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Emir receives President of Peru Supreme health, Emir revamps education councils restructured

DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh ministries, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday issued an Emiri deci- sion restructuring the Supreme Council of Health. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh departments Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani is the chairman, with Dr Mohamed bin Ghanim Al Ali Climate Change Department set up as Vice-Chairman. Members include Abdullah bin DOHA: Separate depart- State Properties have been Khalid Al Qahtani, Sheikha Dr ments for climate change brought under the Assistant Ghalia bint Mohamed bin Hamad and combating pollution Undersecretary for Urban Al Thani, Dr Lord Darzi, Dr Elias have been established at the Planning. Zerhounui, Dr Jenchen Le and Ministry of Environment and There will be five Christine Beasley. the Public Works Authority Undersecretaries and 28 depart- The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met Peru’s President Ollanta Humala at the Emiri Diwan The Emir also issued Emiri (Ashghal) has been brought ments in the newly structured yesterday and discussed relations. They also witnessed the signing of an economic, trade, investment and decision No. 14 of 2014 restruc- directly under the Minister Ministry of Environment. technical cooperation agreement, a cultural cooperation deal and a memorandum of understanding between turing the Supreme Education of Municipality and Urban New departments have been Qatar Olympic Committee and National Olympic Committee of Peru. The Emir hosted a luncheon banquet in Council. The revamped council Planning, as per new deci- established at the Ministry of honour of the president and his delegation who arrived in Qatar on an official visit. is chaired by the Prime Minister sions issued by the Emir Environment and many centres with Sheikha Hind bint Hamad H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad under it have been abolished. Al Thani as Vice-Chairman and Al Thani yesterday. The Office of Intellectual chairperson of the executive The Emir issued several Property Rights at the Ministry committee. Members include decisions on the organisational of Justice has been abolished. Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada, structures and functions of min- The Qatar News Agency has New real estate registration Salah bin Ghanim Al Ali, Dr istries, establishing and reorgan- been brought under the Minister Mohamed bin Abdulwahid Ali ising some authorities, public of Culture, Arts and Heritage Al Hammadi, Dr Abdullah bin institutions and governmental and the Minister will be respon- Saleh Mubarak Al Khulaifi, Dr entities. sible for monitoring its general branches to open in Doha Sheikha bint Abdullah Al Misned, The decisions took effect from performance. Dr Abdullah bin Ali bin Saoud the date of issue and will be pub- The director of QNA will be DOHA: The Ministry of outside its building to ensure Both departments, which see Al Thani, Dr Mazen Jassim Al lished in the official gazette appointed through an Emiri Justice, in collaboration with smooth traffic on the access road. receive visitors, have started Jaidah and Dr Douglas Palmer. The Prime Minister and decision and the agency will have the Ministry of Interior, is It is also in talks with the Traffic evening services to ease the crowd Membership of both councils Interior Minister H E Sheikh 11 administrative units. working to open new branches Department to facilitate one-way during morning hours. is for four years, renewable for Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Audit administrations, qual- of Real Estate Registration traffic on the road at least during For the elderly, women and similar durations. Al Thani has been appointed ity, public relations and com- Department and Document rush hours to avoid congestions people with special needs, the as Chairman of the Supreme munications will be under the Attestation Department in near the area. ministry has introduced a spe- Qaradawi to deliver Council of Health and the office of the Minister of State some of the sparsely populated The initiatives are in response cial service at door step. Under Supreme Education Council. for Cabinet Affairs. There will areas of Doha. to a report on January 29 high- the service, people can call the Friday sermon The Minister of Municipality be two Undersecretaries for land The aim is to reduce long wait- lighting problems such as parking concerned departments, and an and Urban Planning will be and sea transportation at the ing time for visitors and resolve crisis and long waiting time due employee at the ministry will visit DOHA: Noted Islamic scholar responsible for the general per- Ministry of Transport. parking and traffic problems. to ever-increasing number of visi- the home of the beneficiary to do Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi is formance of Ashghal. Internal Audit Planning The Ministry of Justice has tors to the ministry. the job at a fee. expected to deliver the Friday The Geographic Information and Legal Affairs and pub- launched other initiatives to The ministry has signed a con- The ministry has also estab- sermon at Omar bin Khatab Systems and the municipalities lic Relations will be under the overcome the problems, includ- tract with a private company to lished a committee, under the mosque in Madinat Khalifa will be under the Undersecretary Minister of Transport. ing arranging additional parking provide additional parking for vis- chairmanship of the Minister of today. He will focus on latest glo- of the Ministry of Municipality Two administrations for space and introducing e-services, itors at a nominal fee. The report Justice, to enhance its online and bal developments in the light of and Urban Planning. buildings, designs and projects the local Arabic daily Al Sharq said Kahramaa, which is adjacent electronic services by introducing the Holy Quran. He had skipped The departments of Urban will be established by an Emiri reported yesterday. to the ministry, has agreed to latest technologies such as mobile the sermon for three weeks on Planning, Land, Survey, decision. THE PENINSULA The ministry has reportedly share its spare parking space with apps to provide services through health grounds, Al Sharq reports. Infrastructure Planning and Continued on page 5 deployed additional security visitors to the ministry. smartphones. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA & QNA

Labour City project Qatar seeks Arab Kuwaitis urged to avoid Egypt protests KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti embassy in Cairo yesterday called on its mechanism to nationals to stay away from gatherings or demonstrations that might take place in Egypt. The embassy stressed in a statement the boost South ties need to comply with instructions and dedicated hotlines to receive inquiries or requests for help. DOHA: Qatar has suggested the setting up of an Arab mech- US warns of airline shoe-bomb threat anism to enhance cooperation among the countries of the WASHINGTON: The US Department of Homeland Security yes- South. It will provide opportuni- terday warned of a potential shoe-bomb threat on international ties for exchange of experiences, flights to the country. It alerted airlines based on “very recent intel- successes, solutions, technolo- ligence” that assailants would try to attack passenger jets using gies and expertise in the areas explosives hidden in shoes, NBC television said. Officials said pas- agreed upon to build capability sengers may be subjected to enhanced screening and airlines will and capacity in the region. pay more attention to their shoes. This came in a speech by the Assistant Foreign Minister Ukraine leader hints at early election H E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi at the closing ceremony KIEV: Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovich moved closer yester- of the First Arab States Regional day to holding early election after more than 60 pro-Western protest- South-South Development Expo. The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister of Municipality and ers died from live gunfire on the worst day of post-Soviet carnage. He said Qatar believes that Urban Planning H E Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, the Minister of Labour and Social His decision to bow to the opposition’s demand follows EU sanctions cooperation among countries of Affairs H E Dr Abdullah bin Saleh Al Khulaifi and the Minister of Youth and Sports H E Salah bin Ghanem bin on Ukrainian ministers and security officials. See also page 10 the South would enhance their AGENCIES Nasser Al Ali will make an inspection visit to the Labour City in Industrial Area on Sunday. The project is being status at the global level. developed by Barwa Company. He said Qatar has contrib- uted greatly to help launch the South Fund for Development and Humanitarian Aid, and hosted conferences such as Group 77, China Summit and the second Al Jazeera calls Global Day of Action over Cairo trial summit of Arab countries and countries of Latin America to DOHA: The Al Jazeera network has Mohamed were not released from prison added. Baher, Fahmy and Greste of Al be upheld, Al Jazeera said. boost cooperation among coun- called for a Global Day of Action on today (yesterday). The charges against our Jazeera English have been detained since After opening the trial, a Cairo court tries of the South and other February 27 in support of journalism staff are baseless, unacceptable and wholly December 29 last year. Al Jazeera Arabic’s said it will hear prosecution witnesses and regional blocs. He said the pro- in Egypt even as the trial of three of unjustified,” Al Anstey, Managing Director Abdullah Elshamy has been detained with- consider the evidence at the next hearing. posed mechanism stems from the its journalists in Cairo was yesterday of Al Jazeera English, said in a statement. out charge since August 14 and has been on The journalists present in the caged importance of the expo, which has adjourned until March 5. “What is going on in Egypt now is a hunger strike for four weeks. dock pleaded not guilty. Eight out of 20 provided an opportunity for Arab The network has urged people worldwide trial of journalism, so it is critical that we The hashtag #FreeAJStaff has been defendants are in custody, with the rest countries and global and regional to participate in the day to continue apply- remain resolute in calling for freedom of viral worldwide, and institutions, including on the run or abroad and being tried in organisations to deepen dialogue ing pressure for the release of the jour- speech, for the right of people to know, the White House, European Union and the absentia for supporting the blacklisted and draw up a road map for the nalists. “We are deeply disappointed that and for the immediate release of all of Al United Nations have called for the release Muslim Brotherhood and broadcasting enrichment of the region. QNA Mohamed Fahmy, Peter Greste and Baher Jazeera journalists detained in Egypt,” he of the journalists, and for press freedom to false reports. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Arabian Horse Show

A trainer seen with one of the dozens of entries at Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club during day one of the 23rd Qatar International Arabian Horse Show — the feature event on the first two days of the 23rd International Equestrian Sword Festival. Yesterday’s programe was run from 9am until 8pm yesterday. A similar horse show extravaganza awaits fans today from 3:30pm until 8:30pm. The seven-day festival will end with the H H the Emir’s Trophy, to be run over 2,400m for thoroughbreds on February 27. RIGHT: Sheikh Mohammed bin Faleh Al Thani, Chairman of QREC, hands over a prize to the owner of a winning entry.

Gaza victim recovers Correction Citizens who are required to join the man- datory military service programme being intro- with Qatari assistance duced in Qatar and fail to do so within the given age limit will be jailed for one Al Asmakh Charity treats 12-year-old Hadeel month and fined QR50,000. In a report carried by DOHA: The Al Asmakh 12-years old Hadeel hails from the life which she had lost while The Peninsula yesterday, the Charity Foundation in Qatar Gaza, specifically from Khuzaha she was studying in 6th stand- punishment was wrongly has come to the rescue of a near to Green Line. She was hurt ard as she couldn’t continue the given as “up to one year in Palestinian girl who lost the seriously in 2008 when she was studies because of her inability to jail”, besides the fine, based ability to walk due to the Israeli exposed white phosphorus during walk. Responding to question on on an Arabic report by the aggression on the Gaza Strip Israeli aggression. her feelings for not being able to Qatar News Agency (QNA). in 2008 and continued shelling “They smashed our houses with play with the children of her age, The error is regretted. with most dangerous chemicals, gas and bombs and I fell from the she said: including white phosphorus. hands of my mother. I was seven “I was feeling great pain and For the past five consecutive years old that time. From that praying Allah to heal me so that years, Hadeel Nazmi Al Najjar time, I lost my ability to walk, I can walk, study, play and rum New director for from the Gaza Strip received “she said. like other children”. the treatment for her disability “I had undergone treatment at “I was always assured of Wakra municipality while she dreamed of becom- many places. Some of the char- Allah’s mercy and optimistic ing a paediatric doctor in the ity organisations brought for that Allah will enable to walk appointed future to treat the children and me medicine from Germany as on my feet once again” she said save them from their suffering it was not available in Arab coun- hoping that it will be achieved DOHA: The Minister of and pain. tries and it was too costly. Later, by the his grace. Municipality and Urban As the signs of healing appeared Asmakh Charity Foundation Hadeel ’s favourite hobbies are Planning H E Sheikh and she became able to stand on came across and they completed poetry and singing. She recited Abdulrahman bin Khalifa bin her feet, Hadeel says that the my treatment at Hamad General poem at the Quds Conference in Abdulaziz Al Thani has issued Qatari charity has returned her Hospital”, Hadeel said adding Doha where Sheikh Ekrema Sabri a ministerial decision appoint- dream again. that the Foundation bore all also participated. She also loves to ing Mansour Agran Mansour “Without the Grace of Allah, the expenses of treatment and read the stories. Al Buainein as director of Al the Almighty and the efforts of operations. “I dream to have peace and Wakra municipality. the Foundation, I should have ‘Now I am able to stand on my stability in my country- Palestine Al Buainein obtained a diploma lost my dream of standing on my feet. In Sha Allah, in coming days and to pray at Al Aqsa Mosque. In from Qatar University in 1997 and feet and then walking myself. I I will be able to walk again’ she the future, I want to be a pedia- has assumed different positions ask Allah give them every suc- continued. trician to help children who get at Al Wakra municipality, most cess and I place on record my sin- She thanked the Al Asmakh injured so that they won’t suffer recently being director of the gen- cere thanks and appreciation and foundation for all the support as I suffered” Hadeel explained. Gazan girl Hadeel Nazmi Al Najjar was hurt seriously in 2008 during eral affairs department. gratitude for them”, she added. they did as they regained for her THE PENINSULA Israeli aggression. QNA Peruvian leader visits Qatar Foundation

DOHA: Qatar Foundation said, “Our visit to Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and today has been an inspirational Community Development hosted experience for us with regards to Ollanta Humala, President of the the development of a similar vision Republic of Peru, as part of his in our own country through the visit to Qatar, yesterday. engagement of the private sector. Engineer Jassim Telefat, Group Like Qatar, Peru is rich in natural Executive Director of Qatar resources and we have seen here Foundation Capital Projects and today how a great vision will enable Facilities Management, received the us to expand our own research and President and his delegation at the development initiatives.” Qatar Foundation Visitor’s Centre. The visit concluded with During the visit, President President Humala signing Qatar Humala listened to a presentation Foundation’s visitor book after outlining the vision and mission which he was presented with an of Qatar Foundation. He was also honorary gift. President Humala’s introduced to its many initiatives, visit was aimed at enhancing bilat- community development plans, eral relations between the State of scientific research programmes, Qatar and the Republic of Peru, Ashghal announces partial and sustainability and environ- and to discuss a number of regional mental conservation solutions. and international issues of com- closure of road to Al Thakhira After the presentation, mon interest to the two nations. President Humala and his delega- Qatar and Peru recently signed tion were shown an impressive 3D a number of agreements to estab- DOHA: The Public Works Authority — Ashghal — has scale model of the current edu- lish bilateral cooperation between announced a one-lane closure on the road leading to Al cational and research buildings their Foreign Ministries. Other Thakhira Municipality, Al Khor industrial area. in addition to future construction cooperative agreements have been The road will remain closed from tomorrow for 10 days for projects at Qatar Foundation. formed between the two states in expansion of Al Khor sewage network and the development Delegation member, Luis the fields of higher education and of Al Khor Commercial Street. Motorists coming from Omar Castilla, Peruvian Minister of scientific research, mining, com- bin Khattab road and heading towards Othman bin Affan Economy and Finance expressed merce, trade and investment with Road can use the diversion shown in yellow on the attached his delight at Qatar Foundation’s the latter established between map. Ollanta Humala, President of the Republic of Peru, signing the visitors’ vision of unlocking human poten- Qatar Holding and Peru’s Private THE PENINSULA book at the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community tial through education, science Investment Promotion Agency. Development yesterday. and community development and THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Emit meets outgoing Pakistan envoy Emir receives message from Bashir

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met at the Emiri Diwan the outgoing Ambassador of The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received a written message from the President of the Republic Pakistan Syed Hassan Raza. The Emir wished him success in his future assignments and relations of Sudan Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir on bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest. The message was between the two countries further progress. handed over by Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti when the Emir met him at the Emiri Diwan yesterday.

Emir meets Korea to mark 40 years Prince Charles DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of relations with Qatar met at Al Bahr Palace yester- day Prince Charles of Wales. Discussions during the meeting dealt with bilateral relations and Cultural events planned at Katara, says envoy ways of enhancing them. H E Sheikha Al Mayassa bint DOHA: The Korean Embassy Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, is planning to organise cultural Chairperson of the Board of events in Katara in celebration Trustees of Qatar Museums of 40-year of diplomatic rela- Authority (QMA) met here yes- tions between Qatar and Korea. terday with Prince Charles of The events are set to strengthen Wales and the Crown Prince of cultural exchange between the the United Kingdom at the Arab two parties in the cultural side. Museum of Modern Art. During his recent visit to Discussions during the meet- Katara, Korean Ambassador ing dealt with cultural relations Chung Keejong expressed keen- between Qatar and the United Prince Charles during his visit to Qatar National Library yesterday. ness to organise cultural events Kingdom and ways of enhancing to be hosted by Katara. A kite them . Thani, H E Sheikh Abdulrahman Charles was briefed on the festival to be held on April 18 The meeting was attended bin Saud Al Thani, member of Turbulence exhibition by the art- and 19 beside will be among by Vice Chairman of the Board the Board of Trustees of Qatar ist Mona Hatoum , which is being these events. of Trustees of Qatar Museums Museums Authority (QMA) and held from February 7 to May 18, The Ambassador said Korea Authority (QMA) H E Sheikh the UK Ambassador to Qatar. 2014 at the Arab Museum of has been keen to further reinforce Hassan bin Mohammed Al After the meeting, Prince Modern Art. QNA cooperation with Qatar in vari- ous fields including culture. He lauded the vital role Katara plays in enriching the cultural scene of Korean Ambassador Chung Keejong with Katara General Manager Dr Khalid the country. bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti. He appreciated the diversity Minister of Culture meets Japanese artist of cultural events and activities to be a beacon of culture. We are He said the Korean Cultural being organized in Katara as a constantly working to connect Week which Katara hosted had DOHA: The Minister of They exchanged opinions on artist also reviewedsome of the platform where people from vari- different cultures and open doors been popular and accepted by the Culture, Arts and Heritage the role of arts in bridging gaps ideas on using modern Arabic ous cultures come together. to different initiatives hosting public as many people found the H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz between different cultures in and Japanese calligraphy to cre- Katara General Manager Dr cultural events and facilitating Week an opportunity to explore Al Kuwari met here with the addition to organising joint vis- ate artistic aesthetics on one Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti to strengthen cultural relations and know the Korean culture. Japanese calligraphy artist ual arts exhibition of Qatari and painting to express the Alliance said: “We are delighted in Katara between different countries.” THE PENINSULA Junichi Yoshikawa. Japanese artists. The Japanese of Civilizations. QNA

Qatar International Motor Show opens Fall in real estate DOHA: The Minister of Transport H E Jassim bin Seif transactions Ahmed Al Sulaiti opened the Fourth Qatar International DOHA: The number of real estate transactions Motor Show at the Qatar executed during the second week of February National Convention Centre (between 9 and 13), decreased to 175, witnessing yesterday. a 26 percent fall compared to 238 deals inked The opening ceremony was during the previous week, while the volume of attended by the Minister of sales during the week declined by 32 percent Culture, Arts and Heritage H compared to the previous week, according to E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Ezdan Holding Group’s latest weekly report. Kuwari and a number of officials. Al Daayen Municipality acquired the largest The five-day event is organised number of transactions, through the implementa- by Qatar Tourism Authority in tion of 42 deals, accounting for 24 percent of the partnership with q.media and total number of transactions executed during the Fira Barcelona. The week-long week, while Al Khor Municipality stood at second, event offers visitors the chance in terms of the number of deals (38). Land trans- to discover the latest technol- actions represented 52.7 percent of total deals, to ogy in car manufacturing and continue its dominance over sales in all regions of design and provides a platform the country. for trade professionals to come The report predicted that property transactions together. On display will be the will experience a revival rebound in the coming latest models and technology in weeks, especially in the land sector, noting that the automotive industry. investors and real estate developers are directed The last show was a huge suc- towards the establishment of more new real estate cess with over 150,000 visitors. 71 projects. percent visited for the first time The Minister of Transport H E Jassim bin Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti (second right), inaugurating the Qatar international Motor Show 2014 The weekly report revealed transactions worth and attendees represented 103 at Qatar National Convention Center yesterday. With him is the Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz QR607.2m compared to QR893.5m in the previ- countries. QNA Al Kuwari. SHAIVAL DALAL ous week, a 32.9 percent drop according to the recent weekly bulletin issued by the Real Estate Registration Department at the Ministry of Justice. The average daily value of real estate transac- tions amounted to about QR121.4m compared to QR178.7m in the previous week. Doha Municipality ranked first in terms of the value of transactions, with QR157.8m thought the implementation of 27 transactions compared to 23 during the previous week. The value of top deal in Doha Municipality was QR160m from the sale of gas station in Rawdat Al Khail. Umm Salal Municipality ranked second in terms of trading value, recording QR73.6m, recording 12.1 percent through 25 deals, acquiring a record of 129 percent of the total transactions this week. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM Islam and social justice

BY DR ALI AL HALAWANI may uphold justice. (Al Hadid 57:25) thing is that the report mentioned Plato, In the Greek civilization, for example, In Islam, justice is significant as it is Aristotle and Averroes (Ibn Rushd) among the society was divided into masters who he famous slogan of the one of the 99 Divine Attributes of Allah. the philosophers who did not pay attention constituted the minority that dwelled in January 25th Revolution (Egypt, Allah Almighty is the Ever-Just. Justice to that conception, a matter which needs Athens and Sparta[17] and who were enti- 2011) was — and still is — Iish, is one of the basic values the Ever- further verification and it will be given a tled to all known rights on the one hand. THurriyyah, Adalah Ijtimaiyyah Glorious Quran underlines and mentions few remarks in the following lines. On the other hand, there were the slaves (literally, Bread, Freedom, and Social oft-repeatedly in a number of its ayahs. As is mentioned above, Islam laid who formed the majority of the population Justice!) respectively. Similarly, people in Allah Almighty enjoined Muslims to down foundations to regulate relation- with no rights at all, even the right to life. Tunisia, Yemen and even those who con- practice justice in all their affairs starting ships among all individuals of the society In the Roman civilization, mostly the whole stituted Occupy Wall Street in the USA with being just in rulership and govern- and foremost among these bases is social world was colonized and thus enslaved by (2011) were looking forward — in one way ance, giving testimonies, treating one’s justice. This social justice of Islam has the Romans who constituted a small por- or another — to human dignity and social family and spouse, and all people even become a prime example and role model tion of the population of Rome. justice that they felt were not simply there. foes and enemies. Allah Almighty says to be emulated in the Muslim state after The matter did not differ too much in The concept of human dignity is much in the Quran, it had been just a mere long awaited hope. both ancient Chinese and Indian civilisa- clearer than that of social justice which Allah doth command you to render back The chief concern of Islam is the human tions. As in India, “While legally outlawed, needs some clarification; a matter which your Trusts to those to whom they are due; being, the creature that is honored by the caste system “remains”[18] strong represents the focal point of this article. and when ye judge between people that ye Allah Almighty irrespective of faith, race in practice, with social and employment Islam has emphasised several princi- judge with justice: verily how excellent is the or colour. Hence, the Shariah with which opportunities strongly governed by one’s ples so that relationships among mem- teaching which He giveth you! For Allah neglect of the pursuit of social justice in Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings caste of birth.”[19] Imagine that this is bers of the society may be justly and fairly is He Who heareth and seeth all things. all its dimensions translates into de facto be upon him) was sent is the real date the case of India in today’s modern and organised. Foremost among these prin- (Annisa’ 4:58) acceptance of a future marred by vio- of birth of justice as there has been no civilized world, can anyone imagine what ciples is social justice with all the deno- O you who believe! Stand out firmly for lence, repression and chaos.”[9] social justice or anything like it in any was really taking place on the ground tations and connotations the term may Allah and be just witnesses and let not the The report concludes, “Social justice is society or civilisation before the advent several centuries ago?! involve. The aim behind social justice was enmity and hatred of others make you avoid not possible without strong and coher- of Islam. To prove this, let us take a look Nevertheless, the Pharaonic civilisa- to found a society that enjoys peace, fra- justice. Be just: that is nearer to piety, and ent redistributive policies conceived and at the concept as well as practice of social tion in Ancient Egypt exceeded all limits ternity, love, and welfare. Indeed, justice fear Allah. Verily, Allah is Well-Acquainted implemented by public agencies.”[10] justice in the ancient known cultures and in terms of oppression and injustice as in Islam is not restricted to or practiced with what you do. (Al Ma’idah 5:8) All the above is fair enough and civilisations. the Pharaoh was considered the worshi- on Muslims only. Rather, it is the genu- Indeed, it is not enough for a real accepted as it shows awareness of the ped god who can do whatever he likes ine right of all members of the society Muslim to do justice or act righteously nature, significance as well as the need IN ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS with his subjects without any sort of regardless of anything else. in a neutral atmosphere; one is required for social justice and the need for set- Different conceptions of justice accord- accountability or questioning. to do justice to people who have a grudge ting strategies and mechanisms as well as ing to ancient Western philosophy were SIGNIFICANCE OF JUSTICE against him or to whom he has an aver- defining the tools for establishing social centered upon the individual. Plato wrote [1] Wikipedia. Justice is a concept of moral rightness sion. This is what the religion of Islam justice in the modern age. There is no in The Republic that it would be an ideal [2] Asfahani, Raghib. Al-Mufradat fi Gharib based on ethics, rationality, law, natural dictates his followers. harm in all this. state that “every member of the commu- Al-Quran. Online version. law, religion, equity and fairness.[1] While the concept of social justice However, the same UN document nity must be assigned to the class for which [3] Rawls, John. A Theory of Justice (revised In Islam, justice stands for placing can be traced through Ancient and offers a concise history: “The notion of he finds himself best fitted.”[12] Aristotle edn, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), p. 3. things in their rightful place.[2] It stands Renaissance philosophy, such as Socrates, social justice is relatively new. None of believed rights existed only between free [4] Adapted from Wikipedia. also for giving others equal treatment Thomas Aquinas, Spinoza and Tom Paine, history’s great philosophers—not Plato people. He regarded certain classes of indi- [5] Wikipedia. with no discrimination whatsoever. the term “social justice” only became or Aristotle, or Confucius or Averroes, viduals as natural slaves.[13] [6] Rawls (Ibid). In his A Theory of Justice, Rawls claims used explicitly from the 1840s.[5] or even Rousseau or Kant—saw the Indeed, slavery continued to be [7] Ibid. that “Justice is the first virtue of social To put it in Rawls’ words, “Social jus- need to consider justice or the redress widespread in Rome and Greece, and [8] “Social Justice in an Open World: The institutions, as truth is of systems of tice is the ability people have to realize of injustices from a social perspective. throughout the then entire world until Role of the United Nations”, The International thought.”[3] Perceptions of justice differ their potential in the society where they The concept first surfaced in Western Islam came and endeavored to abolish it Forum for Social Development, DEPARTMENT in every culture, as cultures are usually live.”[6] It is generally used to refer to thought and political language in the in a remarkable gradual way. Reflecting OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, Division dependent on a shared history, mythol- “a set of institutions which will enable wake of the industrial revolution and the same Western perception, The Letter for Social Policy and Development, ST/ESA/305, ogy and/or religion. Each culture’s ethics people to lead a fulfilling life and be active the parallel development of the socialist to the Ephesians attributed to Paul[14] United Nations New York, 2006, P. 16, http://www. create values which influence the notion contributors to their community.”[7] doctrine. It emerged as an expression of states that everyone should be bound to un.org/esa/socdev/documents/ifsd/SocialJustice.pdf. of justice. Although there can be found In other words, social justice means protest against what was perceived as do his duty in the class where they were [9] Ibid. P. 6. some justice principles that are one and to give every individual what he/she the capitalist exploitation of labour and born. These concepts of justice tend to [10] Ibid. P. 16. the same in all or most of the cultures, deserves; to distribute all benefits in soci- as a focal point for the development of reflect the rigid class systems that swept [11] Ibid. P. 11-12. these are insufficient to create a unitary ety to individuals in a fair way; to supply measures to improve the human condi- the world then when slavery and subjuga- [12] Plato, The Republic (ca 380BC). justice apprehension.[4] or provide for the basic needs of human tion. It was born as a revolutionary slo- tion of women was typical. [13] Rabinataj, S. A. and Azadboni, R. Mahdavi. Justice is the basis of human life and beings in a way that preserves their dig- gan embodying the ideals of progress and “On the other hand, for the privi- Religion and Politics: Social Justice as the Quranic the cardinal principle along which human nity and honor; and to guarantee equality fraternity. Following the revolutions that leged groups, strong concepts of fairness Aim. 2011 International Conference on Social society operates. It encompasses all the of opportunities which means that every shook Europe in the mid-1800s, social and the community existed. Socrates is Science and Humanity IPEDR vol. 5 (2011) aspects of human life and enables one individual has an equal chance to climb justice became a rallying cry for progres- attributed developing the idea of a social IACSIT Press, Singapore. to live in peace and harmony with other up the social ladder. sive thinkers and political activists.... By contract, whereby people ought to follow [14] Saint Paul, Ephesians, V 22 and VI, 1 to 5. fellow beings. the mid-twentieth century, the concept the rules of a society, and accept its bur- [15] Plato, Crito (ca 380 BC). Remarkably, Islam lays great empha- JUSTICE VIEWED BY THE UN of social justice had become central to the dens, because they have lived to accept [16] Wikipedia sis on justice because it facilitates the The United Nations’ 2006 document ideologies and programmes of virtually all its benefits.[15] During the Middle Ages, [17] Sparta: A city-state of ancient Greece in establishment of social order that ena- Social Justice in an Open World: The Role the leftist and centrist political parties religious scholars particularly, such as the southeast Peloponnesus. Settled by Dorian bles humans to develop their humane of the United Nations, states that “Social around the world...”[11] Thomas Aquinas continued discussion of Greeks, it was noted for its militarism and reached qualities, live in peace and harmony and justice may be broadly understood as the It is apparent that the above UN justice in various ways, but ultimately the height of its power in the sixth century BC make this world worth living. Peaceful life fair and compassionate distribution of the account intentionally confuses the con- connected to being a good citizen for the (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English is possible only when we are just in our fruits of economic growth...”[8] cept of social justice with the term itself. purpose of serving God.”[16] Language). thinking and activities. Allah Almighty The same document reports, “From the It has been mentioned earlier that the con- To see how these Western conceptions [18] My emphasis! says in the Quran: Indeed! We sent Our comprehensive global perspective shaped cept of social justice was there many years of justice were practiced on the ground, [19] Jayaram, V. “The Hindu Caste System,” messengers with clear signs and sent down by the United Nations Charter and the before it took a linguistic term to denote let us take a look at some of the most http://www.hinduwebsite.com/hinduism/h_caste. with them the Book and Balance that people Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it. This is one thing. The other important influential civilisations of the time: asp www.onislam.net Umar ibn Al Khattab, the man of justice

BY KHALID B SAYEED Allah lest my people should have her, carrying it by himself on his supplicate Allah for He alone is similar feelings about me.” No back, and cooked for the hun- the Sovereign. o many million observe senator or president could have gry children. He was so kind And speak the truth. Do not the rituals of Islam: lectured Umar about the abuses and generous with them to the hesitate to say what you con- fasting, praying, and of campaign financing or could extent that the woman said, sider to be the truth. Say what Spaying zakah, and yet have accused Umar of having “I wish you were the caliph.” you feel. Let your conscience be Muslims remain weak and sub- handed over the entire social Umar told his servant, who was your guide. Let your intentions servient to foreign domination. system to corporate elites. How remonstrating, that Allah would be good, for verily Allah is aware The difference between many Umar practiced social equality hold the caliph accountable for of your intentions. In your deeds Muslims today and Umar ibn was best demonstrated when he the hunger and poverty, which your intentions count. Al Khattab is that he did not entered Jerusalem as a libera- people suffered from. During Allah has, for the time being, merely observe the rituals but tor, not as leaders would act. He his reign Umar gave the poor made me your ruler. But I am followed Islam in all its con- entered Jerusalem in humility, stipends from the public treas- one of you —, no special privileges crete and dynamic dimensions. walking on foot with his serv- ury without any discrimination belong to rulers. I have some No one sentence encapsulates ant comfortably riding a camel, based on religion. After taking responsibilities to discharge, and what he stood for and prac- as they had been taking turns the surrender of Jerusalem and in this I seek your cooperation. ticed, as when he said, “When I riding. He then gave Muslims completing the tour of Syria, Government is a sacred trust, heard the Quran my heart was another practical example of Caliph Umar delivered an and it is my endeavour not to softened and I wept, and Islam how to treat Christians and important speech that clearly betray the trust in any way. For entered my heart.” non-Muslims, when the Prelate set out his understanding of his the fulfillment of this trust I have The key to Umar’s exemplary of Jerusalem asked him to pray role as caliph. to be a watchman…” behaviour was social justice. in the sepulcher, but Umar chose He stated: Islam suggests that the com- For him, social justice meant to pray some distance away from “Imbibe the teachings of the mon man is capable of devel- redistribution of power and the church, saying that he was Quran, then practice what the oping his mind in this fashion. income in such a way that, when afraid that in the future Muslims Quran teaches. The Quran is With this development he introduced at the lowest level, could use this as an excuse to not a theory; it is a practical becomes aware that he is equal it spreads upward to all the take over the church to build a code of life. The Quran does to any other Muslim and that reaches of society. This is quite masjid claiming that this is the not only bring you the mes- the Quran has also told him the opposite of what the West place where Umar prayed — sage of the hereafter, it also that he has a right to ask ques- practices in the form of produc- which is a clear practical lesson primarily intends to guide you tions even to the Prophet as tion and income filtering down in respecting others. in this life. Mold your life in in Surat Abasa (Chapter 80). to lower levels; the trickle-down There were numerous exam- accordance with the teachings This explains why Umar ibn Al approach. Umar followed the ples of the caliph moving around of Islam, for that is the way of Khattab emphasized and prac- principle set by the first caliph, incognito at night to find out if your well being. By following ticed social equality. He recog- Abu Bakr Al Siddiq, when he anyone was suffering from hun- any other way you will be invit- nized that this social equality said, “The weak among you shall ger or economic deprivation. ing destruction. is the reason of why Islam has be strong with me until their There was a moving example of Fear Allah, and whatever you spread so rapidly within one rights have been vindicated, and a woman trying to lull her chil- want seek it from Him. All men generation to the Middle East the strong among you shall be dren to sleep by pretending to are equal. Do not flatter those in and North Africa. Those who weak with me until, if the Lord cook food in an empty pot. Umar authority. Do not seek favours merely describe Umar ibn Al wills, I have taken what is due was shocked when he entered from others. By such acts you Khattab as a great conqueror from them…” and considered it this house and asked the woman demean yourself. And remem- whose conquests exceeded those one of the central objectives of why she had not sought assist- ber that you will only get what of Charlemagne and Julius his public policies. ance from the public treasury. is ordained for you, and no one Caesar do not appreciate that On the relationship between The woman, not knowing the can give you anything against `Umar tried to spread Islam ruler and citizens, Umar said, identity of Umar, said, “Who the will of Allah. So why do you by captivating human minds “People usually hate their ruler, cares for poor people?” then seek favours from others through his doctrine of social and I seek the protection of Umar then brought grain for who have no real control? Only equality and social justice. FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

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DUBAI: Two Saudi security UN vote on humanitarian aid today; Damascus likely to miss chemical weapons deadline officers and two people they were trying to detain were killed DAMASCUS: Moscow accused humanitarian groups to deliver in a gunfight yesterday in the Washington yesterday of pro- aid across front lines and borders. eastern town of Al Awamiya, the longing the Syrian conflict by This cross-border access has government said, an area where supporting the opposition, on been sought for some time by minority Shia Muslims have the eve of a UN Security Council humanitarian groups so aid can staged regular anti-government vote that threatens to further be shipped directly into Syria from protests. deepen big power divisions. neighbouring countries such as Shias in the region complain of On the ground, a car bomb Iraq or Turkey. discrimination, a charge denied by exploded at a border cross- The demands are addressed to Sunni Muslim-ruled Saudi Arabia. ing between Syria and Turkey both sides in the war but especially Saudi opposition activists said as rebels battled to prevent to the government, as the text said security forces stormed a home in regime forces from seizing their it is mainly responsible for pro- Awamiya belonging to the brother last stronghold in the strategic tecting civilians. of a man on a list of 23 people Qalamun region. The resolution has no clause wanted by the authorities over And Syria’s government media allowing for sanctions in case of unrest, before shooting dead two said Jordan was seeking to stir up non-compliance. unarmed men they found inside. the southern front in the country’s A source in The Hague, mean- They said one of the two was the conflict after a stalemate in peace while, said Syria was likely to miss house owner’s 22-year-old son and talks held in Geneva this month. a UN-backed June 30 deadline to the other a prominent local pho- Speaking in Baghdad, Russia’s destroy its chemical arsenal, pos- tographer known for document- Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sibly by months. ing demonstrations and protester said America’s policy on Syria An Organisation for the funerals that had taken place in “encourages extremists who are Prohibition of Chemical Weapons the area over the past three years. financing terrorism and supplying (OPCW) meeting today is The wanted man was not in the terrorist organisations and groups expected to hear calls for Syria to house at the time, they said. with weapons”. do more amid growing Western An Interior Ministry spokes- “In the end, this will not result frustration with Damascus’ per- man said security forces came in anything except the escalation ceived delays. under fire while trying to arrest of the Syrian conflict,” he said in On the ground, meanwhile, the “a number of armed troublemak- remarks translated from Russian Syrian Observatory for Human ers” who had previously fired on into Arabic. Rights said a car bomb exploded Syrians waving their national flag during a rally in support of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad in the northern residents and security forces in Moscow is a key backer of at the Bab Al Salama crossing coastal city of Tartous. Awamiya, according to state news President Bashar Al Assad’s between Syria and Turkey. agency SPA. regime, which has been battling an A Turkish official said six people It said the security forces uprising that began in March 2011. were killed and 45 wounded, with movement, which says many of responded to the source of shoot- It supplies the government with the injured taken to hospital in the explosive-packed cars that Two killed in Lebanon attacks ing in line with standing rules. weapons and provides diplomatic Turkey’s Kilis province. have blown up in attacks target- “As a result of the exchange of cover at the United Nations, where In Damascus province, rebels ing its Lebanese strongholds came TRIPOLI/BEIRUT: Two people were killed in the Lebanese city fire, the wanted men Ali Ahmed the Security Council is expected engaged in fierce clashes with from Yabrud. of Tripoli yesterday, including a military commander from the Al Faraj and Hussein Ali Madan to vote today on a resolution on regime forces backed by the pro- In the northern city of Aleppo, Alawite minority shot dead on his way to work, security sources Al Faraj were killed,” SPA said, humanitarian aid for Syria. government National Defence eight soldiers were killed by a rebel said, the latest spasm of violence linked to the Syrian civil war. adding that two security men had The draft resolution was pre- Forces militia and fighters from suicide bombing at the city’s cen- In Beirut, a Palestinian man, identified as Nidal Al Mugheyir, also died and two were wounded. sented yesterday but does not so Lebanon’s Hezbollah in Yabrud. tral prison, the Observatory said. was named as one of two suicide bombers who blew themselves up It said two pieces of weapons, far have Russian backing. The town is the last remaining And 18 rebels were killed in a near the Iranian cultural centre in the capital’s southern suburbs a bullet-proof vest, a pair of bin- It calls on all parties to end stronghold of the opposition in the dawn assault on an Alawite village on Wednesday, killing at least four other people in other Syria- oculars used by snipers and a large sieges of densely populated areas strategic Qalamun region near the in central Homs province. related violence. amount of ammunition were found immediately, including in central border with Lebanon. Syria’s government daily Al Last morning, gunmen killed Abdel Rahman Youssef, a military at the scene. Homs, the Palestinian Yarmuk It sits on the main highway Thawra, meanwhile, accused leader in the pro-Syrian Arab Democratic Party from Tripoli’s Jabal Local activists denied that camp in Damascus and Ghouta between Damascus and the coun- Jordan of trying to stir up the Mohsen district, a day after three other people were wounded in there was any exchange of fire at on the outskirts of the capital. try’s third city Homs and has been southern front of the uprising, clashes, security and party sources said. the scene and said security forces It also calls for an immediate a key bastion for the opposition where rebels say they are prepar- The other man killed was Sunni, the sources said, the circum- burst into the house of a man in end to all attacks on civilians and since early in the uprising. ing for a spring offensive against stances of his death were not immediately clear. search of his wanted brother who for all parties, in particular the The battle is also key for Damascus. REUTERS was not there. Syrian authorities, to authorise Hezbollah, the powerful Shia AFP REUTERS

Dept for sports affairs set up Kerry in ‘constructive’ Continued from page 1 Paris talks with Abbas There will be one undersecre- tary and 11 departments for the PARIS: US Secretary of State constructive conversations on a ministry of youth and sports. Two John Kerry held “constructive” framework for negotiations,” a departments, one for sports affairs talks in Paris with Palestinian State Department official said. and another for construction and president Mahmoud Abbas, “As they did last night, they projects, have been established. meeting twice in less than discussed all of the core issues The department of planning 24 hours, a US official said and agreed to stay in close touch and quality and two departments, yesterday. over the phone and through their of youth centres and youth activi- The two men met yesterday teams on the ground in the coming ties, will be under the ministry of for two hours with their teams days and weeks,” the official added. youth and sports. exchanging Abbas’s Ramallah Palestinian ambassador to The legislation department, headquarters where they normally Paris, Hael Al Fahum, told Voice fatwa, sessions, follow-up and meet for an upscale hotel where of Palestine radio that Abbas “had information affairs will be under the Palestinian leader also hosted outlined his vision of a peace which the general secretary of the Kerry for dinner on Wednesday. is based on international law”. Cabinet. The top US diplomat has spent The Palestinian leader also There will be one undersec- months trying to get the Israelis insisted there could be no deal retary and two assistant under- and the Palestinians to agree on without east Jerusalem as the secretaries for planning affairs a framework for resolving their capital of a state of Palestine and and statistics under the Ministry conflict, but the negotiations have “a resolution of all the issues, in of Development Planning and shown little sign of progress, with particular security, refugees and Statistics. each side blaming the other. the release of prisoners”. There will be one under- They met “to continue their AFP secretary and three assistant undersecretaries for urban plan- ning and public service at the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning. There will be three undersecre- Saudi in Gitmo pleads guilty taries and two assistant undersec- retaries for Dawah affairs, Islamic FORT MEADE: The brother- made through his attorney Ramzi affairs and joint services at the in-law of a September 11, 2001, Kassem. Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic aircraft hijacker pleaded guilty Under a plea agreement, he will Affairs. in a US military court yester- serve another nine to 15 years. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zaid day to plotting with Al Qaeda to Sentencing will take place in Cultural Center has been sepa- blow up oil tankers in the Middle 3-1/2 years, giving Al Darbi time rated from the Dawa department East. to complete the terms of his plea and brought under the minister’s Ahmed Al Darbi, 39, is held at agreement, which include cooper- office. the Guantanamo Bay US Naval ating with US authorities. The departments of Islamic Base in Cuba. Under the terms of his plea deal, affairs, research, and Haj affairs Judge Mark Allred, an Air Al Darbi would be repatriated to will be under the assistant under- Force colonel, accepted Al Darbi’s Saudi Arabia in four years. secretary for Awqaf. plea to all six war-crime charges, REUTERS At the Ministry of Justice, new departments for planning, quality and legal affairs and a new office for lawyers’ affairs have been established. A new department for human Kuwait MP proposes fund for citizens resources has been established and KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwaiti MP filed a bill yesterday to create a the committee for conferences has government-funded trust fund for every citizen from birth that been brought under the assistant would become an 18th birthday present of around $40,000. for services and follow-up. Under MP Askar Al Enezi’s proposal, the government of the oil-rich Ministers’ assistants’ offices Gulf state would deposit 50 dinars ($177) each month into an account have been changed to departments for each citizen from the time of birth. and some of their powers have The money would be managed by the country’s sovereign wealth fund, been transferred to other entities. Kuwait Investment Authority, and the capital and profits handed to The human rights office at the citizens when they become adults. foreign ministry has been brought Enezi said his proposal aims to help young people lead a dignified under the assistant for interna- life when they become adults and that they could use the money for tional cooperation. university studies, marriage or other purposes. THE PENINSULA AFP FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Iran, UK resume Timetable diplomatic ties LONDON: Britain and Iran yesterday officially resumed diplomatic relations which were severed by London after set for Iran students stormed its Tehran embassy in November 2011. “The UK has agreed with Iran that from today bilateral rela- tions will be conducted directly through non-resident charge nuclear talks d’affaires and officials,” a Foreign Office spokesman said. Britain had ordered the closure Tehran sticking to commitments of Iran’s embassy in London after shuttering its own in Tehran VIENNA: Iran and world pow- after one month, Iran was still when hundreds of Islamist stu- ers yesterday agreed a timetable sticking to its commitments to dents stormed the compound. and framework for the ambi- limit uranium enrichment to low The students — protesting tious and arduous process of purities and not to install any new against Western sanctions over hammering out a lasting nuclear equipment. Tehran’s disputed nuclear pro- accord by July 20 that satisfies The holy grail for the long- gramme — ransacked the build- all sides. term accord is for Iran to retain ing as well as the ambassador’s Such a deal, if reached, should its civilian nuclear programme, residence in north Tehran. resolve the decade-old stand-off but likely on a reduced scale and Since then, the Swedish over Iran’s nuclear drive, silence with enhanced oversight to ensure embassy in Tehran has repre- talk of war for good and help nor- a dash for nuclear weapons is all sented Britain’s interests there, malise Tehran’s strained interna- but impossible. while the Omani embassy in tional relations. This could involve closing the London has done the same for After chairing “very productive” underground Fordo facility, slash- Iran. Electoral workers count votes at a polling station after Libyans voted to elect a body to draft a new constitution. days of talks in Vienna, EU for- ing the number of uranium cen- The Foreign Office spokesman eign policy chief Catherine Ashton trifuges, cutting fissile material said: “We will no longer have for- said experts would meet in early stockpiles, altering a new reactor mal protecting power arrange- March before political directors being built at Arak and tougher ments in place. This is the next return to Vienna on March 17. UN inspections. stage of the step-by-step process “There is a lot to do, it won’t In exchange, all UN Security of taking forward our bilateral Poor turnout in Libya vote for be easy but we have made a good Council, US and EU sanctions on relationship with Iran.” start,” Ashton told reporters, say- Iran — which are costing it bil- As regards reopening Britain’s ing negotiators had “identified all lions of dollars every week in lost embassy in Tehran, he said no the issues we need to address”. oil revenues, wreaking havoc on its decision had been taken. constitution-drafting body Iranian Foreign Minister economy — would be lifted. “We have made it clear that Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on But whether Iran will play the issue of compensation (for TRIPOLI: Libyans trickled to towns from opening. a pre-Gaddafi constitution that his Facebook page that the par- along remains to be seen. It has the damage caused) needs to be the polls yesterday to elect an Nobody claimed responsibil- was implemented when the coun- ties “also agreed to hold several set out a number of “red lines” addressed,” the spokesman said. assembly to draft a constitu- ity for the Derna attacks but try, then a monarchy, gained inde- meeting on a monthly basis until which the commander of the A pristine Iranian flag was fly- tion, with the paltry turnout residents said the bombers had pendence in 1951. late May”. hardline Revolutionary Guards ing yesterday outside its embassy reflecting deep political disillu- scrawled “There is no constitution The new document’s authors He told Iranian media that the warned on Wednesday must not in the plush Prince’s Gate terrace sion with the chaos pervading but Islamic law” on a wall near will need to take into account atmosphere in the Austrian capi- be crossed. overlooking London’s Hyde Park, Libya since Muammar Gaddafi’s the scene of one blast, suggesting political and tribal rivalries, as tal was “very serious” and “even a Tehran has previously indicated for the first time in more than 42-year rule ended in 2011. radical Islamists were responsible. well as demands for more auton- little bit more positive than anyone its opposition to dismantling any two years. Only 360,000 people had cast Prime Minister Ali Zeidan’s omy for the east, when deciding predicted,” but said there was a nuclear facilities, for example, and The London embassy was offi- ballots by the late afternoon, the government is struggling to assert what political system Libya will “difficult way ahead of us”. has long insisted on its “right” to cially open again for the first election commission said, out of its authority over militias which adopt. Their draft will be put to A senior US administration offi- uranium enrichment. time since 2011 but is not yet one million who had registered helped topple Gaddafi but kept a referendum. cial said the discussions were “very Daryl Kimball from the Arms operational as no diplomats have to vote - a number far lower than their weapons and have become In the east, armed protesters workmanlike” and “substantive, Control Association called yester- been allocated yet. the three million who had regis- major political players. have occupied major oil ports covering all the issues that need day’s framework “an important The six-storey terrace was tered before the 2012 parliamen- Soldiers guarded polling sta- since the summer to demand a to be on the table... We are long step forward that makes it more the scene of the 1980 Iranian tary election. tions in the capital Tripoli, as hel- greater share of energy wealth past speeches of ideology”. likely the two sides can arrive at embassy siege, when six gunmen Live footage from Libyan tel- icopters circled overhead. In the and political autonomy, crippling Iran and the United States, a realistic, comprehensive deal in stormed the building, taking evision cameras in some main eastern city of Benghazi, gunmen vital oil exports. The protest China, Russia, Britain, France the next 6-12 months.” hostages. It ended five days later polling stations showed mostly threw a bag full of explosives into group has dismissed yesterday’s and Germany aim to transform Western nations and Israel with a British special forces raid. empty rooms. a voting centre, but the devices vote as fake. a landmark but only interim deal have long suspected Iran of cov- Around 400,000 Iranians live Dawn explosions rocked five did not go off, a security source The election was also boycotted struck in Geneva in November ertly pursuing a nuclear weapons in Britain. polling stations in the east- said. by the Amazigh, or Berber, minor- into a long-term agreement. capability alongside its civilian Iranian Deputy Foreign ern town of Derna, an Islamist The 60-strong constitu- ity which lives in the west near oil Diplomats said they aimed to programme, charges denied by Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi stronghold, but no one was hurt. tional committee, drawn equally installations. nail down the final accord by the Tehran. told ISNA news agency that Gunmen forced one Derna vot- from Libya’s three regions Its leader, Ibrahim Makhlouf, time a six-month freeze of certain Any deal will have to be sold not relations had been resumed ing centre to shut by firing in the of Tripolitania in the west, has rejected the vote because the activities agreed in Geneva expires only to countries like Israel and at the non-resident charges air and shouting “voting is haram Cyrenaica in the east and Fezzan Amazigh wanted a bigger say in on July 20, although this period the Sunni Gulf monarchies, but d’affaires level and the British (forbidden)”, an election official in the south, will have 120 days to the body and guarantees that can be extended. also to hardliners in Washington flag was flying at the embassy in said. Derna polling stations stayed draft the charter. their tongue will become one of The UN atomic agency said in and Tehran. Tehran. shut and insecurity prevented Libya used a similar model Libya’s official languages. a monthly update yesterday that AFP AFP some voting centres in two other for the committee that drafted REUTERS

Iraq offers bounties for jihadists; attack kills 17 BAGHDAD: Iraq, struggling to curb its worst vio- lence in years, is offering bounties of up to $25,000 for killing or capturing a foreign jihadist fighter, state television reported yesterday. The defence ministry is offering 20 million dinars ($16,666) to anyone who “kills a foreign terrorist from ISIL (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) and Al Qaeda” and 30 million dinars to anyone who captures “a terrorist from among them,” it reported. ISIL is a powerful jihadist group that carries out fre- quent attacks in Iraq, and has also flourished across the border during Syria’s bloody civil war. Yesterday, five mortar rounds struck the Mussayib area south of Baghdad, killing 17 people, police and a doctor said. The shelling, which hit an area of shops and res- taurants that draws crowds at night, also wounded 70 people, the sources said. AFP

Pardoned Tunisian to remain in jail over another case

TUNIS: A Tunisian jailed for posting caricatures of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) online is to stay behind bars despite a presidential pardon, pending a separate trial which his supporters yesterday said amounted to “judicial harassment”. “I contacted the judge investigating the case at the court in Mahdia who confirmed the embezzlement charges relating to when Jabeur (Mejri) worked for the SNCFT (Tunisian railways),” his lawyer Ahmed Mselmi said. The judge issued a warrant for him to remain in detention on January 9, Mselmi added, even though the case dates back to “well before Jabeur’s imprison- ment” in March 2012. Mejri, 29, was sentenced to seven and half years in jail for posting cartoons of the prophet on his Facebook page, in a case that sparked heated controversy in Tunisia. Neither Mselmi, the defendant’s family, his support group or even the presidency had been told about the embezzlement case against him. AFP

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HE unrest in Ukraine threatens to exacerbate into a pogrom-like denouement for the thousands of protesters braving bullets, tear gas and wrath of the Tauthorities at Kiev’s Independence Square. The former Soviet Republic, which is being used by Russia’s Vladimir Putin Obama has precedents for as another battleground in the post-Cold War period, has been rocked and shocked by incessant violence for weeks due to clashes between anti-government protesters and government troops. In worsening signs of violence that has seen European health law rewrites riling GOP Union leaders intervene, 39 protesters were killed yesterday. BY MIKE DORNING Protesters have accused authorities of using snipers. Yet the action was within the investments, postponing coverage of Treasury Department’s discretion to set options and debt instruments until this Buttressing their claims is the fact that a number of deaths resident Barack Obama’s rules on new taxes, said Steve Johnson, year. have been attributed to single shot wounds. repeated postponement of a professor of tax law at Florida State The department holds off on enforc- A gleam of hope appeared late last night — the only news deadlines in the rollout of University. ing tax provisions in what he called unu- that can’t be called bad — from Kiev. The Polish foreign his healthcare overhaul has The Obama administration’s actions sual cases, typically because they raise minister said that President Viktor Yanukovich has agreed to sparked accusations from are “far from unprecedented,” said complex questions about who should be PRepublicans that he’s straying into dan- Johnson, a former senior attorney for covered or how they should comply. hold early elections — parliamentary and presidential. gerous territory by rewriting the law. the Internal Revenue Service, which “In that case, what Treasury has done Given the authoritarian streak that Yanukovich has been lately He’s not the first president to follow issued the rule last week. “If it ever got in the past is delay the consequence, showing, the early election proposal sounds more like a gimmick his own timetable instead of the one into court, the court would be likely to the penalty, that should apply,” Yin said. to buy time. Many a ruler cornered by violent protests buckles to passed by Congress. uphold this delay.” The administration “From what I can tell, that’s exactly international pressure. But Yanukovich hasn’t buckled, he is just From pollution controls and mari- has repeatedly pushed back deadlines what has happened now.” flailing and trying to postpone some more trouble. time safety rules to financial regula- and adjusted rules to smooth the rocky The 2010 healthcare law requires that tions, delaying enforcement of new laws rollout of the healthcare law, Obama’s employers with 50 or more workers pro- The foreign ministers of Poland, France and Germany has become common for presidencies, top legislative initiative. vide insurance to their employees, and decided to continue talking till today in the hope of a including those of Ronald Reagan, Bill The White House already put off the levies fines of as much as $3,000 per breakthrough. However, Ukraine’s former master Russia Clinton and George W Bush, even in employer mandate once, granting a one- worker on companies that don’t com- wouldn’t let the West get away with the face of statutory requirements and year reprieve last July for all compa- ply. The rule announced last week gives Yanukovich faces it so easily. On Yanukovich’s bidding frequent outcries. nies from a 2014 deadline. In November, businesses with fewer than 100 employ- or otherwise, Moscow dispatched its Deadlines set after protests from people whose indi- ees another year to conform. the hard task of in laws are “aspi- vidual insurance plans were being can- Throughout the government, dead- envoy for participating in the talks. rational dates,” celed, Obama asked insurers to renew lines imposed by law have been far from ending violence The role of Russia as a said Ross Baker, the policies even if they didn’t comply ironclad. by listening troublemaker in the region is for The 2010 healthcare a political sci- with the law. Earlier, the administration Regulatory agencies have missed 132 everyone to see. Vladimir Putin law requires that ence profes- delayed a new insurance marketplace of 280 statutory deadlines in the Dodd- to protesters’ turned the tables on the West sor at Rutgers for small businesses. Frank financial-regulatory law passed employers with 50 University. Some legal scholars are crying foul, in 2010, according to a February 3 anal- by strong-arming Yanukovich at demands and or more workers “From a strict arguing that the effect of all the admin- ysis by the law firm Davis Polk. the eleventh hour that proved keeping Russia provide insurance rule-of-law per- istration’s regulatory decisions is to Timetables set in the 1990 Clean Air to be a trigger for the violence. spective, it’s not weaken the Affordable Care Act. Act Amendments were no more effective. happy. The Ukrainian president, who to their employees, good,” Baker said. “There is a pattern of this adminis- The law required the Environmental was almost close to signing an and levies fines “There ought tration making ad hoc decisions to mod- Protection Agency to complete a study accord with the European Union as part of the bloc’s Eastern of as much as to be precision, ify implementation of the law so as to of the impact of mercury emissions from finality.” Still, he soften its impact,” said Jonathan Adler, power plants on human health within Partnerships agreement, did a volte face and joined the $3,000 per worker said, occasional director of the Center for Business Law four years and issue new regulations if Russian propagated Customs Union. The debt-ridden country’s on companies that delays in enforce- & Regulation at Case Western Reserve they were found harmful. population lost an opportunity to see their country aspire for ment of complex University School of Law in Cleveland. The study wasn’t finished for seven the European Union after decades of serving the Soviet Union. don’t comply. legal changes “It’s one thing after another of altering years — three years after the deadline Yanukovich’s move was not only dictated by economic “build a certain the way the law is implemented and not — and the regulations were only issued blackmail by the Soviet Union. Yanukovich, who got rid of Orange amount of flexibility into the system.” implementing it the way it was written last year, 23 years after the law passed. The latest uproar came after the or intended.” Another 1990 law, passed in the wake Revolution leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko administration’s February 10 decision Still, the administration’s decision of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, required by throwing her into jail, ensured a longer life for his political to wait until 2016 to levy fines on com- breaks no new legal ground, said George the Coast Guard to issue new standards career by getting closer to the Kremlin. After years of playing panies with fewer than 100 employees Yin, a University of Virginia tax law for oil tankers within a year. The rules second fiddle to the West, Moscow under the suzerainty of Putin that fail to provide health insurance. professor and former chief of staff to still hadn’t been issued in 2000, when got an opportunity to spread its influence and pulled the trigger. House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Congress’s Joint Committee on Taxation. the US Court of Appeals for the District Republican, said it was akin to “rewrit- There are plenty of previous instances of Columbia Circuit ordered the agency It will be hard for Yanukovich to rescind the agreement ing law on a whim.” Columnist Charles of the Treasury Department delaying to take “prompt” action. with Russia, but he has to find a way out of the quagmire by Krauthammer derided the move as enforcement of a tax provision beyond a Even so, the court found that miss- moving away from Moscow’s shadow. The spark of revolution “stuff you do in a banana republic.” deadline set by Congress, he said. ing the statutory deadline by nine years in the country has been lit with Putin’s influence-mongering. Said Krauthammer, “It’s as if the law Yin cited as “analogous” a one- wasn’t sufficient reason to compel Yanukovich has to rise to the occasion to stonewall Kremlin’s is simply a blackboard on which Obama year delay the Treasury Department action, and instead relied on a six-point influence lest it should endanger Ukraine’s and his future. writes any number he wants, any delay made in enforcement of a requirement test to determine that the delay was he wants, and any provision.” that brokers report the cost basis on unreasonable. WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of UN inquiry finds systematic state-sponsored crimes by N Korea the day

he United Nations has issued violations” and concludes that these North Korea. The report is based on a In particular, the report states unam- a stern accusation of state behaviors are “based on state policies.” massive quantity of testimonies made by biguously that abductions of foreign crimes committed by North The report finds that the violations con- many protected victims, witnesses and nationals including Japanese “were TKorea, including abductions of stitute “crimes against humanity,” and government officials in various countries. approved at the level of the Supreme Japanese nationals. The organization’s the investigation panel recommends The document provided the entire picture Leader” under the three-generation condemnation is likely to stoke strong that the UN Security Council refer the of human rights violations in the country dynastic regime of “Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong When the day comes international pressure on North Korea, domestic situation in North Korea to the in a comprehensive manner. Il and Kim Jong Un.” Michael Kirby, the and I retire, yes, sure, and it will be important to use this International Criminal Court for action. It details the chilling reality of human inquiry panel’s chair, spoke of the possibil- international pressure as leverage to The investigation panel was estab- rights violations including prison camps, ity of examining the responsibility of Kim the day will come, but bring a resolution to the abduction issue. lished by the UN Human Rights Council arbitrary detention, torture, public execu- Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers’ I do not want to leave The UN Commission of Inquiry in March last year, the product of a unani- tions, starvation as a policy implement, Party of Korea, North Korea’s ruling party. on Human Rights in the Democratic mous vote. The panel’s denunciation of suppression of freedom and discrimina- Seeking end to abduction issue North my party in tatters. People’s Republic of Korea has issued state-sponsored crimes by North Korea tion. The report points out, quite persua- Korea provided no cooperation at all its report on the state of human rights in is of great significance. The international sively: “The gravity, scale and nature of to the inquiry panel. It reacted strongly I want to leave it North Korea. community should not stand as an these violations reveal a state that does against the report, saying that the coun- intact. The report acknowledges “system- impassive observer, watching historic not have any parallel in the contemporary try “categorically and totally rejects the Robert Mugabe atic, widespread and gross human rights and ongoing human rights violations in world.” report.” The Washington Post Zimbabwe leader FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 UN officials in talks with Syria terror group Militants have been targeting the UN for years, but the attacks are growing far more frequent. BY COLUM LYNCH Al Qaeda-inspired movement that has abducted foreign relief workers,seized aid ong a prime target of Al Qaeda- supplies, and launched attacks against inspired attacks, the United hospitals and other opposition forces. Nations has been discreetly “They still don’t like the United cultivating informal contacts Nations; they don’t trust it and see it as with the terror organization’s a tool of the United States,” Aaron Zelin, LSyrian affiliate in hopes of persuading the a fellow at the Washington Institute militants to allow aid workers to safely for Near East Studies, said of Jabhat deliver humanitarian assistance to civil- Al Nusra. “But they are a pragmatic ians in opposition-controlled territory, organization and they understand that UN officials told Foreign Policy. humanitarian aid from the outside will The contacts with leaders from the do more to provide relief than anything Jabhat Al Nusra terror group, which they can do.” have not previously been reported, are At a time when UN aid workers are fac- mostly informal and sometimes involve ing the daily threat of suicide attacks by little more than conversations between Al Qaeda’s Somali affiliate, Al Shabab, the UN relief workers and Jabhat Al Nusra effort to cultivate ties with its Syrian coun- fighters at a specific checkpoint. In other terpart would seem risky. But in recent cases, the UN funnels requests for safe years, the UN and independent relief agen- Damaged buildings in Deir Al Zor in eastern Syria on Wednesday. passage through other more moderate cies have been forced to coexist with other armed opposition groups. Other more Al Qaeda affiliates as the global terror net- direct communications remain a closely- work has spread to many of the Middle organizations who wield influence in areas caliphate in the making, at least not yet.” Mali, to take a similar approach. held secret. “We don’t talk about the Eastern and African conflict zones where where civilians are in desperate need of Those concerns have not extended to “You have to be kind to them and make details,” said a senior UN official who the United Nations is present. assistance. He pointed to Afghanistan, Alawite communities suspected of sup- room for compassion and for leniency. confirmed the contacts. “These are not The relationship -- which is highly where his organization has provided relief porting President Bashar Assad. An inter- Try to win them over through the con- face to face contacts — they usually take unpredictable -- has posed moral and in areas under Taliban control. nal UN map of towns under siege shows veniences of life and by taking care of placeon telephone or Skype.” practical dilemmas for UN aid workers “Of course we have to talk to groups the that Al Nusra along with other opposition their daily needs like food, electricity and The outreach is highly sensitive within who face intense international pressure government won’t talk to,” he said, not- forces, including ISIS, have participated in water,” Abu Basir wrote in May 2012 to the UN and the broader international to deliver assistance to civilians in places ing that his group supplies aid to displaced the siege of two Alawite neighbourhoods, the leader of Al Qaeda-inspired extrem- relief community. UN officials fear that under the control of extremist groups. civilians in Syria, including hard to reach Zahar and Nubl, in Aleppo. ists in Mali. The letter was included the disclosure of any dealings, however In Somalia, for instance, some UN opposition areas where the UN has little In a closed-door briefing last week to among a trove of Al Qaeda documents incidental, with terror groups could fuel agencies, along with other international presence. At the same time, he added, “we the UN Security Council, the UN’s emer- obtained by The Associated Press. “You criticism that the world body is conveying relief groups, paid taxes to Al Shabab in have to show in our actions that we are gency relief coordinator, Valerie Amos, can’t beat people for drinking alcohol such groups a kind of political legitimacy exchange for a free pass to feed starving simply tending the wounds of the people.” denounced Syrian government and oppo- when they don’t even know the basics they don’t deserve. Still, UN officials say civilians during the country’s 2011 famine. Al Qaeda has long viewed the United sition forces for “failing in their respon- of how you pray. We have to first stop they have no choice but to deal with But the relationships struck between the Nations with deep suspicion, seeing it sibility to protect civilians.” the great sins, and then move gradually the militants. The world body is racing two sides have purchased little long-term as an agent of Western imperialism in “Today, the operational environment is to the lesser and lesser ones. When you against time to get food and aid to the good will. Militants have been targeting the heart of the Islamic world. Osama more dangerous for our colleagues than find someone committing a sin, we have hundreds of thousands of civilians who the UN for years, but the attacks are bin Laden once accused the UN as serv- ever,” Amos said, according to a confi- to address the issue by making the right are facing starvation in Homs, Aleppo growing far more frequent. In 2011, the ing as a criminal “tool” of the West and dential account of her briefing obtained call, and by giving lenient advice first, and other besieged Syrian towns and Islamist extremist Boko Haram used a car denounced Arab leaders who cooperated by FP. “Since the onset of the crisis, at then by harsh rebuke, and then by force.” cities. It has been pressing the Syrian bomb to flatten a UN compound in Abuja, with the organization as “infidels.” least 50 humanitarian workers have been Al Qaeda’s leaders seem to be tak- government to allow aid workers to cross Nigeria, killing at least 23 people in one of But the political price of targeting the killed, 15 of them” since the first week of ing heed. Earlier this month, Al Qaeda through military-held territory, but sen- the bloodiest attacks in the world body’s UN may prove costly for the movement October. “Others have been kidnapped by formally disavowed its relationship with ior officials say such permissions -- even history. This year has been even worse. In in places like Syria, where Jabhat Al opposition armed groups or detained by ISIS, which has targeted doctors, hospi- if granted by Damascus, which is far from June 2013, Al Shabab launched a bloody Nusra is seeking to gain support among government forces,” she added. tals and foreign aid workers. In recent certain -- would be insufficient if Jabhat terror strike against the UN’s humanitar- Sunni civilians who are in desperate need Al Qaeda, meanwhile, has been try- weeks, a coalition of Syrian opposition Al Nusra and other armed opposition ian aid headquarters in Mogadishu, kill- of UN handouts. In an earlier stage of ing to burnish its reputation among the groups have taken up arms against ISIS, groups didn’t make similar guarantees. ing eight people. Last week, meanwhile, Al the conflict, the group’s fighters alienated ranks of ordinary people throughout the claiming it has invested more effort into “For security and transparency reasons Shabab claimed responsibility for an attack local Syrians by enforcing a harsh brand region. Drawing on a strategy employed asserting control over Syrian towns than it’s usually smart to inform all relevant on a UN convoy in Mogadishu that killed of Islamic rule, and punishing other less by other Islamist movements, includ- fighting Assad. Jabhat Al Nusra has par- parties of what you are doing,” said one several bystanders, highlighting the UN’s religious Syrian fighters for crimes like ing the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood and ticipated in the fight against ISIS. senior UN official. There are early signs status as an enemy target. In Afghanistan, blasphemy, according to Michael Weiss, Shiite Hezbollah, local Al Qaeda affiliates “Al Nusra’s extremist views and radi- that the outreach efforts may be paying Taliban insurgents frequently target UN a columnist for Now Lebanon, an English have sought to invest in winning hearts cal ideology are clear,” Hassan Hassan, a off. Jabhat Al Nusra fighters have so far personnel. language publication in Beirut,who covers and minds. columnist at The National, an English- largely refrained from targeting relief David Miliband, a former British for- the Syria conflict. In Yemen, for instance, the local Al language newspaper in the United Arab workers inside Syria, and have provided eign secretary who serves as president “Al Nusra has been kicked out of towns Qaeda branch provided social services to Emirates, wrote in an email. “But unlike assurances that their forces will not tar- and CEO of the International Rescue for putting people on trial,” he said. “They the locals and withheld the lash. Yemen’s Al ISIS, Al Nusra has sought to avoid being a get UN aid convoys. That stands in stark Committee, says aid workers have little are now trying to present themselves as Qaeda leader, Abu Basir, urged his cohorts disruptive force in areas outside the front contrast to the Islamic State of Iraq and choice but to cultivate relations with a more moderate champions of the Syrian in Mali, who had at the time seized control lines as part of its strategy of winning Al Sham (ISIS), an even more extremist wide range of insurgents and extremist people, not the draconian seventh century of large swaths of territory in northern hearts and minds.” WP-BLOOMBERG

Seven steps can help nations prepare for disasters Spectre of civil war

BY JIM YONG KIM can stop Shinkansen high-speed trains before an earthquake haunting Ukraine yphoon Haiyan, which strikes to avoid derailment. BY JOSHUA KEATING killed more than Just $1 invested in early-warn- 6,000 people in the ing systems can save as much as TPhilippines last fall, $35 in damages — and protect he idea would have seemed unthinkable a few days ago, but a reminded us how much suf- untold numbers of lives. When number of key players and observers in Ukraine’s political turmoil fering and damage nature can Cyclone Phailin hit India in the are now openly invoking the prospect of a civil war in the country, cause, and how important it is to fall of 2013, a new early- warning Tincluding former President Leonid Kravchuk, senior Russian invest in resilience and be ready system and a network of cyclone Duma members, the mayor of the Eastern city of Donetsk, the pro-Russian to respond. shelters kept 900,000 people out government of Crimea, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. As climate change and boom- of harm’s way. Forty people died With the exception of Tusk, those actors are all broadly in the pro- ing urbanization leave more and in that storm — a tragic number, government camp, and one could dismiss this talk as an effort to discredit more people exposed to hazard, but far fewer than the 10,000 the opposition. governments worldwide want to who died in a storm of the same But a number of developments, including those outside of Kiev make make sure their roads, buildings size in 1999. the prospect seem more realistic. Protesters reportedly seized government and public services can with- Sometimes avoiding catastro- buildings, including police stations, army barracks and the local branch stand natural disasters such as phe is as simple as ensuring that of the interior ministry, in the western city of Lviv, which was already floods, storms and earthquakes. drains aren’t clogged (one of the slipping out of the government’s control before this week’s events, and Here are seven lessons, culled most common causes of urban footage has emerged of soldiers surrendering to protesters, though they from years of experience, on how flooding) and that infrastructure may have been conscripts who were already supporters of the opposition. to reduce risks: is well maintained so roads and Filipino survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan protest for continuous relief Lawmakers in the region say they will no longer take orders from the 1) Identify those risks. bridges don’t crumble with the for survivors on Monday. central government. Protesters have also reportedly blocked a crossing Indonesia has shown how this first heavy rain. at the Polish border. can be done. There, the govern- Although it’s difficult to meas- disasters. Open-source tools such learn from Peru, where the head Volodymyr Fesenko, head of the Penta Political Analysis Center in Kiev, ment and partners developed ure how much damage or loss of as the World Bank’s Open Data of disaster risk management tells the Associated Press, “The violent scenario is a tragic and irreversible InaSAFE, a free interactive life such precautions prevent, for Resilience Initiative make it reports directly to the prime decision... Western Ukraine may even declare its insubordination. Any software programme that allows citizens should be made aware easy for countries to collect and minister and works closely with attempt to restore order in western Ukraine by force will start a civil war.” local officials to ask questions of the value of being prepared share information on risk, and the ministry of finance, or from This still seems like a pretty unlikely scenario, even after this week’s that help them quantify the so they can hold public officials allow people with a variety of New York City, where former tragic events. Ukrainians may be split almost down the middle on whether damage a disaster might cause. accountable for making proper expertise to participate in the Mayor Michael Bloomberg per- they support the protests, but few support the use of force against them. If an earthquake hit tomorrow, investments. challenge of building resilience. sonally fought for investments Also, despite the country’s clear split between the Catholic, Ukrainian- for example, how many schools 3) All public investments and 5) Healthy ecosystems save in preparing for climate change. speaking West and Orthodox, Russian-speaking East, support for the would be affected? How many policies should be guided by lives and money. An investment 7) Build back better. country’s independence has actually increased over the years, even in students would be at risk? By detailed risk assessments that of $1.1m in mangrove forests Reconstruction after a disaster the East. (Crimea, which is majority ethnic Russian, may be something helping to estimate the number incorporate up-to-date models. in northern Vietnam provided presents a golden opportunity to of an outlier.) of people and facilities in danger, The 2010 earthquake in Haiti, a buffer against the floods make buildings and infrastruc- And while the general ideological sentiments are the two camps are the tool helps decision makers with a magnitude of 7.0, killed and storm surges of Typhoon ture more resilient to future clear, it also seems like actual enthusiasm for President Viktor Yanukovich better prepare for, and respond more than 220,000 people. Just a Wukong in 2000, significantly events. In Indonesia, reconstruc- is fairly thin, even among government supporters, and the opposition’s to, disaster risks. month later, the much stronger reducing the loss of life and tion after the 2004 tsunami even leadership is divided among three men -- Vitali Klitschko, Oleh Tyahnybok 2) Make it clear that preven- earthquake in Chile, magni- property there compared with brought about the political will and Arseniy Yatsenyuk - all of whom carry some fairly serious flaws as tion is possible and often easy. tude 8.8, caused only about 500 other areas. (The forests also to end the 30-year conflict in potential leaders of a long-term nationalist uprising. Early-warning systems are deaths. What was the difference save Vietnam an estimated $7.3m Aceh, creating the foundations While a Czechoslovakia -- or worse, Yugoslavia - style split appears among the most cost-effective in Chile? Up-to-date building a year in dike maintenance.) for a prosperous future. unlikely, it’s clear that a Rubicon of some sort was crossed this week. This solutions to reducing the worst codes that take into account the 6) Find political champions. Even as climate change government has entirely lost legitimacy - probably permanently -- with effects of disasters. These can country’s high seismic risk and In tight fiscal environments, increases the risk of natural a large segment of the population. European sanctions, combined with be as simple as megaphones to are strictly enforced. every government needs a strong disaster, cities can be made Russia’s financial lifeline, may only harden Yanukovich’s position. It’s not spread alerts to local communi- 4) Give everyone free access to political champion to keep the increasingly safe, as long as poli- clear yet if we’re entering a revolutionary situation or a prelude to deep- ties or as advanced as Japan’s information about dangers posed focus on climate and disaster cymakers carefully prepare. ening “Belarus-style autocratic rule,” but either way, it seems unlikely to earthquake technology, which by storms, earthquakes and other risk management. Countries can WP-BLOOMBERG resolve itself without more bloodshed. WP-BLOOMBERG FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Violence escalates in Ukraine 39 protesters killed on bloodiest day as European Union piles up pressure by imposing sanctions

KIEV: Ukraine suffered its negotiations,” Polish Foreign to Russia — and the West, which bloodiest day since Soviet times Ministry spokesman Marcin says Ukrainians should be free to yesterday with a gun battle Wojciechowski tweeted from choose economic integration with in central Kiev as President Kiev as demonstrators on the EU. Viktor Yanukovich faced con- Independence Square held a vigil Raising pressure on Yanukovich flicting pressures from visiting after dark for fallen comrades, to restore order if he wants European Union ministers and lit by mobile phone screens held another desperately needed loan, his Russian paymasters. aloft. Medics carried bodies on Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Three hours of fierce fighting stretchers through lines of pro- Medvedev said Moscow would in Independence Square, which testers who chanted “Heroes, not hand over cash to a leader- was recaptured by anti-govern- heroes” to the dead. ship that let opponents walk over ment protesters, left the bodies At an emergency EU meet- it “like a doormat”. of over 20 civilians strewn on the ing in Brussels, foreign ministers Yesterday morning’s bloodshed, ground, a few hundred metres agreed to impose visa bans and in which both sides used firearms, from where the president met asset freezes on those responsi- traumatised many Ukrainians, the EU delegation. ble for the violence and to halt whose 2004-05 Orange Revolution The ministers, from Germany, exports of riot gear. for democracy passed off largely France and anxious neighbour In a sign of faltering support peacefully. Poland, planned a night of “tough for Yanukovich, his hand-picked It heightened concern voiced negotiations” with him and the head of Kiev’s city administration by Tusk earlier this week that opposition, said Polish officials quit the ruling party in protest at Ukraine could descend into civil who hoped a plan for an interim bloodshed in the streets. war or split between the pro- government and early elections But core loyalists were still European west and Russian- could end the violence. talking tough. speaking east. Earlier in the day, riot police Interior Minister Vitaly Video of the clashes on the were captured on video shooting Zakharchenko, wearing camou- edge of the Kiev square showed from a rooftop at demonstra- flage as he made a televised state- “Berkut” riot policemen firing tors in the plaza, known as the ment, said police had been issued bursts from automatic rifles on Maidan. Protesters hurled petrol with combat weapons and would the run as they covered retreating bombs and paving stones to drive use them “in accordance with the colleagues fleeing past a nearby the security forces off a corner law” to defend themselves — or to arts centre just off the plaza. An of the square the police had cap- free 67 of their colleagues his min- opposition militant in a helmet tured in battles that began two istry said were being held captive. was filmed firing from behind a days earlier. Demonstrators said captured tree. Other protesters used police Kiev’s city health department police had been allowed to go. riot shields for cover, while some said 67 people had been killed Russia criticised European fell wounded as the protest camp since Tuesday, which meant Union and US actions, calling became a killing zone. A presi- at least 39 died in yesterday’s them “blackmail” that would only dential statement said dozens clashes. That was by far the worst make matters worse. President of police were wounded or killed violence since Ukraine emerged Activists try to help a protester who was wounded during clashes with police in Kiev yesterday. Vladimir Putin dispatched an during the opposition offensive, from the crumbling Soviet Union envoy to Kiev to join the media- hours after Yanukovich and 22 years ago. to opposition leaders after col- clear result so far. hold rapid elections to parliament tion effort with the opposition at opposition leaders had agreed on The trio of EU foreign ministers leagues in Brussels imposed some The document “offers a chance and the presidency — the latter Yanukovich’s request. a truce. The interior ministry’s met for a marathon four hours targeted sanctions. to bring an end to violence,” something Yanukovich has so far Ukraine is caught in a geopolit- website advised citizens to avoid with Yanukovich and extended Vitaly Klitschko, an opposition Polish Prime Minister Donald appeared reluctant to consider, a ical tug-of-war between Moscow central Kiev because of the dan- their stay until today to put a leader, said he hoped for a deal Tusk said in Warsaw, adding year before his term ends. — which sees it as a market and ger from “armed and aggressive roadmap for a political solution overnight but added there was no that Yanukovich was willing to “We face a night of difficult ally and fears protests spreading individuals”. REUTERS

Nine children Support for Scottish independence inches up among 13 shot LONDON: The first opinion poll since nationalists said that such tactics had pro- 46.6 percent would vote ‘no’ to independ- bring it into line with other major pollsters. Britain’s rulers warned Scots they would voked a backlash among Scots, though opin- ence, a decline from 48.5 percent in the With seven months to go for the vote, lose the pound if they voted to leave the ion polls continue to show that Scots would PanelBase/Sunday Times poll. pollsters say it would only take a small sec- dead in Nigeria United Kingdom showed a slight increase vote to stay in the United Kingdom. The gap between those who would vote tion of the 4 million electorate to change in support for independence ahead of A Survation/Scottish Daily Mail poll against and for independence narrowed to their minds for the result to change. JOS, NIGERIA: Gunmen a referendum on the issue scheduled carried out on February 17 and 18 of 1,005 8.9 percentage points from 11.6 percent- Scottish nationalists have promised killed 13 people, including nine for September 18. people found 37.7 percent support inde- age points in the earlier poll. Survation Scots that independence will allow them children, in a raid on a village Politicians in London have tried to under- pendence, which it said could be compared said its results were best compared to to forge their own prosperity: keeping the in central Nigeria yesterday, an mine the case for independence by cautioning to 36.9 percent recorded in a PanelBase/ the PanelBase/Sunday Times poll of 1,012 pound, the queen and using North Sea oil official said, the latest violence that breaking the 307-year-old union with Sunday Times poll carried out on January people rather than its own earlier surveys revenues to bankroll the new state. to hit a region wracked by years England would make Scots poorer. Scottish 29-February 6. The Survation poll showed because it had changed its methodology to REUTERS of sectarian conflict. “The attack took place around 1am (0000 GMT) and 13 peo- ple were killed in their sleep” in Rapyem village, said Habila Dung, Brooks denies knowledge of administrator of the Barkin Ladi local government area in Plateau state. He described the raid as “barbaric” and said nine children hacking at closed newspaper were among the dead. Plateau falls in Nigeria’s so- LONDON: Former Murdoch was jailed in 2007 for phone called Middle Belt, on the dividing executive Rebekah Brooks hacking. line between the mainly Christian yesterday denied knowing Seated in the witness box at south and predominantly Muslim anything about phone hack- London’s Old Bailey court in a north. ing while she was editor of blue dress and white cardigan, Mostly Muslim herdsmen from Britain’s News of the World her red curly hair pinned back, the Fulani-Hausa ethnic group tabloid, as she took the stand she replied: “No”. have been blamed for scores of for the first time in her trial. When asked if hacking had attacks on mainly Christian agri- Brooks is charged with hack- ever been brought to her atten- culturalists from the Berom eth- ing, bribing public officials and tion, Brooks replied: “No, not nic community. Fulani leaders say two counts of trying to cover at all.” the Berom politicians who control up her alleged crimes, although The 45-year-old acknowl- the state have systemically sup- she was cleared of a fifth charge edged that private detectives pressed the rights of herdsmen, of approving a payment for a were used at the News of the denying them access to desper- photo of Prince William in a World but added: “It is common ately needed grazing land. AFP bikini. practice in Fleet Street.” Almost three years after she Rebekah Brooks leaving the Old Brooks edited the Murdoch Robert Mugabe was first arrested in July 2011 Bailey courthouse in London tabloid from 2000 to 2003 and three and a half months yesterday. before becoming editor of its into the trial, the former chief sister paper, The Sun. In 2009 turns 90 today executive of Rupert Murdoch’s lawyer if she had ever heard she was promoted to chief News International newspapers mentioned the name of Glenn executive of all Murdoch’s HARARE: Robert Mugabe, finally had a chance to put her Mulcaire, a private detec- British newspapers in the News Africa’s oldest leader and side of the story. tive who worked for the tab- International group. Zimbabwe’s ruler since inde- Brooks was asked by her loid while she was editor and AFP pendence, turns 90 today, but high-profile celebrations risk being overshadowed by rumours of ill health and a raging suc- cession battle. While Mugabe’s aides insist he is fighting fit, another medical trip Venezuela unrest worsens to Singapore this week — ostensi- bly for eye surgery — has rekindled CARACAS: Venezuelan security forces and who threw Molotov cocktails and blocked streets suspicions. He is not expected back demonstrators faced off in streets blocked by with burning trash, witnesses said. in Zimbabwe until shortly before burning barricades in several cities yesterday Residents in middle-class neighbourhoods an elaborate stadium birthday cel- in an escalation of protests against President banged pots and pans at windows in a tradi- ebration on Sunday that is said to Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government, wit- tional form of protest, and demonstrators were be costing around $1m. nesses said. out again from early on Thursday. The man who took power in At least five people have died since the unrest “I declare myself in civil disobedience,” read 1980 has long been rumoured to turned violent last week, with scores of injuries one banner held up by demonstrators spread be seriously ill. He has travelled to and arrests. across a Caracas road. Singapore for medical checks sev- The demonstrators, mainly students, blame There were similar scenes in the western eral times in the past five years. the government for violent crime, high infla- Andean states of Tachira and Merida that have A leaked 2008 US diplomatic tion, product shortages and alleged repression been especially volatile since hardline opposition cable cited then central bank of opponents. leaders called supporters onto the streets in early governor Gideon Gono as saying In affluent east Caracas overnight, security February demanding Maduro’s departure. Mugabe had prostate cancer, a forces fired teargas and bullets, chasing youths REUTERS claim denied by officials. AFP FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Thai Premier Shinawatra protests innocence amid sacking threat

BANGKOK: Thai Prime Yingluck said on her official may be criticised by society as Wednesday ordered the govern- yesterday. “That’s not right,” he from escalating out of control,” Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Facebook page. benefiting people who want to ment not to use force against said, adding their work “has been HRW Asia director Brad Adams yesterday protested her inno- “Even though I am accused of overthrow the government.” She peaceful protests, limiting the stopped” by the court ruling. said in a statement. cence after an anti-corruption criminal charges and face removal noted that similar complaints authorities’ scope to deal with Sixteen people have been killed, The government has said secu- panel filed charges of neglect (from office), which were the against the previous administra- opposition rallies that have both protesters and policemen, and rity forces used only rubber bul- of duty that could lead to her wishes of people who want to tion were still under investigation. descended into violence on sev- hundreds injured in gunfire and lets and not live ammunition. removal from office. overthrow the government, I am Her critics say the controver- eral occasions. grenade blasts linked to demon- Protesters accuse Yingluck’s Yingluck, who has faced almost willing to cooperate to establish sial scheme, which guarantees Authorities announced they strations. New York-based Human billionaire family of using tax- four months of mass street pro- the facts,” she added. farmers above-market rates for would swiftly appeal the decision, Rights Watch accused both sides of payers’ money to buy the loyalty tests demanding her resignation, The NACC says Yingluck rice, has encouraged corruption, saying it has crippled their ability using live ammunition in clashes of rural voters through populist questioned why the investigation ignored warnings that the rice drained the public coffers and left to keep order and uphold the law. on Tuesday in Bangkok’s historic policies such as the rice scheme. by the National Anti-Corruption scheme was fostering corruption the country with a mountain of “Protesters can lay siege to gov- district in which five people were Shinawatra business interests Commission (NACC) into an and causing financial losses. She unsold stock. Yingluck said she ernment offices and obstruct elec- killed and dozens wounded. are the latest target of the dem- expensive rice subsidy scheme has been summoned to hear the was simply trying to improve the tions as the public has seen,” Tarit “Excessive force by the police onstrators, with their firebrand had apparently been fast-tracked. charges on February 27. lives of farmers. Pengdith, of the agency in charge and violence by groups on both protest leader calling for a boy- “I reaffirm that I am innocent Yingluck urged the panel not In another legal setback of the security response to the sides of the political divide needs cott of several companies. of the accusations by the NACC,” to rush to deliver a ruling “which to Yingluck, a Civil Court on crisis, said in a televised address to stop to prevent this situation AFP Koreans meet after 60 years Reunions held after North set aside preconditions vs military drills

SEOUL: More than 100 South Koreans, many of them on wheelchairs, crossed the world's most heavily fortified border yesterday to be reu- nited with family members living in the North whom they have not seen since the 1950- 53 Korean War. The reunions were held after the North set aside a demand for the suspension of joint mili- tary drills by the South and the United States, which it had demanded as a precondition. At the Mount Kumgang resort just north of the border, long-lost relatives embraced with tears, joy and disbelief. Some failed to recognise family they have not seen in more than six decades. Among the South Koreans was Jang Choon, an 81-year- old in a wheelchair who was dressed in the light brown suit South Korean Lee Oh-Hwa (left), 85, talking to her North Korean sisters at the family reunion yesterday. and maroon tie he had bought for the reunion with a brother and a sister living in the North. international justice. Pyongyang Kim Seok-hyang, professor of the North sank one of its naval "My youngest brother has rejected the report, describ- North Korean studies at Ewha vessels. In later months, the Ha-choon had not even started ing it as a concoction by the Womans University. North shelled a South Korean school when I last saw him," said United States and its allies, Japan "He must get outside help. island and Pyongyang threat- Jang, the eldest of four siblings, and the European Union. But looking around, the US ened nuclear attacks last year. one of whom has died. "But now But the North appears to be won't give him anything, China For many of those making the he's an old man like me." willing to maintain a rapproche- doesn't seem willing to give any- trip to Mt Kumgang, it will be The six days of family reun- ment with South Korea that thing and then there's the UN the last chance to meet sepa- ions take place under the cloud may be crucial as it seeks food human rights report pressuring rated loved ones. of a UN report on human for its people. him. The family reunions card is For the families, the poli- rights abuses in North Korea, The possibility of looming his last resort because he can't tics are secondary. "I swore to which investigators have said food shortages could have been neglect his people." myself, I must not die before I were comparable to Nazi- a factor. The reunions used to be held meet my brother and sister," era atrocities. They have said "Now it's almost March, when roughly annually, but have not said Jang, the 81-year-old. "I just North Korean security chiefs the new farming season must taken place since 2010 as ten- cannot die with my eyes closed and possibly even leader Kim begin, and Kim Jong Un has no sions between the two Koreas if I don't see them this time." Jong Un himself should face means to feed his people," said spiralled after the South said REUTERS

Volcanic material fill river New radioactive water leak at Fukushima

TOKYO: A new leak of 100 tonnes of highly radioactive water has been discovered at Fukushima, the plant’s operator said yesterday, after it revealed only one of nine thermometers in a crippled reactor was working. The toxic water is no longer escaping from a storage tank, a spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power said, adding it was likely contained. “As there is no drainage way near the leak, which is in any case far from the ocean, it is unlikely that the water has made its way into the sea.” The tank, one of hundreds to store water con- taminated during the process of cooling broken reactors, sits Villagers stand on the remains of a bridge as they look at the water mixed with volcanic material from around 700 metres from the Mount Kelud in a river in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia, on Wednesday. shore. The water has a beta radiation reading at 230 mil- lion becquerel per litre. Beijing issues pollution alert ahead of smog Taiwan, China to BEIJING: China’s capital for living, according to an offi- hit the more hazardous levels sign two deals Beijing issued an emergency cial report published earlier already seen several times ear- pollution alert for the first this month, and despite numer- lier this year. TAIPEI: Taiwan and China time yesterday, warning resi- ous measures aimed at improv- Just last weekend, levels of plan to sign agreements on dents to reduce outdoor activ- ing air quality in recent years, PM2.5 particles topped 500, meteorology and earthquake ities and construction sites to Beijing still regularly suffers according to a reading by the monitoring, officials said. control dust following a fore- from choking smog. U.S. Embassy in Beijing. The The pacts are expected to cast of heavy smog over the The Beijing Municipal U.S. Environmental Protection be signed next Thursday in next three days. Environmental Protection Agency considers a level above Taipei when China’s top nego- Pollution is an increas- Bureau said on its website 300 to be hazardous. tiator Chen Deming visits the ing concern for China’s lead- it had issued a Yellow alert - Last weekend’s lack of island. The former commerce ers, keen to douse potential the first use of a colour-coded response by the Beijing authori- minister is President of China’s unrest as affluent city dwellers warning system unveiled last ties drew strong criticism in Association for Relations turn against a growth-at-all- October. state media over the following Across the Taiwan Straits, costs economic model that has The warning, the second days. Heavy smog will continue which handles exchanges with tainted much of the country’s most serious in the four-colour for three days, the government Taiwan. The two deals would air, water and soil. system, came even as readings warned, urging residents to use bring to 21 the number of pacts Severe pollution in Beijing of PM2.5 particles, especially public transport if possible. inked since 2008. AGENCIES has made it “barely suitable” bad for health, had not yet REUTERS FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Pakistan air strikes kill 15 Taliban Twin attacks, spiralling violence cast doubt on a troubled peace process between government and insurgents

MIRANSHAH: Pakistani jets district who are suspected of But a source in his office said are very visible but even then the strikes were “in retaliation for moving to safer areas. launched strikes on Taliban bombing a cinema in Peshawar Sharif, under pressure to avenge we will continue our struggle for recent Taliban attacks”. The second strike in Khyber hideouts in the northwest yes- last week and killing an army the Taliban killing spree, “issued the establishment of peace,” he As well as the execution of the also targeted militants and terday, killing 15 people accord- major on Tuesday, a second secu- orders to launch the airstrikes” said. “Negotiations are the only kidnapped soldiers and other kill- destroyed “prepared explosives ing to security sources, in rity official said. after being briefed by military way. There is no other way.” A ings, the insurgents claimed a car and IEDs (improvised explosive retaliation for attacks by the The twin strikes and spiralling advisers. After several rounds total of 93 people have been killed bomb attack on a police bus in devices)”, said a security source militants which have derailed violence cast further doubt on a of talks, government mediators since the reconciliation effort was Karachi on February 13 in which who did not give a death toll. peace talks. troubled peace process between the pulled out of scheduled dialogue launched at the end of January, 12 officers died. The TTP has been waging a The first raid confirmed by government and the insurgents just with their Taliban counterparts including the kidnapped soldiers. The government has demanded bloody campaign against the security officials came early yes- three weeks after talks began. on Monday amid outrage over The Taliban say 60 of their a ceasefire as a condition to Pakistani state since 2007, often terday when jets bombed several The Pakistan Tehreek-e- the claimed execution of 23 kid- members had died before yester- resume the peace talks. hitting military targets. locations including a compound in Taliban (TTP) had offered a napped soldiers. On Sunday a day’s strikes. They have accused A third security official in Some observers have raised the town of Mir Ali and surround- ceasefire on Wednesday on con- faction of the Islamist movement the army of executing its mem- Miranshah, the main town of doubts about the ability of the ing parts of the North Waziristan dition that government forces from Mohmand near the Afghan bers while in custody. North Waziristan, said jet fighters central Taliban command to con- tribal district. stopped killing and arresting border said they had killed the “Air strikes were carried out began pounding targets around trol all factions, including some “There are confirmed reports of their members. soldiers who were seized in the to target militant hideouts with 12.30am, with the attack continu- opposed to peace negotiations. 15 militants including foreigners Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif area in June 2010. precision,” a security official said ing for more than an hour. The Taliban’s demands include killed in these airstrikes,” a senior announced the start of talks on Despite the new bloodshed, about the first raids in North Residents in the area, known nationwide Sharia law, an end to security official said on condition January 29 to “give peace another Professor Ibrahim Khan, a Waziristan. “A huge cache of arms as a hideout for Taliban and Al US drone strikes and the with- of anonymity. chance” following a seven-year Taliban peace negotiator, said and ammunition has also been Qaeda members, said the com- drawal of the army from north- A second strike targeted mili- Taliban insurgency that has yesterday there was still a chance destroyed.” pound caught fire after the attack western tribal regions, conditions tants hiding in the Khyber tribal claimed nearly 7,000 lives. of a settlement. “The bad effects Another security official said and many local people were unlikely to be met. AFP Afghan poll Pakistan protests killing of its 23 soldiers in Afghanistan ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said adviser on national security and lives. But Taliban attacks contin- yesterday that 23 of its paramil- foreign affairs, delivered the pro- ued and the claimed killing of the itary soldiers who were killed by test to Afghan Foreign Minister 23 paramilitaries caused talks to insurgents had been executed Zarar Maqbool Osmani in the be suspended. on Afghan soil, and delivered Maldives capital Male, where At the meeting in Male Aziz a formal protest to the Kabul both were attending a meeting urged the Afghan government government. of the SAARC regional grouping. “to take prompt action to appre- A faction of the Pakistani It said Aziz reminded the Afghan hend and punish the perpetrators Taliban from Mohmand near the minister of an agreement at an of this heinous and inhumane Afghan border said last Sunday it Ankara summit last week -- that crime”, the foreign ministry said had killed the soldiers, who were each side would prevent the use of in a statement. kidnapped in the area in June its territory against the other, and It did not say why it believes 2010. The incident cast doubt over would “take action against mili- the soldiers were killed inside the future of peace talks with the tants engaged in hostile action”. Afghanistan. militants which were announced Sharif said last month he But Pakistan and Afghanistan by Pakistani Prime Minister wanted to “give peace another share a porous border and Islamic Nawaz Sharif on January 29. chance” following a seven-year militants regularly cross it to The Pakistani foreign ministry Taliban insurgency in his coun- carry out attacks. said Sartaj Aziz, prime ministerial try that has claimed nearly 7,000 AFP

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah delivers a speech during an election gathering in Kabul yester- day. The April 5 election is the third presidential poll since the fall of the Taliban, with 11 candidates. Afghan exit could hamper US drone war against Al Qaeda

WASHINGTON: The possible security accord that would allow gaining access to other bases if withdrawal of all US forces from US troops to stay in the country the security pact falls through Afghanistan would hamper beyond 2014, officials are looking with Kabul. manhunts for Al Qaeda mili- at the possibility of flying drones “I don’t get into the specifics of tants in neighbouring Pakistan, out of Central Asian countries if what our plans are on intelligence forcing Washington to find American forces are forced to exit. and drone strikes,” Hagel told a alternative bases for its drone “The government is just start- news conference this month. flights, officials and experts say. ing to think about this and plan- But he said Washington was The CIA’s drone war against ning for it,” said a senior US “constantly” weighing its options, Al Qaeda in Pakistan’s northwest defence official, who spoke on reviewing “where you posture tribal belt relies heavily on intel- condition of anonymity. those assets” and “where do you ligence gathered by spies based in “If you still want to put pres- have allies that are willing to eastern Afghanistan and on the sure on that region, you have to work with you.” use of Jalabad and other air bases look at alternatives,” the official The United States once had in the area. said, adding that “none of the secret access to an air base at But without US troops to guard options are ideal.” Shamsi in Pakistan for drone CIA outposts and air fields, intel- President Barack Obama’s flights, but Islamabad ended that ligence officers would not be able administration has viewed the arrangement in December 2011, to meet sources on the ground in drone strikes as a crucial tactic after the US raid on Osama bin eastern Afghanistan, and Reaper that has weakened the core lead- Laden’s compound in Abbottabad. aircraft would have to take off ership of Al Qaeda in Pakistan, Other possible air bases involve from more distant locations, despite intense criticism from former Soviet states in Central undermining the tracking and human rights groups and some Asia, where Russia seeks to retain targeting of terror suspects across foreign governments. its influence and has pressed its the border in Pakistan. And Defence Secretary Chuck partners to reject Washington’s With Afghan President Hamid Hagel has acknowledged the overtures. Karzai refusing to sign a bilateral administration is looking at AFP

Guard dies as bomber tries Music banned on public transport to target Kabul guest house KARACHI: T r a f fi c p o l i c e i n t h e Pakistani city of Karachi said KABUL: A bomber killed a be seen at the scene of the attack yesterday they have launched guard in a suicide attack after a as police cordoned off the area, a campaign to stop music being failed attempt to target a guest witnesses said. played in public transport due house used by foreigners in the No one has claimed responsi- to complaints from women. Afghan capital Kabul yesterday, bility but in the past such strikes The authorities denied the move police said. have been claimed by the Taliban. was in response to a reported The attacker on foot was pre- The attack is the latest in a warning from the Taliban, who vented from entering the guest series in the city. consider music sinful according to house, leading him to target a cul- Last week two civilian contrac- their fundamentalist interpreta- tural centre next door, said police tors working for the Nato force tion of Islam. “No there was no spokesman Hashmat Stanakzai. in Afghanistan were killed in a threat to the traffic police from “The attacker was stopped by car bomb attack claimed by the anyone,” Arif Hanif, Karachi traf- a guard at the entrance (of the Taliban in the capital. fic police chief said. cultural centre), but he set off his An attack on a Lebanese res- Drivers caught playing music explosives, killing the guard and taurant on January 17th killed 21 will be fined and music players wounding four civilians,” he said. people including 13 foreigners. will be confiscated under the Body parts of the bomber could AFP crackdown. AFP FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Parliament nod for Telangana Royal pose Upper house passes bill; PM announces package for Seemandhra NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD: the parties that opposed the bill. Andhra State to form Andhra The bill was passed after Telangana is all set to born The bill will now go to the presi- Pradesh, a state for Telugu- repeated adjournments and as the 29th state in India as dent for his assent. The central speaking people. protests by members from the parliament yesterday gave government will then publish a Telangana, a backward region, Seemandhra region and following its approval to the division of gazette notification. With this, two witnessed the first major move- a deal between Congress and BJP. Andhra Pradesh, triggering states of Telugu-speaking people ment for separate statehood in The main opposition party, celebrations across Telangana will come into existence. 1969, and it was revived with the which moved no amendment in but gloom in Rayalaseema and The passing of the bill capped formation of Telangana Rashtra Lok Sabha, mooted some amend- coastal Andhra. nearly five years of turbulence in Samithi in 2000. ments but they were rejected by Amid unprecedented bedlam, the southern state and realised a In his intervention in the debate voice vote. which forced Congress party nearly six-decade-old dream of the on the bill which was marked by While the BJP fought for a fair members to form a protective ring people of Telangana for a separate several adjournments and slogan deal for Seemandhra, the MPs of before Prime Minister Manmohan state. shouting by members opposed Congress and other parties from Singh when he spoke, the Rajya Telangana state will com- to the creation of the new state, Seemandhra merely engaged in Sabha passed the Andhra Pradesh prise 10 districts — Hyderabad, Manmohan Singh sought to reach slogan-shouting. Reorganisation Bill by voice vote. Ranga Reddy, Medak, Nalgonda, out to Seemandhra, announcing K Chiranjeevi was the only min- Meeting the demands of opposi- Mahabubnagar, Karimnagar, that a special status will be given ister from Seemandhra to speak tion Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Warangal, Khammam, Nizamabad for five years to the residual state on the bill. He suggested that and clearing the decks for the pas- and Adilabad. It will have a popu- of Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad be made a union ter- sage of the bill, the prime minister, lation of about 35 million. Before the passage of the bill, ritory for at least 10 years. whose speech was not inaudible Hyderabad, the capital of Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley Earlier, Shinde tabled the among slogan-shouting by anti- Andhra Pradesh, will be the com- said that there was need to amend Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Telangana MPs, announced a mon capital of both the states for the constitution on the proposal Bill amidst protests. package for Seemandhra, as the 10 years. for powers to be given to the gov- Some members opposed to the two other regions are collectively The residuary state of Andhra ernor concerning law and order. bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh called. Pradesh will have 13 districts and However, the government did not walked towards Shinde in an Members of Communist Party a population of over 50 million. accept his suggestion. effort to interrupt him but were of India-Marxist and DMK walked It is in fact a revival of state- Home Minister Sushilkumar stopped by MPs from the Congress out before the bill was passed. Shiv hood for Telangana, which existed Shinde said that the bill had been and those favouring a separate Sena, Trinamool Congress and as Hyderabad State from 1950 to passed with the support of several Telangana state. Samajwadi Party were among 1956, when it was merged with parties. IANS The King of Bahrain, H M Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, poses for a photo- graph while on a visit to the Taj Mahal in Agra yesterday. Kashmir clash over killing SRINAGAR: Residents of Top court blocks Do more to fight inflation: IMF Pulwama town in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday clashed MUMBAI: India needs to raise Asia’s third-largest economy the lifting of “140 million people with security forces following borrowing costs, narrow its fis- grew at 4.5 percent last year. out of poverty” as the 10-year- the killing of a man alleged cal deficit and remove supply It is facing shrinking manufac- old government’s greatest to be a Hizbul Mujahideen release of Rajiv bottlenecks if it is to pick up turing, low employment growth, achievement. guerrilla. lagging economic growth, the and sizeable current account and But the IMF said that India The man was killed by secu- International Monetary Fund fiscal deficits. could grow faster if a range of rity forces in Budgam district warned yesterday. In the interim budget reforms were implemented. on Wednesday. Gandhi’s killers Dealing with its worst slow- announced on Monday, the gov- “Directors stressed that reviv- Though security forces said down in a decade, India faces ernment announced that it had ing growth and raising the long- he was a guerrilla of the Hizbul NEW DELHI: India’s top court handed down on three convicted both external risks from volatile successfully cut expenses to keep term growth potential require Mujahideen group, some resi- yesterday blocked the release of over their role in the assassination global markets as well as key the fiscal deficit at 4.6 percent broader structural reforms to dents said he was not a mili- three of former premier Rajiv in her state. domestic concerns, such as per- of the gross domestic product improve infrastructure, the busi- tant. The body was identified Gandhi’s killers after Prime Rajiv Gandhi, whose widow sistently high inflation, the IMF against estimates of 4.8 percent. ness climate, and the pricing and by the man’s brother and was Minister Manmohan Singh Sonia is now president of Singh’s said after consultations with the But the IMF said there was allocation of natural resources,” buried on Wednesday night. denounced their freeing as Congress party, was targeted by government. more work to be done. said the note. The situation in Pulwama against all principles of justice. Tamil Tiger separatists while It produced a report and “Further fiscal consolidation is “They also saw as key priori- town was now peaceful, police They were among seven Tamil campaigning in the southern state accompanying press release needed. Tax and subsidy reforms ties reforms aimed at boosting said. extremists who had been due to in May 1991 before an election. based on these consultations. will be required to durably lower agricultural productivity and walk free from prison by this His killing was seen as retalia- Despite three interest rate fiscal imbalances,” it said. supporting formal job creation, AAP moves SC weekend after the chief minister tion for a 1987 Indian government hikes by the Reserve Bank The Congress-led government by relaxing labour laws and of Tamil Nadu state yesterday pact with Sri Lanka to disarm of India since September, the of Prime Minister Manmohan addressing skills mismatches.” against Centre ordered their release, sparking the Tamil guerrillas. India later authorities should prepare for Singh is expected to receive a The IMF said, however, that political uproar. withdrew its troops deployed to further raises to tackle worrying severe drubbing in the upcom- the biggest risk to the country NEW DELHI: The AAP Announcing legal action against the island after losing 1,200 at the consumer prices, the IMF said in ing elections and is desperate came from global financial mar- yesterday moved the the move, Singh staunchly rejected hands of the rebels. the release. to control inflation and improve ket volatility, such as the US Supreme Court challenging any right to freedom, saying Rajiv’s son Rahul, who is the The country should “stand public finances while trying to tapering its stimulus programme, the February 16 decision of Gandhi’s 1991 assassination by Congress vice president, voiced ready to raise the policy rate fur- boost growth. leading to billions of dollars being the central government not a female suicide bomber was an his sadness on Wednesday over ther so as to bring down inflation Finance Minister P pulled from emerging markets. to dissolve the Delhi assem- attack on the nation’s soul. Jayalalithaa’s decision. to more sustainable levels,” it said. Chidambaram had described AFP bly as recommended by “The assassination of Shri Rajiv “If some person kills the PM then chief minister Arvind Gandhi was an attack on the soul and is released then how will a Kejriwal and keep it in sus- of India,” Singh said in a state- common man... get justice?” said pended animation. ment yesterday. “No government Rahul. The plea — likely to come up or party should be soft in our fight He was only 20 at the time of AMU’s Bengal for hearing next week — said it against terrorism,” he added. the suicide bomb attack which was incumbent on the presi- “The release of the killers of a killed 16 other people. dent to dissolve the assembly former Prime Minister of India “In this country even the PM campus opens since there was no possibility and our great leader, as well as does not get justice. This is my JANGIPUR: President of the formation of another several other innocent Indians, heart’s voice,” Gandhi was quoted Pranab Mukherjee yes- government. would be contrary to all principles as saying by local media. terday inaugurated of justice.” Several newspapers yesterday a campus of Aligarh More charges After agreeing to an urgent said Jayalalithaa’s decision was Muslim University hearing, a Supreme Court bench motivated by a desire to woo Tamil (AMU) in West Bengal’s against Bhatkal ordered the Tamil Nadu govern- voters for her regional party at the Murshidabad district ment to maintain the “status quo” elections due by the end of May. Speaking on the occa- NEW DELHI: The National for three of the seven until it had Amid the growing controversy sion, the president said the Investigation Agency (NIA) a chance to examine the issue over the release order, the daugh- university would serve stu- yesterday filed a second thoroughly. ter of two of those who had been dents from the region who charge sheet against Indian The bench headed by Chief due to go free appealed for forgive- have been going to AMU in Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Justice P Sathasivam said although ness from the Gandhi family, say- Uttar Pradesh because of Yasin Bhatkal and three oth- Tamil Nadu in the country’s south ing she understood the pain felt its academic excellence. ers for planning terror strikes had the right to release the pris- by Rahul. Refering to Sir Syed in India. oners, it was concerned about “I’m really sorry for Rahul Ahmad Khan’s remarks The NIA charged Bhatkal, “procedural lapses.” Gandhi. My parents have regret- while laying the foundation Asadullah Akhtar, Manzar The court said the Congress-led ted enough, they deserve forgive- stone of the Muhammadan Imam and U Ahmed with play- national government could file a ness. I can understand losing Anglo Oriental College — ing a role in conspiracy and fresh petition for the remaining someone you love,” 22-year-old now known as AMU — that participation in major terror- four who are serving life sen- Harithra Sriharan told India’s the seed would mature into ist attacks in different parts of tences, although it was unclear if NDTV network. mighty tree from whose the country. this could halt their release by the “I have suffered the same pun- roots would sprout saplings, The case was registered on weekend. ishment. I deserve to be with my Mukherjee said: “The AMU September 10, 2012 against In a surprise move, Tamil Nadu parents. Though I have parents Murshidabad Centre is a members of IM for carrying Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had who are alive, I have never had true example of the sapling out terrorist activities and con- ordered the seven’s release one them,” Sriharan, who lives in that has sprouted to extend spiracy for waging war against day after the Supreme Court Britain, said in a phone interview. education.” the country. commuted the death sentence AFP IANS IANS Family of killer driver vows to fight extradition NEW DELHI: An Indian man did not have faith in the jus- on three previous occasions. culpable driving and negligently who fled Australia after killing tice system in Australia, where Puneet, who only had a provi- causing serious injury, then bailed a teenager while drink driving he claimed racism, particularly sional driver’s licence at the time on strict conditions including the was sent back to prison yester- against Indians, was rampant. of the crash, hit two students, surrender of his passport. day as a New Delhi court again “We only trust the Indian aged 19 and 20, as they walked But he later fled using a fel- delayed his extradition hearing. legal system, there is racism in across a road in Melbourne in low Indian’s passport. Australian Puneet Puneet, 24, was hand- Australia...don’t you know of so 2008. One of the students died police offered a reward in 2012 cuffed and led away to Tihar jail many racist attacks and how at the scene. for information leading to his amid emotional scenes at the they look at Indians?” Naresh Australian police estimated arrest. After four years on the Patiala House court complex, Kumar said outside the court. Puneet was driving at 148 kilo- run from police in India, he was where his family members vowed The case was adjourned after metres an hour — more than discovered in November in Noida, never to give up a fight against Puneet appeared in court as one double the legal limit in the area. a satellite city of Delhi. The case his extradition. of his lawyers had not turned up. He also tested positive for alco- will resume on March 19. Puneet’s father said that he The case has been adjourned hol. Puneet was charged with AFP FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

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WhatsApp for $19bn FRANKFURT/HELSINKI: Finland’s Nokia is consider- eyes 12,000 mark ing buying US-based Juniper Landmark deal involves $4bn cash, rest in stocks Networks to merge into its tel- ecommunications network gear DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) goods and services accounted SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook business, German’s Manager index gained 356.90 points, or for 17.08 percent and real estate Inc will buy fast-growing Magazin Online reported, citing 3.10 percent, last week when accounted for 14.65 percent. From mobile-messaging startup unidentified sources. the bourse closed yester- the 42 listed companies, 31 ended WhatsApp for $19bn in cash Nokia Solutions and Networks day at 11,872.40 points. The last week higher, nine fell and two and stock in a landmark deal Chief Executive Rajeev Suri trav- bourse added 49.62 points, or remained unchanged. that places the world’s larg- elled to the United States late last 0.42 percent, yesterday from Industries Qatar topped the est social network closer to the year to discuss with Juniper’s Wednesday’s close of 11,822.78 traded value with 15.34 percent. heart of mobile communications management closer cooperation points, nearing 12,000 mark. Barwa Real Estate accounted and may bring younger users and a possible merger that would The trading value increased by for 12.95 percent. Qatar National into the fold. strengthen NSN’s weak US busi- 49.53 percent to touch QR4.14bn Bank accounted for 7.71 percent. The transaction involves $4bn ness, the online magazine said last week from QR2.77bn in the Elsewhere in the region, in cash, $12bn in stock and $3bn yesterday. previous week, according to QE’s Kuwait’s bourse fell to a four- in restricted stock that vests over Juniper has a stock market weekly bulletin yesterday. week low yesterday as investors several years. The WhatsApp deal value of $13.7bn, making it a The trading volume of 89.11 sold shares because of concern is worth more than Facebook major takeover target for Nokia, million shares last week is an that shares of companies which raised in its own IPO and under- but the magazine said Nokia could increase of 26.48 percent com- have not yet reported earnings scores the social network’s deter- use Juniper’s $3.1bn cash to help pared to 70.45 million shares. The could be suspended from trading. mination to win the market for finance the purchase. number of transactions increased Most other markets in the region messaging. The logos of Facebook and Whatsapp on the screen of a smartphone. NSN will be Nokia’s primary 24.14 percent to 32,713 from were firm. Kuwait’s main index slid Founded by a Ukrainian immi- operation after the sale of its 26,351 transactions. The market 0.8 percent to its lowest level since grant who dropped out of college, Devices and Services business to capitalisation of QR623.91bn is an January 19, while daily trading vol- Jan Koum, and a Stanford alum- sweeping across North America, conference call did not say how Microsoft in a $7.4bn deal, which increase by 3.47 percent as com- ume was the lowest so far this year. nus, Brian Acton, WhatsApp is a Asia and Europe. Although the company would make money is expected to close by the end of pared to QR602.98 at the end of In Dubai, the bourse resumed Silicon Valley startup fairy tale, WhatsApp has adhered strictly beyond a $1 annual fee, which next month. previous week. gaining after two sessions of losses rocketing to 450 million users in to its core functionality of mim- is not charged for the first year. Analysts have said, however, Banks and financial services as fresh money came in. The main five years and adding another mil- icking texting, other apps, such as “The right strategy is to continue that NSN and other smaller led the traded value last week index rose 0.7 percent, extending lion daily. Line in Japan or Tencent Holdings to focus on growth and product,” network equipment players are with 28.44 percent of the total. its 2014 gains to 24.1 percent. Abu “No one in the history of Ltd’s WeChat, offer games or even Zuckerberg said. likely to pursue M&A deals, Industries accounted for 20.87 Dhabi’s benchmark followed suit, the world has ever done some- e-commerce on top of their popu- Zuckerberg and Koum said because bigger players can afford percent, while real estate sec- advancing 0.7 percent to a new thing like this,” Facebook Chief lar messaging features. that WhatsApp will continue to to spend more on research and tor accounted for 17.72 percent. five-year high. Executive Mark Zuckerberg The deal provides Facebook operate independently, and prom- development. Representatives of Consumer goods and services Some institutional investors said on a conference call on entree to new users, including ised to continue its policy of no Nokia, NSN and Juniper declined accounted for 15.22 percent. remain concerned by the speed Wednesday. teens who eschew the main- advertising. to comment on the latest report. Real estate led the traded vol- of Dubai’s gains, however. Some Zuckerberg, who famously stream social networks but pre- “Communication is the one NSN and Juniper are already ume last week with 29.71 percent money leaving the UAE is going closed a $1bn deal to buy photo- fer WhatsApp and rivals, which thing that you have to use daily, in a partnership to jointly develop of the total. Banks and financial to Qatar, which is seen as a more sharing service Instagram over have exploded in size as private and it has a strong network effect,” and sell network equipment to services accounted for 20.61 per- stable market. “Qatar could ben- a weekend in mid-2012, revealed messaging takes off. said Jonathan Teo, an early inves- carriers. cent. Telecoms accounted for 20.21 efit now from investors moving on Wednesday that he proposed “People are calling them tor in Snapchat, another red-hot After years of concentrating percent. Consumer goods and serv- from UAE to Qatar,” said Ali the tie-up over dinner with CEO ‘Facebook Nevers,’” said Jeremy messaging company that flirted on cutting costs, NSN has said ices accounted for 12.27 percent. Adou, portfolio manager at The Koum just 10 days earlier, on the Liew, a partner at Lightspeed and year ago with a multibillion dollar it is now focusing on expand- Banks and financial services had National Investor. “Logically, it night of February 9. an early investor in Snapchat. acquisition offer from Facebook. ing the business and competing the highest number of transac- is defensive by nature. Local and WhatsApp was the leader How the service will pay for “Facebook is more about con- more aggressively against indus- tions last week with 27.96 percent international institutionals will among a wave of smartphone- itself is not yet clear. tent and has not yet fully figured try leader Ericsson and China’s of the total. Industries accounted take positions because of its dis- based messaging apps that are now Zuckerberg and Koum on the out communication.” REUTERS Huawei. REUTERS for 21.62 percent, while consumer count.” QNA& REUTERS

QATARI MARKET Aamal posts Tesla Motors up on better results Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 100.63 0.04% Aa2 AA QR512m net Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.75 1.11% Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 120.13 2.36% Aa2 AA profit in 2013 Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 113.88 2.69% Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 108.75 3.24% Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 155.00 4.83% Aa2 AA DOHA: The annual net profit (after fair value gains on invest- Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 116.88 5.21% Aa2 AA ment properties) of Aamal Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 108.00 5.20% Aa2 AA Company for 2013, ended Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 103.94 0.68% Aa2 AA December 31, decreased to Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 110.75 3.13% Aa2 AA QR512m, down by18 percent Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 103.00 0.87% A1 A- compared to QR624.5m in 2012. The Board of Directors of Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.63 1.85% A1 A- Aamal yesterday announced the QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.25 1.19% NR NR financial results for full year QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.63 1.00% Aa3 A+ ended December 31, 2013. QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.25 1.91% Aa3 A+ Aamal, according to a state- Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.75 1.89% A2 A- ment issued yesterday, reported a 14.14 percent decline in the earn- Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 105.25 1.34% A2 A- ings per share (EPS) to QR0.85 in Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 124.63 2.83% A2 A- 2013, compared to QR0.99 in 2012. Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 107.75 3.49% A2 A- However, the net underlying Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 103.25 4.64% A2 A- profit (before fair value gains People look at a Tesla Motors vehicle on the showroom floor at the Dadeland Mall in Miami, Florida. Tesla Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 102.75 0.87% Aa3 A on investment properties) of the said yesterday that it earned $46m in the fourth quarter on a non-adjusted basis, or 33 cents a share, causing company, ended December 31, shares in the company to jump 12 percent. Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.88 3.06% Aa3 A 2013, increased to QR267.2m, Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 108.75 3.79% Aa3 A up 13.4 percent compared to SOVEREIGNS QR235.7m in 2012. The rev- enues of the group increased to Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P QR2.12bn in 2013, witnessing a Gulf Islamic banks’ extra product Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 100.63 0.26% Aa2 AA growth of about 2.5 percent com- Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 122.00 2.18% Aa2 AA pared to QR2.07bn during 2012. Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 108.13 1.57% NR NR Amal reported net underlying Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 107.75 2.36% NR NR profit margins of 12.6 percent in costs shrinking, says S&P study 2013, which was 11.4 percent in Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 123.25 3.75% NR NR the previous year (2012). The fair PARIS: The extra costs which to as little as 30 basis points in costs, said Damak. Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 115.38 4.21% NR NR value gains on investment proper- Islamic banks in the Gulf charge the first half of 2013 from a high “The more you have standardi- Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 103.38 0.25% Aa2 AA ties in 2013 declined to QR245.1m, consumers relative to conven- of 110 bps in 2009. The study used sation in Islamic finance and the Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 115.00 2.87% NR BBB nearly 37 percent down compared tional banks appear to be falling, financial data from 2007 to 2013 more products are commoditised, Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 108.13 3.99% NR BBB to QR388.8m in 2012. according to a study by credit to calculate the ratios of interest then you will see product costs The adjusted underlying earn- rating agency Standard & Poor’s. income to average assets for con- falling.” Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 100.50 5.65% Caa1 B- ings per share in 2013 increased For years, bankers have ventional banks and the equivalent Increased economies of scale Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 104.38 3.74% NR BBB-

27 percent to QR0.44 compared assumed that Islamic institu- ratios for Islamic institutions, said could also be a factor, as Islamic *Periodic Distribution Amount to QR0.34 in 2012. Gross invest- tions charge higher costs because Paris-based Mohamed Damak, banks in Gulf Arab countries have IMPORTANT NOTE: ment in capital expenditure of of several factors, including the primary credit analyst at S&P. been growing faster than conven- Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which the group fell by 34.8 percent to relative complexity of sharia-com- “The product mix might vary tional peers and now command is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services QR157.6m against QR241.8m in pliant products compared to con- but the banks selected allow a roughly a quarter of all banking Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary 2012 driven by the completion ventional ones, and the fact that clear comparison, as there is no assets; in other countries such as data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising during the year of Phase 1 of Islamic financial markets tend to data that allows comparing prod- Pakistan and Indonesia, the indus- out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds the City Center Doha expansion be younger, smaller and less liquid. uct by product. This is not a per- try is still in single-digit territory. can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant project and the Advanced Pipes Other factors that may push up fect measuring stick, but it gives It is not clear whether the cost liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not and Cast Company plant. costs are a lack of clear regula- a very good proxy for it.” gap might fall further or even dis- a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim tion, in an industry where scholars Reasons for the drop in extra appear, Damak added. consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. Al Thani, Chairman of Aamal may issue contradictory rulings, costs are not yet entirely clear but Outside the Gulf, it is not cer- Company, said: “We have managed and adverse tax treatment, since they may include the industry’s tain whether Islamic banks charge to grow both revenues and expand Islamic deals often involve multi- growing familiarity with certain consumers similar cost differen- margins, thereby improving the ple asset transfers. types of Islamic financial contracts tials or whether the gap is nar- overall quality of earnings.” Now the cost gap for Gulf banks and transactions, which could be rowing, Damak said. THE PENINSULA rated by S&P seems to narrowing, leading to lower development REUTERS FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Puma sales down 13.2pc Batelco to take US Fed officials control of Kuwait Net firm

DUBAI: Bahrain Telecomm- see more QE unications (Batelco) will take majority control of Kuwait’s Qualitynet after agreeing to double its stake in the Internet cuts coming up provider, Batelco said yesterday. Batelco will buy 46 percent of Qualitynet from Ali Al Ghanim & Sons for an undisclosed fee, rais- Plans to keep interest rates low ing the Bahraini firm’s holding to 90 percent from 44 percent. NEW YORK/ST LOUIS: coming quarters,” the minutes said. The deal will likely be concluded Three Federal Reserve officials “Several participants argued in March, the company said in a said they believe the US econ- that, in the absence of an appre- statement yesterday. omy is gaining traction despite ciable change in the economic Kuwait’s Ministry of a recent slowdown from severe outlook, there should be a clear Communications ultimately owns weather, allowing the central presumption in favour of contin- and operates the country’s fixed- bank to stick to its plan to wind uing to reduce the pace of pur- line infrastructure, with about down its massive bond-buying chases by a total of $10bn at each four major Internet service pro- stimulus this year. (policy) meeting.” viders including Qualitynet pay- The comments, from the heads Even those who were more ing the government to use it. of the Federal Reserve banks of St worried about persistently low Qualitynet’s 2013 revenue was Louis, San Francisco and Atlanta, inflation and high unemployment KD31.3m, down 8.9 percent from freshen the message in the min- did not push for a pause to the 2012, which provided Batelco with utes of the Fed’s most recent pol- taper, the minutes showed. a profit of KD2.41m, the latter’s icymaking meeting, released on A recent run of soft economic annual report shows. Wednesday, which showed many data since the meeting, much A woman walks next to products of German sports goods firm Puma in Herzogenaurach yesterday. Puma REUTERS thought only a big change in out- of it attributed to bad weather, said sales fell 13.2 percent to $960m in the last quarter as footwear sales shrank 21 percent. look could disrupt further meas- appears to have done little to ured reductions in purchases. change that view, at least among Indeed, several Fed policymak- Fed officials speaking Wednesday. ers wanted to drive home the “I think a lot of this (softness) idea that their asset-purchase will come back out as we get into programme would be trimmed in better weather patterns,” St Louis IMF, Britain warn emerging economies predictable, $10bn, increments, Fed President James Bullard told according to minutes of the Fed’s journalists after a speech at the SYDNEY: IMF chief Christine programme that is seeing capital market economies, you need to leaders in Hong Kong. “We all January 28-29 policy meeting. Exchequer Club in Washington. Lagarde and British finance flows switch abruptly away from look after your various equilib- need to get our houses in order.” The minutes also showed the John Williams, president of the minister George Osborne yes- the developing world. riums. “You need to look at your Osborne backed the agenda laid officials were nearing a deci- San Francisco Fed, said in New terday demanded emerging Lagarde said “just a hint of fiscal policy, you need to look at out by the G20’s Australian presi- sion on how to adjust a promise York that the economy has shifted economies get their own houses tapering” in May last year had your monetary policy, you need to dency for what he called “com- to keep interest rates low for a to a “healthy, stronger path” and in order, after some attacked US sent ripples through the markets have the house in order to resist prehensive and ambitious national while, including the possibility of noted there is a “high hurdle” to monetary policy in the run-up and the International Monetary the volatility that can be induced reform agendas” to address fiscal incorporating financial stability stop the US central bank from to G20 talks this weekend. Fund had asked “the US authori- from the tapering of the US Fed, policy, financial regulation and concerns in that promise. its plan to keep cutting its bond While Lagarde also cautioned ties, particularly the Fed, be in particular, at the moment.” structural blockages. At the meeting, which was purchases. the US Federal Reserve to be mindful of what’s happening else- Lagarde’s remarks were echoed That programme is backed by former chairman Ben Bernanke’s Similarly, Dennis Lockhart, “mindful” of the impact of its where when you do what you have by Britain’s finance minister, who the IMF, but Lagarde said G20 last, the Fed decided to make president of the Federal Reserve stimulus exit on major developing announced”. said it was “neither accurate nor central banks should also signal another modest cut to its bond- Bank of Atlanta, said the central players, Osborne urged emerging “Don’t go too fast and explain useful” to blame Western mone- their intentions clearly given the buying programme, which now bank will likely end its bond- markets to refrain from “finger- what you are doing,” the IMF tary policy for shaky currencies or world’s economic interdependence. runs at $65bn per month. buying programme by the fourth pointing and distractions” at the chief said in a public question- high deficits in emerging markets. “There has to be enough coop- It made the move despite quarter “as long as the outlook Sydney meeting of G20 finance and-answer session recorded “The underlying causes are eration between central bankers weaker-than-expected job gains remains solid and does not devi- ministers and central bankers. for ABC television in Sydney, domestic fragility in those coun- so that they are mindful of what in December and turmoil at the ate dramatically from the path we Countries including Argentina, describing the issue as “high on tries, often built up over a long the consequences will be, not just time in emerging markets brought believe it’s on.” None of the three India, Russia, South Africa and the agenda” this weekend. But she period of time — and that is why at home where they do the taper- on in part by the withdrawal of vote on the Fed’s policy-setting Turkey have suffered sharp losses said a “mind the shop at home” some emerging markets have been ing, but elsewhere in the world Fed stimulus. Participants gener- panel this year, but all three par- to their currencies as a by-prod- message also applied to the devel- much more affected than others,” where we have seen some volatil- ally “anticipated that the economy ticipate in regular policy discus- uct of the Fed’s “taper” — the oping economies. Osborne, who heads to Sydney ity,” she said. would expand at a moderate pace in sions. REUTERS ending of a mammoth stimulus “In other words, emerging today, said in a speech to business AFP FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS VIEWS

Australia’s free trade Europe companies pin agreement with S Korea should be scrutinised hopes on customer R&D

BY PENNY WONG BY LUDWIG BURGER chemicals-producing nation Germany are projects. But industrial customers may be facing painful surcharges on their electricity reluctant to stick with one supplier, who ead the fine print. That’s what any prudent lawyer would uropean chemicals and plastics bill to fund the country’s shift to renew- for the duration of the project is under no tell you to do before signing a contract. But when the makers are cutting in-house able energy. Chemical industry R&D spend- competitive pressure from rivals. Abbott government finally released all 1,800-plus pages research and instead trying to ing in the region - measured as a fraction “Every carmaker is keen to eliminate this Rof the proposed free trade agreement with South Korea persuade industrial customers of sales - slid to 1.6 percent in 2012, down risk as far as possible,” a spokesman for Skoda this week, its attitude seemed to be “just trust us.” to work together on developing from 1.8 percent the year earlier and 2.8 said. However, he said the Czech VW unit Labour knows that reducing barriers to trade can boost Erunning shoes, cars or electronics. percent in 1991, the latest data available was banking on its materials suppliers to soon Australia’s economic growth, forge more competitive local indus- Collaborating can cut millions of euros from European industry lobby Cefic shows. catch up with any rival who has gained a tech- tries, create jobs, and give consumers greater choice and lower from research and development (R&D) Industry advisors and executives say this is nological edge and won an R&D contract. prices. Free trade agreements have the potential to deliver tre- budgets and translate into exclusive supplier not a sign of waning commitment, rather one “As a former manager in procurement, I mendous benefits for Australian consumers, workers and busi- contracts as chemical and plastics profits of companies managing to get more innova- know (sticking with one supplier) can be a nesses – but whether this potential is realised depends on the come under pressure from cheaper emerg- tion out of a euro spent on R&D, a result of difficult decision,” said Roberto Gualdoni, quality of the deals which governments negotiate. ing market competition and rising fuel bills. linking up with and seeking input from their the chief executive of Styrolution a maker Until this week, the government had been bluntly refusing to German chemicals group BASF has clients. “At Lanxess, somebody might have of plastics used in car front grills, medical release the text of the Korea Australia Free Trade Agreement started working with sportswear maker an idea, and the customer will tell us imme- devices and Playmobil toys. (KAFTA) for public scrutiny before it signs the final deal. Now Adidas to make running shoe soles more diately whether for one reason or another it He said it helps a supplier to win an exclu- the Coalition has belatedly accepted the need for transparency, bouncy. Solvay is developing polymer lin- is not going to work,” said Lanxess’s Breuers. sive collaboration contract if it already com- Labour will examine KAFTA to ensure it is in Australia’s national ings for corroded pipelines with an oil major Lanxess worked with Volkswagen’s Skoda mands a high share of the respective niche interest. The tests we will apply are straight-forward. while Lanxess is helping VW unit Skoda unit and French auto parts maker Faurecia market so there are fewer competitors. Does the agreement deliver the best deal for Australian jobs? Is make car parts. “These days cooperations to develop a component from glass-fibre rein- Chemical and plastics companies are also the promised access to Korea’s markets real? Will it erode Australia’s are much more common. It’s much more forced plastic that holds a car’s bodywork increasingly bending and squeezing plastic ability to legislate over domestic policy issues in the national interest? beneficial than doing it all by yourself,” said together at the front of Skoda’s Octavia. parts in 3D computer models to win R&D It was the former Labour government that launched nego- Werner Breuers, executive board member at Martin Gruhlke, a project manager at contracts, saving months of development tiations for a free trade agreement with Korea, recognising the German speciality chemicals group Lanxess. business consultancy Stratley AG, said time compared with stress-testing in a importance of Australia’s fourth largest trading partner to our Europe’s €650bn ($888bn) chemicals efforts to boost R&D productivity are high real life lab. The focus on immediate cli- economy. But an initial assessment of the deal the Coalition has industry relies on innovation after selling on boardroom agendas. He has recently ent needs, however, means missing out on delivered suggests there are areas that need close scrutiny. most of its bulk chemicals businesses over helped reposition a global chemical group’s breakthroughs in science that may take The government has agreed to Korea’s push to include an the past 20 year to focus on high-tech mate- research department to filter out ventures years to show commercial potential. investor-state dispute settlement mechanism in the agreement. rials for industrial customers. But they need that do not serve immediate client needs. Germany’s Merck KGaA invented liquid This would allow Korean businesses to take disputes with the to make sure they stay innovative because “The creative process is clearly focused on crystals more than a century ago and kept Australian government to arbitration. Labour is concerned at emerging market companies are becoming the market, no longer primarily on what is developing them without a clear idea about the impact of investor-state dispute settlement provisions on more sophisticated at copying established technically possible.” the use. Revenues exploded in the year 2000 Australia’s ability to legislate in areas such as health policy, envi- products while US rivals are getting a boost Chemicals companies see little point in with the advent of flat screens that used ronmental standards and social policy. from shale gas as a cheap source of energy. doing R&D without their industrial cus- them and the business still carries operat- In the case of KAFTA, the government claims it has secured Weakening the European position fur- tomers at their side, meaning they tussle ing profit margins of well over 40 percent. carve-outs preserving Australia’s ability to legislate in important ther, many businesses in the region’s largest for a limited number of joint development REUTERS policy areas. We remain to be convinced. The onus is on the gov- ernment to demonstrate how policies such as the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, an important part of Australia’s social safety net, are protected by these provisions. Labour is also concerned at the potential impact of KAFTA on Australia’s automotive manufacturing sector. Following the decisions by Ford, Holden and Toyota to stop making cars in Australia, the jobs of thousands of workers at local auto component manufacturers hang in the balance. The future for Australia’s auto component manufacturers is to step up their efforts to become part of the global supply chains which increasingly characterise the world auto industry. KAFTA holds out the promise of greater access to the Korean market for Australian auto component manufacturers. Labour will to examine whether KAFTA represents an appropriately balanced package for the auto industry given the severe threats this sector faces at present. We will also be asking whether the benefits for Australian farmers which the government’s PR machine has lauded are all they purport to be. Apparently some of the government’s own MPs share Labour’s concerns about the quality of the agreement’s provisions on Australian agricultural exports to Korea. The Liberal backbencher Sharman Stone, who represents the Victorian farming electorate of Murray, has criticised the agree- ment for failing to deliver tariff reductions for a raft of Australian food exports. It is particularly disappointing that apples, pears and honey will not be exempted from the existing exorbitant tariffs, nor frozen pork, or condensed milk, given Australia enjoys a disease free status for these products unequalled in the world. By contrast, the trade minister Andrew Robb was eager to talk up Korea’s agreement to phase out its tariffs of between 40 and 72 percent on Australian beef over 15 years. Yet, in the fine print, Robb has given the Korean government the right to unilaterally reimpose significant tariffs on Australian beef if the volume of our exports grows by only 2% a year, and he has conceded similar “safeguard measures” for other Australian farm exports. The minister should explain why he failed to nego- tiate comparable safeguards for sensitive Australian sectors like auto components or steel making. Labour is determined to ensure that the Abbott government does not trade away the national interest for its own political interest in notching up “trophy” trade deals. THE GUARDIAN Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

‘End of the age of entitlement’ doesn’t apply to Murdoch’s empire BY VAN BADHAM “loss” recorded against a high majority of Australia’s press, but for his news market in Australia. to 1/10th of that this year. service ZDNet before the election Australian dollar. This is the same it is a free country, after all. What With the shift from newspaper It makes recent government that the Coalition “had no policy” et’s be very clear: when News Corporation that cited the is more concerning is the Murdoch consumption to a digital news decisions around pay television on such matters. The attorney gen- treasurer Joe Hockey former federal Labour govern- empire’s implied entitlement to the market, Murdoch’s Australian all the more interesting. The eral George Brandis announced a announced “the end of ment’s “spending profligacy” as the Australia Network, a broadcasting properties are not making the NBN with a FTTP infrastruc- crackdown earlier this month, Lthe age of entitlement” reason to “kick this mob out” with contract awarded by the former money they used to, and there ture as planned by Labour ena- against recommendations for a amidst the threatened closure of stupendous lack of self-awareness Gillard government to the ABC in are indications that its reach of bles a broadcast delivery service flexible fair-use agreement as rec- the SPC cannery in Shepparton, during the election campaign. preference over his own Sky News influence may be starting to wane. of a speed and quality that far ommended by the Australian Law the withdrawal of Toyota from Consider, if you will, the Service which also tendered for it. News Corp has always been outstrips the “virtually unchal- Reform Commission. Australian manufacturing and Coalition’s very public conces- Reports indicate that News something of the lone middle- lenged” present market position It may be entirely coincidental the planned shutdown of Holden in sion to Murdoch press claims Corp “resents what it sees as aged lecturer attending a bang- of the News-Corp-owned Foxtel that Murdoch’s Foxtel network South Australia, he was not talking against the ABC. News Corp’s unfair competition from the ing undergraduate party when it service. Before the September has locked in Australian broadcast about the expectations of corporate consistent campaign against the ABC’s free digital content” and its comes to digital markets, as the election, Coalition opposition to exclusivity for the blockbusting TV Australia. He was declaring an end government broadcaster on the columnists have loudly declaimed disastrous News Corp takeover FTTP was said to be based on cost series Game of Thrones – one of only to a working-class expectation (disproven) grounds of its “bias” that having the independent, of social media site MySpace - their policy to adopt the slower, the most downloaded programme of basic job security. has been running for months, overseen organisation with a (remember that?) proved all too non-competitive FTTN network in history – but it’s good fortune for Meanwhile, corporate entitle- with the likes of Herald-Sun col- broadcast mission to 46 countries clearly. was claimed to reduced expendi- News Corp, if not Game of Thrones ment is flourishing under the umnist Andrew Bolt describing – as opposed to its own domestic It must be some concern to ture in the “budget crisis”. But watchers, that to catch the show Coalition – and there are few “the ABC’s capture by the Left market share and multinational Murdoch’s executives that the this week, Coalition spokesmen you have no other legal option than better examples of it than Rupert to its suffocating size”. Similar reaches - as a reach “too big for ABC has already captured 42 admitted that the estimate of to subscribe to Foxtel. Murdoch’s News Corporation. sentiments have been echoed in her own good”. Fortunately for percent of the digital news mar- the FTTP cost they had taken to I’m not a Game of Thrones This week saw the jaw-drop- statements like “the ABC seemed News Corp, the Coalition foreign ket since Gillard expanded the the election was “perhaps a little watcher, so I must, alas, deny ping revelation, reported in the to delight in broadcasting allega- minister Julie Bishop fears that organisation’s charter into online high” - overestimated by no less readers of this piece a conclud- Australian Financial Review, that tions by a traitor” – although this under its present ABC direction, content publication. An ex-News than $34bn. Of course, the cost of ing analogy of Murdoch, the the single largest factor in the statement did not come from Bolt. the Australia Network will be Corp executive told Media Watch the FTTN network the Coalition Coalition, pacts between houses deterioration of the federal budget It came from the Tony Abbott, in unable to meet its charter, and is of the national print operations is implementing has “increased and compromises within. What announced in December was “a January, amidst much discussion reviewing the service’s contract. that “the business is heading since it was announced”, yet the I can offer instead are facts that cash payout of almost $900m to of governmental investigations This must be of great conso- towards the cliff”. The Australian government will be proceeding speak to campaigns for power, Murdoch’s News Corporation” by and reviews into the operational lation to the old newspaperman is famously losing money, as is with inferior technology anyway. influence and - that word again the Australian Tax Office. News future of the ABC. Murdoch, who – entirely sepa- even The Daily Telegraph, while The government will also be pro- - entitlement that chill the blood Corp’s windfall was the result of The prime minister and rately from his adventures with Media Watch reported that a ceeding with a mission to overhaul not for their fantastic possibili- years of creative paper transac- Australia’s richest ex-pat are, of courts of law and investigation group of Queensland publica- the country’s present copyright ties, but for the impact on our tions which allowed them to bill course, entitled to share views in the UK and US – has been tions have dropped from a profit laws pertaining to digital down- nation here and now. the Australian taxpayer for a – Murdoch may control the weathering troublesome times of $270m “six or seven years ago” loads - despite telling tech news THE GUARDIAN FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17

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Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah (third left, front row) is joined by regional drivers during a pre-event press conference at QMMF headquarters in Doha yesterday. Defending champion Al Attiyah will be joined by a strong contingent battling for the Qatar International Rally crown today and tomorrow. Al Qassimi pips Al Attiyah in super special stage Regional giants get set for demanding stages in Qatar today

DOHA: UAE’s Sheikh Khalid Al Qassimi and Ulster co-driver Chris Patterson pipped Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah and Italian co-driver Giovanni Bernacchini by seven-tenths of a sec- ond to the fastest time in the first 2.27km timed super special stage of the 2014 QMMF Qatar Nasser bin International Rally, held near the Sheraton hotel Khalifa Al on Doha Corniche, yesterday evening. Attiyah, The opening round of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship attracted 19 starters from Qatar, President UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Spain, Germany and of QMMF, Jordan. waves the Qatar’s Al Attiyah and Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, UAE Qatari flag driver Khalid Al Qassimi and the in-form Saudi during the Yazeed Al Rajhi are likely to be the front-runners ceremonial when action gets under way today. start of the After completing their timed reconnaissance 2014 Qatar of the special stages on Tuesday and Wednesday, International teams passed through pre-event technical checks Rally in Doha at the QMMF yesterday morning before many of yesterday. the drivers attended the afternoon’s pre-event press conference. Defending champion Al-Attiyah has been racing in the Porsche GT3 Cup Middle East since finishing third in the Dakar Rally in January. “I am quite happy to try other things, but it’s nice to be back at this event. I have won 10 times and I suppose that makes me the favourite, but it 2014 QMMF Qatar International eight punctures, then maybe only two, but this is will not be easy. Driving very fast is not the way to Rally – timetable of events today the key to success here. Last year I was driving very win this rally. I am committed to the Middle East 09.00hrs Service A, Qatar Aqua Park well and taking the fight to Nasser. I hope to do the Championship and know that it is important to do 09.53hrs SS1 Umm Wishah 1 same again.” well here.” Transportation issues from Europe meant that 10.21hrs SS2 Al Shabana 1 Al Rajhi was upbeat about his chances: “so far it’s Saudi Arabia’s Saeed Al-Mouri switched to running 10.54hrs SS3 Al-Kharsaah 1 been a great month and I hope it can continue. This a Kuwait-supplied Skoda Fabia S2000 in the days rally is hard on the cars. Normally punctures are an 12.14hrs Regroup and Service B, Qatar Aqua Park before the start, while Jordanian Ala’a Rasheed was issue and the driver who is careful and does not get 13.22hrs SS4 Umm Wishah 2 forced to run a Ford Fiesta R5 after his intended flat tyres can be the winner.” 13.50hrs SS5 Al Shabana 2 RRC was badly damaged by Abdullah Al Kuwari in “If anything the stages are slightly smoother 14.23hrs SS6 Al Kharsaah 2 a recent national rally in Kuwait. than last year and the new one is quite nice,” said 15.23hrs Service C, Qatar Aqua Park One third of the entry are tackling the event for Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari, winner of the event in 2012. the first time, with Spaniard Antonio Troncoco start- “Even so, this is Qatar and the nature of the ter- ing his first ever desert rally after running a Renault rain means that there are always stones to watch Al Qassimi would love to rewrite the history books Clio in Spanish national events. out for and there is a constant risk of punctures. I and be the first Emirati to win in Qatar since then. Today, cars tackle three gravel special stages want to win this rally. I know that Nasser will push “All the times I have come here, I have had a least two twice to the west of Doha, starting with the first hard, but I want to be there and make sure we keep flat tyres, said the chairman of Abu Dhabi Racing, run through the 21.93km Umm Wishah test. The the record intact – only Nasser and I have won this which is also running five up-and-coming youngsters day’s action is split by a regroup and service stop at rally since 2002. in two-wheel drive Citroën DS3s. “One time I had the Qatar Aqua Park. THE PENINSULA Positions after SSS – 2.27km 1. Khalid Al-Qassimi (ARE)/Chris Patterson (GBR) Citroën DS3 1min 54.8sec 2. N Saleh Al Attiyah (QAT)/G Bernacchini (ITA) Ford Fiesta RRC 1min 55.5sec 3. Abdulaziz Al Kuwari (QAT)/Killian Duffy (IRL) Ford Fiesta RRC 2min 02.3sec 4. Saleh Bin Eidan (KWT)//Nasser Al Kuwari (QAT) Ford Fiesta R5 2min 03.6sec 5. Yazeed Al Rajhi (SAU)/Michael Orr (GBR) Ford Fiesta RRC 2min 04.6sec 6. Saeed Al Mouri (SAU)/Amr Refai (SAU) Skoda Fabia S2000 2min 05.6sec 7. Abdullah Al Kuwari (QAT)/Nicola Arena (ITA) Ford Fiesta R5 2min 06.6sec 8. Ala’a Rasheed (JOR)/Joseph Matar (LBN) Ford Fiesta R5 2min 09.3sec 9. Mohammed Al Sahlawi (ARE)/Craig Parry (GBR) Citroën DS3 2min 11.7sec 10. M Al-Thefiri (KWT)/F Al-Mutairi (KWT) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2min 11.8sec 11. Mohamed Al Mutawaa (ARE)/Stephen McAuley (GBR) Citroën DS3 2min 12.7sec 12. Masoud Al Saleh (KWT)/Sulaiman Al Helal (KWT) Ford Fiesta R5 2min 14.2sec 13. Mansoor Bel Helai (ARE)/Khalid Al Kendi (ARE) Citroën DS3 2min 16.3sec 14. Juma Al Falaisi (ARE)/John Higgins (IRL) Citroën DS3 2min 22.6sec Qatar’s Nada Zeidan, 15. Saeed Bintowq (ARE)/Allan Harryman (GBR) Citroën DS3 2min 23.4sec the country’s first female 16. ATroncoco (ESP)/Toufic Karkoutli (SYR) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 2min 40.1sec rally driver, during a 17. H Khalifa Al Hitmi (QAT)/Kamal Khoder (QAT) Subaru Impreza N12 2min 53.2sec news conference in Doha 18. Edith Weiss (DEU)/Antoine Salem (LBN) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2min 53.6sec yesterday. 19. Nada Zaidan (QAT)/Maja Loncar (CRO) Subaru Impreza N12 3min 24.0sec FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 Key wins for Bayern and Atletico Champions League: Arsenal were much better than us: Bayern coach Pep Guardiola

PARIS: Holders Bayern Results second as Mueller was on hand Munich and Spanish side to head the ball home. At the Emirates Stadium Atletico Madrid took large “Arsenal were much much bet- strides towards the quarter- Arsenal 0 lost to Bayern Munich 2 (Toni ter than us in the first 15 min- Kroos 54, Thomas Mueller 88) finals as they secured precious utes and after the goalkeeper was away wins in their Champions At the San Siro sent off the game changed,” said League last 16 first-leg ties on AC Milan 0 lost to Bayern coach Pep Guardiola. Wednesday night. Atletico Madrid 1 (Diego Costa 83) “However, it was not easy for Bayern beat Arsenal 2-0 with us with nine Arsenal players in both their goals coming in the Olivier Giroud -- with Mesut Ozil their penalty area but we played second half after the hosts had seeing former schoolmate Manuel patiently and in the end we broke been reduced to 10 men shortly Neuer saving his early penalty. them down. before half-time when Polish goal- However, with the match “Last year Bayern had a bet- keeper Wojciech Szczesny was evenly-poised Arsenal, like ter result than this evening and sent-off for a rash challenge on their Premier League title in the end it was a very close run Arjen Robben. rivals Manchester City against thing. Toni Kroos and Thomas Barcelona on Tuesday, went a “It will depend on our heads in Mueller struck for the visitors man down when Szczesny was Munich but we will play to win.” -- the duo having also netted in sent off -- the Gunners’ 100th red Wenger bemoaned what he saw the 3-1 win a year ago to the day card under Wenger. as his side not having luck run against the same opponents in The Pole did himself few their way. London -- and Arsenal will have favours with UEFA by making “Everything went against us. to repeat at the very least their an offensive gesture as he entered We should have been 3-0 up before 2-0 win in the away leg last year the tunnel but Arsenal were not they got a sniff in the game,” he to hold any hope of progressing. punished from the spot as David said. Atletico gave themselves a Alaba’s penalty hit the post. “We had more problems in the great chance of making the quar- However, they finally cracked second half with 10 men because ter-finals for the first time in 17 in the 53rd minute as Kroos’s they have very good players.” Bayern Munich’s Toni Kroos (centre) celebrates with his team-mates Arjen Robben (left), Javi Martinez (second years as a fifth goal of the cam- superbly struck right-foot curler In the other game Milan had left) and David Alaba after scoring during their UEFA Champions League, round of 16, first leg match against paign by Diego Costa seven min- gave Lukasz Fabianski no chance. started the brightest against Arsenal in London, Britain, on Wednesday. Bayern won 2-0. utes from time gave them a 1-0 Arsenal staged a superb backs Atletico but the early fireworks win over Italy’s last representa- to the wall defensive performance, were not a forestaste of what was tives AC Milan. although they were perhaps for- to come as the match petered out. Diego Simeone said that his side “However, in the second-half Dutchman Clarence Seedorf was The Arsenal and Bayern match tunate not to concede another Atletico finally broke the dead- had improved after a wobbly we played better, and we gained far from downcast about their was an engrossing affair for the penalty when Laurent Koscielny lock as Diego Costa headed home start. control little by little. We real- chances of turning things round. first-half -- Arsene Wenger hav- appeared to take substitute to give the Spaniards a superb “Milan were full on and aggres- ised that one error in such a tight “I am very happy with what ing taken the bold decision to start Thomas Mueller’s legs from under chance of reaching the quarter- sive, especially after the first 10 match could be costly and we took I saw this evening and the guys the raw young French striker him. However, two minutes from finals and end Italian interest in minutes,” said the 43-year-old advantage of one to win.” are right to be optimistic and to Yaya Sanogo up front instead time - eerily also like the City loss the competition. former Argentinian interna- His Milan counterpart, believe they can win in Madrid.” of the vastly more experienced to Barcelona - they conceded a Atletico’s Argentinian coach tioonal midfielder. another former great midfielder RUETERS

Scoreboard Two late wickets swing South Africa (I innings) G Smith lbw b Harris ...... 9 D Elgar c Harris b Lyon ...... 83 H Amla lbw b Johnson ...... 0 balance Australia’s way F du Plessis c Smith b Lyon ...... 55 A de Villiers (batting) ...... 51 PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH in the first Test at Centurion. was out off the first ball of the Q de Kock c sub (Henriques) b Smith .....7 AFRICA: Dean Elgar played a Elgar faced 192 balls, hitting afternoon drinks break, turning J Duminy (batting) ...... 2 solid anchor role in an improved nine fours and two sixes, with a ball from off-spinner Nathan Extras (B4, LB2, W1) ...... 7 South African batting per- both sixes against off-spinner Lyon straight into the hands of Total (5 wkts, 83 overs) ...... 214 formance before two late wick- Nathan Lyon. He batted with Steve Smith at short leg. Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-11, 3-123, ets swung the balance towards admirable patience before trying Du Plessis faced 125 balls and Australia on the first day of the to hit a third six off Lyon, slicing hit five fours and a six. 4-181, 5-200 second Test against Australia at the ball high to cover. Elgar was one of three changes Bowling: Harris 18-5-36-1, Johnson 15- St George’s Park yesterday. It was a crucial wicket because to the South African team which 2-44-1 (1w), Siddle 22-7-61-0, Lyon 23- Elgar made 84 as South Africa new cap Quinton de Kock soon was beaten by 281 runs in the first South Africa’s AB de Villiers lines up a shot during the second cricket Test 6-47-2, Warner 1-0-2-0, Smith 4-0-18-1 reached 214 for five before bad perished to a poor shot, caught Test at Centurion. match against Australia at St George’s Park, in Port Elizabeth, yesterday. To bat: W Parnell, V Philander, D Steyn, M light ended play. at mid-off against part-time leg- In a surprise move, De Kock, Morkel. South Africa lost captain spinner Steve Smith. another left-hander, who was not Graeme Smith and Hashim With seven overs remaining part of the original squad, was Australia: M Clarke, C Rogers, D Warner, A Amla inside the first six overs in in the day, Australian captain flown in and batted at number six, Sehwag and Murali to star Doolan, S Marsh, S Smith, B Haddin, M a continuation of the dominace Michael Clarke appeared to want with the selectors opting for a spe- Johnson, R Harris, P Siddle, N Lyon Australia showed in winning the to take the second new ball only cialist batsman in place of injured first Test at Centurion by 281 to be told by the umpires that the all-rounder Ryan McLaren. Left- for MCC in Abu Dhabi runs. light was not suitable for batsmen arm fast-medium bowler Wayne But Elgar and Faf du Plessis to face fast bowling. Parnell replaced left-arm spinner LONDON: India’s Virender Sehwag is to captain Marylebone Dhoni out of (55) put on 112 for the third Ryan Harris made the first Robin Peterson. Cricket Club (MCC) in their four-day match against English cham- wicket - only the second century breakthrough when Smith played There was almost a fourth pion county Durham in Abu Dhabi next month, officials announced Asia Cup with stand against Australia since the across the line and was leg before change. The toss was slightly yesterday. start of their 5-0 Ashes sweep wicket for nine. delayed while South Africa Meanwhile Sri Lanka great Muttiah Muralitharan will lead the side strain against England earlier in the Johnson followed up with his assessed the fitness of opening MCC team in the preceding Emirates Twenty20 event. summer. 50th Test wicket in seven matches bowler Vernon Philander, who Sehwag, one of the most destructive opening batsman cricket has MUMBAI: MS Dhoni has been The left-handed Elgar, open- since the start of the Ashes series Smith said felt a twinge when he known, said he was honoured to be leading MCC in a match that acts ruled out of the Asia Cup in ing the batting in place of the ill against England when Amla was was warming up. as a ‘curtain-raiser’ to the forthcoming English season. Bangladesh because of a side Alviro Petersen, saw Smith and beaten for pace and trapped leg Australia were unchanged and “I was delighted to be asked to play in this match, and being able strain. Virat Kohli will lead Amla depart before he opened his before with a full-pitched delivery. almost immediately took over to captain the MCC side makes it even more of a privilege,” said the India in Dhoni’s absence and score off the 20th ball he faced. Elgar and Du Plessis steadied from where they had left off at 35-year-old, who has scored 8,586 runs at an average of nearly fifty Dinesh Karthik slots in as the But he never lost his composure the innings with solid but cautious Centurion, bowling straight and with 23 hundreds in 104 Tests. replacement wicketkeeper. and handled the pace of first-Test batting as South Africa reached attacking the stumps in cool, Also in the squad are England spinner Monty Panesar and Sri Lanka Dhoni suffered a grade-one destroyer Mitchell Johnson with 64 for two at lunch. They picked overcast conditions on an easy- wicket-keeper batsman Prasanna Jayawardene as well as several prom- strain to his left side during the courage and skill, albeit in condi- up the pace after lunch, adding paced but well-grassed pitch. ising county players including Middlesex opener Sam Robson, who second Test against New Zealand tions more batsman-friendly than 59 in an hour before Du Plessis REUTERS has been scoring heavily for the second-string England Lions of their in Wellington and will undergo tour of Sri Lanka. rehabilitation for 10 days. The Scoreboard Prior to the Champion County match, MCC will arrive in Abu Indian squad landed in Mumbai Sangakkara’s Dhabi on March 18 for a Twenty20 tournament featuring county sides today after failing to win a single Lancashire, Sussex and Durham, as well as a Fly Emirates Select XI. game in New Zealand. ton seals ODI Sri Lanka: M Haque c Sangakkara b Senanayake .15 In that event, MCC will be led by extraordinary off-spinner Kohli has led India in eight K Perera c Shamsur b Rubel ...... 8 Mushfiqur c Senanayake b Malinga .....79 Muralitharan, Test cricket’s most successful bowler of all-time with ODIs previously, when Dhoni series for SL T Dilshan c Rahim b Rubel ...... 8 S Al Hasan c Senanayake b Priyanjan ..24 800 wickets. was injured during a tri-series K Sangakkara c Mahmudullah b Sunny 128 Nasir Hossain c Vithanage b Mendis ....22 Traditionally, MCC played the champion county at their Lord’s in the West Indies involving Sri DHAKA: Kumar Sangakkara D Chandimal c Shamsur b Gazi ...... 9 Mohammad Mahmudullah run out ...... 1 headquarters in north-west London but since 2010 the fixture has Lanka and then rested from a continued his awesome batting been staged in Abu Dhabi. tour of Zimbabwe in July and A Priyanjan lbw b Shakib ...... 60 Sohag Gazi c Sangakkara b T Perera .....7 form in Bangladesh as Sri Lanka “It is an excellent ground for competitive first-class cricket and, August 2013. India won seven of won the second one-dayer by 61 A Mathews (not out) ...... 56 Mashrafe Mortaza c T Perera b Mendis 17 played in good weather, will be ideal preparation for the players ahead those matches. Karthik has not runs in Dhaka yesterday to take T Perera c Mahmudullah b Rubel ...... 0 Arafat Sunny (not out) ...... 1 of the English season,” said MCC head of cricket John Stephenson, the played for India since the tour of an unassailable 2-0 lead in the K Vithanage (not out) ...... 13 R Hossain c sub (A Perera) b Senanayake 6 former England batsman. Zimbabwe last year either. three-match series. Extras: (LB3, W4) ...... 7 Extras: (B3, LB3, W7, NB1) ...... 14 Once again the champion county match will be played under flood- India’s first game in the Asia The left-hander, who scored Total (for six wickets, 50 overs) ...289 Total (all out, 43 overs) ...... 228 lights as part of MCC’s ongoing push to get day/night cricket introduced Cup is against Bangladesh on 319 and 105 in the second Test into the Test arena as a way of reviving interest in the five-day format. February 26. The tournament earlier this month after making Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-38, 3-63, 4-177, Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-57, 3-63, 4-116, “MCC has had very positive results from these day-night champion ends on March 8, and the ICC 75 in the first Test, hit a fluent 5-260, 6-262. 5-153, 6-155, 7-170, 8-217, 9-220, 10- county matches, and has provided the game with invaluable insight World Twenty20 begins on March 128 off 115 balls to lift Sri Lanka Bowling: Mortaza 8-0-52-0 (w1), Rubel 228. into the possibilities of playing floodlit Test cricket,” Stephenson said. 21, also in Bangladesh. REUTERS to 289-6. 10-0-76-3 (w1), Gazi 10-0-50-1, Shakib Bowling: Malinga 8-2-45-2 (w2, nb1), Although it is more than 40 years since MCC ceased to run English Bangladesh, facing a must-win 10-1-46-1 (w2), Sunny 8-1-44-1, Mah- Mathews 8-1-44-0, Senanayake 8-0-33-2 cricket, it retains worldwide responsibility for the game’s ‘Laws’, as NBA Results situation after losing the first cricket’s rules are known. mudullah 3-0-11-0, Mominul 1-0-7-0. (w2), T.Perera 6-0-40-2 (w3), Mendis 8-0- LA Lakers 108 Houston 134 match, caved in under pressure This year marks the 200th anniversary of MCC’s move to its present Atlanta 97 Washington 114 and were dismissed for 228 with Bangladesh: 43-2, Priyanjan 5-0-17-1 Lord’s ground, with Sehwag among a host of famous names including Portland 109 San Antonio 111 seven overs to spare at the Sher- Anamul Haque lbw b T Perera ...... 42 Result: Sri Lanka won by 61 runs; leads 2-0 Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne due to play in a special bicente- Sacramento 92 G State 101 e-Bangla stadium. S Rahman c Senanayake b Malinga ...... 0 in three-match series. nary match on July 5. Phoenix 100 Boston 94 Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim top- MCC squad: Utah 99 Brooklyn Nets 105 scored with 79 off 83 balls and Virender Sehwag (IND, capt), Muttiah Muralitharan (SRI, capt - opener Anamul Haque made 42, Senanayake, Thisara Perera and Lanka’s domination during the T20 fixtures only), Sam Robson (Middlesex), Luis Reece (Lancashire), Minnesota 104 Indiana 91 but none of the other batsmen Ajantha Mendis picked up two month-long tour where they Daniel Bell-Drummond (Kent), Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire/ENG), New Orleans 91 NY Knicks 98 settled in as Sri Lanka grabbed wickets each, while part-timer won the two-Test series 1-0 Prassana Jayawardene (SRI, wkt), Ollie Rayner (Middlesex), Andre Charlotte 116 Detroit 98 wickets at regular intervals. Ashan Priyanjan took one. and secured both the Twenty20 Adams (Nottinghamshire), Harry Gurney (Nottinghamshire), Kyle Cleveland 101 Orlando 93 Lasith Malinga, Sachithra The series win sealed Sri matches. REUTERS Hogg (Lancashire), Monty Panesar (Essex/ENG) REUTERS Toronto 92 Chicago 94 FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 SPORT 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

Serena, Jankovic Al Sadd players celebrate Rodrigo Tabata’s (centre) in another spat hat-trick against Al Khor War of words at Dubai Championships in their Qatar Stars League DUBAI: World number one (QSL) Serena Williams’ comeback trail Dubai Quarter-final match endured further feisty moments yesterday. with Jelena Jankovic, the former Results Al Sadd world number one from Serbia, Alize Cornet (France) bt won 4-2. yesterday before she reached the semi-finals of the Dubai Open. Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) 7-5, 6-3 The two have exchanged testy 1-Serena Williams (US) bt words on several occasions, 5-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 6-2, 6-2 the last time in October when Jankovic appeared to question 8-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) bt Serena’s sportsmanship at the Sorana Cirstea (Romania) 6-1, 6-2 WTA Championships in Istanbul. Now, near the end of Serena’s Lekhwiya still in lead; Venus Williams (US) bt impressive 6-2, 6-2 win, a dispute Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 6-3, 7-5 blew up over the speed at which the rallies were conducted, an Jelena Jankovic (left) of Serbia issue which has been a conten- argues with Serena Williams tion between them several times. Tabata is Al Sadd hero of the US in front of French It happened when Jankovic umpire Kader Nouni during their DOHA: appeared to slow the pauses quarter-final match at the Dubai Lekhwiya maintained Tabata scored thrice (14, 23 and between rallies to the speed she Championships yesterday. their ascendancy in the Qatar 48) while fellow forward Khalfan thought Serena had been taking, Stars League (QSL) points Ibrahim Al Khalfan found the prompting Serena to hold her race with a 1-1 draw against net in the 71st minute to seal Al arms out wide. know, warning, time violation. sequel to more heated exchanges Al Wakra even though defend- Sadd’s big win. This caused Jankovic to walk Here it’s like you can do pretty between the two at Charleston ing champions Al Sadd brought For Al Khor, their two goals towards Kadir Nouni, the French much whatever. in April when Serena claimed delight to their fans with a 4-2 were scored by Julio Cesar (5) umpire, complaining at length, “I have to follow who knows she was not ready to receive and crushing defeat of Al Khor. and William Souza (37). once gesturing towards Serena which rules. If it’s 25 seconds, made Jankovic restart her serv- Also yesterday, second-placed THE PENINSULA as she did so. you play 25 seconds. If it goes ice motion, with Jankovic replying Eljaish crushed Qatar SC 3-1 The match lasted another four over, someone’s not ready, you “how long do I have to wait? while Al Rayyan hammered Al points, when there was a fur- should be ready. I follow when she That dialogue apparently con- Ahli 4-1. Yesterday’s results ther exchange of words between (Serena) serves no matter how cluded with Williams saying: Former champions Lekhwiya Lekhwiya 1 Al Wakra 1 Jankovic and Serena. fast or slow she plays.” “Honestly, you got a problem?” yesterday had to battle to share Al Sadd 4 Al Khor 2 Afterwards Jankovic suggested Serena was placatory. Meanwhile, there could even be points against Al Wakra. Youssef Eljaish 3 Qatar SC 1 the umpire might have been at “I told her at the end I didn’t an all-Williams final for the first Msekni struck the equalsier for fault. mean anything, and I’m sorry if I time in more than four years. Lekhwiya in the 44th minute Al Rayyan 4 Al Ahli 1 “First he tells me I’m serving played slow. She was like, no - it Elder sister Venus Williams after Michel had given Al Wakra Today’s matches too fast,” she said. “Then when was more that they say she plays continued to raise hopes of a the lead in the 6th minute. Al Sailiyah vs Umm Salal at 4:45pm I took my time. It was like one too fast and then they say she return to the top echelons. In another match, striker Al Arabi vs Al Kharaitiyat at 4:45pm minute. So you never know what plays too slow. he said she couldn’t Venus overcame Flavia Rodrigo Tabata was the hero Al Gharafa vs Muaither at 7:15pm Rodrigo Tabata celebrates one of to do. Usually if I go over 25 sec- get right.” Pennetta, the seed-destroying with a hat-trick for third-placed his three goals yesterday. onds with whoever I play, you It nevertheless felt like a Italian, by 6-4, 7-5. AFP Al Sadd against Al Khor. FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

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MUSCAT 24/17 Partly cloudy 25/16 Clear KUWAIT 24/13 Clear 23/14 Partly cloudy BAHRAIN 21/16 Clear 22/17 Clear SANAA 22/08 Partly cloudy 23/09 Partly cloudy RIYADH 23/08 Clear 24/11 Partly cloudy Fendi deploys catwalk drones DUBAI 25/17 Partly cloudy 24/17 Clear BAGHDAD 25/11 Clear 25/11 Partly cloudy MILAN: Italian luxury brand pioneers once again and project The fur-clad model who Twitter that they were perhaps Fendi deployed three drones to ourselves into the future”, said opened the show, Britain’s Cara being used “to see who in fashion THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW film its catwalk show at Milan Pietro Beccari, chairman of Delevingne, held up a puppet of has the best bald spot”. Fashion Week yesterday — a Fendi, which is owned by French Lagerfeld as she strutted — with Nowfashion.com’s editor-in- HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER first for the fashion world that luxury giant LVMH. Beccari said his distinctive black attire and chief Jessica Michault quipped divided spectators. the drone footage, which was white ponytail. that they were also “fanning the ATHENS 17/10 Mostly cloudy 17/11 Fog The drones whirred ominously streamed live on Fendi’s website The real-life Lagerfeld, a Paris- front row” and the popular Style. WASHINGTON 20/13 T-storm 16/05 Partly cloudy overhead in the closed showroom and on social media, would “give based German designer who is com tweeted: “The runways are SYDNEY 23/18 Chance of rain 24/17 Partly cloudy as Karl Lagerfeld’s collection our fans a chance to see the show also creative director at Chanel, alive with robots”. LONDON 08/02 Chance of rain 10/07 Partly cloudy flowed along the runway, with the like it has never been seen”. took a bow to applause after the But Kai Margrander, fashion PARIS 11/05 Chance of rain 11/06 Chance of rain models seemingly unfazed by the Trend analysts said the deploy- show. The look was classical and director at Glamour magazine in ISTANBUL 19/08 Cloudy 13/06 Partly cloudy new technology. ment of drones reflected the supremely elegant but there were Germany, said he had been “irri- MANILA 30/22 Chance of rain 30/21 Partly cloudy The drone cams making their fashion industry’s attachment also contemporary flourishes — tated” by the flying contraptions DHAKA 30/18 Clear 29/18 Partly cloudy debut had red and green lights to technological innovation and like the tufts of green fur on a even though he thought the col- DELHI 20/11 Chance of storm 20/10 Partly cloudy underneath and were brand-yel- photographers have already been black fur coat or sewn-on fishnet lection was Lagerfeld’s “strong- ISLAMABAD 22/06 Chance of rain 22/09 Clear low on top with the Fendi name using them for some time. pockets on jackets. est” for Fendi in years. emblazoned on them. The military and spying tech- Yurata, a fashion editor from “I’m from Germany. We’re very Even the coolest fashionistas nology of drones seemed oddly InStyle magazine in Moscow, said suspicious of things like that from pointed at them and snapped appropriate for a collection that she liked the drones. “It’s very our past with the Nazis and the them on their phones, while Vogue looked back to the wartime 1940s futuristic. Nobody does this!” she Stasi in the East,” he said. When stars explode, Italia magazine editor Franca — with a green-and-brown col- gushed, saying she was awed by “All this filming and listening, I Sozzani could be seen shaking her our palette, fur shoulder wraps, the show. “It’s very spectacular, don’t like it at all and I didn’t like head with a bemused look. ankle-length trench coats and from number one!” US fashion it at the show.” it’s a messy business The drones “allow us to be gloves. writer Derek Blasberg joked on AFP

WASHINGTON: When stars said Harrison, a scientist at the explode, it’s messy. But the mas- California Institute of Technology. sive blasts are also useful, seed- Astronomers based their ing the universe with such key findings on the observations of $425m jackpot elements as calcium, iron and Cassiopeia A, or Cas A for short, Doubts, fears and tears welcome titanium. And with the help of a remnant of a supernova 11,000 for US winner a new high-energy X-ray tel- light years away. escope, Nasa said astronomers The star exploded around 350 SAN FRANCISCO: A sin- are closer than ever to seeing years ago, blowing off outer layers gle ticket bought in the San Salvadoran castaway’s return just what’s going on. with an extreme heat that created Francisco bay area scooped the “This is helping us untan- even more elements. sixth highest lottery jackpot in EL SALVADOR: The gle the mystery surround- Cas A has been expanding since US history on Wednesday, win- Salvadoran fisherman who says ing how stars explode,” said the year 1670, propelling debris ning roughly $425m, lottery he survived 13 months adrift in Fiona Harrison, principal at a speed of 10 million miles an officials said. the Pacific enjoyed an emotional investigator on NuSTAR, or hour, but never before have sci- The ticket matched all six win- welcome home on Wednesday full the Nuclear Spectroscopic entists been able to glimpse the ning numbers in a nationwide of tears, hugs and painful ques- Telescope Array. radioactivity that was produced game, California lottery officials tions about what comes next. Combined with images from inside the explosion. said on Twitter. They were 1, 17, “I am just so happy to be another Nasa X-ray observatory, “With NuSTAR, we have a 35, 49, 54, and 34, according to here again with my family,” Jose Chandra, NuSTAR has created new forensic tool to investi- organiser Powerball’s website. Salvador Alvarenga said, his the “first ever map of radioactive gate the ashes left behind when There was no immediate word first words as he emerged from material in the remnants of a star this star exploded,” said Brian on the winner’s identity. a car ride from the capital San that exploded,” she told reporters. Grefenstette, an astronomer at The top prize for the lottery, Salvador to Garita Palmera, a One of the biggest surprises Caltech. which is drawn twice a week, simple beach town of fishermen was that stars, which are spheri- NuSTAR launched in 2012 on had rolled over and swelled 15 and small farmers that he once cal objects, do not explode in a a two-year mission, joining the times since the last jackpot on called home. circular manner, she said. Nasa fleet that also includes the Christmas Day, said a Powerball Awaiting his highly anticipated Rather, it appears that the Hubble Space Telescope. spokeswoman in New York. arrival were his tearful parents blast is more lumpy and distorted It is the first orbiting telescope Wednesday’s winning ticket Ricardo Orellana and María Julia from the very beginning. to focus on the high-energy was sold at a Chevron gas station Alvarenga, wife Arely and young “Prior to the explosion, the core X-rays of the electromagnetic in Milpitas, near San Francisco. daughter Fatima. of the star literally sloshed about,” spectrum. AFP REUTERS “I am overjoyed that my son is here in his home. For me, he has been born again,” beamed Jose Salvador Alvarenga is surrounded by his family upon arrival at his his father, who was wearing a home in Garita Palmera, 118km west from San Salvador, El Salvador. Marshall Islands T-shirt. “If he wants, he can work with post-traumatic stress disorder — the public limelight. World’s only captive leopard seal put down me out in the country. Or as a “rebuild his life.” “I don’t know if I am going to baker, because we have an oven Hugging Fatima, now 14, in a live here. But I want to thank SYDNEY: The world’s only so he could make a fresh start tight embrace, Alvarenga admit- everyone for all the support they captive leopard seal, which with that.” Castaway Alvarenga, ted he did not even recognise have given me. I still feel sick and washed up in Sydney with a 37, washed ashore in the Marshall her. “She is just so grown up,” he tired,” he mumbled, dressed in a shark bite to his abdomen seven Islands on January 30, telling whispered. Wearing the “Visit long-sleeved blue and white shirt. years ago, has been put down at reporters he had survived in a Marshall Islands” T-shirt he It was not just a family affair. At an Australian zoo, officials said small fiberglass boat for more brought her from the other side least 10 family friends including yesterday. than a year after setting off from of the world, young Fatima was many who had known Alvarenga Casey stopped eating at the Mexico in late 2012. The fisher- staying close to the man she, for as a boy came from miles around start of the year and his health man says he endured the 12,500- much of her young life, could not to welcome him back, against the and condition deteriorated to km trip by eating raw fish and remember well. longest of odds. such an extent that he had to be bird flesh and drinking turtle “I love him so much, I don’t Vicente Saavedra, 87, hugged euthanised. “We are very sad- blood and his own urine. want him to leave again, ever him tightly and sang Alvarenga dened by the passing of Casey Alvarenga had not been back again,” smiled the dark-eyed girl, a song he had written for him. the Leopard seal,” Taronga Zoo to his home town in eight years; who has her father’s wavy hair. “I remember how I knew you/ in Sydney said. when he left for a new life in “I am delighted that he is back,” when you were just a boy; today Leopard seals’ natural habi- Mexico his daughter was a small chimed in his wife, Arely, 36, to you are here with us again/ God tat is the frigid waters of the child. Now she is a teenager. a crowd of reporters. The couple made it all happen,” crooned the Antarctic, but a wounded Casey Jose Narciso Ramirez, mayor separated several years ago and elderly family friend. found himself on shores south of a nearby small city, travelled Alvarenga moved to Mexico. The fisherman returned to his of Sydney in 2007. Nursed back with him to his parent’s home, Alvarenga, who made interna- homeland last week following an to health, he found a home at promising to help Alvarenga — tional headlines with his remark- odyssey that had taken him from Taronga Zoo and became one of Casey swimming in an aquarium at Taronga Zoo. whom doctors said is suffering able story of survival, has cut a Mexico, where he had been living, its most popular residents. AFP from fear of the sea and potential frail and disorientated figure in to the Marshall Islands. AFP