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BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 ‘PSG will make Neymar INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2-6, 20 COMMENT 18, 19 REGION 7 BUSINESS 1-4, 10-12 best in the 22,017.00 9,313.49 49.58 ARAB WORLD 7 CLASSIFIED 5-9 Omani delegation +43.00 -156.10 +0.55 INTERNATIONAL 8-17 SPORTS 1-8 world’ +0.20% -1.65% +1.12% visits Hamad Port Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXVIII No. 10538 August 7, 2017 Dhul-Qa’da 15, 1438 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Message from Algeria Emir meets paralympic team stars In brief QATAR | Development QRCS wheat project benefi ts Syria families Some 17,697 families (88,485 people) of farmers in eight Syrian governorates have benefited from a Qatar Red Crescent (QRCS) development project, which aims to support wheat crop growing in the war-torn country. The end of July saw Syrian farmers harvesting more than 24 tonnes of wheat, a strategic factor of food security for local populations. Page 5 His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani received yesterday a verbal message from Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, pertaining to bilateral relations between the two brotherly ARAB WORLD | Confl ict countries and means of enhancing them. Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel conveyed the His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani welcoming players of Qatar Paralympic team who Veteran prosecutor to message when the Emir met him and the accompanying delegation at his Emiri Diwan Off ice yesterday. have won in world championships at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Welcoming the winners, the Emir wished Talks during the meeting dealt with the close brotherly relations besides a number of issues of common them success in their future participation in international sports competitions, and praised their enthusiasm quit UN Syria probe interest, including the regional situation and the Gulf crisis in particular. Page 2 and sporting spirit. Page 2 Veteran former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, who is on a UN commission probing rights abuses in Syria, has said she intends to resign because the body “does absolutely nothing”. “I am frustrated, I give up,” she told the Swiss newspaper Blick Al Jazeera to fi ght in an interview. “I have written my letter of resignation and will send it in ‘Own your factory’ the next few days”. Del Ponte, a Swiss national who investigated war crimes Israeli plan to shut in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, has been part of the four-member UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria since September 2012. Page 7 project lures local its operations LATIN AMERICA | Unrest Two killed in attack Agencies for Erdan said he doubted the minister Jerusalem had the authority to do so. on Venezuela base “Our ministry is not the address. Try Two assailants were killed and 10 and foreign fi rms the police,” spokesman Daniel Bar said. captured yesterday in an armed attack srael plans to revoke the media cre- Asked if shutting down Al Jazeera’s by “terrorists” on a Venezuelan military dentials of Al Jazeera TV journalists, operations would make Israel appear base, President Nicolas Maduro said zInitiative attracts 9,349 applications from the industrial sector Iclose its Jerusalem bureau and pull to oppose freedom of the press, an offi - on state television. His toll revised a the Qatar-based station’s broadcasts cial close to the prime minister said the previous count by army chief General zQatari investors comprise nearly 85%; 15% are from 52 countries from local cable and satellite providers, country accepted diverse opinions but Jesus Suarez Chourio who said one Communications Minister Ayoub Kara not incitement. died and one was gravely wounded By Peter Alagos given a wide range of privileges like en- said yesterday. “There is no shortage of free speech in in the attack on the base in the Business Reporter vironmental and operational licences The closure did not appear immi- this country. There are plenty of dissent- northwestern city of Valencia, which with a plot of land. nent, however, and an Israeli offi cial ing voices. In democratic countries there the military said was quickly put down. He said the committee distributed said a legal process was still required are also things that are unacceptable, Other off icials had spoken of “several” he ‘Own your Factory in Qatar in yesterday 75 market studies on the ba- to implement most of the proposed and a lot of what Al Jazeera is saying and attackers arrested. Page 9 72 Hours’ project, a government sic activities proposed to investors. It steps. broadcasting falls into that category.” Tinitiative aimed at fast-tracking also provided them with information Al Jazeera denounced the decision He was referring to recent violence in ASIA | Sanctions vote the establishment of more manufac- on how to conduct feasibility studies “from a country that claims to be the and around a Jerusalem site that is re- turing companies and factories in Qa- based on the products needed in the only democracy in the Middle East” vered by Muslims and Jews in which six US and China pile tar, has attracted 9,349 applications domestic market. and vowed to seek necessary legal steps Palestinians and fi ve Israelis, including pressure on N Korea from local and international companies Established in 2016, the co-ordinat- against the Israeli measures. two policemen, were killed. The United States and China piled representing major industrial sectors. ing committee for the Single Window Kara said the measures were intend- Al Jazeera said in July it would take all pressure on North Korea yesterday Speaking at a press conference yes- Salman Mohamed Kaldari, the chairman System Management represents one of ed to bolster Israel’s security and “to necessary legal measures if Israel acts to abandon its nuclear missile terday, Salman Mohamed Kaldari, the of the co-ordinating committee for the the key government initiatives launched bring a situation that channels based in on its threat. It said Israel was aligning programme after the UN Security chairman of the co-ordinating com- Single Window System Management. to develop Qatar’s business environ- Israel will report objectively”. itself with four Arab states that have Council approved tough sanctions mittee for the Single Window System ment, stimulate real participation of the Journalists working for the station in severed diplomatic and commercial which could cost Pyongyang $1bn a Management, said the project attracted Russia, Germany, France, China, India, private sector, encourage domestic and Israel said they did not expect immi- ties with Qatar. year. One day after Council members investors vying for 250 opportuni- Iran, and Pakistan, among others. foreign investments and channel them nent moves against them. Al Jazeera said it was “surprised” voted unanimously for a partial ban on ties in the industrial sector, mainly in Aside from licensing, the project towards sectors with added value to the Last month, Israeli Prime Minister at Israel’s move, and a spokesman de- exports aimed at slashing Pyongyang’s eight major areas: food, paper, medical, guarantees qualifi ed investors with national economy in line with Qatar Na- Benjamin Netanyahu said he would fended the channel’s “professional and foreign revenue by a third, top chemical, electrical, machinery and land readiness and immediate access to tional Vision 2030, Kaldari said. work to shut the network’s offi ces in Is- objective” coverage of the Israeli-Pal- diplomats from the key powers in the automotive, rubber and plastics, and visas, including readiness of industrial He said the committee’s fi rst initiative rael, accusing it of inciting violence in estinian confl ict. dispute met in Manila. Page 10 metals. infrastructure like water, electricity, was the launch of the Single Window Jerusalem, including over an Old City The channel’s Jerusalem bureau Kaldari noted that the food sector gas, and roads, as well as priority for System, which streamlines the adminis- site that is holy to both Muslims and chief, Walid al-Omari, said his offi ce BRITAIN | Politics took the lion’s share or 34% of the to- purchases with local manufacturers. trative procedures in the state. The sec- Jews. The Doha-based network has had not received any offi cial notifi ca- tal number of registered investors with Kaldari said other privileges include ond initiative, the ‘Own your Factory in denied the accusation. tion that it would be forced to close. UK prepared to pay 3,168 applications, while applications platforms for exports, 10-year income Qatar’, helps investors in the industrial Kara said he would ask the Govern- The Foreign Press Association in Is- $47bn Brexit bill in the metal sector stood at 1,334. This tax exemption, customs exemptions sector get all the necessary facilities to ment Press Offi ce to revoke the accred- rael criticised the planned moves. Britain is prepared to pay up to 40bn was followed by the paper sector with for raw materials, and the provision of start a business in just 72 hours. itation of Al Jazeera’s journalists in Is- “Changing the law in order to shut euros ($47bn) to the European Union 1,086 applications, rubber and plas- a 10% support for national and govern- The initiative is spearheaded by the rael, where it has about 30 staff . Cable down a media organisation for political to settle its accounts when it leaves the tics sector (941 applications), chemical ment products, in addition to fi nancing Ministry of Interior, Ministry of En- and satellite providers have expressed reasons is a slippery slope,” association bloc, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper (826), medical (710), electrical (732), services provided by Qatar Develop- ergy and Industry, Ministry of Munici- their willingness to turn off its broad- executive secretary Glenys Sugarman reported.