010 to make way for a private Philippine soldiers who served in Ebola-hit Liberia as UN peacekeepers arrive at the Philippine Air Force’s Villamor development. Airbase in Pasay City, Metro Manila, yesterday. AFP THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Time for reset Afghan poppy cultivation at record high KABUL: Opium poppy culti- instability could trigger further in all regions of Afghanistan. One Reconstruction John Sopko vation in Afghanistan reached growth in opium cultivation as probable reason for the decrease warned that the country could a record high in 2014, a United Afghan security forces struggle to was an increase in supply due to turn into “a narco-criminal state” Nations report revealed yester- push back the resurgent Taliban. an increase in production,” the after the bulk of the Nato-led in Pak-Afghan day, highlighting the failure of “The country is having to stand survey said. force withdraws. the multi-billion-dollar US-led on its own feet (and)... will have to It said that the “farm-gate” The poppies, which provide campaign to crack down on the deal with this criminalisation of its value of opium in Afghanistan was huge profits in one of the world’s lucrative crop. economics and politics as a matter about $0.85bn — four percent of poorest countries, play a large part The total area under cultivation of priority,” Jean-Luc Lemahieu, the country’s GDP. in the corruption that plagues was about 224,000 hectares in 2014, director of policy analysis at Just 2,692 hectares of poppy Afghan life at every level. ties: US envoy a seven percent increase on last UNODC, said. fields were eradicated in 2014 -- a President Ashraf Ghani, who year, according to the Afghanistan Poppy farmers are often taxed 63 percent drop from the previ- came to power in September, has Opium Survey released by the by the Taliban, who use the cash to ous year. vowed to tackle corruption as he United Nations Office on Drugs help fund their insurgency against “Most of the areas in which seeks to steer his strife-torn and Democratic govts provide hope and Crime (UNODC). government and Nato forces. we were fighting cultivation was impoverished country into a new Just 74,000 hectares was being Despite the presence of tens of under enemy control. This affected era after the rule of Hamid Karzai, ISLAMABAD: Pakistan continuing to aid the Taliban used to grow poppies in 2002, a thousands of foreign troops since our plans very badly,” Mubariz president since 2001. and Afghanistan have a his- in their insurgency in order to year after the Taliban regime was a US-led invasion ousted the Rashidi, acting minister of counter “Action against high-level traf- toric opportunity to reset destabilise his country, a charge toppled. Taliban, Afghanistan grows about narcotics, told reporters. fickers is required to create a level long-fraught ties following the Islamabad denies. Despite a decade of US and 80 percent of the world’s opium, “The security forces that should of deterrence and a sufficient risk election of democratic govern- Tensions are also often stoked international counter-narcotics which is used to produce highly have destroyed the poppy fields level,” said Lemahieu. ments in both countries, the by cross-border shelling, but programmes, poppy farming has addictive heroin. were busy providing security for Heroin addiction levels in United States’ top diplomat in Olson praised Pakistan’s recent boomed in the south and west The survey said that potential the presidential elections. Afghanistan have also risen Islamabad said yesterday. “restraint” and its efforts to secure regions, which include the most opium production was estimated “With opium, Afghanistan sharply — from almost noth- Speaking ahead of newly-elected the border during the Afghan volatile parts of the country where at 6,400 tons in 2014, a rapid cannot go towards progress, ing under the 1996-2001 Taliban Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s elections. the Taliban insurgency is strongest. increase of 17 percent from 2013, prosperity and development,” he regime, to more than one million first official visit to Islamabad this In an interview in April, Ghani With US-led Nato troops but not as high as the record 7,400 added. heroin addicts today, according to weekend, Richard Olson praised said rapprochement with Pakistan withdrawing from Afghanistan, tons produced in 2007. Earlier this year, the US Special UN figures. confidence building measures by — along the lines of France and fears are rising that worsening “In 2014, opium prices decreased Inspector General for Afghanistan AFP both sides, including a Pakistan Germany after World War II — army operation in a Taliban would be key to ending instability stronghold along the countries’ in his conflict-torn nation. shared border. Ghani was sworn into office in “I think there is quite genu- September while his main rival inely a basis for a new relation- Abdullah Abdullah became the Bad road blamed for Pakistan bus accident ship between Afghanistan and country’s CEO, ending a pro- Pakistan. Both sides are aware of tracted election process marred KARACHI: Pakistani police this historical moment and mak- by fraud allegations. said yesterday they will inves- ing efforts to seize it,” he said in a Pakistan’s Prime Minister tigate government depart- speech at the National University Nawaz Sharif won power in last ments over a bus crash that of Sciences and Technology in year’s general elections that killed 57 people, blaming the Islamabad. marked the country’s first ever poor condition of the road for “Also I would say the actions of democratic transition, but has the accident. the Pakistani army in clearing the since seen his mandate challenged The bus smashed into a goods North Waziristan agency I think by opposition groups who allege truck loaded with coal near the is a very important step in all of vote rigging. city of Khairpur, 450 kilometres this,” he added, referring to the A protest movement outside north of Karachi, on Tuesday. army offensive that began in June. parliament that began in August There were 18 children among Pakistan was one of three coun- triggered fears the military could the dead. tries to recognise the hardline intervene as it has in the past, a District police chief Nasir Taliban regime that ruled Kabul move Olson said the US would not Aftab said the initial investigation from 1996 until 2001, when it was back. found the road was in poor condi- deposed by a US-led international “We’re supporters of the rule of tion and had no warning signs to military coalition. law, democracy and the constitu- alert drivers to the danger. The government of former tion and oppose any kind of extra- “A first information report Afghan president Hamid Karzai constitutional action,” he said. (FIR) for becoming cause of routinely accused Pakistan of AFP death has been registered and the concerned departments will be investigated for the bus acci- dent,” Aftab said. Gunmen kill five shopkeepers He said it was the first time a QUETTA: Unidentified gunmen yesterday killed five people in government department would be Pakistan’s troubled southwest in an apparently ethnically moti- investigated for a road accident vated attack, police said. in Pakistan. Relatives of victims of a bus accident carry their coffins during a funeral ceremony in Karachi yesterday. The incident took place late yesterday in a market in the cen- Motorway police official Faisal tral part of Quetta, the main town in the southwestern province Chachar said that a 61-kilometre of Baluchistan. stretch of the road was in poor families from northwestern Swat maintained vehicles and reckless people, while in March a horrific Senior police official Aitzaz Goraya said that two gunmen on condition, having developed a sig- valley to Karachi, had lost control driving. Crashes killing dozens of crash between two buses and a a motorbike opened fire on two shops in the market, killing four nificant furrow in its surface. after hitting the rut in the road. people are not uncommon. petrol tanker left 35 dead, with shopkeepers on the spot and critically wounding three. One among A senior motorway police Pakistan has an appall- In April a bus smashed into a many burned alive when the fuel the injured later succumbed to his injuries in hospital. AFP officer said on Tuesday that the ing record of fatal traffic acci- tractor-trailer in a high-speed ignited. bus driver, carrying Pashtun dents due to poor roads, badly collision in Sindh, killing 42 AFP

Pakistan likely to revive traditional justice system ISLAMABAD: The govern- involvement of high courts in the qualifications and experience. serve a notice on the defendant ment of Pakistan has prepared working of this system. Under the proposed law, the or respondent, as the case may the third draft bill to introduce It would be mandatory to refer government would not be able be, and on his appearance refer the Panchayat and Alternative all civil matters, including com- to remove a neutral once he is the matter to a neutral from the Dispute Resolution (ADR) sys- mercial, family, trade, insurance seized of the matter referred panel. tem in the country for the set- and revenue-related issues, to to him unless both the parties The parties to the dispute tlement of civil and criminal the ADR or Panchayat for arbi- agree to his replacement or shall take part in the ADR pro- disputes within a period of 30 tration by a panel of “neutrals”. for any other reason(s) to be ceedings in person or through an to 45 days. The government, after con- recorded in writing. authorised representative duly After getting a nod from the sultation with the High Court, Once the court receives a empowered in writing attested prime minister and the cabi- shall maintain a panel of neu- case, it will direct the parties by the oath commissioner. net, the draft bill will be sent trals for each province and to appear before the neutral or A neutral appointed by the to all the provincial govern- each district from amongst Panchayat, as the case may be, court or an ADR Centre for ments, the judiciary and the lawyers, retired judges of supe- on the date and time fixed by conciliation, evaluation or medi- public for consensus and smooth rior and subordinate judici- the court. ation shall try to resolve the dis- implementation. ary, retired civil servants, If either of the parties applies pute within a period of 30 days The draft bill aims to provide social workers, Ulema, jurists, to the court or the ADR Centre extendable by the court for suf- a solution to civil litigation as technocrats and experts and for resolution of their pend- ficient cause for a period of 15 well as compoundable offences. other persons of repute and ing dispute through the ADR, days. The proposed law envisages the integrity having the required the court or ADR Centre shall INTERNEWS

Playground Aid worker stabbed MAZAR-I-SHARIF: A French aid worker with the Red Cross in Afghanistan was stabbed in the throat by a pris- oner during a visit to a jail to distribute winter clothes, police said yes- terday, adding the injury was not serious. The ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) staff member was visiting Maimana jail in the remote northern prov- ince of Faryab on Tuesday when he was attacked. A doctor at Maimana city hospital said that he was treated for a two-cen- Children play near their temporary shelter at an internally displaced persons’ camp on the outskirts of Herat, timetre cut to his throat Afghanistan, yesterday. before being released. AFP THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Death toll Fadnavis wins in botched tubectomy trust vote, rises to 13

RAIPUR: The death toll due to botched up tubectomies in governor hurt Bilaspur district reached 13 yesterday while 32 women were still in critical condition, an offi- cial said. Eighty-three women 5 Cong MLAS suspended for two years had undergone the surgery on Saturday in Pendari village. MUMBAI: The 13-day-old BJP including former chief minster Meanwhile, three women who government of Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, trooped out underwent sterlisation surgery in Devendra Fadnavis yesterday of the house and squatted on the Jagdalpur had also to be admit- won a confidence vote in the stairs, raising slogans against the ted to ICU after their condition Maharashtra assembly amid bed- government and demanding that worsened. lam that left Governor C V Rao the government prove its majority. Though Ramnesh Murti, slightly injured and the Shiv Sena Around 4pm, when the gov- medical superintendent of and the Congress up in arms. ernor reached the assembly to Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical The moment Speaker Haribhau address a joint session, the agitat- Sciences, confirmed only 11 Bagde declared that a one-line ing legislators blocked his vehicle deaths, sources said 13 women motion by BJP’s Ashish Shelar and surrounded him for nearly 15 have died after the surgery. seeking the confidence of the minutes before security person- Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) being welcomed by Myanmar’s President Thein Sein and his wife Khin Khin In another incident, two house in the government had nel whisked him away. By then, Win to the 25th Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. tribal women in Pendra village been passed by a voice vote, all he had suffered the injury. of Bilaspur district fell ill after hell broke loose. Shiv Sena members shouted undergoing sterlisation surgery at The ruling led to unprecedented “Dadagiri nahi chalegi!”, “Down Modi invites Asean to invest a tubectomy camp and have been chaos inside and outside the assem- with the minority government!” admitted to a hospital in critical bly, with the speaker suspending and “Governor go back!” as Rao condition. Twenty-eight women five Congress legislators for two addressed the house. They boy- were operated upon in the camp. years after accusing them of push- cotted the proceedings. in Make in India project In Bakawand block in Bastar divi- ing and injuring Governor Rao. Later, Revenue Minister Eknath sion, three women, who were oper- Official sources said the gover- Khadse accused 12 Congress legis- NAY PYI TAW: Wooing stability, everyone should follow we can create vast economic ated upon for sterlisation, had to be nor sustained minor scratches on lators of pushing the governor and the 10-member Asean bloc to international norms and law. opportunities and employment admitted to ICU when their condi- his left hand when some legisla- demanded that they apologise or increase its economic engage- “This includes the 1982 United through i-ways,” he said. tion deteriorated after the surgery. tors jostled for his attention and be suspended from the house. The ment with India, Prime Minister Nations Convention on the Law He added that India was pre- They too had undergone tubectomy got close to him as he alighted speaker met leaders of the Congress Narendra Modi yesterday said of the Sea. We also hope that you pared to provide all assistance in a government-organised camp. from his vehicle in the afternoon. and Shiv Sena. Congress House his government has embarked will be able to successfully imple- and cooperation in this area. Hemant Singh, husband of one Shortly after the vote of confi- leader Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil on a “new economic journey” ment the Guidelines to the 2002 He also invited the Asean bloc of the victims, said: “The women dence, the speaker declared Shiv tendered an apology. and places equal emphasis on Declaration on Conduct and that to “come and participate in build- complained of pain in stomach Sena’s Eknath Shinde the Leader The speaker appointed a panel ease of doing business in India the Code of Conduct on South ing India’s 100 smart cities and after surgery. All three were of Opposition, ending weeks of to probe the incident and sus- as well as on making policies China Sea can be concluded soon renewal of 500 cities”. taken to ICU. Initially, the officials speculation on the Sena’s stance pended five Congress legislators attractive. on the basis of consensus.” He proposed cooperation in sci- did not disclose their condition.” vis-a-vis the government. for two years, rejecting appeals by In his maiden speech at the He also assured the Association ence and technology and renew- In Ambikapur, a child report- In no time, Shinde hit out at the Sena’s Shinde and NCP’s Chhagan Asean-India Summit here, Modi of Southeast Asian Nations that able energy. The prime minister edly died after vaccination. government. “The house must be Bhujbal to desist from the action. said his government was laying there will be major improvement also proposed a major Asean India Prime Minister Narendra Modi run according to rules. The new The suspended Congress leg- stress on infrastructure, manu- in India’s trade policy and environ- Solar Project for research, manu- has talked to the Chief Minister government has strangled democ- islators are: Rahul Bondre, facturing, trade, agriculture, skill ment and his government would facturing and deployment. Raman Singh over phone and racy. We wanted a division (of Jaikumar Gore, Amar Kale, Abdul development, urban renewal and move ahead with connectivity In the field of space science, asked him to ensure that the votes) but the trust vote has been Sattar and Virendra Jagtap. smart cities. projects with Asean “with speed”. Modi proposed a new India-Asean guilty are not spared. passed by a voice vote,” he said. Denying that they jostled with “Make in India is a new mis- He suggested that a review be Space-related Ground Station The National Human Rights The Congress called the speak- the governor, one of the suspended sion. I invite you to this new conducted of the India-Asean in Vietnam and to upgrade the Commission (NHRC) yesterday er’s ruling “a murder of democ- MLAs, Abdul Sattar, said the environment in India. Indian Free Trade Agreement on goods existing station in Indonesia. asked the Chhattisgarh govern- racy”. The Sena said it was “a action against them was rooted companies are also keen to invest to improve it further and make it In disaster risk reduction, ment to explain the deaths. black day” for Maharashtra. in their demand questioning the in and trade with Asean,” he said. beneficial to all. response and management, he “The commission has issued Both the Sena and Congress manner in which the Fadnavis On the issue of maritime trade Modi appealed for the FTA on said India was prepared to offer notice to the government of insisted that the government had government claimed it had won and passage, a touchy subject in Services and Investment, which full assistance in capacity building, Chhattisgarh, through its princi- failed to prove its majority and it the confidence vote. the Southeast Asian region espe- still awaits inking, to “be brought coordination and response in the pal secretary, health and family should be told to prove its major- “Everybody saw what happened. cially in the context of China’s into force at the earliest”. region. He proposed closer coop- welfare (department), calling for ity again or quit as it did not enjoy We wanted a meeting with the growing assertiveness over the He said that to deepen con- eration in health, including tradi- a report into the incident within the confidence of the house. governor which was not given. We South China Sea, Modi said eve- nectivity with Asean, a special tional medicine, climate change and two weeks,” an NHRC statement The BJP has 121 MLAs and were protesting in a democratic ryone has the responsibility to fol- purpose vehicle is proposed to be environment and forests as well as said. Chief Minister Raman Singh, has the support of an ally and manner outside as we were not low international law and norms set up to facilitate financing and agriculture and food security. along with state heath minister nine independents as well as allowed our say inside the assem- on maritime issues, as is done in quick implementation of projects. Modi also said that both sides Amar Agrawal, had visited the some smaller parties besides the bly. We have not demeaned the gov- the realm of air passage. Modi stressed the need for should move quickly towards patients in Bilaspur. Four doctors ‘unconditional external support’ ernor’s office. We shall campaign “In future, we will also need Information Highways or i-ways mutual recognition of degrees, a have been suspended. First infor- of the Nationalist Congress Party against this minority government this in space,” he said. between India and Asean. major stumbling block in the inking mation report has been registered (NCP) with 41 MLAs. all over the state,” said Sattar. Referring to the South China “My experience is that even of the FTA on goods and services. against four people. Sena and Congress legislators, IANS Sea, he said that for peace and where road connectivity is poor, IANS IANS Minister outlines Chinese intrusion small issue: Parrikar plans to boost PANAJI: Union Defence Minister Manohar he could not respond to the query specifically. tourism, culture Parrikar yesterday played down intrusions “I can’t answer you that specifically... There are along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) by small breaches of what you call as line of actual NEW DELHI: Culture and the Chinese army calling most violations as a control, that is not to be taken too seriously... Tourism Minister Mahesh “small issue” perceived as a major problem by overall the problem is being tackled in a different Sharma, who took charge yes- the media. way. I’ll not discuss about individual crossings... terday, said that the govern- Parrikar, who was addressing a press confer- I think it is a major problem from the media ment would introduce secured ence in Panaji, his first since he became union angle,” he said. taxi services and integrate defence minister, also said that the main problem “The real problem is we should establish India’s natural beauty and rich and the real need of the hour was establishing proper infrastructural backup in those areas. I cultural history into the sector proper infrastructural backup in India’s border will not tell you what are the lackings (is lack- to reap benefits. regions. ing), because that is never discussed. But what In a formal interaction with “...what you call as intrusion or crossing the is required is filling up the gap, whatever it is, the media, Sharma, who has also line of actual control, imaginary line of control, in the next one or two years, so that we create been given the charge of minis- happens many times in many sectors, but it is capability,” he said. ter of state for civil aviation, said taken care on the same day or within a couple “The intrusion you are talking about is a very that the three departments are of days. Except one or two incidents, there is no small issue. It happens when two army vehicles interlinked and the responsibility serious incident,” Parrikar said in response to come opposite each other. Then they do banner has been entrusted on him with a query. drills. That happens almost every second day... a “clear vision” and “mandate”. When specifically asked if there was a Chinese that is not very important,” Parrikar said. “Culture is the brand ambas- camp on the Indian side of the LAC, Parrikar said IANS sador of India and we should remember that India has many things that the world doesn’t have,” Sharma said. Folk art from Slovakia “The focus would not be only on the international tourists, as the first priority would be to introduce our youngsters to the Indian beauty. They like going to Thailand first and then Manali,” he added. When asked what measures the tourism ministry would be taking to avoid incidents like the recent robbing and killing of a Delhi-based Bengali couple in Dehradun, Sharma said “honest efforts” have to be made by the state and central governments to tackle such incidents. “We are planning to have authorised taxi services for tour- ists wherein the cab will have a chip so that its movement can be tracked. It would be done in phases and first we would imple- ment this at a few airports so that commuters can travel safely to Artists from Slovakia perform during the Khalsa College International Folk Festival in Amritsar, yes- reach their destination,” he said. terday. The festival was organised by the Punjab Cultural Promotion Council. IANS

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HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER A cyclist drives on the SolaRoad, the first road in the world made of solar panels, during the official opening in Krommenie, the Netherlands, yesterday.

MUSCAT 30/21 Clear 30/21 Clear MAKKAH 35/24 Clear 35/24 Clear KUWAIT 26/12 Clear 28/13 Clear World’s first solar-powered bicycle path unveiled BAHRAIN 27/22 Partly cloudy 28/20 Clear SANAA 22/08 Clear 22/08 Clear KROMMENIE: RIYADH 25/12 Clear 24/12 Clear The Nethe- directly from the road or bike cost 3m euros ($3.7m), mainly for around 2,000 cyclists a day, De DUBAI 31/17 Clear 32/17 Clear rlands yesterday unveiled the path, said Sten de Wit, a physicist research, but SolaRoad declined Wit said. The aim is to have the BAGHDAD 24/11 Partly cloudy 27/15 Partly cloudy world’s first solar bike path, a who helped develop the project. to say what the cost per kilometre solar road commercially available revolutionary project to har- “The idea is that in the might be. on Dutch roads within the next five THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW vest the sun’s energy that could Netherlands we have approxi- Dutch Economics Minister years as the number of electrically- eventually also be used on roads. mately 140,000km (87,000 miles) Henk Kamp cycled the first powered cars and bicycles grows. HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER The so-called “SolaRoad” bike of road which is much bigger than 70-metre pilot stretch of bike “We are very confident that in five path is made of concrete modules all the rooftops put together,” De path on a busy provincial bicy- years we will have a product we can ATHENS 24/11 Partly cloudy 18/14 Chance of showers each measuring 2.5 by 3.5 metres Wit said. “We have 25,000km of cle route north of Amsterdam apply on a large scale,” De Wit said. WASHINGTON 11/01 Chance of showers 07/01 Partly cloudy (eight by 11 feet), embedded with bike paths in the Netherlands.” yesterday. “The Netherlands is AFP SYDNEY 37/17 Partly cloudy 23/17 Partly cloudy solar panels covered in tempered “If we can integrate it in our quite ambitious when it comes to LONDON 13/12 Chance of rain 13/08 Rain glass. To help prevent accidents, roads then we’ll have huge extra sustainable energy. This innova- the glass has been given a special potential for generating solar tion is an important part of it,” PARIS 14/10 Partly cloudy 12/09 Rain non-slip surface. electricity,” he said. Kamp said. ISTANBUL 17/12 Cloudy 16/13 Chance of rain The solar cells currently put The path has been working for The small country of 18 million MANILA 28/24 Thunderstorm 29/23 Cloudy the electricity they generate 16 days, during which it generated — most of them cyclists — hopes onto the national grid, but future 140 kilowatt hours of electricity, to triple sustainable energy usage DHAKA 32/20 Clear 31/17 Partly cloudy plans include using the energy to equivalent to around 140 wash- by 2020 and be “energy neutral” DELHI 28/14 Partly cloudy 26/14 Partly cloudy power street lights. Electric bikes ing machine cycles, said SolaRoad by 2050, Kamp said. The SolaRoad ISLAMABAD 23/12 Clear 23/11 Clear and cars will one day be able to spokeswoman Jannemieke van will be tested over the next two refuel using contactless charging Dieren. The project has so far years on a path that carries Thursday 13 November 2014 20 Muharram 1436 Volume 19 Number 6248 Price: QR2

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 $4.3bn fine for global Business leaders hail decision to banks in forex probe boost private sector More penalties expected from US and UK investigations DOHA: Qatar’s key private authorities to chart out a realis- LONDON/ZURICH/NEW profits made from their scams. trading. It also capped bonuses sector players and the busi- tic time schedules to resolve the YORK: Regulators fined six Britain’s Financial Conduct for dealers in both units at twice ness community have hailed the problems in the logistic sector major banks including Citigroup Authority (FCA) fined five lend- their basic salary for two years. Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin and warehouses is evident that and UBS a total of $4.3bn for ers $1.77bn, the biggest penalty in FINMA will appoint a third Hamad Al Thani’s announce- the government means business, failing to stop traders from try- the history of the City of London, party to monitor the bank’s ments extending unlimited sup- he said. ing to manipulate the foreign and the US Commodity Futures observance of its rules after dis- port to the country’s private Ali Abdul Latif Al Missned, exchange market, following a Trading Commission (CFTC) covering it had received whistle- sector. board member, Qatar Chamber, year-long global investigation. ordered them to pay a further blower reports about alleged Qatar Chamber, a representa- said, “The announcement will HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, $1.48bn. “Today’s record fines trader misconduct in 2010 tive body of the country’s private help stimulate the country’s pri- JP Morgan and Bank of America mark the gravity of the failings but failed to investigate them sector, wholeheartedly welcomed vate companies in a big way. The also face penalties resulting from we found and firms need to take properly. the announcement. “The Emir’s speech addressed almost all the the inquiry that has put the responsibility for putting it right,” Despite Wednesday’s pay- Bank of England Governor Mark Advisory Council announcement key issues being faced by the pri- largely unregulated $5 trillion- FCA Chief Executive Martin out, which brings the total fine Carney in London yesterday. is a big boost to the country’s vate sector. The decisions regard- a-day market on a tighter leash, Wheatley said. for benchmark manipulation to private sector. In fact, the speech ing the allotment of industrial accelerated the push to automate Banks had to understand that over $10bn in two years, banks The currency inquiry struck at can be seen as a roadmap to the lands, decision to sort out the trading and ensnared the Bank of responsibility for good business still face further penalties as the the heart of the British establish- development of the country’s issues related to storage facilities England. practice went beyond their com- US Department of Justice, the ment and the City of London, the future plans,” Sheikh Khalifa bin and the development of economic In the latest scandal to hit the pliance departments, which are Federal Reserve and New York’s global hub for foreign exchange Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, zones are encouraging news for financial services industry, dealers tasked with ensuring internal and financial regulator conclude their dealing. Chairman, Qatar Chamber, said. the private sector.” shared confidential information external rules are followed. “They own investigations. The Bank of England said that The country’s business com- Sheikh Hamad bin Ahmed bin about client orders and coordi- must make sure their traders do US authorities have tended to its chief foreign exchange dealer, munity wholeheartedly welcomes Abdullah Al Thani, another board nated trades to make money from not game the system to boost be more aggressive than their Martin Mallet, had not alerted the decision to discourage public member of Qatar Chamber, said a foreign exchange benchmark profits or leave the ethics of their European counterparts in punish- his bosses that traders were shar- sector companies from compet- that the speech addressed key used by asset managers and cor- conduct to compliance to worry ing big banks for misconduct. “We ing information. The British cen- ing with the private sector. The concerns of the country’s private porate treasurers to value their about,” said Wheatley. made the judgment that while tral bank, whose Governor Mark landmark decision is in line with sector. “The speech confirms the holdings. Dozens of traders have The US Office of the more information is always better, Carney is leading global regula- the government’s declared policy government has taken a series been fired or suspended. Comptroller of the Currency, we didn’t believe that the picture tory efforts to reform financial to help private sector play bigger of steps to improve the business Dealers used code names to which regulates banks, also fined would materially change even if benchmarks, has dismissed Mallet role in the local economy. The environment in the country,” he identify clients without naming the US lenders $950m and was we spent additional years con- but said he had not done anything decision to ask the public sector said. them and created online chat- the only authority to penalise tinuing to investigate,” said Aitan illegal or improper. companies to outsource some of Sheikh Hamad called for the rooms with pseudonyms such as Bank of America. Goelman, director of enforcement It also said it had scrapped their key businesses to private private sector to get ready for “the players”, “the 3 musketeers” Switzerland’s regulator at the CFTC. regular meetings with London- sector is also encouraging. shouldering the responsibility and and “1 team, 1 dream” in which FINMA ordered UBS, the coun- Britain’s Serious Fraud Office is based chief currency dealers, a The Emir’s Tuesday speech take advantage of the huge oppor- to swap information. Those not try’s biggest bank, to pay 134m also conducting a criminal inves- sign the BoE wants to put a dis- confirms the fact that the pri- tunities available in the country, involved were belittled and trad- francs ($139m) after it found seri- tigation and there is the threat of tance between it and the banks vate sector is the main partner in the context of the Emir’s deci- ers used obscene language to con- ous misconduct in both foreign civil litigation from disgruntled after the scandal. in the development of local econ- sion to support the private sector. gratulate themselves on quick exchange and precious metals customers. REUTERS omy. The directives given to top THE PENINSULA

Saudi’s biggest IPO hits market Opec sees lower 2015 demand UAE credit bureau for its oil, Saudi output still high starts retail LONDON: Global demand for kingdom’s policy of seeking sta- since the financial crisis in 2008. oil from Opec next year will ble global markets, but offered no The supply surplus looks even be far below its current output insight on his response to tum- larger in the first six months of operations level because of the US shale bling crude prices. Oil in October 2015, as the report estimates the boom, the group said yester- fell below $83 a barrel and yester- world will require only 28.45 mil- ABU DHABI: The United day, as its top producer, Saudi day it was hovering around $80, lion bpd of crude on average from Arab Emirates’ credit bureau Arabia, kept silent on whether its lowest since 2010. Opec. “In the first half, the demand has begun covering retail cus- it will cut output to remove sur- In a monthly report yesterday, will be much less than 29.2 million tomers and plans to extend its plus oil from the market. the Organisation of the Petroleum and so we’ll have a massive over- work to companies next year, its A lack of public comment from Exporting Countries (Opec) fore- supply if Opec keeps the same out- chief executive said yesterday. Saudi Arabia on the fall in oil cast that 2015 demand for its oil put,” said Carsten Fritsch, analyst The much-delayed Al Etihad prices to their lowest since 2010 will drop to 29.20 million barrels at Commerzbank. “That probably Credit Bureau now has financial has prompted industry watch- per day (bpd), or almost 1 mil- explains the steep decline in prices information on 2.8 million indi- ers to wonder whether the king- lion bpd less than it is currently in previous weeks.” viduals, or 97 percent of the total dom may be moving away from producing. The report by economists at population with a credit history, a policy of simply managing the This is the last report before Opec’s Vienna headquarters said Marwan Lutfi said. market and instead pursuing geo- Opec meets in Vienna on Saudi Arabia had told Opec it pro- The UAE government is seek- Investors monitor screens at the Saudi Stock Exchange in Riyadh. political goals. Saudi Oil Minister November 27 to discuss whether duced 9.69 million bpd in October, ing to strengthen the banking Shares in Saudi Arabia’s biggest lender, National Commercial Bank, Ali Al Naimi broke months of to respond to the drop in prices by little changed from 9.704 million system against bad debt. Until jumped the 10 percent limit upon listing yesterday after a $6bn IPO, the silence yesterday to reaffirm the cutting output for the first time in September. REUTERS now, banks have often been una- largest ever in the Arab world and the second-biggest globally this year. ble to access data on consumers at other financial institutions when making lending decisions, meaning borrowers could take on huge debts with multiple lenders QBWA to develop without any of them knowing. Together with tougher mort- gage lending rules and caps on lending to government-linked organisation strategy companies, the credit bureau is one of several tools aimed at DOHA: The Qatari Business to strengthen their partnership to guarding against a repeat of the Women Association (QBWA) achieve a common goal of promot- crisis that paralysed the financial announced signing a partnership ing the role of women and helping system in 2009 and 2010. agreement with JMJ Associates, them build their capabilities as “The credit reports will play a global management consul- well as achieving the best possible a key role in helping banks and tancy specialising in developing performance for the QBWA. Aisha financial institutions to assess high performing organisation Alfardan said: “We always strive to risk accurately, enabling them to and project cultures. The par- develop our strategy and revisit our make informed lending decisions ties agreed to work on the devel- vision and evaluate our goals, we and lower lending risks,” Lutfi opment of the QBWA’s strategy, consider that the institution that told reporters at the Abu Dhabi reformulate the QBWA vision doesn’t perform regular review and headquarters. and objectives, build organisa- evaluation of its strategy and objec- The bureau had previously tional capability and enhance the tives is weak and lacks ambition.” set the end of the first quarter association’s long term impact. Giffin said: “We are absolutely of 2014 as the deadline for start- The agreement was signed by delighted to have signed this part- ing operations but the plan was Aisha Alfardan, Vice-Chairwoman nership agreement with the QBWA delayed due to inaccurate infor- of the QBWA, and Simon Giffin, to support the development of the mation or errors in the consumer JMJ Associates Middle East strategy, vision and objectives.” credit data being submitted by Director. The two parties agreed THE PENINSULA The participants at the QBWA workshop in Doha. banks. REUTERS THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Moroccan trade Business heads delegation to visit Qatar discuss plans, on Nov 17-19

DOHA: A high level trade del- key strategies egation from Morocco will visit Qatar from November 17 to 19 with an aim to drive private sector collaboration forward. AmCham, GBCQ examine policies The trade mission, compris- ing private sector businessmen, DOHA: About 100 senior busi- of Qatar’s private sector, according will be led by Mohammed Abbou, ness executives from top global to a press joint press statement. Moroccan Deputy Minister in companies in Qatar yesterday The session was moderated by charge of Foreign Trade, in addi- held a meeting to discuss some John Forde, Founder and Director tion to Industry, Commerce, key challenges and opportunities, of PRO-Partnership and COO Investment, Economy and Digital including procurement policy and of the Bethel Group. Forde has The expert panel discussing various issues at the meeting. Industries. payment systems in the country. lived in Qatar since 1978. Sheikh The delegation will be work- The meeting, which was jointly Abdulrahman Hassan Al Thani, ing in close partnership with convened by American Chamber Chairman of the Bethel Group, and partner with our friends at the position as a leading business hub, Greg Bergida, Director of Student Qatar Chamber and Qatari of Commerce in Qatar (AmCham Saleh Hamad Al Sharqi, Deputy German Business Council Qatar to it is hugely beneficial to organise Affairs, Northwestern University Businessmen’s Association, Qatar) and the German Business General Manager of the Qatar talk about the issues that matter joint meetings with our partners of Qatar; Jrg Bauch, Area Sales according to a press statement. Council Qatar (GBCQ), examined Chamber, were the guests. to businesses here — furthering the at AmCham Qatar. Through events Manager and Country Manager Building on the strong bilateral strategies for business success, pro- The expert panel agreed that development and diversification of like this, we are obtaining insights Qatar, MAN Truck & Bus Middle trade relations between Qatar curement policy and strategy, tal- having a strong presence on the Qatar’s vibrant and rapidly expand- across industries and chart a course East & Africa FZE; and Gregor F and Morocco, this Moroccan ent recruitment in the Gulf state. ground in Qatar and a long-term ing private sector.” forward for success in Qatar.” Mannherz, Director Middle East trade mission in Qatar aims at The AmCham Qatar and GBCQ commitment to doing business in Henning Zimmermann, Deputy The panel included leading fig- Office, Middle East and North exploring areas of collaboration as made a united effort to give business the market were the two top fac- Chairman of the GBCQ and ures from companies operating in Africa Business Strategies and well as developing and strength- leaders in Qatar the insights and tors for success. AmCham Qatar Director of DB Schenker, Overseas Qatar and the Middle East, includ- Politics, ThyssenKrupp Marine ening economic cooperation in information they need to support Chairman, Robert A Hager said: Cargo, said: “United in the mission ing Philipp M Luehrs, Regional Vice Systems International Qatar. specific sectors, namely pharma- the development and diversification “AmCham Qatar is proud to to support and strengthen Qatar’s President Middle East, Deugro; THE PENINSULA ceuticals, consulting and finan- cial advisory, agro-business, IT and cyber security, contracting, audio-visual production, furniture and interior design solutions. In collaboration with the Qatar Chamber, a VIP business lunch Euromoney meet to address risks of next possible crisis will be organised on November 17 to mark the official opening of the DOHA: The risks facing require further bailouts in a Joannes Mongardini, Head of strong asset portfolio. However, Senator Philip Ozouf, Assistant trade mission to Qatar. Attendees major regional and interna- hypothetical financial crisis — Economics, Qatar National as we saw in 2008, global finan- Chief Minister, States of Jersey; and the members of the delega- tional banks will be under the found that 25 out of 130 banks Bank; Manolis Davradakis, cial issues can have a strong and Denis Beau, Director General of tion will take part in networking microscope at the forthcoming in the eurozone currently have Senior Economist of AXA immediate impact on the region, Operations, Banque de France; sessions and B2B meetings. On Euromoney Qatar Conference, insufficient capital to manage in Investment Managers; Bruce which is why Euromoney Qatar and Sarkis Yoghourtdjian, the following days, the delega- taking place from November these circumstances. Fenton, President and Managing is balancing international and Assistant Director of Banking tion will visit private companies 24-25, 2014, as the global econ- Against a background of glo- Director, Atlantic Financial Inc.; local perspective at this year’s Supervision and Regulation, and reputed local businessmen omy faces a growing range of bal economic issues — including and John Sfakianakis, Director, event.” Board of Governors of the US in order to forge partnerships to pressures. tensions around Ukraine, falling GCC, Ashmore Group, the dis- Despite the growth of the past Federal Reserve System. drive cooperation forward. With the European Central oil prices and questions about cussion will include perspectives year, we are seeing a number There will also be strong The managing director of Bank (ECB) announcing the the need for a new reserve cur- from across the global financial of risk factors that need care- local insight provided, with the Maroc Export, Zahra MAAFIRI, results of “stress tests” at the rency — the Euromoney Qatar community. ful monitoring in order for conference being held under said: “In light of both Morocco and end of October, questions are Conference will host a special Richard Banks, Regional banks to continue to grow their the patronage of the Prime Qatar’s remarkable growth rates being raised about the capacity panel discussion to address Director, Euromoney yields,” Banks said. Throughout Minister and Interior Minister over the past few years, advanc- of financial institutions to absorb the potential of a new financial Conferences, said: “For the most the event, there will be a global H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser ing economic ties between our new shocks if the world economy crisis and ask if we are already part, banks in the GCC region perspective provided by presen- bin Khalifa Al Thani, who will two countries holds enormous experiences a fresh downturn. in the first stages of a global are confident about the future, tations from de Rato, Former also deliver a keynote address on potential and could translate in The tests – which assess downturn. given the strength of their econ- Managing Director of the the opening day. an array of mutually beneficial whether banks could fail or With contributions from omies, dynamic leadership and International Monetary Fund; THE PENINSULA opportunities.” THE PENINSULA QNB launches QIB announces winners Internet, mobile of VISA Summer Spend campaign DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank merchant outlets and 1.8 million DOHA: QNB has launched a (QIB), Qatar’s leading Islamic ATMs worldwide. campaign providing all cus- Bank, has announced 120 QIB’s range of cards are specifi- tomers who register on QNB winners in its International cally designed for the convenience Internet Banking or Mobile Summer Spend Campaign, of travellers. The Debit VISA Banking and conduct a mini- which it launched with VISA Cards offer cashless convenience mum of two online transactions over the summer period. as well as enabling cash withdraw- a chance to win a new iPhone 6. The campaign offered QIB’s als 24/7. The QIB credit cards also The campaign will run till customers the opportunity to win offer the convenience of cashless December 8. A number of eight back their international spending shopping as well as offering a winners will be selected in a draw, when they made international number of discounts at interna- and they will be announced at purchases using their VISA cards tional restaurants and hotels. The the end of the campaign. With between July 21 and September 20. QIB - Qatar Airways co-branded QNB’s eServices, customers can All of QIB’s VISA cardhold- card enables one to earn Qmiles, conveniently and safely access and ers were eligible for the prize the award winning Qatar Airways transact their banking account, draw each time they used their Loyalty programme, every time and enjoy the most comprehen- QIB-VISA credit or debit cards the card is used. sive online banking experience in for purchases outside Qatar. D Anand, General Manager of the Mena region. QNB provides The more they spent, the more QIB’s Personal Banking Group, the best Internet banking services chances they had of winning. The commented: “I would like to add to its clients in Qatar, including draw included those who held my personal congratulations to flexibility to transfer worldwide QIB-VISA Debit or QIB-VISA all 120 prize winners, all of whom through Western Union services, Credit card in addition to QIB- have been notified of their win secured online payments and Qatar Airways co-branded cards. via personalized SMS messages . premium services from PayPal, QIB offers a range of VISA When they check their accounts and many other innovative and credit and debit cards, each offer- they will surely be delighted to secured solutions via our Mobile ing a variety of features and ben- find a credit for the amount they and Internet Banking services. efit. All cards are accepted locally have spent on their cards added to THE PENINSULA and internationally at millions of their balance!” THE PENINSULA

BSI holds ISO Revisions meet

Participants at the British Standards Institution’s (BSI) ISO Revisions event held in Doha. Over 100 senior officials attended the event, which was targeted to update organisations on the revision progress and how the changes will impact their business in Qatar. THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Foreign oil firms Some Yahoo investors seek AOL rescue to demand No talks yet between two firms but AOL CEO says he would only consider a friendly deal lucrative terms NEW YORK: At least two top- acknowledged the potential ben- discuss the possibility of a deal unseat three board directors. Yahoo stock has tripled since from Iran: Total 10 Yahoo Inc shareholders are so efits of a deal, the Yahoo inves- with Yahoo. These shareholders Yahoo’s market value is about Mayer joined Yahoo as CEO in unhappy with Chief Executive tors said. But he has downplayed were left with the impression that $47bn, while its Alibaba stake July 2012, but analysts say those Marissa Mayer’s turnaround the possibility of a transaction, a combined company could yield alone is worth $44bn, meaning gains have been primarily driven ABU DHABI: Iran will have to efforts that they are making according to the investors and as much as $1.5bn in cost savings. the current Yahoo share price by the rapid appreciation in the offer attractive terms to draw a direct plea to AOL Inc CEO two sources close to AOL. There Starboard wants Yahoo to spin reflects little value to the core value of its Asian assets. Mayer investment by international oil Tim Armstrong to explore a are no talks between the two off its Web and email business, business. Some of the investors has urged investors to be patient companies because the firms merger and run the combined companies and Armstrong has merging them into AOL, one see the email, Web site and other for what she has said will be a have become more risk-averse company. indicated he would only consider Yahoo investor who has spoken operations worth as much as $7bn. multi-year effort to revitalize the and focused on profitability, a Their move follows an activ- a friendly deal, the investors said. with the activist said. That would Armstrong, a former Google company. senior executive of French oil ist campaign by hedge fund AOL and Yahoo declined to leave Yahoo’s holdings in Chinese executive who has been at the Some of the investors seeking a company Total said. Starboard Value LP, which is comment. The total holdings of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group helm at AOL since 2009, is cred- merger want Mayer to pull back A few years ago, oil majors pushing Yahoo to consider a deal the Yahoo shareholders who had Holding Ltd and Yahoo Japan ited with reviving a dying brand, from acquisitions, although on were willing to accept tough with AOL and unlock Yahoo’s made overtures to Armstrong Corp in a separate company, sat- helped by a set of purchases Tuesday the company announced contract terms and take bigger valuable stakes in Asian Web could not be determined. isfying investors who want the including Adap.TV, an automated a $640m deal to buy video adver- security risks to gain access to companies. Two top-10 AOL investors company to monetise those assets. video advertising platform. AOL’s tising platform BrightRoll — a oil resources in countries such as Armstrong has been receptive said that they also met with Starboard was once active in market cap of $3.5bn has roughly competitor to Adap.TV. Iraq, said Stephane Michel, Total’s to these Yahoo shareholders and Armstrong in recent weeks to AOL and lost a 2012 battle to doubled in value during his tenure. REUTERS president of exploration and pro- duction in the Middle East. Now, companies have new opportuni- ties to exploit such as shale oil so Ukraine plans new policy they emphasise profitability more, while they have also become more Kuwait 6-month budget disciplined about capital spending, Michel said in an interview. “The situation in 2015 has nothing to do with the situation surplus touches $31bn in Iraq. At that time, there was some concern about access to DUBAI: Kuwait’s govern- in April-September, well above resources,” he said, referring to ment budget surplus reached the KD10.03bn originally pro- a series of deals signed by Iraq KD8.97bn ($31bn) in the first jected for the period. Oil income with Total and other oil majors in six months of this fiscal year stood at KD14.20bn. 2009-2010. “If we have to go back as expenditure remained well Kuwait has one of the strong- to Iran, sanctions have to be lifted below the initial plan, prelimi- est fiscal positions among the and contracts have to be profit- nary finance ministry figures Gulf oil exporters; it needs a able, otherwise there is no point. showed yesterday. crude oil price of just $54 per If that is the case, be sure that The major oil exporter’s pub- barrel for its state budget to Total will be in the competition.” lic spending was KD6.12bn in break even, according to the Iran will soon finish design- April-September, below International Monetary Fund. ing new oil contracts for foreign KD11.61bn originally planned But its heavy dependence on investors and present them to the for the period. It was equiva- oil income makes its economy cabinet for approval, its oil minis- lent to only 26 percent of the more vulnerable to lower crude ter said in early October. KD23.21bn spending plan for oil prices and output. Benchmark If Tehran reaches a deal with the 2014-15 fiscal year. Brent crude touched $80.46 per world powers on its disputed Kuwait’s expenditure has barrel this week, its lowest level nuclear programme and interna- fallen behind its budget plans since September 2010; however, tional sanctions on Iran are lifted, repeatedly in recent years as the average so far this calendar the contracts are expected to be political disputes and bureauc- year is $104.20. revealed to foreign companies racy have delayed budget Analysts polled in September next February. “It will have to be approvals in parliament as forecast Kuwait’s fiscal surplus an attractive contract. It will have well as the implementation of at a robust 22.2 percent of gross A woman hands over money to a shop employee near a board showing currency exchange rates in Kiev to be a good balance between the much-needed investment domestic product in the current yesterday. Ukraine’s central bank said it may soften its policy on mandatory sales of foreign currency risk you are taking, the value you programmes. fiscal year and 17.8 percent in income on the domestic market, to encourage companies to bring more dollars into the country. are bringing and the value you State revenue was KD15.09bn 2015-16. REUTERS get,” Michel said. REUTERS Germany plans tax relief for green energy

BERLIN: Germany plans €1bn agree a range of proposals to help will be able to offset half the cost of ($1.3bn) in tax concessions to make up the gap, estimated by the vehicle against tax in the year improve the energy efficiency of ministers to be around 7 percent, it is bought from 2015. buildings and lift sales of electric including measures to increase The government plans to have cars, in an action plan to help energy efficiency. Other options 1 million electric cars on German Europe’s biggest economy meet could include removing some coal roads by 2020, but some critics say CO2 emissions targets, a policy generation capacity. Under an out- the goal looks unrealistic. document showed. line of an action plan, €1bn in tax Ministers are at odds over Despite a shift to renewables, relief will be available between 2015 whether to take measures to Germany’s CO2 emissions are ris- and 2019 for renovation work to reduce the country’s reliance on ing partly due to a move away from boost buildings’ energy efficiency. coal-fired power stations run by nuclear power, and ministers have An existing programme of low- the likes of utilities RWE and warned it risks missing its goal of interest loans from the KfW state E.ON. Coal currently accounts reducing emissions by 40 percent development bank for renovation for about 45 percent of Germany’s by 2020 compared with 1990 levels. work will increase by €200m ini- power generation, with renewables Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cab- tially to €2bn a year. In addition, accounting for around 25 percent. inet will meet on December 3 to owners of electric company cars REUTERS

Telefonica on right path Hyundai, Kia to triple green car range by 2020

SEOUL: Hyundai Motor Co and affiliate Kia Motors Corp plan to triple their number of fuel-efficient cars by 2020, addressing con- cerns about the pair’s green track record and competitiveness in fuel economy. Investors have voiced concern about Hyundai’s latest Genesis and Kia’s Soul hav- ing lower fuel mileage than their predecessors, and about a $350m fine in the United States for overstating vehicles’ fuel economy. The announcement yesterday came a week after the pair pledged to raise the fuel economy of their vehicles by 25 percent by 2020 to meet emissions regulations in the United States and Europe and at home in South Korea. It also followed an announcement on Tuesday that the pair would buy back 670bn won ($615m) worth of shares, in what was widely regarded as an attempt to appease investors angered by a $10bn bid for property for new headquarters. “Investors have complained about Hyundai’s lack of shareholder-friendly policies and communication about its vision, especially after the land deal,” said analyst Yim Eun- young of Samsung Securities. Shares of Hyundai have fallen 25 percent this year, but have risen over 17 percent since A man leaves a Telefonica building in Barcelona hitting a more than 4 year low on November yesterday. Spain’s Telefonica pointed to a rise in 5. Kia stock has declined 0.9 percent while the customers signing up for its mobile, broadband benchmark index has lost 2.4 percent. and pay-TV deals as evidence of a turnaround from Under Wednesday’s plan, Hyundai and Kia its three-year slump after posting falling revenue will raise their number of fuel-efficient cars to and profit in the first nine months of the year. “at least” 22 by 2020 from seven now. REUTERS THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Alibaba Singles’ Day sales India industrial Qatari bourse output jumps 2.5 percent, index drops inflation eases NEW DELHI: India’s indus- trial production grew by a stronger-than-expected 2.5 percent in September, accord- 32.20 points ing to government data released yesterday, boosted by consumer demand during the main reli- gious festival season, while Saudi’s NCB surges on listing retail price inflation fell to a record low. DOHA: Qatar Stock Exchange authorities tend to price initial The 2.5 percent output expan- index was slightly down by offers of equity cheaply, using sion by factories, mines and utili- 32.20 points, or 0.23 percent, them to spread corporate wealth ties in September from the same when trading closed at 13,723.54 among citizens. month a year ago was far higher points yesterday. Institutional investors were not than the 0.6 percent forecast by The market capitalisa- allowed to take part in the offer financial markets. tion decreased to QR741.990bn and will have to buy the stock, The production figures were from QR743.671bn registered which looks certain to become good news for the right-wing on Tuesday. The trading value a staple in most Saudi Arabia- government of Prime Minister dropped to QR667.777m from focused portfolios, on the second- Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma looks back at a giant electronic screen showing real-time sales Narendra Modi who took office in QR870.835m on Tuesday. ary market. figures of the company’s Taobao.com and Tmall.com, on the “Singles’ Day” online shopping festival, in May following a landslide election The trading volume dropped to The stock opened yesterday at Hangzhou, Zhejiang province yesterday. The firm reported more than $9bn in sales on China’s Singles’ Day win on pledges of reviving growth 11,360,746 shares from 6,412 transac- SR49.5, with a massive amount on Tuesday. in Asia’s third-largest economy. tions compared to 14,285,139 shares of unfilled buy orders that came Manufacturing production, from 9,069 transactions on Tuesday. close to equalling the bourse’s total which represents three-quar- Indices of four sectors ended in trading volume on a normal day. ters of the Index of Industrial red with industries declining the Bahrain-based Securities & Production, climbed by 2.5 per- most, 0.63 percent, and three in Investment Co rated NCB a “high Sainsbury’s to cut spending, cent in September from the same green yesterday. Consumer goods conviction buy” with a target month a year earlier. sector gained the most, up 0.40 price of SR72, citing its outlook India’s economy has posted two percent followed by real estate for strong balance sheet growth years of sub-five-percent growth, 0.30 percent. and sustainable margins. Based dividend to fund lower prices marking the longest slowdown From the 43 listed companies, on listed Saudi banks’ median in a quarter-century, as the cen- shares of 20 went up, 18 declined price to 2013 earnings ratio, NCB tral bank has kept interest rates and four remained unchanged. would be worth about 76 riyals. LONDON: Sainsbury’s plans rooms,” Coupe told reporters million pounds over the next elevated to combat stubborn Gulf Warehousing Company Most IPO investors are likely to to cut costs, dividends and new yesterday. three years and a reduction in inflation. was the top mover yesterday in wait until the stock trades at higher store openings to fund cheaper Chief Financial Officer John capital expenditure to 500-550 But separate data showed terms of percentage gain, up 3.19 levels before selling, which will take prices, increasing the pressure Rogers added the firm did not million pounds a year over the India’s inflation had slowed to a percent to QR61.50 while Islamic three or four days, said Maged Ali on ailing larger rival Tesco to foresee any need to raise equity. next three years, down from 888 record-low in October of 5.52 per- Holding share gained most in Hasan, head of brokerage services respond in the battle for British Tesco, also reeling from a million pounds in 2013-14. cent, pushed down by big falls in terms of price rise, up 2.24 perc- at EFG-Hermes in Riyadh. supermarket customers. £263m ($416m) accounting scan- While Sainsbury’s kept its food and oil costs. net to QR187, a rise by QR4.10. The Saudi market as a Sainsbury’s had outperformed dal, has been underperforming for interim dividend at 5.0 pence a The figures fanned hopes that All real estate companies whole fared much less well on competitors for years, with a longer and is also dominant in the share, it said its full-year dividend India’s hawkish central bank maid fair gains yesterday. United Wednesday. The main index strategy focused on its own-brand weakest part of the market — big was likely to be lower than last could respond positively to busi- Development Company’s share was almost flat as a number of products and the quality of its out-of-town supermarkets that year’s 17.3 pence. Dividend cover ness demands for interest rate was up 1.52 percent to QR26.80. stocks pulled back, including sev- food, while expanding its conven- have fallen out of favour with will be fixed at 2.0 times earnings cuts to spur growth-boosting Barwa was slightly up 0.20 per- eral other banks; Saudi British ience and online businesses. shoppers. New Tesco boss Dave for 2014-15 and the following three investment. The inflation data cent to QR50.10 and Mazaya Bank lost 2.1 percent and Samba However, it too has been hurt Lewis is expected to try to defend years. “I feel that’s a bit of a mis- was broadly in line with market Qatar gained 1.20 percent to Financial fell 0.8 percent. by the rise of German discounters market leadership with price take ... but it’s probably not as big a expectations and marked the low- reach QR24.44. Elsewhere in the region, mar- Aldi and Lidl which has sparked reductions of his own. cut as some people had expected,” est figure since India started cal- Meanwhile, shares in Saudi kets in the United Arab Emirates an increasingly vicious price war, Aldi is also expanding, with one Sainsbury’s shareholder said. culating retail inflation numbers Arabia’s biggest lender, National slipped after posting strong gains posting falling sales over its last plans to invest more than £600m He also questioned the logic of in January 2012. Commercial Bank, jumped their in the last few sessions. three quarters. on new stores over eight years. the price cuts. “I would have pre- Foreign investors have poured daily 10 percent limit upon listing Dubai’s index edged down 0.2 With Sainsbury’s shares down Sainsbury’s shares were down ferred them just to tough it out,” money into Indian stocks in hopes yesterday after a $6bn IPO, the percent as contractor Arabtec a third over the last year, new 1.6 percent at 264.6 pence at 1548 he said. the new government’s moves to clear largest ever in the Arab world and Holding, the most traded stock, Chief Executive Mike Coupe had GMT after Coupe forecast super- Last month Tesco slashed its infrastructure projects and create the second-biggest globally this year. gave up early-session gains and been under pressure to show he market like-for-like sales would interim dividend by 75 percent. a more favourable business climate Completing the initial public fell 0.2 percent. could avoid the deeper problems fall for the next few years. Sainsbury’s posted a statutory will lift growth and help India emu- offer last week, state-owned NCB Abu Dhabi state fund Aabar faced by Tesco and smaller rival Sainsbury’s will invest an addi- pretax loss of £290m for the six late China’s economic ascent. said the $3.6bn portion for retail Investments raised its stake in Morrisons. tional £150m on lower prices in months to September 27. That Modi has been seeking to slash investors was 23 times subscribed, Arabtec to 34.93 percent from “We absolutely have made sure targeted products such as nappies reflected exceptional charges red tape, attract global firms to with a total of 1.25 million sub- 18.94 percent with an off-market that we’ve got the cash resources over the next 12 months, meaning of £665m, mainly impairment “make in India” and stimulate scribers — roughly one in every trade on Tuesday. It bought the to deal with whatever scenarios profitability will be lower in the charges on existing stores and the manufacturing sector to cre- 16 Saudi citizens — taking part. shares from former Arabtec chief that we can envisage in the mar- second half of its financial year the property pipeline. Some 40 ate jobs for the army of young Demand for the IPO, at a executive Hasan Ismaik, who ket place ... We are very aware than in the first. stores Sainsbury’s had planned people who enter the workforce fixed price of 45 riyals per share, resigned abruptly in June. that there is somebody (Tesco) It will fund the reductions to develop will not now be built. each year. was huge partly because Saudi AGENCIES limbering-up in the changing through cost savings of 500 REUTERS AFP Etihad to win EU nod for buying 49pc of Alitalia

BRUSSELS: Abu Dhabi’s Etihad airlines and high-speed trains. competition. “The concession is in line with Airways is set to win conditional EU anti- Etihad in turn will reinforce its presence previous airline deals,” one of the people trust approval for its purchase of 49 per- in Europe’s fourth-largest travel market said. Antitrust experts said this was quite cent of Alitalia, two people familiar with with 25 million passengers. It already has modest compared with previous deals where the matter said yesterday, sharpening its minority stakes in Air Berlin, Ireland’s Aer some airlines had to cede slots for two or rivalry with European carriers on their Lingus, Virgin Australia and other airlines. more routes. home turf. “The European Commission is expected “If the result is Phase I clearance with State-owned Etihad’s stake buy is part to approve the deal,” said one of the sources remedies, which of course remains to be of a ¤1.76bn ($2.19bn) rescue plan for loss- who declined to be named because the EU seen, it would mean that the parties engaged making Alitalia. decision is not yet official. in open and sincere discussions with the The tie-up will provide funds for The sources said the EU antitrust author- Commission early on in the process and Alitalia to invest in more profitable long- ity had accepted the airlines’ offer to give were quick to address any concerns the reg- haul routes and make it less dependant up some airport slots on the Rome-Belgrade ulator raised during the review period,” said on domestic and regional services, where route to facilitate rivals and allay the regu- Andreas Kafetzopoulos at law firm Dechert. it faces fierce competition from low-cost lator’s concerns that the deal may reduce REUTERS

Honda quality woes Kuwait’s Agility Q3 net profit rises 8pc DUBAI: Kuwait’s Agility, the largest Gulf Arab logistics group, posted an eight percent increase in third-quarter net profit yesterday, as earnings from its infrastruc- ture operations offset declines in its core logistics business. The firm made a profit of KD13.04m ($44.8m) in the three months to September 30, up from KD12.13m in the corresponding period of last year, it said in a statement. An analyst at SICO Bahrain forecast that the com- pany would make a net profit in the period of KD13.7m. Total revenue grew three percent year on year to KD337.1m, boosted by a 16 percent increase in its infra- structure division. This was helped by contract wins in the Ivory Coast and the United Kingdom. “Agility Infrastructure companies posted strong results this quar- ter and are expected to continue Honda Motor Co’s President and Chief Executive Officer Takanobu Ito with its renewal hybrid sedan to grow through investments in car “Legend” during an unveiling event in Tokyo. Two former Honda Motor chiefs have called on Ito emerging markets,” chief executive this year, urging him to focus more on quality issues, increasing the pressure he’s already under from Tarek Sultan said in the statement. US regulators and politicians over mass air bag recalls. REUTERS THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Poor cut off from banks China promotes ‘Asia-Pacific’ as US lags most of G-7 BY JEANNA SMIALEK dream to counter US pivot

BY SIMON DENYER ARISSA Austin Tobin has lived most of her 37 years with- to regional prosperity. As he put a $40bn fund to promote his Silk cannot buy love and that Chinese out a bank account. “I was irresponsible,” said Austin Tobin, it: “We are duty-bound to create Road vision and bolster trade money seldom comes with no Mwho lives in Louisville, Kentucky. “I would pay my bills, but HINA’S President and fulfil an Asia-Pacific dream links among Asian economies. strings attached. I would just spend the rest of my money.” She needed to establish Xi Jinping has a new for our people.” The Silk Road Economic Belt Xi’s “Asia Pacific dream” is a financial history to qualify for a loan to start a catering business, vision for Asia, with At home, Xi has made the traces the old caravan trails arguably no less nationalistic so Austin Tobin opened accounts this year under a “Fresh Start” his country at the achievement of a “China dream” past China’s western deserts than his “China dream” has banking programme that aims to help those who had mismanaged centre of affairs. It his signature goal, a vision that toward Central Asia nations proved. Beijing, experts say, is finances. Her savings, while still limited at about $500, are growing. Cembodies what he calls the “Asia- combines economic prosperity and into Europe. A 21st century unlikely to be letting up in the That’s not the case for some lower-income households as the Pacific dream” and two new “Silk with a strident new national- Maritime Silk Road is supposed way it promotes its territo- world’s largest economy lags behind other developed nations in bank- Roads,” and it is backed by tens ism. Now, he aims to project that to follow ancient trade routes rial claims with neighbouring ing participation. The share of the US population 25 and older with of billions of dollars in infra- vision onto a broader stage. toward South Asia, Africa, the countries, and with Chinese a savings or checking account was 91 percent in 2011, lower than any structure investment, a proposed Obama came to the Apec sum- Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. investment comes the implicit other Group of Seven nation except Italy, based on the latest avail- free-trade zone and vigorous dip- mit promoting the Trans-Pacific The two routes are supposed to message: Beijing is boss. able World Bank data. That compares with 98 percent in Canada lomatic engagement. Partnership (TPP), a putative free- ultimately meet in Venice. At times, that can upset the and Britain and 99 percent in Australia. It is already shaping up to be trade area stretching from Chile to Obama administration officials party. In September, Xi vis- A less inclusive financial system cuts into people’s ability to prove a powerful riposte to President Japan that could encompass 800 try to counter talk of competition ited India, met the new Prime creditworthiness and build assets, making it more difficult for house- Barack Obama’s strategic rebal- million people and 40 percent of with their own narrative of mutu- Minister, Narendra Modi, and holds to get ahead. The costs of alternatives, including check-cashing ance toward Asia, often referred the global economy — but would ally beneficial cooperation that talked grandly about a new era operators, payday lenders and nonbank money-order suppliers, often to as the “pivot.” exclude China. But negotiations can help bring regional prosperity. in relations between the two borne by those without accounts, also exacerbate wealth inequality. Xi is using the Asia Pacific over TPP have floundered, observ- “It’s not a zero-sum game,” ancient civilizations. At the Low banking access “is one piece constraining growth and oppor- Economic Cooperation (Apec) ers say, not least because Obama Obama told business executives same time, hundreds of Chinese tunity in this country,” said Andrea Levere, President of Corporation summit as the coming-out party appears to have done little to win here on Monday. “One country’s troops massed on the disputed for Enterprise Development, a Washington-based nonprofit that for his Asian vision, just as China over Democrats to the cause. prosperity does not come at the Himalayan border in what New focuses on economic opportunity for low-income adults. “Without used the 2008 Olympics as its On Tuesday, Xi countered by expense of another. The US has Delhi saw as a clear threat, financial security, you’re not going to take the leap to fund an educa- broader global coming-out party. pushing a free-trade deal of his helped integrate China into the glo- driving the Indian media into a tion or buy a home.” Indeed, in both Herculean prep- own, the Free Trade Area of the bal economy, and it’s in America’s frenzy and undermining much Comparatively limited use of savings and checking accounts is aration and glitzy execution, the Asia Pacific (FTAAP), which he best interest and in the world’s best of the diplomatic glad-handing. correlated with inequality, said Levere, a member of the Federal summit was reminiscent of the said should be “vigorously pro- interest. We want China to do well.” China has used the Apec Deposit Insurance Corporation’s committee on economic inclusion. Games six years ago, with schools, moted” to bolster the global eco- But it is no secret that senior summit to try to calm regional About 82 percent of those in the bottom 40 percent of US income offices and factories closed to nomic recovery. US officials have lobbied hard nerves. A frosty handshake and distribution who are 15 and older have a bank account, compared combat the smog, and a similarly But it is in terms of cold, behind the scenes against the first meeting with Japanese with 93 percent for the rest, according to the World Bank’s 2011 data. spectacular fireworks display over hard cash that China really Asian Infrastructure Investment Prime Minister Shinzo Abe In Canada and Australia, which have less income inequality, the Beijing’s Olympic Park. seems to be trying to trump the Bank and China’s FTAAP trade was part of the effort. Bilateral gaps are smaller. About 93 percent of lower-income Canadians hold But behind the show of organ- United States. It has enlisted 21 vision — prompting China’s engagement has resumed with an account, compared with 98 percent of higher-earners. Australia’s ising power was a more serious countries to join a new Asian nationalist Global Times newspa- Vietnam after tensions emerged difference is even smaller, at 98 percent compared with almost 100 message, spelled out by Xi to Infrastructure Investment Bank per to accuse Washington of giving earlier this year when China percent, World Bank data show. hundreds of business executives and promised to provide half of the impression that it was “afraid towed an oil rig into disputed Regional differences in banking also exist in the US. In the South, at the summit: China’s eco- its $50bn in start-up capital. of competition” with China. waters of the South China Sea. 9.2 percent of people don’t have an account compared with 7.4 per- nomic development is the key Last weekend, Xi also announced Yet experts warn that money WP-BLOOMBERG cent in the West, 6.8 percent in the Northeast and 6.4 percent in the Midwest, based on FDIC data. Policies also play a role, said Joe Valenti, director for asset building at the Center for American Progress, a Washington-based research group that aligns with Democrats. For instance, all Canadian banks are required to provide accounts without minimum opening balances to all residents, regardless of employment or credit history. No such rule exists in the US, he said. Other reasons for weak US participation include a lack of faith in banks and inconsistent financial education, according to Robin Newnham at the Alliance for Financial Inclusion in Bangkok, who is a coordinator with the Group of 20’s financial inclusion initiative. “Global surveys, particularly post the financial crisis of 2008-2009, have highlighted that the US has amongst the highest levels of dis- trust in formal financial institutions,” Newnham wrote in an e-mail. “Financial education is also determined at the state level, whereas in some European countries it has been made mandatory in all schools nationwide as part of national financial education strategies.” There are costs associated with operating outside the financial system. The average household that is either under- banked or has no accounts spends $2,412 per year on interest and fees for alternative financial services, a report this year from an office of the inspector general for the US Postal Service stated. Under-banked households are those that have an account while also using alternative forms of financing. Those services include check-cashers — which charge a fee — non- bank money orders and payday lenders. The typical two-week payday loan has an annual interest rate ranging from 391 percent to 521 percent, according to the Center for Responsible Lending in Durham, North Carolina. Establishing financial accounts can help people build the history and know-how to get traditional loans, Valenti said. “You start with a checking account, the bank may offer you a savings account, it may offer you a car loan, a mortgage down the line,” he said. “It gives you that room to grow and build up your financial sophistication.” Banking-industry representatives agree boosting inclusion is good for communities and business, while pointing out one obstacle is that some households just don’t want accounts. “Banks exist to serve their communities, and then adding custom- ers to your portfolio, even just through a checking account is a good thing,” said David Pommerehn, assistant vice president and senior counsel at the Consumer Bankers Association, a trade group for retail banks whose members include American Express, Bank of America and Citigroup. WP-BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

In new oil order, Opec’s choice is pricing power or sale BY GRANT SMITH and and just let the market take care 1.3 percent on Monday to close oil prices could take 50 percent of 25 years and well below the peak in a November 2013 report. MAHER CHMAYTELLI of the overproduction, then it at the lowest level since October shale oil output “out of the market” of 54 percent reached in 1973. There’s the added risk that pro- could certainly become irrelevant.” 2010. WTI lost 28 cents to $77.12 as investment in higher-cost pro- Opec would need to cut produc- ducers in North America would HE decision Opec faces Oil plunged into a bear market a barrel. duction dries up. The shale drilling tion by one million to 1.5 million respond to lower prices by devel- at this month’s meeting last month, the result of a surge US output surged 14 percent in boom showed signs of slowing last barrels a day to eliminate the sup- oping cheaper ways to find and isn’t just over whether in shale drilling that has lifted US the past year to 8.97 million barrels week. Oil rigs sank by 14 to 1,568, ply glut and boost prices, Wittner produce oil, meaning shale output to cut oil production. production to a three-decade high a day, the highest in US Energy Baker Hughes Inc said. estimates. A reduction of that size would continue to grow even at It’s a choice of whether as well as slowing growth in glo- Information Administration data “Opec has signalled a para- would take the group’s output to lower prices, Ole Sloth Hansen, an Tthe group is willing to fight to bal demand. The drop has caused beginning in 1983. digm shift recently as countries the lowest since 2011, according to analyst at Saxo Bank, said by e-mail maintain the sway it has had over financial pain for some Opec Ministers from two of Opec’s moved from concentrating on data compiled by Bloomberg. Opec from Copenhagen on November 4. crude markets for decades. members, prompting Ecuador, founding members, Saudi Arabia price to concentrating on mar- produced 31 million barrels a day Production costs have fallen as much The Organisation of Petroleum Venezuela and Libya to call for and Venezuela, will attend a natu- ket share,” Eugen Weinberg, in October, 3.3 percent above its as $30 a barrel since 2012, Morgan Exporting Countries, buffeted by action to halt the slide. Nigeria’s ral gas forum in Acapulco, Mexico, head of commodities research at target of 30 million barrels. Stanley analyst Adam Longson said plunging prices, could reassert con- currency slumped to an all-time today, two weeks before all 12 Commerzbank in Frankfurt, said Preserving market share by let- in a report on October 13. trol by cutting output, said Societe low last week and Venezuela’s members are scheduled to meet by e-mail on November 4. ting oil fall to a level that under- Opec’s 12 members are divided Generale, ceding more market benchmark bond fell on Monday November 27 in Vienna. The group is retreating from mines US shale production isn’t over how to respond to Brent share to US shale oil producers. to 56.63 cents on the dollar, the Saudi Arabia’s decision on its traditional role as a “swing a practical option for many Opec crude’s plunge to its lowest in four The alternative — waiting to see lowest level since March 2009. October 1 to cut prices for sales to producer” that influences prices members, Harry Tchilinguirian, years. The group should cut its col- if lower prices choke off the North The group’s data show shale Asian customers was a sign that by raising or lowering output to head of commodity markets strat- lective output target to 29.5 mil- American shale boom — would output has trimmed a percentage the world’s largest oil exporter balance the market, Jeff Currie, egy at BNP Paribas SA, said by lion barrels a day, Samir Kamal, usher in a “new oil order” where point from its market share and intends to preserve its sales vol- head of commodities research at phone from London on November Libya’s governor to the group, said. pricing power is handed to drillers will take it to the lowest in more umes rather than pare output Goldman Sachs in New York, said in 6. The strategy would require a Ecuador Finance Minister Fausto in Texas and North Dakota, accord- than 25 years during this decade. to defend prices, according to a report on October 26. Such a shift Brent price of $70 a barrel for a Herrera told reporters November ing to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Reducing output is a tougher deci- Commerzbank AG. The kingdom would suspend the role Opec has prolonged period, a level too low 4 that his government is working “We’ve not seen a turning sion to make when there are more increased Asian prices this month, played since the 1980s, according to for most members to cover govern- with Venezuela and other mem- point like this in decades,” Mike competitors ready to supply cli- while deepening discounts for US the International Energy Agency, a ment spending, Tchilinguirian said. bers in a bid to “improve” prices. Wittner, Societe Generale’s head ents cut off by Opec. consumers. Iraq, Opec’s second- Paris-based adviser to 29 nations. At current prices only Kuwait, Kuwaiti Oil Minister Ali Al Omair of oil market research in New Brent crude for December set- largest producer, made similar Opec’s own estimates show its Qatar and the United Arab said he doesn’t think there will be York, said by phone on Monday. tlement fell 53 cents to $81.81 changes on Monday. share of the global oil market Emirates will earn enough to bal- a supply cut and expects prices to “Is Opec going to abdicate its role a barrel on the London-based Opec Secretary-General Abdalla shrinking to 37 percent in 2017 ance their budgets, while Iran, Iraq stabilize when the market absorbs in the market? If the Saudis do ICE Futures Europe exchange El Badri said at a conference in from 40 percent last year. That and Algeria need at least $100, the surplus production. exactly what they’re signalling, at 12.16pm local time. It dropped London on October 29 that current would be the lowest in more than International Monetary Fund said WP-BLOOMBERG THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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Showalter, Williams claim Qatar firm favourite to win Manager of the Year awards

NEW YORK: The neighbour- Grand Prix of Middle East ing teams were not able to book a Beltway World Series, but their skippers swept the Manager Home team’s Carella and Torrente arrive eyeing another win in Doha of the Year awards as Matt Williams of the Nationals and Buck Showalter of the Orioles DOHA: The Qatar Team has won the honours yesterday. left nothing to chance in its World Showalter, who steered meticulous preparations for this Baltimore to their first divi- weekend’s Grand Prix of Middle Championship sion title in 17 years, won the East, the third round of the UIM American League award for a F1 H2O World Championship, Positions third time, joining Hall of Famer which will be taking place in Tony La Russa as the only man- Doha Bay on Saturday. 2014 UIM F1 H2O World Championship agers to claim the honour with After dominating the recent positions after round 2 of 5: three different teams. race in China and crushing the 1. Alex Carella (QAT) 40pts Williams led Washington to opposition in Qatar back in 2. Erik Stark (SWE) Team Nautica 15pts 96-66 record that was best in the March, the team benefited from 2. Philippe Chiappe (FRA) China CTIC Team National League and gave them recent testing in Florida and 15pts the NL East title by a command- both defending champion Alex 4. Thani Al Qamzi (ARE) Team Abu Dhabi ing 17 games – the widest margin Carella and team-mate Shaun 12pts in the majors. Torrente arrive in Doha with the The teams, a one-hour drive 4. Duarte Benavente (PRT) F1 GC Atlantic bit between their teeth. apart on the US east coast, each Team 12pts The Qatar Team has won four fell to the eventual World Series 6. Filip Roms (FIN) Mad-Croc Baba Racing of the last five races to be staged teams in the play-offs. Team 11pts in Doha Bay. Washington manager Williams “We have made no real changes 7. Bartek Marszalek (POL) Motorglass F1 received 18 first-place votes, with to the boat set-up,” said Khalid Team 10pts runner-up Clint Hurdle of the bin Arhama Al Kuwari, Head 8. Shaun Torrente (QAT) Qatar Team 9pts Pittsburgh Pirates garnering of Formula Racing at the Qatar 8. Francesco Cantando (ITA) Motorglass F1 eight in voting by members of the Marine Sports Federation Team 9pts Baseball Writers’ Association of (QMSF). 10. Marit Stromoy (NOR) Team Nautica 5pts America. “We believe we already have 10. Yousef Al-Rubayan (KWT) F1 GC Atlantic “It’s our staff, our players and the maximum set-up. We saw at Team 5pts our organisation,” Williams told the last race that we were able to reporters on a conference call. 10. Xiong Ziwei (CHN) China CTIC Team 5pts beat our main rival Sami Selio by “This is an organisational award almost 1.4 seconds on a lap. There 13. Sami Selio (FIN) Mad-Croc Baba Racing as far as I’m concerned.” have been some minor changes to Team 3pts Williams said he learned on the location of the pit area and 14. Ahmed Al-Hameli (ARE) Team Abu Dhabi the job. some of the facilities on Doha 2pts “You don’t really know until Corniche, but the racecourse is 2014 Grand Prix of Middle East - you roll your sleeves up and get perfect for the Qatar boats. I am timetable of today’s events your hands dirty. That’s how I confident that we can complete grew as a manager,” he said. the one-two finish.” 10.00-15.00 Technical scrutineering F1 and Williams became the fourth Team Abu Dhabi again misses F-4S rookie manager to win, following out on a Qatar race, but the host 15.00-17.00 Extra free practice The Qatar Team’s camp at the Doha Bay for the upcoming Grand Prix of Middle East, the third round of the UIM Joe Girardi (Florida 2006), Dusty team still faces stiff competi- Baker (San Francisco 1993) and 17.30 Drivers’ briefing F1 and F-4S F1 H2O World Championship to be competed on Saturday. tion from the likes of Selio in Hal Lanier (Houston 1986). San Francisco Giants manager the lead Mad Croc Racing Team H2O Drivers’ Championship over capable of reaching the podium. Bruce Bochy, whose wild card BaBa and the impressive Swedish a two-way tie for second position Impressive Norwegian female team won the World Series, was driver Erik Stark, who impressed involving Stark and Chiappe. racer Marit Stromoy, Selio’s third after receiving three first- many people with his rookie per- Team Abu Dhabi’s Thani Al Finnish team-mate Filip Roms, place votes. A file photo of formance to finish second behind Qamzi and Duarte Benavente lie China’s Xiong Ziwei and the Voting took place before the Khalid bin Arhama Carella in the Team Nautica boat a further three points behind. Caudwell Racing duo of Ivan postseason. Al Kuwari, Head of in Liuzhou last month. Motorglass F1 Team’s Bartek Brigada and Tomas Cermak com- Miami Marlins manager Mike Formula Racing at Both Philippe Chiappe of the Marszalek finished an impressive plete the provisional line-up for Redmond got the other first-place the Qatar Marine China CTIC Team and Team fifth in China and he and Italian the F1 H2O field, which will be vote. Showalter, who previously Sports Federation. Sweden’s Jonas Andersson suf- team-mate Francesco Cantando supported by drivers competing in won in 1994 with the Yankees Al Kuwari is fered disappointing performances will also be eyeing podium finishes a pair of UIM F-4S support races. and in 2004 with the Rangers, optimistic of ‘one- in China and know the impor- on Saturday. Mohammed Al Obaidly and collected 25 first-place votes two’ finish for Qatar tance of a podium finish in Doha Kuwait’s Yousef Al-Rubayan Khalid Abdullah Al Kuwari will with four going to runner-up Team. if they are to stay in touch with showed an impressive turn of represent the host nation in the Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles runaway leader Carella in the speed to qualify third in China F-4S races. Germany’s Mike Angels. ”They allow you to man- points’ standings. and the F1 GC Atlantic Team Szymura leads Australian Briney age them,” Showalter said about Carella arrives in Qatar with racer and colleague Duarte Rigby by 25 points after three the players on a team that went a 25-point lead in the UIM F1 Benavente of Portugal are also races. THE PENINSULA 96-66. REUTERS Goaltender Lundqvist NBA: Grizzlies bounce back, shines as Rangers win

LOS ANGELES: Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist stopped 33 NHL Results Bryant sets mark for misses shots for his third shutout of New Jersey 3 Minnesota 1 the season as the New York NY Islanders 6 Colorado 0 MEMPHIS: Mike Conley had Rangers ended the Pittsburgh NY Rangers 5 Pittsburgh 0 23 points and Marc Gasol did NBA Results Toronto 104 Orlando 100 Penguins’ seven-game winning Washington 4 Columbus 2 a little of everything as the Memphis 107 LA Lakers 102 streak in convincing fashion in Montreal 3 Winnipeg 0 Memphis Grizzlies got back a 5-0 victory at Madison Square into the win column yesterday Milwaukee 85 Oklahoma City 78 Florida 4 San Jose 1 Garden. by holding off the last place Los Dallas 106 Sacramento 98 St Louis 6 Buffalo 1 First-period goals from left Angeles Lakers 107-102. Portland 102 Charlotte 100 winger Mats Zuccarello, right Nashville 3 Edmonton 2 Zach Randolph delivered his San Antonio 113 Golden State 100 winger Martin St. Louis and Chicago 3 Tampa Bay 2 sixth double double in eight games defenseman Kevin Klein gave the Dallas 4 Arizona 3 and got the putback layup in the Rangers an early stranglehold. Vancouver 4 Ottawa 3 final seconds that iced the victory in front of a crowd of 17,618 at Centre Derick Brassard added for the Grizzlies, who bounced FedEx Forum arena. Carlos a power-play goal in the second goalie Jaroslav Halak notched back after suffering their first loss Boozer scored a season-high 20 period and right winger Rick his second successive shutout in of the season on Saturday. in the loss. Nash scored his league-leading a 6-0 win over Colorado at Nassau Randolph finished with 11 Memphis received a valuable 12th goal midway through the Coliseum. points and 10 assists and Gasol contribution from its bench as third period. Defencemen Nick Leddy and tallied eight points, nine assists Beno Udrih and Kosta Koufos Penguins goaltender Marc- Travis Hamonic, left winger and eight boards for the Grizzlies shot a combined 13-for-16 from Andre Fleury received little help Nikolai Kulemin and centres who had to weather a strong the floor for 16 and 14 points, and stopped 30 of 35 shots to suf- Casey Cizikas, Anders Lee and fourth quarter rally by Los respectively. fer his first loss since October 22, Ryan Strome scored for New Angeles. The Grizzlies have now beaten this year.. York. Goalie Semyon Varlamov Kobe Bryant found himself on Los Angeles in four of five games Six different players scored showed a brilliant form and made the wrong end of history yester- since the start of last season and for the New York Islanders while 40 saves for Colorado. REUTERS day as the Lakers star passed are 7-2 in their last nine contests. former Boston Celtic John Memphis has now won a Havlicek for the most missed field franchise-best 17 straight regu- goals in NBA history. lar season games at home. They Goalie Henrik Bryant missed a shot at 6:22 of began the season with a 6-0 mark Lundqvist of the fourth quarter for his 13,418th and suffered a 93-92 loss to the the New York career miss, giving him one more Milwaukee Bucks Saturday. Rangers looks than Havlicek. He came into the The Lakers dropped to 1-6 and on after a game 13 misses off the record. are off to one of their worst starts game against Asked about setting the record, in franchise history. Jordan Hill the Pittsburgh Bryant replied, “Nah, I don’t fol- shot just six-of-17 from the field Penguins low that stuff.” and Jeremy Lin finished with 12 He said when you play in the points, three turnovers and five at Madison league as long as he has you put fouls. Square Garden, up big numbers. “Well, I am a Los Angeles was playing with- yesterday in New shooting guard that has played out guard Wayne Ellington who York. Mike Conley (left) of the Memphis Grizzlies shoots the ball while defended 19 years,” said Bryant. flew to his native Philadelphia by Jeremy Lin of the Los Angeles Lakers during their game at the Bryant finished with 28 points after his father was shot and FedExForum, yesterday in Memphis, Tennessee. but needed 26 shots to get them killed on Sunday. AFP THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Umpire chats to be aired in Pakistan on brink of big Australia-South Africa ODIs

SYDNEY: Discussions between the on-field and television win against New Zealand umpires will be aired during Australia’s upcoming one-day series against South Africa, the International Cricket Council South Asians two wickets away from victory, Kiwis still 306 runs adrift (ICC) said yesterday. Cricket’s governing body said ABU DHABI: Pakistan pro- it would conduct a trial during duced another ruthless per- Scoreboard the series, which starts tomor- formance to move to the brink row, to make communication of victory in the first Test Pakistan (I innings): ...... 566-3 decl K Williamson st Sarfraz b Hafeez ...... 23 between umpires available to against New Zealand in Abu New Zealand (I innings): ...... 262 R Taylor lbw Shah ...... 8 broadcaster Nine Network dur- Dhabi yesterday. Pakistan (II innings): C Anderson lbw Khan ...... 23 ing decision-making. A ninth wicket stand of 36 in Mohammad Hafeez (not out) ...... 101 J Neesham c Sarfraz b Rahat ...... 0 “The umpire communica- 14.5 overs between Mark Craig Azhar Ali lbw Sodhi...... 23 B J Watling b Rahat ...... 0 tions can be aired during umpire (27) and Ish Sodhi (27) delayed Younis Khan lbw Sodhi ...... 28 M Craig (batting) ...... 27 referrals, consultations and Pakistan’s victory on the fourth Sarfraz Ahmed (not out) ...... 13 T Southee b Babar ...... 5 DRS (Decision Review System) day at Sheikh Zayed Stadium but Extras (B-6, LB-2, W-2) ...... 10 I Sodhi (batting) ...... 27 player reviews,” the ICC said in New Zealand were struggling on Total (for 2 wkts decl) ...... 175 Extras (LB-2) ...... 2 a statement. 174-8 after being set a daunting Fall of wickets: 1-69, 2-139. Total (for 8 wkts) ...... 174 “This initiative is part of ICC’s target of 480. Bowling: Boult 7-2-25-0; Southee 9-0-33-0; To bat: T A Boult. efforts to make umpiring more Pakistan need just two wick- Sodhi 13-1-66-2; Anderson 5-1-11-0; Craig Fall of wickets: 1-57, 2-61, 3-69, 4-111, understandable to viewers and ets on the final day for a 1-0 lead 5-0-29-0; McCullum 0.2-0-3-0. 5-112, 6-112, 7-121, 8-138. spectators.” in the three-match series while New Zealand (II innings): Bowling: Rahat 9-1-38-2; Khan 7-0-34-1; The ICC said if the trial was New Zealand still need 306 for T Latham c Shah b Babar ...... 20 Babar 18-6-30-2; Shah 13-1-49-2; Hafeez successful, it may consider allow- an unlikely win on the fifth and B McCullum b Shah ...... 39 7-0-21-1. ing the broadcast of umpire dis- final day. cussions at “select matches” Spinners Zulfiqar Babar (2-30) Four runs later Shah trapped Younis, who hit a brilliant 100 during the Cricket World Cup and Yasir Shah (2-49) and seamer McCullum and then had Ross not out in the first innings, sur- hosted by Australia and New Rahat Ali (2-38) destroyed the Taylor out in the same fashion vived a leg-before referral, but he Zealand from February. New Zealand batting. for eight, leaving New Zealand fell soon after lunch to Sodhi, who “For years viewers have enjoyed Earlier, Mohammad Hafeez reeling at 47-3. finished with 2-66. seeing the same pictures as the hit an unbeaten 101 to help Anderson and Williamson Hafeez opened up after a cau- TV umpire and making their Pakistan declare their second added 42 for the fourth wicket but tious start, hitting boundaries off own decisions during a referral innings on 175-2 before the bowl- calamity struck as three wickets paceman Trent Boult and then or review,” said the ICC’s general ers took over and skittled the fell in the space of just five balls. he hit two off Sodhi to complete manager, Geoff Allardice. Kiwi batsmen. Hafeez had Williamson his fifty and follow up on his 96 in “Now they will be even closer It was a weak batting display by stumped while Rahat dismissed Pakistan’s first innings of 566-3 to the game, hearing what the New Zealand who promised a lot Jimmy Neesham and BJ Watling declared. umpire is saying when making before the Test but only Brendon off successive deliveries -- both Hafeez said he was satisfied those decisions.” McCullum (39), Corey Anderson without scoring. with his hundred. Australia and South Africa (23) and Kane Williamson (23) Rahat’s pace partner Imran “It’s pleasing to hit a century meet in a five-match one-day offered little resistance. Khan then had Anderson leg- and more so because it has come series starting in Perth tomorrow. Sodhi said it was disappointing before as the batsman offered no after a gap, but I am sure it will The bad blood between the to bat like New Zealand did. stroke to a straight delivery while help lift my confidence in this for- sides goes back to Australia’s Test “We are disappointed with the Babar cleaned up Tim Southee for mat,” said Hafeez. triumph in South Africa at the way things have turned out. We five. Pakistan, resuming at 15-0, start of the year and Australian cannot win from this position, Hafeez reached his sixth had looked for quick runs but paceman Mitchell Johnson con- but we will surely try and make Test hundred, with a couple off were checked by disciplined New ceded that it could spill over into things difficult for them tomor- McCullum. In all he hit two sixes Zealand bowling. the five-match series. row,” said Sodhi. and 12 boundaries during his 130- Sodhi removed Azhar Ali for “It’s probably going to be fiery McCullum and Tom Latham ball knock. 23 to give his team the early again...Both teams don’t like to (20) gave New Zealand a con- It was Hafeez’s first century breakthrough. lose and that’s where you see the Pakistani spinner Yasir Shah celebrates after taking the wicket of New fident start of 57 runs before since his 196 against Sri Lanka The remaining two Tests will be fire in the game (but) I think Zealand batsman Ross Taylor during the fourth day of the first Test match, Babar had first innings centu- in July 2012. played in Dubai (November 17-21) hate’s a pretty strong word,” at the Zayed International Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi yesterday. rion Latham top-edging a sweep The first session saw Younis and Sharjah (November 26-30). Johnson said yesterday. to Shah. and Hafeez batting solidly. AFP AGENCIES Tamim, Imrul hit tons in record Bangladesh partnership CHITTAGONG: Tamim Iqbal They prospered in the first two Left-handed Tamim hit 14 and Imrul Kayes smashed cen- sessions before Zimbabwe broke boundaries and a six in his sec- Bangladeshi Scoreboard turies in a record opening stand through after tea when Tamim ond consecutive century after batsman for Bangladesh to put the hosts holed out to Hamilton Masakadza making 109 in the second Test. Imrul Kayes Bangladesh (I innings): on top at the start of the third at mid-off off the bowling of part- He drew level with former cap- (left) and T Iqbal c H Masakadza b Raza ...... 109 and final Test yesterday. timer Sikandar Raza. tain Mohammad Ashraful’s Tamim Iqbal I Kayes c (sub-Sibanda) b H Masakadza .130 Tamim scored 109 and Imrul Masakadza himself removed record tally of six centuries for run between Mominul Haque (batting) ...... 46 made a patient 130 as Bangladesh, Imrul later as the batsman Bangladesh. the wickets Mohd Mahmudullah (batting) ...... 5 hoping to sweep the series 3-0, slashed a catch to substitute Imrul, who replaced Shamsur during the Extras (B-2, LB-5, W-6) ...... 13 Total (for 2 wkts) ...... 303 cruised to 303-2 in their first fielder Vusi Sibanda at gully. Rahman for this match, began first day of Fall of wickets: 1-224, 2-272. innings at stumps on the opening At stumps, Mominul Haque was with a boundary off the first ball the third day in the port city of Chittagong. unbeaten on 46 and Mohammad he faced and finished with 12 fours Bowling: Panyangara 14-1-46-0; Chigum- Test match bura 10-3-29-0 (w4) S. Masakadza 15-3- The duo put Bangladesh’s high- Mahmudullah was on five with and two sixes in his second Test against est opening partnership at 224, Bangladesh set to build a huge century. But he was lucky to get 50-0 (w2); M’shangwe 25-3-85-0; Raza 21- Zimbabwe, 0-74-1; Chari 2-0-9-0; H Masakadza surpassing their own record of first innings total. past 19 as Brian Chari dropped in 185 against England at Lord’s in Bangladesh had posted a tense him at square-leg off leg-spin- 3-1-3-1. Chittagong 2010. It was only the fifth century three-wicket win in the first Test ner Natsai M’shangwe. The Test Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza, B Chari, H Masa- yesterday. stand by a Bangladeshi opening in Dhaka, before routing the tour- series between the two lowest- kadza, B R M Taylor, C R Ervine, E Chigumbu- pair, with Tamim and Imrul both ists by 162 runs in the second ranked teams will be followed by ra, R W Chakabva, T Panyangara, N featuring in three of them. match in Khulna last week. a one-day series. REUTERS M’shangwe, R Mutumbami, S W Masakadza. Germany plans law McIlroy deserves Turkey scraps 2022 Ryder to jail dopers in sport top spot: Garcia BELEK, Turkey: While Sergio BERLIN: Germany is set to The proposal also includes a Garcia can mathematically Cup bid after green fears introduce a tough anti-doping maximum sentence of up to 10 still end the year as European law next year which would years, in extreme cases, for those number one, he believes, after BELEK, Turkey: Turkey has “If you notice there is not one “We estimate the Ryder mean a prison sentence of up to found guilty of supplying athletes Rory McIlroy’s superb season, withdrawn its bid to host the grandstand on the golf course this Cup will cost Turkey between three years for athletes found with doping substances. the Northern Irishman is more 2022 Ryder Cup citing envi- week and there is just no place 100-200 million euros to host and guilty of using doping products. The law will apply to around deserving of the Race to Dubai ronmental concerns as it would for them due to the enormous we have shown our commitment “The aim of the law is to pre- 7,000 sportsmen and women victory crown. require cutting down between amount of trees. to big tournament golf with the serve the integrity or sport and to regularly tested by Germany’s It is a view also shared by 6,000 and 15,000 trees. “We have calculated we would hosting again this week of the combat doping,” said Germany’s National Anti-Doping Agency former double European Tour Turkey was among seven have to cut down 6,000 to 7,000 Turkish Airlines Open,” added Interior Minister Thomas de (NADA) across a range of sports. Number One Lee Westwood who European Continental nations trees and something like 15,000 Agaoglu. Maiziere (pictured) in a Berlin “We want to say this is not stated also the European Tour vying to host the biennial trees on the Faldo Course just “One way or another we will be press conference. just something that should not copy the PGA Tour event and had nominated the to make way for everything that hosting the European Tour’s Final The 46-page draft of concerns sport, but this and alter the Race to Dubai Montgomerie Maxx Royal — the goes with hosting a Ryder Cup. Four Series until 2023 that will the new law, which is set is a punishable behav- points scoring system. course and venue for this week’s “All the trees are numbered be the 100th anniversary of the to be adopted in 2015, iour, which society as a For a third week in succession, Turkish Airlines Open. and licensed and environmentally Republic of Turkey. means for the first time whole believes should be McIlroy is not contesting the However Turkey, who notified it would be impossible to get per- “That gives us another athletes who have failed punishable,” added De Tour’s Final Four Series at this the European Tour late last week mission to cut them down. nine years and along with the both the A and B doping Maiziere. week’s Turkish Airlines Open at of its decision, will now focus on “Turkey is now a member of Challenge Tour event, we are test can be prosecuted. The new law would Belek. building a new golf course, and the G20 nations and the coun- already going to spend something Under the new law, also mean that data In his absence the four- without any environmental con- try is very sensitive about envi- like 70-85 million euros on these possession of doping and documents from time major winner is currently cerns, in a move that could see the ronmental issues, so we consider tournaments. products would also be a pun- Germany’s courts or state pros- 2,943,563 euros ahead of second- country bid for the staging of the ourselves a developed country,” “So together with this con- ishable offence, regardless of the ecutors would have to be handed placed Jamie Donaldson of Wales 2026 Ryder Cup. Agaoglu said. tinued investment and the new amount. over to NADA on request. and a further 93,821 euros clear “Unfortunately the problem of The President of the Turkish Ryder Cup course we will build, “That is a statement for clean The draft, however, lacks a of the third-placed Garcia. hosting the Ryder Cup in 2022 is Golf Federation will be looking that will cost an extra 30-40 mil- sport and a challenge to those principal regulation to counter a Donaldson, Garcia and Siem that the Montgomerie course is a to avoid a repeat of the protests lion euros, it will show our com- who dope,” added Germany’s doping network, as in the case of can still deny McIlroy the resort course and not designed for two years ago when Istanbul mitment to European golf.” minister of justice Heiko Maas. former cyclist Lance Armstrong European Number one crown but a big scale golf tournament like witnessed huge demonstrations Turkey’s withdrawal from “We believe that this is a mile- for example, and also under the only with victory this week and a Ryder Cup or even a Turkish when some 2.7m trees were felled the 2022 Ryder Cup contention stone and the law has been long new laws physicians could not be then success also in next week’s Airlines Open,” said Ahmet to make way for a new Istanbul leaves six contenders — Austria, over-due.” made to testify. AGENCIES season-ending DP World Tour Agaoglu, President of the Turkish Airport and a third Bosphorus Denmark, Germany, Italy, Championship. AFP Golf Federation. Bridge. Portugal and Spain. AFP THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Qatar shooters top in Double Trap Arab Championship: Men’s team wins gold, women’s team bags silver in 10m Air Rifle

DOHA: Qatar men’s Double Trap team – gold medal winners at the Incheon Asian Games – added another feather to their cap by winning gold at the Arab Shooting Championship. The hosts had more to cheer about when the women’s team won silver in the 10m Air Rifle. Yesterday at the Losail Shooting Range, the Qatari troika of Masoud Hamad Al Athba, Rashid Al Athba and Abdulbaset Mohsin shot a combined tally of 408 targets to emerge winners. Kuwait team, consisting of Ahmad Alafasi, Hamad Alfasi and Saad Al Mutairi clinched the silver, while Lebanon trio of were able to successful in shooting down 392 clay pigeons, nine less the silver winning team, to won the bronze. In the men’s individual Double Trap, the Kuwaiti duo of Ahmad Qatar men’s Double Trap team consisting of Masoud Hamad Al Athba, Rashid Al Athba and Abdulbaset Mohsin, gold medal winners at the Arab Shooting Championship, celebrate on the and Hamad Alfasi, part of the sil- podium at the medal ceremony at Losail Shooting Range yesterday. RIGHT: Qatar’s women’s team comprising of Mahbubeh Akhlagi, Shaikha and Bahya Al Hamad, silver medal winners in ver winning team, finished second the 10m Air Rifle, show off their medals. Around 250 shooters from nine countries are taking part. Apart from host Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon and third. and Sudan are taking part in the nine-day event which will conclude on November 19. Morocco’s Mohamed Ramah finished on top. In the gold medal shoot-out, The Moroccan was delighted 2012. I shifted to Double trap last Munira Alanjari and Fatemah individual gold in the 10m Air In the team event of 10m the 28-year-old from Tetouan was with his gold medal winning feat, year,” said Ramah, who is backed Abdulmalek of Kuwait. Rifle. Air Rifle for men, Saudi Arabia unsuccessful in only one attempt his first in Double Trap. by his family and trains under The winning trio netted a com- Houda Chaabi of Algeria came topped followed by Oman and in the round of 30 targets. Hamad “I am delighted in winning my Italian coach Marcelo Dradei. bined score of 1211.5 while Qatar’s second and Siham Al Hasani won Kuwait. on the other hand missed the tar- first gold medal in Double Trap. Qatar had more success yes- could score 1209.1. bronze. Saudi Arabia shooters had get three times. Hopefully I will win more gold terday in women’s 10m Air Rifle Oman team, consisting of Meanwhile, Hamed Said more success in the 50m Pistol Qatar’s Masoud Hamad and medals,” said Ramah. team event. Siham Al Hasani, Amina Al Alkhatri of Oman won the event with Atallah Alanazi and Rashid finished fourth and fifth. “Earlier I used to take part only Mahbubeh Akhlagi, Shaikha Tarshi and Khadija Al Jahafi, gold in the 10m Air Rifle men’s Mohammed Al Saeed winning The last named lost the bronze in Trap events and won gold med- and Bahya Al Hamad won silver clinched the bronze. event while the Tunisian duo of gold and silver, while Oman’s medal match to Kuwait’s Ahmad als at the Arab Championship and finishing behind the gold win- Kuwait’s Maryam went to Seifeddine Khemiri and Anis Jbali Jamal Mansoor Alhattali finished 29-27. African Championship, both in ning team of Maryam Arzouqi, complete a double winning the finished second and third. third. THE PENINSULA

Aquatics’ stars Amjad leads Qatar’s challenge in qualifiers to talk at FINA DOHA: Promising youngster and Pakistan card for the championship. Convention Syed Azlan Amjad (pictured) are taking An Aspire Academy graduate Nicolas Mueller of Qatar, a product of Aspire part in the he is a tireless competitor and Olympic success of Switzerland Academy, will take on Lucas tournament. has so far taken part in over 40 practises at the Serme of France in the quali- Sixteen tournaments locally, regionally fying round of the PSA World players from and internationally – including Khalifa International panel in Doha Championship 2014 which will the qualify- the recently concluded 17th Asian Tennis and Squash take place today at the Khalifa ing round Games in Incheon, South Korea. DOHA: FINA (Federation Complex yester- International Tennis and will join the His career has begun to take off Internationale de Natation), the day. Mueller is one Squash Complex. 48 players and earlier this year he won the world governing body for the of the 48 players 19-year-old Amjad, who won in the main Outstanding Asian Junior Player sport of Aquatics, has announced who will feature a few local tournaments, will be draw. of the Year award for a truly stel- that Aquatics’ stars Katinka in the main draw looking forward to continue his The matches of the main draw lar performance in 2013. Hosszu (Swimming), Brenda of the PSA World good form from the national level start from Friday. In 2013, Tamimi skyrocketed Villa (Water Polo), Orlando Championship to the international. In the main draw, Qatar’s chal- to the top of the World Junior Duque (High Diving), Petar which will begin Amjad is the lone competi- lenge will be led by World No.74 Circuit rankings and retained Stoychev and Britta Kamrau tomorrow. The qual- tor from the host nation in the Tamimi. his Dutch Under-19 Open trophy (Open Water Swimming) ifying round of the qualifying round. Another Qatari The rising star from Qatar in Amsterdam, as well as claim- will speak at FINA’s Aquatics championship will Abdullah Tamimi features in the will face World No. 12 Omar ing the fourth spot at the World Conference on a panel titled take place today main draw. Mosaad in the first round match Junior Championships in Poland. ‘Beyond the Pool Deck’. from 12 noon. Players from Pakistan, USA, of main draw on Friday. Last month, he finished run- The Aquatics Conference, tak- PICTURES BY: England, Czech Republic, the Tamimi is one of Qatar’s home- ner-up to Abdullah Al Mezayen of ing place at the 3rd FINA World KAMMUTTY VP Netherlands, France, Malaysia, grown professional squash stars Kuwait, the Asian Games winner Aquatics Convention, from Australia, Kuwait, Jordan, that has had an impressive career in South Korea, at the 26th Arab November 29 to December 1, at Scotland, Denmark, Germany, so far, despite being only 19 years Championship in Doha. the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Doha New Zealand, Austria, Wales old and has been handed a wild THE PENINSULA (QAT), is set to inspire a fruitful future for the sport. Delegates will hear from speak- PSA World Squash ers at the pinnacle of interna- tional sport, including leading Championship 2014 Shabana eyes fifth worlds title aquatics athletes and coaches. Qualifying Draw (single round) With Aquatics now estab- DOHA: Court 1 Four-time World lished in the top tier of the Champion Amr Shabana, one of Olympic Programme, the panel of (1) Rex Hedrick (Aus) vs Todd Harrity (Usa) the most successful squash play- Olympians and World Champions at 12; (9) Charles Sharpes (Eng) vs Ali Bader ers of all-time, says he’s hungry will draw on their individual expe- Al-Ramzi (Kuw) 12.50; (11) Andrew Wagih (Egy) to add a fifth title to his name riences and offer opinion on how vs Shehab Essam Hosny (Egy) 13.40; (8) Farhan ahead of the 2014 Qatar PSA the sport can maintain its Olympic Zaman (Pak) vs Peter Creed (Wal) 14.30; (6) World Championship which position for years to come. Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas) vs Muhammad Saqib get underway at the Khalifa “Delegates will have a unique Yousaf (Pak) 15.20; (16) Ivan Yuen (Mas) vs International Tennis and Four-time World opportunity to hear from some Aqeel Rehman (Aut) 16.10; (10) Jens Schoor Champion Amr (Ger) vs Lance Beddoes (Nzl) 17.00; (4) Raphael Squash Complex tomorrow. of the most decorated competi- Shabana (right) of Kandra (Ger) vs Ammar Altamimi (Kuw) 17.50. The 35-year-old from Cairo, tors in Aquatics,” said Dr Julio C who now resides in Toronto, Egypt and World Maglione, FINA President. Court 3 became the first Egyptian player No.1 Mohamed “These athletes are the pride (3) Chris Gordon (Usa) vs Farhan Mehboob (Pak) ever to win the prestigious title Elshorbagy train in of our sport and the stars behind 12.00; (15) Ben Coleman (Eng) vs Adil Maqbool when he beat Thierry Lincou in Doha yesterday. our success – they make it excit- (Pak) 12.50; (14) Danish Atlas Khan (Pak) vs the 2003 final and having gone on ing, they draw in the crowds and Tayyab Aslam (Pak) 13.40; (7) Kristian Frost to become only the fourth man in ultimately inspire the next sport- (Den) v Piedro Schweertman (Ned) 14.30; (5) history to win the title four times, ing generation.” Jaymie Haycocks (Eng) vs Aamir Atlas Khan he says he’s hungry for more. Three-time Olympian Hosszu (Pak) 15.20; 16.10 (12) Greg Lobban (Sco) vs “Winning the World of Hungary has made headlines Ahmed Hassan (Zim); (13] Jan Koukal (Cze) vs Championship is huge as the title following her success at the 2014 Ahmad Alsaraj (Jor) 17.00; (2) Lucas Serme is the biggest in our sport,” said FINA/MASTBANK Swimming (Fra) vs Syed Azlan Amjad (Qat) 17.50. Shabana. World Cup Series which saw her “As a kid I used to daydream of garner an unprecedented 51 gold Championship playing the World Championship No.2 Gregory Gaultier and ready for the competition and you World Championship medals. Katinka will be looking to against the top guys so to actually World No.5 Ramy Ashour to the need to focus on each round as it Year Winner Runner Up add to her medal haul in Doha at win it once, and to be the first title in 2007 and 2009, respec- comes because everyone there will the 12th FINA World Swimming Prize Money 2013 Nick Matthew Gregory Gaultier Egyptian to win it after all the tively, Shabana knows exactly be just as prepared as you. Championships (25m), taking Mohamed Winner: $45,600 amazing Egyptians that played what it takes to lift the coveted “I just treat it as any other 2012 Ramy Ashour place at the magnificent Hamad Elshorbagy Runner-up: $28,500 before me is something I am still trophy and he says the battle tournament but I know the Aquatic Complex just days after proud of today. between Gaultier, current World rankings can have a huge effect 2011 Nick Matthew Gregory Gaultier the World Aquatics Convention. Third and fourth place winners: $17,100 “But I’m not going to this No.1 Mohamed Elshorbagy and in those situations. It shows 2010 Nick Matthew James Willstrop Similarly, Duque of Colombia Fifth-Eighth: $9,975 year’s ever just to show up. I’m defending World Champion Nick and reflects how well you played 2009 Amr Shabana Ramy Ashour made his name in High Diving by going to try and win - whether Matthew to top the PSA World through the year but it can drain 2008 Ramy Ashour Karim Darwish winning gold at the first ever High Ninth-16: $5,700 that results in me losing first Rankings this year could play a you or push you forward as well 2007 Amr Shabana Gregory Gaultier Diving competition during the 17-32: $2850 round or winning it is unknown, huge role in the outcome of the and we’ll see if there’s been any 2006 David Palmer Gregory Gaultier 15th FINA World Championships but I will try my best going in to Worlds. effect next week.” 2005 Amr Shabana David Palmer last year. 33-64: $1,425 each match. “To win the World The qualifying round of the More recently, he was in the 2004 Thierry Lincou Lee Beachill Total prize money: $325,000 “As long as the mind and body Championship it takes a few fac- Championship takes place today spotlight for conquering his rivals 2003 Amr Shabana Thierry Lincou are still healthy then I’m confi- tors to all fall in to place in that with 16 players joining the 48 at the inaugural FINA High Venue: Khalifa International Tennis and Squash dent going in to this event.” week,” said Shabana. players in the main draw. 2002 David Palmer John White Diving World Cup earlier this Complex Having beaten current World “You need to train hard and be THE PENINSULA 1999 Peter Nicol Ahmed Barada year. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

WAHO Conference 2014

Delegates and participants of the 2014 World Arabian Horse Organisation (WAHO) pose for a group photo. The event started in Doha on November 10 and will conclude on November 18. A team of internationally renowned experts with specialist knowledge in a wide range of subjects including equine welfare and behavioural studies, genetics and cultural heritage, are speaking at the conference. RIGHT: Renowned breeder of the Arabian horses Dr Hans Nagel speaks during yesterday’s session. Top trio eyes world title in Doha Beerbaum, Brash and Bengtsson set sights on triumph in season finale at Al Shaqab

DOHA: Top riders Ludger Beerbaum of Germany, Scott Today’s Schedule Brash of Great Britain and Rolf- 12.00-1.20/25m National Competition Goran Bengtsson of Sweden will (Against the Clock with JO) be looking to finish the show 14.15-1.35/40m National Competition jumping season with the world (Against the Clock) title when they hit the sands at Al Shaqab Arena today. 16.00-CSI5* 1.45m (Two-Phase Special) The state-of-the-art Al Shaqab 18.30-CSI5* 1.50/55m (Against the Clock Arena hosts the final stop on the with JO) A file picture of Longine Global Champions Tour Tomorrow last year’s Global (GCT) with the first day’s pro- 14.30-1.20/25m National Competition ceedings commencing today. (Against the Clock) Champions Tour at Al Shaqab Arena All eyes will be on the breath- 16.30-1.45m National Competition (Against in Doha. Top riders taking Qatari venue as the top the Clock with JO) Ludger Beerbaum, combinations fight for the last 18.30: CSI5* 1.50/55m (Against the Clock Scott Brash and Rolf- available points, over €1.7m in with JO) prize money and the ultimate Goran Bengtsson are 20.30: Arabian Horse Show title of 2014 Longines Global top contenders for Champions Tour Champion. 20.50: CSI5* 1.50/55 (Against the Clock) the title at the 2014 Among the equine athletes Saturday edition. flying Qatar Airways from Liege, 11.15 - 1.20/25m National Competition Belgium to Doha are some of the (Two-Phase) most high-profile and prolific 13.00 - 1.40m National Competition (Against winners of the year. the Clock) Brash has already managed 14.30 - CSI5* National Competition (Against a record-breaking three Grand the Clock) Prix gold medals this season and 17.15 - CSI5* Longines Global Champions he looks set to pair with Hello Tour of Doha Grand Prix 1.60m (Two Rounds Sanctos to defend the title they with JO) won convincingly last year.

“I will do my best to win the Chiara seems to enjoy the giant Championship for a good portion Cascais-Estoril and London.The Championship again this year,” arena and big occasion of Doha. of the season it would be a poetic LGCT Championship series has Brash told the GCT website “I didn’t ride well in the first twist if the 2012 runner-up were grown from six events in 2006 to yesterday. round of the Grand Prix in Vienna to win both the Grand Prix and 14 events in 2014, including three “I have had a fantastic season or I would be in a safer position the Championship in ten day’s fabulous debut shows in Antwerp, and Sanctos has been incredible, on the Ranking than I am now,” time. “It’s not impossible, but both Shanghai and Paris. but Ludger is still in the lead Beerbaum said. Scott and Ludger will be super- Every year, the Longines Global at the moment and he will be a “Scott needs to finish 5th or motivated,” said Bengtsson. Champions Tour continues to tough man to beat,” the Briton higher to beat me, but if I can “Casall feels good and fresh. raise the bar, offering outstanding added. finish above him I win. It will be He’s had a rest since the World sporting spectacle in an elegant Brash’s arch-rival for the 2014 close.” Championships and I did not push selection of iconic global settings. crown, Beerbaum will be hoping Fresh from a 5* win in Lyon him in Barcelona (FEI Nation’s With the 2014 season about to his 11-year-old grey mare Chiara last weekend, fan-favourite Cup Final). Al Shaqab is a great reach it’s climax and the history runs in Doha in fine style. Bengtsson will be taking his star place to compete with lots of books poised to add another star Beerbaum finished second 15-year-old stallion Casall ASK to space, so I will do my best.” show jumping name to the Tour’s behind Brash and Sanctos in the the final showdown. The Longines Global Champions Hall OF Fame, Longines Global Doha Grand Prix last year. Bengtsson is the only other Tour consists of a selection of Champions Tour President Jan With more top horses to choose rider who could steal victory from stunning venues in some of the Tops hinted at potential for a new from than many other riders, Beerbaum should Brash fail to, most glittering and cultural cit- US event next year and further Al Shaqab Equestrian Arena in Doha that will host the three-day event. there was some speculation over but he must win the Grand Prix ies in the world, such as Monte- new destinations planned for the who Beerbaum might bring, but to achieve this. Having led the Carlo, Chantilly, Doha, Madrid, Tour in 2016. THE PENINSULA

Qatar 2015: Tickets go on sale for fans all around the globe

DOHA: Tickets for the upcom- experiences for all our fans in H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, ing Qatar 2015 World Handball Qatar and in the region, as they that aims to increase the number Championship are now on sale get to see their world’s best teams of children worldwide who can with an expected high demand play the ‘Game of fast’. access education. for the major international The website allows people to Dr Thani Abdulrahman Al contest. choose their tickets according to Kuwari, Director General, Qatar With the ticketing website their preference; whether it’s by 2015 said: “Today is an impor- now live, sports fans all around their favourite team, by date or tant milestone in our progress the world can order tickets for even by venue. towards hosting this prestigious the matches and also learn People are advised to book event. Given Qatar 2015’s global more about the remarkable early, as pre-registered tickets nature, we’ve ensured that people championship. will receive their allotment first. can book their tickets wherever The championship begins on Varieties of ticket prices are they are in the world through our January 15, 2015, with a grand available according to everyone’s website,” he said. opening ceremony followed by seating preferences “The ticketing website covers the first match between the host All ticket sale proceeds will go everything taking in the champi- country Qatar and Brazil at the to “Educate A Child”, a global onship with full details on match new Lusail Multi-Purpose Hall. programme from Education schedules, venues and ticket A beautiful view of illuminated Qatar Handball Association Complex, one of the four venues to host the Qatar This will count one of the great Above All (EAA), founded by prices.” THE PENINSULA 2015 World Handball Championship. THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Qatar set to unveil new Ibrahim honoured by AFC nomination DOHA: Qatar’s Khalfan clubs in the Asian Champions Ibrahim, the 2006 AFC player League (ACL). look of Khalifa Stadium of the year who turns out for Al Hilal was in the final of Al Sadd, yesterday said he was the ACL competition while Al honoured to make it onto the Ain got to the semi-finals and Al AFC Player of the Year short- Sadd reached the quarter-finals. SC to reveal design of proposed 2022 venue in Riyadh list again. However, there was no room “For me this is a great honour, on the shortlist for any Western DOHA: The Supreme first ever FIFA World Cup in the personally and for my club and Sydney Wanderers players, Committee for Delivery and Middle East, and also reflects the country. To be among such great despite their achievement in Legacy (SC) and the Qatar size of the effort to fulfill Qatar’s players makes me feel proud and becoming Australia’s first AFC Football Association (QFA) will pledge to host a memorable tour- we are all worthy of winning this Champions League winners on unveil the new design of the nament for the region eight years accolade. The biggest honour is their tournament debut. Khalifa International Stadium, from now.” for Qatar, as our flag will also The AFC said the “fiery” Al the third proposed host venue Six Construct — a joint venture be shown at the ceremony. This Shamrani got the nod after scor- of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, at between Midmac Contracting and contest is very important as it ing 10 goals for Al Hilal in Asia’s a dinner on the sidelines of this a subsidiary of the Belgian Besix symbolises the biggest continent club showpiece. month’s Gulf Cup of Nations in Group — is overseeing main con- in the world.” The Wanderers’ overlooked the Saudi capital of Riyadh on tractor works on the stadium. The other two players to be stand-outs include goalkeeper November 24. Dar Al Handasah is the design nominated for AFC Player of Ante Covic, who was named the The presentation will be made consultant and Projacs is the the Year are Al Hilal’s Nassir Al AFC Champions League’s most in front of the Secretary General project manager. Shamrani and Al Ain defender valuable player and pulled off a of the Gulf Cooperation Council The project, which will include Ismail Ahmed. string of saves in the final. (GCC), H E Abdullatif bin Rashid the addition of innovative cool- Khalfan said the primary The winners will be announced Al Zayani, various heads of GCC ing technology to the stadium, is reason that these players were at an awards ceremony in Manila football federations, officials and expected to be completed in 2016. chosen was that they had all per- on November 30. dignitaries from various countries President of ASPIRE Zone formed outstandingly for their THE PENINSULA in the region. Foundation Hilal Jeham Al Meanwhile, the SC and ASPIRE Kuwari confirmed that the Zone Foundation — the stadium’s project to renovate the Khalifa delivery organisation — have also International Stadium, also announced the beginning of main known as the National Stadium, QSL sides use break contractor works to renovate the The Khalifa International Stadium in Doha. The plan is to renovate the will strengthen its position as Khalifa International Stadium. venue to accommodate 40,000 people and make it compliant with FIFA’s one of the most prominent sports The renovation plans include stadium requirements to host World Cup group stage, round of 16 and facilities in Qatar and the region. revamping the venue to accom- “Since its inception four dec- to train for round 11 quarter-final matches. modate 40,000 people and become ades ago, Khalifa International compliant with FIFA’s stadium Saudi Arabia, H R H Khalid bin the region stand by Qatar’s host- Stadium has played a prominent DOHA: Qatar Stars League on November 18 and the second requirements to host World Cup Abdulaziz Al Saud. The unveil- ing of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. role in hosting major sporting (QSL) sides are looking to use on November 23. Their opponents group stage, round of 16 and quar- ing of the new stadium design We would also like to take this events, including Gulf Cups, Asian this month’s international break have yet to be announced. ter-final matches. in Riyadh is another milestone opportunity to wish all the best Cups and the Asian Games. Today, to prepare themselves for the Three key Al Arabi players will Qatar’s Minister of Youth and in that relationship and further to our brothers in Saudi Arabia in we seek to renovate the Khalifa 11th round of the tournament, be missing becuase they are in Sport, Salah bin Ghanem bin represents the strong brotherly the organisation of the Gulf Cup International Stadium to enter which resumes on November 29. Saudi Arabia, Boualem Khoukhi, Nasser Al Ali, said unveiling the ties that unite the gulf and the of Nations. We are confident play- sporting history as a proposed The QSL is on a break because Rajab Hamza and Abdualaziz Khalifa International Stadium’s entire region ahead of the first ers and spectators will witness an host venue for matches during the 2014 Gulf Cup of Nations Hatem. Ahmed Fathi will leave new design in Riyadh demon- FIFA World Cup in the Middle excellent tournament.” the 2022 FIFA World Cup. We kicks off in Riyadh today. to join the national Olympic team. strates the role played by sport East,” Al Ali said. The Secretary General of the are confident that the renovation During this period, El Jaish El Jaish will not have the serv- in uniting people and deepening Commenting on the announce- SC, Hassan Al Thawadi, said: project will enable the stadium will play newly-promoted side ices of Sufian Ahmed, Abdul links between them. ment, H E Sheikh Hamad bin “We are excited to see everything to continue to host global sports Al Shahaniya this Saturday and Rahman, Sam Rizk, Musab “This stadium, which was Khalifa bin Ahmad Al Thani, coming together to begin main competitions long after 2022.” Al Arabi also plan to play two Mahmood, Majid Mohammed and founded to host the 1976 Gulf Cup, President of the QFA, said: “We contractor works on the third Work is currently underway in friendlies. Khaled Abdul Rauf. has always reflected the strong would like to thank the Kingdom proposed host venue equipped different stages on five proposed This pause in league compe- El Jaish will also play a friendly relationship between Saudi Arabia of Saudi Arabia for hosting such to host the 2022 FIFA World host venues for the 2022 FIFA tition gives the 14 QSL teams a against Al Ahli of Jeddah on and Qatar. The opening ceremony a prestigious event, which reflects Cup. Every new project brings World Cup Qatar. chance to try out new tactics. November 21. was attended by the then king of that the countries and people in us one step closer to hosting the THE PENINSULA Al Arabi play their first friendly THE PENINSULA Berdych batters Cilic to remain in Tour Finals semis hunt LONDON: Tomas Berdych of facing world counting down revenge for those losses with a thrashed US Open champion number one ATP Tour Finals the days until dominant display. Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1 yesterday to Djokovic, Berdych he can leave the After winning a combined four remain in the hunt for a place in jokingly asked the Results English capital. games between them in dismal the semi-finals of the ATP Tour crowd: “Any tips? Results from the fourth day Berdych has opening match defeats, both play- Finals. I will need some. of the ATP World Tour Finals lost his open- ers needed a fast start, and it was Czech world number seven “I just want to yesterday: ing match of the Berdych who seized the initiative Berdych had been routed by Stan try to bring my Tour Finals in as he broke in the first game. Group A Singles: Tomas Berydch (CZE x6) bt Wawrinka in his opening match best tennis and Marin Cilic (CRO x8) 6-3, 6-1 all five of his Berdych had the momentum at London’s O2 Arena, but he we’ll see what appearances, and even when Cilic earned two Playing later: Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) vs Stan bounced back in style and could happens. I hope I but the former break points in the eighth game, Wawrinka (SUI x3) qualify for the last four with a can have a great Wimbledon run- the Czech was able to scramble victory over defending champion match.” Group A Doubles: Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan ner-up had also out of trouble. Novak Djokovic in his final Group Cilic’s second (USA/USA x1) bt Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau won the next tie He sealed the opening set with A tie tomorrow. straight sets (NED/ROM x5) 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 10/6 on each previous another break and used his boom- “I think today was more about defeat at the Playing later: Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares occasion and once ing serve to escape when Cilic fighting and getting through it,” season-ending (AUT/BRA x3) vs Lukasz Kubot/Robert Lindstedt again showed he brought up two more break points Berdych said. event means the (POL/SWE x8) could respond early in the second set. “It’s not my first year. I have Croatian has no well to adversity. Cilic’s shoulders slumped after the experience of losing the first chance of qualifying after winning Cilic, making his Tour Finals that failure and the Croatian match in the past and I know how just six games in his two matches. debut, had enjoyed impor- looked a spent force when he Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic serves to Marin Cilic of Croatia to come back. I think that was the The 26-year-old made a whop- tant Grand Slam victories over tamely directed a forehand wide during their ATP World Tour Finals Group A singles match at the O2 Arena biggest difference. ping 30 unforced errors over the Berdych at Wimbledon and then to gift Berdych a 3-1 lead which in London yesterday. Quizzed during an on-court course of a woeful 74-minute the US Open this year. effectively ended the one-sided interview about the daunting task meltdown and he must be But Berdych got a measure of contest. AFP Cilic blames Murray downs Raonic to still be in contention tiredness for ATP LONDON: Andy Murray could “It will be obviously a very dif- beat Roger Federer today and ATP Tour Finals ficult match,” Murray said. “But it Finals flop crash out of the ATP World Tour will be an exciting match. A good Finals or lose and go through to Results one to be part of. LONDON: Marin Cilic’s debut the semi-finals — such is the Results from the third day of the “We’ve had some very appearance at the ATP World conundrum he faces. ATP Tour Finals at London’s O2 good matches over the years. I Tour Finals is fast turning into However, the 27-year-old home Arena on Tuesday hope on Thursday it will be the a nightmare after his second favourite is glad just to still be in Group B Singles: Roger Federer (SUI x2) bt Kei same. consecutive drubbing at the O2 contention after Tuesday’s 6-3, Nishikori (JPN x4) 6-3, 6-2; Andy Murray (GBR “Hopefully I can get through Arena yesterday. 7-5 defeat of big-serving Canadian x5) bt Milos Raonic (CAN x7) 6-3, 7-5. the group and keep going. If not, The 26-year-old Croat, who Milos Raonic. playing against Roger is a good qualified by virtue of winning the Group B Doubles: Julien Benneteau/Edouard That victory, following his way for me to finish the year, as US Open in September, arrived Roger-Vasselin (FRA/FRA x4) bt Daniel Nestor/ defeat by Kei Nishikori in Group well. with high hopes but so far he has Nenad Zimonjic (CAN/SRB x2) 6-4, 5-7, 10/4; B on Sunday, means all scenarios “There’s a lot of positives for managed a mere six games in two Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo (CRO/BRA x7) bt are possible going into the final me going into that match. It’s matches. A 6-1, 6-1 thrashing by Marcel Granollers/Marc Lopez (ESP/ESP x6) round-robin matches, although 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (14/12). nice to go into Thursday with an world number one Novak Djokovic a straight-sets win for world opportunity to go through. I’m was followed yesterday by a 6-3, number six Murray would leave match against Roger and I’ll be looking forward to it,” the Scot 6-1 defeat by Tomas Berdych. him in good shape. through. said. “It’s, of course, a little bit dis- “Well, for (Federer) I think “I’m not going to know that Should Murray and Nishikori appointing to play like this. I was there’s a very good chance that until I get ready for the match both win in straight sets the cal- not expecting it,” Cilic, whose he’s going to go through regard- because I can’t predict the future.” culators would have to come out powerful serve and forehand less of the results,” Murray said Murray and Federer are locked to decide who goes through. have deserted him this week, told of his 23rd career meeting with at 11-11 in head-to-head clashes, Murray will at least know reporters. the Swiss who is on top of Group although Federer has won all the situation before he walks on “But sort of I feel a little bit B after two comfortable victories. three of their meetings at the court as his match with Federer is tired, and the body feels a little “For me it depends on the Tour Finals since it moved to scheduled for Thursday’s evening bit tired on the court. It seems winner of the Nishikori/Raonic London’s 02 Arena. session, after winless Raonic and that the things that I’m doing are match. If Kei wins, then I need Federer also beat Murray in the Nishikori face off. all basically going in the wrong to beat Roger, it depends on the 2012 Wimbledon final, although Nishikori needed treatment on direction. With these guys at this scoreline of that match with Kei Murray did get revenge when he his right wrist during Tuesday’s UK’s Andy Murray receives the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year kind of level, even small mistakes, and Raonic. beat the Swiss to win the Olympic match against Federer, but he Award after his win against Canada’s Milos Raonic in their ATP World Tour or if you’re not at your best, the “If Raonic wins, then I know gold medal on Wimbledon’s hopes to be fit to face Raonic Finals Group B singles match at the O2 Arena in London on Tuesday night. outcome is not going to be in your that all I need to do is win the Centre Court. today. AGENCIES favour,” Cilic said. REUTERS Thursday 13 November 2014 20 Muharram 1436 Volume 19 Number 6248 Sport Price: QR2

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RIYADH: Riding high on good form that saw them beat Australia and DPR Korea recently, Qatar take on hosts Saudi Arabia in their opening clash of the 22nd Gulf Cup that kicks off today. Coached by Djamel Belmadi, Qatar reached Riyadh on Qatari players are Tuesday and hit the training pitch the same day at King Fahd seen during a training International Stadium where the session at King Fahd boys in maroon play the home International Stadium in team today. Riyadh yesterday. Qatar When asked about Qatar’s take on Saudi Arabia in chances, coach Belmadi said his their Group A match at team was taking one game at a the 22nd Gulf Cup that time. kicks off in Riyadh today. Qatar face Yemen on November PICTURES BY: 16 and then Bahrain three days MOHAMMED FARAJ later. “For us, it will be a good experi- ence to play this game. We have important matches coming up (in the 2015 Asian Cup),” Belmadi said. “I am sure we will be playing in front of a full house at King Fahd International Stadium. We will face similar matches at the Asian Cup (in Australia),” Belmadi said. to win this tournament,” the features Iraq who finished run- “(But) we’ll take one match at Spaniard said during a press con- ners-up to the UAE who bagged a time,” the Algerian said. “Qatar ference yesterday. their second Gulf Cup title in have the potential to win, but we Caro, who took over from Bahrain last year. need some outstanding perform- Frank Rijkaard after last year’s Group A features Saudi Arabia, ances and a bit of luck. I’m opti- exit at the Gulf Cup, denied his Qatar, Bahrain and Yemen while mistic about the future,” Belmadi team was under pressure for not- Group B includes the UAE, Iraq, added. so-impressive results in the run- Oman and Kuwait. Today’s opening game will be up to the event. The Gulf Cup was scheduled watched by FIFA President Sepp “I am aware of the importance to take place in Basra, Iraq but Blatter, according to the organis- of this event for Saudi football was shifted after concerns over ers. Blatter will be accompanied fans,” he said. “It is never an preparations and security. by Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al easy event since we have tough Iraq was also due to host the Khalifa, the AFC boss. matches in the tournament. 2013 tournament, but this was Juan Lopez Caro, the Saudi “But my players are full of moved to Bahrain instead. coach, will also feel the pressure enthusiasm and we are deter- After being moved to Saudi as the football-crazy home fans mined to win in front of our fans,” Arabia, Jeddah was initially will settle for nothing less than the Spaniard said. announced as the host city but a title win. The event - which ends with was later moved to Riyadh. “We are making every effort the final on November 26 - also THE PENINSULA 2014 Gulf Cup Schedule (All Saudi Arabia times) Group A matches 13 November 2014 7:00 Saudi Arabia vs Qatar at King Fahd International Stadium 13 November 2014 9:30 Yemen vs Bahrain at King Fahd International Stadium 16 November 2014 5:45 Yemen vs Qatar at King Fahd International Stadium 16 November 2014 8:15 Saudi Arabia vs Bahrain King Fahd International Qatar coach Stadium Djamel Belmadi 19 November 2014 7:45 Saudi Arabia heads a team vs Yemen King Fahd International Stadium training session 19 November 2014 7:45 Bahrain vs in Riyadh Qatar Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium yesterday. Group B matches 14 November 2014 5:45 United Arab Emirates vs Oman at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium 14 November 2014 8:15 Iraq vs Kuwait at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium 17 November 2014 5:45 United Arab Emirates vs Kuwait at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, 17 November 2014 8:15 Iraq vs Oman at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium 20 November 2014 7:45 United Arab Emirates vs Iraq at King Fahd International Stadium 20 November 2014 7:45 Kuwait vs Oman at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Semi-finals 23 November 2014 9:00 Winner Group A vs Runner-up Group B at King Fahd International Stadium 23 November 2014 5:45 Winner Group B vs Runner-up Group A at King Fahd International Stadium Third place play-off 25 November 2014 5:45 Loser SF1 vs Loser SF2 at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Final 26 November 2014 7:45 Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2 at King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh