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QATAR | Page 28 SPORT | Page 12 Ricciardo joy follows Hamilton INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2-11, 28 COMMENT 26, 27 Architect pushes REGION 11 BUSINESS 1-7, 13-16 woe in 18,219.00 10,403.38 48.24 ARAB WORLD 11, 12 CLASSIFIED 8-13 sustainability +122.00 -32.08 +0.41 INTERNATIONAL 13-25 SPORTS SECTION 1-12 +0.67% -0.31% +0.86% Malaysia Latest Figures as Qatar grows published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10230 October 3, 2016 Muharram 2, 1438 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals PM opens new masters programme Concern In brief WORLD | Study voiced over Warning on inequality Extreme poverty has been falling steadily around the world, but eliminating it by 2030 could be stymied subdivided by unequal distribution of the gains of economic growth, the World Bank said yesterday. Unless the gains of growth are steered better to those at the bottom of a country’s economy, they could be left behind, warned the inaugural “Poverty and Shared Prosperity” report. fl at units The report said gains particularly in China, India and Indonesia have led to a Some brokers and real estate to demarcate their areas, it is found. dramatic reduction in global poverty. dealers take flats from owners Practical solutions have to be devised on rent and partition them and implemented to curb the further BRITAIN | Announcement into smaller units in order to spread of this phenomenon and pre- HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani at the opening ceremony of a accommodate a large number of vent overcrowding in residential areas, Brexit negotiations masters programme in corruption, law and governance after inaugurating it at the St. Regis Hotel in Doha. The Rule of Law and people some of the citizens suggested. Besides ‘to start in March’ Anti-Corruption Centre (ROLACC) in Doha is implementing the programme in co-operation with the Sussex Centre for the Study putting an additional burden on public British Prime Minister Theresa of Corruption within the University of Sussex known for its research and expertise in anti-corruption. The LLM (Master of Laws) in utilities, the practice of subdividing May yesterday announced that corruption, law and governance is a part-time, two-year course at ROLACC. Leading Sussex academics have designed the course t’s not just villa partitioning that is apartments could lead to diff erent cul- her government will trigger Brexit according to University standards. Page 2 widespread in Qatar, but subdivi- tural, social and security issues as well negotiations by the end of March, Ision of apartments, too, is becom- as traffi c congestion in some areas and putting the country on course to leave ing a growing trend in the country. a severe shortage of parking space. the European Union by early 2019. A number of Qataris have expressed Zaydan al-Yami, a young Qatari, said The move will plunge Europe’s second concern over the practice, arguing that that urban planning in some areas had largest economy into two years of what it puts additional pressure on public to be reconsidered to study the poten- is likely to be painful horsetrading with services and infrastructure and poses tial for granting more building permits the rest of its EU partners, who have safety risks, according to local Arabic to investors to build apartment blocks voiced deep frustration at the delay Johnson slams ‘continuing daily Arrayah. that target low-income residents. He in setting a date to start the divorce They feel the owners of such build- also felt that vacant plots in high-de- proceedings. Page 16 ings, along with brokers and others en- mand residential areas needed to be gaged in real estate deals, are respon- developed and used to build more such ETHIOPIA | Tragedy savagery’ of Assad regime sible for this growing phenomenon as buildings. This, in turn, could keep they seek to maximise profi ts without rents under control. 52 die in bothering much about the negative Abdulrahman al-Zaybani, another stampede Reuters outcome. national, said that high rents were the Fifty-two people died yesterday in Birmingham Some brokers and real estate deal- main reason why many people lived in a stampede at a religious festival in ers take fl ats from owners on rent and subdivided apartments. Besides, bro- Ethiopia to celebrate the end of the rainy partition them into smaller units in kers and small-time dealers and inves- season, the regional government said. ir strikes against hospitals in order to accommodate a large number tors exploited the situation by increas- Violence broke out at the gathering in Syria are war crimes that make of people – signifi cantly more than ing the rent through a process of letting the town of Bishoftu near the capital Athe resumption of peace talks what the unit is originally designed for. and subletting. Addis Ababa due to the actions of in the country’s civil war impossible, This practice is particularly common in Jamal Badr said that some agents “irresponsible forces”, the authorities Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris John- densely populated areas such as Man- also off ered bed-space for rent, cram- said in a statement, adding that “as a son said yesterday, criticising Syrian soura, Najma, Old Airport and Umm ming several people in small spaces consequence, 52 people died in this President Bashar al-Assad and Russia. Ghuwailina and other places. actually meant for fewer occupants. crush”. “It is the continuing savagery of Like in villas, those living in parti- He, too, stressed the need to check and the Assad regime against the people tioned fl ats do so because they see it control high residential rents to avoid TURKEY | Security of Aleppo and the complicity of the as an economical and viable alterna- such practices. Russians in committing what are pat- tive to taking a full apartment on rent. Some felt that stricter enforcement PM slams rumours ently war crimes - bombing hospitals, While some apartments are shared by of municipal laws and regulations of new coup attempt when they know they are hospitals and only a handful of tenants (mostly ex- would be eff ective in curbing this phe- Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim nothing but hospitals that is making it ecutive bachelors) and do not involve nomenon, while others said providing accused the Fetullah Organisation of impossible for peace negotiations to A man inspects damage after air strikes on the rebel held al-Ansari neighbourhood any subdivision, others are occupied practical alternatives such as aff ord- perpetrating rumours of a possibility resume,” he told the Conservative Par- of Aleppo yesterday. by a large number of people who put able units and more high-rises would of second coup attempt. “Those are ty’s annual conference. up temporary partitions within a fl at provide the required solution. a pack of lies to create unrest in the The Syrian military, supported by Subsequent attempts by Russia and to east Aleppo and other areas was try- society,” Yildirim said. Speaking to Iranian-backed militias and Russian air the United States - which support op- ing to ensure that Syrian government reporters during a reception to mark power, began a push to take the whole of posing sides in the confl ict - to im- forces did not interfere. the new legislative term of the Turkish the divided city of Aleppo after a cease- plement successful ceasefi res and get The UN has previously criticised the Parliament, Yildirim said the government fi re collapsed last month. The assault guarantees from all parties to ensure Syrian government for restricting the was taking all the necessary measures to has nearly destroyed eastern Aleppo’s the safety of convoy staff have failed. content of aid deliveries, blocking ac- Earth warmer than it has prevent any such attempt. Page 19 healthcare system, the UN said. “The EU calls on all parties to ur- cess to areas of high need and removing The European Union yesterday pro- gently provide the necessary authori- items from some consignments. REGION | Economy posed a new humanitarian plan in co- sations for aid delivery and for medi- In September an aid convoy west of been in 120,000 years Calendar switch ordination with the United Nations for cal evacuations to proceed. It intends Aleppo was hit and destroyed, killing the besieged half of Aleppo, but said it to work intensively in the next hours around 20 people. QNA US Environmental Protection Agency, for salary payment required co-operation from all parties and days with the parties concerned The EU is also asking for medical London created a continuous 2mn year tem- Saudi Arabia yesterday shifted to the to the confl ict. to make this happen,” said a statement evacuations to be allowed not only for perature record, much longer than a Gregorian or Western calendar as a basis The plan aims to deliver medical, from EU foreign aff airs chief Federica eastern Aleppo, but for all areas under previous 22,000 year record. Snyder’s for paying civil servants. The shift comes water and food aid from EU stocks in Mogherini and EU commissioner for siege, including the rebel-besieged new study paints a picture of temperature reconstruction is pub- in response to a decision made by the government-held western Aleppo to up humanitarian aid and crisis manage- towns of Foua and Kefraya in Idlib and an Earth that is warmer than lished in the journal Nature. government a few days ago as part of to 130,000 people in insurgent-con- ment Christos Stylianides.