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FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 • 11 Shaaban 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6445 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Non-agents Emir orders $50m for Jakarta to host Rohingyas DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and her delegation at Emiri Diwan can’t rival us: yesterday. Marsudi briefed the Emir on efforts of Indonesia and Malaysia to tackle the issue of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and car dealers Bangladesh and provide them with support, including shelter, as a temporary solution. The Emir ordered a donation Imported cars from makers cheaper of $50m from Qatar to Indonesia to help it cover costs of hosting DOHA: Automobile agents This means they cannot com- the Rohingyas. yesterday poked fun at the pete with exclusive agents. The meeting reviewed rela- Ministry of Economy and Another important factor is tions between both countries Commerce and said the rule it that agents can and do launch and matters of mutual interest. has talked about which allows sale promotions regularly and Indonesia, Malaysia and non-agents to import new cars make offers like free insurance Thailand have prevented ves- for sale in the local market, is and servicing and replacement of sels overloaded with starving nothing new. spare parts. Non-agents cannot migrants from Bangladesh and It is a 13-year-old rule which afford such promotions. Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya took effect via a law passed in There is also the issue of pro- minority from landing on their Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi at Emiri Diwan 2002, so why talk about it now, viding warranty and servicing — shores. yesterday. several automobile agencies asked. conditions that are difficult for Indonesia and Malaysia later The rule is applicable to all car non-agents to comply with. And responded to world pressure, regional human-trafficking housing thousands of destitute Buddhist Myanmar, along with brands and the local market is this means they would be found saying they would no longer turn routes into chaos. people. Bangladeshis seeking to escape open to all non-agents with valid on the wrong side of the law and away migrant boats, offering to International Organisation Over 3,500 migrants have grinding poverty, are still licence to import new cars from would face punishment for violat- take in migrants provided they for Migration has appealed swum ashore or been rescued off believed to be at sea. sources other than the manufac- ing rules. could be resettled or repatriated for $26m to help migrants in the coasts of Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar’s government sees turer, said exclusive agents, Al Agents can and do comply within a year. Southeast Asia. Thailand and Bangladesh since its 1.3 million Rohingyas as ille- Sharq reports. with these conditions. These are But Thailand began a crack- Indonesian President Joko the crisis erupted earlier this gal immigrants from neighbour- Only exclusive agents can some of the factors due to which down on smuggling following the Widodo has indicated that month. ing Bangladesh, and denies most access cars for sale directly from non-agents are not able to offer discovery of mass graves there, Jakarta would need interna- Thousands of Rohingya of them citizenship. the manufacturer, according new cars for sale in big quanti- which appears to have thrown tional help to foot the bill for fleeing persecution in mostly AGENCIES to the 2002 law. But only a few ties as agents are able to, said the cars are imported by non-agents agencies. compared to those brought in by The ministry issued a state- agents because of the price factor, ment on Wednesday, trying to according to exclusive agencies. clear confusion in the local mar- Cars imported by non-agents ket about import rules for new 73-year-old Qatari dies of MERS work out to be expensive as their cars. original purchase price would be The ministry said it was a higher compared to the price paid 2002 law that allows non-agents DOHA: The Supreme Council citizens and two expatriates. Meanwhile, an expatriate SCH through hotline 66740948 or by an exclusive agent. to import new cars of all brands of Health (SCH) yesterday con- The elderly Qatari had been camel farm worker who also 66740951. Secondly, the cost of shipping for sale in the local market firmed the death of a 73-year- suffering from chronic illnesses was reported infected last week All people with low immunity would be more for non-agents from sources other than the old Qatari infected with MERS and died due to complications remains admitted at hospital and or chronic diseases have been due to smaller consignments. manufacturer. — Middle East Respiratory related to MERS infection, SCH his condition is stable, SCH said advised to avoid any close con- Exclusive agents, however, import It said the idea behind having Syndrome. said. in a statement. tact with camels and check them- cars in bulk so transport charges such legislation is to ensure fair SCH reported the case last Fourteen people in Qatar It has asked public and private selves for fever and respiratory work out lower. competition in the local automo- Friday. have tested positive for the virus healthcare facilities to be alert problems and report to health So, when non-agents have to bile market so that prices come This is the first death due to until now. Two citizens and two and immediately report any sus- authorities if they develop any of pay more to get a car for sale down and quality improves for the MERS among the four new cases expatriates have been reported pected MERS case to Health these symptoms. in Qatar, they will have price it benefit of the end user. reported this year and takes the infected since the beginning of Protection and Communicable Continued on page 2 higher to recover the cost. THE PENINSULA death toll to six, including four this year. Disease Control Department at THE PENINSULA

FM meets Iraqi PM in Baghdad Rebels storm last Crackdown on partitioned villas DOHA: Doha Municipality has clamped down on 89 illegally parti- regime-held city tioned villas and apartments in the city so far this year. The properties caught violating provisions of Regulation No. 4 of in Syria’s Idlib 1984 governing building safety had carried out internal and external changes without permission from the municipality. BEIRUT: A rebel coalition led The campaign was carried out by inspectors from the technical by Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate monitoring section of the municipality, Qatar News Agency (QNA) edged into the last remaining reported yesterday. government-held city in the Inspectors registered 23 other violations in which construction northwest province of Idlib yes- materials were stocked away from sites and wastes were dumped at terday, Syrian Observatory for unauthorised places. Human Rights said. Inspectors discovered maintenance work being carried out on three The lightning offensive saw the buildings without permission. The municipality also ordered suspen- Army of Conquest (Jaish Al Fatah sion of work on six under-construction building sites and removed 39 in Arabic) enter outer districts of labour camps from family residential areas. Ariha within hours, it added. Idlib borders Turkey. QTA slammed over Disney show “There was heavy shelling and rocket fire, then they stormed the DOHA: A special Disney on Ice show being staged at Qatar National city,” said Observatory Director Convention Centre at 11am today by Qatar Tourism Authority Rami Abdel Rahman. “They (QTA) has come in for flak from nationals who say it coincides with have entered the city and are Friday prayers. engaged in fierce clashes on its Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi yesterday met Foreign Minister Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah in “Families must get ready for Friday prayers so how can they possibly peripheries.” Baghdad. Talks dealt with relations between the two brotherly countries and matters of mutual concern. take children to the show. The timings of the show and Friday prayers Ariha was home to 40,000 peo- clash,” said Abdulaziz Al Boanain. “The organisers should have lined Report on page 8 ple before the conflict began. up the show before or after Friday prayers,” he told Al Sharq. “The march of lions has begun... Another citizen, Abdul Hadi Al Dosri, was furious and said QTA Let Allah liberate Ariha,” the doesn’t show respect for Friday prayers. Other events held by it in the Army of Conquest’s official past were also timed like that, he added. Twitter account said. The coalition, which includes Blatter defies calls to quit FIFA Man gets jail for assaulting cop Al Qaeda branch Al Nusra Front, has won victories in Idlib, includ- ZURICH: FIFA President Sepp told Blatter to go but the 79-year- would vote for Jordan’s Prince Ali DOHA: A criminal court has sentenced an Asian expatriate to ing the provincial capital on Blatter rejected an emotional old had refused. “I said, I’m asking bin Al Hussein to succeed Blatter six months in jail and fined him QR2,000 for assaulting a police- March 28 and the key town of Jisr plea to resign yesterday as the you to leave, FIFA’s image is ter- today. But it appeared that Blatter man, in drunken state and causing nuisance under the influence Al Shughur on April 25. corruption scandal engulfing rible. He said he couldn’t leave all commanded enough of FIFA’s 209 of alcohol. The rebels have also seized the the game’s governing body drew of a sudden,” Platini told a news member associations and could The court handed a prison term to the man for assaulting the police- massive Al Mastumah military warnings from sponsors and conference. expect to get a fifth term. Despite man on duty and fined the convict for drinking and disturbing people. base and overran a hospital com- political leaders. “There have been too many FIFA assertions that it was busi- The convict got drunk and attacked his roommate and injured him. plex where regime soldiers were As FIFA faced the worst cri- scandals, FIFA doesn’t deserve to ness as usual following the arrest When the roommate went to police and filed a complaint, a policeman trapped. sis in its 111-year history, Michel be treated that way,” Platini said of seven senior figures on US cor- was sent to bring the man to police station. The Army of Conquest vowed Platini, former French interna- after an emergency FIFA meet- ruption charges, Blatter did not However, when the policeman tried to bring him to police station, to consolidate its control of Idlib tional who heads UEFA, Europe’s ing in Zurich. He said 45 or 46 of show up at a medical conference the convict fought and injured him. The court took a serious view of province. AGENCIES soccer confederation, said he had UEFA’s 53 member associations yesterday. AGENCIES the crime and ruled. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Indian schools excel Minister: Licences for 38 in CBSE exams private schools, KGs issued DOHA: Indian schools in Qatar Darshana Moly Baiju, Tanishka have excelled in CBSE (Central Anilkumar Kadam, Godwin Davis Board of Secondary Education) Shajan, Namratha Gopalabhatla, DOHA: Licences for 38 Class X examinations held in Reshma Ann Daniel, Sreevathsa private schools and KGs March. Results were announced in Giridhar, Bharadwaj Swaminathan, have been issued this year, New Delhi yesterday. Kajal Singhvi, Treasa Elizabeth said Minister of Education Jaimon, Aranya Nandi, Lasmina and Higher Education and MES INDIAN SCHOOL Mohanan, Malavika Anand, Sachin Supreme Education Council The school secured 100 percent Sibi, Kalyani Jayachandran Menon, (SEC) secretary-General H E pass, with all 700 students qualify- Nandini Sangeetha Nair, Shubhangi Dr Mohammed Abdul Wahed ing for admission to higher classes. Seth, Siddharth Gurla, Venkata Ali Al Hammadi. Seventy-two students secured A1 Bhavyashri Vedula, Isra Riyaz He said an objective system in all subjects with the Cumulative Shaikh, Mallika Ravi, Sneha Dilip has been developed to evalu- Grade Points (CGPA 10), the highest Kharbanda, Viraj Binod Kumar, Basil ate requests of private schools grade in the examination, while 27 Philip Issac, Priyanka Sunilkumar to raise fees and new licensing scored CGPA 9.8 Menon, Shruti Singh. guidelines for private schools The students who secured A1 in have been reviewed. all subjects are: Abdulla Mansoor, SHANTINIKETAN INDIAN He was addressing the second Abdullah Mansur Malek, Akhil SCHOOL consultative meeting involving Uday, Ashwin Dinesh, Muhammed The school secured 100 percent academics and educationists on Shahid C, Priyesh Srivastava, pass. The toppers are: Abhirami Wednesday, chaired by Prime Rishi Ravikumar, S Sachidhanand, Poyyara Unnikrishnan, Bushra, Minister, Minister of Interior Saadd Mohammed Anis, Sharath Sama Sajeed Karappamveetil, and SEC Chairman H E Sheikh Gopakumar, Shoaib Ahmad Baig, Abdulla Fahmi, Labeeba Ahmed, Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Thagavel Kiran, Vighneswar Nihal Rahman Karuvallipathikkal, Al Thani. Veeravagu, Amritha Anil, Anjali Christine Mendes, Sumera Khanum, The Premier told the meet- Prasad, Anneta Tresa Antony, Aashmi Ameena, Rizwana Abdul ing: “We do not have a magic Aysha Hana Aikkara Biju, Devika V Rahim, Miftaul Hoque, Emelith wand to make instant changes. Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Supreme Education Council (SEC) Chairman H E Sheikh Abdullah U, Fathima Nida Jamal, Feba Shibu Florendo Cerbito, Anet Abraham, We are gathering here to consult bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani addressing the second consultative meeting with parties to the educational George, Jyotsna Aranakkal Jayan, Hazera Hussain Md Abul Hussain, and talk with you to reach the process, in the presence of Minister of Education and Higher Education and SEC Secretary-General H E Dr Kalidindi Sri Vaishnavi, Khulood Haripriya Peruvem Bak, Ahmad best means of advancement of Mohammed Abdul Wahed Ali Al Hammadi on Wednesday. Mohammed, Mariam Mohammed Niaz, Yakar Chaitra Vinayak Shenoy, the educational process. Ali, Neha Nassar, Nejla Nesrin, Nisha Aadhila Mustafa, Rahima Sherin “We must cooperate to pro- Asokan, M Priyankkha, Rasmiya Thayyullathil, Adila Jaleel Kolliyil, vide healthy educational envi- address key challenges facing The Minister said there are universities, colleges and other K Mohamed, Sruthika Anna John, Mohammed Sulsal Abdul Salam, ronment which leads to the education. issues concerning school cur- stakeholders is a strategic objec- Syam Mohan Smitha, Thansiha Shaz Mohamed Paravakkal right educational outcomes.” He identified some chal- riculum, teachers’ workload, tive,” said the Minister. Abdul Gafoor, Shahna Ashraf .V, He said the meeting aimed lenges as long school hours, motivating students academi- He praised stakeholders for Vinitha Chelluboina, Pooja Sreeja IDEAL INDIAN SCHOOL. to know problems facing the lack of incentives to attract and cally, lack of accuracy of deci- successes in boosting educa- Biju, Clement Tom, Evin Siby, The school secured 100 percent educational process and find retain Qatari teachers, lack of sions and their overlapping by tion and noted the positive role Fahad Abdul Karim.P, Jawad Iqbal, pass. Of the 321 who took the exami- solutions. effective control over private SEC and departments. played by Independent schools Joseph Lukose,Mohammed Haseebur nation, 33 got a CGPA of 10 with A1 The Premier urged partici- schools, e-Learning and com- “Communicating with parties and higher educational institu- Rahman ,Rinith Reghunath, Safin in all five subjects and nine scored A1 pants to present the reality of prehensive national examina- to the educational process and tions. He also revealed SEC’s Hossain Bay, Aaysha Ahmed, in four subjects (CGPA 9.8). problems and find solutions. tions that “need to be tackled reviewing SEC meetings last strategy to take the educational Abhirami, Akshitha Anand, They are: Abdul Akif Jabir, Ahmed Dr Al Hammadi said SEC is by implementing the initiatives year with private school own- process to the next level. Amruta Liz Binoy, Angel Treesa Eajas, Ahmed Rizwan, Anagha Bobi, implementing 70 initiatives to presented earlier”. ers, presidents and directors of THE PENINSULA James, Ankita Mariam Johnson, Anitta David, Arjun Unnikrishnan, Ankitha Anand, Ayesha Siddiqua, Arsha Ravichandrakumar, Ashli Devika Balakrishnan Menon, Diya Pittan, Athith Ramesh, Avinash Jino, Fasna C K, Fathima Fareen, Mathew, Divya Nitin, F. Zumra Fatima Mohammad Taher, Haritha Anwar, Irene Grace, Jesty Ann, Harikumar, Jasna Chalangal Salim, Madhulika.K, Mahima Sahu, Ghani, Obama’s envoy to address Doha forum Jenifer Biju, Manasa .P.Rao, Megha Mohamed Shakir Ameer, Mohammed Sunil, Muskaan Samtani, Nayana Abrar, Moiz Tariq, Narmin Firos, Subash, Noora Jabeen, Raniya Rafia Islam, Rahul James, Rawan DOHA: The Brookings Institution has Communities, will address the 12th will focus on changing dynamics within the Samad, Riya Sara John, Roshna Elhadi, Rebecca M, Richa A Gandhi, announced that US Special Presidential annual US-Islamic World Forum to Muslim world, including US-Middle East Elizebeth,Shaliya Shareef, Shary Roshan Hegde, Salman Mukaddam, Envoy General John Allen, Afghan be held in Doha from June 1 to 3. The strategic relations, the evolving role of Iran, Tony Vincent, Sreevidya, Stefany Sameeha, Shahna Mohammed, Shaun President Ashraf Ghani, Colin Kahl, forum’s theme is ‘Changing Assumptions’, potential political solutions to regional civil Joshy, Yashita Yashpal Puthran. Noel Joseph, Tarab Iqbal, Uwais US Deputy Assistant to the President an examination of the historic shifts and wars, strategies for advancing women’s Harun and Yoshita scored CGPA of and National Security Adviser to the geo-political realities affecting the US and rights amid conflict and conceptions of BIRLA PUBLIC SCHOOL 10 with A1 in all five subjects. Vice-President, and Shaarik H Zafar, Muslim communities around the world. Islamic religious and political identity. All 267 students passed. Among US Special Representative to Muslim Keynote addresses and panel discussions THE PENINSULA them 43 scored A1 in all subjects. DPS-MODERN INDIAN SCHOOL Students who have obtained a The school achieved 100 percent score of 10 are: Aashiya Anitha Shaji, pass result. Of 239 students, 66 Sanika Sudheer Kumar, Ashwini secured A1 in all subjects and 93 Elango, Rohan Ravi Mani, Malavika secured CGPA between 9 and 9.9 Biju, Lafeeza Banu, Rose Mary Jaison, Adhithya Arun, Atharva DOHA MODERN INDIAN SCHOOL QNRF backs six research teams in Dixit, Aneesfatima Memon, Rochelle The school secured 100 percent Grace Thomas, Safvana Fathima, Saji pass, and 18 percent of students Joseph Shone, Benita Grace Jacob, scored 10 CGPA grades and 12 10 Bharath Kumar Thulasidoss, Isha CGPA – A1 in all five subjects. fight against infectious diseases Pande, Preet Desai, Arooshi Birla, THE PENINSULA

DOHA: Independent non- The award finalists are Sudan- pilot study to perform molecular The meeting and follow-on profit CRDF Global yester- Qatar MERS-CoV survey — profiling of neutralising anti- grant initiative focused on viral day announced that six public Supreme Council of Health body repertoire in convalescent infectious diseases. health research teams have (Qatar) and University of Gezira plasma of MERS-corona virus “The initiative brings pub- been awarded seed funding (Sudan): Seroepidemiological infected patients; Iran-US HIV lic health scientists together Street closed for work to fight infectious diseases, survey of infection with Middle infection detection — Pasteur to establish collaborations to in a partnership funded by East Respiratory Syndrome Institute of Iran and University expand global knowledge to National Institute of Allergy Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) of Maryland (US): p31-based combat endemic and emerging and Infectious Diseases in humans and camels from immunoassays for detection viral diseases that affect Mena (NIAID), part of National Butana, Sudan (2014-2015); of recent HIV infection; and and the world,” said Siri Oswald, Institutes of Health, and Qatar Jordan-US genotyping — Morocco-US Hepatitis E study Director, Research Partnerships, National Research Fund Jordan University Hospital and — Pasteur Institute of Morocco CRDF Global. (QNRF), a member of Qatar Vanderbilt University Medical and Emory University, School “Because diseases like MERS, Foundation Research and Centre (US): Rhinovirus geno- of Medicine (US): Hepatitis HIV, hepatitis and others know Development. typing in Amman; Jordan-US E virus in immunosuppressed no borders, global solutions from The 2014 US-Qatar-MENA MERS-CoV discovery — patients in Morocco. international science collabora- Infectious Disease Research University of Jordan and Purdue Each award will be up to tors like those represented in Initiative aims to establish University (US): Discovery of $40,000 for one year. these awardees are imperative.” new biomedical collaborations MERS-coronavirus 3CLprotease Collaborative research teams Finalists for previous grants between US, Qatar, and Middle inhibitors by combined struc- of investigators from the US, have studied diseases such as East and North Africa (Mena) ture- and ligand-based virtual Qatar and Mena were eligi- cholera, avian influenza virus investigators and institutions. screening followed by in-vitro ble to apply. Each team had to (H5N1) and leishmaniasis. In The grant is CRDF Global’s validation and structural stud- include at least one researcher the first three cycles, the pro- fourth with NIAID and first ies; Saudi Arabia-US molecular from an institution represented gramme awarded 18 teams with QNRF to support research profiling for MERS patients — at Endemic and Emerging Viral over $460,000 for biomedical on emerging and endemic infec- King Saud University and Dana- Infectious Diseases of Priority in research. tious diseases in Mena. Farber Cancer Institute (US): A Mena meeting in Doha last May. THE PENINSULA

DOHA: The Public Works Street. The closure will be for two Authority (Ashghal) said yester- months from tomorrow. The tem- day access to Omar Bin Abdulaziz porary diversion is for completing 1,654 complaints to Indian embassy since January Street will be closed in the vicinity phase two of developments of roads of Al Khor Sports Club. and infrastructure on Al Khor DOHA: The Indian embassy Singh and other officials met of deaths registered since yoga awareness workshop for Traffic will be diverted to the Commercial Street. has received 1,654 labour- complainants and discussed January is 118. The number of workers on June 5, at 7am at east entrance leading to Al Tawoon THE PENINSULA related complaints from work- their problems. deaths registered in 2014 was Indian Cultural Centre. It is ers since January, an official Baby Kurien, Vice-President, 279. open to all and being held as statement said, without pro- Indian Community Benevolent Following requests from part of activities to commemo- viding details and nature of Forum (ICBF), which works Qatari authorities for travel rate the first International Day grievances. under the aegis of the embassy documents for inmates at the of Yoga. The labour and community for the welfare of workers, was deportation centre, the embassy Last December, the United MERS: Tips to avoid infections welfare section received 3,943 present. issued 26 emergency certifi- Nations General Assembly complaints in 2014. A total of 144 Indians were cates in May and 15 air tickets unanimously adopted a reso- Continued from page 1 The statement follows the at the deportation centre and to Indians in distress to return lution presented by India to People with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung diseases and impaired monthly Open House the 91 in the central prison and home. declare June 21 as International immune responsiveness (immuno-compromised) are considered to be at high embassy held to address urgent an embassy team visited the ICBF provided seven air Day of Yoga. The resolution risk of severe disease from MERS infection. consular and labour-related facilities to enquire about their tickets to those who could not had received 177 co-sponsor- They should avoid contact with camels, drinking raw camel milk or eat- problems of its nationals. welfare. afford travel expenses to facili- ships. Qatar was one of the ing meat not properly cooked, as per guidelines issued by World Health Ambassador Sanjiv Arora, The embassy registered 18 tate their deportation. co-sponsors. Organisation. THE PENINSULA Deputy Chief of Mission R K deaths in May, while the number It is organising a health and THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Greetings sent to presidents Aeronautical college batch graduates DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent cables of con- gratulations to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, Nepal President Dr Ram Baran Yadav and Ethiopian President Dr Mulatu Teshome on their coun- tries’ National Day. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani sent similar cables to the presidents. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani also sent congratulatory cables to the presidents. Emir appoints CRA chairman

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday issued Emiri Decision No. 25 of 2015 appointing Mohammed Ali Al Mannai as Communications Regulatory Authority Chairman. Deputy Premier leaves for Nigeria Minister of Transport H E Jassim Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti, college officials, parents and graduates pose for a group photo at the ceremony. DOHA: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for DOHA: Qatar Aeronautical Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti, college offi- 76 weeks of training courses, Ali Ibrahim Al Malki, Director- aviation industry, meteorological Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin College yesterday celebrated cials and parents. including ground training featur- General of the college, thanked industry and airport operations Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud graduation of a new batch of The graduating class comprised ing 14 tests from Civil Aviation the Emir and officials for opening management. He said the minis- yesterday left for Nigerian capi- pilots, engineers, airport opera- 98 students, including 52 Qataris. Authority. In the flight train- the door to Qataris to gain skills try is committed to providing jobs tal Abuja to represent Qatar in tions management staff and air The graduates included 70 males ing, pilots flew single- and twin- and knowledge and said the global for Qatari graduates in areas of the inauguration of President traffic controllers. and 28 females. engine aircraft to pass the test aviation industry would need five their specialisations. Muhammadu Buhari. The ceremony was held under Al Sulaiti highlighted the sup- as one of the requirements. At million jobs by 2030. The number of female gradu- the patronage of Prime Minister port of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim the end of the courses, graduates Al Sulaiti and Al Malki pre- ates surpassed that of male grad- Qatari-French and Interior Minister H E Sheikh bin Hamad Al Thani to the college were presented with commercial sented certificates and gifts to uates which, he said, shows the Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa and the Premier’s constant super- flight licences for twin-engine air- graduates. aviation field is becoming more panel meets Al Thani, in the presence of vision of student affairs. craft and became qualified for air On the sidelines, Al Sulaiti said attractive to female students. Minister of Transport H E Jassim Twenty-six pilots completed transport licence. the graduates will support the QNA PARIS: The Qatari-French Joint Cultural Committee yes- terday met under co-chairman- ship of Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, who is heading a Qataris delegation, Qatar Foundation Endowment to build hospital in Italy and French Minister of Culture and Communication Fleur DOHA: Qatar Foundation “This is a landmark invest- Sidra Hospital, Hamad Medical (including its worldwide research Cagliari, and research centres Pellerin. Endowment ( QFE ), with Luigi ment and a vote of confidence Corporation, research cen- network), research centres in Sardinia and Italy. The meeting took place within Maria Monti Foundation, will from one of the most respected tres within Qatar Foundation of Universities of Sassari and THE PENINSULA the framework of a cultural build Mater Olbia Hospital, a investors in the world. We look agreement signed between both specialised facility and medi- forward to a long and fruitful countries during the visit of Emir cal research centre in Olbia, partnership with QFE.” H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Sardinia, Italy. Rashid Al Naimi, CEO, QFE, Al Thani to France last year and Following the signing of an said, “We are delighted that our the French president’s visit to agreement for acquisition of the investment received overwhelm- Doha this year. The delegation site in Olbia by QFE through ing support from Italian authori- included representatives of Qatar its European investment plat- ties. This is a great investment Museums. Katara Cultural Village form, both foundations plan to opportunity for QFE as we and Qatar National Library. complete and fit-out the exist- believe the hospital will become Dr Al Kuwari expressed Qatar’s ing property, the first phase of a world-class facility and medi- pride to belong to the Arab and which is scheduled to open by cal research centre, benefit- Islamic civilisation and said Qatar this year-end. ting patients in Sardinia and all appreciates French culture, which The project represents a sig- around the world.” excelled in arts, literature, herit- nificant financial investment in The hospital will services, age and science. the region. including cardiovascular, neuro- He reviewed Qatar’s interest The hospital will provide high- logical, orthopaedic and paedi- in French culture through edu- quality care for residents of atric specialities and serve as a cational and cultural projects Sardinia and the wider region, rehabilitation centre. in Doha and said many citizens with 290 new beds for public and It is envisaged that the hospi- are seeking to learn the French private patients. tal will be accredited by Istituto language, pointing out the pres- Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere ence of three French institutions Gesù, a world-class hospital Scientifico and Joint Commission in Qatar in addition to French group, will manage the paediatric International — the first such speaking radio Oryx FM. department. facility in Sardinia. Dr Al Kuwari said the minis- Reverend Cardinal Giuseppe Studies will also be conducted try continues to promote cultural Versaldi, Chairman, Luigi Maria on lifestyle diseases such as dia- exchange through translation of Monti Foundation, said, “I’m betes, common in Sardinia and reference books from French into pleased that the foundation has the Middle East. Arabic and Qatari writers’ works been invited to collaborate in the The hospital will develop a from Arabic into French. management of this investment network of strategic alliances Dr Al Kuwari invited Pellerin in line with our commitment in with leading hospitals and to visit Qatar. QNA healthcare. research centres, including, Qatar, UK in deal to boost environment research

DOHA: UK-Qatar cooperation has been strength- our Qatari partners to deliver mutual benefits for ened with the signing of a new memorandum of both organisations, our countries and shared global understanding to collaborate on environmental environment.” research, development and exchange of academic Prof. Sheika Abdulla Al Misnad, President, staff and students. QU, said: “Following the successful seminar in The five-year agreement was signed by Centre April hosted by ESC at QU for Cefas of the UK for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, Department of Environment, Food and Rural UK (Cefas), and Qatar University (QU). It aims to Affairs, I am pleased to announce that an MoU has strengthen research and education at both institu- been signed between ESC and Cefas to begin a sci- tions, enhancing collaboration and mutual under- entific partnership and collaboration. standing between academics and students. “Cefas is the leading government scientific body Areas of cooperation are expected to include envi- on marine science in the UK, renowned internation- ronmental education programmes; joint research ally for its evidence-based scientific guidance on the activities and publications; exchange of staff, schol- marine environment. ars, students, academic information and materi- “It has active projects in the Gulf, and its part- als; and participation in seminars, conferences and nership with ESC will benefit Qatar and the GCC academic meetings. region. Agreements detailing specific institutional activi- “ESC’s collaboration with Cefas will provide access ties, for example, with University’s Environmental to Cefas laboratories and expertise for QU staff and Studies Centre (ESC), are expected to follow. students and stimulate greater scientific exchange Mike Waldock, CEO, Cefas, said: “The new part- and endeavour between Qatar and the UK. nership heralds an important new era for UK-Qatar “It is a major opportunity that will lead to excel- collaboration in the fields of environmental studies, lent research opportunities within a strong, scientific marine science and research. framework,” she added. “We look forward to working in cooperation with THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM The logic of the lawful and unlawful

BY AHMAD SAAD with animals a “Shariah” (law) is needed. When we say that Therefore, when we say that human lmighty God (Allah) created human beings who beings who are considered to be the vice- people and placed them on gerents of Allah on earth and the assigned earth to act as vicegerents and are considered to be beings to carry out His will, it becomes Afulfill His will: developing the the vicegerents of natural then for them to act according earth and worshiping Him. to a law or a “Shariah” because they are It was suitable to send messengers to Allah on earth and part of the creation of Allah. people to show them the suitable ways It becomes even necessary for them to to make their existence on earth easy, the assigned beings have a law because having a law is a part pleasant, and satisfactory to God. These to carry out His will, of Allah’s honoring them because without messages included one single item that it they would become less than animals could be found unchanged in all of them: it becomes natural and birds. the purpose of the existence of human for them to act It is necessary for our life to have beings. halal and haram as previously mentioned So, in every message there was an according to a law or because through this, man’s submission unchanged element telling people “You a “Shariah” because to the will of Allah and his acceptance of are here on earth to worship the One Allah’s command is tested. True God and to associate no partner they are part of the How can you know if your employ- with Him.” This was clearly explained in ees are really following the rules of the all messages. creation of Allah. company or not? Normally, you will put However, other elements in each mes- a list of “dos” and “don’ts” and see who sage changed according to the details of to test our will and regulate our life. It complies with it and who does not. In time and place and the context in general. tests how obedient we are to Allah and this case, you can test many things: the These elements were mainly meant to how thankful we are to the One Who has employees’ compliance with the com- regulate the life of people and to establish created us out of nothing and fashioned pany’s system, their ability to live in a a law to govern their relations in order to us in the best form. law-governed society, and their ability allow everything and everyone to func- At the same time, Prayer, fasting, and to control themselves in the face of any tion properly without violating any rights modest behaviour are just means to make temptations. or responsibilities. a better person; because worship in Islam If an employee accepts bribery, for These guidelines are known as legisla- means, in its core, to be in a continuous example, in a situation wherein you have tion, which shows people the “dos” and state of self-development. put him to test his compliance, that will “don’ts.” It makes it clear to them what That is why we know that a person mean he may jeopardize the safety of the to do and what to avoid so that their life who prays and fasts without carrying out company as well as his own safety at any may be pleasant and free from problems, the message of Prayer, that is to avoid time since he may be subject to punish- injustice, wrongdoing, immorality, and what is evil and enact what is good, is ment at any juncture for giving priority deviation. basically spoiling the reward of his Prayer to his own whims and desires and for not Therefore, the Shariah (which literally and performs this ritual in vain. complying with the laws of the company. means “the way”) is there to organise Let’s get deeper into the wisdom of It goes without saying that a person the life of people, to regulate the relation having a “Shariah” which tells us what who betrays the place where he works between human beings and their Creator is lawful from what is not. In fact, hav- and gives priority to his desires over as well as their relation with one another. ing a “Shariah” is necessary because it the interests of the workplace, is surely Without this way being explained and copes with the divine law of this universe. ungrateful and thus deserves punish- made manifest, the life of people will be Almighty Allah has created this universe ment. How can we know this? Surely very difficult and earth will be governed in perfect order and in marvelous system; through placing a law stating what to by the law of the jungle. In addition, there it does not function aimlessly. do and what to avoid, what is lawful and will be no meaning for life because life If we look into any creatures of Allah; what is not. will lose its sense of being a place for test- lions, monkeys, zebras, birds, or anything One important fact to learn here is ing people and checking how submissive else, we will find that they have a law in a that, it is not enough for a Muslim to to the will of God they are. certain sense (i.e. they have a law which say the testimony of faith (Shahadah) There will be no meaning for free they follow and it regulates their life.) to be admitted to Paradise or to be saved choice because there is no actual choice. That is why we find a male deer fights from the Hellfire. The testimony of faith People will be just leading an animalistic with another male deer for the leadership (Shahadah) is not enough to claim that said: “Faith is not by mere wishes; rather, the person who performs them; other- life where they can see nothing but their of the herd because there is a law which you deserve to be saved from Allah’s pun- it is what runs deep in the heart and you wise, they will be invalid and yield no desires. enacts that leadership is for the strong- ishment; rather, you need to show the act according to it.” So, it takes more fruit. When we say that Almighty Allah est male deer that is able to defend and reflection of this belief and this testimony than only belief to be a true believer and All this makes it clear that without has commanded us to pray and fast, to protect the herd against dangers. on your life by obeying Allah and submit- to be saved from the Hellfire. action and activity, worship will be a soul- dress and behave modestly, we are actu- Simple as it may appear, this is still ting to Him, doing what He commands The Prophet (peace and blessings be less body that is yielding no life and show- ally showing that the role of Allah’s com- a law that governs the life of a certain and avoiding what He prohibits. upon him) tells us in many occasions that ing no hope of life. mands (in other words, the Shariah) is society; it is a society of animals but even The scholar Imam Al Hasan Al Basri rituals should be seen in the practice of www.onislam.net Prophet’s sayings Islam’s respect for all faiths

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) once “God does not forbid you from showing kindness this person would be guilty of violating the asked Bilal to join in his morning meal. Bilal and dealing justly with those who have not fought laws of Islam. Muslims ruled declined the invitation because he was fast . you about religion and have not driven you out of It is a common misconception with some The Prophet then replied: “We are eating our your homes. God loves just dealers.” (Quran 60:8) non-Muslims that Islam would not have mil- Spain for about provision and Bilal’s superior provision is in lions of adherents all over the world, if it had he Prophet Muhammad (may the not been spread by the use of force. 800 years. During Paradise. Did you know, Bilal, that...the angels mercy and blessings of Allah be upon The following points will make it clear, that this period the ask forgiveness for (someone who is fasting) as him) used to prohibit soldiers from far from being spread by the sword, it was the long as people eat beside him?” Tkilling women and children and he inherent force of truth, reason and logic that Christians and Tirmidhi: 640 would advise them: “...Do not betray, do not was responsible for the rapid spread of Islam. be excessive, do not kill a newborn child.” He Islam has always given respect and freedom Jews enjoyed also said: “Whoever has killed a person having of religion to all faiths. Freedom of religion is Prophet (PBUH) said: “Fasting is not (just a treaty with the Muslims shall not smell the ordained in the Quran itself: freedom to practise abstaining) from eating and drinking, but also fragrance of Paradise, though its fragrance is “There shall be no compulsion in (accept- their respective from vain speech and foul language. If one of you found for a span of forty years.” ance of) the religion. The right course has is being cursed or annoyed, he should say: ‘I am Also, the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) has become clear from the wrong.” (Quran 2:256) religions, and this fasting, I am fasting.’ “ forbidden punishing anybody with fire. The noted historian De Lacy O’Leary wrote: Fiqhussunnah: V3 N 132A He once listed murder as the second of the “History makes it clear however, that the legend is a documented major sins and he even warned that on the Day of fanatical Muslims sweeping through the world of Judgment, “The first cases to be adjudicated and forcing Islam at the point of the sword upon historical fact. Prophet (PBUH) said: “Whoever fasts in the between people on the Day of Judgment will be conquered races is one of the most fantastically Muslims ruled month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and those of bloodshed. absurd myths that historians have ever repeated.” hoping for a reward from God, all his previous Muslims are even encouraged to be kind If Islam was spread by the sword, it was India for about a sins will be forgiven.” to animals and are forbidden to hurt them. the sword of intellect and convincing argu- Bukhari: V3 N 125 Once the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: ments. It is this sword that conquers the thousand years, “A woman was punished because she imprisoned hearts and minds of people. The Qur’an says a cat until it died. On account of this, she was in this connection: but they did not Prophet (PBUH) used to say when he broke his doomed to Hell. While she imprisoned it, she did “Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom fast: “O God, for Thee I have fasted and with Thy not give the cat food or drink, nor did she free it and good instruction, and argue with them in a forcefully convert provision I have broken my fast.” to eat the insects of the earth.” way that is best.” (Quran 16:125) non-Muslims and He also said that a man gave a very thirsty dog a drink, so God forgave his sins for this THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES Sunan of Abu Dawud: 978 more than 80 action. The Prophet (PBUH) was asked, Indonesia is the country that has the larg- “Messenger of God, are we rewarded for kind- est number of Muslims in the world, and the percent of Indian Prophet (PBUH) said: “If you are given health ness towards animals?” He said: “There is a majority of people in Malaysia are Muslims. and security from evil in this world and the next, reward for kindness to every living animal or But, no Muslim army ever went to Indonesia population remain you have attained felicity.” human.” or Malaysia. It is an established historical fact as non-Muslims. Tirmidhi: 781 Additionally, while taking the life of an that Indonesia entered Islam not due to war, animal for food, Muslims are commanded but because of its moral message. to do so in a manner that causes the least The same can be said for those in the regions Prophet (PBUH) said: “Anyone who believes in amount of fright and suffering possible. The of Syria and Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, North Africa, God and the Last Day (of Judgment) should not Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: “When Asia, the Balkans and in Spain. This shows 80 percent of the Indian population remain harm his neighbor. Anyone who believes in God you slaughter an animal, do so in the best way. that the effect of Islam on the population was non-Muslim. and the Last Day should entertain his guest One should sharpen his knife to reduce the one of moral conviction, in contrast to occu- Today the fastest growing religion in generously. And anyone who believes in God and suffering of the animal.” pation by western colonialists, finally com- America and Europe is Islam. The Muslims In light of these and other Islamic texts, pelled to leave lands whose peoples held only in these lands are a minority. The only sword the Last Day should say what is good or keep the act of inciting terror in the hearts of memories of affliction, sorrow, subjugation and they have in their possession is the sword of quiet.” defenceless civilians, the wholesale destruc- oppression. truth. It is this sword that is converting thou- Bukhari:V8 B73 N47 tion of buildings and properties, the bombing Muslims ruled Spain (Andalusia) for about sands to Islam. and maiming of innocent men, women, and 800 years. During this period the Christians The Prophet had a document drawn up in Prophet (PBUH) said: “A believing man should children are all forbidden and detestable acts and Jews enjoyed freedom to practise their which he stipulated that Jews and Christians according to Islam and the Muslims. respective religions, and this is a documented “shall be protected from all insults and harm; not hate a believing woman. If he dislikes one Muslims follow a religion of peace, mercy, historical fact. they shall have an equal right with our own of her characteristics, he will be pleased with and forgiveness, and the vast majority have Muslims ruled India for about a thousand people to our assistance and good offices,” and another.” nothing to do with the violent events some years, and therefore had the power to force further, “they shall practice their religion as Muslim: 705 have associated with Muslims. If an individual each and every non-Muslim of India to convert freely as the Muslims.” Muslim were to commit an act of terrorism, to Islam, but they did not, and thus more than www.arabnews.com FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Air strikes, OIC condemns IS, other jihadist groups KUWAIT CITY: A conference involved in armed conflicts in fight terrorism and extremist raging in Iraq, Syria and Yemen. of Muslim states yesterday several Arab countries includ- thought”. Sunni powerhouse Saudi condemned the main jihadist ing Syria, Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Delegates discussed strategy Arabia was itself the scene of groups in Syria and Iraq and Yemen. and stressed the need “for dry- a suicide bombing last week by fighting kill 40 studied a plan for developing an No Shia groups, such as ing up the sources of funding of Sunni extremists targeting a Shia effective strategy against “ter- Lebanon’s Hezbollah, were men- terrorism”. mosque and killing 21 people. rorism and extremism”. tioned in the communique. OIC secretary general Iyad The OIC also declared support “We condemn the gruesome “The escalation of violence Madani, a Saudi, admitted with- for Yemen’s UN-backed President atrocities committed by all ter- and terrorist crimes threatens out elaborating that there were Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi and rebels in Aden rorist organisations including regional and international secu- “differences between member welcomed a Saudi-led opera- Daesh (Arabic for the Islamic rity,” the statement said. states” on strategy despite “gen- tion against Iran-backed rebels State group), Al Qaeda and The conference was attended eral agreement”. there that has been strongly con- Al Nusra Front (its affiliate in by more than 50 Muslim coun- Madani told reporters the demned by Tehran. Coalition jets hit Houthi arms depot Syria),” said the final commu- tries at foreign ministers level, meeting also focused on tack- The conference urged rival fac- nique of a two-day conference including heavyweights Turkey, ling “sectarian fighting, which tions in Libya to resolve their dis- ADEN: Saudi-led coalition Lassouar said at least 19 civil- by the Organisation of Islamic Iran, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. is the biggest danger to Muslim pute peacefully, and backed Iraq’s strikes against Iran-backed ians and anti-rebel fighters have Cooperation (OIC). It called for “joining regional countries”. government in its fight against IS. Shia rebels in Yemen’s sec- been killed in two days of fight- The Sunni groups named are and international efforts to Bloody Sunni-Shia fighting is AFP ond city Aden yesterday and ing there. ground clashes killed at least Meanwhile in the capital, coa- 40 Houthis and their allies, the lition jets hit a rebel-held air base city’s deputy governor said. and an arms depot on the Fajj Residents reported non-stop Attan hill overlooking Sana’a. air raids on rebel positions across Similar strikes on Fajj Attan the city amid heavy fighting. last month set off a chain of 470 bodies exhumed from Tikrit graves The coalition air campaign explosions that killed 38 civilians. against the rebels and allied Amnesty International warned BAGHDAD: Iraq has exhumed forces loyal to former leader yesterday that “scores of casual- the remains of 470 people Ali Abdullah Saleh began on ties in Sana’a have been caused believed to have been executed March 26 in an effort to restore by anti-aircraft munitions shot by jihadists near Tikrit last year UN-backed President Abdrabuh by the Houthi armed group in what is known as the Speicher Mansur Hadi to power. which detonated after landing massacre, the health minister “Coalition forces carried out in populated areas, killing and said yesterday. qualitative and successful oper- maiming civilians”. “We have exhumed the bodies of ations against the rebels after The London-based rights 470 Speicher martyrs from burial coordination between the coali- group’s senior crisis adviser Lama sites in Tikrit,” Adila Hammoud tion leadership and the Popular Fakih said both the coalition and said at a press conference in Resistance Council leadership” the rebels “have failed to take the Baghdad. on the ground in Aden, the necessary precautions to protect In June 2014, armed men southern city’s deputy governor civilian lives in violation of the belonging or allied to the Islamic Naef Al Bakri said. laws of war. Instead they have State group abducted hundreds of Anti-rebel forces — pro-gov- carried out attacks that have had young, mostly Shia recruits from ernment fighters, Sunni tribes, devastating consequences for the Speicher military base, just outside and southern separatists — are civilian population.” the city of Tikrit. referred to as Popular Resistance Amnesty urged the Arab coa- They were then lined up in sev- Committees. lition states “to take all feasible eral locations and executed one by Bakri did not give details on precautions to minimise the risks one, as shown in pictures and foot- the operations but said warplanes posed to civilians, as required by age later released by IS. destroyed a number of rebel vehi- international humanitarian law. Some were pushed into the cles and hit checkpoints in Aden’s “The Houthi armed group Tigris river, others hastily buried north and northeast, adding that should also move its military in locations that were discovered Popular Resistance fighters were positions away from populated when government and allied forces also “provided with qualitative civilian areas where feasible,” the retook Tikrit from the jihadists weapons”. watchdog said. about two months ago. “At least 40 rebels were killed Other strikes yesterday hit the The highest estimate for the and dozens were wounded” in air rebel stronghold of Saada in the number of people killed in one of strikes and fighting, he said. country’s north. the worst atrocities committed by A member of the Popular Mobilisation units opens fire during fighting against Islamic State militants in the Sayed A military source close to the The Yemen conflict has killed IS stands at 1,700. Ghareeb area, near Dujail, some 70km north of Baghdad, yesterday. Houthis confirmed that they had almost 2,000 people and wounded The exhumed remains came sustained “heavy losses”. 8,000, according to the World from four burial sites, including missing at the time of the IS-led “The morgue also continues its Speicher cadets were executed Aden health chief Al Kheder Health Organization. AFP one which contained 400 bodies, offensive in Iraq have been waiting work to identify the bodies... It’s is a police building in the sprawl- said Ziad Ali Abbas, the chief doc- for confirmation that their loved complicated work. It’s a huge case. ing Tikrit palace complex former tor at Baghdad’s main morgue. ones were among the Speicher It takes a lot of work to identify president Saddam Hussein built “There were several layers of victims. the victims,” she said. in his hometown. bodies all piled on top of each Officials at yesterday’s press Abbas said there were only The quay where the victims other,” he said, adding that 50 bod- conference said the first list of 20 sufficiently qualified forensic were shot in the head and pushed ies were found in a second site and names would be released next scientists in Iraq, Kurdistan not into the Tigris has, since Tikrit Iran defends trial nine more in the two remaining week, after weeks of DNA testing. included, capable of contributing was retaken, been turned into an graves. Identification documents the to the investigation. improvised shrine. He said forensic examination of victims were carrying at the time Officials had said in mid-April Relatives, many of whom may the remains was conducted with of their capture were also found that up to 10 different suspected never have a body to bury, have foreign assistance, including from near burial sites. burial sites were identified in the streamed to the site over the past of US journalist the International Committee of The health minister said the Tikrit area as a result of its recap- two months along with fighters, the Red Cross. figure of 470 was not final. ture by government forces in late delegations of officials, students Hundreds of families whose “The work to exhume Speicher March and the first days of April. and others. TEHRAN: Iran hit back agency, Rezaian was questioned sons, fathers and brothers went victims continues,” Hammoud said. One of the spots where the AFP yesterday at US claims that Tuesday over links with an the trial of Washington Post Armenian American journalist, journalist Jason Rezaian on Lara Setrakian, who had alleg- spying charges lacked trans- edly sought information on behalf parency, insisting its judiciary of US President Barack Obama is independent. on the candidates in Iran’s June Syria slams Nusra Front leader’s interview Washington has called for 2013 presidential election. the release of Rezaian, who Obama allegedly also wanted went on trial behind closed accounts on the political, eco- BEIRUT: A Syrian envoy doors on Tuesday, and National nomic and social situation in the said Al Jazeera’s interview Iran says it opposes Security Council spokeswoman Islamic republic, which brands its with the leader of Nusra Bernadette Meehan condemned a arch-foe Washington the “Great Front violated UN counter- “complete lack of transparency” Satan”. terrorism resolutions and was a Syria no-fly zone in the case. “As journalists Jason and I an attempt to whitewash the TEHRAN: A senior Iranian official Rezaian, 39, is accused of “espi- spoke often about the Middle image of the Al Qaeda affili- yesterday rejected the idea of a no-fly onage, collaboration with hostile East. But at no point did we do ate, Syria’s state news agency zone in Syria, which Turkey wants, say- governments, gathering classified anything aside from professional reported yesterday. ing it would be “a mistake” and would information and disseminating reporting,” Setrakian wrote on The network broadcast not restore security to the region. propaganda against the Islamic Twitter. “I pray for Jason, for the first part of an interview “Talk of the establishment of a buffer republic”, according to his lawyer. his release, and for better days with Nusra leader Mohamad and no-fly zone is the repetition of pre- Foreign affairs spokeswoman between Iran and the rest of the Al Golani late on Wednesday. vious mistakes and will not help with Marzieh Afkham said it was up world.” He said the group’s focus was security and stability in the region,” to a judge to decide the journal- Among the offences that to capture the Syrian capital deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir- ist’s fate. Rezaian is alleged by Iran to have Damascus and topple President Abdollahian said. “In any country, questions committed is writing a letter to Bashar Al Assad, and not aim Before it will join a US-led coalition of justice, judicial process and Obama — a claim rejected yes- for Western targets. staging air strikes on Islamic State group inquiry have their own proce- terday by Post executive editor Syria’s United Nations jihadists, Ankara wants an air exclusion dures,” Afkham was quoted as Martin Baron. ambassador, Bashar Al Jaafari, Fighters from Kurdish People’s Protection Units gesture as they travel zone and also a buffer zone along its bor- saying on her ministry’s website. In a statement, Baron said that said the interview was used “to through the town of Al Mabroukah in Syria after taking control of it der with Syria. “There is no room for prema- Rezaian — then a freelancer in promote terrorism and make from Islamic State militants. Turkey also wants moderate Syrian ture judgement and speculation.” Iran — applied online in 2008 threats to the government and rebel groups to be trained in order to Rezaian, an Iranian-American, for a job in Obama’s incoming people in Syria,” SANA agency weapons in order to be safe. Front’s main insurgent rival, overthrow President Bashar Al Assad. has been held since July last year administration, citing his famili- said, quoting remarks made It was not clear where and Al Qaeda offshoot Islamic State, At the end of last year, the United in a politically sensitive case that arity with Iran. before the UN Security Council when the interview was filmed. has a notable number of foreign States said a no-fly zone would not work has unfolded while Iran and He got an unsigned standard in New York. Golani’s face was not shown and fighters and holds about half because of the presence of more than a world powers conduct nuclear letter back and was never hired, “It is clear that the Qatari a black flag used by Nusra Front Syria’s territory after four years million Syrian refugees along the frontier. talks. after which he kept working as a regime is seeking with this was placed on a table between of armed conflict, according to Iran is the Damascus regime’s main Washington says it raises the freelancer, before joining the Post interview, with the head of a him and the interviewer. a monitoring group. regional ally, and provides Assad’s gov- issue of American nationals full-time in 2012 as its Tehran terrorist group as listed by the In his remarks, Jaafari criti- Nusra Front has advanced in ernment with both financial and military detained or missing in Iran on correspondent, Baron said. UN Security Council, to clean cised journalists “who infil- northwestern Syria alongside help. the sidelines of the negotiations. “Jason never wrote directly to up the image of Nusra Front,” trate Syria illegally by crossing other insurgent groups in recent The Islamic republic also accuses Tehran does not recognise dual President Obama and was never he added. Al Jazeera had no borders” with neighbouring weeks, seizing the city of Idlib, Turkey of allowing the free movement nationality and says the case is a hired by the Obama administra- immediate comment. countries. the town of Jisr Al Shughour of rebels and weapons across the border, purely Iranian matter. tion,” the editor stressed. Nusra Front is listed as a A Western diplomat in the and bringing them closer to an allegation Ankara denies. Rezaian’s wife Yeganeh Salehi, Iranian state media has terrorist organisation by the Qatari capital Doha said there government-held coastal areas Amir-Abdollahian, in comments a fellow journalist, also appeared given no indication of how long United States and has been was a new push by the Gulf north of the capital. reported by the website of Iran’s state before the court on Tuesday Rezaian’s trial might last. sanctioned by the UN Security Arab state to present Nusra It is a major force against television channel, said that for a political along with a female press pho- But it will overlap with the Council. to the Arab world as a Syrian government forces and allied solution in Syria to be reached, neigh- tographer, Iran’s official IRNA final stretch of negotiations In his interview, Golani national movement and that the militia around the northern city bouring countries must control their news agency reported. between Iran and the major pow- said members of the Alawite Golani interview appeared to be of Aleppo. Nusra Front is also borders and prevent insurgents from The two women were detained ers aimed at reaching a compre- minority sect, of which a step towards that. fighting in southern Syria and crossing. at the same time as Rezaian but hensive agreement on Tehran’s Assad is a member, should Golani said in the interview its combatants have frequently He was speaking in Kuwait, on the have been granted bail. nuclear programme by a June 30 renounce the Syrian leader, that his group received no clashed with Islamic State. sidelines of an Organisation of Islamic According to Mehr news deadline. AFP their beliefs and lay down foreign state support. Nusra REUTERS Cooperation meeting. AFP FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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N ONLINE degree fraud of humongous proportions was recently unearthed in Pakistan. A New York Times story blew the covers off a racket that Ainvolved a big software group in the country selling fake online degrees and certificates to gullible people who readily parted with thousands of dollars to buy foreign Hillary Clinton and the qualifications of apparently reputed universities. Pakistani newspapers and television channels have been, over the last week, overwhelmed by the scam that led to the arrest of the company’s chief executive officer, Shoaib Sheikh, who denies new court litmus test the allegations calling them a conspiracy to malign the name BY STEPHEN CARTER who have already decided the cases to must reading for anyone who wants to of the Axact software empire. come before them. The rhetoric turns make democracy better. Under the scam, Axact pocketed tens of millions of dollars ou might have missed the the idea of what a court is for on its head: Rauch wants to restore the transac- in revenue. Besides blowing the lid off the giant online news that John Paul Stevens, What’s the point of arguing before those tional aspects of politics, precisely the education scam, the NYT story has indirectly laid bare the retired US Supreme Court who have been selected because they features that today’s activists, with their thousands of online scams that earn billions by preying on Yjustice, criticised Democratic have sworn to be closed-minded? narrow ideological focus, tend to despise. presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton Bill Clinton, while serving as presi- The activist, Rauch says, harbours an people’s vulnerabilities. The Internet, a trove of information last week for her announcement that dent, was explicit in his rejection of “instinctive suspicion of political insid- and knowledge, is being taken advantage of by unscrupulous she would nominate to the court only litmus tests, which he saw as an unrea- ers.” But the activists are wrong. We elements to lure, dupe and fleece in innovative ways. individuals committed to overturning sonable element inserted into politics by need more insiders, not fewer. From banking and credit card frauds to selling contraband the 2010 decision in Citizens United v the Republican Party: “I will not ask any One of the advantages of machine to hawking fake medicines, the web of deceit woven around Federal Elections Commission. Stevens potential Supreme Court nominee how politics, he points out, is that political the worldwide web is woven very intricately. The millions of doesn’t like the decision any more than he or she would vote in any particular machines, unlike activists, “have relatively she does — his dissent ran to 90 pages — case,” he said in a news conference on lengthy time horizons,” because they dollars, which according to the story were filling the coffers but he likes litmus tests even less. March 23, 1993. “I will not do that.” “have to win not just once but again and of the Axact group, would have been channelled into a huge At a house party in Mason City, Iowa, Hillary Clinton has no obligation to again.” The professional party seeks the media empire that Sheikh was on the verge of floating. Under a few days after offering her promise, follow her husband’s model on this or stability that will enable it to govern over the venture called Bol,English and Clinton doubled down: “I will do eve- any issue; from the practical point of the long term. The activist, by contrast, Urdu newspapers and television rything I can do to appoint Supreme view, he is simply a former president, wants to win on its issue, right now, today. channels would have made him Court justices and if he was wrong, he was wrong. But It isn’t just campaign finance reform. The fake online who will protect in this case he was right, and I suspect The same problem arises everywhere. sit on the top of an immensely the right to vote she knows it. Nevertheless, candidate On issues from dealing with the mil- degree scam in powerful conglomerate. No doubt Clinton and not the right Clinton has promised to appoint jus- lions of illegal immigrants to finding a Pakistan shows Reports say Axact weaned of billionaires to tices who oppose Citizens United, and prudent balance between equality and away powerful journalists from the is sincere in her buy elections,” she she has joined the chorus of Democrats religious liberty, the spaces in which the increasing Pakistan media. These journalists belief that Citizens said. supporting a constitutional amendment decisions are made are occupied by Stevens, in designed to accomplish the same end, those who, in the words of the historian had quit their jobs and were being sophistication United was wrongly remarks last even though language explicitly limiting Richard Hofstadter, do not “see social paid very high salaries and perks decided. Her week at George the freedom of speech is impossible to conflict as something to be mediated and to help prop up the media empire. decision to go Washington draft in a way that isn’t reckless. and compromised,” but insist instead on The lure of a foreign degree is University, was No doubt Clinton is sincere in her belief “the will to fight things out to a finish.” consolidation of very hard to resist in developing down the road of unimpressed: that Citizens United was wrongly decided. Once upon a time, compromise was societies. Those falling into the litmus tests and “I’m not really Her decision to go down the road of litmus the life’s blood of politics. Nowadays, Internet frauds. sure that that’s tests and constitutional amendments, activists press candidates instead trap are taken over by the desire of constitutional wise either for however, is an artefact of our process toward absolutes. Rauch refreshingly easy recognition without the hard amendments, the court or for a for selecting presidential nominees. Like reminds us that the current state of work and talent that is usually however, is an presidential can- similar silliness on the Republican side, it affairs isn’t necessary. I’ve argued before didate to make reflects the outsize influence of activists for returning more power to the parties, needed to get such qualifications. It is this weakness that firms artefact of our like Axact know how to take advantage of. a litmus test on who too often demand explicit commit- and Rauch’s book reinforces my belief There are thousands of products and services being hawked process for selecting one particular ments to propositions that are imprudent that only in that direction lies the salva- presidential decision. ... I’m and unlikely of accomplishment. tion of American democracy. on the Internet. From medicines promising to treat incurable surprised at her Even if one believes that such prom- But of course it won’t happen. illnesses to potions that can make your memory ‘super strong’, nominees. statement.” The ises are entirely symbolic, they can Activists left and right enjoy the taste the online world is full of lures and cures. The advent of social former justice hardly be good for democracy. Jonathan of power. Whether the wealthy con- media has made online commerce much easier. Companies find added: “If I were running for president, Rauch, a senior fellow at the Brookings servatives feared by the left or the aca- it easier to snare customers on social media platforms. I don’t think I would make such a litmus Institution, in a bracing new book, calls demic and media elites feared by the test, even though I think the case ought for restoring political professionalism right, the aristocrats who exert out- Policing the Internet is a hard and challenging task. Nature to be overruled.” to the campaigns, sharply reducing the size influence on our election processes of cyber laws and the extent of their implementation vary by Stevens is right. I won’t trouble here role of activists and their unrealistic aren’t about to yield their hard-earned country and region. It is the job of the government to be on to go into the reasons for my own long- demands on candidates. Provocatively dominance. Instead, we face a bleaker the prowl for online scamsters. However, it is incumbent upon standing opposition to litmus tests, other titled “Political Realism: How Hacks, future in which candidates who know individuals to exercise reasonable care before clicking the ‘buy’ than to note that there is something Machines, Big Money, and Back-Room better, to keep their boyars quiet, will button. They cannot escape responsibility for being duped if decidedly peculiar about promising to Deals Can Strengthen American continue to make promises they know place on the Supreme Court individuals Democracy,” Rauch’s slim volume is they shouldn’t. WP-BLOOMBERG they don’t. The other side Quote of US must hold firm against China’s buildup in Spratly Islands the day HE UNITED States last week appropriate. and Malaysia. The video released by the 80 percent of the South China Sea, stepped up its efforts to call China is attempting to steal a march U.S. Navy shows dozens of dredging which is crisscrossed by international attention to China’s massive on its neighbors by rapidly constructing vessels engaged in land-reclamation shipping lanes. It seeks to exclude Tand provocative expansion of airstrips, ports and other infrastructure work, as well as a radar installation and foreign ships and planes from a 200- infrastructure in a disputed portion of on reclaimed land in one of the most a new airstrip capable of accomodating mile zone around its claimed territory, the South China Sea. The Navy invited sensitive maritime areas in Asia — one heavy military aircraft. rather than the 12 miles recognized by The next few months CNN aboard a surveillance flight and with multiple overlapping sovereignty Other nations have reclaimed land the United States. released video the next day of what claims. While it probably cannot be and built installations in the Spratlys. The communist regime has dis- will not be easy for one U.S. official called an attempt stopped, the project should be fully But China’s operation stands out for its missed U.S. objections to the island- FIFA. I am sure more “to make sovereign land out of sand exposed — and China’s attempts to scale and speed and for the brazen- shaping. “Now, China has the initiative, bad news will follow but castles” in the Spratly Islands. The flight restrict air and sea traffic near its instal- ness with which the regime of Xi Jinping and as long as China can finish the con- by a P-8A Poseidon aircraft drew eight lations decisively rejected. advances questionable territorial claims struction, this round of intervention by it is necessary to begin warnings from the Chinese navy and According to U.S. officials, China has while rejecting international mediation or the U.S. will end up futile,” crowed the to restore trust in our an angry denunciation by the Chinese created 2,000 acres of land since 2014 a negotiated code of conduct. Relying government-run Global Times, accord- Foreign Ministry, which called it “very on five coral outcroppings in the Spratly on a slapdash map dating to the 1940s, ing to The Washington Post’s Simon organisation. irresponsible and also very dangerous.” chain, parts of which are also claimed by which consists of nine dashes across Denyer. Sepp Blatter But the U.S. action was legal and the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Taiwan the waters east of China, Beijing claims The Washington Post FIFA president FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Qatar, UAE ties transcend minor differences

differences between our leaders Qatar practically and then between the people. We know how to address our differ- ences because we believe that we reaffirms its have a common fate. Therefore, we don’t pay attention to minor support to Gulf issues. The GCC today seems to be targetted and is facing multi- and Arab unity ple risks and there is no time to waste on marginal differences. Rather, we need to stand united and efforts to protect the unity of the council and challenge external threats. at enhancing There are foreign and regional powers seeking to create dif- ferences between the member the brotherly countries by fabricating unjusti- BY JABER AL HARAMI fiable crisis and trying to trans- ties between fer differences at state levels to he region and especially the grassroots level in order to GCC states are facing disunite our people and destroy serious risks, and big GCC citizens the common institution we have Tchallenges, which is felt built over decades. by Qatari and other GCC states’ GCC citizens count on the wis- leaders at this critical junc- who ultimately dom of their leaders to overcome ture which requires more unity differences and move forward and the transcending of minor constitute one to realise the interests of their differences. people by boosting the wheels of It is a matter being constantly A file picture of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with UAE Vice-President, Prime Minister and Ruler development. Foreign parties are emphasised by the Qatari leader- sparing no effort to take advan- of Dubai H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum at Al Wajbah Palace. family. ship confirming the fact that what tage of a minor disagreement we have in common is much big- are related to external issues. UAE especially during these UAE work together hand-in-hand between the member countries ger than the differences and the The Qatari cabinet welcomed challenging circumstances in the for the future. are one family living in six coun- and we should not allow them to challenges we are facing. There is the decision of UAE President region that require unity and Yes, we are happy for the clo- tries which constitute the strong be successful. a need for the Gulf States to stand H H Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al solidarity. sure of this file which affected the GCC entity despite challenges The release of the Qatari citi- united more than ever. Nahyan to release the two Qatari The decision of the UAE presi- relations between the two sister faced by the region. Thanks to zens in keeping with the deci- On all occasions, Qatar prac- citizens detained in the Emirates. dent was fair to Qatari citizens. states and their people. We are the unity of the leaders and cohe- sion of the UAE President is a tically reaffirms its support to The cabinet lauded the decision However, the decision did not use keen to maintain our relations, sion of the people that assured the step towards strengthening the Gulf and Arab unity and efforts which was described as equitable the word ‘pardon’, but ‘release’, free of any dilution, far from continuity of the Gulf council. ties between the two sister states at enhancing the brotherly ties and expressed happiness of Emir contrary to what some media tension as the relations between Today, storms have revived and and we would like to reaffirm between GCC citizens who ulti- H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad reports said. In Qatar, we have people are deeply rooted. There challenges facing the region have our commitment to the broth- mately constitute one family. Al Thani and the people of Qatar already overcome the issue of is no family either in Qatar or increased and this needs unity. erly relations and our readiness Such a situation requires avoiding on the return of the two citizens. arrest of Qatari citizens and we UAE which doesn’t have relatives We should not listen to ‘bad advis- to work hand-in-hand for a bet- projections of political or differ- Qatar is keen to maintain considered that the past. in each other’s countries. It’s the ers’ who are trying to undermine ter future of the people of the two ences in opinions especially if they strong brotherly relations with Our focus is to make Qatar and same for other GCC countries. We our national unity by fabricating countries. Islamic State may be reaching limits of expansion

of tinkering at the peripheries of the The victory in areas it already holds.” Syria, where Assad’s government has Palmyra, known as been on the back foot in recent months, offers greater potential opportunities for Islamic State to advance further. Unlike Tadmur in Arabic, in Iraq, Sunni Muslims are the majority across the country, so a group seeking helps Islamic State to rule over Sunnis faces fewer natural limits to its expansion. While Washington supports the Iraqi make the case that government and has used its air power to fight Islamic State in Iraq in conjunc- it is still the most tion with Baghdad, in Syria it remains opposed to Assad and has no strong allies on the ground. effective Sunni “On the Syria side, it’s a completely dif- ferent dynamic because ISIS there does fighting force in not have a formidable force in front of it,” said Ali. “It’s able to attack Syrian gov- Syria, which in the ernment forces and we have seen so far that the Syrian government forces have been retreating in front of ISIS attacks. battle for loyalties is So Syria might actually be more of an objective ... than Iraq.” more important than Nevertheless, unlike in Iraq, Islamic State in Syria is only one of a number of Sunni Muslim insurgent groups, which the strategic value run the gamut from hardcore jihadists like the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front to of any one target. comparatively secular nationalists. When Islamic State was surging into Iraq last year and bringing advanced BY PETER GRAFF weaponry seized there back into Syria, it seemed like many of those other Sunni ith its two biggest victo- An image grab taken from a video made available by Jihadist media outlet Welayat Homs yesterday allegedly shows the entrance of groups would fade into irrelevance. ries in nearly a year in Palmyra’s notorious prison. But in recent months, Sunni groups Iraq and Syria, Islamic that have resisted joining Islamic State WState has energised its have been receiving more weapons and fighters, littered the streets of two cities with Islamic State, have drawn support Islamic State fighters fell short of their a decision by the Shia militia to give funds from US-allied Arab states and with the bodies of its enemies and forced from Arab countries and grown stronger, objective of seizing Samarra north of the their advance a sectarian slogan as a possibly Turkey. Washington to re-examine its strategy. expanding their own territory at the capital, site of one of the most revered code name. They have become more potent, inflict- The near simultaneous capture this expense of the government of President Shia shrines, which they had pledged to But just as in 2006 and 2007, ing defeats on Assad’s troops and allies month of Ramadi west of Baghdad and Bashar Al Assad. destroy. The government and its mili- when the brutality of Islamic State’s in the heavily populated southwest and Palmyra northeast of Damascus has rein- In both countries, Islamic State has tia allies are now firmly in control of the Al Qaeda predecessors drove many Sunni northwest, and have remained more forced the sway of the self-proclaimed also suffered defeats at the hands of majority-Shia capital itself, and have so tribesmen to make peace with hated US united than in the past. caliphate of all Muslims closer to the Kurds. far prevented Islamic State from securing Marines, the fighters’ extreme violence Islamic State has also made gains, and ramparts of Islam’s two great historic But even if there are limits to how far strong footholds in Sunni farmland on its means some locals may tolerate even the tries to recruit other jihadists to join capitals. Islamic State — also known as ISIS — can southern and western outskirts, territory feared Shias. it. But many Syrians resent its foreign But although the fighters sound trium- expand its territory for now, the victories known as the “triangle of death” during Islamic State fighters contacted by fighters and its Iraqi caliph, Abu Bakr phant on YouTube, vowing to press on to this month give it crucial momentum, the 2003-2011 US occupation. Reuters in Iraq say their main task for Al Baghdadi. Commanders of other Baghdad and Damascus, there appears to important for maintaining the support of In March, government forces and the now is combatting the “awakenings”— groups know that the only way to keep be little room for them to expand their people in the places it rules over. militia advanced north of Baghdad into Sunni tribesmen who have resisted the Arab guns and money flowing is to territory much further — at least for now. “The priority for ISIS now is to capital- the Tigris valley, recapturing former their rule. resist any alliance. In both Iraq and Syria they have lost ise on the momentum that is gained from dictator Saddam Hussein’s home town They have killed hundreds of sheikhs But the victory in Palmyra, known as ground in recent months as well as gained taking control of Ramadi and Palmyra Tikrit. and local tribal leaders in the Euphrates Tadmur in Arabic, helps Islamic State it. The weakest targets are already in because this war has been about momen- The Shia militia, with Iranian funds, valley. But that sort of violence brings make the case that it is still the most their grasp, and they will have to devote tum shifts,” said Ahmed Ali, senior fellow weapons and advisors, have proven a par- blood feuds that in the past made their effective Sunni fighting force in Syria, as much effort to holding and administer- at Washington D C ’s Education for Peace ticularly capable force on the battlefield, rule short-lived. which in the battle for loyalties is more ing the areas that they already control as in Iraq Center. although Washington is worried that Michael Knights, an Iraq expert at important than the strategic value of any to attempting to extend their onslaught. “Up until (when) ISIS was able to take their presence will exacerbate sectar- the Washington Institute, said that with one target. In Iraq, Islamic State fighters already control of Ramadi, the momentum was ian tensions. Until now, the government the capture of Ramadi, the fighters had “We are working on bringing in more hold most of the land where their fel- against ISIS. Now this is a prime oppor- had kept the Shia militia out of the over- reached the natural boundaries of a state fighters. That is why seizing Tadmur was low Sunni Muslim Arabs predominate. tunity for ISIS to keep pushing, because whelmingly Sunni Euphrates valley west to rule Sunni territory. very important, it is significant,” said The Shia-led government has responded it’s trying to regain its reputation as this of the capital. But the fall of Ramadi has Although they could still launch an Islamic State fighter reached by tel- to the loss of Ramadi in the Euphrates invincible force.” forced Baghdad to dispatch them, mean- attacks on Baghdad itself, those would ephone, who declined to be named as he River valley by dispatching Iran-backed In Iraq, after the army collapsed last ing Islamic State will now face a more more likely be isolated attacks rather was not authorised to talk to the media. Shia militia, fresh from beating Islamic year and Islamic State seized much of formidable foe. than a campaign to seize the city. “New fighters are now joining. Syrian State fighters in the valley of Iraq’s other the north of the country in a lightning Washington’s fear is that the pres- “In Iraq, ISIL is still losing ground, not fighters. They have discovered that the great river, the Tigris. advance, the government and its allied ence of the Shia militiamen will drive gaining it, regardless of tactical gambits State is true and fulfils its promises and In Syria, rival Sunni Arab insurgent Shia militia rallied to halt the offensive local tribes to embrace Islamic State. like Ramadi,” he said, using another acro- brings back your dignity.” groups, once seen as feeble in comparison before the gates of Baghdad. The Pentagon described as “unhelpful” nym for the group. “ISIL is only capable REUTERS FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Iranian FM warns Vocal support US defence aid against excessive demands in talks ATHENS: Iran yesterday to Israel to rise warned global powers against making “excessive demands” in talks aimed at sealing a ground- breaking nuclear deal, after over Iran fears France demanded access to its military installations. “I would expect my negotiat- ing partners to refrain from mak- Current aid package expires in 2017 ing excessive demands,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad TEL AVIV: US defence aid to and we will continue to oppose Javad Zarif said during a visit to Israel is likely to increase after it,” Netanyahu said in remarks Athens, adding: “People need to 2017, sources on both sides said quoted by Israeli broadcasters. have their foot in reality, not in yesterday, seeing a possible The previous US administra- illusions.” link to Washington’s efforts tion signed a 10-year deal with Iran and the six global pow- to assuage its ally’s fears over Israel in 2007 giving it $30bn, ers leading the talks — Britain, nuclear diplomacy with Iran. most of which must be spent China, France, Germany, Russia A current package worth $3bn on American military products. and the United States — laid a year expires in 2017. A US offi- Washington has earmarked hun- down a framework to guide the cial, speaking on condition of dreds of millions more dollars for final accord in eight days of talks anonymity, said negotiators were Israeli missile defences. in Lausanne in early April. close to a new deal that would A year ago, with talks about The negotiators are working bring annual payouts to $3.6- the new aid package under way, towards a proposed June 30 dead- $3.7bn on average. a US official said Israel was seek- line for agreement. Supporters of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of Turkey’s opposition Republican People’s Party, cheer during an An Israeli official, who also ing a significant increase but that One of the major sticking election rally in Ankara yesterday. declined to be named, put the the Obama administration, beset points appears to be access to expected aid at between $3.5bn by domestic cost-cutting, was military sites amid lingering and $4bn. unlikely to agree beyond adjust- concerns about the possible mili- “They (the United States) are ing for inflation. tary dimensions of the Islamic trying to douse the fires after our Since then, the United States Republic’s nuclear programme. Egypt acquits flare-up about the Iran deal,” the and five other world powers have French Foreign Minister Libya on verge of official added, referring to curbs pressed ahead with the Iran Laurent Fabius warned on cop jailed for being negotiated on Tehran’s negotiations, setting a June 30 Wednesday that France would disputed nuclear programme deadline for a final accord. oppose a final nuclear accord which Israel has condemned as Tehran denies seeking nuclear unless it allowed inspections of economic collapse, killing Islamist insufficient. weapons. The talks have been military sites. Responding to the report that dogged by disputes about the Zarif yesterday indicated that CAIRO: An Egyptian court an increased defence aid package degree to which projects with France’s request amounted to a yesterday acquitted a police- was in the works, Israeli Prime bomb-making potential should renegotiation of the Lausanne man who had been jailed for 15 Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be capped. framework. warns UN envoy years for torturing to death an confirmed there were such dis- Asked if the expected hike “If people insist...on renegotia- Islamist arrested over a church cussions with the Americans but in defence grants to Israel was tions, then it will be difficult to BRUSSELS: Libya is on the because of the civil war but also... bombing, a judicial official said. said he would keep campaigning linked to Washington’s recent envisage an agreement,” he said. verge of economic collapse as because of the Daesh threat,” he Mohammed Abdel Rahman against Iran. dealings with Iran and the Gulf He said Iran wanted a “dig- rival factions haggle over a said, referring to Islamic State Al Shimi was convicted of tak- “There is no trade-off requir- Arab states, the US official said: nified, mutually respectful political settlement, the United militants who have gained a foot- ing part in the torturing of Sayed ing I agree to this (nuclear) “Could be.” agreement.” Nations special envoy said hold in the oil-rich country. Bilal to death in the coastal city deal with Iran. The deal is bad REUTERS AFP yesterday. “Libya’s economic collapse is of Alexandria, and was sentenced Bernardino Leon, who has been a real possibility. Recently, I met to 15 years in prison in June 2012. trying for months to broker an with the governor of the central The verdict was overturned on agreement on a national unity bank. The situation is very diffi- appeal and a retrial was ordered. government for Libya, said the cult in terms of Libyan finances,” Yesterday, an Alexandria court United Nations was preparing a Leon said. acquitted Shimi and he was freed. new draft of a possible political Libya is high on the European More than 20 churchgoers were Leading Shebab figure dies agreement which it hoped to give Union’s agenda because thou- killed weeks before the 2011 upris- to the feuding parties in the first sands of refugees from strife in ing against the rule of long-time MOGADISHU: A leading fig- Rage said Turki “was one of group called Hizbul Islam. week of June. the Middle East and Africa are autocrat Hosni Mubarak when ure in the Somali-based Al Somalia’s greatest scholars” Turki played a key role in the Two governments — one in the using it as a jumping off point for a suicide bomber detonated his Qaeda-affiliated Shebab move- who had met “Al Qaeda leaders, Islamic Courts Union, which east, the other in Tripoli — are dangerous Mediterranean voyages explosives outside an Alexandria ment has died in Somalia, the led by Osama bin Laden, twice briefly controlled Somalia in fighting for control of the North to try to reach Europe. church after New Year’s Eve mass. Islamic militant group said in Afghanistan and another 2006, and helped establish the African state. European countries are work- Police rounded up Islamists yesterday. time in Sudan” and had fought Shebab which emerged in the Leon said that in the last round ing on a proposed UN Security from the Salafi movement after In a death announcement against US soldiers in Mogadishu wake of the US-backed Ethiopian of talks in Morocco, the rival Council resolution authorising a they held protests against the and obituary carried by jihad- in 1993, the year 18 US soldiers invasion that ended its rule. groups had agreed on 80 percent planned EU mission to destroy Coptic Church, which they ist media, the Shebab said were killed in the so-called Black In 2004 the US put Turki of an accord and negotiators were migrant traffickers’ boats off the accused of detaining a woman Sheikh Hassan Abdulahi Turki, Hawk Down incident during an on its list of global Al Qaeda working on the remaining 20 per- Libyan coast. who had converted to Islam. known as Hassan Turki, died on ill-fated intervention. leaders after accusing him of cent — the most difficult part. Russia, which wields a Security Bilal’s badly bruised body was Wednesday evening in the Middle The Ethiopian-born former involvement in the US embassy Libyans understood that the Council veto, has said that destroy- returned to his family a day after Juba region south of the capital soldier was a veteran Islamist bombings in Kenya and Tanzania only solution was a political agree- ing the boats would be too extreme his arrest over the church attack, Mogadishu. Turki was in his 70s who played a series of leading six years earlier. In 2008 he sur- ment but it was difficult to say if it and UN Secretary-General Ban rights activists said at that time. and suffered from poor health. roles in Somalia’s civil war. vived a US air strike targeting was possible within the next three Ki-moon has also said such action Police abuses were a major trig- “Sheikh Hassan Abdulahi Turki was a founding member him and other militant leaders or four weeks, he told a news con- could deprive people of their ger for the 2011 revolt against Turki died last night in Hargeysa of Al Itihaad Al Islami in the in southern Somalia. ference in Brussels. livelihoods. Mubarak. Mubarak and several Yarey township. We pray to early 1990s alongside Hassan In recent years Turki’s influ- He warned that Libya was run- “I think we should not dwell on top aides were tried for the deaths God to give him his mercy and Dahir Aweys, often regarded ence and importance waned as ning out of time. this element of destruction. It is of some 800 protesters during the accept his long-term good deeds,” as the godfather of Islamic old age and ill-health took their “Libya is on the verge of eco- about being effective in fighting uprising. In November, a court Shebab spokesman Ali Mohamud militancy in Somalia. Together toll. nomic and financial collapse. It these mafias,” Leon said. dismissed murder charges against Rage said in an audio message. they also formed a successor AFP is facing huge security threats REUTERS the veteran leader. AFP

Qatar FM arrives in Iraq Few regrets in Middle East over Blair’s resignation RAMALLAH: Tony’s Blair resignation Ali Jarbawi, a Palestinian former cabi- BAGHDAD: Qatari Foreign as Middle East peace envoy has been net minister, agreed, saying Blair’s “only Minister H E Dr Khalid bin widely welcomed by Palestinians who success” was the opening of the Jalameh Mohamed Al Attiyah arrived say his term was useless, and even some crossing between Israel and the northern here yesterday on an official visit. Israelis agree he failed to accomplish West Bank. During the visit, Dr Al Attiyah much. “To achieve results, he should have con- is scheduled to meet a number For the past eight years the former fronted Israel and insisted that (more) of Iraqi government officials to British prime minister had been tasked crossing points be open, that movement discuss relations between Qatar by the Mideast Quartet to help mediate (in the West Bank) be facilitated, that the and Iraq, in addition to the latest a peaceful settlement to the decades-old Gaza blockade be lifted, but he did not developments in the region. Israeli-Palestinian conflict. want that.” Dr Al Attiyah was received on The Quartet — the European Union, Officially, Blair won praise from Israeli arrival at Baghdad International Russia, the United Nations and the United Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who Airport by Iraqi Foreign Minister States — had appointed him to support the cited his “big efforts” for the sake of peace. Ibrahim Al Jaafari. Palestinian economy and institutions in But Yossi Alpher, an adviser to former Earlier, the Foreign Minister preparation for eventual statehood. premier Ehud Barak during US-brokered met Yemeni Foreign Minister But the Quartet’s goal of a Palestinian peace talks at Camp David in 2000, said Riyad Yassin on the side- state living side by side with Israel has not Blair’s assignment was doomed from the lines of the 24th session of the been met, and talks between the two sides start. Foreign Ministers Council of have been frozen since April 2014. “Tony Blair is one of those international the Organisation of the Islamic Palestinians accuse Blair of siding with political figures, like US Secretary of State Cooperation (OIC) in Kuwait. Israel at their expense, and unleashed a John Kerry, who wrongly believe that During the meeting they dis- torrent of criticism against him. there is a clear solution to the conflict,” cussed relations between Qatar “He did nothing for the Palestinian cause said Alpher. and Yemen and the latest devel- but was used by Israel to justify its occu- He said it was a mistake to think that by opments in Yemen. pation and settlement policy,” Palestinian trying to build up the Palestinian economy Dr Al Attiyah underlined the negotiator Mohammad Shtayyeh said. there could be progress at the negotiating need for dialogue among the “We are happy that Tony Blair is going. table. Palestinians enjoy the evening at a beach in Gaza City yesterday. Yemeni parties to reach a politi- He should have resigned a long time ago.” “This conflict is first and foremost a cal solution. Blair tendered his resignation to UN political one, and ideological. Nothing to Dr Al Attiyah also met Algerian Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and Liberation Organisation, said Blair did But even on that track he did not do with economics,” he said. Foreign Minister Ramtane sources close to him say he would step “nothing for the Palestinians during eight impress the Palestinians, and some Israelis In criticising Blair, Palestinian officials Lamamra, Iranian Assistant down officially next month from his years”. agree that Blair’s mission achieved few have also echoed Israeli and British media Foreign Minister Hussain Amir unpaid position. Blair had no formal role in peace talks results. reports which claimed that he stacked up Abdul Lahyan, Afghan Foreign “He was not the Quartet’s envoy, he was between Israel and the Palestinians, but Blair did not exploit “his human and huge bills on his trips to the Middle East. Minister Salahuddin Rabbani and Israel’s envoy and the envoy of the United his mission included organising interna- personal potential” to help bridge the gap “He did not live in Palestine but would the foreign ministers of Gambia States. He was totally biased,” said Samir tional aid for the Palestinians and steering between Israelis and Palestinians, said only come every two or three months for and Maldives, Neneh Macdouall- Awad, a political science professor at Bir projects to support their economy. Tamar Hermann, a professor at Israel’s a photo op,” said Shtayyeh, adding that he Gaye and Dunya Maumoon, Zeit University in the West Bank. The aim was to help build Palestinian Open University. had “huge expense accounts for a mission respectively, on the sidelines of Nabil Shaath, a senior member of Fatah, institutions ahead of the eventual estab- The envoy only managed to secure “a which failed to push things forward, not the OIC meeting. QNA the main component of the Palestine lishment of a Palestinian state. few isolated economic initiatives”, he said. even by an inch”. AFP FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 EUROPE / AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Putin makes troop deaths state secret Rule only for peacetime operations

MOSCOW: Russian President is “not linked to Ukraine,” but Vladimir Putin yesterday rather was an improvement of banned the release of infor- Russian laws concerning state mation about troop deaths in secrets, according to RIA-Novosti “special operations” during news agency. peacetime, as the Kremlin con- Peskov added Putin has no tinues to rebuff accusations its intention to authorise special soldiers are fighting in Ukraine. operations in Ukraine. Putin signed an amendment The Kremlin decree came as adding to what Russia classifies reports pointed to a massing of as “state secrets” any “informa- Russian equipment close to the tion revealing losses of person- Ukraine border. nel... in peacetime during special An AFP photographer in recent operations.” days saw Russian military vehicles The addition means that those loaded on a freight train in the who disclose details about the southern Rostov region, some 20 deaths of soldiers sent on opera- kilometres from the Ukrainian tions now could be prosecuted. border. The decree gives no details of The photographer also saw what exactly is meant by a “spe- Russian military vehicles at a Ashley Hryszko, left, and Haley Hryszko clear the storage room of their friend’s home on the bank of the Blanco River in Wimberly, Texas, yesterday. A cial operation”. Revealing state training camp some 50 kilometres tornado and torrential rains hit northern Mexico as well as the US states of Texas and Oklahoma. secrets, when it does not involve from the border. handing them to a foreign state, The Kremlin has consistently is a criminal offence that can denied government soldiers are be punished by up to four years fighting in Ukraine and claimed in jail. those fighting alongside rebels are More storms lash Texas amid evacuations Analysts said the legal change there as volunteers. was aimed at stamping out any Ukraine and the West insist leaks on military losses in Ukraine Russia has not only armed and AUSTIN, TEXAS: Storms issued a voluntary evacua- Nielsen-Gammon said. The body of Smith, the county’s Emergency after activists released a string of equipped the rebels but also sent yesterday pounded parts of tion notice for areas along the a boy was recovered on Wednesday Management Coordinator, told a evidence pointing to the deaths in troops to spearhead fighting Texas still reeling from tor- Colorado River likely to be hit near the central city of San Marcos, news conference. of Russian government soldiers against Kiev’s forces. rential rains that killed at least by floods. The Brazos River Hays County officials said. The boy, President Barack Obama has across the border in the former NATO has said rebels are using 16 people, turned streets into has flooded about 50km west of who has not been identified, was pledged federal support and said Soviet state. a lull in the fighting due to a shaky rivers in major cities and set a Fort Worth and was expected thought to have been swept away the US government has been “The reason is not to reveal truce to bolster their forces ahead record for the wettest month in to crest last evening. Hundreds in Blanco River floods that ripped working with local officials. losses in Donbass,” said military of possible new offensive. the state’s history. were asked to leave their homes houses off their foundations, county “They appear to have the analyst Pavel Felgenhauer, refer- Russian Foreign Minister The National Weather Service on Wednesday as the waterway officials said. There were eight peo- assets they need at this stage to ring to the war zone in eastern Sergei Lavrov spoke by phone issued a flash flood watch yes- began breaching its banks, Parker ple missing in the county after the respond, but there’s going to be a Ukraine, adding that the legal move with his US counterpart John terday stretching from south of County officials said. flooding, which started on Monday. lot of rebuilding,” Obama said in was designed to “imprison or scare Kerry yesterday, Moscow said. San Antonio to Dallas, through State climatologist John The new storms could hinder Miami yesterday during a tour of people”. “I’ve never heard a legal They discussed efforts “to Oklahoma, where severe weather Nielsen-Gammon said yester- rescue workers who have been the National Hurricane Center. definition of the concept of a special overcome the Ukraine crisis this week killed an additional day the average rainfall across searching for days for those There was no damage estimate operation,” said Felgenhauer. “That and establish a direct dialogue six people, and into Kansas. the state was 7.54 inches in May, washed away in floods along the available for Texas, which has a means you could classify anything between the (Ukraine) conflict Thunderstorms pelted large parts breaking the record of 6.66 inches Blanco River. $1.4trn-a-year economy and is the you like as this.” parties,” the Russian Foreign of the affected region yesterday. set in June 2004, according to “We are not expecting another country’s main domestic source Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Ministry said in a statement. The city of Wharton, about records that date to 1895. surge of the river but it is going of energy. Peskov said the amendment AFP 100km southwest of Houston, “It has been ridiculous,” to shift debris piles,” Kharley REUTERS

Cameron tours European Former NY governor Pataki enters presidential race EXETER: Former New York class? They are the party of privi- Pataki, the eighth Republican American forces will be used to Governor George Pataki lege, we are the party of the mid- to formally enter the White House actually defeat and destroy ISIS capitals over (pictured) announced yester- dle class,” he said. race, said his time as governor so they can pose no threat to us day he will run for the White Pataki, 69, represents a moder- during the Sept 11, 2001, attacks here,” he said. Pataki called for a referendum House in 2016, becoming one of ate voice in the Republican presi- in New York and Washington had simplification of the US tax code the longest shots in a crowded dential field. given him valuable insight into and a ban on former members LONDON: David Cameron Republican presidential nomi- As governor of one of the most the fight against Islamic State. of Congress becoming lobbyists, started a two-day tour of nation contest. Democratic-leaning states, he “I will never forget the lesson of and vowed to repeal Democratic European capitals yesterday in The three-term governor has supported abortion rights and September 11th. We will destroy President Barack Obama’s signa- a bid to secure EU reforms as not held office since 2006 and signed tough gun control leg- radical Islam’s ability to attack us ture healthcare law. The former his government published a law barely registers in opinion polls islation. But yesterday he said over there before they have the governor has been carrying out paving the way for a vote on on more than a dozen Republican his “conservative policies” had chance to attack us here,” he said low-key campaigning in recent whether Britain should leave. presidential hopefuls. slashed the number of people on in Exeter, where the Republican months, especially in early voting The British prime minister Announcing his candidacy welfare. Party was founded in 1853. state New Hampshire and Florida. met his Dutch counterpart Mark in the town of Exeter, New Lacking name recognition, Pataki told CNN this month Pataki was a first-term state Rutte for lunch in The Hague and Hampshire, Pataki took a swipe at Pataki might struggle to make it that the United States should senator in New York when he will have dinner with French Democratic front-runner Hillary into the first Republican debate in deploy ground troops against beat Democratic Governor Mario President Francois Hollande Clinton for charging high speak- August on Fox News, which will be Islamic State in a limited way, Cuomo in a national wave of in Paris before meetings today ing fees. limited to the top 10 Republicans and referred to that idea again Republican victories in 1994. with Polish premier Ewa Kopacz “She speaks for the middle in national opinion polls. yesterday. “And yes, if necessary, REUTERS and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Cameron set off as his gov- ernment confirmed that British Making himself heard voters will be asked: “Should the United Kingdom remain a mem- Obama visits church ber of the European Union?” in the referendum, which must be held by the end of 2017. The question emerged in the to meet Cuban exiles EU Referendum Bill, which was formally laid before parliament MIAMI: President Barack Obama paid a surprise visit yesterday and will be debated by the House to a Miami religious shrine popular with Cuban exiles, amid moves of Commons for the first time on by Washington and Havana to normalise ties after five decades of June 9. enmity. The EU referendum is going “The president is visiting the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in ahead after Cameron’s centre- Miami to pay his respects to the Cuban-American diaspora that wor- right Conservatives won a clear ships there,” said Bernadette Meehan, National Security Council majority at this month’s general spokeswoman. election. “He will honour the sacrifices that Cuban-Americans have made in No precise date for it has yet their pursuit of liberty and opportunity, as well as their extraordinary been set and Cameron has not contributions to our country.” ruled out holding it as early as The visit carries dual political significance. next year. The Catholic church — up to and including Pope Francis — has been Europe Minister David deeply involved in efforts to thaw ties between Havana and Washington. Lidington told reporters in Francis will visit the White House in September. London that the mood in the Meanwhile, many of Miami’s older, more conservative Cuban emigre government was to hold it “in population, who still play an outsized role in US electoral politics, are one sense the sooner the better” sceptical about Obama’s moves to restore ties with the Communist but that this should not come island. at the expense of getting nego- The White House will want to reassure them Obama’s motives are tiations right. Before the vote, noble. Inside the shrine, Obama stood before a vast brown and cream Cameron wants to persuade other mural depicting Jesus, the Virgin Mary, Christopher Columbus and European leaders of the need for Cuban national hero Jose Marti. reforms to the EU which he says It is an “obvious attempt to show deference for the Cuban-American will require treaty change. community, while he continues to pursue his controversial policy Cameron intends to speak to Manuel Fernandez (centre), Venezuelan Minister of University Education, Science and Technology, speaks of engaging the Castro regime,” said Sebastian Arcos, of Florida every leader of the 28-nation EU to student protesters and university workers during a demonstration outside Venezuela Central University International University’s Cuban Research Institute. before a summit in Brussels next in Caracas yesterday. That policy will take a step forward today, when Cuba is due to be month. AFP taken off the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. AFP FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA US threatening chaos in Asia-Pacific: China Rhetoric over South China Sea dispute escalates

BEIJING: China accused the GDP and nearly half of world for (their) own selfish gains and United States yesterday of trade. provoking China’s territorial sov- threatening to sow “chaos” in The South China Sea is a major ereignty and maritime rights and the Asia-Pacific region by incit- shipping route for international interests, while there are some ing countries whose territorial trade. other people who incite them to claims in the South China Sea Beijing insists it has sovereignty do so,” she added. clash with those of Beijing. over nearly all of the South China Carter made his remarks in China is rapidly building artifi- Sea, including waters far from the Hawaii as he prepared to embark cial islands in the disputed waters, Chinese mainland and near the on an Asian tour. and US Defence Secretary Ashton coasts of the Philippines, Vietnam “First, we want a peaceful Carter on Wednesday demanded and other Asian neighbours. resolution of all disputes and an an “immediate and lasting halt to The Chinese military last week immediate and lasting halt to land Vietnamese and Filipino troops play soccer at Northeast Cay in the disputed South China Sea on Wednesday, in land reclamation by any claimant”. ordered a US Navy P-8 Poseidon reclamation by any claimant,” he Beijing’s foreign ministry surveillance plane to leave an area said, according to remarks posted a sign of the growing security ties between the two Southeast Asian nations most at odds with Beijing over the spokeswoman Hua Chunying told above the disputed Spratly islands. on the Department of Defence contested waterway. a regular briefing: “If the major But the American aircraft ignored website. powerhouse of world economic the demand and said it was fly- “We also oppose any fur- Beijing has expanded its land already built airstrips in the construction work is commensu- growth is thrown into chaos, will ing in what US officials consider ther militarisation of disputed reclamation work in the South region and Hua accused the US of rate with the international obliga- that serve the interests of the international airspace. features.” China Sea at a dramatic pace in being “selectively mute” regarding tion of China as a major country,” American side?” Hua told Washington to “refrain It is his second tour of the recent months, constructing man- what she said were construction she said. The countries that make from all the provocative words and region since taking over at the made islands on top of reefs across activities carried out on “illegally “It is for the Chinese people up the Asia-Pacific Economic deeds”. Pentagon in February and his itin- a wide area to back up its territo- occupied” Chinese territory. themselves to decide what to do. Cooperation forum account for “A few countries keep stirring erary includes Singapore, Vietnam rial claims. “I’d like to reiterate that No one else has the right to tell more than 50 percent of global up troubles in the South China Sea and India. Several other claimants have the scale and speed of China’s China what should be done.” AFP

Kenyan minister to be charged

NAIROBI: A Kenyan minister will be charged over abuse of office, Malaysia removes bodies from jungle two months after President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered a crackdown on corruption, the chief prosecutor said yesterday. WANG KELIAN: Malaysian thought to be inaccessible but Michael Kamau, the minister for transport and infrastructure, will police yesterday removed the began surveying it after the dis- be charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds through a remains of nine people from jun- covery of the graves in Thailand. road construction project. gle camps near the Thai border Relatively prosperous Malaysia, Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko said he reached the where an estimated 139 bodies which has a Muslim majority, has decision after studying the recommendations of the anti-corruption are believed to have been buried long been a favoured destination watchdog, which had said on Monday that two ministers should be in a still unfolding people-smug- for Rohingya, who often travelled charged. Tobiko declined to charge the minister of labour for an gling crisis in Southeast Asia. to Thailand by boat, then overland offence in connection with irregular appointments to the board of the The skeletal remains were car- to northern Malaysia. state pension fund, saying there was not enough evidence. ried in white cloth bags tied to In an interview published yes- wooden poles to the border town terday, the Dalai Lama urged fel- S Korea reports seven MERS cases of Wang Kelian on the eve of an low Nobel peace laureate Aung international meeting in Thailand San Suu Kyi to help the Rohingya. SEOUL: South Korea said yesterday it had confirmed two more on the desperate situation of “It’s very sad... I hope Aung MERS virus infections, bringing the total number of cases to refugees and migrants fleeing San Suu Kyi, as a Nobel laureate, seven, as one suspected victim ignored warnings and flew to China Myanmar and Bangladesh. can do something,” the Tibetan on a business trip. Some of the bags clearly showed Buddhist spiritual leader told The The infections, all traced to the original case of a 68-year-old man human contours. A Malaysian Australian newspaper. diagnosed on May 20 after returning from a trip to Saudi Arabia, police statement said yesterday’s The Dalai Lama said she must have triggered public concerns of a wider outbreak. recovery brought the total number speak up, and that he had already The Korea Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said more of remains removed from the A Rohingya girl from Myanmar tries on clothes donated by Indonesian appealed twice to her in person than 70 people who may have been exposed directly or indirectly to camps to 13 persons. The remains residents at the confinement area for migrants in Kuala Cankoi, in Aceh since 2012, when deadly sectarian the original patient were currently in voluntary quarantine. would undergo post-mortem province, yesterday. violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine One of them, a 44-year-old man, left for China on a business trip examination by pathologists. state pitted the Rohingya against on Tuesday, a day after his father was diagnosed with the virus. The abandoned sites in local Buddhists. Malaysian territory were discov- migrants and stateless Rohingya the boats were in Thai waters Observers say the Myanmar Two garment factories safe ered on the weekend after the Muslims from Myanmar arrive on and avoided contact with the opposition leader may be reti- massive scale of human smuggling Thai, Malaysian and Indonesian Malaysian flotilla. cent about the Rohingya issue DHAKA: Two garment factories in Bangladesh yesterday was exposed by a Thai crackdown soil. The camps on Malaysia’s side in order to avoid alienating vot- became the first to be declared safe under a scheme set up to on trafficking networks, which Thai authorities acted after dis- of the border, which could have ers among Myanmar’s Buddhist prevent a repeat of one of the world’s worst industrial disasters. has left thousands of desperate covering some 33 bodies in mass been capable of housing hundreds majority ahead of elections slated The owners of the plants on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka people stranded at sea on rickety graves in camps in the country’s of people, drew allegations that for November. have implemented all the measures needed to make them safe for boats. south. authorities and residents had Predominantly Muslim workers, according to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in “Based on the size of the graves, “This is not only Malaysia’s turned a blind eye to the lucra- Bangladesh said it was moving Bangladesh. and after the area was cleared... problem, (it is) an international tive business. to set up seven special courts The Accord is a grouping of around 200 European retailers that we have a clearer indication problem as people come from Wan Junaidi said initial inves- across the country to try suspects got together to try to improve safety after the collapse of the Rana — single grave, single person,” Bangladesh and Myanmar,” Wan tigations showed the bodies were charged with trafficking. Plaza in 2013 left at least 1,138 people dead. Malaysian Deputy Home Minister Junaidi said. wrapped in shrouds and their rest- Bangladesh shares a border The grouping’s chief safety inspector Brad Loewen said the dec- Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said in “It is Asean’s problem,” he ing places marked with wooden with Myanmar along the Bay of laration was a milestone for Bangladesh’s $25bn garment industry. Wang Kelian. added, referring to the Southeast sticks. Camphor was also found Bengal. Malaysia had earlier said it had Asian grouping that includes at the graves. Wan Junaidi yesterday con- Tibetan burns herself to death discovered 139 grave sites. When Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand. “It seems like proper burial, firmed that Malaysian police were asked if he now believed there Officials said a Malaysian res- the bodies were wrapped in white investigating 12 of their officers BEIJING: A Tibetan mother-of-two burned herself to death to were 139 bodies in total, Wan cue force of six ships and a heli- cloth. It is like the Muslim burial... over suspicion of involvement, highlight repression in the Chinese Himalayan region, overseas Junaidi said: “Yes.” copter carrying humanitarian some are shallow graves, not all,” with two “suspected of transport- media and rights groups said, the second such fiery protest in Thailand is hosting a regional supplies yesterday spotted two he told reporters. ing the people (migrants)”. eight days. meeting today to address the cri- boats suspected to be carrying Wan Junaidi said Malaysian “We are investigating Rohingya Sangye Tso died after setting herself on fire in Zhouni, a Tibetan- sis, which has seen more than more than 40 Rohingya off the security forces had not been in Malaysia too,” he said. majority area of the northwestern Chinese province of Gansu, sources 3,500 Bangladeshi economic resort island of Langkawi. But patrolling the area because it was AFP told Radio Free Asia (RFA), which is backed by the US government. The Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) said the 36-year-old was “believed” to have killed herself in Wednesday’s protest, which it said was staged outside a “government building”. However, an official in Zhouni, in Gannan prefecture, denied the immolation had taken place. “No, it didn’t happen at all,” he said. Nigeria leader starts Angolan activist sentenced

LUANDA: An Angolan court yesterday sentenced a prominent handover to Buhari anti-corruption activist to a six-month suspended jail term for defaming army generals in a book about violence in the country’s ABUJA: Nigeria’s outgoing crisis to scupper the transition. diamond mining industry. President Goodluck Jonathan Jonathan told him: “Our Rafael Marques, an outspoken campaigner and journalist, had yesterday showed Muhammadu administration has done its best earlier expected to be freed after an apparent deal was reached last Buhari around his new quar- to intervene robustly and impact week to drop all the charges against him. ters, as the former military positively on key aspects of our But judge Adriano Cerveira said he had “decided, on behalf of the ruler prepared to take over as national life.” people, to give Rafael Marques de Morais, accused of the crime of elected head of state. As well as preventing further slander... a single (suspended) sentence of six months in prison.” The 57-year-old took Buhari fuel supply problems and endemic The court also ordered Marques to “withdraw the book from and his vice-president-elect Yemi corruption, Buhari faces the task the market, including on the Internet, and not to republish or Osinbajo on a tour of the presi- of bringing an end to the Boko translate it”. dential villa, Aso Rock, in Abuja, Haram insurgency, which has before submitting his formal claimed at least 15,000 lives since Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (second left) leads President-elect Church alters Burundi polls stance handover notes. 2009. Buhari, 72, defeated Jonathan “Victory is now in sight and Mohammadu Buhari (second right) on a tour of the presidential villa in Abuja. BUJUMBURA: Burundi’s influential Catholic Church said yes- in March 28 elections — the first within our reach,” said Jonathan, terday it was withdrawing support for upcoming elections in time in Nigeria’s history that an referring to a military offensive schoolgirls held since April last statesmanship and recognised: the crisis-hit country, dealing a fresh blow to President Pierre opposition candidate had beaten that has driven out the Islamists year would soon be rescued. “You could have made things dif- Nkurunziza’s controversial bid to run for a third term. a sitting president. from captured towns and terri- Buhari has said he cannot make ficult and that would have been A statement from Burundi’s bishops said that “after considering He takes over as head of Africa’s tory in the northeast. promises for their safe return but at the expense of lives of poor the manner in which the elections have been organised and the most populous nation, top econ- “However, the cost in blood of his government “will do everything Nigerians.” way they are evolving”, the Church had asked priests who serve in omy and leading oil producer as it citizens and heroes and the diver- in its power to bring them home”. Soldiers were out in force on the electoral commissions across the central African nation step down. limps back to normality after fuel sion of national treasures from Jonathan leaves office with his streets of Abuja, while there was a The announcement came the day after Burundi’s main opposition shortages that brought the coun- urgent needs for development reputation enhanced by having tel- visible police presence at key loca- parties said it was now “impossible” to hold free and fair elections try to a near standstill. have been very high.” ephoned Buhari to concede even tions such as hotels and govern- and that the result should not be recognised if they take place. Buhari’s All Progressives Hundreds of kidnapped women before the final election results ment buildings. Parliamentary elections are due to be held on June 5, with a Congress (APC) accused and children have been freed in were in, averting potential violence Roads have been closed around presidential poll scheduled for June 26. Jonathan’s Peoples Democratic recent weeks and Jonathan said from his supporters. the Eagle Square inauguration AGENCIES Party (PDP) of orchestrating the it was his “sincere hope” that 219 Buhari praised him for his venue. AFP FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Three Baluch separatists executed US, Pakistan to hold Trio were convicted of hijacking PIA airliner four days before N-test strategic nuclear talks KARACHI: Pakistan yes- autonomy for they resource-rich ISLAMABAD: The United States and Pakistan will hold key terday executed three Baluch but impoverished province. talks on nuclear non-proliferation and strategic stability in the US separatists convicted of hijack- At the time of the hijack- capital next week. ing a plane in 1998, which they ing, officials said that one of Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, who arrives in attempted to fly to India to dis- the hijackers’ demands was for Washington on May 30, will lead senior officials of the Ministry of rupt Islamabad’s first nuclear Pakistan not to carry out the Foreign Affairs and the Strategic Plans Division at these talks. tests, officials said. nuclear tests which were to due Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, the Under Secretary of State for Arms The executions were carried to be carried out in Baluchistan. Control and International Security, will lead the US team. out on the 17th anniversary of the Pakistan went on to carry out “This will be a comprehensive dialogue. Both countries will be shar- tests, which made Pakistan the five underground tests in the ing their respective perspectives on nuclear non-proliferation and on world’s seventh nuclear-armed Baluchistan desert on 28 May other strategic issues,” said a senior diplomatic source familiar with power -- a landmark event for the 1998, in response to arch-rival the process. impoverished Muslim country of India’s second nuclear tests ear- The talks are part of the strategic dialogue process, which includes 200 million people. lier in the month. six working groups for economy and trade, energy, counter-terrorism Two of the men, Shahsawar Separately yesterday, a fourth and law-enforcement, defence and nuclear non-proliferation and edu- Baluch and Sabir Baluch were hanging was also carried out, in cation, science and technology. hanged in Hyderabad prison in Karachi jail, the prison official The discovery of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad and a US air raid southern Sindh province while the said. on the Salala border, both in 2011, had disrupted the dialogue process. third, Shabir Rind, was hanged in The executed man, Mahmood But relations have improved markedly in the past two years. Karachi, officials at both the pris- Ali, had been awarded the death Diplomatic observers in Washington noted that the nuclear and ons told AFP. sentence for murdering a three- strategic stability talks, which begin on June 1, were “very important The trio were sentenced to Pakistan Edhi volunteers hand over the body of convicted hijacker Sabir year-old child in 2003. from Pakistan’s point of view.” death for hijacking a Pakistan Baluch to relatives in Hyderabad yesterday. A moratorium on the death They pointed out that Pakistan’s recent steps to improve the safety International Airlines aircraft penalty had been in force in and security of its nuclear assets had helped generate a better under- with 30 passengers on board on the men stormed the cockpit The next day Pakistani army Pakistan since 2008, but execu- standing of its nuclear programme in the Western capitals, particu- 24th May 1998, four days before and tried to force the pilot to fly commandoes overpowered all tions resumed last December larly in Washington. At a news briefing last week, State Department the country’s first nuclear test. to India. But he instead flew to the three hijackers in a night after Taliban militants gunned spokesperson Marie Harf rejected media suggestions that Saudi and The flight took off from the port Hyderabad city, 160 kilometres operation. down 154 people, most of them Pakistani officials had met recently to discuss nuclear cooperation. town of Gwadar in Baluchistan (100 miles) north east of Karachi, Officials said the executed children, at a school in the res- “I’m not sure I would presume that was the topic of discussion, and and was set to land in the south- tricking the hijackers into think- hijackers were Baluch national- tive northwest. I don’t think we have concern about it,” she said. ern port city of Karachi when ing that they were in India. ists who were demanding greater AFP INTERNEWS

Consider transgenders Gilani’s ‘son in custody of Indian Al Qaeda’

ISLAMABAD: Highly placed of two of their killed fellow activ- campaign on May 2, 2013. Later to Kabul along with Syed Yusuf part of family, give sources claim that Ali Haider ists,” the source said yesterday. he was secretly transported to the Raza Gilani and other party Gilani, the abducted son of They claim that ustad Asim tribal areas and now he is report- leaders. former Prime Minister Syed Umar, head of AQIS, is personally edly in Afghanistan. In Kabul the delegation them inheritance: CII Yusuf Raza Gilani, is with the involved in this case and is report- Yusuf Raza Gilani has had a not only met with the Afghan al-Qaeda’s Indian Subcontinent edly monitoring every develop- telephonic conversation with his President Ashraf Ghani, Chief ISLAMABAD: The Council of have no relation with the man. section (AQIS) which is ment on the issue. Asim Umar is son some days back, his first con- Executive Abdullah Abdullah but Islamic Ideology (CII) has rec- He said the CII had also demanding Rs2 billion ($20 mil- an Indian national from the state tact with Jr Gilani in two years. also had a meeting with former ommended that transgenders received a question about the sta- lion) and release of two families of Uttar Pradesh. The sources claim that appar- Afghan President Hamid Karzai. be made part of their families tus of eunuchs and decided that of their killed activists in cus- He spent most of his time in ently the latest breakthrough They had assured Asif Ali Zardari and given a share in inherit- the research wing of the council tody of the security forces. the Indian-held Kashmir and was made soon after the visit of and Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani of ance. It also recommended the should do some research in this “Ali Haider Gilani is with AIS later secretly shifted to Pakistan. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) their complete support for the government ‘Khulaa’ be sepa- matter. However, he said that (AQIS) and they are demanding Ali Haider Gilani was kidnapped delegation led by Asif Ali Zardari, release of Gilani’s son. rated from ‘Tanseekh-e-Nikah’ eunuchs should be considered Rs2 billion and release of families from Multan during an election former President of Pakistan, INTERNEWS (cancellation of marriage). members of family and their sex It recommended to the gov- could be decided on the basis of ernment to amend the Family their behaviour in each case. Law of 1961 and the Dissolution Giving opinion on a private Quail fight of Marriage Act, 1939, envisaging members amendment bill to an end to all means of dissolution be introduced in the National Five soldiers, of marriages which it considers Assembly about the election of are not allowed in Shariat. women MNAs on reserved seats, 107 rebels die Addressing a press conference it decided with majority vote that after its two-day meeting, CII the existing procedure should in Afghanistan Chairman Maulana Muhammad continue. Khan Shirani said the govern- However, three members of the KABUL: Five soldiers and ment should introduce a new CII including Dr Samia Raheel 107 insurgents killed in sepa- Nikahnama in the light of the Qazi, Allama Muhammad Tahir rate military operations across recommendations and changes Mehmood Ashrafi and Allama Afghanistan, the country’s in the two laws. Syed Iftikhar Hussain Naqvi dif- Ministry of Defense announced “The council will also write a fered with the decision and sup- yesterday. letter to the concerned ministry ported the bill. A statement issued by the for this purpose,” he said. Shirani Besides some other changes, ministry stated that five soldiers said as per the Shariat, the court the amendment bill had proposed from Afghan National Army lost could not issue a verdict in favour that the women seats should be lives in landmine explosion and of wife in ‘Khulaa’ case without divided among parties on the militant fire in past 24 hours. consent of her husband. However, basis of overall votes fetched by a The statement did not specify the wife is allowed to file a case party in elections instead of the the exact location of the insur- against her husband for dissolu- number of general seats. gent actions. tion of marriage. The CII meeting to be held Ministry of Defense statement The council meeting also yesterday will discuss the sylla- further stated that 107 insur- decided that it was against bus of educational institutions at gents were killed and 34 others Shariat if a woman lends her the primary level. The only female wounded in separate military ovary to a male person (who is not member of the CII, Dr Samia operations in eight provinces in her husband). As per the Shariat, Raheel Qazi, was also present on past 24 hours. the child of that woman would the occasion. INTERNEWS 11 suspects were also arrested by security forces during the security operations conducted Afghans watch a quail fight in Kabul yesterday. A popular sport in Afghanistan, two birds are placed in Herat province, Janikhil and inside a circle and made to fight each other until one runs out of the circle and the bird that stays is Samkani districts of Paktia prov- Government to stop declared the winner. Bird fighting was not allowed during the rule of the Taliban. ince, Gomal and Gilan districts of Paktiak, Khogyani District of Ghazni, Mianashin District of Kandahar, Qadis District of relief in power tariff Badghis, Chamtal District of Balkh and Imam Sahib District ISLAMABAD: After the imposition of two surcharges in the Economic council to address of Kundoz province. name of tariff rationalisation and financing cost, another bad news An unspecified number of has come in for electricity consumers in Pakistan. Now the govern- ammunition and weapons were ment has decided to stop giving any tariff relief under the monthly also seized by security forces dur- fuel price adjustment and not to pass on the favourable impact of provincial demands in June ing these operations, the ministry sharply lower international oil prices to the consumers. said. However, it could face stiff resistance from the National Electric ISLAMABAD: The National vertical projects of provinces The NFC award is going to Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) as the regulator insists that Economic Council (NEC) of by the federal government for expire this year but the 8th NFC the government can implement the decision only after amending the Pakistan, scheduled to meet another fiscal year 2015-16. Award has not yet been finalised Saudi beheads Nepra Act. on June 1, will take up prov- The Planning Commission is so there is need to form another “Policy guidelines are just a kind of advisory, therefore, the regulator inces’ demand to make verti- facing a dilemma that in case high-powered committee to take Pakistani drug is not bound to apply these,” a Nepra official commented. cal projects of social sector part of approving vertical projects to final decision on the new scenario. In the past few months, the consumers got a relief of Rs3-4 per of the next development pro- be made part of the next Public “NEC is the competent forum trafficker unit in the monthly fuel price adjustment following the plunge gramme and to increase alloca- Sector Development Programme to decide this issue which is sched- in oil prices, which have dropped about 50 per cent since June last tion of ERRA for undertaking (PSDP) the government would uled to meet on June 1 (Monday),” RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yes- year. reconstruction work during fis- have to shift resources of Rs28- said the official sources. During terday beheaded a convicted However, government high-ups have now agreed that they will not cal year 2015-16. 30 billion by slashing down alloca- the Annual Plan Coordination Pakistani drug trafficker, add- offer any tariff reduction to domestic consumers, arguing that they In order to avoid trouble the tion from other projects of PSDP Committee (APCC), the prov- ing to what a United Nations were already enjoying a huge subsidy. government will have to continue because size of resource envelop inces had raised objections over rapporteur called a “very dis- The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet took to finance social sector, I projects could not be increased beyond the Centre’s decision to abolish turbing” surge in the kingdom’s the decision in its meeting held on May 21. of the provinces until the next Rs580 billion in order to keep funding the social sector projects use of the death penalty. The meeting was told that according to the National Power Policy National Finance Commission IMF programme intact that did of provinces without taking the Ihsan Amin was executed in 2013, approved by the Council of Common Interests an inter-provincial (NFC) award is finalised. not allow hiking the budget deficit federating units into confidence. Riyadh after being convicted of body low-end consumers would be protected from price escalation. It is not yet known whether the breaching the envisaged limit of The Planning Commission heroin smuggling, the Interior Tariff rationalisation will be done to the extent possible in order to Centre and Provinces will be able 4.3 percent of GDP. could be another option that the Ministry said in a statement car- eliminate subsidy for the industrial, commercial and bulk consumers to strike consensus on the next Top guns in Planning matter should be deliberated by ried by the official Saudi Press and create a level playing field by providing electricity at comparable NFC Award or the existing 7th Commission argue that it was the CCI again in order to find out Agency. prices to all industrial users. NFC IS Award would continue decision of Council of Common permanent solution; But the top He became the 90th person put The meeting was further informed that subsidy was provided to through presidential interim Interest (CCI) that the Centre officials say that the PM will find to death this year, compared with domestic consumers up to 300 units and to agricultural consumers at orders for many years to come. would finance vertical projects of out solution in the presence of all 87 for the whole of 2014, according a flat rate. Of the total subsidy, more than 85 per cent was provided Another option would mean social sector till the existing 7th chief ministers in the upcoming to AFP tallies. to domestic consumers. INTERNEWS continuation of financing of NFC Award. NEC meeting. INTERNEWS AFP FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Delhi contests Centre’s Jumbo cools off notification in High Court Another PIL to be taken up for hearing today

NEW DELHI: The Arvind “Additional Solicitor General in Article 239-AA has been inter- Kejriwal-led Delhi government (ASG) Sanjay Jain informed the preted “to mean that the aid and yesterday moved the Delhi High high court that the Centre had advice of the council of ministers Court, challenging the union also approached the Supreme and the chief minister is binding home ministry’s May 21 noti- Court to challenge the high court on the Governor, it is not just fication that said Lt. Governor order that termed ‘suspect’ its advisory.” Najeeb Jung has discretionary notification barring Delhi gov- The turf war between Chief powers for appointments and ernment’s anti-corruption branch Minister Arvind Kejriwal and transfers to key bureaucratic (ACB) from acting against its Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung over posts in the capital. officers in criminal offences.” the control of key bureaucratic The Delhi government men- Law student Vibhor Anand appointments was sparked by the tioned the matter before a division in his PIL said: “Delhi is nei- appointment of Gamlin as acting bench of Justice B D Ahmed and ther a full state nor a union ter- chief secretary of Delhi by the Lt. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, which ritory and Delhi is governed by Governor on May 15. posted the hearing for today. Articles 239-AA and 239-AB of Meanwhile, Delhi’s Lt. Challenging the “constitutional Constitution of India (which deals Governor Najeeb Jung met union validity” of the notification, the with union territories) introduced Home Secretary L C Goyal at his city government sought its quash- by a constitutional amendment office at the Central Secretariat A caretaker sprays water on female elephant Rajlaxshmi to keep her cool in a zoological park on a hot sum- ing by the high court. in 1991.” here yesterday morning, sources mer day in New Delhi yesterday. The high court bench also “As per Section 41 of the said. posted for today a similar plea GNCT Act, 1991, the Lieutenant Sources said that the Lt. filed by law student Vibhor Governor does not have any dis- Governor apprised the home Anand, who challenged the home cretion to appoint Gamlin as the secretary of the ongoing tussle ministry notification and con- chief secretary and other such between his office and the Delhi tended the appointment of senior posts, nor any special law granted government, led by Aam Aadmi Tripura revokes controversial law bureaucrat Shakuntala Gamlin as him this discretion,” the petition Party leader Arvind Kejriwal. the acting chief secretary by the read. “The LG also raised his con- GUWAHATI: A remote Indian state has with- The law was also introduced in 1990 in Indian Delhi Lt. Governor was a “illegal”. The petitioner also said that cerns with the Centre over the drawn a long-standing controversial law that Kashmir to give hundreds of thousands of army and “There is already a similar the Lt. Governor is “dutybound by transfer of officers despite home handed security forces sweeping powers to fight paramilitary forces there extensive powers to detain petition filed by the Delhi govern- the aid and advice of the council ministry orders,” an official source insurgents, saying it was no longer needed, a top people and use deadly force. ment. We will hear both on today,” of ministers and the chief min- claimed. official said yesterday. Governments say security forces need the pow- the bench said. ister in all matters that concern The tussle between Jung and The draconian law, covering parts of northeastern ers to help them battle multiple rebel groups whose The petitions, filed within days the legislative assembly as the Kejriwal government started India and restive Kashmir, gives forces the right to long-standing demands range from secession to of a high court order terming the per Article 239 AA (4) of the over the appointment of senior search property and shoot-on-sight and is seen by greater autonomy and land rights. May 21 notification as “suspect”, Constitution of India and bureaucrat Shakuntala Gamlin critics as cover for grave human rights abuses. But human rights groups say it provides cover have contended that it was “ultra Section 41 of the Government of as the acting chief secretary on Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said the for soldiers who are regularly accused of murder vires” of the constitutional provi- National Capital Territory of May 15. law was being revoked in his state because forces and rape, but they cannot be prosecuted unless the sions, i.e. Article 239 AA (4), and Delhi Act, 1991.” Kejriwal had accused Gamlin have largely put down a separatist insurgency by national government gives its sanction. that the Centre does not have the The petition highlighted a of lobbying for power distribu- tribal militants. The law is still imposed in other northeastern jurisdiction over matters con- Supreme Court constitutional tion companies in the national “After reviewing the situation thoroughly, we have states including Assam, Nagaland and Manipur nected with services of bureau- bench judgment in which the capital. decided to revoke the Armed Forces Special Powers where one woman, Irom Sharmila, has been on a crats in the national capital. phrase “aid and advice” as used IANS Act (AFSPA) from the state as the act was no longer 15-year-long hunger strike against the powers. required,” Sarkar said. Her brother, Singhajit Singh, said Yesterday the Rights groups welcomed the move and urged other 43-year-old would continue her fast “until and unless state governments to follow suit, branding it a “scar the AFSPA is repealed”. Sharmila, known as Iron on democracy. We want the act to go. This act is a Lady of Manipur for her unwavering and non-violent scar on democracy and against all tenets of basic protest, has spent years in judicial custody over her human rights,” Bimal Singh, an activist in nearby fast and is force fed via a nasal drip. Sharmila began Hospitals under pressure as Manipur state, said. AFSPA was introduced in tiny her fast in November 2000 after witnessing the kill- Tripura in 1997 in the wake of stepped up attacks ing of 10 people by the army at a bus stop near her heat wave toll reaches 1,500 by militants bordering Bangladesh. home in Manipur. AFP

NEW DELHI: Hospitals in India were struggling yesterday to cope with an influx of victims Inter-state of a blistering heat wave that Not a single scam in has claimed nearly 1,500 lives in chain snatcher just over a week. Hundreds of people - mainly held in Delhi from the poorest sections of soci- one year, says Shah ety - die at the height of summer NEW DELHI: An inter-state every year in India, but this year’s chain snatcher and his accom- PANAJI: Prime Minister political corruption at the top.” figures are unusually high. plice have been arrested for Narendra Modi’s government “For 10 years, the UPA gov- In Andhra Pradesh -- by far robbing women’s jewellery in has eliminated political corrup- ernment ran in such a manner the worst-hit state -- 1,020 people Delhi, NCR and Maharashtra tion in high office, BJP presi- that every minister of the gov- have died since May 18, more than by impersonating as policeman, dent Amit Shah said yesterday. ernment was the prime minister double the number of heat-related police said yesterday. He addressed a press confer- of his department. And no one deaths for the whole of last year. Tabrez, 27, has committed 30 ence as part of the first year respected the poor prime minister. In neighbouring Telangana, Diarrhoea patient Nansi Bano gestures as she sits on a bed in a government such crimes-- three in Delhi and anniversary of the Bharatiya There were extra-constitutional where temperatures hit 48 hospital in Allahabad yesterday, as scorching weather conditions continue 27 in Maharashtra. Janata Party (BJP)-led National power centres. No one knew how degrees Celsius (118 degrees across India. Tabrez, along with his associate Democratic Alliance government the government was working,” he Fahrenheit) over the weekend, Jahir Abbas Zakir Hussain Zafri, at the Centre. said. Under Modi, Shah said, the 340 people have died from the “Hospitals are overflowing with Forecasters said there was lit- 27, was arrested on Wednesday Shah said the fact that the affairs of the government were heat recently compared to 31 in heatstroke victims,” said Ajay tle hope of any immediate respite from a market in south Delhi opposition could not point out streamlined and made more effi- the whole of last year. Lekhi, president of the Delhi from the soaring temperatures in where they had gone in search of a single scam in last one year cient. Asked about the delay in “Heat wave conditions in 2015 Medical Association. northern India, which have been new prey. showed that Modi was heading a filling up vacancies for the posts so far have been of a shorter “Patients are complaining of aggravated by hot, dry winds. Tabrez, a resident of Thane in corruption-free government. of Chief Vigilance Commissioner duration, yet with a higher death severe headache and dizziness. The Press Trust of India news Maharashtra, revealed that he “We had made a promise to the and Chief Information toll,” said Arjuna Srinidhi, pro- They are also showing symptoms agency reported 43 deaths in the used to visit different place in people that we would eliminate Commissioner as well as set- gramme manager for climate of delirium,” he added, describ- eastern state of Orissa. Delhi, National Capital Region corruption at the top and slowly ting of the Lokpal, Shah said a change at the Centre for Science ing a common symptom of severe Another 13 succumbed to the (NCR) and Maharashtra to tar- create systems to eliminate cor- joint parliamentary commit- and Environment (CSE) research dehydration. heat in neighbouring West Bengal, get people. Tabrez along with ruption at the bottom too. If tee consisting of members from group. The surge in demand for elec- where unions urged taxi drivers Zafri robbed the jewellery of three we look back for a year, BJP’s both Houses was deliberating “This could be due to the sud- tricity from air conditioners led to stay off the roads during south Delhi women during his last Modi government has eliminated the legislation. IANS den change in temperatures after to power cuts in parts of Delhi, the day. visit to Delhi in 2014. a prolonged wet February and exacerbating the misery for resi- Two people died in west- They approached the woman March that had kept the tem- dents of the capital. ern Maharashtra state, where who was wearing some jewellery peratures cool.” Unconfirmed reports said two authorities said they did not and told her it could be snatched. Hospitals in New Delhi, where people had died in Delhi, where expect conditions to improve They convinced her to wrap her top temperatures have soared to tens of thousands sleep on the until the arrival of monsoon rains belongings in a paper which they CBI seeking Trinamool’s 45 degrees Celsius, were strug- streets with little protection from in June. later swapped with another simi- gling to cope with the fall-out. the heat. AGENCIES lar packet, said the officer. IANS bank account details 20 missing kids KOLKATA: The CBI, probing the multi-crore-rupee Saradha Meghalaya HC bans coverage of scam, has sent notice to a bank seeking account details of the Trinamool Congress maintained by it. re-united with The notice was sent to a city-based branch of a nationalised bank seeking information about the account of the Trinamool. their families disrupting shutdowns, rallies West Bengal’s ruling party in April had furnished details of its income and expenditure after the Central Bureau of Investigation NEW DELHI: Twenty children SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Singh and Justice S.R. Sen issued called for a 24-hour shut- (CBI) sent notice seeking details of the party’s accounts since 2010. from across India and Nepal liv- High Court has banned the the order on Wednesday night. down from 6.00 pm on May 26 Investigating the Saradha scam, the CBI has interrogated and ing in shelter homes here have media from publishing state- “We direct that the state- till 6 pm on May 27 to protest arrested several Trinamool leaders, including state Transport and been re-united with their fami- ments by organisations that call ments of HNLC or any organi- the delay in passing the Village Sports Minister Madan Mitra. lies, Delhi Police said yesterday. for shutdowns or rallies in the sation, which may disturb the Administration Bill by the Asserting that it had nothing to hide, the Trinamool, without naming “Twenty children aged between state, resulting in disruption of day-to-day public life and cause Congress-led state government. the BJP, lashed out at the party in power at the centre. 10-16 years were united recently normal life. violation of the fundamen- Describing the shutdown a “Harassment continues. Lots of pesky questions on Trinamool’s with their respective families,” The order came after state tal rights of citizens shall not violation of the citizens’ funda- accounts,” said party spokesperson Derek O’Brien. Joint Commissioner of Police Director General of Police Rajiv be issued by any print and mental rights, the full bench said: “Big parties and leaders amass billions, little guys get the questions. Ravindra Yadav said. Mehta requested the court to electronic media outlet,” the court “It has become a regular feature Before questioning us, question yourselves and your daylight dacoity to In addition to this 20 chil- restrain the media from carrying directed. in the day-to-day life of fund your multi-billion dollar election campaign. Trinamool accounts dren, Delhi Police have till date statements by the Hynniewtrep The bench said that violation Meghalaya, particularly the city are transparent, nothing to hide,” the Rajya Sabha member said. reunited 120 children with their National Liberation Council of the court order would result of Shillong.” Leader of Opposition in the assembly Surjya Kanta Mishra, mean- families under “Operation Milap”, (HNLC) and other organisations in charges under the contempt of “It is reported that the other- while, accused the Trinamool of coming to power using ‘loot money’. a special drive launched in 2014 calling for shutdowns and other court, and also directed the state wise peaceful public life has been “From media reports, it is evident how the Trinamool has been get- by their Anti-Human Trafficking forms of agitations. government to register criminal badly disturbed because of the ting money. Their income has increased manifold. The ruling party Unit to unite missing children A full bench of Chief Justice cases for such violations. bandh called by the HNLC. and its members have come to power using this money that has been with their families. IANS Uma Nath Singh, Justice T.N.K. The HNLC militant group IANS looted,” said Mishra, state secretary of the party. IANS FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Qatari stocks crash on India to release GDP data today Saudi Aramco panic selling may raise rigs in 2016 if oil Ezdan shares slump 10 percent prices rise BY SATISH KANADY Planning and Statistics (MDPS) AL KHOBAR: Saudi Aramco in the past week noted Qatar’s may raise the number of its oil DOHA: Qatari stocks crashed first quarter trade surplus bal- and gas drilling rigs to as high by a sharp sell off yesterday ance declined by 50 percent as 250 next year if oil prices that left the benchmark index from a year ago. Qatar’s monthly continue to firm and as domes- 2.67 percent lower. This is the Producer Price Index (PPI) of the tic demand for gas increases, market’s biggest daily drop in industrial sector data released by industry sources said yesterday. five months, to 11,902 points. the Ministry on Wednesday sug- Currently the national energy Market watchers told The gested the country’s the PPI for giant has 212 rigs of both types in Peninsula the drop was not March 2015, decreased by 41.4 operation and that could rise to entirely surprising, given the way percent on year-on-year basis. between 220 and 250 if conditions the bourse reacted to the first QNB’s Investment Outlook permit, sources familiar with the shocks of FIFA developments yes- released yesterday noted the plans said. “It all depends on the terday. Local institutional inves- positive correlation with oil price oil price of course,” said one. tors turned largely bearish. and political tensions in Yemen Aramco declined to comment. The real estate stocks were were the main reasons behind Brent oil is now around $62 a battered by 7.11 percent. Ezdan the weakness for the past few barrel, up from a low of $45 in was the worst performer. Its months in GCC Equity. QNB January though still far from the shares slumped 10 percent, the analysts believe GCC markets are $100 mark which Saudi officials maximum allowed in a day. oversold and the valuations are said they favoured early last year. Telecoms plummeted 5.90 per- being attractive for some of these Saudi Arabia raised its crude pro- cent with Vodafone falling 9.04 markets and there will be strong duction in April to a record high percent and Ooredoo edging 4.64 inflow in markets like Saudi that of 10.308 million barrels per day. percent down. Industrials tum- will be opening for foreign inves- “They are looking for new rigs bled 1.98 percent, as behemoth tors next month. to replace the poorly performing Industries Qatar lost 2.69 per- The Insurance sector was rigs, and this will be to maintain cent. Among the banking stocks, the lone sector which defied the potential now that demand is Commercial Bank was the worst trend yesterday. The sector rose Labourers pull an electricity cable to be laid underground along a roadside in Ahmedabad yesterday. coming back — that is for the oil hit. The shares of Commercial 3.47 percent driven by Qatar India releases gross domestic product data today that is expected to show the economy growing faster side,” another source said. bank plunged 4.58 percent. Insurance. The shares of Qatar than China for a second consecutive quarter. REUTERS A whopping QR16bn washed Insurance surged 5.10 percent. Of away from the market in a single the 43 traded stocks, 32 declined day as local investors exited from yesterday and just 7 advanced, the market that brought down the while four remained unchanged. market cap down to QR633bn. Total traded volume spiked to The whole week saw market cap 86 million from the previous Airbus plans to raise A320 production shrinking by 4.26 percent. session’s 23 million. Traded “In fact a combination of fac- value jumped to QR2bn from TOULOUSE, FRANCE: Airbus is consid- promising at least 15 percent fuel savings that Toulouse, France 17 per month and a facility tors sends investors racing for QR841m. ering increasing production of its medium- has led its order book for that class to swell in Tainjin, China four per month. exits. Apart from FIFA worries, Elsewhere in the region, haul single-aisle A320 family of aircraft by to 5,144. Leahy said a decision on stepping up pro- Qatar delivered two weak num- Dubai’s index edged 0.2 up. Saudi nearly a third from current levels within Airbus operations director Tom Williams duction to 60 aircraft or more per month bers in the past week. Global Arabia’s main index was nearly three years to meet the strong demand, a said 2018 was a reasonable target to raise should be taken by the end of this year. stocks are falling amid concerns flat as losses in the petrochemi- senior executive said yesterday. output to over 60 per month, but not before. An A320neo equipped with LEAP motors about a possible Greek default. cals sector were offset by other Airbus’s chief operating and commercial Airbus is expected to begin production in its from US-French joint venture CFM Adding to the woe is falling oil stocks. Abu Dhabi index lost 1.3 officer, John Leahy, said there was sufficient first factory in the United States, in Mobile, International made a first test flight earlier prices”, a market observer said. percent to 4,517 point. Egypt’s demand to justify raising production to 63 of Alabama, over the summer. The facility will this month. The quarterly bulletin on index edged 0.6 percent down as the aircraft per month, up from 42 currently. turn out four A320s per month, helping raise A test flight with Pratt & Whitney engines foreign merchandise trade for Telecom Egypt tumbled 5.0 per- Medium-haul aircraft are the workhorses production 50 per month in 2017. is scheduled for September. Airbus plans to the first quarter released by cent, Reuters reported. of the airline industry, and Airbus is offer- Airbus’s factory in Hamburg, Germany start delivering the A320neos to clients next the Ministry of Development THE PENINSULA ing from next year a remotorised A320neo will be turning out 25 per month, the one in year. AFP

Google conference Honda expands Oman to build refinery, air bag recall petchem plant in Indonesia TOKYO: Honda Motor Co called back about 690,000 cars JAKARTA: Oman has committed to invest $7bn to build oil stor- in Japan and the United States age facilities, a petrochemical plant and a refinery in Indonesia, an to replace air bag inflators Indonesian minister said yesterday. made by Takata Corp after the Oman also agreed to supply crude oil to the former OPEC member Tokyo-based parts supplier last but details on the amount and price were not disclosed. week agreed to comply with US Energy Minister Sudirman Said said the refinery would be built in orders to expand some of its Indonesia’s Riau province, with the oil products being purchased by previous recalls. state-owned Pertamina. Honda, Japan’s third-biggest “We are now in the process of issuing the permits,” Said told report- automaker, disclosed the recall in ers following a meeting between Oman’s investment minister and filings in Tokyo and Washington. Indonesia’s vice president in Jakarta, adding that groundbreaking was Of the recalls announced yes- expected next year. terday, about 350,000 are of vehi- The minister said he would announce more details about the agree- cles registered in the United ment next week. States and 340,000 are in Japan, Indonesia’s fuel output has suffered from a lack of investment in Honda said. its refining sector since the construction of its last refinery was com- Honda had just expanded its pleted in 1994. Takata-related recalls by nearly 5 Oil and gas company Pertamina has 1 million barrels per day (bpd) million cars earlier this month to in refining capacity, which it plans to raise to 2.3 million bpd through about 20 million vehicles world- upgrades and additional plants. wide since 2008. The move came Google Senior Vice-President of Product Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address during the 2015 REUTERS after its own investigations found Google I/O conference in San Francisco, California, yesterday. two new problems with inflators it had retrieved for sampling. The root cause of those defects is unknown. In Canada, Honda did not widen previous recalls involv- ing just over 700,000 vehicles, but Vodafone investors open to deal with Liberty will issue fresh correspondence reminding consumers of the safety LONDON: Some of the big- in Vodafone said on condition of believe a purchase of Liberty faster-growth emerging market shareholders, who said they had issue, the company’s Canadian gest investors in Vodafone say anonymity. Global could enable the two com- operations to make it happen. raised the merger idea directly branch said on Thursday. they are open to a European “And until last week, the mar- panies to create the leading net- Two top 20 investors at with the company in recent Takata is at the centre of a tie-up with Liberty Global, as ket assumption had been that work in Europe in one go. Vodafone and four smaller inves- weeks, said executives were sur- global recall of tens of millions the British company is now in Vodafone was coming from a Liberty has also recently tors said they would not want to prisingly open to talking about its of cars for potentially deadly air a stronger position to negotiate position of weakness. What has bought a mobile operator in see the group feel pressured to merits and drawbacks. bag inflators that could deploy a deal with John Malone’s cable changed with John Malone’s com- Belgium, in a change of strategy offload assets quickly and cheaply There are many barriers to with too much force and spray group. ments is that the conversation after previously suggesting it did to hold Malone’s interest. the deal. The two companies only metal fragments inside vehicles. Shares in the world’s sec- between the two parties might not need to own its own mobile “Liberty are still fractionally have overlap in a few countries, Regulators have linked six deaths ond largest mobile operator hit actually be a more equal one.” operations and could instead rent more in the driving seat but the including Britain, Ireland, the to the component so far, all on a 14-year high last week after Vodafone, which has 446 million capacity from rivals. deal makes strategic sense for Netherlands and Germany and Honda’s cars. After months of Liberty’s billionaire chairman mobile customers in countries Liberty has a market capi- both parties ... For the perfect of those, only two are big enough resisting, Takata last week agreed Malone said a much-mooted ranging from Albania to Ireland, talisation of about $49bn and quad play, they need Vodafone as to warrant such a deal. with the National Highway Traffic union would be a “great fit” for Qatar, India, South Africa and Vodafone’s is around £67.3bn. much as Vodafone needs them,” Malone himself also noted that Safety Administration to roughly his company. New Zealand, has lost ground to Analysts estimate that a deal one investor said, who declined to there are philosophical issues double its US-based recall to 34 The positive reaction stands some rivals in an industry-wide could result in gross synergies of be named in line with his firm’s with the way the firms are run, million vehicles spanning 11 auto- in contrast to previous occasions trend to provide internet broad- around £16bn ($24bn). media policy. with Vodafone relatively lowly makers, including more models when talk of a deal sent shares in band, TV, home phone and mobile Malone’s comment, in an inter- “There’s no way Vodafone leveraged and paying dividends, and years of production. Vodafone tumbling on fears that services in one bundled product, view to Bloomberg, that there should let go of the AMAP busi- while Liberty has high debt and Honda said the latest recall in it, as the suitor, would overpay in known as quad-play. would be “very substantial syn- ness purely in the hope of strik- prefers buybacks. Vodafone, with Japan includes about 80,000 cars order to snare Liberty, Europe’s It has already bought cable ergies” if they could find a way ing a deal. Everything would its relatively corporate brand, also fitted with driver-side air bag biggest cable operator. networks in Spain, Germany and to combine the businesses “with have to happen together,” the likes to tout its broad geographi- inflators that had been part of a “There is a strategic ration- Britain, with the higher-capacity respect to western Europe” has investor said, in reference to cal spread to enable it to offer previous recall, but which had not ale to the combination of the network also helping to carry its also sparked speculation that Vodafone’s Africa, Middle East global coverage to multinational yet been collected. REUTERS assets,” one top 10 shareholder mobile traffic. But some analysts Vodafone could demerge its and Asia Pacific business. Some firms. REUTERS FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Teva to pay G7 finance $1.2bn fine to settle antitrust chiefs urge case in US WASHINGTON: Teva Pharmaceutical will pay $1.2bn deal on Greece to settle US antitrust charges in a long-running “pay for delay” case involving Cephalon, which Growth worries top agenda Teva acquired in 2012, the Federal Trade Commission said DRESDEN, GERMANY: Germany, the United States, yesterday. Finance chiefs from the Group Japan, Britain, France, Italy and Israel-based Teva, the world’s of Seven economic powers dis- Canada — were speaking “all the largest generic drug manufac- cussed ways to revive the falter- time” about Greece on the side- turer, agreed to make the money ing global recovery yesterday lines of the Dresden meeting. available to compensate buyers, as the United States leant on But Greece did not come up at including drug wholesalers, phar- Europe to reach a deal to avert all during a formal symposium macies and insurers, who overpaid a Greek bankruptcy. session yesterday, when finance for Cephalon’s blockbuster sleep- The threat of a Greek default, ministers and central bank chiefs disorder drug Provigil because of rising oil prices and bond mar- listened to short speeches by lead- that company’s illegal conduct. ket volatility are fuelling inves- ing economists on how to boost Under the settlement, Teva tor nervousness about the world’s growth momentum, a German G7 also agreed to a prohibition in all economy. A slowdown in China delegation source said. of its US operations on the type — which was not present at the “The word Greece wasn’t men- of anticompetitive patent settle- talks in Dresden, Germany — is tioned once,” the source said. ments that Cephalon used to arti- adding to the concern. Another official from a differ- ficially inflate the price of Provigil, Speaking before meeting the ent G7 delegation said a discus- IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (left) and participants prior to the start of a working session of G7 according to the FTC. G7 finance chiefs, International sion on Greece was set for Friday. finance ministers and central bank governors during the G7 summit at the Palace Residenzschloss in Dresden, The settlement stems from Monetary Fund Managing “(It) won’t happen until tomor- Germany, yesterday. a 2008 FTC lawsuit against Director Christine Lagarde said row,” said the official, adding that Cephalon alleging that the com- there was still a lot of work to Thursday’s schedule was full show more flexibility. He said he their efforts. In Frankfurt, ECB changes to the way financial mar- pany unlawfully protected its do before Greece and its inter- but “there maybe some leeway feared a miscalculation could lead Vice President Vitor Constancio kets are overseen after recent monopoly on prescription drug national lenders could clinch a tomorrow.” to a new crisis which could have said a sell-off in financial mar- scandals in global currency and Provigil from competition through cash-for-reforms deal. Athens and its EU/IMF lend- consequences for the wider world. kets that derails the euro zone’s interest rate markets. so called “reverse-payment” deals “We are all in the process of ers have been locked in tortuous The differences over Greece recovery was the biggest risk to The finance chiefs also lis- with four generic drugmakers in working towards a solution for negotiations on a reform agree- follow a growth-versus-budget the bloc’s financial stability. ECB tened to presentations by leading 2005-2006. Greece and I would not say that ment for four months. Without consolidation debate between President Mario Draghi is taking economists, including Nouriel Cephalon allegedly sued the we already have reached substan- a deal, it risks default or bank- Washington and Berlin at G7 part in the G7 meeting. Roubini. drugmakers for infringing its tial results,” Lagarde told German ruptcy in weeks. level. Constancio spoke following a A German G7 delegation Provigil patent and later paid television station ARD in com- Greece’s government said on Meeting under the heading slump in Chinese stocks after source said Roubini warned that them more than $300 million ments translated from English to Wednesday it was starting to “Towards a Dynamic Global several major brokerages tight- while central banks - many of combined to drop their patent German. draft a deal with creditors that Economy”, the G7 finance ened requirements on margin which have eased monetary pol- challenges and pledge to withhold “Things have moved, but would pave the way for aid, but ministers and central bank financing. icy - were taking the right steps, marketing their generic versions there is still a lot of work to European officials quickly dis- chiefs began discussing eco- Bank of England Governor if other players did not step in for six years, until April 2012. do,” she noted, adding that she missed the idea that the talks had nomic reforms to increase their Mark Carney, who also chairs a to boost growth, financial risks The Teva settlement is the first believed Greece would fulfil its reached such a stage. competitiveness. global body of bank regulators, would build that macropruden- FTC case resolved after the US commitments. On the eve of the G7 meeting, But volatile markets, sensitive updated the G7 finance chiefs on tial instruments would no longer Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that G7 sources said officials from US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to differing growth paths between progress towards a new code of be able to contain. reverse-payment patent settle- the member countries - hosts urged international creditors to economic regions, risk derailing conduct for bankers and other REUTERS ments are subject to US antitrust rules, the commission noted. “Today’s landmark settlement is an important step in the FTC’s ongoing effort to protect consum- ers from anticompetitive pay for delay settlements, which burden ADIB eyes capital-boosting measures for growth patients, American businesses, and taxpayers with billions of dol- ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi “In order to continue grow- to Wednesday’s closing share While rights trading is com- “The size allows us to enter- lars in higher prescription drug Islamic Bank will ask share- ing, we need to increase capital,” price. ADIB shares were 0.2 per- mon in Western markets, it is tain new issuance but it doesn’t costs,” FTC chair Edith Ramirez holders to approve capital-rais- Tirad Al Mahmoud, chief execu- cent higher at Dh5.04 at 0847 a relatively new phenomenon in mean we will necessarily have a said in a statement. ing measures including a rights tive of ADIB, told reporters at a GMT. the Gulf region. The UAE regu- new issue,” Mahmoud said when “Requiring wrongdoers to give issue and an increase in size of media event. Shareholders will be allowed to lator approved the practice only asked if the bank planned to issue up their ill-gotten gains is an its Tier 1 sukuk programme as The bank wants to keep subscribe for 56 new shares for in 2013, while Saudi Arabia wit- any time soon. important deterrent.” it aims to enhance its reserves expanding its retail network in every 1,000 they currently own, nessed its first instance last year. The bank issued the first ever The FTC settlement allows to support growth plans. the UAE, as well as its financing the statement added. The timetable for the rights sharia-compliant hybrid bond Teva to receive credit against the The Gulf emirate’s largest in the SME, large and emerging The offering will be notable as issue will be set after the share- which boosted its Tier 1, or core, $1.2bn fund for related payments Islamic bank will convene share- corporate segments, according to it will be the first time a bank in holder meeting next month, the capital when it sold a $1bn instru- it has made, with any remain- holders on June 21 to vote on a statement. the United Arab Emirates has statement said. ment in 2012. ing money in the fund to be paid a rights issue worth Dh504m Under the rights issue plan, 168 allowed shareholders to sell their ADIB will also seek shareholder ADIB’s Tier 1 ratio was 14.2 to the US Treasury. Shares in ($137.2m) and raise its sukuk million shares will be offered at rights if they do not wish to par- assent to expand its existing Tier percent at the end of the first Teva were down 0.2 percent on limit to $3bn from the existing a price of 3 dirhams per share, ticipate in the issue, according to 1 sukuk programme to $3bn from quarter, according to its financial the New York Stock Exchange in $2bn ceiling. equating to a 40 percent discount Mahmoud. $2bn. statement. REUTERS early trade. AFP

Etihad profits Nike to cooperate with probe PayPoint to sell parking, online up 52pc in 2014 ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways payment processing companies net profits surged by more than half in 2014 to $73m, the Abu Dhabi-based carrier said yes- LONDON: Bill payments firm payments and value added serv- to take them forward,” Taylor terday, buoyed by increased PayPoint Plc said it would sell ices to utility, transport and retail said. passenger numbers and further its parking and online pay- companies, reported a 8.3 percent The business is heavy on expansion into the European ment processing companies to rise in net revenue to 123.1 million investment and PayPoint’s board market. focus on its retail services busi- pounds ($189 million) for the year believes there are better owners Revenue for the fast-grow- nesses in the UK, Ireland and ended March 31, 2015. elsewhere, the Jefferies analysts ing carrier rose 26.7 percent to Romania. “Selling the market leading but pointed out, raising their full-year $7.6bn, with net profits increasing Shares in the company rose loss making mobile and online 2017 EPS estimate by 4 percent. 52.1 percent from $48m in 2013, as much as 5.1 percent on the business is a logical step that PayPoint’s strategy after the Etihad said in a statement. London Stock Exchange, making allows upgrades to earnings per sale will be to provide a multi- The airline said it carried 14.8 the stock the biggest gainer on share (EPS), a potential mate- channel payment solution in the million passengers in 2014, up the FTSE 250 Midcap Index. rial return to shareholders and UK, Ireland and Romania, where 22.3 percent from the year before, Chief Executive Dominic Taylor increased focus on the core busi- the company has retail businesses, when it transported 12.1 million said PayByPhone, which lets users ness,” Jefferies analysts wrote in Taylor said. “In time we will be passengers. pay for parking and tolls, was one a note. investing in new countries to The company agreed in June of the companies to be sold. Taylor said there had been grow the retail estate,” he added. last year to acquire 49 percent of Taylor did not provide financial “an arms race” to invest in the Retailers such as Tesco Italy’s debt-laden Alitalia, widen- details of the sale process, but said financial technology space over Express, Spar and Asda use ing its reach into the European PayPoint had received interest the last two years, leading to PayPoint’s technology. market. from “all parts of the industry.” increased competition and less The company said its full-year Launched in 2003, Etihad is The two companies accounted differentiation. pretax profit rose to 49.6 million expanding rapidly and has bought for 12 percent of PayPoint’s net “It is harder to make a return, pounds, while revenue increased minor shares in several smaller revenue last year, Taylor said, payback is delayed ... therefore 3 percent to 218.5 million pounds. carriers around the world. adding the online payment we believe our businesses in park- PayPoint’s shares were up 3.9 These include 29 percent of company was profitable, while ing and online payment are bet- percent at 911.5 pence at 0842 Air Berlin, 40 percent of Air PayByPhone was not. ter placed in the hand of another GMT. Seychelles, 19.9 percent of Virgin PayPoint, which provides investor of that type that is able REUTERS Australia and three percent of Irish carrier Aer Lingus. Etihad also has a 24-percent stake in India’s Jet Airways and a 49-percent share in Air Serbia. Saudi Central Bank net foreign assets drop Along with Dubai’s Emirates and Qatar Airways, Etihad has DUBAI: Net foreign assets at from a year earlier to their low- the value of the portion denomi- been widening Gulf carriers’ Saudi Arabia’s central bank est level since May 2013, central nated in non-dollar currencies, it share of transcontinental travel, fell to SR2.546 trillion ($678.8 bank data showed yesterday. is partly due to a fiscal drawdown, turning their home cities into Pedestrians walk past a Nike store in Sao Paulo yesterday. Nike, which bn) in April, down by $11.8bn The central bank acts as the analysts say. hubs for global air transport. is not a FIFA partner but is challenging Adidas’ dominance in soccer or 1.7 percent from the pre- country’s sovereign wealth fund, Net foreign assets fell by European and north American by sponsoring many of the world’s top players and teams, said it was vious month as the kingdom storing its huge earnings from oil $16.0bn in March from the pre- legacy carriers have complained drew on its reserves to cover exports. vious month, and by $20.2bn in cooperating with authorities after it was indirectly identified in the US about the fast expansion of Gulf a budget deficit caused by low Although the assets’ year-on- February. They peaked at a record indictment in relation to a 1996 deal with the Brazil team. airlines, accusing them of receiv- oil prices. year drop is partly due to the $737bn last August. ing government subsidies. AFP Assets dropped 6.8 percent strong US dollar, which has cut REUTERS FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Cheap Argentina bonds become Greece’s Cuban pathway to must-have hedge among traders BY KATIA PORZECANSKI establish parallel currency rgentina’s cheapest bonds are posting the biggest advance on the notion they have the most to gain in a rally and BY LEONID BERSHIDSKY in something other than money, the “hard currency economy” -- bosses. the least to lose in a rout as speculators wager on the but it would create an incen- to pay for imported goods, for If that doesn’t sound very left- Aoutcome of its decade-long defaulted debt saga. he idea of a parallel tive for them to use that sur- gas, in tourist-oriented restau- wing, it’s not just because the The notes, which the government issued in a 2005 debt restruc- currency for Greece rogate as a medium of exchange. rants. Cubans are paid in CUP, practice of leftist ideas tends turing, trade at about 61 cents on the dollar even after surging 7 is worthy of consid- Otherwise, the logic goes, nobody which they can spend in local to be vastly different from the percent in the past month. That compares with more than 100 eration, with even would accept it. stores (mostly to buy rationed theory. Look at it from a differ- cents for those issued with higher interest rates. German Finance The problem with this train produce) and on services. They ent perspective: A government The lower-priced securities are poised to pay off big if the next TMinister Wolfgang Schaeuble of thought is that in Greece, tax are allowed to convert CUP to that wants to provide a mini- government finally reaches a deal with disgruntled creditors who broachingthe possibility as credits are not a huge entice- CUC at a set rate reasonably mum standard of living for all still hold its defaulted bonds from 2001. Even if they’re wrong, the Greece fails to reach an agree- ment. Greeks are not particu- close to the market one. That’s its citizens but doesn’t have the depressed price means there’s only so much the securities can fall. ment with its creditors. It could larly diligent taxpayers. At the an improvement on, say, the resources must quarantine its “They are making a bullish bet -- but you always need to consider work -- albeit not in the way end of last year, they owed the Soviet system, in which you currency system from the rest your regret if you get it wrong,” said Jorge Piedrahita, the chief suggested by the pretty mod- state 76 billion euros ($83 bil- could not legally convert rubles of the world. Why shouldn’t executive officer of New York-based brokerage Torino Capital LLC. els circulated by economists in lion) in unpaid levies. Tax eva- into foreign currency, except in Greece’s hard-left government While Argentina’s bonds are the best-performing in emerg- recent months. sion is rampant, giving rise to a few special situations and at give its citizens a taste of Cuban- ing markets this year, the highest-priced notes have retreated in Most of these involve Greece exotic ideas like using house- an extremely unfavorable rate. style currency duality? There’s recent weeks on concern the country may still be a long way from issuing some form of IOUs to wives, students and even for- Still, most Cubans cannot afford plenty of food and clothing pro- reaching a settlement. Investors have begun to speculate the top pay its employees and con- eign tourists as freelance tax to live the CUC life: The aver- duced inside the country that candidate to replace President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in tractors, with the government inspectors. If you’re not going to age salary on the island is the cannot be profitably exported. October elections is in no rush to end the legal tussle that caused accepting these new securities pay taxes, you won’t pay for tax equivalent of $20 per month. The government could charge the government to default on restructured notes last year. in lieu of taxes at some future credits even on the best of terms. Like previous Communist sys- for its services in drachmas, or The so-called par bonds are the lowest-priced of Argentina’s date. The specific designs differ Even if the scheme were work- tems, the Cuban one is a pain in whatever the new parallel cur- overseas dollar notes because they pay the smallest coupon -- just (here is a good summary of some able, it would sow the seeds of a the neck to administer, and the rency would be called. Other 2.5 percent annually for the 2038 bonds, compared with 8.28 per- of them, and here is a more or new crisis in a few years, once government has been promising service providers would have cent for so-called discount bonds due 2033. less exhaustive classification of the government started getting since 2013 to scrap it. When the no alternative to taking the soft parallel currency proposals for back its IOUs instead of genuine Cuban peso is finally unified, the currency because the 20 per- BLOCKED PAYMENTS the euro area), and there are tax revenue. country will still have a parallel cent of the Greek labor force Since June, a U.S. court ruling has blocked Argentina from mak- interesting twists. Before he Anyone who has ever lived currency system, with the dol- employed in the public sector, ing payments on bonds issued in its 2005 and 2010 debt restructur- became Greek finance minister, behind the Iron Curtain knows lar unofficially dislodging the including state companies, would ings until it settles with bondholders who rejected the terms of the Yanis Varoufakis suggested dis- that the right way to run a par- CUC. The logic of the situation only be paid in drachmas. debt swaps. The holdouts are led by billionaire Paul Singer’s hedge counting the parallel currency allel currency is based on coer- is that convertible currencies This would, of course, create fund, Elliott Management. -- he called it FT-coin, short for cion, not enticement. are for those who want access the potential for hyperinflation, While Fernandez has refused to negotiate, investors are turning future taxes -- for euros. People Such a system persists in to imports. The government does and the government would need their focus to presidential candidates Mauricio Macri and Daniel would buy it because they’d be Cuba. That country uses the not encourage that access, but to impose exchange restrictions. Scioli. A poll this month by OPSM showed Scioli enjoying a slight able to use 1,000 euros in FT- “convertible peso,” or CUC, it’s still somewhat integrated Ugly? Yes, but one could argue edge with 32.2 percent support, compared with 29.9 percent for coins to pay 1500 euros worth of along with the Cuban peso, or into the global economy and it that Greeks hate the alterna- Macri. The margin of error was 2.5 percentage points. taxes in two years. CUP. Foreign tourists exchange wants its elite to have access tives -- austerity and fiscal dis- Macri, an opposition candidate who is mayor of Buenos Aires, has No matter what design frills their dollars (or, preferably, to nice clothes, good whisky cipline -- even more than they said the nation should have done what it needed to avoid default. economists tack on to the plans, euros, pounds or yen, given the and Swiss chocolate. Therefore, would hate this taste of Soviet His aides say regaining access to capital markets is a priority. the general idea is the same: The 10 percent tax on dollar trades) there’s a local currency for medicine. The legal saga has prevented Argentina from tapping interna- government would pay people for CUC, which can be used in proles and a convertible one for BLOOMBERG tional bond markets for at least 13 years. In contrast, Province of Buenos Aires Governor Scioli has been supportive of the government’s most recent decision to default. He has also said that Economy Minister Axel Kicillof -- Fernandez’s closest adviser -- would be in his government.

BOND ACCELERATION Scioli’s press officials didn’t reply to e-mails seeking comment on speculation that he’s less likely to reach a quick deal than Macri. Economist Miguel Bein, an adviser to Scioli, said at a con- ference Wednesday the country has room to negotiate with the holdouts. If there’s no deal soon after the new government takes office in December, holders of the par bonds may have another chance to reap gains by invoking clauses built into the securities that allow them to demand immediate repayment on the notes, which fell into default in October.

MOST UPSIDE A bondholder group would need to hold at least 25 percent of the $5.4 billion of bonds to accelerate. While that threat could pressure the government and holdouts to come to an agreement, another incentive for pursuing immediate repayment is that it would give bondholders a seat at the negotiat- ing table alongside the holdouts, said Patrick Esteruelas, a senior analyst at Emso Partners. Because of their low dollar price, the par bonds offer the biggest potential return if the government swaps them out for higher- priced bonds. New York-based hedge fund Owl Creek Asset Management LP said in an August presentation to investors that accelerating those securities could generate gross returns of 100 percent in a restructuring. Patrick Clifford, an outside spokesman for the company, declined to comment on the hedge fund’s efforts to accelerate. “If we see little to no progress over the first half of 2016, risks of acceleration will rise,” Emso’s Esteruelas said in an e-mailed response to questions. Investors have so far held off on accelerating on concern it would protract the legal battle and derail chances of a quick settlement, he said. He declined to comment on whether his fund holds Argentine debt. “Most investors we talk to still have a constructive view on the holdout issue, but in their minds the downside is more limited with pars,” said Alejo Costa, a strategist at Buenos Aires-based brokerage Puente Hnos. SA. “They’re the natural defensive trade.” BLOOMBERG

Pimco, BlackRock battle hedge funds for leftovers

BY KATHERINE BURTON four times. BlackRock, Pacific are still $320bn of them outstand- the largest servicer of subprime scrutiny and loan reporting needs MODIFICATIONS and JODY SHENN Investment Management Co. ing out of $9.5trn in total home loans in the US. It’s faced scrutiny to improve, but for pure servic- In an April 2 letter to bond and others say Ocwen is failing loans, Cecala said. from state and federal regulators. ing, we think they’re the best in trustees, Gibbs & Bruns part- ight years after the bot- to do its job by modifying loans in Dealing in mortgage-backed In December it reached a $150m the business for subprime,” said ner Kathy Patrick said her tom fell out of the U.S. ways that make no sense in order securities containing these loans settlement with the state of New Roberto Sella, managing partner group found more than 1,000 housing market, invest- to avoid foreclosures. The hedge is risky business. More than 50 York, agreeing that it steered of the $1.5bn Philadelphia-based examples of questionable Ocwen Ement giants including funds dispute that and say every- percent of outstanding subprime work to affiliated businesses that LL Funds. Along with Deer Park modifications. BlackRock Inc. are facing off one gets more money when Ocwen mortgages within bonds have sometimes overcharged for their Road Corp., which manages Some of them were given to against small hedge funds over keeps people in their homes. been modified, according to a services. $1.9bn from Steamboat Springs, borrowers who hadn’t made a the detritus of the subprime era. Ocwen says the ways it deals with November report from Credit Investors who benefit most Colorado, LL Funds is one of the payment for more than four years, The issue: When does it stop delinquent home loans are in line Suisse Group AG. Two modi- from Ocwen’s strategy of firms clashing with BlackRock some loans had already been making sense to keep struggling with industry standards. fications often aren’t enough. leniency are mostly so-called ($4.8trn under management), modified three or more times and subprime borrowers in their “Ocwen matters because Borrowers who got a second junior bondholders. They’re the Pimco ($1.6trn) and others. some borrowers immediately fell homes? The hedge fund faction there are more than 2.6 million adjustment were 1.5 times more ones who’ve bought riskier slices The senior bondholders, who back into default after the modi- is better off when loan terms are homeowners still with subprime likely than homeowners getting of the securities. Prolonging own the less risky parts of the fication, according to Patrick’s modified. The BlackRock camp loans,” said Guy Cecala, publisher their first modifications to default the length of time borrowers bonds, disagree. They get paid letter. could potentially profit more of Inside Mortgage Finance, an again within two years, according stay in their homes can lead to faster in foreclosures. Bond trustees such as Wells when banks foreclose. industry newsletter. “There aren’t to data from 2010 and 2011 com- big returns from interest The big firms argue that many Fargo & Co., which oversee the At the center of the debate is a lot of people signing up to take piled by the bank. payments and possible windfalls of Ocwen’s modifications have mortgage-backed securities, are Ocwen Financial Corp., an embat- on this business of servicing sub- from legal settlements with been too generous, pointless or investigating the charges. The tled mortgage servicer that’s been prime or problem loans.” HOUSING SLUMP lenders. terrible for borrowers. They hired probe could end with Ocwen more aggressive than its competi- The dollar amount of loans the Houston law firm Gibbs & forced to change the way it oper- tors in slashing loan balances and RISKY BUSINESS Ocwen services grew by more NEEDS SCRUTINY Bruns LLP to protest Ocwen’s ates or being replaced by another lowering interest rates for bor- Though there are virtually no than 300 percent during the hous- “We believe Ocwen’s use modification strategy and a slew mortgage servicer. rowers -- sometimes three or new subprime mortgages, there ing slump and the company is now of affiliated companies needs of other practices. BLOOMBERG FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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[email protected] FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Blackhawks force game seven in NHL

CHICAGO: The Chicago Chicago goalie Corey Crawford Blackhawks scored three goals stopped 30 of Anaheim’s 32 shots during a four-minute stretch while Anaheim goalie Frederik in the second period to power Andersen made just 18 saves. to a 5-2 victory over Anaheim Chicago got their second- Ducks yesterday that forced a period scores from Brandon Saad, Game Seven in their Western Marian Hossa and Patrick Kane. Conference Final series. The goal was particularly sig- After seeing their 3-0 lead cut nificant because Hossa has strug- to one goal in the third, Andrew gled to score in the playoffs. After Sharp added two goals in the final being one of the team’s top scorers period to seal the game and tie (22 goals) during the regular sea- the series 3-3. Shaw had scored son, Hossa’s goal on Wednesday just twice during the playoffs was only his third in 16 playoff but caught a timely surge to set games this postseason. up the pivotal series decider on Kane’s goal was his team-lead- Saturday in Anaheim. ing 10th. “I think when we realize that The Ducks are looking for their our season is on the line, we kind first trip to the Stanley Cup Finals of think back to everything that since 2007, while the Blackhawks got us to this point and realize won titles in 2013 and 2010. the opportunity we have and the It has been a tight back and group we have, throw everything forth series between the teams The NBA Western Conference Champions Golden State Warriors hold up their trophy after defeating the Houston Rockets in the NBA Western in the mix and that’s the motiva- and has featured three overtime Conference Finals, Game Five at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, USA, yesterday. The NBA Western Conference Champions Golden State tion we have,” said Chicago center games, while neither side has been Warriors defeated the Houston Rockets to advance to the NBA Finals to play against the NBA Eastern Conference Champions Cleveland Cavaliers. and captain Jonathan Toews. able to win consecutive games. RIGHT: Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (right) tries to reach for loose ball from Houston Rockets guard James Harden (left) while Patrick Maroon and Clayton REUTERS getting fouled by Harden during the second half of their NBA Western Conference Finals. Stoner scored for the Ducks as they tried to rally back, but fell Stanley Cup short. “We lost our composure, I play-off Results thought, for the first time in the Western Conference playoffs,” said Anaheim coach at Chicago Bruce Boudreau. “They scored Chicago 5 Anaheim 2 Warriors book first NBA the first goal, and then started (Series tied 3-3) finals berth in 40 years scoring all over.” Golden State shoot down Rockets, to clash with Cavaliers

OAKLAND, United States: sleeve on his right arm after a Steve Kerr, who won five NBA at the rim. They got too many The Golden State Warriors are frightening fall in game four in titles as a player, said it was a offensive rebounds and we had headed to the NBA finals for which he also hit his head on the different feeling to coach a team too many live ball turnovers at the first time in 40 years, elimi- court, led the Warriors with 26 to the finals. the top of the floor,” McHale nating the Houston Rockets points. “It’s maybe even more reward- said. “Those three things really on Wednesday to set up a title Forward Harrison Barnes ing because you feel responsible doomed us.” clash with Cleveland. played a key role, helping Golden for a lot of people’s welfare,” he Houston had cut the Warriors’ The Warriors, the best team State break open a close contest said. lead to eight points with 4:19 in the regular season with 67 with four straight baskets to cap As for getting there for the first remaining when Barnes hit two victories and 15 defeats, pulled an 11-2 scoring run that turned time in 40 years, Kerr said, “it’s free throws and came up with away late to beat the Rockets a six-point lead into an 87-72 a joy.” another dunk. 104-90 and seal a 4-1 series vic- Warriors advantage with 7:07 left The Warriors defense harried The Rockets couldn’t get the tory in the best-of-seven Western to play. Rockets star guard James Harden deficit below nine points the rest Conference finals. Barnes scored nine straight into a dismal two-for-11 shoot- of the way in an end to a season They will battle a Cavaliers points on a jump shot, a three- ing performance. He missed all in which they battled injuries but team led by four-time NBA Most pointer, a running basket and a three of his three-point attempts notched the third-best record in Valuable Player LeBron James, dunk. and finished with an NBA playoff the regular season. who swept the Atlanta Hawks in “I was just trying to be aggres- record 13 turnovers. “This isn’t where we wanted to the Eastern Conference finals. sive,” said Barnes,” who stepped up Harden, runner-up to Curry in end at,” Harden said. The Warriors are back in the after team-mate Klay Thompson MVP voting, had scored a spec- “It’s a really good season for us. championship series for the first left the game with an ear lacera- tacular 45 points as the Rockets Next year we want to be better, time since 1975, when they swept tion that had to be stitched up. fended off elimination in game and we will.” AFP the Washington Bullets in four Thompson scored 20 points four, but was held to just 14 in games to win the title. before he took a knee in the ear this one. Western Conference The Warriors host game one in from Rockets forward Trevor Dwight Howard led Houston Oakland on June 4. Ariza. with 18 points and 16 rebounds, Play-off Results “We’re four wins away from “Obviously they were putting a but the Rockets shot just 35.1 per- Washington: Result yesterday from the best- the goal,” reigning MVP Stephen lot of attention on Steph,” Barnes cent from the field. of-seven NBA Western Conference finals: Andrew Desjardins (11) of the Chicago Blackhawks gets tangled up Curry told the crowd, his words said. “When (Thompson) went “We were extraordinarily bad at Oakland with Frederik Andersen (31) of the Anaheim Ducks in Game Six of the almost drowned out by the cheer- down, I was just trying to fill in at finishing at the rim,” said Golden State 104 Houston 90 Western Conference Finals during the 2015 NHL Stanley Cup Play-offs ing of the Warriors faithful. the pieces.” Rockets coach Kevin McHale. at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, yesterday. Curry, playing with a protective Golden State’s rookie coach “We didn’t finish very well (Golden State win series 4-1)

Singapore’s Misfiring McIlroy faces Mamat grabs lead in missing cut at Irish Open Bangladesh

NEWCASTLE, Northern DHAKA: Mardan Mamat of Ireland: World number one Northern Ireland Singapore held his nerve in the Rory McIlroy faces missing the golfer Rory closing four holes to seize a one- cut for a second week in succes- McIlroy reacts shot lead after the second round sion after posting a nine-over- after missing of the inaugural Bangladesh par 80 in the opening round at his putt shot on Open in Dhaka yesterday. his home event, the Irish Open, the 9th green on Mamat, 47, produced six birdies yesterday. the first day of against two late dropped shots to On a day of strong winds and the Irish Open Ronny Lidman and Jan Frank, Xerox Corporate Golf Challenge qualifiers return with a four-under-par 67 intermittent showers, McIlroy at the Royal are seen with officials. and finish day two at nine-under failed to record a single birdie in 133 in the $300,000 Asian Tour County Down a nightmare round at the par 71 event. Golf Club in Royal County Down course. The four-time Asian Tour win- He missed the cut at the last Newcastle in ner held a one-shot advantage Northern Ireland Lidman and Frank two Irish Open tournaments. over Carlos Pigem of Spain, who His score left him in last posi- yesterday. shot 67 in each of the first two tion among other players out rounds at the scenic Kurmitola early after a round that saw him qualify for final round Golf Course. Thailand’s Panuphol struggle with both his iron play US Open winner Martin Kaymer and try my best and try to claw Pittayarat charged into conten- and the putter. did only marginally better with an my way back inside the cut-off DOHA: Ronny Lidman and qualifiers the top 2 placed teams tion with a fine 66 to join Janne “Off the tee, I felt my game was eight over par 79. line and back into this tourna- Jan Frank emerged as winners earn a berth to play for the ulti- Kaske of Finland on seven-under ok and I put myself in good posi- German Kaymer also failed to ment,” he said. in the sixth qualifying round of mate title in the Xerox Corporate 135, but the biggest applause from tions, but then as I got closer to score a birdie, had three bogeys “It’s disappointing for the large the 17th Xerox Corporate Golf Golf Challenge Grand Final. Bangladeshi fans was reserved for the greens, the worse it got,” said and two double bogeys in his crowds out there, who followed us Challenge. “The sixth qualifying round home grown Dulal Hossain. McIlroy. round. around this morning, as I wanted Lidman and Frank emerged was successfully executed and we Hossain, a former ball boy at “I didn’t hit very many good McIlroy’s score is his poorest to play well not just for myself.” as winners with score of 49, to thank Dirab Golf & Country Club Kurmitola who turned profes- iron shots and then from there in Europe since a similar round Englishman Danny Willett become the first of two in the for their support and assistance to sional two years ago, shot a stun- my putting wasn’t that good... I of 80 on the second day of the carded a two under 69 to share the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to the Saudi Xerox Team. Our team ning 63 to trail Mardan by just sort of just lost concentration on 2010 Open Championship at St. clubhouse lead with Denmark’s qualify for the final round. was in full zeal, engaging with three shots going into the penul- the greens. Andrews. Soren Kjeldsen. Runners-up were John Molony the players during the event, who timate round. Hossain’s low score “So, nothing went right and I McIlroy arrived in his native American Rickie Fowler carded and Michael Holland carding 48, found it very encouraging and was marked by seven birdies and was trying hard to birdie the last Northern Ireland having missed a respectable level par 71. pushing the team of IL Joong Kim supportive” said Reem Al-Bakry, a 20-foot eagle putt on the 14th to try and break 80, but it just the cut in last week’s Tour flag- Only six players among the 78 and Mi Ra Jung into third place Deputy General Manager of hole, giving him a realistic shot didn’t quite happen.” ship event at Wentworth. early starters broke par. with 47. Marketing from Saudi Xerox. at the title on his home course. Fellow PGA Championship and “I’ve got to go out tomorrow AFP Through each of the GCC-based THE PENINSULA AFP FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Captain Cook England eyes momentum for says he owes it all to Gooch

LEEDS, United Kingdom: England captain Alastair Cook Ashes with Test series victory may be on the verge of breaking Graham Gooch’s England Test runs record but he insisted yes- New Zealand captain McCullum vows to maintain aggressive style terday that his mentor was still in a class of his own. Cook, following his majestic 162 LEEDS, England: Captain our greatest chance of success,” in England’s 124-run win in the Alastair Cook wants his England said McCullum, much praised first Test against New Zealand team to mark the appointment for his bold approach when lead- at Lord’s, now needs just 32 of new coach Trevor Bayliss by ing the Black Caps to this year’s more runs in the second Test at completing a series win against World Cup final. Headingley, starting on Friday, New Zealand with victory in Reflecting on events at Lord’s, to surpass Gooch’s mark of 8,900 the second Test starting at McCullum said: “It’s not panic Test runs. Headingley today. stations -- we just have to improve If he does it in this match, it Cook, who scored a meticu- our rough edges. will mean Cook have got there in lous second innings century as “I still feel we played a good 114 Tests compared to Gooch’s 118, England won the first Test at Test match. although Gooch arguably faced Lord’s, welcomed the appoint- “While we are disappointed to more genuinely all-time great ment of Australian Bayliss ahead England’s Alastair have lost, we still scored more bowlers throughout his career. of the Ashes Test series against Cook and Jos than 730 runs and took 20 wickets “It would be a lovely moment. his compatriots. Buttler during nets -- which on most occasions would I wouldn’t put myself anywhere “Andrew (Strauss, England’s win you a Test match.” near in his class but it would be a at Headingly ahead director of cricket) obviously McCullum also suggested the great moment,” Cook told report- of the second Test decided to get the best man for manner in which New Zealand ers at Headingley on Thursday the job,” Cook told reporters on against New Zealand played at Lord’s inspired England regarding the prospect of over- Thursday. “To coach England is which begins today. to be unusually aggressive. taking Gooch’s mark. a huge role and Trevor’s expe- “They were complimentary “However nice it would be if I rienced in all forms of the game about our role in pushing them do score 30, 31 32 or whatever it is and, everywhere he’s gone, he’s into a performance but I guess to pass the great man that won’t been successful.” the challenge for England will be enough for the game. Reflecting on England’s enter- be, what is their authentic style? “If I’m lucky enough to get that taining first Test triumph, he “What is their style that they it will be a moment I’ll remember said: “It was a ‘fantastic’ week at want to be known for as a team but if I am 30 not out it’s impor- Lord’s. It was a great Test match heading forward? Was their last tant in a game situation I go on to watch and both sides played performance how they want to and get a big score,” added the really well. We get great support play the game, or was it more of left-handed Cook, like the right- here at Headingley and I’m glad a case of maybe stumbling on it?” handed Gooch an Essex and there’s a rush for tickets. New Zealand have injury England opening batsman. “It was a rocky couple of weeks doubts over wicket-keeper BJ Cook first worked with Gooch for England, off the field, and interesting to hear his ideas on cricket come their series finale into question following the defeat. Watling (knee) and all-rounder as a teenager and was in no doubt we’re still in limbo until Trevor that side. starting today. “I feel it’s our greatest oppor- Corey Anderson (back) which of his debt to the former England turns up. The way Paul (Farbrace, “I don’t really know him that The Black Caps suffered a 124- tunity to win a Test match and could lead to changes in their side captain. interim coach) has taken the side, well, but I played against his Sri run loss in the first Test at Lord’s, series,” McCullum told reporters at Headingley. “I wouldn’t be here, or anywhere he’s done a fantastic job. Lankan team. concluded on Monday, to go 1-0 at Headingley on Thursday. “Both BJ and Corey are doubt- near here, without Goochie’s help, “The challenge for us, (as) “Everyone I’ve spoken to about down in this two-match series. “Obviously, we went down the ful at this stage,” said McCullum. so it will be slightly strange if I do players now, is can we back up him has spoken very highly of New Zealand may have been other day, but I thought we played If Watling is unable to keep go past his record because with- a great performance in the last him. It’s a great coup to have him unbeaten in their six previ- some pretty good cricket through- wicket, New Zealand would give out his hard work and dedication three days of that Test match and and the guys are looking forward ous Test series but their tac- out that Test match -- and credit a Test debut to one-day gloveman to me and my game, I wouldn’t try to win the series...” to him turning up.” tics, which included repeatedly to England that they were good Luke Ronchi. have scored half the runs I would Looking further ahead to Meanwhile New Zealand cap- bouncing Ben Stokes while the enough to run us down. “If BJ is ruled out of keeping, have done. Bayliss’s arrival next month, tain Brendon McCullum was ada- England all-rounder was making “This is how the New Zealand then Ronc would come in and “It’s a bit of a strange one. Cook added: “His one day record mant his side would stick with an 85-ball century, the quickest cricket team is playing, and there make his debut,” said McCullum. But there will only ever be one is very good as well so it’ll be very their attacking approach to Test ever in a Lord’s Test, were called are times we’ll get beaten, but it’s AFP Graham Gooch. He’s England greatest-ever batsman.” It fell to Cook to tell Gooch that he had been sacked as England batting coach in May last year. Pakistan eyes series win against Zimbabwe But Cook himself said he had eventually gone back to his origi- LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan an opponent we wanted a full on the field,” Masakadza said. nal mentor for advice. are targeting their first series Zimbabwe side but it’s an advan- “But what’s being done is done, “We worked together since I win in 17 months in the sec- tage for us and we would like to we have to move on from here and started on the Essex staff at 18 ond day-night match in Lahore capitalise on it.” hopefully the guys sitting out step and then made that decision that today, hoping to capitalise on the Pakistan posted 375-3 -- their up and fill in his shoes,” added I’ll work on different areas and suspension of Zimbabwe’s in- highest total against Zimbabwe Masakdza, who has previously Zimbabwe work with different coaches over form captain Elton Chigumbura. in all one-day matches -- before captained in seven matches but cricketer a period,” said the 30-year-old Pakistan’s last one-day series leaking 334-5 on Tuesday, a con- lost all of them. Cook, whose 27 Test hundreds Sean Williams win came against Sri Lanka in cern for Ali. “Obviously we haven’t played are an England record. (left) bats as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) “Our batting is doing very well that bad cricket, we’ve got into “While it was really refresh- in February 2014 before embark- but pitches are very good for bat- good positions at times so it’s just wicketkeeper ing to work with different guys, I ing on a five-series losing streak. ting so sometimes it gets tough a matter of working to make sure Richmond think its really important there’s Having won the first of three- for bowlers and we need improve- we get into the same positions but Mutumbami one guy you go back to because matches by 41 runs in Lahore on ment in that area,” he said. making sure we try and follow looks on dur- he knows your game inside out.” Tuesday, Pakistan captain Azhar Opener Hamilton Masakadza, through with better results,” he ing a practice Meanwhile New Zealand cap- Ali said he hoped his team would who will now lead Zimbabwe, added. session at tain Brendon McCullum paid take advantage of Chigumbura’s hoped his side would be able to Zimbabwe is the first Test play- the Gaddafi tribute to Cook by saying: “He’s absence after the visiting skip- overcome the loss of Chigumbura ing country to tour Pakistan in Cricket got a strong character. per struck 117 of 95 balls but was as well as middle-order batsman six years following the suspension Stadium in “He’s now in that position slapped with a two-match ban for Craig Ervine. of international cricket in the the Pakistani where he is the leader of the a slow-over rate. Ervine missed both the country in the wake of the 2009 city of Lahore England team and the guys have “I think Elton was in great Twenty20 matches due to flu attacks on the Sri Lankan team yesterday. responded to him. His statistics form,” said Ali of his counterpart before injuring his hamstring in bus in Lahore. throughout his career are superb.” who fell three overs short in the the one-day international. The series is being played Since England’s victory at regulated time on Tuesday. “Obviously it’s a big blow on under massive security with 4,000 Lord’s, Australian Trevor Bayliss “He (Chigumbura) was their both fronts, in terms of the way policemen deployed in and around has been confirmed as their new captain as well so it’s a big loss he’s been batting and also in the Gaddafi Stadium. permanent coach. for Zimbabwe, obviously as terms of his leadership out there AFP AFP Gilbert wins Giro 18th stage, Contador retains lead Giro d’Italia Results VERBANIA, Italy: Belgian risks but it paid off in the end,” riders at the front. rider Philippe Gilbert of the added Gilbert. “I saw that Fabio Aru (3rd 1. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/BMC) 4hr 04min BMC team won his second stage The 32-year-old adds his sec- overall) was not having a good 14sec, 2. Francesco Bongiorno (ITA/BAR) at 47sec, 3. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/IAM) 1:01, on the Giro d’Italia this year as ond stage win on this year’s Giro day when I looked at his face so 4. Matteo Busato (ITA/SOU) 1:01, 5. Amael he triumphed in yesterday’s 18th after winning last week at Monte I decided to attack,” added the Moinard (FRA/BMC) 1:01, 6. David de la Cruz stage after a late breakaway. Berico for his third career tri- Spaniard. (ESP/ETI) 1:01, 7. Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA/ Spaniard Alberto Contador of umph in the race. Contador protected his advan- ALM) 1:01, 8. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR/SKY) Tinkoff retains the leader’s pink Contador also had a successful tage with the help of Canadian 1:01, 9. Chad Haga (USA/GIA) 2:42, 10. Pieter jersey three days from the race day when he attacked on the final former winner Ryder Hesjedal Weening (NED/ORI) 3:55, 11. Ryder Hesjedal finish in Milan. difficult climb at Monte Ologno and teammate Davide Villella as (CAN/CAN) 6:05, 12. Alberto Contador (ESP/ Gilbert, the 2012 world cham- 45km from the finish. he extended his overall lead over TIN) 6:05 pion came home alone 47secs Second-placed Mikel Landa of Landa to 5min 15secs. Overall ahead of Italian Francesco Spain lost valuable time and also Aru now trails by 6min 5secs. 1. Alberto Contador (ESP/TIN) 72hr 23min Bongiorno, after a small group suffered a crash which did little “My goal is to have the pink 09sec, 2. Mikel Landa (ESP/AST) at 5:15, 3. marshalled by the Belgian and to help his cause while Contador jersey in Milan even with a one Fabio Aru (ITA/AST) 6:05, 4. Andrey Amador Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel set was in a similar position two days second advantage,” continued (CRC/MOV) 7:01, 5. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) up the break for home. earlier. Contador. 9:40, 6. Leopold König (CZE/SKY) 10:44, 7. “For this Giro, I came to win Contador said that his deci- “Today was a good stage but Damiano Caruso (ITA/BMC) 11:05, 8. Steven a stage and try to wear the pink sion not to wait for Landa who things can change tomorrow.” Kruijswijk (NED/LNL) 12:53, 9. Ryder Hesjedal jersey. The first objective has been lost a few minutes had little to Gilbert meanwhile made his (CAN/CAN) 13:01, 10. Alexandre Geniez (FRA/ attained and a second victory is do on past history between the move on the final descent follow- FDJ) 14:01, 11. Maxime Monfort (BEL/LOT) 15:17, 12. Jürgen Van den Broeck (BEL/LOT) fantastic especially as it came in two rivals when Landa’s Astana ing the category one climb and 17:12, 13. Amaël Moinard (FRA/BMC) 21:15, such a hard stage,” said Gilbert. team failed to wait for him at went clear at the front with 19km 14. Giovanni Visconti (ITA/MOV) 21:25, 15. “For me, this is a first at this Mortirolo. to run. Tanel Kangert (EST/AST) 28:11, 16. Rigoberto level and to have Adam Moinard “There’s no vendetta,” said Today’s 19th stage will see Uran (COL/ETI) 30:52, 17. Darwin Atapuma Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert of the BMC Racing Team celebrates on up front with me really helped. Contador. “This situation was dif- a gruelling 236km slog from (COL/BMC) 33:24, 18. Carlos Betancur (COL/ the podium after winning the 18th stage of the 98th Giro d’Italia cycling I knew with that when I was 40 ferent and we knew we had to be Gravellona Toce and features ALM) 41:13, 19. Mikel Nieve (ESP/SKY) 42:22, tour over 170km from Melide to Verbania, Italy, yesterday. to 50secs back at the top of the in front at the foot of the moun- three difficult climbs. 20. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/AST) 46:40 climb, it was possible. I took some tain. There was no room for two AFP FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Qatar team training in London

Qatar’s new Uruguayan coach Jose Daniel Carreno (left) greets Hassan Al Haidous during a training session of Qatr national team in London yesterday. RIGHT: Players of Qatar team training in London yesterday. Benitez resigns Sevilla retain Europa League as Napoli coach ROME: Rafael Benitez (pic- tured) moved a step closer to Bacca brace helps Spanish side to clinch title for the fourth time taking over Spanish giants Real Madrid when the Spaniard resigned as Napoli coach WARSAW: Sevilla became the flashed an effort just wide. yesterday. first side to win the Europa Krychowiak then forced Denys The out-of-contract 55-year- League four times with a thrill- Boyko into a superb save with a old, who arrived in Italy in 2013, ing 3-2 victory over Dnipro downward header from Ever will take charge of his final Dnipropetrovsk on Wednesday Banega’s corner. game when Napoli host Lazio on night. However, the Polish interna- Sunday in effectively a playoff for Carlos Bacca was the hero for tional had to wait just four more the third Champions League spot the Spaniards as he struck the minutes to register on home soil in Serie A. winner 17 minutes from time to as he showed great composure to “This is the end of my two years ensure Sevilla also qualify for control Bacca’s layoff before firing experience here and I would like the group stages of next season’s low past Boyko. it to finish with a victory,” said Champions League. Unai Emery’s men had turned Benitez as he thanked the club, It was also the second time they the game on its head three min- its president and its supporters. have retained the trophy with all utes later when Bacca control- Benitez, won the Champions four of their wins coming in the led Reyes’s brilliant through ball League with Liverpool in 2005, past 10 years. and rounded Boyko before slotting the then UEFA Cup with Valencia Nikola Kalinic had given Dnipro into an empty net. in 2004 and the Europa League a dream start to the Ukrainian Yet an incredibly open game for Chelsea in 2013, is seen as one side’s first ever European final as turned again before the break. of the wiliest tacticians in world he headed home the opener after Firstly, Sergio Rico produced football. just seven minutes. a stunning save to turn Yevhen Under his tenure Napoli Grzegorz Krychowiak and Konoplyanka’s dipping drive over were squeezed out of the 2014 Bacca turned the game in Sevilla’s the bear. Champions League at the group favour, but Ruslan Rotan’s free- There was nothing Rico could stage when they finished level kick sent the sides in level once do though when Rotan curled in on 12 points with Arsenal and more at the break. a fantastic free-kick two minutes Borussia Dortmund in the pool Bacca had the final say when before half-time. stage. he volleyed home, but his strike The second-half started at a But they went was nearly overshadowed when more pedestrian pace with Dnipro on the win the Dnipro’s Matheus collapsed two enjoying more of the ball than in Italian Cup and minutes from time just after he the first period. Supercup that had been involved in a clash of Slowly, though, Sevilla started year. The tough- heads going up for a header. to impose themselves as the half talking coach Thankfully, though, the Sevilla players celebrate with the trophy after the UEFA Europa League final at the Narodowy Stadium in wore on and went close in quick suffered heavy Brazilian was able to move Warsaw, Poland on Wednesday night. Sevilla FC defeated Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3-2 in the final. succession from two corners as criticism after as he was stretchered off to Krychowiak was crowded out defeat in the a rousing reception from the before Atkinson waved away semi-finals of the whole stadium and both sets of wait for our moment. Given how Antonio Reyes went down under that have won this competi- more penalty appeals when Europa League players. hard we’ve worked we deserve pressure from Rotan. However, tion three times in the previous Vitolo went down inside the two weeks ago to Ukraine outfit “We’ve had difficulties in all of this. We have to enjoy it.” they were stunned moments later nine years as they laid siege to area. Dnipro, after also losing to Bilbao the games,” said Sevilla boss Unai Sevilla came into the game as when Kalinic flicked on a long ball the Dnipro goal in search of an The winner ultimately arrived in the Champions League qualify- Emery. big favourites and made the faster into the path of Matheus and then equaliser. when Bacca latched onto Vitolo’s ing round in August. “At half-time we spoke about start with English referee Martin got on the end of his cross to head Vitolo saw his shot bravely pass and confidently dispatched “I thank ‘Rafa’ for these two how this competition takes a lot Atkinson turning down strong home the opener. blocked when well-placed on the the ball past Boyko for his 28th seasons,” said Napoli president out of you, and that we had to claims for a penalty when Jose Sevilla responded like a side edge of the area before Reyes goal of the season. AFP Aurelio De Laurentiis. “He won me over when I met him two years ago in London and that first impression has since been Arsenal bid to down Villa and confirmed.” Ruthless Real Madrid presi- dent Florentino Perez fired the latest incumbent of the Madrid become leading FA Cup club hot-seat Carlo Ancelotti on Monday, and told the press his LONDON: Arsene Wenger will Wenger has had the same kind echoed Arsenal’s road to glory replacement would speak ‘good seek to guide Arsenal to a record of impact at Arsenal since he last year as they laboured to over- Spanish’. 12th FA Cup triumph when they arrived in 1996, but says setting come second-tier Championship Ancelotti will be a hard act face Aston Villa tomorrow and an individual landmark does not opposition Reading in the semi- to follow as he delivered the become the most successful particularly bother him. final to set up a showpiece match club’s most successful ever year manager in the history of the “I’d love to do it but I’m not with Premier League relegation in 2014, with the Copa del Rey, grand old competition. honestly focused on that,” the escapees. UEFA Super Cup and Club World Yet as the Frenchman homes Frenchman told reporters in the For Hull last year, now read Cup adding to the glory of end- in on winning the trophy for the build-up to the final. Villa, who would seal a place in ing a 12-year wait for their 10th sixth time -- one more than his “I’m more focused on the fact next season’s Europa League with European Cup. former Manchester United spar- that we have fought so hard to a victory at Wembley. Benitez has won three ring partner Alex Ferguson -- get there. We went to Manchester Arsenal, though, having bro- European trophies but there are Wenger promises the landmark United to qualify (in the quarter- ken their own nine-year trophy plenty of doubters as to whether does not concern him. finals) and we had to win big drought at Wembley last term, he is the right man to deliver on Pitted against famished games to get there. Now we want are not under quite the same the expectations of the world’s Premier League opponents Villa, to finish the job.” pressure as they were to win it most expensively assembled who are desperate for success To do so, though, Wenger will last year. squad. after a 19-year trophy drought have to get the better of Tim “The demand was absolute When Benitez took over then and faced a relegation battle this Sherwood, who helped secure last year,” said Wenger, recall- Champions League winners Inter side, Wenger’s side are ready to Villa’s top flight status and has ing how his future was seri- Milan in 2010 his reputation took retain the trophy they won last led them to a first FA Cup final ously questioned before the quite a battering despite winning year against Hull City. in 15 years. Hull game. the Club World Cup, he never won A sixth FA Cup win for Wenger Sherwood has brought back The Gunners’ most demand- over the dressing room and was would create a record in the mod- a glimmer of Villa’s glory days, ing fans will expect nothing less fired in late December of his first ern understanding of a manager, especially by masterminding the than Wenger picking up his ninth Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho (right) and his players give a tra- season there. though Villa’s manager/secretary stirring victory over Liverpool major trophy. ditional Thai greeting to the media upon their arrival at Don Muang However, arguably his best George Ramsay oversaw six FA in the semi-final, though it is 58 Only then, despite Champions Airport in Bangkok yesterday. The Blues will meet Thailand’s All Stars work came during his last job in Cup victories between 1887 and years since they last lifted the League qualification being secured at the 49,000-capacity Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok for a special Spain over a decade ago in win- 1920 and was the driving force trophy. once more, can it be considered a match tomorrow. ning two league titles and the behind their success. This season’s competition has successful season. AFP UEFA Cup with Valencia. AFP FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 SPORT 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

French Open Novak Djokovic Results of Serbia in Paris: Results from the fifth day of the action against French Open at Roland Garros yesterday (x Gilles Muller of denotes seeded player): Luxemburg dur- Men’s 2nd Round ing their second Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Gilles Muller round match (LUX) 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 for the French Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) bt Bernard Tomic Open tennis (AUS x27) 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 8-6 tournament at Kevin Anderson (RSA x15) bt Lu Yen-Hsun Roland Garros (TPE) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in Paris, France, Jack Sock (USA) bt Pablo Carreño-Busta yesterday. (ESP) 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 (7/4), 6-1, 7-6 (7/4) RIGHT: Rafael Borna Coric (CRO) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP Nadal of Spain x18) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 serves against Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) bt Jurgen Melzer Nicolas Almagro (AUT) 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (7/0), 7-5 of Spain during Rafael Nadal (ESP x6) bt Nicolas Almagro their second (ESP) 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 round match. Andy Murray (GBR) bt João Sousa (POR) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 Nick Kyrgios (AUS x29) bt Kyle Edmund (GBR) - walkover David Goffin (BEL x17) bt Santiago Giraldo (COL) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 Jérémy Chardy (FRA) bt John Isner (USA x16) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 Djokovic, Nadal canter while Marin Cilic (CRO x9) bt Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA) 7-6 (7/3), 6-1, 6-1 Leonardo Mayer (ARG x23) bt Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (1/7), 6-1 Simone Bolelli (ITA) bt Viktor Troicki (SRB x31) 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 Kokkinakis breaks through David Ferrer (ESP x7) bt Daniel Gimeno (ESP) 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 Pablo Andújar (ESP) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x22) 6-1, 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 3-6, 6-4 Wozniacki knocked out by Germany’s Goerges, Serena advances Women’s 2nd round Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Anna-Lena PARIS: World number one Kokkinakis fired 19 aces and 71 Friedsam (GER) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 Novak Djokovic and defending winners to line up a third round Victoria Azarenka (BLR x27) bt Lucie champion Rafael Nadal stayed clash with Djokovic. Hradecká (CZE) 6-2, 6-3 on course for a French Open The young Australian is the Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) bt Denisa quarter-final yesterday as teen- first teenager to reach the third Allertová (CZE) 6-3, 7-6 (7/2) ager Thanasi Kokkinakis pro- round in Paris since 2008. Sloane Stephens (USA) bt Heather Watson vided a glimpse into the sport’s “Novak barely misses a ball, (GBR) 6-2, 6-4 future. he’s mentally tough, lightning Andrea Petkovic (GER x10) bt Lourdes Top seed Djokovic survived a quick on court. The list goes on,” Domínguez Lino (ESP) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 worrying injury scare to reach said Kokkinakis. Sara Errani (ITA x17) bt Carina Witthoeft the third round with a 6-1, 6-4, “He just does everything so well (GER) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 6-4 win over Gilles Muller of and so professional. I guess that’s Irina Falconi (USA) bt Sesil Karatantcheva Luxemburg. why he’s had such great success.” (BU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 Nadal, chasing a 10th Paris Britain’s third seed Andy Julia Goerges (GER) bt Caroline Wozniacki title, enjoyed a 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 breeze Murray, twice a semi-finalist in (DEN x5) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) past Spanish compatriot Nicolas Paris, faces Portugal’s Joao Sousa Petra Kvitova (CZE x4) bt Silvia Soler Almagro. defending a 5-0 career record. Espinosa (ESP) 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-2 Djokovic’s win over 33-year- US Open champion Marin Cilic Irina Begu (ROM x30) bt A Konjuh (CRO) 6-2, 6-0 old Muller was his 24th consecu- reached the third round for the Timea Bacsinszky (SUI x23) bt Tereza tive victory this year as he took fourth successive year. Smitková (CZE) 6-2, 6-0 another step towards a first ever The ninth-seeded Croatian Madison Keys (USA x16) bt Belinda Bencic Roland Garros title and a career fired 38 winners in a 7-6 (7/3), (SUI) 6-0, 6-3 Grand Slam. 6-1, 6-1 win over Italian qualifier However, he needed a medical Andrea Arnaboldi. Andreea Mitu (ROM) bt Karolína Plísková timeout leading 5-4 in the sec- Cilic will face Argentine 23rd (CZE x12) 2-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 ond set for treatment on what seed Leonardo Mayer who beat Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Svetlana appeared to be a right groin Jerzy Janowicz of Poland 6-4, 6-4, Kuznetsova (RUS x18) 6-7 (11/13), 7-5, 10-8 strain. 6-7 (1/7), 6-1 for a place in the Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) bt Zarina Diyas (KAZ x32) 0-6, 6-1, 6-4 It didn’t affect him too much as last 16. This year’s second round Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis celebrates after defeating compatriot Bernard Tomic during the men’s second Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) bt Danka Kovinic he quickly wrapped up the second featured a record 19 men over the round match. set with a service game to love. age of 30. (MNE) 6-3, 7-5 He eventually wrapped up the Meanwhile, the pre-tour- tie on Court Suzanne Lenglen nament shortlist of favourites after just an hour and 45 minutes, for the French Open women’s hitting an impressive 35 winners. crown continued to shrink and Coric reminds me of me, says Djokovic The 28-year-old goes on to face for a while yesterday it looked as 19-year-old Kokkinakis who saved though top seed, Serena Williams, PARIS: World number one approaching, not just matches, three match points to beat fellow would also vanish. Novak Djokovic gave teenage but tennis life in general, which Australian Bernard Tomic 3-6, Shortly after former world French Open trailblazer Boran is nice to see for somebody his age. 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 8-6 to make the third number one Caroline Wozniacki Coric a ringing endorsement “It’s not that usual to see that. round of a major for the first time. was knocked out by Julia Goerges, yesterday by declaring: “He I think he’s going to be very, very Sixth seed Nadal will face meaning the third, fifth and sixth reminds me of me”. good.” Andrey Kuznetsov for a place seeds had all gone before round Coric, 18, became the youngest Meanwhile, Thanasi in the last 16 after the Russian three, Williams, 33, faced unher- player to reach the third round Kokkinakis saved three match defeated Austria’s Jurgen Melzer alded 21-year-old German Anna- in Paris since Marat Safin in points and suffered a nasty injury 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (7/0), 7-5. Lena Friedsam. 1998 when he defeated veteran to his hip to reach the French “I am very happy. I played a It looked like a mismatch but Spaniard Tommy Robredo, a four- Open third round. great match and was very solid,” 105th-ranked Friedsam gave the time quarter-finalist, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, But it will keep getting tougher said nine-time champion Nadal 19-times grand slam champion 4-6, 6-4. for the 19-year-old Australian, the who has now defeated Almagro a torrid time on Court Suzanne “I like Coric and how he first teenager to make the round 13 times out of 14. Lenglen, taking the first set approaches matches. He has a of 32 since 2008, as next up is “There were long games, the before a nervy Williams recovered very mature mindset for some- world number one Djokovic. match was not as easy as the to scrape into the third round 5-7 body that is only 18,” said Djokovic. Kokkinakis, the world number score may suggest.” 6-3 6-3. “I practiced with him quite a 84, is making his main draw debut The 28-year-old Nadal now has Twice former champion lot in the last couple of months, in Paris on a wildcard. 68 wins at the tournament and Williams has suffered at the and he does remind me of myself And he did not let the organis- just one loss. French Open before -- last year a little bit at that age.” ers down with a rip-roaring 3-6, Out on Court Seven, when she was beaten by Spain’s Coric, the world 46, broke into 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 8-6 win over com- Kokkinakis, making his Roland Garbine Muguruza at the same the top 50 on the eve of Roland patriot Bernard Tomic yesterday Garros debut on a wildcard, came stage and more memorably in Garros and has now made the achieved on the back of 19 aces back from 2-5 down in the decider 2012 when France’s Virginie third round of a major for the and 71 winners. and saved three match points to Razzano knocked her out in round first time. He’s getting used to the drama defeat 27th seed Tomic. one. AGENCIES The signs of his talent have been of Grand Slam tennis. in evidence for a few months now At the Australian Open in -- at Basel in 2014, he defeated January he had to go the dis- childhood idol Rafael Nadal before tance to beat Ernests Gulbis in beating Andy Murray in Dubai the first round before losing in earlier this year. the second to compatriot Sam He was the youngest player Groth. Serena in the top 100 at the end of 2014 But now comes his biggest chal- Williams of having improved his ranking by lenge so far -- taking on top seed the US cel- 276 places in the world in just 12 Djokovic who is on a 24-match ebrates after months. win streak and is chasing a first winning Coric also cites former heavy- French Open to complete the her match weight champion Mike Tyson as career Grand Slam. against an inspiration, a fact not lost on “Novak barely misses a ball, Djokovic who is in the same quar- he’s mentally tough, lightning Germany’s ter of the draw at Roland Garros quick on court. The list goes on,” Anna-Lena as the youngster. said Kokkinakis. Friedsam. “He’s a great fighter, very solid “He just does everything so well from the baseline, both sides. He’s and so professional. I guess that’s improving his serve, as I have why he’s had such great success.” seen,” said the top seed. Kokkinakis has a flair for mak- Boran Coric of Croatia in action against Tommy Robredo of Spain dur- “He does have a very pro- ing headline news. ing their second round match. fessional, very mature way of AGENCIES FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 NOVO SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER TV LISTINGS SCREEN 1 Tomorrowland (2D/Adventure) 10:15am, 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 9:00 & 11:30pm TEL: 444933989 444517001 SCREEN 2 San Andreas (2D/Action) 10:00am, 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 & 11:55pm SCREEN 3 Mad Max: Fury Road (2D/Action) 11:35am, 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 & 11:40pm SCREEN 4 Unfriended (2D/Horror) 12:00noon, 4:00, 8:00pm & 12:00midnight Accidental Love (2D/Romantic) 10:00am, 2:00, 6:00 & 10:00pm SCREEN 5 Green Street 3: Never Back Down (2D/Action) 10:00am, 1:50, 5:50 & 9:50pm 10:10 How Do They Do It? 08:00 News 12:00 80s Greatest 13:00 Zee Connect 13:00 Shark Men Season 4 The Two Faces of January (2D/Thriller) 11:50am, 3:50, 7:50 & 11:50pm 10:35 Treehouse Masters 08:30 Earthrise 14:00 Banged Up 14:00 Dance Studio SCREEN 6 Jungle Master (2D/Animation) 10:45am, 12:35, 2:25 & 4:10pm 11:25 The Pool Master 09:00 Al Jazeera World 12:15 Tanked 10:30 Inside Story Abroad 16:00 Bollywood Cut Spooks: The Greater Good (2D/Action) 5:40, 7:50, 10:00 & 11:55pm 13:05 Storage Hunters 11:00 News 15:00 Naked Science 17:00 Aunn Zara SCREEN 7 Poltergeist (2D/Horror) 1:30, 5:30, 9:30 & 11:30pm 13:30 Backroad Bounty 11:30 The Stream 2.5 18:00 Maharakshak The Dinosaur Project (2D/Adventure) 11:30am, 3:30 & 7:30pm 14:20 Alaska: The Last 12:00 News 16:00 Mystery Files Devi SCREEN 8 Maggie (2D/Horror) 10:10am, 2:30, 6:50 & 11:20pm Frontier 12:30 101 East 16:30 Mystery Files 19:00 Servicewali Bahu Zanket Al Sittat (2D/Arabic) 12:20, 4:45 & 9:10pm 15:10 Overhaulin’ 13:00 NEWSHOUR 17:00 Somewhere In 19:30 Zee Connect SCREEN 9 San Andreas (IMAX 3D/Action) 11:15am, 1:35, 3:55, 6:15, 8:35 & 11:00pm 16:00 Fast N’ Loud 14:00 News China Season 4 SCREEN 10 San Andreas (2D/Action) 11:00am, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 & 11:30pm 16:50 How It’s Made 14:30 Inside Story 18:00 Wild Canada 20:00 Hello Pratibha 17:15 How Do They Do It? 15:00 Searching For 19:00 Naked Science 20:30 Jodha Akbar 17:40 Dive Wars Australia Steele 2.5 21:00 Jamai Raja MALL 18:30 Fast N’ Loud 16:00 NEWSHOUR 20:00 Mystery Files 21:30 Dance Studio SCREEN 1 Mass (2D/Tamil) 2:00pm 19:20 Misfit Garage 17:00 News 20:30 Mystery Files 22:30 Gulf Rangoli Bhaskar The Rascal (2D/Malayalam) 4:45pm Maggie (2D/Horror) 7:30pm 20:10 Backroad Bounty 17:30 The Stream 21:00 Somewhere In Season 4 San Andreas (2D/Thriller) 9:15 & 11:15pm 21:00 Fast N’ Loud 18:00 NEWSHOUR China 23:00 Happy New 22:00 Wild Canada Year SCREEN 2 Home (2D/Animation) 2:30pm Zanket Al Sittat (2D/Arabic) 21:50 Misfit Garage 19:00 News 23:00 Family Guns 4:00pm San Andreas (2D/Thriller) 6:00pm Unfriended (2D/Horror) 8:15 22:40 Wheeler Dealers 19:30 Fault Lines 23:30 Fast N’ Loud: 20:00 News & 11:30pm Maggie (2D/Horror) 9:45pm Demolition Theater 20:30 Inside Story SCREEN 3 Mass (2D/Tamil) Jungle Master (2D/Animation) 2:15pm 01:10 Fast N’ Loud 21:00 NEWSHOUR 5:00pm Welcome To Karachi (2D/Hindi) 6:30 & 11:00pm 02:00 Misfit Garage 22:00 News Zanket Al Sittat (2D/Arabic) 9:00pm 02:50 Wheeler Dealers 22:30 Artscape - The New 13:00 Minuscule: Valley 10:00 Madea’s Witness 03:40 Storage Hunters African Photography Of Lost Ants Protection LANDMARK 04:05 Backroad Bounty 23:00 The Slum 14:30 Pim And 12:00 Planes Pom: The Big 14:00 Mafia! 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San Andreas (3D/Thriller) 6:45pm Tomorrowland (2D/Adventure) 14:30 Happy Endings 14:00 The Goldbergs Of Rocky And 02:00 The World’s End 9:00pm Unfriended (2D/Horror) 11:30pm 15:00 Melissa & Joey 14:30 Black-Ish Bullwinkle 04:00 Son Of Rambow 15:30 Melissa & Joey 15:30 The Daily Show With ROYAL PLAZA 16:00 Lost Jon Stewart SCREEN 1 San Andreas (2D/Thriller) 2:30, 4:45 & 9:00pm 17:00 Scrubs 16:00 The Nightly Show 17:30 The Listener With Larry Wilmore Zanket Al Sittat (2D/Arabic) 7:00pm Maggie (2D/Horror) 11:15pm 18:30 The Listener 17:00 Late Night With Seth SCREEN 2 Jungle Master (2D/Animation) 2:30pm 19:30 Lone Star Legend Meyers Tomorrowland (2D/Adventure) 4:15pm 20:30 The Bridge 18:00 Last Man Standing 13:00 Won’t Back 13:50 Hunter Hunted Avengers: Age of Ultron (2D/Action) 6:45pm 21:30 How I Met Your 18:30 New Girl Down 15:40 Killer Shrew Maggie (2D/Horror) 9:15pm San Andreas (2D/Thriller) 11:00pm Mother 19:00 Black-Ish 15:00 Captain America: 16:35 The Living Edens SCREEN 3 Home (2D/Animation) 2:30pm Jungle Master (2D/Animation) 22:00 How I Met Your 19:30 Fresh Off The Boat The Winter 17:30 Monster Frog 4:15pm Maggie (2D/Horror) 6:00pm Unfriended (2D/Horror) 7:45 & 11:30pm Mother 20:00 The Tonight Show Soldier 18:25 Blood Rivals: Zanket Al Sittat (2D/Arabic) 9:30pm 22:30 Scrubs Starring Jimmy 17:15 Rio 2 Lion vs. Buffalo 23:00 Scrubs Fallon 19:00 Maleficent 19:20 Kingdom Of The ASIAN TOWN 23:30 According To Jim 21:00 The Daily Show With 21:00 The Lego Movie Oceans 00:00 According To Jim Jon Stewart 23:00 The Grand 20:10 Killer Shrew SCREEN 1 Mass (2D/Tamil) 1:30, 4:00 & 6:45pm 00:30 The Bridge 21:30 The Nightly Show Budapest Hotel 21:00 The Living Edens Bhaskar The Rascal (2D/Malayalam) 9:30pm & 12:00am 01:30 Lone Star Legend With Larry Wilmore 01:00 Escape Plan 21:50 Monster Frog SCREEN 2 Bhaskar The Rascal (2D/Malayalam) 2:00 & 7:00pm 02:30 Da Vinci’s Demons 22:00 Girls 03:00 Song For Marion 22:40 Blood Rivals: Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2D/Hindi) 4:30pm Mass (2D/Tamil) 9:45pm & 12:30am 03:30 Army Wives 23:30 Late Night With Seth 04:45 Won’t Back Lion vs. Buffalo SCREEN 4 36 Vayathinile (2D/Tamil) 1:15pm Mass (2D/Tamil) 3:15, 8:00, 04:30 Off The Map Meyers Down 23:30 Salmon Wars 10:45pm & 1:15am Welcome To Karachi (2D/Hindi) 5:45pm HYPER C RSO S W O RD

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Kitchen garden A century on, experts crack mystery of holes in Swiss cheese

GENEVA: Eureka! After “It’s the disappearance of about a century of research, the traditional bucket” used Swiss scientists have finally during milking that caused cracked the mystery of the the difference, said Agroscope holes in Swiss cheese. spokesman Regis Nyffeler, Despite what you may adding that bits of hay fell into have been told as a child, it and then eventually caused they are not caused by mice the holes. nibbling away inside cheese Agroscope said the subject wheels. had been under study since Experts from Agroscope, at least 1917 when American a state centre for agricul- William Clark published a tural research, said the phe- detailed study and came to the nomenon — which marks conclusion that it was caused famous Swiss cheeses such as by carbon dioxide released by Emmental and Appenzell — bacteria present in the milk. was caused by tiny bits of hay Agroscope scientists noted present in the milk and not that Swiss cheeses had fewer bacteria as previously thought. holes over the past 10 to 15 They found that the mys- years as open buckets were tery holes in such cheeses replaced by sealed milking became smaller or disap- machines which “completely peared when milk used for did away with the presence of cheese-making was extracted tiny hay particles in the milk”. using modern methods. AFP Frame Brasserie sous-chef Ogier Pottiez picks plants in a vegetable garden on the rooftop of the Pullman Eiffel Tower hotel in Paris. When chefs in Paris need a perfect tomato, or a super-fresh herb, all they need to do is pop up to the kitchen gardens on the roofs of their restaurants.

Chip under Free ride skin for precise Facebook tests new drug screening security feature LONDON: Scientists have developed a biosensor chip that NEW YORK: Facebook has released a new feature called can be placed under the skin for Security Check-up, that would be popping up into select a better monitoring of drug dos- users’ News Feeds soon. age. “This is world’s first chip The Check-up will pop up over the top of the site, prompt- capable of measuring not just pH ing users to explore a couple options you have to increase your and temperature, but also metab- security, reported The Verge. olism-related molecules like glu- From there, Facebook will walk users through password cose, lactate and cholesterol security options and show the computers logged into differ- as well as drugs,” said Sandro ent Facebook services. Carrara from the Integrated If anything’s fishy, it should be obvious from there. Systems Laboratory at Swiss Those tools were already available to Facebook users, Federal Institute of Technology but thanks to Security Check-up, they’ll be a lot harder in Lausanne (EPFL). to miss. A group of electrochemical sen- Once you have logged in on a phone, that login will usually sors works with or without enzymes, stick around until you actively turn it off. It particularly which means the device can react poses problem if that phone ends up lost, stolen, or just to a wide range of compounds and re-sold. it can do so for several days or even Login alerts send you an email any time there’s a new login, weeks. This tiny device contains while device management can show you every device that’s three main components: A circuit accessed your account. with six sensors, a control unit But we tend to avoid these security checks. But Security that analyses incoming signals, Check-up forces itself into view, encouraging the users to and a radio transmission module. grapple with options they probably didn’t know existed. A cygnet hitches a ride on the back of a swan while others follow behind as they travel along the Regents Canal It also has an induction coil IANS which draws power from an exter- in London yesterday. nal battery attached to the skin by a patch. “A simple plaster holds the battery, the coil and a blue- tooth module are used to send the results immediately to a mobile Eight convicted of fleecing phone.” The chip was successfully tested on mice at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) in Bellinzona, Switzerland. French billionaire L’Oreal heiress

BOURDEAUX, FRANCE: A start was delayed when Alain two properties in Marrakesh Earn a degree French court yesterday con- Thurin, a former nurse for and another in southern France, victed eight members of L’Oreal Bettencourt, tried to hang him- told the court he had assets and before marriage to heiress Liliane Bettencourt’s self on the eve of the trial in the money “well before knowing entourage of exploiting the frail woods near his house. Liliane Bettencourt.” avoid extra flab! billionaire, with one ordered to His case will now be heard on a “She took pleasure in giving repay her ¤158m ($170m). later date. The trial lifted the lid the money,” he told the court in WASHINGTON: People who Bettencourt’s close confi- on an explosive legal and politi- January, adding that Bettencourt earn a college degree before dant Francois-Marie Banier, a cal drama that even dragged in was in no way diminished men- getting married are less likely 67-year-old photographer who is former president Nicolas Sarkozy. tally when he knew her. to become obese than those who godfather to actor Johnny Depp’s The complex saga began in However the president of the graduate from college after get- daughter, was sentenced to three 2007 when Bettencourt’s daugh- court Denis Roucou said Banier ting married, says a study. years in prison, six months of ter Francoise filed charges had “a real moral and psychologi- “People who get married before which were suspended. against Banier for exploiting her cal hold” on Bettencourt and had they earn a degree from a four- Banier was also given a mother’s growing mental frailty gone out of his way to take advan- year college are about 65 percent ¤350,000 ($380,000) fine on top after the death of her father tage of her “confused state”. more likely to become obese later of the ¤158m in damages. Two Andre. “She found herself at the mercy than people who get married after men charged with oversee- Bettencourt had taken celeb- of men who she had trusted,” college,” said lead author Richard ing Bettencourt’s vast fortune, rity photographer Banier under Roucou said, adding that those Allen Miech from the University of Patrice de Maistre and his suc- her wing, lavishing him with some close to her could not have been Michigan. The study scanned the cessor Pascal Wilhelm, were both ¤400m worth of paintings, life unaware of her mental frailty. data of nearly 14,000 individuals sentenced to 30 months in prison, insurance funds and millions of Meanwhile, de Maistre from the National Longitudinal 12 of which were suspended, and euros in cash. was accused of encouraging Study of Adolescent Health (Add fines of 250,000 euros. The woman whom Forbes Bettencourt to commit tax eva- Health), which began tracking a The trial began in January magazine describes as the world’s sion, and was convicted of money nationally representative sample with 10 people accused of exploit- 10th richest person also made laundering as well as exploitation. Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers (centre), the estranged daughter of L’Oreal of youth in 1995 when they were ing the 92-year-old, who was him her sole heir, a move she De Maistre, who received 12 heiress Liliane Bettencourt, speaks to media as she leaves with her sons 11 to 19 years old. declared unfit to run her own would later revoke. Her daughter million euros in cash and dona- from the courtroom after the verdict in Bordeaux, France, yesterday. The researchers compared the affairs in 2011 after a medical told the court that Banier was “a tions from Bettencourt, burst body mass indexes (BMIs) of the report showed she had suffered con man” who helped poison her into tears several times when and unwittingly plunged into a secretly recorded by her butler, participants before and after they from “mixed dementia” and relationship with her mother. he took the stand in January, world of hidden bank accounts who had grown increasingly con- graduated from college, and also “moderately severe” Alzheimer’s Banier, who owns at least two saying he had been overcome and drama. He was one of sev- cerned about her mental fragility. studied the timing of their mar- disease since 2006. However the flats in an upmarket part of Paris, by the family’s gilded standing eral members of the entourage AFP riages. IANS