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HM sends condolences MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of condolences to President Nicos Anastasiades of the Republic of Cyprus on the death of the Cyprus ex-President Glafcos Clerides. In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere condolences and sympathy to President Anastasiades, the government and the friendly people of Cyprus. -ONA

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Corporates unite to salute Oman’s leader

makala advertising and publicity has come out with a unique concept to celebrate the achievements made across four decades of development and to express immense gratitude to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, on the occasion of the 43rd National Day. >A6

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Syria peace talks set for January 22

An international peace conference aimed at ending Syria’s civil war will be held on January 22, the ﬁrst face-to-face talks between the government of President Bashar Al Assad and rebels seeking to overthrow him, the United Nations said. The UN is hoping for a peaceful transition in Syria. >A8

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Iran N-deal to boost peace, stability in region: Oman PACT SPIN-OFF While Oman, Qatar,

The easing of ban on European insurance for Iranian oil shipments may increase its crude exports to big buyers such as India and China

The deal has blunted Israel’s military threats against Tehran but the Jewish state can still exert pressure through diplomatic and intelligence means

The EU is likely to lift some sanctions on Iran in December, as part of a hard-won deal

UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain have hailed the agreement, Saudi Arabia reacted with cautious optimism

MUSCAT/DUBAI: The interim agreement reached between the Islamic Republic of Iran and six world powers on curbing Tehran’s nuclear programme in Geneva on Sunday would contribute towards achieving peace and stability in the region, a responsible source at the Sultanate’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Sultanate was closely following the negotiations at Geneva. Qatar and Kuwait have welcomed Iran’s agreement with world powers, saying they hoped it would help preserve stability and security in the region. Saudi Arabia cautiously welcomed the nuclear deal yesterday, saying “good intentions” could lead to a comprehensive agreement on Tehran’s controversial atomic programme. “This agreement could be a ﬁrst step towards a comprehensive solution for Iran’s nuclear programme, if there are good in-

LANDMARK PACT: Supporters of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (right) ﬂash the

sign for victory as he arrives at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport after talks in Geneva in which world powers reached an agreement with Iran over its nuclear programme on Sunday. Analysts praised the ground-breaking interim deal with Iran to rein in its nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief, but warned negotiations for a full agreement will prove even tougher. -AFP

tentions,” the Saudi government said in a statement. Iraq and Syria were quick to praise the deal on Sunday, as was the Palestinian Authority which welcomed it for putting pressure on Israel. The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain also spoke out in support of the deal. Qatar said the agreement was “an important step towards safeguarding peace and stability in the region”, according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry

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Oman ranks sixth in economic freedom

According to the annual Economic Freedom of the Arab World report published by the Fraser Institute, the Sultanate came in sixth place in this year’s ranking, dropping from ﬁfth place last year, with a score of 7.6 compared to 7.7 score last year. >B3

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posted on its website late on Sunday. “Qatar calls for making the Middle East a nuclear weaponfree zone,” the ministry said. Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khaled Al Jarallah said he hoped the agreement “would pave the way for a permanent accord that would defuse tension, and preserves the stability and security of the region,” according to state news agency. Meanwhile, the easing of ban on European insurance for ship-

ments of Iranian oil may lift Iran’s crude exports to big oil buyers in Asia, including India and China. France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the European Union would likely lift some sanctions on Iran in December. “The relief in EU sanctions on oil shipping insurance is a big deal and creates the conditions to make it easier for Iran to get at least up to the sanctioned levels,” Olivier Jakob from Petromatrix energy consultancy said.

“A lifting of the insurance ban could free up some of Iran’s strained tanker fleet for increasing use in domestic floating crude oil storage,” Goldman Sachs said in a note. Kevin Book, managing director at ClearView Energy Partners in Washington, said the easing on insurance could provide for an increase of 200,000 to 400,000 barrels per day in Iranian exports, particularly to Indian refiners. –ONA and agencies

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Over 250 labour law violators held MUSCAT: The weekly report of the joint inspection team at the Ministry of Manpower informs that the number of workers found violating the Labour Law during the period from November 17 to 23 stood at 267, including 209 commercial workers, 28 farm workers and 30 housemaids and their equivalents. The official statistics showed that 262 workers were held, including 175 absconding workers, 74 astray workers and 13 workers referred from other departments. The Governorate of Al Batinah witnessed the largest number of

workers violating the law with 101 cases followed by the Governorate of Muscat with 94 workers violating the laws. Legal action The competent authorities at the Ministry of Manpower are taking the legal action against the violators. On the other hand, the Manpower Ministry statistics showed that 288 expatriate workers were deported for violating provisions of the Labour Law and the Ministerial decisions which execute the law.– ONA

Sultan Qaboos Environment Prize presented RIO DE JANEIRO: Dr Madiha bint Ahmed Al Shibaniyah, Minister of Education and Chairperson of the Omani National Commission of Education, Culture and Science, presented the Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environment Preservation 2013 to the winners at a ceremony held under the auspices of the Deputy President of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

Call to remove mortgage clause on vehicles MUSCAT: The Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI), in cooperation with the Royal Oman Police (ROP), yesterday organised a seminar titled ‘Removing Mortgage Clause from Vehicles Licences’ yesterday. A working paper by ROP addressed the legal aspect of mortgage-relevant provisions (Traffic Law and Civil Law) and the right of management to license vehicles and restricting mortgage rights. Statistics show that the number of licences which have expired and the mortgaged vehicles are 48,000 out of 220,000 vehicles.

State Council discusses law on waste sector MUSCAT: The State Council yesterday held its session under the chairmanship of Dr Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri. The session discussed the report of the Economic Committee on draft Law of Regulating and customising the Waste Sector as it was approved after introducing some amendments proposed by the Legal and Economic Committees.– ONA

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Corporates unite to salute Oman’s leader The campaign provides an opportunity to the corporate houses and their employees to convey their thanks and express their gratitude to His Majesty for the successful journey that was initiated by him 43 years ago

Times News Service MUSCAT: Under the wise leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Oman has witnessed a surge of social transformation and economic growth in contemporary history. Today, Oman stands tall in the comity of nations, on a solid foundation laid down by its great and wise leader, His Majesty. To celebrate the achievements made across four decades of development and to express immense gratitude to His Majesty, makala advertising and publicity has come out with a unique concept to greet the visionary leader on the occasion of the 43rd National Day. Providing an opportunity for the corporate houses of Oman and their employees to convey their thanks to His Majesty for the successful journey that was initiated by him 43 years ago, makala advertising and publicity has put together a special compilation that will carry the greetings of his people. Largest compilation The 1,000mm x 700mm sized compilation containing signatures of mostly employees of various companies will be the largest ‘greetings compilation’ ever made in the Sultanate. “Since various sectors have contributed to the economic growth of this great country and

OMAN’S PRIDE: Mohamed Issa Al Zadjali, chairman of MPPH and editor-in-chief of the Times of Oman, signs the ‘greetings compilation’. — Jun Estrada/TIMES OF OMAN

as a gesture to the society at large, makala advertising and publicity has planned to bring out the largest greetings compilation to His Majesty from the people of Oman. This is an initiative to engage and help corporate houses and its employees to connect directly,” said Balaaji Sundararaaman, business head (advertising), makala advertising and publicity. Top management and employees

of many corporate houses have already signed the compilation. The greetings compilation, which was brought to the Muscat Press and Publishing House (MPPH) office yesterday, was signed by Mohamed Issa Al Zadjali, chairman, MPPH and editorin-chief of the Times of Oman, Ahmed Essa Al Zedjali, CEO, MPPH and editor-in-chief of Al Shabiba, and other employees.

“The idea was to reach the compilation across corporates in the Sultanate on a designated date and time all around Muscat to receive the greeting messages of the people of Oman,” added Sundararaaman. An employee who signed the greetings compilation said, “This is a wonderful opportunity for us to convey our wishes and our warm greetings to our dear leader.”

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Mumbai police suspect foul play in Philip’s death REJIMON K. reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Indian police now believe there was little possibility of the incident being a suicide and that Philip Raju, the Oman-based Indian businessman, may have accidentally fallen off the high-rise. Phillip Raju, 62, had visited Green Height apartments at Oshiwara in Mumbai on November 17 evening. He was later found lying in a pool of blood after having fallen from the building “We recreated the crime scene by throwing a dummy from the 27th floor. It landed in the same spot from where Philip’s body was found. If Philip had been pushed with force, he would have landed on the road outside the building,” Indian media quoting police officials, reported. The report also said that, three days after the incident, a boy had come forward claiming he had met the deceased minutes before the fall. “The boy met Philip while the latter was seated at the window of the 27th floor apartment. He asked Phillip why he was seated there, to which Phillip replied that he was catching some fresh air,” a police officer from Oshiwara police station has said. “Philip also asked the boy if there was a mobile network connectivity issue in the building, after which the boy went his way. It is a little difficult to believe the boy’s statement, as he has come forward three days after the mishap. We are probing all angles,” added the police officer. Meanwhile, according to reports, the Oshiwara police will soon be filing a case of negligence against the builder, Aslam Lashkariya, and his son Wasim.

A boy met Philip while the latter was seated at the window of the 27th floor apartment. Philip asked the boy if there was a mobile network connectivity issue in the building, after which the boy went his way. It is a little difficult to believe the boy’s statement, as he has come forward three days after the mishap. We are probing all angles

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The two have been accused of hiding the truth and misleading the investigators. The cops claimed that both Wasim and his father were aware that the victim had fallen, but they chose to flee from the spot and pretended to be entirely unaware of the incident. Even two days into the investigation, they continued to deny even knowing Philip. It was only when their carpenter and decorator gave a statement to the police that it was revealed that Wasim and his wife were present in the same flat at the time of the incident. On the third day of the investigation, the accused confirmed this

statement and rushed to obtain an anticipatory bail. The builder and his son were given interim relief by the Sessions Court. According to the reports, the police have also quizzed Philip’s brother-in-law Babu Bose, who was waiting in his car while Philip went in to meet Mohammed Ajmeri, the sales manager. The police suspect that builder Aslam Lashkaria and Wasim had earlier dealings with Philip, though in their anticipatory bail plea both denied knowing him prior to the incident. The reports of the second postmortem and viscera report, which can throw light on the cause of death are awaited.

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is the reported loss suffered by 40 shops in Muttrah Souq which were inundated with ﬂood waters during the ﬁrst day of rain

Rains bring huge losses for souq Although the shop owners were prepared for the downpour, their efforts went in vain as the entire Muttrah Souq was ﬂooded in 15 minutes

REJIMON K. reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Shop owners in Muttrah Souq, the traditional Arab market in Muscat, are trying to cope with the losses they suffered during last week’s heavy rains. According to the shop owners, the rain, which lasted 15 minutes and flooded the entire souq, reportedly caused losses to the tune of over OMR1 million. “There are around 60 shops, of which more than 40 were inundated with flood waters during the first day of rain. Most of the shops were stocked with antique and exclusive items for sale. Some of the shop owners suffered a loss of more than OMR20,000. Each and every shop owner reportedly suffered a loss of at least OMR10,000,” Nawas, a manager for two exclusive shawl shops who has been working for the last 21 years in the souq, told the Times of Oman. Nawas, who had insured his two shops, is waiting to receive a positive response from the insurers. From November 21 to 23, the Sultanate was hit by a deep low pressure which led to moderate to heavy rains that claimed nine lives and caused huge loss of property. Rafeeq Edakkad, who is a manager for three shops, claimed having suffered a loss of nearly OMR20,000. “I had an antique items outlet, shawl and perfume selling shops. I have been running these shops for the last 21 years. We were prepared for the rain but our efforts went in vain. It rained only for a few minutes, but the entire souq was flooded. We were prepared but the gushing waters were beyond our control,” Rafeeq said. Rafeeq also lost his and his family’s passports and other crucial documents when the shop was flooded. Beyond control Marzook, another manager of three shops, claimed that he has suffered a loss of around OMR15,000. “In 2006, the same situation happened. So, we were prepared. But again, the flood was beyond our control. “We couldn’t save much. We have to start everything from scratch now,” Marzook said. W O R K E R W E L FA R E

Minister holds meeting on oil sector bylaws MUSCAT: Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Bakri, the Minister of Manpower, yesterday held a meeting to discuss the bylaw proposed for the oil and gas sector. The meeting was attended by representatives of the stakeholders, represented by the Ministry of Oil and Gas, Ministry of Manpower and Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) as a representative for businessmen and the Sultanate’s General Trade Union as a representative for workers and representatives from the Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). The meeting discussed the proposals, views and plans on the bylaw proposed for the oil and gas sector. The meeting came up with allocating a full chapter in the labour law, which is being reviewed on regularising work at the oil and gas sector. The representatives said that due to its vital role in the national economy, the working conditions need to be regularised. — ONA

DAMAGE CONTROL: Most of the shops were stocked with antique

and exclusive items for sale. Some of the shop owners claimed to have suffered losses of more than OMR20,000. — Supplied photo

“We can’t run away from here. We have to continue. This is our bread and butter. So, we will stay on,” Rafeeq added. The Muttrah Souq is perhaps one of the oldest marketplaces in the Arab world because Muscat is the world’s largest natural harbour and has seen immense trade since the beginning of sea trade. The market becomes more crowded and active during Eid season when people come from all over Oman to buy garments

and jewellery. Enthusiastic shoppers and travellers can ﬁnd Omani silver, stalls of gleaming white dishdashas and embroidered kumahs, brightly coloured cloth and multicoloured head scarves in the souq. Shoppers can even get their hands on old Arabian muskets at this souq. Among other things sold at the souq are Omani pots, paintings, hookah pipes, framed khanjars (daggers), leather work and incense.

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CELEBRATING OMAN’S HERITAGE The onset of the camel racing season in the wilayats now marks the beginning of the winter festivities, which bring cheer to the citizens in the interiors. — ONA

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A political transition would mean that Assad can have no future role in Syria. William Hague, British Foreign Secretary

SAUDI ARABIA

US consulate attacker gets death RIYADH: A Saudi court yesterday sentenced to death an Al Qaeda member convicted of a 2004 attack on the US consulate in Jeddah, in which ﬁve people were killed. The special security tribunal sentenced 19 others to up to 25 years in jail over various charges, including supporting the attack on the US mission and plotting other “terrorist attacks”, SPA state news

agency said. The man sentenced to death, whose identity was not revealed, was convicted of “being part of a group that committed terrorist attacks in the country, including the storming of the US consulate,” it said. He confessed to taking part in the attack without showing any remorse, according to SPA. The attack on December 6, 2004

—in which gunmen opened ﬁre and lobbed explosives at the compound—killed ﬁve non-US staff, including four guards. Three of the attackers were killed when security forces swept in. A wave of deadly Al Qaeda attacks in the kingdom between 2003 and 2006 prompted authorities to launch a crackdown on the local branch of the group. — AFP

Syria talks set for January 22 First face-to-face meeting between the government of

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President Bashar Al

Referendum on Egypt constitution in January CAIRO: Egypt’s interim Prime Minister Hazem El Beblawi said yesterday he expects a referendum on the constitution now being drafted to take place in January, not next month as previously expected. The interim government has announced a roadmap that could lead to presidential and parliamentary elections next year. “I believe that it (the referendum) will take place in the second half of January,” Beblawi told reporters, giving no reason for the delay. — Reuters

Assad and rebels

GENEVA: An international peace conference aimed at ending Syria’s civil war will be held on January 22, the ﬁrst face-to-face talks between the government of President Bashar Al Assad and rebels seeking to overthrow him, the United Nations said yesterday. The United Nations is hoping for a peaceful transition in Syria, building on an agreement between world powers reached in June last year. The deal calls for the warring sides to set up a transitional governing body with full executive powers, including over military and security entities, but leaves open the fate of Assad. “We will go to Geneva with a mission of hope,” UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon said in a statement. Latest effort The announcement came as Syria mediator Lakhdar Brahimi met senior US and Russian officials in Geneva in his latest effort to get negotiations on track to end a war, now in its third year, that has

killed more than 100,000 people. Brahimi, with backing from world powers, has been trying to convene a peace conference since May and had hoped that it could be held in mid-December. He will hold a news conference at 1530GMT to announce the list of invitees, a spokeswoman said. The participation of Syria’s ally Iran in the peace conference has been a major stumbling block as Washington has opposed it, while Russia has backed Tehran’s attendance. It was not clear from Ban’s statement whether Iran would be invited. He said he expected “all regional and international partners to demonstrate their meaningful support for constructive negotiations”. Brahimi has previously called for Iran to be included in the conference. The United States and its allies say Iran must accept the agreement of June 2012 before an invitation can be extended to January’s “Geneva 2” talks. “Until Iran publicly endorses

the Geneva communiqué, and therefore makes clear that it supports the purpose of the Geneva 2 conference, it is hard to see how it can play a constructive role in finding a political solution to the conflict,” a spokeswoman for the British Foreign Office said. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said “a political transition would mean that Assad can have no future role in Syria”. A US official said US Secretary of State John Kerry would attend the talks. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov blamed the Syrian opposition for delays in convening the conference, saying it had repeatedly set out conditions for participation, including Assad’s exit, which Moscow says cannot be a precondition for a peace process. Lavrov, speaking in Rome during a trip with President Vladimir Putin, said: “It could have been held much earlier if the opposition had felt responsibility for its country and had not put forward preconditions when we met in September, October, November,” state-run Russian news agency RIA reported. Factional fighting and fragmentation among those seeking to overthrow Assad have hampered the revolt as well as diplomatic efforts to form a representative opposition party to negotiate with Assad’s delegation. Fighters in Syria joined forces on Friday to form what may be the biggest rebel army in the country, further undermining Western-backed military commanders. —Reuters VIOLENCE

Nine killed as militants, troops clash in Libya BENGHAZI: Clashes between Libyan troops and militants in the eastern city of Benghazi yesterday killed at least nine people and wounded a dozen in another test of the country’s fledgling armed forces. Still in training, Libya’s new military is struggling to curb militants and militias who fought in the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi but refuse to disarm and control parts of the country. Gunfire and explosions could be heard in Benghazi and thick smoke rose from the Ras Obeida area. The army ordered residents to stay off the city streets and recalled troops on leave to their units in the city. Fighting broke out when an army special forces unit pursued a suspect into an area where militant group Ansar Al Sharia operates its own checkpoints, Benghazi city security officials said. Medical and security sources said at least nine people were killed in the gun battles. Ansar Al Sharia was blamed for the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi a year ago when the US ambassador and three other Americans were killed. The chaos in Libya is worrying its neighbours and the Western powers who backed the uprising that led to the fall of Gaddafi two years ago in one of the Arab Spring revolts. Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, who was briefly abducted by a militia last month, met US Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary William Hague in London on Sunday to discuss cooperation. Rival militia groups withdrew from Tripoli last week after clashes killed more than 40 people when protestors marched to one of the militia bases to demand they leave the capital city. Hoping to co-opt former fighters, the government hired militia groups to provide security. But they remain loyal to their commanders or tribes, and often clash in disputes over territory or personal feuds. The US military, Britain, France, Nato and Turkey have all promised aid for the Opec country’s armed forces. But most of the programmes are just beginning and the military is still no match for the armed groups. — Reuters

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INDIA Talwar couple held guilty in twin murder We are deeply disappointed, hurt and anguished for being convicted for a crime that we have not committed DISTRAUGHT: A ﬁle photo of Nupur Talwar and Rajesh Tal-

war who were convicted by a special CBI court in Ghaziabad yesterday in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. – PTI

Rajesh and Nupur were convicted of killing daughter Aarushi, 14, and 45-year-old Nepalese employee Hemraj supposedly using a dental scalpel at their home in New Delhi suburb in 2008

GHAZIABAD: An Indian court found a prosperous dentist couple guilty yesterday of slitting the throats of their teenage daughter and a servant in a murder trial that has obsessed India for ﬁve years. Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were convicted of killing Aarushi, 14, and 45-year-old Nepalese employee Hemraj Banjade supposedly using a dental scalpel at their home in an affluent New Delhi suburb in 2008. Investigators alleged Aarushi was killed in a ﬁt of rage when her parents found her with the domestic servant in an “objectionable” situation, while the couple insisted they were victims of police incompetence and a media witchhunt. “They have been found guilty of murder and destruction of evidence,” prosecutor R.K. Saini told CYCLONIC STORM

Andhra coast faces another cyclone threat HYDERABAD: In less than a week, the Andhra Pradesh coast faces second cyclone threat with the met office yesterday issuing an alert. Even before the authorities could take up enumeration of damage caused by last week’s cyclone Helen, the coastal belt faces a fresh cyclone in Bay of Bengal. Christened Lehar, the severe cyclonic storm crossed Andaman and Nicobar Islands near Port Blair early yesterday. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a “yellow message” to the state. The cyclone over southeast Bay of Bengal is centred 1,200km east-southeast off Machilipatnam, 1,140km east-southeast off Kainada and 1,060km southeast off Kalingapatnam. To intensify gradually “The system would intensify further gradually into a very severe cyclonic storm and would move west-northwestwards and cross Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam near Kakinada around Nov 28 (Thursday) noon,” said an IMD bulletin issued yesterday afternoon. Moderate rainfall at many places would commence from tomorrow afternoon over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and south coastal Odisha. - IANS

a horde of reporters outside the small, rundown court in Ghaziabad, a city near Delhi. The couple face life in prison and possibly the death penalty when they are sentenced today. The riveting case has spawned a nation of armchair detectives debating every twist in the investigation, turned the Talwars into household names, and polarised public opinion. The Talwars burst into tears upon hearing the verdict, and were swiftly taken into police custody at the packed court. ‘Deeply disappointed’ “We are deeply disappointed, hurt and anguished for being convicted for a crime that we have not committed,” the couple said in a written statement given to reporters outside. “We refuse to feel defeated and will continue to ﬁght for justice.” The prosecution has conceded there is no forensic or material evidence against the couple, and has based its case on the “lastseen theory” -- which holds that the victims were last seen with the accused. Aarushi was found on her bed with her throat slit one morning in May 2008. Police initially blamed the missing domestic servant Hemraj — only to discover his decomposing body on the roof a day later. His throat was also cut and he had a head wound. Officers then arrested Rajesh Talwar’s Nepalese dental assistant along with two other local servants — Hemraj’s friends — but they were all later released because of a lack of hard evidence.

Talwars’ statement

The botched probe — investigators failed to seal the crime scene, allowing neighbours and relatives to swarm over it, or to ﬁnd the second body for more than 24 hours — prompted police to close the case in 2010, citing no substantial evidence. The Talwars then insisted they wanted the killers found and petitioned the court to reopen the case — but found themselves charged with murder, as media speculation about the successful couple intensiﬁed. Lurid newspaper reports, often based on quotes from unnamed police officers, appeared about their lives, demonising them as decadent and unrepentant. The case so gripped the country that one man, with no connection to the case, attacked Rajesh Talwar with a meat cleaver during a court appearance in 2011, leaving his cheek and hand deeply scarred. Appeal verdict The defence team, led by one of India’s best-known criminal lawyers who is representing the Talwars for free, said they would appeal the verdict. “It clearly is a knock for us, a devastating blow for all of us,” lawyer Rebecca John said. “We will challenge the verdict. We will be appealing in the Allahabad High Court. I have complete faith in the innocence of my clients.” -AFP

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Woman journalist who accused Tejpal of assaulting her resigns NEW DELHI: Indian magazine Tehelka’s journalist, who had accused its editor Tarun Tejpal of sexually assaulting her, has resigned to be “free from any kind of pressure” as its employee. Tejpal has been charged with rape by the Goa police. When contacted, the girl said that she has resigned from Tehelka. Sources said she had sent her resignation to the publication’s management two days ago as she wanted to be free from any kind of pressure as an employee of the organisation. The woman journalist on Saturday had issued a statement suggesting she and her family were being subjected to pressure and intimidation at an “intensely traumatic” time to “protect” Tejpal. Disappointed over Tehelka management’s handling of the case, consulting editor Jay Mazoomdaar and Revati Laul, an assistant editor, have also have put in their papers. There are reports that Tehelka’s

IN SOUP: Tarun Tejpal yesterday

moved the Delhi High Court seeking anticipatory bail. - File photo

Literary Editor Shougat Dasgupta also stepped down and more people are likely to resign in the next few days. A three-member Goa police team in the last two days had quizzed Tehelka Managing Editor Shoma Chaudhury and three employees who were contacted by the victim to corroborate her version.

The woman journalist had mentioned the names of her three colleagues, with whom she had interacted soon after the alleged assault happened at a Goa hotel lift around a fortnight ago, in her complaint and said Shoma could corroborate the incident from them. Tejpal yesterday moved the Delhi High Court seeking anticipatory bail. The Goa police had on November 22 lodged an FIR against Tejpal under sections 376 (rape), 376 (2)(k) (rape by a person of a woman in his custody taking advantage of his official position) and 354 (outraging modesty) of Indian Penal Code in connection with the incident. Meanwhile, National Commission for Women member Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar expressed surprise over Goa police leaving Delhi, where the magazine’s head office is located and its editor resides, on Sunday without arresting Tejpal. - PTI

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INDIA High voter turnout in MP, Mizoram elections The previous high turn-out in Madhya Pradesh was 69.58% elections while it was 82.35% in Mizoram

Polling peaceful “Polling was brisk and peaceful but for some stray incidents of violence — four in Bhind and three in Morena district and one person each was injured in the two districts. As many as 30 persons were arrested for inciting violence in the two districts,” Deputy Election Com-

Don’t link fight against terror with politics: BJP NEW DELHI: On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack, opposition BJP yesterday alleged that the government’s attitude of linking the fight against terror with votebank politics has led to a “woefully slow” response to the threat. Emphasising on the need for a determined effort to combat terrorism, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley regretted that unlike the US, which has fought back since 9/11, India has failed to sanitise itself against terrorism. “Five years after the Mumbai attack, it is time to introspect where we stand in our fight against terror. Our western neighbour has not given up its designs to destabilize India through cross-border terrorism,” the BJP leader said.

Court reserves order on Sachin’s Bharat Ratna

in the 2008 assembly

BHOPAL/AIZAWL: Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest-ever voter turnout of over 70 per cent and north east state of Mizoram of over 81 per cent in an assembly poll yesterday. Madhya Pradesh Minister of State for Women and Child Development Ranjana Baghel was booked under Sections 353/34 Indian Penal Code for allegedly bribing the voters in Dhar district. Brieﬁng reporters after polling, Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Jaideep Govind said there was ﬁring in the air at some places in Lahar constituency in Bhind district but said there was no possibility of a re-poll.

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WAITING TO EXERCISE FRANCHISE: Woman voters show their voter identity cards at a polling station

before casting their votes for assembly elections in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, yesterday. – PTI

missioner Sudhir Tripathi said in Delhi. The previous high turn-out in MP was 69.58 per cent in the 2008 assembly elections while it was 82.35 per cent in Mizoram. Govind said polling in three Maoist-affected constituencies in Balaghat district was held was held under tight security and choppers were also used, he said, adding an average 70 per cent polling was witnessed here. The CEO said polling had been boycotted in some polling stations in 10 districts by people who were angry with lack of construction of roads in their areas. An EVM was broken by a crowd

in Chowrai but was replaced and voting resumed after a gap. With 2,586 candidates in the fray, the main contest is between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, contesting from his traditional Budhni constituency as well as from Vidisha, is conﬁdent of winning another ﬁve-year term. He told the media before voting in his village in Sehore district that his dream was to make Madhya Pradesh a developed state. Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath asserted that the

Congress would win at least 140 seats “as people want to be free of the corrupt BJP regime”. He was speaking to reporters after voting in Chhindwara constituency. In Mizoram, over 81 per cent of polling was reported around 6pm and was expected to go higher. The fate of 142 candidates, including Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla and his 11 ministers, was sealed in election to the 40-member assembly. Polling ended at 3.30pm with an estimated turnout of 80 per cent of the 6.9 lakh voters, state Joint Chief Electoral Officer H. Lalengmawia said. - Agencies

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court yesterday reserved its order on a PIL challenging the award of Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, to cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. The petition ﬁled by IPS official Amitabh Thakur and social activist Nutan Thakur contended that the award had no provisions or guidelines to select people. The petitioner’s counsel Asok Pande argued that cricket was less of a sport and more a ‘tamasha’ or fun. Pande said there were no guidelines to select Bharat Ratna winners as against the guidelines governing Padma awards. Additional Solicitor General K.C. Kaushik presented a list of Bharat Ratna awardees so far. The bench of Justices Imtiyaz Murtaza and D.K. Upadhyaya reserved the ruling after listening to both the parties. The date of judgement would be announced later.

Ex-army chief V. K. Singh’s bail cancellation sought NEW DELHI: A retired army officer who has ﬁled a defamation case against former army chief Gen. V. K. Singh yesterday moved a court seeking cancellation of bail to him. Lt.Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh told Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja that despite warnings, the former army chief is repeatedly making defamatory accusations and remarks against him in his recently-published book. The court, on October 3, while disposing of Tejinder Singh’s plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to V. K. Singh, had warned the latter against making defamatory remarks. It had said that it would lead to cancellation of his bail granted earlier. - Agencies

PETITION TO PRESIDENT

Politicians, activists demand judicial probe into snoopgate NEW DELHI: Representatives from four Indian political parties, including Congress, yesterday joined social activists in protesting the snoopgate allegedly involving Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and submitted a petition to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking a judicial inquiry into the controversy. Alleging “blatant violation of Constitutional oath and negation of Right to Privacy,” Shabnam Hashmi from Anhad accused Modi’s close aide Amit Shah of committing offences under the Indian Telegraph Act and Indian Penal Code “under directions” from Gujarat Chief Minister in running an “illegal snooping racket” against a young woman, her friends and acquaintances “transgressing” constitutional and legal power. Illegal surveillance She said that 45 members from 30 social organisations and representatives of four political parties met the President and submitted

UP IN ARMS: Women activists and members of NGOs outside the

President’s house in New Delhi yesterday, after meeting President Pranab Mukherjee to seek a judicial probe into the snooping row. –PTI

a memorandum in which they demanded that the kind of surveillance that was done in Gujarat using full state machinery, local Intelligence Bureau and Anti Terrorism Squad is a misuse of the entire state apparatus and a judicial inquiry should be held.” A snooping scandal had come to fore in Gujarat in which suspended IAS officer Pradeep

Sharma has accused Modi, prime ministerial candidate of the main Opposition party, BJP, of having an intimate relationship with a young woman, who was being snooped by Gujarat Police. Mahila Congress President Shobha Oza said the President personally received the petition and she is “hopeful that action will be taken”. -PTI

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Pakistan receives for every truck that carries supplies for Nato forces through the country

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Nato blockade to cost $1m per day According to an analyst, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s move to block Nato supply lines could also lead to UN sanctions against Pakistan DRONE PROTESTS: Senior minister and lawmaker for Khyber Pakh-

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) decision to choke Nato supply routes could deprive Pakistan of billions of dollars it receives from the United States in ﬁnancial aid, according to experts and government officials. Under the Ground Lines of Communication (GLOC) agreement with the US, Pakistan receives an estimated $1,500 for every truck that carries supplies for GLOBAL AMBASSADOR

Malala Yousufzai

Mexico to honour Malala with Equality Award MEXICO CITY: Mexico said yesterday it will award its 2013 International Prize for Equality and Non-Discrimination to Malala Yousafzai, the teenager shot by the Taleban for championing girls’ rights to education. The award seeks to recognise Malala’s efforts for “the protection of human rights” and especially her ﬁght to protect the right to education without discrimination on “grounds of age, gender, sex and religion,” Mexico’s official National Council to Prevent Discrimination said in a statement. The award ceremony is planned for early 2014. She has become a global ambassador for the rights of children. — AFP

tunkhwa province, Sirajul Haq, second left, hands over a memorandum to US consular official Christopher Allan Bacon, right, outside the consulate in Peshawar yesterday, to protest against the US drone strikes. — AFP

Nato forces through the country, government officials said. This is a revised fee according to officials of the interior ministry. The bill amounts to roughly $1 million per day, they added. In addition to depriving Pakistan of the direct payment it re-

ceives for allowing Nato supplies to pass through its territory, violating the GLOC agreement may also prompt the US to withhold the $1.2 billion Pakistan hopes to receive under the Coalition Support Fund, the officials said. The amount has already been

included in the country’s budget for the current fiscal year. According to senior analyst Kamran Shafi, PTI’s move could also lead to UN sanctions against Pakistan, which would further deprive the country of billions of dollars it earns from trade. Pakistan’s exports to EU countries, for instance, stood at $6 billion last year. Quoting the statement of the minister of state for finance that Pakistan is expecting exports to EU countries to yield an additional $700 million to $1 billion (this year), Shafi advised the PTI leadership to avoid listening to party hardliners. “They will not only isolate Pakistan but create trouble for the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government as well,” he said. Defence analyst General Talat Masood said blocking Nato supplies has both internal and external implications for Pakistan. “Choking Nato supply routes definitely violates the UN resolution (on Afghanistan), our constitution and all our agreements with the US and Nato… It will not only

harm the work of international forces in Afghanistan, but will also harm our own national interests at a time when the US and Nato are set to withdraw from the country,” he said. The federal government has yet to decide what to do in response to PTI’s decision. Alternative arrangements According to some sources, the government could make alternative arrangements to allow supplies to Nato forces in Afghanistan to pass through its territory. Options include providing an alternate route through the Chaman border or allowing the use of Pakistan’s airspace for Nato supplies in case protestors continue to stop trucks in KP. Whether a decision had been made in this regard, however, could not be confirmed till the filing of this story. Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed said the federal government is closely monitoring the steps the PTI government in K-P has taken to block Nato supply trucks. “We will make a firm deci-

sion if the PTI carries out its plan… Frankly, it is against the state’s interest,” he said while talking to The Express Tribune. Speaking at an event earlier in Lahore, he stressed Imran Khan’s move would not serve the country well. “Imran appears to be bent on ruining Pakistan’s ties with international community… Pakistan cannot afford the politics of isolation, as it needs friends not foes in today’s world,” he said. Under the law, the K-P government cannot stop Nato supplies, said constitutional law expert Qazi Anwar. It’s the subject of the federal government, he said. “The only way the PTI can stop the supplies is by urging the public to block the routes… A federating unit does not have a say in abiding by or breaking with any international agreements or treaties.” Meanwhile, Foreign Office Spokesperson Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry said the foreign ministry has yet to receive any formal or informal reaction from the US or Nato. — Exclusive, in arrangement with Express Tribune

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Getting to yes with Iran on the nuclear issue

he interim nuclear deal between Iran and the major powers is an important step toward resolving the increasingly dangerous dispute over Iran’s progress on production of a nuclear weapon. President Barack Obama and President Hassan Rouhani of Iran deserve credit for resisting fierce domestic opposition and a 30-year history of animosity between the two countries to get to this point. Even though the temporary agreement does not achieve permanent and total dismantlement of Iran’s nuclear programme, no one can seriously argue that it doesn’t make the world safer. It would freeze key aspects of Iran’s programme for six months and lay the ground for negotiating a comprehensive, permanent deal. The alternatives are ratcheting up sanctions and possible military action, with no assurance that those steps would stop Iran’s nuclear advances. A negotiated solution is unquestionably better; it is alarming to hear Israeli politicians reject it and threaten unspecified unilateral action. The deal buys time to work on a long-term solution that constrains Iran’s nuclear programme and guarantees that it is put to peaceful use. That will be even harder to achieve, and the risks will be even greater, if negotiations fail. It is crucial that talks on the next phase begin very soon. As with any deal between adversaries, caution is warranted. Iran kept the nuclear programme secret for nearly two decades before it was uncovered in 2002 and has resisted full disclosure of its activities. But the interim deal has protections that should make cheating harder, including unprecedented daily inspections of enrichment facilities at Natanz and Fordo by UN experts. Iran has agreed to stop enriching uranium beyond 5 percent and will dismantle links between networks of centrifuges. While Iran can still enrich below 5 percent, it must convert new enriched uranium to oxide so it is harder to use militarily. Its stockpile of uranium enriched to 20 percent, which is close to weapons-grade, would be diluted or converted into oxide. Iran agreed not to install new centrifuges, start up ones not already operating or build new enrichment facilities. Much of the work on the plutonium reactor near Arak, which could provide a second path to a bomb, would be halted. The two sides effectively put aside the question of whether Iran has a “right” to enrich, but that will be central to any final deal. In exchange, the US and its allies have offered “limited, temporary and reversible” sanctions relief - enough so Rouhani can show his people benefits for Iran’s concessions but far from all that Iran has lost. The interim deal would provide $6 billion to $7 billion in sanctions relief, including freeing up about $4.2 billion in oil revenue that is frozen in foreign banks. Even so, Iran would still be deprived of $30 billion in oil revenue over the next six months. US officials say that if Iran cheats on the interim terms or fails to reach a final agreement, the eased sanctions will be reversed and new and tougher ones imposed. Six months is not a lot of time, but the new deal offers more hope than ever before that the United States and Iran can find common ground. - The Independent

HISTORIC DEAL: Iranians look at newspapers displayed on the ground outside a kiosk in Tehran, yesterday. Most Iranian newspapers

hailed the historic deal with major powers over Iran’s disputed nuclear drive, attributing the relatively swift success to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. - AFP

REVERSE STROKE

Nuclear ambition and its international uses

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Pipelines and policies

akistan could get its badly needed energy supplies through the gas pipeline from Iran, with the agreement to construct the pipeline signed between Islamabad and Tehran earlier this year. But things are never as simple as they look, and the US refusal to exempt the project from economic sanctions imposed on Iran means that Pakistan has been unable to secure financing for the pipeline, even resorting to asking Iran to fund the $2 billion required for the 785 kilometres of the pipeline that is to run through its soil. Appeals made to the US during Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Washington have gone unheeded. The US is interested only in guarding its own interests, regardless of the cost to its allies. Pakistan, of course, should be guarding its own. But this is easier said than done. The financing issue poses serious issues, and to complicate matters, given that the pipeline is government guaranteed, backing out of the deal with Tehran brings up its own problems. Washington, however, is pushing firmly for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline, for which it says contracts would be awarded to US firms, lifting the burden of responsibility for securing financing from Pakistan. Reports suggest Pakistan is showing an interest in the TAPI option — but what is unfortunate is its lack of choice in the matter. The US is, in fact, determining how it should act, and such intervention can never be a good thing. At home, independent groups have also raised concerns about what energy obtained from Iran would cost, and this, too, is something to be kept in mind as we consider our future course of action. We do not really have too many options, given all the constraints, and from within this maze, the best possible choices need to be made to serve the needs of a nation which needs energy to keep the machines running in its factories and to meet its other urgent needs at a time when we literally do not have sufficient fuel to keep our nation running along smoothly. - The Express Tribune

UK slavery case highlights the need to step up vigil This refers to the write-up titled ‘Concealment key to modern slavery’, published in the Times of Oman. The horriﬁc case of the three women who were recently freed from a London house after three decades in captivity, once more brings the world face to face with the fact that slavery survives to this day. What makes the incident even more shocking is that it happened in Britain, a country that prides itself over the liberties it affords to people residing on its soil. The writer has gone to great lengths in analysing the phenomenon of modern slavery and comes out with the conclusion that the problem is mostly hidden from view because unlike Africans transported to the US in the 18th and 19th centuries, modern

day slaves live in unremarkable houses and ﬂats — making it more difficult to identify them. According to the International Labour Organisation, almost 21 million people are victims of slavery worldwide, with women and girls outnumbering men. Trafficking for prostitution and sexual exploitation has received a great deal of attention but forced labour is actually more common, especially in the domestic and agricultural sectors. These facts underline the need to redouble efforts to curb human trafficking. Manoj Mohapatra Muscat

Nearly 70 years after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the view persists globally that gaining a seat at the grownup table of geopolitics requires N-weapons. This view is reinforced by the architecture of the nonproliferation regime

he agreement reached in Geneva in the wee hours of November 24 between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany) on Iran’s nuclear programme proves a crucially important point: the sanctions regime worked. The interim deal is Iran’s first compromise on its nuclear programme in more than a decade, and a diplomatic victory in a field long overshadowed by the looming cloud of military intervention. Yet the euphoric reaction seen in some quarters is misplaced. Beyond the ambiguities and limitations of the sixmonth agreement, the negotiations have clearly exposed Iran’s nuclear-weapons programme and, more broadly, its understanding that nuclear weapons remain a geostrategic status symbol. This points to the difficulty of achieving a comprehensive agreement and the possibility that the international effort could result only in a series of small deals aimed at delaying Iran’s acquisition of a nuclear weapon rather than removing the threat of it altogether. Beneath the headlines of the historic deal lies a limited and ambiguous agreement. The joint statement released by European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif referred to the agreement as “a joint plan of action” that “sets out an approach toward reaching a long-term comprehensive solution.” While it includes a first step that “creates the time and environment needed for a comprehensive solution,” the interim accord is really about confidencebuilding measures. Indeed, the obligations that it lists are referred to as “voluntary measures.” At best, the agreement maintains the current status quo, and in some respects even allows for further development of Iran’s nuclear programme. In this sense, perhaps the most troubling aspect of the interim deal concerns Iran’s yet-to-be-opened Arak plant, which would offer a path to domestic plutonium production and weaponisation. Though the agreement reached in Geneva includes Iran’s pledge not to transfer fuel or heavy water or commission its Arak reactor, there does not appear to be any overarching moratorium on construction at the site. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Arak plant still lacks several major reactor components, such as controlroom equipment and cooling pumps. So, Iran, it seems, will be able to advance its plutonium programme during the six-month confidence-building period. That loophole is all the more troubling in light of French press reports this week concerning Western intelligence on the construction of facilities in Shiraz that may be used to sepa-

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

No need to throw away the baby with the bathtub

There is no greater sorrow than to recall, in misery, the time when we were happy.

The write-up, ‘Rethinking the shape of global institutions’,

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rate plutonium in order to create the fissile material needed for nuclear weapons. That Iran’s push to acquire the capacity to produce nuclear weapons is partly motivated by security concerns cannot be denied. Nationalism, however, is a more important factor. It is not just that all the great powers have nuclear weapons; the problem, from Iran’s perspective, is that lesser powers – particularly neighboring states such as Pakistan and Israel – have them. The Iranians regard themselves as the heirs to a great and ancient civilisation, and their ambition of achieving regional preeminence reflects this. At the same time, they perceive their country to be marginalised, discriminated against, and the target of aggressive international condemnation. Nearly 70 years after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the view persists globally that gaining a seat at the grownup table of geopolitics requires nuclear weapons. Germany is an exception, though hardly a geostrategic heavyweight; and though Japan knows the horror of nuclear war, important domestic voices there are calling for a change of its non-nuclear status. This view of nuclear weapons as a shorthand for national greatness is reinforced by the architecture of the non-proliferation regime, which firmly divides states into two camps: nuclear haves and have-nots. That nuclear chauvinism is an attitude reinforced by the “haves” of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty – China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States – which also constitute the P5. As long as possessing nuclear weapons remains a state’s clearest way to demonstrate its bona fides as a great power, maintaining the potential to develop such weapons will be too tempting for countries like Iran to forswear. What is needed is a global shift away from the equation of nuclear weapons with geopolitical greatness. Progress on various efforts to sever this link have not been very encouraging, as was recently demonstrated by the Kremlin’s negative reaction to US President Barack Obama’s proposal that both sides cut their nuclear stockpiles. Meanwhile, non-P5 nuclear-weapons states continue to expand their arsenals, with Pakistan and India estimated to have nearly tripled their stockpiles during the past decade. The interim agreement with Iran marks an important juncture. Above all, it shows that international sanctions can bear fruit, and that a diplomatic way forward – even if proves to be a narrow one – is possible. We can remain both ambitious and realistic. But a comprehensive deal with Iran – and the need to preempt future epigones – requires a broader change: a world that not only excludes the offensive use of nuclear weapons but also acknowledges the ultimate unsustainability of their deterrent power. - Project-Syndicate

published in the Times of Oman, has rightly pointed out that global governance has become increasingly muddled since the Second World War and that it is impeding progress in areas of worldwide concern. It is indeed not easy for over 190 countries, which are now members of the United Nations, to agree on any particular issue. Moreover, there has been a proliferation of publicly funded international institutions, often with overlapping mandates, leading to hamstrung responses to global issues and drain funds, making it difficult to deliver meaningful progress in critical areas. The problem is likely to only worsen as the needs and expectations of an ever-expanding global population grow. In this context, progress on global issues like climate change, cyber crime, income inequal-

ity, and the chronic burden of disease are proving elusive. That, however, does not mean that internationalism is a dead horse. Global institutions have spearheaded breakthroughs in a wide range of areas, including health, ﬁnance, economics, human rights, and peacekeeping. But today they are largely perceived as inaccessible, inefficient, and opaque. The writer has correctly stressed the need a comprehensive review of these bodies. Steps like embedding sunset clauses in the governance structures to ensure regular reviews of performance and purpose, closing bodies that have fulﬁlled their mandate or proved unable to do so are some worthwhile suggestions to make the acceptable. Aftab Alam Salalah

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PERSPEC IVE The global imperative of putting education ﬁrst F

or far too long, the cause of universal education has taken a back seat to other great international movements for change. Now, for two new reasons that lie at the heart of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s launch of the “Education First” initiative, education has returned to its rightful place atop the global policy agenda. First and foremost, young people have themselves become the biggest advocates of universal education for girls and boys. Refusing to remain silent while denied opportunity, young people – particularly girls – have launched one of the great civil-rights struggles of our time. Few could remain unmoved by the brave fight of the young Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai after the Taleban shot her in the head because she insisted on the right of young girls to an education. Few have failed to notice the massive public outpouring of support in Pakistan and elsewhere for the cause that she is championing. Likewise, we have also seen in recent months the creation by schoolgirls in Bangladesh of childmarriage-free zones, aimed at defending the right of girls to stay in school instead of being married off as teenage brides against their will. In India, the Global March Against Child Labour, led by children’s rights advocate Kailash Satyarthi, has rescued thousands of young boys and girls from a life of slavery in factories, workshops, and domestic service, and has ensured that they return to school. These demonstrations by girls and boys demanding their right to education have made the fight for basic schooling impossible to ignore. Consequently, every government now feels under even greater pressure to deliver the second of the global Millennium Development Goals (“achieve universal primary education”) by the end of 2015. But a second worldwide force also has propelled education to the center of the policy agenda in most countries: the increased recognition of the importance of education by those who examine why countries succeed or fail. For years, academics have debated whether culture, institutions, ideology, or resources cause some countries to lag behind. Today, a growing number of writers, researchers, and policymakers see the crucial link between education and national economic success. The deployment of human capital has become an important factor in explaining why some countries remain stuck in a “middle-income trap” and why others cannot break out of low-income status. And research assessing a country’s human capital now focuses on the quantity and quality of basic skills, qualified graduate manpower, and expertise in research and development. Putting education

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Today, a growing number of writers, researchers, and policymakers see the crucial link between education and national economic success

first is urgent in view of the scale of wasted talent and potential worldwide. Some 57 million children still do not go to school, 500 million girls will never finish the secondary education to which they are entitled, and 750 million adults remain illiterate. The link between education and economic success makes the delivery of quality schooling and training a hugely important issue for business as well. By 2020, according to the McKinsey Global Institute, we will face the twin problems of a shortfall of up to 40 million high-skill workers and a surplus of up to 95 million low-skill workers. By 2030, the global workforce of 3.5 billion will include an estimated one billion workers who lack a secondary education, significantly hindering their countries’ economic prospects. As a result, without urgent action, businesses are likely to face a huge skills shortage, especially in emerging markets and developing countries, where most economic activity will be concentrated. Indeed, the adult illiteracy rate in Somalia is 63 per cent, and 39 percent in Nigeria; in South Sudan, more girls die during childbirth than complete primary school. Unless we act, by mid-century the global economy will be characterised by massive waste of talent and unequal opportunities. According to new figures from the Wittgenstein Center’s forthcoming book World Population and Human Capital in the 21st Century, only 3 per cent of young adults in Mali and Mozambique are projected to have a tertiary education in 2050; the expected proportion is just 4 per cent in Niger, Liberia, Rwanda, and Chad, and only 5 per cent in Malawi and Madagascar. While the projection for North America as a whole is 60 per cent, the forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa is 16 per cent.Such figures reveal a world divided between those who have and those who lack educational opportunity, with huge potential repercussions not only in terms of skill shortages and economic waste, but also in terms of social stability. The late US Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren’s words in Brown v. Board of Education,which struck down the legal basis for racial segregation in America’s public schools, remain no less relevant today: “It is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.” As Warren put it, “Such an opportunity…is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.” We have little more than two years to turn basic education from a privilege for some into a right for all. Secretary-General Ban and I are determined that every day until that deadline in December 2015, we will work as hard as possible to ensure every child is in school. - Project-Syndicate

Eurasia’s receding revolution

JACKSON DIEHL

t was 10 years ago this month that Mikheil Saa kashvili, then a 35-year-old US-trained lawyer, led a march on the parliament of Georgia that overturned a corrupt and autocratic regime in that post-Soviet Caucasian state and inaugurated a liberal democratic surge in Eurasia. The “Rose Revolution” was followed a year later by Ukraine’s

replaced him cannot imprison him. “The problem with my case is that if I get arrested that is the end of Georgia’s integration with Europe,” Saakashvili told me in Washington last week. His voluntary exile ensures that he will not share the fate of former Ukrainian prime minister and Orange revolution leader Yulia Tymoshenko. So is liberal democracy dead in the former Soviet space? Will Putin now succeed in recreating something like Moscow’s Soviet empire with his Eurasian Union? Saakashvili, high spirited as ever, says: “No way.” “When you have radical reform, you know someone will come and try and repeal that reform,” he said. “It’s a cycle. But I don’t think they can take it back. This region is drifting toward the West regardless of the governments.” As Saakashvili sees it, Georgia, Ukraine and other Eurasian states are following the same halting course toward democracy and integration with the West

“Orange revolution”; the brash and charismatic Saakashvili soon became Georgia’s president, as despised in Moscow as admired in Washington. A decade later, the wave has receded. Last week, Ukraine backed away from an association agreement with the European Union and embraced Kremlin. It followed Armenia, which succumbed to Putin’s heavy-handed pressure earlier this fall. Only Moldova and Saakashvili’s Georgia are now pursuing deals with the EU. Saakashvili is back in the US, having ended his second presidential term last week, a year after his party suffered a decisive defeat in parliamentary elections. He’s out of favour at home and in Washington, which in the Obama era no longer pays much attention to post-Soviet countries. What’s more, Georgia’s shaky course toward Europe depends on its ex-president remaining out of the country, so that the autocratically inclined government that

that their onetime Warsaw Pact neighbours, such as Poland and Hungary, followed in the 1990s. The difference is that Russia has gone from Boris Yeltsin’s to Putin. The other difference is in the United States. In the 1990s, the Clinton administration strongly pushed Eastern European nations toward NATO and the EU Now it is Putin who is pushing, and the United States is absent.“It’s not that Russia is so strong,” Saakashvili said. “It’s the perception of American weakness and American absence. The perception of Russia now is that no matter what they do in our region, America is not going to respond.” Saakashvili predicts “the reformers will be back in Georgia,” eventually. In the recent presidential election, his party won 22 percent of the vote without him — enough to survive and rebuild. In the meantime, he’s rediscovering life as a virtually anonymous visitor to the US. - The Washington Post

Will govts walk the climate talk?

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he last-minute deal at the United Nations Climate Conference in Warsaw keeps hopes for a comprehensive successor agreement to the 1997 Kyoto protocol alive. But let us be clear: Much more decisive action will be needed if we are to stand any chance at fending off climate change. We now have just one more shot, next year in Peru, before the crucial 2015 Paris conference. Even before then, it will be crucial for governments to put aside narrow national interests in order to ensure that the pledges made at the 2009 Copenhagen conference — to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, compared to preindustrial levels — are met. The unprecedented walkouts at the Warsaw climate talks — ﬁrst, by representatives of most developing countries, and then by green groups and NGOs — reveal a growing level of frustration with what many perceive as a lack of political leadership at a curcial time. It was clear before this latest round of talks in the Polish capital that the world’s governments must make real progress toward an ambitious, universal and legally binding climate agreement to be adopted in 2015. Governments must start phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, which currently account for about $485 billion a year, and are far greater than the global investment in renewable energy. While cutting subsidies is an issue for developed and developing countries alike, it remains true that the Group of 20 countries accounted for 78 percent of global carbon emissions from fuel combustion in 2010. What now? If governments are unwilling to lead when leadership is required, people must. We need a global grass-roots movement that tackles climate change and its fallout. In Australia, one initiative aims at getting one million women to take small steps in their everyday lives to cut emissions. In India, there is a project to bring solar energy to slums, which also creates green jobs. In Guatemala, women farmers are planting trees to sequester carbon and improve cultiva-

tion techniques. In Mexico, the “ecocasa” program is unlocking funds to build energyefficient housing. Despite these initiatives, citizens need to press their governments to come up with ambitious sustainable solutions, not just makeshift ones. Climate change must inform any new policy, whether in the development or the energy sector. It must determine the way we build our houses and the way we structure our economy. Green thinking cannot be the sole responsibility of a few environmentally minded activists, while the rest of us go on living as if there were no tomorrow. The science behind climate change, after all, is clear. As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the leading global body for the assessment of climate change, has unequivocally stated: “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The atmosphere and oceans have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice diminished, sea level has risen, and the concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased.” To those who argue that global warming is just the way of nature and not in any way related to human activity, the panel responds, “It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.” The dominant cause. Not just one of many. As a consequence, we will witness more extreme weather patterns such as droughts, storms, floods and heat waves. As we saw, just days before the Warsaw conference, with the devastating effects of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, those who bear the brunt are the poorest and most vulnerable. We should also expect to witness a dramatic increase of various infectious diseases, especially vector-borne diseases such as malaria or dengue fever. Eventually, all of us will feel the consequences. In fact, this has already started, as those who experienced recent wildfires in Australia and California and this year’s floods in Europe can attest. Climate change will threaten our security, exacerbating tensions that lead to violent conflicts as the scramble for resources escalates out of control. But let me conclude on a note of cautious optimism: If science tells us that human activity is the main driver of global warming, then human action can also reverse it. But this must happen before the climate consequences become irreversible. Failing to act will be nothing short of catastrophic. - The New York Times

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MUSCAT: The Gulf Industrial Chemicals (SAOG) has conducted a training seminar on industrial ﬂooring. Tony Lees, technical director for Amtred in the UK, conducted the seminar. Amtred is one of the technical collaboration that are working with GIC. Under the terms of the agreement, products are manufactured in the GIC’s Russyl Industrial Estate factory and marketed under the brand name “TufFloor.” The quality and performance of the products manufactured are all independently checked by Amtred under the ISO9002 scheme.

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53% Americans think Obama is ‘not honest’ dogged the system ever since. The pollsters said the survey, conducted by ORC International with a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points, recorded the worst scores for Obama during his ﬁve years in office in key categories.

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WASHINGTON: A growing number of Americans doubt President Barack Obama’s ability to manage the nation, according to a CNN/ORC poll released yesterday that reﬂects the possible larger impact of his administration’s fumbled rollout of its healthcare law. The poll also found that 53 per cent of those polled said Obama is not honest or trustworthy, marking the ﬁrst time that the CNN/ ORC polling found a clear major-

ity questioning the president’s integrity, CNN said. Forty per cent of the 843 US adults surveyed in the telephone poll early last week said Obama can manage the government effectively, down 12 percentage points from June. The poll was conducted November 18-20 amid ongoing problems plaguing the president’s signature domestic policy achievement, the healthcare law widely known as Obamacare.

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Not inspiring confidence It found that 56 per cent of respondents said they did not admire Obama, disagreed with him on important issues and said he does not inspire confidence, while 53 per cent said they do not see him as a strong and decisive leader, CNN said. Another poll conducted by the Gallup organisation put Obama’s overall job approval rating at 41 percent, according to the latest weekly findings for November 1117, down from 45 per cent in September, before the healthcare law rollout. — Reuters

CONTROVERSIAL DECISION

Bangladesh to hold polls on January 5 DHAKA: Bangladesh announced plans yesterday for a general election in early January despite threats by the main opposition party to boycott the polls and stage mass protests until the prime minister quits. In an announcement on state television, Chief Elections Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad urged all parties to take part in the contest for the 300-seat parliament and also announced that the army would be deployed across the volatile nation to prevent clashes between political rivals. “The election will be held on January 5,” Ahmad said in his widely-anticipated address. Boycott An alliance of 18 opposition parties has threatened to boycott the polls unless Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina agrees to step down immediately and make way for a caretaker government to oversee the election.

Ahmad said he had asked President Abdul Hamid — whose post is largely ceremonial — to negotiate an end to the dispute between Hasina’s Awami League and the opposition which is dominated by former premier Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). “We’ve asked the president to personally initiate special steps and end this unbearable impasse,” Ahmad said. “I’ve asked all political parties to uphold the will of the people, maintain peace and compromise.” There was no immediate comment from the BNP but its spokesman Fakhrul Islam Alamgir earlier told reporters that the opposition would “cripple the country” with strikes and blockades until its demand are met. Hasina has rejected the calls for a caretaker government, and instead formed a multi-party interim cabinet last week which is largely made of her allies. — AFP

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Security tightened in Thailand as protestors occupy govt buildings BANGKOK: Thailand’s embattled premier yesterday invoked a special security law in the tense capital Bangkok and nearby areas after protestors stormed key ministries in a bid to topple the government. The mass rallies against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her brother, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, are the biggest since 2010 when more than 90 civilians were killed in a bloody military crackdown. The turmoil has raised fears of a fresh bout of street violence in a country that has been convulsed by several episodes of political unrest since royalist generals overthrew Thaksin in a 2006 coup. The special law, which had already been in force in several districts of the capital and is known as the Internal Security Act, gives the police additional powers to block routes, impose a curfew, ban gatherings and carry out searches. Tens of thousands of protesters opposed to Yingluck’s elected government marched on more than a dozen state agencies across Bangkok, including military and police bases, as well as several television stations. Hundreds of demonstrators swarmed into ﬁnance ministry buildings and later forced their way into the foreign ministry

SEEKING CHANGE: Anti-government protestors march toward

Thailand’s ﬁnance ministry in Bangkok, yesterday. — Reuters

compound, which were both apparently left unguarded by government security forces. Demonstrators broke down the gates to the foreign ministry and after occupying an area of the compound they asked civil servants to leave and not to return to

work the next day, according to a ministry spokesman. There was no immediate sign that the government was preparing to try to evict the demonstrators from the ministries, where they stayed into the night, despite Yingluck’s decision to impose

the Internal Security Act in the entire capital. “While the government will enforce the laws it will not use force against the people,” Yingluck said. “The government would like to ask people not to join illegal protests and to respect the law,” she added. Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban called for the occupation today of “all government agencies”. “The Thaksin system can no longer work,” he said, vowing to defy police warnings for the protesters to leave the ministry. A boisterous rally on Sunday brought up to 180,000 anti-government demonstrators to the streets of Bangkok, according to the National Security Council. Thousands of pro-government “Red Shirts” remain in a suburban football stadium in Bangkok in a show of support for Yingluck and Thaksin. The rallies are the biggest challenge yet for Yingluck, who swept to power in elections in 2011 thanks to support from the Red Shirts, whose protests in 2010 were crushed by the then-government led by the Democrat party. Yingluck on Monday told reporters she would neither resign nor dissolve parliament despite the mounting pressure. — AFP

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Sri Lanka bans events on tributes to rebels COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s military yesterday announced a ban on commemorations of the island’s defeated Tamil Tiger rebels following reports that sections of the ethnic Tamil minority were planning to hold events. The military said any event was banned because the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was still a proscribed organisation, four years after the army defeated the group to end a decades-long separatist war. Small and low-key ceremonies are usually held at this time every year to commemorate rebels killed during the conflict, a so-called “heroes’ week” that coincides with the anniversary of the death of the first rebel. Local media have reported that more organised events were planned this year in the island’s former northern war zone after the main Tamil party won local elections there in September. Separatist ideology “Promoting and propagating separatist ideology within Sri Lanka directly or indirectly, even by using media freedom, and attempting to commemorate or glorify terrorists that belonged to a proscribed organisation would be illegal,” the military spokesman said in a statement. Birth anniversary The week also coincides with the anniversary of the birth of LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran, who was killed in 2009 in the final bloody offensive against the rebels in the northeastern district of Mullaittivu. Authorities have been keen to erase any symbol of the Tamil Tigers, removing rebel cemeteries and dismantling monuments set up by the guerrillas in the former war zones. — AFP

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MARKE Muscat 6,752.05 - 10.94 - 0.16%

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Type ............................Delivery...........Price Oman Crude............. (Spot) ..... $106.59 Dubai Crude ............. (Spot) ...... $107.30 Murban Crude ........ (Spot) ........ $111.81 Arabian Light ......... (Spot) ...... $110.39 Arabian Heavy ....... (Spot) ................N/A N.Sea Brent............... (Spot) ..... $108.80 West Texas Int ....... (Spot) .........$93.51

Forex rates vs RO1* US Dollar ................................. 2.58 Euro .............................................1.90 Pound ...........................................1.59 Indian Rs ...............................161.81 Pak Rs ................................... 276.24 Bangla Taka........................198.81

Indian Rs ................................... 161.50 Pakistan Rs .............................276.60 Sri Lanka Rs .......................... 335.90 Bangla Taka........................... 200.45 Phil Peso ..................................... 113.10

Muscat 24ct per gm (RO) ............15.46 Muscat 22ct per gm (RO) ............15.00 10 Tola Bar Muscat (RO) ................. N/A Dubai 24ct per gm (Dh) ........... 150.00 Dubai 22ct per gm (Dh) .............142.25 10 Tola Bar Dubai (Dh) ..................... N/A

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Petrofac-Daelim JV wins reﬁnery contract

FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT

SUPPLY VESSELS: Topaz has acquired two European built Plat-

form Supply Vessels to serve the contracts. — Supplied picture

Topaz wins $100m contracts from BP Times News Service MUSCAT: Topaz Energy and Marine, a leading offshore support vessel company with primary operations in the Middle East and Caspian, yesterday said that the company won two contracts with BP in Azerbaijan’s largest oil and gas fields worth approximately $100 million. Topaz has acquired two European built Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) to serve the contracts which stretch over five years, including options. The boats will be deployed in the fourth quarter of 2013 and the second quarter of 2014 in support of BP’s operations in the Azerbaijan offshore fields of ACG and Shah Deniz 2 performing supply duties. ECONOMY

Auto to oil shipping firms poised to profit from Iran accord GENEVA: French automakers Peugeot Citroën and Renault and companies that transport Iranian oil are poised to benefit from the six-month accord to rein in Iran’s nuclear programme while easing trade sanctions. The deal struck yesterday in Geneva among Iran and six world powers, including the US and its European Union partners, will relax restrictions on cars, petrochemicals, aviation parts, gold, and insurance for oil cargoes. In addition, it will let the country continue exporting oil at current levels instead of forcing further reductions. Direct commercial benefits from the agreement will be limited because the primary sanctions on oil and banking remain in place. Its significance may be as the first break in a pattern of ever-tighter sanctions on Iran and a potential first step toward its return to the international economy. “Any indication that we could resume doing business with our partners in Iran goes in the right direction,” Peugeot spokesman Jean-Baptiste Thomas said on Sunday. “We’ll of course welcome the re-opening of the Iranian market.” In exchange for a selective easing of sanctions, the agreement requires Iran to curtail sensitive nuclear activities, reduce its stockpile of enriched uranium and agree to increased international inspections of its nuclear facilities. The accord depends on Iran keeping its end of the bargain and the Obama administration fending off congressional pressure to impose a new round of sanctions. American firms don’t stand to profit because almost all US trade with Iran other than food and medicine has been banned for decades. - Bloomberg News

“These contract awards for additional vessels in Azerbaijan reflect BP’s commitment to our long-term working relationship in the growing Caspian market and their confidence in the reliability, quality and capability of our vessels and our seafarers,” said René Kofod-Olsen, CEO, Topaz Energy and Marine. The vessels are a 3,300 deadweight tonne PSV and a 4,000 deadweight tonne PSV, both modern, high-spec boats equipped with dynamic positioning level 2. The addition of the boats will bring Topaz’s fleet size in the Azeri waters of the Caspian to a total of 26 vessels. Topaz has been operating in the Caspian since its acquisition of BUE Marine in 2005.

The expansion project, awarded by Oman Oil Reﬁneries and Petroleum Industries Company, will cost $2.1b and will be ready by 2016

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businesseditor@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: A 50:50 consortium of Petrofac and Daelim Industrial Co has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for Sohar reﬁnery expansion. The project contract, awarded by Oman Oil Reﬁneries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic), is valued at $2.1 billion and will be completed within 36 months. Petrofac and South Korea’s Daelim consortium (which was the

SPECIALISED CRANE

Sohar Port receives state-of-the-art ship-to-shore gantry cranes Times News Service MUSCAT: Three new Post Panamax ship-to-shore container cranes arrived at Sohar Port and Freezone on board a specialised crane transport last Thursday. Equipped with the latest technology, these all-new gantry cranes were built to order by ZPMC in China. They represent a multimillion dollar investment in the future of Sohar as the new gateway to the Gulf. Oman International Container Terminal (OICT) ofﬁcially took delivery of the new cranes following their 6,500 mile journey by sea from Shanghai that took over one month. Each crane has a staggering 52-metre reach, equivalent to 18 rows of containers. This means the new cranes can handle very large container ships; this consolidation of cargo is an important factor for shipping lines to reduce their costs. Captain Rashid, Chief Executive Officer of OICT commented; “Automation and information is critical for today’s container business and these cranes are a huge step forward for Sohar in terms of technology.” Specialised engineers With severe weather lashing the Oman coast over the past few days, the delicate operation to transfer the cranes from the ship’s deck to land is now underway. It will take a team of specialised engineers from China and Oman around eight days to complete the offloading and installation work. The cranes were welded to the main deck for their journey from the Far East and crews are now busy with cutting gear separating them from the ship. Once that is completed, rail tracks will be laid so the cranes can be carefully maneuvered from the ship’s deck to the quayside. “Our challenge will be to compen-

sate the weight of the cranes with ballast as they are removed from the ship, as well as to balance the rise and fall of the tides,” said Yang Wenhui, Deputy General Manager of ZPMC, the Chinese team heading the operations. Wenhui continued: “The ship and quayside need to stay at exactly the same level for many hours at a time, or there is a risk that the tracks won’t be able to support the cranes.” Once the three cranes are installed and container operations are consolidated at the new Terminal-C facility, now under construction, OICT will more than double its current capacity. OICT is targeting 1.5 million TEUs annually once all three phases of Terminal-C are completed, and already handles around 200,000TEUs a year. The new capacity will allow over 200,000 additional containers destined for Oman, but currently rerouted through the UAE’s Port system, to be handled directly in Oman. This will help reduce congestion at the Hatta border and will be a further boost for Sohar’s growth. Andre Toet, CEO of Sohar Port commented: “The new cranes will keep Sohar ahead of our competitors for many years to come. The growth in Sohar is frankly mind-boggling and there are still massive opportunities for international investors, especially in Sohar Freezone.” Asked if Sohar can increase its current 50 million tonnes of cargo to 90 million tonnes a year by 2020, Toet smiled: “Yes, of course we can…the new cranes represent a huge uplift for our business in Sohar.”

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third lowest bidder) won the prestigious contract, pushing aside five other international players, including Samsung Engineering, GS Engineering & Construction, S K Engineering & Construction, Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Tecnicas Reunidas SA. The scope of work of the Sohar Refinery’s improvement project encompasses engineering, procurement, construction, start-up and commissioning services at the refinery. The contract includes improvements at the existing facility as well as the addition of new refining units. The upgrade will add around 60,000 barrels per day (bpd) of additional capacity to Sohar Refinery’s present processing capacity of around 116,000bpd of crude and long residue, taking the total capacity to 176,000bpd. This represents a hefty 70 per cent jump in the plant’s existing processing capacity. The upgrade is slated for completion by 2016. The refinery was originally constructed and commissioned in 2006 and Orpic is now investing in improvements at the site to enhance the current production capacity. “Partnering with Daelim to de-

VITAL FACTS

Sohar Reﬁnery capacity to be raised by 70% to 176,000bpd

Expansion to be completed within 36 months

Upgrade will bring in several major beneﬁts to Orpic

The upgrade is slated for completion by 2016

liver this project leverages our respective delivery capability for the reﬁnery market, complementing our existing track record. We have also been executing projects in Oman since 1988, having a detailed appreciation for the operating environment. Orpic is a new customer for us and we look forward to strengthening our relationship as the project progresses,” said Subramanian Sarma, Managing Director of Petrofac’s Onshore

Engineering & Construction Division. Competitive proposal “Combining our strengths with those of Petrofac provided a compelling and competitive proposal for the project. As one of our core markets, we have extensive experience in the Middle East and are delighted to be taking that expertise into Oman for Orpic. We also share the same ethos as Petrofac in our commitment to developing the local energy sector and look forward to working with them to deliver the project,” CK Lee, President and CEO of Daelim’s overseas business development. The upgrade will bring in several major beneﬁts to the company and the country. In addition to improving the reﬁning process to cater for heavier crudes, the project will also enhance the plant’s environmental performance, boost fuels production, increase production of polypropylene, and reduce imports of naphtha as feedstock for the integrated aromatics plant. Most recently, Petrofac has completed the Kauther depletion compression project in Oman which it was executing for Petroleum Development Oman (PDO).

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Takaful Oman backed by reputed promoters Takaful Oman Insurance is promoted by ONIC Holding, Nifco, OIC, NBO, Blue Door Investment Services, Meethaq Islamic Banking and T’azur Takaful insurance company SOLID FOUNDATION: The promoters’ group brings together invaluable experience in the category

that is unique in the emerging takaful segment in Oman. — Supplied picture

Times News Service MUSCAT: The inherent strength of experience, expertise and reputation that the promoters’ group brings into Takaful Oman will drive both the success of the IPO and the business and performance of the new entity, the first pure takaful company in Oman. Takaful Oman Insurance (under formation), which floated an initial public offering, is promoted by ONIC Holding, a premier holding company with interests across the business spectrum and a specific focus on the insurance sector; National Investment Funds Company (Nifco), and Oman Investment Corporation (OIC), a private equity investment company working to enhance the eco-

nomic development of Oman; National Bank of Oman, the first local bank and one of the largest banks in Oman; Blue Door Investment Services, Meethaq Islamic Banking from Bank Muscat, the largest bank in Oman; and T’azur Takaful insurance company KSCC, one of the top five largest takaful category companies in Kuwait. Sayyida Rawan Ahmed Al Said, Director and Group CEO of ONIC Holding SAOG said that “over the years I have seen the insurance industry grow in Oman. I must mention that in my years of experience, I have not known any other insurance company which has started with this breath of experience. The banks, financial insti-

tutions and insurers are bringing together all the key ingredients required to make the venture a success.” Sayyida Rawan Ahmed Al Said is a Board Member of National Life and General Insurance Company SAOG and Board Member of IGI (a reputed regional reinsurance company). Tareq Al Mugheiry, Investment Director of Oman Investment Corporation said; “It is worth to mentioning that promoters are not charging the company with any development fee for putting together a unique insurance proposition”. Abdul Razzaq Al Wohaibi, managing director and CEO of T’azur Takaful said that Oman is an exciting opportunity and T’azur

brings to the table years of takaful experience and a range of innovative takaful products ideal for the Oman market. The promoters’ group brings together invaluable experience in the category that is unique in the emerging takaful segment in Oman. The share issue is priced at par (OMR0.100) plus 2 baisas of issue expenses totaling OMR 0.102 per share and the total offer will be 40,000,000 shares. The IPO will close on December 2, 2013.

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Cairn India plans oil-stake boost NEW DELHI: Billionaire Anil Agarwal’s Cairn India will spend about $1 billion to buy back shares giving him greater control over the company as environment rules derail his mining business, two people familiar with the plan said. The oil producer will offer to buy back shares, including Cairn Energy’s 10.3 per cent stake, and extinguish them, said one of the people, who asked not to be iden-

tiﬁed before an announcement. The proposal may help Sesa Sterlite and Agarwal’s other companies’ boost their ownership in Cairn India to more than 65 per cent from about 59 per cent, the person said. “Certainly Cairn Energy’s 10 per cent stake in the company will be a natural source of shares,” Alan Greene, a Singapore- based analyst at Moody’s Investors

Service, said in a telephone interview. “Cairn Energy’s decision to sell will depend on what the offer price is and its own needs.” The board of Cairn India, based in Gurgaon near New Delhi, will decide on the repurchase today, according to an exchange ﬁling. Cairn India, which has 1.9 billion shares outstanding, gained 1.2 per cent to Rs331.10 at the close in Mumbai. — Bloomberg News

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Oman ranks sixth in economic freedom ranking in Arab region THE TOP TEN In the report published by the Fraser Institute,

1. Bahrain, Jordan, UAE

the Sultanate dropped from ﬁfth place last year.

4. Kuwait

The size of government appears to be the area

5. Lebanon

that mostly affected the overall score of Oman

6. Oman and Qatar 8. Saudi Arabia

Times News Service MUSCAT: Bahrain, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are the most economically free nations in the Arab world, said a report. According to the annual Economic Freedom of the Arab World report published by the Fraser Institute, an independent Canadian public policy think-tank, in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty

(FNF) and the International Research Foundation (IRF) of Oman, the Sultanate came in sixth place in this year’s ranking, dropping from ﬁfth place last year, with a score of 7.6 compared to 7.7 score last year. The size of government appears to be the area that mostly affected the overall score of Oman. The report was recently launched at the eighth Economic Freedom of the Arab World Conference held in Muscat, hosted by

9. Yemen 10. Tunisia

Public Authority for Investment Promotion and Export Development (Paiped). The Economic Freedom of the Arab World report compares and ranks Arab nations in ﬁve areas of economic freedom: size of gov-

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Claims due to recent rains not unusual: Al Madina Times News Service MUSCAT: A local insurance company yesterday said that the dams built by the government helped to divert water flows from the recent rains, which helped to minimise damages and thereby insurance claims. Following the unstable weather situation that occurred a few years ago, there have been significant investments by the government in improving the infrastructure to minimise damages arising from storm and flood. Most damages have been due to heavy water flow through the wadis but this has been reduced by building dams and diverting water flows such that flood damages are reduced. The ROP has also been proactive in warning citizens to take care while driving through wadis and heed warning signs when water levels in the

wadis begin to rise. The company has also carefully planned a reinsurance programme, whereby claims beyond a certain level are met by the reinsurer. “The government has made serious efforts to reduce damages due to storm and flood. The number of claim intimations received by the company so far does not indicate any unusual trend. Besides, the company has an appropriate reinsurance programme in place where claims beyond a certain level are met by the reinsurer. Hence, the impact on financials of the company is not expected to be significant,” said Gautam Datta, chief executive officer of Al Madina Insurance. Al Madina received special mentions in the press for their proactive approach in providing automatic covers under their policies and for settlement of claims during severe weather conditions

in the previous years. Special task forces were set up to ensure claim intimation from customers was immediately attended to and arrangements were made in advance to create a panel of loss adjusters and claim surveyors so that such loss intimations were handled on priority basis. In view of the weather disturbances witnessed in Oman last week, the company has made similar arrangements by assigning a team in each of their branches supported by a technical team in head office to handle any claim intimation. Established in 2006, Al Madina Insurance is one of the largest insurance companies offering a wide range of products and services. The company is promoted by leading ﬁnancial institutions and prominent business houses from Oman and across the GCC region.

GLOBAL TRADE DEAL

WTO members disagree on draft GENEVA: Marathon talks on the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) ﬁrst-ever worldwide trade reform in Geneva failed early yesterday to agree on a text to put to ministers who meet in Bali next month. The fate of the agreement to streamline customs procedures and speed up global trade could now hang on whether the ministers can overcome remaining differences when they gather early next month at the WTO’s biennial

conference in Bali. The International Chamber of Commerce says the deal would add $960 billion to the world economy and create 21 million jobs, 18 million of them in developing countries. It would also revive conﬁdence in the WTO as a forum for trade negotiations. The proposed accord includes elements of the Doha round of trade talks, which began in 2001 but repeatedly failed to produce an agreement over the

subsequent decade. WTO director-general Roberto Azevedo has forced diplomats from the 159 member countries through a punishing 10 weeks of talks to try to agree a text for the ministers to rubber-stamp. Azevedo said on Friday he hoped to clinch a deal over the weekend. But the ﬁnal Geneva negotiating session ﬁnished at 7am without agreement. Negotiators had come very close to a deal. - Reuters

ernment, including expenditures, taxes, and enterprises; commercial and economic law and security of property rights; access to sound money; freedom to trade internationally; and regulation of credit,

labour, and business. “Economic freedom is the key to increasing prosperity, creating jobs and reducing poverty. Economic freedom liberates people from government dependence and opens the door to democracy and other freedoms,” said Fred McMahon, Dr Michael A. Walker, research Chair in Economic Freedom (Fraser Institute) and co-author of the report. “There are undisputable advantages that a free economic system brings to a nation and we at Paiped are working to identify new untapped markets to promote our trade and investment capabilities.” “Economic freedom is at the very heart of Oman’s efforts to drive sustained prosperity. An approach that encourages entrepreneurship,” said Dr Salem bin Nassir Al Ismaily, chairman of Paiped. “Hosting the eighth Economic Freedom of the Arab World Con-

ference in Muscat will not only encourage greater regional economic collaboration but also highlight best international practice.” Algeria Among the 18 nations in this year’s report, Algeria, last year’s last place country, again holds the dubious distinction of being the least economically free nation in the Arab world with a score of 5.8. Mauritania and Iraq ranked 16th and 17th, with scores of 6.3 and 6.1 respectively. Due to the civil war in Syria, and the questionable data emanating from that country, it was not ranked in this year’s report. Economic freedom is based on the cornerstones of personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to compete, and security of private property. The report measures available data on economic freedom in 22 nations of the League of Arab States.

T U E S DAY, N OV E M B E R 2 6, 2 0 1 3

MARKET MSM index ends lower

OMAN STOCKS

MUSCAT SECURITIES MARKET

INDICES Index .................................................High .................Low..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff % MSM30 Index ........................................ 6,766.01 ...............6,752.05 ................... 6,752.05 ...................6,762.99................-10.94 .................. -0.16 Financial Index .....................................8,210.17 ...............8,182.75 ....................8,182.75 ................... 8,199.63................ -16.88 .................. -0.21 Industrial Index .................................. 10,157.61 .............10,037.93 ..................10,155.67 ................. 10,037.93................ 117.74 ................... 1.17 Services Index .......................................3,625.78 ...............3,619.02 ................... 3,625.38 ................... 3,621.46....................3.92 ................... 0.11 MSM SHARIAH INDEX....................1,073.45 ...............1,065.10 ....................1,073.35 ....................1,065.91.................... 7.44 ................... 0.70 Trading Summary Volume ................Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded 26,253,716................ 10,456,881 ..................1,668 ............... 13,844,719,630 ................20 ......................15 ....................28 .........................63

OIFC and Bank Muscat were the most active in terms of volume and turnover, respectively. Oman Refreshment was the top gainer MUSCAT: The MSM 30 Index closed on a negative note at 6752.05 points, down by 0.16 per cent. MSM Sharia Index closed at 1073.35 points, up by 0.70 per cent. OIFC was the most active in terms of volume, while Bank Muscat was the most active in terms of turnover. Oman Refreshment was the top gainer and closed up by 10 per cent. Dhofar University, which was the top loser, closed down by 9.33 per cent. Altogether 1,668 trades were executed in yesterday’s session generating a turnover of OMR10.45 million with over 26.25 million shares traded. Out of 63 traded stocks, 20 advanced, 15 declined and 28 were unchanged. Foreign investors switched to net buyers for OMR408,000 followed by Omani investors at OMR293,000. GCC & Arab investors sold shares worth OMR701,000. Financial Sector Index was down by 0.21 per cent at 8182.75 points. Al Anwar Holding, Oman United Insurance, Dhofar Insurance, Gulf Investment Services and ONIC Holding increased by 2.26 per cent, 2.05 per cent, 1.39 per cent, 1.03 per cent and 0.87 per cent respectively. Taageer Finance, Ahli Bank, Bank Muscat, National Bank of Oman and HSBC Bank Oman declined by 1.29 per cent, 1.02 per cent, 0.66 per cent, 0.65 per cent and 0.58 per cent respectively. The Industrial Sector Index was up by 1.17 per cent at 10155.67 points. Oman Refreshment, Areej Vegetable Oil, Jazeera Steel Product, Gulf Mushroom Products and Salalah Mills increased by 10 per cent, 8.86 per cent, 3.19 per cent, 1.42 per cent and 1.08 per cent respectively. Majan Glass and Al Anwar Ceramic declined by 0.66 per cent and 0.36 per cent respectively. Services Sector Index was up by 0.11 per cent at 3625.38 points. Oman Holding, Muscat Gases, Al

Jazeira Services, Oman Education Training Institute and Renaissance Services increased by 4.50 per cent, 2.35 per cent, 0.78 per cent, 0.61 per cent and 0.55 per cent % respectively. Dhofar University, National Gas, OIFC, Port Service Corp and ACWA Power Barka declined by 9.33 per cent, 1.67 per cent,1.34 per cent,1.14 per cent and 0.65 per cent respectively. Emerging stocks gain Emerging-market stocks rose for a second day as oil slid after Iran agreed to limit its nuclear program in exchange for some sanctions relief. India’s rupee and the Turkish lira led gain in developing-nation currencies. South Korean builders including Samsung Engineering rallied on expectations some of their construction projects in Iran will resume. The Borsa Istanbul National 100 Index increased to a three-week high, while Indian shares added 1.9 percent as lower oil helps cut import costs. Ukraine’s credit risk fell after the government took steps to repair economic ties with Russia. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index advanced 0.5 per cent to 1,014.27 in London. Iran reached an accord to limit its nuclear programme in exchange for as much as $7 billion in relief from sanctions. Brent crude sank 1.6 per cent, set for the biggest loss in almost three weeks. A report yesterday is projected to show US pending home sales rebounded in October. The accord is the ﬁrst major crack in the deadlock over Iran’s nuclear programme since 2003. Western nations have accused Iran of harboring ambitions to develop nuclear weapons, an assertion it denies. All 10 industry groups in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index rose, led by technology ﬁrms, which rose the most in a week. Samsung Engg added 3.1 per cent. - United Securities/Bloomberg News

SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Security Name ....................................................Volume .....Turnover ... Trades ......... High.........Low ..........Close ......... Prev. .......... Diff. ............ Diff .............Last ..........Last ............Last ................Market Cap.........Par ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Pr. ............ Close ........... RO ............... % .................Pr ..............Bid ............ Offer ............................................value

REGULAR MARKET .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... OMAN HOLDING INTERNATIONAL ...................12,694 ................5,305.................4 ............0.430 ......... 0.410 ............ 0.418............. 0.400............ 0.018 .............4.500 ............. 0.430 ............ 0.410 ..............0.436 .............. 45,980,000.000 ......0.100 AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ......................1,171,652 ........... 378,729...............81 ............0.330 ......... 0.318 ............0.324 .............0.314 ............ 0.010 ............. 3.185.............. 0.330 ............ 0.326 ............. 0.330.............. 40,466,939.040 ......0.100 MUSCAT GASES ...................................................7,000 ................6,096.................3 ............0.872 ......... 0.868 ............0.872 .............0.852 ............ 0.020 .............2.347 ............. 0.868 ............0.000 ..............0.868 ...............26,160,000.000 ......0.100 AL ANWAR HOLDING ..................................2,292,909 ........... 829,796............ 197 ............0.364 ......... 0.358 ............0.362 .............0.354............ 0.008 .............2.260 ............. 0.362 ............0.360 ............. 0.362..............43,440,000.000 ......0.100 OMAN UNITED INSURANCE ........................3,035,024 ........1,205,145............ 189 ............0.400 ......... 0.390 ............0.398 ............ 0.390............ 0.008 ............. 2.051.............. 0.398 ............ 0.396 ..............0.398 .............. 39,800,000.000 ......0.100 DHOFAR INSURANCE ..................................... 533,572 ........... 155,056.............. 47 ............0.296 .........0.290 ............ 0.291 .............0.287............ 0.004 .............1.394 ............. 0.294 ............0.286 ............. 0.290..............58,200,000.000 ......0.100 SALALAH MILLS ................................................42,000 ............. 58,800.................7 ............1.400 ......... 1.400 ............1.400 .............1.385 .............0.015 ............. 1.083.............. 1.400 ............ 1.375 ..............1.400 ...............67,428,289.600 ......0.100 GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES .................... 3,311,903 ...........648,379............140 ............0.197.......... 0.195 ............ 0.196 .............0.194 ............ 0.002 ............. 1.031 ...............0.196 ............ 0.196 ..............0.197 ................11,533,270.532 ......0.100 ONIC. HOLDING ............................................... 148,635 ............. 69,082.............. 35 ............0.470 ......... 0.464 ............0.464 ............ 0.460............ 0.004 .............0.870 ............. 0.464 ............0.464 ..............0.468 .............. 80,468,388.000 ......0.100 AL JAZEERA SERVICES ....................................106,200 ..............55,261...............10 ............0.524 ......... 0.516 ............0.520 .............0.516 ............ 0.004 ............. 0.775.............. 0.524 ............0.520 ............. 0.524............... 31,826,221.960 ......0.100 RENAISSANCE SERVICES ................................661,600 ........... 483,174.............. 38 ............0.732.......... 0.724 ............ 0.732 .............0.728 ............ 0.004 .............0.549 ............. 0.724 ............ 0.720 ..............0.724 ............ 206,493,140.328 ......0.100 OMAN AND EMIRATES INV. HOLDING ...............861,091 ........... 166,232.............. 52 ............ 0.195...........0.191 ............ 0.193..............0.192 ............ 0.001 ............. 0.521...............0.191 ............ 0.190 ..............0.191 ...............23,521,875.000 ......0.100 AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING .............358,964 .............80,640.............. 33 ............0.226 ......... 0.223 ............0.225 ............ 0.224............ 0.001 .............0.446 ............. 0.225 ............0.224 ............. 0.225.............. 18,900,000.000 ......0.100 NAWRAS ..........................................................381,321 ........... 217,044.............. 24 ............0.570 ......... 0.568 ............0.570 .............0.568 ............ 0.002 .............0.352 ............. 0.570 ............ 0.570 ..............0.574 ............. 371,038,211.100 ......0.100 OMAN CABLES INDUSTRY ................................. 75,000 ............156,313...............12 ............2.085 .........2.080 ............2.085 ............ 2.080............ 0.005 .............0.240 ............. 2.080 ............ 2.055 ............. 2.080............ 187,024,500.000 ......0.100 ALMAHA PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MAR. .................501 ............. 10,822................. 1 ...........21.600 .......21.600 ..........21.600 .......... 21.590........... 0.010 .............0.046 ............ 21.600 ..........21.600 ........... 22.000 ..........149,040,000.000 ......1.000 AL MADINA INVESTMENT ..............................453,530 ..............69,451.............. 49 ............0.154.......... 0.153 ............ 0.153..............0.153 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ..............0.153 ............ 0.153 ..............0.154 ...............28,812,874.320 ......0.100 DHOFAR CATTLE FEED ........................................1,500 ................... 368................. 1 ............0.245 ......... 0.245 ............0.250 ............ 0.250............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.245 ............0.245 ............. 0.250...............19,250,000.000 ......0.100 DHOFAR INT.DEV.AND INV. HOLD. ...........................5,000 ................3,140................. 1 ............0.628 ......... 0.628 ............0.628 .............0.628............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.628 ............0.620 ..............0.628 ............ 125,600,000.000 ......0.100 GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. ...................144,266 ..............42,115.............. 45 ............0.294 ......... 0.291 ............0.292 ............ 0.292............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.291 ............0.290 ..............0.291 ............... 76,976,678.212 ......0.100 GLOBAL FINANCIAL INVESTMENT ................. 569,632 .............92,294.............. 29 ............0.164...........0.161 ............ 0.162 .............0.162 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ..............0.161 ............ 0.161...............0.162 ..............32,400,000.000 ......0.100 GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ..............662,362 ...........132,602.............. 29 ............0.202 ......... 0.198 ............0.200 ............ 0.200............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.202 ............0.200 ............. 0.202................ 4,200,000.000 ......0.100 NATIONAL ALUMINIUM PRODUCTS ............... 779,676 ...........282,632.............. 52 ............0.364 ......... 0.362 ............0.362 .............0.362............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.362 ............0.360 ............. 0.364...............12,152,864.900 ......0.100 OMAN CEMENT .............................................284,500 ...........225,044.................9 ............0.792.......... 0.788 ............ 0.792 .............0.792 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.788 ............ 0.784 ..............0.788 .............262,051,186.320 ......0.100 OMAN FISHERIES ............................................. 83,000 .................8,715.................5 ............0.105.......... 0.105 ............ 0.105 .............0.105 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.105 ............ 0.104 ..............0.105 ............... 13,125,000.000 ......0.100 OMAN FLOUR MILLS .......................................564,852 ...........352,468.................9 ............0.624 ......... 0.624 ............0.624 .............0.624............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.624 ............ 0.624 ..............0.628 .............. 98,280,000.000 ......0.100 OMINVEST ......................................................... 2,000 ...................900................. 1 ............0.450 ......... 0.450 ............0.454 .............0.454............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.450 ............ 0.450 ..............0.452 ............ 138,983,020.000 ......0.100 RAYSUT CEMENT ............................................115,000 ...........225,975.................7 ............ 1.965.......... 1.965 ............ 1.965..............1.965 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ..............1.965 ............ 1.965 ..............1.980 ............393,000,000.000 ......0.100 SMN POWER HOLDING ...........................................300 ................ 1,650................. 1 ............5.500 ......... 5.500 ............5.400 .............5.400............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 5.500 ............5.400 ..............5.500............ 107,803,224.000 ......1.000 UNITED POWER ...................................................... 427 ...................544................. 1 ............ 1.275.......... 1.275 ............ 1.275..............1.275 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ..............1.275 ............ 1.275 ..............1.300 ................. 4,445,859.975 ......1.000 VOLTAMP ENERGY ..........................................197,922 ..............93,156.............. 34 ............0.472 ......... 0.470 ............0.470 .............0.470............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.470 ............0.460 ..............0.470 .............. 28,435,000.000 ......0.100 SOHAR POWER ................................................. 10,800 ............. 29,654.................4 ............2.750.......... 2.745 ............ 2.745..............2.750 ........... -0.005 ........... -0.182..............2.745 ............ 2.705 ..............2.745 ...............60,667,245.000 ......1.000 OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION .....................184,400 .......... 284,349...............19 ............ 1.545.......... 1.535 ............1.540 .............1.545 ........... -0.005 ...........-0.324 ............ 1.540 ............ 1.535 ..............1.540 .........1,155,000,000.000 ......0.100 AL ANWAR CERAMIC TILES .............................407,080 ...........224,753...............10 ............0.554 ......... 0.552 ............0.552 .............0.554 ........... -0.002 ........... -0.361............. 0.554 ............ 0.552 ..............0.554 ............. 129,769,803.648 ......0.100 BANK SOHAR ..................................................125,000 .............26,000.................3 ............0.208 .........0.208 ............0.208 ............ 0.209............-0.001 ........... -0.478............. 0.208 ............0.207 ............. 0.208........... 228,800,000.000 ......0.100 HSBC BANK OMAN ............................................ 93,654 ............. 16,202.................3 ............ 0.173.......... 0.173 ............ 0.173..............0.174 ............-0.001 ........... -0.575..............0.173 ............ 0.173 ..............0.174 .............346,054,112.670 ......0.100 ACWA POWER BARKA ........................................11,500 ................ 7,052.................3 ............ 0.616.......... 0.612 ............ 0.612..............0.616 ........... -0.004 ...........-0.649 .............0.612 ............ 0.608 ..............0.612 .............. 97,920,000.000 ......0.100 NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ..............................137,565 ..............41,733.................7 ............0.304 .........0.300 ............0.304 ............ 0.306........... -0.002 ........... -0.654............. 0.300 ............ 0.297 ............. 0.300............ 336,839,600.000 ......0.100 BANK MUSCAT ............................................3,189,050 ........1,927,066............ 125 ............0.608 ......... 0.604 ............0.604 .............0.608........... -0.004 ........... -0.658............. 0.604 ............0.600 ............. 0.604..........1,299,965,453.136 ......0.100 AHLI BANK .......................................................877,891 ............170,315.............. 25 ............ 0.195.......... 0.194 ............0.194 .............0.196 ........... -0.002 ........... -1.020............. 0.194 ............ 0.193 ..............0.194 .............245,194,689.100 ......0.100 PORT SERVICES CORPORATION .........................15,000 ................7,800.................3 ............0.520 ......... 0.520 ............0.520 .............0.526........... -0.006 ............-1.141 ............. 0.520 ............0.520 ............. 0.524.............. 49,420,800.000 ......0.100 TAAGEER FINANCE ...........................................11,000 ................ 1,685.................4 ............ 0.155.......... 0.153 ............ 0.153..............0.155 ........... -0.002 ........... -1.290..............0.153 ............ 0.152 ..............0.154 ...............36,261,000.000 ......0.100 OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE ...........3,460,279 ........ 1,018,672............ 155 ............0.298 ......... 0.293 ............0.294 ............ 0.298........... -0.004 ........... -1.342............. 0.294 ............ 0.293 ..............0.295 .............. 58,800,000.000 ......0.100 SUM: ............................................................................... 25,387,252 ........9,812,205.........1,507 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ...................................................................................TRADED SEC. ......................43.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PARALLEL MARKET ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... OMAN REFRESHMENT .......................................6,140 ..............15,872.................5 ............2.585 ......... 2.585 ............2.585 ............ 2.350............ 0.235 ............10.000 ............ 2.585 ............ 2.585 ............. 0.000............ 129,250,000.000 ......0.100 AREEJ VEGETABLE OILS AND DERIV ..................... 9,378 ..............37,482.................5 ............4.000 ......... 3.700 ............3.995 .............3.670 ............ 0.325 .............8.856 ............. 4.000 ............4.000 ............. 0.000............... 18,377,000.000 ......1.000 GULF MUSHROOM PRODUCTS .........................60,000 ............. 25,680................. 1 ............0.428 ......... 0.428 ............0.428 ............ 0.422............ 0.006 .............1.422 ............. 0.428 ............0.424 ............. 0.000..................9,694,713.600 ......0.100 OMAN EDUCATION TRAINING INV. .......................8,000 .................1,331.................3 ............0.168.......... 0.165 ............ 0.166 .............0.165 ............ 0.001 .............0.606 ..............0.167 ............ 0.167 ..............0.176 ...............11,620,000.000 ......0.100 ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK .............................................1,513 ....................165................. 1 ............0.109.......... 0.109 ............ 0.107 .............0.107 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.109 ............ 0.107 ..............0.109 ............ 107,000,000.000 ......0.100 BANK DHOFAR .................................................... 2,000 ....................716................. 1 ............0.358 ......... 0.358 ............0.354 .............0.354............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.358 ............ 0.354 ..............0.356 ............428,385,354.834 ......0.100 BANK NIZWA .................................................. 218,602 .............22,806.............. 23 ............0.105.......... 0.103 ............0.104 .............0.104 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.105 ............ 0.104 ..............0.105 ............156,000,000.000 ......0.100 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. ....................152,768 ..............11,003...............19 ............0.073 ......... 0.072 ............0.072 .............0.072............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.072 ............ 0.072 ..............0.073 .................6,120,000.000 ......0.100 MAJAN COLLEGE ............................................... 4,000 ................1,800................. 1 ............0.450 ......... 0.450 ............0.450 .............0.450............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.450 ............0.430 ............. 0.460...............13,500,000.000 ......0.100 NATIONAL DETERGENT .........................................200 ................... 162................. 1 ............0.812.......... 0.812 ............ 0.812 .............0.812 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ..............0.812 ............ 0.756 ..............0.812 ................13,814,150.000 ......0.100 OMAN NATIONAL ENGINE. INVT. ..........................6,666 ................2,266................. 1 ............0.340 .........0.340 ............0.340 ............ 0.340............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.340 ............0.340 ............. 0.344.............. 27,200,000.000 ......0.100 OMAN TEXTILE HOLDING ...................................5,600 ................1,546.................3 ............0.276 ......... 0.276 ............0.276 .............0.276 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.276 ............ 0.277 ............. 0.290................. 1,656,000.000 ......1.000 SEMBCORP SALALAH ......................................131,958 ...........253,120.............. 54 ............1.920 ..........1.915.............1.920 .............1.920 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ..............1.915 .............1.915...............1.925 ............. 183,277,814.400 ......1.000 SHELL OMAN MARKETING .................................5,400 ..............12,798.................2 ............2.370 ......... 2.370 ............2.370 .............2.370............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 2.370 ............2.350 ..............2.375 ............ 225,150,000.000 ......0.100 MAJAN GLASS ................................................... 34,497 ..............10,359.................3 ............0.302 .........0.300 ............0.300 ............ 0.302........... -0.002 ...........-0.662 ............ 0.300 ............ 0.297 ............. 0.300...............12,606,990.000 ......0.100 NATIONAL GAS ..................................................38,055 .............22,384...............10 ............0.590 ......... 0.580 ............0.588 .............0.598 ............-0.010 ........... -1.672 ............. 0.580 ............ 0.574 ..............0.588 ...............17,640,000.000 ......0.100 DHOFAR UNIVERSITY ......................................163,730 ...........223,001...............19 ............1.400 ......... 1.350 ............ 1.360 .............1.500 ............-0.140 ........... -9.333..............1.370 ............ 1.370 ..............1.425 ...............19,040,000.000 ......1.000 SUM: .....................................................................................848,507 ...........642,492............ 152 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ...................................................................................TRADED SEC. ...................... 17.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

BONDS MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. BANK MUSCAT CONV. BONDS 4.5 ..........................13,689 ................ 1,441.................6 ............0.108.......... 0.105 ............ 0.105 .............0.105 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.105 ............ 0.105 ..............0.108 ................31,788,656.655 ......0.100 BANK MUSCAT CONVERTABLE BONDS7 ................. 268 ....................311.................2 ............ 1.165 .......... 1.160 ............ 1.160..............1.160 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ..............1.160 ............ 1.160 ..............1.200 ................18,742,126.960 ......1.000 RENAISSANCE SERVICES BONDS3.75.................... 4,000 ...................432................. 1 ............0.108.......... 0.108 ............0.108 .............0.108 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.108 ............0.000 ..............0.108 ...............45,699,301.224 ......0.100 SUM: ........................................................................................ 17,957 ................2,185.................9 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ...................................................................................TRADED SEC. ........................ 3.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

INDIAN CURRENCY

STOCK MARKET

Rupee rises on Iran deal, RBI support Firm global cues MUMBAI: India’s rupee rose the most among its regional peers on optimism a drop in oil costs after Iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme will help shrink the South Asian nation’s current-account deﬁcit. The rupee gained 0.6 per cent to 62.50 per dollar in Mumbai, according to prices from local banks. It touched 62.44 earlier, the strongest level since November 20. Onemonth implied volatility, a gauge of expected moves in the exchange

rate used to price options, was little changed at 11.60 per cent. Brent crude fell 1.7 per cent after Iran agreed on Sunday to curtail nuclear activities in return for easing of some sanctions on oil, auto parts, gold and precious metals, the ﬁrst major crack in a decadelong deadlock. The Reserve Bank of India on November 22 conditionally extended the deadline for banks to swap dollars raised through overseas borrowings at

discounted rates, further bolstering the local currency. “The Iran deal is a huge boost as our oil costs will come down,” said Vikas Babu, a trader at Andhra Bank in Mumbai. “The swap-window extension will have a limited, but positive impact on the exchange rate.” India imports about 80 per cent of its oil and reﬁners are the biggest purchasers of foreign currency in the nation. The shortfall in

the broadest measure of trade will narrow to $56 billion in the year through March 2014 from a record of $88 billion in the previous 12 months, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan predicted last month. Indian banks now have until December 31 to avail themselves of the Reserve bank of India’s offer of concessional swaps for dollars raised through overseas debt, compared to the previous deadline of November 30. - PTI

help Sensex move up by 388 points MUMBAI: Hectic short-coverings ahead of expiry of November contract on Thursday amid firm global cues helped the BSE benchmark S&P Sensex to snap its threeday of losing trend and shot up by 388 points to close at 20,605.08. Barring IT index, which closed in the red following fall in Infosys, other 12 sectoral indices finished in the green between 0.07 per cent and 3.82 per cent with capital goods, banking, realty, PSU, fast moving consumer goods and auto segments leading the pack. Smart rise in heavyweights like ICICI Bank, ITC, HDFC, HDFC Bank, L&T, Tata Motors, SBI, ONGC and RIL together contributed over 300 points to the Sensex gains. The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share barometer resumed higher and remained in positive terrain throughout the day to settle at 20,605.08, exhibiting a rise of 387.69 points or 1.92 per cent. In last three straight sessions, it had plunged by 673.43 points or 3.22 per cent. The broader 50-issue CNX Nifty of the NSE also flared up by 119.90 points or 2 per cent to 6,115.35. Fall in the global crude oil prices after United States and five other world powers agreed to set limits on Iran’s nuclear programme also boosted the market sentiment. Market may remain volatile for next couple of days on alternate bouts of buying and selling due to expiry of derivatives contract on November 28. Barring, China and Hong Kong, other Asian stocks closed with gains as Iran agreed to limit its nuclear programme. Key bench-

mark indices in Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan closed higher between 0.25 per cent and 1.54 per cent while from China and Hong Kong ended down by 0.47 per cent and 0.05 per cent respectively. European stock markets were higher in early trade after the Iran deal and as investors awaited a report on US pendinghome sales. The FTSE 100 Index, France’s CAC 40 and the German Stock Index DAX moved up. In the domestic market, the major gainers on the Sensex were BHEL (5.22 per cent), ICICI Bank (5.07 per cent), Larsen & Toubro (3.97 per cent), ONGC (3.7 per cent) and State Bank of India (3.69 per cent). Other advancing shares included Tata Motors (3.28 per cent), HDFC (3.14 per cent), HDFC Bank (2.66 per cent), ITC (2.56 per cent), Maruti Suzuki (2.43 per cent), Hero MotoCorp (2.4 per cent) and Bajaj Auto (2.37 per cent). Among the S&P BSE sectoral indices, Capital Goods rose 3.82 per cent, followed by Bankex 3.63 per cent, Realty 2.28 per cent, PSU 2.26 per cent, FMCG 2.1 per cent and Auto 2.05 per cent. The market breadth turned positive as 1,423 stocks ended higher, 1,027 ﬁnished lower and 166 ruled steady. Total turnover rose to Rs18.34 billion. - PTI

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ROUND-UP

All-new Chery E5 launched in Oman Besides the stylish design, Chery E5 is equipped with advanced technological applications, offering both the driver and the passenger, pleasure on the road

MUSCAT: The all-new Chery E5 was launched in Oman recently in the presence of Michael Zhang, DGM — Middle East & Europe Region — Chery International, Ajay Chopra and Malay Saha. The elegantly designed all-new Chery E5, the ﬁrst of the E series cars — are intended to be practical models for families. Besides the stylish design, Chery E5 is equipped with advanced technological applications, offering both the driver and the passenger, pleasure on the road. Its spacious passenger compartment offers optimum comfort in a quiet environment. Furthermore, the chassis of E5 is tuned by Lotus, the legendary British manufacturer of sports and racing cars, offering stability and comfort. Macpherson suspension in the front and multi-link rear independent suspension, and intensive advance applications including Can-bus intelligent control system, multimedia infotainment, steering wheel mounted audio control system, etc., all maximise the handling and comfort. Dual colour contrast interior of the all-new Chery E5 creates a pleasant interior space and gives it a cool, stylish, spacious and a sporty feel. The cabin is spacious and the skyline arc shape roof provides more head room. Board and deep rear trunk offers generous and highly practical storage space. While the dual lines on the bonnet gives all new Chery E5 a muscular feel, the skyline arc shaped roof gives it a smooth look. The streamlined waist line extending to the rear lamp not only maximises the dynamic appearance but also reduces the wind resistance, thus increasing the driving pleasure.

Chrome front grille with simple lines, colour integrated bumper and electric power rearview mirrors, eagle eye shaped crystal lamps, oval high penetrating front fog lamps, irregular triangle diamond tail lamp cluster, rear fog lamp, high-mount braking light, seven-spoke alloy wheel hub with sharp lines, all add to the sporty looks. Integrated wing shaped and fashionable centre console with clear functions display, rotary knobs for easy reach and operation add to the driving comfort. Instrument cluster with multifunctional display and the central blue multifunctional window displays the comprehensive driver info (including time, KMs, instant fuel consumption, average fuel consumption, etc.), integrated audio control switches on the steering wheel that are easy to recognise and operate increases the driving comfort and pleasure. Ergonomically 4-way adjustable seats with tender and soft high quality fabric or soft and ﬁne leather with vent-hole design and contoured sides provide perfect lumbar, back and leg support for optimum seating comfort. Height adjustable neck and head support relieve fatigue and protect head and neck in collision. Fold-in rear seats provide large ﬂat space for additional storage. All-new Chery E5 is equipped with a high- performance 1.8L DOHC ACTECO powertrain and coupled with 5 speed CVT automatic transmission. The multiaward winning ACTECO engine, jointly developed by Chery and AVL, Austria, has also passed the 3,000,000km road test and 10,000 hours tough bench test following European and American stand-

ards. The extreme temperature and highland test prove its ability to offer a good start even in extreme conditions. Chassis of E5 is accurately tuned by Lotus on parts including spring, shock absorber, horizontal stabiliser bar, and re-director, making a more solid structure, thus providing stable driving and stronger power handling. Macpherson independent front suspension and multi-link independent rear suspension enhance comfort and stability as well as reduce chassis noise and vibration apart from providing better handling and increased stability.

MANGALOREAN DISHES

All around acoustics design, advanced noise control engineering applications, sound-proof and noise reduction materials are used in major parts to insulate sound, vibration and to seal around for a tranquil compartment. All-new Chery E5 is equipped with a host of active and passive safety features. Can-bus , abbreviated from Controller Area Network-bus, connects all chips in key parts with cable to make up the overall vehicle information network. Through Can-bus , accurate vehicle condition data will constantly reach the driver for intelligent driving experience. Can

network controller dramatically reduces the straight line connection, makes line layout more compact and improves overall safety. German Continental Teves ABS + EBD braking control system can prevent wheel-locking, shorten braking distance along with vehicle stability. Front ventilated disc and rear solid disc braking system ensures stable braking performance even in tough conditions. An all metal cage with high strength steel beams at front and back, anti-collision board in front door and steel bars in back door are designed to absorb the force of the impact during collision and offer

maximum protection to the driver and passenger. The available additional safety features and benefits include: Height adjustable, collapsible energy absorbing steering column which will deform in case of a collision thus protecting the driver from head and chest injuries. Antiglare interior rear view mirror will help driver to make quick response to the following high beam. Rear park assist with five radars detect objects directly behind the vehicle and alerts the driver. Latch is offered as standard to secure child seats firmly. With the introduction of the allnew Chery E5, the existing model lineup in Oman, which include the mini car QQ and SUV Tiggo, is further strengthened. Chery Automobile Co. Ltd, founded in 1997, is one of China’s largest automakers, has rolled out more than four million vehicles since then. At present Chery is exported to more than 80 countries and regions like Eastern Europe, South America, Southern Asia, Middle East and Africa. Chery has also overseas production / CKD assembly facilities in about 15 countries and regions such as Russia, Ukraine, Egypt, Thailand and Uruguay. With an excellent network of Chery sales and after-sales outlets spread across the Sultanate, customers can be assured of nothing less than perfect care. For more details on all-new Chery E5, please call 800 – 77007.

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Oman Billawas celebrates annual food festival

Majan College participates in global education meet in Japan

MUSCAT: Oman Billawas celebrated their annual food festival on Nov. 22 at Al Masa Hall. More than 500 members gathered and savoured the various Mangalorean dishes. They were home-cooked by a team of 60 Ladies Wing members and served to all members in the hall. There was also an entertainment programme for the audience by the children. The lucky audience prize of a Samsung LED TV was won by Sudhesh Kumar and his spouse, while the Samsung Microwave was won by Gangadhar Poojary. Both the prizes were sponsored by Sarco Group.

MUSCAT: Dr Tulika Mishra recently presented a paper at The 5th Asian Conference on Education, in Osaka, Japan. The theme of this year’s conference, Teaching and Learning in Changing Times, attracted and brought together experts from the ﬁeld of education in an international forum of academics and practicing professionals. Dr Mishra’s paper, Self-access or Access to Self? - experimenting with e-learning in Oman, focused on the shift in how the traditional roles of teacher and student are perceived. In recent times, the

trend has been to move away from teacher-centred instruction to a more student-centred approach where students learn through interaction with one another and self-discovery. Students use their acquired study and research skills to located information, make sense of it, synthesise it; creating at the end new knowledge which they now own. This makes the knowledge that they have acquired relevant and applicable to practical real life contexts, and not something that is entirely academic or theoretical. More

speciﬁcally, the study explored the relationship between self-access learning and self-directed learning in the ﬁeld of English Language Teaching (ELT) in Oman. She presented a case study which sheds light on the experiences of a higher education institution’s implementation of an e-learning platform over the course of an academic year. Dr Tulika is an Assistant Professor of English at the Faculty of English Language Studies, Majan College. Her research interests are learner autonomy and the use of literature in ELT.

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ROUND-UP NBO launches Himayati motor insurance plan

REFRESHED VISION

Evolution never stops for the 2014 Nissan GT-R

The motor insurance is currently available with a number of attractive features, including competitive premium rates,

MUSCAT: Nissan’s iconic sports car brings a refreshed vision of ‘innovation that excites’ with the introduction of the 2014 model offering a new level of sophistication, yet with no compromise in performance. The sales of 2014 Nissan GT-R begin in Japan on December 2, to be followed by sales at Nissan dealerships in other markets worldwide. The 2014 Nissan GT-R offers smoother ride comfort, more refinement and benchmark fit and finish, in the spirit of a great ‘GT’, while delivering breathtaking performance and road-holding. Its ‘multi-dimensional performance’ means the driver can enjoy the full depth of the GT-R’s capabilities, whether navigating corners of a winding mountain road, cruising on the highway or even in an urban environment. Adding premium appeal to the exterior and interior design, the 2014 Nissan GT-R delivers sophisticated driving pleasure and is the ultimate embodiment of Nissan’s brand philosophy: Innovation that excites. With outstanding adhesion from its tyres, the GT-R is capable of stunningly confident acceleration and braking performance •The suspension was finetuned to reduced load fluctuation between the four wheels, giving better stability and more consistent grip. •More constant tyre contact is achieved by optimised electronic control of the shock-absorber valves, as well as modified front stabiliser spring rates and updated bush link. The tuning of these parts, which makes best use of the suspension strokes and enhances road-holding capability, gives a poised, confident ride and outstanding traction on rough roads. •With minute vibrations and road noise reduced, a relaxing, comfortable ride is assured. An additional benefit is improved straight-line stability, with fewer small steering corrections needed to maintain the correct trajectory during highway driving. •The upgraded GT-R is now fitted as standard with Dunlop SP Sport Maxx GT 600 DSST CTT tyres, for outstanding road-

holding and precise response in all conditions thanks to stiffer sidewalls which reduce deformation, improving steering response under hard cornering. At the front, their specification is: 255/40ZRF20(97Y) and at the rear: 285/35ZRF20(100Y) •The braking calibration has been retuned for a more firm, linear response at everyday speeds, making smooth braking more intuitive, generating greater confidence, particularly in wet conditions. •The GT-R’s steering has been fine-tuned to reduce the effort required for in-town manoeuvres, while maintaining its exceptional feedback during high-speed driving. The combination of retuned suspension and exceptional steering feel give outstanding confidence at high speed. The 2014 Nissan GT-R maintains its position as one of the most striking supercars in the market. Significant updates to the Nissan GT-R’s lights both enhance the visual impact of the car. Customers looking for added visual impact now have a wider colour palette to choose from. •The 2014 Nissan GT-R sports new efficient, high-intensity, multi-LED headlights that create a distinctive ‘lightning’ motif, generating a striking exterior visual signature. With such a unique visual reference, the GT-R’s road presence is enhanced, particularly in low-light and at night - while the fitment of the new headlights gives the driver increased visibility. •The new headlights feature AFS (Adaptive Front lighting System) that automatically adapts the angle of the light beam according to the speed of the car. At highway speeds, actuators in the headlight unit adjust the angle of the projectors to project the light further. The four LED units are configured with new intensive LED hi-beam and three different LED low-beams including long-distance-illumination and wide-illumination. • At the rear, the GT-R’s distinctive four-ring tail light signature now forms coherent circles of illumination, giving the GT-R an equally distinctive appearance, making it easily recognizable to fellow owners and enthusiasts.

comprehensive motor perfect and motor executive covers and third party insurance

MUSCAT: In line with the bank’s endeavour to provide its clients with an increasing range of insurance options, National Bank of Oman (NBO) yesterday announced the launch of Himayati motor insurance plan in association with AXA Insurance (Gulf ) B.S.C. Present at the launch was NBO’s very own brand ambassador Ahmad Al Harthy.

Himayati motor insurance will add to the existing range of ‘Himayati Life’ and ‘Himayati Home’ insurance products of the bank. It is currently available with a number of attractive features, including competitive premium rates, comprehensive motor perfect and motor executive covers, third party insurance and has many other features. Having considered the speciﬁc requirements of Sadara customers, the product offers a range of comprehensive covers, which include free roadside assistance in the desert for 4x4 drivers, and upgraded free car hire for seven days.

Himayati motor insurance also increased the personal accident cover to OMR20,000 to match the needs of our Sadara customers. Moosa Al Jadidi, deputy general manager and acting head, Retail and Private Banking, National Bank of Oman, said: “National Bank of Oman and AXA Insurance Gulf has a long-standing partnership, and we are delighted to launch a comprehensive motor insurance offering that is tailormade for our customers needs.” “At National Bank of Oman, we are strongly committed to understanding speciﬁc requirements of our customers and introduce prod-

ucts and services that meet those needs. The launch of Himayati motor insurance further validates this commitment. That said, we look forward to developing and launching innovative offerings for our customers, bringing us a step closer to our goal of providing need driven ﬁnancial solutions.” Other features available include new car replacement for up to 12 months, GCC roadside assistance, UAE cover, third party insurance and many more. Himayati motor insurance also gives customers the ﬂexibility to select a number of options, tailored to their own unique requirements.

PAT R I O T I C S P I R I T

Memorable National Day event at Oman Air MUSCAT: Thousands of heliumfilled balloons were released into the skies above Oman Air’s headquarters in Muscat on the 18th of November, as the Sultanate’s national airline celebrated Oman’s 43rd National Day. The 4,300 red, white and green balloons – 100 for each year since Oman’s Renaissance – were released in front of an appreciative crowd comprising all of Oman Air’s HQ1- and HQ2-based staff, who were joined by additional crowds of onlookers, following an announcement on Muscat FM radio stations that the innovative event would take place later that afternoon. The audience’s patriotic spirits were further lifted by the playing of Omani nationalistic songs over the public address system. And as the sight of balloons in the colours of Oman’s national flag filled the airspace over Oman Air’s headquarters, further celebrations were taking place around the airline’s numerous sites. Passengers were also invited to join the celebrations, with airports at Muscat, Salalah and Khasab being adorned with the colours of the national flag and customers on all Oman Air flights being offered

sweets and cupcakes decorated with the red white and green tricolour. Customers were also given special hand baggage labels with National Day greetings. There was a special lunch held by Oman Air Cargo, which had also festooned the business unit’s offices with balloons and drapes in the red white and green of the national ﬂag. In addition, Flight Operations staff offered colleagues speciallyprepared cupcakes, each bearing Oman’s national colours, with addition of beautiful pink icing ﬂowers. Staff from many other departments brought creativity and

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colour to the festivities and many of Oman Air’s outstations made arrangements to celebrate one of the most important days in the country’s calendar. International symbols Wayne Pearce, chief executive ofﬁcer of Oman Air, commented: “As the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, we are proud to be celebrating this 43rd National Day and I would like to thank all Oman Air staff who have put so much effort into making our celebrations so memorable. “We take very seriously our role as one of the most visible interna-

tional symbols of Omani achievement and it has been a pleasure to share our National Day with customers throughout our network.” Mohammed Mubarak Al Shikely, general manager Marketing at Oman Air, added: “Staff throughout Oman Air have really risen to the occasion of Oman’s 43rd National Day and I am sure that every Omani citizen was proud to see our nation’s national colours so prominent across our offices and airport facilities. “The spectacular sight of thousands of red, white and green balloons rising above Oman Air’s headquarters building was particularly stirring and I was humbled to see the pride of the hundred’s of people who attended the event.” His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said’s guidance and leadership has transformed the country into a powerful 21st Century hub of commercial, economic and educational achievement. As the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, Oman Air prides itself on introducing many thousands of people from around the world to the authentic culture, ancient traditions and rich history of the country, as well as its unparalleled beauty and hospitality.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Asia Express Exchange lends helping OIFC continues CSR initiative with hand to Philippines disaster relief MUSCAT: Asia Express Exchange, the leading remittance company in the Sultanate of Oman, has come forward to extend aid to the Central Philippines, which was battered by super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). The company mobilised financial and material aid to be sent over to the victims of the natural disaster. Asia Express Exchange (AEE) in conjunction with Lulu International Exchange Group has donated supplies including canned food and fresh water, medicine and warm clothes to the affected, through BDO Foundation, the Philippines based NGO. Adeeb Ahamed, MD of Asia Express Exchange symbolically handed over the first consignment of relief goods to Rogelio E. Leano, regional bank representative of Banco de Oro on Tuesday in Muscat. “My heart goes out to those family members who were left by their loved ones. Recognising the seriousness of the catastrophe, Lulu Exchange Group is providing financial, food and material assistance to those affected by the typhoon. First weeks after the disaster is the most critical when it comes to providing supplies and ground support. “Humanitarian support is a key layer of our organisational foundation and we urge all those who can help to donate to the relief fund,”

Adeeb Ahamed said. “In addition, we make a difference by providing many customers the opportunity to send funds to the Philippines that can be then used to help those impacted by the unfortunate natural disaster. The outpouring of support for the Philippines by Lulu colleagues throughout our operations is truly heartwarming and makes me proud to be a Luluite,” Adeeb added. The staff of the remittance and foreign exchange major have been organising fund raising activities and received generous voluntary donations to help support the ongoing relief efforts in the Philippines. The entire amount collected through the donation would go to

the charities and rescue operations in Philippines. Asia Express Exchange has often been able to respond swiftly to disasters anywhere in Asia, providing physical and mental relief as well as material aid. The company had earlier initiated similar CSR and charity drives to rehabilitate the victims of 2013 North Indian ﬂoods and Philippines ﬂoods of 2012 natural calamities. Asia Express Exchange has associated with Western Union Worldwide Remittance Services’s decision to waive off the sending fees to Philippines that started from November 15 to November 30. BDO Foundation itself has sent

relief aid to a total of 35,000 families in various devastated areas and has targeted to reach as many as 60,000 families. The foundation has also charted a rehabilitation programme for the victims in its second phase. Asia Express Exchange is a reputed Remittance and Forex major operating in the Sultanate of Oman. Asia Express Exchange has partnered with internationally renowned and trusted names like Western Union Worldwide Remittance Services, Xpress Money Services, and other premier MTOs to guarantee that the client’s hard earned money reaches its destination in the fastest and the most secure way possible. The exchange house caters to markets across the world and has direct online remittance arrangements for India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Philippines and Indonesia. Currently Asia Express Exchange has 22 strategically located branches that deliver maximum value and convenience while also giving interior regions access to high-quality remittance services. BDO Foundation was established in the last quarter of 2008 as the corporate social responsibility arm of BDO Unibank, Inc., the leading ﬁnancial institution in the Philippines with eight hundred (800) branch network nationwide.

Women’s Association

MUSCAT: Oman Investment & Finance Company (OIFC) continues its CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiative, aiming to support the local associations dedicated to serve the community in all the governorates of Oman. This time support was given to the recently established Women’s Association in Estate of Muscat which consisted of two elements; a number of office computers and ﬁnancial support. Commenting upon the initiative, Nouf Al Mauaini, chairperson of the Women’s Association

of Estate of Muscat said, “The support of the private sector is crucial for all charitable bodies and social associations and their support is as good as fuel for a car. Today we have progressed one step further, and we look forward for more support from other establishments to assist us jointly to achieve our core objectives.” OIFC representatives present at the occasion were Nadiya Al Wahaibi (assistant manager, Customer Service) and Maymoonah Al Balushi (assistant manager, Al Hail branch).

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ROUND-UP I D E A L F O R FA M I L I E S

BankDhofar launches mobile banking service The launch of new

European Motors unveils all-new Peugeot 408

mobile banking will not only provide the customers with a new channel to do their banking transactions but also will transform

MUSCAT: Following on from the strong performance of the 208 hatchback and the 301 saloon in the Sultanate, European Motors, the official distributor of the Peugeot brand in Oman, has launched the highly-anticipated successor of the much-liked 407 — the all-new Peugeot 408 saloon. Offering unrivalled performance, thanks to a powerful 2.0l engine; in addition to enhanced interior space, elegance and safety, the all-new 408 is all set to raise the benchmark for within its class on Oman’s automotive scene. Gurdeep Singh, brand manager of European Motors, at the launch of the all-new 408 said, “The new 408’s architecture has been designed to meet three key objectives — embody the Marque’s latest style elements, guarantee maximum safety and offer unrivalled interior space; and it does so with ease. With such credentials, the all-new 408 is ideal for young professionals with families who are looking for a car that exemplifies these qualities in equal measure.” Through a combination of the dynamism typical for the Peugeot brand with a high-level of comfort and premium levels of quality, the all-new 408 features design cues that are sleek and balanced. Its overall design theme for the exterior can be summed up as: harmony, elegance and dynamism. At the front, the all-new 408 features Peugeot’s trademark feline headlights, thin chrome strips on the radiator grille, and sculptured lines on the bonnet that flow naturally into the wide, sloping windscreen. The side profile of the 408 features carved wheel arches while the arcing body line from the rear lights to the front wing illustrate the image of a dynamic, modern and robust vehicle. The rear lights of the all-new 408 are ruby red and trimmed with a clear white strip that hints at a lion’s claws within the cluster. At night, the lights take on the form of three diagonal strips, a tribute to Peugeot’s historic models such as the 307 CC and the 504 coupe. The all-new 408 is available in two variants: the Access and Active; both of which are powered by a four-cylinder 2-litre engine that produces 145hp and 200Nm of torque, making the 408 one of the most powerful vehicles in its class. Both variants are also fitted with a six-speed auto adap-

tive gearbox with a triptronic and sport mode. Together with the powerful 2.0l engine, the 408 presents its driver with spirited acceleration throughout the rev range and smooth shifts for a more comfortable drive around the city. Inside, the all-new 408 offers the largest cabin space in its class. Its long 2,710mm wheelbase, its width measuring 1,815mm and its height at 1,525mm provides generous leg room, elbow room and head room respectively. Best in comfort To provide the very best in comfort and enjoyment, the all-new 408 features a premium automatic dual-zone air-conditioning system with rear air-conditioning vents, USB and bluetooth connectivity, instrument panel LCD, tilt and telescopic steering and one-touch power windows with anti-pinch safety for all four windows. Equally impressive is the all-new 408’s boot area which offers 526-litres of space. It also features a newly designed instrument panel which is easier to read with enhanced illumination. Other key features of the 408 exclusive to the ‘Active’ include premium leather seats, leatherwrapped steering wheel with aluminium inserts, auto-dimming rear view mirror and a rear armrest with two cup holders in addition to a six speakers premium sound system with CD/ MP3 playback capability. Regardless of which variant you purchase, ride quality, safety and comfort remain uncompromised. Both offer precise road holding, good vibration control and reduced body movement. Following the trend, both variants feature two smart airbags, ABS, EBD, electronic stability programme (ESP) and EBA, among others. The car has also been designed with a doubleimpact force dissipation channel to provide maximum passenger compartment protection. “The luxurious new Peugeot 408 has been speciﬁcally designed to meet the demands of the Middle East market and will further reinforce Peugeot’s product range in the Sultanate. As with our other models, the all-new 408 also comes with our ﬁve-year unlimited mileage warranty. Thereby providing our customers with the best possible ownership experience for as long as they own the vehicle,” added Gurdeep Singh.

the way they bank

MUSCAT: BankDhofar announced yesterday the launch of its mobile banking service marking the start of an exciting new era of innovative banking services in Oman. The mobile banking app is available for free download to mobile users using Android and for Apple IOS users Named ‘Best Retail Bank in Oman for 2013’, this state-of-theart mobile service is a testament to the strides BankDhofar has been making by reinventing banking convenience and setting a whole new standards for quality customer experience in the industry. During the press conference, Tony Mahoney, CEO of BankDhofar, stated: “Today is a great milestone for us. The launch of our new mobile banking will not only provide our customers with a new channel to do their banking transactions but also it will transform the way they bank. On macro level, it will transform the customerbank relationship. This launch is testament of our commitment to be the best bank for each and every customer and ultimately the best bank in Gulf.” Customer will be able to conduct their banking transaction using their mobile phones when and

where they choose using BankDhofar’s mobile banking app. The bank ensured ease of use and navigation and richness of services launched. In addition, to accounts and cards enquiries and transactions, such as transfers between own accounts and third party transfers, statements viewing, and cheque book requisition, customers will also be able to make utility payments, and mobile top-ups. BankDhofar mobile banking will also be a channel through which customers can get information on Exchange Rates, latest offers from the bank, product and services information, as well as serving as a window to contact the bank 24 hours a day. Information on prayer timings and BankDhofar branch and ATM/CDM network location across Oman will also be available for customers’ convenience in

mobile banking. Realising the importance of offering a personalised mobile experience to its customer, BankDhofar enabled many setting change options allowing customers to change their user ID, password, language settings, mobile number, email ID, login mode, and favourite services in a secure and customer friendly way. Abdul Hakeem Omar Al Ojaili, general manager of Corporate Services in BankDhofar added, “BankDhofar’s mobile banking service will change the way banking transaction are done in Oman. With a mobile penetration in excess of 100 per cent and a youthful demographic, mobile banking will be the preferred channel for customers in Oman. We designed BankDhofar mobile banking with customers in mind ensuring ease of use and richness of offered services. We

will continue to offer new banking and value added services to our mobile banking channel. “Customers can always expect simply the best from BankDhofar. This is only the start and more exciting services will be offered through BankDhofar’s mobile banking. Our aim is to ﬁt seamlessly in customers daily lives offering them banking and value added services that will go beyond their expectation. The way forward is exciting and we are committed to be the best bank for you.” BankDhofar mobile banking app is available for download on mobile app sites of Android and Apple store. This innovative mobile banking service employs the best of security and delivers a truly exceptional banking experience. Yet another way for BankDhofar to deliver on its promise of “being the best bank for you”.

RESEARCH PROJECT

Toyota Heart Project: A path-breaking initiative MUSCAT: The Toyota Heart Project is a new communication research project with the theme of ‘Inspiring the Heart, Inspiring You’. Part of this research are Toyota’s Kirobo and Mirata humanoid communication robots, that incorporate highly-evolved technologies for communication and artificial intelligence. The Toyota Heart Project conducts research to realisse artificial intelligence that grows together with people, intelligence that displays feelings and evokes fondness and trust. The aim is to inspire people, achieve a rapport between humans and machines, and make life more enjoyable and enriching. Emotional communication In addition to simply talking and listening, humans and artificial

one small step towards a brighter future for all.”

intelligence will be able to engage in emotional communication, including expressions, gestures, and recollection of past events, thanks to research through an open innovation method.

Kirobo, dubbed, the ‘robot astronaut’ is the first robot to speak in space. Kirobo’s historic first words in space reflected the importance of the pint-sized robot’s mission: “On August 21, 2013, a robot took

Space mission Kirobo’s space mission started in the early hours of August 4 with the successful launch of a Launch Vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan. Kirobo’s earth-bound mission counterpart is Mirata. The two humanoid communication robots were developed under the Kibo Robot Project, a joint research project between Toyota Motor Corporation, Dentsu Inc., University of Tokyo’s Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology, and Robo Garage Co. Toyota plans to use experience gained from the orbital experiments to improve its partner robots and other interactive conversation technology.

BREAST CANCER

Joyalukkas hands over prizes to ‘Think Pink’ winners MUSCAT: Joyalukkas ‘Think Pink’ a breast cancer awareness programme initiated by the world’s favourite jeweller every October, ended on a winning note for two individuals who expressed their support for it on the Joyalukkas Facebook page. The winners were picked through a raffle draw from a list of people who expressed their support for ‘Joyalukkas Think Pink’ and answered a simple question. Joyalukkas developed a special Facebook app for this competition and received an exceptional response. “We have managed to spread awareness for breast cancer in a big way through ‘Joyalukkas Think Pink’ this October through the various initiatives undertaken under this programme. This year we managed to reach more people thanks to the support of the Barakath Al Noor Clinic and this has motivated us to make this initiative bigger and better the coming year. Our vision is to edu-

cate each and every woman possible and guide them in ﬁghting this dreaded disease and we have taken the Pink Pledge to continue this as long as possible,” said John Paul Joy Alukkas, executive director, Joyalukkas. The two winners of the diamond pendant, Minesh Shah of Dubai and Gia Aria Pereira of Oman issued a joint statement on being announced the winners of the exclusive diamond pendant. “We only participated in the ‘Joyalukkas Think Pink’ contest to express our support for this noble initiative launched by them.

However we must say winning this exclusive diamond pendant was a bonus. “We feel Joyalukkas is doing a great thing by taking up this cause and spreading awareness to empower women in their ﬁght against breast cancer and big thank you to them for the lovely diamond pendant.” The winner in Oman received the diamond pendent from Dr Rajyashree Narayanankutty — Barakath Al Noor Clinic, in the presence of Joyalukkas management team during the ceremony at Joyalukkas Centre.

SUR PLAZA HOTEL ANNOUNCES WEEK-END PACKAGE The Sur Plaza Hotel, which is recognised as the premier destination in Sur, has established itself as a popular venue among all sections of local community. The hotel is providing ideal fun-ﬁlled getaway for the entire family with dhow cruise and turtle watching for anyone who takes advantage of the Sur Plaza Hotel’s long week-end package. Customers can enjoy culinary delights ranging from east to west with exciting evening buffet lineup at Oyster’s Restaurant.

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ROUND-UP Bank Muscat enhances remittance service

PROPOSAL WRITING

Bank Muscat hosted senior officials from Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, Philippines, as part of efforts to review and enhance remittance services to the Philippines

MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the leading financial services provider in the Sultanate, hosted senior officials from Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), Philippines, as part of efforts to review and enhance remittance services to the Philippines. RCBC was represented by Gary B.Villanueva, executive vice president, and Cynthia P. Santos, first senior vice president. The team led by Abdullah Tamman Al Mashani, AGM - Direct & Institutional Sales, called on the Consul General of Philippines

in Oman to provide an update on banking initiatives benefiting the Filipino community in Oman. The team discussed various strategies to further enhance remittance services to the Philippines. The RCBC officials also visited Bank Muscat’s dedicated Philippine remittance centre in Ruwi and expressed satisfaction over the services rendered by the stateof-the-art centre which is benefiting the 55,000-strong Filipino community in the Sultanate. Abdullah Tamman Al Mashani said: “The synergy between the leading banks in Oman and the Philippines significantly benefits the Filipino community in the Sultanate. As part of ongoing efforts to expand banking services to customers, especially remittance services, the dedicated Filipino centre offers innovative

products and services. As always, Bank Muscat takes the lead in offering value added services to customers, including expatriate customers, of whom the Filipino community represents the ﬁfth largest customer base of the bank. Bank Muscat continuously seeks ways to ensure that customers receive the best products and services.” Bank Muscat customers can remit money to the Philippines through various options provided by RCBC’s Telemoney services. Customers opting for TeLEREMIT need not have an account in any bank in the Philippines. Remittances are sent directly to the beneﬁciary, who is informed via SMS of the remittance. The money can be collected from any RCBC branch. The TeLECREDIT option is remittance from one account to

another. The remittance proceeds are directly credited to an RCBC account or any other bank account, and are available for withdrawal within 24 hours from any RCBC branch or ATM. The TeLE Door to Door method is convenient to the beneficiary as funds are delivered directly via courier to the beneficiary’s doorstep. The TeLe Pay facility can be utilised for directly paying utility bills in the Philippines. RCBC, a private commercial bank in the Philippines was established in 1960 as a development bank. RCBC, along with its various subsidiaries, provides a range of banking and financial products and services, including commercial, corporate and retail banking, credit cards, asset management, treasury, investment banking and micro finance.

REDUCTION SALE

Al Saleh sale evokes huge response MUSCAT: Al Saleh Enterprises, one of the leading retailers and traders of lighting ﬁxtures and accessories in the Sultanate of Oman, has brightened up some of the best structures in the Sultanate for the last three decades. The ongoing reduction sale at Al Saleh Enterprises will continue

till December 10, 2013. Raffle draw Apart from the sale, customers can also try their luck by entering into the raffle draw. On purchase of lighting products for every OMR10, customers are entitled for a raffle coupon. It has attractive,

exciting prizes like Smart TVs, children gifts, and a host of other beneﬁts (conditions apply). The spacious and modern showrooms are located in Ruwi (Honda Road), Al Hail, Bidiyah, Sohar, Ibri and Salalah. With a wide range of select lighting made of eye-catching

crystals to extravagant gold, Al Saleh has successfully catered to the requirements of several houses, villas, apartments, hotels, restaurants, commercial complexes, offices, large establishments, mosques, shopping malls, gardens, etc., in the Sultanate and in the other Gulf countries.

Bank Sohar holds in-house training course for staff MUSCAT: In line with its constant efforts to maintain and further enhance its position as one of Oman’s leading banks, Bank Sohar recently organised an inhouse training course, titled ‘Best Practice of Proposal Writing’ for its employees at its Learning Centre in Qurum. Commenting on the importance of the training, Munira Abdulnabi Macki, DGM Human Resource and Corporate Support at Bank Sohar said, “The bank is a public institution with important public policy functions. Directly or indirectly, our decisions affect the business and livelihoods of many people. This makes the bank a uniquely rewarding place to work in. It also requires us to aim always for the very highest standards. We must be professional in our operations and live up to our reputation for integrity. As such following best practice guidelines when drafting ﬁnancially signiﬁcant documentation is of the utmost importance.” The comprehensive ‘Best Practice of Proposal Writing’ training course was attended by 10 key personnel of the bank, and covered numerous topics including the types of propos-

als, reading and understanding business proposals and their importance in banking sectors, including the best ways to draft different types of proposals, and other relevant topics. “Bank Sohar is committed to providing our employees with the training that they require to do their job and provide them with opportunities to develop their skills and themselves as a person, to progress within the organisation. We recognise and reward good performance,” added Munira Abdulnabi Macki. Core values At Bank Sohar, training and investing in the knowledge of its employees is one of its core values, and this helps the bank in meeting the market challenges in a world of ever-increasing competition. In addition, Bank Sohar believes that ‘writing skills’ are one of the vital communication skills needed; both within and outside of the organisation. Training courses such as these enhance the skill, knowledge and comprehension of the local and global economy for its employees and this in turn helps them better serve the bank’s customers.

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SPOR YOUR GAME

Zak is back INDIAN SQUADS

Baroda batsman Ambati Rayudu, a seasoned domestic player, has been named in both the Test and ODI squads, while veterans like Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh continued to remain on the sidelines

VADODARA: Veteran pacer Zaheer Khan made a comeback to India’s Test side after close to a year but opener Gautam Gambhir was ignored as the selectors yesterday announced the squads for the Test and ODI tour of South Africa starting December 5. The 35-year-old Zaheer, who had been battling fitness issues and was even dropped from the BCCI’s list of contracted players, was chosen in the 17-member Test squad after taking 13 wickets in three Ranji Trophy matches at an average of 19.84 this season. Gambhir, however, had no such luck as the opener, who has been downgraded to Group B in the list of contracted players, failed to find a place despite a healthy average of 74 plus in the ongoing Ranji season. “His name was discussed, in fact, we discussed a lot of things. Even skipper MS Dhoni was consulted and all the players were selected unanimously,” BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said after a meeting of the selection committee.The month-long tour featuring three ODIs followed by two Tests is India’s first international assignment after the retirement of iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar. Baroda batsman Ambati Rayudu, a seasoned domestic player, has been named in both the Test and ODI squads, while veterans like Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh continued to remain on the sidelines. The 28-year-old Rayudu, who is currently a part of the team in the ongoing ODI series against the West Indies, has played four One-dayers for India. There were no major surprises in both the squads with the selectors opting to go in for a paceheavy bowling attack considering the conditions in South Africa. Pacer Ishant Sharma, who has been struggling for form, was retained in both the squads. The gangling speedster took a matchhaul of nine wickets in Delhi’s win

FOR TESTS: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Wriddhiman Saha, Zaheer Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha FOR ODIs: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Amit Mishra

COMEBACK: Zaheer Khan

Zaheer is expected to feature in the playing XI while the quartet of Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav will be vying for the two remaining slots over Haryana in a Ranji Trophy match on Sunday. Umesh recalled Another fast bowler Umesh Yadav, who had been dropped due to poor form in the recent series against Australia and West Indies, has been recalled in both the Test and ODI squads largely because of his ability to bowl fast. An off-colour Yuvraj Singh has managed to hold on to his ODI spot despite having an indifferent show against Australia and the ongoing series against West Indies. Haryana pacer Mohit Sharma has also been included in the 16-member ODI squad. Wriddhiman Saha, a regular in the overseas Test tours, was retained as a reserve wicketkeeper, pipping

Tamil Nadu’s Dinesh Karthik and Gujarat’s Parthiv Patel. The Test squad has seven specialist batsmen, two wicketkeepers, five pacers, two spinners and one all-rounder in Ravindra Jadeja. While Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay are certain to open the innings, Virat Kohli is expected to take the number four slot vacated by Tendulkar. Cheteshwar Pujara will bat number three, while Rohit Sharma will take the number five slot, followed by Ajinkya Rahane or Ravindra Jadeja depending on the team combination. Zaheer is expected to feature in the playing XI while the quartet of Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav will be vying for the two remaining slots. R Ashwin is expected to mantle the spin duty and bat at number eight, while Pragyan Ojha may get a chance depending on the pitch conditions. The three ODIs are scheduled to be held in Johannesburg, Durban and Centurion on December 5, 8, 11 respectively. This will be followed by a twoday practice match against South African Invitational XI at the Willowmoore Park in Benoni. The first Test match starts on December 18 at the New Wanderers while the ‘Boxing Day’ Test from December 26 will be played at the Kingsmead in Durban. — PTI

BURLE PICKS 24 U-22 PROBABLES FOR CAMP The Sultanate’s under-22 team will undergo an internal training-cumconditioning camp as part of their preparations for the forthcoming West st Asian Football Federation (WAFF) Championship. >C6

Don’t litter a beautiful country like OMAN. Ensure proper disposal of garbage.

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SPORTS Webber leaves F-1 with wind in hair After taking the chequered ﬂag, Webber removed his helmet halfway through his slowing down lap to show his face to the crowd and marshals and allow himself to hear the applause and feel the breeze

SAO PAULO: Mark Webber drove out of Formula One with the wind in his hair, a smile on his face and Red Bull overalls soaked in champagne after one final podium celebration at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday. The Australian finished runnerup, equalling his best result of a year dominated by race winner and quadruple world champion team mate Sebastian Vettel, at Interlagos in his 215th and last grand prix. The voice of Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, himself only three years older than his 37-year-old driver, came over the radio as Webber crossed the line for his final competitive lap. “One more lap Mark, enjoy it,” he said, and the chisel-jawed veteran made sure he savoured every moment — for once concentrating on driving slowly rather than fast. After taking the chequered flag, Webber removed his helmet halfway through his slowing down lap to show his face to the crowd and marshals and allow himself to hear the applause and feel the breeze. “In this sport it’s not always you have the personal touch,” he told

BBC television. “We have helmets on all the time so they don’t always see a driver in a Formula One car without a helmet. It was nice to get it off, see the marshals, see the fans, it was a really nice thing for me just to experience. I heard a lot of noises I don’t normally hear with the helmet on.” Webber, famously straight-talk-

ing ever since his astonishing debut in 2002 when he ﬁnished ﬁfth for tiny Minardi in his home race, has always been one for the direct, no-nonsense approach both in and outside the sport.

WORLD CHESS CHAMPION CARLSEN DECORATED Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa yesterday gave away the gold cup and Rs 99 million prize money to the newly crowned world chess champion Magnus Carlsen from Norway. At a prize distribution function held here, Jayalalithaa handed over the golden trophy to Carlsen, a cheque for Rs 99 million as prize money and also presented him a garland made of olive leaves from the Nilgiri hills. Jayalalithaa also presented local hero Viswanathan Anand the runners-up cheque of Rs.60 million. FIDE president Kirsan Illyumzhino presented Carlsen with the gold medal and Anand the silver medal. The 22-year-old Carlsen defeated Anand 6.5-3.5 in their title match that spread over 10 games.The title match was sponsored by the Tamil Nadu government. — Agencies

Strongest emotion The winner of nine grands prix in 12 seasons, including two Monaco Grand Prix victories but none this year, said the hardest part of the day had been just steeling himself to get into the car at the start. Welcomed to the garage before the race to the sounds of ‘Waltzing Matilda’, with the Australian flag hung over his car and ‘Thank You Mark’ written on his pit board, the last farewell was always going to be emotional even if Webber was a long way from reaching for the tissues. “I was quite overcome with some emotion, to be honest,” he said. — Reuters

FOOTBALL

United great Foulkes is no more

THE FINALE: Red Bull Formula One driver Mark Webber of Australia

acknowledges the crowd as he holds up the Australian ﬂag after his ﬁnal Formula One appearance in Sao Paulo. – Reuters

LONDON: Former Manchester United central defender Bill Foulkes, a survivor of the 1958 Munich air crash, has died aged 81, the club announced yesterday. Foulkes joined United in 1950 and went on to make 688 appearances for the club during 18 seasons, winning four league titles as part of manager Matt Busby’s side. He was also part of the 1968 European Cup winning team. “Bill was a giant character in

the post-war history of Manchester United. His contribution over almost 700 games and nearly 20 years will never be forgotten,” Ed Woodward, United’s executive vice-chairman said on the club’s website (www.manutd.com). “He was a very gentle man, whom I was privileged to meet on several occasions, including most memorably with his team mates at the Champions League ﬁnal in Moscow, 50 years after his hero-

ics in the Munich air crash.” Only Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Bobby Charlton have played more games for United than Foulkes, who made a solitary appearance for England. Eight players and three club officials were among 23 people who died when the plane carrying them home from a European Cup tie in Belgrade crashed after refuelling at Munich Airport on Feb. 6 1958. — Reuters CRICKET

SMARTEN UP DRIVE SAFE A TIMES OF OMAN HANDS-FREE DRIVING INITIATIVE

Sri Lanka rest Jayawardene for ODI series COLOMBO: Mahela Jayawardene has been rested for the limited-overs leg of Sri Lanka’s series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates starting next month. Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement yesterday that 36-year-old Jayawardene, who has played 407 ODIs and scored over 11,000 runs, had requested leave on personal grounds. Left-handed batsman Kithuruwan Vithanage, who has played two tests but has yet to represent Sri Lanka in limited overs cricket, was named as his replacement. Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath was named in the oneday squad but was not considered for the Twenty20 series as “he was being rested considering the excessive amount of cricket he played and the available cricket for him up to the 2015 World Cup.” — Reuters

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SPORTS Hopes of the Italian trio on a knife-edge Champions League’s next matches Today GROUP E

GROUP F Arsenal ENG Dortmund GER

Four players 2 W0-D1-L2 W1-D0-L2

Schalke GER Chelsea ENG

Lewandowski, Dort.; Higuain, Napoli 3 W2-D1-L0 W0-D0-L1

Marseille FRA Napoli ITA

GROUP G Zenit RUS Porto POR

Costa, Atletico 3 W0-D0-L1 W3-D0-L0

GROUP H Celtic SCO Ajax NED

Fifa wants divers to examine their conscience

Top scorer

Tomorrow W-D-L

F-A

Pts

Chelsea Schalke Basel Steaua

3-0-1 2-0-2 1-2-1 0-2-2

11-2 4-6 4-4 2-9

9 6 5 2

Arsenal Napoli Dortmund Marseille

3-0-1 3-0-1 2-0-2 0-0-4

6-3 7-6 6-4 4-10

9 9 6 0

Atletico Zenit Porto Wien

4-0-0 1-2-1 1-1-2 0-1-3

12-2 3-4 3-4 0-8

12 5 4 1

Barcelona Milan Ajax Celtic

3-1-0 1-2-1 1-1-2 1-0-3

9-2 5-5 3-7 2-5

10 5 4 3

Qualiﬁed

Steaua ROM Basel SUI

FOOTBALL

Atletico ESP Austria Wien AUT Messi, Barcelona 6

W1-D3-L5 W0-D0-L1

AC Milan ITA Barcelona ESP

W-D-L

F-A

Pts

2-2-0 2-1-1 1-2-1 0-1-3

6-3 8-5 3-5 1-5

8 7 5 1

3-1-0 Real Galatasaray 1-1-2 Copenhagen 1-1-2 0-3-1 Juventus

14-4 6-10 3-8 6-7

10 4 4 3

PSG Olympiacos Benﬁca Anderlecht

3-1-0 2-1-1 1-1-2 0-1-3

13-2 6-5 3-5 1-11

10 7 4 1

Bayern Man City CSKA Plzen

4-0-0 3-0-1 1-0-3 0-0-4

12-1 11-6 6-12 2-12

12 9 3 0

Qualiﬁed

GROUP A Leverkusen GER Shakhtar UKR

Rolfes, Leverkusen 3 W0-D2-L3 W1-D0-L0

Man Utd ENG Sociedad ESP

W3-D0-L3 W0-D1-L0

Galatasaray TUR Copenhagen DEN

GROUP B Real Madrid ESP Juventus ITA

Ronaldo, Real 8

GROUP C Anderlecht BEL PSG FRA

Ibrahimovic, PSG 7 W3-D2-L4 W1-D0-L0

Benﬁca POR Olympiacos GRE

GROUP D CSKA Moscow RUS Man City ENG

Aguero, Man City 5 Bayern GER

W0-D0-L1 W1-D0-L0

Viktoria Plzen CZE

Man Utd Leverkusen Shakhtar Sociedad

Winning Feeling

Managerial Experience Jose Mourinho

Matches in Champions League (Coaches in competition this season) 150

Arsene Wenger

Chelsea manager

121

Carlo Ancelotti 105

Jose Mourinho Rafa Benitez

Mircea Lucescu

Barcelona

Mourinho Champions League record with Chelsea

Total

Titles D9

Milan

Porto

Away Days Manchester United will clinch 16th appearance in knock-out stages with victory at Leverkusen – only Real Madrid have more berths (17)

Manchester United

Bayern

Chelsea will seal Last 16 spot with draw at Basel – Mourinho is hoping to win only trophy to elude him during ﬁrst spell at Stamford Bridge W 19

Wayne Rooney

Man Utd

Arsenal

Special One

Porto, 2004; Internazionale, 2010

Group stage wins (Since 1992) Real Madrid

United’s record against German teams W 15

Total

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Source: UEFA, Infostrada Sports

Juventus and AC Milan are still in contention despite having mustered one win between them while Napoli have been far more impressive and need only a point

BERNE: The hopes of Italy’s three Champions League teams are all on a knife-edge and this week’s games will go a long way to deciding which, if any, of Juventus, AC Milan and Napoli reach the last 16. Their fortunes are so delicately poised that Serie A could easily end up with all three in the last 16 or none at all, a scenario that would only add to the sensation of Italian football’s demise. Juventus and AC Milan are still in contention despite having mustered one win between them while Napoli have been far more impressive and need only a point but, paradoxically, may still struggle with two tough games to come and their form slipping. Elsewhere, Real Madrid, Paris St Germain and Chelsea need one point from relatively straightforward games to qualify and join Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona who are already through. In contrast, debutants Austria Vienna will attempt to score their first goal of the competition when they visit Porto. Italian champions Juventus appear to have confirmed coach Antonio Conte’s claim that they are no longer among Europe’s elite by failing to win any of their first four outings in Group B. They go into their game at home to FC Copenhagen in last place with three points, one behind the Danish champions, yet could finish tomorrow in second

HELPING HAND: Arsenal’s French striker Olivier Giroud, left, and

former player Thierry Henry, right, warm up during a training session yesterday ahead of their Uefa Champions League match against Marseille today. Henry, who is currently playing with the New York Red Bulls, is back in training with his former team. – AFP

if, as expected, they win and Real Madrid (10) beat Galatasaray (four) at home. That combination would leave Juve needing a draw at Galatasaray in their ﬁnal game to go through, while another slip-up on Wednesday could mean curtains. Napoli (nine points) are a draw away from qualifying in Group F but visit last season’s runners-up Borussia Dortmund (six) today and must then host Arsenal (nine) in their ﬁnal game. Two successive Serie A defeats

have dented the conﬁdence of Rafael Benitez’s side while Borussia are smarting from Saturday’s 3-0 home defeat by arch-rivals Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. Milan crisis AC Milan, second in Group H with ﬁve points, visit Celtic today, a match they would usually expect to win but which has become a daunting prospect thanks to the crisis at the seven-times champions. A seven-match winless run has left coach Massimiliano Allegri’s

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job the subject of constant speculation and chief executive Adriano Galliani’s post is also seen to be under threat after 27 years. Maverick forward Mario Balotelli has begun to show signs of the eccentric behaviour which complicated his two-and-a-half years at Manchester City while the club are battling a seemingly perpetual injury crisis. Defeat would not only let in the Scottish champions but could also open the door for Ajax Amsterdam (four) who host already qualified Barcelona (10). “We have to get out of this all together,” said Allegri after Saturday’s 1-1 draw at home to 10man Genoa in which Balotelli missed a penalty. “There are still many points up for grabs and we have to get through to the next round of the Champions League. “We have to make things happen in our favour.” In Group A, the winners of the match between Bayer Leverkusen (seven) and Manchester United (eight) will qualify while Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk (five) host Real Sociedad (one), the only Spanish side likely to miss out. Big-spending Paris St Germain (10) should get the point they need at home to Olympiakos (seven) in Group C while former champions Benfica (four) must win at Anderlecht (one) to stay in contention. In Group E, Chelsea (nine) need a point away to FC Basel (five). Although the London side were humbled at home by their opponents earlier in the group, the Swiss champions have since lost momentum. Bundesliga side Schalke 04 (six), who visit winless former champions Steaua Bucharest, look more likely to go through especially as they host Basel in their final game. The battle to follow Atletico Madrid through from Group G continues with Zenit St Petersburg (five) hosting the Spaniards and Porto (four) entertaining Austria Vienna (one). The final two rounds of matches in Group D will be a damp squib as Manchester City, at home to Viktoria Plzen, and Bayern Munich, away to CSKA Moscow, have already qualified. — Reuters

ZURICH: Detested in some countries and regarded as act of cunning in others, the practice of diving and feigning injury to win penalties and get opponents sent off has become ingrained in football almost everywhere. Forwards have become increasingly adept at what is officially known as simulation, often provoking contact themselves yet somehow making it look the defender’s fault. Referees have been caught in the middle and have to judge in a split second whether a foul was genuine or enacted, often an impossible decision to make even with the use of slow motion replays. With the World Cup looming and the stakes higher than ever, soccer’s governing body Fifa is hoping that it can appeal to the conscience of the players to stamp out a practice which many feel

is ruining the game. “We need fair play,” Fifa’s head of refereeing Massimo Busacca said in an interview. “You cannot win the game with simulation, what are you to tell your children when you go home? Will you say, ‘I won the game by simulation, it was cheating’? It should be an honour to win a game on merit.” Busacca’s comments may sound idealistic, especially in the pressure-cooker atmosphere of a World Cup, but he was hopeful that players would listen. “I’m always positive,” said Busacca, a former Swiss and international refereee. “We stress that we want fair play, we want to see football, spectators want to enjoy football, so you have to win the game correctly. If we continue to say that, in my opinion we can achieve results.” — Reuters

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SPORTS Shock & support for stressed Trott The surprise departure, which echoes a situation involving Marcus Trescothick in 2006-2007,

I don’t feel it’s right that I’m playing, knowing that I’m not 100 percent. I cannot currently operate at the level I have done in the past

comes after Trott made disappointing scores of 10 and nine in England’s 381-run ﬁrst-Test defeat

BRISBANE: England players past and present expressed shock and offered support after batsman Jonathan Trott withdrew from the Ashes tour of Australia yesterday due to a “stress-related illness”. The surprise departure, which echoes a situation involving Marcus Trescothick in 2006-2007, comes after Trott made disappointing scores of 10 and nine in England’s 381-run ﬁrst-Test defeat in Brisbane. Trott’s display was blasted as “poor and weak” by Australia batsman David Warner, in comments that drew censure from England captain Alastair Cook and head coach Andy Flower. England all-rounder Stuart Broad pledged support for Trott on Twitter, writing: “Love Trotty. Absolute champion of a man. He knows he has all the support of all the people around him. Puts cricket in perspective.” Former England captain Nasser Hussain said the news had come

as “a real shock”, while another former skipper, Michael Vaughan, expressed regret for questioning Trott’s performances in the media. “I do feel guilty for criticising Trott this week... I wasn’t to know what he was going through and I can only comment on what I see,” Vaughan wrote on Twitter. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said Trott, 32, would take an indefinite break from cricket and would not be returning to the five-Test tour. “Jonathan Trott has returned from England’s current tour of Australia with a stress-related illness,” an ECB tweet said. “Trott will take a break from cricket for the foreseeable future and will take no further part in the tour... Trott’s return to cricket will be determined in due course.” Trott has been a stalwart of the England team, accumulating 3,763 runs at an average of 46.45 in his 49 Tests, but he was dismissed tamely in both innings by fiery

Jonathan Trott paceman Mitchell Johnson. In a brief statement released by the ECB, Trott said: “I don’t feel it’s right that I’m playing, knowing that I’m not 100 percent. I cannot currently operate at the level I have done in the past. “My priority now is to take a break from cricket so that I can focus on my recovery.” Former England opener Trescothick, who left the 2006-2007 Ashes tour and was ﬁnally forced to quit international cricket because of depression, called it “sad news”.

“To come out and talk about these things for the first time is tough. I’m sure he’s not feeling great at all, but he’s definitely made the right decision,” Trescothick told BBC radio. Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff tweeted: “Trotty will be back. Over the hardest hurdle in his recovery by facing it head on, which is something we are not all able to do.” Trott’s departure adds to the dramatic fall-out from the first Test, after Australia captain Mi-

chael Clarke was ﬁned for telling England tail-ender James Anderson to “get ready for a broken ....... arm”. Prior to the news of Trott’s departure, Warner admitted that he “probably went a little bit too far” with his comments, which were described as “disrespectful” by England skipper Cook. “I made those comments for a reason,” Warner told reporters at Brisbane airport. “It is Ashes cricket. Probably went a little bit too far with the

comments, but it’s cricket and now it’s in the back of their mind.” England coach Flower criticised Warner for his remarks, but revealed that Trott had been suffering from the condition for some time. “We’ve been on tour for a month and he (Trott) has had his ups and downs and it is not directly related,” Flower said of Warner’s insults. “I will also say that players commenting about fellow professionals in the media is disrespectful and on this occasion he (Warner) has got that horribly wrong.” Australia coach Darren Lehmann had backed his players’ tough approach at Brisbane’s Gabba ground, saying he liked them playing “hard cricket”, but he voiced support for Trott. Writing on Twitter, he said: “I wish Johnathon Trott a speedy recovery from a tough situation, a safe ﬂight home to be with family!” The chief executive of the Professional Cricketers’ Association, which represents players in England and Wales, said Trott’s exit was not necessarily linked to criticism of his performances. “This problem wasn’t caused by an Aussie player sledging Jonathan on the pitch, or indeed by anything that was said in a press conference,” said Angus Porter. “This is a serious illness relating probably to chemical imbalances in the brain.” - AFP

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Media hail ‘high and mighty’ Aussies BRISBANE: Australia’s emphatic humbling of England in the ﬁrst Ashes Test was met with glee by the nation’s media yesterday which said “the spell is broken, the curse is lifted”. After a 3-0 hammering by England in the Ashes that ended in August, the relief that Australia had ﬁnally got one over the old enemy was evident. “Clarke’s men are singing again,” said The Australian broadsheet on its front page. Their cricket writer Wayne Smith added: “The spell is broken, the curse lifted. Australia’s long wait for Ashes respectability is over. Ever since the 2009 campaign in England, 16 Ashes Tests ago, Australia humiliatingly has been under the cosh from its old-

est enemy, having lost three series in succession. And the fear was that there was more to come this summer.” It was the commanding way in which Australia trounced England that excited the press with the Daily Telegraph suggesting the Ashes was all but won. “Gift wrap the Ashes and put them in the out tray,” said the tabloid’s cricket writer Malcolm Conn. “History tells us that England’s stranglehold on the little urn will soon be broken. “In more than 80 years of Test cricket at the Gabba only twice has a team won an Ashes Test there and failed to press home the advantage.” Under a front page headline “High and mighty” accompanied

by a picture of Mitchell Johnson, the Sydney Morning Herald said Australia had “crossed their psychological Rubicon”. “No matter what they said, they didn’t know they could beat this England team until now,” it said. “Conversely, England didn’t know they could be beaten. In four days of cricket, everything has changed.” The newspaper’s cricket writer Malcolm Knox said England were waiting for an Australian implosion that never happened. “Having seen Clarke’s team sacriﬁce winning positions many times before, England were sure they could be relied upon to do the same again. But having got used to waiting, England found it hard to switch gears when necessary.” — AFP

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SPORTS HM’S CUP FOOTBALL

Al Nahda rout Bahla; Sohar, Dhofar win

ALL SET: Oman under-19 team pose for a group photo during a training session. – Supplied photo

Shreyas to lead Oman at ACC U-19 tourney Experienced Omani cricketer Shuaib Ismail will be Shreyas deputy at the ACC Under-19 Challenge Cup to be held in Bangkok

MUSCAT: All-rounder Shreyas Malhotra has been appointed captain by the Oman Cricket (OC) selection committee headed by Syed Anwar Ahsan to compete in the ACC Under-19 Challenge Cup 2013 Tournament in Bangkok December 7 to 15. Experienced Omani cricketer Shuaib Ismail Al Balushi will be his deputy. In addition to the

experienced Shuaib Ismail Al Balushi, the Oman squad also includes debutants Ibrahim Saif Al Harthy, Wasim Ismail Al Balushi, Gimash Kavishka Dias, Hemil Maheskumar Ganatra, Mohammed Aqib, Wasim Ali and Syed Taha Hussain Naqvi. The rest of the squad includes experienced Shreyas Malhotra, Gayash Priyashan Dias, Jathin

Varijakshan, Akshay Ashok Jathar, Syed Muntazir Zaidi and Arjun Kapoor. The four reserves are Waleed Abdul Majeed Al Balushi, Faiz Ismail M. Al Balushi, Ivan Joseph Manjila and Mohammed Aadil. The team will be accompanied by Dad Mohammed Al Balushi as manager. The coaches who have been training the team since October 22 2013 are Rakesh Sharma, Parviz Abdul Qadir Al Balushi, both of whom will travel together with Dr. M.V. Manjunath who has also been attending the training camp and will accompany the team as trainer. A total of seven teams are participating in the competition. The teams are divided into two groups with Singapore, China and Iran in Group ‘A’ whilst Group ‘B’

consists of Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar and Oman. Oman will clash with Myanmar on December 7, followed by the next game against Maldives on December 10 and Bhutan December 12. Oman will play their first and third league matches at the Terdthal cricket Ground and the second at the Asian Institute of Technology. The first semifinal will take place at Terdthal grounds whilst the second semifinal will be held at the Asian Institute of Technology ground on December 14 with the finals at the Terdthal grounds on December 15. There will also be play-offs for the 3rd and 4th and 5th and 6th positions. The team will leave for Thailand on December 5 and return home on December 16.

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Ribery confident of winning Ballon d’Or PARIS: Franck Ribery said he was confident of winning the World Player of the Year award because he “made the difference” and “set defences on fire”. “I have no fear, I am confident. I have done all I had to,” the Bay-

ern Munich and France winger told French daily Le Monde in an interview yesterday. “If you look at my performances all year long, I have made the difference. I may not score in every match but I set the defences

on ﬁre,” he said. The 30-year-old Ribery, who helped Bayern to win an unprecedented Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup treble last season, was crowned Uefa Best Player in Europe in August and is in conten-

tion for Fifa’s worldwide Ballon d’Or award. “So far this year, I have never failed. I have been good during the whole year with my national team and my club. What we did with Bayern last season was historic,” said Ribery. — Reuters

MUSCAT: In the most lopsided match of the round of 32, Al Nahda routed Bahla in His Majesty’s Cup Footbal Championship yesterday. In the match played at the Ibri Sports Complex, all the action was in one direction as Al Nahda pumped in six unanswered goals against a hapless Bahla to advance to the last 16 stage. Meanwhile, Sohar and Dhofar also made it to the next round with hard fought victories. At Seeb Stadium, Sohar managed to score a 2-1 win over a battling Al Talee’a while Dhofar defeated Majees by a similar margin in Salalah. In one of the biggest upsets of the champions, defending champions Suwaiq were knocked out by Salalah on Sunday. The other teams who had already booked their places in the last 16 stage are Oman, Nizwa, Bausher, Al Ittihad, Salalah, Al Shabab, Al Mudhaibi, Al Wuhda, Al Rustaq, Al Nasr, Muscat, Fanja, Al Musannah.

Meanwhile, the Oman Football Association revelaed that the draw ceremony for the last 16 stage of the championship will take place from 2.45 p.m today at the association headquarters at the Seeb Stadium.

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SPORTS Burle picks 24 players for training camp

ISC TENNIS

During the camp, FINALISTS: From right, Nevil Philips, Armaan Sattikar, Subash

Pillai and Kenneth Vaz. – Supplied photo

the Omani boys are scheduled to play a

Nevil, Armaan lift junior doubles title

friendly match with their counterparts from Yemen on December 9

MUSCAT: The top seeded duo of Nevil Philips and Armaan Sattikar annexed the junior doubles crown at the Falcon Insurance Companysponsored annual tennis tournament organised by the Indian Social Club with an emphatic 6-0, 6-0 victory over second seeds Kenneth Vaz and Subash Pillai to retain the title. Contrary to expectation, the ﬁnal turned out to be a one-sided affair. Nevil and Armaan proved too good for Kenneth and Subash. Much was expected from the second seeded duo, both excellent singles players, the winner and runner-up of the boys’ under-14 singles. Nevil and Armaan proved the

perfect foil for each other and were rock-solid in their approach. Kenneth and Subash made a valiant effort and had break points in the first game of the second set and two in the third game but failed to convert before going down tamely. Second seed Mohan Kannan will take on fourth seed Percy Pereira in the final of the veterans’ singles. Mohan earned his place in the summit clash after a hard-fought 5-7, 6-4, 10-5 victory over third seed Daraius Basu in the semifinal. Fourth seed Percy Pereira advanced to the final without stepping on court after his opponent in the semifinal, top seed S. Hemanth withdrew due to injury.

MUSCAT: The Sultanate’s under-22 team will undergo an internal training-cum-conditioning camp at the start of next month as part of their preparations for the forthcoming West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) Championship. According to a press release issued by the Oman Football Association (OFA) yesterday, French coach Philippe Burle has called up 24 probables for the training camp which runs from December 1 to 10. During the camp, the Omani boys are also scheduled to play

LOOKING AHEAD: Philippe Burle talks to his wards during an earlier training session. – Supplied photo

a friendly match with their counterparts from Yemen on December 9. The WAFF Championship is scheduled to take place in Qatar from December 25 to January 7. Oman are placed in Group B along with Bahrain and Iraq and are scheduled to play their group stage matches with Bahrain on December 25 and Iraq on December 30.

The under-22 team will be taking part in the WAFF Championship as a part of their preparations for the AFC Under-22 Championship to be hosted by the Sultanate from January 11 to 26 next year. The 24-member probables list includes Mazen Al Khasbi, Nadheer Al Maskari, Raed Ibrahim Saleh Al Haikal, Basil Al Rawahi, Mohammed Faraj Al Rawahi, Nader Awadh, Badr Naseeb Ba Mis-

COACHES COURSE

TENNIS

Harun leaves for Vietnam MUSCAT: Oman’s goalkeeping coach and coaches’ instructor Harun Amor Al Bartamani left for Vietnam to conduct a Level 1 goalkeeping coaches’ course. Harun, who is also a technical department manager at the Oman Football Association (OFA), will be responsible for chalking out both theoretical and practical training programmes during the course that runs from November 27 to December 2. During the course Harun will be delivering lectures on the importance of the role of goalkeepers and new technologies used in the world of football as well as all aspects of training. B Level course Meanwhile, the OFA also informed that a B Level coaches course will be organised at the Nizwa Sports Complex from today. Former Oman national team coach Khalid Al Lahori will conduct the course, which concludes on December 25. He will be as-

FAREWELL FOR RENE IGER The Oman Football Association (OFA) parted ways with the nation youth team’s Dutch coach Rene Iger at the end of his contract with the association. Rene was felicitated during a farewell reception hosted at the OFA headquarters. The ceremony was presided over by OFA official and Oman Professional League CEO Shabib Al Hosni and attended association officials and technical staff of the national team. — Supplied photo

aal, Hamood Saleh Al Saadi, Rushdie Al Shukaili, Basim Al Ruzaibi, Ali Bait Al Nahar, Ahmed Khalfan Al Siyabi, Maneh Al Mukhaini, Saud Al Farsi, Sami Al Hassani, Mohammed Izzat Al Balushi, Abdullah Noah Bilal, Hatem Al Hamhami, Yasin Al Shiyadi, Abdullah Saleh Abdulhadi, Ali Suleiman Al Busaidi, Sami Mubarak, Abdullah Al Maamari and Mohannad Obaid Al Zaabi.

Harun Amor Al Bartamani

sisted by Hailal Al Awfi. Around 22 aspiring coaches are expected to attend the course. The course is part of a series of courses being conducted by the OFA in cooperation with the Asian Football Confederation and will include theoretical lectures and practical applications as well as sessions on scientific training, sports medicine, fitness and arbitration.

Sania to partner Tecau until Aussie Open NEW DELHI: In her quest to win a third Grand Slam title, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza will continue to partner Romanian Horia Tecau in the mixed doubles until at least next season’s first Grand Slam, the Australian Open. Sania and Tecau had joined forces this season for the Wimbledon championship, where they made quarterfinals and also played together at the US Open, making the third round. Sania yesterday confirmed that she will play with Tecau, world No. 23 in doubles, at the Australian Open. “We had committed to play three tournaments, so we are playing the Australian Open together,” Sania said. Sania backed her partnership with the Romanian, who touched a career-high rank of five in 2012. “He plays backhand side and has a very big serve. He is one of the best doubles player in the world. He volleys very well and has a very good return,” she said.

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LIFE & STYLE

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A DYNAMIC ENCLAVE IN SALT LAKE CITY

With its broad

There’s no shortage of dining options in the neighbourhood. One day at lunch, I visit Thai Garden & Noodle House and order a spicy chicken stir-fry, loaded with crunchy veggies such as broccoli and snow peas. Other diners are digging into bowls of soup and pad Thai noodles.

streets lined with formidable mercantile

Food and theatre The next day, I sample the Middle Eastern fare at nearby Mazza. It’s far more spacious and stylish than Thai Garden, and every table is taken. A friend and I share a citrusy baked eggplant salad along with a tasty roasted tomato and red lentil soup. Our main dishes, chicken shawarma and lamb kafte, which arrive on a bed of lettuce with a basket of warm pita, are also satisfying. The restaurant serves only locally sourced beef and lamb. I needed a reservation well before arriving in Salt Lake City to snag a coveted table at Pago, one of the city’s most famous restaurants. We saunter past the small open kitchen to a two-top next to a bricklined wall, ready to try the innovative kale Caesar salad, chopped kale topped with Parmesan cheese, pickled fennel and sunchoke chips. For entrees, the steelhead trout arrives with a crispy skin on the outside, tender meat on the inside, and doused in a tangy clam sauce; it’s coupled with fingerling potatoes and Brussels sprouts. Save room for the homemade gelato — often served a la mode atop a warm bread pudding — gone within five moments at our table. After dinner, we walk over to the Tower Theatre to see what interesting independent and foreign films are screening. Opened in 1921, the theatre is the oldest in the Salt Lake Valley and is now under the helm of the Salt Lake Film Society. We chose to stay at Grand America, still the premier address in town and only a five-minute drive or a 20-minute bike ride from 9th and 9th, now that Salt Lake City has become the latest metropolitan area to add a bike-sharing program. Enter the elaborate lobby, complete with crystal chandeliers and marble wainscoting, and you may hear a harpist playing a soothing song. In summer, head to the outdoor pool, backed by the jagged peaks that surround the city. In winter, a bus stops directly in front of the property to take skiers on a 20-minute ride to the Alta ski resort.

buildings, Salt Lake City isn’t known as a good walking town. Perhaps that’s why the burgeoning neighbourhood comes across as such a surprise

t the intersection of 900 East and 900 South streets, the sidewalks are humming on a warm afternoon with people sipping lattes at Coffee Garden; strolling to Middle Eastern or Thai restaurants or to the acclaimed farm-totable establishment Pago; catching a movie at the arthouse Tower Theatre; and shopping for orchids, purses, gifts and stylish outdoor wear. Once a favourite of University of Utah professors, this residential neighbourhood has lately been re-energised by an inﬂux of young couples and families lured by its two-story bungalows and Victorian houses. “I love this area. We’re the anti-mall. Small businesses, locally owned,” says Jen DeVries, the owner of Purse Dreams. In her petite store, I ﬁnd designer leather handbags from the San Francisco-based 49 Square Miles and bowler satchels in black, red and taupe designed by Olivia Harris. DeVries, who previously worked retail at Nordstrom and REI, wanted to open a store selling stylish yet unique purses in a way that made it possible for the clientele to touch the leather, play with the zippers and see whether the pockets are pragmatic for daily use. She also sells men’s accessories, such as shoulder bags and wallets.

Explore the neighbourhood On the next block, Hip & Humble is the place to go to when you’re looking for a gift but have no idea what to get. The hodgepodge of small rooms in the historic Victorian house showcases a wide range of merchandise, from women’s blouses, scarves and pants to cuckoo clocks, bathrobes, votive candles and an I Love Trader Joe’s cookbook. Kitchen supplies run the gamut from purple colanders and plaid plates to bottle bags ideally suited for a summer picnic. Closer to the 9th and 9th juncture, Orchid Dynasty is an odorif-

erous delight. As soon as I enter, I’m greeted by the smell of fresh ﬂowers, along with a wave of humidity. Purple, white and yellow orchids are but a small sampling of the more than 200 varieties that owners Shelly Huynh and Clinton Lewis grow behind the store in a garage converted into a greenhouse. Florists for more than 15 years, the couple moved their store to the neighbourhood four years ago, enticed by the low-key, friendly and communal feel. Their clientele is a mix of regional homeowners and event planners who use the vast array of orchids for weddings

and fundraisers in town. Walk diagonally across the intersection and you’ll ﬁnd Fresh, featuring stylish urban wear with a distinctive Salt Lake City feel. This being Utah, many of the store’s customers like to play outdoors. Fresh does its best to blend Patagonia attire with more cuttingedge design, such as a streamlined black spring jacket selling for $88. Other pieces of clothing include men and women’s jeans, colourful women’s blouses, baseball caps, shoes and Brixton T-shirts. The young brother-and-sister team of Ian and Helen Wade, who own the

shop, hit tradeshows in Las Vegas and across the Southwest to keep the merchandise, well, fresh. They look for independent labels not very well known outside London, New York and Los Angeles. On the same block as Fresh, I stop at Coffee Garden to take advantage of the free WiFi along with a crowd of predominantly college and high-school students. The place serves the usual assortment of coffee, lattes and teas along with such enticing desserts as a vanilla bean cheesecake and a rich Black Forest cake. But I’m saving my appetite for more intriguing fare.

Gateway to the mountains Salt Lake City has always been the gateway to the mountains of Utah. Now that the world-class Natural History Museum of Utah is housed in a striking new building, the year-old City Creek Centre continues to attract upscale shoppers, and neighbourhoods such as the 9th and 9th create a welcoming vibe, there’s no need to rush to Park City or Deer Valley straight from the airport. Spend a weekend here, and you may end up stretching it to a week. —Stephen Jermanok/The Washington Post

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The website that is changing the way the world consumes news Languages The realisation of BuzzFeed’s ambitions will depend in part upon its latest venture: in October, the site launched French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese home pages, offering not only non-English captions for cat gifs, but also — it hopes — a more local sense of humour. The posts will be crowd-sourced from English language students, who will translate each post as part of their coursework, using an app called Duolingo. Investigative journalism BuzzFeed is also building a formidable team of traditional journalists. One of its latest high-profile hires is Mark Schoofs, formerly a foreign correspondent with The Wall Street Journal. Schoofs will lead a new team of six BuzzFeed investigative reporters. “We plan to mix BuzzFeed’s energy, ambition and grasp of the social web with the best traditions of American investigative reporting,” he said. Political coverage Schoofs was hired by BuzzFeed’s editor-in-chief, Ben Smith, who seemed an unlikely addition to the staff when he was poached from Politico, the Washington political news site, in 2011. The new editor was at BuzzFeed for a mere four days before he broke a big story — that Senator John McCain would endorse Mitt Romney as the Republicans’ 2012 candidate. Foreign news BuzzFeed is even investing in that oldest and most expensive of traditional media activities: foreign reporting. Its foreign editor, Miriam Elder, is formerly of The Guardian, and in August the site dispatched several correspondents to Egypt and Syria. Last week, it was announced that Jina Moore, formerly of Guernica magazine, had been appointed BuzzFeed’s international women’s rights correspondent, based in Nairobi. Narrative Last year the site also appointed Steve Kandell, a former editor at Spin, to oversee the site’s long-form articles, with the intention of pioneering a new model for narrative journalism online. Lists What has made all this investment in serious journalism possible is the vast success of BuzzFeed’s unserious journalism, most famously the list — a form it has honed until every link on the site has the potential to go viral. BuzzFeed lists can be of any length, with or without a round number of entries. The Nieman Journalism Lab recently separated them into (a list of ) three distinct genres — the first two are the simple “listicle”, a selection of similar entries such as 30 Delicious Things to Cook in November; and the “definitive list”, for example, the 12 Most Useless Final Fantasy Characters Ever. The third genre is the “framework list”, which uses a list as a structural framework for a narrative (see No 5.) It is narrative lists such as these which turn the medium into journalism, and set BuzzFeed apart from its more banal, listicle-churning rivals.

Mobile Lists, it turns out, are the ideal form of information dissemination for the smartphone age. Mobile thus accounts for half of BuzzFeed’s traffic. “Content can’t spread if it’s not viewable on mobile,” says BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti. Social In 2001, five years before founding BuzzFeed, Jonah Peretti became involved in an amusing email back-and-forth with a Nike customer services representative. The clothing brand had starting offering customisable sneakers, and Peretti ordered a pair emblazoned with the word ‘sweatshop’. Nike unsurprisingly refused, but the budding entrepreneur, then 27, forwarded the funny exchange to several of his friends. The email went viral, and Peretti became fascinated with the mechanics of memes. BuzzFeed was recently ranked the “most social” publisher on Facebook, attracting almost 16 million interactions in August alone: more than CNN, the BBC or Peretti’s previous home, the Huffington Post. Branded content BuzzFeed’s distinctive business model is based on a new — and controversial — commercial format. Unlike almost every other media website, BuzzFeed contains no banner advertising. Instead, it publishes branded content that is nearindistinguishable from the rest of its output. For example, 11 Signs You’re a Dumb Tourist (sponsored by T-Mobile), or the aforementioned 15 Most Inspiring Moustaches in the Animal Kingdom (Gillette). This has attracted $46million in venture capital over five years. Major brands including McDonald’s and Nike have all paid for branded content. To some, however, the strategy smacks of selling out. Among BuzzFeed’s critics is the blogger Andrew Sullivan, who declared in a debate with Ben Smith earlier this year: “If journalism is not understood to be separate from advertising, then it has lost something incredibly important in a democratic society.” ’Borrowing’ Blurring the lines between journalism and commercialism is not the only thing for which BuzzFeed has taken flak. Commentators have also criticised the site for its habit of borrowing ideas from elsewhere, such as the social news site Reddit, or film site IMDb. This is a common issue online, where the rampant demand for content inevitably leads to duplication. Nevertheless, internet etiquette demands that if you copy another site’s list of obscure facts about the movie Clueless, you credit your source. The nineties While BuzzFeed boasts a subsection devoted to animals (buzzfeed.com/animals), its pet subject is a period — the 1990s. The website’s core readership is people in their twenties and thirties; accordingly, lists composed of that demographic’s formative cultural influences are remarkably popular. Recent examples include: 31 Things We Wanted for Christmas in 1991; and 43 Reasons Why We Should All Be More Like Carlton Banks. —Tim Walker/The Independent

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ENTERTAINMENT CINEMA SCHEDULE

BAHJA CINEMA Elysium (Action/Sci-Fi) (12+) Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster 5:45pm; CP No: 1056 Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Action/ Sci–Fi) (12+) Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson 11:30am, 8:30 & 11:30pm; CP No: 1076 Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (Hindi) (Romance)(PG) Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Imran Khan 9:00pm; CP No: 1089 Elysium (Action/Sci-Fi) (12+) Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley 2:00 & 4:15pm; CP No: 1056 Free Birds 3D (Animation/Comedy) (PG) Voice Overs: Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Dan Fogler 11:30am & 1:30pm; CP No: 1044 Thor 3D (Action/Sci-Fi) (PG) Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins 3:15, 6:15 & 11:45pm; CP No: 1037 Killer Joe (Crime/Thriller) (12+) Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch and Juno Temple 7:15pm; CP No: 1086

Elysium (Action /Sci-Fi) (12+) Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster 2:15, 7:45, 9:45pm; CP No: 1055 Thor 2D (Action /Sci-Fi) (PG) Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman 4:30, 6:45pm; CP No: 992 Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Romance/Drama) (12+) Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth 5:00, 9:00, 11:45pm; CP No: 1075 Free Birds 3D (Animation/Comedy) (PG) Voice Overs: Owen Wilson, Dan Fogler 1:30pm; CP No: 1043 Killer Joe (Crime/Thriller) (12+) Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple 3:00pm; CP No: 1085 Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (Hindi) (Romance) (PG) Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Imran Khan 3:15, 8:30pm; CP No: 1088 The Pact (Horror/Thriller) (12+) Cast: Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Mark Steger 11:45pm; CP No: 1081 Thor 3D (Action/Sci-Fi) (PG) Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman 11:30pm; CP No: 992 Captain Phillips (Action) (PG) Cast: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi 6:00pm; CP No: 1005

Elysium (Action/Sci-Fi) (12+) Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster 5:30, 9:30pm; CP No: 1057 Thor 3D (Action/Sci-Fi) (PG) Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins 3:15, 7:30, 11:30pm; CP No: 1038 Ram Leela (Hindi) (Romance) (12+) Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone 3:30pm; CP No: 1065 Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Action/ Sci–Fi) (12+) Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth 4:30, 9:00, 11:45pm; CP No: 1077 Killer Joe (Crime/Thriller) (12+) Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple 3:00, 7:15pm; CP No: 1087 Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (Hindi) (Romance) (PG) Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Imran Khan 4:45, 10:30pm; CP No: 1090 The Pact (Horror/Thriller) (12+) Cast: Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien 11:45pm; CP No: 1082 Singh Saab The Great (Hindi) (PG) Cast: Sunny Deol, Urvashi Rautela, Amrita Rao 9:00pm; CP No: 1093 Nadodimannan (Malyalam) (Drama) (PG) Cast: Dileep, Ananya, Mythili 6:00pm; CP No: 1098

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

Thor 3D (Action /Sci-Fi) (PG) 3:15pm; CP No: 1037 Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Action/ Sci–Fi) (12+) 11:00 pm; CP No: 1076 Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (Hindi) (PG) Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Imran Khan 8:00pm; CP No: 1089

Irindam Ulagam (Tamil) (Romance/ Fantasy) (PG) Cast: Arya, Anushka Shetty 7:30pm; CP No: 1102

PLAZA 3 Ram Leela (Hindi) (Romance/Drama) (12+) Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone 3:30 & 9:30pm; CP No:1069 Krrish 3 (Action/Sci-Fi) (PG) Cast: Hritish Roshan, Priyanka Chopra 6:30pm; CP No: 1026

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

Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Action /Sci–Fi) (12+) Cast: Jennifer Lawrence 5:30, 9:00, 11:45pm; CP No: 1079 Elysium (Action/Sci-Fi) (12+) Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, 7:00pm; CP No: 1059

Thor 3D (Action /Sci-Fi) (PG) Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman 5:00pm; CP No: 1040 Ram Leela (Hindi) (Romance) (12+) Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone 7:45pm; CP No: 1067 Nadodimannan (Malyalam) (Drama) (PG) Cast: Dileep, Ananya, Mythili 10:30pm; CP No: 1100

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

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

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

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

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

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Answer to previous puzzle

AUSTRALIAN Bridge is published four times a year in a large-page format. As with all of these magazines, it aims primarily at duplicate players, but has material for less-capable players. This opening-lead quiz comes from Ron Klinger. Look at only the West hand. South opens one heart, you pass, and North responds four diamonds, showing four-plus hearts, at least game-going values, and at most one diamond. East surprises you by intervening with five diamonds, but South rebids five hearts, and everyone passes. What would you lead? Klinger is a leading player, teacher and writer who has a great eye for an instructive deal. This one occurred during an Australian trial. At the table, Barbara Travis found the best lead: the diamond king. Her side was getting at most one diamond trick. And it might have been important for her to shift through the dummy at trick two. Also, if partner knew no switch would be helpful, she could have overtaken with the diamond ace and tried a lead from her side of the table. Here, East played the diamond three at trick one, a suit-preference signal for clubs. West led that suit at trick two, and declarer had to lose three tricks: one heart, one diamond and one club. If West’s opening lead had been a low diamond and East had shifted to a low club, South probably would have put up her queen, based on East’s five-diamond bid. And declarer might well have guessed spades also. It was much better not to give South a chance. Details are at australianbridge. com. — By Phillip Alder

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BORN LOSER

WITH LOVE

AKSHAYA SASIDHARAN

SHALET TOM ABRAHAM

November 26, 2006

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November 26, 2010

November 26

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T U E S DAY, N OV E M B E R 2 6, 2 0 1 3

FIND-IT-ALL Y O U R B I R T H D AY

BORN today, you are one of the most forward-thinking and capable individuals born under a sign known for advanced, highly evolved and capable individuals overall. You always seem to have a new plan in the making, yet it never seems as though you are randomly moving from project to project without aim or vision. Rather, you know how to maximise your potential and get the most out of nearly every endeavour. You love doing new things, and indeed, you may become known as someone for whom breaking new ground is actually quite routine, yet you know better than anyone that it is anything but! You are also quite generous and will work hard in support of a worthy cause for little or no personal return. When it comes to love, you run hot and cold; at times you may be quite passionate, but at other times you may not seem invested in your own romantic relationships. It all depends on what is going on in your life; if you are professionally content, you are far more likely to run hot than cold! Also born on this date are: Robert Goulet, singer and actor; Eric Sevareid, journalist; Charles Schulz, cartoonist; Rich Little, comedian and actor; Tina Turner, singer and actress.

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CAPRICORN

FROM MUSCAT (RUWI)

[DEC. 22-JAN 19] You know how to circumvent a certain problem, but you may discover that it’s better to face it head-on.

AQUARIUS [JAN. 20-FEB. 18] Someone is bound to notice if you try to get away with something. Do everything on the up-and-up, and don’t bend the rules.

PISCES [Feb. 19-March 20] You’re waiting for other members to get ﬁred up before your team can really prove itself in the ﬁeld; the time will come soon.

QURIYAT - SUR - JAALAN (Route 36) Dept Destination Arrival Time Time 15:00 Quriyat 16:30 15:00 Sur 18:00 15:00 Jaalan 19:30 TO AL BURAIMI (Route 41) 06:30 Sohar 06:30 Buraimi 08:00 Buraimi 13:00 Sohar 13:00 Buraimi 16.00 Sohar 16.00 Buraimi TO SINAW (Route 52) 17:30 Sinaw

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ARIES [March 21-APRIL 19] A halfway mark will come and go, and you’ll be relieved when you ﬁnd yourself on the downhill side of a tough journey.

TAURUS [APRIL 20-MAY 20] You can make your mark without doing anything out of the ordinary. Still, you may want to explore certain out-of-the-way options.

GEMINI [MAY 21-JUNE 20] A watched pot never boils — or so they say. Today, however, you’ll have no choice but to keep your eyes on the center of what is going on.

CANCER [JUNE 21-JULY 22] Leaving another to fend for himself may be an option you have, but it’s certainly not the best choice. Do what you can to lend a hand.

LEO [JULY 23-AUG. 22] You’ll be riding high during morning, afternoon or evening hours, but not all three. You can choose which, actually, in certain respects.

VIRGO [AUG. 23-SEPT. 22] Someone is waiting for you to come through as promised, and today is the day. There’s no reason for you to hesitate or postpone.

LIBRA L [[SEPT. [S S 23-OCT. 22] Now is the time for you to look at yourself in the mirror and comment honestly on what you see and how it makes you feel. Change is imminent.

SCORPIO S [[OCT. 23-NOV. 21] You may be required to do something that you’ve been resisting for some time, but today the rules have changed and all should be well.

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SEA STATE: Slight to moderate over most of Oman’s coast with maximum wave height of 1.5 metres. HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY: Good over most of the Sultanate. THE NEXT 48 HOURS OUTLOOK: Clear to partly cloudy skies over the coastal areas with chance of isolated rain over Governorate of Musandam.

[[NOV. 22-DEC. 21] Someone in charge is eager to work with you on a project that is fraught with hazards, but they’re the kind you know how to address.

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lear to partly cloudy skies over governorate of Musandam and the coastal areas of Oman sea with chances of isolated rain along coastal areas of Oman sea. Mainly clear skies over the rest of the Sultanate with chance of clouds development over Al-Hajar mountains towards afternoon. EXPECTED WIND: Northerly to northwesterly light to moderate over most of the Sultanate.

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LISTINGS

PHARMACIES Round the clock Al Hashar Pharmacy, Ruwi: 24783334; Appolo Medical Centre, Hamriya: 24782666; Muscat Pharmacy, Ruwi: 24702542, Salalah: 23291635; Atlas Pharmacy, Ghubra: 24503585; Ruwi 24811715 Muscat Region Apollo, Al Hamriya. Tel: 24787766 Muscat, A Seeb Market. Tel: 24421691 Muscat, Al Khuwair. Tel: 24485740 Muscat, Al Hail South. Tel: 24537080 Dhofar Region Muscat, Al Nahdha Road, Salalah. Tel: 23291635 HOSPITALS Al Amal Medical & Health Care Centre: 24485052 Atlas Hospital: Ruwi: 24811743/ Ghubra: 24504000 Al Musaﬁr Specialised Medical Clinic: 24706453 Hatat Polyclinic LLC, Ruwi: 24563641, Azaiba: 24499269, Sohar: 2683006 Al Raffah Hospital: 24618900/1/2 Al Massaraat Clinic & Laboratory: 24566435 Al Makook Medical Coordinance Centre: 24499434 Apollo Medical Centre, Hamriya: 24787766, 24787780 Capital Polyclinic: 24707549 Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic, Ruwi: 24799760/1/2 Capital Clinic, Seeb: 24420740 Ceregem National Raak: 24485633 Dr Harub’s Clinic: 24563217 Elixir Health Centre: 24565802 Emirates Medical Centre: 24604540 1st Chiropractic Centre: 24472274 Hamdan Hospital: 23212340 International Medical Centre LLC: 24794501/2/3/4/5 Kims Oman Hospital: 24760100

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

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

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

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GLORIFIED MILK-FLOAT RACE An electric version of F1 aims to turbo charge the environment-friendly car market

t will accelerate from 0 to 60mph in less than three seconds, before topping out at close to 140mph, but unlike most race cars, the allnew Spark-Renault isn’t a highoctane monster but an electric green machine that could boost the electric car industry. Formula E, a new electric racing championship that will lead “a silent revolution”, is the brainchild of Alejandro Agag, a businessman and former political aide to the Spanish president, who is already team principle of a GP2 race team. “There are more sports fans in the world than environmentalists,” he said. “But at the moment people don’t think of electric cars as fun or cool. Formula E hopes to change that.” According to Agag the FIAapproved championship is “a new form of environmentally friendly racing” that will see 10 teams compete on 10 closed-street races around the world, starting in Beijing in September 2014 before

According to Agag the FIA-approved championship is a new form of environmentally friendly racing that will see 10 teams compete on 10 closed-street races around the world, starting in Beijing in September 2014

coming to London in June 2015. Drivers will stop for a new car halfway through each hour-long race — for a fresh electric battery. Despite this, Agag hopes to create excitement with social media interaction: “Fans will be able to vote for their top driver during the race. And the driver with the most votes earns an extra power surge.” It has been described as a “gloriﬁed milk-ﬂoat race”, but Agag argues Formula E will “push electric cars into the mainstream”. He is also quick to point to a report from Ernst & Young which predicts the new championship could encourage the purchase of 77 million new electric cars, create 42,000 green jobs and save 900 million tons of CO2 being emitted into the atmosphere — the equivalent of Italy’s annual output — over the next 25 years. Chas Hallett, What Car? editor in chief, told The IoS that motorsport has always been a “valuable marketing tool” for selling cars but that manufacturers “need a

H E A LT H Y L I V I N G

Tips for a good night’s sleep: Practise tai chi, drink milk DO YOU have problems sleeping or suffer from insomnia? New research shows becoming a master of martial arts, a nap under your desk and drinking milk will send you into blissful slumber. The right amount of sleep can even increase your life expectancy but more than half of Brits struggle to drift off and nearly two thirds admit losing two hours of sleep a night, according to a new research. A survey of 2,000 adults found that 59 per cent of people in the UK admit to daily struggles with drifting off and once they are asleep they often wake several times during the night. The amount of sleep needed to function the next day varies between individuals and is determined by your genes but the average adult requires about eight hours’ sleep each night. However the quality of slumber is just as important and waking in the night disrupts the sleep pattern and means you are less likely to go into a deep sleep. This often

Listen to (relaxing) music While not every genre of music is suitable for sleep, relaxing and gentle chords can be effective in inducing sleep. A recent series of controlled studies found that music-assisted relaxation can improve levels of sleep quality so nodding off to your favourite classical music is a great way to a good night’s sleep. Stable daily routine We may not enjoy routine days at work but a study found that having a stable daily routine was positively related to sleep efficiency and quality.

means you wake feel groggy and unrested. It’s no shock to hear that reports have proven keeping gadgets out of the bedroom improves sleep — not only because you are likely to put down the remote earlier but a study recently showed that those who kept their mobile phone on after bedtime were more likely to report feeling tired.

Take up tai chi Most martial arts may not be associated with relaxation but studies showed that practising tai chi was more effective at improving sleep quality than similar low-impact exercises. Invest in a beginners guide. Nap (in moderation) While your boss may not love the idea, post-lunch naps at work can actually improve productivity. The “post lunch dip” can be beaten as naps improve cognitive functions and alertness. —Laura Mitchell/The Daily Express

lot more awareness of electric vehicles to drive sales”. Electric car sales in the UK jumped by 25 per cent in the last quarter to 1,149 registrations, according to the latest government figures, but growth is still 20 per cent slower than the rest of the new car market. The Renault-Nissan alliance, the biggest player in the electric market, has admitted the two firms will miss their target of selling 1.5 million cars between them by the end of 2016; Vauxhall has only managed to find 200 buyers for its Ampera electric model this year, and the much talked-about Model S from PayPal founder Elon Musk has only been shipped to 1,000 customers in Europe so far this year. Agag isn’t short of drive, though, and has ploughed “multiple millions” into the $100 million venture. Despite the fanfare, however, he doesn’t actually own an electric car himself yet. But he says that is going to change soon. —The Independent

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EXTRA Shoojit Sircar believes in making small-budget ﬁlms that intend to both entertain and inform

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e is known for his different sensibilities and filmmaking techniques, thinks that he cannot handle subjects like Dabangg and Krrish, he admits. He has so far made just four films and only three of them have been released. If his debut movie Yahaan in 2005 was a love story set in troubled Kashmir and he managed to carve a niche for himself with it, his second film — Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Shoebite focussing on a 60-year plus man who sets out on a journey of self-discovery — still languishes in the box. In 2012, Sircar proved his mettle with Vicky Donor, a lighthearted drama revolving on the subject of sperm donation . It was followed by the highly acclaimed Madras Café — a gritty drama starring John Abraham based on the Sri Lankan conflict in the 1980s — which strengthened his position as a filmmaker. Talking about his kind of films in an interview with IANS, Sircar said: “I believe in small budget films. I don’t believe in spending on a lot of dancers.” “I believe in good cinema, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make spectacles — you can make Dabangg and Krrish. But the kind of cinema I believe in is called infotainment. I am not meant for Dabangg or Krrish’ kind of films,” he added. He said that if his film “engages the audience for two hours and if the audience takes home something”, it makes him “happy”. “If you go back home thinking

about my film, I will be happy.” Sircar, currently busy with his production venture Running Shaadi.com, admitted that he is ignorant about several aspects of marketing and production. “I am a producer, but I don’t understand many things about production. I am a creative producer, I understand about creative content. I have learned marketing from John Abraham,” said Sircar who had directed John’s first production venture Vicky Donor, which was a blockbuster despite having new faces — Ayushmann Khurrana and Yami Gautam. Sircar says the star system is here to stay, but a star cannot guarantee success if the content is not good. “Star system will always work. In Hollywood, star system still works. But in Hollywood, directors also get their due credit as the audience wants to know whose film they watch. Stars cannot run the film, if the film does not have any content. I think the audience is the best judge.” He is producing “Running Shaadi.com” under his banner Rising Sun Films. Sircar said that after Madras Café, he wanted to do a lighthearted subject and first-timer Amit Roy is directing it. “After Madras Cafe, I was really exhausted. So when I read of this script, I liked it. It’s a light subject. I felt that after Madras Cafe, I want to do a light film and what better than Running Shaadi.com. The film starring Amit Sadh and Taapsee Pannu just went on floors in Amritsar. It will primarily be shot in Punjab. —IANS

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2 BHK flats in Al Khuwair. Contact 97616158 Furnished 1BHK Darsait Indian bachelor R.O 180/-. #93289652 3BHK flat for rent in Ghubra. Contact 99792181 2BHK flat for rent in Al Khuwair. Contact 99792181 3 independent Ware houses of 400,900 and 1200 SQM in Ghala area for rent. Contact 93731363 Single room flat for rent, Behind Kims Hospital Ruwi. #96659544 One BHK at Honda Road. #98087644 For rent : shops, basement location Honda Road.#96942749 / 92433127 Villa of one floor in Al Qurum 20 near to PDO with 3 rooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 sitting rooms with partition wall in between and kitchen. Contact 97897951 2 BHK at North Azaiba, 2 Bedrooms, 1 hall & dining, kitchen, 3 bathrooms. Contact 99224748 / 99425665 2 Storey Villa, 11 rooms good for company accommodation. Contact 99664703 Rooms or Apartments attach bathroom in Qurum family or bachelors. Contact 99664703 Flat shop & Office for rent 1 Bedroom, 2 bedrooms at Ruwi Rex road & Hamriya. Contact 97236696 New 3 Building in Darsait near to Muscat IS. Contact 99102255 Flat for rent 5 Bedrooms +1 office + Majlis at Al Hail behind Ramiz centre. Contact 99412719 Mubarak

1BHK flat in Honda road. #99792181 For rent flats 1 BHK , 2BHK location Ruwi area, Honda Road. Contact 97293708 / 97331431 2BHK flats in Al Khuwair. Contact 99057348 / 99776071 Studio Flat RO 130 & 2 BHK Flat RO 200, behind Wadikabir Indian School. Contact 99376454

3 BHK in Al Hail North. #99330385

Office & residence at Al Hail North, after Al Bahjah, new building. Contact 99768094 2 BHK beautiful ﬂat with split A/Cs, near PDO Gate No. 2 at Qurum. Contact 94057023 1BHK ﬂat available at near Oman house at reasonable rent. Contact 93231403 1BHK RO 250/- adjacent to Indian Nursery Darsait Bldg #1619, way #1322. Contact 99476728 Office room for rent, prime location. Contact 24713253 / 99187422

2BHK apartment at the wave Muscat. Contact 99725900/99237971 Penthouse room, Muttrah Souk. Contact 99022790 / 24713253 Home for rent Amerat with airconditioners 2 Council of +2 hall+3 Bedrooms SR 400 is required to continue 99357441 2 BHK with 3 toilets – 1 no. (new building near Darsait lulu), 2bhk with dining & sitting rooms – 1 no. (near Darsait lulu), 3BHK – 2 nos. (new building near Wadi Adi round about). Ready to occupy. Contact – 96330717 / 96179644

New show room ﬂats store in Azaiba, Wadi Kabir. Contact 24485240/24485241/93651633 Office spaces for rent in Al Hail on the main road, on the same building of Al Khamis Shoes at Al Hail 99870010 / 96177505

Penthouse for Executive at Muttrah. Contact 24713253 / 99187422

3 BHK Rex road 350/-RO last. Contact 91162431

Spacious 2 BR Flat in Wadikabir. Contact 99713489

1 BHK with AC, MBD area commercial. Contact 92144045

For rent Covered Storage area Al Khuwair area (1100 m2). Contact 94408361

1,2 BHK with AC, ISD School & ISM. Contact 92144045 2 BHK with AC, Ghubrah 325/RO. Contact 92144045 1 BHK with AC Wadikabir 210/-RO. Contact 92144045

Shop 110 SM near Honda rd signal. Contact 92123344 1 BHK with AC & Curtains new bldg, near Khimji Mart MBD. Contact 99024039 / 99061408 1 & 2 BHK Al Qurum. # 99024730

GF semi furnished ﬂat with A/C & parking 3BKH, 3 bath, 1 store Mumtaz, Ruwi, 500PM#99241044 2 BHK ﬂat for rent in Honda road, Ruwi and Mabela, split a/cs, lift, dish & security systems are available. Contact: 99367448 / 24833972/ 24833974.

4 BR Villa Al Ghubra. #99024730 2 BHK & 1 BHK ﬂats & shop space for rent in MBD area 1 BHK Flat & shop for rent in Wadi Adai area 1BHK ﬂat & 350sq meter shop space available in Al Khoudh area. Contact 93994403/ 93994402

2 Bedrooms flat, sitting room, Kitchen and 2 bathrooms, Al Ghubra South, stadium side RO 350. Contact 99310551 1BHK with Split AC in Darsait, opp Muscat Municipality. contact 95217539 Big flat Azaiba 18 Nov Ground Floor, 3 Bedrooms, big living room, 3 bathrooms with AC 550 RO Family only. Contact 92479515 Villa for rent in Mawalih: villa with 2 rooms, 2 bathrooms, Majlis, kitchen with all the air condition. Contact 99174909 Luxurious 2 bedroom flats with split air conditioners available for rent in Mumtaz area. Way no. 3358, Building No. 3940. Contact 24564460 / 61 Room for rent Wadi Kabir family working lady R.O 160/- to RO 100/Contact 98216752

New 1 room hall R.O.275 at Qrum 1 room at Ruwi or Wadi Al Kabeer R.O.160/-Contact: 99358589/97079146 9 flat & 6shops for rent near Al Nasser cinema (flats with A/C & security system) flats will BE LET, only for staying families. Shops will not be given for Godown purposes. Contact 99460792/99700683/99413809 Independent Qurum/ Hail rooms. Contact 95529970

Shop and store in Mabaila. #99355330 Villa of twin villa for rent with AC in Bowshar 4BR Majlis family hall maid room. Contact 99715495 1, 2 BHK and Studio Flat in Azaiba. Contact 97630529/ 99428143 2 BHK for rent in North Darsait. Contact 94101134

1,2,3 BHK Flats & Villas. #92144045 1 BHK with AC MBD area. #91162431

Flat for rent in Wadikabir. Contact 96440598

1 BHK ﬂat for rent in Mumtaz area, Way no. 3360, for Immediate occupancy rent RO 275/-.#96715569 Flat near Muscat IS Darsait. Contact 95158570

Spacious 2BHK, Opp. Oman House. R.O 250/-. Contact 95076261 Al Mawaleh : ﬂats for rent BRAND NEW in Shadin Complex (Behind Al Bahja Mall) + garden + swimming pool + gym, 1Bedroom 400/ RO 2 Bedroom 450/RO 3Bedroom 550/RO. Villa for rent behind City Center 5 bedroom + 5 toilet+ 1 living room + Garden + parking area + split a/c 600/RO. Contact : 93294877 / 93294878 / 97080705 Azaiba : • Villa for rent 4 bedroom + 5 toilet + 2 living room + split a/c + garden + maid room + 850RO. #93294877 / 93294878 / 97080705

1,2,3 BHK ﬂats & Villas. #92144045 1 BHK with AC for Commercial MBD area. Contact 92144045 1 BHK ﬂat Wadikabeer 240/-. Contact 99358589 / 97079146 Shops, Basement Store, Wadi Al Kabeer. #99441193 / 93004802 1 and 2 BR Brand New Flats in Azaiba. Contact: 96793675 We Have Villas, Flats, Shops, Offices for in Ghala, Bousher, Qurum, Ghubra good location. #93782735 5 BHK Twin Villa for rent in Mabela with A/C. Contact 97890260

Ghubra : Office Space (Near Ghubra round about) 100 square meter + 250 square meter (Per square meter 5/RO). #93294877 / 93294878 / 97080705 Grand Muscat Mall : Flats for rent 2 bedroom + 1 living + 3 toilet + laundry room + garden Pool + Central a/c + shaded parking + 24 hrs maintenance + security rent 700/ RO and 1 bedroom 550/RO. Contact : 93294877 / 93294878 / 97080705 Khuwair : Showroom for rent (Behind KFC) on service road 300 square meter (13/RO Per square meter). # : 93294877 / 93294878 / 97080705

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M.V. FOR SALE

FOR RENT Store 1250 Sqm2 in Bousher (Al Masfa). Contact 95202430 Residential/ Commercial Villa available at Qurum opposite rose garden Way no 1836, Villa no 2722 with 5 Bedroom + 2 sitting + Dining room. Contact 99363147 1 BHK in Al Ghubrah South with E/W & AC Split & parking 360 RO. Contact 95811110 Villa in Wattaya 4 BHK. #95202430 Villa for staff at Bousher 6 BHK. Contact 95202430 Flat in Khoud, near Mazoon Mosque with 3 rooms + Majlis & kitchen, 3 toilets 350 RO. Contact 99738881 Labour Camp accommodation Ghala, Behind Komatsu.#99414644 / 93666201 Villa for at Amerat5/1, 5 bedrooms + Majlis + hall + 7 bathrooms + kitchen (with split A/Cs) for families. Contact 99203458 Room for rent Al Khuwair.#99743569 Boushre Al Mona : Villa for rent inside complex 3 bedroom + maids room + 2 living room + small garden + private parking+ split a/c 800/RO. #93294877 / 93294878 / 97080705 Qurum : Villa for rent inside Rabiat complex (Behind BMW showroom) 5 bedroom + 6 toilet + maids room + store room + garden + parking + split a/c 800/RO. Contact : 93294877 / 93294878 / 97080705 Wadi Kabir : Flats for rent BRAND NEW (Near Indian School) 3 bedroom + 1 living room + 3 toilet + kitchen + split a/c 450/RO and 2 bedroom 350/RO. Contact : 93294877 / 93294878 / 97080705

FOR SALE Shop for sale, 2 running textile shops for sale at Seeb High Street, 1 shop in Dhofar building, Ruwi Contact 99326339 Restaurant for sale in Ruwi Plaza Hotel, opp. Bank Muscat, Ruwi High street. Contact 99326339 Coffee shop in Suncity hotel, near Ruwi bus stand. Contact 99326339 Running Building material business for sale with showroom 105 sqmt & inventory of tiles sanitary etc. at mabella saneya lane 2. Contact 96402091. Stores 14000 Sqm in Bousher (Al Masfa). Contact 95202430 Used Barber shop furniture & equipments. Contact 99203954 Restaurant license with clearance. Contact 99865100 9 No’s of Split Unit A/C 1.5 ton for sale in Ruwi CBD Area. #98048952, 99235462, FAX 24799943 Running Parlour for sale in Muscat. Contact 98567238 / 95316155 Well running fully furnished perfume shop at Qurum business district with office for sale 91385009

Hyundai Sonata 2005 Expat Doctor driven, done 1.23 lakh km, good condition, Registration till Oct 2014 expecting 1320 RO Negotiable. Contact 92312854

FOR SALE Ladies Parlour with new equipments for sale prime location- Al Ghubrah North & Al Amerat. Attractive price offer. Interested parties call 96761960. Spare parts shop for sale at Shell petrol pump in Barka, with wooden counter, racks, asking amount RO 5000/-. Contact 93535394 2 Houses ﬁrst line from the Beach at Kibwent Zanzibar RO 122000. Contact Owner 99348943 For sale king size bed with mattress & sofa3, +1,+1, TV stand with curios kindly. Contact 94106408 Brake and axle repair shop for sale in Wadi Kabir Sanaya. Contact 93741151 / 99773190 Running prime Café for sale or management. Contact 95709427 / 95208505 Beauty Parlour for rent / sale in Al Hail. Contact 93740129 First Grade LLC Company. With full ﬂedged steel fabrication & painting unit. In addition highly specialized line of business & with construction activity for sale. #99858578 Furnished running coffee shop in Ruwi High Street area with 30 seat sitting arrangement along with 9 visa clearance looking for suitable parties for sale/rent basis. Contact 93663671

ACC. AVAILABLE One room for rent in Al Khuwair, with A/C, bed & bathroom. Contact 99382008

Spacious room with attached bath for family / Executive bachelors near ISD Darsait. #99434987

Sharing accommodation available near Darsait Indian School (ISD) spacious room with passage and Bath attach.#98979124 / 93382451

Non cooking, Indian bachelor, opp. OK Center. Contact 99595733

Accommodation for family in Ruwi. Contact 99865100 / 98653774

Labor camp accommodation – Ghala behind Komatsu #99414644

One bedroom with Hall, Balcony, Bathroom, toilet, sharing kitchen for Executive lady small family, near Life line Medical Centre. Contact 98076038

Furnished Room, CBD, Non cooking executive bachelors, free Wi Fi, Advance deposit. Contact 95934642

Accommodation available for Executive bachelor from December 2013, area Al Wadi Kabir near Walja Signal behind Honda road. Contact 99877104

Furnished room for Exe bachelor at Rex road. Contact 92873832 Furnished bachelor accommodation Wadikabir. Contact 93681617

Furnished Shop for sale in Ruwi. #91143284 / 92260186 / 92292490

Spacious furnished room attached balcony near Al falaj hotel-Ruwi for Indian bachelor & room for lady (Al Maya Wadi kabir) - 96761960

Fridge 610 LTS / Window AC 2 ton. Contact 99384640 Industrial Land 5000 SQT with an Empty space in front of (opposite to Mountain). Contact 99323957/ 95490842 Shop for sale in Al Hamriyah. Contact 97333005

ACC. AVAILABLE Single room, furnised with ac & attached bathroom available on temporary or permanent basis. Call fm gsm only. Gsm 9880 5474 Sharing accommodation available at Muttrah, opp. to Oman house for Executive bachelors/ Indian family. Contact 93497309 / 92350595. Twin sharing Room available with Good facilities contact 92128689 Spacious room, independent bathroom, sharing kitchen in NEW building at Wadi Kabeer Opp. Al Maya Super Market, OR160 from 15th December. Contact 99038384

Sharing accommodation available for an Executive Bachelor in a decent apartment in Al Khuwair. Contact 93209511 Sharing accommodation available for an Executive Bachelor in Al Khuwair (near Zawawi Mosque). Contact 96160245 Room for rent Al Khuwair 115 RO Bachelors. Contact 99077395 Sharing accommodation for a small Indian Veg. family, 2 rooms, bathroom, kitchen for a non cooking Executive bachelor, near Honda road. Contact 97362057 Opp O.K. Centre. Single Bed space with attached Bathroom for Indian Non-cooking Exe. Bachelor. RO.75/incl. W&E. Contact 92605811. Furnished room in Ruwi & W/K. Contact 99794399

Ford Edge , 2012, KMs 14,000+ (Fully Automatic) Expat Lady driven, full warranty and service records available, RO 10,500/- negotiable. Contact 98192903

Toyota Previa model 2007, 7 Seater RO 3500. Contact 96306885

Nissan Sunny for sale 1.6 L, made in Japan, model 2011. #97385534

Suzuki Alto 2011, Mazda 6 2006. Contact 99794399 Prado 2012, km 49, 000 4 cyl TXL Classic. Contact 99443695

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

Ford Focus 2003 model Manual. Ford Taurus 2002 model Automatic. Contact 99104947

Suzuki Swift 2007, 1550 RO, Subaru Legacy 2004, full option RO 1800. Contact 99612197

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

Mitsubishi Lancer 1999 model registration till October 2014. Contact 92712423

Prado 2012, Kia Carnival 2012, Kia Cerato 2011, Toyota Camry 2009. Contact 92912353

Honda City 2005 manual gear, full power option RO 1700/-. Contact 93289652

BUYING/SELLING

Sharing room with separate bathroom for Indian bachelor near Muscat City Center. Contact 99855829

Camp for sale Including Porta cabin, kitchen & Dining facilities with RO plant. For more information. Contact Nasser 99808067

Electrical, building material shop, behind Bank Sohar Ruwi. Contact 99359698 / 92139418

GOOD NEWS

Excellent room kitchen family / bachelor Ruwi, ONTC Bus station. Contact 91275102

Furnished room for non cooking bachelor near Softy Ice cream, Ruwi. Contact 91066224 / 93786490

Nissan X Trail 2008 model, automatic transmission, done 228000kms.Price negotiable. Contact 99881516.

Room for rent in Ruwi. #95372192

Furnished Room for one non-cooking bachelor in Ruwi, RO. 90 incl E& W. Contact 99754857

Art of living happiness program to relax your body and mind and to overcome stress through various breathing techniques from 2nd Dec’13 to 7th Dec’13 from 7:30 pm to 10:15 pm at Al Khuwair. Contact 94039695 / 95429685 Health, happiness and energy workshop free 2 hours workshop to learn practical breathing techniques to learn practical breathing techniques to handle mind and negative emotions. On 30th Nov 13 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at Al Khuwair. Contact 94039695 / 95429685 Genuine Ayurvedic treatments & massage, ayurvedic clinic, Al Khuwair. Contact 24478618/ 97263637/ 94008839

Ayurvedic treatment for backache paralysis arthritis etc. & massage All Season (Vaidyaratnam). #24475280 / 95371664 / 92504980

FOR LADIES

Opp O.K. Centre. Single Room with separate Bathroom for Indian Noncooking Exe. Bachelor. RO.120/- incl. W&E. Contact 99502581.

Beauty parlour for rent/ sale, serious please contact 97163496

1 Bedroom attached toilet RO 140, 1 Bedroom RO 100 bachelors/ Family in Al Khuwair. Contact 95154331

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

WANTED

Office & House hold Furniture & Electronics items. contact 99834373 / 96642500

Required Garage for rent Ghubrah, Ghala, Seeb 200 -300 Sq mts. Contact 94194038

Office & House hold Furniture & Electronics items. #99834373 / 96642500

Al Mayar National Ent. Civil & Electro Mechanical Ent We are looking for building related Civil / Electrical Main contract/ Subcontract works, with/ without materials. Kindly contact Mr. Arun 99887451 Our Address: www.almayarllc.com Email mayarprojects@almayarllc.com

Good Quality Wooden Kicking blocks available 1.2 mtr & 2.6 mtr length. contact ahastco123@yahoo. com , Ph: 99318152 Wanted for purchase a medium size licensed poultery farm in Seeb or Barka areas. Contact + (968) 99315293/+(968) 95884763 We Buy all types of Wooden Scraps. mail- ahastco123@yahoo. com ,Ph: 24458759/ 98539316/ 99318152

MANPOWER

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

2008 model Mitsubishi Lancer, very good condition single, expat used 180,000 km, RO 1600/-. Contact 99780417

Aluminium fabrication work required in Sohar- Contact -96577890

MATRIMONIAL 24 years young male, well-employed, looking for a girl with modern outlook and preferably working status. nationality/ caste/ creed/ religion/ language no bar. Kindly apply in conﬁdence with a latest photograph on fax no. 24595913. Nair boy, 28/168 cms Kritiga chowa dosham from Pathanamthitta. Working in Oman. Seeking suitable alliance, contact 9515 6435

We can provide (supply) for 6 months or 1 year cleaners, Office boys and helpers. Contact 94151939/ 95788339 Email: alkindi07@yahoo.com Housemaid, male / female cleaners, house boy, light / heavy driver, sales girl, accountant, all skilled & unskilled workers from India, Sri Lanka. Contact Mr. Jerry 95175192, mail:, oman.manpower@yahoo. com We supply manpower locally for contracting companies, masons & helpers. Contact Nasser: 99786772

Nair Boy, Age 34, Sudhajathakam, Star Pooyam, from Palakkad, well Settled in Muscat, looking for suitable alliance. #95461965 & 98221147 Nair Girl 28 164 cm Bharni, MSc. Alleppey dist, seeks suitable alliance. Contact +91 4792339509 Hindu Ezhava Girl, 25 yrs, B.Tech ECE looking for suitable proposal (preferred Civil Engineer). Contact 94376201 Alliance for educated Sunni Muslim girl 26 years from Bangalore preference for professionals contact :syedkhalid123@hotmail.com Keralite RC Girl 26 years 160 cm working MOH. Contact 92365310

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Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com Tel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461 Fax: 24812624

SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT

Experience individual required for Marketing Department in Electromechanical Contracting Company in Oman. Send CV to jobs.oman@outlook.com

SITUATION WANTED SIT. WANTED Indian male, 30 yrs, looking for Job of an Accountant having 9.5 years of experience, having knowledge of Tally, Oracle based ORION, Quickbooks looking for suitable position very soon. Contact : 92629133 ERP Engineer Indian male with more than 7 years of experience, currently working SOAG company in Oman. Contact 95851254. Email:shajith_oadc@omzest.com

ACCOUNTANCY A Muscat based well established electrical contracting company having running projects in Muscat and Salalah airports looking for a managing partner from the similar ﬁeld.” Contact 93284290 Required Accountant with 4 yrs experience in Hotel. Send your CV : birdymaan@hotmail.com Required Accountant with Min.5 to 8 years experience for manufacturing Company and knowledge of up to Finalization and experience in ERP, Tally & MIS Report and MS Office. Send CVs to vacancyinoman123@gmail.com

BEAUTY Urgently required Indian beautician with or without Gulf experience, good salary + accommodation + food. Contact: 92284899, 92139922

CATERING Wanted kitchen helper. #95529970 Looking for General Cook experienced in Arabic, eastern, and Indian causing and waiter with visa. Contact 99190190

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

GRAPHIC DESIGNER Required Graphic Designer, with minimum 2 years experience in Oman driving license with car preferred. Contact 91111675 Email: enquiry@brightstarmuscat.com

DRIVER

DOMESTIC HELP Required Housemaid, full time visa available with accommodation knowledge of looking advantage any Nationality. Contact 96926322 Housemaid (full time) required for a Malayalee family. contact 95405033 Urgently required Keralite house maid at Al Khuwair. contact 93267065

ENGINEERS/TECH Urgently required experienced Project Managers and Site Engineers for a reputed construction company. Interested candidates can send their CVs to mohamed@oasisgrace. com, #24826566 / 99881459 Fax: 24812226 Required Civil Engineer (5-7 yrs) experience. Should be in Gulf country. Email omanaec@gmail.com Require AC Technician for immediate appointment, must know all type of AC works including split, Ducted & Chiller and experience in ducting works. # 24811425 fax 24810592 Required Mechanical Engineer with 5years+ experience in Piping and fittings in oil and Gas field sector with the ability to source new International manufacturers and evaluate the quality of the product. Interested candidate can send their CV : gopal@anpressoman.com Urgently required in following position: Civil Engineer 1 no. with 5 yrs experience, Mechanical Engineer 1 no. with 5 yrs experience, Diploma in Civil 1 no. with 10 yrs experience, Driver 1 no. Light. Contact 92222245 / 99466540 Email: oartradingandcont@gmail.com Require a Sales Engineer preferably BE Mechanical with 10 years experience in marketing oilfield accessories. Candidates with Gulf experience & GCC driving license may please mail CV: msindco@gmail.com

Required Indian Heavy Driver, JCB & Excavator Operator (GCC license). Diesel mechanic with D/L. Contact 99454425

Wanted Computer Hardware technician and AC Technician. Contact 97014234 / 99447257/ 24504281 Email: mansur75@hotmail.co.uk

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

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

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

DOMESTIC HELP Cook wanted with experience in all types of dishes. Must be (Indian/Muslim). Contact 99202531 Email: info@ albatnapp.com Housemaid required full time for Malayalee family, Salary RO 150. Contact 95618320

Mechanical Engineer, one year experience in oman, seeking suitable placement : Contact : 92016055. Rameer@gmail.com

MEDICAL Urgently required Dentist for a reputed polyclinic. Contact 96721709 or send CV to bijoos2012@gmail.com Urgently required female Ortho Dentist for dental clinic in Al Ghubrah. Contact 91381820 Email: care@alameendental.com Required Pharmacist, Asst Pharmacist with valid MOH license. Email : trade@omanmed.com

MEDICAL

SALES / MARKETING

Required a Pharmacist B Pharm. and Dentist (MOH License Holder) for a reputed polyclinic in Oman. # 99621372, 97076009 mailalrawdahpolyclinic@gmail.com

Required qualiﬁed young personalities for Marketing executive Gents/ Ladies to carry out décor & Sales of premium class Chocolate. Minimum 2years experience required in the same ﬁeld. Send CV to 24399922

Required Asst. Pharmacist with MOH license for a Pharmacy in Capital area. Contact 92820570

MANAGER Young Ind Male MBA 6 yrs exp as Supervisor. Contact 93893868 Required Manager, Assistant Manager, Cashier cum receptionist, head waiter, Indian cook, Chinese cook, Accountant for a very reputed restaurant in Oman. Candidates should have a minimum experience of 5 years in the catering industry. Email CV to recruit.oman2014@ gmail.com

MISC English speaking experienced Philipino Lady Tailor for cutting and stitching of ladies Gowns/ Abayas etc. Contact 92545269 / 92227165 Email : ahdmct@gmail.com Wanted Carpenter, Gas cutter, Spray painter. Contact 99343242, Tel: 24817174/ fax 24812706 Email : chandrasekharmct@gmail.com Wanted experienced Philippino lady tailor. Contact 99466062 Omani Security Staff required for an International School in Al Khuwair. Contact 92347333 Required experienced HSE Officer with PDO and logistics experience. Contact: telljobs@gmail.com

OFFICE & SECRETARIAL Urgently required Female Secretary having Bachelors Degree, excellent computer & correspondence skills, proﬁcient with MS Office. Email : trade@omanmed.com Require male Secretary for Managing Partner of a construction company. Email : omaniantrad@gmail.com Required Document controller, female, Omani with least 3 years experience. Contact 97716506

SKILLED / UNSKILLED Required an experienced Grader Operator (ﬁnal) with valid Oman license. Contact 99207592, Fax 24593333

SALES / MARKETING Assistant Pharmacist with MOH license to work in capital. Email : saif695@yahoo.com Doctors are invited to run a new Clinic in Salalah as partner or rent. Contact 97413418/ 93955020 Wanted a Lady GP & Dental for a clinic. Contact 95645488 Wanted for a reputed Polyclinic female GP, Gynecologist, Dentist with MOH license. Forward CV to shazadmr@gmail.com

Urgently required Business Development Executive – lady -with good communication skills and account background to deal with branded malls for a Muscat office of UAE Company. Send CV to admin@wacllcoman.com Business Development Executives (Advertising/Media Sales) with pleasing personality, engaging communication skills and Oman driving licence. Email: deemaild@gmail.com

Looking for an expatriate lady for a book shop in Qurum area for immediate appointment. Requirements are good spoken & written English, honest, dedicated, educated with pleasing personality to deal with European & American customers and must be able to work independently. Eligible candidates can CONTACT at 99037554 or write to logisticsshipping7@gmail.com Urgently required a Salesman for Electronics & A/C spare parts should have 2 years experience and Omani license. Contact 99371544 Email alihamdanaaft@gmail.com Landscaping Executive with knowledge of sourcing /growing plants and flowers. #24792173/74 Email: advance@omantel.net.om Urgently required Sales Personnel with experience. Apply only who can join immediately. Email jobvaciuc@gmail.com Urgently required Marketing Executive for furniture field with valid D/L & experience of Oman market. contact 97164554 or email : aliasgar@ultimate-furniture.com rience Sales Executive for Int’l Courier Company in Muscat. Walk in interview from 20/11/2013 to 26/11/2013 for office location please call 99747466 Required: Executives – International marketing & Store-Keeper - Experience in Marble, Granite or ceramic industry with minimum 5 years’ experience preferred. Send detailed CV with expected salary sudakv@gmail.com or faxed to +968 26750186. Required full-Time Kitchen Designer – Design Sales Consultant :-Qualified candidates must have previous kitchen design experience(min 3 years). We are looking for highly organized professional individuals passionate about design and success driven. Interested Candidates kindly send in your CV’s to amritharajeev345@gmail.com Degree or Diploma holder in Mechanical Engineering with experience in Structural Steel Sales and Marketing . Apply thru email : recruitoman10@gmail.com Sales Executives required for a fast growing multinational building material company with valid Oman driving license. Preference will be given to candidates having 1-2 yrs experience in selling hard / exotic woods. Send CV by Email stating salary expectation & recent photograph to : sales@musandum.com Urgently we are looking sales man for mobile shop. Contact97366673/24551196 Email: smpaeds@gmail.com Reputable company looking for showroom Sales and Marketing staff for enquiry please contact 96207440 or send your CV to business137@ymail.com

M.Tech computer Science, Indian male with 3.5 years experience in Web Design seeking suitable placement. GSM 96303055, aditya.khandkar@gmail.com. Indian male, 26, MSc Computer Science, technical experience in VB, .Net, PHP, HTML and MySQL, 2 years experience in trouble shooting, seeks suitable positions. Contact 92712912, ishakphassan@rocketmail.com Indian Male 24 years, B.Tech in Information Science & Engineering with one year experience. Contact 96946929 Keralite, 21 years Exp. (11 years in OMAN/UAE) in Accounts, Admin., Purchase, Sales, Projects, Imports and Tally ERP with Driving License, looking for a suitable position. Contact: 93 00 79 66. Filipino Tower Crane Operator with 6 yrs experience in GCC is looking for a suitable job in Muscat, Contact: 96750918 BBA Hons, 7years of working experience as a field supervisor and field support coordinator looking for suitable position, holding Omani driving license. Call: 97127321. Indian male, B.Tech (Mech.), MBA, MLM (Master of Labour Management), more than 15 yrs. experience and 2 yrs. in Oman as Plant Manager with valid Oman D/L. Exposure in Production, Quality Control and Admin seeks suitable placement. #91301625 Indian male, B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, 15 yrs. experience as Plant Engineer, Quality Control Manager and Factory Manager with valid Oman D/L, seeks suitable placement. Contact: 91013578 Indian male B.com 4 years experience in motor vehicle sales man. Seek suitable placement #99421537 An Expatriate Indian Male, BA graduate, with an experience of working 2 years in Gulf, in construction field worked as admin and supervisor, with a knowledge of Fire and Safety, seeking for a good opportunity. E-Mail : sanil4484@gmail.com, #93380746 / 00919920179117 Indian Male (M. Tech)- 2 years experience as a Business Develop Manager looking for suitable post Contact#91362515 Indian Male (M. Tech) -2 Years experience as DBA looking for suitable post. Contact#97826674 Indian Female MBA - 3 Years experience as an Accountant looking for suitable post Contact: 91362516 Purchase/Logistics/Supply Chain/ Coordinator. Diploma Holder. 7 Years experience. Technical background also. Oman D/L. Good English/Computer knowledge. Looking Suitable position. 94440370 Young, dynamic, hard working, 25, male, acca finalist with driving license, seeking for immediate replacement,1 year accounting experience and currently working in Audit Firm. Contact.97654769, email id: abdullahnoor.alam@.yahoo.com 26 year Indian Chartered Accountant male with 2yrs of experience is seeking suitable placement in Muscat. Kindly contact him on 98201476 or email at venkat230684@gmail.com

Indian male (28), 6 months experience in van sales in diary field in Muscat, seeks a suitable placement. Contact 92987415 ERP Engineer Indian male with more than 7 years of experience, currenly working SOAG company in Oman. Contact 95851254. Email:shajith_oadc@omzest.com Indian male 25, having CA inter cleared with B.com having five years of experience in accounts and auditing, presently working in oman looking for a better placement. Mob 98097009, Email: rameesnm@gmail.com Indian male,M.Com, with 2 year experiences (one year in oman) in accounting up to finalization. experience in tally ERP 9,Peachtree & Ms office. Contact no 92046986 mail: shaneel.moni@gmail.com Indian Male, having 17 years experience in sales, currently working with Omani MNC since last 7 years, handling export & local sales, with valid Omani D/L is looking for senior position. Contact 96246981 Senior Accountant , Indian Female, B.com , CA Articles ,10+ exp. in Oman , Accounts & Finalization Etc. Immediate joining , release available , having Omani driving license. Contact – 95054843 24 yrs female with driving license, b.b.a plus I.A.T.A,3 years experience seeking suitable position in secretarial , business development, admin, hr ,procurement, travel. Contact 95337828 or e -mail at hibhak@gmail.com. CIVIL ENGINEER(FRESH),Indian female seeks suitable placement in reputed firm. contact-92956291,91233057 Indian Male, 27, Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science, 5years experience in technical software support, with excellent English and Computer knowledge seeking job on urgent basis.Contact : 95041196 Indian Male, BE Electrical Engg, fresh candidate looking for jobs in Oman. Having valid Omani driving license. Contact: 97845958 M.C.A., Male 25, Java devoloper,2 years Exp in Web Application Development. Knowledge in JAVA ( JSE, JEE MODULES ) and Oracle Database seeking suitable job. Contact Number : 94246345 Email Id:mulagala.seven@gmail.com 26 year Indian Chartered Accountant male with 2yrs of experience is seeking suitable placement in Muscat.# 98201476 or email at venkat230684@gmail.com Indian male, M.Com with 2 years experiences (one year in Oman) in accounting up to finalization, experience in tally ERP 9, Peachtree & Ms office. Contact no 92046986. Email: shaneel.moni@gmail.com Indian Male, 24 years MBA FINANCE 3 years experience in accounting and financial sector, currently working in Muscat. Contact : 98486125 26 year Indian Chartered Accountant male with 2yrs of experience is seeking suitable placement in Muscat.Kindly#him on 98201476 or email at venkat230684@gmail.com Indian Male, Mcom, 30 yrs having 8 years GCC experience in Accounts of Construction and Trading Field with valid Qatar and Oman license, adequate knowledge in ERP and Tally softwares, presently working in Muscat-Oman seeks suitable opportunities in Accounts and Finance Dept #98483181 or mails to noushiforme@yahoo.com Poly Tech (mechanical) Male, 23 years Working in Bangalore in the field of quality control, boiler and power plant, good computer knowledge and specialized in Vehicle mechanic seeking job in any technical field.Contact: 99743709 / 97350857

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ACCOUNT. & FINANCE ACCOUNTING & AUDIT SERVICES. GSM : 9880 5474 / email: acctsserv2013@gmail.com Indian male M.Com CA Inter 1st group passed Accountant 3 years in Oman 12 years India, tally knowledge. Contact 98334532 Looking for a JOB in INTERNAL AUDIT. Have two years employment visa and can join on immediate basis. Nawaz Meraj, MBA, CIA, CFE, 94289294, Available Till 27-11-2013. Chartered Accountant, Female, B. Sc. Accountancy (Special) Graduate with 8 years of experience seeking suitable opportunities. #93957919 Indian male, 27 yrs, 5 yrs Oman experience in the field of Accounts, confident of handling accounts upto finalization, seeks suitable placement. Contact 97013048, ravoof1407@gmail.com Indian female 23 yrs, MBA (Finance & HR), PGPFM, currently on visit, looking for suitable placement. Contact 95931988 Indian male 29, M.Com (I) 2 yrs experience in Accounts 15 months experience Oman, looking for suitable placement in Accounts. Contact 97167962 Accountant Indian male, 28 yrs , MBA, B. Com having 5+ years exp & D/L seeks immediate placement . Contact 93397327 Email: rijurenuka@gmail.com Indian female B.Com Travel & Tourism having 4 years of experience in tour operation & Hotel Industry urgently, seeking job in Front desk reception, office assistant or secretarial jobs. Now in Oman on visit visa. Can join immediately. Contact 95054319 Email rohinimathew@ymail.com

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15 years experienced Indian accounts and ﬁnance professional with Omani driving license is looking for suitable position. The incumbent graduate with certiﬁcations in DPCS & PGDCA. Please #93422557

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

Indian Male B.Com finance with 8 years experience in Accounts with valid Oman D/L. Contact 91064275 Manager / DY. Manager Accounts, Indian male aged 43 yrs, well experienced in accounts & finance, inclusive 3 yrs in Dubai, independently handling accounts upto finalisation, seeking placement in oman, no location constraints. contact : 98100734 email : charoos@ rediffmail.com Real estate accounts & finance / administration experienced indian male seeking a suitable role in real estate companies, with 23 yrs experience in handling accounts, reporting, real estate administration etc. in middle east, ready to relocate anywhere in Oman. mob : 97256935 email: ganrajagopalan@ yahoo.co.in Chief Accountant well experienced with reputed Group, seeks placement. #95598477 / 98803439 Senior Accountant, M.Com 12 years Oman experienced Finalization, Administration, management, Material & cost control, business development with Oman D/L. Call 91162345 Senior Accountant 7 years experience Indian female. # 96228351 Email : kokils81@yahoo.co.in

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Indian, male, M.Com, PGDCA, with Tally ERP 9.0, MS Office, having 12+ years experience (4 months in Oman) seeks placement as Accountant in Oman. # 93522685, EMAIL: ramkumar9791417318@gmail.com

Administrator, Admin Assistant, Office Secretary, Admin clerk Indian 7 years experience in Muscat. Contact 96337160

Part time Accountant available. Contact 99013963

ARCH/ INTERIOR Iraqi Architect 23 years experience 7 years in Oman, seeking replacement. Contact 97608513 Cad Drawings Architectural detail drawings, interior exterior drawings 3D views. Contact 99610110

ADMIN/HR Admin qualiﬁed female HR professional with MBA(HR), BE, PGDBM, 5 years of experience seeking suitable role in HR proﬁle, valid Oman D/L. Contact 94129462

Indian male 30 yrs , 6+yrs experience in Oman well experienced in oil & Gas construction companies in accounting (ﬁn) & payroll (HR) ﬁelds seeking suitable placement. Contact 96979350

Indian female 29, MSc Analytical Chemistry & B Ed, having experience in Teaching (Chemistry & Physics), Office Administration and in Chemical Analysis, seeking suitable placement. Contact 00968 96374066 / 93522354 Email : priyankavipin84@gmail.com

An Experienced MBA with skills in Accounts, Sales and Marketing is available in Oman for appropriate Job. Contact 92393258

Indian female, seeking suitable placement in HR / Office Administration / Indoor sales / Accounts assistant. Contact: 91323935.

Pakistan Lady having 15 years experience in Banking, Looking any suitable job in Account and ﬁnance. Contact 97331572

Indian male 37 years, B.Com Graduate having 10 years experience in Oman independent handling upto ﬁnalization, having driving license. Contact 92258853

Indian male 29 MBA from UK with more than 5 yrs exp as logistics coordinator (2 yrs in Muscat) holding valid Omani D/L, seeking for suitable placement. Contact – 98476634 / rahulksoman@gmail.com

British Qualiﬁed and experience having British driving license, looking for accounts and ﬁnance job. Contact 97461987

Indian male, 33 having 6 years experience in Accounts up to ﬁnalization, purchase with valid Oman D/L. Contact 99517013

nIndian male BBM 22 years seeking suitable placement mail. #92292547 Email: stabinstalin@ gmail.com

Indian male 27 yrs, 5 years of Oman experience in the ﬁeld of Accounts up to ﬁnalization looking for suitable placement. Contact 98732736 Email: rizwanravoofa@ gmail.com

Finance Manager (Group) 25 Years experience including 20 years in Oman MBA(U.K), CA Inter (India) CMA(Canada). Contact 95631834 / 96920328 / 91335205

ACCA Graduation (U.K) , 25 yrs male, 3 yrs experience in relevant field, looking for suitable placement currently on visit visa. #97268263 Chartered Accountant from India, post qualification experience 21years, working in Muscat since July 2011, at a senior position in a group of SME’s seeks suitable change. Contact 94201290 Email: chakjain37@yahoo.com Indian Female 25 yrs cost and management Accountant and M.Com with 1 yrs experience, seeking suitable placement presently on visit visa. CONTACT 92376754/ 96040125 Email anjumathews88@gmail.com Accountant Indian male, 28 yrs, MBA, B.Com having 5+ years exp & D/L seeks immediate placement. Contact 93397327 Email: rijurenuka@gmail.com Indian Male 23 years Qualification in NCVT Mechanical Course and Professional Diploma in finance Accounting requires a suitable placement any field. Contact 91031950 Email sinojmukundan@gmail.com Indian Female 23 yrs, MBA (Finance & HR), PGPFM, currently on visit, looking for suitable placement. Contact 95931988 Indian male Accountant, M.Com total 5 years experience 4 years Oman experience, seeking suitable placement. Contact 96156896 Email : aramathnibu@gmail.com Indian male 23 years, on visit visa having M.Com in management with first class looking for suitable placement. Contact 94265170 Accountant Indian female B.Com Tally PGDCA 8 year’s exp in Oman. Contact 99058722 / 98896522 Indian male Accountant,B.Com with 6 yrs experience in Oman, seeks suitable placement. Contact 91057862. e_mail umct777@ gmail.com

Senior Accountant, 39 yrs Oil & Gas experienced. #93858725 Indian male 37 years, B.Com Graduate having 10 years experience in Oman Indian handling up to finalization, having driving license. Contact 92258853 Indian female 22 yrs, B.Com Graduate CPT passed CA Inter doing M.Com final year doing (Tally, MS Office). # 96124193 / 99663957 Email : anishasasi@gmail.com Indian male Accountant M.Com, MBA 7 years experience seeking a suitable position. Contact 93029334 Email: heams.merlin@ gmail.com Indian female, Accountant, B.Com 3 years experience (1.6 years) Oman Tally, Busy. Contact 96498424 ACCA qualified + advanced dip in business & accounting 5+ yrs experience in accounts & finance (1.3 yrs Oman exp) looking for suitable change. Contact 95174220 Email: accafarrukh@yahoo.com Accountant, Indian male having valid Oman driving license AGE 31, B.com graduate with, 10years of computerized accounting experience in India, U.A.E &Oman presently working as accountant in Oman seeking suitable jobs. Contact +96894058639/ +96895704584 Canadian Educated Citizen, Male 45, With 17 years of experience in Finance & Accounts including 3 years of GCC Experience, is looking for a suitable Job in Finance. Contact 98711999 Email- bijou.thomas@yahoo.com Accounts Manager, Commerce Graduate, 12 yrs experience in industries, audit & tax, 6 yrs in Oman, looking for suitable placement. Contact 96621642, a.b.vasoya@gmail.com

Indian Male 31, MBA (HR), B.Com having 9 yrs experience in HR/ Administration, 7 yrs experience in Gulf, Seeking suitable placement in Oman. Contact 92073145 Email sudheesh reghunath@gmail.com Indian male, 10 years experience in Purchase & Administration. BSc & PGDCA. Pursuing MBA. 6 Years in Oman, seeking suitable placement. Contact – 96461336 University topper M.PHIL, M.SC operations manager female with 6+ years experience seeking job in admin operations /HR. #91387047 Indian male, 29 yrs, LLB/ PGDHRM having 4 yrs exp in HR & Admin in Oman looking for a suitable vacancy. Contact 97866249 Experienced MBA IS Management Indian male with 16 years experience in Procurement & Administration in GCC, looking for a suitable placement, well versed in Purchase inventory, Safety modules and events experienced in office management, Administrative support and analytical skills on visit visa. Contact 98354262 Over 14 years of Gulf experience in Admin /HR/ Logistics Office Manager / Executive Secretary ﬂuent in Eng/ Arabic with D/L. Contact 95824598 Indian female with 17 yrs Gulf experience in Administrator & Executive Secretary looking for suitable placement. Contact 98587275 Indian female, M.Com, experience in SAP, well versed in computer, looking for jobs in Accounts / Admin / or as Sales / Purchase Coordinator works, on visit visa. Contact 96062415 / 99102677 Electronics & Communication Engineer, MBA (HR & Marketing), Indian Female with experience. Contact 96963961 Canadian female, CHRP certiﬁed 5years experience in Canada in customer service recruitment and HR policies and procedures. Contact 97385772 Email: mathewsdliza@gmail.com Indian male 38 yrs: PG in HR with 14 yrs exp HR & Admin looking for job, possess Oman driving license. # 91322516, cvoman5@gmail.com

Indian female B. Com, MBA in Finance & HR, 1.5 yrs experience with valid D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact 97097547. Email : dhiya1988@gmail.com Highly Competent HR Professional with MBA(HR), 8+ yrs of exp (Oman, India & Africa) in Construction, Energy & Mechanical Industry is looking for Job. Immediately Available. Contact: 95930705 / 93206650 Email: get.rashid92@gmail.com

DRAUGHTSMAN AutoCAD Draughtsman working in Oman with reputed company seeking a suitable job. Contact 96102459 Email: ateeqas01@yahoo.com MEP Draughtsman, 4 years experience in Oman, Seeking suitable placement. Contact 96250818 Indian male 24years, (M.Tech) structures fresher seeking design job in a reputed company currently available on visit visa. Contact 91345502

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

DRIVER Light Driver, 10 years experience in Oman. Contact 94136610 Six years driving experience Dubai Eden company, 2 years experience Gourmet Cola Pakistan Pvt Ltd, 4 years contact at this number for light vehicle driver : 00968 95634500 Omani male age 28, looking for job of Driver/Guard. Call 97784121 Light Driver with car need job, Pakistani. Contact 98104631 Light Duty Driver, Looking for suitable job. Contact 94364781 Wanted Driving job. contact 96741993 Light Driver. Contact 98077981 / 98946925

ENGG. / TECHNICAL Indian male BE (Electrical), 5 years experience (2 yrs. Oman) with Oman D/L, seeks suitable job in Construction field. Contact 98294561 Email : pradeapeappen@gmail.com Engineer with Management Background 23 yrs of exp ( 10 yrs in GCC), Worked as GM in Building/ Finishing material, Building maintenance/ Contracts, Interior Fit- out, valid D/L available on salary + profit sharing. Contact 93859365 Indian male 24 years, Mechanical Engineer, looking for a suitable placement. Contact 97455702 Indian Male 24, 1 year experienced Engineer with D/L. Looking for better challenged job. Gsm: 92436708 Email: leenas.jerry@gmail.com Civil Engineer Iraqi more than 25 years experience. #97464904 BE - Electrical Engr Indian male 2+ yrs experience seeking suitable placement, presently on visit visa. Contact 95483624 / 99102153 Electrical Engineer with 4.6 yrs experience in contracting field in India, technical skills in Auto Cad, MS Office, PLC & SCADA looking for suitable placement. Contact 98034809 Email varunrameshan@gmail.com Civil Engineer (Diploma), looking for a suitable placement. Contact 95200650

Diploma Civil Engineering Indian male with 5+years Oman experience in executing Civil projects, seeking suitable placements. Contact 97697470 Diploma Civil Engineer 24 yrs experience 5 yrs in Oman, seeking suitable job. Contact 92801578 Email kajialamgir@hotmail.com Telecommunication Engineer (male-29) with six years experience in the field of telecom switching seeking a suitable job, currently in India. Contact +91-9645106945, Oman: 96979784. Indian male, 31 yrs, Diploma in Electrical Engg, 8 yrs experience in Oman as material approval coordinator / controller seeks suitable placement. Contact 95839964, suitable for sales engineer/ purchase officer. HSE Adviser, Qualification : Diploma Safety (Minimum 1 Year) NEBOSH, OSHA, minimum 3 years Gulf experience (Oil and Gas). Candidate must Speak & Write English. Contact : 92503125 & 92048058 Land line : 23279474 , Email : hralezco@ hotmail.com Dip Civil Engr + PGDCM 9 yrs exp in Oman in Roads & Sewer & building valid D/L. Contact 93590464 BE Electronics & Communication Engineer Indian male, 25 years, seeking suitable placement holds valid Oman driving license. Contact 97434543 Email : dz4216@gmail.com Pak male, 25 years, having 3 years Diploma of Associate Civil Engineer with 2 years experience looking for suitable placement, # 92273197; Email: yasir_usman1989@yahoo.com Electrical Engineer, 22 years experience, out of 13 years in Gulf experience in construction sector with valid Oman D/L and CEP seeks suitable placement.# 94220631 Purchase Officer 28 yrs Indian, Diploma in Mech Engg 5+2 yrs experience in Purchasing, Vendor development sourcing, ERP Software with valid Oman driving license, seeks suitable placement. Contact 92208296 Email : oikala.1985@gmail.com Civil Engineer Diploma, total 5 yrs, experience (3 yrs. in Oman). Contact 93399126 25 Years Indian male DME holder 4 years experience in Structural & Piping field. Procurement & Project coordination. Contac 99861593 Electronics Engineer in Oman on visit visa, seeking job.# 92009640 Masters in Civil Engineering (Indian) 22 years experience having building, Roads, Pipeline works, looking suitable position. Contact 93054949 / 98070040 Email: duggirala_km@yahoo.com Indian male-Electrical Engineer - on visit visa - seeks suitable placement - contact: 97295197 Email:rakeshns90@gmail.com Electronics & communication Engineer holding Oman D/L experience in Huawei system 3G & 4G, great knowledge in RF planning & optimization. Email : mumooo12@hotmail.com Mob 97620210

Diploma Mechanical Engineering 25 yrs Indian male 6 years experience in Quality control India. Contact 97312111 Email sultan9817@gmail.com / coolrazak151@rediffmail.com B.E Mechanical, Indian male, 26 yrs, on visiting visa, having 3 years experience in Piping Projects as QA/ QC Engineer/ Site Engineer. Contact 968 98766298 Email- nagesh.saps@gmail.com Indian male ITI, holder 13 years experience in Electrical Eng & network in India present staying in visit visa. Contact 98061783 MEP Engineer/QS/QC Inspector with 8+ yrs GCC Exp. in Plumbing, Fireﬁghting and HVAC # 95526218 Indian male 27 yrs B.Tech Automobile, 5.5 yrs experience both in Toyota & Suzuki, Looking for Service Engineer jobs. # 92449426 Email: praveennair_s@yahoo.com 47 Years Male Diploma holder in Mechanical engineering, looking for a job 20 years experience in fabrication & site work. Contact 00968 92646603 (Oman) / 0091 9423448329 (India) BE Mechanical Engineer, Indian male Looking for suitable opening in Sales, Structural design, Production, MEP and Oil and Gas sector. # 91323520. Email shuaibmohammed62@gmail.com Indian Male, B.Tech, 4 years experience in Teaching & Admin, C+C++, JAVA, SQL, Expert in Ms Office urgently, seeking for suitable jobs. Contact 97411930 Email iliyashaji@gmail.com B.Sc Civil Engineer 7 years exp Oman D/L. Contact 98502082 Email hajo2000@hotmail.com 3 years experience Indian post Graduate Automation and Control Engineer seeks suitable job. Contact 99016434 Diploma in Civil Engineer 4 years experience in Oman now available in Oman, Looking a job. Contact 97415597 Indian male 25 years, B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering (Automation or Instrumentation Engineer) with 1+ year India experience in Automation PLC, SCADA, DCS, HMI AC & DC Drives, Seeking suitable placement. Contact 92151143/ 92151143 B/E Electronics Engineer having 3.5 years of Indian experience in Planning, Construction, Telecommunication, Hardware Networking, Marketing. Contact 92629307 Indian male B-Tech Mechanical Engg, seeks suitable placement, now on visit. Contact 91214585

INFORMATION TECH PMP, SAP Certiﬁed in Basis having skills in SolMan, BW, BPC looking for a job Call:96067579 Computer Network Administrator, looking any job similar to above. Email : bathu.27@gmail.com Contact 99347141 Female 24 Years, BE in Comp Science, seeking suitable placement. Contact 93031466 Email:ninnumenon@gmail.com

Indian 24 yrs, male B.E-ECE having 2.5 yrs exp as NOC Engineering Telecom, with certiﬁcation of CCNA & MCTS, seeks suitable job in IT & Telecom. Contact : 99689445 mail: thousi4jb@gmail.com

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

Srilankan BTEC Quantity Surveyor with 6 years experience (Including Gulf), Looking for a suitable placement. Contact 98357512 Email: lebbeah@yahoo.com

Female, MS(Computer Science) 5+ years in Software Programming and Testing experience in MNC. Contact 91299232 IT Administrator, 5Yrs exp D/L, seeks placement. Contact 91383289

Indian male 5 years experience in Gulf, Mechanical Engineer (Welding Inspector) CSWIP 3.1 Certiﬁed, seeking suitable placement. Contact +91 8125224797 Email : azhar_mechengg@yahoo.com

30 years, Indian male, IT professional with 6 years experience including GCC in hardware, networking & office administration seeks suitable placement. Contact 95096961.

Indian female Master of Science, Chemical Engineering seeking suitable placement. Contact 92292547 Email: prinsha.p@gmail.com

B.Tech (ECE) + 2 years in IT Support and 1 year ASP.NET developer looking for suitable opening in IT Sales, development & Marketing. Contact 95278688.

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SENIOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL (MBA) with 14 years of experience in Real Estate & Hospitality Industry, India & UAE. I have worked for International Property Consultants like “Jones Lang LaSalle, CBRE & International Airport Infrastructure giants like GMR Infrastructure Ltd. I posses sophisticated Sales & Marketing techniques such as Solution based Selling, Revenue/Profit Enhancement. Expert in Key National & International Account Management, Customer Relationship Management, Team Leadership/Training & Development, Contract Negotiations & Deal Structuring.

Male, 27, A.M.E having 3 yrs of experience in Sales & Marketing with D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact 97097545, Email : dhibu2809@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer with 5+ years experience in project management and estimation of oil and gas projects. Looking for suitable change. Contact: 95974435

Indian male 30 years B.Com Graduate with 7 years experience in Oman with Sales & Marketing of Consumer electronics and Automotive ﬁeld, seeks suitable placement. Contact 96406480

Civil Quantity Surveryor, Diploma in Civil Engineering, 2 years QS and site experience in building projects, looking for suitable post in Oman. Contact: 91378212/92959092. Email: mohamednishil@gmail.com

Indian male BBA marketing having Oman driving license experience seeking suitable job. Contact 98009183

Planning Engineer having M Tech in Construction Management with 2 years experience. Currently employed for a reputed company construction company in Oman. Proﬁcient in Primavera P3 and P6. Mob; 98278801 / 99461643 e-mail id; asifkutiady@gmail.com

Currently looking for a suitable Placement in Muscat. Please contact +968 97466613 sujith.menon1978@yahoo.com

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Filipino male W/9yrs exp in systems /network support, B.S comp eng, W/CCNA, plus 5yrs exp in Qatar .looking for suitable job and currently on visit visa. # 91319643 Email: hikaph2002@yahoo.com

Indian Female, 6 years experience in Secretarial, Administration, Coordination holding Oman Driving License seeking suitable placement. Contact 95196052, 95269592.

IT Technical System support/ Hardware Engineer on visit visa. Contact 98221577 / 93320458

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Indian male 27 years old, Masters in Computer Applications with 4+ years experience, Key skills: Oracle Pl/sql and .net Seeking Suitable placement.Contact +919538345624 sujithchennat@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS Fisheries Graduate Indian male 28 years with certificate in HACCP and 4years experience in food processing Industry seeks suitable openings. Contact 92123983 Email: vikasvelayudhan@yahoo.co 37 Yrs Male with 17 yrs experience in Logistics 6 yrs in Oman 1 yr experience in HR Management with qualification in Business Administration Material management, HR Management SAP Knowledge, seeks suitable placement. Contact 96304057 Pakistani Young Male with Omani driving license wanted job. Contact 97058416 Store Keeper Keralite having Gulf experience and Computer knowledge, Seeks suitable post. Contact 92770250 Indian female 25 years, MSC MICRO Biology, Looking for placement in food or medicine industry or laboratory experience one year in dairy farm. Contact 92255983 GCC /oil field experienced Indian graduate, purchase /sales /admin / operations coordinator knowledge in office functions /store inventory fluent English, Arabic, Omani D/L. Contact 99086007

MEDICAL Nursing caregiver, qualiﬁed & experienced Nurse & Assist Nurse seeks good placement at home / clinic. Contact 92989109 email: medicoport@gmail.com

MANAGER/ SUPER

Pakistani male, 24 years BSc CCNA 1.5 year experience. # 97475611 29 Indian Female MBA in supply chain and logistics, 5 yrs experience seeking placement. 94402043, 96500790 Ten years sales experience need job. Contact 95266485 29 years male, MBA, 4years experience in sales, marketing and admin + Oman driving license needs a job. Contact 92236980 / 92223661 Email: shah_anwarss@hotmail.com MBA, Marketing executive, gulf experienced, oman driving license seeks placement, phone : 98011696 MBA Marketing, 26 yrs, 3.5 years experience in marketing and sales of Auto parts (Corporate & Market) Packaging products and exports. Good command in MS office and English. Seeking a suitable placement in reputed organization. Currently on employment visa. Contact: 97448162 Email: Flies26@yahoo.com Seeks a job: Native American - male - in Muscat seeks employment, seeking all customer services opportunities. Contact 94475783 5 Years experienced, Male Insurance Customer care Executive, ﬂuent in English with total experience of 12 years in other ﬁelds, 31 yrs, looking for suitable job vacancy. Contact 90993099 Highly Professional, 11 yrs experience in real estate, business development, Customer services, Sales & Marketing, has held senior positions with MNC’s in India, single woman, Indian National, seeks suitable placement. Contact 93593450 Email anitakuruvilla@yahoo.com Indian male 31yrs, 6 years experience in Sales & marketing in Oman, have Omani D/L looking for a suitable placement. Contact 92148170 Indian male 25 yrs, with 2 years experience in Oman as Sales man looking for a suitable placement. Contact 95285270

Indian male, M.Com 15 yrs experience (5 yrs in Oman) in banking corporate & retail loans admin manager, seeks suitable placement. Contact 94248518 Email : rayan2801@gmail.com

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

20+ yrs exp Senior Manager experienced in purchase, sales, admin & accounts seeks immediate placement. Contact 97073942

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

7 years experience gulf electric plumping foreman, Indian Kerala. Contact 96375336 Email: shadam@gmail.com

SECRETARIAL/OFFICE

Female Indian MBA having 2 years experience in Sales & Marketing Oman, seeks better placement having valid GCC Oman driving license. Contact 94213211 Email : april9tea@gmail.com

Secretary / Document Controller male 6 yrs Exp in Oman & 11 yrs in India visa transferrable and ready to join immediately. Contact: 93410135, Email: happylife.qhse59@gmail.com

Smart Indian male, 15 years of Oman exposure with MBA. Experienced in Oilﬁeld Products (Upstream) with Omani D/L working as Sales & Marketing Manager, seeks suitable placement in a senior position. Contact 99639375

Indian male, 34 yrs, PGDBA in Operations Management with 14 yrs experience as Manager Administration & Sales Coordination seeks immediate placement. Contact 92769725

Indian male Graduate 40 years, having 10 years experience in Sales, Marketing and Purchase, with Oman Driving license, seeks suitable senior placement. Contact 92133277

Male 15 years Gulf experience in Office Coordinator, Administration, Documentation with good computer skills and valid Oman Driving License. Contact 95149624

Six (06) years Oman experience in Building material sales and purchase holding Omani Driving License Available to join immediately along with change of visa Kindly contact 00 968 91252646 , E mail mfk9125@gmail.com

Indian female diploma 2years experience as system administrator seeking suitable position in IT/ clerical section on visit visa. Contact 95434765 Email: anuajay191@gmail.com

Fresh MBA marketing with Omani D/L looking for suitable placement in marketing contact: 96632102 Email: Ammarali_629@yahoo.com

MISCELLANEOUS Indian Male, 30.Y. Looking for Job of an Accountant having 9.5 years of experience, having knowledge of Tally, Oracle based ORION, Quickbooks Looking for suitable Position very soon. Contact on: 92629133 Indian female MSC Nursing with 3 years experience presently in Oman seeks suitable placement. Contact 95190177, email:anilmath@gmail.com

Accountant, Indian Male, 24 Years, B. Com Graduate, 10TH Rank Holder for B. Com in Kerala, Tally ERP 9, MCP, Working in Accounts for last 3 Years, 1.7 years of Gulf experience, Seeks suitable placement as Accountant. Contact : 98470441, Email: soorajv2efa@gmail.com

TRANSPORTATION Transportation. Contact 93405941

MBA in Sales and Marketing having 7yeras experience having Omani driving license, Looking for any suitable job. Contact 94370614 Indian male 29 yrs, BCA 8 years experience in Banking Sales Services Marketing, seeks placement. Contact 97110838 Indian male, 10 years experience in sales & marketing seeks placement. Contact 91386462 Email: riyadh.rahman@gmail.com Indian male MBA, Seeking job in Sales, Marketing, Purchase & Admin. Contact 97475649 MBA in Sales and Marketing having 7 years experience having Omani Driving license, looking for any suitable job. Contact 94370614 B.Com, MBA, Indian Senior Business Executive, 35 yrs experience seeks employment in Administration, Sales, Marketing, Logistics, Supply Chain. Call Menon : 98774861, email : prakashmenon10@hotmail.com Highly qualiﬁed senior level Executive with 15+ yrs exp. in Business development, sales & marketing & operations in GCC (6 yrs in Oman) looking for challenging position. Contact 95499501

MISCELLANEOUS Young Male Graduate BA Hons (Marketing)- United Kingdom with 2 years experience & driving licence seeks suitable placement in Business development/Brand management/Logistics. Call 96402727 27 years Indian male 8 years’ Indian market experience in the field of Event Management, Sales & Customer Service, looking for a challenging opportunity in Muscat in relevant field. # 96167803 Indian male, MCA, MBA-HR, B.Com with 9.5 yrs. Exp. looking for a suitable opportunity as IT Project Head & SAP HR Consultant (Multi tasking) presently come on visit visa in Oman, # GSM : +968 92801761 E-mail : rishhi@msn.com 3DS Max, Auto Cad drafting 8 yrs exp in Oman, looking for part time or full time job. #94391712 Structural Engineer all types of structural works with calculation, looking for part time job. Contact – 92147378 Indian male MBA 31 yrs having 8 yrs of exp seeking suitable placement in Admin/HR/ operations/ coordination/ logistics etc. Holding valid D/L. Contact - 93609307 Indian Male 24, B.Tech Mechanical Engg.. completed seeking suitable placement. Contact 99052921 / 99434987 Indian Female based in Oman convent educated ,12 yrs exp indifferent sectors , School / Banking( Standard chartered Bank) . Looking for a job in Customer Service / sales coordinator/ administration/ school. Please contact Mob # 94052739. or mail at sush.ghosh50@gmail.com MBA (Marketing and HR) & B.Tech (Electronics and Biomedical Engineering) with 1.5 years experience in marketing and media field. Contact 96175799 Email: aadil.azis@gmail.com Indian Male, B.Tech, 8 years Experience in Teaching & Admin, web developing ,c,c++,java,HTML,DHT ML,programming,looking for suitable position Contact 98290053, 97068258 Email: vasanth.blessy@gmail.com B.Tech Mechanical, 26yr Indian male having 4 yr experience in plant construction,structural fabrication & erection in India. # 0091 9546418417 E-mailmail2umesh89@gmail.com

Female 23 Indian Graduate in Computer application and Diploma in Java technology, seeking for a suitable placement in IT sector currently on visit visa. Contact 99809810 / 92105790 Indian, male, B.Sc having 16 years experience in marketing with valid Oman driving license seeks suitable placement. Contact 92722408 Indian Expat B.Com MBA( Finance) with 5.5 years in GCC having valid Oman driving license, seeking opening in Marketing/ Sales / Customer services. Contact 97881402 26 years Indian Chartered Accountant male with 2 yrs of experience is seeking suitable placement in Muscat. Kindly contact him on 98201476 or email at venkat230684@gmail.com Indian Male, 25.Y. BCA- Looking for Job as Data Entry Operator, Documents Controller, Admin Executive have 3 years of experience, on Visit Visa Looking for suitable Position soon. Contact on: 95945712 An Indian Graduate with 13 years experience of Accounting up to Finalisation, Audit & MIS. Worked on ERP Oracle based & TALLY in Oman Muscat. Well versed with MS Excel. Contact no. 00968-96728733 Indian male Executive Secretary having vast experience in admin, logistics. Well versed with computer seeks suitable placement. Contact : 99514286 Indian male 25, having CA inter cleared with B.com having ﬁve years of experience in accounts and auditing, presently working in oman looking for a better placement. Mob 98097009, Email: rameesnm@ gmail.com MBA in Marketing, Banking, logistic, Procurement, Inventory control, total 4 years experience. Visa expires Dec 30, 2013, seeks suitable placement, Contact 97468157 Indian Male, Having Gulf Experience More than 3 Years in Account Assistant looking for suitable jobs In Accounts . Contact : 95581902 Male B.Com graduate 3 years experience seeks immediate placement as accounts asst or admin asst. Please contact 96754380 or 93393769. Pakistani Male 24, MBA Finance with 2 years experience looking for any suitable Placement. (Finance/ Accounts/Marketing/Admin). Contact 97464465 26 year Indian Chartered Accountant male with 2yrs of experience is seeking suitable placement in Muscat. Kindly contact him on 98201476 or email at venkat230684@gmail.com Indian male Executive Secretary having vast experience in admin, logistics, well versed with computer seeks suitable placement. Contact : 99514286 Diploma Holder, 7 Years experience in Purchase/Logistic/Supply Chain/ Coordinator. Technical background with Oman D/L. Good English/Computer knowledge, looking Suitable position. 94440370 Indian female M.com/ICWAI(inter) seeking suitable placement nshkumari30@gmail.com Contact:24831091/98506722 Having experience in sales with Omani driving license, looking for a suitable position Contact 99834931 26 years Indian Chartered Accountant male with 2 yrs of experience is seeking suitable placement in Muscat. Contact him on 98201476 or email at venkat230684@gmail. com

Indian male executive secretary having vast experience in admin. Logistics. Well versed with computer seek suitable placement. Contact 99514286 Project Engineer Indian male 26 having 5.5 years experience in oil & gas ﬁeld with 2 years gulf experience and valid Oman driving license. 15 Years experienced light duty indian driver knowing electrical work . Contact 97413721 Indian male with 10 years experience in Oman in the ﬁeld of Advertising and Marketing Communication handling good accounts with a valid Omani Driving License is looking out for a job change in an Ad agency or on the client’s side as a Marketing Communications Manager. Contact: 95210667/ 95587255

Transportation available. contact 95570429 Transportation. Contact 99077348 Car with driver available. Contact 99526610 For transportation. Contact 98782075 Transportation. Contact 91310107 Transportation. Contact 99508282 Transportation. Contact 99509283 Transportation. Contact 99664703

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Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with Buffet, & Land Tours Al Ainain Marine Tours-Contact 98029602, 92808636

We arrange Tours to Jabel Alakhdar / Shames wahiba Sands. Contact 99839898

BUSINESS

RENT A CAR

Running prime café for sale or management. Contact 95729427/95208505 Seeking an investing partner to run an existing Hospitality business. (Cafe & restaurant). Contact 95517471 Looking for Omani partner for business development services. Contact 93194825 Email: edumass4@gmail.com We want to buy car war work shop Muscat or nearby Muscat. Contact with detail mobile 93535394 CANADIAN company. for immigration & manpower is looking for a partner in Oman with license !For contact evro21@gmail.com 0097333054453

LOST Mohammad Tahir Abdul Ghani has lost Pakistani passport No AL 7212151. Finder please handover to ROP. Abdullah Wahid Abdul has lost Pakistani Passport No. DA 1070971. Finder please handover to ROP

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A well running Civil contracting company LLC doing ministry work, looking for new sponsor and investor or partner.#96726115 Restaurant + coffee shop with seating capacity of 50 people and potential to make 90 (with mezzanine in running condition doing excellent business in a prime business location at Wattayah is available for purchase / investment. Interested parties may please call on 97414513 or 96344753

At Udupi high quality Royal designed ﬂats with good facilities for elderly people & children’s. This is the booking time with unbelievable prices 3BHK & 2BHK Cont 96440811

Cranes and excavators available on hire. Contact 99209427 25/ 50 seater Buses for rent/ leasing with drivers in PDO Speciﬁcation. Contact 99839898

Crane Trailor Hiab. CONTACT 99354909 For Rent Truck Tipper 18 m. Contact 95120774

Silver Car - Car Rental with good rate, Latest saloon cars & 4WDs are available. Contact 96166155 / 24488737 ADVERTISE NOW! 24726666 EXT: 461 / 413 /430 / 431 / 456

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