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BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Saudi female runner breaks barriers INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2, 3, 20 COMMENT 18, 19 REGION 4 BUSINESS 1-7, 12-16 GIS posts fi rst-half net in Rio 18,313.77 10,650.86 39.66 ARAB WORLD 4, 5 CLASSIFIED 8-12 -90.74 -29.64 -0.40 INTERNATIONAL 6 – 17 SPORTS 1 – 12 profi t of QR161mn -0.49% -0.28% -1.00% marathon Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 WEDNESDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10169 August 3, 2016 Shawwal 29, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Fun at Entertainment City In brief New job WORLD | Climate contracts Global heat touched record highs in 2015 Global heat, greenhouse gases and sea levels all climbed to record highs last year, making 2015 the worst in modern times across system is a range of key environmental indicators, international scientists said yesterday. A dire picture of the Earth’s health is painted in the State of the Climate report, a peer- reviewed 300-page tome that comes out once a year and is compiled by ‘fi nalised’ 450 scientists from around the world. El Nino, which just ended in July, was The daily said the ministry will current two-year ban on expatriates one of the strongest the Earth has test the new system of electronic who want to come back to the country seen “since at least 1950”, said the contracts in collaboration with the on a new work visa will no longer be ap- report, led by the National Oceanic departments concerned to ensure plicable. and Atmospheric Administration its ability to meet the requirements A foreign worker who has got a new (NOAA) National Centers for contract to work in Qatar can come back Environmental Information. he drafting of the executive regu- even the next day, provided he has met A maze for children at the Entertainment City. Located at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre, Entertainment City lations of the new law pertaining the other requirements like visa, a top TURKEY | Charge hosts several indoor fun activities as part of the annual Qatar Summer Festival (QSF). “Real life” games of some popular mobile Tto the entry, exit and residency offi cial of the Ministry of Interior had applications such as Angry Birds have been attracting many children since day one of the festival. PICTURE: Joey Aguilar Page 20 of expatriates in Qatar has been com- clarifi ed. Erdogan accuses West pleted, according to local Arabic daily Al Brigadier Mohamed Ahmed al-Atiq, of backing plotters Sharq. assistant-director general of the Depart- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan A report in the paper said the Minis- ment of Border, Passport and Expatriates yesterday accused Western nations try of Administrative Development, La- Aff airs, had pointed out that the two- of supporting terrorism and backing bour and Social Aff airs has finished all year ban on return of an expatriate work- coup plotters in Turkey, in scathing the necessary procedures regarding the er was directly linked to the sponsorship remarks made at a foreign investors’ Qatar expresses concern new system of employment contracts, (kafala) system. Since the new law abol- meeting in Ankara. “Those who we which will come in an electronic form. ishes kafala, a person who had previously thought were our friends take the side Workers who are newly recruited worked in Qatar would not have to seek of putschists and terrorists,” Erdogan from outside the country will have to the approval of his former sponsor if he is said and alleged the coup was sign these before taking up jobs in Qatar. recruited by a new employer. orchestrated from abroad. Page 11 on situation in Aleppo The executive regulations will inter- According to Article 26 of the new pret how to practically implement the law, if a foreign worker is fi red as a pu- PHILIPPINES | Crackdown QNA A spokesman for the Syria Civil De- stipulations of the new law. These will nitive measure and he did not appeal his Doha fence said 33 people, mostly women be accompanied by an awareness cam- dismissal or his plea was rejected by a Mayor surrenders and children, were aff ected by the gas, paign through the social and local media court, he shall not be permitted to come in anti-drug push which they suspect was chlorine, in to instruct people on their rights and back to Qatar before the passage of four A Philippine town mayor yesterday atar has voiced its concern re- Saraqeb, in rebel-held Idlib province. duties in accordance with the new law. years. surrendered to police over alleged garding the deterioration of the The group, which describes itself The daily said the ministry will test Also, an expatriate worker repatriated drug traff icking after President Qhumanitarian situation in the as a neutral band of search and rescue the new system of electronic contracts upon a court verdict cannot come back Rodrigo Duterte warned he could get Syrian city of Aleppo. volunteers, posted a video on YouTube - during an experimental phase - in col- unless he got the approval of the Minis- killed if he resisted arrest. The son of In a statement issued yesterday, the apparently showing a number of men laboration with the departments con- ter of Interior. Mayor Rolando Espinosa, however, Foreign Ministry said “the siege and A still image taken yesterday from a struggling to breathe and being given cerned to ensure its ability to meet the According to the stipulations of the remained at large, according to the taking of innocent lives is unac- video posted on social media shows oxygen masks by people in civil de- requirements. new law, the work contract will be the presidential spokesman Ernesto ceptable to human morals, princi- a man on a bed breathing through a fence uniforms. On October 27, 2015, HH the Emir prime document that will determine the Abella. Page 16 ples and international law”, stressing mask in Saraqeb, Idlib province, Syria. “Medium-sized barrels fell con- Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani is- employee-employer relationship. “the condemnation and disapproval taining toxic gases. The Syrian Civil sued Law Number 21 of 2015 which It will be the basis for litigation, rights For Advertising please contact: 50640827 Wednesday, August 3, 2016 www.facebook.com/Dineoutgulftimes of what the Syrian regime is doing ing of the Syrian people in terms of the Defence was not able to determine the abolishes the stipulations of Law and liabilities between the employer and against hundreds of thousands of ci- siege, destruction and displacement, type of the gas,” said the spokesman. Number 4 of 2009 regarding Regula- the worker. The contract, which both vilians, particularly women and chil- were major causes for feeding terror- The SNC said of the reported use of tion of the Expatriates Entry, Departure, must sign has to be approved by the au- dren”. ism and extremism, which threatened poison gas in Saraqeb: “After shell- Residence and Sponsorship. thorities concerned in the country. The The Foreign Ministry called on the security and stability in the region ing, besieging and killing civilians and When Law No 21 of 2015 comes into duration mentioned in the contract shall international society to shoulder its and the world. It stressed that the perpetrating war crimes on them, the force towards the end of this year, the be binding on both parties. responsibilities in order to protect the eradication of terrorism would only be Assad regime has resorted once again, Syrian people and ensure the delivery achieved by eliminating its causes. and in breach of UN resolutions 2118 of humanitarian aid to Aleppo and all Meanwhile, a Syrian rescue service and 2235, to using chemical substances besieged cities. operating in rebel-held territory has and toxic gases. The statement reiterated the impor- said a helicopter had dropped contain- “The daily reality confi rms that all Qatar handball team arrives in Rio tance of reaching a political solution ers of toxic gas overnight on a town the international agreements and pre- for the confl ict in Syria in line with Ge- close to where a Russian military heli- vious Security Council decisions, be QNA ympic Games which take place from neva I and Security Council Resolution copter had been shot down hours ear- they about chemical weapons or oth- Rio de Janeiro August 5 to 21. 2254 to end the worsening humanitar- lier, adds the Reuters news agency. erwise, are meaningless for the Assad This is the fi rst participation of the ian tragedy of the Syrian people. The opposition Syrian National regime.” Qatari national handball team in the The statement noted that the crimes Coalition (SNC) accused President The Civil Defence spokesman said it he Qatari national handball team Olympic Games after they won the TODAY’S EDITION INCLUDES GUIDE of the Syrian regime, its violation of Bashar al-Assad of being behind the was the second time Saraqeb had been has arrived in Rio de Janeiro to Asian qualifi ers which was held in Doha “DINE OUT” THE WEEKLY 4-PAGE the basic human rights and the suff er- attack. hit by toxic gas. Page 5 Tparticipate in the Rio 2016 Ol- last year. Commercial Bank to introduce fi nger-vein technology for ATMs ommercial Bank, Qatar’s fi rst technology, Commercial Bank CEO technology, and more importantly to private bank, has announced that Joseph Abraham said: “Biometric se- protect the customer’s identity.” Cit has obtained the Qatar Cen- curity features are an important tool to George Flouros, NCR IMEA vice presi- tral Bank’s approval to introduce new combat fi nancial fraud and identity theft.