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Four Thai cave boys rescued Erdogan to take oath today

urkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is all set to take oath Tand announce his Cabinet un- In brief der new presidential system today. The June 24 vote marked Turkey’s transition to an executive presiden- tial system of government, doing QATAR | Offi cial away with the prime minister’s post, Amir condoles with among other changes. Erdogan won an absolute ma- Turkish president jority in the presidential election His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim with 52.5% of the vote, according to bin Hamad al-Thani, His Highness the Turkeys Supreme Election Coun- Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad cil (YSK). The ceremony will be at- al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and tended by 22 heads of the states and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin 28 prime ministers and parliament Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani sent cables speakers from diff erent countries as of condolences to Turkish President well as representatives from Turkey, backed by helicopters will be de- Recep Tayyip Erdogan, expressing his Anadulo news agency reported. ployed for the security of the inau- condolences and sympathies on the Some 10,000 police offi cers guration ceremony. (QNA) victims of the train which derailed in northwestern Turkey yesterday.

QATAR | Reaction Attacks in Tunisia and Iraq condemned Qatar voiced its strong condemnation of the explosion targeting a patrol of MoI launches the Tunisian National Guard off icers Four boys among a group of 13 trapped in a flooded Thai cave for more than a fortnight were rescued yesterday. Picture shows in Jendouba governorate, which left a soldiers outside the quarantine tent in Tham Luang cave area where the rescued boys are checked. Page 10 number of people dead. In a statement issued yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs reiterated Qatar’s ‘accident-free firm stance rejecting violence and terrorism regardless of the motives and causes. Qatar also expressed its strong Sustainable condemnation of the attack on two National strategy military vehicles southwest of the city of Ramadi in Iraq, which resulted in deaths strategy for summer’ drive and injuries. The ministry aff irmed Qatar’s solidarity with the Tunisian and zNeed to end blocking of yellow boxes Iraqi government in all measures taken aims at integrity, food, water to maintain security and stability. he Ministry of Interior launched He said the fi rst week of the “Acci- yesterday a traffi c awareness dent-Free Summer” campaign will fo- QATAR | Weather transparent society stressed Tcampaign entitled “Accident- cus on the off ence of stopping at yellow Temperatures likely to Free Summer” to raise awareness about box, adding that blocking the yellow QNA common traffi c violations and enhance box leads to the disruption of traffi c at top mid-40C levels QNA for Integrity and Transparency, HE Vienna the knowledge of road users in order to intersections, causing traffi c conges- The temperature is expected to Doha al-Misned explained that it includes further reduce the number of road ac- tion. increase in the coming two days and five main pillars, including the pub- cidents. He stressed that drivers in the event exceed the mid-40C levels in Doha lic sector which focuses on enhanc- esearchers from Qatar, Eu- Announcing the launch of the drive, of congestion should not move their and most parts of the country, the Met E the Chairman of the Admin- ing the standards of job behaviour, rope and the United States have Director General of the General Direc- vehicles, although the signal allows Department said yesterday, advising istrative Control and Trans- combating conflicts of interest and Ragreed to prepare a preliminary torate of Traffi c Brigadier Mohamed them to pass. This will help vehicles in people to avoid direct exposure to Hparency Authority Hamad bin transparency of information and en- draft to formulate a sustainable strate- Saad al-Kharji said the ministry, in co- the corresponding paths to move, he sunlight. The maximum temperature is Nasser al-Misned has affi rmed that the hancing integrity and transparency in gy for food, water and energy resources operation with all partners, continues said. Motorists should not stop inside likely to be 47C in Wakrah and Mesaieed fi ght against corruption is a common human resources and procurement. in selected cities and urban areas. The its eff orts to enhance traffi c safety and the yellow box or even parts of it. today, followed by 46C in Doha and 45C responsibility of all the State’s authori- It also includes cooperation between selected cities are Doha, Berlin and achieve the goals and objectives con- Article 72 of Law No (19) of 2007 in Al Khor. Besides a hot daytime, the ties. the public and private sectors and the Bristol in the UK and Vienna. tained in the strategy of traffi c safety, says: “Despite having priority or if detailed forecast says strong winds are He pointed out that the Authority support of private sector entities to This was the outcome of the fi rst especially the reduction of accident the traffic light indicates green, a expected in most areas today along has fi nalised the vision of the National report violations of integrity, in addi- meeting of the joint Qatari-Europe- deaths. motorist may not move the vehicle if with slight to blowing dust and poor Strategy for Integrity and Transpar- tion to the axis of legislation and law an-American research team for food, Qatar is witnessing a remarkable such act will disrupt or hinder traffic, visibility in some places. ency in co-ordination with all na- enforcement, public participation water and energy, held in Vienna in ac- decline in road traffi c fatalities, regis- and whoever has priority may waive tional authorities by establishing the and awareness and international co- cordance with the programme adopted tering 5.4 deaths per 100,000 inhabit- such priority if traffic conditions so AFRICA | Diplomacy necessary foundations and policies to operation. by the international Belmont Forum ants last year, compared to 5.5 in 2016, require.” ensure the promotion of integrity and The Chairman of the Administrative for scientifi c research and the Inter- which is below the world average. The General Director of Traffi c stated Ethiopia, Eritrea transparency in these authorities. Control and Transparency Authority national European Union for Urban Brigadier al-Kharji said that most that cameras at intersections will mon- restore relations In an interview published in Qatari said one of the most important projects Cities, and in realisation of the Sus- of the road accidents, especially those itor the yellow box violation and the Ethiopia and Eritrea agreed yesterday newspapers yesterday, he said Qatar’s that the Authority is working on is the tainable Urbanisation Global Initiative that result in deaths and injuries, are off ence would attract a fi ne of QR500, to normalise relations and reopen accession to the United Nations Con- strengthening of measures related to (SUGI). due to the human element - people which has to be paid in full. embassies and borders, following the vention against Corruption (UNCAC) confl icts of interest and access to in- The meeting was held under the su- who drive carelessly while engaged on Meanwhile, Brigadier al-Kharji landmark visit paid by Ethiopian Prime in 2007 is an affi rmation of its fi ght formation. pervision of Qatar National Research mobile phones. added that 50 fancy car numbers will Minister Abiy Ahmed to Eritrea and his against corruption. He also revealed that the Authority is Fund of Qatar Foundation for Educa- He noted that speeding increases dur- be available through Metrash2 appli- meeting with Eritrean President Isaias He pointed out that Qatar is one of currently investigating complaints of tion, Science and Community Devel- ing the summer because of the easy fl ow cation, as of 12:00pm next Tuesday at Afwerki, aimed at ending decades the countries in the forefront of fi ght corruption in some ministries, without opment and an international donor of traffi c and the absence of traffi c con- fi xed prices. of diplomatic and armed strife. The against corruption and one of the least naming them. community. gestion. He called on drivers to respect He said that a buyer of one of these announcement capped weeks of corrupt countries in the world. Last He said the Authority is the only The joint Qatari-European-Amer- the rules and to stick to speed limits. numbers has no right to buy another whirlwind change, driven by the new year Qatar was ranked the second least body in the country that has the au- ican research team decided to hold its Brig al-Kharji pointed to the prob- number until 72 hours after his previ- Ethiopian Prime Minister, who was corrupt country in the region and 29th thority of comprehensive supervision, second meeting in Berlin, the second lem of blocking the yellow box at in- ous purchase in order to give a chance welcomed for face-to-face talks in the globally in the 2017 Corruption Per- namely administrative, fi nancial and city selected as an international model tersections and signals, which he said for more buyers to obtain those num- Eritrean capital by President Afwerki. ception Index (CPI). technical control over all entities under for the adoption of the food, water and causes traffi c accidents and obstructs bers, noting that the prices range be- Regarding the National Strategy its control. To Page 7 energy strategy. the fl ow of vehicles. tween QR15,000 and QR3,000. Qatar team learning from ‘impeccable’ Russia World Cup

DPA said. “So this is something that we need “They’re going to give us a run for a World Cup happening,” al-Khater “Obviously, it’s a platform used by for November and December rather Moscow to take note of, and this is something our money, it’s going to be a high bar to said. diff erent police enforcement agencies than the traditional European summer that we need to consider going back to beat,” al- Khater said. Qatar in comparison will be “a city around the world. Interpol, the Premier months. Qatar.” World Cup” and the World Cup is “go- League, Scotland Yard all have databases “We don’t know what the format is atar is reconsidering its 2022 Qatari organisers have now realised “The nature of the size of ing to be present everywhere”. of people who you don’t want at football like yet, so I can’t really tell you would World Cup fan concept after their planned fan-fest site is in “the Qatar and I believe the “The nature of the size of Qatar and I games. Qatar be able to cope (with 48 teams),” Qwitnessing how Moscow has wrong spot” and “would get in the way believe the fact you’re going to have the “Historically they’ve been violent or he said. experienced the infl ux of tens of thou- actually of free-fl ow of people,” al- fact you’re going to have fans of 32 teams pretty much in a city, I created a lot of problems, so from that He added: “If we look at the World sands of foreign supporters. Khater said in an interview round with the fans of 32 teams pretty think is going to be electrifying,” he said. sense, we are looking into the fan ID, to Cup here in Russia, I’m wondering The location of a fan-fest planned in international media in Moscow. much in a city, I think is It is unclear whether Qatar will rep- see if it’s a way of making sure that we where are the European fans? All the Doha will have to be changed after Qa- Four stadiums will host games in the licate the fan ID system which operated know who’s entering Qatar. Have we fans here are from South America. tari organisers observed crowd fl ows Qatari capital. The fan-fest had been going to be electrifying” in Russia. Al-Khater said he was initially taken a decision on it now? No, not yet.” “Peru-France game, 35,000-capacity during the World Cup in the Russian planned at Al Bidda Park near the central sceptical about it and pointed out that Although there have been some calls - 29,000 from Peru, 2,900 from France capital, Nasser al-Khater, the 2022 dep- harbour promenade. Although central Moscow has ex- the fan ID was used by the Russians as to bring forward the planned expansion and the rest were Russian. uty organisation chief, said. Qatar has had some 100 people in perienced a World Cup party atmos- a visa whereas Qatar has a 90-country of the World Cup from 32 to 48 teams, as “I don’t know where the European “What we saw in Moscow, which has Russia monitoring the World Cup and phere, the size of the city means “you visa-on-arrival policy. will happen in 2026, al-Khater said Qa- fans are, I don’t know if it’s going to be two stadiums, is that a city can be very they have been impressed by the “im- could be in the neighbourhood of “We’re looking into it, we think it tar was planning for a 32-team tourna- the same when Qatar comes along.” quickly overwhelmed by big crowds,” he peccable” organisation. Moscow and not even realise there is worked well,” he said. ment. The Qatar tournament is planned Page 20 Gulf Times 2 Monday, July 9, 2018 QATAR

Amiri Air Force participates in UK air show

The Qatar Amiri Air Force has taken part in the Yeovilton International Air Day 2018, which is organised by the Royal Air Force in the UK on the sidelines of its centenary celebrations. The Qatar Amiri Air Force participated in the exhibition with the transport aircraft C-130J, QNA reported yesterday. Captain Fahad Issa al-Kuwari stressed the importance of taking part in such events, noting that the participation came on the directives of HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Aff airs Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah. The exhibition was attended by the military attache of Qatar in London, Brig Gen Hamad Jassim al-Marri. HMC cautions Pedalling for a cause about the risk of drowning ith 15 cases of near- assessed by a medical practition- drowning and two fatal- er as soon as possible (no longer Wities recorded so far this than one hour after the event) to year at Hamad Medical Corpora- assess the risk of dry or second- tion (HMC)’s Paediatric Emer- ary drowning. The symptoms of gency Centres, HMC has reminded secondary drowning can appear parents and caregivers about the hours after a near-drowning importance of water safety. experience. These submersion According to the Hamad In- injuries are very serious and can ternational Training Centre’s be fatal,” cautioned Dr al-Ansari. Kulluna for Health and Safety Further, he explains that the initiative, drowning is a leading symptoms of secondary drown- cause of accidental death and ing can include trouble breath- serious disability in children in ing, coughing, drowsiness, a A team of Qatari cyclists has had a successful run during its fourth consecutive participation in the Global Biking Initiative (GBI) Europe Qatar. Some 90% of drowning drop in energy level, irritability, initiative, which kicked off in Sweden last week and covered a distance of 750km - passing through Denmark and ending in Hamburg, cases involve children under the Dr Khalid al-Ansari chest pain and vomiting. He says Germany. The seven-day event witnessed the participation of more than 600 cyclists representing 35 countries to raise funds for age of 10, with 70% of these cas- while rare, secondary drowning charity, according to a statement by the Ministry of Culture and Sports. The Qatari team included 38 cyclists from Qatar Cycling Centre, es involving children under the tervene quickly, it is possible for is life-threatening and it’s im- including HE Hassan bin Ghanim al-Muhannadi, former minister of justice, and off icials from the centre. Through their participation, age of four. a child who has drowned - or has portant for parents to know the Qatari youth aimed to raise funds to build a QR230,000 school and a QR210,000 hospital to support the return and reintegration of “So far this year, HMC’s Pae- been involved in a near-drown- signs and symptoms. Somali refugees and displaced persons through providing housing, health and education. diatric Emergency Centres have ing - to make a complete recov- “It’s important for parents to received approximately 15 chil- ery. He adds that while dry and learn how to recognise the signs dren involved in near-drownings. secondary drownings are rare, of secondary and dry drown- Sadly, we also received two chil- the conditions are extremely se- ing so they won’t attribute the dren who had succumbed to their rious and it is important for par- symptoms associated with these injuries as a result of drowning. ents and caregivers to recognise conditions, such as fatigue or a Qatar Shell, CNA-Q off er STEM summer camp Due to their injuries, we were their symptoms. drop in their child’s energy level, unable to revive them. This is Dry drowning can resemble to a long day of swimming, or sad and diffi cult for the ectedaff choking. It occurs when water exhaustion from a near-drown- atar Shell has partnered on the CNA-Q campus from July will be introduced to the college’s pation of attending post-sec- families,” said Dr Khalid al-Ansa- enters the nose or mouth and the ing. While these conditions are with College of the North 22 to August 2. It is designed to core off erings: Business & Entre- ondary education,” said Samah ri, medical director of Paediatric muscles close off and spasm. It somewhat rare, they can be fatal, QAtlantic - Qatar (CNA- enhance young people’s creative preneurship, Information Tech- Gamar, vice-president (Aca- Emergency Medicine at HMC. normally occurs soon after exit- so it is important to Q) to off er a “fi rst-of-its-kind” and critical thinking skills through nology, Engineering Technology demic) at CNA-Q. Dr al-Ansari says while ing the water. have the child examined im- summer camp to engage high hands-on, applied learning via and Industrial Trades, and Health “Qatar’s future development drownings and near-drownings In contrast, secondary drown- mediately as a precautionary school students in STEM (Sci- Technical and Vocational Educa- Sciences. All activities will be of- relies on the capable talents of are normally associated with ing occurs when water gets into measure,” he adds. ence, Technology, Engineering, tion and Training (TVET), accord- fered in English and taught by the knowledge-based, technically- deep water and swimming in the lungs and causes infl amma- He says the most important Mathematics). ing to a press statement. college’s array of industry ex- trained young people, and this is pools or the sea, global statistics tion or swelling. The condition thing that parents and caregiv- The summer camp, with sup- Students will also partici- perts. The camp is free of charge exactly the group we are looking indicate that children can drown can occur up to 24 hours after a ers can do is to help prevent port from the Ministry of Edu- pate in Shell NXplorers, which and space is limited. to cultivate through this pro- in bathtubs, fi sh tanks, buckets, near-drowning incident, under- a drowning. He recommends cation and Higher Education, is an innovative educational “We are pleased to off er STEM gramme. This summer camp is toilet bowls and at building sites. scoring the importance of both watching children closely when comes under the Shell “Maharat programme for young people. CampUS in partnership with designed to enhance young peo- A child can drown in less than knowing the signs and symp- they are in or around water, Qatar” programme - which is Additionally, students will par- Shell Qatar for the fi rst time this ple’s creative and critical think- two minutes, and in as little as toms to look out for and ensur- only swimming in areas that committed to developing and in- ticipate in a variety of sports ac- summer. This is an exciting op- ing skills, which in turn will 5cm of liquid, underscoring the ing that any child who has expe- have a lifeguard, never letting spiring the young minds of Qatar tivities, career path assessments portunity to for us at CNA-Q bring about positive change.” need for constant supervision rienced a near drowning receives children swim alone, and never in STEM-related fi elds. and a fi eld trip to visit Qatar to extend our passion for STEM Students who want to reg- around water. medical attention. leaving a baby alone near any The deadline for registration Shell Research and Technology and TVET learning with high ister for the programme may Dr al-Ansari says when medi- “When a child survives a amount of water – including in is July 12. Centre. school students, who are keen visit www.cna-qatar.com or call cal professionals are able to in- drowning, s/he still needs to be the home. ‘STEM CampUS’ will be held During the camp, the students to explore career paths in antici- 4495-2505.

Qatari students to attend summer Third edition of dates festival to be launched on July 19 camp in Jordan

he Ministry of Munici- The upcoming festival will off ering farms more support, the A delegation of 36 Qatari pality and Environment display all types of Qatari dates offi cials concerned hope to at- students from the Qatar School of T(MME) agriculture section and the participating farms will tain 100% self-suffi ciency in the Science and Technology (QSTP) will organise the third edition of display their produce for sale upcoming season. will participate in a summer camp the local dates festival at Souq throughout the event. Accord- The festival will be open to in Jordan through July 20. Waqif from July 19 to August 4 to ingly, the organising committee the public daily from 4pm until Organised by Jubilee Centre coincide with the dates produc- of the festival has put forward a 10pm throughout its duration. for Excellence Education, tion season in the country. number of conditions to guar- This edition of the festival will the programme comprises The event will see the partici- antee the quality and health and also include a number of forums many educational activities pation of a number of local farms safety of the products on display. on relevant issues, a dates ex- on the basics of design and companies, the MME has Dates should be free from dis- hibition and a competition for and technology - such as said in a statement. ease or any insect-caused in- household palm trees. Registra- teamwork, brainstorming, The festival, sponsored by the fection; they should also be free tion is open at the MME’s Agri- mental maps, engineering Souq Waqif management, is part from traces of insecticide and culture Aff airs Department for drawing, posters and of the MME’s eff orts to main- chemicals, which is to be con- those willing to take part. presentations, in addition to tain the cultural heritage of the fi rmed in co-operation with the In addition, the MME will participation in a number of country and attract more tour- Ministry of Public Health. Also, conduct a number of workshops scientific competitions and ists, in addition to encouraging the texture and smell of the dates to instruct the public on various designing real-life projects farmers to preserve and develop should be normal. technical issues involved in palm using specialised software. their palm trees and keep them Some 175 tonnes of dates were tree planting. In general, the camp aims in the best shape possible. It has sold at a total market price of Meanwhile, the MME’s agri- at re-shaping the interests also been accredited as an annual QR1.3mn during the previous dates culture section is preparing to of participants in the field event that promotes interaction festival at Souq Waqif, and the organise another festival in Oc- of learning and knowledge, among farmers in the fi eld and country has attained more than tober, whose details will be of- highlighting their energies and serves as an excellent platform 80% self-suffi ciency in dates pro- fi cially announced after the con- abilities, and developing their to exchange related experiences, duction, according to the MME. clusion of the third local dates skills in engineering, electronics, the statement notes. Through such festivals and by festival. From a previous edition of the festival. design and technology. Gulf Times Monday, July 9, 2018 3 QATAR

Foreign ministry official meets envoy

HE the Minister of Culture and Sports Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser al-Ali with other dignitaries at the inauguration ceremony of Qatar Today TV Channel yesterday.

HE the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs Dr Ahmed bin Hassan al-Hammadi met Minister praises Qatari media the outgoing ambassador of Slovenia to Qatar (non-resident) Tatjana Miskova. HE al-Hammadi thanked the Slovenian ambassador for her eff orts to support and promote bilateral relations and for braving siege onslaught wished her success in her new assignments.

QNA propriate environment for pri- was delighted to inaugurate Qa- continue their eff orts and carry Doha vate media in light of the free- tar Today, noting that it has not out their duty towards the so- dom of information provided by been far from the Qatari media ciety, noting that the Ministry MoI launches survey to Qatar, as well as the availability since its inception nearly fi ve of Culture and Sports provides E the Minister of Cul- of information and media infra- years ago, where it was aligned facilities for those wishing to in- ture and Sports Salah bin structure, stressing the support with the goals and programmes, vest in the media sector. HGhanem bin Nasser al-Ali of Qatar for every free media to be respected by the recipient Meanwhile, CEO of Qatar To- assess public satisfaction has underlined the success of the that serves human awareness in Qatar and abroad. day Jassim bin Jabr bin Towar Qatari media in defending its just and conscience. She noted that the launch of a al-Kuwari said that the channel case in the face of the lies of the In response to a question from new satellite channel refl ects the aims to pursue excellence and QNA siege countries’ media outlets. Qatar News Agency (QNA) about State’s vision to the promotion creativity and to invest modern Doha Speaking on the sidelines of the facilities granted by the Min- of diverse investments, espe- technologies to serve the inter- the inauguration ceremony of istry of Culture and Sports to cially in the fi eld of media, thus ests of the public. Qatar Today TV Channel broad- investors wishing to enter the contributing to the diversity of During the past period, the he Ministry of Interior launched yesterday a cast via the Qatari Satellite fi eld of media, the minister said media content presented to the channel has been providing di- comprehensive fi eld survey to measure the “Es’hailSat”, which was held at that the ministry provides all public. verse content in various fi elds, Tpublic’s satisfaction with the services pro- the headquarters of the Ministry necessary facilities for invest- She praised the role of the especially in the economy, cul- vided to them through the unifi ed centres located of Culture and Sports yesterday, ment in the fi eld of media where Qatari media – government and ture, heritage, community is- in diff erent areas of the country. the minister said that the Qatari the licensing of broadcasting is private. She said that all of them, sues, health, as well as drama The Ministry said the two-week survey, held by media was able to undermine all granted by ordinary procedures, including satellite channels, ra- production, al-Kuwari added, the Planning and Quality Department, will cover all accusations of the siege coun- provided that they comply with dio, newspapers, websites and noting that the coming period the service centres affi liated with the Unifi ed Serv- tries because it was standing on the laws and regulations within even the social media, are able will witness more eff ective con- ices Department. strong, credible, just and true the state, and send a truth- to defend their case through tent in various areas. The questionnaire will cover three main aspects An MoI off icial conducting the survey. bases that enabled it to face all ful message serving the human spreading facts and uncovering The licence agreement was related to evaluating the reception service, service the hate media campaigns. awareness and conscience. the lies and fabrications, thus signed by the head of the Min- procedures and work environment. they are one of the most important tools that help The Minister of Culture and Meanwhile, Director of gaining the confi dence and re- istry of Culture and Sports fol- The Ministry noted that this comes as part of the evaluate the effi ciency of services provided to the Sports expressed pleasure at Broadcasting Licensing Depart- spect of the people in Qatar and low-up unit in the Broadcasting fi eld surveys series held by the Planning and Qual- public to avoid any complaints, thus improving launching the Qatar Today TV ment at the Ministry of Culture abroad, refl ecting the profes- Licensing Department Issa al- ity Department with regard to the procedures for them. Channel, via the Qatari Satel- and Sports Sheikha Najla Faisal sionalism and freedom enjoyed Kuwari and Qatar Today Chan- receiving users, speed of transaction completion It urged users to co-operate with survey teams in lite “Es’hailSat”, noting that the al-Thani, said in her speech by the Qatari media. nel’s CEO Jassim bin Jabr bin and responding to inquiries. the centres as their views are taken into account for ministry works to create the ap- during the ceremony that she She called on the media to Towar al-Kuwari. The Ministry said the surveys are important as the development and improvement of services. Gulf Times 4 Monday, July 9, 2018 QATAR Kuwait-Qatar relations exhibition concludes he Kuwait-Qatar re- form for sharing friendship lations exhibitions at and brotherhood messages TKatara – the Cultural for the Qatari people by dis- Village concluded yesterday, playing some old commercial receiving more visitors and correspondences between the enthusiasts. two nations, which document The fi ve-day exhibition, or- rooted and strong relations. ganised in co-ordination with The exhibition showcased Sections of the exhibition. the Kuwaiti Expo 965 team for some artefacts, rare docu- heritage exhibitions, attracted ments and manuscripts dating diplomats, dignitaries and back to the beginning of the public fi gures, among others. 20th century and consisted an The participants at the ex- archive of more than 2mn doc- hibition praised Katara for its uments about Kuwait and the eff orts in making the show a Gulf states, some date back to success and giving the Expo more than 200 years. 965 team an opportunity to The archive also included showcase their collections in a collection of some rare Ku- Qatar. waiti offi cial documents such The exhibition also enabled as passports issued during the heritage enthusiasts and ar- reign of Sheikh Abdallah bin tisans in Qatar to interact and Sabah in 1887. exchange expertise with the The exhibition showcased Kuwaiti heritage collectors the strength of Qatari-Kuwaiti and preservers. relations and brotherhood According to the organis- and the mutual heritage and ers, the show became a plat- history they share. Dignitaries and off icials at the exhibition. Xiaomi opens authorised Mi Store

lobal technology leader company has seen an overall mo- Xiaomi has launched the bile sales growth in the mid-high Gfi rst authorised Mi store in smartphone. Xiaomi’s consistent Qatar, in partnership with its local growth in this segment has been distributor Intertec Group. remarkable. At the authorised Mi This highlights Xiaomi’s “un- Store, customers can fi nd Xiao- wavering eff orts to bring more in- mi’s ecosystem products in an af- novative products at honest prices fordable price range” to Mi Fans in Middle East”, accord- At the opening ceremony, it was ing to a statement. announced that Xiaomi’s fl agship George Thomas, Intertec Group smartphone Mi MIX 2S will be CFO and adviser to the chairman, made available in Qatar. inaugurated the fi rst authorised The Mi MIX 2S uses the lat- Mi Store in Qatar in the presence est Sony IMX363 fl agship sensor of Asraf N K, division manager, for its dual-camera setup, with Intertec; Arjun Batra, commercial 1.4μm pixels for signifi cantly bet- manager, Middle East, Xiaomi; ter photos in low light, and Dual Tony Qin, retail manager, Middle Pixel technology for superfast East, Xiaomi; and other offi cials autofocusing. Mi MIX 2S also from Xiaomi, Intertec at a cer- comes with integrated AI features, emony held in the showroom lo- including AI-enabled camera cated on Al Nasr Street, Doha. features and face-unlocking, the The store features a wide range statement notes. of Xiaomi products — provid- Mi MIX 2S uses the Qualcomm ing customers in Qatar and other Snapdragon 845 chipset, manu- nations in the region with the factured using the latest genera- “best-in-class experience of tion 10nm process. With a maxi- its top off erings”, from Xiaomi’s mum clock speed of 2.8GHz and smartphones such as the Mi MIX eight Kryo 385 cores, the CPU sees 2S to Mi Ecosystem products, a 30% performance increase over including Mi Air Purifi er 2, Mi Off icials at the store’s launch. the last generation. Qualcomm Band 2 and the 20000mAh Mi Snapdragon 845 also features the Power Bank, among others. well to the introduction of con- our product portfolio from De- stone of opening the author- new Adreno 630 GPU, which gives Customers can also purchase nected smart handheld devices cember 2016 and within this ized Mi Store, which will fulfi l up to 30 percent higher perform- the recently launched Redmi Note available at aff ordable prices. And short tenure, Xiaomi has be- expectations in Qatar.” ance and up to 30% lower power 5 and Redmi S2 at the new store. since its entry into the Qatar mar- come one of the most powerful Asraf expressed gratitude to the consumption. Thomas said, “The overall mo- ket, Xiaomi has seen remarkable and demanding brands in Qatar. Qatar market, partners and media The Mi MIX 2S will be available bile market in the region is chang- growth. During this successful journey, for their contribution and sup- in Qatar for QR2,149.00 for the ing rapidly. Qatar is responding “We added Xiaomi mobiles to Intertec has achieved the mile- port. “In the last few quarters, the 6GB + 64GB version. DCMF holds training course on safety of journalists oha Centre for Media Free- number of participants gave posi- dom (DCMF) has concluded tive feedback on the course. Da training course, ‘Safety of Ayman Jad, news anchor and pre- Journalists in Confl ict Areas, re- senter with Watan TV, praised the cently in Istanbul, Turkey. eff orts of DCMF in training jour- The course was organised by nalists on how to deal with the risks DCMF in collaboration with Qatar they face while they are covering ar- Red Crescent and Al Jazeera Media eas of confl ict. Institute. He said this course has a great The course was moderated by impact on developing skills of jour- Mahmoud al-Ken, reporter and nalists by providing them with the producer at Al Jazeera. The course necessary guidelines to insure their mainly focused on raising the safety. awareness of journalists around At the end of the course, the their safety during media cover- participants were given their cer- age in areas of confl ict, in addi- tifi cates in addition to fi rst-aid kits, tion to providing them with the which were provided by Qatar Red skills that help them deal with Crescent, to enhance their safety the risks they may face during during press coverage in confl ict their work. areas. Twenty journalists participated Participants of the training course. The course was part of DCMF’s in the training course, mainly from training plan, which focuses its ef- countries that suff er from confl icts lectures on the risks that many fi eld and ensure self-protection by forts on training journalists working and crises. The participants re- journalists face in confl ict areas, following the safety guidelines. in confl ict areas on how to maintain ceived various presentations and also how to assess the risk in the During the closing ceremony, a their safety during press coverage. Porsche 918 Spyder model of 2015 recalled

he Ministry of Economy and Commerce recall campaign came within the framework of its sure that the necessary repairs are carried out. (MEC), in collaboration with Al Boraq Au- ongoing eff orts to protect consumers and ensure The ministry has urged all customers to report Ttomobiles Co, dealer of Porsche vehicles in that car dealers followed up on vehicles’ defects violations to its Consumer Protection and Anti- Qatar, has announced a recall of the Porsche 918 and repair them. Commercial Fraud Department through the call Spyder model of 2015 over a possible erosion of The MEC has said it will co-ordinate with the centre: 16001, e-mail: [email protected], Twit- control arms. dealer to follow up on maintenance and repair ter: @MEC_Qatar, Instagram: MEC_Qatar and In a statement yesterday, the ministry said the works and communicate with customers to en- its mobile app for Android and iOS: MEC_Qatar Gulf Times Monday, July 9, 2018 5 QATAR

Final touches to Ras Bu Fontas rail station The interiors of Qatar Rail’s Ras Bu Fontas station gets the final touches. The “intricate Qatar Airways vaulted ceiling is highlighted by LED strip lighting, while patterned terrazzo flooring and the open skylight further define” the typical interior of the Doha Metro stations, enhances Qatar Rail tweeted yesterday. on-board dining menu atar Airways has revealed a series of enhancements Qto its Economy Class on-board menus, “designed to elevate customers’ experi- ence when they travel with the QDVC honours 41 long-serving workers award-winning airline”. The new enhancements, which will become available in atari construction com- a phased introduction across pany QDVC recently or- the airline’s network with eff ect Qganised, on the occasion from July 1, include an increase of the Eid celebration, its annu- of 25% in content for all Econ- al gathering event at the Serge omy Class hot meals served on Moulene workers’ community. board, the Doha-based carrier The event was chaired by the said in a statement. HR director in addition to the Newly-designed and larger The new enhancements include an increase of 25% in content for community management. casserole dishes have also been all Economy Class hot meals served on board. The event kicked off with the created and coupled with cov- management’s celebration of ers depicting brightly coloured caterers to provide our custom- The enhanced signature QDVC’s long service. artwork. ers with an authentic and indul- dishes and in-fl ight menus also Long service awards were Other additions include re- gent experience in the skies. feature regional infl uences and distributed to 41 employees of vamped Economy Class in-fl ight “Crafted with detail and qual- locally sourced produce based the company celebrating their menus featuring new delicious ity, our new concepts will off er on route destinations and in length of service, loyalty and meals, which will be off ered on our passengers the highest of alignment with the four sea- contribution to the contin- Off icials and workers at the event. medium and longer-haul routes, standards and ensure their jour- sons. ued success and growth of the the statement notes. neys with us are second to none.” Qatar Airways operates a fl eet company. Aside from the cer- plifi ed by their willingness to manpower agencies and sup- series of artistic performances, Qatar Airways Group chief Recently, Qatar’s national car- of more than 200 aircraft to a tifi cates and commemorative come back to work for the com- pliers, affi rm QDVC’s intention folklore and dances to enter- executive Akbar al-Baker said, rier launched a new on-board network of more than 150 key plaques, the awardees also re- pany again and again after the to be always transparent in an tain the 1,500 participants. “Qatar Airways is delighted to dining experience for its premi- business and leisure destina- ceived token gifts. end of their two-year service. innovative and collaborative Some 30 artistes performed for launch the latest on-board din- um customers, which started on tions across Europe, the Middle Philippe Tavernier, CEO of “Signing the agreement on way and to provide a tangible more than four hours in Hindi, ing enhancements that will un- European routes from May 1. East, Africa, Asia Pacifi c, North QDVC, said: “Such events are workers’ rights with Building sign of commitment to achieve Tamil, Nepali, Punjabi and Ben- doubtedly off er our esteemed The new concepts include new- America and South America. an important part of QDVC’s and Wood Workers’ Interna- the objectives set in Qatar Na- gali. Moreover, three groups of passengers an even higher level ly-designed tableware, in-fl ight The airline plans a host of new ongoing engagement with the tional and Vinci in November tional Vision 2030 and the UN dancers presented several Bol- of service and luxury. dining menus, chinaware and destination launches this year, workforce and refl ect its con- 2017, as well as the recent sign- Guiding Principles on Business lywood and Bhangda dances to “We have carefully crafted cutlery that were specially created including Tallinn, Estonia; Val- tinuous eff orts to provide em- ing of an MoU with Interna- and Human Rights publicly en- traditional songs. new dishes through collaborat- to meet customers’ high expecta- letta, Malta; Langkawi, Malaysia ployees with the best working tional Labour Organisation on dorsed by Qatar.” Special catering was also ar- ing with our global network of tions for fi ne dining in the sky. and Da Nang, Vietnam. and living conditions, exem- fair recruitment process among The event concluded with a ranged for all employees. Gulf Times 6 Monday, July 9, 2018 QATAR Workshop on illegal wildlife trade New colours for Galaxy S9 and S9+

amsung Gulf Electronics has offi cially launched two Snew colour editions of the Galaxy S9 and S9+, Sunrise Gold and Coral Blue, in Qatar. The new colour editions have been added to “meet the needs of discerning consumers who want devices that express their style and personality”, Samsung has said in a statement. The Sunrise Gold edition ex- clusive for Galaxy S9+ is Sam- sung’s fi rst device to feature a satin gloss fi nish, which wraps The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) yesterday launched a three-day workshop on how the smartphone in a tranquil to prevent the illegal wildlife trade. Present on the occasion were Omar Salem al-Nuaimi, director of the glow and glimmer. Environmental Protection, Nature Reserves and Wildlife Department at the ministry, Mohamed Mubarak The new Sunrise Gold was en- al-Marri, head of the Wildlife Section, and a number of MME off icials and employees. The workshop visioned to capture the beauty targets employees of the MME’s Environmental Protection, Natural Reserves and Wildlife Department, of the moment when the sun- Animal Wealth Department, General Authority of Customs and the Airport Security Department to light reaches its zenith, creating enhance their eff iciency in terms of implementing the necessary procedures to combat the illegal a feeling of both vibrancy and wildlife trade. calm. This sophisticated fi nish was developed to appeal to all users by bringing a stylistic touch of high fashion and urban interior design to a user’s mobile device. Similarly, the new Coral Blue ers to connect to others and ex- edition for Galaxy S9 and S9+ press themselves in a way that’s was created to fi t the design ele- unique and personal to them,” ments that include the materials said Tarek Sabbagh, head of the and fi nishes of the device. IT and Mobile (IM) Division, QIB launches The colour was inspired by Samsung Gulf Electronics. the quietness of water projected “The response to the Gal- in the glass by the soft light at axy S9 and S9+ has been over- dawn, to provide a sense of calm whelmingly positive, and we and tranquillity often associated remain committed to listening with nature. to our customers and continuing summer promo “The way customers interact to deliver meaningful innovation with their smartphones contin- based on our legacy in design and atar Islamic Bank (QIB) has announced the launch of reward a total of 24 winners and one grand prize ues to evolve and impact their heritage in technology.” its annual summer campaign, ‘Win Weekly with QIB- winner. A monthly draw will be held to pick the self-expression, and colour The Coral Blue colour is avail- QVisa Cards’, with a grand prize of the Lexus LX570. weekly winners of the previous month, while the choice has become a very impor- able for both Galaxy S9 and Gal- This year’s campaign runs from the beginning of July grand prize draw will be held in October to an- tant component of that person- axy S9+, whereas the Sunrise until the end of September, giving QIB Visa credit and nounce the winner. alisation. Gold is only available for the debit cardholders “a chance to win exciting prizes”, the The draws for the prizes will take place at QIB’s The introduction of these two Galaxy S9+. The latest editions bank has said in a statement. headquarters under the auspices of the Ministry exciting and vibrant colours to can be purchased at all major re- Customers who uses their Visa debit card on interna- of Economy and Commerce, in the presence of the Galaxy S9 and S9+ in the re- tailers and Samsung Brand stores tional spend of QR500 or Visa credit card on local and representatives from Visa and QIB. gion further empowers custom- across Qatar. international spend of QR500 per transaction will get the chance to enter the weekly draw, which off ers two weekly winners QR5,000 each, while one grand prize winner will get a brand-new Lexus LX570 at the end of the campaign period. “Once again, we partner with Visa International to of- fer our customers exciting prizes,” said D Anand, general manager of QIB’s Personal Banking Group. “Whether our customer chooses to spend their summer holidays abroad or at home, QIB is rewarding them with weekly prizes and one lucky winner will own the brand new Lexus LX570” “This year’s promotion coincides with the launch of the Absher Rewards programme, our way of saying thank you to our customers for choosing to bank every day with us. Every time QIB Visa debit, charge or credit cardholders use their cards, they will earn Absher points that are easily re- deemable online through the Absher portal.” Over the course of the promotion, QIB and Visa will

Nama to discuss future of youth at UN panel meet

he Social Devel- ture of young people in opment Centre Qatar, including the char- T– Nama, in co-op- acteristics and behav- eration with the United ioural attitudes of youth, Nations Population Fund analysis of policies, plans, (UNFPA), is organising an programmes and services expanded workshop on implemented. “Qatari youth and their The workshop will also role in comprehensive de- discuss a number of ob- velopment” tomorrow. servable recommenda- The workshop will dis- tions on how to improve cuss the results of a study the working methods with prepared by Nama in col- young people in Qatar, to laboration with UNFPA. achieve further develop- The study, “Youth in the ment and progress of the State of Qatar: Situation country. Analysis and Response As- A number of experts and sessment”, is part of a fi rst researchers interested in wave of two-year project development and empow- on the same issue. erment issues will join the The workshop will con- seminar as well as special- sist of four sessions, in ad- ists in youth studies and dition to the opening and roles at diff erent levels, closing meetings. especially those related to The workshop will fo- their participation in com- cus on analysing several prehensive community de- trends related to the fu- velopment plans. Gulf Times Monday, July 9, 2018 7 QATAR/REGION/ARAB WORLD

‘Terrorist attack’ kills Tens of thousands return home six Tunisia security after south Syria ceasefi re deal

AFP forces Beirut

AFP ens of thousands have Tunis returned to their homes Tin southern Syria since a ceasefi re deal between regime ix members of Tunisia’s ally Russia and rebels to end security forces were killed more than two weeks of deadly Syesterday in a “terrorist bombardment, a monitoring attack” near the border with Al- group said yesterday. geria, the interior ministry said, The deal was largely holding the country’s deadliest such in- despite air strikes on two ar- cident in over two years. eas that killed four civilians, the A national guard border pa- Syrian Observatory for Human trol in the Ain Sultan area of the Rights monitoring group said, Jenduba border province “was and although rebel evacuations hit in a landmine ambush that under the deal were postponed. killed six agents” at 11:45am President Bashar al-Assad’s (1045 GMT), the ministry said in regime is determined to retake a statement. control of the key southern Ministry spokesman General province of Deraa bordering Smoke rises above eastern rebel-held areas of the city of Deraa Sufyan al-Zaq said the blast was Jordan and the Israeli-occupied during reported air strikes by Syrian regime forces, yesterday. a “terrorist attack” and that as- Golan Heights, seven years after sailants had “opened fi re on se- protests there sparked Syria’s “The regime and the Russians eration) has been postponed to a curity forces” after the mine ex- civil war. consider themselves to have later date,” the rebel spokesman ploded. “Combing operations” Since June 19, a deadly regime won and are acting accord- said. were underway, said Zaq, who bombardment campaign on the ingly, advancing and applying An Islamic State group affi li- had earlier said that eight guards province had caused more than articles of the deal however they ate, which holds a small pocket were killed in the attack. 320,000 people to fl ee their want,” rebel spokesman Hus- in the southwest of Deraa, is ex- No group has claimed the homes, according to the United sein Abazeed said. cluded from the ceasefi re deal. attack, which took place in a Nations, many to the sealed UN Resident and Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Jordan Anders Pedersen (right) and UNHCR On Friday, regime forces re- The regime assault on rebel- mountainous border area where border with Jordan. Representative in Jordan Stefano Severe, give a joint press conference on the Syrian refugees took control of the Nassib bor- held areas in Daraa since June 19 the Al-Qaeda-linked Okba Ibn On Friday, rebels and the re- situation, in Amman, yesterday. der crossing with Jordan. had killed more than 160 civil- Nafaa Battalion and the Tuni- gime announced a ceasefi re Under the ceasefi re deal, gov- ians, the Observatory says. sian branch of the Islamic State deal, providing for opposition headed back inside Syria. Mayazin on the highway from capital of Daraa also killed one ernment forces were to deploy Since Russia intervened on group, Jund al-Khilafa (Soldiers fi ghters to hand over their heavy There are only “around 150 the border had killed several civilian, the Observatory said. along the frontier with Jordan, Assad’s side in Syria’s confl ict in of the Caliphate), are active. weapons and paving the way for to 200 people right now at the soldiers, Observatory director Clashes between both sides while rebels were to hand over 2015, the Damascus regime has Yesterday’s assault marks a government takeover of the border”, he said. Rami Abdel Rahman said, with- rocked the area between Deraa their heavy weapons. notched up a series of victories the fi rst major attack in Tunisia province. Yesterday, the returns were out providing a toll. city and Um al-Mayazin. Opposition fi ghters were also against rebels and militants in since a March 2016 attack on se- More than 60,000 people continuing, the Observatory By yesterday afternoon, re- By late yesterday, regime given the option of being bused the country. curity installations in the town have since taken to the roads said, even as regime warplanes gime forces had taken control of troops had taken control of an out to rebel-held areas in north- Regime forces, who secured of Ben Guerdane on the Libyan from the Jordanian frontier, pounded two areas of Deraa the village, he and Syria’s state air base southwest of Deraa City ern Syria. the capital Damascus earlier border. That attack killed 13 se- heading back to their homes in province. news agency SANA said. after rebel fi ghters there with- But Abazeed said the evacu- this year, now control more than curity forces and seven civilians. the east or west of the province, Three civilians were killed in “The military incursion into drew, according to the Observa- ation of opposition fi ghters 60% of the country, according The latest incident comes as the Britain-based Observatory air strikes on Um al-Mayazin, Um al-Mayazin came after op- tory. and their families planned for to the Observatory. Tunisia is targeting its best tour- said. just fi ve kilometres north of the position fi ghters there rejected On Saturday, several rebel yesterday was temporarily put The deal between rebels and ist season since visitor numbers The UN humanitarian co-or- Jordanian border, said the Brit- the agreement,” Abdel Rahman factions put out a statement on hold due to “an exchange of Russia announced for Deraa is plummeted in the wake of a dinator in Jordan, Anders Ped- ain-based monitor. said. saying they did not accept the fi re” between rebels and regime the latest in a string of such ac- string of deadly militant attacks ersen, said most of the displaced Earlier, rebel fi re on a regime A regime air strike on the ceasefi re deal and would con- forces. “A hundred buses were cords to see Damascus regain in 2015. along the Jordanian border had convoy travelling near Um al- rebel-held half of the provincial tinue fi ghting. supposed to arrive but (the op- control of rebel-held areas.

Four dead Tough life in Saudi shootout

AFP Riyadh

drive-by shooting against a checkpoint in central ASaudi Arabia and an en- suing gunfi ght yesterday left a security offi cer, a Bangladeshi civilian and two attackers dead, Displaced Yemenis who fled their homes in the war-torn port city of Hodeidah the kingdom’s interior ministry walk at a school camp set up for displaced people in the southern city of Taiz. said. Yemen’s civilians meanwhile continue to suff er through one of the world’s “A security checkpoint on the most devastating conflicts. More than 10,000 people have died since the start Buraydah-Tarfi yah road in Qas- of the Saudi-led intervention and tens of thousands have been wounded. sim region came under fi re from three terrorists riding in a vehi- cle on Sunday afternoon,” the ministry said in a statement. “Two of the terrorists were killed and a third was wounded and transferred to hospital,” it Palestinian govt to continue added. Sergeant Suleiman Abdelaziz Abdel Latif was named as the paying prisoner stipend Saudi fatality. The ministry said a Bangladeshi resident was also killed, but did not announce his Reuters to penalise the policy. Israel has repeat- name. Ramallah edly demanded that the Palestinians, The authorities said a criminal who view prisoners as national heroes, investigation has been launched stop paying stipends to them and their into the attack. alestinian President Mahmoud families, saying they are a reward and Four Saudi policemen were Abbas said yesterday his govern- encouragement for the prisoners’ ac- killed and four others wounded Pment would keep paying stipends tions against it. on April 20 in an attack targeting to Palestinians jailed by Israel, their The Palestinians say they are welfare a checkpoint in the southwest- families, and the families of those killed payments to support them and their ern province of Asir. by Israeli forces despite a new Israeli law families. National strategy aims at transparent society

From Page 1 ment of the concerned body to the pro- in the field of integrity and transpar- cedures, are subject to the supervision ency from international organisa- The Authority’s control, he said, also of the Authority. tions have been invited to meet with includes all the organs in the State, in- On the role of the Authority in them in September. cluding public ministries and institu- raising the awareness of the commu- HE al-Misned added that the Au- tions, and private institutions of public nity that the preservation of public thority has sent invitations to the benefi t. money is a social responsibility, he competent government bodies in this On the mechanisms of administra- said the Authority started this step area such as the Public Prosecution, tive control of the State’s institutions, effectively, pointing out that in Sep- the Ministry of Interior and the Central he said there is a framework called the tember, there will be an integrated Bank, in addition to other bodies. national framework for integrity and awareness plan that includes State The Authority will launch its web- transparency governing the issue of institutions and all segments of so- site through which it will receive all administrative, fi nancial and techni- ciety, and the education sector in the complaints. Besides, offi cials will be cal procedures and their compatibility next stage. Therefore, he said, anti- present at the Authority’s headquar- with the regulations and the commit- corruption experts, as well as experts ters to receive complaints.

Gulf Times Monday, July 9, 2018 9 AMERICAS

LEGAL TRAGEDY LAW AND ORDER ACCIDENT CONTROVERSY Brazil judge blocks order Ex-NBA player dies Escaped murderer held Four hurt as copter crashes North Carolina mother to release Lula from prison after police shootout after three days on the run on Chicago highway alleges racism at pool

Brazilian judge Sergio Moro yesterday stymied Tyler Honeycutt, a basketball star at the Uni- An escaped convict, who climbed a Missis- Four people were injured when a medical helicop- A black woman has alleged racism after the police another judge’s eff ort to release jailed former versity of California at Los Angeles who played sippi prison fence on Thursday and went on a ter crashed on a highway in Chicago, Illinois, with were called when she entered a North Carolina president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, highlight- two seasons in the NBA, was found dead after a three-day run, was captured near the Gulf Coast one in critical condition, off icials said. The pilot swimming pool, in an incident that has gone ing the legal battle around the country’s most standoff with Los Angeles police. The 27-year- city, Biloxi, the Jackson County, MS, sheriff said. made a “mayday” radio call from a Eurocopter viral. Jasmine Edwards said she was visiting the popular politician ahead of this year’s presi- old Honeycutt, who had barricaded himself Michael Floyd ‘Pretty Boy Floyd’ Wilson, 47, who 135 air ambulance at about 0215GMT yesterday, neighbourhood pool in Winston-Salem with her dential election. Moro, who sent Lula to prison inside a home in the Sherman Oaks neighbour- was serving two life sentences for convictions according to a Federal Aviation Authority state- baby on Wednesday when a white man asked her in April for a bribery conviction, said that the hood, apparently shot himself, his former high of two separate homicides in 2014, is consid- ment. The helicopter crashed on a ramp of the to show identification. She filmed the interaction appeals court judge lacked authority to issue an school coach Bort Escoto told the Los Angeles ered extremely dangerous, said sheriff Mike Interstate 57 highway soon after, it said. Local me- and posted the video to Facebook, where it has order freeing the former president for cam- Times. Local television station ABC7 reported Ezell. “A few years back he beat two people dia reported that a patient on the air ambulance been viewed more than 4.5mn times. Amid the paigning in the run-up to the October vote. Polls Honeycutt’s mother had called police to say her to death with a hammer,” Ezell said. “He is un- was in critical condition, while the pilot and two ensuing backlash, the man has been fired by his suggest the leftist icon could win a third term, son was acting “erratically”. A standoff lasting questionably one of the most dangerous felons others on board were listed in stable condition in company. A lawyer representing the individual, but Brazilian electoral law forbids politicians until the early hours of Saturday morning ended we’ve dealt with.” Ezell said Wilson was found Chicago hospitals. No one on the ground was hurt named in local media as Adam Bloom, said he was from running for off ice within eight years of be- shortly before 4am, when off icers entered the “holed-up” in an empty trailer in the coastal and the National Transportation Safety Board was merely doing his job as pool chairman and board ing found guilty of a crime. home and found Honeycutt dead. community of Ocean Springs, MS. investigating the crash. member for the local homeowner’s association. Renewed Heatwave havoc violence and looting break out in Haiti

Many Haitians are now a serene analysis of the situa- demanding the immediate tion that has prevailed in the departure of President country in the last two days and Jovenel Moise and calling for caused so much loss of life and a two-day general strike to materials,” lawmaker Jerry Tar- begin today dieu said. The renewed violence follows AFP two days of paralysis in the city, Port-au-Prince sparked on Friday by a govern- ment announcement that gaso- line prices would rise by 38%, resh looting broke out on diesel by 47% and kerosene by the streets of Haiti’s capi- 51% starting this weekend. Ftal yesterday as protes- Airlines including Air France tors called for a two-day general and American Airlines cancelled strike despite the government’s several fl ights yesterday. climbdown over controversial In announcing the suspension fuel price hikes. of the price hikes, Prime Minister Facing unrest that has now left Jack Guy Lafontant emphasised at least three dead, leaders of the that “violence and democracy are Caribbean country suspended fundamentally incompatible.” The remains of a destroyed car lie in front of a destroyed home in the aftermath of the Holiday Fire in Goleta, California. The fire destroyed a number of homes in the community the price spikes “until further Even before the fuel price con- during an intense heat wave which broke various records across southern California. notice” — but the about-face has troversy, deputies had already failed to quell the anger of resi- begun a debate on his future, and dents. Saturday’s U-turn could lead to In the heart of Port-au-Prince, the government’s fall. journalists saw shops ransacked On Friday night, the body- as protesters, some armed with guard of an opposition-party knives, were met by police who politician died in an altercation fi red weapons into the air and with demonstrators in central detonated teargas. Port-au-Prince as he attempted to get through a roadblock. “If the president stays His body was then burned in Nicaragua pro-govt one more day, the game the road. will take on a new On Saturday afternoon, a appearance: we will cut journalist saw a young man who off the roads and burn had been shot dead. everything, because we Parliamentary discussions are have nothing else to lose” underway to determine the next steps aimed at calming the crisis, forces kill two in raid Many Haitians are now de- with some elected offi cials urg- manding the immediate depar- ing the immediate resignation of Agencies posted on social media. position in a bid to end the pro- the infl uential Catholic hierar- Activists accuse him — togeth- ture of President Jovenel Moise the prime minister. Managua “The situation is serious. tests and government repression chy to bring forward elections er with his wife Vice President and calling for a two-day general As protests gained pace yes- There is an undue attack by that have wracked the country scheduled for 2021 to March of Rosario Murillo — of establishing strike to begin today. terday one Haitian, Alphonse government forces that is caus- since April 18. next year. a dictatorship characterised by “If the president stays one Charles, expressed both the raid by pro-government ing bloodshed, more death and The protests, fi rst sparked by The mediation committee nepotism and brutal repression. more day, the game will take on frustrations and the sense of forces left at least two mourning in our country,” said since-aborted pension reforms, said they would convene a new “We shall see if the people will a new appearance: we will cut fatalism felt by many of his Apeople dead in Nicara- Alvaro Leiva, the executive sec- quickly broadened into a rejection round of talks today at 10am. give their vote to the coup plotters off the roads and burn every- countrymen. gua yesterday, where more than retary of the Nicaraguan Asso- of Ortega and calls for him to go. Meanwhile, Silvio Baez, aux- who in these past weeks have car- thing, because we have nothing Standing next to the remains 230 people have been killed ciation for Human Rights. Earlier President Ortega ruled iliary bishop of Managua, said in ried out so much violence,” Ortega else to lose,” said one masked of his torched car near burned since unrest broke out in April, a Protesters are demanding the out early elections as demanded response to Ortega’s speech that said, stressing that: “There will be protester. and looted shops, he laid blame rights group said. resignation of President Daniel by opposition protesters. “the Church is not afraid” and a time for elections. Everything Moise had urged demonstra- on politicians but lamented “There are two dead reported Ortega, a former leftist guer- “Here the rules are set by the that it “stands with the poor and has its time.” tors late Saturday to “go home,” that people had gotten “car- in Diriambo” in the country’s rilla who came to power with the Constitution of the Republic, the victims.” Thousands of Ortega sup- saying the price hike suspension ried away.” “It’s the reality of the southwest, said Vivian Zuniga, an popular uprising that defeated through the people. You don’t The protesters demand the porters attended the rally in had “corrected what had to be country: when we live in Haiti offi cial from the Nicaraguan Cen- dictator Anastasio Somoza in just change them overnight be- resignation of Ortega, a former Managua where he branded his corrected.” we are angry, frustrated with the tre for Human Rights (CENIDH). 1979, and retook the presidency cause a group of coup plotters leftist guerrilla who came to opponents “murderers” and The televised speech disap- way things are managed by poli- Heavily armed groups of men in in 2007 after a vote. got the idea to do so,” Ortega said power with the popular uprising “criminals.” Murillo, mean- pointed much of the popula- ticians.” But “I have to go on liv- civilian clothes with black hoods Roman Catholic bishops are at a rally of his supporters. that defeated dictator Anastasio while, vowed opposition “ter- tion and the political class: “We ing,” he added. “We will not get were shown in the Carazo area working to mediate dialogue be- Ortega, 72, had previously re- Somoza in 1979, and retook the rorists” and their fi nancial back- were expecting another speech, carried away just for that.” in videos fi lmed by residents and tween the government and op- mained silent on a proposal by presidency in 2007 after a vote. ers would be brought to justice. School threats spike Music fest Trump lawyer blasts after Parkland shootings ‘corrupt’ Russia probe AFP This Week whether he has now Washington determined there would be no Tribune News Service Educational leaders say each take a photo of the school park- interview, he said, “we have not Washington threat, even if it’s suspected of ing lot and post the caption, “I’ve (but) we’re close to determining being hoax, is investigated and strapped c4 to every car in the lawyer for US President that.” taken seriously. After so many student parking lot if you try to Donald Trump yesterday Trump and his advisers have ne student warned on so- red fl ags were missed with the leave early it will detonate.” A sharpened his attacks hammered at the notion that cial media that he planted Parkland school shooter, offi cials “I didn’t think it was a big on the special counsel inquiry several members of Mueller’s Oexplosives in the parking have asked students and their deal,” Calderon said after the into possible Trump campaign team are affiliated with the lot of his West Boca, Fla., high parents to have a heightened deputies showed up at his home. collusion with Russia, calling it Democratic Party and cannot school. Another made a threat on sense of awareness and report all But he was charged with “the most corrupt investigation be objective. YouTube about shooting up his threats, even anonymously. “written threats to kill or do bod- that I’ve ever seen.” Giuliani, a former federal Coral Springs campus. Cotarelo said reports from the ily injury” and “threat to throw, That charge by lawyer Rudy prosecutor, was asked on ABC And Miami-Dade public community and a crackdown place project or discharge a de- Giuliani came a day after Trump whether Trump’s repeated at- schools at one point got up to 50 by law enforcement has signifi - structive device.” Each count is himself launched a fresh attack tacks on Mueller and his team threats a day, including one that cantly cut a post-Parkland wave a second-degree felony, pun- on the investigation, assailing did not make it “seem as though led to the arrest of a 13-year-old of threats. ishable by up to 15 years in state it in successive Twitter mes- he has something to hide.” Miami Lakes Middle School stu- Statistics and comparisons to prison. sages as a “Rigged Witch Hunt” In reply, Giuliani asked the dent. threats made in previous years Calderon is free under the and a “Democrat Con Job!” interviewer “how you can ex- Authorities have been scour- are not readily available, but ex- terms of a $50,000 bond while The investigation, headed pect us to just walk up our cli- ing social media for threats perts say copycats since Parkland his case is pending. by former FBI director Robert ent like a lamb to the slaughter.” against schools since the mass may have caused a spike. David Puy, 19, also from West Mueller, has widely been ex- He also confirmed the gist of a shooting on February 14 at Mar- On May 30, the Palm Beach Delray, is a former student at pected to wind up in the next New York Times article that said jory Stoneman Douglas High in County Sheriff ’s deputies arrest- Spanish River High in Boca Ra- few months — possibly after a Trump’s side had added new Parkland. And when they fi nd ed an 18-year-old student at Ol- ton. He admitted to investiga- Mueller interview with Trump conditions for any interview those responsible, they are tak- ympic Heights High west of Boca tors he had posted a message on — but Giuliani said such a with Mueller. ing them to court. Raton who admitted to making a Snapchat that read: “On my way meeting now seemed increas- Giuliani told ABC that inves- “Miami-Dade Schools Police threat on Snapchat. School shooter.” ingly unlikely. tigators must first show a “fac- made it clear that it will have zero Jose Calderon, who lives west Puy said he “had no intentions Earlier this year Giuliani had tual basis for the investigation.” tolerance for any activity that of Delray Beach, said he was on of committing violence and ad- said a meeting could take place “We’ve been through every- disrupts the peace of mind of our the campus the previous morn- mitted he ‘wasn’t thinking’ when Neil Young performs on stage in Quebec City during the in weeks; he then extended that thing on collusion and obstruc- students, employees and parents,” ing when he “thought it would he posted it,” an arrest report 2018 Festival d’été de Québec. time frame. tion,” he said. “We can’t find an said spokesman Tony Cotarelo. be funny” to use his iPhone to said. Asked yesterday on ABC’s incriminating anything.” Gulf Times 10 Monday, July 9, 2018 ASIA

Lanka plans survey to Four schoolboys rescued address bias against from fl ooded Thai cave women AFP lenges,” rescue chief Narong- IANS Chiang Rai sak Osottanakorn told report- Colombo ers near the cave site yesterday morning. our boys among a group The group became trapped he Sri Lankan government of 13 trapped in a fl ooded in a cramped chamber deep has decided to conduct a FThai cave for more than inside Tham Luang in a moun- Twomen’s well-being sur- a fortnight were rescued yes- tainous area of northern Thai- vey as the need for offi cial sta- terday, authorities said, raising land on June 23, when they tistics has arisen in order to ad- hopes elite divers would also went in after football practice dress the gender-based violence save the others. and got caught behind rising and domestic violence against The rescued boys emerged waters. women. as night fell from the Tham Their plight transfi xed Thai- Provisions pertaining to the Luang cave complex af- land and the rest of the world, safety and empowerment of ter navigating a treacher- as authorities struggled to de- women have been provided in the ous escape route of more vise a plan to get the boys - aged constitution and in many other than 4km (2.5 miles) through between 11 and 16 - and their laws, Colombo Page reports. twisting, narrow and jagged 25-year-old coach out. Accordingly, programmes passageways. The rescue of the initial batch pertaining to the empowerment Their escape led to an explo- of boys was a stunning victory of women are being implement- sion of jubilation on social me- in an operation Narongsak had ed by the government jointly in dia in Thailand and around the earlier dubbed “Mission Impos- collaboration with non-govern- world as the rescued boys were sible”, and led to cautious opti- mental organisations. rushed to hospital. mism that the others would also “However, due to the informa- Rescue chief Narongsak Os- be saved. tion pertaining to the lower per- ottanakorn said the four had The group was found dishev- centage of women in the labour been taken to hospital and were elled and hungry by British cave market in Sri Lanka, gender- “safe”. diving specialists nine days af- based violence and domestic A defence ministry offi cial ter they ventured in. violence against women, circu- earlier told AFP six boys had Initial euphoria over fi nding lating in the society through un- “come out”. the boys alive quickly turned An ambulance leaves the Tham Luang cave area after divers evacuated some of the 12 boys and their coach trapped at the cave in Khun offi cial statistics, the need for But Narongsak and the Thai into deep anxiety as rescuers Nam Nang Non Forest Park in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province yesterday. offi cial statistics has surfaced to Navy SEALS, who are involved struggled to fi nd a way to get understand the real life situation in the rescue and have regularly them out. Between the base camp oper- diff erent ways to save the boys avoid forcing the boys into the ballers to their families, who had of women,” a statement on the posted updates about the op- The death of a former Thai ated by Thai Navy SEALS inside and their coach. dangerous dive. been waiting for them agonis- cabinet decisions said. eration on their Facebook page, Navy SEAL diver who ran out the cave and the trapped boys One early potential plan was American technology en- ingly close by outside the cave The women’s well-being sur- reported only four were out of of oxygen in the cave on Friday were twisting, turning pas- to leave them there for months trepreneur Elon Musk even entrance. vey will be conducted by the the cave. underscored the danger of the sageways with torrents of water until the monsoon season deployed engineers from his The boys urged relatives department of census and sta- Foreign elite divers and Thai journey even for professionals. gushing through. ended and the fl oods subsided private space exploration fi rm “not to worry” and asked for tistics using a donor facility, to Navy SEALS began the com- After a short deluge of rain The water in the cave was completely, but that idea was SpaceX and Boring Co. to help. their favourite food once they be granted by the UN Population plex operation to extract the 12 on Saturday night and with muddy and unclear, with one scrapped over concerns about Meanwhile rescuers fed a were safely evacuated, in notes Fund (UNFPA) in Sri Lanka. boys and their football coach more bad weather forecast, diver comparing it to a cafe falling oxygen levels and waters kilometres-long air pipe into handed to divers. The cabinet has granted its on Sunday morning as they Narongsak said yesterday latte. Ropes were installed to rising too high. the cave to restore oxygen levels In one, Pheerapat, nicknamed approval to a proposal by Prime raced against time, with immi- morning authorities had to act help guide the boys through the More than 100 exploratory in the chamber where the team “Night”, whose 16th birthday Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, nent monsoon rains threatening immediately. darkness. holes were also bored -- some was sheltering with medics and the group were celebrating in the in his capacity as the minister of more fl ooding that would doom “There is no other day that Narongsak said Sunday morn- shallow, but the longest 400 divers. cave when they became stuck on national policies and economic the mission. we are more ready than today,” ing two divers would escort each metres deep -- into the moun- On Saturday, Thai Navy June 23, said: “I love you, Dad, aff airs, to conduct the national “Today is the D-day. The he said. “Otherwise we will lose of the boys out of the cave. tainside in an attempt to open SEALs published touching notes Mum and my sister. You don’t level survey on the women’s well- boys are ready to face any chal- the opportunity.” Offi cials had looked at many a second evacuation route and scrawled by the trapped foot- need to be worried about me.” being and to publish its report. Kin wait for news after Thai boat sinking Nepal rejects UNOPS proposal for offi ce Reuters China’s eastern Jiangsu province Phuket/Bangkok on Saturday after losing contact IANS government authorities regarding with their relatives. Kathmandu establishment of UNOPS Asia re- Li said his two nieces died gional offi ce in Nepal. Sources said escuers in Thailand yes- in the accident and three adult UNOPS has not stopped eff orts to terday said they would family members were still miss- epal has rejected a persuade the government to re- Rwork through the night ing. proposal from the view its decision. to move the bodies of 41 people, “There are so many fam- NUnited Nations Of- UNOPS has been reconstruct- including 13 children, who died ily members back home waiting fi ce for Project Services (UN- ing 50,000 houses in Nuwakot after a boat carrying Chinese on our updates,” he said. “The OPS) for establishing its Asia and Gorkha areas in co-ordi- tourists sank off the coast of hardest thing is waiting. This regional offi ce in the country. nation with Nepal and Indian Phuket, from hospitals to a Bud- kind of pain most people just The refusal comes on the heels governments. “UNOPS has been dhist temple. can’t understand.” of its decision to close the Kath- providing technical support and Rescuers yesterday delayed Police on Saturday said they mandu offi ce of the United Nations Indian government has been plans to lift the sunken Phoenix, charged the ship’s captain with department of political aff airs. providing fi nancial support in which went down in bad weather negligence leading to damages, The UNOPS headquarters these districts,” said National on Thursday with 105 people on injury and death. had wanted to transfer its Asia Reconstruction Authority chief board, including 93 Chinese tour- The captain has denied the regional offi ce from Bangkok to executive offi cer Yubraj Bhusal. ists, and 12 Thai crew, due to heavy charges, police said. Kathmandu, but the Nepal gov- UN Development Pro- waves, said navy commander Vice The Phoenix overturned in ernment did not give permission, gramme and UNOPS on March Admiral Somnuk Prempramoj, the Andaman Sea off the coast of according the Himalayan Times. 8 signed a partnership agree- who is based in the area and part Ko He, which is a popular one- UNOPS has been working in ment to expedite post-earth- of the search operation. day trip from Phuket. Nepal in co-ordination with the quake reconstruction in Nepal. Authorities have confi rmed 41 Some Thais have questioned government and India after a “UNOPS has been assisting deaths, 15 missing and 49 have why the boat was even at sea devastating earthquake struck post-earthquake reconstruction been rescued. Huang Junxiong, a Chinese survivor, sits in a wheelchair at the Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket yesterday, during bad weather. the Himalayan country in 2015. in Nepal,” Bhusal said, adding Divers, including 17 from after a tourist boat carrying 105 passengers, mostly Chinese tourists, capsized in rough seas on July 5. In an urgent circular on Satur- Foreign Minister Pradeep that UNOPS had set up fi eld of- China, had planned to retrieve day, China’s Ministry of Culture Gyawali, however, said that fi ces in Nuwakot and Gorkha to a body from the sunken vessel “Of the 41 Chinese tourists Thai Prime Minister Prayuth tended the search area from and Tourism stressed the im- UNOPS did not exist in Nepal. implement the project. yesterday but the search was that died, there were eight boys, Chan-ocha is due to visit Phuket Phuket to the island of Phi Phi portance of researching online According to sources, even after Under the agreement, India called off because of adverse ten men, fi ve girls, and 18 wom- this morning before heading and Phang Nga province. travel companies when booking the government refused to allow will provide $16.2mn grant to weather conditions. en,” said Chalermpong. to Chiang Rai in the north, the Teams were also searching the overseas trips. UNOPS to open its offi ce in Nepal, the two UN agencies ($8.79mn to Of the 41 dead, 13 were chil- Altogether, fi fteen temples scene of another incident involv- coastline on foot, offi cials said. Many of the tourists involved the UN body kept trying to con- UNDP and $7.41mn to UNOPS) to dren, said Chalermpong Su- have been made available to rela- ing a group of boys trapped inside Li Ming, who had fi ve family in the Phuket accident booked vince Nepali authorities but failed support reconstruction of 50,000 kontapol, director of the Vachira tives who wish to cremate their a cave which has put Thailand in members on board including two their trips independently via to woo them. UNOPS Under- houses in Gorkha and Nuwa- Phuket Hospital where the dead loved ones in Thailand, authori- the international spotlight. seven-year-old nieces, said he online tourism platforms, the secretary General Grete Faremo kot areas, according to UNOPS were taken. ties said. Aircraft and rescue ships ex- and a cousin fl ew to Phuket from ministry said. wanted to visit Nepal to convince statement posted on its website. Nepal laws risk sparing worst Cambodian party supporters hold rally off enders, say rights groups

AFP has been rebuked for repeated “For a successful, international- tims Common Platform, said. Kathmandu delays in implementing a peace ly accepted process, the authorities More than 60,000 complaints process more than a decade af- in Nepal should focus on provid- have been fi led with two com- ter fi ghting with Maoist rebels ing justice to victims, not engage missions set up to investigate epal’s legal eff orts to de- ended in 2006. in trying to get perpetrators off the crimes committed by security liver justice to victims of In 2015, the Supreme Court of hook,” said Human Rights Watch forces and Maoist insurgents Nits bloody civil war do Nepal ruled that laws passed by Asia director Brad Adams. during the decade-long confl ict. not meet international stand- the government to remedy war- A provision in the proposed Rights groups say both com- ards and risk letting the worst era grievances did not meet in- legislation for community serv- missions have been hamstrung off enders go unpunished, rights ternational scrutiny. ice as an alternative punishment by a lack of funding and political groups warned yesterday. But a fresh amendment cur- to prison time has riled cam- will, and just a handful of cases The latest draft legislation to ad- rently under consultation has paigners who say it amounts to have appeared before a court. dress wartime abuses still makes done little to close these loop- impunity. More than 17,000 people were it diffi cult to prosecute serious holes, rights groups said. “We’ve waited years, but the killed, 1,300 disappeared and Supporters of Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) parade in the street of Phnom Penh during the campaign crimes, Human Rights Watch and Crimes like torture and en- draft is still incomplete and fails thousands displaced during the for the general election yesterday. Cambodian political parties have kicked off a three-week-long campaign the International Commission of forced disappearances remain un- to satisfy the victim’s demand war which ended with a peace for a controversial general election later this month, which strongman Hun Sen is poised to sweep after the Jurists said in a joint statement. defi ned, meaning major off enders for justice,” Bhagiram Chaud- deal between Maoist insurgents main opposition were disbanded and their senior members driven into self-exile. The tiny Himalayan nation may slip through the cracks. hari, president of Confl ict Vic- and government forces. Gulf Times Monday, July 9, 2018 11 AUSTRALASIA/EAST ASIA UN body condemns Australia for illegal detention of asylum seekers

By Ben Doherty mediately release the men held In one case, a former child sol- ommended Australia immedi- against international law and Guardian News & Media and pay them “compensation dier from the Sudanese civil war ately release the men held. are inhumane,” she said.”In a and other reparations’’ for their brought to Australia as a teenage The government said deten- modern society this practice is unlawful detention. None of the refugee 15 years ago, and who has tion was “not limited by a set unacceptable. Despite numer- key United Nations body men have been released. ongoing and acute mental health time frame” but dependent upon ous opinions and reports from has condemned as arbi- The youngest is 29 years old, issues, has been convicted of 40 factors such as identity, health, the UN and other human rights Atrary and illegal Austral- the oldest 45. They each face criminal off ences and had his character, or security matters. bodies, Australia has consist- ia’s indefi nite incarceration of detention without charge — in visa cancelled after two warn- “Relevant assessments are ently failed to address arbitrary refugees and asylum seekers, is- theory, potentially until the end ings. completed as expeditiously as detention.” suing critical statements on fi ve of their lives. The government has cancelled possible to facilitate the shortest She rejected arguments that separate cases in a year. The longest in detention is an his visa on character grounds but possible time frame for detain- the cases were complex and took But those unlawfully held re- Afghan asylum seeker, who has cannot send him to any other ing people in immigration de- time to resolve. main in indefi nite detention, been held in Australian deten- country in the world. tention facilities.” “As a signatory to the refugees where they have been held for up tion centres continuously since He faces a potentially indefi - And the indefi nite detention convention we are obliged to ac- to nine years without charge. 2009. His claim for protection nite detention. of non-citizens is lawful under commodate these people. Where The working group on arbi- has been rejected but he still has Also currently being assessed Australian domestic law. they have criminal records, they trary detention is a key part of appeals before the courts, and by the arbitrary detention work- A 2004 high court judgement have served their time. If they the UN’s Human Rights Council, his case has been complicated by ing group is the case of a state- — Al-Kateb v Godwin — found it were Australian citizens, they on which Australia now sits after the Australian government leak- less child refugee, revealed by was lawful to indefi nitely detain would be returned to the com- a years-long public and diplo- ing his personal details online, Guardian Australia this week, a non-citizen who could not be munity. Instead, they often face matic campaign for the position. potentially compromising his who was brought to Australia by removed from Australia. longer periods of open-end ad- The working group is an inde- safety in his home country. boat as a 16-year-old and who Subsequent governments have ministrative detention than their pendent body of human rights Stateless Western Sahara man remains in immigration deten- appeared anxious not to have the actual prison terms. This serves experts that assesses cases of Said Imasi has been held with- tion after fi ve years — he is now issue revisited by the court — no no one’s interests.” alleged arbitrary detention and out allegation, charge, or trial for an adult — and facing a poten- justices from Al-Kateb remain Battisson said the United Na- reports to the council. more than eight years since he tially limitless incarceration. — and cases involving indefi nite tions was continuing to moni- Since June of 2017 the arbi- arrived in Australia by plane as a The arbitrary detention work- detention are often resolved just tor all the cases. The Australian trary detention working group teenager in 2010. ing group has consistently con- Stateless Western Sahara man Said Imasi has been held without before they reach the bench. government is also obliged, as a has published fi ve opinions crit- His case is set to go before the demned Australia’s reliance on allegation, charge, or trial for more than eight years. The director principal of Hu- UN member state, to update the ical of Australia’s open-ended high court this year, brought by indefi nite detention. man Rights For All, lawyer Ali- working group on progress of the detention of asylum seekers and Human Rights For All. In several cases, the open- pears to be no clear resolution in the fl ow of asylum seeker boats son Battisson, who has brought cases. refugees. Others represent complex ended detention has also been sight.’’ to Australia. “The government all six of the indefi nite deten- “The Australian government’s It has consistently argued cases, where Australia’s obliga- criticised by Australia’s own The Australian government is committed to ensuring that tion cases before the working lack of response is shameful. It Australia’s indefi nite detention tion under international law to commonwealth ombudsman. has defended its policies, ar- all people in administrative im- group, said the UN had made a is also insulting to the UN. The of some refugees and asylum off er protection refugees is in In the case of Said Imasi, the guing before the UN working migration detention are treated clear statement that Australia’s working group is currently fi nal- seekers is unlawful. confl ict with adverse “character ombudsman has said it has been group that its detention regime in a manner consistent with the practice of indefi nitely detaining ising its annual report to the Hu- In each of the fi ve published assessments”, mental health is- recommending for six years he “ is administrative in nature international legal obligations of refugees and asylum seekers was man Rights Council, and Aus- opinions, the working group sues and domestic legal require- be released into the Austral- and not for punitive purposes “ Australia,” it said. unlawful and must cease. tralia should be worried about has recommended Australia im- ments to cancel visas. ian community but “ there ap- and had succeeded in stopping The working group has rec- “Australia’s policies are what this report contains.” Death toll from torrential Product promo rains reaches 81 in Japan

Reuters emergency management centre Kurashiki, Japan at the prime minister’s offi ce and some 54,000 rescuers from the military, police and fi re de- he death toll from torren- partments were dispatched tial rain and landslides in across a wide swath of western Twestern Japan rose to 81 and southwestern Japan. people yesterday, with dozens “There are still many people still missing after more than missing and others in need of 2,000, temporarily stranded in help, we are working against the city of Kurashiki, were res- time,” Prime Minister Shinzo cued. Abe said yesterday morning. Evacuation orders were in Two sisters from an elemen- place for nearly 2mn people and tary school of just six pupils landslide warnings were issued on the small island of Nuwa in in many prefectures. Ehime prefecture were among In hard-hit western Japan, the dead. emergency services and mili- The younger, a fi rst-grader, tary personnel used helicopters was a star and the hope of the and boats to rescue people from depopulated island, the princi- Models take a selfie during a promotional event of Northwest Cherries from the United States at a swollen rivers and buildings, pal told NHK. shopping mall in Shenzhen, yesterday. including a hospital. “It was such a sudden disas- Scores of staff and patients, A man checks a car in a flooded area in Mabi town in Kurashiki, ter, I just cannot come to grips some still in their pajamas, were Okayama Prefecture. with it,” the principal said. rescued from the isolated Mabi Emergency warnings for se- Memorial Hospital in boats toll exceeding the 77 killed in set to hit some areas for at least vere rain in 11 prefectures — the rowed by members of Japan’s heavy rains and landslides in another day. The rain set off most since a new warning sys- Self Defence Forces. 2014 and the highest since a ty- landslides and fl ooded rivers, tem was introduced in 2013 — Pompeo pursues denuclearisation talks A city offi cial said 170 pa- phoon that killed 98 people in trapping many people in their had been lifted by evening, but tients and staff had been evacu- 2004. houses or on rooftops. advisories for heavy rain and ated while public broadcaster Television footage showed “This is a situation of ex- landslides remained in eff ect in Reuters Pompeo said in Tokyo there we spoke to them about denu- NHK later said about 80 people a massive rescue operation, treme danger,” an offi cial at many areas. Tokyo was still a lot of work to do, but clearisation, they did not push were still stranded. with 2,310 rescued in the city the Japanese Meteorological TV footage showed conven- he was confi dent North Korean back,” Pompeo told a news “I’m most grateful to the res- by evening, according to NHK, Agency (JMA) told a news con- ience stores with shelves mostly leader Kim Jong-un would stick conference.”The road ahead cuers,” said Shigeyuki Asano, a while search and rescue teams ference. bare while elsewhere, residents S Secretary of State Mike to a commitment to abandon will be difficult and challeng- 79-year-old patient who spent continued to look for others. A three-year-old girl whose lined up to receive water. Pompeo brushed off nuclear weapons he made dur- ing and we know that critics a night without electricity or The overall death toll from home was hit by a landslide Some 276,000 households UNorth Korean charges ing a summit with US President will try to minimise the work water.”I feel so relieved that I the rains in Japan rose to at least in Hiroshima prefecture was were without water supply, Ky- that he used “gangster-like” Donald Trump in Singapore last that we’ve achieved.” am now liberated from such a 81 yesterday after fl oodwaters found dead by a search team. odo said. diplomacy in negotiations in month. Pompeo’s meeting with Pompeo spoke after North bad-smelling, dark place.” forced several million people “It’s very painful,” said one Roads were closed and train Pyongyang, saying yesterday Japan’s Minister of Foreign Korea said the talks “brought Kurashiki, with a popula- from their homes, media re- elderly man watching nearby.”I services suspended in parts of after meeting his Japanese and Affairs Taro Kono and South us in a dangerous situation tion of just under 500,000, was ports and the Fire and Disaster have a granddaughter the same western Japan while Shinkansen South Korean counterparts that Korean Foreign Minister Kang where we may be shaken in our among the hardest hit by rains Management Agency said. age. If it were her, I wouldn’t be bullet train services resumed on he would continue to pursue de- Kyung-wha followed Pompeo’s unshakable will for denucleari- that pounded many parts of Another 58 were missing, able to stop crying.” a limited schedule after being nuclearisation talks with North two days of talks in Pyongyang sation, rather than consolidat- western Japan, with the death NHK said, and more rain was Japan’s government set up an suspended on Friday. Korea. that ended on Saturday. “When ing trust.” On anniversary of Liu’s death, calls echo for wife’s release

DPA role in co-organising 2008’s Liu Xiaobo left behind a suc- prize while still in prison and cal power.” It may be one reason some kind of gesture online on week called on the Chinese gov- Beijing “Charter 08” a pro-democracy cessful life of academia in the was unable to attend the Nobel why Liu Xiaobo was barred from social media paying tribute to ernment to release her. manifesto for China. United States to participate in ceremony. seeking cancer treatment abroad Liu Xiaobo and expressing con- They cited several audio re- “What he left us was a real the Tiananmen Square pro- and was released from prison cern for Liu Xia.” cordings made by Liu Xia in s Chinese Premier Li Ke- person. It is not easy to be a real democracy movement in 1989, “What he left us was just weeks before his death. Liu Xia, 57, has been under which she sounded deeply dis- qiang is set to meet Ger- person in China. He never con- for which he served a two-year a real person. It is not Mourned around the world, house arrest since 2010, shortly tressed. Amnesty International Aman Chancellor Angela cealed his fears and cowardice,” prison sentence, according to his easy to be a real his death was highly censored in after her husband won the No- reported that Liu Xia told a Merkel on his latest trip to Ger- recalled human rights activ- offi cial Nobel Prize biography. person in China. He China, as his fi rst memorial is bel Prize, and has had limited friend in Germany in April, “If I many today, the event will be ist Hu Jia, who described close Subsequent activism led to never concealed his expected to be as well. contact with friends and family can’t leave, I’ll die in my home. overshadowed by the upcoming friend Liu Xiaobo as “coura- house arrest, and then in 1996 fears and cowardice” Patrick Poon, a China re- ever since, according to rights Xiaobo is gone, and there’s anniversary of dissident Liu Xi- geous.” he was sentenced to three years searcher at Amnesty Interna- groups. nothing for me now. It’s easier to aobo’s death and calls by Ger- “It’s not called courage be- of hard labour, during which His win, however, put him tional, said shortly after Liu She has expressed a desire to die than live. Using death to defy many and the United States to ing not afraid, but continuing time he married Liu Xia, another even more directly in the cross Xiaobo’s death a number of his leave China and in May, Ger- could not be any simpler for me.” allow his widow, Liu Xia, to leave to move forward while feeling dissident and artist. hairs of the Communist Party, supporters were detained for many’s Foreign Ministry said Liu Liu Xia has applied to leave China. afraid,” Hu said.”He was increas- In 2010, Liu Xiaobo was according to Hu. “The authori- up to one month and released Xia was “welcome at any time.” China, according to friends, al- Liu Xiaobo, China’s fi rst re- ingly aware of the power of the awarded the Nobel Peace Prize ties believed it made a strong “pending trial,” a measure he The Beijing government, though Hu said it was unlikely to cipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, authorities and the unscrupu- for his “long and non-violent future political opponent,” Hu said was intended to silence however, has been slow to move, occur before August, if at all. died on July 13 at age 61 of ad- lous measures used by the au- struggle for fundamental human said. them. which Poon said was a bid to si- Another close friend of Liu vanced liver cancer. thorities...(but) he did not think rights in China.” He followed in “When you win the Nobel “After one year it is unclear lence her. Recent reports indi- Xia, however, said he was more He was in the middle of serv- that he was guilty and did not the footsteps of Aung San Suu Peace Prize, it may give you an if they can still speak much on cate that her mental health has hopeful.”I am clearly more op- ing an 11-year prison sentence, plead guilty for some freedom. Kyi and German pacifi st Carl acceleration, letting you have him. I think some people who are begun to deteriorate, according timistic that it will happen this which was handed down for his This was really not easy.” von Ossietzky by winning the the moral power to form a politi- still very brave, they may make to the United Nations, which last summer,” he said. Gulf Times 12 Monday, July 9, 2018 BRITAIN

Govt not jumping to conclusions on novichok poisoning: Javid

Guardian News and Media conclusions. Clearly, what we have sian state. Again, for this particular months after the Skripals were Javid said: “No, I think the ad- Meanwhile, a police offi cer who agent poisonings, and given the London already determined, what our ex- incident, we need to learn more poisoned. vice both from the fi rst inci- attended hospital over concerns he all-clear. pert scientists have determined, and let the police do their work.” Javid visited a baker, spoke to dent and now was absolutely may have been exposed to novi- Investigators have started ex- is that the nerve agent in this in- Javid met residents caught up shoppers and briefl y listened to a correct. There is no evidence at chok has been given the all-clear. amining key sites visited by Dawn ajid Javid has said there are cident is the exact same nerve in the latest nerve agent poisoning young people’s music event taking this point that the two individu- The offi cer, believed to be with Sturgess and Charlie Rowley in the no current plans to impose agent as was used back in March and spoke to experts dealing with place in the main city square. als hurt by this incident visited Wiltshire police, initially attended hours before they fell ill on June 30. Sfresh sanctions on Russia (when the former Russian spy Ser- the aftermath. There is some frustration any of the areas that the Skripals Great Western hospital in Swindon Offi cers in protective hazmat following the latest nerve agent gei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, During a walkabout in Salisbury, amongst Wiltshire residents visited. That said, I think every- after feeling unwell. clothing began searching a home- poisoning in Wiltshire. were poisoned). he reassured residents that detec- that the authorities have not one would want to listen to the He was later taken to Salisbury less hostel in Salisbury, where During a visit to Salisbury and “We know back in March that tives were working hard to un- been clearer about both inci- advice of the professionals and district hospital, which now re- Sturgess lived, and Rowley’s prop- Amesbury, the home secretary was the Russians. We know it was a derstand how two people came to dents. Asked if secrecy had been make sure we take some precau- gards itself as the world’s leading erty in Amesbury, where they both said: “We don’t want to jump to barbaric, inhuman act by the Rus- be struck down by novichok four prioritised over public safety, tions.” centre for the treatment of nerve collapsed.

Water warnings Tory MPs urged issued as heatwave to back May’s to continue

Guardian News and Media Brexit plan as London

ritain’s longest heatwave in fi ve years is to last for Banother week, with water companies urging people to use backlash builds water sparingly. Yesterday was another very hot and dry day in much of the UK Guardian News and Media reported that the former prime saying that we leave – it’s not ‘to with temperatures reaching as London minister David Cameron had been be or not to be’, it’s ‘to leave or not high as 32C (90F) or 33C around drafted in before the meeting to to leave’. London and 29C in the north- urge him not to resign. An analysis of the Chequers deal west. Temperatures were forecast ichael Gove has urged Gove’s decision to back the circulating within the pro-Brexit to dip slightly from today onwards, Eurosceptic Conserva- prime minister was understood to European Research Group of MPs but were still expected to remain Mtive MPs to rally behind have played a key role in persuad- was damning about the plan, well above average for this time of Theresa May as she prepares to ing his fellow Cabinet Brexiters to saying it would lead to “a worst- year. Greg Dewhurst, a Met Offi ce face down her backbench critics in agree to the plan, which includes of-all-worlds ‘black hole’ Brexit forecaster, said: “As the week goes person before publishing a white a new customs proposal and a free where the UK is stuck permanent- on it will generally stay dry and paper on leaving the EU. trade area for goods, although he ly as a vassal state in the EU’s legal settled across much of the UK, but The Environment Secretary, a said the government must also do and regulatory tar pit”. it will tend to be a bit cloudier than leading Brexiter, said the deal the more to prepare for a “no-deal” Gove conceded that the Con- it has been, with perhaps an in- prime minister achieved at Cheq- Brexit. servatives’ lack of majority in the creasing risk of some rain towards uers was not everything he had Appearing on the BBC’s The An- Commons meant parliamentary the end of the week.” hoped for but insisted the Cabinet drew Marr Show yesterday, he said: arithmetic was a factor in deciding The spell of hot weather is the was behind it and collective re- “I’m a realist and one of the things what could be adopted. longest the UK has experienced sponsibility would prevail. about politics is you mustn’t, you The whole Cabinet had been since the summer of 2013, when “Those of us who believe that shouldn’t, make the perfect the summoned to Chequers and spent there were 19 consecutive days we want to execute a proper Brexit, enemy of the good. One of the more than 12 hours thrashing out of temperatures over 28C. As of and one that is the best deal for things about this compromise is the proposal for the UK’s future yesterday, there had been 15 con- Britain, have an opportunity now that it unites the Cabinet. relationship with the EU. secutive days of temperatures over to get behind the prime minister “We achieved all of the things It would involve a “facilitated 28C. The driest summer on record in order to negotiate that deal,” he that we campaigned for in order customs arrangement” intended was 1995, with 64.7ml of rain in said. The prime minister is likely to ensure we could leave the EU, to remove the need for a hard bor- June, July and August. So far this to face an angry backlash from but we also do so in a way which der in Ireland, and the creation of year, an average of 35.4ml of rain Brexit-supporting MPs when she respects some of the wishes and a UK-EU free-trade area, in which was recorded up to the end of June, addresses the House of Commons some of the concerns of some of the UK would abide by a “common with two months of summer to go. today, before a meeting of the 1922 my colleagues that voted Remain.” rule book” of EU regulations. Provisional statistics suggested it Committee of Tory backbenchers, However, furious pro-Brexit Tory MPs are being off ered was one of the UK’s fi ve warmest in an attempt to get them behind MPs criticised Brexiter Cabinet one-to-one briefi ngs in Downing Junes since 1910. the plans. ministers, including David Davis, Street over the next few days to United Utilities, which provides Since Friday, several more Con- Liam Fox and Andrea Leadsom, win them round before publica- water to north-west England, servative MPs were said to have for failing to take a stronger stand tion on Thursday of the white pa- warned the prolonged hot weather added their names to a list sup- against the government’s pro- per, which will spell out the plan meant the region’s reservoir stores porting a vote of no confi dence, posed off er to the EU, including in more detail. Keir Starmer, the had decreased. “The reducing although No 10 insiders have in- quitting the Cabinet. shadow Brexit secretary, claimed reservoir levels are not surprising dicated May would fi ght any chal- Andrew Bridgen, a Tory back- May’s plans were unworkable and given the ongoing lack of rainfall lenge and the numbers looked to be bencher, told the BBC: “I’m very, a “fudge” that would be a bureau- and exceptionally high demand,” a in her favour. very disappointed with the of- cratic nightmare to implement, as spokesperson said. Boris Johnson, a leading critic of fer that we’ve seen coming out of he called on the prime minister to “We are still encouraging our the plans, spent several minutes at Chequers. I’m disappointed that put them to a vote in the Commons customers to voluntarily use water the Chequers summit spelling out so-called Brexiters in the Cabinet next week. effi ciently by avoiding the use of his concerns. didn’t pick up the cudgels and fi ght The government still has to ne- water-hungry devices, particular- However, by evening Johnson for a better off er.” gotiate a deal with Brussels, where ly outside in the garden. However, had fallen into line. One Cabinet The veteran Tory eurosceptic sources warned the customs com- if demand does not reduce in the minister told the Guardian: “He Bill Cash told Sky News: “There promise looked very similar to the next few days, we’ll have no choice was actually very big about it and are a lot of questions in here, there so-called new customs partner- but to introduce enforced restric- Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip leave after attending a church service in Sonning by dinner spoke passionately in is a lot of unhappiness, there is a ship the EU rejected as “magical tions.” yesterday. favour of making it work.” It was great deal of concern that we are thinking” 11 months ago. Meghan gaining British Incredibles 2 premiere Rowling angers accent, says speech coach Scottish nationalists Guardian News and Media “When blood and soil ethno- Edinburgh nationalists are marching with Guardian News and Media husband Guy Ritchie. But dialect shredding of her Afrikaans drawl. your supposedly ‘civic’ marches, London coach Pamela Vanderway explains According to Vanderway, it’s your nationalism doesn’t look too that a change in accent is unavoid- a fast way to fi t in or to declare: K Rowling has provoked the diff erent to any other country,” able when you start life in a new “I’m with my people.” But that’s anger of Scottish nationalists wrote Rowling, who previously hen a video of the Duch- country. also why the recent duchess rev- Jby saying she is “mighty tired” campaigned for Scotland to re- ess of Sussex greeting “It’s absolutely normal for a hu- elation has left her fans in North of their “insistence that their na- main part of the UK and donated Wthe public surfaced this man being to take on the accent of America puzzled as to her new tionalism is nothing like the other, £1mn to the Better Together cam- week, America’s greatest fear was the people around them when they dialect – they feel left behind. (Or nasty kinds, in the face of consid- paign. confi rmed: the duchess has gained want to belong to that group,” she maybe more specifi cally, “What, erable evidence to the contrary”. “Happy to take your word for a British accent. It’s a subtle diff er- told the Guardian on the phone you think you’re better than me?”) Rowling, who lives in Scotland, it that such people aren’t repre- ence, but one can detect a hint of from Los Angeles. “There’s very much of a cul- was responding to a column in the sentative of the entire movement. the Queen’s English in the duch- “Accents are one of the ways tural identity thing and what (ac- National by Lesley Riddoch that Happy to accept that the bulging ess’s intonation. human beings identify as being cents) signify,” Vanderway said. said: “Setting the English up as our folder of xenophobic and anglo- “You can hear some sounds part of a group. (In) Meghan’s situ- “And then we have that other layer automatic enemy doesn’t help us phobic screenshots I have on my changing, yes,” confi rms speech ation, she is representing the royal of experience, that if someone’s walk away from the Union mind- laptop aren’t the whole story. But and dialect coach John Fleming. family, so she’s part of England. So leaving our group and hear them set or its relentless pecking order. some of us are getting mighty tired “Some examples can be heard in there’s a particular pull for her to change, we get nervous. My own And yet like a packet of Crunchy of Scottish nationalist insistence her R sounds at the end of sylla- take on that way of speaking (and) mother acted like I smelled funny Nut Cornfl akes scoff ed with cold that their nationalism is nothing bles. In recent clips, those Rs are she may or may not be taking it on because I talked diff erently after milk late at night – it’s almost ir- like the other, nasty kinds.” Along lighter than the typical general consciously.” college.” resistible.” with a wave of criticism from American accent. She is also using Vanderway says even the idea of Plus, there’s the matter of the Rowling described Riddoch’s Scottish nationalists on Twit- the British English vowel normally a single royal enunciation is a mis- duchess being a trained actor. quote as “Crunchy Nut national- ter, the pro-nationalist paper the heard in the word ‘thought’ in the conception. “Prince Charles him- “She likely has had to work in ac- ism”, tweeting: “Warning: may National also hit out at her com- phrase ‘We all had a nice self, if you look up his fi rst televi- cents before, British or otherwise. contain traces of bigotry.” ments, saying that Riddoch’s col- day’, in the word ‘all’.” sion interview ever, his accent has This means that her mouth is a lit- The Harry Potter author was umn actually “broadly agrees” People chang- changed,” she said. tle bit more malleable, and so – in asked by a Twitter user what made with Rowling’s stance. ing accents is often “Speech is a living thing. the same way that you might pick her think that Scottish nation- “We condemn all the views in criticised as a sign of It’s not locked down.” Which up a bit of southern US accent on alists are “xenophobic, racist or those tweets, but the idea that such inauthenticity. Ma- makes sense when one re- a trip to Georgia – she has picked anti-English”, to which she posted a tiny sample size is representative donna, for example, calls Lindsay Lohan’s bizarre up some British English sounds Actor Samuel L Jackson poses for photographs a series of screenshots in response, of the Yes movement is staggering- was ridiculed when new accent, debuted after after being immersed in the cul- with characters from the film as he arrives at the UK including one from a user sup- ly wrong – particularly in the face she started talking spending time in Turkey, or ture and surrounded by various premiere of Incredibles 2 in London yesterday. porting the ethno-nationalist of so many representing the oppo- like her former Charlize Theron’s gradual UK accents.” group Siol nan Gaidheal. site view,” the paper argued. Gulf Times Monday, July 9, 2018 13 EUROPE

INVESTIGATION HARD LINE HISTORIC DIFFERENCE NUMBER CRUNCH EXPLORATION PROTEST France cuts off Le Pen cash Italy wants rescued Greeks reject Macedonia German parties row over over EU funding probe migrants sent elsewhere name deal in opinion poll attendance records

France’s far-right National Rally said yesterday Italy will seek commitments from European A majority of Greeks reject a disputed name A rift has been brewing in the German government that its future was in doubt after judges withheld Union partners to have migrants rescued at sea deal that aims to end a long-running row in recent months — about which party has the 2mn euros in public subsidies over allegations by ships from anti-traff icking and border control with neighbouring Macedonia, a poll showed best attendance record in parliament. The fight the party illegally took millions in European missions taken to other countries, its interior yesterday, with nearly half labelling it ‘treason’. has prompted the centre-left Social Democrats Parliament funding. Party leader Marine Le minister said yesterday. The request will be made The Kappa Research poll in Ethnos daily found to announce that they will be introducing a new Pen told AFP that without the money her party, on Thursday at a meeting of European interior that 58% oppose the June agreement to rename shift system after the summer break to ensure that formally known as the National Front, would ministers in the Austrian city of Innsbruck, far- Greece’s northern neighbour North Macedonia. they always have a healthy contingent of people no longer be able to operate and “will be dead right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said in a However, the same percentage expect the in sessions at the Bundestag, the German lower by the end of August”. She and other party statement. Italy’s new government, which took deal to be ratified by Greece’s parliament as house of parliament. In December, anti-immigrant members are accused of using funds earmarked off ice on June 1, has helped thrust immigration scheduled. Several protests have been held in Alternative for Germany (AfD) lawmaker Stefan for parliamentary assistants to pay for France- back on to the European agenda by closing its Greece and Macedonia against the agreement. Keuter posted a picture of empty seats in the Dozens of protesters hold banners against based staff over several years starting in 2009. ports to humanitarian ships that rescue migrants Opponents in Athens are upset that the deal Bundestag on Twitter, accompanied by the caption: oil exploration off the southern coast at Investigating judges ordered the seizure of the off the coast of Libya, where they are sent out on recognises a Macedonian language and “Plenary session today. Typical: the AfD is here early, Carcavelos beach in Cascais, on the outskirts funds on June 28, a source close the inquiry said. overcrowded boats by people smugglers. nationality. while the old parties’ seats remain a gaping hole.” of Lisbon.

Turkey sacks 18,500 before French police shooting end of coup emergency

AFP victim kin plan lawsuit Ankara AFP Nantes urkish authorities yesterday ordered the dismissal of more than 18,500 state Temployees, including police offi cers, relative calm began to re- soldiers and academics, ahead of the expect- turn yesterday to the western ed end of a two-year state of emergency this AFrench city of Nantes after month. days of rioting over a police offi cer’s The Offi cial Gazette said 18,632 people had fatal shooting of a black man, whose been sacked including 8,998 police offi cers family plans to fi le a lawsuit over a over suspected links to terror organisations killing which has cast a fresh spot- that “act against national security”, in what light on tensions in deprived urban could be the last of the purges under emer- areas. gency rule. The offi cer who shot 22-year-old Offi cials have indicated the government Aboubakar Fofana, after pulling over could declare emergency rule over as early as his vehicle last Tuesday, has been today. The latest period is offi cially due to end charged with manslaughter after ad- on July 19. mitting he had falsely claimed self- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be defence. sworn in today as president after his outright But he has said he fi red acciden- victory in June 24 elections under a new ex- tally while reaching through the car ecutive presidency, following that there will window to try to wrest control of the be a lavish ceremony and then the new cabi- vehicle as Fofana tried to fl ee, ac- net will be announced. cording to prosecutors, a version of The current parliamentary system will end events dismissed by many residents. today after constitutional changes were ap- “How can it be an accidental proved in a 2017 referendum. shooting when you take out your gun During the election campaign, pushed by and remove the safety?” said Said, a his opponents’ promises including his main manager of a community association opposition rival Muharrem Ince, Erdogan in Breil, the neighbourhood where vowed to lift the state of emergency if he was the shooting took place and which is re-elected. home to a large public housing estate “The new government will be announced with a history of gang violence. on Monday, the cabinet will start to work “We are gathering witnesses and and the state of emergency will be com- nobody has seen any scuffl e. The pleted,” outgoing Prime Minister Binali offi cer was standing, hands out- Yildirim said last week, although he reit- stretched and he fi red,” according erated that the latest extension was due to to Said, who declined to give his last end mid-July. name. In the new decree, 3,077 army soldiers Loic Bourgeois, a lawyer for Fofa- were also dismissed as well as 1,949 air na’s mother and sister, told AFP that force personnel and 1,126 from the naval they would fi le a civil lawsuit today forces. against the offi cer. Another 1,052 civil servants from the jus- For now, “they want to be left alone tice ministry and linked institutions have to deal with this tragedy,” he said. been fi red as well as 649 from the gendarme- News of the killing sparked fi erce rie and 192 from the coast guard. riots in several areas of Nantes start- Authorities also sacked 199 academics, ing overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, according to the new decree, while 148 state with dozens of cars torched and sev- Firefighters douse flames from a burning car in the Le Breil neighbourhood of Nantes before dawn yesterday. employees from the military and ministries eral buildings vandalised while police were reinstated. tried to disperse crowds with tear gas. police of heavy-handed tactics and who described himself as a social And in 2005 riots erupted across of two off -duty offi cers, a husband Yesterday’s decree shut down 12 associa- The nightly violence began to ease racial profi ling. mediator in Breil, told AFP. the country after the deaths of two and wife, who were attacked in front tions, many of them in the education sector, Friday after the offi cer was charged, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe “We are going to keep trying to black teenagers who were electro- of their three-year-old daughter in across the country as well as three newspa- while police said 18 vehicles were has promised “the fullest transpar- convince those who are reluctant to cuted in a Paris suburb while hiding a northeastern suburb of Paris on pers and a television channel. burned and no arrests were made ency” in investigating the circum- testify to do so,” he said. from the police. Wednesday. One of the newspapers closed was the yesterday. stances of Fofana’s death, amid con- Anger had already bubbled over The simmering tensions mean se- A police source said the attackers Kurdish-language daily Welat based in the Like other cities across France, cerns the unrest could spread. last year when a young black man in curity forces themselves are often recognised the policewoman because southeastern province of Diyarbakir as well Nantes has several poor neighbour- “The anger is far from over and it another Paris suburb suff ered severe targeted. Prosecutors said yesterday she had recently stopped them for an as the pro-Kurdish Ozgurlukcu Demokrasi hoods with large immigrant com- won’t end as long as there is no jus- anal injuries caused by a truncheon that two brothers would go on trial ID check in the high-crime suburb of whose Istanbul offi ces were raided by police munities where youths often accuse tice,” a 36-year-old named Chris, during his arrest. Wednesday over the brutal beating Aulnay-sous-Bois. in March. Poland, Ukraine remain divided by WWII massacres

AFP bers of the Ukrainian Insurgent “The discussion is focused Warsaw Army (UPA) killed up to 100,000 only on one side; Polish victims of Poles in the Volhynia region of Volhynia. Dialogue about com- what is now northwest Ukraine. memorating Ukrainian victims in oland and Ukraine yes- The UPA’s main objective was Poland has been suspended,” he terday held separate cer- to win Ukraine’s independence told AFP by telephone before the Pemonies marking 75 years by ousting Nazi and later Soviet ceremonies in Sahryn. since a WWII-era ethnic confl ict occupiers and to clear Poles from According to Tymon, who is between their nations claimed territories that were historically also a historian, some 600 ethnic thousands of lives, as a row over Ukrainian land. Ukrainian Polish citizens per- history continued to sour bilat- “It was ethnic cleansing, so ished in the village that was one eral ties. that’s what we would call it to- of several dozen in the region at- Discord over the Volhynia day,” Duda said, quoted by the tacked by Polish partisans. massacres between 1943 and PAP Polish news agency at a Despite these “terrible pages of 1945 has led to a diplomatic cemetery in Olyka, near Lutsk. history”, Duda insisted that Po- chill between Kiev and Warsaw, The 2016 Polish resolution land “wants to support Ukraine whose relations deteriorated af- also recognises bloody reprisals in its reforms (for) the country to ter the nationalist Law and Jus- by Polish partisan groups against be a safe state.” tice (PiS) party came to power in Ukrainians that various sources Warsaw was one of the EU’s Poland in 2015. say could have claimed up to strongest supporters of Ukraine’s Polish President Andrzej Duda 20,000 lives. 2014 Maidan revolution that was attended a mass commemorating Duda also made reference to followed by an ongoing confl ict the Polish victims of the confl ict the reprisals by Polish partisan with Russian-backed rebels in in Lutsk, a city in Ukraine’s west- groups, but questioned the scale the east of the country. ern Volhynia region. of the killing, insisting that there Both presidents said their vis- Ukrainian leader Petro Poro- were around 5,000 victims. its were not offi cial. shenko, meanwhile, was in the Speaking in Sahryn, Ukraine’s Warsaw said Duda was invited Polish village of Sahryn, 125km Poroshenko told members of Po- to Ukraine by the local Catholic across the border, where he land’s Ukrainian community that bishop in Lutsk. opened a memorial to Ukrainians “our nations deserve to know the Kiev said Poroshenko was in- killed by Polish partisans. truth, but it is not the job of poli- vited by Poland’s Ukrainian com- In 2016, Poland’s rightwing- ticians.” munity. dominated parliament recog- According to Piotr Tymon, Several Ukrainian media re- nised the Volhynia massacres as head of the Union of Ukrainians ported Warsaw had refused an a “genocide”, a term that Kiev has in Poland, discussions about the off er by Kiev to mark the anni- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko takes part in the opening of a memorial paying tribute to Ukrainians killed by Polish partisans, in rejected. massacres have come to an im- versary together, citing anony- the Polish village of Sahryn. Between 1942 and 1945, mem- passe under the PiS government. mous diplomatic sources. Gulf Times 14 Monday, July 9, 2018 INDIA

PEOPLE CRIME SMUGGLING ROBBERY INVESTIGATION Senior Congress leader Gang of robbers DRI seizes 10kg of Cash, jewellery stolen Kerala police await court M M Jacob dead held in Ghaziabad gold, 2 arrested from Chidambaram home ruling in priests’ case

Senior Congress leader and former Meghalaya Four men who robbed a software engineer in The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Cash and jewellery worth around Rs250,000 Police in Kerala are waiting for the outcome governor M M Jacob died at a private hospital Ghaziabad of a laptop, an iPhone 6 and Rs2,000 has seized 10kg of smuggled gold worth over were reported stolen from former finance of an anticipatory bail plea filed in the Kerala near Kottayam in Kerala yesterday, family in cash have been arrested, police said yesterday. Rs30mn from West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, minister P Chidambaram’s residence in Chennai, High Court by two of four Orthodox priests, sources said. Jacob, 92, had been suff ering from Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna a statement said yesterday. Acting on a tip-off , police said yesterday. According to the police, accused of sexually abusing a woman age related illnesses, according to the sources. identified the men as Indrajeet Saini alias Rajvir DRI off icials intercepted a car at Fulbari in Siliguri the theft was noticed by Chidambaram’s wife parishioner, off icials said. If the court turns He remained active in politics by taking part in alias Saamba from Hoshiarpur in Punjab, Deepak area on Saturday and arrested two men with Nalini on Saturday night on returning home down the plea today, the accused priests party meetings and had settled down in Palai, Chauhan and his brother Rahul of Meerut in the smuggled gold. “The off icials recovered 10 when she noticed that one cupboard was open of the Malankara Orthodox Church will be where his last rites would be held today. He was Uttar Pradesh and Krishna Kumar of Panipat in foreign origin gold bars, each weighing 1kg from and cash and jewellery kept inside were missing. arrested, said the off icials. All four are now the Meghalaya governor from 1995 to 2007. Haryana. Indrajeet had been sentenced to 10 a car near Siliguri’s Fulbari. The car was on its Cash of about Rs150,000, jewellery worth about on the run, but sources say the police have Jacob served as the deputy chairperson of the years in jail in a drug case but escaped during way from Bhutan to Bihar’s Muzaff arpur. Two Rs100,000 and some silk sarees were stolen. A tracked them down and are waiting for the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, a 15-day parole and began living in Haridwar persons travelling in the car have been arrested,” police complaint was filed and on checking the court verdict. It was alleged that five priests for two terms – 1982 and 1986. He was also where he met up with the other gang members. the statement said. Upon interrogation it was closed circuit camera footage, two maids were sexually abused the woman for a decade the federal minister of state for Parliamentary Desperate to finance Rahul Chauhan’s wedding, revealed that the gold bars were brought to India seen entering the house. Police said the theft but police charged four, citing the woman’s Aff airs, Water Resources and Home Aff airs in the gang decided to rob Vishwa Munjal on June from Bhutan through the Jaigaon-Phuentsholing would have happened about 10 days ago when complaint in which only four names were the cabinets of former prime ministers Rajiv 30. They entered his house on the pretext of border. “The gold bars were originally handed the Chidambarams were not in Chennai. On mentioned. The police action came after the Gandhi and P V Narashima Rao. The Kerala unit delivering a wedding invitation and pounced on over to the accused persons at a hotel in confirming the involvement of their maids in the victim’s husband complained that one of of the Congress Party has cancelled all off icial the unsuspecting Munjal, and robbed him. They Bhutan’s Phuentsholing and were supposed to theft, the Chidambarams have made a request to the priests who first exploited his wife was programmes until today. gagged him with duct tape before escaping. be delivered to the buyer in India,” the DRI said. withdraw the complaint. blackmailing her.

BJP blames W Bengal Telangana govt over JU crisis

IANS student shot Kolkata

he Bharatiya Janata Party yesterday held West Ben- Tgal’s Trinamool Congress government primarily respon- dead in US sible for the ongoing stalemate in Jadavpur University over the decision to scrap admission test for six undergraduate courses and urged it to start dialogue with the institute’s authorities and students’ union to fi nd a so- restaurant lution. Meanwhile, the students con- IANS touch the Ministry of External UMKC Chancellor C Mauli tinued to hold protests at the Kansas City Aff airs and the Indian embassy in Agrawal off ered his condolences. university. the US, Rao said. “Sharath and I share an Indian “It is the state government’s The minister said if Koppu’s heritage, but all of us at UMKC responsibility to fi nd a solution 26-year-old Indian stu- family members wanted to go to share in the grief such tragedies to the ongoing problem in Ja- dent from Telangana was the US to bring the body, the gov- bring,” Agrawal said on Saturday davpur because they are prima- Ashot dead inside a restau- ernment would make all neces- evening. rily responsible for the compli- rant in the US state of Missouri by sary arrangements for their travel. Witnesses said Koppu was shot cations. The statements given by a suspected robber. The student’s father Ram Mo- while trying to run from the rob- the government and the educa- Sharath Koppu, who was do- han, who works in Bharat San- ber. “The others ducked behind tion minister have created con- ing his Masters degree from the char Nigam Limited (BSNL), and the counter but Sharath turned fusion,” BJP state president Dilip University of Missouri-Kansas mother Malati were in a state of around and began to run in the Ghosh said. City (UKMC), was shot on Friday shock since receiving the news of opposite direction when the gun- “Their fi rst duty should be evening at J’s Fish and Chicken his death on Saturday. man opened fi re. Sharath was to start a discussion with the Market where he was working as a Ram Mohan told reporters he shot in the back and soon fell to university and vice chancellor part-time employee, The Kansas had learnt on Saturday morning the ground,” Shahid, who runs the on this issue. They can consult City Star newspaper reported. that his son was wounded in a restaurant said. eminent academicians in the External Aff airs Minister Su- shooting. Raghu Chowdavaram, who de- state and talk to the students’ shma Swaraj expressed condo- “We were told some miscreants scribes himself as Koppu’s cousin, unions about their demand,” he lences. entered the restaurant and started has set up a crowdfunding cam- said. “We will follow this up with the shooting. Two of my son’s friends paign to send fi nancial help for The university authorities police and provide all assistance escaped the bullets. My son tried his family. By yesterday, the cam- on Saturday sought a directive to the family,” she tweeted. to run away and they shot him paign had collected over $45,000. from Governor Keshri Nath Tri- The Kansas City police has re- from behind,” he said. “Sharath is known to his fam- pathi – the ex-offi cio chancel- leased a brief video of the suspect Ram Mohan said his son had ily and friends as full of dreams, lor, on the emerging situation inside the restaurant moments graduated in software engineer- cheerful, energetic and athletic. while the Jadavpur University before the shooting and asked for ing from Vasavi Engineering Col- He had the same dreams like Teachers’ Association (JUTA) people’s assistance in identifying lege in Hyderabad and moved to everyone else to make it BIG in sought an appointment with him. the US in January. “While pur- the land of opportunity. He had Tripathi and endorsed the stand The suspect pulled out a gun suing his studies, he was also a great sense of humour, and al- of a section of teachers to stay and shot Koppu on his back. He working part-time in a restaurant ways made people laugh and was away from the entire admission died in hospital. there,” he said. always eager to lend a helping process. Koppu, who was a software en- “Last night, we got to know hand,” Chowdavaram said. Education Minister Partha gineer, came to the US in January. that he was brutally killed by The incident comes a year after Chatterjee also held a meeting Meanwhile, the Telangana gov- gunshots fi red by unknown peo- another Hyderabad techie, Srini- with the governor yesterday af- ernment yesterday announced ple around 8pm (US time). This vas Kuchibhotla, 32, was killed in a ternoon over the current situa- that it was making arrangements is a very sad day for all of us,” the race-triggered attack at a bar also tion. to bring Koppu’s body back to Hy- victim’s cousin Sandeep Vemu- in Kansas City on February 22, 2017. Meanwhile, the hunger strike derabad within two days. lakonda said. The UKMC issued In May, former US Navy veter- by nearly 20 students outside The state’s Minister for NRI Af- a statement expressing grief over an Adam Purinton admitted that the university’s administra- fairs K T Rama Rao along with his Koppu’s death. he fatally shot Kuchibhotla saying tive headquarters Aurobindo cabinet colleagues Kadiam Srihari “We off er our sincere sym- that he targeted the victim be- Bhawan demanding the admis- and T Srinivas Yadav visited Ko- pathies to Sharath’s family and cause of his “actual and perceived sion test for the six humanities Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari consoles the family members of Sharath Koppu, in ppu’s house. friends in the wake of this sense- race, colour, religion and national courses, continued yesterday. Hyderabad yesterday. The state government was in less tragedy,” the statement said. origin”. Himachal govt raises Healthcare faces many challenges, says Naidu

heli-taxi service fares IANS son born in India in 1960 was Chennai 40 years, which has increased to about 70 now. Of every 1,000 live IANS per will land at the Annandale at the Annandale ground but children born in India in 1960, Shimla ground and not at the airport. would take off from Jubbarhatti. ice President M Venkai- about 160 died in the fi rst year, That was an encouraging step to “We are still awaiting per- ah Naidu yesterday said but now the death rate of infants woo tourists as it helps reduc- mission from the defence min- VIndia is making steady is about a fourth of that level, he he Himachal Pradesh ing the travel distance between istry. Owing to security rea- progress in healthcare status said. government has raised the landing spot and the city,” a sons, it’s reluctant to allow the though there are several chal- Referring to the central gov- Theli-taxi fares barely a travel agent said. civilian chopper to land at the lenges to be met. ernment’s Ayushman Bharat, month after the service was “But the chopper is still Annandale ground,” a senior of- Addressing the 30th convoca- a national health protection launched between Shimla and landing at the Jubbarhatti air- fi cial with the state Tourism and tion of The Tamil Nadu Dr M G scheme, Naidu said it would not Chandigarh. port and it’s discouraging the Civil Aviation Department said. R Medical University in Chen- only help people access good The fares have gone up tourists and even locals to trav- A prime land surrounded by nai, Naidu said: “Nearly 12% of healthcare facility but also spur by Rs500, from Rs2,999 to el by air. That is why almost thick forests, the Annandale deaths are due to heart diseases. growth in medical infrastruc- Rs3,499, offi cials said yester- 50% of the seats on every fl ight ground has been under the ar- Lung diseases and strokes are ture. day. have been remaining unsold my’s control since World War also major cause of deaths. Out He said India has had a rever- That’s not all. There is confu- since the launch of heli-taxi II. The army has allowed only of every 1,000 new-born chil- ential attitude towards doctors sion over the helicopter’s land- service,” he said, adding “most the landing of the chief minis- dren, 53 are not surviving beyond due to the competence of the ing site in the Himachal state of the tourists are preferring ter’s chopper there. their fi fth birthday. Stunting medical fraternity and the belief capital. to travel by regular taxis than The offi cial admitted that and malnutrition continue to be that doctors’ advice comes from The offi cials said the chop- heli-taxi”. the one-way airfare for the tri- problematic.” a pure, objective concern for the per is still landing at the air- Offi cials said for boarding weekly service was increased by According to him, the broad well-being of the patient. port at Jubbarhatti, 22km from the chopper at Shimla, one has Rs500 from July 1 owing to high trends do not reveal the full pic- “This competence and the Shimla, and not at the Annan- to go to the Jubbarhatti airport, operational cost. ture because they don’t indicate ability to render honest medical dale ground, the picturesque which is an hour-long travel With the launch of the heli- the existing major inequalities advice are at the heart of good, fl at highland just 3km from from here. taxi service on June 4, the between states and between ethical medical practice,” Naidu Shimla’s Ridge, as announced It lands and takes off from the travel time between Shimla and people in the various socioeco- said. by the government soon after Chandigarh International Air- Chandigarh was reduced to 20 nomic strata. The vice president also told the launch of its maiden fl ight port, some 18km from the city. minutes against four hours by The vice president also point- the students not to move away on June 4. Seeing the poor response of road. ed out to the improvement in the from the path of dedicated and “Seeing the poor response of the travellers, Chief Minister The chief minister has of- country’s healthcare status over focused attention to patient the travellers, the government Jai Ram Thakur announced on fered his offi cial helicopter for Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu addresses the 30th convocation of the years. welfare under any circumstanc- has announced that the chop- June 18 the chopper would land the Shimla-Chandigarh route. Tamil Nadu Dr M G R Medical University in Chennai yesterday. The life expectancy of a per- es. Gulf Times Monday, July 9, 2018 15 INDIA

India not yet prepared for cyber warfare, says retired general

IANS connected, we suddenly realise Calling cyber warfare the architect of the famous ‘surgical tentions. In these attacks, so far, “It can actually impact each ture or military installations New Delhi the potential of the threat to be “fifth dimension” of war strikes’ against Pakistan in 2016 the intent was not to do that (kill sphere of your life. So rather than of the rival country, including enormous. In preparation we are – after land, water, air and as the Northern Army Com- people), but the capability defi - saying that it has not happened spreading disinformation to cre- still lacking a bit as the organisa- space – Hooda said India was mand chief. nitely exists,” Hooda said. till now, I think what we should ate societal unrest. yber warfare is emerging tional structures that are needed ranked third in terms of facing He said there had not been “If you get into infrastructure, look at is whether the capability “The example of this you saw as a grave threat with a to counter this are not in place,” threats of cyber warfare but enough discussion and debate for example, related to dams, of kinetic damage to human life in the US elections when social Cpotential to wreak havoc retired Lt General D S Hooda told was at 23rd position when it on the strategic aspect of cyber and you are able to fl ood some exists, and I think it does exist media was used to infl uence the in a war situation, but India is IANS in an interview. comes to preparedness to deal warfare, otherwise an integrat- areas, or you get into the com- right now,” Hooda said. voters. Whether that actually not yet prepared to handle it ef- Hooda, who specialises in with them. ed cyber command would have mand control networks... there He said the more we get in- happened or not is a matter of fectively, a former Indian Army the fi eld, said that with criti- “Since India is growing eco- been in place by now. is talk that the Americans did get terconnected, the more risk we investigation. When you com- general has said. cal infrastructure and military nomically, diplomatically and But how damaging can a cyber into the North Korean missile face. bine all this, that’s why we are “We have been alive to the (cy- installations getting connected politically, people will target us. war be? programme and managed to do What are the various aspects now defi ning cyber as the fi fth ber) threat for some time, but the through the Internet, the threat It’s the weapon of weaker na- “Well, a lot of people say that some damage to that. So I think of cyber warfare? Hooda said dimension of warfare. After air, nature of the threat is expand- of cyber attacks was becoming tions against stronger nations. so many cyber attacks have al- the potential exists for what you that in such attacks normally land, sea and space, now you see ing quite rapidly. With Internet increasingly lethal and that an I see no reason why Pakistan ready happened yet not a sin- can do with it because our lives weaker, hostile countries are in- cyber warfare becoming an in- of Things (IoT) and everything emerging India was particularly would hesitate to use it against gle person has been killed. But I are so interconnected now,” he volved and they carry out target- tegral component of the overall around our life getting inter- at risk of such attacks. us,” said Hooda, who was the think that has got to do with in- said. ed attacks on critical infrastruc- war,” Hooda said. Simultaneous S Korean president arrives in India elections not practical, say regional parties

IANS Warning that simultaneous New Delhi elections would go against the basic tenets of the Constitu- tion, the DMK opposed the majority of regional idea, saying it was unwarrant- parties that took part in ed and practically not possible. Aa discussion on simul- “In sum, the present pro- taneous polls yesterday told posal of the Law Commission the Law Commission that such seems to be a complete misad- an exercise would undermine venture that will decimate the the regional aspirations and federal structure. I respect- erode the federal set up envi- fully submit my party’s whole sioned in the Constitution. hearted opposition to the pro- While a few including the posal,” DMK leader M K Stalin Samajwadi Party and Telan- said in writing. gana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Terming the Law Commis- supported the idea of ‘one-na- sions consultations on simul- tion-one-election’, some like taneous polls a “futile exer- the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) cise”, the JD-S said the BJP and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) was just “testing the waters” questioned the sincerity of the through it with no real inten- Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh welcomes South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife Kim Jung-sook on their arrival in New Delhi yesterday. Soon central government towards tions of reforms in the elec- after his arrival, the South Korean president and First Lady visited the Akshardham Temple. Moon is on a four-day state visit to India. poll reforms. toral process. The parties that attended “This is a futile exercise. In a the meeting with the law panel federal democracy you cannot yesterday included the Dravida think of simultaneous elec- Munnetra Kazhagam, Telugu tions. If you want poll reforms, Desam Party, Bodoland Peo- fi rst and foremost, there must ple’s Front (BPF), Samajwadi be a ceiling on expenditure by Party, TRS, JD-S and AAP. political parties during elec- The Congress and the tions. But no one’s talking Bharatiya Janata Party were about it,” JD-S spokesman conspicuous by their absence Danish Ali said after the meet- Mallya shrugs off threat on the second day of the dis- ing. cussions too. “When we put it today be- Opposing the idea of simul- fore the Law Commission, taneous elections to Lok Sabha they said the government had and the state legislatures, the not given any reference to it TDP said the proposal was and it was out of their purview. “impracticable” and “against It clearly shows that the gov- of British asset seizures the spirit of the Constitution ernment is not sincere about and federal structure”. electoral reforms,” he added. Reuters and appeals likely whatever the them. I’ll physically hand them one month a year, he said. the Karnataka High Court which “As per the Constitution, it The Law Commission had Silverstone, England outcome. over. Tell me the time, date and Mallya has been in Britain is more than suffi cient to repay is not possible and is impracti- invited all political parties for a Speaking to Reuters at the place.’” since he left India in March 2016, the banks and indeed everybody cable. For simultaneous polls, discussion on the idea of hold- British Formula One Grand Prix, “There’s no question of being unable to travel after his pass- else,” he said. either you have to extend or re- ing Lok Sabha and state as- mbattled tycoon Vijay where he is principal and co- homeless because at the end of port was revoked, so the annual “So the question of attaching duce the tenures of some state sembly elections at the same Mallya said yesterday he owner of the Force India team, the day, they are entitled to take British Grand Prix is the only assets either in the UK or what- governments, which is against time. The exercise continued Ewill comply fully with Mallya said he would hand over my assets in my name declared race he has been able to attend ever should not arise.” the spirit of the Constitution on the second day yesterday. court enforcement officers British assets held in his name. on oath to the court. They can’t since then. Mallya repeated recent com- and federal structure,” party The Samajwadi Party, the seeking to seize his British as- But a luxury country resi- go one step beyond,” he said. The Indian government’s En- plaints on Twitter that Indian MP K Ravindra Kumar said. TRS and BPF, nevertheless, sets, but there was not much dence belonged to his children Mallya said a super-yacht he forcement Directorate, which criminal enforcement agencies AAP’s Ashish Khetan said favoured the idea. The Janata for them to take as his family’s and a house in London belonged used for entertaining at races in fi ghts fi nancial crimes, is seeking had frozen assets in India so he that for simultaneous polls to Dal-United (JD-U), too, sup- lavish residences were not in to his mother, making them un- Monaco and Abu Dhabi, which to declare him a “fugitive eco- could not sell them, while banks happen, the Constitution of ported the idea through a reso- his name. touchable. was recently sold at auction in nomic off ender” and to confi s- continued to tot up interest. India will have to be “mutilat- lution in its national executive India wants to extradite the “I have given the UK court on Malta after a dispute over unpaid cate Rs125bn worth of his assets. He said the Enforcement Di- ed and rewritten completely”. yesterday though the party did 62-year-old former liquor baron affi davit a statement of my UK crew wages, was not his problem Mallya has denied the charges, rectorate had also attached as- “We are against the idea not attend the meeting. from Britain to face charges of assets. Which, pursuant to the either. decried a “political witchhunt” sets inherited from his father, of the so-called one-nation- Senior Samajwadi Party fraud as a group of Indian banks freezing order, they are enti- “I have not owned the Indian and has said he is seeking to including properties acquired one-poll because it will turn leader Ramgopal Yadav said seek to recover more than $1bn tled to take and hand over to the Empress boat for more than sev- sell assets worth about Rs139bn in the 1920s, under the provi- India’s federal democracy the initiative should be im- of loans granted to his defunct banks,” he said. en years now,” he said. ($2.04bn) to repay creditors. sions of the Prevention of Money into a managed democracy,” plemented in 2019 itself. “The Kingfi sher Airlines. “There’s a few cars, a few It had belonged to “a Mid- “I think the overriding con- Laundering Act. Khaitan said, adding that the SP is in favour of simultaneous A verdict is expected by early items of jewellery and I said ‘OK, dle Eastern gentleman”, whose sideration that everybody seems “How can those be proceeds proposal “reeked of a dictato- polls to the Lok Sabha and the September, with July 31 the fi nal fi ne. You don’t have to bother name he would not disclose, in a to be missing is that I have put of crime? This is the injustice rial mindset”. state assemblies,” Yadav said. date for closing oral submissions to come to my house to seize deal that gave Mallya use of it for $2bn worth of assets in front of that is happening,” he said. No patching up with Kashmir in lockdown amid fears of unrest

Agencies months of violent street protests ‘corrupt’ RJD: JD-U Srinagar that left nearly 100 dead and countless more blinded by pellet fi re following a crackdown. IANS “It will put to rest all sorts of clear its stand about Lalu Prasad uthorities imposed a Separatist leaders urged shop- New Delhi speculations in the media that Yadav’s party. lockdown in the Kashmir keepers to keep their businesses we are going to break away from “Our leader Nitish Kumar AValley yesterday, antici- closed in protest to mark Wani’s the BJP,” he said. had met Rahul Gandhi (before pating fresh unrest as separatists death. he Janata Dal-United (JD- Hours after Tyagi briefed the ditching the grand alliance) and urged protests to mark the anni- Senior separatist leaders Syed U) yesterday said that it media about the meeting, Bihar apprised him about the corrupt versary of a rebel leader’s death. Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Twould “like” to contest the Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Lalu Prasad family. But he (Gan- Tension had been building ahead Farooq were placed under house 2019 Lok Sabha elections with its Kumar Modi tweeted that the dhi) didn’t do anything to stop of the anniversary with three civil- arrest while Mohamed Yasin coalition partner Bharatiya Janata JD-U has passed a resolution the grand alliance from disin- ians, including a teenage girl, killed Malik was taken into preventive Party while stressing that there that it will contest the Lok Sabha tegrating. Rahul Gandhi’s stand during clashes on Saturday be- custody in Srinagar. was no question of patching up elections in 2019 with the BJP. on corruption is not clear. Until tween protesters and troops. Traffi c on the Jammu-Srina- with the “corrupt” Rashtriya Ja- The JD-U meeting comes or unless the Congress makes Mobile Internet services were gar highway was suspended. nata Dal (RJD). in the wake of its call that the its stand clear about the corrupt shut down across Jammu and Heavy contingents of police “Today at our National Ex- party will play “big brother” in RJD, how can we communicate Kashmir, roads into the restive and paramilitary forces were de- ecutive we discussed the strat- Bihar and Chief Minister Nitish with it,” he said. valley were blocked and restric- ployed in sensitive areas in Sri- egy for 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Kumar will be the face of Na- “Our leader Nitish Kumar’s tions on movement were im- nagar and other district head- Though there was no formal tional Democratic Alliance in message is very clear. Our party posed in Srinagar. quarters. resolution passed, it was a sort of the state. will not compromise on the cor- Authorities have clamped a total Amarnath pilgrims were not consensus that we would like to Tyagi ruled out re-aligning ruption, crime and communal- curfew in Tral, the native home of allowed to move towards the go into the polls in alliance with with the RJD but kept the op- ism,” he said, adding the JD-U A trooper patrols a deserted street during a protest called by rebel commander Burhan Wani. cave shrine from Jammu due to the BJP,” JD-U secretary-general tions open for Congress on the was fi rm on maintaining these separatists to mark the second death anniversary of Hizbul The charismatic young the shutdown in the valley, po- K C Tyagi said. conditions that the party should principles. commander Burhan Wani, in Tral yesterday. leader’s death in 2016 sparked lice said. Gulf Times 16 Monday, July 9, 2018 PAKISTAN Facebook takes Police ready to tackle security measures ahead of poll

Internews works, with the goal of increas- Karachi ing transparency, improving se- election challenges curity, and helping authorities promote civic engagement.” Internews turning offi cers and prominent duty of the Special Branch was of women at polling stations, The SHOs were being ap- acing serious criticism for The measures shared by Aziz Lahore personalities. to keep fi eld offi cers informed women police have been made pointed from other districts in its role in allowing disinfor- came as follow-up of Face- They will also be trained to about the presence of antisocial part of the special election force. Lahore and record keepers from Fmation to spread during the book CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s provide fi rst aid, fi ght fi res, han- elements. Lahore Police are also mak- diff erent circles. This created 2016 US presidential elections, announcement in April to im- espite challenges after a dle emergencies and co-ordinate The Punjab Police, as part of ing special arrangements to en- a great void in the force and af- Facebook has claimed to have en- prove security and transparency massive overhaul, Punjab with other law enforcement election duties, also launched sure conduct of safe, free and fected the ability to fi ght crime, hanced security measures ahead ahead of elections in diff erent DPolice are making special agencies. a crackdown against violations fair elections, said DIG Shahzad while also raising apprehensions of the July 25 polls in Pakistan. countries, including Pakistan. preparations for elections to en- Punjab Police have decided to of the election code of conduct. Akbar. over law and order. The social media giant has in- The Facebook founder had sure order and foolproof secu- rely suffi ciently on the Special In 10 days, the police registered A senior police offi cer said DIG Shahzad Akbar, on the creased the number of safety and said the social media portal rity arrangements during mass Branch till elections. Inspec- 136 cases against 946 workers of that Lahore Police were fac- other hand, said that new chain security people working on this would require all political ads gatherings. tor General of Police (Punjab) diff erent political parties. ing serious issues after a com- of command in the Lahore Police area, with dedicated teams fo- on its platform to clearly men- For capacity building to per- (IGP) Dr Syed Kaleem Imam held Punjab Police registered cas- plete overhaul of its chain of had managed to fi ll the gap to a cused on preventing abuse on the tion who is paying for the mes- form duties on election day, a meeting with Additional IG es against 429 workers of PTI, command. large extent. “They have worked platform during elections and sage and for their identity to be the police arranged a week- Special Branch Farooq Mazhar. 134 of PML-N, 22 of PPP, while He said the police station, be- hard for the last few days.” started training of the Election verifi ed, “In a bid to curb outside long training programme for During the meeting, he had 361 off enders are from other ing a basic unit of the depart- The DIG said that the newly- Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) election interference”. members of the force. The ini- ordered the additional IG to di- political parties and some are ment, was akin to the force’s appointed SHOs had been vis- offi cials with the goal of increasing A few measures shared by the tiative kicked off in all districts rect the offi cers of the Special independents. backbone. iting polling stations and had transparency and helping authori- Facebook’s spokesperson in Pa- of the province last Sunday in Branch, in all the districts of Likewise, 86 cases have been He added the station house developed an understanding of ties promote civic engagement. kistan have further validated co-ordination with the Elec- the province, to increase their registered under the Goonda Act offi cer and record keeper were the area. Yesterday, Facebook spokes- such moves. tion Commission of Pakistan co-ordination with fi eld teams. and 65 people have been arrest- important to the chain of com- Akbar said SHOs were ap- person in Pakistan Sarim Aziz said “We are taking signifi cant steps (ECP). He stated that law and order ed, whereas 176 cases have been mand and implementation of pointed on merit. A 12-member “ensuring the integrity of elec- to bring more transparency to ads The training was aimed to management faces new chal- registered and 165 accused have policy on the ground level. panel was formed that inter- tions around the world, including and pages on Facebook,” said Aziz. build the capacity of police of- lenges during this election so been arrested under the Habitual He said the record keeper viewed before posting the SHOs. in Pakistan,” the social media com- “Anyone can now view active ads fi cials to counter any emergency all offi cers should perform their Off ender Act. maintained all records of police He said that appointing SHOs pany had taken a number of steps from pages on Facebook. The fea- situation or untoward incident duties with enthusiasm, passion Other arrangements included station management, crime and was at the discretion of DIG, to protect elections from abuse and ture will allow our community in on polling day. The partici- and dedication. an increase in picketing and pa- area. Therefore, every new SHO but the police formed a panel exploitation, including enhanced Pakistan and around the world to pants will be provided train- The IG Punjab asserted before trolling of Dolphin Force, PERU relied on him to settle down after to make the process even more security measures to protect pages see ads across Facebook, Insta- ing to protect ballot boxes, re- Farooq Mazhar that the prime and others. For the security taking charge. transparent. of political parties and candidates, gram, Messenger and our partner improving the enforcement of its network, even if those ads are not ads policies and greater ads and shown to you. People can also learn page transparency, better use of more about pages, even if they machine learning to combat fake don’t advertise. For example, you accounts, and working to reduce can see any recent name changes Son-in-law the spread of false news. and the date a page was created.” “We have also dramatically He replied in the affi rmative increased the number of safety when asked about removal of of Sharif and security people working fake accounts and groups oper- on this area, with dedicated ating in and outside the country teams focused on preventing ahead of the general elections. arrested abuse on our platform during But he did not specifi cally share elections,” he replied to a que- the data related to Pakistan. ry about the security measures “Fake accounts can be a ma- Reuters and Facebook’s co-ordination jor distributor of harmful and Karachi with the Pakistani authorities misleading content, and we ahead of the general elections. work hard to keep them off the “We have been working with platform,” he said. akistani authorities yes- the ECP to better understand “We’ve made recent improve- terday arrested the son- and address the specifi c chal- ments to recognise these inauthen- Pin-law of ousted prime lenges faced here in Pakistan, to tic accounts more easily by identi- minister Nawaz Sharif, who inform our community on civic fying patterns of activity without was on Friday sentenced in ab- issues, and help ensure that can- assessing account contents them- sentia to 10 years in prison over didates are safe on the platform. selves. For example, our systems a corruption ruling linked to his “Facebook has also been may detect repeated posting of the family’s purchase of luxury fl ats training election commission same content, or aberrations in the in London. offi cials on how our platform volume of content creation”. Sharif’s daughter Mar- yam, seen as his chosen po- litical heir, was sentenced to Tribal areas set for last polls for lower house seven years in prison and her husband Mohamed Safdar The Election Commission of registered male voters is 1.507mn was given a one-year jail Pakistan (ECP) will set up 1,884 (60.08%) whereas that of female term in a ruling many see as polling stations in the 12 National voters is 1.001mn (39.91%). a blow to the Pakistan Mus- Assembly constituencies of the During the previous general lim League-Nawaz (PML- Federally Administered Tribal elections, 1.738mn people in N) party before the July 25 Areas (Fata) with 2.509mn Fata had cast vote with 1.142mn election. residents eligible to cast vote in of them (65.7%) being men and Pakistan’s anti-corruption Mohamed Safdar, son-in-law of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, waves to supporters while leading a rally before his arrest in the July 25 elections, Internews 596,079 (34.2%) women. National Accountability Bu- Rawalpindi yesterday. reports. The ratio of increase in the reau (NAB) said in a state- The number of voters registered in number of male and female ment that Mohamed Safdar not to air Safdar’s live speeches, legedly providing a forged trust arrest on arrival in Pakistan just Pakistan’s military, which has Fata has gone up by 771,267 since votes tilts towards the latter as handed himself in. Earlier in saying they are against the law deed, for which Safdar was a before the election, in which his ruled the nuclear-armed coun- the 2013 elections. the increase in female voters is the day Safdar and supporters and the code of conduct of the witness. party is in a tight race with op- try for almost half its history, July 25 will be the last general 68.03% and that of male voters is had driven around the garrison country’s media regulator. Sharif and his daughter would position fi gure Imran Khan’s denies involvement in civilian elections under the current 32.01% but a diff erence of 506,281 city of Rawalpindi holding im- After the verdict on Friday, return to Pakistan on July 13 party. politics. electoral structure in Fata due to votes persists. promptu rallies, local televi- Safdar said “justice has been from London where they are Both Sharif and Maryam deny Sharif was ousted by the Su- the merger of the tribal region with Some observers believe that the sion showed. massacred” and railed against tending to the veteran leader’s wrongdoing and plan to appeal preme Court in July 2017 and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. setting up of combined polling “After continued raids of Na- the judiciary. wife, Kulsoom, who is being the NAB decision. barred from politics for being In the future general elections, the stations might aff ect the turnout of tional Accountability Bureau Sharif was jailed as the fam- treated for cancer and is in a Sharif had denounced the “dishonest” by failing to report number of NA constituencies in female voters in those stations. (NAB) at his houses in Abbota- ily could not explain how the coma after suff ering a heart at- court proceedings against him a monthly income of 10,000 these areas will decrease and will Although, separate polling booths bad, Mansehra and Haripur, obtained funds to purchase four tack last month. as politically motivated and Emirati dirhams ($2,723) from be counted among KPs. will be established in these Safdar decided to surrender be- luxury fl ats in London’s exclu- “We will reach Lahore on July a judicial witch-hunt, often a company owned by his son. The polling scheme for tribal areas stations, but these would be in fore NAB,” NAB said. sive Hyde Park area. Maryam 13,” Maryam told reporters. suggesting the military was to He denies drawing the monthly shows a disparity between male the same premises having same NAB also requested media was given a prison term for al- Sharif and Maryam will face blame. salary. and female voters as the number of presiding off icer.

ices to the agriculture sector of the country, as well as promote awareness related to water and weather status to the farming Rawalpindi’s oldest school Tarbela dam set to community. The recent advisory released by the NAMC is about crop management practices related struggles to retain identity to the irrigation practices. It hit dead level has advised that the cotton and sugarcane farmers should take Internews newer structure; some, towards At present the school is be- adoptive measure accordingly Islamabad the backyard, retain wooden ing operated by the Punjab gov- Internews the year but the cloudless sky Khalid Rana said that the au- and the irrigation should apply balconies and stonework. ernment, but it has failed to Islamabad and high heat led to melting thority has increased outfl ows according to weather conditions The building was constructed maintain the standard of edu- of glaciers and snow in West- from Mangla dam from 25,000 and crop requirement. nce a centre of excel- with donations. The philan- cation that was being imparted ern Himalayas,” the offi cial cusec to 45,000 cusec. The advisory is aimed to con- lence, the oldest school thropists’ names can be found in in the days of the missionary or the fi rst time in its said, adding, “As the tempera- The water level in the Jhe- serve water by suggesting that Oin downtown Rawalpin- some rooms. controlled board. history Tarbela dam will ture rose to 30 degrees Celsius lum River at Mangla Dam was irrigation water should be used di, the garrison city of Pakistan A few rooms were built by Har- Former lawmaker Malik Shak- Fhit dead level during the and above in Gilgit-Baltistan 1,123.70ft, which was 83.70ft only when required. near Islamabad, is struggling to nas Lal Sahini in the memory of his il Awan, who studied at the Mis- height of the monsoon season, mainly around Skardu area higher than its dead level of In Karachi, caretaker Minister maintain its stature in the fi eld mother Shiv Das Lakshmi Devi; sion High School, said that when due to low rainfall and dimin- snow melting results in infl ow 1,040ft whereas the infl ow and for Agriculture of Sindh Khair of education. other rooms were constructed by he was enrolled there the school ished snow melt – Indus River of water in Tarbela – but it did outfl ow of water was recorded Mohammad Junejo has said Now known as the Government Ram Lal and Jevan Devi. was the best in the city. System Authority (Irsa) said not happen this year.” as 46,500 cusec and 30,800 there is an acute shortage of wa- Faizul Islam High School for Boys “Some religious signs were in- He said the school had more yesterday. The offi cial added that rain- cusec respectively. ter in Sindh and the water level No.1, the school was opened in stalled on the walls and the roof, but than 250 students between grades Irsa is bracing for Tarbela fall in almost all of GB area had The Met offi ce has predicted in the Tarbela dam is at the dead 1899 by Arya Samaj, as part of its after the building was reconstructed six and 10; they won gold medals dam to reach its dead level of been low during winter months that a weather system carry- level surface. network of Dayanand Anglo-Vedic these symbols vanished,” said the in various subjects and co-cur- 1,386ft yesterday as current of 2017-18 which added to re- ing good rainfall will approach The harvesting season of cot- schools in the Potohar region. school’s principal, Hafi z Umair. ricular activities, and their names water level at Indus River at duced water storage in Tarbela next week by tomorrow and ton crop is in progress and water The current building on Dayanand Anglo-Vedic were written in the main hall in Tarbela dam was 1,387.82ft that dam. Wednesday that is likely to present in the canals would ex- Trunk Road was actually the schools aimed to educate peo- recognition of their achieve- is merely above the dead level. The fi gures released by Irsa bring increase infl ows in all haust within 10-15 days which second school opened as part ple from all faiths. The school ments. However, he added, the July and August are always show that infl ow of River In- major rivers. would badly hit the cotton crop of its network. It is a mixture in Rawalpindi was renamed in number of students had fallen. months of peak infl ows in the dus at Tarbela was 133,100 cu- However, the offi cial added thereby aff ecting its produc- of Mughal and colonial Brit- 1950, after the partition of the Where over a thousand stu- dam situated on the main stem bic feet per second (cusec) and that there was a need for an ex- tion, he said while addressing ish architecture and still re- subcontinent, and handed over dents were enrolled at the school of the Indus River. outfl ows were 145,200 cusecs, tended study to determine the the curtain-raising ceremony tains its original woodwork to the fi rst Muslim orphanage a decade ago, he said, most peo- A senior offi cial of the me- due to kharif demand for cot- new timings for cropping pat- of Pakistan Horticulture Vision and structure. society in the subcontinent – ple had now turned to private teorological offi ce (Met offi ce) ton crops, sugar cane and pad- terns and even water usage by (PHV-2030) organised in the The building is divided into Anjuman Faizul Islam. schools. said such events were visible dy sowing. the agriculture sector. Federation House yesterday. two portions. The main building The school was nationalised He added that he and the signs of climate change, which As a result the irrigation Mainly in view of changing Federation of Pakistan Cham- comprises the main hall, which under the PPP government in teachers had managed to in- had also resulted in disrupting requirements of Punjab and weather conditions the Met of- bers and Commerce Industry looks similar to a Hindu temple, 1972, but the orphanage situated crease the number of students traditional weather patterns. Sindh will suff er from a short- fi ce has established a National (FPCCI) Vice-President Waheed as well as the offi ce of the princi- in the backyard of the school re- at the school, and most students “Traditionally May and fall in the next 3-4 days. Agromet Centre (NAMC) to Ahmed warned the food security pal and staff . mained in the control of the An- were coming from other parts of June are the driest months of However, Irsa spokesman relate meteorological serv- of the country is now at risk. The classrooms are in the juman Faizul Islam. the city to study there. Gulf Times Monday, July 9, 2018 17 PHILIPPINES High value Govt probes spate of public works politician murders deals eyed in AFP mayor killing Manila

By Celso M Cajucom The mayor just came from a hilippine authorities were Manila Times/ Cabanatuan City reported pre-qualifying meeting yesterday investigat- at the DPWH, leaving at about Ping the brazen killing of 4pm and proceeding to the Na- a vice mayor near Manila, the he Philippine National tional Irrigation Administration third deadly attack by gunmen Police (PNP) and the Na- offi ce in Cabanatuan when he against local offi cials in less Ttional Bureau of Inves- was killed. than a week. tigation (NBI) have sought the An autopsy report showed The country has a violent, of- help of the Department of Public that he died from gunshot ten deadly political culture, but Works and Highways (DPWH) to wounds from seven bullets of a watchdogs are concerned Presi- connect the dots that might lead cal. 45 pistol – one in the chin dent Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war to the early solution of the killing and six in the body. may be emboldening assailants. of Mayor Ferdinand Bote of Gen. Ricardo Puno, DPWH 2nd Police said there was no clear Tinio town in this province. District Engineering Offi ce chief, connection between the slaying Police are looking at three said they furnished the Nueva Saturday of Alexander Lubigan, angles – construction business, Ecija police and NBI all records vice mayor of the city of Trece quarrying and politics. of the construction fi rm owned Martires south of Manila, and NBI Director Dante Guiran, by Bote’s Liza’s Construction. the killings of two mayors just who visited the wake of Bote, Aside from the P100mn days before. ordered provincial head agent project, the DPWH earlier However Wilnor Papa, Phil- Pedro Roque Jr to speed up the awarded two fl ood control ippine spokesman for Amnesty investigation, including the projects worth P80mn to Bote’s International, said that while recent killings of some public- construction fi rm after the oth- political violence was not new, works contractors in Nueva ers allegedly failed to qualify, ac- “Duterte he has aggravated it Ecija. cording to Edgardo De Guzman, through his pronouncements.” Bote, also a contractor, was DPWH assistant district chief. “The Duterte administration vying for a P100mn contract Meanwhile, Nito Juatco, pres- is empowering vigilante kill- project that the DPWH had ident of the Nueva Ecija Con- ings,” he added, citing Duterte’s opened for bidding. tractors Association with 54 calls for ordinary citizens to kill He was presumed to have been members, condemned the killing drug dealers and his vow to pro- given an edge over other con- of other local contractors before tect offi cers who get sued while tractors who joined the bidding. Bote. pursuing his drug campaign. A sniper shot Mayor Antonio Halili, who was on Duterte’s list Supporters take part during a funeral march for Mayor Antonio Cando Halili who was assassinated while attending a flag ceremony last of allegedly narcotics-linked Monday, in Tanauan, Batangas, yesterday. Fast visa processing for Chinese tourists planned offi cials, during a public cer- emony at the city hall in nearby Rights Watch researcher Car- the May 2016 national elections. edged killing more than 4,200 gangster land,” Pangilinan said in The Philippines is exploring ways to shorten the processing of visa on Tanauan last Monday. los Conde said, noting the next At least 10 mayors including drug suspects who resisted ar- a statement. National police chief arrivals for Chinese tourists, making their entry into the country faster A day later motorcycle-rid- polls were 10 months away. Halili and Bote have been killed rest, but rights groups say the Oscar Albayalde told reporters and hassle-free, local media reported yesterday. Department of Tourism ing gunmen killed Duterte ally “The diff erence here really is since Duterte took offi ce, while actual number of dead is at least yesterday the authorities were Undersecretary Benito Bengzon said the Department of Justice has Ferdinand Bote, mayor of the the way Duterte has threatened Lubigan, a member of a political triple that and could amount to looking into possible motives for already agreed to look into the proposal, Xinhua reported. He said talks northern town of General Tinio. offi cials with death and then party allied with the president, crimes against humanity. the killings, while noting it was a are underway between the two departments to “gradually make easier” However, neither Bote nor they are being killed one after the was the fi fth vice mayor killed Senator Francis Pangilinan, well-established fact that deadly the visa processing, especially for Chinese tourists. As part of the plan, Lubigan, the vice mayor killed other. That’s hardly coincidence,” in that period. Duterte ran on a president of the opposition Lib- attacks against elected offi cials Bengzon said the government is mulling to deploy Mandarin-speaking Saturday, had known drug links. Conde added. law-and-order platform that eral Party, yesterday urged the spike “before, during and after personnel to airports to better communicate with arriving Chinese tour- No clear motive has emerged According to a count by police, included promises to kill thou- government to do more to stop the elections”. “There is nothing ists. In August last year, the Philippine government allowed visa upon yet. “Election-related violence more than two dozen people were sands of people involved in the the killings. to fear because these (killings) are arrival for Chinese visitors who are part of tour groups from operators usually ramps up a few months killed in “election-related vio- drug trade, including offi cials. “What we want is a safe, se- not systematic. It does not con- accredited by the Department of Tourism. before an election,” Human lence” during campaigning for Authorities have acknowl- cure, and peaceful society, not a stitute a pattern,” he added.

Heavy Tesda steps up training Panel says fund worth billions rains for infrastructure project for Asean summit ‘unliquidated’ likely as By Neil Alcober larly in Region Vll, Vlll and X, Manila Times to broaden job opportunities to qualifi ed TVET graduates. By Ma. Reina L Tolentino Section 4.6 of COA Circular No. In all, P3.3bn was transferred that since these implementing typhoon Mamondiong said the agen- Manila Times 94-013,” CoA said. to implementing agencies from agencies have not submitted he Technical Education cy will look for ways to in- Based on the audit report, the August 2016 to December 2017. liquidation reports, it could not and Skills Development crease the number of trainers, Department of Foreign Aff airs These agencies included the be determined if the funds were arrives TAuthority (Tesda) will assessors and accredited as- und transfers totalling (DFA) transferred P718.7mn to Armed Forces of the Philip- fully utilised. expand the capacity of techni- sessment centres. The agency P1.046bn meant for ac- the DILG for the implementa- pines, Bureau of Fire Protec- In the same audit report, cal and vocational education is also looking into possible Ftivities during the coun- tion of its specifi c tasks and tion, Bureau of Immigration, the commission said the Manila Times and training (TVET) to support partnerships with other gov- try’s hosting of the Association activities for 2016 and 2017 as Civil Aviation Authority of the Mamamayang Ayaw Sa Anom- Manila the implementation of Presi- ernment agencies and private of Southeast Asian Nations head of the Committee on Se- Philippines, DFA, Department alya, Mamamayang Ayaw Sa dent Rodrigo Duterte’s “Build organisations. (Asean) in 2017 remained un- curity, Peace and Order, Emer- of Information and Technology, Iligal na Droga (MASA MASID) Build Build” infrastructure The Tesda chief said more liquidated as of December 2017, gency Preparedness and Re- Department of National De- programme’s aim of rais- he National Disaster Risk programme, which will need programmes will be formu- state auditors said. sponse, one of the committees fence, Department of Health, ing awareness on corruption, Reduction and Manage- some 200,000 construction lated to increase the number The observation was made established under the Asean Department of Social Welfare drugs, criminality and encour- Tment Council (NDR- workers nationwide. of skilled workers, especially in the Commission on Audit’s National Organising Council. and Development, Metropoli- aging community participation RMC) is gearing up for the ef- Tesda Director General Guil- in occupations that are hard to (CoA) report on the Depart- An additional P2bn was also tan Manila Development Au- and capability building was not fects of heavy rain today when ing Mamondiong said the fi ll. He said there is a shortage ment of the Interior and Local released to the DILG through thority, National Intelligence achieved. the southwest monsoon is ex- agency will strengthen its part- of heavy equipment operators, Government (DILG) for 2017. the 2017 General Appropria- Co-ordinating Agency, Nation- A budget of P500mn was al- pected to be enhanced by the nerships with business and in- masons and scaff olders. “Unliquidated fund trans- tions Act. The department also al Security Council, National lotted for the programme in entry of a strong typhoon in the dustry groups in the provision of “It is signifi cant to note that fers intended to support the received P775.7mn in supple- Telecommunications Offi ce, 2017 CoA said the programme Philippines earlier in the day, its skills training on construction- there are graduates of scaff old activities of the Philippines’ mental funds from the con- Offi ce of Civil Defence, Offi ce of was not eff ective because of spokesman said yesterday. related programmes. erection and masonry which hosting of the Asean in 2017 tingent fund through Special the President, Philippine Coast “slow/non-implementation of “We are always prepared. Accredited training institu- are included among the iden- have accumulated to P1.046bn Allotment Release Order in Oc- Guard, Philippine Center on programmed activities result- The only problem that we see tions tied up with construc- tifi ed as critical skills for the at year-end due to the failure tober 2017. Transnational Crime, Philip- ing in the reversion of allot- here is that the rain is inten- tion companies such as Aboitiz infrastructure development of the implementing agencies “In summary, the Depart- pine National Police, Philippine ment to the General Fund of sifying even if the typhoon is Construction, Golden Bay under the Build, Build, Build (IAs) to submit liquidation re- ment received P3.494bn as Nuclear Research Institute, and P10.545mn” and “non-utilisa- far from us or 1,000 kilometres Philippines Corp., and Jor- Programme,” Mamondiong ports/documents within the budget for Asean 2017 activi- Presidential Security Group. tion of fund transfer amounting away from us,” Edgar Posadas viv’s Construction, particu- said. prescribed period pursuant to ties,” CoA said. The CoA said in its report to P10.500mn.” told reporters.

“We are always prepared. The only problem that we see here is that the rain is intensifying even if the typhoon is far Duterte urges cops to observe maximum tolerance from us or 1,000 kilometres away from us” By Catherine S Valente maximum tolerance and not en- those from the opposition who Posadas was referring to a Manila Times gage protesters in a brawl. would rally, of course you can forecast by the Philippine At- “As much as possible, I do not go to rallies. Air your grievance. mospheric Geophysical Astro- want to see any rifl e, anything That is a constitutional guaran- nomical Services Administra- resident Rodrigo Duterte there except your baton and your tee,” he said. tion (Pagasa) that the storm has ordered the police to shield. And you have to — the “Seek redress, shout on the (international name: Maria), to Pexercise maximum toler- sacrifi ce, if they spit on you, and streets. I will declare the next be called “Gardo” once it enters ance in dealing with protesters the foreigners would curse on two days as vacation time. So the Philippine Area of Respon- during his third State of the Na- you, just let them,” he added. that all the people can go there sibility (PAR), would carry 185 tion Address (SONA) on July 23. Last year, Duterte ordered during the SONA address and kilometre per hour (kph) winds In a speech during the opening the police to exercise maximum demonstrate there,” the presi- and gustiness of over 200kph ceremony of the National Science tolerance as groups of people dent said. that would enhance the south- and Technology Week in Davao announced plans to hold rallies Duterte will deliver his third west monsoon (habagat) even if City, Duterte said he does not in time for the 45th anniversary report to the nation before a would unlikely make landfall. like to see law enforcers wielding of the declaration of martial law joint session of Congress on Posadas said there was a need fi rearms as he invited protesters by the late President Marcos. July 23, amid criticisms of his for them to activate all agencies and his critics to join the rallies Duterte said he might sus- human rights record, policy involved, including the mu- and exercise their constitutional pend classes and government on the South China Sea, rising nicipal and city disaster offices right to free expression. work again, to allow the people commodity prices, and stalled and all local government units Duterte said anybody can join to go to the streets and protest. peace negotiations with the (LGUs). rallies. “Do not be afraid. ‘The “I have done so many changes communist rebels. “We are expecting less of anti-Duterte, the priests, bishop. in our government. But corrup- Last year, the president faced winds but more on the rains All of you can go.” tion remains to be a problem. protesters outside the House of because of the habagat,” President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the police to exercise maximum tolerance in dealing with Duterte said he would tell the And if there are so many wise Representatives shortly after he said. protesters during his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 23. military and police to exercise girls there, women, and and delivering his second SONA. Gulf Times 18 Monday, July 9, 2018 COMMENT

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A trade war, which has a strong risk of roiling global fi nancial markets, remains a grave threat as Washington and Beijing fl ex their muscles with no sign of negotiations to ease tensions. The tariff s that the United States and China slapped on each other’s exports on Friday intensifi ed the trade war, chilling consumer confi dence and seriously harming the global economy. China and Arab states: Natural Friday marked the start of the US duties that were promptly met with retribution by China, as Beijing accused the United States of triggering the “largest-scale trade war.” partners in Belt and Road Initiative After President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to apply 25% levies on $34bn of Chinese products, By Wang Yi development visions are getting more mostly machinery and industrial parts, Beijing accused aligned and more complementary, Beijing the United States of “launching the largest trade war in placing China-Arab relations at a new economic history.” starting point. Under the changing It fi red back with dollar-for-dollar tariff s mainly on he Eighth Ministerial Meeting circumstances, we need to work American farm products and other foods. of the China-Arab States Co- together for a new type of international operation Forum (CASCF) will relations, for a community with a US tariff s on another $16bn of Chinese goods are due to be held in Beijing on July 10. shared future for mankind, and for a go into eff ect in two weeks, Trump said recently. T peaceful external environment and an It will be attended by Amir of Kuwait Trump also raised the temperature much further by Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al- equitable world order conducive to our stating that after the initial $50bn of goods has been Sabah, representatives from the other national rejuvenation. targeted with tariff s, Washington could add another 21 Arab countries, and the Secretary- At the forthcoming Eighth General of the Arab League, and Ministerial Meeting, China and Arab $500bn. President Xi Jinping will address the countries will follow the guidance of Every $100bn of Beijing said it had no opening ceremony. This meeting will our leaders, explore ways to advance choice but to respond in be another important event in China- future-oriented co-operation centred imports aff ected kind by taxing a similar Arab relations, following President around the BRI, and further upgrade amount of US goods Xi’s participation in the sixth CASCF cover a wide range of areas, including a successful Beidou co-operation China-Arab relations. by tariff s would Ministerial Meeting in 2014 and his satellite launch and cotton production. Forum. China has helped Algeria put China and Arab countries will coming into China. visits to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the The CASCF institution building has its fi rst communications satellite into become partners in promoting peace take away Initial market Arab League headquarters in 2016. At made signifi cant progress. The eff ective orbit, setting an example for such and stability. We need to strengthen estimates of the impact the meeting, China and Arab states are operation of over ten mechanisms, co-operation between China and Arab co-ordination, continue to support around 0.5% of of tit-for-tat Chinese expected to have in-depth discussions including the Ministerial Meeting, states. The China-Arab States Research each other on issues of major interests and US tariff s have been on how to jointly advance the Belt and the Senior Offi cials’ Meeting, the Center on Reform and Development and core concerns, and safeguard global trade Road Initiative (BRI) and strengthen Entrepreneurs Conference, and the and the China-Arab States Forums on the common interests of developing modest. A China central overall co-operation with a view to Energy co-operation Conference, has Reform and Development, have been countries. We should promote political bank adviser, Ma Jun, said US tariff s on $50bn worth drawing up a blueprint for China-Arab fuelled our Belt and Road co-operation warmly received by Arab countries. settlement of hotspot issues and uphold of Chinese goods will shave 0.2 percentage points off relations in the new era. in various respects. zOver the past four years, we common, comprehensive, co-operative Chinese growth. China and Arab countries share a zOver the past four years, we have have added more substances to our and sustainable security as we strive With Beijing indicating it will respond with tariff s on long history of exemplary interactions. worked in concert to cement the mutually benefi cial co-operation in to restore peace and tranquillity to the The past 2,000 years have witnessed “1+2+3” co-operation framework home-grown development, social Middle East at an early date and do more US imports or other corresponding actions of its uninterrupted exchanges between the featuring one focus (energy co- progress and personnel exchanges, our share in bringing about a world of own, the spectre of a full-blown trade war risks sinking Chinese and Arab peoples through operation), two priority areas delivering tangible benefi ts to our prosperity and stability. China’s markets deeper into the bear territory. land and sea links, which facilitated (infrastructure and trade and peoples. China has drawn up plans to China and Arab countries will Economists say that every $100bn of imports aff ected mutual learning between two great investment facilitation), and three provide assistance to Palestine and become partners in pursuing reform, by tariff s would take away around 0.5% of global trade. civilisations. Since the mid-20th high-tech sectors for breakthroughs humanitarian assistance to Syria, development and shared prosperity. century, we have supported each other (nuclear energy, aviation satellite and Lebanon, Jordan, Libya and Yemen, as We need to support each other in And they have assumed a direct impact on China’s in our respective struggles for national new energy). Sustained eff orts have was announced by President Xi. It has exploring development paths tailored economic growth in 2018 of 0.1-0.3 percentage points, independence and development, been made to advance the “four action trained over 6,000 people of diff erent to national conditions. We can achieve and a somewhat lower eff ect on US growth. writing a new chapter of friendship plans”, namely co-operation in four professions for Arab countries. common progress and development But the massive scale of Trump’s suggested new US and co-operation. The inception of the major fi elds of promoting stability, While encouraging competitive by tapping into the complementarity tariff s - 10 times the initial $50bn - would blow any such CASCF in 2004 has further upgraded identifying new forms of co-operation, production capacity to go global, China of our respective strengths and China-Arab relations, by adding a conducting production capacity co- has helped Arab countries build up needs, by seeking synergy of our modest predictions out of the water, analysts warn. new driver in addition to the bilateral operation, and deepening friendship. capacity for home-grown development development strategies at a faster The escalating fi ght between the world’s two biggest channels, and has thus accelerated the Our pursuit of greater in light of their need for economic pace, and by increasing experience economies meant that it could “take economic and political growth of China-Arab co-operation complementarity between development diversifi cation in the Middle East. In sharing on governance. In our pursuit of pain to get these two parties to the (negotiating) table,” Scott across the board. strategies has resulted in new progress this process, China has paid special development, we must stay committed Kennedy, head of China studies at the Center for Strategic As President Xi aptly puts it, China in China-Arab co-operation. China attention to helping Arab countries to a people - centred approach and and Arab countries, who are natural has signed Belt and Road co-operation improve their people’s lives, which deliver more benefi ts to our peoples. and International Studies in Washington told Reuters. partners in Belt and Road co-operation, MoUs with nine Arab states and is essential for the local economy. China and Arab countries will While US companies doing business in China agree need to follow the Silk Road spirit of production capacity co-operation For instance, a Chinese enterprise become partners in conducting with Trump’s complaint about Chinese intellectual peace and co-operation, openness agreements with fi ve Arab states. opened China’s fi rst overseas fi breglass practical co-operation for win-win property practices, many economists said they do not see and inclusiveness, mutual learning Both the Silk Road Fund and the production base in the Suez Economic outcomes. We need to follow the tariff s pushing China into submission. and mutual benefi t, and seek greater Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and Trade co-operation Zone, creating principles of extensive consultation, China’s commerce ministry said it was forced to synergy in our respective pursuits have invested in Arab countries. In over 2,000 local jobs and making Egypt joint contribution and shared benefi ts, of national renewal. The visionary 2017, China-Arab trade approached the largest fi breglass producer in Africa as we broaden co-operation in retaliate, meaning imported US goods including cars, guidance and commitment coming US$200bn, up by 11.9% year-on-year, and third largest producer in the world. infrastructure, aviation satellite and soybeans, and lobsters also faced 25% tariff s. from our leaders have lent a fresh and direct Chinese investment in Arab Arab countries, for their part, have energy and carry out key projects such Meanwhile, China has lodged a case with the World impetus to China-Arab relations. countries reached $1.26bn, an increase facilitated visits of Chinese nationals to as ports and industrial parks. China Trade Organisation (WTO) against the United States, The last four years have seen multiple of 9.3%. the region. Today, nine Arab countries looks forward to signing with more Arab according to the country’s commerce ministry. highlights in the fruitful exchanges and zOver the past four years, we give visa-free or Visa-upon-landing countries the MoU on Belt and Road co-operation between China and Arab have added new dimensions to our treatment to Chinese nationals, and co-operation to take our practical co- With the war of words between the world’s two largest states, with a special focus on Belt and co-operation in the traditional areas 150 passenger fl ights and 45 cargo operation to a higher level. economies getting escalated into a full-blown trade Road co-operation. of energy, infrastructure and trade. fl ights are run between China and Arab China and Arab countries will confl ict, many fear there is expected to be a drag on global zOver the past four years, we The Hassyan clean coal power plant countries every week. As a result, the become partners in championing growth this year and even in 2019. have maintained frequent high-level in Dubai, equipped with the world- number of Chinese tourist arrivals in cultural exchanges and mutual learning. exchanges, including President Xi’s leading ultra-supercritical technology, the region is soaring year by year. In the We will encourage more people - successful visits to the Middle East and the Attarat power plant in Jordan, opposite direction, Arabian specialities to -people exchanges and deepen and visits to China by the heads of a dream come true of oil shale power of premium quality, including long- co-operation in science, education, To Advertise state of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, generation, have taken China-Arab staple cotton from Egypt, olive oil from culture, health and information. By and Palestine. Such exchanges have power co-operation to a new level. Tunisia , chocolate from Lebanon and building more bridges for interactions, [email protected] contributed to deepening political Several large infrastructure projects are dates from Gulf Arab countries, have we will enhance mutual understanding Display trust and kept bilateral ties running at well underway, including Phase II of the entered Chinese households with the and friendship between our peoples and a high level. China has established or Khalifa Port in the United Arab Emirates help of e-commerce platforms. contribute to the progress of human 44466621 44418811 upgraded its strategic relations with and train project in the 10th of Ramadan The world today is at a critical civilization. 11 Arab countries. It has supported City of Egypt. They are expected juncture of major development, A new blueprint brings new Classified Arab countries in exploring their own to make the development of Arab transformation and adjustment. China hope. A new beginning heralds new 44466609 44418811 paths of development, and Palestine in countries better connected. Moreover, is making big strides on its new journey achievements. I am convinced that the restoring the lawful rights of its people. the cluster eff ect of the China-Egypt toward the two centenary goals and giant ship of China-Arab friendship and Subscription Arab countries, on their part, have Suez Economic and Trade co-operation showing a stronger commitment to co-operation will ride the wave toward given China valuable support on issues Zone is being felt. deepening reform on all fronts and a bright future. [email protected] concerning its core and major interests. Our co-operation has continued opening wider to the world. Likewise, The scope of our results-oriented to upgrade and deepen through Arab countries have unveiled major zWang Yi is State Councilor and Foreign business co-operation and people-to- innovation. We have inaugurated a initiatives of future-oriented reforms Minister of the People’s Republic of © 2018 Gulf Times. All rights reserved people exchanges has kept growing to Technology Transfer Centre, and held for national rejuvenation. Our China. Gulf Times Monday, July 9, 2018 19 COMMENT America’s second Sputnik moment?

By Yasheng Huang everywhere – not only those fortunate For example, Trump is trying to revive Cambridge enough to live in the country where dirty fuels like coal, which powered the discoveries happen to have been the fi rst Industrial Revolution, rather developed. than investing in solar, wind, and other he burgeoning trade war With a deep pool of talent, China renewables that will power the “Fourth between the United States has much to contribute to progress Industrial Revolution.” and China has as much to do in science and technology; the Trump is not the only guilty party; Twith technology as with the world should welcome China’s Congress has been equally uninspired balance of trade. Reports have surfaced efforts to innovate. But the terms of for years. According to the American that the US Treasury Department is competition and development must Association for the Advancement of drafting rules to block Chinese fi rms be market-conforming, not market- Science, federal funding for research from investing in American companies distorting. Given China’s spotty and development in 2017 fell by doing business in so-called industrially record on market access and IP 23.6% in real terms compared to signifi cant technology, while the protection, the US is right to consider 2007. Since 1976, federal spending Commerce Department is planning how the Made in China 2025 strategy on R&D has actually declined as a new export controls to keep such will affect American interests. Its percentage of GDP – from 1.2% to technologies out of Chinese hands. policymakers should focus, however, just 0.7% this year. These moves follow US President on getting the rules of the game Furthermore, instead of supporting Donald Trump’s proposal to impose right, rather than stopping Chinese advanced education, the Trump tariff s on $50bn worth of Chinese innovation per se. administration has proposed cutting products, many of which are on the The second response is even more $360 million (a 5.3% reduction) for priority list for “Made in China 2025,” important: as China develops its such support from the 2019 education President Xi Jinping’s blueprint to innovative capabilities, the US must budget. At the same time, the tax transform China into a global leader invest more in its own science and legislation passed by the Republican- in high-tech industries like aerospace, technology base. Visionary leaders, controlled Congress in December robotics, pharmaceuticals, and rather than cowering in fear of Made in 2017 imposes an unprecedented tax on machinery. Although the Chinese China 2025, should use it to galvanise those university endowments valued at government has refused to modify its support for science and technology. over $500,000 per student. While only initiative, the US is demanding that In other words, “Made in China 2025” a handful of schools will be aff ected, China end all government subsidies could be another “Sputnik moment” the hardest hit include major centres and grants under the programme. for America. of research like MIT, the University of Trade talks have stumbled on this When the Soviet Union successfully Chicago, Harvard, and Stanford – the point. launched Sputnik 1, the world’s fi rst very institutions the US must rely on to America’s concern with Made in man-made satellite, on October 4, maintain a competitive advantage. China 2025 is understandable; China’s 1957, the achievement sent shock America needs another Sputnik approach to technology development waves through the US government, initiative. Innovation hates a vacuum: has been controversial, to say the least. which responded with huge If the US fails to boost its support But there are better ways to respond investments in rocket technology, for science and technology, other to China’s policies. Two ways, to be research, and education. In less than countries should and will fi ll the void. precise. a year, President Dwight Eisenhower Ultimately, the enemy of American First, America and other trade had approved funding for the National “Made in China 2025,” President Xi Jinping’s blueprint to transform China into a global leader in high-tech industries like innovation is not trade or Made partners must continue to confront Aeronautics and Space Administration aerospace, robotics, pharmaceuticals, and machinery. in China 2025. The real enemy is China on its intellectual-property and launched Project Mercury, Nasa’s American leaders’ own lack of vision. – (IP) violations and market-access fi rst human spacefl ight programme. government also stepped up research microelectronics, integrated Made in China 2025 demands a Project Syndicate inequities. Under free-market In 1959, Congress allocated $134mn support and poured money into circuits, and communications. It similar response. But at the moment, competition, one country’s successes to the National Science Foundation, programmes to strengthen American is not an exaggeration to say that America’s commitment to innovation zYasheng Huang is International in science and technology should not an increase of nearly $100mn from students’ skills in math and science. government policies in this period remains grounded. Not only is the Programme professor in Chinese come at others’ expense. Innovations the previous year. By 1968, the Collectively, the US response laid the foundation for decades of Trump administration failing to support Economy and Business and Professor of like new cancer drugs or faster NSF’s budget had increased to nearly to Sputnik propelled advances US dominance in global science and innovation; it is also actively derailing Global Economics and Management at computing should benefi t people $500mn. During this period, the US in aeronautical science, technology development. investments in tech-related research. the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Hate where you live? So does everyone else Three-day forecast TODAY Rosenbaum once explained how Maximum Temperature : 460c By Oliver Burkeman Minimum Temperature : 340c New York he writes with the TV on, to have something to “concentrate against”, TUESDAY and moderate irritation with one’s Maximum Temperature : 420c ccording to a recent survey, place of residence works the same Minimum Temperature : 320c more than a third of New way: it keeps you on your toes. It’s also WEDNESDAY Yorkers want to leave New just realistic. Maximum Temperature : 430c AYork. Then again, as the In his new book The Happiness Minimum Temperature : 330c Dictionary, a compendium of emotion- journalist and entrepreneur Elizabeth Fisherman's forecast Spiers pointed out on Twitter, wanting related words that don’t exist in English, to leave New York – and giving voice Tim Lomas highlights the German WARNING word Fernweh, “a yearning for distant Inshore : Expected strong wind to that feeling, in bars and on subway over most areas and trains and online – is a critical part of places”. It’s not homesickness: it can poor horizontal visibility many New Yorkers’ identity. (In the another theory: that the kind of people fellow residents in wry irritation at refer to places you’ve never lived, never at places New York media, essays with titles who voluntarily gather in big cities everything that sucks about the place visited, or even places that don’t exist. Offshore : Expected strong wind and high sea such as “Why I’m Leaving New York” are those prone to grumbling about – yet without actually leaving – is to And it captures the melancholy behind are a cliche, and you can bet they’re their surroundings. And I’m not even recognise something deep about the the obvious fact that you can only ever WEATHER read mainly by disgruntled New convinced we’re less happy as a result. nature of dissatisfaction: that it’s a be in one place at a time: wherever you Inshore : Hot daytime with slight dust to blowing dust at Yorkers, since who else would care?) There are, obviously, lots of human universal, which you’ll never move, countless places will always places at times As a Brit in New York, I certainly think perfectly rational reasons to hate eliminate by pulling up roots and be unattainably distant. For anyone Offshore : Slight dust to dusty frequently about leaving. Yet I can’t living in any specifi c city: spiralling moving on. By contrast, I can’t help fortunate enough to have options – WIND help noticing how many Londoners house prices, terrible public transport, being a bit suspicious of anyone who about where to live, or anything else, for Inshore : Northwesterly-Norther- take a similar pleasure in criticising overcrowding, etcetera. But if you’re claims to be entirely happy with where that matter – the real challenge might be ly 06-14 KT London, while a recent Paris Review suffi ciently privileged to have some they live. Have they really thought the not choosing the best one, but learning Offshrore : Northwesterly 09-19/25 KT essay explained how the greatest choice over where you live, being a matter through? to live with the fact that, even if you do Visibility : 4-8 KM/ 2 KM minds of 19th-century Vienna hated bit annoyed with wherever you’ve Besides, living at a slightly choose the best one, the yearning may Vienna. Maybe this shows that city chosen has always struck me as the oblique angle to your surroundings never go away. – Guardian News and Offshore : 3-5 FT, Rises to 7 FT at life makes you miserable. But I have only dignifi ed stance. To bond with is energising. The author Ron Media times. Around the region Weather Weather today Max/min tomorrow Max/min Baghdad Sunny 46/29 Sunny 46/30 Live issues Kuwait City Cloudy 47/35 Cloudy 47/35 Manama Cloudy 42/35 Cloudy 40/32 Muscat Sunny 40/33 M Sunny 38/32 Annoyance with wind turbines may aff ect quality of life Tehran Sunny 41/28 Sunny 41/28

By Lisa Rapaport Ramboll Environ US Corporation, an Reuters Health engineering company that helps plan and construct wind farms. “This study provides no evidence that eople who can see wind exposure to wind turbines impacts turbines from their homes human health.” may be more annoyed by these For the current study, a team of Pmachines and more likely researchers from the University of to report quality of life issues than Toronto and Ramboll, which funded individuals who live further away from the work, set out to investigate how wind turbines, an industry-supported residential distance from the wind study suggests. turbines impacts quality of life by Around the world Wind turbines have become more reanalysing data collected by the variety of physical health factors that who wasn’t involved in the study. Weather Weather common in recent years as a source of Canadian government in 2012 and can infl uence quality of life. “It is well known that poor general today Max/min tomorrow Max/min clean renewable energy that doesn’t 2013. The further from the turbines they health in itself also leads to lower Athens M Sunny 31/22 M Sunny 31/22 cause air pollution or contribute to The government sent surveys to all lived, the higher their scores on the quality of life scores,” Schmidt said Beirut Sunny 29/25 Sunny 29/25 global warming. But as more wind homes within 600 metres (1,969 feet) environmental health quality of life by e-mail. “If you are annoyed, you Bangkok T Storms 33/26 S T Storms 32/26 farms dot the landscape, some of wind turbines in Ontario or Prince scale. will most likely also score lower on the Berlin P Cloudy 25/13 P Cloudy 21/13 residents in surrounding communities Edward Island and also surveyed But the researchers didn’t fi nd a quality of life scores.” Cairo Sunny 38/26 Sunny 37/25 have complained that noise from the randomly selected homes up to 10km connection between wind turbine The negative health impacts of Cape Town Sunny 21/12 P Cloudy 18/11 turbines negatively impacts their away from wind turbines. noise and physical health. fossil fuels are well documented, Colombo T Storm 29/26 T Storm 29/26 quality of life, researchers note in the An earlier study based on these The study wasn’t a controlled though, and make it important to Dhaka T Storms 32/26 T Storm 32/26 Journal of the Acoustical Society of surveys didn’t fi nd a direct link experiment designed to prove whether consider wind turbines and other Hong Kong S T Storms 28/26 Sunny 29/26 America. between residents’ proximity to wind or how living closer to wind turbines clean renewable energy resources, said Istanbul M Sunny 29/22 Sunny 29/22 Yet while respondents who live turbines and sleep problems, high might impact human health. Another Dr Robert Younghusband McMurtry, a Jakarta M Sunny 33/26 P Cloudy 32/24 closer to wind turbines did report blood pressure, or stress. limitation is that researchers lacked researcher at the University of Western Karachi Cloudy 33/29 Cloudy 33/29 lower ratings for environmental In the current study, researchers raw noise data and relied instead on Ontario who wasn’t involved in the London M Cloudy 28/14 P Cloudy 24/14 quality of life, researchers couldn’t took a closer look at data from this simulated models of wind turbine study. Manila T Storm 30/26 T Storm 29/26 tell whether these individuals were survey that touched on several sound. “Climate change is real and there Moscow Rain 23/15 S T Storm 24/16 dissatisfi ed before the wind turbines indicators of so-called environmental People who agreed to participate in is suffi cient evidence to implicate New Delhi M Sunny 39/30 P Cloudy 37/29 were installed, study co-author quality of life, including fi nancial the original survey might also have had fossil fuels as part of the problem,” New York Sunny 30/21 M Sunny 34/22 Sandra Sulsky told Reuters Health by resources, pain, daily activities, social stronger feelings about wind turbines McMurtry said by e-mail. Paris M Sunny 28/16 P Cloudy 24/14 e-mail. support, sexual health, self-esteem, than individuals who declined the “Clean energy is a worthy goal,” Sao Paulo Cloudy 18/11 Cloudy 14/10 “The wind turbines might have memory, and the ability to fall and invitation, researchers also note. McMurtry added. “It can provide Seoul Rain 24/21 Rain 28/23 been placed in locations where remain asleep. “It is possible that the annoyance cleaner air which would reduce risk Singapore S T Storm 30/26 S T Storm 29/26 residents were already concerned In the new analysis, researchers can aff ect your general health,” said Dr factors adversely aff ecting health that Sydney Sunny 15/08 Sunny 15/06 about their environmental quality found that people living closer to wind Jesper Hvass Schmidt, a researcher at exist with the use of coal and other Tokyo Cloudy 31/24 Clear 33/24 of life,” said Sulsky, who works for turbines did report lower ratings for a the University of Southern Denmark fossil fuels.” Gulf Times 20 Monday, July 9, 2018 QATAR More than 70,000 fl ock to Khalifa International Stadium Fan Zone he Khalifa International Stadium Fan Zone, organ- Tised by Aspire Zone Foun- dation (AZF) in collaboration with the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), attracted more than 70,000 spectators in three weeks since it opened on June 15. More than 20,000 football fans attended the quarter-fi nals alone, AZF said in a statement yesterday. The fan zone gives football lovers the chance to ex- perience the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia from one of the fi rst stadiums set to host the tourna- ment in four years. The cooling technology in- stalled at the stadium allows fans to enjoy the outdoor setting during Doha’s summer months in convenient temperatures that could go as low as 19C. The fan zone can house more than 5,000 fans for each game, choosing their preferred seating from a variety of options. The large gathering of football lovers at the fan zone. Fans of France cheering for the team during the quarter-finals at the Khalifa International Stadium Fan Zone. Those looking to watch the games in a private setting can Majlis areas with authentic de- the matches from the stadium’s again at 8pm tomorrow to broad- After the 2018 FIFA World will need to buy a ticket either This year’s fan zone is spon- choose from 16 VIP skyboxes signs inspired by Qatari culture, spectator stands free of charge. cast the 2018 FIFA World Cup Cup Russia fi nal, AZF will hold online or from the ticket booth sored by the SC (main partner) at an updated price of QR1,500 at an updated cost of QR650 each They can also watch the games Qatar semi-fi nals between France a raffl e draw for ticket holders set up by the Main Entrance at and Ooredoo (main sponsor), each until July 14 and at a cost of on July 14 and QR1,000 on the fi - on giant screens, which are and Belgium, and Croatia and to win a Kia Cadenza V6 worth Gate 02. Ticket holders can enter as well as Al Attiya Motors and QR2,000 on the fi nal day of the nal day of the tournament on July equipped with state-of-the-art England on Wednesday evening. QR91,000, which is currently on their name and contact details on Trading Co, Mannai Trading Co tournament on July 15. 15. LED lighting technologies. Fans can enter the fan zone display near the fan zone’s main each ticket, and drop it in the al- (Cisco), Witr Jewellery, Royal Air Fans can also choose from 24 Elsewhere, fans can enjoy The fan zone will open its doors through Gate 02 at the stadium. entrance. To enter the draw, fans located box near the booth. Maroc and Pepsi. Al Attiyah Arena woos fans with live performances

he Qatar Fan Zone at Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Are- Tna will feature more live performances to entertain foot- ball fans who will be watching the live screening of 2018 FIFA World Cup semi-fi nal matches in Rus- sia, it has been announced. Attracting more than 60,000 visitors so far since its opening on June 14, the fan zone reopens tomorrow after a two-day break yesterday and today. During this stage, the organ- isers said in a press statement, The Qatar Fan Zone engages young football fans in various activities. the fan zone’s music perform- ances will feature Kuwaiti star Essa Almarzoug tomorrow, fol- lowed by his compatriot star, Ibrahim Dashti, on Wednesday. Both singers’ performances are for free and will begin at 7.30pm. The concerts will be preceded by other entertainment features starting at 4pm, including Rus- sian folk dances, Pixel Poi and Diabolo shows, roaming parades and performances by LED drum- mers. Football fans cheer for their favourite teams at the fan zone. Throughout the knockout and quarter-fi nal stages, football also took to the stage to show off the offi cial hospitality partner. festival is a nationwide celebra- fans and music enthusiasts en- their moves and share their tricks The fan zone, organised by the tion of the country’s diverse retail joyed live music performances with the fan zone’s visitors. Supreme Committee for Delivery and hospitality off erings, com- by Moroccan star Hatim Ammor, Operating on match days only, & Legacy (SC), Ministry of Cul- plemented by a host of entertain- world-renowned Rai icon Cheb the fan zone opens its doors to the ture and Sports and Qatar Tour- ment and sports activities. Khaled, Iraqi singer Mohamed public between 4pm and mid- ism Authority (QTA), is a high- For the latest news from the al-Fares and Lebanese artiste night. It is powered by Vodafone light of this year’s Qatar Summer Qatar Fan Zone, one can follow Ziad Bourji. Qatar as the offi cial telecommu- Festival, which kicked off on the the SC (@roadto2022) and Qatar Football freestyle superstars nications partner and supported fi rst day of Eid al-Fitr. Calendar (@QatarCalendar) on The state-of-the-art facility receives a large number of visitors. Tobias Becs and Raquel Benetti by W Doha Hotel & Residences, Organised by QTA, the 11-week social media. Art for Culture Pass members to go on display at HIA on July 24

ulture Pass (CP) members in Qatar will latest addition to Qatar’s extensive public art have a chance to see Qatar Museums programme, which aims to connect audiences C(QM)’s public art pieces both ‘landside’ living in and visiting the country with inspiring and ‘airside’ at Hamad International Airport works of art. (HIA) on July 24. The public art piece represents a colossal QM holds ongoing tour series to a number of celestial globe echoing the trajectories of trav- signifi cant cultural attractions throughout Qa- ellers from around the world, with more than tar to create a “memorable and cultural experi- 30mn passengers passing through HIA last ence for CP members”. year. The upcoming tour at HIA, which will be Artworks on display at HIA comprise a mix guided by QM staff , will feature artworks by lo- of site-specific creations, as well as art that cal, regional and international artists. has especially chosen, transforming one of The schedule of the tour is from 4.30pm to the world’s fastest-growing airports into an 8pm. innovative space beyond the walls of a gal- QM noted that such spaces are limited to a lery. fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis (up to 50 appli- Cosmos joins other work such as the hugely cants per tour). popular Lamp Bear by Urs Fischer, the recently The cutoff date for applicants is tomorrow. unveiled Small Lie by KAWS, a series of Oryx No children under 18 years are allowed and sculptures by Dutch artist Tom Claassen, and tour applications are subject to Airport Secu- installations titled Playground by American rity clearance. artist Tom Otterness, among others. QM and HIA had earlier announced that a Other regional and international artists fea- new public art piece was installed at the award- tured at the airport include Adel Abdessemed, winning airport created by internationally Dia Azzawi, Ahmed al-Bahrani, Maurizio Cat- acclaimed contemporary French artist Jean- telan, Don Gummer, Keith Haring, Damien Michel Othoniel. Hirst, Jenny Holzer, Marc Quinn, Anselm Rey- Named Cosmos, the new installation is the le, Rudolf Stingel and Bill Viola. Cosmos, installed at HIA, is the latest addition to Qatar’s extensive public art programme.