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reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Heavy rains, which began on Thursday evening, have claimed three lives and caused losses to property in the Sultanate. Oman is witnessing intense rains, strong winds, thunderstorms and hailstorms since Thursday due to a low pressure system in the Arabian Peninsula. According to Met officials, the rain would continue till Sunday. On Thursday evening, an 18-yearold Omani was killed when struck by lightning in Kabourah, and a retired physician lost his life when his car was washed away during flooding at Falaj in Sohar, according to officials. “Saif Suleiman Al Saeedi, the 18-year-old Omani, was killed by lightning, while his brother suffered severe burns and is undergoing treatment at a government hospital in Muscat. Meanwhile, Maara E. Hassan, a retired physician, was swept along with his car when it was overwhelmed by flood waters at around 9:15pm. “When police officials retrieved his body, he was already dead,” sources in Sohar told Times of Oman. Also, according to the public authority for civil defence and ambulance (PACDA) officials, 139 people were rescued from the heavy rains throughout Oman.

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“With the help of helicopters and trained rescue personnel, several people stranded in rain, stuck in washed away vehicles, locked in flooded rooms and overflowing wadis were rescued by our team,” the officials said. However, according to PACDA officials, one person remains missing in Ibri since Thursday’s rains. ROP personnel recovered the body of an Asian national in the wadi of Andam in the wilayat of Al Mudhaibi, Governorate of North Al Sharqiyah, yesterday. Unconfirmed sources claimed one person had died due to rains in Al Amerat area. Yesterday, Musandam, Al Buraimi, North Al Batinah, South Al Batinah, Al

Dhahirah, Al Dakhiliyah, Muscat, North Al Sharqiyah and South Al Sharqiyah witnessed moderate to heavy rains. “In Muscat, people witnessed hailstorms in the morning and heavy rains in the evening. Roads were damaged in several parts. In Bahla, a hospital and schools were affected. Many areas experienced power disruptions. Roads were damaged, many wadis were overﬂowing and trees were seen uprooted in many areas,” sources added. On Thursday in Muscat, patients and staff from Al Nahdha Hospital in Ruwi were evacuated by PACDA officials. “Some of the patients were airlifted by PACDA choppers and admitted to other hospitals in Muscat,” PACDA officials said. Thursday’s rain also caused huge losses when water engulfed Muttrah Souq shops. “It rained for only a few minutes. It started at around 6pm and lasted for nearly 30 minutes. But water entered many shops. Around 15 shops suffered huge losses. Every shop might have suffered a loss of at least OMR5,000,” Madhu, a shop owner, said. According to Met, the forecast for today (November 23) indicates that the unstable weather over the Sultanate will continue. “The skies will be cloudy to partly cloudy with chances of rain, and occasional thunder-

showers over Governorates of Musandam, Al Buraimi, North Al Batinah, South Al Batinah, Al Dhahirah, Al Dakhiliyah, Muscat, North Al Sharqiyah, and South Al Sharqiyah,” the Met department reported. On Thursday, an Emergency Committee was formed and six relief and shelter centres were named by the Relief and Shelter Committee at the North Al Batinah Governorate. Two shelter centres were assigned at the centre of the wilayat, at the Shinas Secondary School and Ziyad bin Al Mohallab School for Basic Education. Two centres have also been identiﬁed at the Northern villages, the Al Nokhba School for Basic Education and Ibn Al Atheer School for Post Basic Education. Meanwhile, the DirectorateGeneral of Meteorology and Air Navigation has called upon the public to remain cautious, as there will be rains associated with thunderstorms till Sunday. According to the advisory, the effect of these conditions is likely to be felt in all governorates to varying degrees and weather is likely to change. People have been urged to drive safely and park the vehicles in safe locations, and also be aware of the active wadis while crossing the roads.

MUSCAT/DUBAI: Oman should tax the billions of dollars which foreign workers send back to their home countries every year, an advisory committee to the government has proposed. Currently such money transfers are not taxed. The economic and ﬁnancial committee of the Shura Council recommended this week that the tax should be set at 2 per cent. “The committee is of the opinion that the imposition of a tax on such transfers at an appropriate rate is not expected to have negative effects on economic activity or the citizens,” the committee’s deputy head Ali bin Abdullah Al Badi said. The tax would help to diversify revenues beyond oil. By making foreign workers more expensive to hire, the tax could also encourage hiring of citizens. Transfers associated with outward worker remittances increased by 12.1 per cent to OMR3.1 billion in 2012, a Central Bank of Oman report showed.

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KABUL: Afghanistan yesterday rebuffed a US demand to sign a highly anticipated security pact as soon as possible, insisting the document must wait until after next year’s presidential election. Washington warned Kabul on Thursday to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) pact as soon as possible, with senior officials hinting that delaying beyond the end of this year could mean no post-2014 US troop presence. The latest US run-in with President Hamid Karzai was set off by the Afghan leader’s statement that the painstakingly negotiated pact would not be signed until after the election in April. US officials bristled, saying the deal, which governs the conditions of any post-war American counter-terrorism and training mission in Afghanistan, must be signed by the end of the year. The White House said it needed a swift decision from Karzai to start planning the footprint of any US forces. “Failure to get this approved and signed by the end of the year would prevent the United States and our

DRAFT DEAL: Afghan delegates discuss the Bilateral Security

Agreement during a four-day loya jirga, a meeting of around 2,500 Afghan tribal elders and leaders, in Kabul, yesterday. -AFP

allies from being able to plan for a post-2014 presence,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. Karzai had said the pact currently under consideration by a loya jirga, a meeting of tribal chieftains, could only be signed “when our elections are conducted, correctly and with dignity”. His spokesman Aimal Faizi stood ﬁrm

on the issue yesterday. “Security, peace and good elections are key to the signing of the BSA,” Faizi said. “Let’s wait and see what will the loya jirga decide on the document. If approved, as the president said, it will be signed after elections.” Senior US officials speaking on condition of anonymity were blunt, warning that it was not

practical for the BSA to await the signature of the next Afghan president. They said that if there were no BSA in force, there would be no US troop garrison in Afghanistan after Nato combat troops leave in 2014. Karzai told jirga delegates that the BSA would allow up to 15,000 foreign troops to stay in the war-torn country. Afghanistan goes to the polls on April 5 to elect a successor to Karzai, who must step down after his two terms. A credible election is seen as crucial to the country’s future stability. The BSA governs the terms and legal status of US troops who might stay behind in Afghanistan, and the draft, which must also be approved by the Afghan parliament, emerged after tortuous negotiations. Obama stepped in this week with a letter to conﬁrm a deal on the vexed question of US forces raiding Afghan homes. However, American officials quickly knocked down a ﬂurry of media reports suggesting that Karzai would get an apology for the price borne by Afghan civilians during the 12-year war. -AFP

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Loyalty march held in Sohar Times News Service SOHAR: As part of the Sultanate’s 43rd National Day celebrations, Sohar University recently held a loyalty and gratitude march. The management of the university led the march, in which the academic staff and thousands of the university’s students participated. The participants held the Sultanate’s ﬂags and chanted slogans in honour of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, calling upon Allah to grant him a long life and Oman further progress and devel-

opment under his leadership. Khwla Al Shidi, a student from the university said, “Oman has gained an outstanding position among the countries of the world in every ﬁeld due to the wisdom of His Majesty the Sultan.” Hasan Al Ajmi, an employee of the university stated, “This is my duty to participate with my colleagues in this national event. And I want to thank His Majesty the Sultan for everything he provides us, and to our country, and I congratulate all Omani people on this special day.

Operetta presentation The university will also be presenting an operetta, Ishraket Al Fajer, on Monday under the auspices of Habib Al Rymai, general secretary of Sultan Qaboos Centre for Education and Science. The operetta portrays the story of the achievements of the Sultanate and its impact on the common man during the last 43 years since the Blessed Renaissance. It is being presented as a tribute to His Majesty the Sultan and the Omani public to mark the 43rd National Day.

Marine website gets 320,000 hits The project is the ﬁrst of its kind in Oman and offers insight on global warming NEW VISTAS: The website provides information on jobs and fellow-

ships available in marine-related activities. –Supplied photo

Times News Service MUSCAT: An Oman-related environmental website created by Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) researchers has gained enormous popularity with the number of hits exceeding 320,000 since it was launched in 2010. The website, www.omansea.org, was designed and developed by Prof. Sergey Piontkovski from the Department of Marine Sciences and Fisheries at the SQU. Prof. Piontkovski is the Principal Investigator of the research project which investigates climate-driven interactions between

physical-chemical dynamics and plankton communities in the western Arabian Sea, with a special reference to the Sea of Oman. According to Prof. Piontkovski, there are several reasons that have made their website popular. “The ﬁrst one stems from a hot environmental issue — the regional consequence of global warming. We spent three years to put together all historical data enabling us to evaluate current trends characterising changes in physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of Omani shelf waters.

“Our project is the ﬁrst of its kind, aimed to assemble historical data on direct measurements covering the past 60 years of research. “Synthesis of that calibre became possible due to the collaboration developed with many institutes and experts, on a national and international level,” he said. “Together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth we assembled, analysed and published data highlighting the frequency of occurrence of algal blooms and ﬁsh kill events,” he explained.

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Art exhibition portrays duo’s passion for colours of Oman STAFF REPORTER MUSCAT: The ‘For the Love of Rainbows’ exhibition recently opened at Bait Al Zubair Museum, under the auspices of Dr Rawiyah Al Busaidiyah, Minster of Higher Education. The artists behind this exhibition are Jenni Eden and Helen Al Saidi. They met for the ﬁrst time two years ago, and quickly realised they shared both a passion for colour and for Oman. Soon, both were producing work based on the colours of the rainbow. The idea to display their work together seemed a natural next step. Eden’s work is inspired by the fact that when mixed together, the colours of the rainbow combine to make shades of black and grey. She is interested in how white light can be refracted to make a rainbow of colours, but also by how a rainbow can be at the heart of both black and white. This led to paintings of unusual rainbows that include shades of black and grey. The paintings also play upon the idea of people having both black and white moods within them — black representing ‘fear’ and white signalling ‘hope’. NAT U R E ’ S F U RY

Municipalities gear up to curb post-rain chaos MUSCAT: The Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources intensified its efforts to alleviate the effects of rainfall and flooding of wadis due to rains brought on by the low pressure area affecting the Sultanate. The ministry will provide municipal and water services to the affected local residents, officials said. The ministry has set up work teams in each governorate to take steps to limit the damage caused by the rains. These teams include specialists in municipal and water affairs. Said bin Nasser Al Habsi, Director General of Water Resources Evaluation at the ministry, said the nation’s dams are in good condition and are ready to absorb the quantities of water resulting from the flooding of wadis. If the volume of water is more than the dams’ capacities, then the dams would be opened in areas specified for this purpose. Also, water measurement tools are available to monitor the volumes of water and flooding of wadis.–ONA

VIBRANT COLOURS: The paintings play upon the idea of people

having both black and white moods within them. –Shabin E/TIMES OF OMAN

The choices and decisions people make are inﬂuenced by whichever colour is dominant. Eden added: “I have been blessed to ﬁnd wonderful friends and loyal supporters of my work here and it’s

amazing to see so many here tonight. Oman holds a very special place in my heart and my love of Oman and my love of colour was something I held in common with my co exhibiter, Helen Al Saidi.”

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WGO’s Winter Fair charms MUSCAT: The Women’s Guild in Oman (WGO) held its fourth annual Winter Craft Fair last week offering a variety of handmade goods, accessories, clothes and food for visitors to buy. Held at Al Bahja Hall in the Jungle restaurant in Qurum, there were 70 stalls ﬁlled with items. Being held as a much-awaited one-stop-shop for buying Christmas presents, the fair received rave reviews from those who attended. Beverly Johnson, a long time WGO member, said that while she has always enjoyed coming to the WGO’s Craft Fairs, she enjoyed this one the most. Proceeds from the Winter Craft Fair will be donated to charity.

Dr Salem leads delegation MUSCAT: Dr Salem Al Ismaily, Chairman of the Public Authority for Investment Promotion and Export Development (PAIPED), led the Omani delegation at the fourth Bosphorus Summit of the International Cooperation Platform (ICP). Held in Istanbul, Turkey between November 20 and 22, the summit explored the role of the Middle East and North Africa in shaping the global economy, particularly with the rise of emerging markets.

ISM Gavel Club function held MUSCAT: The Installation Ceremony for the ISM Gavel Club Officers was held recently. Lieutenant Governor Marketing TM Yasser Abdullah Suleiman, the chief guest at the ceremony, stressed on the importance of public speaking skills and shared his personal experience. Forty-two gaveliers were inducted to the various office bearers’ positions of the six clubs. The programme included a demo gavel session conducted by the gaveliers of the ISM Gavel Clubs. TM Seethalakshmi proposed the vote of thanks. The session was very well presented by the students and the school management.

ART EXTRAVAGANZA Over 1,000 students of Indian School Al Ghubra celebrated the Sultanate’s 43rd National Day with an Art Extravaganza, reﬂecting the theme, ‘I Love Oman’. — Supplied photo

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Rains trigger traffic snarls, waterlogging THE intense rains, strong winds, thunderstorms and hailstorms over the weekend brought its share of inconvenience. The authorities swung into action and the public has been warned against venturing outdoors.

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ANTI-MILITIA PROTEST IN TRIPOLI Libyans demonstrate to demand the withdrawal of all armed militias from Tripoli, yesterday. Residents poured into the streets to press militias remaining in the city to follow others and withdraw, aiming to keep up the momentum following deadly clashes last weekend. Many of the groups have long rejected government calls to lay down their arms or integrate into the armed forces, triggering the frustration of Libyans who once hailed them as heroes for toppling Muammar Gaddaﬁ. -AFP

Syrian refugees launch hunger strike in Egypt CAIRO: Dozens of refugees from Syria detained in an Egyptian police station began a hunger strike yesterday to draw attention to their plight, several of them said. The United Nations refugee agency conﬁrmed that 52 refugees of Syrian and Palestinian origin had refused to receive food delivered by a UNHCR-funded charity to the police station where they are held in the coastal city of Alexandria. Among the detainees are 21 children, including 14-monthold twin girls, and eight women. “We will not eat until we die or until we are allowed to go to any country that will accept us,” a 52-year-old man said by phone from the police station in the coastal city of Alexandria. Like about half the refugees in the police station, the man, who asked not to be named, is a Syrian-born Palestinian. Yellow card The United Nations says the Egyptian government has refused to let it register Palestinians from Syria as refugees and give them the yellow card that al-

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20 killed in Iraq attacks BAGHDAD: Attacks mostly targeting residents in Iraq killed 20 people yesterday as the minority sect shuttered countless mosques nationwide, complaining that security forces were failing to provide adequate protection. The move follows a monthslong surge in bloodshed, with the latest wave of violence leaving nearly 200 people dead in just the past week, that has forced Baghdad to appeal for international help in combatting militancy just months before its ﬁrst general election in four years. Officials have also voiced concern over a resurgent Al Qaeda emboldened by the civil war in neighbouring Syria which has provided the jihadist network’s front groups with increased room to plan operations in Iraq. Attacks yesterday struck around Baghdad, and the main northern city of Mosul, leaving at least 20 dead and 25 others wounded, security and medical officials said. Four separate shootings and bombings in the capital, including one adjacent to a mosque, killed at least six people, while blasts in the nearby towns of Abu Ghraib and Tarmiyah left three others dead. -AFP

lows them temporary residence. As a result, hundreds of Palestinians are detained in police stations, with nowhere else to go. Another refugee sent a text message that read: “We are appealing to the international community in the name of humanity. We are searching for a secure homeland that can provide protection and care for our children and women.” The Egyptian authorities have apprehended about 1,500 Syrian refugees in the last few months and about 1,200 of them have been “coerced to leave”, Human Rights Watch said last week. Those with Syrian passports left Egypt for refugee camps in other countries in the region. The Palestinians have been given no option but to camp out in a police station indeﬁnitely, or somehow make their way back to the war zone in Syria. Most of the 1,500 refugees detained by the authorities were seized while trying to ﬂee by boat to Italy. Although courts have ordered their release, the authorities say they are being held for immigration violations. - AFP

‘Compromise on enrichment issue reached in Iran N-talks’ Another stubborn dispute in the talks has been Iran’s insistence on continuing construction of the Arak heavy - water research reactor, which could yield plutonium if completed. Western powers want Tehran to scrap the plant as part of an interim deal under which Iran would freeze parts of its nuclear programme in exchange for limited relief from international sanctions.

Iranian media quoted unnamed Western officials as saying that Western powers had agreed to acknowledge Tehran’s right to enrich ENGROSSED: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, second left and Iranian Foreign Minister Mo-

GENEVA: A major sticking point in nuclear negotiations between Iran and six world powers may have been overcome with compromise language in a draft deal regarding Iran’s demand for a “right to enrich” uranium, Western diplomats said yesterday. Iran has insisted that any pact to curb its sensitive nuclear activity explicitly recognise its right to reﬁne uranium, a process that can produce fuel for civilian power plants or atomic bombs. Western powers say there is no such thing

hammad Zarif, third right, attend talks over Iran’s nuclear programme in Geneva, yesterday. - AFP

as a right to enrich under international law. This issue has emerged as one of the most difficult areas of disagreement between Iran and Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States, diplomats close to the Geneva negotiations said. Iranian media quoted unnamed Western officials yesterday as saying that Western powers had

agreed to acknowledge Tehran’s right to enrich. Western diplomats vehemently denied that. They said a compromise had been proposed that does not explicitly recognise a right to produce nuclear fuel by any country. “If you speak about the right to a peaceful nuclear programme that’s open to interpretation,” a diplomat said without elaborating. Earlier this week a senior US

administration official told reporters in Geneva that a formula could be found to satisfy all sides. “Article Four of the NPT, the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, is silent on the issue. It neither confers a right nor denies a right. So we don’t believe it is inherently there. Do I believe this issue can be navigated in an agreement? Yes, I do. And we will see if that can be done or not.”

‘Room for optimism’ Meanwhile, Russia’s foreign minister arrived in Geneva yesterday to take part in talks between world powers and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear programme. Sergei Lavrov is so far the only foreign minister from the P5+1 group to be taking part in the talks. It remained unclear if his counterparts would also come, as they did two weeks ago in the last round of talks in the Swiss city. Hopes were meanwhile rising that the negotiations were making progress, with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Jarad Zarif saying there was “room for optimism”. - Agencies

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Syrian rebel factions float a new front BEIRUT: The six largest rebel factions in Syria declared a new Islamic Front yesterday, forming the largest alliance of opposition fighters yet in the 2-1/2-year conflict. Syria’s fractious rebel forces have tried many times to unify their ranks and failed. Rebel commanders, in a video aired on Al Jazeera, said their new union would not only seek to oust President Bashar Al Assad but establish an Islamic state. “This independent political, military and social formation aims to topple the Assad regime completely and build an Islamic state where the sovereignty of God almighty alone will be our reference and ruler,” said Ahmed Eissa, who heads the Suqour alSham brigades.

The merger undermines the secular Free Syrian Army (FSA) leadership, once seen as a symbolic umbrella leadership for all the rebels but weakened by inﬁghting and defections. It could also challenge the ascendance of Al Qaeda-linked factions who have grown increasingly powerful as other rebel groups are weakened. Among the main groups that joined the front are powerful, countrywide forces such as Ahrar Al Sham, Suqour Al Sham andIslamic Army. The Tawhid Brigade, which spearheaded the August 2012 offensive that saw rebels take large swathes of the city of Aleppo and other parts northern Syria, was another leading member. The groups are not seen as

being as hardline as the Al Qaedalinked rebels. Rebels seize key town Rebels in Syria seized a key town yesterday in Qalamoun province that has been under army control since the outbreak of the conﬂict, a monitoring group and the opposition said. Hundreds of rebels now control most of Deir Attiyeh, with the exception of the Bassel hospital and a small hill, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The majority Christian town north of Damascus is home to 10,000 people and is situated on the strategic route linking the capital to Homs in central Syria. It was seized by the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

(ISIL) and Al Nusra Front, as well as other fighters, said the Observatory, which relies on a network of activists, doctors and lawyers on the ground for its reports. The opposition National Coalition welcomed the capture of Deir Attiyeh. “After fierce fighting lasting several days, the (mainstream rebel) Free Syrian Army in Damascus province has successfully liberated the town of Deir Attiyeh in the Qalamoun area,” the Coalition said in a statement. “It is a success that exposes the lies of the regime (of President Bashar Al Assad) about fictitious victories,” the opposition added. The rebel advance comes three days after the army took Qara, which for many months had been under opposition control. -AFP

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Pranab disappointed over higher education quality

AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

BURDWAN: President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday expressed disappointment over the quality of higher education in the country and regretted that leading academic institutions lacked orientation towards research. Addressing educationists, researchers and students at two academic institutions in Burdwan district, the president also called for spreading the spirit of innovation across all sectors, saying India’s future progress will depend increasingly on the ability to innovate. At the 34th annual convocation of Burdwan University, Pranab referred to the qualitative shortcomings in higher education and said there was no room for complacency.

Young girls participating in a rally to spread awareness against female foeticide during a ‘Save Girl Child’ rally in Jalandhar, yesterday. Sex selection of the baby at the pre-conception stage is on the rise, and now a Rs150 million business, a lawyer said yesterday while addressing a symposium on the challenges in the implementation of the law on the issue, in Delhi. - IANS

Belgian princess to lead business delegation to India

Cyclone Helen batters Andhra coast; 7 dead Trees were uprooted disrupting traffic and communication and electricity towers were damaged as strong gales with speed reaching 100-110 kmph caused havoc in the coastal districts

HYDERABAD: Cyclonic storm Helen yesterday hit Andhra Pradesh coast near Machilipatnam, triggering heavy rains and strong gales, killing seven people and causing massive damage to the crops in the coastal region. Trees were uprooted disrupting traffic and communication and electricity towers were damaged as strong gales with speed reaching 100-110 kmph caused havoc in the coastal districts of Krishna and two Godavari districts. The deaths were mostly caused by falling trees in the affected districts, said officials. The sea conditions were rough and the sea water at some places ﬂushed out for a few metres over land. According to Visakhapatnam Cyclone Warning Centre, the cyclone made the landfall near Machilipatnam in Krishna district

STRANDED: A man on a motorbike passes by vehicles parked on a road

blocked by trees uprooted by Cyclone Helen in the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, yesterday. – PTI

around 2pm. Officials said it would take some more time for the entire system to cross the coast. Warning Under the inﬂuence of the severe cyclonic storm, many parts of Krishna, Guntur, East Godavari, West Godavari, Visakhapatnam and other districts were receiving rain. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that storm surge of about 1 to 1.5m height would inundate the low-lying areas of West and East Godavari, Krishna, Guntur districts and adjoining areas of Prakasham district. The IMD has warned that even after landfall the storm is likely to maintain the intensity for six hours and gradually weaken into a deep depression in subsequent six hours while moving westwards across coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

With heavy rains likely to continuing in coastal districts over next 36 hours, authorities have evacuated 17,000 people from low-lying areas. C. Parthasarathi, commissioner, disaster management, said 66 relief camps were opened. The high-speed wind has damaged coconut, banana and paddy crops, and dealt another blow to farmers who are still recovering from the heavy damage caused by last month’s Cyclone Phailin and accompanying heavy rain. Rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and isolated extremely heavy rainfall (25cm or more) would occur over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and adjoining Guntur, Krishna, West Godavari districts of south coastal Andhra Pradesh during next 36 hours, said a bulletin by the IMD. Rainfall at most places with

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AAP to file defamation suit against those behind sting NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) yesterday decided to file a defamation suit against the media portal which released a video tape showing its members allegedly accepting donations without proper verification. The party will also sue the media houses which telecast the sting. The decision by the AAP leaders came just after the chief executive officer of mediasarkar. com, Anuranjan Jha, submitted the original CD to the Election Commission (EC), saying now it is up to the poll body to take a decision on the matter. The sting carried out by media organisation mediasarkar.com, was released on Thursday and showed AAP leaders, including Shazia Ilmi, candidate from south Delhi’s R.K. Puram, accepting donations without proper verification days before the December 4 Delhi assembly polls. “Last night we were promised by mediasarkar.com that they would hand us the raw footage of the stings so that we can examine them, but now have refused. We are convinced that these tapes are doctored,” AAP leader Yogendra Yadav told reporters here. “Our candidates interacted at length with the reporters carrying out the sting but in the clip, only a few minutes’ footage is shown,” he added. “If the media organisation re-

With heavy rains likely to continue in coastal districts over next 36 hours, authorities have evacuated 17,000 people from low-lying areas

DAMAGE CONTROL: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Manish

Sisodia, Yogendra Singh Yadav and Sanjay Singh address a press conference in New Delhi, yesterday. – PTI

ally wanted to follow a constitutional procedure to make public such erroneous activity, then why didn’t it give the CD directly to the EC instead of running it on TV channels?” asked Yadav. Conspiracy “It clearly states that there is a conspiracy to sabotage the clean image of AAP,” he added. Yadav said AAP member and senior counsel Prashant Bhushan will ﬁle a defamation suit against both the media organisations — one that made the footage and the channels who broadcast it, trying to defame AAP candidates. He said: “We will take the matter to the Press Council of India and seek legal action against both.

“We have closely examined the footage shown on television channels. Its clearly understandable that the video version is edited and tampered with,” said Yadav, adding the video footage highlighted the statements of the reporter posing as one offering donation and not what AAP candidate Shazia Ilmi said during the interaction. “There were many statements that could have clearly shown there was nothing erroneous from the candidate’s side but were edited,” he told mediapersons during the conference. He said: “Now, when EC has received the CD, we will request them to hand over a copy of the raw CD so we can closely examine it.” - IANS

isolated heavy to very heavy falls would occur over remaining districts of south coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalseema and isolated heavy to very heavy falls over Telangana during next 48 hours. Earlier, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy yesterday reviewed the situation with the chief secretary and other officials in Hyderabad and directed them to take all precautionary measures, especially in Krishna and Guntur districts. Cyclone threats Helen has hit the Andhra coast even before the state could recover from the massive damages caused by Phailin and heavy rain in October. Andhra Pradesh has nearly 1,000-km long coastline and the nine districts face cyclone threats every year, especially between September and November. -IANS

NEW DELHI: India’s economy might not inspire conﬁdence among its own people but the country remains a top investment draw for many countries. Belgium’s Princess Astrid, accompanied by its “biggest ever” 300-member business delegation and senior ministers, arrives in India today on a weeklong visit to deepen trade and investment with a country whose potential they consider “huge”.This is the biggest ever Belgian business mission whose “focus will be on diversifying and deepening trade and investment relations,” Belgian Ambassador to India Pierre Vaesen said in an interview.

Supreme court rejects PIL on Modi’s marital status NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court yesterday junked a PIL contending the affidavit with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s nomination papers in December 2012 state assembly elections was defective as it suppressed the fact about his marital status. A bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi rejected the PIL by S. Suneil alias Suneil Sarawgi, seeking quashing of the order of the returning officer of Maninagar assembly constituency accepting the defective affidavit of Modi wherein he had held back the fact of his marriage. Modi represents Maninagar assembly constituency in Gujarat assembly.

Raj Thackeray gets court notice for hate speeches NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on a plea challenging his move seeking quashing of complaints registered against him for alleged hate speeches against people of Bihar. Justice G.S. Sistani sought response from Thackeray by December 4 and listed the matter before Justice S.P. Garg who was hearing the leader’s plea for quashing similar criminal complaints ﬁled against him for alleged anti-Bihari speeches in 2008.

Now, Bihar school serves dead rat in mid-day meal NEW DELHI: A dead rat was among the things served up as part of the children’s mid-day meal yesterday at a government school in the Bihar capital, police said yesterday. “A dead rat was found in the mid-day meal served in a plate to a student of a primary school at Saidpur here,” a police official in Patna said. “I wasn’t able to believe my eyes for a while, but it really was a dead rat,” the police official said. School authorities prevented children from eating the meal once the rodent was discovered dead in it. The children were told not to disclose the matter to others, but some children went home and promptly spilled the beans to parents. - Agencies

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INDIA BRIBERY CHARGES

Amar Singh, three BJP lawmakers discharged in cash-for-vote case NEW DELHI: A Delhi court yesterday discharged Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh and three BJP leaders involved in the cash-for-vote scam of 2008. The court held that three BJP MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste, Mahavir Bhagora and Ashok Argal had enacted a drama to expose horse-trading and leaders of the Congress and SP who were indulging in corrupt activity to lure vulnerable MPs of other parties. The court took into account that the efforts to trace the money trail had failed and the principal offenders who attempt to bribe BJP MPs could not be brought before the court. Special Judge Narottam Kaushal also discharged Sudheendra Kulkarni, close aide of BJP senior leader L.K. Advani, and BJP activist Sohail Hindustani. It said that the facts that have

emerged from the record do not create sufficient grounds for proceedings against Amar Singh, Kulkarni, Hindustani, Kulaste, Bhagora and Argal. However, the court framed corruption charges against Sanjeev Saxena, Amar Singh’s former aide saying that sufficient ground for presuming that Saxena has committed offence under Prevention of Corruption Act. On July 22, 2008, BJP MPs Kulaste, Bhagora and Argal waved wads of currency notes in the Lok Sabha ahead of a trust vote, alleging they were given the money to vote in favour of the Manmohan Singh government. “The practice of laying trap to catch a bribe taker is nothing new. Only difference in this case is that trap was laid to catch the bribe giver and bribe takers were only decoys,” the court said. -IANS

Tejpal booked on rape charge; arrest likely The charges relate to Sections 376 (rape), 376 (2) (rape by a person of a woman in his custody taking advantage of his official position) and 354 (outraging modesty) of IPC, a top police official said

NEW DELHI/PANAJI: Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal yesterday faced possible arrest after Goa police booked him on rape charge following an allegation by a journalist colleague that he sexually assaulted her during an event a fortnight ago. A special investigating team of the Crime Branch police will be in Delhi for questioning Tejpal and police are not ruling out arrest. “An FIR has been ﬁled on charges of rape and outraging of modesty (against Tejpal). This is one part of the process of investigation and law will take its course,” DGP Kishan Kumar said in Panaji. The charges relate to Sections 376 (rape), 376 (2) (rape by a person of a woman in his custody taking advantage of his official position) and 354 (outraging modesty) of IPC, he said. Asked whether Tejpal would be arrested, the DGP said, “As I told you this is a matter of investigation. Let us leave it to Investigating Officers. It is a process under law which has logical consequences. I cannot say how the Investigating Officers will do.” No response from Tehelka Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar made it clear that his government will show “no tolerance for this type of crime and we should crackdown on such highproﬁle crimes”. He said Goa police has not re-

VENTING IRE: Activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidya Parishad

(ABVP) hold placards and shout slogans during a protest against Tarun Tejpal, founder and editor of Tehelka magazine, outside the magazine’s office in New Delhi, yesterday. – PTI

The right to go to police is hers (victim’s). I am not going to the police on my own, she said, adding she will cooperate in the probe as long as she is in the post Shoma Chaudhury Managing Editor of Tehelka magazine

‘Tejpal case deserves same treatment as Asaram’ NEW DELHI: Janata DalUnited (JD-U) President Sharad Yadav yesterday said he was in favour of the matter of the allegations of sexual assault against Tarun Tejpal to be dealt with in the same manner as the case against spiritual guru Asaram Bapu. “Whatever law was applied for Asaram should be applied to him (Tejpal). How difficult a matter is this?” Yadav said when asked about his opinion on the issue. Tejpal’s stance

ceived any response from Tehelka to the letter sent to it seeking details of the alleged incident. “I am not saying someone is guilty but the girl’s email (to her office) is explicit,” he said and commended her for showing courage to report the incident. While Tejpal issued a statement offering to extend the “fullest cooperation” to the police and all other authorities, the magazine’s Managing Editor Shoma Chaudhury said they would not go to police on the issue as it was for the victim to decide on it. Facing allegations that Tehelka was indulging in a cover-up, Chaud-

that he would recuse himself from office for six months was an attempt to fool people, Yadav added. “Suppose a powerful man in a village murders a poor man. The other poor don’t ﬁle a complaint, so will the government do nothing... Why do we have a government, why do we have the courts,” he asked. Meanwhile, BJP said suggestions that the victim in Tarun Tejpal alleged sexual assault case can opt for an in-house

hury defended her actions in the matter saying she had confronted Tejpal about the incident “very very angrily”, after which he stepped down from his post for six months and apologised to the victim. “The right to go to police is hers (victim’s). I am not going to the police on my own,” she said, adding she will cooperate in the probe as long as she is in the post. “If it is hard for me to cooperate, then I will step down,” Shoma said. She came under fresh attack when she referred to her conversation with Tejpal who has a “different version” of the incident which she claimed to have over-

inquiry by Tehelka and not go for a criminal probe is an “accused-friendly” approach and insisted the two options should complement each other instead of being alternatives. BJP leader Arun Jaitley issued a statement on the issue and emphasised that everybody should encourage victims to depose “truly and faithfully” as punishing an offender acts as a deterrent in the larger interest of society. -PTI

ruled when getting his apology. “I do feel a sense of outrage and betrayal but he has a different version,” she said. Asked if Tehelka which claims to have set high standards in its investigation reports was following double standards in this case, Shoma said a three-member committee has been set up which will hear both the sides. “You are jumping to conclusions that it is sexual assault and rape,” she shot back. To another question that the committee is a cosy-club as it is headed by Urvashi Butalia, a friend of Tejpal, she said the media was pre-judging the issue. - PTI

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PAKISTAN US doesn’t want peace in Pakistan, says Nisar ‘How can we consider US as our friend after

We are really upset by the strikes… this is injustice against Pakistan

this drone strike,’ the interior minister said, adding that he fails to understand why Sartaj Aziz believed in US

Nawaz Sharif

assurances

ISLAMABAD: Questioning the sincerity of US towards Pakistan, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said America doesn’t want peace in the country. Nisar made this statement while speaking to media outside the parliament after Friday prayers. He was responding to the recent drone strike in Hangu. “How can we consider US as our friend after this drone strike,” Nisar questioned, adding that he fails to understand why Sartaj Aziz believed in US assurances. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Aziz had recently said that America has assured Pakistan that drone strikes will not be carried out during talks with the Taleban. ‘US responsible for chaos’ Blaming US involvement in the country for all the chaos, the interior minister said it is time Pakistan decides between “honour and US dollars.” He added that American ﬁnancial aid has not brought any positive change in the country. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said, “We do not have double standards,” in an apparent response to Pakistan

Prime Minister

Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s statement on Thursday, in which he had alleged that Nawaz has a “dual policy” about drone strikes, Express News reported yesterday. “America knows that we are not the people who say one thing and do another,” Nawaz said, while speaking at the National Consultation Conference (Pakistan Vision 2025). He added that he had already told the press that he brought up the issue of drones with the US and President Barack Obama had acknowleged this “with a nod.” In his press conference Imran had asked Nawaz to not “play on both sides of the wicket” and accused him of saying one thing to the US and another to Pakistan. Speaking at the conference yesterday, Nawaz expressed his deep concern over the recent drone strike in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) that killed six people and injured at least eight others. “We are really upset by the strikes… this is injustice against Pakistan,” he said. The premier said that his party had decided in 2007 that they would not destabilise a government in order to improve their chances of coming into power.

“We never took to the streets to express our concerns,” he said, adding that it is a decision he does not regret. “My attitude towards Pervez Khattak and others is the same as my attitude towards Shahbaz Sharif,” the prime minister said, referring to the chief ministers of K-P and Punjab respectively. Nawaz said that he has always felt that the heads of provinces should be given the power and ability to help their people. He added that his government had greatly helped Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah with the law and order situation in Karachi. “(Qaim Ali) has played his role and we have played ours,” the premier said. “If we had wanted to reshuffle the government, we would not have helped them. We would have let them fall,” Nawaz stated. “But Pakistaniat does not teach us to do this.” The prime minister also announced plans to make a civil nuclear power plant in Karachi that will produce 2,117 megawatts of electricity. The power plant will be made in collaboration with China. “I hope to meet with the leaders of the business community once a month, or once in two months,” he

D E AT H O F PAT I E N T

Doctor who helped US locate Osama charged with murder PESHAWAR: Pakistan yesterday charged with murder the doctor who helped the United States track down Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, in the latest development in a case that has strained ties between the two countries. Dr Shakil Afridi, hailed as a hero by US officials, was arrested after US soldiers killed Bin Laden in May 2011 in a secret raid that outraged Pakistan and plunged relations between the strategic partners to a new low. Pakistan arrested Afridi and sentenced him last year to 33 years in jail for membership of a rebel group, an accusation he denies.

But in August, Pakistan overturned his conviction, citing procedural errors and ordering a retrial. Yesterday’s murder charge, relating to the death of a patient eight years ago, dims Afridi’s chances of going free and could further sour ties with the United States. It centres on the death of Suleman Afridi, at a hospital in Pakistan’s rugged Khyber Agency region in 2005, and was brought by the man’s mother, a local official said. “A woman blamed Afridi for the death of her son,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “She stated that he operated on her son at a hospital

in Khyber Agency even though he was not a surgeon, and that caused (her son’s) death.” No further details of the case were immediately available. Afridi is not a relative of the doctor, despite the shared surname. Accused Afridi’s lawyer, Samiullah Afridi said Khyber officials had informed him about the murder charge yesterday. Pakistan accused the doctor of running a fake vaccination campaign in which he collected DNA samples to help the US Central Intelligence Agency track down Bin Laden. - Reuters

said, addressing the Federation of Pakistani Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) President Zubair Ahmed Malik. Pride in youth Nawaz expressed his pride in the Pakistani youth and announced that a scheme will be launched soon which will provide cheap loans for people with talent, experience and college education. “I want this scheme to be successful,” Nawaz said. He acknowledged Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s input in the scheme. “Fifty percent of those beneﬁting from the scheme will be female and the other 50 per cent will be male,” he said, eliciting applause from the audience. The prime minister said that he feels he gets more time for work when he does not come on television, and asked the population not to think that when he is not making public addresses, he is not doing any work. “Your futures will change and the day that you say ‘we have a stake in Pakistan, this is our Pakistan’ will be the happiest one for me,” the premier said, addressing the population of Pakistan. -In exclusive arrangement with The Express Tribune

BRIEFS

Sacrifices by soldiers are unparalleled: Kayani PESHAWAR: The sacrifices made by Pakistani soldiers in the fight against terrorism are unparalleled, said Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani during his farewell visit to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) yesterday, Express News reported. General Kayani paid tribute to the army men who lost their lives on duty. The army chief also examined the progress of the construction of a trade corridor in North and South Waziristan tribal regions. The army has fought numerous battles in the tribal regions to wrest control from militants. The last major battleground was in Kurram where the army was locked in pitched battles for territorial control and suffered losses including those of high ranking officials.

Apex court orders action against NAB chairman ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) has ordered to ﬁle a case against National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry for creating hurdles in the investigation of the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) corruption case, Express News reported yesterday. The NICL scandal involves purchase of real estate on inﬂated rates. Zaman had sent a controversial memo to then establishment secretary Abdul Rauf on the progress of billions of rupees NICL scam, even though he was not authorised to do so.

Pakistan Airlines pilot jailed for nine months in the UK LONDON: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) pilot was jailed for nine months in Britain yesterday for being drunk before he was due to ﬂy a plane with 156 people on board. Irfan Faiz, 55, was asked to leave the cockpit during checks for the ﬂight from Leeds Bradford airport to Islamabad on September 18 because he smelled of alcohol and was unsteady on his feet. The father-of-two was found to have three times the legal amount of alcohol in his blood, prosecutors told the court in Leeds in northern England.

Security on high alert after calls for protest RAWALPINDI: Pakistan yesterday boosted security across the country after groups called for protests against last week’s sectarian violence in the garrison city of Rawalpindi that killed 11 people. Clashes erupted in Rawalpindi a week ago on Muharram. The groups attacked each other, TV cameramen and security forces, ﬁring gunshots. Schools, shops and restaurants were closed in the city yesterday while roads were deserted in both Rawalpindi and Islamabad. - Agencies

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Libya’s militias and the rising tide of violence

ne year ago, officials in the transition government in Libya spoke of making progress toward integrating rival militias into a cohesive security force that could stabilise the country as it seeks to become a democracy. Today, the situation teeters toward civil war as rival militias provoke a rising tide of violence and Libya, awash in arms, continues to serve as a base for the smuggling of weapons into places like Mali. Militia fighters last week killed dozens of people in Tripoli when they fired on unarmed demonstrators protesting against the militias. After the rebels helped oust Moammar Gadhafi in 2011, they banded into hundreds, some say thousands, of militias, each with its own ideology and regional alliance. Riven by feuds, they have largely refused government pleas to disarm or integrate into the country’s official armed forces. On Monday, the militias from the anti-Gadhafi stronghold of Misurata, who were blamed for most of the recent violence, withdrew from Tripoli and the Libyan army took up positions around the capital. The government has announced plans to remove all militias from the capital and eventually integrate them into the official security forces. Whether this can be accomplished remains unknown. Not only do the militias vastly exceed the army and police forces in size and arsenals, they have often been enlisted by the government to bolster its own security needs because the army and police are so weak. The withdrawal of the Misurata fighters still leaves other rival militias competing for influence in the city. Gaining control of the militias is a huge challenge. Since last spring, the United States, Britain and Italy have been planning a multiyear program to train and equip a Libyan force of about 5,000 to 7,000 soldiers and a separate, smaller unit for specialised counterterrorism missions. This would give the government a core of strengthened forces around which to build its national security structure. On Saturday, however, the leader of the US Special Operations Command, Adm William McRaven, said no final decision on the training mission had been made. The project won’t deliver immediate results, but it needs to begin soon. Despite the recent violence, hundreds of university students on Tuesday marched in Tripoli, chanting against the militias and demanding that the army and police assert themselves. There were reports that religious figures, including the grand mufti of Libya, had sided with the protesters and spoken out against the militias as well. If such groups form the backbone of a national reconciliation movement that unifies Libya’s tribal, regional and political groups there might be hope for a permanent, democratic structure. Libya will need the United States and Europe as more active partners in that difficult task.- The New York Times News Service

IN PERSPECTIVE

Drawing the line on snooping operations

I GARETH EVANS

Graphene’s untapped potential

raphene must surely be one of the most exciting developments in modern science. Indeed, the substance is so extraordinary that it sounds too good to be true – a super-flexible sheet of carbon, just a single atom thick, which is not only the thinnest and strongest material yet known but also conducts heat, light and electricity while being impermeable to gas. We have two scientists at the University of Manchester to thank for graphene. What began with Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov playing around with Scotch tape and a block of carbon graphite turned into the discovery of the so-called “miracle material” (and a joint Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010). Now, of course, the race is on to put graphene to use. Even the more sober predictions read like science fiction. From cheap desalination filters to solve the world’s creeping water crisis, to next-generation electronics with foldable touch-screens and ultra-speedy biodegradable processors, to super-strong but super-lightweight cars and aeroplanes, if just a fraction of graphene’s potential is fulfilled it will change the world. And that is without even considering either the biomedical or the military possibilities. Nor are researchers hanging back; in 2012 alone, some 10,000 papers were published on the subject. Britain may be the birthplace of graphene, but it will still have to work hard to hang on to its global lead as scientists and entrepreneurs across the world dash for competitive advantage. The good news is that real efforts are being made to bridge the long-standing gap between university research and commercial products that so often leaves the UK lagging behind, for example, the US. The Government has stumped up more than £60m, and graphene research centres are under construction in both Manchester and Cambridge. But there are already signs of progress. Yesterday, Applied Graphene Materials – a spin-off from Durham University – became the second manufacturer of the material to list successfully on the stockmarket this year. Both its founders’ ambitions and investors’ belief in them are wholly justified. Graphene’s potential is limited only by our imaginations. - The Independent

Incisive summary of world affairs in a nutshell This refers to the write-up, ‘A dangerous interregnum in international order’, published in Times of Oman. The author has, in such a short space, put down the status of the current world order with great incisiveness. He has correctly pointed out that when an exhausted Britain in imperial decline passed the mantle of global power to the US, the transition was relatively seamless, as it was almost like an affair between cousins. Today when the US is unable to impose its will on world, there is nobody, not Europe, not India, not even China that wants the “keys to the kingdom” or is interested in laying down the “new organising principles for the world.” Looking further, he has suggested that those principles

are now deﬁned by technology, social networks and individual empowerment — forces that lie outside the conventional notions of geo-strategic power and this indicates that the world’s current interregnum is little understood. I think that he has just pinpointed a major cause of the current ﬂux in world affairs. Tushar Sinha Darsait

It is not unconscionable to devote intelligence resources to states that are not fully transparent. But no government should ever mount an intelligence operation, particularly against an ally or friend, simply because it can

READERS’ FORUM “Insure with New India and be secure”

Modern cyber criminals have increased their reach This refers to the news article, ‘Six arrested in $45m global ATM heist’, published in Times of Oman. The incident, in which ﬁve men and a woman, all residents of the New York suburb of Yonkers, were arrested in connection with a sensational global ATM heist

t is as embarrassing as it gets in government to be caught spying on a friendly country. Just ask officials in the United States in the wake of revelations that the National Security Agency tapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone. And the US is not alone: Now Australia has been caught listening in on Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife, and inner circle. These revelations, from material leaked by the former NSA contractor Edward J Snowden, will reverberate politically for some time. The fallout is particularly damaging for the Australia-Indonesia relationship, as I can now attest while visiting Jakarta. Indonesia’s friendship with the new Australian government has already been stretched over the issue of turning back boats laden with asylum-seekers. Now Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s refusal (unlike President Barack Obama) to apologise to his counterpart for the electronic surveillance has generated a massive public outcry. The issue is fueling nationalist sentiment in Indonesia – already elevated in the run-up to next year’s general election. One time-honoured reaction to being caught spying on a foreign government is to batten down the hatches, wait for the storm to pass, and maintain technical operations as usual. This may be appropriate when the target is a traditional adversary or international troublemaker, a major national interest is involved, and the spying in question is as likely as not to be mutual. In such cases, the only sin is to be caught. Officials might then attempt the Casablanca gambit (“I’m shocked – shocked – to find that gambling is going on in here!”); then, after a suitable pause, life goes on. I have been there and done that, as have many of my former ministerial colleagues who had oversight of these kinds of operations on one side or the other during the Cold War. But it seems to me much less defensible to try to brazen it out, as Australia is trying to do in the current case. Indonesia, like Germany, is an unthreatening, open, democratic society. Information flows freely, and, for all but the most sensitive of issues, it is available for the asking to a friendly neighbor like Australia. Here, as elsewhere, problems arise from time to time in the bilateral relationship. But resolving them depends much more on having personal relationships of trust and confidence at the highest level – the kind that have now been put at serious risk – than on having access to some “killer” piece of intelligence. The irony in these cases is that so little of the

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money. It lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

information obtained by clandestine means, electronic or human, is ever remotely in this knockout category. From conversations with former foreignministerial colleagues around the world, I don’t think my experience in this respect is unique. For all the excitement of receiving hand-delivered multi-layered envelopes festooned with “For Your Eyes Only” stickers – a thrill to which our leaders seem particularly susceptible – such material, far more often than not, adds nothing more than gossip to what is available through open-source material. It is time for the intelligence agencies and their political masters to rethink the costs and benefits of different types of spying and surveillance operations. What must concentrate their minds is the ever-present risk that one’s most secret operations will not remain secret – as the Snowden and WikiLeaks cases now amply demonstrate. It is crucial to differentiate between different kinds of intelligence operations. Most people have a high level of tolerance for whatever invasions of privacy may be involved in dragnet electronic eavesdropping operations designed to identify potential terrorist conspiracies. Global experience since the attacks of September 11, 2001, suggests that while such operations may do little to detect kitchen bomb-makers, they are very effective indeed in uncovering more complex and dangerous plots involving multiple players. Likewise, it is not unconscionable to devote intelligence resources to revealing the military capabilities and intentions of states that are not fully transparent, to obtaining better information about potential sources of crisis and conflict, or to getting a better handle on specific potential risks to vital national interests. That is what intelligence agencies have always done, and these roles are universally understood. But what should be abundantly clear from the US and Australian cases is that no government should ever mount an intelligence operation, particularly against an ally or friend, simply because it can. The value added is likely to be minimal, and the cost of getting things wrong is enormous. Indonesia’s anger, like Germany’s before it, at the gross breaches of their leaders’ privacy has not been feigned, and will not be short-lived. An apology is the least that Australia can now offer, accompanied by a commitment to review its intelligence-gathering methods and priorities. But even with this, a long and rocky ride for the bilateral relationship is inevitable. The most valuable currency in international diplomacy is personal trust; we breach it at our peril. - Project Syndicate

that stole $45 million from two Middle East banks, highlights the increasing sophistication, coordination and reach of modern cyber criminals. While the arrest of the six criminals is a success for the investigating agencies, the fact is that they are only the ‘cashers’ in the scheme and had withdrawn just $2.8 million, a fraction of the total amount of $45 million. However, that does not take away from the fact of their crime or their ﬁnesse — withdrawing money from as many as 140 ATMs across the city. Moreover, with the main organiser of the crime murdered and the remaining part of the huge gang that committed the crime simultaneously in 20 countries still at large, the work of the law enforcers is far from over. How long it will take to ﬁnd answers to the myriad questions

raised by this unique and most daring crime remains to be seen. Sadiq Sheikh Al Hail

Kudos to Oman football team for Asian Cup win This refers to the report, ‘Oman edge Syria, book ticket to Australia 2015’, published in Times of Oman. Oman’s 1-0 victory over Syria in a Group A match of the Asian Cup qualiﬁers, thanks to the last-gasp goal in injury time by Eid Al Farsi, has ensured a direct entry for the Sultanate into the Asian Cup ﬁnals, which will be played in Australia, is a welcome news for football enthusiasts in the country. We wish the team all success. Bashir Khan Muscat

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WORLD UN agrees to fund projects for halting deforestation The pact on funding for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation was a rare breakthrough at the climate talks

WARSAW: UN negotiators yesterday agreed rules on ﬁnancing forest projects in developing nations, paving the way for multibillion dollar investments from governments, funding agencies and private ﬁrms in schemes to halt deforestation. The agreement on “results-

BREAKTHROUGH: Delegates stay in line to get into the plenary session during the 19th conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Warsaw, yesterday. -Reuters based” funding for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) was a rare breakthrough at the climate talks in Warsaw, where

negotiators are struggling to make progress in discussions on emissions cuts and climate change aid. The deal was “another big step forward”, said Ed Davey, the Brit-

ish minister for energy and climate change. Under the new rules, the fledgling Green Climate Fund will play a key role in channelling finance for projects to host governments, who in turn must set up national agencies to oversee the money. Money will flow into host-country coffers when they can prove they have reduced carbon emissions without harming local communities or biological diversity. Nations also agreed rules on how to measure and verify the emissions cuts from forest projects. Deforestation has played an increasingly important role in climate negotiations, because the loss of forests accounts for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions that scientists blame for global warming. The Norwegian government has already paid out $1.4 billion in bilateral deals with nations such

as Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guyana and Indonesia. The World Bank, the Global Environment Facility and a growing number of private-sector ﬁrms have also launched projects. The governments of Britain, Norway and the United States earlier this week allocated $280 million to a World Bank-led fund operating REDD projects. But a common set of rules for projects will provide regulatory certainty and draw more funds from investors, observers say. “This sends a positive signal to national governments and to funding agencies,” said Rosalind Reeve, a forestry expert with the Ateneo School of Government. The framework will be formally adopted along with other decisions at the Poland talks, which delegates expect will run over time and might not be concluded until Sunday morning. -Reuters

ALLEGED POLL-RIGGING

Fears of long Nepal political crisis deepen KATHMANDU: Fears of a prolonged political crisis in Nepal deepened yesterday after a regional party joined the Maoists in alleging poll-rigging in post-war elections held this week. Maoist rebel-turned-politician Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Prachanda, threw the country into turmoil on Thursday when he denounced the vote, which is seen as key to completing a peace process after a 10year civil war. Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha, spokesman for the Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum (Nepal), a regional party representing the marginalised Madhesi community, described the polls as “suspicious and conspiratorial”. Millions of Nepalis voted in Tuesday’s elections, hoping to install a constituent assembly that would write a constitution and end years of political instability in the impoverished Himalayan nation. -AFP

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WORLD WRECKAGE

Riga supermarket collapse toll touches 38 RIGA: Rescue workers pulled more bodies from the ruins of a collapsed supermarket in the Latvian capital, Riga, yesterday, taking the death toll to 38 with others feared buried in the rubble. Cranes lifted large slabs from the wreckage of the Maxima store, in a suburb of grey, Sovietera housing, to try to ﬁnd those trapped after the roof collapsed on Thursday when it was full of shoppers on their way home from work. The store, about 500 square metres in size, was bathed in spotlights as diggers and rescue workers cleared away the wreckage. Ambulances and ﬁre engines stood by. Police said the death toll had risen to 38. It included three rescue workers. “In the past hours no

survivors have been found,” said Viktorija Sembele, rescue service spokeswoman. Earlier, ambulance service spokeswoman Ilze Buksa told local television 28 people had been injured and taken to hospital. It was not clear what caused the collapse, but Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis told local television: “It is clear that there has been a problem with fulﬁlment of construction requirements.” Local media said workers had been building a roof garden on the store, a single-storey building located in a Riga suburb about a 30 minute drive from the city centre. Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis said the collapse had shattered Latvia, a former Soviet

republic which will join the euro zone next year. “In our thoughts we are together with all those who have been stricken by this tragedy,” BNS news agency quoted him as saying. “No matter what the cause of the tragedy is, the number of victims is too big.” Hope for survivors About 50 people gathered near the wreckage for news of their relatives, while others brought candles and ﬂowers. The number of those trapped was so far unknown. “I have a wife there. There is no information about her, whether she is dead or alive. Wherever I call, there is no information,” Igor Umanov told Reuters Television.

After 15 hours of rescue works, he said he believed his wife was alive. A girl at the scene told public radio she had gone into the shop with her mother when a concrete block collapsed between them, and that she was nearly buried in rubble. She managed to escape but had not yet found her mother. Other witnesses said there was a loud noise and the store went dark. People escaped through holes in the windows. Rescue workers were called to the store, which according to local media had been awarded an architecture prize when it was completed in 2011, late on Thursday. Several were injured by a second collapse because of the building’s weakened structure. -Reuters

RESCUE OPERATION: Rescue workers search the debris of the

Maxima supermarket in Riga, Latvia, yesterday. -AP

China warns N. Korea, blames Japan for rift ‘China will never

35 dead in pipeline blast

allow (anyone) to cause chaos and incidents on our home’s doorstep’, said China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi

BEIJING: China warned North Korea yesterday it would not tolerate chaos on its doorstep, while blaming Japan for the tension between Asia’s two largest economies. Ties between Beijing and Pyongyang have deteriorated since North Korea conducted its third nuclear test in February. China signed on to UN sanctions in March, but remains the North’s largest trading partner. “China will never allow (anyone) to cause chaos and incidents on our home’s doorstep and will never accept China’s process of development from being disturbed and interrupted again,”

BEIJING: An oil pipeline exploded yesterday in the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao, killing 35 people, state media said. The force of the blast ripped roads apart, turning cars over and sending thick black smoke billowing over the city, pictures showed. One pedestrian had a leg blown off and another man’s head was crushed under a piece of concrete debris. The pipeline, run by stateowned oil giant Sinopec, sprang a leak early Friday and exploded several hours

Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on the foreign ministry’s website. Wang reiterated China’s stance that it promotes the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, the solution of problems through dialogue and safeguards to peace and stability in the region. “The current difficult situa-

later as workers sought to repair it, the Qingdao municipal government said in its veriﬁed account on Sina Weibo, a Chinese equivalent of Twitter. At least 35 people were killed, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The Qingdao municipal government earlier had said when the toll was at 22 that it could rise further and the number of injured had yet to be conﬁrmed. Its Sina Weibo account was not immediately updated with the total reported by Xinhua.

tion in Sino-Japanese relations has been triggered and caused by Japan,” Wang said in what the foreign ministry called a “special report” on China’s path of peaceful development. His remarks underscore the severe strain in Sino-Japanese ties caused by a dispute over tiny

islands in the East China Sea believed to be surrounded by energy-rich waters. Relations have also been overshadowed by what China calls Japan’s refusal to admit to World War Two-era atrocities committed by its soldiers in China between 1931 and 1945. ‘Face up to reality’ “Japan should face up to reality, be cautious in its language and prudent in its actions, and refrain from doing things that undermine China’s sovereignty and interests,” Wang said. “Japan’s years of militarism and war of aggression have brought grave disaster to countries in Asia. Only when (it) learns from history can it open up to the future, only by adhering to the path of peace can it win its neighbours’ trust.” Ties between the two countries suffered in September 2012 after Japan bought two of the disputed islets from a private owner, setting off a wave of protests and boycotts of Japanese goods across China. On the United States, Wang repeated President Xi Jinping’s earlier remarks that China wanted to build “a new brand of relations between major powers”, based on principles of non-conﬂict, nonconfrontation, mutual respect and cooperation. -Reuters

READY BY NEXT YEAR

Subsea kit to revolutionise production of oil and gas LONDON: Oil equipment supplier Plexus is finalising a piece of subsea kit that should revolutionise production of oil and gas from reservoirs under high pressures and temperatures, Chief Executive Ben van Bilderbeek said. Developed in partnership with oil companies including Shell , Total and Eni, the subsea wellhead - a tap controlling flow on an oil well - will be ready for testing by the middle of next year. The company is funding the project alone and will keep all connected patents but the input from oil majors means the product can be honed to their needs. Plexus is part of a trend of smaller innovators, such as Norway’s Ziebel and ExproSoft, looking to meet the challenges of producing oil and gas from conditions where temperatures hit 150 degrees Celsius and pressure exceeds that in the chamber of a firing pistol. Data for high pressure, high

temperature (HPHT) wells is hard to find as drill data tends not to distinguish, but these conditions increasingly accompany big oil finds in places like the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea and offshore Brazil. Van Bilderbeek, 65, said the move into HPHT had levelled the playing field in a sector typically dominated by a few big players and, in doing so, revitalised his business. The subsea wellhead will use an engineering system Plexus developed over 15 years ago but which has struggled to find broad acceptance in the industry. “I’m not critical about the way things were done in the past, but when I came up with a solution the industry stiff-armed me,” van Bilderbeek said in an interview in London. “They said we invented problems to sell solutions.” Now Plexus is at the table. “On something cutting edge like HPHT the operators are

happy to try something new.” Plexus has seen proﬁts grow seven fold since 2010 as the company’s surface wellheads, using its patented POS-GRIP system, have become widely used for exploration wells in the North Sea. The POS-GRIP system works from the ‘outside in’ by squeezing the wellhead body onto the device that supports the pipe going into the ground using hydraulics. Conventional wellheads instead work from the ‘inside out’ and use a more complex arrangement to set seals. Plexus says its system is safer, more reliable and cheaper over the long-term. The technology has brought Plexus head to head with bigger US makers of wellhead equipment like GE Oil and Gas, FMC Technologies and Cameron. Plexus, which largely loans out equipment to oil companies for exploration drilling, wants to move into selling wellheads for production. -Reuters

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2013

S P O R S TENNIS

Haase tested positive in 2006, say reports AMSTERDAM: An anti-doping test carried out in 2006 revealed abnormally high levels of testosterone in Dutch tennis player Robin Haase, press reports in the Netherlands revealed yesterday. Haase, 26, explained in the daily Volkskrant that, after undergoing the test, he received a letter from the ATP advising him “to get a lawyer” and indicating that he would have to undergo three more tests in the following two weeks. However, according to Haase, the letter also indicated that “the abnormal level could very well be natural”. During the following controls, “every time my levels were the same, and I have not heard anything about it since,” Haase added. “I have never been afraid of being pursued for this positive test as it was established that I hadn’t been doping. “I have been tested a dozen times in 2013, but I think controls in tennis need to be better targeted.” Haase is currently ranked 43rd in the world, although he did reach a high of 33rd in July 2012. - AFP

Carnage at Gabba Oft-pilloried paceman

VERY SAD

Boycott slams England for ‘giving away’ Ashes opener

Mitchell Johnson was at his pacey, hostile best on a bouncy track leading the way with four for 61 as Australia, after being bowled out for 295 in the ﬁrst hour yesterday, dismissed England for 136

BRISBANE: Australia shattered England’s batting with six wickets for nine runs in a stunning midafternoon spell before dismissing the tourists for 136 and taking a lead of 224 on day two of the first Ashes Test yesterday. Openers David Warner (45) and Chris Rogers (15) backed up the bowlers by batting out a gloomy final session at the Gabba and will resume at 65 without loss in Australia’s second innings today. Oft-pilloried paceman Mitchell Johnson led the way with four for 61 as Australia transformed their prospects in the match after a disappointing opening day at the Gabba and being bowled out for 295 in the first hour yesterday. The revitalised left-arm quick was at his pacey, hostile best on a bouncy track and was ably supported by fellow paceman Ryan Harris (three for 28) and spinner Nathan Lyon (two for 17) as the hosts put themselves in a good position to win a first Test in 10 matches. “You had to earn the right to have sessions like that and I thought we built the pressure quite well,” said wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, whose 94 kept Australia from a similarly dismal score in their first innings. “We’ve got a long way to go in this test match, we’ve got to turn up tomorrow, we know England will keep coming, so it’s up to us to make sure we’re on.” Laid down the law Despite the losses of captain Alastair Cook for 13 and Jonathan Trott for 10 before lunch, England looked to be making steady progress towards a reasonable score at 82 for two midway through the second session. Haddin, though, said bowling coach Craig McDermott, returning for this series after quitting last year, had laid down the law to

MITCHELL MENAGE: Mitchell Johnson, fourth right, celebrates with Australian teammates after dimiss-

ing England’s Matt Prior on day two of the ﬁrst Ashes Test at the Gabba in Brisbane yesterday. – AFP

SCOREBOARD

Australia 1st innings (overnight 273 for 8) B Haddin run out 94 R Harris c Prior b Broad 9 N Lyon (not out) 1 Extras (lb-11, w-1, nb-1) 13 Total (all out; 97.1 overs) 295 Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-71, 3-73, 4-83, 5-100, 6-132, 7-246, 8-265, 9-282. Bowling: Anderson 25.1-5-67-2, Broad 24-3-81-6 (nb-1, w-1), Tremlett 19-3-51-1, Swann 26-4-80-0, Root 3-1-5-0. England 1st innings A Cook b Haddin b Harris 13 M Carberry c Watson b Johnson 40 J Trott c Haddin b Johnson 10 K Pietersen c Bailey b Harris 18 I Bell c Smith b Lyon 5 J Root c Smith b Johnson 2 M Prior c Smith b Lyon 0

the bowlers at the lunch break. “(He) told the bowlers in no uncertain terms where he wanted to things to be and we came back after the break and got our lengths right,” he said. The departure of Kevin Pietersen for 18, when he swatted the ball off his pads to George Bailey at midwicket to give Harris his second wicket, was the ﬁrst hint of the carnage to come. Emboldened by the dismissal of one of England’s most danger-

S Broad c Rogers b Siddle 32 G Swann c Bailey b Johnson 0 C Tremlett c Lyon b Harris 8 J Anderson not out 2 Extras (b-4, lb-2) 6 Total (all out; 52.4 overs) 136 Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-55, 3-82, 4-87, 5-87, 6-87, 7-89, 8-91, 9-110. Bowling: Harris 15-5-28-3, Johnson 17-261-4, Siddle 11.4-3-24-1, Lyon 9-4-17-2. Australia 2nd innings C Rogers not out 15 D Warner not out 45 Extras (lb-5) 5 Total (no loss, 22 overs) 65 Bowling: Anderson 5-1-16-0, Broad 5-1-130, Tremlett 4-2-8-0, Swann 6-1-22-0, Root 2-1-1-0.

ous batsmen, Johnson and his fellow bowlers ran amok to leave the tourists facing an uphill task just to save the test let alone secure a ﬁrst victory in Brisbane since 1986. Opener Michael Carberry, who had crafted a careful 40 on his Ashes debut in his second test, was next to head back to the pavilion when Johnson had him caught by Shane Watson at second slip. Johnson strikes Ian Bell, who scored three centuries in England’s 3-0 triumph

on home soil earlier this year, followed quickly afterwards for ﬁve when Steve Smith snatched the ball out of the air at short leg. It was Smith’s conviction that Matt Prior had hit the following ball before it landed in his hands that led to Australia successfully appealing to the TV umpire and sent the wicketkeeper back to the dressing room with a golden duck. Match-changing moment That put Lyon on a hat-trick and, although Broad safely watched the next delivery sail past his off stump, Joe Root (2) and Graeme Swann (0) soon became Johnson’s third and fourth victims. The Gabba was in ferment, England’s Barmy Army silent, as Johnson, the object of so much derision from English fans, celebrated what was a match-changing, intervention. “The Gabba’s one of those grounds where things can happen quite quick, especially with the extra bounce,” Haddin added. “Sometimes when you do get on a roll here it’s hard to stop.” Haddin had been run out to end Australia’s innings but his catches accounted for the wickets of Cook and Trott to give him 200 career dismissals in his 50th Test. “I was too slow,” the 35-year-old said of the run out. - Reuters

LONDON: England have “given the first Test away” after a shambolic first innings collapse against Australia in Brisbane yesterday, according to former opening batsman Geoffrey Boycott. After delighting in Stuart Broad’s superb bowling performance which gave England the upper hand on the first day of the Ashes series on Thursday, England fans woke up yesterday to discover they had been bowled out for 136. “It’s been decent bowling by Australia, but the batting has been pathetic,” Boycott, commentating for BBC radio, said of the day’s play at the Gabba, which begun with Australia’s first innings being wrapped up for 285. “They’ve played some poor shots. The problem is we’ve seen it all before. It’s very sad to see them almost give away the Test match like this. “It will take a dramatic performance to bowl Australia out and then produce a batting display with no mistakes. They’ve just about gifted the match to Australia.” Boycott also accused England’s batsmen of playing Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon as if he were bowling down “hand grenades” after he took two wickets. England spinner Graeme Swann summed up the mood in the camp when he said on Twitter “On a scale of one to ten that day at the Gabba was a minus six #howler”. Former England captain Michael Vaughan, also watching the carnage from the safety of the commentary box, applauded pace bowler Mitchell Johnson’s spell of four for 61. “What we saw today was quick bowling at its best. Mitchell Johnson changed the course of the match, as did Ryan Harris,” Vaughan said. “For the first time, questions are being asked about (Jonathan) Trott against pace. Mitchell Johnson roughed him up and his feet were all over the place.” Despite it being a poor day for England, however, Vaughan said it summed up the magic of Test cricket. “The roar of a crowd... bouncy pitch. 90mph bowling... no matter who you support, today was a great day for TEST cricket...” - Reuters

FOR A CAUSE

Muscat Hills to host Charity Golf Day MUSCAT: The third annual Muscat Hills Charity Golf Day takes place today and the organisers are encouraging local golfers to tee-off for the Pink cause. According to a press release received from the organisers, the tournament is expected to attract over 100 golfers dressed in a pink theme with the ultimate aim of raising money for the Oman Cancer Association. The annual event is usually held in October in Breast Cancer awareness month. However this year due to the number of excep-

tional golf events in the Sultanate the event is now in ‘Movember’, a cause dedicated to men’s cancer awareness. The growing game of golf in the Sultanate has attracted sponsors to the event some of which also sponsored the 2012 Charity Golf Day including Shangri La Barr Al Jissah Resort; that will be conducting a snack station on course for the golfers and contributing to a Hole in One Challenge for golfers. General Manager Mark Kirk quoted: “It is our honour to be invited to be a sponsor of the Muscat

Hills Golf Charity Day which supports the campaign against breast cancer and creates awareness which could save lives. Shangri La Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa is delighted to be part of this event and will continue to be a part of this for many years to come” Other sponsors include, Cadillac, Lamor Middle East, National Oilwell Varco - Fluid Control & National Trading & Projects Co. LLC. A new sponsor for 2013 is National Trading & Projects Co. LLC which is a multi-faceted organisation that has been providing global

products and solutions to the Sultanate since 1982. “We are gratiﬁed to be part of this Cancer Charity event and hope to do our part in supporting an important cause that affects many in Oman” said Chief Executive Farique Tareen. The golf event is formatted as a Texas Scramble event over 18 holes and will feature teams of four golfers, all dressed in pink and having a social fun golf tournament at the Muscat Hills Golf & Country Club. Golf carts are expected to be decorated in pink with teams also

dressing in pink colours. This year a new addition of specially ordered ﬂags, ﬂag poles and hole cups have been ordered for the event while Studio Basel will be conducting all of the official photography to ensure all of the golf action and fun isn’t missed! Golfers will be competing for some great prizes donated by The Indus, The Jungle, Al Nahda Resort & Spa, Al Bustan Palace Hotel, Ubhar, Ayana Spa, Pizza Hut, mOre Café, O’Malleys, African & Eastern and Radisson Blu Hotel, Muscat.

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SPORTS

Carlsen annexes Anand’s crown Carlsen, who will be 23 years on November 30, closed the championship with two games to spare by taking his tally to required 6.5 points, winning three and drawing seven games

CHENNAI: Five-time title-holder Indian Viswanathan Anand’s reign as the world champion came to a heart-breaking end yesterday with Norway’s Magnus Carlsen taking the crown after a hard-fought draw in the 10th game of the World Chess Championship match, which ended here yesterday. Carlsen, who will be 23 years on November 30, closed the championship with two games to spare by taking his tally to required 6.5 points, winning three and drawing seven games. Admitting to some early nerves which settled after the fourth game, Carlsen told reporters he had sensed vulnerability in his far more experienced opponent and had forced a series of errors. “Vish has been the world champion for so long, he’s one of the greatest of all time. I’m of course very, very happy to have got the better of him,” Carlsen told a postmatch press conference. “I am really honoured and happy to have won it,” he added. Anand, who at 43 is 21 years older than his rival, lost the title he has held since 2007 despite a lastgasp ﬁght in an attritional 130move game yesterday that lasted four hours and 45 minutes. With Carlsen having sealed the championship, the last two contests in the 12-game match scheduled tomorrow and Monday have been cancelled. Both players signed the chess board before heading to a joint press conference where Anand admitted he had “blundered” again in the ﬁnal game and said sorry to his fans. “As for the match in general it’s clear that he dominated. At the

‘Super talent’ has many ways to improve

S a prodigal genius and fashion model, newlycrowned world chess champion Magnus Carlsen has already lit up the game and has now added the world crown to his list of achievements. The Norwegian world No. 1, who turns 23 on November 30, missed out on becoming the youngest world champion by a few weeks, a record set by his one-time coach and Russian legend Garry Kasparov in 1985. Kasparov, the undisputed world champion from 1985 to 1993, described Carlsen as a Harry Potter-type “super-talent” who is the ﬁrst Westerner to hold the world title since America’s Bobby Fischer in 1975. “Magnus rocketed to the top of the rating list almost without pause, displaying a consistency and tenacity rare in a young player to accompany his limitless talent,” Kasparov wrote in the Business Insider earlier this month. Carlsen has dominated the World Chess Federation’s list of top players in the last three years, with a top rating of 2,870 points that broke Kasparov’s best of 2,851 points achieved in 1999. “Magnus is a very different player and his approach is refreshingly new,” American

start of the match I thought my chances depended on my ability to last long games without making a lot of mistakes,” said Anand. “This year I’ve had a lot of problems with mistakes creeping into my play.” Carlsen will win 60 percent of the total prize fund of $2.24 million, while Anand takes home the rest. Carlsen, hailed by Russian legend Garry Kasparov as a Harry Potter-type “super-talent” and considered the pre-match favourite, was in supreme form during the fortnight’s contest. “Congratulations to Magnus for his victory! He continues to shatter the highest expectations with his skill and tenacity. Three cheers!” Kasparov wrote on Twitter after the match. Carlsen missed by a few weeks becoming the youngest world champion, a record set by his one-

A PHENOMENON: Magnus Carlsen speaks to the media after defeating India’s Viswanathan

Anand in the World Championship Match in Chennai yesterday. – Reuters

chess grandmaster and former Olympic champion Susan Polgar said, with his aggressive tactics on show throughout the bouts with Anand. Introduced to chess by his father, Carlsen showed off his genius as a toddler. At the age of two, the selftaught prodigy knew by heart all the car brands and later memorised the long list of all Norway’s municipalities, with their ﬂags

time coach Kasparov in 1985. The last Westerner to hold the world champion title was American legend Bobby Fischer who relinquished it in 1975. In what could be marked as the dawn of a new era in the chess world, Carlsen showed stellar effort yet again by not going for a tame draw when one was enough for him to take the title home. Instead, the Norwegian made Anand suffer for a long and gruelling four hours and forty five minutes before the Indian could heave a sigh of relief in what was the most one-sided world championship match in modern history. Anand had won the world championship title five times — 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 — but ironically was dethroned in his home town of Chennai. In a dubious first, this was the

and administrative centres. Sibling rivalry with one of his older sisters sparked his interest in chess, which soon led to his ﬁrst competition at the age of eight. The breakthrough came in 2004, when the 13-year-old defeated Russian former world champion Anatoly Karpov, forced Kasparov to a draw and became a grandmaster. The dishevelled and serious

only time that Anand failed to win a single game in a world championship match. Starting with his journey in 1991, Anand had always scored at least one victory in each of the match that he played in the last 22 years. Carlsen, was in his elements right through the tenth game getting what he wanted out of the opening and then pursuing on his favourite mission on grinding out opponent. Anand this time did not collapse and came up with some fantastic defense he is known for to steer the game to a draw. Anand, on expected lines, employed the Sicilian defense and faced the Moscow variation that Carlsen had employed before. There were no surprises earlier as both players opted for routine theory and it was a Maroczy bind structure on board after

looking teenager was once described by the Washington Post as the “Mozart of chess”. A fashion model in his spare time, Carlsen made it to the Time magazine list of the 100 most inﬂuential people in the world in 2013. He also won the Chess Oscars, awarded by Russian chess magazine ‘64’ to the world’s best player, for four consecutive years from 2009 to 2012.

Carlsen came up with a check on move three, parting with his light squared Bishop for a knight. On move 14, Carlsen took back Anand’s light Bishop to even things up and it was again a slow grind thereafter that has been hallmark of Carlsen’s play in this match. With two minor pieces off the board, the position had only a minuscule advantage for white but Carlsen did not go for the draw. It was on the 21st move that many pundits believed both players will be happy to repeat moves. Carlsen for obvious reasons and Anand because there was not much hope. However, the Norwegian was the ﬁrst to deviate from a possible repetition. Anand found some solace after trading another set of minor pieces but the pressure remained on the Indian. Carlsen went for his ﬁnal

Carlsen admits two weaknesses: not being a good winner or a good loser. “You cannot be a number one in the world and be a good loser,” he told reporters in Oslo last month. “I’m not a good winner either. I try not to rub it in to my opponents. Unless they deserve it, of course.” Worried he may fall sick in India during the title bout, Carlsen and his team visited Chennai in August to check out the facilities in the southern coastal city. By the end of the three-day visit, Carlsen’s team had forced organisers to insert an “illness” clause in the contract by which a player can take a two-day break if he fell sick. All-India Chess Federation Secretary V. Hariharan said it was the first time an illness clause had been included for a world championship match. Despite his overwhelming dominance over the last few years, Carlsen warned rivals his best was yet to come. “I still have so many ways to improve,” he said. “In every tournament, in almost every game, I find that I make mistakes. I definitely have some kind of talent but I don’t know exactly what it consists of.” - AFP

liquidation plan on the 28th move when he pushed his king pawn to fifth rank. Anand temporarily parted with a pawn and recovered it some moves later but this led the game to a pure knight and pawns endgame. To make matters worse for Anand, Carlsen retained his small advantage as his king quickly walked over to the king side and penetrated the fifth rank. Anand’s knight and king were confined to the defence and to stop further damage. Woman grandmaster Susan Polgar said: “In the first eight games of this championship match, he forced his game plan onto Anand.” “In chess, positioning and strategy is crucial and unless the development of one’s pieces is going according to one’s plan, experience will count for little,” she added. - PTI/AFP

CRICKET

AL HYATT EMERGE CHAMPIONS Al Hyatt Tennis Centre clinched the honours of the Muscat League Team Tournament, which was held to commemorate the 43rd National Day. Six teams participated in the event. Al Hyatt beat Khanco Team to win the title. Indian Social Club beat FTCO to ﬁnish third overall. The OTA vice-chairman Salem Abubakar, treasurer Siddique Al Hashmi and board member Abdullah Ali Al Muqadem and executive manager Salman Al Balushi were in hand to distribute the prizes. — Supplied photo

HCC all set to host Winter Cup tourney MUSCAT: The Holiday Cricket Club (HCC) will organise the sixth edition of Winter Cup MRI ball cricket tournament on December 13, 20 and 27. According to a press release issued by the organisers, the preliminary matches will be played at Municipality Ground in Bausher and quarterfinals, semifinals and final will take place at Ghubra Power Plant ground. Tournament draw will be held at Parkway Restaurant at 7.30 p.m. on December 10. The event’s main sponsors are Al Seeb Technical Est (Sarco),General Engineering Service Est (Genserv),Ramnik Lal Kothary (RBK),Shamel International Industries and cosponsored by Pocari Sweats (Muscat Pharmacy) and Parkway Restaurant. The eight-overs a side tournament is restricted to 26 teams,

which will be divided into two groups. Every team must give 14-player list during registration, after which no change to the list will be allowed. The teams are also not allowed to ﬁeld players from A and B division leagues and national team members. The last date for registering entries is December 10. For further details contact Ameer (99259518) or Akshath (96420350). Besides various cash awards, the prizes will include a winners trophy, runner-up trophy, best team trophy, man of the series (Samsung LCD TV), best batsman (Samsung mobile phone), best bowler (Samsung mobile phone), best wicketkeeper (Samsung MP3 player), maximum sixes (Samsung MP3 player), young talented player (Samsung MP3 player), man of the match (wrist watch/clock).

ISC TENNIS

Kenneth clinches under-14 title MUSCAT: Kenneth Vaz claimed the boys’ under-14 singles title at the Falcon Insurance Companysponsored annual tennis tournament organised by the Indian Social Club Muscat. When it seemed that the top seed would walk through the final when he won the first set comfortably, his challenger for the title, second seed Subash Pillai rallied to win the second set before Kenneth sealed victory in the third set super tie-breaker with final scores

of 6-2, 2-6, 10-6. A high quality final saw both Kenneth and Subash playing attacking ground-strokes. Subash broke in the very first game and after three deuces, Kenneth broke back. Kenneth played a mind-game and planned his moves well. He broke again for 3-1 but Subash was equal to the task and reduced the deficit. Kenneth was in full control and won the set without any further lapses. Subash came back strongly

and banged his ground-strokes to all corners of the court to race to a 4-0 lead and continued the onslaught to clinch the second set 6-2. After early caution, Subash seemed to have lost his direction as Kenneth dictated terms to lead 7-3 in the super tie-breaker. Subash made a partial recovery but Kenneth was not to be stopped and romped to win the third set 10-8 to claim the boys’ under-14 singles title.

The top seeded team of Armaan Sattikar and Nevil Philips will attempt to defend their junior doubles crown when they square off against second seeded duo of Kenneth Vaz and Subash Pillai in the final. The top seeds advanced to the final with a clinical 8-1 demolition of Ajay Srivatsan and Raj Sugandhia while Kenneth and Subash advanced after defeating Pranav Vinod and Alen Tom 8-3 in the semifinal.

FINALISTS: Kenneth Vaz, right, and Subash Pillai. – Supplied photo

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SAUDI’S LNG PRICES PROJECTED TO SLIP

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP

HONDA’S MICRO ELECTRIC CAR MC-BETA Honda’s micro-sized electric car Mc-beta displayed at the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show, yesterday. It is designed to comply with the ‘micro-sized mobility products’ category, which is currently the trend in Japan and Europe. Meant for eco-friendly short trips around the city, the MC-beta is built on top of a lightweight yet rigid frame. The motor show ends on December 1. — Reuters

Two more national business centres coming up MUSCAT: Construction work is underway to establish a National Business Centre in Dhofar Governorate, which is being developed by the Public Establishment for Industrial Estate (PEIE). Another centre in the Al Wusta Governorate, being overseen by the Special Economic Zone in Al Duqm, is also being built, said Dr Ali bin Masud Al Sunaidi, minister of commerce and industry, while talking to the media on the sidelines of an event at the opening of the National Business Centre (NBC) in Muscat. The ceremony was attended by a number of ministers, undersecretaries, businessmen and Omani entrepreneurs. The centre will provide support to those entrepreneurs who are university graduates. Dr Al Sunaidi said that the NBC is the second centrr, after SAS Centre, to be opened this year. Four centres He added that that there are four centres that provide support to small and medium enterprises (SMEs); one in Sur, SAS which is promoted by ITA, Injaz Oman, managed by al Zubair Enterprise, and NBC, which is supervised by the PEIE. In response to a question about the Al Rafd Fund, Dr Al Sunaidi said the fund will begin providing subsidies in January 2014. Further, Hilal bin Hamad Al Hasani, chief executive of PEIE, said that NBC seeks to fulﬁll the royal aspirations of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said in showing more interest in SMEs. The opening of the centres also come in response to the recommendations of the symposium that was held in Saih Al Shamikhat, along with the continuous efforts to develop SMEs. These efforts are supported by His Majesty the Sultan. On the sidelines of the opening ceremony, an agreement was signed between NBC and Injaz Oman, as well as another agreement between Shomoukh and Abdullah bin Rashid Al Badi, the inventor of a device that secures power networks. – ONA

FINANCIAL SECTOR

RBI says Indian banks’ rising bad loans a challenge HONG KONG: Rising bad loans at Indian lenders remain ‘a major challenge’ amid a slowdown in Asia’s third-largest economy, said the nation’s central bank. Non-performing loans rose to Rs986 billion ($15.7 billion) at the end of March from Rs652 billion a year earlier, the Reserve Bank of India said in a report on the country’s banking industry. The ratio of sour debt to total lending swelled to 3.6 per cent from 3.1 per cent. More debtors are ﬁnding it harder to pay off loans in a $1.8 trillion economy that is projected to grow in the year ending March 2014 at the weakest pace in more than a decade. Rising bad loans contributed to a 35 per cent slump in State Bank of India’s net income for the quarter ended September 30. “Macro stress tests indicate that if the current macroeconomic conditions persist, the credit quality of commercial banks could deteriorate further,” the Mumbaibased RBI said. “In the short term, the stress on banks’ asset quality remains a major challenge.” Overseas lenders The increase in bad loans underscores the challenge the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh faces in expanding the banking industry’s reach to encompass the 65 per cent of Indians who don’t have accounts. The RBI introduced rules on November 6 removing branch restrictions on overseas lenders that form local units. New banking li-

censes will be granted in January, Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said November 15. Biggest lender State Bank of India shares fell less than 0.1 per cent to Rs1,762 in Mumbai. The stock slumped 26 per cent this year, more than the S&P BSE India Bankex index’s 14 per cent drop. Provisions for defaults rise SBI, the nation’s largest bank by assets, had the highest nonperforming loan ratio of the 11 lenders. Its gross ratio of sour debt to total lending widened to 5.64 per cent in the three months to September 30 from 5.15 per cent a year earlier, the Mumbai-based bank said in a ﬁling on November 13. Provisions for defaults rose 44 per cent in the period, the ﬁling showed. The lender’s more than 15,000 branches control 16.8 per cent of the nation’s Rs73 trillion of deposits, according to central bank data. SBI will continue in coming months its “war on bad loans,” which will fall sustainably only when economic growth picks up, Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya said on October 8. India’s economy may grow 4.8 per cent in the year through March 2014. - Bloomberg News

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Global funds support GCC equity markets The UAE has emerged as the world’s second best performing market with a rise of 61% this year, and 2013 earnings growth estimates up by 100bp to 9.6%

SUPPORT: The equity markets are getting more support from key macro drivers, but they affect the

GCC countries differently. – Bloomberg News

Times News Service MUSCAT: Equity markets in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will continue to benefit from increased global investment inflows, and specifically from active Global Emerging Market (GEM) funds, said a recent Bank of America Merrill Lynch research report titled, ‘Frontier EMEA Equity Market Monitor: Frontier leads GEM on flow, earnings and valuation.’ “The UAE has emerged as the world’s second best performing market with year-to-date (YTD) increase of 61 per cent, and 2013 earnings growth estimates rising by around 100bp YTD to 9.6 per cent. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia was ranked as a top 10 market performer with YTD increase of 21 per cent, and similarly Qatar performing

POINTS TO PONDER

UAE market will be a winner in the long-term

Saudi Arabia is among top 10 market performers

Frontier markets outperform emerging markets

equally well with YTD increase of 22 per cent,” said Michael Harris, managing director and head of EEMEA Equity Strategy. “Along with Saudi Arabia, the UAE equity market could inevitably be a structural winner in the long term. Saudi being the GCC’s biggest economy, there is a lot to beneﬁt when the capital market opens up in the kingdom. Regionally, there will also be far reaching

positive implications of the MSCI EM upgrade for the UAE and Qatar,” he added. Macro drivers The equity market is getting more support from key macro drivers but they affect the GCC countries differently. It is particularly favourable for Saudi equities as they stand to beneﬁt from record highs of domestic oil production and

stronger China data. The United Arab Emirate’s slowing momentum has priced in the drop in risk appetite but oil production remains positive. While in Qatar, the recent slowdown of money growth remains a potential short-term risk whereas oil production is stable. Financial stocks Financial stocks are the biggest component of the equity market sector breakdown in the United Arab Emirates (76 per cent), Qatar (53 per cent) and Saudi Arabia (33 per cent). United Arab Emirates and Saudi ﬁnancials and Saudi materials dominate the list of stocks with both positive consensus 2013 EPS growth estimates and the strongest 12-week momentum.

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FEATURE CHINESE INVESTORS SOUR ON BRAZIL FOR CHINESE INVESTORS, BRAZIL IS NO LONGER THE PROMISED LAND

hinese investment is falling, and as much as two-thirds of the roughly $70b in projects announced since 2007 is either on hold or has been cancelled. The unexpected decline, which investors and analysts say has little hope of reversing itself anytime soon, will deprive Brazil’s struggling economy of what once seemed like a sure-ﬁre source of growth for years to come. After making a big push into the South American giant in search of raw materials such as iron ore, as well as a promising market for their consumer goods, Chinese executives have grown frustrated with stagnant economic growth, heavy costs and what they see as a political and popular backlash against their presence. As a result, Chinese investment is falling, and as much as twothirds of the roughly $70 billion in projects announced since 2007 is either on hold or has been cancelled, according to recent studies and interviews with Chinese and Brazilian officials.

The decline The unexpected decline, which investors and analysts say has little hope of reversing itself anytime soon, will deprive Brazil’s struggling economy of what once seemed like a sure-ﬁre source of growth for years to come. “The ardour for investment in Brazil is fading. Operating in Brazil is a huge challenge,” said Zhang Dongxiang, chief executive of the Brazilian unit of Bank of China, one of China’s four largest state-owned commercial banks. In a rare interview in his Sao Paulo office that included some of the sharpest criticism of Brazil by any Chinese business leader to date, Zhang complained of growing hostility from the Brazilian public as well as ‘protectionist’ policies passed by President Dilma Rousseff ’s left-leaning government. “Public opinion sometimes seems to be against foreign investment ... as if it makes local industry less competitive,” he said. “There are some antiquated ideas.” While some Chinese companies are succeeding in Brazil, he said, “many are having doubts.” The shrinking investment ﬂows between two of the world’s biggest emerging markets raises questions about the strength of the so-called “south-south” capital movement, and comes as China undergoes a

broad shift away from investmentfocused policies and toward a more consumer-based economy. To be sure, Chinese investment in Brazil remains well above what it was last decade. Companies such as CNOOC and China National Petroleum, which last week bought rights to drill for oil in Brazil’s huge Libra offshore area, continue to see opportunities in Brazil. Others with an eye on expansion include China Construction Bank, which reached an agreement this week to buy 72 per cent of Brazil’s mid-sized lender Banco Industrial e Comercial SA for 1.62 billion reais ($726 million). Also, China remains Brazil’s largest trading partner, thanks to demand for its commodities, and exports have been steady. But the euphoria of three or four years ago, when politicians hoped Chinese investment would fundamentally reshape Brazil’s trade ﬂows and generate billions of dollars’ worth of badly needed new infrastructure, has clearly faded. The recent Chinese experience in Brazil seems to be one of high expectations, followed by second thoughts. After years of sending trade missions to Brazil but mostly keeping their wallets closed, Chinese companies abruptly announced a ﬂurry of billion-dollar bets in 2010. That was the year Brazil’s economy grew a torrid 7.5 per cent, and seemed to have entered a new era of Asian tiger-style growth. Brazil’s economy cooled sharply, growing just 0.9 per cent last year, and its consumers are burdened with debt. Meanwhile, the government has taken several steps that have made many

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bought 72% of Brazil’s mid-sized lender Banco Industrial e Comercial SA for 1.62 billion reais ($726 million).

Tough regulations Some measures, such as a tax increase on foreign-made cars in 2011 that led JAC Motors to threaten to suspend construction of a new factory in Brazil, were part of a broad protectionist drive that targeted all countries equally. But others, including a 2010 law that restricted land purchases by foreigners, were the specific result of worries that the Chinese were snapping up too many of Brazil’s natural resources, legislators said at the time. In private, Brazilian government officials express concerns that China is primarily interested in securing raw materials in a way that barely benefits Brazilians, while also flooding the country with low-cost manufactured goods. - Reuters

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MARKET Saudi’s LNG prices projected to slip further on US shale gas boom The slump in Middle East prices underscores how the North American shale gas boom is roiling energy markets around the world

TOKYO: Saudi Arabia’s liqueﬁed petroleum gas (LNG) prices are headed for the worst year since the global ﬁnancial crisis as record exports from the United States loosen the Middle East’s hold on the Asian market. Saudi Arabia’s monthly propane contract price, the benchmark for sales to Asia, dropped 9 per cent this year to an average of $832 a metric tonne, says data. That would be the biggest loss since 2009, when prices sank 35 per cent. The cost of the fuel, used most-

ly for heating and making petrochemicals, slid 4.9 per cent at Mont Belvieu, Texas, the US export hub. The slump in Middle East prices underscores how the North American shale gas boom is roiling energy markets around the world, helping cut fuel costs for buyers including Japan’s Iwatani and ENEOS Globe, while threatening revenue for producers such as Saudi Arabian Oil Company. Japan, the biggest importer, may get 20 per cent of its purchases from the US by 2018, from 3.5 per cent last

RISE IN EXPORTS: The United States, which became a net LPG ship-

per for the ﬁrst time last year, will continue exporting more than it imports through 2040. – Bloomberg News

year, according to Japan LP Gas Association, an industry group. “The inﬂow of US LPG into Asia is setting a new direction in the market,” said Osamu Fujisawa, an independent oil economist in Tokyo, who previously worked for 17 years for the Saudi state oil company known as Saudi Aramco. “Sup-

ECONOMY

Domestic demand drives German growth VIENNA: German economic growth was driven exclusively by domestic demand in the third quarter as investment and construction offset an export slowdown. Capital investment rose 1.6 per cent in the three months through September from the prior quarter and construction increased 2.4 percent, the Federal Statistics Ofﬁce in Wiesbaden said yesterday. The expansion in gross domestic product slowed to 0.3 pe rcent from 0.7 per cent, it said, conﬁrming a November 14 estimate. Germany is relying more on its domestic economy as the euro area, its biggest export destination, struggles to sustain a nascent recovery. Growth in the 17-nation currency bloc almost stalled in the third quarter, as the French economy unexpectedly shrank and Italy extended a record-long recession. “The investment surge was much stronger than we expected and consensus had expected and bodes well for an investment-led expansion next year as well,” said Christian Schulz, senior economist at Berenberg in London. Domestic demand “highlights Germany’s potential to continue to play a positive role in supporting the euro-zone crisis countries’ export-led recovery,” he said. Net trade Gross domestic product grew 0.6 per cent from a year earlier when adjusted for working days, yesterday’s report showed. Government spending rose 0.5 per cent from the prior quarter and private consumption gained 0.1 per cent. Total domestic demand added 0.7 percentage point

The investment surge was much stronger than we expected and consensus had expected and bodes well for an investmentled expansion next year as well Christian Schulz Senior economist, Berenberg (London)

to GDP, while net trade subtracted 0.4 percentage point. Exports rose 0.1 per cent while imports climbed 0.8 per cent. Home economy Germany’s increased reliance on its home economy may counter criticism from the International Monetary Fund and the United States Treasury, which have said the nation is hampering European and global growth by focusing too heavily on exports. European Union regulators said on November 13 they started a probe of Germany’s trade surplus. The German Economy Ministry rejected the criticism on

October 31 as ‘not justified’ and Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Berlin yesterday that it would be ‘absurd’ to try make German companies reduce production or cut back on quality. The Bundesbank said in its monthly report on November 18 that Europe’s largest economy is on a ‘solid’ path that points to it growing according to its potential. Ifo Index German business confidence rose more than expected in November, with the Ifo institute’s business climate index, based on a survey of 7,000 executives, increasing to 109.3 from 107.4 in October. Manufacturing activity surged to the highest in almost two-and-ahalf years this month, an index by London-based Markit Economics showed. Economists forecast an expansion of 0.4 per cent in the final three months of this year, while the European Commission predicts growth of 0.5 per cent this year. By contrast, the commission forecasts the euro-area economy will shrink 0.4 per cent in 2013. The European Central Bank, which cut its benchmark interest rate to a record low of 0.25 perc ent this month, will publish economic forecasts on December 5. The ECB has said that support from monetary policy will remain in place for as long as necessary to counter slowing inflation, which was the weakest in four years in October. “The euro zone still faces a hard slog in developing the recovery and remains vulnerable to setbacks,” said Howard Archer, chief European economist at IHS Global Insight. - Bloomberg News

plies from the US have already been weighing on Saudi Arabia’s contract price and the downward trend will probably strengthen next year as full-scale imports from the US kick in.” The contract, known as the CP, was set at $820 in October, 20 per cent less than a year ago. Prices

averaged about $915 in 2012 and $743 over the past five years. Propane at Mont Belvieu cost $1.14 a gallon (about 592 a tonne) in October, 18 per cent more than a year earlier, according to data from Liquidity Partners Commodities Research. Prices in the first 10 months averaged 96 cents a gallon, compared to about $1 in 2012. It averaged $1.08 a gallon, or $561 a tonne, over the past five years, and traded yesterday at $1.20. US exports “Growing LPG exports by the US have been creating a threatening situation for Saudi Arabia’s contract prices and sending them lower,” said Jun Matsuda, the president of ENEOS Globe. “Contract prices will remain under pressure from US supplies because we expect more exports.” Net profit at Eneos Globe, the LPG venture owned by JX Nip-

pon Oil & Energy, Mitsui and Marubeni, rose 65 per cent to ¥5 billion ($49.4 million) in the ﬁscal year ended in March this year, data on its website show. Shares of Iwatani, which gets more than half its revenue from the energy unit that includes LPG supplies, rose 58 per cent this year. LPG is a mixture of hydrocarbons including propane and butane that changes from a gaseous to liquid state when compressed or chilled. About 40 per cent of consumption is for cooking and heating, while a third is used as a petrochemical feedstock, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). - Bloomberg News

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MARKET BRIEFS

UBS targets Africa’s millionaire clients JOHANNESBURG : UBS, the world’s biggest wealth manager, is targeting millionaire clients in oil-rich Nigeria and Angola as Swiss rival Credit Suisse withdraws from some African markets. “The amount of people on the continent that fall within our wealth-management bracket is increasing every day,” Sean Bennett, the Johannesburg-based managing director of UBS in sub-Saharan Africa, said. “There’s still tons of opportunities still relatively untapped.” UBS is vying with Swiss banks from Julius Baer to Pictet & Cie. for emerging market millionaires as a global crackdown on tax evasion forces European and American clients to withdraw funds.

Mahindra unit plans solar expansion in Tamil Nadu CHENNAI: A unit of Mahindra & Mahindra, India’s biggest sports utility-vehicle maker, plans to almost triple solar capacity by adding plants in the state of Tamil Nadu where a power deﬁcit is spurring clean-energy investment. The company’s Mahindra EPC Services unit expects to add 150 megawatts of solar capacity in the state over the next 18 months, Basant Jain, the unit’s chief executive officer, said by phone yesterday. Mahindra EPC has already designed and installed 80 megawatts of photovoltaic plants in India as the contractor for solar investors.

Novartis to buy back $5b in stock and add segments MUNICH: Novartis plans to buy back $5 billion of stock over two years and said it will expand in faster-growing areas of health care such as treatments for skin and heart diseases. The share repurchase will begin immediately, the Basel, Switzerland-based company said in a statement before the company’s annual investor day today. Novartis will develop new business segments in dermatology and heart failure. - Agencies

Japan cuts outlook on exports once again It is due to sluggish demand from emerging economies in direct contrast to the central bank’s more upbeat outlook about recovery

TOKYO: Japan cut its view on exports for a third straight month saying they were weakening due to sluggish demand from emerging economies, in direct contrast to the central bank’s more upbeat outlook about recovery in the world’s thirdlargest economy the day before. Still, the government maintained its overall assessment on the economy, which it said was on track for a moderate recovery, underpinned by ﬁrm private consumption and a pickup in capital spending on improving corporate earnings. Weak exports are a source of concern for policymakers as shipment volume has struggled to grow this year amid a slowdown in emerging economies, hit by capital outﬂows as portfolio funds positioned for an eventual tapering of United States stimulus. “Exports have a weak tone recently,” the Cabinet Office said in

its latest monthly economic report issued yesterday. Its assessment in the November report was weaker than its previous view that exports were almost ﬂat. “Exports are expected to move toward picking up ... however, the slowing down of overseas economies remains a downside risk for the Japanese economy.” It was the ﬁrst time since 2002 that the government cut its assessment on exports for three months in a row. US, eurozone economies The latest assessment comes a day after the Bank of Japan retained its assessment that the economy was recovering moderately, with Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda saying the US and eurozone economies were gaining strength. Data on Wednesday showed

Exports are expected to move toward picking up. However, the slowing down of overseas economies remains a downside risk for the Japanese economy Cabinet Office, Japan signs of a pickup in exports in October, but the rebound was not strong enough to alleviate concerns about shipments, prompting the government’s downgrade on the key sector. “The global economy as a whole is recovering moderately but it

lacks strength,” a Cabinet Office official told reporters. “As commodity prices decline, demand is weakening mainly among resource-producing countries,” he said, citing weak demand for cars from Russia and the Middle East and for construction machinery from Brazil and Australia. Previous assessment The government stuck to its previous assessment on other key sectors including industrial output, capital spending and private consumption. It said industrial output was rising moderately, business investment showed a pickup mainly among non-manufacturers, and private consumption was seeing an improving trend. The government maintained the view that Japan was approaching an end to deflation, as a key consumer price index, which excludes both food and energy, stopped falling for the first time in five years in September. - Reuters

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INDIAN MARKETS

Sensex falls; rupee rises MUMBAI: Fag-end selling surrendered all of its initial gains and the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex continued its downslide for the third straight day, slipping by 12 points to end at 20,217.39 on selling mainly in auto and realty counters, despite ﬁrm global cues. Fresh offloading by foreign funds too weighed on the market as Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) pulled out Rs598 million on Thursday as per provisional data. The gains notched by HDFC, L&T, ONGC, HDFC Bank, Tata Steel and GAIL were washed out by fall in ITC, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, SSLT, SBI and Bajaj Auto. The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share barometer resumed higher and improved further to a high of 20,388.12 points, a rise of over 159 points on the back of ﬁrm global trends. However, selling in the last oneand-half hour pulled it down to a low of 20,137.67 before concluding at 20,217.39, revealing a fall of 11.66 points or 0.06 per cent. The wide-based CNX Nifty of the NSE

also eased by 3.60 points or 0.06 per cent to 5,995.45. Barring China, other Asian stocks ended higher on firm United States market on Thursday night. The Dow Jones Industrial Average first time closed above 16,000-mark as positive political and economic news supported the sentiment. Better-than-expected data on weekly jobless claims and as investors reconsidered their concerns about the Federal Reserve’s potential reduction in its bondbuying programme boosted the market mood. Key indices from Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore closed up between 0.01 per cent and 0.62 per cent, while from China ended down by 0.43 per cent. Currency appreciates In a narrow but two-way trade, the Indian rupee snapped its two-day losses and appreciated by six paise to close at 62.87 against the Greenback on fresh dollar selling by exporters amid firm dollar overseas.

Fresh capital outflows and almost flat local equities restricted the rupee rise to some extent, a forex dealer said. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the domestic unit opened slightly higher at 62.90 a dollar from previous close of 62.93 and immediately touched a high of 62.84. Later, it fell back in line with local stocks to a low of 63.09 before recovering to settle at 62.87, showing a rise of six paise or 0.10 pct. In last two days, it had fallen by 57 paise or 0.91 per cent. six major global currencies. Pramit Brahmbhatt, chief executive of Alpari Financial Services, (India) said, “Rupee traded flat throughout the day near yesterday’s close taking cues from local equities which closed on a flat note. The trading range for the dollar/rupee pair is expected to be within 62.50 to 63.50.” The benchmark six-month forward United States dollar premium payable in April declined to 239-241 paise from 244-246 paise on Thursday. - PTI

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TATE BRITAIN REOPENS After a £45 million transformation, the gallery is back to its best with stripped-back features and a front door opening on to the Thames once more

ate Britain carries the marks of its 116-year history, of architectural development, ﬂoods, World War II bombings and overzealous interior designers. Now it has undergone a £45m transformation to prepare it for the 21st century, which involves “renewing” some of its lost grandeur and stripping back the layers that have left it “blunted”. The new Tate Britain was unveiled to the public this week, and people will again be able to arrive through the refurbished main entrance that overlooks the Thames, with its grand neoclassical portico. Penelope Curtis, director of Tate Britain, said the new gallery “opens up the Millbank entrance to reassert and enhance the original grandeur and logic of the galleries”. She said she hoped it would be a “clearer and more pleasurable” way for visitors to experience British art. The works on the oldest part of the Grade II-listed building on Millbank, were carried out by architects Caruso St John, taking three years. “We haven’t lost anything we loved about this building,” Ms Curtis said. “We’ve peeled away the accretions and taken it back to the simplicity.” The changes follow another major overhaul earlier this year, with the reconstruction of 10 galleries and a rehang of the collection of British art in chronological order at the gallery. Sir Nicholas Serota, director of Tate, called it an “exciting day” and said the history of the venue was one of expansion and renewal. “Between 1960 and 1990 people felt apologetic about this building. They felt they needed to reduce the heights of ceilings and introduce false walls,” he said. “With accretions and layers of paint we had become rather blunted and almost municipal in character.” Referencing criticism from the 1940s and 1950s that the building had no distinctive qualities, Sir Nicholas said: “Now it does.”

One of the biggest changes to the design is a striking new spiral staircase inside the entrance leading to new public spaces on the ﬂoor below. The spaces below include the Archives Gallery, which will house temporary displays from the Tate’s huge vaults. Among the documents currently on display are plans for the prison that was on the site before the gallery – as well as a note from plasterers hidden in the original building in 1897. The Tate was designed by architect Sidney Smith, and ﬁrst opened its doors to the public in 1897 with 245 works in eight rooms. Following the renovations, Ms Curtis said they had discovered Smith was “perhaps a better architect than many people had realised”. The team working on the three-year revamp have opened up the circular balcony in the

domed atrium for members and have created a Grand Saloon for functions. This space has been closed since the ﬂood of 1928, when the Thames broke its banks and ﬂowed into the gallery. Some 95 per cent of the renovations were paid for through private donations, with the rest being made up by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Tate chairman Lord Browne said this marked a “triumph for private philanthropy”. Sir Nicholas said visitors would now experience the building “in ways they had not done in the past”. He added that “the whole experience of coming to Millbank will be changed from simply looking at pictures to an environment that is stimulating to be within. That’s what Henry Tate originally wanted.” - Nick Clark/The Independent

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ENTERTAINMENT CINEMA SCHEDULE

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Cast: Dileep, Ananya, Mythili 6:00pm; CP No: 1098 Irindam Ulagam (Tamil) (Romance/ Fantasy) (PG) Cast: Arya, Anushka Shetty 7:30pm; CP No: 1102

Elysium (Action/Sci-Fi) (12+) Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster 2:30, 5:30, 9:30pm; CP No: 1057 Thor 3D (Action/Sci-Fi) (PG) Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins 3:15, 7:30, 11:30pm; CP No: 1038 Ram Leela (Hindi) (Romance/Drama) (12+) Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone 3:30pm; CP No: 1065 Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Action/Sci–Fi) (12+) Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth 4:30, 9:00, 11:45pm; CP No: 1077 Killer Joe (Crime/Thriller) (12+) Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple 3:00, 7:15pm; CP No: 1087 Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (Hindi) (Romance) (PG) Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Imran Khan 4:45, 10:30pm; CP No: 1090 The Pact (Horror/Thriller) (12+) Cast: Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Mark Steger 11:45pm; CP No: 1082 Singh Saab The Great (Hindi) (Action) (PG) Cast: Sunny Deol, Urvashi Rautela 9:00pm; CP No: 1093 Nadodimannan (Malyalam) (Drama) (PG)

PLAZA 1 Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (Hindi) (Romance) (PG) Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Imran Khan 6:30, 9:30pm; CP No: 1092 Singh Saab The Great (Hindi) (Action) (PG) Cast: Sunny Deol, Urvashi Rautela, Amrita Rao 3:30pm; CP No: 1097 PLAZA 2 Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (Hindi) (Romance) (PG) Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Imran Khan 3:30pm; CP No: 1092 Singh Saab The Great (Hindi) (Action) (PG)

Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Action /Sci–Fi) (12+) Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth 3:30, 6:15, 8:45, 11:30pm; CP No: 1078 The Pact (Horror/Thriller) (12+) Cast: Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Mark Steger 5:15, 11:45pm; CP No: 1083 Ram Leela (Hindi) (Romance/Drama) (12+) Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone 9:00pm Elysium (Action/Sci-Fi) (12+) Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley 4:00, 11:30pm; CP No: 1058 Thor 3D (Action/Sci-Fi) (PG) Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins 3:15, 5:00, 7:00pm; CP No: 1039 Nadodimannan (Malyalam) (Comedy) (PG) Cast: Dileep, Ananya, Mythili 9:00pm; CP No: 1099

Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Action /Sci–Fi) (12+) Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth 5:30, 9:00, 11:45pm; CP No: 1079

Elysium (Action/Sci-Fi) (12+) Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster 3:00, 7:00pm; CP No: 1059 Thor 3D (Action /Sci-Fi) (PG) Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman 3:30, 5:00pm; CP No: 1040 Ram Leela (Hindi) (Romance) (12+) Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone 11:15pm; CP No: 1067 Nadodimannan (Malyalam) (Drama) (PG) Cast: Dileep, Ananya, Mythili 8:15pm; CP No: 1100

Elysium (Action/Sci-Fi) (12+) Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster 1:30, 5:00pm; CP No: 1060 Thor 3D (Action/Sci-Fi) (PG) Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman 12:00, 7:00pm; CP No: 1041 Captain Phillips (Action/Biography) (PG) Cast: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi 2:30pm; CP No: 1010 Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Action/ Sci–Fi) Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth 9:00, 11:45pm; CP No: 1080 Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (Hindi) (Romance) (PG) Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Imran Khan 9:00pm; CP No: 1091 The Pact (Horror/Thriller) (12+) Cast: Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Mark Steger 11:45pm; CP No: 1084 Singh Saab The Great (Hindi) (PG) Cast: Sunny Deol, Urvashi Rautela 6:15pm; CP No: 1096 Nadodimannan (Malyalam) (Drama) (PG) Cast: Dileep, Ananya, Mythili 3:30pm; CP No: 1101

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Action / Adventure) Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 & 11:55pm CP No: 1336 (12+) The Pact (Horror / Mystery / Thriller) Cast: Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Mark Steger 8:00, 10:00 & 11:55pm; CP No: 1368 (12+) Killer Joe (Crime / Thriller) Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple 6:00pm; CP No: 1367 (12+) Free Birds (Animation / Comedy) Voice Overs: Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson and Dan Fogler 2:00pm; CP No: 1340 (PG) Bad Grandpa (Comedy) Cast: Johnny Knoxville, Jackson Nicoll and Greg Harris 4:00pm; CP No: 1338 (15+)

Film Information - 24540856 / Advance Booking - 24540855 Website: www.albahjacinema.net

STARS CINEMA Film information 24791641 / 24786776 Masala (Telugu) (Action/Comedy) Cast: Venkatesh, Anjali and Sahzan Padamsee 3:30pm (Cinema Main), 6:45 & 9:45pm (Cinema - 3); CP No: 1347 Irandam Ulagam (Tamil) (Romance/ Thriller) Cast: Arya, Anushka Shetty and Selva 6:30pm (Cinema Main); 3:45, 9:45pm (Cinema - 2); 9:45 (Cinema - 4) Nadodi Mannan (Mal) (Comedy) Cast: Dileep, Ananya, Mythilli and Archana Ravi 9:30pm (Cinema Main); 3:45pm (Cinema - 3); 6:45pm (Cinema - 2) Idukki Gold (Mal) Cast: Vijaya Ragavan, Prahap Poten & Babu Anthony 3:45 & 6:45pm (Cinema - 4); CP No: 1345

For More Information 24789032, 24786776 Website: www.isurf.co.om

The parent body supplies useful data

SUDOKU

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THIS week, we will have our annual glimpse at the English language bridge magazines. Each would be of interest to you and your bridgeplaying friends. The monthly Bridge Bulletin is published by the American Contract Bridge League, the parent body of tournament bridge in the United States. There is also information about bridge in Canada and Mexico. Even if you never play duplicate, you will benefit from the instructive articles aimed at all levels. Today’s deal is based on one by Eddie Kantar. South is in two spades. The defenders start with three rounds of hearts. What happens after that? Some Norths would rebid one no-trump despite the spade singleton. This would work well when South has a weak hand with 5-4 in the majors. After the actual two-club rebid, the heart fit would be lost, since a two-heart rebid by South would be fourth-suit gameforcing. Here, though, South rebids two spades, guaranteeing at least a six-card suit. Declarer ruffs the third heart, leads a club to the board and plays a spade to his king. West wins with his ace and does what? He should cash the diamond ace, then lead his last heart, which East should ruff with the spade 10. This effects an uppercut, giving the defenders three trump tricks for down one. Note that if West does not first cash the diamond ace, South can discard his diamond loser when East ruffs and loses only two spades, two hearts and that ruff. When trying for an uppercut, cash your side-suit winners first. Details are at acbl.org. — By Phillip Alder

HOW TO PLAY Fill the empty cells with the numbers 1 to 9, so that each number appears once in each row, column and area. — Seven Galaxies

4 7 8 3 1 9 2 5

8 4 9 5 1 3 7 2 6

2 7 3 6 9 8 1 4 5

6 1 5 4 7 2 9 8 3

5 3 7 1 4 6 8 9 2

MARMADUKE

CROSSWORD

B I G NAT E

ACROSS 1 Roman Empire invader 5 Sprees 9 Chiang — -shek 12 “Typee” sequel 13 Fridge stick 14 GI mail drop 15 Just 16 — — dry eye in the house 17 Decimal base 18 Not prepared for (hyph.) 21 Perfume label word 22 Drink with scones 23 Banking convenience 26 Free of 28 “Like a Rolling Stone” singer 32 Eye protector 34 Tripod part 36 Area of London 37 Phony 39 Joule fraction 41 Apprehend 42 Spoil

44 46 51 52 53 55 56 57 58 59 60

Yahoo! rival Beach bring-alongs Joke Beat soundly “The Valley of Horses” author Suffix for forfeit Perry’s creator Nutmeg shell PBS “Science Guy” Riverbank growth Traffic clogger

DOWN 1 Baby talk 2 Preﬁx for “all” 3 Thruway cost 4 Game expert 5 Spring ﬂower 6 Baseball family name 7 Catch on (2 wds.) 8 Lathered 9 Ms. Winslet 10 Mimicked 11 Charged particle 19 Sense organ 20 Foots the bill 23 White vestment 24 Lao-Tzu’s “way”

25 Chow mein additive 27 “Gidget” actress 29 Chaney of horror movies 30 Triumphant cry 31 San Francisco hill 33 Fling 35 Took suddenly 38 Fusing alloy

40 43 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 54

9 8 1 7 2 5 6 3 4

4 6 2 8 3 9 5 1 7

3 5 6 2 8 1 4 7 9

7 9 8 3 5 4 2 6 1

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Answer to previous puzzle

ACES ON BRIDGE

BORN LOSER

WITH LOVE

V. SAILASH

CHAHAT PRIYANK KAMANI

ALEN K. RAMESH

AL MANAF ABDULSHUKOOR

November 23, 2012

November 23, 2006

November 22, 2006

SHALOM DAISY

ANGADH PREMKUMAR S.

SYEDA FIDA FATIMA

NAVNEETH RANJITH KUMAR

November 22, 2004

November 22, 2003

November 21, 2003

November 21

Send us a colour photograph of the child (below 16 years) whose birthday you are celebrating, along with his/her full name, date of birth, address, telephone number and parents’/your name to Times of Oman, With Love, PO Box 770, PC 112, Ruwi or through e-mail to extra@timesofoman.com

KIDSPOT

H E A LT H C A P S U L E

S AT U R DAY, N OV E M B E R 23, 2 01 3

PRAYER TIMINGS

Dhuhr Asr Maghrib Isha Fajr (Tomorrow)

Y O U R B I R T H D AY

BORN today, you are likely to be different things to different groups of people. Indeed, you may well be mistaken for a Gemini native, except that you are far more multifaceted than even the archetypical Gemini, who can usually boast of only two distinct halves of his or her personality. You’re likely to surprise people again and again simply by doing things that you want to do, for you will do them whether or not they are considered appropriate or beneﬁcial to you. Your single greatest motivator, of course, is fun. You are far more interested in the quality of another’s character than in any other outward indicator of a person’s place in the world. You are something of a dreamer, and you will sometimes pursue goals that seem quite unrealistic to others. You have great charisma. Also born on this date are: Miley Cyrus, singer and actress; Bruce Hornsby, singersongwriter and musician; Harpo Marx, comedian; Boris Karloff, actor; Billy the Kid, outlaw; Franklin Pierce, 14th US president.

11.58pm 3.04pm 5.25pm 6.39pm 5.08am

Sunset Sunrise (Tomorrow)

5.20pm 6.27am

High tide Low tide

11.55am 6.34pm

1.08am 7.13am

FIND-IT-ALL

W E AT H E R

AIRLINES

artly cloudy skies over Governorates of South Al Sharqiyah, Al Wusta and Dhofar with chances of isolated rain occasionally thundershowers. Clear to partly cloudy skies over governorates of Musandam and Al Hajar mountains and along the coastal areas of Oman sea with chances of isolated rain. EXPECTED WINDS: Along the coastal areas of southeastern coast wind will be southeasterly light to

moderate and northwesterly light to moderate over the rest of the sultanate. SEA STATE: Slight to moderate over most of Oman’s coast with maximum wave height of 1.5 meters. HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY: Good over most of the sultanate becoming poor during thundershowers. THE NEXT 48 HOURS OUTLOOK: Clear to partly cloudy skies along the coastal areas of Oman sea and Arabian sea.

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Max 27 Min 19 Max 8 Min 5

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Max 30 Min 17

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SAGITTARIUS S [[NOV. 22-DEC. 21] You’ll ﬁnd solace in the little things, provided you allow yourself to enjoy them at all. You may feel somewhat overburdened.

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Source: www.met.gov.om

FROM MUSCAT (RUWI)

[DEC. 22-JAN 19] You may be taken aback by someone else’s forward behaviour — but perhaps, when the time comes, you can take a leaf out of his or her book.

AQUARIUS [JAN. 20-FEB. 18] There’s no law that says you can’t have what you want. All you have to do is identify it and go after it in the right way.

PISCES [Feb. 19-March 20] You’ve b been thinking that things were going a certain way, but all this time they may have been progressing quite differently. Adjust!

QURIYAT - SUR - JAALAN (Route 36) Dept Destination Arrival Time Time 15:00 Quriyat 16:30 15:00 Sur 18:00 15:00 Jaalan 19:30

GULF Abu Dhabi Doha Dubai Kuwait Manama Riyadh

27 24 26 23 23 19

19 20 22 16 19 14

WORLD Athens Baghdad Beijing Berlin Boston Cairo Colombo Frankfurt Hong Kong Istanbul Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur Lisbon Paris Perth Singapore Tokyo Toronto

20 22 15 7 6 27 31 8 25 17 27 33 13 7 27 32 16 11

15 12 4 5 3 16 24 0 21 11 16 24 7 3 16 26 8 8

TO AL BURAIMI (Route 41) 06:30 Sohar 06:30 Buraimi 08:00 Buraimi 13:00 Sohar 13:00 Buraimi 16.00 Sohar 16.00 Buraimi TO SINAW (Route 52) 17:30 Sinaw

TO MUSCAT (RUWI)

Operating Days Daily Daily Daily

FROM JAALAN-SUR-QURIYAT (Route 36) Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 05:30 Sur 06:45 Daily 05:30 Quriyat 08:30 Daily 05:30 Ruwi 10:00 Daily

08:50 11:00 14:30 15:45 17:40 18.35 20:20

Daily Daily Daily via Ibri Daily Daily Daily Daily

20:50

Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (Route 41) 07:00 Sohar 07:00 Ruwi 13:30 Ruwi 13:00 Sohar 13:00 Ruwi 13:00 Sohar 17:00 Ruwi TO SINAW (Route 52) 07:00 Ruwi

08:55 11:40 20:20 14:55 17:40 19:20 22:15

Daily Daily Daily via Ibri Daily Daily Daily Daily

10:25

Daily

08:40 11:00

Daily Daily

To Yanqul (Route 54) 14:30 Nizwa 14:30 Yanqul

16:50 19:30

Daily Daily

To Yanqul (Route 54) 06:00 Nizwa 06:00 Ruwi

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (Route 54) 08:00 Nizwa 08:00 Al Araqi

10:20 12:30

Daily Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (Route 54) 15:40 Nizwa 15:40 Ruwi

17:55 20:20

Daily Daily

TO SUR (Route 55) 07:30 Sur 14:30 Sur

12:00 18:45

Daily Daily

TO SUR (Route 55) 06:00 Ruwi 14:30 Ruwi

10:45 19:00

Daily Daily

TO FAHUD - YIBAL (Route 62) 06:30 Fahud 06:30 Yibal

10:30 11:15

Daily Daily

TO YIBAL - FAHUD (Route 62) 12:30 Fahud 12:30 Ruwi

13:15 17:30

Daily Daily

TO MARMUL-SALALAH (Route 100) 07:00 Salalah 20:00 10:00 Marmul 20:30 10:00 Salalah 23:30 19:00 Salalah 07:40

Daily Daily Daily Daily

TO SALALAH -MARMUL (Route 100) 07:00 Ruwi 19:50 10:00 Marmul 13:15 10:00 Ruwi 22:30 19:00 Ruwi 07:30

Daily Daily Daily Daily

TO MARMUL (Route 101) 06:00 Marmul

Daily

TO MARMUL (Route 101) 06:00 Marmul

16:30

Daily

DUBAI TO SALALAH (Route 102) 15:00 Salalah 07:00

Daily

ARIES [March 21-APRIL 19] You will win the respect of someone who has been on the outs with authority for quite some time. Perhaps a new partnership is forming.

TAURUS [APRIL 20-MAY 20] You may be growing tired of the same old routine, but until you can come up with something equally beneﬁcial, you should stick with it!

16:50

SALALAH TO DUBAI (Route 102) 15:00 Dubai 07:00

GEMINI [MAY 21-JUNE 20] You have been thinking that things are shifting in ways that you can barely detect. Indeed, there are some welcome changes coming.

CANCER [JUNE 21-JULY 22] You are eager to make progress today, but make no mistake: It may be slow going, but any measurable progress is something to be proud of.

LEO [JULY 23-AUG. 22] You and your compatriots are on the verge of something quite exciting, but the next step — or is it the ﬁrst? — may be hard to determine.

VIRGO [AUG. 23-SEPT. 22] You can count on a precious few to have your back when you most need that kind of support, but overall, your independence is secure.

LIBRA L [[SEPT. [S S 23-OCT. 22] Proximity to those who share your ambitions is not altogether necessary, provided you keep the lines of communication wide open.

SCORPIO S [[OCT. 23-NOV. 21] Process and results are both a part of your planned success, of course, but process is your ﬁrst order of business. Don’t be premature.

TO DUBAI (Route 201) 06:00 Sohar 06:00 Dubai 13:00 Sohar 13:00 Dubai 15:00 Sohar 15:00 Dubai

08:30 11:30 15:30 18:30 17:35 20:55

Daily Daily Wed,Thur Wed,Thur Daily Daily

TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (Route 204) Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 07:00 Fujairah 11.45 Daily 07:00 Sharjah 13.30 Daily 07:00 Dubai 14.00 Daily

TO DUBAI (Route 201) 07:30 Sohar 07:30 Ruwi 13:00 Sohar 13:00 Ruwi 15:30 Sohar 15:30 Ruwi

10:50 13:40 16:15 19:10 18:45 21:35

Daily Daily Thur-Fri Thur-Fri Daily Daily

FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (Route 204) Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 16:00 Sharjah 16:30 Daily 16.00 Fujairah 18.15 Daily 16.00 Ruwi 23.00 Daily

LISTINGS

PHARMACIES Round the clock Al Hashar Pharmacy, Ruwi: 24783334; Appolo Medical Centre, Hamriya: 24782666; Muscat Pharmacy, Ruwi: 24702542, Salalah: 23291635; Atlas Pharmacy, Ghubra: 24503585; Ruwi 24811715 Muscat Region Apollo, Al Hamriya. Tel: 24787766 Muscat, A Seeb Market. Tel: 24421691 Muscat, Al Khuwair. Tel: 24485740 Muscat, Al Hail South. Tel: 4537080 Dhofar Region Muscat, Al Nahdha Road, Salalah. Tel: 23291635 HOSPITALS Al Amal Medical & Health Care Centre: 24485052 Atlas Hospital: Ruwi: 24811743/ Ghubra: 24504000 Al Musaﬁr Specialised Medical Clinic: 24706453 Hatat Polyclinic LLC, Ruwi: 24563641, Azaiba: 24499269, Sohar: 2683006 Al Raffah Hospital: 24618900/1/2 Al Massaraat Clinic & Laboratory: 24566435 Al Makook Medical Coordinance Centre: 24499434 Apollo Medical Centre, Hamriya: 24787766, 24787780 Capital Polyclinic: 24707549 Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic, Ruwi: 24799760/1/2 Capital Clinic, Seeb: 24420740 Ceregem National Raak: 24485633 Dr Harub’s Clinic: 24563217 Elixir Health Centre: 24565802 Emirates Medical Centre: 24604540 1st Chiropractic Centre: 24472274 Hamdan Hospital: 23212340 International Medical Centre LLC: 24794501/2/3/4/5 Kims Oman Hospital: 24760100

24 Hrs Emergency: 24760123 Lama Polyclinic, Sohar: 26751128, MBD: 24799077, Al Khuwair: 24478818 Magrabi Eye and Ear Hospital: 24568870 Muscat Private Hospital: 24583600 Welcare Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Al Khuwair: 24477666 Al-Hayat Polyclinc LLC: 22004000 ROYAL OMAN POLICE Emergencies and inquiries: 9999 General Directorate of Passport and Residence: 24569603 Directorate General of Customs: 24521109 Traffic violations inquiries: 24510228 Public Relations Admin: 24560099 ACCOMMODATION Al Bahjah Hotel: 24424400 Al Bustan Palace: 24764000 Al Khuwair Hotel Apartments: 24478171 Al Madina Holiday Inn: 24596400 Al Maha International Hotel: 24494949 Al Fanar Hotel: 24712385 Al Falaj Hotel: 24702311 Al Qurum Resort: 24605945 Azaiba Hotel Apartments: 24490979 Beach Hotel: 24696601 Bowshar Hotel: 24491105 Coral Hotel Muscat: 24692121 Crowne Plaza Muscat: 24660660 Crystal Suites: 24826100 Golden Tulip Seeb: 24510300 Grand Hyatt Muscat: 24641234 Haffa House Hotel: 24707207 Hotel Muscat Holiday: 24487123 InterContinental Muscat: 24680000 Majan Continental Hotel: 24592900 Marina Hotel: 24711711 Midan Hotel Suites: 24499565 Mina Hotel: 24711828 Muttrah Hotel: 24798401

Nuzha Hotel Apartments: 24789199 Oman Dive Centre: 24824240 Park Inn: 24507888 Qurum Beach House Hotel: 24564070 Radisson Blu Hotel: 24487777 Ramee Dream Resort Seeb: 24453399 Ramee Guestline Hotel: 24564443 Ruwi Hotel: 24704244 Safeer Hotel Suites: 24691200 Sheraton Oman Hotel: 24772772 Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa: 24776666 The Chedi Muscat: 24524400 The Treasurebox Muscat Hotel: 24502570 AIRLINE OFFICES Muscat Airport Flight information (24 hours): 24519456/24519223 Aeroﬂot: 24704455, Air Arabia: 24700828, Air France: 24562153, Air India: 24799801, Air New Zealand: 24700732, Biman Bangladesh Airlines: 24701128, British Airways: 24568777, Cathay Paciﬁc: 24789818, Egypt Air: 24794113, Emirates Air: 24404400, Ethiopian Airlines: 24660313, Gulf Air: 80072424, Indian: 24791914, Iran Air: 24787423, Japan Airlines: 24704455, Jazeera Airways: 23294848, Jet Airways: 24787248, Kenya Airways: 24660300, KML Royal Dutch Airlines: 24566737, Kuwait Airways: 24701262, LOT Polish Airlines: 24796387, Lufthansa: 24796692, Malaysian Airlines: 24560796, Middle East Airlines: 24796680, Oman Air: 24531111, Pakistan International Airlines: 24792471, Qatar Airways: 24771900, Qantas: 24559941, Royal Jordanian: 24796693, Saudi Arabian Airlines: 24789485, Singapore Airlines: 24791233, Shaheen Air: 24816565, SriLankan Airlines:

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CAPRICORN

24784545, Swiss International Airlines: 24796692, Thai Airways: 24705934, Turkish Airlines: 24703033 MUSEUMS Bait Al Baranda: Corniche (seafront opp ﬁsh market), Open from Saturday to Thursday 9am to 1pm and 4 to 6pm Natural History Museum: Al Khuwair, Tel: 24604957, Open from Saturday to Wednesday: 8am to 1:30pm; Thursday: 9am to 1pm Museum of Omani Heritage: (former Omani Museum), Madinat Al Alam, Sat-Wed 8am to 1:30pm, Thursday 9am to 1pm, Tel: 24600946 Armed Forces Museum: Bait Al Falaj, Tel: 24312651, Open from Sat to Wed: 8am to 1:30pm; Thurs 9-12pm and 3-6pm; Fri 9-11am and 3-6pm. Al Hoota Caves 24498258; Turtle Beach 96550606/96550707 Children’s Science Museum: Shatti Al Qurum, Tel: 24605368, Open from Saturday to Wednesday: 8am to 1:30pm, Thursday: 9am to 1pm Oman-French Museum: near Muscat Police Station, Tel: 24736613, Open from Sat to Wed: 8am to 1:30pm, Thurs: 9am to 1pm Bait Al Zubair, Muscat: Tel: 24736688, Al Saidiya St., Muscat museum@baitalzubairmuseum.com Open from Sat to Thurs: 9:30am to 6pm. National Museum Ruwi: Tel: 24701289, Open from Saturday to Wednesday: 8am to 1:30pm, Thursday: 9am to 1pm Sohar Fort Museum: Tel: 26844758, Open from Saturday to Wed: 8 to 1:30pm Thurs: 9am to 1pm Muscat Gate Museum: at Al Bahri Road, Muscat open from Sat to Wed 8am to 2pm

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WY676 WY816 WY682 WY636 WY924 BG021 4H583 PK225 EY384 GF560 ET624 EK866 QR1132 FZ041 MS930 TK778 WY412 WY686 WY638 WY142 WY902 WY668 WY658 WY644 WY114 WY122 WY692 WY674 WY432 WY132 FZ043 WY602 WY202 WY422 WY102 WY274 WY282 WY236 G9113 WY268 WY282 WY252 EK862 EY382 QR1128 9W530 IX443 WY604 WY918 PK191 WY242 WY904 WY3302 IX337 WY606 WY324 WY632 WY906 FZ045 WY656 WY346 PA450 WY328 WY204 MP95 WY292 WY3304 WY232 WY610 WY246 WY656 GF564 EY386 G9117 WY914 WY614 WY924 FZ047 CV856 SV 532 KL441 WY312 AI973 WY374 6.00E+81 QR1130 9W534 WY624 WY616 AI907 WY910 WY814 NL771 WY386 BA073 WY912 GF566 WY636 EY388 WY116 AI985 LX242 QR1134 LH618 WY654 9W540 WY662 WY816 WY612 WY717 WY696 WY648 WY406

SUNDAY ETA

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HOW AGGRESSIVE IS THE HUMAN FEMALE? Researchers say that women are indeed very capable of aggressing against others, especially women they perceive as rivals

hen anthropologist Sarah B. and after the woman left the room. But when she Hrdy surveyed the research wore the other outfit, virtually all the students literature three decades ago, reacted with hostility. They stared at her, looked she concluded that “the com- her up and down, rolled their eyes and sometimes petitive component in the showed outright anger. Most of the aggression, nature of women remains anecdotal, intuitively though, happened after she left the room. Then the students laughed about her and impugned her mosensed, but not confirmed by science.” Science has come a long way since then, as tives. One student suggested that she dressed that Hrdy notes in her introduction to a recent issue way in order to have her way. The results of the experiment jibe with evidence of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society devoted entirely to the topic of female aggres- that this “mean girl” form of indirect aggression is sion. She credits the “stunning” amount of new used more by adolescents and young women than evidence partly to better research techniques and by older women, who have less incentive to handipartly to the entry of so many women into scien- cap rivals once they marry. Other studies have shown that the more attractive an adolescent girl tific fields once dominated by men. The existence of female competition may seem or woman is, the more likely she is to become a tarobvious to anyone who has been in a high-school get for indirect aggression from her female peers. cafeteria or a singles bar, but analysing it has been “Women are indeed very capable of aggressing difficult because it tends to be more subtle and against others, especially women they perceive as indirect (and a lot less violent) than the male vari- rivals,” said Vaillancourt, now a psychologist at the ety. Now that researchers have been looking more University of Ottawa. “The research also shows that suppression of female sexclosely, they say that this “intrauality is by women, not necessexual competition” is the most sarily by men.” important factor explaining the Stigmatising female prompressures that young women iscuity has often been blamed feel to meet standards of conon men, who have a Darwinian duct and physical appearance. incentive to discourage their The old doubts about female spouses from straying. But they competitiveness derived partly also have a Darwinian incentive from an evolutionary analyto encourage other women to sis of the reproductive odds in be promiscuous. Vaillancourt ancient polygynous societies said the experiment and other in which some men were left research suggest the stigma is single because dominant males enforced mainly by women. had multiple wives. Indirect aggression can take But even in those sociea psychological toll on women ties, women were not passive who are ostracised or feel prestrophies for victorious males. sured to meet impossible standThey had their own incentives ards, like the vogue of thin bodto compete with one another Psychologist, Stetson University ies in many modern societies. for more desirable partners Studies have shown that womand more resources for their children. And now that most people live in mo- en’s ideal body shape is to be thinner than average nogamous societies, most women face the same - and thinner than what men consider the ideal odds as men. In fact, they face tougher odds in shape to be. This pressure is frequently blamed some places, like the many college campuses with on the ultrathin female role models featured in magazines and on television, but Christopher more women than men. To see how female students react to a rival, re- J. Ferguson and other researchers say that it is searchers brought pairs of them into a laboratory mainly the result of competition with their peers, at McMaster University for what was ostensibly a not media images. “To a large degree the media reflects trends that discussion about female friendships. But the real experiment began when another young woman are going on in society, not create them,” said Ferentered the room asking where to find one of the guson, a psychologist at Stetson University. But he found that women were more likely to feel worse researchers. This woman had been chosen by the research- when they compared themselves with peers in ers, Tracy Vaillancourt and Aanchal Sharma, be- their own social circles. In traditional villages, people married at an early cause she “embodied qualities considered attractive from an evolutionary perspective,” meaning age to someone nearby, but young men and women a “low waist-to-hip ratio, clear skin.” Sometimes, in modern societies are free to postpone marriage she wore a T-shirt and jeans, other times a tightfit- as they search long and far for better options. The result is more competition because there ting, low-cut blouse and short skirt. In jeans, she attracted little notice and no nega- are so many more rivals — and there’s no longer tive comments from the students, whose reactions any scientific doubt that both sexes are in to win were being secretly recorded during the encounter it.– John Tierny/The New York Times News Service

To a large degree the media reflects trends that are going on in society, not create them Ferguson

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Genuine Ayurvedic treatments & massage, ayurvedic clinic, Al Khuwair. Contact 24478618/ 97263637/ 94008839 Ayurvedic treatment for joint pain, backache, paralysis, massage, steam bath, obesity, spandylitis etc, ideal care Ayurvedic, clinic Azaiba. Contact 99639695 FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to know more about Islam, please call: 99425598, 96050000, 99353988, 99253818, 99341395, and 99379133. For ladies: 99415818, 99321360, 99730723 Orvisit: www.islamfact.com

Orthodox boy , 29/175cm Poly Diploma Mech Engineer working in Oman. Contact 92155371 Alliance for educated Sunni Muslim girl 26 years from Bangalore preference for professionals contact :syedkhalid123@hotmail.com Keralite Christian Orthodox male 26 years, seeking alliance working in Oman parents also in Oman preference for Girl in Oman. Contact 99010925 / 99067923 Keralite RC Girl 26 years 160 cm working MOH. Contact 92365310

TRANSPORTATION Transportation. Contact 93405941

Ayurvedic treatment for backache paralysis arthritis etc. & massage All Season (Vaidyaratnam). Contact24475280 / 95371664 / 92504980

FOR LADIES Beauty parlour for rent, serious please contact 97163496

Transportation available. Contact 95570429 Transportation. Contact 99077348 Car with driver available. Contact 99526610 For transportation. # 98782075 Transportation. Contact 91310107

Special package for RO. 15/- (Threading, facial, waxing, pedicure, manicure, hot oil treatment) Contact 99722031

Transportation. Contact 99508282 Transportation. Contact 99509283 Transportation. Contact 99664703

Suzuki Swift 2007, 1550 RO, Subaru Legacy 2004, full option RO 1800. Contact 99612197 Chevrolet 10 Blezer 2004 166 km, Volvo S 40 2003. Contact 99546191

KIA Carnival 2004, 1500 RO company service, good condition. Contact 95190627

Mitsubishi Lancer 1999 model registration till October 2014. Contact 92712423

Suzuki Alto 2011, Mazda 6 2006. Contact 99794399 Ford Edge , 2012, KMs 14,000+ (Fully Automatic) Expat Lady driven, full warranty and service records available, RO 10,500/- negotiable. Contact 98192903 2008 model Mitsubishi Lancer, very good condition single, expat used 180,000 km, RO 1600/-. Contact 99780417

Mazda 6, silver Gray 2003, 125000 km Dealer Maintained RO 2100, Nissan Sunny white 2004, 185000, excellent condition RO 1600. Contact 92697489

Honda City 2005 manual gear, full power option RO 1700/-. Contact 93289652 Prado 2012, Kia Carnival 2012, Kia Cerato 2011, Toyota Camry 2009. Contact 92912353 Mitsubishi Galant 1997. Contact 99896838

LOST Mamoon Shah Aalm has lost Bangladeshi passport no. B 0770848. Finder please handover to ROP

CHANGE OF NAME We Jambulingam Mani (Name of father as per the passport, holder of Indian Passport No. G 2658229) & Ganesan Shakila (name of Mother as per passport, holder of Indian Passport No. G 0838820) having permanent address in No, 500 Sarva Sakthi Nagar89, Veppampattu Tiruvallur 602024, Tamil Nadu ( complete postal address in India) & presently residing at the following address in BEC, P.B. No. 703, PC 112, Sultanate of Oman, hereby solemnly affirm & declare to change the name of our child Miss Mani Sahana (name as per present passport), holder of Indian passport No. K 7886170 date of issue 10.01.2013 issued at Chennai . The name of our child will be henceforth known as Jambulingam Mani (Sur name) Haritha (Given name) (new name) for all purposes. Any Objection towards change of name of our minor child may please be communicated to Embassy of India, Muscat, Diplomatic Quarters, Al Khuwair, P. Box no 1727, Postal Code 112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman . We Jambulingam Mani (Name of father as per the passport, holder of Indian Passport No. G 2658229) & Ganesan Shakila (name of Mother as per passport, holder of Indian Passport No . G 0838820) having permanent address in No, 500 Sarva Sakthi Nagar89, Veppampattu Tiruvallur 602024 Tamil Nadu ( Complete postal address in India) & presently residing at the following address in BEC, P.B. No. 703, PC 112, Sultanate of Oman, hereby solemnly affirm & declare to change the name of our child Miss Mani Harshini (name as per present passport), holder of Indian passport No. K 7882131 date of issue 07.01.2013 issued at Chennai. The name of our child will be henceforth known as Jambulingam Mani (Sur name) Harshitha( Given name) (new name) for all purposes. Any Objection towards change of name of our minor child may please be communicated to Embassy of India, Muscat, Diplomatic Quarters, Al Khuwair, P. Box no. 1727, Postal Code 112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman

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SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT SALES / MARKETING Required qualiﬁed young personalities for Marketing executive Gents/ Ladies to carry out décor & Sales of premium class Chocolate. Minimum 2years experience required in the same ﬁeld. Send CV to 24399922 Looking for an expatriate lady for a book shop in Qurum area for immediate appointment. Requirements are good spoken & written English, honest, dedicated, educated with pleasing personality to deal with European & American customers and must be able to work independently. Eligible candidates can contact at 99037554 or write to logisticsshipping7@gmail.com

Required Sales Professional with experience in Hardware / Oilﬁeld supplies for reputed ﬁrm. Send CV to hr@zbtoman.com, # 99151732 Reputable company looking for showroom Sales and Marketing staff for enquiry please contact 96207440 or send your CV to business137@ymail.com Required: Executives – International marketing & Store-Keeper - Experience in Marble, Granite or ceramic industry with minimum 5 years’ experience preferred. Send detailed CV with expected salary sudakv@gmail.com or faxed to +968 26750186.

SITUATION WANTED Indian Male (M. Tech)- 2 years experience as a Business Develop Manager looking for suitable post Contact#91362515 Indian Male (M. Tech) -2 Years experience as DBA looking for suitable post. Contact#97826674 Indian Female MBA - 3 Years experience as an Accountant looking for suitable post Contact: 91362516 Purchase/Logistics/Supply Chain/ Coordinator. Diploma Holder. 7 Years experience. Technical background also. Oman D/L. Good English/Computer knowledge. Looking Suitable position. 94440370

DOMESTIC HELP

ACCOUNTANCY Required Accountant with Min.5 to 8 years experience for manufacturing Company and knowledge of up to Finalization and experience in ERP, Tally & MIS Report and MS Office. Send CVs to vacancyinoman123@gmail.com

BEAUTY Urgently required Indian beautician with or without Gulf experience, good salary + accommodation + food. Contact: 92284899, 92139922 Looking for Beautician and Hair dresser with or without Gulf experience, Visa available with good salary. Contact 99364765

CATERING Urgently required a Cook for a respectable Omani family experienced in Arabic, Chinese & continental cuisines. Contact 24567907, Fax 24567908 Looking for General Cook experienced in Arabic, eastern, and Indian causing and waiter with visa. Contact 99190190

DRAUGHTSMAN Required a Civil Draughtsman cum Site Co-ordinator with driving license for a reputed ﬁrm in Oman. Email : mfbarka1@omantel.net.om / Fax : 26881211

DRIVER

Housemaid required full time for Malayalee family, Salary RO 150. Contact 95618320 Required Housemaid, full time visa available with accommodation knowledge of looking advantage any Nationality. Contact 96926322 Housemaid (full time) required for a Malayalee family. Contact 95405033

MEDICAL Urgently required Keralite house maid at Al Khuwair. Contact 93267065

ENGINEERS/TECH A leading Engineering Company in Oman is looking for competent, self motivated & dynamic MEP Draftsman (HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing & Drainage) have well experience to prepare all MEP shop drawings. Applicant is to submit his CV at Email : ahmed200400@yahoo.com Required HVAC Mechanical Engineer, A/C Technician with 3 to 5 years experience. Send CV to : Email nationalhvac@ymail.com, Fax +968 24799442 Required for an Excellent Grade Civil Construction company Quantity Surveyor (PRE-Tender) with minimum 8 to 10 years experience. Interested candidates please Fax their CV’s to 00968 24836811 Mail to jkmkumar_2004@yahoo.com Wanted Computer Hardware technician and AC Technician. Contact 97014234 / 99447257/ 24504281 Email: mansur75@hotmail.co.uk Required Civil Engineer specialized in towers construction, Electrician (Oman license), General Mason, Foreman. Email: lulubd2012@gmail.com

A private Driver for an Omani family in Muscat with minimum 3 years experience in Oman. Salary will be between RO. 120/- to 150/- based on the experience. Call Mr. Saeed on 99233577.

Urgently required Auto Electrician for heavy trucks (MAN, MERCEDES BENZ, VOLVO etc.) with minimum 3 years gulf experience. Send your CV to - jobsataster@gmail.com

Experienced Omanis needed for (1) Outdoor administration and PRO work.(2) Driver for deliveries to customers. Contact 99592317

Grade 1 construction Company require Civil Engineer with 7-10 years experience. Contact omaniantrad@gmail.com

Driver cum Mechanic Urgently Required. Must be Reliable and Responsible and ideally have a diploma or similar in mechanics. Good salary including accommodation and health cover. To apply, please send an email to gainternationalllc@gmail.com Need for new restaurant : Motorcycle Drive delivery man, waitress with ready paper. Contact 96290446 Urgently required Expatriate Heavy Duty Drivers, for a reputed establishment, (labour clearances ready) for immediate employment. Applicants with local release NOC with Omani Driving License send their CV’s to salejob98@gmail.com / walk in for a personal interview calling on 99274321.

Indian male, M.Com with 2 years experiences (one year in Oman) in accounting up to ﬁnalization, experience in tally ERP 9, Peachtree & Ms office. Contact no 92046986. Email: shaneel.moni@gmail.com

MEDICAL Urgently required female Ortho Dentist for dental clinic in Al Ghubrah. Contact 91381820 Email: care@alameendental.com Wanted a Lady GP & Dental for a clinic. Contact 95645488 Wanted for a reputed Polyclinic female GP, Gynecologist, Dentist with MOH license. Forward CV to shazadmr@gmail.com Required a Pharmacist B Pharm. and Dentist (MOH License Holder) for a reputed polyclinic in Oman. Contact: 99621372, 97076009 mailalrawdahpolyclinic@gmail.com Female nurse, MOH licensed, for dental clinic in Al Hail. Contact 96903341

A leading Pharmaceutical distribution company requires Office Secretary / Assistant. Interested candidates can send their resume to our email: jobsoman0@gmail.com or fax 24810772 or Contact 95762646 Required Asst. Pharmacist with MOH license for a Pharmacy in Capital area. Contact 92820570 Urgently required MOH license Graduate “Podiatrist”& a proactive, bilingual Omani PRO cum Driver for a prestigious Diabetes Center in Muscat. Send CV : genome2006@yahoo.com, Contact 92724345

MANAGER Young Ind Male MBA 6 yrs exp as Supervisor. Contact 93893868 Leading E & I Contracting Company requires experienced Project Manager. Requirement : BE Electrical with 15 years experience in managing multiple E & I / MEP Projects. Please submit your application to info@jesoman.com. Required Manager, Assistant Manager, Cashier cum receptionist, head waiter, Indian cook, Chinese cook, Accountant for a very reputed restaurant in Oman. Candidates should have a minimum experience of 5 years in the catering industry. Email CV to recruit.oman2014@gmail.com

MISC Wanted Carpenter, Gas cutter, Spray painter. Contact 99343242, Tel: 24817174/ fax 24812706 Email : chandrasekharmct@gmail.com Omani Security Staff required for an International School in Al Khuwair. Contact 92347333 Wanted experienced Philippino lady tailor. Contact 99466062 Well experienced Captain for a forty foot leisure boat with good knowledge in electrical & mechanical aspects of the boat. Forward your CV : hrmedia123@gmail.com Required experienced HSE Officer with PDO and logistics experience. Contact: telljobs@gmail.com

OFFICE & SECRETARIAL Required Document controller, female, Omani with least 3 years experience. Contact 97716506

SKILLED / UNSKILLED Required Plumber Indian with Oman driving license, attractive package. Contact : 9762 2011 Required an experienced Grader Operator (ﬁnal) with valid Oman license. Contact 99207592, Fax 24593333

SALES / MARKETING Urgently required a Salesman for Electronics & A/C spare parts need 2 years experience and Omani license. Contact 99371544 Email alihamdana.a.f.t@gmail.com Sales Executives required for a fast growing multinational building material company with valid Oman driving license. Preference will be given to candidates having 1-2 yrs experience in selling hard / exotic woods. Send CV by Email stating salary expectation & recent photograph to : sales@musandum.com Landscaping Executive with knowledge of sourcing /growing plants and flowers. Contact 24792173/74 Email: advance@omantel.net.om Urgently required a well experience Sales Executive for Int’l Courier Company in Muscat. Walk in interview from 20/11/2013 to 26/11/2013 for office location please call 99747466 Experience individual required for Marketing Department in Electromechanical Contracting Company in Oman. Send CV to jobs.oman@outlook.com Required full-Time Kitchen Designer – Design Sales Consultant :Qualified candidates must have previous kitchen design experience(min 3 years). We are looking for highly organized professional individuals passionate about design and success driven. Interested Candidates kindly send in your CV’s to amritharajeev345@gmail.com Urgently we are looking sales man for mobile shop. Contact97366673/24551196 Email: smpaeds@gmail.com Urgently required staff for a dynamic FMCG company POSITION: SALES MAN Looking for dynamic Salesman with minimum 2-3yrs experience in food industry, having good customer contacts and valid Omani DL. POSITION: VAN SALESMAN Candidate should have 2-3yrs of experience in similar field with valid Omani DL. Attractive salary and incentives Interested candidates can mail their C.V to hrfood13@gmail.com

Young, dynamic, hard working, 25, male, acca finalist with driving license, seeking for immediate replacement,1 year accounting experience and currently working in Audit Firm. Contact.97654769, email id: abdullahnoor.alam@.yahoo.com 26 year Indian Chartered Accountant male with 2yrs of experience is seeking suitable placement in Muscat. Kindly contact him on 98201476 or email at venkat230684@gmail.com ERP Engineer Indian male with more than 7 years of experience, currenly working SOAG company in Oman. Contact 95851254. Email:shajith_oadc@omzest.com Indian male 25, having CA inter cleared with B.com having five years of experience in accounts and auditing, presently working in oman looking for a better placement. Mob 98097009, Email: rameesnm@gmail.com Indian male,M.Com, with 2 year experiences (one year in oman) in accounting up to finalization. experience in tally ERP 9,Peachtree & Ms office. Contact no 92046986 mail: shaneel.moni@gmail.com Indian Male, having 17 years experience in sales, currently working with Omani MNC since last 7 years, handling export & local sales, with valid Omani D/L is looking for senior position. Contact 96246981 Senior Accountant , Indian Female, B.com , CA Articles ,10+ exp. in Oman , Accounts & Finalization Etc. Immediate joining , release available , having Omani driving license. Contact – 95054843 24 yrs female with driving license, b.b.a plus I.A.T.A,3 years experience seeking suitable position in secretarial , business development, admin, hr ,procurement, travel. Contact 95337828 or e -mail at hibhak@gmail.com. CIVIL ENGINEER(FRESH),Indian female seeks suitable placement in reputed firm. contact-92956291,91233057 Indian Male, 27, Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science, 5years experience in technical software support, with excellent English and Computer knowledge seeking job on urgent basis.Contact : 95041196 Indian Male, BE Electrical Engg, fresh candidate looking for jobs in Oman. Having valid Omani driving license. Contact: 97845958 M.C.A., Male 25, Java devoloper,2 years Exp in Web Application Development. Knowledge in JAVA ( JSE, JEE MODULES ) and Oracle Database seeking suitable job. Contact Number : 94246345 Email Id:mulagala.seven@gmail.com

26 year Indian Chartered Accountant male with 2yrs of experience is seeking suitable placement in Muscat.# 98201476 or email at venkat230684@gmail.com Indian Male, 24 years MBA FINANCE 3 years experience in accounting and financial sector, currently working in Muscat. Contact : 98486125 26 year Indian Chartered Accountant male with 2yrs of experience is seeking suitable placement in Muscat.Kindly contact him on 98201476 or email at venkat230684@gmail.com Indian Male, Mcom, 30 yrs having 8 years GCC experience in Accounts of Construction and Trading Field with valid Qatar and Oman license, adequate knowledge in ERP and Tally softwares, presently working in Muscat-Oman seeks suitable opportunities in Accounts and Finance Dept #98483181 or mails to noushiforme@yahoo.com Poly Tech (mechanical) Male, 23 years Working in Bangalore in the field of quality control, boiler and power plant, good computer knowledge and specialized in Vehicle mechanic seeking job in any technical field. Contact: 99743709 / 97350857 Indian Male, 30.Y. Looking for Job of an Accountant having 9.5 years of experience, having knowledge of Tally, Oracle based ORION, Quickbooks Looking for suitable Position very soon. Contact on: 92629133 Indian female MSC Nursing with 3 years experience presently in Oman seeks suitable placement. Contact 95190177, email:anilmath@gmail.com Indian male executive secretary having vast experience in admin. Logistics. Well versed with computer seek suitable placement. Contact : 99514286 Accountant, young, Indian male B.com having 2 years of experience in Tally ERP.9 and ready to join immediately, Contact 95534746 Project Engineer Indian male 26 having 5.5 years experience in oil & gas field with 2 years gulf experience and valid Oman driving license. 15 Years experienced light duty indian driver knowing electrical work . Contact 97413721 Indian male with 10 years experience in Oman in the field of Advertising and Marketing Communication handling good accounts with a valid Omani Driving License is looking out for a job change in an Ad agency or on the client’s side as a Marketing Communications Manager. Contact: 95210667/ 95587255 Accountant, Indian Male, 24 Years, B. Com Graduate, 10TH Rank Holder for B. Com in Kerala, Tally ERP 9, MCP, Working in Accounts for last 3 Years, 1.7 years of Gulf experience, Seeks suitable placement as Accountant. Contact : 98470441, Email: soorajv2efa@gmail.com Indian male 25, having CA inter cleared with B.com having five years of experience in accounts and auditing, presently working in Oman looking for a better placement. Mob 98097009, Email: rameesnm@gmail.com Indian female, GNIIT, BSC, 7 years experience in it, worked for TATA group, India, seeks suitable it related jobs in Muscat. Contact 94470601/ rajalakshmi.sivaraman@gmail.com A Quality Manager from India with a 10 years of experience in Garments field seeking a suitable placement and now available at Muscat. Contact 92359691

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DAILY GUIDE SITUATION WANTED ENGG. / TECHNICAL Indian male, B.Tech (Mech.), MBA, MLM (Master of Labour Management), more than 15 yrs. experience and 2 yrs. in Oman as Plant Manager with valid Oman D/L. Exposure in Production, Quality Control and Admin seeks suitable placement. Contact: 91301625

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE ACCOUNTING & AUDIT SERVICES. GSM : 9880 5474 / email: acctsserv2013@gmail.com Indian male M.Com CA Inter 1st group passed Accountant 3 years in Oman 12 years India, tally knowledge. Contact 98334532 Dynamic Female, M.Com. 4.7 years of experience with MNCs in PMO, Project administration & Finance. Seeks placement in Finance\Projects. Contact : 99796847 GENERAL MANAGER / Unit Head, with qualifications and vast experience in manufacturing, business development, operations and finance, seeks key role in reputed organization. CONTACT: 93215961 EMAIL:malveajohn@hotmail.com Indian female 23 yrs, MBA (Finance & HR), PGPFM, currently on visit, looking for suitable placement. Contact 95931988 Indian male 29, M.Com (I) 2 yrs experience in Accounts 15 months experience Oman, looking for suitable placement in Accounts. Contact 97167962 Accountant Indian male, 28 yrs , MBA, B. Com having 5+ years exp & D/L seeks immediate placement . Contact 93397327 Email: rijurenuka@gmail.com Accountant Indian female B.Com Tally PGDCA 8 year’s exp in Oman. Contact 99058722 / 98896522 Indian female B.Com Travel & Tourism having 4 years of experience in tour operation & Hotel Industry urgently, seeking job in Front desk reception, office assistant or secretarial jobs. Now in Oman on visit visa. Can join immediately. Contact 95054319 Email rohinimathew@ymail.com 13 Yrs experience in Accounts with Oman D/L, seeking suitable placement. Contact 99758697 Finance Manager (Group) 25 Years experience including 20 years in Oman MBA(U.K), CA Inter (India) CMA(Canada). Contact 95631834 / 96920328 / 91335205 Pakistan Lady having 15 years experience in Banking, Looking any suitable job in Account and finance. Contact 97331572 British Qualified and experience having British driving license, looking for accounts and finance job. Contact 97461987 Indian male having 25 years experience as Finance and Accounts Manager in Construction and Manufacturing companies, seeks suitable replacement. Contact 93728127 nIndian male BBM 22 years seeking suitable placement mail. Contact 92292547 Email: stabinstalin@gmail.com Indian female having, 4 years experience in Accounts looking for suitable jobs in Accounts / Administration. Email: suneetha.shetty86@gmail.com Contact 91309281 / 95460860 Accountant B.com Indian male, 10 years more exp in Oman, immediate joining. Contact 97331967 Seeking job with 2 years accounting experience in India, now in Oman on visit visa. Contact 97294281 MBA (Finance) Senior Accountant, Indian male, 27 yrs having experience of 5 years looking for a good placement. Contact 97857225 ACCA Graduation (U.K) , 25 yrs male, 3 yrs experience in relevant field, looking for suitable placement currently on visit visa. #97268263 Chartered Accountant from India, post qualification experience 21years, working in Muscat since July 2011, at a senior position in a group of SME’s seeks suitable change. Contact 94201290 Email: chakjain37@yahoo.com

Manager / DY. Manager Accounts, Indian male aged 43 yrs, well experienced in accounts & finance, inclusive 3 yrs in Dubai, independently handling accounts upto finalisation, seeking placement in oman, no location constraints. contact : 98100734 email : charoos@rediffmail.com Real estate accounts & finance / administration experienced indian male seeking a suitable role in real estate companies, with 23 yrs experience in handling accounts, reporting, real estate administration etc. in middle east, ready to relocate anywhere in Oman. mob : 97256935 email: ganrajagopalan@yahoo.co.in Part time Accountant available. Contact 99013963 Chief Accountant well experienced with reputed Group, seeks placement. Contact 95598477 / 98803439 Senior Accountant, M.Com 12 years Oman experienced Finalization, Administration, management, Material & cost control, business development with Oman D/L. Call 91162345 Senior Accountant 7 years experience Indian female. # 96228351 Email : kokils81@yahoo.co.in Indian male 30 yrs , 6+yrs experience in Oman well experienced in oil & Gas construction companies in accounting (fin) & payroll (HR) fields seeking suitable placement. Contact 96979350 An Experienced MBA with skills in Accounts, Sales and Marketing is available in Oman for appropriate Job. Contact 92393258 Indian male 37 years, B.Com Graduate having 10 years experience in Oman independent handling upto finalization, having driving license. Contact 92258853 Indian male, 33 having 6 years experience in Accounts up to finalization, purchase with valid Oman D/L. Contact 99517013 Indian male age, 32 yrs qualification M.com, CA –inter having 9yrs exp in finance /auiditing including, 5years of Oman exp. Holding valid Oman D/L looking for position in fiancé/auiditing. Contact 91121358 Indian male 27 yrs, 5 years of Oman experience in the field of Accounts up to finalization looking for suitable placement. Contact 98732736 Email: rizwanravoofa@gmail.com Senior Accountant, 39 yrs Oil & Gas experienced. Contact 93858725 Indian male 37 years, B.Com Graduate having 10 years experience in Oman Indian handling up to finalization, having driving license. Contact 92258853 Indian female 22 yrs, B.Com Graduate CPT passed CA Inter doing M.Com final year doing (Tally, MS Office). # 96124193 / 99663957 Email : anishasasi@gmail.com 11 Years experience Indian Male with experience in Banking, Projects coordination in Oman with driving license having release looking for a suitable position. #99715613 Indian male Accountant M.Com, MBA 7 years experience seeking a suitable position. Contact 93029334 Email: heams.merlin@gmail.com Indian female, Accountant, B.Com 3 years experience (1.6 years) Oman Tally, Busy. Contact 96498424 ACCA qualified + advanced dip in business & accounting 5+ yrs experience in accounts & finance (1.3 yrs Oman exp) looking for suitable change. Contact 95174220 Email: accafarrukh@yahoo.com Indian male B Com looking for suitable placement in Accounts. Contact 92576275 Accountant, Indian male having valid Oman driving license AGE 31, B.com graduate with, 10years of computerized accounting experience in India, U.A.E &Oman presently working as accountant in Oman seeking suitable jobs. Contact +96894058639/ +96895704584

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Indian Male B.Com finance with 8 years experience in Accounts with valid Oman D/L. Contact 91064275 Indian Female 25 yrs cost and management Accountant and M.Com with 1 yrs experience, seeking suitable placement presently on visit visa. Contact 92376754/ 96040125 Email anjumathews88@gmail.com Accountant Indian male, 28 yrs, MBA, B.Com having 5+ years exp & D/L seeks immediate placement. Contact 93397327 Email: rijurenuka@gmail.com Indian Male 23 years Qualification in NCVT Mechanical Course and Professional Diploma in finance Accounting requires a suitable placement any field. Contact 91031950 Email sinojmukundan@gmail.com Indian Female 23 yrs, MBA (Finance & HR), PGPFM, currently on visit, looking for suitable placement. Contact 95931988 Indian male Accountant, M.Com total 5 years experience 4 years Oman experience, seeking suitable placement. Contact 96156896 Email : aramathnibu@gmail.com Indian male Accountant 8 yrs exp in SAP, 5 yrs Gulf exp, seeking suitable placement. Contact 95619243 Indian male 23 years, on visit visa having M.Com in management with first class looking for suitable placement. Contact 94265170 Canadian Educated Citizen, Male 45, With 17 years of experience in Finance & Accounts including 3 years of GCC Experience, is looking for a suitable Job in Finance. Contact 98711999 Email- bijou.thomas@yahoo.com Indian male Accountant,B.Com with 6 yrs experience in Oman, seeks suitable placement. Contact 91057862. e_mail umct777@ gmail.com Accounts Manager, Commerce Graduate, 12 yrs experience in industries, audit & tax, 6 yrs in Oman, looking for suitable placement. Contact 96621642, a.b.vasoya@gmail.com

ARCH/ INTERIOR Cad Drawings Architectural detail drawings, interior exterior drawings 3D views. Contact 99610110

ADMIN/HR Indian female, seeking suitable placement in HR / Office Administration / Indoor sales / Accounts assistant. Contact: 91323935. Indian male 29 MBA from UK with more than 5 yrs exp as logistics coordinator (2 yrs in Muscat) holding valid Omani D/L, seeking for suitable placement. Contact – 98476634 / rahulksoman@gmail.com Indian Male 31, MBA (HR), B.Com having 9 yrs experience in HR/ Administration, 7 yrs experience in Gulf, Seeking suitable placement in Oman. Contact 92073145 Email sudheesh reghunath@gmail.com Indian male, 10 years experience in Purchase & Administration. BSc & PGDCA. Pursuing MBA. 6 Years in Oman, seeking suitable placement. Contact – 96461336 Indian female 23 yrs M.Sc biotechnology + MBA operation management with exp in office administration sales coordination on visit visa. Contact: 93395669, Email: priyankabaday@gmail.com University topper M.PHIL, M.SC operations manager female with 6+ years experience seeking job in admin operations /HR. #91387047 Indian male, 29 yrs, LLB/ PGDHRM having 4 yrs exp in HR & Admin in Oman looking for a suitable vacancy. Contact 97866249

ADMIN/HR

DESIGNER

Experienced MBA IS Management Indian male with 16 years experience in Procurement & Administration in GCC, looking for a suitable placement, well versed in Purchase inventory, Safety modules and events experienced in office management, Administrative support and analytical skills on visit visa. Contact 98354262

Indian male 26 yrs, 4 years experience in designing Animation, Photoshop illustrator, CorelDraw ﬂash Maya (3D) after affects, looking for suitable placement. Contact 93537409 Email : omerp7@gmail.com

Indian female MBA HR& Marketing excellent proﬁciency in English, Hindi and computer, seeks suitable opportunity, Ready to join immediately currently on visit visa. # 92683874 Email : nithyavijayarajan@gmail.com

Omani male age 28, looking for job of Driver/Guard. Call 97784121

Indian male with 13 years experience in the Field Supervisor/HR / Admin with valid D/L. # 92171261 Over 14 years of Gulf experience in Admin /HR/ Logistics Office Manager / Executive Secretary ﬂuent in Eng/ Arabic with D/L. Contact 95824598

DRIVER

Light Driver with car need job, Pakistani. Contact 98104631 Light Duty Driver, Looking for suitable job. Contact 94364781 Indian male 37 years, with valid driving license, looking for suitable placement (ITI Diploma holder). Contact 95795224 Driver looking for a job with new Car. Contact 98134611

Indian female with 17 yrs Gulf experience in Administrator & Executive Secretary looking for suitable placement. Contact 98587275

Light Driver looking for job experience 8 years in Oman. # 95835594

Young Indian male with British Masters & 3.5 years experience in Purchase Administration & Logistics with Driving license, seeks suitable placement. Contact 93675060

Light Driver. Contact 98077981 / 98946925

Indian female, M.Com, experience in SAP, well versed in computer, looking for jobs in Accounts / Admin / or as Sales / Purchase Coordinator works, on visit visa. Contact# 96062415 / 99102677

Indian Female M.Com, M.Phil MEd, Phd 8 years experience Teaching school / Colleges, Seeking suitable placement. Contact 96294383

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CATERING Indian male, 38 yrs, continental Cook with 15 yrs Gulf experience, seeking for job, on visit visa. Contact 95157467

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Indian male 34, Site Engineer for buildings/Draughtsman for Architectural/Structural & sewage with 15 yrs exp in India & 2 yrs & 8 months Gulf exp, seeking suitable placement, Ct No: 96769660, sundar_kumar75@hotmail.com Diploma Civil engineer, 20 years of construction experiences in Oman with reputed companies seeking immediate placement in Oman. Contact 92005211 Civil Engineer Diploma, total 5 yrs, experience (3 yrs. in Oman). Contact 93399126 Electronics & Instrumentation Engineer, 26 years having 2 years of related experience & good knowledge in PLC & SCADA. Expert in MS Office with VBA Scripting. Contact 97411930 Keralite 24 years Diploma Civil Engineering Site Supervisor or Architectural Draughtsman Oman experience 3 years. Contact 96309295 Email: shihabpspu@gmail.com Indian male 27 years B.E Electrical 3 years experience in Teaching and industry having good interpersonal skills now, looking for suitable office job. Contact 95127014 Email imtiyaznoor786@gmail.com

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EDUCATION

ENGG. / TECHNICAL Mechanical Engineer 18 years experience on heavy (Earth moving) equipment maintenance with principals ( JCB, Volvo) sound knowledge on Agency/ Dealer Development, Parts business, workshop process finalization of maintenance contracts, seeking suitable placement. Contact 96760740 Engineer with Management Background 23 yrs of exp ( 10 yrs in GCC), Worked as GM in Building/ Finishing material, Building maintenance/ Contracts, Interior Fit- out, valid D/L available on salary + profit sharing. Contact 93859365 Indian male, 31 yrs, Diploma in Electrical Engg, 8 yrs experience in Oman as material approval coordinator / controller seeks suitable placement. Contact 95839964, suitable for sales engineer/ purchase officer. HSE Adviser, Qualification : Diploma Safety (Minimum 1 Year) NEBOSH, OSHA, minimum 3 years Gulf experience (Oil and Gas). Candidate must Speak & Write English. Contact : 92503125 & 92048058 Land line : 23279474 , Email : hralezco@ hotmail.com Degree or Diploma holder in Mechanical Engineering with experience in Structural Steel Sales and Marketing . Apply thru email : recruitoman10@gmail.com BE Electronics & Communication Engineer Indian male, 25 years, seeking suitable placement holds valid Oman driving license. Contact 97434543 Email : dz4216@gmail.com Pak male, 25 years, having 3 years Diploma of Associate Civil Engineer with 2 years experience looking for suitable placement, Contact: 92273197; Email : yasir_usman1989@yahoo.com Electrical Engineer, 22 years experience, out of 13 years in Gulf experience in construction sector with valid Oman D/L and CEP seeks suitable placement. Contact 94220631 Purchase Officer 28 yrs Indian, Diploma in Mech Engg 5+2 yrs experience in Purchasing, Vendor development sourcing, ERP Software with valid Oman driving license, seeks suitable placement. Contact 92208296 Email : oikala.1985@gmail.com

Indian male 25 years, B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering (Automation or Instrumentation, IT or Telecommunication Engineer) with 1+ year India experience in Automation PLC, SCADA, DCS, HMI AC & DC Drives, seeking suitable placement. Contact 92151143 , Email : ibkhanmd@gmail.com 25 Years Indian male DME holder 4 years experience in Structural & Piping field. Procurement & Project coordination. Contac 99861593 Electronics Engineer in Oman on visit visa, seeking job. Contact 92009640 Masters in Civil Engineering (Indian) 22 years experience having building, Roads, Pipeline works, looking suitable position. Contact 93054949 / 98070040 Email: duggirala_km@yahoo.com Diploma in Fire & Safety (Indian male, 27 years) with 2 years experience in India looking for a suitable job. Contact 98560234. Email id : sanu.srcm@gmail.com Indian male-Electrical Engineer - on visit visa - seeks suitable placement - contact: 97295197 Email:rakeshns90@gmail.com Electronics & communication Engineer holding Oman D/L experience in Huawei system 3G & 4G, great knowledge in RF planning & optimization. Email : mumooo12@hotmail.com Mob 97620210 Dip Civil Engr + PGDCM 9 yrs exp in Oman in Roads & Sewer & building valid D/L. Contact 93590464 Indian 24 yrs, male B.E-ECE having 2.5 yrs exp as NOC Engineering Telecom, with certification of CCNA & MCTS, seeks suitable job in IT & Telecom. Contact : 99689445 mail: thousi4jb@gmail.com Srilankan BTEC Quantity Surveyor with 6 years experience (Including Gulf), Looking for a suitable placement. Contact 98357512 Email: lebbeah@yahoo.com Indian male 5 years experience in Gulf, Mechanical Engineer (Welding Inspector) CSWIP 3.1 Certified, seeking suitable placement. Contact +91 8125224797 Email : azhar_mechengg@yahoo.com Indian female Master of Science, Chemical Engineering seeking suitable placement. Contact 92292547 Email: prinsha.p@gmail.com Indian male (Diploma in X ray welding) 8 years experience as X ray welder, seeking suitable placement preference in Oil & Gas sector. Contact 97234672 B.Tech in Electrical, Indian male 25 yrs, 2 yrs experience (India & KSA) in Building Electrical design and supervision, seeks suitable placement. Contact 96547901 Email : shaijal100@gmail.com

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ENGG. / TECHNICAL Indian female B.Tech Civil Engg, 3 years experience (6 months in Oman) in QS, estimation, Cost control and planning, seeks suitable job. Contact 92047375 Email: vinujosephcm@gmail.com

B/E Electronics Engineer having 3.5 years of Indian experience in Planning, Construction, Telecommunication, Hardware Networking, Marketing. Contact 92629307

Resident Engineer / B.Sc road C.O Civil Engineer (10 years experience), Material inspector/ Diploma in Civil Engineer (5 years experience), Quantity Surveyor/ Diploma in Surveying/ 5 years experience, Land Surveyor/ Diploma in Surveying/ 5 years experience, Site inspector. Email : omanaec@gmail.com

Indian male B-Tech Mechanical Engg, seeks suitable placement, now on visit. Contact 91214585

Mechanical Engineer seeks placement with steel fabrication ﬁrms, 4 yrs Oman experienced with D/L. Contact 93299940

Engineer Comp. Sc Indian female in Muscat 13 years experience in Software & Industrial Automation in Dubai & USA experience in PMO, Recruitment Technical writing DCS, seeking suitable placement. Contact 95613837 Indian male, 30yrs, IT hardware eng g, 11yrs experience, store keeping & sales looking for suitable placement with Omani D/L. Contact 92064352

B.E Mechanical, Indian male, 26 yrs, on visiting visa, having 3 years experience in Piping Projects as QA/QC Engineer/ Site Engineer. Contact 968 98766298 Email- nagesh.saps@gmail.com

Experienced Operations Manager with 12 yrs experience in CCTV, ACCESS control system, Control & Automation systems and IT business, seeking senior position. Contact 98823248

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Female, MS(Computer Science) 5+ years in Software Programming and Testing experience in MNC. Contact 91299232

MEP Engineer/QS/QC Inspector with 8+ yrs GCC Exp. in Plumbing, Fireﬁghting and HVAC Contact 95526218

IT Administrator, 5Yrs exp D/L, seeks placement. Contact 91383289

47 Years Male Diploma holder in Mechanical engineering, looking for a job 20 years experience in fabrication & site work. Contact 00968 92646603 (Oman) / 0091 9423448329 (India) Indian female 28years, Master in Engineering, Electronics & Communication (Embedded System) having 4years teaching experience seeks suitable post. Contact 93854950 Email: susan.gisha@gmail.com BE Mechanical Engineer, Indian male Looking for suitable opening in Sales, Structural design, Production, MEP and Oil and Gas sector. Contact 91323520 Email shuaibmohammed62@gmail.com Indian Male, B.Tech, 4 years experience in Teaching & Admin, C+C++, JAVA, SQL, Expert in Ms Office urgently, seeking for suitable jobs. Contact 97411930 Email iliyashaji@gmail.com B.Sc Civil Engineer 7 years exp Oman D/L. Contact 98502082 Email hajo2000@hotmail.com 3 years experience Indian post Graduate Automation and Control Engineer seeks suitable job. Contact 99016434 Diploma in Civil Engineer 4 years experience in Oman now available in Oman, Looking a job. Contact 97415597 Indian male 25 years, B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering (Automation or Instrumentation Engineer) with 1+ year India experience in Automation PLC, SCADA, DCS, HMI AC & DC Drives, Seeking suitable placement. Contact 92151143/ 92151143

SALES / MARKETING

37 Yrs Male with 17 yrs experience in Logistics 6 yrs in Oman 1 yr experience in HR Management with qualiﬁcation in Business Administration Material management, HR Management SAP Knowledge, seeks suitable placement. Contact 96304057

Ten years sales experience need job. Contact 95266485

Warehouse Supervisor with Gulf experience computer knowledge and D/L, seeks job. # 92770250 Pakistani Young Male with Omani driving license wanted job. Contact 97058416

IT professional Indian male, 20 yrs experience in IT & ﬁnance, software, hardware, development, ERP Implementation & system, network administration seeks suitable placement. Contact 93760896 Indian female B Tech Electronics and Communication having 3 years work experience in IT Field, Having advanced Diploma in Web designing, seeking suitable placement. Contact 96147541, Email : vipinvnathan@gmail.com 30 years, Indian male, IT professional with 6 years experience including GCC in hardware, networking & office administration seeks suitable placement. Contact 95096961.

Store Keeper Keralite having Gulf experience and Computer knowledge, Seeks suitable post. Contact 92770250

MEDICAL Pharmacist with MOH License 10 years Gulf experience in retail sector capable of managing retail network. Contact 98667088 Female Nurse with MOH license 4 yrs experience in Surgical ward, seeking suitable placement in Muscat. Contact 92124067 Nursing caregiver, qualiﬁed & experienced Nurse & Assist Nurse seeks good placement at home / clinic. Contact 92989109 email: medicoport@gmail.com

MANAGER/ SUPER Indian male, M.Com 15 yrs experience (5 yrs in Oman) in banking corporate & retail loans admin manager, seeks suitable placement. Contact 94248518 Email : rayan2801@gmail.com 12+ Yrs experienced Purchase Manager, seeks immediate placement. Contact 98942117 20+ Yrs exp Senior Manager with release & D/L, seeks immediate placement. Contact 97073942 7 years experience gulf electric plumping foreman, Indian Kerala. Contact 96375336 Email: shadam@gmail.com

Indian Male, Having Gulf Experience More than 3 Years in Account Assistant looking for suitable jobs In Accounts . Contact : 95581902

Pakistani male, 24 years BSc CCNA 1.5 year experience. Contact 97475611

25 years, Indian Lady -Married, PGDM in HR and Marketing looking for an entry level job in Muscat in the ﬁeld of Marketing and Human Resource Management .Contact -shivadeuskarbhatt@gmail.com or +968 96676845.

Male B.Com graduate 3 years experience seeks immediate placement as accounts asst or admin asst. Please contact 96754380 or 93393769.

29Indian Female MBA in supply chain and logistics, 5 yrs experience seeking placement. Contact 94402043, 96500790

Indian male 29 yrs, BCA 8 years experience in Banking Sales Services Marketing, seeks placement. Contact 97110838

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Indian male MBA, Seeking job in Sales, Marketing, Purchase & Admin. Contact 97475649

Indian male 31yrs, 6 years experience in Sales & marketing in Oman, have Omani D/L looking for a suitable placement. Contact 92148170

Sales Executive 15 years FMCG Sales experience in GCC with GCC D/L, Indian looking job. Contact 92121691

Indian male 25 yrs, with 2 years experience in Oman as Sales man looking for a suitable placement. Contact 95285270

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Indian Male, Age 27, B.Tech in Computer Science, Valid GCC Driving License, Presently in Oman, 2 year experience in Marketing, Looking for Sales & Marketing. GSM: 93468441

Indian male, 36 yrs, MBA, 10 yrs experience in Marketing training service in India seeks immediate employment. Contact 95867656 / 97783606, pinaki1000@rediffmail.com

Sri Lankan 22 yrs Diploma in UK, having exp. in customer services Teller Sales Marketing in UK UAE, seeking suitable placement. Contact 97409533

B.Com, MBA, Indian Senior Business Executive, 35 yrs experience seeks employment in Administration, Sales, Marketing, Logistics, Supply Chain. Call Menon : 98774861, email : prakashmenon10@hotmail.com

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Female Indian MBA having 2 years experience in Sales & Marketing Oman, seeks better placement having valid GCC Oman driving license. Contact 94213211 Email : april9tea@gmail.com Indian male Graduate 40 years, having 10 years experience in Sales, Marketing and Purchase, with Oman Driving license, seeks suitable senior placement. Contact 92133277

MBA in Sales and Marketing having 7 years experience having Omani Driving license, looking for any suitable job. Contact 94370614

Fresh MBA graduate with Omani D/L, looking for suitable placement in Marketing. Contact 92013737. Email: ayazafar@gmail.com. M.B.A marketing, 13 yrs experience in sign board, advertising & telecommunication. Contact 96220975

MISCELLANEOUS B.Tech (ECE) + 2 years in IT Support and 1 year ASP.NET developer looking for suitable opening in IT Sales, development & Marketing. Contact 95278688. Filipino male W/9yrs exp in systems /network support, B.S comp eng, W/CCNA, plus 5yrs exp in Qatar .looking for suitable job and currently on visit visa. Contact 91319643 Email: hikaph2002@yahoo.com IT Technical System support/ Hardware Engineer on visit visa. Contact 98221577 / 93320458 Indian male 27 years old, Masters in Computer Applications with 4+ years experience, Key skills: Oracle Pl/sql and .net Seeking Suitable placement.Contact +919538345624 sujithchennat@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS Indian female 25 years, MSC MICRO Biology, Looking for placement in food or medicine industry or laboratory experience one year in dairy farm. Contact 92255983 GCC /oil ﬁeld experienced Indian graduate, purchase /sales /admin / operations coordinator knowledge in office functions /store inventory ﬂuent English, Arabic, Omani D/L. Contact 99086007

SECRETARIAL/OFFICE Secretary / Document Controller male 6 yrs Exp in Oman & 11 yrs in India visa transferrable and ready to join immediately. Contact: 93410135, Email: happylife.qhse59@gmail.com Seeks a job: Native American - male - in Muscat seeks employment, seeking all customer services opportunities. Contact 94475783 5 Years experienced, Male Insurance Customer care Executive, ﬂuent in English with total experience of 12 years in other ﬁelds, 31 yrs, looking for suitable job vacancy. Contact 90993099 Male 15 years Gulf experience in Office Coordinator, Administration, Documentation with good computer skills and valid Oman Driving License. Contact 95149624 Indian female diploma 2years experience as system administrator seeking suitable position in IT/ clerical section on visit visa. Contact 95434765 Email: anuajay191@gmail.com Indian Female, 6 years experience in Secretarial, Administration, Coordination holding Oman Driving License seeking suitable placement. Contact 95196052, 95269592.

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian male, 10 years experience in sales & marketing seeks placement. Contact 91386462 Email: riyadh.rahman@gmail.com

INFORMATION TECH

Diploma Mechanical Engineering 25 yrs Indian male 6 years experience in Quality control India. Contact 97312111 Email sultan9817@gmail.com / coolrazak151@rediffmail.com

Indian male 27 yrs B.Tech Automobile, 5.5 yrs experience both in Toyota & Suzuki, Looking for Service Engineer jobs. Contact 92449426 Email: praveennair_s@yahoo.com

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Indian Male, having 17 years experience in sales, currently working with Omani MNC since last 7 years, handling export & local sales, with valid Omani D/L is looking for senior position. Contact 96246981 Fresh MBA marketing with Omani D/L looking for suitable placement in marketing contact: 96632102 Email: Ammarali_629@yahoo.com Indian Male 32 MBA; has distinguished record of work & academic excellence with 7.2 years of high quality experience in Business Administration, Customer Services, Marketing & Sales. Contact 95899314 Indian male, 27 years, MBA (Marketing & HR) with total 4 years of experience and 2.5 years of Oman based experience as Project Sales Executive in building materials seeking immediate placement. Contact: 98418157, 92659459 Indian male, 8 Years experience, seeking suitable placement in Sales & Marketing. 97385230, sagar.devlekar6@gmail.com Male, 27, A.M.E having 3 yrs of experience in Sales & Marketing with D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact 97097545, Email : dhibu2809@gmail.com Indian male 30 years B.Com Graduate with 7 years experience in Oman with Sales & Marketing of Consumer electronics and Automotive ﬁeld, seeks suitable placement. Contact 96406480 Indian male BBA marketing having Oman driving license experience seeking suitable job. Contact 98009183 Highly qualiﬁed senior level Executive with 15+ yrs exp. in Business development, sales & marketing & operations in GCC (6 yrs in Oman) looking for challenging position. Contact 95499501 Market planning Communications, Sales & Brand Management 4 years experience in multinationals. Sri Lankan lady. MBA (UK), CIMA (UK), BICT (Colombo). Seeks employment in Muscat. Contact 98250829 MBA in Sales and Marketing having 7yeras experience having Omani driving license, Looking for any suitable job. Contact 94370614

Young Male Graduate BA Hons (Marketing)- United Kingdom with 2 years experience & driving licence seeks suitable placement in Business development/Brand management/Logistics. Call 96402727 MBA (Marketing and HR) & B.Tech (Electronics and Biomedical Engineering) with 1.5 years experience in marketing and media field. Contact 96175799 Email: aadil.azis@gmail.com 27 years Indian male 8 years’ Indian market experience in the field of Event Management, Sales & Customer Service, looking for a challenging opportunity in Muscat in relevant field. Contact # 96167803 Indian male, MCA, MBA-HR, B.Com with 9.5 yrs. Exp. looking for a suitable opportunity as IT Project Head & SAP HR Consultant (Multi tasking) presently come on visit visa in Oman, Contact GSM : +968 92801761 E-mail : rishhi@msn.com Indian Male, B.Tech, 8 years Experience in Teaching & Admin, web developing ,c,c++,java,HTML,DHT ML,programming,looking for suitable position Contact 98290053, 97068258 Email: vasanth.blessy@gmail.com B.Tech Mechanical, 26yr Indian male having 4 yr experience in plant construction,structural fabrication & erection in India. Contact 0091 9546418417 E-mailmail2umesh89@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer with 5+ years experience in project management and estimation of oil and gas projects. Looking for suitable change. Contact: 95974435 Indian male B.com 4 years experience in motor vehicle sales man. Seek suitable placement Cont 99421537 An Expatriate Indian Male, BA graduate, with an experience of working 2 years in Gulf, in construction field worked as admin and supervisor, with a knowledge of Fire and Safety, seeking for a good opportunity. E-Mail : sanil4484@gmail.com, #93380746 / 00919920179117

Pakistani Male 24, MBA Finance with 2 years experience looking for any suitable Placement. (Finance/ Accounts/Marketing/Admin). Contact 97464465 26 year Indian Chartered Accountant male with 2yrs of experience is seeking suitable placement in Muscat. Kindly contact him on 98201476 or email at venkat230684@gmail.com Indian male Executive Secretary having vast experience in admin, logistics, well versed with computer seeks suitable placement. Contact : 99514286 Diploma Holder, 7 Years experience in Purchase/Logistic/Supply Chain/ Coordinator. Technical background with Oman D/L. Good English/Computer knowledge, looking Suitable position. 94440370 Indian female M.com/ICWAI(inter) seeking suitable placement nshkumari30@gmail.com Contact:24831091/98506722 Having experience in sales with Omani driving license, looking for a suitable position Contact 99834931 Indian male 25 yrs with 5 yrs of Dubai experience in Sales & Marketing with valid UAE driving license. Seeking suitable position. # 97448637 haroon_khanhyd@yahoo.com 26 years Indian Chartered Accountant male with 2 yrs of experience is seeking suitable placement in Muscat. Contact him on 98201476 or email at venkat230684@gmail.com Indian male (28), 6 months experience in van sales in diary field in Muscat, seeks a suitable placement. Contact 92987415 Indian male, 30 yrs, looking for Job of an Accountant having 9.5 years of experience, having knowledge of Tally, Oracle based ORION, Quickbooks looking for suitable position very soon. Contact : 92629133 ERP Engineer Indian male with more than 7 years of experience, currently working SOAG company in Oman. Contact 95851254. Email:shajith_oadc@omzest.com Mechanical Engineer, one year experience in oman, seeking suitable placement : Contact : 92016055. Rameer@gmail.com M.Tech computer Science, Indian male with 3.5 years experience in Web Design seeking suitable placement. GSM 96303055, aditya.khandkar@gmail.com. Indian male, 26, MSc Computer Science, technical experience in VB, .Net, PHP, HTML and MySQL, 2 years experience in trouble shooting, seeks suitable positions. #92712912, ishakphassan@rocketmail.com Indian Male 24 years, B.Tech in Information Science & Engineering with one year experience. Contact 96946929 Keralite, 21 years Exp. (11 years in OMAN/UAE) in Accounts, Admin., Purchase, Sales, Projects, Imports and Tally ERP with Driving License, looking for a suitable position. Contact: 93 00 79 66. Filipino Tower Crane Operator with 6 yrs experience in GCC is looking for a suitable job in Muscat, Contact: 96750918 BBA Hons, 7years of working experience as a field supervisor and field support coordinator looking for suitable position, holding Omani driving license. Call: 97127321. Indian male, B.Tech (Mech.), MBA, MLM (Master of Labour Management), more than 15 yrs. experience and 2 yrs. in Oman as Plant Manager with valid Oman D/L. Exposure in Production, Quality Control and Admin seeks suitable placement. Contact: 91301625 Indian male, B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, 15 yrs. experience as Plant Engineer, Quality Control Manager and Factory Manager with valid Oman D/L, seeks suitable placement. Contact: 91013578

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Running prime café for sale or management. Contact 95729427/95208505 Seeking an investing partner to run an existing Hospitality business. (Cafe & restaurant). Contact 95517471 A well running Civil contracting company LLC doing ministry work, looking for new sponsor and investor or partner. Contact 96726115

CANADIAN company. for immigration & manpower is looking for a partner in Oman with license !For contact evro21@gmail.com 0097333054453

MANPOWER Looking for Omani partner for business development services. Contact 93194825 Email: edumass4@gmail.com Five year old LLC, valid registrations, no employee liability, fully equipped operational office, offer investor visa with 10% shares each to two persons/ entrepreneurs only. Opportunity with independent authority to start new business, sponsorship change, investment, sharing. Email : info@gggoman.com Restaurant + coffee shop with seating capacity of 50 people and potential to make 90 (with mezzanine in running condition doing excellent business in a prime business location at Wattayah is available for purchase / investment. Interested parties may please call on 97414513 or 96344753 We want to buy car war work shop Muscat or nearby Muscat. Contact with detail mobile 93535394

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Cranes and excavators available on hire. Contact 99209427 Crane Trailor Hiab. # 99354909

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