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Friends in high places

Daniel Pye and May Titthara

CHINESE developer with a family-like relationship to Prime Minister Hun Sens bodyguard unit has accelerated construction at its $5 billion resort ostensibly cancelled by royal decree in 2010 in a protected national park in Preah Sihanouk province. The 3,300-hectare Golden Silver Gulf resort in Preah Sihanouks Ream National Park was slated by Hun Sen to be the second gold card for Cam-

Military alliances paying off for developer

bodian tourism after Angkor Wat, according to the concessionaire, Yeejia Development Co Ltd. The resort has support from the Chinese government, with Chinas ambassador, Bu Jianguo, last year describing it as heaven on earth, and funding coming from a Chinese stateoperated charitable foundation that has New Zealands ambassador to the US Mike Moore a former prime minister and World Trade Organisation director general listed as a consultant to its projects. Yeejia, a subsidiary of Chineseowned firm Unite International (Cambodia) Investment Group, formed a military-commerce alliance with the Prime Ministers Bodyguard Unit after the company made a series of donations to the elite force, including 220 motorbikes accepted on behalf of the unit by Deputy Prime Minister Sok An in January 2009. Nine months later, Unite Group chairman Fu Xian Ting met Hun Sen at his residence in Takhmao. Hun Sen promised to endorse the project publicly in a letter. In order to speed up the construction of the project, I will approve the establishment of a special committee to resolve various contradictions and

problems encountered in the course of the project, Hun Sen said, according to Yeejias website. Bill Pho, Fus executive assistant, said yesterday that the company had recently accelerated construction in the eastern part of the concession, and had been given the green light by the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy. We still have some problems in the land titling; we have this problem, Pho Continues on page 6

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National Campaigners call for disappearance probe

Kevin Ponniah and Phak Seangly

ACU tackles exam cheats

Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron

LOCAL and international civil society groups, including some of the worlds largest trade unions, are urging the government to immediately and thoroughly investigate the case of 16-year-old Khim Saphath, who mysteriously disappeared during a violent crackdown on protests in early January. Saphath was last seen lying on Veng Sreng Boulevard with blood pouring from his chest on January 3 amid clashes between striking garment workers and security forces, who shot dead at least four people. A friend and co-worker of Saphath, who saw him with the apparent bullet wound, told the Post on January 12 that he later heard from others that Saphath had been taken away in a military police truck. Despite separate investigations by local rights groups Adhoc and Licadho, no eyewitnesses have been able to corroborate this. But the 54 groups that signed yesterdays open letter argue that given the context of Saphaths disappearance, there are reasonable grounds to believe that he might have been subject to an enforced disappearance. The government which acceded to the International

Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICCPED) in June last year is thus legally bound to investigate, they say. Frankly, there is a 16-yearold boy missing, but over two and a half months later, the government have conducted no credible investigation, said Neil Loughlin, technical assistant at Adhoc. [The government] have to go above and beyond the very lacklustre measures they have taken and actually investigate this properly. Military police spokesman Kheng Tito said yesterday, however, that his ofcers had been searching for Saphath since they heard that he was missing. Our police and military police are paying attention to search for him, but so far we have no results, so they are still looking for him. We do not know why he went missing [but] we do not need to hide this ... If we nd out, we will tell his family or authorities. But Kim Souern, Saphaths father, who was preparing invitations for his sons 100-day funeral ceremony yesterday, said he has given up hope. We are hopeless now because we have been looking for him for almost three months, he said.

HEATING on national grade nine and 12 exams which has been rampant in the past just got harder. The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) announced yesterday that it will enlist the services of independent NGOs, civil society groups and private companies to monitor the more than 100,000 test-takers this year tackling their last hurdle before attaining a lower-secondary school or upper-secondary school diploma. We have to cooperate if we want to end cheating, said Om Yentieng, president of the ACU, adding that his staff of 200 was not enough to oversee more than 4,000 testing sites. Yentieng said groups interested in monitoring exams can sign up next week, a change in the proctoring system that will take the burden and the potential leniency away from teachers. The ACU was unable to provide details yesterday regarding potential reimbursement for the new, independent monitors, or how the monitors would be trained. During last years tests, more than half a million dollars in bribes was funnelled to teachers in exchange for cheat sheets,

Students check an exam registration list at Chaktomuk High School in Phnom Penhs Daun Penh district last year. VIREAK MAI

answers posted on Facebook or a passing grade, according to a Youth and Resource Development study. Students found conducting any suspicious activity in the next round of exams will be kicked out. There are four months to go until the exam ... [it is] time to tell parents and students they will have no more chances to cheat during exams, ACU deputy director Kheang Seng said. The Ministry of Education also sent out a guideline last

week advising that the scores from national tests would no longer be averaged with students semester grades, according to San Chey, coordinator for the Afliated Network for Social Accountability-East Asia and the Pacic. The national exams will also now take place at provincial education centres, rather than in every commune, a cause of worry among some. Students are very concerned about how they can

afford to pay for the transportation, and lodging and food if they have to travel through the province to take their test, San Chey said. Still, he added, the kinks arent worth scrapping the accountability initiative. A culture of cheating leads to a poor quality of education, he said. It will be the legacy of the new Education Ministry if the tests are not so corrupt and the answers arent so widely leaked.

Shake-up may move judicial gures to new positions

Meas Sokchea

TWENTY judges and prosecutors may soon find themselves pulling up stakes and tackling new jurisdictions, according to a draft list detailing a wideranging judicial reshuffling obtained by the Post yesterday. In the proposed shake-up, Phnom Penh Municipal Court president Chiv Keng will be moved into a position as a deputy president of the Supreme

Court, as will current Siem Reap Provincial Court and Khmer Rouge tribunal trial chamber president Nil Nonn. Four Phnom Penh court prosecutors, meanwhile, will be bumped up to the appellate level, and Banteay Meanchey court president Ang Meal Dey will replace Keng in Phnom Penh. The document includes no details as to when the reshuffle might occur, but Oum Daravuth, chief of King Norodom Sihamonis cabinet, said

yesterday that the Supreme Council of Magistracy on which the King sits would be meeting to discuss the moves when the King returns from Beijing. The Supreme Council of Magistracy will hold the meeting on the 29th of this month to issue new orders or move prosecutors, judges and presidents of the courts, Daravuth said, characterising the staffing changes as a routine rotation. Council of Ministers spokesman

Phay Siphan and Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana declined to comment yesterday. Current Phnom Penh deputy prosecutor Ek Chheng Hourt who, according to the draft list, will become prosecutor at Kampot Provincial Court said yesterday that such reshuffles usually come every four or five years, and that such a move was about due, but added that he had heard nothing official about the matter.

Kem Sokha, deputy president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, characterised the planned movement of judges and prosecutors as a pointless gesture, and called for concrete judicial reforms. Reforming the courts to fear the law and [not engage in] corruption will not happen until the Supreme Council of Magistracy is really independent, he said. Movements like this are not reforms.

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Bodies of mother, daughter found in bag on side of road

Kim Sarom

POLICE are investigating a gruesome double murder after the bodies of a mother and her six-year-old daughter were found in a black plastic bag on a roadside in Kampong Speu provinces Pich Nil valley. Villagers in the Phnom Sruoch district made the discover y on Saturday and reported it to police. In Bora, director of the Ministry of Interiors criminal

department, said police were investigating the case. We are [investigating] ... but we cannot give many details yet, he stated. Sam Sak, director of the provincial crime office, identified the victims as Va Davy, 30, and her daughter Kem Thavy Chhorda, six. The two were from Kampong Cham province, but had been living in Phnom Penh for several years, he added. Authorities, Sak continued,

had examined the bodies, and believed the victims had been dead for at least 15 days. It was difficult to establish a cause of death, but they believed they could have been strangled. According to Som Bora, Kampong Speu provincial deputy police chief, the bodies have already been given to the victims family. The Pich Nil area is host to a number of shrines popular with tourists travelling the road to Sihanoukville.

Cambodia lagging on energy, water, says UN

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Elephant ivory seized at border

Sen David

MILITARY police seized more than 260 kilograms of elephant ivory near the Vietnamese border in Svay Rieng province on Friday, an official said, the second major bust in as many months. Svay Rieng provincial military police chief San Bunthan said the 263 kilograms or 77 pieces of ivory tusks was hidden inside 10 suitcases in the back of a van heading towards Vietnam. We doubted that the van was transporting timber, so police chased [it] ... [and] found that there were many [pieces of] ivory hidden in the van, not timber, Bunthan said on Friday, add-

ing that the suspect fled the scene when the vehicle was stopped. Bunthan said he was unsure which country the ivory had originally been smuggled from. Nick Marx, director of wildlife rescue and care at the Wildlife Alliance, said yesterday the case was just one example of a wider problem. People are slaughtering elephants all over just for their tusks, he said. Last month, two Vietnamese nationals were arrested at Siem Reap International Airport and charged with attempting to smuggle almost 80 kilograms of elephant ivory into the country.
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UNITED Nations study released on Friday shows that Cambodia has the highest rates among 11 Asian countries surveyed of people lacking access to electricity, clean water and sanitation. The 2014 UN World Water Development report, titled Facing the Challenges, ranks Cambodia below countries including Myanmar, Indonesia and Bangladesh in access to the essential services. The study uses data collected in 2011. This report points out the existing problems, Engin Koncagul, a UN World Water Assessment program ofcer, said on Friday. Water and energy is very critical for sustainable development ... from all [population] segments. Of Cambodias 2011 population of 14.3 million, the report says, 66 per cent had no access to electricity, 32 per cent lacked access to improved water and 66.9 per cent did not have access to improved sanitation. Cambodias population is smaller than all other Asian

Children operate a water pump for drinking water in Kampong Cham province late last year. HENG CHIVOAN

countries surveyed in these categories, except for Mongolia, the study says. The numbers show a large disparity between Cambodias access to the essential services and the global averages, which the study reports as 18.1 per cent lacking access to electricity, 11.1 per cent without access to improved water and 35.9 per cent having no access to improved sanitation. Cambodian Peoples Party lawmaker Chheang Vun said the country has endured a tu-

multuous recent past, from which it is still recovering. Our country is not stable like [the other 10 surveyed], because we experienced a military coup and war, and had to start all over in 1979, Vun said. We began from zero then, which is why we are so far behind other countries. Most of those without electricity access live in rural areas, Vun said, adding that the government is working towards offering electrical access to all Cambodians by 2030.

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About 35% of TB cases missed

Maria Wirth and Sen David

AMBODIA continues to shoulder a d i s p ro p o r t i o n a t e percentage of the worlds tuberculosis victims, with a higher prevalence rate of the extremely contagious respiratory disease than anywhere outside of South Africa, according to the World Health Organization. With the assistance of free screenings and free treatment, the Kingdom has seen rates of infection falling year by year, though with 764 cases per 100,000 people last year compared to 1,670 cases per 100,000 in 1995, the number still looms twice as high as the 2015 Millennium Development Goal. While the battle against TB infections in Cambodia has largely hit positive notes, the WHO warned on the eve of World Tuberculosis Day yesterday that about 35 per cent of active infections are missed either not found or not treated. One reason that so many cases are being missed is that people have not received enough information and are not aware their cough might

A patient and a family member sit on a bed at the National Center for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control in Chamkarmon district, Phnom Penh, in December. hENG CHIVOAN

be something more serious. Another reason is that some populations remain very hard to reach, said Mao Tan Eang director of the National Center for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control. Tan Eang added that the majority of missed cases occur among the poorest communities, elderly populations

and marginalised groups including migrant workers, prisoners and HIV-positive people. The WHO has previously estimated that up to 64 per cent of the Cambodian population, or more than 9.5 million people in the Kingdom, carry latent Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, the bacteria that

causes the potentially lethal infection. One in every 10 latent cases is expected to become an active infection. The key to nding many of the missed cases lies with early detection, according to health experts. Until a few months ago, traditionally, health centres (and even the entire world) have

been using single-symptom screening for cough of more than two weeks, said the WHOs Dr Rajendra-Prassad Yadav. However, [surveys] have shown that if health centres screen only for this single symptom, they will continue to either miss or delay treatment of about 70 per cent of TB cases. In addition to the problem of missed cases, Cambodia is also experiencing a major gap in funding for the public health problem. In 2011, $12 million was available to tackle the disease, but this year, that number dwindled to just $7 million. And without more money, researching the increasingly problematic multi-drug resistant strains, innovating new preventive vaccines and implementing new rapid screening technology remains elusive. We will continue to miss the three million [cases undetected globally] if we continue to do the same thing, Yadav said. Progress made by Cambodias TB program has been signicant [but] the threat to these gains is real. ADDITIONAL
REPORTING BY LAIGNEE BARRON, AMELIA WOODSIDE AND MOM KUNTHEAR

Wing Star workers to end strike

Mom Kunthear

EMPLOYEES at the Kampong Speu shoe factory where a ceiling collapse killed two workers last May are headed back to work today after more than a week on strike, but will take their demands to the Arbitration Council. Free Trade Union leaders agreed to end the strike of about 5,000 workers at Wing Star Shoes an Asics supplier after the Kampong Speu provincial court issued an injunction on Friday ordering employees to return, FTU officer Yann Roth Keopisey said. Asking employees to return to work does not mean weve given up, Roth Keopisey said yesterday. We are taking our case to the Arbitration Council. Employees walked off the job on March 14 and later blocked National Road 3 demanding an additional $10 per month for transportation and lunch, and $8 more in attendance bonuses. Wing Star employees currently receive a total of $27 per month for meals, transportation and attendance bonuses. Wing Star administrative manager Mao Sisong declined to comment yesterday.

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National Govt seeks inquiry in Thai border shooting

Meas Sokchea and Cheang Sokha

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday called on Thailand to open an investigation into the alleged killing last week of a man illegally crossing the border and urged the authorities to stop using force against Cambodians who enter the country without permission. In a statement on Friday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said that acting Foreign Minister Long Visalo had earlier that day presented a diplomatic note to the Thai ambassador to Cambodia, Touchayoot Pakdi. The note called for an investigation into the alleged shooting of nine Cambodians who attempted to cross illegally into Thailand on Tuesday, which led to the death of 38-yearold Van Vouch. The note did not specify if the group were crossing in search of work or attempting to illegally log. Nine of our people crossed the border into Thai territory and [were] met by Thai soldiers [who] shot one of nine dead, Kuong said. [We] demand to have an investigation to nd the shooter [and for that person] to be convicted. The Foreign Ministry also urged the Thai authorities to use peaceful measures to arrest and prosecute those found entering their territory illegally. Sok Hai, governor of Choam

Ksan district where people regularly cross into Thailand, told the Post he had not heard about the alleged shooting. Major General Phat Sophen, chief of Cambodian-Thai Border relations in Preah Vihear province, also said that he had not heard about this case, adding that many Cambodians have been injured and shot dead while attempting to cross the border. We receive information from the Thai side about the arrests and shootings regularly, he said. Earlier this month, ofcials claimed that 15 Cambodians were killed by Thai security forces in two separate incidents after illegally crossing the border to log timber. Ou Virak, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said that more needs to be done. This is not an isolated incident . . . The Cambodian government itself does not do enough to stop it, he said. All of these incidents show that the Thai government isnt about to change. The real question is Will they properly investigate it? And the answer is no. The Thai embassy and the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not respond to requests for comment yesterday. ADDITIONAL
REPORTING BY ALICE CUDDY

Activists shot at by unknown assailant

Khouth Sophak Chakrya

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CTIVISTS from the Boeung Kak, Borei Keila and Thmor Kol communities were on board a bus on Saturday night when a bullet was red into the windscreen, their representatives said yesterday. Bo Chorvy, 39, from Boeung Kak, said more than 40 people were on the bus that had almost completed a journey back to the capital from Siem Reap when it was shot at in Daun Penh district. When we saw the suspect take out his gun, we ducked, she said, adding that the bullet had pierced part of the front windscreen. Suddenly, we heard the shot and the glass broke ... fortunately, no one was injured. Chorvy said a man and a woman on a motorcycle had earlier tried to signal to the bus driver to stop in Russey Keo district, but he had ignored it. The man had then dropped off the woman and followed the bus, eventually overtaking it and opening re from the front of the vehicle. The alleged shooting took place near the Daun Penh Referral Hospital, close to the Chhroy Changva Bridge.

Blood thicker than water, Man loses, soils face in but money trumps blood fight with bully brother
A WOMAN in Phnom Penhs THERES nothing quite like Sen Sok district got a rude having your face rubbed in it. introduction to the old adage For a 30-year-old man in Purneither a borrower nor a sat province on Saturday, lender be on Friday. The that was something he experiwoman, 22, did her relative a enced a little too literally and favour, lending him her motorit involved cow manure. A savbike to visit a friend. According age beating from his brotherto police, the male relative, 25, in-law, 32, culminated in the pawned the bike for $250 and spent the money, hoping mansall face being pushed into his wouldnt need her the relative dung. Villagers intervened wheels The woman too late back. to save face, but police turned her fibbing were able to arrestrelation the perpeover to nokorwat the police when she trator. spotted him walking near his kaMPUCHEa tHMEY home. So-called VIPs just dont

A hole in the windscreen of a bus that was transporting activists in Phnom Penh on Saturday was allegedly caused by a bullet. PHoto SUPPLIED

The driver, Ki Salon, said it was the rst time he had experienced such an incident in four years behind the wheel. As rst, I thought the suspect was following because he knew someone, he said. But after he dropped off the woman and overtook the bus, he took out a gun and shot at us. The bullet broke the glass on the front on the right side. Its the rst time I have experienced something this awful in my life. The activists had returned

from a ceremony to mark fours years since evictions at the Chi Kreng community in Siem Reap. I do not know if this is just intimidation or an attempt to kill us, Boeung Kak activist Phan Chhunreth said. Fellow activist Tep Vanny said the villagers had led a complaint to police about the shooting. Kan Vannak, Sras Chhok commune police chief, told the Post that the authorities were investigating.

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said yesterday. We planned to build for 20 years. Now we are building 600 hectares for the first phase in the eastern part [Koh Seh]. That might take five years. We can move more quickly now that we have stable politics, he said, referring to the authorities promise to local villagers to assign them land titles in the coming months. Shortly after then-Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh offered his own endorsement of the project in May 2010, the Council of Ministers issued a royal decree revoking all licences held by Yeejia for development of Golden Silver Gulf. The decree passed responsibility for the area over to the Ministry of Environment. But the ministry issued a report to Hun Sen in 2011 that showed the contract with Yeejia had not been cancelled in practice. Rather, cooperation with the government had actually increased. I think the ministry must be consistent with the Council of Ministers. The decision must be made by the superior authority, legal expert Sok Sam Oeun said yesterday. Rights groups yesterday said construction at the site never ceased and Fu had personally requested the royal decree be passed to deflect criticism over land grabs. Boun Narith, provincial coordinator for Licadho, said the company has finished building a road and bungalows, and has been cutting down trees.[Yeejia]

A section of beach in Ream National Park in Preah Sihanouk province in 2008 where part of Yeejia Developments Golden Silver Gulf Resort is to be built. PHoto SUPPLIED

did not allow villagers to do anything on their land, and some people had to move to new places, because their houses [were knocked down], he said. Despite the royal decree banning the project, it continues apace, with support from the military, ministries and the Chinese government. We just got a green light from the oil ministry. The new minister of environment, he works very hard with us, Pho said. On October 20, 2009, Hun Sen penned his letter of support as promised. I would like to express gratitude and support for your company in trusting the Royal Government of Cambodia and deciding to invest in the development of tourist areas in Cambodia, and wish the company success in

the implementation of the investment project, he wrote. The relationship between the bodyguard unit and Yeejia was formalised at a ceremony at Hun Sens Takhmao residence on April 20, 2010, overseen by General Pol Saren, commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. The company has supported [the bodyguard unit] with some equipment before. Im not sure exactly what was donated, Pho said yesterday. The military-corporate relationship is one of dozens formed since Hun Sen announced private businesses could bankroll military units to solve the dire situation of the armed forces, police, military police, and their families through a culture of sharing,

according to a government memo published in April 2010. Since the end of Cambodias civil war, the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces has operated as a vast organised crime network, Gavin Hayman, campaigns director at Global Witness, said at the time. It is unacceptable for private companies to be financing a military renowned for its corruption and involvement in illegal activities and human rights abuses. A villager who has lived near the site since 1992, who asked to be referred to only as Piseth, said the company had not followed the master plan approved by the governments investment body, the Council for the Development of Cambodia, and had parcelled off

land and logged extensively. The company did not do as their master plan [instructed]. They just cut the tress and land for sale, he said yesterday. On February 25, he added, Yeejia had stopped his community from rebuilding some houses with the support of about 40 security guards, naval officers and police. The involvement of the navy could not be immediately confirmed. However, on January 26 last year, commander of Hun Sens bodyguard unit General Hing Bun Heang attended a ceremony in Bentrang village, Ream commune, where he called on Admiral Tea Vinh to actively support the project, according to Yeejias website. Former Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh, whose government passed the Law on Protected Areas, at the opening of the Ream National Park in 1995, said the law was passed because the pillage is terrible. Marcus Hardke of German conservation group ARA, said concessions in protected areas, such as the Golden Silver Gulf resort project, have no legal basis. All these land grabs in protected areas have no real legal basis, they are just based on deliberate misinterpretation of the [protected areas] law, if not outright in violation of it, he said. It has by now led to sometimes grotesque situations ... and the people responsible for or complicit in these deals should be held accountable under Cambodian law.

VPI very painful injurydis A 27-YEAR-OLD Dangkor when a customer stabbed trict con artist took the money, himforgot during failed robbery but toa run last week. Ain his car in the capital on Satconstruction company driver, urday night. Police said the to the man delivered materials drivers passenger turned customers who paid him on him at about 7:40pmto during $2,000. On returning the a company, the driver reported ride in Tuol Kork district. A that hesystem hadnt received paysafety in the taxi ment, but his suspicious boss alerted police to what was uncovered the botched ploy happening and a nearby unit with few phone calls. On Fritrieda to intervene. Officers day, police nabbed the suspect were not fast enough, howevwho said hed already spent all er, and the man, along with the money. kaMPUCHEa tHMEY an accomplice, fled on foot.
koH SantEPHEaP Man masters jealousy, adds wrath to repertoire Drug runner delivers PAILIN town police are on the self on aasilver platter lookout for 34-year-old con-

A DEDICATION towho delivering struction worker allegedly anywhere ledto tothe a drug dealbeat his wife point of ers demise on Saturday. unconsciousness on Friday. Police the the man was jealTippedsaid off that man was ous after pills, spotting his wife with peddling undercover another in theCham village. police inman Kampong The husband drunk at a lured him to agot remote village wedding, and returning pretending to on be customers. home, beat his wifewas withcoma belt Once the handover and wooden stick pounced badly and plete, the officers injuring her head, shoulder, arrested him. A search of the eye, thigh and back before mans house uncovered more fleeing. Nokorwat evidence against him. koH

SantEPHEaP Stab-happy lover picks funny way of apologising Lots of suspects, little A 25-YEAR-OLD man was proof in Kandal cleaving apprehended in Kampong

A MANOral known for roaming Speus district Saturday after stabbing girlfriend. the streets of his village was The woman, 18, lived with brutally attacked with a her boyfriend Phnom Penh, but cleaver inin Kandal province on went to stay with her parents Saturday night. Police said in Kampong after motive the revenge wasSpeu the likely couple argument. A it behind had the an attack, because week later, the man followed was no secret that many vilher, begging her to return to lagers did not like the man. Phnom Penh. When the womDespite this or perhaps an refused, the man grabbed a because it police said knife andof stabbed her in the they were having trouble findback, armpit and arm. She ing the perpetrator. The vicwas hospitalised, and her parkaMtim is in hospital. ents prevented the RasMEi man from PUCHEa escaping arrest. Nokorwat
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Alibaba shuts firm out of IPO

Zijing Wu, Jonathan Browning and Jeffrey McCracken

ARCLAYS Plc backed the wrong billionaire. The investment bank lost the chance to be among rms sharing hundreds of millions of dollars in fees from Alibaba Group Holding Ltds initial public offering when it advised and nanced Charlie Ergens failed effort to buy Sprint Corp last year, several people with knowledge of the matter said. Ergens bid was a challenge to SoftBank Corp, which eventually acquired Sprint for $21.6 billion, and upset the Japanese rms founder Masayoshi Son so much that he pressed Alibaba to stop working with Barclays, the people said, asking not to be identied. SoftBank owns about 37 per cent of Alibaba and Son took his request directly to the rms founder Jack Ma, the people said. The decision to back Ergen highlights the risk of working with competing clients. To pick sides, larger banks use a process called business selection in situations where they may alienate another company, with the decision typically based on which client will bring in more fees over the long term. Still, Sons decision to punish Barclays is against the interests of Alibabas other shareholders, said Erik Gordon, a professor at the University of Michigans Ross School of Business. It is counter to the interest of a company to cut out a globally important underwriter simply because a major stockholder wants to punish it, he wrote in an email. Powerful people who want revenge should not use third parties to wreak it. Son called Ma last spring, in the midst of the struggle over Sprint, and asked that Ma keep Barclays off of an $8 billion loan that Alibaba was seeking, one person said. Aware of Sons anger, Barclays turned its attention later in the year to other Chinese internet companies that could go public, another person said. The bank ended up working with

An Alibaba employee walks through a communal space at the company headquarters in Hangzhou.

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Tencent Holdings Ltd, Asias largest web rm by market value, on its recent purchase of a 15 per cent stake in Alibaba rival JD.com Inc, and is pitching for a role on JD.coms own IPO, this person said. Barclays ranks ninth among IPO underwriters this year, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The decision to work for rivals was seen as a agrant shot at Alibaba, one person said, and London-based Barclays will now be one of the few global banks not to land a spot on Alibabas share sale, the sources said. Spokespeople for SoftBank, Barclays and Alibaba declined to comment on the relationship. The Alibaba sale, which will be managed by banks including Credit Suisse Group AG, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank AG according to a person familiar with the matter, could be bigger than Facebook Incs $16 billion offering in May 2012. Other banks working on the sale include Goldman Sachs Group Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc,

that person said. Alibaba said on March 16 it had decided to start the process for an IPO in the US. The sale may be equivalent to about a 12 per cent stake in the company, a person familiar with the matter said earlier. Based on the average $153 billion valuation in a Bloomberg News survey of analysts, that would make it an $18.4 billion offering. Banks on Facebooks sale earned fees of 1.1 per cent of the sum it raised. Assuming a similar percentage for Alibaba, underwriters would get about $200 million. This shows the power of reputation and the dangers of backing a losing horse, said Tim Loughran, a nance professor at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. I dont nd it too surprising that Masayoshi Son is still annoyed with Barclays. Big inside owners of IPOs only want to deal with investment banks they trust. Barclays has worked with Hangzhou, China-based Alibaba before. It contributed $200 million as part of the $3

billion loan package Alibaba put together to privatize its Hong Kong-listed unit and buy about 20 per cent of itself from Yahoo! Inc in 2012, a person familiar with the matter said then. Most of the major banks who lent to Alibaba in 2012 will win roles on its IPO, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. Credit Suisse,

13 banks. JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, which will have lead roles on Alibabas IPO, were among lenders then. Son and SoftBank eventually won the competition for Sprint in June 2013, though not before they were forced to raise their offer by $1.5 billion to fend off the competing bid from Ergen and his Dish Network Corp.

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Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley each contributed $200 million to the loan package. HSBC Holdings Plc, Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd, Mizuho Financial Group Inc and DBS Group Holdings Ltd, which were also among lenders, could get hired for the IPO, the person said. After Son objected, Barclays didnt participate in Alibabas $8 billion syndicated loan in June 2013, which consisted of SoftBank told banks that nancing the Dish offer would hurt their chances of working on Alibabas IPO, one of the people said. Financed by Barclays and working with some of the banks most senior advisers, Ergen made an unsolicited bid for Sprint, trying to top a $20.1 billion offer from SoftBank. For several weeks, Barclays was the only lender aligned with Ergen, though Jefferies Group LLC later agreed to help nance an acquisition,

people with knowledge of the matter said earlier. After more than two months of back and forth between the two billionaires, which included Son disputing Ergens nancial projections and calling them wishful, SoftBank bumped its bid to win. When Ergen decided not to top Sons improved offer, Barclays lost out on tens of millions of dollars in potential advisory fees, not to mention hundreds of millions more as a lender on the deal, had it been consummated. After completing the merger, Son told Barclays he wouldnt work with the bank in the future, according to one of the people familiar with the matter. In late 2013, as Son explored a deal for Sprint to buy a majority of T-Mobile US Inc, he discussed bank nancing of as much as $20 billion with lenders including Credit Suisse, Mizuho and Deutsche Bank, people familiar with the matter said in December.Son didnt approach Barclays, the people said. BLOOMBERG

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SIAS richest man Li Ka-shing announced on Friday that a Singapore state investment fund had agreed to buy just under 25 per cent of his agship retail chain, in a deal worth more than $5.6 billion. Singapores Temasek will purchase 24.95 per cent of A.S. Watson, part of Lis vast Hutchison Whampoa conglomerate, for HK$44 billion ($5.67 billion), a Hutchison statement said, calling it a strategic alliance. Watson had grown internationally in the past two decades with more than 10,500 stores worldwide, the statement said, adding that the deal valued the retail chain at HK$177 billion. The announcement came as a surprise as markets had expected Watson would be listing in Hong Kong and London by June, in what could have been the worlds biggest initial public offering since late 2012, predicted to raise $6 billion. But in light of the new deal, Li said that the listing would be unlikely this year and that it would now be pushed back by two to three years, without explaining further details. He also said that the com-

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pany would be listed in two places, but not London. I am now thinking that it would be in Hong Kong and Singapore, Li said of the possible listing locations. He said that the Temasek alliance was a quicker way to raise capital than the listing process. The reason to list is to raise capital, the way I do it now is faster, whats bad about that? he told reporters at a press conference after the deal had been announced. They [Temasek] liked it so much they offered us 25 per cent, then Mr. Li said one investor is better than an IPO, Hutchison group managing director Canning Fok said at the press conference. Temasek said in a statement that with the investment it had increased its exposure to the consumer retail sector, with a balanced focus on a growing Asia and a recovering Europe. We are very pleased with the opportunity to be a longterm partner with Hutchison Whampoa Limited through our investment in A.S. Watson, said Chia Song Hwee, head of the investment group at Temasek. We share their philosophy to invest and build businesses

A Watsons store, operated by A.S. Watson Group, in Hong Kong on Friday. Hutchison Whampoa, controlled by Asias richest man, said Temasek Holdings will pay for a stake in its retail division AS Watson. BLOOMBERG

for the long term, especially in Asia. A.S. Watson is a wellestablished company with a proven management team, a valuable franchise and a good growth story. A.S. Watson owns health and beauty retailer Superdrug, which has more than 870 stores in Britain and Ireland, as well as the ParknShop grocery chain in Hong Kong. Its agship brand Watsons is

Asias largest health and beauty retailer, with over 4,000 stores and more than 900 pharmacies around the world, including in 10 Asian markets. Li had last year aborted an attempt to sell ParknShop after suitors, among them Australias Woolworth Ltd, failed to meet his $3 billion to $4 billion asking price. Hutchison Whampoa said in February it saw a 20 per

cent year on year increase in net prots for 2013, fuelled by growth in its port, hotel and property divisions, despite challenging global markets. Li started out in business as a plastic ower-maker but now commands a vast empire through Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa, with global assets in property, telecoms, utilities, ports and retail. AFP

YANMARS travel and tourism sector is set to grow 9.5 per cent in 2014 to reach $971 million as the number of international visitors to the country, especially from Asia, is expected to continue climbing, according to a report published on March 19 by the London-based World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) research group. The Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2014 report says direct capital into the tourism and travel sector accounted for $885 million last year, or 1.6 per cent of GDP, with capital likely to grow an average 6.9 per cent annually over the next ten years. Domestic travel spending generated 68.8 per cent of direct travel and tourism GDP in 2013 compared with 31.2 per cent for visitor exports [foreign visitor spending or international tourism receipts], the study said. Despite marked improvements for the tourism and travel sectors, Myanmar is still far behind its more developed regional neighbours, the study shows. THE MYANMAR TIMES

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AILED bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox says it has found 200,000 coins worth $116 million in an old digital wallet, after it collapsed in February admitting it had lost half a billion dollars in a possible theft. The Tokyo-based digital currency exchange led for bankruptcy protection in Japan last month, saying that it had lost 850,000 coins worth nearly $500 million at present prices. But 200,000 bitcoins were left in a wallet used before June 2011, the company said in a statement on its website on Thursday. Bitcoin wallets are used for online transactions between currency holders. The new nd would be worth $116 million, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin price index. The discovery has been reported to the court overseeing the case, the statement revealed. Mt. Gox, which at one time reportedly processed 80 per cent of global bitcoin transactions, said that the 200,000 bitcoins discovered on March 7 had been moved to an ofine wallet.

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Taking into account the existence of the 200,000 BTC, the total number of Bitcoins which have disappeared is therefore estimated to be approximately 650,000 BTC, the statement said. The company led for protection under US bankruptcy law earlier this month, 10 days after doing the same in Japan after a huge loss of the digital currency. Mt. Goxs lawyer said 750,000 bitcoins belonging to customers had gone, along with Mt. Goxs own store of the currency, which she said was around 100,000 units. Japanese ofcials have said they are closely monitoring Mt. Goxs bankruptcy proceedings, as they try to get a handle on how and why the exchange imploded. The reasons for their disappearance and the exact number of bitcoins which disappeared is still under investigation, Mt. Gox said. The global virtual currency community was shaken by the shuttering of Mt. Gox, which froze withdrawals in early February because of what the rm said was a bug in the software underpinning bitcoin that allowed attacked by critics who fear it could be used to nance organised crime or terrorism. Earlier this month, the Japanese government said bitcoin was not a currency but also said that transactions involving it should be subject to taxation. Tokyo has also stated that banks could not broker bitcoin transactions or open accounts holding the virtual unit. But as regulators around the world grapple with how to handle bitcoin, Japan did not specify if Tokyo would immediately begin cracking down on it, or how it would do so, given the units opaque nature. While comprehending the actual situations, we will consider taking measures if necessary, the cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in a statement on Tuesday. US Federal Reserve head Janet Yellen has said the Fed had no powers over a currency that only exists virtually with no central authority behind it. Several countries, including Russia and China, have heavily restricted how bitcoin can be used. AFP

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Kolin Burges, a Mt. Gox customer, holds a placard in front of the Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange in Tokyo, Japan, last month. BLOOMBERG

hackers to pilfer them. According to Japans Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, Mt. Gox suffered a massive assault by hackers, coming under some 150,000 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks per second for several days ahead of its spectacular failure. Under DDoS attacks, hackers hijack multiple computers to send a ood of data to the target, crippling its computer system. Unlike traditional cur-

rencies backed by central banks, bitcoin is generated by complex chains of interactions among a huge network of computers all around the planet. After trading for cents per bitcoin for the rst two years of its existence, it began a frenzied climb in 2011 that took it to $40 a coin in late 2012 and $1,100 last year, before falling off to the current $580 level. Its relative anonymity and lack of regulation has been

RI Lankas economy grew a weaker-thanexpected 7.3 per cent last year, the countrys central bank said on Friday as it kept interest rates at multiyear lows to boost private investment and lending. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka said last years expansion was much stronger than the 6.3 per cent recorded in 2012 thanks to a pick-up in exports and foreign remittances. However, the figure was below the banks eight per cent forecast as an expected rise in lending had not taken place. Credit to the private sector by commercial banks moderated, growing only by 5.2 per cent in January 2014 in comparison to 7.5 per cent in December 2013, the bank said in its monthly review of the economy. Officials said the softer data came as loans to the private sector rose just 15.5 per cent last year, well short of estimates of 18 per cent. But the bank said its Monetary Board viewed the deceleration in those loans to be temporary. AFP

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TED uses new home in Canada to ring in 30-year anniversary

Glenn Chapman

TED turns 30 years old with a mind-sizzling mix of intrigue, wonder and passion in the renowned gatherings new home in Canada. The latest event by TED, which was born in California in 1984 and grew into a global forum for heady ideas worth spreading, ended on Friday after gazing thoughtfully at the past and looking optimistically ahead. The platform has gotten more interesting to more people, Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) curator Chris Anderson said. We are planning on taking every opportunity to go deeper into issues; to present a core idea and add to it with ways to get involved. TED has won a global following for trademark talks during which the brilliant, innovative, artistic or accomplished deliver thoughtsparking presentations in 18 minutes or less. Topics at the ve-day TED gathering ranged from mindcontrolling parasites and bionic limbs to intestinal microbes and collective consciousness. Female fashion model Geena Rocero used the TED stage to, for the rst time, tell how she was born a boy in the Philippines but become a woman to match her inner truth. Some of my neighbours, friends, colleagues, even my agent didnt know about my history, Rocero said on the TED stage. Not a lot of people can say that their rst job was pageant queen for transgender women, but Ill take it. Internet spying and online privacy were hot topics at the gathering, known for attracting Internet entrepreneurs such as founders of Google, Amazon and Netix. That debate was set ablaze by the surprise ap-

pearance of former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden in the form of a robot controlled remotely from his hideaway in Russia. Doing it by tele-presence really excited him, Anderson said of Snowden showing up in robot form to roam the conference, even stopping for photos. Snowdens virtual visit to TED, and his promise of sensational new revelations to come, prompted the NSA to weigh in via video link a day later to argue that his arrogance has put lives at risk and terrorists on guard. It was an intense experience, it denitely pushed my own margin of comfort to the edge, Anderson said. Anderson saw this years move from California to Vancouver as symbolic of the gatherings evolution into a global platform for ideas. Anderson and Peter Diamandis of the X PRIZE announced a competition to reward those behind the rst articial intelligence creation that gives a TED talk compelling enough to earn a standing ovation. Looks at TEDs past and visions of the future were woven through the week, with MIT Media lab founder Nicholas Negroponte predicting by the end of the next three decades, people will ingest knowledge the way they do vitamins. The rst TED gathering was a venue for elite thinkers to hear about and discuss new ideas. Since then scientists, political leaders, artists, entrepreneurs and musicians have taken to the stage. In 2006, TED began to record talks and post them for free online. The dinner party has turned into a global phenomenon, a banquet for the whole world, said Richard Saul Wurman, who started the gatherings that Andersons non-prot Sapling Foundation has nurtured into the TED of today. AFP

Vladimir Putin signs a law making Crimea part of Russia during a ceremony in Moscow last week. Putin said Moscow would hold off on further reciprocal sanctions against the United States after Washington introduced punitive measures against his close allies over the Ukraine crisis. AFp

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HE most startling part of Washingtons sanctions on Russian businessmen loyal to President Vladimir Putin may be a single sentence that contains an explosive allegation: that Putin himself prots from the worlds fourth biggest oil trading company, Gunvor. Among the people the United States sanctioned last week as part of its drive to put pressure on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine was businessman Gennady Timchenko, a long-time acquaintance of Putin and, until this week, coowner of Geneva-based Gunvor, which trades nearly 3 per cent of the worlds oil. In announcing the sanctions, the US treasury went a step further, adding a single sentence that hits squarely at one of the most controversial topics that Putin has faced in 13 years as the Kremlin ruler and head of the government. Timchenko activities in the energy sector have been directly linked to Putin. Putin has investments in Gunvor and may have access to Gunvor funds, the statement said. The US treasury declined further comment on what information it has about Putins investments in Gunvor and how exactly he could have access to Gunvors funds. It provoked a quick and furious response. Gunvor said the statement was outrageous and blatantly false.

Gunvor categorically denies that Vladimir Putin has or has ever had any ownership or that he is a beneciary of our business directly or indirectly, it said. Gunvor has repeatedly said that Timchenko and chief executive ofcer Torbjorn Tornqvist had equal stakes each of about 45 per cent and the remaining 10 percent was owned by the staff. Timchenko has repeatedly denied that Putin helped him create his vast business empire, yet because of his long and close relationship with Putin speculation has persisted. Putins spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the sanctions unacceptable and said the Kremlin was studying the impact of the inclusion of Timchenko on the list. He did not comment on the allegations that Putin has investments in Gunvor. Later in the day a treasury ofcial claried that Timchenkos designation would not affect Gunvor since Timchenko owned less than 50 per cent. At the same time, Gunvor announced that Timchenko had sold his share to Tornqvist on Wednesday, a day earlier. Tornqvist now owns 87 per cent, while 13 per cent belongs to the employees. Still, the growing concern among analysts is that the accusation, and the direct blow at Putins closest allies, may provoke an even more dramatic response from Moscow potentially even using

its vast energy supplies as a weapon against the West. The wording of the treasury statement goes far beyond anything that has been said previously about Putin. He has faced accusations for years, typically from political opponents, that he helped Timchenko create the Gunvor empire. None have ever provided any evidence, and no media outlets have ever reported any proof of ownership interests in Gunvor. Putin worked in the mayors ofce in the early 1990s when Timchenko and his friends, Putin said, spun off an oil trading unit of the Kirishi oil renery. Gunvor has grown spectacularly since then with a turnover of $93 billion in 2012 compared with $5 billion in 2004. It traded large volumes of oil of Russian state companies such as Rosneft at the end of last decade, but since then ceded its leading positions and now focuses on trading in Europe and Asia. According to WikiLeaks cables revealed by the Guardian in 2010, John Beyrle, the former US ambassador to Moscow, reported that Gunvors secretive ownership is rumoured to include prime minister Putin. A call made to Eurasia Foundation, where Beyrle works now after leaving the foreign service, was not answered late last week.

The rst time Putin addressed the issue directly was in 2011. I assure you, I know that a lot is being written about it, without any participation on my part . . . I have known the citizen Timchenko for a very long time, since my work in St Petersburg, Putin told a group of Russian writers. I never interfered with anything related to his business interests. I hope he will not stick his nose into my business either, Putin said. Putin has repeatedly said that he has read in the press reports about his immense wealth and that he was even the worlds richest man but denied those reports as nonsense. Yes it is true. Im not only the richest man in Europe but in the whole world. Im collecting emotions, he told reporters in 2008. Talk of vast personal riches is all rubbish. But the long personal ties between the two have raised many questions about the serendipity of Timchenkos rise. Like Arkady Rotenberg, another businessman on the sanctions list who has enjoyed astounding business success under Putin, Timchenko is an old judo buddy of Putins, and they even reportedly founded a judo club together. This year, Forbes estimated Timchenkos wealth at $15.3 billion, calling him one of the most powerful people in Russia. THE GUARDIAN

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Crimea leader: fight Kiev, Ukraines Russians
Dmitry Zaks

RIMEAS rebel leader urged Russians across Ukraine on Sunday to rise up against Kievs rule and welcome Kremlin forces whose unrelenting march against his ashpoint peninsula has deed Western outrage. The call came amid growing anxiety among Kievs Western-backed rulers that Russian President Vladimir Putin ushed with expansionist fervour will imminently order an all-out attack on his former Soviet neighbour after being hit by only limited EU and US sanctions for taking the Black Sea cape. The aim of Putin is not Crimea but all of Ukraine, Ukraines National Security and Defence Council chief Andriy Parubiy told a mass unity rally in Kiev. His troops massed at the border are ready to attack at any moment, he said a day after Russian forces used armoured personnel carriers and stun grenades to capture Ukraines main Crimean airbase. The takeover came as the chill in East-West ties grew stiffer with a charge by Germany a nation whose friendship Putin had nurtured of a Kremlin attempt to splinter Europe along Cold War-era lines. Europes most explosive security crisis in decades will now dominate a nuclear security summit opening in The Hague today that will include what may prove the most difcult meeting to date between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The encounter comes with Russia facing the loss of its coveted seat among the G8 group of lead-

Two groups of pro-Russian protesters scufe during an argument at a rally in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk yesterday. AFP

ing nations and Putins inner circle reeling from sanctions Washington unleashed for their use of force in Crimea in response to last months fall of Ukraines pro-Kremlin regime. One of the biggest tests facing the besieged Western-backed leaders in Kiev now comes from restless Russians who have been stirring up violent protests and demanding their own secession referendums in the southeastern swaths of Ukraine. The regions mistrust of the new teams European values lies from cultural and trade ties with Russia that in many cases are centuries old a fact seized upon on Sunday by Crimeas self-declared prime minister. Sergei Aksyonov said in an impas-

sioned address he posted on Facebook and read out on local TV that Crimea began facing a sad fate the moment three months of deadly protests involving a mix of nationalist and pro-Western forces toppled the pro-Kremlin regime in Kiev. But we resisted and won! Our motherland Russia extended her hand of help, Aksyonov said. So today, I appeal to you with a call to ght. I call on you to resist the choice made for you by a bunch of political mavericks who are being nanced by oligarchs. Aksyonov said he was deeply convinced that the future of southeastern Ukraine rested in a close union

with the Russian Federation a political, economic and cultural union. Crimeas rebel authorities estimate they together with the Kremlins forces control at least half of Ukrainian bases on the Black Sea peninsula and about a third of its functioning naval vessels. The most dramatic episode of Russias excursion so far saw crack forces break into the Belbek airbase near the main city of Simferopol after an armoured personnel carrier blasted through the main gate. Two more armoured personnel carriers followed and gunmen stormed in ring automatic weapons into the air. An reporter heard stun grenades before the situation calmed and the gunmen lowered their weapons. Several of the bases unarmed soldiers began singing the Ukrainian national anthem during the ensuing lull. Ukraines interim President Oleksandr Turchynov said Sunday that the Russian forces had captured the bases commander Yuliy Mamchur, and demanded his immediate release. We are demanding an end to this aggression against Ukraine and its citizens, Turchynov said. But Russias Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov denied his forces were conducting any military activities that could threaten the security of neighbouring states. But Russias diplomatic isolation is growing as quickly as the reemergence of an ideological divide that appeared to have been bridged with the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. Germany whose economic power is playing a decisive role in forging Europes response to Putins increasingly belligerent stance warned af-

ter talks with Ukraines leaders that the continents future was at stake. The referendum in Crimea . . . is a violation of international law and an attempt to splinter Europe, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters after meeting Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. The show of diplomatic solidarity may play an important psychological role in Kiev as it faces new pressure from Russia that include open threats to throw Ukraines wheezing economy into convulsion by raising its gas rates and demanding colossal payments for disputed debts it could ill afford. Yet Ukraine is unlikely to hear its calls for US and EU military support answered. Yatsenyuk said that he and Steinmeier had discussed military and technological cooperation assistance for Ukraines vastly undernanced and outdated force of 130,000 soldiers a fraction of Russias 845,000 troops. Both the United States and Europe have thus far limited their retaliation against Putin to targeted travel and nancial sanctions that concern ofcials but do not impact the broader Russian economy. Washingtons steps have been more meaningful because they hit what US ofcials call a Putin crony bank as well as oligarchs who are believed to be closest to the Russian strongman and in one case actually running a joint business with him. Leading EU nations such as Britain and Germany their nancial and energy sectors intertwined with Russias have questioned why they should suffer most in case of an allout trade war. AFP

Climate change to hit Asia hardest, warns new report

PEoplE in coastal regions of Asia, particularly those living in cities, could face some of the worst effects of global warming, climate experts will warn this week. Hundreds of millions of people are likely to lose their homes as flooding, famine and rising sea levels sweep the region, one of the most vulnerable to the impact of global warming, the UN states. The report Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability makes it clear that for the first half of this century countries such as the UK will avoid the worst impacts of climate change, triggered by rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. By contrast, people living in developing countries in low latitudes, particularly those along the coast of Asia, will suffer the most, especially those living in crowded cities. A final draft of the report will be debated by a panel of scientists set up by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) this week at a meeting in Yokohama, Japan, and will form a key part of the IPCCs fifth assessment report on global warming, whose other sections will be published later this year. According to the scientists who have written the draft report, hundreds of millions of people will be affected by coastal flooding and land loss as global temperatures rise, ice caps melt and sea levels rise. The majority of it will be in east, southeast and south Asia. Some small island states are expected to face very high impacts. In addition, the report warns that cities also face particular problems. Heat stress, extreme precipitation, inland and coastal flooding, as well as drought and water scarcity, pose risks in urban areas with risks amplified for those lacking essential infrastructure and services or living in exposed areas. The report adds that this latter forecast is made with very high confidence. In addition, climate change will slow down economic growth, further erode food security and trigger new poverty traps, particularly in urban areas and emerging hot spots of hunger, it is argued. This mix of a high-risk region and the special vulnerability of cities make coastal Asian urban centres likely flashpoints for future conflict and hardship as the planet warms up this century. Acrid plumes of smoke produced by forest fires triggered by drought and other factors are already choking cities across southeast Asia. In future, this problem is likely to get worse, scientists say. The authors warn that some other climate change effects will be global. Climate change throughout the 21st century will lead to increases in illhealth in many regions, as compared to a baseline without climate change, the report states. Examples include greater likelihood of injury, disease, and death due to more intense heatwaves and fires; increased likelihood of undernutrition resulting from diminished food production in poor regions; and increased risks from food-borne and waterborne disease. Other potential crises highlighted by the report include the likelihood that yields of major crops such as wheat, rice and maize are likely to decline at rates of up to two per cent a decade, at a time when demands for these crops triggered by world population increases are likely to rise by 14 per cent. At the same time, coral reefs face devastating destruction triggered by increasing amounts of carbon dioxide dissolving in sea water and acidifying Earths oceans. The report makes grim reading. This comprehensive scientific assessment makes clear that climate change is having a growing impact around the world, and that the risks of catastrophic consequences increase every day as more greenhouse gas pollution is pumped into the atmosphere, said Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the UKs Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change. THE
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US landslide kills three and traps victims

ReSCUeRS clawed through piles of mud, rocks and trees early yesterday trying to reach survivors of a giant landslide that killed three people in the northwestern United States. At least eight people were injured, including a six-month-old infant, when the face of a rain-saturated mountainside slid down Saturday, destroying six homes in the rural community of Oso, northeast of Seattle, local police and firefighters said. We have people who are yelling for help and we are out there, Travis Hots, the district fire chief in Snohomish County, Washington state, told reporters late Saturday. This is a massive slide, and we are in a very, very fluid and unstable situation, Hots stated. We are going to take extreme risks to get them out of there. Search teams used thermal imaging cameras to aid rescue efforts, the Snohomish County sheriffs office said. All of a sudden there was a wall of mud about 25 feet [almost eight metres] high, survivor Robin Youngblood told The Seattle Times. Rain has been especially heavy in the Cascade Mountains region in the past weeks, officials said. The forecast was for a break in the rain yesterday, but for more heavy downpours throughout the week. AFP

Sightings boost search for MH370

Greg Wood

He sighting of a wooden pallet and other debris that may be linked to a Malaysian passenger jet raised hopes yesterday of a breakthrough in the international search for the missing plane. The sense that the hunt was nally on the right track after more than two weeks of false leads and dead ends was reinforced by new French satellite data indicating oating objects in the southern search area. Australian ofcials said the pallet, along with belts or straps, was spotted on Saturday in a remote stretch of the Indian Ocean that has become the focus of the search around 2,500 kilometres southwest of Perth. Its still too early to be denite, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said. But obviously we have now had a number of very credible leads and there is increasing hope no more than hope, no more than hope that we might be on the road to discovering what did happen to this ill-fated aircraft. Australian and Chinese satellite images have picked up large objects oating in the region, and Malaysias transport ministry said yesterday that France had provided similar data in the vicinity of the southern corridor. The Malaysian statement gave no details of the French satellite data. But Frances foreign ministry said it

A Japanese Air Force AP-3C Orion arrives at RAAF base Pearce in Bullsbrook, 35 kilometres north of Perth yesterday. AFP

came in the form of satellite-generated radar echoes, which contains information about the location and distance of the object which bounces a signal back. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) conrmed the pallet and other debris marked the rst visual sighting since Australian, New Zealand and US spotter planes began scouring the area on Thursday. Wooden pallets are quite common in aircraft and ship cargo holds. The objects were spotted by observers on one of the civilian aircraft taking part in the search. An air force P3 Orion aircraft with

specialist electro-optic observation equipment was diverted to the same location, but only reported sighting clumps of seaweed. Thats the nature of it, AMSA aircraft operations coordinator Mike Barton said. You only have to be off by a few hundred metres in a fasttravelling aircraft. Yesterdays search involving four military and four civilian aircraft plus an Australian warship ended with no sightings of signicance but would resume today, AMSA said. Yesterdays search covered 59,000 square kilometres. China has dispatched seven ships to the hunt for

the plane, adding to British and Australian naval ships involved. Obviously the more aircraft we have, the more ships we have, the more condent we are of recovering whatever material is down there, Abbott said. AMSA said Chinese and Japanese planes would join todays operation. If the plane did crash in the ocean, investigators are hoping to identify the impact site before the planes black box stops emitting tracking signals usually after 30 days. The ight recorder will be crucial in solving the mystery of what caused the Boeing 777 with 239 passengers and crew aboard suddenly to veer off course over the South China Sea en route to Beijing. Satellite and military radar data suggest the plane backtracked over the Malaysian peninsula and then ew on possibly for hours either north into South and Central Asia, or south over the Indian Ocean. The question of what happened on board has become a topic of unbridled speculation, with Malaysian investigators standing by their assessment that the plane was deliberately diverted by someone on board. Three scenarios have gained particular traction: hijacking, pilot sabotage, or a sudden mid-air crisis that incapacitated the ight crew and left the plane to y on auto-pilot for several hours until it ran out of fuel and crashed. AFP

Turkey warns Syria after downing plane

TURKISH Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday congratulated the military for downing a Syrian warplane near its border and warned of a heavy response if its airspace was violated. Our response from now will be heavy if you violate our airspace, Erdogan said during an election rally, addressing the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. I congratulate the chief of general staff, the armed forces and those honourable pilots . . . I congratulate our air forces, said the premier. Syria yesterday accused its northern neighbour of agrant aggression after Turkish forces shot down the warplane as it bombarded rebels near the border. Turkish media reported that the army warned two Syrian jets approaching its border to turn away, but scrambled its F-16 jets when one refused to abide by the warning. President Abdullah Gul called Chief of Staff General Necdet Ozel to congratulate him. Turkey has shown its determination to protect its border, he was quoted as saying by Turkish media. Parliament speaker Cemil Cicek said Turkey acted within its rights under international law, media reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the plane was striking the northern province of Latakia when it was hit, catching re and crashing in Syrian territory. Turkish warplanes last year downed a Syrian helicopter, which Ankara said was detected two kilometres inside Turkish airspace. Turkey toughened its rules of engagement after the downing of one of its ghter jets by the Syrian air force in June 2012, to say that any military approach of the Turkish border from Syria would be considered a threat. Turkey, a staunch opponent of the regime in Damascus, hosts more than 750,000 refugees from the three-year Syrian conict, many of them in camps along the border. Syrian forces and rebels battled yesterday for a third straight day for control of a key crossing on the northern border with Turkey, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Fighters from [the AlQaeda-afliated] Al-Nusra Front and other groups have attacked the crossing and forced out regime forces and national defence auxiliaries, Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said. However, he added that erce ghting was still under way at the Kasab crossing, which was rst attacked on Friday. On Tuesday, Al-Nusra and Islamist groups Sham al-Islam and Ansar al-Sham announced the launch of an offensive dubbed Anfal in Latakia province. The province, which includes President Bashar alAssads family village, is considered a regime stronghold, and many residents are from his Alawite minority. Signicant military reinforcements have been sent to the government forces, said the Observatory, which relies on a network of activists and medical sources on the ground for its reports. AFP

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NtI-GOVERNMENt protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban late on Saturday countered with a vow of his own to hold the biggest ever rally on Saturday a week ahead of the red shirts. The red shirt gathering at Lan Khao Talo in Pattaya was held one day after the charter court ruled that the February 2 election was illegitimate because it was not completed in a day. Red shirt leaders claimed that the number of demonstrators was far more than the previous red shirt gatherings in the north and northeast because they were outraged by the poll decision. Speaking on the red shirt stage, United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship chairman Jatuporn Prompan said the UDD needed to rise to the challenge of ghting against the network of ammart [the elite]. Charnyuth Hengtrakul, leader of the UDDs eastern chapter, said at least 30,000 red shirts showed up. Police put the number at 10,000. He said the red shirts were now ready to ght against injustice and the network of ammart and against the appointment of a neutral interim prime minister. Jatuporn said that the UDD will mobilise red shirt supporters na-

Red shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan rouses the crowd during a speech in Pattaya on Saturday night. BANGKOK POST

tionwide on April 5 and urge them to prepare to set off on a major journey on that day. Details of their destinations will be announced later, he said, adding that the UDD co-leaders will meet on March 29 to discuss three secret missions, the details of which would be revealed later. He urged red shirt supporters to wear black in protest against independent organisations and injustices for seven days, starting tomorrow. He was referring to the charter courts ruling and the National Anti-Corruption Commissions March 20 recom-

mendation that Senate Speaker Nikhom Wairatpanich be impeached for his role in the passage of the charter amendment draft to make the Senate fully elected. Suthep, the PRDC leader, said at Lumpini park on Saturday night that it was the best time for us to come out and tell the public that we dont want an election, we want reform. He urged supporters to hold activities across the country on Saturday, while in Bangkok protesters would march from Lumpini Park to the Royal Plaza from 9.30am. The strong reactions of the protest

camps had fuelled observers fears of rising political tension and violence following the courts nullication of the February 2 election. Signs of growing violence emerged on Saturday with a car bomb incident on Bangkoks Chaeng Watthana Road and three separate grenade attacks in Chiang Mai on Friday night. Four people were injured in one of the Chiang Mai bombings. Police are investigating if the three incidents are linked and whether they are politically motivated. A car parked on Soi Chaeng Watthana 13 went up in ames early on Saturday morning. Explosive devices were found inside the vehicle. The incident took place in front of a house in the lane. People living in the house called reghters and alerted police about 5am after they heard explosions and found a Toyota sedan engulfed in ames. After the re was put out, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) police were called in and discovered remnants of two re extinguishers containing explosives on the back seat of the car. A cooking gas cylinder was found intact in the boot of the vehicle. EOD ofcers managed to defuse it. There were no injuries in the blasts. Police Colonel Kamthorn Ouicharoen, head of the EOD unit, said checks had found the explosive devices were homemade bombs of the same type planted at the Of-

ce of the Attorney-General and the Judicial Training Institute in Bangkok last Monday. The incident took place near the Chaeng Watthana protest site of the anti-government Peoples Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC). Three bombs that went off in the northern province of Chiang Mai on Friday night injured four people, police said. The bomb attacks occurred between 8:20pm and 9:30pm. The rst bomb was hidden under the wheel of a car in the parking lot of the Andaman Seafood Restaurant in Chiang Mai district at 8:20pm. No one was injured. The second incident happened at 8:50pm when two M79 grenades were red into the compound of the ofce of Boon Rawd Brewery Co. Only one of them exploded. The companys property was slightly damaged. No one was hurt. At 9:30pm, a bomb was thrown into a PTT petrol station. Four people, three of them petrol station staff, were injured. Police say the three incidents could be politically motivated after the February 2 poll was declared void by the charter court. Chiang Mai provincial police chief Krit Kittilue said investigators had found that the explosives at the petrol station and the seafood restaurant were of the same type RGD 5 which were made in Russia.
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Leader defends pact as parliament occupied
TAIWAns president yesterday refused to scrap a contentious trade pact with China, denouncing the illegal occupation of parliament by protesters who are opposed to its ratication. Around 200 protesters, mostly young students, broke through security barriers and took over parliaments main chamber on Tuesday night and have remained there ever since the rst such occupation of the building in the islands history. The student group have been occupying the parliaments main chamber in a manner violating the law, paralysing the legislatures operation for ve days, President Ma Ying-jeou said at a press conference televised live. I must say [the pact] is completely for the sake of Taiwans economic future. The agreement is designed to open up further trade in services between China and Taiwan, which split 65 years ago after a civil war. But the protesters say that the deal will leave it vulnerable to political pressure from China, allegations rejected by Mas ruling Kuomintang party, which warns that failure to ratify the agreement would be a grave setback in Taiwans efforts to seek more free trade agreements. Ma, who initiated Taipeis much-touted detente with Beijing, refused to back down yesterday, terming the occupation of parliament illegal. Let us calm down and think carefully. Is this the democracy we want? Do we have to do in this way, risking the rule of law, he said. As president of the Republic of China [Taiwans ofcial title], I have to insist on rule of law while safeguarding democracy. AFP

Prominent left-wing activist bailed in Egypt

AN EGYPTIaN court released a leading left-wing activist on trial for joining an unsanctioned and violent protest on bail yesterday, as the army-installed regime seeks to quell political unrest. Alaa Abdel Fattah and 24 others are accused of taking part in a violent protest last November outside the senate, where a panel drafted a new constitution giving the army broader powers. The trial for the activist, one of the leaders of the 2011 uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak, opened yesterday as another court resumed the trial of Mubaraks deposed Islamist successor Mohamed Morsi. AFP

Ebola is confirmed as Guinea epidemic source

GUINea identified the Ebola virus on Saturday as the source of a highly contagious epidemic as the death toll rose to 59. Experts in the west African nation had been unable to identify the disease, whose symptoms diarrhoea, vomiting and bleeding were first observed six weeks ago, but scientists in the French city of Lyon confirmed it was Ebola, the Guinean health ministry said. No treatment or vaccine is available for Ebola, which kills between 25 and 90 per cent of those who fall sick, depending on the strain of the virus, according to the WHO. AFP

Pull up a chair
Demonstrators attack the facade of a Bankia branch during clashes with police at the end of a march dubbed the Marches for Dignity 22-M to protest against austerity in Madrid on Saturday. Spanish police detained 24 people during street violence late on Saturday in which dozens were injured, a police spokesman said. Tens of thousands of people marched though the streets of Madrid on Saturday to demonstrate against spending cuts, sky-high unemployment and alleged corruption. The peaceful march took a violent turn late in the evening while most protesters dispersed as dozens of youths smashed the windows of several banks, set rubbish bins on re and threw rocks at police. Police responded with charges and by ring rubber bullets to disperse the protesters. AFP

The US Navy handed over to Libyan authorities on Saturday an oil tanker it boarded after the vessel took to sea with crude illegally loaded at a rebel-held port, the American embassy said. Earlier today, US forces turned control of the M/T Morning Glory over to the government of Libya, a statement said. The handover took place in international waters off the coast of Libya, and the government of Libya and its security forces are now in control of the vessel. The embassy said the transfer of the Egyptian-owned tanker had taken place smoothly and as planned. AFP

US navy hands rogue tanker back to Libya

OLICE red tear gas and made several arrests as 20,000 people marched on Saturday in the Venezuelan capital Caracas against what they say is President Nicolas Maduros heavy-handed repression of dissent. Three protesters were killed by pro-government militia in separate attacks in the states of Tachira, Merida and Carabobo, according to unconrmed local media reports citing witnesses. At least 31 people have been killed in more than six weeks of student-led protests against the government, representing the biggest challenge yet to Maduro, the elected socialist heir to late president Hugo Chavez. President Maduro and his government have been the target of near-daily protests

Tear gas fired in fresh Venezuela protests

fueled by public anger over soaring crime, hyperination and shortages of such basic goods as toilet paper and further stoked by overzealous police tactics. Demonstrators are also angry at oil-rich Venezuelas close ties to Cuba, the only Communist one-party state in the Americas. Opposition leader Henrique Capriles, governor of Miranda state, headed one of ve protest marches that converged for a mass rally. The protest was called after two opposition mayors were arrested earlier in the week. Another opposition leader, former mayor Leopoldo Lopez, was arrested on February 18 on charges of inciting violence. Lopez, along with a faction of the opposition, favours tactics that would actively push Maduro from power. At the rally, Lopezs wife Lilian Tintori read a letter from the jailed politician to Maduro in which he accused the president of being the dictator of Venezuela. Saturdays rally in Caracas was peaceful until a group of masked youths attempted to block a busy highway, triggering a brief intervention from riot police and security forces who red tear gas and water cannon to disperse them. The youths responded by throwing stones and more tear gas was red to prevent protesters blocking streets. At least eight people were arrested, according to an organisation that monitors arrests. Anti-government demonstrations also broke out in cities such as Valencia, in the north, and Merida and San Cristobal in the west. In the name of freedom, put an end to dictatorship now, read one of the many banners held aloft in the Caracas protest, where opposition leader Henrique Capriles led one of several rallies. Maduro, who succeeded long-time leader Chavez last year, has combined calls for dialogue with a hard stance against opposition rivals and demonstrators. Maduro says he has fended off a coup bid aided or supported by the United States and other fascists. Protests have mainly taken place in middle-class opposition strongholds. Maduro still enjoys support among Venezuelas larger, poor population, allowing him to weather the weeks-long protests. The crackdown on opposition gures contrasts with Maduros call for rivals to join a peace conference. The main opposition has refused to join the dialogue until the government agrees to free more than 100 protesters who remain behind bars. A large crowd of government supporters, mostly students, marched separately in central Caracas. Maduro joined the march and claimed that opposition protesters have burned 15 public university buildings since the demonstrations began on February 4, which he described as acts of terrorism, vandalism and fascism. Maduro also threatened to arrest Ramon Muchacho, the mayor of Chacao a Caracas district that has become the heart of opposition activity in the capital for not cracking down on protesters in his jurisdiction. The mayor said there had been several arrests during the march on Saturday. AFP

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OR half a year they have sat in their seventh-oor ofce, probing the murky depths of Europes most violent political force. It is not a mission that many would envy. But Ioanna Klapa and Maria Dimitropoulou, long-time friends who belong to Greeces rst generation of female judges, have gone about the business of dissecting Golden Dawn with the precision of a surgeon. After trawling though computers conscated from the far-right partys leaders, examining witnesses and wading through thousands of videos, pictures, speeches, documents and blogs, the court ofcials have compiled a 15,000-page dossier outlining why they believe Golden Dawn is a criminal organisation. Under the weight of their inquiry spurred by the murder of a left-wing musician at the hands of a senior party operative in September last year the extremist group has begun to crack. Last week one Golden Dawn MP resigned, citing ignorance of the partys activities. Another was expelled after indicating that he, too, was about to leave. The justice system is one of the few meritocratic institutions in Greece and both of these women are known to be enormously courageous, ercely independent and non-partisan, Aliki Mouriki, a sociologist at the National Centre of Social Research, said. For a party

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that is so macho and militaristic, it is an irony of history that two women should now be in this role. The loss of its deputies reduces to 16 the number of seats the neoNazis control in the 300-member house although nine MPs already face charges and six have been jailed pending trial. In February, Klapa and Dimitropoulou proposed that politicians lift the immunity of another nine MPs who have so far escaped prosecution. A parliamentary vote is expected in the coming weeks. For many the crackdown is long overdue. In the two years since the extremists were catapulted into parliament winning 7 per cent of the vote on the back of widespread fury following the countrys nancial collapse almost no one has confronted their violent tactics or thuggish behaviour. While an alarming rise in attacks on migrants elicited condemnation from international human rights groups, Greek parties and intellectuals remained eerily quiet. With record levels of poverty and unemployment, the neo-Nazis went from strength to strength. The failure of anybody to speak out in a country that experienced such brutal Nazi occupation is absolutely inexcusable, said 92-year-old poet Nanos Valaouritis, one of the few to openly address the issue. The passivity of Greeks when they have been the victims of such ideology is

Members of the far-right Golden Dawn party take part in a rally in Athens on February 1. AFP

unusual to say the least, he said. In the vacuum, the judiciary appears determined to do what the political system has failed to achieve so far by tackling the scourge. No one knows what Klapa or Dimitropoulou think. As judges for the past 30 years, handling some of Greeces most hardened criminals, neither are allowed to make public statements. Armed police who keep watch over the women around the clock, standing in the neon-lit cor-

ridor outside their ofce with guns at the ready, have added to the cloak of mystery surrounding them. Since the two women were appointed by a gutsy female prosecutor to head the inquiry, guards have ensured neither has been caught on camera. Lawyers who have known them for decades are only prepared to describe the women as fearless, hard-working and incredibly detailed. They speak through their actions, one said. And it is evident that they

believe Golden Dawn is not only a criminal organisation masquerading as a political party, but one based entirely on fear among those who support it and those it is against. For the two women, time is now of the essence. In a country where it is impossible to ban a party elected by democratic process, judicial authorities have a deadline of 18 months to put the MPs on trial. But even as it loses support, there are few who believe Golden Dawn is done. Though surveys show the party losing its place as the third most popular political force in Greece, no other attracts as many protest votes among a populace intent on punishing the establishment for the countrys economic crash. Gruelling austerity may have helped Greece to achieve the biggest scal adjustment in global history. But it has also thrown the nation into its worst recession since the Second World War and created a climate that has made Golden Dawn hard to eradicate. I dont think we are close to the end of Golden Dawn. People who support it tend to avoid telling pollsters what they think, veteran conservative commentator Giorgos Kyrtsos said. This is a very well organised party and it will pick up at least what it got in June 2012 in the European elections this May. It will be a long time before Greece gets rid of this menace. THE OBSERVER

NSA targeted phone giant Huawei: report

Mekong River Commission
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The USAID Supporting Forestry and Biodiversity Project is being funded by USAID and implemented by Winrock International and a consortium of partners. The Project is being implemented in close partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries through the Forestry Administration and the Ministry of Environment through the General Department of Administration for Natural Conservation and Protection. The Projects goal is to improve conservation and governance of the Eastern Plains and Prey Lang landscapes to reduce deforestation, mitigate climate change and conserve biodiversity. Project objectives include a) Enhancing effectiveness of government and key natural resource managers to sustainably manage forests and conserve biodiversity; b) Improving constructive dialogue on forest management and economic development; and c) Increasing equitable economic benets from the sustainable management of forests. The USAID Supporting Forestry and Biodiversity (SFB) Project is seeking Expression of Interest with submission of the Proposals from registered, highly-experienced and qualied Cambodian Organizations to design and implement complementing activities to contribute towards achieving its goal and objectives. The eligible applicants must: i) have applicable and technical knowledge, skills, expertise, experiences, structures and network in forest and biodiversity conservation in Cambodia; ii) have a good track records of managing donor funds in an effective and transparent manner; iii) be able to work in the Project target landscapes of Eastern Plains or Prey Lang; iv) have practical experiences in mainstreaming gender and under-represented groups such as women, youth, indigenous people in their project interventions and to ensure at least 30% of these groups are the project beneciaries; and v) be able to contribute at least 10% of the total proposal budget as a cost-sharing, in cash or in kind. The Grants amount will range up to $50,000 for a one year period and up to $150,000 for a maximum of three year period. Grant Proposals are expected to contribute to one or more of the identied main areas and activities as stated in the scope of work in the Request for Applications (RFAs) which are available upon request. Proposals with a complete package, including applications form(s) and its necessary attachments in soft or hard copy should be emailed to infosfb@winrock.org or handed over to the USAID Supporting Forests and Biodiversitys ofce at Phnom Penh Center, Building F, Room 588, Sothearos Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Tel: 855 23 220 714. Deadline for receiving Proposals is before close of business on 10 April 2014. Only shortlisted organizations will be contacted.

Chief Executive Ofcer (CEO)

Level M-15 The Chief Executive Ofcer (CEO) leads the MRC Secretariat; which has two ofce locations in Vientiane, Lao PDR, and Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to become a world class, nancially secure, professional, international organisation, serving Mekong countries to achieve the Basin Vision. It ensures that the organisation actively works for the implementation of the MRC Mission through all its programmes and activities. The CEO is the strategic, structured, result-oriented, and neutral leader responsible for inspiring the MRC Secretariat and other stakeholders to work together to achieve a vision for a Mekong River Basin that is economically prosperous, socially just and environmentally sound. The CEO position is based at MRC Secretariat in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The application instructions and job description can be obtained at MRC website http://www.mrcmekong.org/working-with-mrc/employment. Women are encouraged to apply. Only short-listed candidates will be notied. Closing date for applications: 16 May 2014 Only nationals of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam are eligible to apply. An expression of interest should be sent to the National Mekong Committee of the applicants home country as per details below, with a copy to MRC Secretariat addressed to Ms. Pinthong Thipphavongsa at mrc@mrcmekong.org. An expression of interest for the position should include the followings: 1. 3. Personal Details Candidates statement 2. Curriculum Vitae 4. MRC Personal History Form

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THe NSA created back doors into networks maintained by the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei, according to a report released on Saturday. The report comes from a document provided by Edward Snowden and disclosed by the New York Times and Der Spiegel. It will add to embarrassment in US government circles in light of an October 2012 US House of Representatives intelligence committee report which said US rms should avoid doing business with Huawei and another Chinese telecoms company, ZTE, because they posed a national security threat. President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Hague today, during a six-day trip to Europe in which he will attempt to strengthen international opinion against Russias occupation of Crimea. At the time of the 2012 House reports release, intelligence committee chairman Mike Rogers said: Find another vendor [than Huawei] if you care about your intellectual property, if you care about your consumers privacy and you care about the national security of the [US]. In July 2013 Huawei rebutted such claims, calling them racist. The Times and Spiegel reports said that in an operation code-named Shotgiant, the NSA gained access to the companys servers, obtaining information and monitoring communications between executives. Among those whose emails the NSA was able to

read was the president of Huawei, Ren Zhengfei. Huawei claims to connect a third of the worlds population. It is also the worlds third-largest maker of smartphones. Saturdays reports quoted from the 2010 document: Many of our targets communicate over Huawei-produced products. We want to make sure that we know how to exploit these products. In response to previous stories derived from documents obtained by Snowden, the US government repeatedly said the NSA breaks into foreign networks only for reasons of national security. On Saturday an NSA spokeswoman, Caitlin Hayden, said: We do not give intelligence we collect to US companies to enhance international competitiveness or increase ... bottom line. Many countries cannot say the same. The Times quoted William Plummer, Huaweis vicepresident of external affairs, as saying: The irony is that exactly what they are doing to us is what they have always charged that the Chinese are doing through us. Security against cyber warfare carried out by China is an increasing concern to the US. In February 2013 a US security company said it had pinpointed a unit within the Peoples Liberation Army responsible for a number of cyber attacks against the US. The Times also quoted James A Lewis, a cyber security exper, who said: China does more in terms of cyber-espionage than all other countries put together. THE GUaRDIaN

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N Korea fires 16 more rockets into sea: South

NORTH Korea test-fired 16 short-range rockets into the sea yesterday, the Souths military said. The launches took place between about 1am (1600 GMT Saturday) and 2:30am off the Norths east coast, a South Korean defence ministry spokesman said. They were rockets with a range of about 60 kilometres, he said. About 70 short-range rockets have been fired into the sea this month, including 30 on Saturday. Analysts say the launches are an expression of Pyongyangs anger at ongoing annual South Korean-US military drills, which run until next month. AFP

Peace prospects dim after arrests

ROSpECTS of reviving peace talks with Philippine communist insurgents have faded following the arrest of a married couple who are senior rebel leaders, ofcials and analysts said yesterday. The armed forces have hailed the arrest on Saturday of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) chairman Benito Tiamzon and his wife, the partys secretary general Wilma Tiamzon, as a victory. Military chief General Emmanuel Bautista said Benito Tiamzon heads both the party and its armed wing, the New Peoples Army (NPA). He directs the armed struggle all over the country, directs the [use of landmines], the killings, and the violence perpetrated by the NPA, Bautista said. He told reporters the arrests would leave the 45-yearold rebel movement with a leadership vacuum, adding that he hoped more guerrillas would realise the futility of their struggle. But the detentions also prompted harsh accusations from both sides over the stalled peace process. The Tiamzons were held in a raid in the central island of Cebu on three warrants for

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Abe eyes Seoul thaw

JapanEsE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe indicated yesterday that he wanted Tokyo and Seoul to put wartime enmities behind them ahead of his first meeting with South Korean President Park Geun-hye. Relations between the two countries are at their lowest ebb in years. Abe attends a Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague today. On the sidelines of the event he is due to meet with Park and US President Obama. It is going to be my first talk with President Park Geun-hye and I want to make it the first step to build a future-oriented Japan-South Korea relationship, Abe said.
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Communist Party of the Philippines chairman Benito Tiamzon and his wife, party secretary-general Wilma Tiamzon, after their arrest. AFP

multiple murder and attempted murder, Bautista said. He said ve other people arrested with the couple were also believed to be insurgents since they were found in possession of firearms and explosives. Luis Jalandoni, chairman of the insurgents negotiating panel, condemned the illegal arrest, saying both Tiamzons were covered by immunity guarantees. Jalandoni called the arrests a agrant violation of an immunity deal signed in 1995 when the latest peace talks began. It most seriously

prejudices the peace negotiations, he added. President Benigno Aquino had hoped to reach a peace agreement with the communists by the end of his term in 2016, but in April 2013 the government declared that talks had collapsed. Government negotiators denied the arrests violated the immunity deal, and said Wilma Tiamzon would not have been covered in any case since she had jumped bail in 1989. The government panel said in a statement the rebels position was ridiculous as it

meant they could stage attacks and then claim immunity when arrested. It is even more outrageous considering the peace negotiations have not moved for over a year now, the panel reported. Aquinos spokesman Edwin Lacierda also said that any further talks should be time bound and not open-ended as in previous negotiations. Despite the collapse of the talks in 2013, the Aquino government revealed that in January it had been working with the Norwegian government, which had brokered previous negotiations, to reopen the stalled talks. Rommel Banlaoi, chairman of the Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research, said the arrests would damage prospects for further talks since the rebels could demand the release of the Tiamzons as a precondition. He said guerrillas might also mount retaliatory attacks. The NPAs ranks have shrunk to about 4,000 guerrillas from more than 26,000 in the late 1980s. But the rebels frequently ambush or raid small military and police units, and extort money from rural businesses, military ofcials say. AFP

Shepherd mission has saved 750

NVIRONMeNTAL group Sea Shepherd have returned to land after their longest-ever anti-whaling campaign in the Southern Ocean, claiming to have saved more than 750 whales in their annual high seas showdown with Japanese whalers. Sea Shepherds ships Bob Barker and Steve Irwin docked in Wellington and Hobart on Saturday after 94 days at sea, formally ending the groups 10th annual harassment campaign of the Japanese harpoon fleet. There were three high seas confrontations during the campaign and Bob Barker captain Peter Hammarstedt claimed the season a success. Although the whale poachers have not yet released the number of whales they have killed this season, we are confident they have not even reached one quarter of their bogus self-allocated quota, and estimate our efforts saved over 750 whales, he said. The group did not offer any details to support their claim and Japans fisheries agency was not available for comment. AFP

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Counting the cost of Africas poaching

Peter Martell

RGANISED crime gangs in East Africa are generating staggering prots smuggling ivory and rhino horn with impunity, experts say, threatening both an irreplaceable wildlife heritage and key tourism industries. Kenyan and Tanzanian ports are the primary gateway for ivory smuggled to Asia, where demand is fuelled by increasingly afuent markets, especially in China, the United Nations Ofce on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) warns. Last year, seizures of ivory shipments reached record levels, according to a recent Interpol report. Large-scale ivory shipments each one representing the slaughter of hundreds of elephants point to the involvement of organised crime networks operating across multiple countries, Interpol said. Poaching has risen sharply across Africa in recent years. Organised gangs with insider knowledge and armed with automatic weapons and specialised equipment such as night vision goggles, brazenly use chainsaws to carve out the rhino horn or remove elephant tusks. Veteran Kenyan conservationist Richard Leakey has now warned that drastic action must be taken, saying that known ring-leaders in Kenya are operating with outrageous impunity.

An elephant grazes in Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometres southeast of Nairobi, Kenya. AFP

The rise in poaching, with animals being slaughtered inside even the most heavily guarded conservation areas, show that the poachers have little fear of tough new laws designed to stem the wave of killings, he said. They could not operate with the impunity we are seeing if you did not have some form of protection from law enforcement agencies, Leakey said, as he made an appeal for Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to take action. It is a problem of a few criminals . . . the ringleaders are known, he

added, claiming that a core group of around 20 to 30 people were organising the mass poaching but that none had faced justice. Its a lucrative business: a kilo of ivory is worth some $850 in Asia, with UNODC suggesting ivory smuggled to Asia from Eastern Africa was worth over $31 million in 2011. But such short-term and nite prots generated by the spate of killings are threatening the far more valuable tourism industry, which in Kenya and Tanzania is the second largest foreign exchange earner after agriculture.

The African elephant is not currently deemed endangered as a species, but its decimation in Eastern Africa could be devastating, UNODCs report says. But the regions two large container ports Mombasa in Kenya and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania are also notorious trafcking hubs, funnelling more elephant tusks to Asia than all of central, southern and west African nations combined. The two nations made up almost two thirds of all large shipments of ivory seized across the entire continent from 2009-2011, according to the Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS), a tracking database run by wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC. Seizures of containers crammed full of tusks often hidden under potent-smelling sh or dried chili peppers in a bid to confuse sniffer dogs or discourage detailed searches are regularly found. Much of the ivory smuggled is destined for China, whose rapidly growing economy has encouraged those enjoying disposable income to splash out on an ivory trinket as a sign of nancial success. The smuggling of rhino horns is a bigger problem for Southern Africa, which has far more of the endangered animals. It is often done by air, due to the value of the horn and its smaller size. But scores of East African rhinos are also being killed despite wildlife rangers often risking

their lives to protect them. Action is being taken including far stiffer sentences for wildlife crime, with Tanzania this month jailing a Chinese ivory smuggler to 20 years in jail, and Kenya introducing tough new laws with comparable penalties. But many escape justice: a recent study by the Kenyan conservation campaign group Wildlife Direct found that just four percent of those convicted of wildlife crime in the past spent time in jail. Tanzania last year launched a crackdown on suspected poachers, operating under what was reported to be a shoot-to-kill policy and making sweeping arrests. Leakey, 69, a Kenyan national and former head of the governments Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), said with the right management stemming the poaching was not an impossible task. He was key in stemming the rampant poaching of the late 1980s, bringing in extreme measures to combat poachers including sending helicopter gunships into national parks, and organising the iconic burning of stockpiled ivory. It is not valuable, it is tragic rubbish, Leakey said, waving an ivory carving seized from a smuggler, the tiny tusk of a baby elephant. It is putting at risk our heritage . . . you can regrow a crop but you cannot regrow a wildlife species that disappears. AFP

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ODAY, on World TB Day, the World Health Organization in the Western Pacific Region reiterates the need for governments, policy-makers, health care providers and civil society organisations to prioritise interventions to urgently find, treat and cure the millions of people who remain undiagnosed with the disease. Globally, of the estimated nine million people a year who develop tuberculosis (TB), some 30 per cent three million are missed, meaning they are not found, treated and reported to national health authorities. In the Western Pacific Region, an estimated one in five TB cases are missed. Cambodia, China, the Philippines and Vietnam account for 93 per cent of the estimated regional TB burden of 1.6 million cases and 110,000 deaths each year. These four countries are among the 22 high-burden countries worldwide. We must ensure that we can identify every single case of TB, as many individuals with TB remain undiagnosed and untreated, advised Dr Shin Young-soo, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific. Universal access to TB treatment and care must include not only stand-

ardised effective treatment, but also adequately trained health care providers who will help in successfully finding, treating and curing every patient. A significant challenge in the region is that there are too many people with TB who remain undiagnosed in the community, noted Dr Nobuyuki Nishikiori, Team Leader, Stop TB and Leprosy Elimination, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific. The majority of these cases are people who live in some of the poorest and most vulnerable communities, or are among marginalised populations such as migrants, prisoners and ethnic minorities. Ensuring TB services for children and the elderly is also a challenge due to difficulties in diagnosis and treatment. Apart from the high number of missed TB cases, another challenge in the region is the threat of drug-resistant TB, with an estimated 75,000 multi drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) patients added annually and increasing numbers of patients with extensively drugresistant (XDR) TB. WHO analysis shows that the majority of MDR-TB is in newly diagnosed TB patients, meaning people are being infected by resistant strains. This is in addition to patients developing resistance only during their treatment. Although TB treatment itself is free from government health services, on

average half of all patients experience a catastrophic financial burden, Dr Nishikiori said. There are significant medical expenses besides the drugs. Many patients must travel long distances to access clinics and medication, so their transportation costs are high. Then theres lost income when they cant work for long periods of time. And sadly, many TB patients still experience significant stigma as they often lose their social support and employment, often rejected by family and shamed for their condition. To meet these challenges, the WHO through extensive consultation with member states and international partners, has developed a new global strategy that was recommended for consideration and adoption by the 67th World Health Assembly which meets this coming May. The vision for this TB strategy is a world free of TB, also expressed as zero deaths, disease and suffering due to TB. TB control today is in a dynamic stage of transformation, with new diagnostics, drugs and even vaccines in the pipeline, concluded Dr Shin. Building on the huge successes we have made, and with these new tools and global strategy, Im confident we can overcome these challenges and provide a safer world for our children, increase social equity and eliminate

this disease, which continues to cause far too much suffering for far too many people in the region and around the world. Key facts: Tuberculosis (TB) is second only to HIV/AIDS as the greatest killer worldwide due to a single infectious agent. In 2012, 8.6 million people fell ill with TB and 1.3 million died from TB. More than 95 per cent of TB deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, and it is among the top three causes of death for women aged 15 to 44. In 2012, an estimated 530,000 children became ill with TB and 74,000 HIV-negative children died of TB. TB is a leading killer of people living with HIV, causing one fifth of all deaths. Multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) is present in virtually all countries surveyed. The estimated number of people falling ill with tuberculosis each year is declining, although very slowly, which means that the world is on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goal to reverse the spread of TB by 2015. The TB death rate dropped by 45 per cent between 1990 and 2012. An estimated 22 million lives were saved through use of DOTS and the Stop TB Strategy recommended by the WHO.

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Lifestyle
Filmmaking workshop puts social issues in the spotlight
Emily Wight

In brief
CHRISTIAN Bale is in line to play Steve Jobs in the forthcoming biopic to be directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, reports The Wrap. Bale, recently Oscar nominated for American Hustle, is Finchers first choice for the role in a film seen very much as a companion-piece to the Fincher-Sorkin tech-study The Social Network. According to The Wrap, Fincher made it a condition of his accepting the task of directing the film that producing studio Sony secure Bale for the lead. afp

Christian Bale sought for Steve Jobs role

UNDREDS of aspiring lmmakers came face to face with their role models yesterday at Puthisastra University during a day-long workshop aimed at equipping young people with knowledge and skills. The third annual FilmCampKH, organised by Cambodian lm collective Kon Khmer Koun Khmer, featured lm industry gures such as Chhay Bora, Sok Visal and Dy Saveth who spoke to some 400 young people on a broad range of subjects under the theme A generation of change makers and lmmakers. Many of the days lectures got participants talking about how lm can be a vehicle for social change. When asked by the audience why he didnt make comedy or gangster lms, Bora, whose feature lm about sex trafcking, 3.50, is still awaiting a licence from the Ministry of Culture, said that he didnt become a lmmaker for celebrity. Through lm, the world can look at this country, and see that this country needs help, this country needs change. Cambodia is still very poor, and the rich try to take advantage of the poor, he said. Bora also told the audience that he is about to start work on a new lm about the lives of beer girls in Cambodia. Some participants spoke about how they looked up to Bora. Srey Leak, a 20-yearold student at the PSE lm school, said: I want to make lms about social issues in

Filmmaker Chhay Bora gives a lecture at FilmCampKH yesterday.

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VOGUE US editor Anna Wintour, who elicited Twitter outrage over the magazines April cover featuring Kim Kardashian, is defending the choice, having anticipated the ire even before the issue went public. The April edition created shock-waves when its cover was revealed on Friday, showing the reality starlet appearing in a strapless, white gown. Wintour disagreed, writing in her editors letter inside the April edition that part of the pleasure of editing Vogue ... is being able to feature those who define the culture at any given moment, who stir things up, whose presence in the world shapes the way it looks and influences the way we see it. AFP
Film professionals should share their knowledge and know-how with amateurs and lm lovers. They can improve their skills in the lm industry by sharing knowledge and skills with each other, Sum said. Kon Khmer Koun Khmers twin event to FilmCamp, Chaktomuk short lm festival, will start on Thursday featuring new lms from local and international lmmakers.

Anna Wintour defends Kim Kardashian cover

Cambodia, just like Bora. Others said they had already considered making, or made, lms with similar themes. Meng Huot, a 25-year-old data analyst, said he had already made a short lm about the countrys education system. He said: We are a generation of lmmakers who can change the community as well, through the topic of our lms. Sopheak Moeurn, 21, en-

joyed watching Sao Sopheak talk about her work. Sopheak, who is best known for Two Girls Against the Rain, a short documentary about a lesbian couple, spoke about the importance of research when setting out to make a lm. Moeurn, who is a lm student, said that she looks up to Sopheak because she doesnt shy from exposing the bitter aspects of life in Cambodia. She said: [Sopheak] is my hero, and its important to

have a role model. Its important that shes a woman, because there are already so many lms directed by men. I want to follow her, and I think that I can do it. Sithen Sum, the event curator at Kon Khmer Koun Khmer, said FilmCamp was inspired by the technology conference BarCamp, which features pros exchanging ideas about technology, business and innovation with students and young people

Mandela family wine collection in Holland

NELSON Mandelas oldest daughter Makaziwe and a granddaughter on Wednesday launched their wine collection in the Netherlands, hoping the world-famous branding will help them conquer the European market. The House of Mandela winerys product is called the Thembu Collection after Mandelas tribe of Xhosaspeaking people. afp

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Travel
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Tunisia looks to win back lost tourists

UNISIA is working against the clock to salvage its 2014 tourist season after three turbulent years, by revamping the countrys image with the help of online media and a few Star Wars characters. To change a country from one that is relatively inexpensive to a top-end tourist destination will take 10 or 15 years, Amel Karboul, Tunisias new tourism minister, said. But to change the image of a country from one thats cheap to one that is fun can be done much more quickly, and thats a priority for us, she said, referring to perceptions of Tunisia as a budget holiday destination. The North African country hopes to welcome seven million tourists this year, a slight increase on the 6.9 million who visited in 2010 before the revolution that ousted a decades-old dictatorship and unleashed outbreaks of Islamist violence that damaged Tunisias reputation. The number of tourists fell to just 4.7 million in 2011, and has only recovered slowly, affecting the estimated 400,000 people working in the key sector that accounts for around 7 per cent of gross domestic product. To reverse this trend, the ministry decided to exploit the desert settings used for many scenes in the Star Wars lms, in a Tunisian version of the music video hit Happy by US star Pharrell Williams, replicated on YouTube by people around the world dancing to the tune. Happy (We are from Tatooine), commissioned by the ministry, features a range of characters from Star Wars boogying in and around the city of Tataouine, including R2-D2 and C-3PO, a stormtrooper and Darth Vader himself. The southern desert city gave its name to the ctional

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home planet of Anakin and Luke Skywalker key gures in the cult lm series. The Star Wars Tunisia edition of the Pharrell Williams video has already received nearly 1.5 million hits. There are fans (of the sci- lms) in the United States, in Scandinavia, in Asia, in South America, where Tunisia is barely known, the minister told journalists last week. It will raise awareness of Tunisia, she said of her strategy to harness social media platforms as a way of publicising the country. Conventional advertising campaigns are extremely expensive and youre not sure of their impact; its very long term. Tunisia has only limited means, explained Karboul, whose government has a very short-term mandate. Appointed in late January to end months of political uncertainty, it is due to step down after elections held by the end of this year. Already it has had to deal with the fallout from an incident involving a group of Israeli tourists on a cruise ship who were barred from disembarking at Tunis, with the US-based cruise operator saying it would no longer call at Tunisian ports in protest. Karboul insisted the case had nothing to do with discrimination, saying merely that there was a problem with the Israelis visas. Before the revolution, Tunisia managed to project an image of itself as an attractive holiday destination in the southern Mediterranean, concealing the ruthlessness of the regime in power that was nally overthrown in the rst Arab Spring uprising in 2011. Many had hoped to see tourism rebound last year, but those hopes were dashed with the separate assassinations of two secular politicians. AFP

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LEGEND CINEMA
300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE Greek general Themistokles leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Persian navy commander Artemisia. City Mall: 9:30am, 3:55pm, 9:55pm Toul Kork: 11:20am, 3:25pm, 7:55pm, 10pm POMPEII A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him. Starring Kit Harrington and Emily Browning. City Mall: 9:55pm Toul Kork: 5:55pm MR PEABODY AND SHERMAN The time-travelling adventures of an advanced canine and his adopted son, as they endeavour to fix a time rift they created. City Mall: 9:15am, 2:05pm, 6pm Toul Kork: 11:45am, 4:05pm
Artist Motoyuki Shitamichi will give a talk at the White Building tonight. PHA LINA

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Artist talk @ The White Building

Sa Sa Art Projects presents an evening talk by artist Motoyuki Shitamichi. Shitamichis primarily attempts to visualise unseen memories in changing environments.

The White Building, Sothearos Boulevard. 6pm

Franglish @ Plantation
Are you a French or English speaker? Join a speed-talking evening at The Plantation. You will meet other native English and French speakers who will help you develop your language skills.

The Plantation #28 Street 184. 6:30pm

NEED FOR SPEED Fresh from prison, a street racer who was framed by a wealthy business associate joins a cross country race with revenge in mind. His ex-partner, learning of the plan, places a massive bounty on his head. City Mall: 11:50am, 2:20pm, 7:25pm Toul Kork: 9:15am, 1:35pm, 4:30pm, 7:30pm, 9:35pm

Yoga @ Yoga PP
Get your week o to an invigorating start with Sweat and Samadhi, a vinyasa ow-style yoga class with an experienced teacher, from 8am to 9.30am.

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1pm - ZERO DARK THIRTY: A chronicle of the decadelong hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy SEAL Team 6 in May 2011. FOX MOVIES 3:35pm - ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER: Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the country. He makes it his mission to eliminate them. Stars: Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper. FOX MOVIES 5:25pm - ERAGON: In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragons egg a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey during which he realises hes the one person who can defend his home against an evil king. FOX MOVIES

Yoga Phnom Penh, #9 Street 21. 8am

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300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE (See above.) 8:40pm NEED FOR SPEED (See above.) 1:10pm, 6:15pm, 8:15pm 3AM PART TWO Thai horror. 9:30am, 11:20am
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Go club @ Mloup Snai

Go, or Baduk, is a board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,000 years ago. The game is noted for being rich in strategy despite its simple rules.

Mloup Snai Restaurant, #91, Street 592. 10am

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Lifestyle

Socheata and Sontery Social Life Team

Coverage area enlargement for One TV Cambodia @ Cambodiana Hotel

One TV celebrated the launch of new transmitters in Chamka Doung district of Phnom Penh and Sa Ang district in Kandal province on March 17. His Excellency Khieu Kanharith gave a speech at a conference at Hotel Cambodiana to mark the occasion. The station started broadcasting live from the CTV studio based in Russei Keo around two years ago. After the speech, guests watched Apsara dancers perform and were treated to the unusual Pailin peacock dance. Photos by Hong Menea.

Igor Klimko, CEO of One TV.

Sergei Dolgopolsky.

H E Khieu Kanharith, minister of information for Cambodia.

David Pearson.

Som Mana, Tim Rotha.

The Pailin peacock dancers in action.

Keut Savat, Say Somala, Morno Uouchsim, Bunthan Lalune from Add On.

Leonora Loudon, Aurelia Gimenez, communication and marketing ofcer of PIO Cambodia.

Dawin Pich, Try Gechteang.

Ros Makara, secretary executive committee of Canadia, Keo Samon, head of sales at Sotelco, Putthik Phourng, head of customer services at One TV.

Dany, Hem Rotha, Thavra Pich.

Ho Oma, external relations ofcer at Angkor Hospital for Children, Prum Sarang and Prak Manila, director of external program department at Angkor Hospital for Children.

Make-up show @ Fashion TV lounge

Glitter and gold took centre stage at NagaWorlds Fashion TV Lounge on March 19. The make-up show featured professional looks by The Dollhouse and Syna Stylin. Guests helped themselves to red wine as they watched models parade in extravagant styles everything from African-inuenced outts to Korean-style doll-like makeup. Photos by Hong Menea.

Yumi Anna Ono and Yoshihiro Abe.

Heng Seng, Marina Chea and Heng Leang.

Pkay, TyTy and Chetra from NYX. Sevey Roth Rainbow and Somono Rainbow.

Tang Vibol and Sothea Jimmy.

Kanary Sros and Kolbotra Chhi.

Sun agency models Azara and Alex Duffy.

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Luxury Machine Company introduces hospitality solutions @ Lucky Angkor

Siem Reap-based rm Luxury Machine Company showcased its complete integrated hospitality solutions to 140 Cambodian hoteliers from 100 hotels on March 17, demonstrating how their revenue could be increased and businesses grown. Luxury Machine has announced plans to assist hoteliers in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to increase their revenues, number of bookings and technologies by supporting hotel operations as they provide guests with a seamless experience before, during and after their stays. The company says it uses world-class technology such as electronic RFID keycards, central reservation and property management systems, point of sales and mobile apps all intended to increase the hotel customers satisfaction. Photos by Chhim Sreyneang.

Chheng Chhy, Sokmono Lim, sales executive at Royal Empire Hotel, Sok Sophea, front ofce manager at Prince Angkor Hotel and Moeurt Pheap, e-commerce manager at Apsara Centrepole Hotel.

Chhaleta Chharoat and Borey Chum, managing director at Luxury Machine.

David Chhun, senior e-commerce manager at Sokhalay Angkor and Theavy Seek, sales manager at Sokhalay Angkor.

Chok Kuntheavy, sales manager at Pacic Hotel and Yin Champa, e-commerce executive at Angkor Home Hotel.

Chhaleta Chharoat and Vannaroath Teng, director of sales at Sokhalay Angkor.

Gareth Fong, director at Infor and Stephen Lim, vice-president at Kaba.

Phin Bophan, sales executive at TARA Angkor Hotel, Houn Seyha, Pattakwan T, e-commerce executive at TARA Angkor Hotel and Sam Norak, marketing manager at Regency Angkor Hotel.

Mok Sophorn, purchasing manager at Grand Soluxe Angkor Palace, Sitha Phok, general manager at Khemara Angkor Hotel, Sam Kear, general manager at Stary Angkor Hotel and Chey Sitha, general manager.

Rotha Kay, Toua Yav, Chheyhorng Eang, assistant ecommerce manager at Innotality and Kong Ratana, sales e-commerce at Prince Angkor Hotel.

Oeun Seakheng, Seng Visal, Ly Channara and Ly Yuthearith from Luxury Machine.

Cocktail party to celebrate Cambodian Cuisine Festival @ Lotus Blanc Restaurant

Ouk Sovan gives a speech.

Samnang, Thoeun Chinda, Kouch Sam Ath, Soun Sokret.

Rim Thida and Ek Sinat.

Sin Speyly and Piyatharin Wattanapong.

Staff from PSEs training school.

On Wednesday March 19, Pour un Sourire dEnfant (PSE) hosted a cocktail and canape party at Lotus Blanc, on Boeung Keng Kang Ones Rue Pasteur, to announce the upcoming Cambodian Cuisine Festival on March 28 and 29 at the Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh. Lotus Blanc provided Khmer food for the assembled guests while local rapper Pou Khlaing gave a speech about the festival. Wine and soft drinks were also on the menu. The upcoming event, which aims to raise money for PSEs educational and vocational training programs, is to feature amateur chefs from 18 provinces who will present both traditional and modern dishes. Entrance is $3. Photos by Hong Menea.

Singha Stadium @ Diamond Island

Thai dancers.

Models Kong Ninin and Sor Danemolina.

Kuma, singer from M Production.

Khemarak Sreypov, singer from Sunday Production.

Sophy, Ly Det, Nita, Leakina, Setha and Vichet.

Singha Beer celebrated the beautiful game on March 16 with a live screening of a Manchester United versus Liverpool football match on Diamond Island. Cambodian singers including Khemarak Sereymon and Khemarak Sreypov as well as other stars from Sky band joined the celebrations. Singha beer provided plenty of booze, as well as a lucky draw.

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Sport

Pain in the backside

Fulhams Venezuelan defender Fernando Amorebieta (right) fouls Manchester Citys Spanish striker Alvaro Negredo in the area to concede a penalty leading to the opening goal of their English Premier League football match at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, northwest England on Saturday. AFP

Kiwis defy rain to beat England

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eW Zealand overcame a stubborn England and rain to win their opening World Twenty20 match by nine runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method in Chittagong on Saturday. Chasing a challenging 173-run target, New Zealand were 52-1 after 5.2 overs when heavy rain came down following a burst of thunder, which halted the Group One match played at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium. After a 25-minute delay when the umpires were due to inspect the ground, the rain started to fall again, prompting them to declare the end of the match and New Zealand the winners on the Duckworth-Lewis formula, used in the event of rain. New Zealand needed to score 43 in 5.2 overs on the D/L method, which ruled them the winners. Kane Williamson was unbeaten on 24 and with him skipper Brendon McCullum was on 16 when the match ended abruptly. New Zealand had lost opener Martin Guptill for 11. McCullum said he was happy to take two full points. The game was evenly poised [when nished], said McCullum, who hit two sixes and a four off Broads fth over to take New Zealand above the needed score. Its a funny tournament, both teams are going to need an immense amount of luck to get through. Both teams will be pleased with the performance but were obviously delighted with the win. England skipper Stuart Broad said he was disappointed. I think it would have been a good game if it went to a full 40 overs, Broad said. Obviously disappointed but you cant do much when weather comes in between. England, sent in to bat, posted a good total of 172-6 in bits and pieces. Moeen Ali (36), Michael Lumb (33) and Jos Buttler (32) spurned good starts. Ravi Bopara hit a 19-ball unbeaten 24 and Tim Bresnan hit an eight-ball 17 not out to help England muster 88 in the last 10 overs. England were off to a disastrous start when opener Alex Hales was dismissed off the third ball of the innings, caught onehanded high over his head by Corey Anderson at mid-off. Lumb and Ali steadied the innings during their 72-run second wicket stand. Ali, playing only his third T20, hit six well-timed boundaries and a six before he holed out off Anderson in the deep and three runs later Lumb joined him in the pavilion. Lumb hit four boundaries and a six off 24 balls. Buttler looked threatening during his innings spiced with six boundaries but was bowled by Anderson, who was the pick of New Zealand bowlers with 2-32. Earlier in the day world number one Sri Lanka outlasted South Africa by ve runs in an exciting nish in Chittagong to open Group One in the Super-10 stage. AFP

Todays Fixtures
New Zealand v South Africa 4:30pm Netherlands v Sri Lanka 8:30pm
New Zealand cricketer Kane Williamson hit 24 to help New Zealand overcome England in a rain-hit match of the World Twenty20 championship in Bangladesh. AFP

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Fast-paced parkour offers an outlet for Iranian girls I

N a Tehran park, a group of young women brave sneering men and shocked looks as they perform ips, mid-air somersaults and bound from pillar to pillar in a surprising sight in a conservative Islamic country. The group has discovered parkour, the fast-moving sport blending acrobatics and gymnastics that has become their outlet for evading social constraints and dealing with stress. As a woman, its a bit complicated, concedes their teacher Maryam Sedighian Rad, a 28-year-old who holds a masters in physiology. She and the others wear the hijab obligatory in Iran, which requires women to cover their hair and much of their body in loose clothing to prevent their gures being seen, and her group often has a male escort when they practice outside to ward off unwelcome company and sometimes police. Born in France in the late 1980s, parkour involves getting around or over urban obstacles, with a fastpaced mix of running, jumping and gymnastic rolls and vaults. Offering a cocktail of excitement, danger and risk, it caught on around the world thanks to blockbuster movies such as Yamakasi and District B13. Now it has gained a foothold in Iran and not only among the usual young male acionados. Sedighian Rad and about 50 women teenagers and young adults are among the hundreds of Iranians practising this non-competitive discipline that morphed from a military obstacle course training into a mainly urban sport. The parkour motto, Never move backwards, seems to hold particular resonance here. Three times a week, Sedighian Rad trains her groups at three indoor sports complexes. We encounter problems but we try

Chess tournament set for New Year return

A BaTTLE of brains is bearing up as local boardsmen brace themselves for the return of the National Chess Championship after a three-year hiatus. The National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC), in cooperation with the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia, is hosting the competition, which will mark the Cambodian New Year celebrations. Up to 40 candidates have already signed on to contest the first phase at the NOCC headquarters in the National Sports Complex on April 8-9, with 24 more places still available. The top eight finishers will progress to the final round, to be held in front of the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap on April 14-16. The overall champion will receive US$1,000, runner-up $700, third place $400 and fourth place $200, according to the event organiser Em Heang. Games will last a maximum of one hour each, with traditional Cambodian chess rules in play. YEUN PONLOK, TRANSLATED BY
CHENG SEYRITH

Dodgers sweep series over D-backs in Sydney

Iranian women practice parkour in Tehrans Tavalod Park. The fast-moving sport blends acrobatics and gymnastics.
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our best to cope with them because we love doing parkour, she says. While their baggy outts allow for ease of movement, the jogging, jumping and somersaulting can cause hair to fall loose. Unperturbed, Helia Goharbavar, 16, readjusts her hijab after every move. It doesnt bother me, she said. Its cold anyway and you have to wear something. Besides, we are used to it.

I feel free
One of the most agile in the group, 17-year-old Arefeh Shoari, admits she often fears that certain moves might expose parts of her body. But she and the other girls say parkour often billed as a holistic discipline has given them freedom and condence.

There was a jump I couldnt do at rst . . . learning it made me realise I am capable of doing anything and defeating any obstacle, says Sedighian Rad. I feel free. Shoari says parkour allows her to cope with everyday life. I am really stressed out because of my studies, but parkour helps me a lot to deal with the stress, she says. I feel happy. Practising parkour shows that even if you are a woman, you are not bound to stay at home, says Goharbavar. Apart from the risk of injury in this hard-knock sport, the women also brave derision in a country where mixed activities are banned. Sometimes people criticise us saying this isnt a sport for girls. They say were supposed to knit . . . They cant

imagine a girl exercising like a boy, Sedighian Rad says. Athena Karami, 19, recalls how she once had to leave the park during practice after a crowd of teenage boys made fun of us and lmed us with their mobile phones. To head off such problems, Sedighian Rad usually takes along male members of Hitall the parkour club she joined in May 2012 when her group trains outside. At times police have interrupted their workout. But when they see that its just a sport and that we are really exercising, they let us be, Sedighian Rad says. Sometimes they even express interest in parkour and ask where they can get training. AFP

ThE Los Angeles Dodgers completed a 2-0 opening day Major League Baseball sweep over National League rivals Arizona Diamondbacks with a 7-5 win in the second match in Sydney yesterday. The Dodgers, who downed the D-backs 3-1 in Saturdays first game, gave up four runs in the final innings as Arizona made for some late excitement. The iconic Sydney Cricket Ground, where Australia wrapped up a 5-0 Ashes cricket series win over England in January, was hosting its first baseball match since the Chicago White Sox played a 1914 exhibition there. AFP

Buffett wins billion bet as brackets go bust

Juniors grab tennis titles at second tournament

H S Manjunath

StEppiNg up to the girls U14 category for the first time in the second national junior tennis tournament after reeling off five U12 singles titles on the trot, Hour Srey Pov proved unstoppable yet again, racing away to

another popular triumph in beating Sary Sodane 4-2, 4-0 in the final game of a five-player round robin at the National Training Center yesterday. Hour Srey Povs superior court craft and match fitness came to the fore as she dominated her rival, who rarely takes

A young player hits a forehand during a match at the National Training Center yesterday. mam phaLkun

part in national events hosted by Tennis Cambodia. This lack of match readiness and Srey Povs consistency proved Sarys undoing. The Girls U12 title went to Cheng Sereyvatey, who out played top seeded Daria Rakitina 6-0, 6-1 in the final. Hitting some clean winners on her forehand, Sereyvatey constantly exacted errors from her opponent. In the semi-finals, Daria Rakitina got past Auch Sreynuch 6-1, 6-2, while Cheng Sereyvatey delivered two bagels to Met Maryan, 6-0, 6-0. Coming out of a mid-match crisis, top seeded Cheng Channeang steadied herself to post a 6-0, 6-7, 6-1 win over second seeded Ith Leakhena in the Girls U18 final. Leakhenas net advances in the second somewhat upset Channeangs rhythm in the second, but the top seed quickly rediscovered her touch to wrap up the contest in style. On the way to the final, Cheng Channeang blanked Heng Ry 6-0, 6-0, while Lea-

khena, outsmarted in the first set, bounced back to beat Ong Sreypov 0-6, 6-1, 6-3 Leng Sarinreach took the Boys U12 title, beating Cheum Seyha 6-4, 6-0 in the final. Both Sarinreach and Seyha had an easy time in the semifinals, Sarinreach beat Sen Saukeng 6-1, 6-0 and Seyha took Sam David in his stride 6-1, 6-4. Sen Sophon repeated his success over Tep Timothy in the Boys U14 singles final, but not before being made to fight every inch of the way. In a match full of fast changing patterns between the top two seeds, Sophon finally managed to peg back Timothy at 7-6, 6-4, with both players giving their best all the way. Unforced errors cost Timothy dear in the tie-breaker. Nerves and fatigue touched both the players as pace on court considerably slowed down in the second. Yet Sophon managed to stay in front. Timothy spectacularly saved one match point at 4-5 down with a running forehand win-

ner. But it didnt take long for Sophon to polish off the tie. In the semi-finals, Sen Sophon beat Sreum Tola 6-3, 7-6 (4) and Timothy downed Khlang Ponlok 6-2, 6-0. In the Boys U18 final, traffic flowed one-way as unseeded Cheng Rongreach controlled the tempo of the match from start to finish, handing out a 6-0, 6-1 defeat to Sok Vichet. In fact, Rongreachs power in the forehands came into play when he met and ousted defending champion and top seed Chheang Vannasak in the early part of the draw. Both Rongreach and Vichet found an easy passage to the final, Rongreach beating Yi Sarsarith 6-1, 6-2 and Vichet equally impressive in his 6-2,6-2 win over Soeun Sothol. This second tournament of the six planned for the year was organised by Tennis Cambodia in partnership with Ezecom and Hagar Catering, who have committed themselves to supporting the circuit the whole way.

IT took less than two full days of play for Warren Buffett to win his bet that no entrant in a Quicken Loans Inc contest would predict the winner of each game in the three-weeklong National Collegiate Athletic Association mens basketball tournament. Had someone been successful, his Berkshire Hathaway Inc would have been responsible for paying a $1 billion prize as part of an insurance policy it sold to the lender. Two upsets Daytons defeat of Ohio State on Thursday, and Mercers win on Friday against Duke wiped out 99 per cent of the entries. When Memphis defeated George Washington on Saturday night, the last of the perfect brackets was busted. BLOOMBERG

Cielo sets fastest 50m swim time of year

BEijing Olympics champion Cesar Cielo on Saturday set the fastest time of the year in clocking 21.74sec for the 50m freestyle in home water at Belo Horizonte. Cielo, Brazils most successful swimmer ever and 2008 Olympic champion over the distance, shaved 0.14sec off Australian James Magnussens January time in Perth. Saturdays time was still, however, well shy of Cielos own long-course world mark of 20.91sec. AFP

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Team Cambodia joy after winning FCC Nations Cup

H S Manjunath Siem Reap

EAM Cambodia walked away with the coveted FCC Nations Cup yesterday thanks to a two-round total of 219 points, ahead of six other teams at the Sir Nick Faldodesigned Angkor Golf Resort in Siem Reap. Played under the Stableford scoring system with the best three scores being used for both of the rounds, the tournament which vaguely followed the Ryder Cup pattern attracted teams formed as Cambodia, Europe, Asia Pacic, Netherlands, India, Great Britain and an international outt. The Stableford system of scoring was invented in 1931 by Dr Frank Stableford of the Wallasey & Royal Liverpool golf clubs and the rst competition was played on May 16, 1932 at Wallasey. Each player or team plays against the par of each hole and gets points in accordance with how they fare in relation to the par of the hole.

Two 10 handicappers, Im Reahul and Sokha Mony, in company with long-time Cambodia resident Jacob Montrose of the US, who goes out at 18, more than made up for a last minute drop out by the fourth member of the team. The trio produced two consistently good rounds, eking out 108 points from the nal 18 holes on top of their rst round of 111. The hard-chasing international foursome of Vladimir Dorogoy, Lars Uno Nilsson, Franz Heigi and Arhtur William Van had to rest content with a second place having clogged 211 points. Despite falling short on their nal push, the international side enjoyed the good fortune of Nilsson emerging as the best player of the tournament with scores of 38 and 37, which narrowly shaded for the honour Monys 36 and 37. Speaking to the Post, Montrose gave full credit to both his team-mates for sustaining the momentum on both days. Mony, meanwhile, said it was a great feeling winning this tournament.

The Cambodian team (from left to right) Im Reahul, Jacob Montrose and Sokha Mony, celebrate with the trophy after winning the 9th FCC Nations Cup at the Angkor Golf Resort in Siem Reap yesterday. CHANRA / WAVE PHOTOGRAPHY

FCC Hotels and Restaurants general manager Douglas Moe told the Post that they were extremely proud to be part of this great blend of entertainment, charity and erce competition. I am happy that the tournament

continues to inspire golfers of all ages and skill levels from different parts of the world. FCC is proud to be associated with this, he added. At the end of it all, some of the players took out their irons once again, this time to promote a chari-

table cause. A hole-in-one challenge helped raise funds for local foundation Kampuchea House, which was created in 2007 to support education and opportunities for underprivileged children from the local communities.

THE PHNOM PENH POST MARCH 24, 2014

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RSENe Wenger admitted his 1,000th game as Arsenal manager had turned into a nightmare after a remarkable 6-0 trouncing at Stamford Bridge that will be remembered for Jose Mourinhos biggest ever win for Chelsea and the extraordinary moment when the referee, Andre Marriner, sent off Kieran Gibbs in a case of mistaken identity involving Alex OxladeChamberlain. Arsenal have never lost by a heavier score to Chelsea and Wenger was so aggrieved that he did not appear at the post-match press conference. I dont believe it is the time to talk too much about [what went wrong], he explained. It was a nightmare and I take full responsibility for it. The players are deeply disappointed, as we all are. When you dont turn up in a game of this stature nobody takes that easily. Chelsea rushed into a two-goal lead inside the rst seven minutes, through Samuel Etoo and Andre Schurrle, and went further ahead before half-time via Eden Hazards penalty and Oscar. Two more goals in the second half, from Oscar and the substitute Mohamed Salah, left Arsenals aggregate score in their away games at Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool this season as 17-4. It was 10 amazing minutes, Mourinho said of Chelseas start. In 10 minutes you can win a game. In 10 minutes you can show anybody you wont give any chance to any opponent. I am so happy with the approach. We came to kill and, in 10 minutes, we destroy. After that, easy. The Chelsea manager added: My analysis is all about those rst 10 minutes. To play against 10 men is easier, obviously, because you are more comfortable and relaxed but the way we started there was no doubt. After 10 minutes, this game is over. The games controversy arrived after a quarter of an hour when OxladeChamberlains handball gave Hazard the chance to make it 3-0 from the penalty spot. Marriner was alerted to it by one of his linesmen and showed the red card to Gibbs despite Oxlade-Chamberlain owning up to the offence. The referee made a mistake because he missed the identity of the player, Wenger said. He has not seen what happened at all. He gave a corner. I dont know who told him that it was a penalty. Maybe it was a penalty. But it was not Gibbs. Marriner admitted later it was a mistake via a statement from the Premier League referees body: Andre is an

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Guardiola poised to win league in record time

BAYERN Munich coach Pep Guardiola is poised to win the Bundesliga title in record time tomorrow at Hertha Berlin on his debut season with the Bavarian giants. A 19th consecutive league victory at Berlins Olympic Stadium will give Bayern their 24th German title with seven matches left, beating their own record they set last season. Bayerns 2-0 win at Mainz 05 on Saturday left them a massive 23 points clear in the league and they will be uncatchable if they win at Hertha. AFP

Defoe does it again as Toronto blanks DC

FoRmER Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe scored in the 60th minute on Saturday to give Toronto a 1-0 victory over DC United in the Canadian Major League Soccer clubs home opener. It was the first time in club history that Toronto had opened a campaign with backto-back wins, following a 2-1 triumph last week at Seattle. Defoe netted both goals in the first half at Seattle and once again made the difference, swiping a failed clearance attempt in the penalty area and beating United goalkeeper Bill Hamid. Afp

Rooney apes Becks with 58-yard wonder goal

WAYNE Rooney took his cue from watching Manchester United predecessor David Beckham with a breath-taking 58-yard goal in his sides 2-0 victory at West Ham United on Saturday. Beckham made his name as a United player with a goal from the halfway line against Wimbledon on the opening day of the 1996-97 season and he was in attendance at Upton Park to see Rooney score a long-range lob of his own. AFP

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Chelseas Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta controls the ball during a Premier League match at Stamford Bridge in London.

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experienced referee and is obviously disappointed that an error of mistaken identity was made in this case. Incidents of mistaken identity are very rare and are often the result of a number of different technical factors. Whilst this was a difcult decision Andre is disappointed that he failed to identify the correct player. He expressed his disappointment to Arsenal when he was made aware of the issue. Arsenal have grounds to appeal and Mourinho said it was time for fourth ofcials to be given access to television monitors.

The sending-off is big ammunition for people like me who think that one little screen in front of the fourth ofcial is a big help against this kind of mistake. The important thing is the penalty was a penalty and there was a red card, even if they didnt know who. After that, it would be nice for the referee to have technology and for the players, too. It was Chamberlain, not Gibbs. It is the kind of mistake no referee wants to make. Wenger had to face chants of specialist in failure from Chelseas crowd as his team were left seven points off

the top, albeit with a game in hand. It leaves us in a very bad situation, he said. But we want to respond. We had two difcult away games at Tottenham and Chelsea. If we had played two draws we would have two points. Having won one, we have three points. But today is a huge disappointment, of course. What is important is to give a response [against Swansea] on Tuesday night and that is it. We have to win the next game. That is what we have to focus on now and give a strong response. THE GUARDIAN

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FIFA apologises to Brazil for advice gaffe

FIFA performed an embarrassing U-turn on Saturday and apologised, saying it had withdrawn publicity material for the World Cup in Brazil that poked fun at local customs. Just weeks after sport merchandiser Adidas pulled from the market two shirts which Brazil viewed as sexist, FIFA has now removed material which depicted Brazilians as unpunctual, impatient and even chaotic. Having regularly complained to Brazil about the slow pace of construction of stadiums for the June-July World Cup six out of 12 missed FIFAs original December 31 deadline footballs world governing body felt moved to add: In Brazil, things are largely done lastminute. FIFA admitted its attempts at humour had backfired. The material was lighthearted and at no time was meant to criticize Brazil, a FIFA statement said. The objective was to show the laid-back characteristics of the Brazilian people. At any rate, we have withdrawn the content from the Internet and apologize if it was interpreted as criticism of the country. FIFA advice for visitors to the World Cup host had offered 10 tips for avoiding any cultural misunderstandings. They included giving Brazilian friends some leeway when arranging appointments. Punctuality is not an exact science in Brazil, was just one observation, which added that 15 minutes is the tolerated norm. A further comment was that patiently waiting in line is not in a Brazilians DNA ... Brazilians prefer cultivated chaos. It is not the first time FIFA has put its foot in it. FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke caused a storm on a visit to Brazil two years ago when, frustrated by the slow progress in preparations, he deemed the country needed a kick up the backside. AFP

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